Toma hurriedly and fearfully said,
"Hurry up and take him out of here."
Two people carried away the man whose eye had burst.
Toma asked in shock,
"What exactly is your power?! … What's your level?"
Yagami replied mockingly,
"This is just the level evaluation power, right? My level is E too, hahaha."
Toma said angrily,
"Are you mocking me?!"
He was about to draw his sword when—
Yagami said,
"Wait, don't get heated… I'll show you."
He turned his face toward the leader and activated his power. A few seconds later, the association leader lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.
Current Level: SS
Level: 88
XP: 2000
HP: 500
Special Skill: Demonic Eye of Greed
Toma asked in terror,
"What did you do to him?!"
Yagami calmly replied,
"I took his power… I was E-rank at the start of the game."
Toma asked in disbelief,
"Then how did you level up so fast?"
Yagami continued,
"I took the eye of a Labyrinth King and offered it to a god… in return, I asked for an eye that steals others' power. Its name is 'Greed.'"
Toma shouted,
"A labyrinth?! What the hell is a labyrinth?! I don't accept this—you're lying! Something like that doesn't even exist!"
Yagami answered coldly,
"You idiot. Whether you believe my level or not, I'm not just a level evaluator."
Toma said in horror,
"Then you're…!"
Yagami laughed,
"Yeah… right now I'm a swordsman, a mage, and an archer."
Toma said fearfully,
"Then your level is S."
Yagami replied proudly,
"S-rank?! Hahaha… do you really think an S-rank could so easily take down another S-rank, with this many people around?
Yagami said mockingly, 'I'm a god now.'"
At that moment, the servant of the Final Floor King (Tartarus) appeared. The air grew heavy, and everyone was swallowed by fear—except Yagami.
Tartarus said,
"You said… god?!"
Yagami charged at him with his sword, but Tartarus caught the blade with just two fingers. Yagami laughed,
"So even a servant of the Final Floor King has this much power?"
Tartarus' Level: S++
Level: null
XP: null
HP: 800
Special Skill: Forbidden Chant Casting
Commander of Squad Two (Ren) shouted,
"A servant of the Final Floor King?! What is he doing here?!"
Yagami laughed and said,
"I'll kill you and send your head to your master, so no one ever underestimates me again."
Tartarus became enraged and punched Yagami in the face. A shockwave spread from the impact, throwing everyone nearby away and tearing the building apart. Yagami was sent flying through ten houses and was injured.
Tartarus stood over him and said,
"You can't even dodge a punch like that… and you want to fight the Great Lord?"
Toma, coughing in terror, said,
"That punch… was it a punch or a bomb?"
Yagami opened his eyes in fury. His left eye turned crimson, and a strange aura surrounded him. He instantly stood before Tartarus. Tartarus punched again, but this time Yagami kicked him hard, sending him flying five houses away. Then Yagami rushed forward, grabbed him, lifted him up, and struck him with a powerful punch.
Tartarus defended, but it was useless. He crashed into the ground again, blood spilling from his mouth.
Yagami was floating in the air.
Current Level: SS+
Level: 88
HP: 1000
XP: 4000
Special Skill: Flight
Yagami tried to descend on him, but the servant raised his hand and shouted,
"Holy Shield!"
A green shield appeared in front of him and blocked the attack. Yagami said in surprise,
"You're a servant of the Final Floor King… then how do you have a Holy Shield?! Doesn't matter… I just want to defeat you so everyone knows I'm not ordinary…"
The Holy Shield began to crack.
The servant panicked and said,
"Lord… please grant me a little more of your power…"
The Final Floor King (Hades) said,
"I'll give you some of my power, but if you lose, I'll punish you severely."
Tartarus' power became equal to Yagami's.
Level: SS+
Level: null
XP: null
HP: 1090
Special Skill: Physical Power Amplification
Gradually, he pushed Yagami back. The shield between them shattered. Yagami laughed and said,
"This is going to be fun!"
The servant deactivated the shield and threw an extremely fast punch at Yagami's face. Yagami was blown backward. The servant punched again. Yagami crashed into a wall, trying to dodge, but Tartarus kept punching relentlessly.
At that moment, Yagami recalled the bitter memories of his past—the humiliation, the abandonment. He said to himself,
"I can't lose here… I didn't come this far just to lose… I have to activate my true power!"
Yagami activated 50% of his power. His eyes turned black, and the servant was blasted backward.
Current Level: SSS
Level: 96
HP: 2000
XP: 8000
Special Skill: Black Blade
He became like a monster—gray eyes, drool dripping, two swords in his hands, red veins along the blades as if they were soaked in blood.
The servant whispered in fear,
"What is this… can you even call this human… I have to retreat…"
His master's voice echoed in his mind:
"Where do you think you're going?! You've borrowed a bit of my power, but you still can't defeat him… either you defeat him, or you die right there!"
Tartarus said fearfully,
"Lord… if you give me a little more of your power, I can defeat him."
Hades said only one word:
"You are still weak."
(To be continued…)