The morning bell hadn't rung yet, and the corridors of the school were half-empty. King walked straight into the boys' washroom, shut the last stall, and opened his inventory. A faint ripple cracked the air.
Inside the invisible square of space floated:
[Kondo Wooden Sword – SSS Rank – Hidden Skills]
King reached inside the dimensional slit and grabbed the handle.
It reacted like a falling star.
The sword dropped instantly, slamming into the tile floor so hard the entire washroom vibrated.
King's hands went numb.
"What… the hell… is this weight?" he whispered.
He tried again, veins bulging along his arms. He tugged upward, but the blade barely rose an inch. His wrist trembled violently and the sword ripped itself out of his grasp, crashing down again.
He stared at his hands.
"I can't even lift it. How am I supposed to use something like this in a real fight?"
The moment he asked, a familiar chiming pulse echoed through the stall.
A giant black window unfolded before him.
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◆ QUEST WINDOW ◆
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[Basic Quest: Sword Foundation]
Objective:
Perform 1,000 Horizontal Slashes and
1,000 Vertical Slashes daily
using Kondo Wooden Sword
Duration: 7 Days
Reward:
• +50% Kondo Compatibility
• +5 Strength
• Unlock Hidden Skill (Lv.1)
Penalty for Failure:
• Sword durability drops to 1%
• Hidden Skills permanently locked
---
King froze.
"One thousand slashes per day? With this weight? This isn't training… this is torture."
He stared at the impossibly heavy sword lying on the cracked tile.
He couldn't even lift it once.
He closed the inventory in frustration and walked out of the washroom.
He needed time.
Seven days of hell… but first, he had to survive school.
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THE FIGHT THAT SHOOK CLASSROOM 1-B
When King pushed open the classroom door, the atmosphere felt wrong.
Desks overturned. Students lined the edges of the room, whispering.
Two students were already fighting.
One was Eren—head still half-lowered, moving like a phantom.
The other…
A tall, sharp-jawed boy with a feral aura and a murderous glare.
The moment King stepped in, a window opened automatically.
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◆ STATUS WINDOW ◆
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Name: Wando
Rank: A+
Devil: Wrath
Title: Berserker's Cub
Abilities:
• Berserker (Stage 1): Strength +1 every 3 seconds while bleeding
• Increased bone density
• Enhanced tendon reinforcement
• Wild Striking Pattern
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King's heart trembled.
"Another Wrath subject… and A+ too."
Wando swung again.
His fists cracked the air like breaking whips.
Desks exploded from the shockwaves.
Eren dodged relentlessly, sliding, bending, twisting—barely moving his upper body, simply tilting away from each strike with terrifying minimalism.
Wando's knuckles grazed Eren's shin with one punch and clipped him.
Eren spun in mid-air to redirect impact, landing carefully, but King saw the bruise: a dark blue, swelling mark.
Wando grinned.
"You felt that, didn't you?"
Eren wiped the dust off his uniform.
"Someone told you to fight me… Jisoo?"
Wando cracked his neck.
"That bastard paid me to break you. And break him."
Wando pointed directly at King.
King's fists clenched.
He didn't feel fear.
He felt anger—not wrath, not Berserker-kind, but pride.
But then Wando threw one more punch.
Eren dodged—
Spun—
And kicked Wando in the head.
Wando fell unconscious instantly, collapsing like a tower of stone.
Eren took a long breath, massaging his shin.
King stepped closer.
"Why were you fighting him?"
Eren shrugged lazily.
"Jisoo hired him to beat me. Wando accepted. That's all."
King thought deeply.
An A+ rank Wrath subject. And Eren handled him… even with injuries.
He realized something:
He was still far behind.
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THE ARRIVAL OF THE MONSTER
The classroom door slid open.
A heavy, slow set of footsteps.
A tall student entered—broad glasses, hair neatly trimmed, uniform stretched over muscles carved like plates of steel. His aura was overwhelming.
A window opened automatically.
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◆ STATUS WINDOW ◆
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Name: Handsu
Rank: S+
Devil: Wrath
Title: Goddog of Wraith Street
Abilities:
• Berserker (Stage 2)
• Wrath Art – Phase 1: Pain Nullification
• Wrath Art – Phase 2: Stamina Conversion
• Wrath Art – Phase 3: Speed Infusion
• Tendon Supercharge (Passive)
• Bone Shock Dampening (Passive)
---
King swallowed.
This one was on a completely different scale.
Handsu looked directly at him.
"You're the Beauty Devil's new toy. Come outside. Land a clean hit on me. If you can't, I will break you."
King froze.
Another quest window appeared.
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◆ QUEST WINDOW ◆
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[Wrath's Test]
Objective:
Land one clean hit on Handsu (S+)
Reward:
• Training Ground (30 Days)
Failure:
• Broken bones
• -10% stats for 7 days
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He didn't have a choice.
King followed Handsu outside to the field.
Eren was already there, kicking Jisoo across the ground like trash.
Eren saw Handsu and whispered sharply:
"King, don't. You can't win. Even I can't beat that monster."
King answered quietly.
"I only need one hit."
Eren frowned.
"One hit against S+? Are you insane? That's suicide."
But Handsu had already dropped Wando to the side and stepped forward.
"Fight me."
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THE FIRST CLASH
King took out two pens like daggers.
He charged.
Handsu didn't move.
He simply raised his forearm.
King slashed—blocked.
He stabbed—blocked.
He jabbed—blocked.
Every movement felt like stabbing a concrete wall.
Then Handsu punched lightly.
King flew three steps back even though he had raised his guard.
His wrist burned.
His ribs felt hot.
He's too strong… too dense… too solid…
But something inside King refused to yield.
He opened the shop in an instant.
He used every remaining experience point.
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◆ SHOP PURCHASE ◆
---
Purchased:
• Pain Tolerance Potion x3
• Pain Resistance Shot x1
• Nerve Dampener (Basic) x1
Total EXP Spent: All remaining
---
King drank every potion at once.
A burning sensation climbed his spine.
His nerves shut down.
His muscles tightened.
His fear died.
He roared and charged again.
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THE BATTLE OF TWO DEVILS AND A KING
Handsu smirked.
"So you chose pain tolerance. Interesting choice."
King's slashes became faster—far faster than before.
He stabbed relentlessly, pens cracking against Handsu's forearms, shoulders, ribs.
But each strike barely cut skin.
Only tiny droplets of blood appeared.
Handsu activated Wrath Art – Phase 1.
His body stopped feeling pain.
He moved faster.
His attacks came like thunder.
King blocked—
Barely.
He was pushed back again and again.
Eren finally stepped in.
Handsu blinked.
"You? Again?"
Eren's eyes sharpened.
"You're not killing him. Not today."
Handsu threw a punch.
Eren dodged, but Handsu was too fast now.
Wrath Art – Phase 3 activated.
His speed spiked.
Eren blocked a punch but slid a full meter back, boots scraping the dirt.
Handsu's power was monstrous.
King charged from behind, stabbing a pen into Handsu's shoulder—
Handsu flexed.
The pen snapped.
King's hand nearly broke.
Eren glanced at King for a split second.
"Idiot. He's too dense. Your hits won't damage him."
And yet—they had to fight.
Handsu vs Eren
S+ Wrath vs S Sloth
King joining in with every ounce of strength
The ground cracked beneath them.
Two devils' subjects and a cursed king.
Students gathered.
Windows opened.
Teachers watched helplessly.
Handsu punched—
Eren dodged, kicked—
Handsu blocked, countered—
King slashed—
Handsu almost crushed him, but King ducked and stabbed again.
The three collided like beasts in a cage.
Then, the impossible happened.
A voice whispered to Handsu.
Wando had regained consciousness.
He held Handsu's arm and whispered something into his ear.
Handsu paused.
He lowered his fist.
"I lost. Let's stop."
He turned his back and walked away.
But on the way out, Handsu stepped toward a giant boulder.
He clenched his fist.
He punched once.
The entire rock shattered into dust.
Students trembled.
King received the system notification.
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◆ QUEST COMPLETED ◆
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Quest: Wrath's Test
Rewards Earned:
• Training Ground – 3 Years
• +15,000 EXP
• Wrath Resistance (Basic)
Note:
1 Year inside Training Ground =
1 Month in real life
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King stared at the window.
"Three years… inside?"
Eren leaned against a tree casually.
"That's three months out here. Better use them."
He collapsed unconscious.
King carried him to the nurse's office.
Nurse: "He only overused his skill. He'll wake up."
King opened his status window.
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◆ STATUS UPDATE ◆
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New Feature Unlocked:
Training Ground – 3 Years Remaining
Time Ratio:
1 Year inside = 1 Month outside
Use:
Anytime, Anywhere
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King left the nurse's office.
He went straight to the chairman's daughter and requested leave.
She agreed—shocked but supportive.
He left school.
On the way home, Eren walked with him.
King asked:
"What potion was that? The one you took during our fight?"
Eren answered:
"It doubles my evasion and instinct. But it knocks me unconscious after five minutes. Not a good combo."
King nodded.
They walked for a bit.
"I'm taking three months off," King said.
Eren replied:
"Good. Become stronger. I can't protect my devil's sister's only subject forever."
"Sloth and Beauty devils are… sisters?" King asked.
"Of course," Eren said. "You'll meet more devils soon."
He walked away.
But a shadow blocked his path.
A thin athletics-built boy with sharpened fangs, a snake tattoo on his cheek, and eyes full of malice smirked.
"Oh, the famous Eren. Your fight with Handsu was entertaining."
Eren's eyes narrowed.
The boy vanished—
Reappeared behind Eren with a needle-blade soaked in green venom.
Eren kicked him away.
"So strong… for a minor Sloth subject," the boy said, smiling.
He vanished into the hallway with a hiss.
Eren tsked.
King reached home.
He opened the training ground window.
A blinding light swallowed him.
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