“Waaaahhhh!”

The enormous shout echoes through the eardrums.

Yoon-suk opened his eyes and looked around.

It was not in the middle of the circus that I was used to.

On a wide slate in the shape of a square.

He now stands on top of it.

‘What...? ’

I even listened to Ashton.

The 10th floor of the trial is not a duel between challengers.

That's the only piece of information he knew.

Few fighters from the 10th floor or more have ever unravelled for their competitors.

Anyway, I only knew that HYDRA, who I met on the fifth floor, would come out as he did on the ninth floor.

But…….

It was nothing like that.

"Why would you do this? ’

Yoon-seok turned his gaze to the spectators on the outskirts.

Thousands of people there were dressed as if they were from a soap opera.

Just like the Moorish challengers did.

Yoon-suk's eyes narrowed.

It was not that surprising that this place was recreated as expected. I didn't know which manager was part of the trail of life.

But why?

This question stuck in my head.

“The source of the Plum Blacksword. ”

A man sat on top of a war and took possession.

Do you think he's the one fighting this fight?

I was just about to draw my sword first.

All skills are sealed.

"The effect of all equipment is sealed.

"Manager's power is sealed.

"The stats are fixed to C rank.

The world turns black and white and stops.

It was absurd.

Now you make one mistake, you get rid of the coins to die and seal away your skills and abilities?

When I thought about what the hell this was all about.

Please select a technology to sync.

I came up with a list of available technologies.

I thought you said sync.

What appeared on the list was not only different, but the skills owned by Yoon-suk.

No need to worry, Yoon-suk chose one.

Synchronize unique technologies.

"Rank is fixed to C

Even though the B rank was down to one rank....

Nevertheless, there is no doubt that Yoon-suk is the most powerful technology.

Start a countdown.

With the choice of technology, the black and white world was restored to its original color. At the same time, the overwhelming feeling of devastation dominated the whole body.

3.

The Magic Rank is secured to C.

Including the increased stats of the Hematopodia makes it B-rank...

‘… was it this different? ’

With the B-rank effect closed, as well as massive amounts of hematoma exited.

It feels like about a half of what was originally in the body.

No, I think there's less.

2.

Your body stretches like a watered cotton ball.

One had to adapt quickly.

1.

Duels are about to begin.

START!

The moment the system message announces the start of the duel.

I opened my lips to see what the man who revealed that he was the source of the Plum Sword.

Curiosity did not abate.

It was just a gap in Yoon-suk's eyes.

Tada!

I drew my sword and ran.

Since the stats had been lowered, there was almost no speed close to a momentary shift from the point of view of ordinary people.

But even that felt pretty fast....

The man urgently grabs his sword and stops the attack.

Kang!

Two swords strike.

How long has it been since I heard a voice like that, not a burst?

When I heard the sound derived from it, I felt so alive.

You're really weak.

“You've mastered the Wicked Magician, you must be saying that! ”

Chungcheon shouted something.

It looks like the Murim Concept Arena even has a behind-the-scenes story…….

Well, I didn't pay much attention.

That's not the point.

‘The stats themselves are similar. ’

Suddenly, I was less worried because all my stats were sealed with a C rank. Luckily, the opposing Pokémon seem to have similar levels.

‘... This is too easy! ’

Not if it's another challenger.

This trial must be easy for Yoon-suk. Just one increases all stats by ‘+2’.

Whee!

Yoon Seok swings his blood-maggot sword at the target.

Maybe even the power that suppressed the side effects was sealed.

The strength on the sword was truly overwhelming.

The man who had received the sword of Yun Seok was overwhelmed with arrogance shouted.

“Only with fallout!”

I don't think it's a command.

So, is it a good cover, too?

Then, except for Thousand Horses, the Muslims had a habit of doing things together.

Whoo-hoo! Whoo!

The magenta black, which reminds me of El's hair, has stretched across many splendid branches.

After exploring and torturing about the Sword, I wonder if I'll be able to see the Sword any day now.

I could see the mystery behind the herbs.

‘Hwang-ju’ and ‘Hwang-su’.

‘Hiding the secret to glamour and quickly taking the enemy's head...' ’

The opposing Pokémon's intentions are good, but they are not.

Yun Seok has already finished the distinction between vanity and thread just by looking at it at a glance.

Yoon-suk's sword stabbed him in front of him.

At one such unnecessary step, the man's face turned dark.

How in the world?

It sounded like I heard it all the way here.

‘Because I can see him. ’

Soon, the two swords clashed together again.

One friction did not bloom.

It uses the mystery of goodness.

Yoon-suk poured out to the side using the power contained in the man's sword.

As a result, the man's posture was greatly collapsed....

Phew!

Yun Seok stabbed one of the other swords in the neck without missing the gap.

Fluffy.

The man knelt to the ground powerlessly.

There was a hole in my neck that was bleeding out.

Was his death so easy to accept?

The man who fell on the floor was saved with his own eyes.

"What is the point of this ordeal? ’

After winning, Yoon-suk felt uncomfortable.

Hydra, Blacksmith, Infinite Duel, Replicated Self…….

Towers have always tended to create as many different situations as possible and gain experience in new fields.

But what do you get out of a fight like this?

Beginner's Day?

Well, whatever it is, we'll know soon enough.

Victory.

"Stats are fixed to C + rank.

Please select additional technologies to sync.

Looks like the duel...

Looks like it's a start.

* * *

Synchronize unique technologies

After completing the technology selection to synchronize, the world of black and white was once again colored as before.

The time it started flowing again.

However, as if time had stopped, the audience was very quiet.

When you shouted, did you say they were all on the other side? ’

I'm not sure.

Why there should be such a concept in the trials of duel.

If I had to fight, I'd give it my turn in the Amphitheater.

In the meantime, the next opponent steps onto the stage.

Was the guy who just died a co-worker?

The cold eyes filled with fury.

“You should know. I just lost my last chance to get out of here alive. ”

With that said, the countdown began.

Yoon-suk looks at the opponent for a while.

He was wearing a similar sword in a similar outfit.

However, the number of threads on the swordsman was different.

Earlier, there were three, but one red thread grew into four.

Does that make any difference to them?

Then, the prayer itself, which I felt in the position of holding the sword, was far superior to before.

‘Well, I hope you didn't just give me a boost and unlock another skill. ’

The first opponent was, quite frankly, dull.

So Yoon-seok chose a second technique that would not help in the battle.

I thought maybe it was too much suddenly....

It was too late to regret it.

It will soon be clear whether it was a mistake or not.

START!

When the body's constraints are lifted.

Yoon-suk immediately closes his distance to the target.

And it was all about revenge.

Tada.

The distance between each other is quickly narrowed.

The more I did, the more abundant the fragrance of the Plum that was around me, I didn't know where.

That's probably one of the hallmarks of the inner air, just as the bloodstream blooms when you use a hematoma.

However, the incense didn't bloom because the level of the opponent has fallen.

“ ……. ”

20, 15, 10, 10...

Both sides reached the area where each other's swords reached without a black export.

And that moment.

The petals start to flutter.

It wasn't really like that, it was because Yoon-suk felt it.

“ ……? ”

Unlike before, there was no herbal name.

I stabbed the sword with my fist intact, even without one foot touching the ground.

Then, at the edge of the sword, the magenta sword was divided into thousands of pieces, swarming towards Yun Seok.

The herb that the first opponent showed you was not a herb made of blush and thread.

The splendid scattered one by one was real.

‘You can use a sword this way. ’

If fallow alone is a technology-based herb, this is a herb based on my pores…….

Yoon-suk's choice of response was extremely simple.

‘But you're weak. ’

Do I have to say it's like an empty stomach?

Appearance must be glamorous, but you've given up too much.

Yun Seok increased the size by blowing more blood markers into the sword. And he slashes his blade across thousands of forks that shoot.

Even the hand that began to flow after it was completely filled is swept away by the pink energy that was in contact with the young.

Of course, there were too many numbers to offset them all with a single cut…….

‘This is as long as it lasts. ’

Yun Seok tracked the trajectory of the flying pieces.

No waste was placed around the body part.

It was a kind of self-defense technique using my own pores.

“ ……! ”

Was he part of his own spleen?

I didn't expect it to be so easy, but I quickly opened the distance with a ruined face.

However, there was no way Yun-Seok, who was strong in a one-on-one duel, could see through it.

Phew.

Distance narrowed down as it happened so quickly.

Yoon-suk swiftly shoved the man's sword to his side.

And I put a sword through the heart of the defenselessly exposed.

Victory.

Unique Skill Predation is activated.

Randomly acquire one of the opponent's skills.

Obtain a Magic Enhancement (Rank C +).

"Plunder one of the opponent's equipment at random.

Plunder "Rank C +"

"Absorb some of the opponent's highest stats.

Absorb Magical Power.

"Stats are fixed to B-rank.

Please select additional technologies to sync.

I don't know what the purpose is....

The duel is not over yet.

* * *

After one more duel, the gut settles down with an even more ominous atmosphere.

The young hostile gazes that were shot at Yoon-suk felt as if they were not strange even if they swung their swords at him soon.

Hana Yunsuk didn't even give me a nerve.

Not if it was a mission.

Because I believed that a one-on-one duel would never break their prescribed framework in this main trial and come at me in a pile.

In fact, I did.

“ ……. ”

The third opponent also does not give a name.

However, I did not resent him as I had resented him before.

I just looked at Yoon-suk with quiet eyes.

‘If interest came out from the beginning, I might be a bit of a opponent.... ’

The level itself was good.

I couldn't be the opponent for Yoon-seok, who was even sealed after the first and second duel.

‘At this point, I can see what the tower sent me here to test. ’

Challenger skills and potential.

and my ability to endure the malice of thousands of spectators in a sealed state of mind.

Maybe that was the goal of the trials?

Screaming.

After a total of thirty and three exchanges.

Yun Seok slashes the throat of the opponent who opened the gap.

Is it because he's being reproduced by the tower?

Magic Strengthening (Rank B-) and Embroidered Sword (Rank B-).

The reward obtained by Predation was only the same grade. The ability to absorb was also magical.

But there was an AP reward.

"1,000,000 AP will be paid as a reward.

To be honest, each one was a duel that was hard to feel urgent.

Is that why?

Somehow I felt like I got 1 million AP for free.

So it's over? ’

I was thinking about it, but I was wondering why the phrase "going to the waiting room" didn't appear.

An old man came onto the stage.

The walk was relaxed and the stride was constant.

"Somehow I remember you. ’

Her gray hair seems to have gone over the edge.

However, even with a flat application, solid weather has been transmitted from the shoulders that are standing upright with the shoulders that are wide open.

However, no energy was sensed inside, as if it were ordinary people.

“You really did win three duels. I can't believe you hid your skills from the old lady. ”

Once I heard what you said, it looks like the duel is over...

Yoon-suk was just silent because he had no idea what to say.

But did they accept that silence differently?

“Oh, there's nothing to be afraid of. The volcano must keep its promise once. I don't know what happens next, but no one will touch you until we leave here today. ”

As expected, this stage was the concept of his execution squad.

Of course, I don't know what I'm standing here for, and I don't know how I'll be able to live if I win the duel three times.

To be honest, I thought that if I got out of here, the assassins would follow me immediately....

‘Well, I don't know which manager's birthday it is, but it's not my concern……. ’

That's what I thought.

The old man asked me with a smile.

“But there is a way to back out of this. So why don't you exchange swords with the old man? ”

You can challenge a new enemy.

If you do not challenge, the duel will end and you will be taken to the 11th floor waiting room.

Stop, stop, stop.

It feels like a kind of hidden boss.

Yoon-suk was thinking for a moment when he first encountered her, and the old man threw a bait.

“Namgongcheol, if you accept this offer, I will also tell you the location of the 'Cheonma-dong’ that you've been looking for. ”

“Namgongcheol...? ”

“Ah, shall I call you Changshan Sword as you speak in the river? ”

The old man said with a taunt.

"Was it really Nam Gong-chul? ’

Even heard of the stars, even the possibility of Dongmyung is gone.

For some reason, I laughed.

It was just before that I was curious about the manager's life, but I didn't know it was Nam Gong-chul, the astronomer.

Feeling a strange connection, Yoon-suk nodded.

“Good. Let's do it. ”

Obviously there is a better chance to reward you when you win.

Moreover, it was unlikely that he would send out an enemy in the tower that he could never win.

Yoon-suk has always been strong because he has been challenged.

It will be one thing again.

However…….

This was unexpected.

Duel has been established.

"Stats are fixed to S + rank.

The effect of sealed equipment will be restored.

All sealed technology can be used.

Use all the powers that were sealed.

Specs that surpass even the original stats.

That is, without this kind of calibration, it would mean that the old man is strong enough not to be his own opponent.

Who the hell is this guy?

“Oh, by the way, this is the first time I've faced you in person and you haven't told me yet. ”

The old man lightly raised his sword and gave his name.

“I am Hyeontology, the leader of the volcanoes. ”

And the intensity of purple that started to rush around like a storm…….

It was never light.