Leveling With The Gods - Chapter 186

[Level Up with God Episode 186]

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The lowest part of the tower.

First floor.

It’s a familiar place that I come down to once in a while, but it felt very different today.

‘quiet.’

The once busy streets are extremely quiet. No one was doing business or leaving town.

Yuwon asked a person passing by the reason.

“Don’t you know that the management office is paralyzed right now?”

“Olympus, which manages security, has become a mess, so we have no choice but to take action.”

“Still, we are leaving Asgard… but we must be careful for the time being.”

“Still, I’m glad the wolves are gone.”

After asking a few people, the answers were similar.

Absence of administration.

Since it was a city under the management of Olympus, various criminals in the tower heard rumors and came down to the first floor.

‘That’s bullshit.’

Olympus’ absence affected the entire tower.

Like a fox ruling a mountain without tigers, several criminals came down to the first floor to rob the empty house.

Perhaps this confusion will not last long.

A mountain where a tiger disappears is bound to have a new owner.

‘But this street will be quiet for a while.’

Yuwon walked down the quiet street and headed to the blacksmith shop.

The blacksmith shop was quiet for the first time in a long time.

Normally, you would have heard the sound of a hammer.

Sigh-.

The door wasn’t locked.

Yuwon went into the blacksmith shop.

Stairs leading to the basement.

Although the heat remained, the forge was not as hot as before.

“Aren’t you there?”

I felt like I was popular.

Still, Yuwon asked Hephaestus in case he was surprised.

OK.

“Knock and come in, you bastard.”

An answer came from the bottom of the stairs.

What’s going on?

He said he could take a break from hammering, but he absolutely hated it when the blacksmith shop cooled down.

Yuwon went down the stairs, tapped the back of his hand on the wall and said.

“I did knock.”

“…Rotten guy.”

Hephaestus was sitting on a chair.

It was a chair where I occasionally took a break from hammering, but for some reason there were two bottles of alcohol rolling around next to it instead of hammers.

alcohol.

It was something I never even mentioned.

“Why do you drink that if you don’t get drunk very well?”

Rankers drink special alcohol.

It was like poison. For rankers whose physical abilities were strengthened by their stats and whose drunkenness did not increase, it was only at that point that their drunkenness would increase.

However, the alcohol that Hephaestus was drinking was a low-alcohol alcohol that players in the lower level could easily obtain.

“Even if you want to get drunk, you should be able to get that kind of alcohol.”

“So, why are you drinking?”

“The family is in shambles, so don’t you think you can be a bit nervous like this?”

house management.

Yuwon could not help but pause for a moment at those words.

No matter how much he ran away as if he was being chased, Olympus was Hephaestus’ hometown.

Olympus fell.

As a result, Hephaestus was no longer chased, but he seemed to be unable to help feeling sad.

Hephaestus placed the empty wine bottle on the floor.

Then he waved his hand at Yuwon, who was standing quietly in front of him.

“I don’t mean to blame you, so don’t make that face. “In fact, I did well.”

Hephaestus stood up.

His back, which seemed bent for a moment, widened again.

“Metal that has become unusable must be melted down and remade. “Because then I can do my job.”

It was a metaphor worthy of a blacksmith.

The apparent sadness did not last long. He’ll probably need to sort things out internally for quite some time, but he’ll get through it just fine.

Yuwon had already seen that happen once.

“So what? “You probably didn’t come to comfort me.”

“I have a gift for you.”

“gift?”

Yuwon put his hand into his inventory.

Hephaestus with a puzzled expression.

And soon, the inside of the blacksmith shop, which had been dark since the lights were not turned on, became brightly lit.

Pajijit-.

“What…”

Hephaestus’ eyes widened as if he had never done that before.

“Could this be lightning?”

A round bead.

Although it had a very simple form, Hephaestus recognized it as a thunderbolt as soon as he saw it.

It was natural since Hephaestus was the one who created the thunderbolt in the first place. Although the form was a little different at first, Hephaestus was not an easy blacksmith to the extent that the items he made were unrecognizable.

“You’ll know it when you see it.”

“Why do you have that?”

“I also participated in the war.”

“No, that’s still true….”

I knew that Yuwon participated in the war.

To begin with, he had been at war with Olympus for a long time. Of course, I thought Yuwon would be at the center.

However, Yuwon being at the center of the war and him obtaining the thunderbolt were completely different issues.

The thunderbolt was an item that was like a symbol of Zeus. Of course, it was also the most valuable item among the loot that could be obtained in war.

But Yuwon has such an item?

Unless the lightning was rolling around on the street somewhere, it means that Yuwon obtained the item on his own.

“I will take you down. From up there to this floor.”

Yuwon’s answer to the question of what he will do with Olympus someday.

It was the same thing, but as time passed and I thought about it, the words felt new again.

‘Then what was said was all true?’

At the time, I thought it was just the curious words of a talented youngster who didn’t know anything about the world.

This is why I couldn’t just ignore what he said.

“So this is my gift?”

“This isn’t just one thing.”

Jiik-.

Yuwon took off the black gloves he was wearing.

Next, he took off the armor he was wearing and placed it on the floor.

Fighting-.

Three items placed on the floor.

thunderbolt.

triangle.

And in quiné.

These were all items created by Hephaestus himself.

And the moment they come together.

“This…”

“Does anything come to mind when you see it?”

“Did you know everything and collect it?”

Hephaestus created all three items.

And the material that becomes the core of those items.

Three similar but different stones.

Hephaestus had been secretly hoping for a long time that there would be a day when they would all meet in one place.

“What are you? “What are you doing?”

“Isn’t that such a new question? “I have no words to answer.”

“Does this still make sense?”

“Why not? “That’s not important right now.”

Hephaestus shrugged his shoulders and looked at the three items on the floor in rapt attention.

It’s not important.

okay.

It wasn’t wrong.

Normally, I would have asked some questions, but I wasn’t interested in that now.

“Can you make it?”

A question where ‘what’ is omitted.

But Hephaestus immediately knew what Yuwon wanted from that question.

“Really…does it matter anything?”

A treasure laid before your eyes.

There was no way Yuwon didn’t know its value.

If you use these, something great will definitely come out.

Even if you think about what item to make for three days and nights, it’s not enough.

no.

“You may fail. Maybe I can throw this all away.”

The item itself may be damaged.

Therefore, even if the blacksmith was greedy, it was a task that could not be readily requested by the person who already had the item in hand.

Nevertheless.

“It doesn’t matter.”

Yuwon answered without hesitation.

“Mister, enjoy whatever you do to your heart’s content.”

Hephaestus’ pupils widened.

It was a familiar situation.

“Because then the truly best items will come out.”

The guy who came to take care of the work with the Black God Stone.

Just like the time when he trusted and entrusted himself to someone he saw for the first time, Yuwon once again entrusted three items to Hephaestus.

There were no requirements regarding the effect or form of the item.

Just do whatever your hand takes.

All I asked was to enjoy it to the fullest.

“Instead, this is free.”

“Hehehe….”

Hephaestus burst out laughing.

Laughter leaked out of absurdity and joy.

My mind was still a mess, but my hands were sweaty and I couldn’t stand it.

The wish that I had always hoped for like a dream in my head appeared before my eyes.

Two stones resembling the thunderbolt in Zeus’s hand were now lying in front of him.

“Oh, it’s good. “I feel like I want to give points, so I won’t accept them.”

The tone of voice gradually becomes higher.

He, who had been shaken by the fall of Olympus just a moment ago, has returned to his own world.

“It will take a while. In the meantime, I have work to do, so I’m doing it. “It’s okay to climb the tower, and it’s okay to rest for a while.”

Sigh-.

Hephaestus immediately rolled up his sleeves.

“I can’t say for sure how long it will take. “But I promise you this one thing.”

Yuwon, who made eye contact with Hephaestus, felt as if the cold workshop was heating up.

“I will make you the best item, even if it means burning my soul.”

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Hwareuk-!

The fire in the workshop was rekindled.

Yuwon quickly turned into an invisible person.

It seemed that Hephaestus could no longer focus on anything other than his work. He used his magic to get rid of any possible intoxication and immediately started working.

Yuwon quietly left the workshop.

Making three items into one.

It’s probably not an easy task.

‘Maybe it will fail.’

If that happens, it will be really disappointing.

Thunderbolt Quinet Triangle.

Because they were all items recognized throughout this tower.

Thinking about it like that made me feel sick.

But the only person he can trust is Hephaestus.

“Well… if that happens, there’s nothing we can do.”

There are countless items. Items comparable to lightning are rare, but there is no way to obtain them.

Although it was a gamble, it was a gamble worth taking.

‘How long will it take?’

At least one month.

It was a task that might take several years.

The three items accounted for a fairly large portion of Yuwon’s current power.

Without that, the plan had no choice but to be postponed for the time being.

‘For the time being, I have no choice but to climb the tower again.’

Take a moment to catch your breath.

Now that the destruction of Olympus is over, we have no choice but to rest and slowly climb the tower for the time being.

Right now, it was time for others to use their power rather than for themselves.

‘That guy…’

As he walked to the top, Yuwon thought of Son Goku, whom he had parted ways with at the Temple of Ares on the 40th floor.

‘I hope you’re doing well.’

There was nothing for Goku to do in destroying Olympus this time.

By helping in the fight against Athens, Goku’s role was over.

As his twelfth alter ego, he wasn’t much of a help in the fight against Zeus and had more important things to do than helping in the fight.

So Yuwon broke up with Son Goku after finishing the 40th floor.

Yuwon, who did not have permission to climb the tower, could not climb up and down the top of the tower, so he had no choice but to ask his alter ego, Son Goku, for what he needed.

“I’ll see you again soon.”

Jeopuk-.

50th floor.

Jecheon Daeseong A world where Son Goku’s body was sealed.

Toward that world, Yuwon began climbing the tower again.

“A friend who is like an enemy.”