Leveling With The Gods - Chapter 578
[Level Up with God Side Story Episode 54]
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Consciousness rose to the surface.
“Gagging-.”
When Yama was finally able to breathe, he opened his eyes.
When I first opened my eyes, I saw nothing.
Dark sky and earth.
Just in case, Yama consciously closed and opened his eyes repeatedly.
Did I become blind?
“It happened.”
Yama was barely relieved to see Varuna’s face suddenly raising his head.
“It’s not the afterlife.”
“Why is the underworld suddenly here?”
In response to Varuna’s question, Yama turned his head and looked for Yuwon.
Yama shook his head at the sight of Yuwon leisurely reading a book that he probably took out of his inventory.
“…I thought I was going to die.”
Probably, if Yuwon had wanted to do it, it would have happened that way.
When Yama opened his eyes again, there was nothing around him.
Even the ghosts that filled this world just a moment ago.
A huge sea of magical power that seemed almost infinite.
I couldn’t feel everything.
‘It’s not gone.’
They definitely existed here.
It’s just that what you see and feel is different depending on Yuwon’s will.
Nevertheless, Yuwon deliberately showed Yama the true nature of this place.
What is the intention?
Yama quickly noticed and approached Yuwon.
“I’m sorry for doubting you.”
Seeing Yama bowing his head in greeting, Yuwon took his eyes off the book he was reading and looked up.
Until then, Yama had doubted the existence of Yuwon.
It was natural. Because Yama did not remember Yuwon.
But now I can trust it.
‘A person who controls this kind of power…’
A person who controls the power of Tartarus.
With this alone, he was as strong as the top high-rankers.
Yuwon nodded to Yama’s greeting.
“It wasn’t something that needed to be apologized to.”
“This is how I feel at ease.”
Varuna looks at Yama and Yuwon’s faces alternately.
Not knowing what the situation was, he blinked in confusion.
“What happened?”
“no. “Nothing happened.”
chin-.
Yama shook his head as he placed his hand on Varuna’s shoulder.
It was painful to explain, and there was no need to tell Varuna, who did not suspect Yuwon.
“How much time has passed?”
“About an hour.”
“Luckily it didn’t take that long.”
Yama, who was worried that he might have caused great inconvenience, breathed a sigh of relief.
one hour.
It wasn’t that long. There was still plenty of time left.
“Still, let’s hurry. “Because there are many places to contact.”
“I was afraid that my sister-in-law might scold me if I were late…”
“Do you want to pass out too?”
Varuna fell silent at Yuwon’s glance.
No matter how clueless he was, he knew that Yuwon was the reason why Yama suddenly lost consciousness.
The place he had avoided the manager’s eyes.
Yama finally began to speak without hesitation. “Not long ago ,
more eyes were targeting me.”
“Errand boys?”
“Yes, that’s why I was careful.”
Yama, who was with Vishnu when he died.
He was more loyal to Vishnu than anyone else.
He also held the highest ranking among devas, excluding Vishnu.
Of course, in the eyes of administrators, Yama was a thorn in his side.
” Good, then. There are two baits.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“Do you know all the contact information?”
“I know, but…”
Yama continued, looking back at Varuna.
“It would be better for this guy to do that. “I have lived only as a shadow of Vishnu all my life.”
“Okay then. “It doesn’t matter who contacts me.”
“And if you’re going to use me as bait…”
Yama thought for a moment, nodded and
continued, “I’ll raise my arms and swing my scythe vigorously.”
Yama’s eyes burned black.
After Vishnu’s death, he had become a warrior, not someone’s shadow.
But,
“You don’t have to work that hard. What you need is a name and a face, not a sickle.”
“yes?”
“You said it was bait, but when did you say you were going to use words?”
Yama’s activities were not in Yuwon’s mind.
“First, spread the bait.”
Yuwon, who looked away from Yama, who had a puzzled expression on his face, instructed Varuna,
“Vishnu is alive.”
Even if you know it’s a lie, you can’t help but bite.
The name Vishnu was such a bait.
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A woman with fair skin and silky blue hair that grew down to her shoulders walked along the sandy beach. She had come
because she wanted to hear the sound of waves crashing, but she was distraught. Perhaps because of her mind, the sound just passed by her ears.
“Lord Vishnu…”
She was looking at the message she had received from Varuna.
[Varuna: Lord Vishnu is alive.]
It was nonsense.
Vishnu died.
This could be seen just by the fact that his name disappeared from the rankings.
But why suddenly?
[Varuna: Everyone gather at the location sent in the message by noon 10 days later.]
Kindly tell us the time and place of your appointment.
I left a message asking what happened, but there was no reply.
“Is this crazy?”
Soma’s crumpled expression.
As one of Deva’s high rankers, she was taken aback by Varuna’s sudden behavior.
Suddenly, the name of Vishnu was mentioned and the high rankers of the Devas were summoned.
Even though he was a high ranker, within a few fingers of Daeva, this was a bit too much.
That means.
‘Are you sure Lord Vishnu is alive?’
If Varuna is not crazy, then this statement is true.
It was a time when Soma was confused by the news of Vishnu’s survival.
sssss-.
Below the sandy beach where Soma stands.
The sand was sucked downward like an ant hell, and an unexpected guest appeared from within.
“Did you hear the news, Soma?”
A man with brown hair and a body covered in fur.
Because of his beast-like eyes and monkey-like appearance, he was Hanuman, a ranker who was teased as an entry-level Jecheon Daeseong.
“okay. heard.”
“Varuna, is this guy real?”
“I’m not receiving any calls.”
Soma’s eyes narrowed as he stared at the kit.
“There is something.”
“Really? “Lord Vishnu…”
Hanuman could not finish his sentence.
Soma looked at Hanuman’s reaction and shook his head.
“I don’t know. Is it real or not?”
“You disappeared from the rankings, right?”
“Because you passed away to the administrators. It is the management bureau under the administrators that manages the rankings.”
“Then… the ranking disappeared not because Vishnu passed away…”
“Yes… there may be another reason.”
Soma said that and put the kit back in his pocket.
“For now, we have no choice but to get together. “This is a matter of Vishnu’s name.”
Vishnu.
I once again felt how important that name was to Daeva.
With just this name, the high rankers of Daeva were in a state of agitation.
I don’t know if it was calculated or not, but as long as this name was in the text, they had no choice but to follow Varuna’s words.
“Will Yama come too?”
Hanuman’s cautious question.
Soma’s expression changed as he turned towards the sea.
“That guy disappeared after Vishnu’s funeral, right?”
Yama was Vishnu’s shadow.
Although he was ranked second only to Vishnu, he was not involved in the slightest bit in the operation of the deva and disappeared after Vishnu’s funeral.
Some rankers who were close to him went looking for Yama, but the news was unknown.
“He will come. certainly.”
Soma said with confidence.
Even if no one else knows, Yama will definitely do it.
He will do anything when it comes to Vishnu.
“…okay?”
Hanuman paused for a moment and, like Soma, looked back at the sea.
“I guess I should attend too, right?”
There is probably no Daeva ranker who would not move after receiving this message.
Not only Yama and Varuna, but also Soma, Hanuman, Dhruva, Devahuti, Gajendra….
It was clear that many rankers named as Devas would gather in one place.
“Real or not.”
And that time.
Many rankers who received messages from Varuna were having similar conversations and thinking differently in their hearts.
Maybe we can meet Vishnu again.
Or just the opposite.
* * *
“Vishnu is alive…”
Management Bureau on the 71st floor.
At the top of the huge tower-like structure, the manager looked for signs that had happened to Deva.
“Is it real?”
White Hand, the errand boy standing in front of the manager, shook his head.
“Don’t you know that’s not possible?”
“Yes, that’s right. Some guys took care of it.”
The manager with a bony face wrinkled his forehead as if he was worried.
“But I’m worried.”
The opponent was Vishnu.
The strongest ranker who dominated the top for a long time.
Although he was pushed out of first place by Zeus, he was the one who enjoyed the best for the longest time, no matter what anyone said.
“Do you think he is still alive?”
“Just in case.”
I couldn’t help but feel nervous.
I tried to find Varuna to find out the truth, but for some reason I couldn’t.
Varuna disappeared.
Just like Yama, he was out of the sight of the messengers.
‘Is this Vishnu’s doing?’
He was quite capable of doing so.
Avoiding the eyes of the messengers would not have been that difficult for Vishnu.
“But if that’s really the case…”
A bluish glow appeared in the manager’s eyes.
“I’ll definitely have to stop breathing this time.”
The manager instructed to somehow find Vishnu and Varuna through the White Hand.
They were also asked to uncover the relationship between Yama’s disappearance and Vishnu.
When the story about Vishnu was in full swing at the top of the administration.
“Heung heung heung-.”
A cheerful hum that doesn’t suit the management bureau.
The gaze of the manager, who was leaning on a chair, turned towards the direction from which the humming was heard.
Behind the white hand.
For some time, a man with bronze skin was eavesdropping on the conversation with his arms crossed.
“Who dares-.”
P-it-.
The moment when White Hand, the errand boy who discovered the man, was about to express his anger.
Puhwaak-!
A white hand with a red line on its neck fell to the ground, spouting blood.
White hands.
He was in charge of the errand boys on the 71st floor.
In other words, on the 71st floor, the person holds the second highest position after the manager.
He suddenly lost his breath.
Quack, quack, quack.
Teeth devouring the corpse of the White Hand.
The manager recognized his identity from the magical power flowing from the man and his long, slitted eyes.
“Anan… get on?”
Why did he, who was said to have been released from the seal and run away from Jecheon Daeseong and Zeus, appear here?
“What are we doing now? Isn’t it different from what we promised?”
“I’ve been thinking about it.”
Jeopuk-.
Ananta approached the manager.
“I mean, there’s no need to move as you wish.”
The administrators released Ananta’s seal to confront Ranker.
Ananta, the king of monsters.
I believe that with his power, he will be able to destroy even Olympus.
however.
“Those are the ones that taste the best, right?”
As they thought so, Ananta’s teeth turned towards them.