Chapter 625
Leveling with the Gods
[Level Up with the Gods Episode 101]
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Azathoth laughed a lot for the first time in a long time.
Like a completely different person than just now, who seemed to have no facial expressions.
When the sun sets and not only the alleys but also the streets become dark.
âIâll go now.â
Nyala, who was playing hide and seek, reappeared and said regretfully.
âDo I have to go?â
âBecause my sisters are waiting. âLetâs play again next time.â
The next promise was meaningless.
She lived a life that would not be strange even if she died at any time.
I didnât know if there would be a next time or not.
but.
âokay.â
Azathoth waved his hand without showing his regret.
âLetâs play again next time.â
Nyala waved and walked away.
Azathoth smiled faintly as he stood there for a moment and watched her disappear into the village alley.
âIt was fun.â
His expression brightened.
All day. No, every day was the worst.
Among the worst, there were bound to be people like Nyala.
There was still a reason for this world to remain.
Jeopuk-.
I was walking towards home like that for a while.
ââ¦.â
Azathoth turned to look in the direction where Nyala disappeared.
Come to think of it, over there.
âGet out of here, kid.â
This was the direction I met them.
âno way.â
My skin crawled with ominousness.
The thought of âno wayâ filled my head.
I closed my eyes.
The whole world went dark.
When I open my eyes again.
He was standing in an alley brightly lit by the moon and stars.
âWhatâs this?â
âTwo fairy tales? Is this really all there is?â
âThat stupid bitch. Are you risking your life just to protect this?â
It was the voice of the men and the middle-aged woman I saw earlier.
They were getting irritated as they picked up two coins that had fallen on the floor.
And after that.
I saw a familiar face lying on the floor, bleeding red.
I could see my own face reflected in her eyes.
It was Nyala.
ââ¦Satâ¦.â
Her eyes met for a moment, but she was unable to fully say Azathothâs name.
The faint light that remained in his eyes went out.
Moment.
Azathothâs face turned earthy.
âHey hey.â
âhuh?â
âLook over there.â
Azathoth was discovered by men holding a knife with Nyalaâs blood on it.
âThe kid in the day?â
âwhat. âDid you bring more money?â
âThere was a lot of ash. âAre you from a rich family?â
âThe clothes are not perfect.â
They giggled at Azathoth. They
didnât even pay attention to Nyalaâs body lying on the floor. Just a
moment ago, they were saddened by the two coins.
Azathothâs eyes turned to the coins in the manâs hand. .
That was
all Nyala had.
âI just needed one.â
Blinking.
For a moment, the surroundings blinked as if a light was turning on and off.
âHuh?â
âWhat happened just now?â
It was outside, not indoors.
It was also an alley where the only light was moonlight and starlight.
But for a moment,
the world blinked.
âThe reason not to destroy this dirty world. Not too many, just oneâ¦â
Blink blink-.
The light of the world turned on and off repeatedly.
A middle-aged woman raised her head to see what was happening and pointed her finger in shock.
âEverything, everything⦠the moonâ¦.â
âAaaah!â
âWhat is that!â
Blinkâ¦
An eye appeared on the surface of the moon.
Bloody tears flowed from the moonâs eye, and it blinked several times.
Azathoth did the same.
Bleedingâ¦
Bleeding from his eye.
The small boy slowly I walked towards Nyalaâs body.
âWhy did you take it away?â
Blinkâ¦
The moon blinked again.
I was angry. No, I was always angry. Even
when I woke up this morning in a smelly warehouse. Even when
I got slapped right after I woke up.
Even when I got my money taken away by them. I was always angry.
Still, I thought that just one thing was enough. Even
though it was a world like this.
Still, I just needed one reason to stay.
âI said, âLetâs see, letâs see,â what kind of nonsense did this brat say earlier?â
The moment the man with the sword in his hand was walking towards Azathoth.
Suddenly, Azathoth came within a stoneâs throw and placed his palm on his stomach.
â
I donât need it anymore.â
ââ¦!â
The manâs eyes widened as if torn.
There wasnât even a scream.
There were no special premonitory symptoms.
But soon.
Shootaaa-.
The manâs body turned into sand and fell to the floor.
âIâm crazy!â
âKyaaaa-!â
Two companions screamed.
A friend turned into sand.
It was simply an extinction in the realm of the incomprehensible, regardless of whether it was life or death.
What on earth happened right in front of my eyes?
Tadada-.
In fear, the two people started running in different directions.
Itâs trying to run away.
but.
âI told you.â
Shootaaa-.
The kid who was looking down at Nyalaâs body.
Starting under Azathothâs feet, the entire world began to turn into sand.
âThere is no need.â
Shootaaa-.
The man who was running away and the middle-aged woman who was his colleague.
The man who slapped me in the morning and the people who looked at Azathoth with disgust on the street.
Everything turned into a handful of sand.
Thatâs how the world came to an end.
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âI will not abandon this world like you did.â
Nyala Totep was clearly mistaken.
A desolate and dry world completely covered in desert.
It is said that Azathothâs insensitive personality is what caused the world to turn out that way.
but.
âDid you say you wouldnât neglect this world like I did?â
He was thinking wrong.
âWrong.â
Azathoth never neglected the world.
Rather, it was the opposite.
âIt is I, Nyala, who created the world you hated so much.â
It was Azathoth who made the world like that.
Itâs Nyala Totepdo. Yog-Sothoth too. As for Shub Niggurasâ¦
it was a story that only Yuwon knew, and not everyone close to Azathoth knew.
âThatâs why I was afraid.â
Nyala Totep thought she knew everything about Azathoth.
But thatâs wrong.
No one knew about Azathoth.
Even Azathoth himself.
âA person who can destroy the world just by putting his mind to it. A truly immortal being who cannot die even if he wants to.â
Kuuk-.
Yuwon did not want to become that kind of person.
Not even the Cthulhu in front of me or the countless administrators who rule this tower.
It was merely a by-product of a dream Azathoth had during his childhood.
Skaat-.
Yuwon swung his sword.
Managers who appeared before our eyes.
No, he cut down Azathothâs old nightmares.
Huh-.
The nightmare was cut down as easily as a mirage.
Unlike the managers outside who had physical strength, the nightmares in these dreams were scattered very easily.
â That doesnât make senseâ¦
Cthulhu kept repeating the same thing.
Youâll want to deny it.
He was the very nightmare of Azathoth, and he could not understand how the nightmares he had had for so long could disappear so easily.
Sigh-.
Dreams are being torn apart.
It didnât take much effort.
This was the reason Yuwon wanted to come here.
Because the existence of a manager here is just a powerless illusion.
-No wayâ¦
I was saying the same thing over and over again.
âCthulhu.â
Yuwonâs voice was heard nearby.
âNow itâs time to dream.â
Seok-.
Krulluâs eye is cut in half.
Tuk-.
A long dream came to an end like that.
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Chiji Chijiji-!
Thor struggled to control Gungnir, which was going crazy in his hands.
This is the third shot.
Perhaps thanks to borrowing the power of Yggdrasil, I was able to activate Gungnir for the third time in one day.
âLord Vishnu!â
To increase his chances of hitting, Thor asked Vishnu for help.
Vishnu moves Yggdrasil.
He moved his hands as if he was annoyed and lifted the bound manager up.
Kwarung-!
Gungnir left his hand and flew away with a loud noise.
âThis guy did it againâ¦â
That moment.
Slur-.
Kwaung-!
Gungnir passed by the managerâs seat, which disappeared like a mirage.
âuh?â
ââ¦?â
ââ¦?â
Similar reactions erupted here and there.
He wasnât the only one who disappeared.
All the managers who were fighting with Zeus, Ananta, and Vishnu
also disappeared as if they had never been there in the first place.
âDid you run away?â
Zeus, not knowing what was going on, dropped his hand along with the spear as if in vain.
And at the same time,
âIâm having a good time, what are you doing?â
Son Gokuâs face was swollen.
Although he pretended to be strong, he and Hercules were already exhausted.
And in the meantime,
Pandora was also sitting on the floor with her head down.
âAre you finished?â
âYes,â
Pandora replied to Herculesâ muttering to himself,
ââ¦Itâs over.â
Pandora, whose physical strength had been exhausted to the bottom in the fight with the managers, did not even have the strength to stand.
Both Goku and Hercules reacted in bewilderment at the sudden situation.
Why
on earth did all the managers who were fighting well disappear?
In the hazy fog.
An unusually clear sign of presence was felt.
Pandora, who had been helplessly lowering her head, raised her head and stood up unsteadily.
Whose footsteps were these?
Toward the man vaguely hidden in the fog in the distance.
Pandora ran with all her remaining strength. .
âYuwon-!â
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After the war with the administrators, Zeus lay down on the hospital bed with bandages wrapped all over his body. His
pride was hurt more than the wounds on his body.
He looked up at the scenery outside the blue window and muttered,
âI have two debts. âItâs my turnâ¦â
Even in the war with Outer. And also in this war with managers.
Not only himself but also this world was saved twice by Kim Yu-won.
Vishnu, who returned to being a deva, had no time to rest properly as he was busy handling the backlog of work.
âCollect all the materials related to Kim Yu-won again.â
âyes? âWhere do you get that from?â
âYou forgot and threw it all away. Find it yourself.â
âI hope Vishnu has forgotten tooâ¦â
In response to Varunaâs tearful face, Vishnu laughed and shook his head.
The world forgot the name Kim Yu-won.
Everything related to him seemed like it was no big deal. He was ignored and discarded.
But now,
the world remembered him again.
And at the same time.
âHey man! Kim Yu-won-!â
Bang, bang,
bang! Hargan called his name while knocking on the door of Yuwon and Pandoraâs house.
If he didnât open it right away, he was ready to break the door.
Yuwon, who was just preparing a meal, sighed as if he was annoyed and opened the door.
âWhy are you doing this?â âDidnât you tell me?â
âYou didnât remember.â
âYou should have said it! My name is Kim Yu-won! Like this! Why canât you say it!â
âHow do you explain it to everyone?â
Tak.
Yuwon put down the food on the table and tried to calm Hargan in his own way.
âJust eat and go.â
âhuh?â
The reconciliation was made suddenly.
Yuwon didnât disappear on purpose in the first place,
so there was no need to fight. While eating with Hargan,
âMe too!â
âI left the tree outside.â
Son Goku, who came to play saying he was bored, and Hercules, who had been cutting wood, came into the house.
Like that again.
Yuwon returned to his original position.
On the noisy and peaceful table.
âI guess he wanted a world like this.â
Yuwon looked around at the world around him and thought,
âBoys. And girls too.â
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Kiit-.
The girl drew a picture on the floor with a long, bumpy stone.
The boy looked at the picture the girl drew and asked,
âWhat is this?â
âThe house we will live in together later.â
âhouse?â
The boy made a puzzled expression.
The picture was too tall to be called a house.
Like a castle or a tower.
What kind of house could this be?
The girl smiled happily.
âOur house will be 100 stories high. On the first floor. âIt grows pretty flowers and the second floor is full of sweet snacksâ¦â
The girl explained the house she drew.
Painting was the girlâs desire.
A big, pretty, dream-like house.
The more he listened, the more absurd it became, but the girlâs story made the boy laugh more and more.
âOh, and again⦠on the 41st floorâ¦â
âYouâre too greedy, Nyala.â
The girl scratched her head at the boyâs words,
âIs that so?â
âYes. Make it a little smaller.â
âKeu-.â
The girl thought in pain.
The hand holding the stone trembled.
She paused for a moment, then pulled out her hair and screamed.
âUgh! I canât do it! I canât give up!â
âCalm down, Nyala! Oh flea da.â
âFlea? Where?â
The girl, who was startled, made a fuss.
Seeing her, the boy burst out laughing.
As the girl was shaking off the fleas from her head, the boy looked at the picture on the floor.
âNiala.â
âhuh?â
âAre you sure you canât give up?â
âof course!â
At the girlâs brave answer, the boy nodded in understanding.
âYou said it was on the 100th floor, right?â
This has already happened, the boy thought.
Although I may be greedy, I hope that
this house, unlike this world, will be filled with only happiness.
(End of Level Up with the Gods Side Story)