Chapter 628
Leveling with the Gods
Level Up with God Episode 3
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Lee Seong-yoonâs arcade is full of customers.
A large man stepped in there.
âIsnât it Hercules?â
âHercules?â
âno way. âWhy does he come to this place?â
Although he covered his body with a tight robe, it did not cover all of Herculesâ size.
Hercules was sweating under his robes.
I deliberately covered my body, but I wonder if I got caught.
âThatâs right, thatâs right.â
âWow Mr. âThis is my first time seeing youâ¦â
âIsnât this your first time?â
âWhat happens to a high ranker with that level of ranking to the first floor?â
Thatâs right.
I got caught.
âHaa-.â
Hercules sighed and took off his robe. When
green-tinged hair and a muscular body were revealed, exclamations of admiration erupted from all over. Finally,
â
Welcome, Hercules!â
From the back of the store, Lee Seong-yoon came out to meet us with a bright smile on his face.
âYoo-won and Team Leader Hargan are inside. Do you want to come in?â
âNo. Thank you, but itâs okay.â
Sigh.
Hercules rolled up his sleeves and walked towards a game console.
âI came here today because I had other business to attend to.â
With a solemn look on his face, Hercules headed to a place where there was an arm wrestling machine.
âI got interested in this.â
âIs this this?â
[I am the king of the world!]
It was a simple-looking game machine with only one arm.
However, its appearance stimulated Herculesâ desire to compete.
âYou know? Thereâs a guy on the Hargan team named Lee Seong-yoon.â
âI know. But why?â
âThe dog opened a game room this time. But thereâs a game machine there whose forearms are thicker than yours.â
It was Yuwon who relayed the message.
Although Hercules had no particular desire to win, he said,
âIf you two arm wrestle, who will win?â
If the opponent was Son Goku, the story was different.
Even when asked that question, Son Goku responded first.
âOf course itâs me.â
ââ¦?â
It was an absurd thing to say.
He would beat himself with âstrengthâ rather than any other sport.
âWhy? Why are you looking like that?â
âItâs because itâs ridiculous.â
âIf you just use your power recklessly, you will win. As you know, I am not alone.â
âAre you saying youâre going to rip out that head again and create an immolation?â
âOf course. And itâs all âmeâ too.â
It wasnât wrong.
Even though they were clones, they were all Son Goku.
It couldnât really be said that borrowing the power of clones was an offense.
âThen, you two should try together.â
Yuwon encouraged the two, saying,
âYou must be lucky.â
âAre you late?â
Son Goku, who was using an iron fist, had just defeated his opponent and stood up.
He said he lost to Yuwon.
It seemed like he still couldnât give up.
âI canât be faster than you, whoâs been here all day.â
âI win over you.â
âIf youâre going to bet, you picked the wrong item, monkey.â
Hercules was in an unusually tense mood.
Heâs not the type to show off his strength, but this time his opponents were Son Goku and Kim Yu-won.
There was a sense of pride that wasnât there between friends.
But,
âIs that⦠going to be okay?â
Lee Seong-yoon looked at the machine placed between the two with anxious eyes.
As it was a gaming center where rankers also occasionally visited, the machine was designed to never be broken.
In the first place, the fun of the game was to challenge the playerâs limits. But
if the opponent is Hercules or Jecheon Daeseong, the story is different.
âThe team leader is quite a monster⦠but those peopleâ¦â
Bang!
Lee Seong-yoon was startled by the sound as if a bomb had been dropped.
When he turned his head , Hercules had already started playing the game.
However,
ââ¦?â
ââ¦?â
The thick arm shape of the game machine was completely destroyed.
The machine and the arm separated and fell over, crushing the back of the hand that touched the floor, so the game machine was no longer in use. It seemed impossible to function.
âIs it broken? Thatâs it?â
Lee Seong-yoonâs eyes rolled around.
A lot of money was spent on that machine to increase its strength as it was designed to be difficult for rankers to pass over. A
considerable amount of adamantium and mithril were mixed to create the arm shape, so it was by far the most expensive game in this store. You could say that it is.
But,
âItâs softer than I thought.â
âI guess I made it roughly.â
Hercules spinning the broken game console in his hand and Son Goku receiving those words.
Both of them were enough to make Lee Seong-yoonâs stomach turn.
âGo back? Make it roughly?â
He truly loved the game, but what could he do?
In front of them, it was obvious.
âDonât destroy other peopleâs stores, just go out there and do it right.â
Wowâ¦
Hargan and Yuwon came outside with popcorn in hand.
The two people waved their hands and laid out the board.
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There were countless people outside the store.
They were all there to watch the battle between Hercules and Son Goku. .
It wasnât a direct fight, so if it was just arm wrestling, there was no need to get involved and get hurt.
âIf skill is possible, there is no foul unless it is a direct hit. Just let it pass at your discretion.â
âOkay, so letâs get started quickly.â
âI am ready.â
Son Goku and Hercules were glaring at each other with burning eyes.
The two seemed ready to start the game by stretching their arms at any moment.
But,
âWait a minute.â
Yuwon poured cold water on the two peopleâs speculation,
âAh, why!â
âSomething important is missing.â
Sighâ¦
After saying that, Yuwon asked the players gathered around him,
âWho do you want to bet on?â
As if he had heard the rumor, hundreds of players had gathered around him.
Yoo Won took out a notebook and pen.
As expected, Kim Yu Won would not cheat, so people joined in with confidence.
â100 points for Hercules!â
âMe too! 200 points to Hercules!â
âTo Son Gokuâ¦.â
âSlowly, one by one. Oh, please tell the yellow head over there.â
âme?â
Hargan with an absurd expression.
After hesitating for a moment, he began to take careful note of the names and amounts people called him.
Goku and Hercules were still on the floor, growling and glaring at each other.
âIs it really necessary to do something like this?â
He asked Yuwon, who instantly turned the fight between Son Goku and Hercules into a game, as if it were absurd.
âOriginally, watching a fight is only fun if there is a bet involved.â
Yuwon answered with a smile, writing down the name and amount.
Even at that time, the number of people increased one by one.
Goku couldnât bear it anymore and asked.
âWhen does it start?â
âstart.â
ââ¦?â
ââ¦?â
A half-hearted start signal.
Squash- Squash-!
Crunch-.
At the same time, Goku and Herculesâ arms gained strength.
âOuchâ¦â
Veins appeared on Son Gokuâs face.
His forearms looked as thin as tree branches compared to Herculesâ.
But.
Boom!
He had one trick he believed in.
The art of self-immolation.
Dozens of Son Goku They all appeared and grabbed Herculesâ hands,
âPull!â
ââPull-!ââ
The clones all cooperated and moved in response to the main bodyâs shout.
But Herculesâ arm did not go over easily.
âHey, pull carefully!â
âIâm pulling!â
âWhen I give the signal, pull!â
âYou didnât signal, you idiot!â
âI am you, you idiot!â
âIf you think about it that way, I and youâ¦â
Those were really stupid words just to hear.
It was not that cooperation was not possible.
However, no matter how hard the clones pulled, it was difficult to get over one of Herculesâ arms.
âAaaah!â
âDangeoeoeook!â
Gokuâs gritted his teeth.
Little by little, Herculesâ arm began to fall.
âOh oh-.â
âItâs okay!â
âThe stomach explodes!â
Players who bet on Son Goku screamed.
Inevitably, this dividend was bound to be focused on Hercules rather than Son Goku.
Even before the ranking rose to single digits, Herculesâ symbol was âstrengthâ.
Yu-won, who had already written down all the bets, looked at the match between Son Goku and Hercules.
âThe odds are Son Goku is 2 and Hercules is 8.â
Yuwon, who was not particularly interested in the match between the two, ate his food with regret.
âThe dividends are a bit tight.â
Chijiji-.
Before we know it, the game is entering its final stages.
Hercules began to strengthen his arms in earnest.
âI guess thatâs enough to build your self-esteem, right?â
âok?â
âHuh?â
Goku reacted curiously to Herculesâ words.
Herculesâ otherwise thick arms began to grow thicker.
[The power of a giant is in your arms.]
Cluck cluck-.
Swollen arms.
And even the power of the thunderbolt boiling within.
Kuuuk-.
The arm that had been passing little by little moved back toward Son Goku.
Gokuâs eyes widened as he felt something was wrong.
âHuh?â
I heard it helped build my self-esteem.
That wasnât a bluff.
Last moment.
Goku found the grinning face of Hercules.
âTry again next time, monkey.â
bang-!
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Swollen hands.
Son Goku, whose bones were aching, had his hands wrapped in bandages and was pouting.
It seemed like his pride was quite hurt by losing in front of people.
âAre you crying?â
Pandora approached Son Goku, who was sitting at the table, and moved her head to follow his face.
If anyone had seen it, they would have thought he was offering medicine.
Meanwhile, Hercules looked quite relieved.
âJust leave it alone. âI will forget it again soon.â
Since heâs such a simple guy, youâll quickly forget him.
Yuwon nodded at Herculesâ words.
âthatâs right. âI forgot it right away.â
âforget?â
Hercules gave a puzzled look as if asking what that meant.
The tone of voice was as if something like this had happened sometime ago.
âYou guys have been together before. âAnd several times.â
âmany times? how much?â
âMore than five times, as far as I remember. âIt was that guy who lost every time.â
Yuwon looked back at Son Goku, who was being comforted by Pandora.
âHow come you donât know how to give up even if you always lose?â
âYou mean you knew who would win?â
âknow. of course.â
Herculesâ eyes turned to Yuwon, who was moving his pen.
It looks like you invested a lot of points.
The corners of Yuwonâs mouth turned up.
âNo way, youâ¦â
âThe commission was quite high. The odds of dividends were low, though. âThis isnât that bad.â
Ssuk seu-.
Yuwon answered Herculesâ questions while calculating the odds and commission.
âI am unemployed. âYou know?â
âA guy with a lot of pointsâ¦â
The points Yuwon accumulated while climbing the tower were not just a penny or two. If
he sells just one of the items he has right now, he will be able to obtain wealth that most rankers canât even dream of.
Even so , I canât believe Iâm happy because I won a point in a betting game like this.
âAre you too greedy? Or do you have inertia in making your head spin?â
He still had the personality of not missing out on places where he could benefit.
Ughâ¦
[Income: 40,201 points]
Yoo Won shrugged his shoulders while underlining the points he had earned this time.
âThereâs a saying that more is more. Isnât that right?â
Itâs not a bad income for a pastime.
Tak-.
With a smile on his face, Yuwon closed his notebook.
Today, heâs going out to eat.