Chapter 74

Underground Arena .

In the first battle, 800 monsters fought against each other with only half surviving .

This meant that fights would constantly break out and Muyoung knew the method for winning .

‘Show 70 percent and hide the 30 . ’

The main point of this was to make 70 percent look like it was his full strength .

It was important to make his opponents not complete disregard him and also think that ‘if they fought, he would win’ .

It was Muyoung’s secret from becoming the final survivor of the assassin lessons .

‘If it is that strong, it would have held quite a high position in the devil’s army . ’

Muyoung looked at the surrounding monsters .

Only a few monsters were truly strong . Especially, the slave devil, its fighting power was greater than he had imagined .

The black nails ripped monsters apart . Even the thick skins of ogres were of no use . They ripped apart like tofu the moment they touched .

The 3rd seat, Vassago .

Although there were countless devils that served him, but with that much power, it had to be at least a mid-rank devil .

Not all devils were strong .

That was why the stronger the devil, the more likely it was for them to be exempted from the sins they had committed .

There was no way for Muyoung to find out what it did wrong to be thrown into an Underground Arena like this .

‘It seems best to not run into it for now . ’

In an arena, there was always a chance that they would fight .

For that possibility, Muyoung didn’t show off his true skills .

Only, he was successful in giving off the impression that he was someone ‘they shouldn’t annoy’ to the point others couldn’t disregard him .

Monsters only reasoned with their strength .

You would be attacked if you looked weak .

“Save me, grrrk!”

An orc cried out loud .

Smash!

However, Muyoung swung Anguish and smashed its head .

With a cynical smile and a sword that even absorbed the blood vomiting out of its mouth, Muyoung could only be called a monster .

It was a perfect act to show others .

The weak monsters avoided him on their own .

The strong ones couldn’t easily approach him .

“Active, Screen, Active . A bit stronger . Eaaack, shit!”

On the other hand, Bug who was spectating from a far had no choice but to move his cane frantically .

Avoiding the strong, including Muyoung, the weak monsters all went to Bug .

Reasoning with strength .

It was the difference between those who figured it out and those who didn’t .

Instead, standing still invited the attacks of other monsters .

“Ha, ha… . damn it . Do I really look that weak to you, you fuckers!”

Bug yelled out loud after finishing off about 20 monsters by himself .

At that moment .

The fight ended .

Clank .

The huge steel door in the middle of the Arena opened and, from there, huge armors appeared .

‘Living armor . ’

Muyoung instantly realized what those armors were .

Specters in empty armor . They were high rank magical equipment that possessed souls .

“Stop fighting and follow us . ”

About 20 armors stopped the fight . They quickly controlled the adrenaline-filled monsters .

The red eyed slave devil that was devouring a monster’s flesh meekly stopped as the living armors appeared .

‘It seems like it has lots of experience with arenas . ’

There was nothing bad in following the experienced .

Muyoung shook Anguish before sheathing it on his waist .

Afterwards, as they moved towards the location the living armors appeared, extremely loud shouts could be heard .

“Wheet! Whewet!”

“The ones that entered this time don’t seem to have much guts!”

“Fight! Kill!”

Behind the arena, there seemed to be another arena .

However, the size was incomparable .

An overwhelming size . At least a few tens of thousands of monsters of different varieties filled up the seats .

They weren’t just simply monsters but there were also other species .

Dwarves, elves, werewolves and even vampires .

‘It’s the gathering of all the species . ’

He chuckled .

And at the same time realized .

‘These are the ones unable to escape the trial . ’

It was impossible for so many different species to be gathered in one place .

However, it was possible if they were forced to stay in this Underground Arena .

That meant…

‘If I don’t satisfy the condition, I can’t leave . ’

And that condition seemed to be quite a particular one .

As if it wasn’t, there was no way this many would still remain here .

When the slave devil appeared showed up last, the crowd became even rowdier .

“Tenacious Oloness!”

“Not the civilian slaughterer Oloness? How many times is this?”

“Get lost! I’m sick of looking at your face!”

Numerous of species jeered at it .

As Muyoung expected, the slave devil, Oloness seemed to be experienced and participated in these types of arenas quite a few times .

However, Oloness completely ignored their jeers .

It quietly moved and left the arena .

Afterwards, red arrows appeared in front of his eyes .

Muyoung nodded his head and started to move .

The room was shabby .

It was so small that you could touch the walls if you stretched out your legs and smell of piss emanated from everywhere .

“Gak, I’d rather sleep outside . ”

“Kwaak!”

As if the rooms were assigned according to their body sizes, his surroundings were filled with screams .

However, Muyoung lied down quite comfortably .

‘It’s comfortable . ’

It was good that he could at least spread his legs .

While attempting to assassinate a target, he sometimes had to spend time in a much more cramped place for months .

The fact that he could spread his legs were good enough that Muyoung thought it was very comfortable .

On the other hand, monsters were creatures that roamed the vast plains .

Of course, they wouldn’t be satisfied with a cramped room .

‘It said that it would notify us automatically when an opponent is decided . ’

That meant that before that time, it was free time .

Muyoung momentarily caught his breath and then stood up from his spot .

On the end of the narrow path, he found four signs .

Each, , , and were written .

‘Slave?’

For there to be slaves above everything else .

Muyoung walked towards the direction the sign directed him towards .

Not long after, he arrived in a large room and he was able to witness numerous monsters locked up in cages with their hands and feet tied up .

There were gnolls, orcs, wyverns which were known as the kings of the sky and even mermaid lamias .

Though they weren’t top rank monsters, it was amazing nonetheless .

As he entered the room, words appeared as if they were a warning .

Quite a few monsters were looking at slaves or purchasing them and the method of purchasing them was simple .

If you pay the appropriate onz written on their cages, you can buy them as your slave .

“I chose this one . ”

“Grrr! No . I was first . ”

A troll and an orc warchief were fighting against each other .

It wasn’t odd to see a dispute occur with different types of species .

Since there wasn’t a restriction on the purchaser, there were times when they talked with their bodies than through words .

“It’s forbidden to fight outside of battles . ”

And whenever this happened, out of nowhere, living armors appeared and attacked the two until they were beaten into pulps .

Muyoung rubbed his chin as he watched the unconscious troll and orc warchief being dragged to their rooms .

‘All the economy is run by onz in this arena . ’

Instead of feeling like a trial, it felt like someone had compressed a whole world .

Muyoung looked around the whole place and before stopping .

‘Dwarf!’

An old dwarf was locked up in a cage .

The number ‘50,000’ was written in front of the cage . Compared to other slaves, he was quite expensive .

However, dwarves were very rare in nature . They did possess exquisite craftsmanship so it was understandable .

Muyoung slowly approached the cage the dwarf was in .

The old dwarf didn’t even look at him .

“Don’t just loiter around and get lost . ”

“Do you know the Three Pickaxe Sack Alliance?”

Since it didn’t seem like he could have a long conversation with it, he instantly went to the point .

Three Pickaxe Sack Alliance .

It was the name of an alliance made by few dwarf groups .

They were hiding in the other side of the world and if the dwarf in front of him was from that alliance, he was willing to help free it .

‘It will make it easier for me to make equipment . ’

Even if he found the Three Pickaxe Sack Alliance, whether they were willing to make Muyoung equipment was a different matter .

He needed to move their hearts in order to use the Heart of the Phoenix and the dragon bones .

However, dwarves were the type of creatures who always repaid debts .

It seemed possible for them to accept a favor from Muyoung if he freed a dwarf from their alliance .

“…That place, I don’t know of it . Get lost!”

His body flinched . His response was also late .

‘He knows . ’

Muyoung went closer to the cage and quiet down .

“If you’re part of that alliance, I will get you out . ”

Not right away . But, Muyoung said it as if it was decided .

The veins of the old dwarf immediate bulged .

“Nonsense . As a dokkaebi, what can you do? And even if you had that much onz, I would rather die by biting my own tongue than become a slave . ”

“Then, what’s your reason for not killing yourself right now?”

“What?”

“It was already decided that you were to become someone’s slave . There is no point in living, is there?”

There was no point in living but he was still alive?

This was also a lie .

The old dwarf clenched his teeth as Muyoung spat out words sharp as daggers .

“That bastard… I will not die until I see Oloness die . ”

“Are you talking about that slave devil?”

“That’s right . That bastard had already collected enough onz to escape this place but he’s continuously repeating the arena . My son, my son, also died by that bastard’s hands . ”

Thump! Thump!

The old dwarf smacked his head on the cage a few times .

Blood dripped from his forehead and Muyoung could feel the madness in his eyes .

“You want to buy me and use me? Then, kill that bastard . If you make that happen, I will even lick your asshole . It will be impossible though . ”

The old dwarf mocked .

“Kekekekekeke! Kehahahahahah!”

And he laughed strangely before breaking out into tears .

He wasn’t himself .

It was certain, he was crazy .

He was certain as the specters in Asura Path were reacting to him .

‘Oloness, huh?’

He was planning to not bump into that slave devil if he could .

It was because, though he couldn’t understand why a devil was in this type of arena but from just watching it fight once, Muyong was able to tell it was quite strong .

It would be difficult right now .

“Wait for me . ”

However, it wasn’t impossible .

Woohee boasted how this place would be very helpful to Muyoung .

If Woohee who was familiar with Muyoung’s fighting abilities said this, then it probably meant there were quite a few methods to increase his strength .

If he found them and awakened, he felt it was enough to have a decent fight with Oloness .

Muyoung turned his body .

Proper fights started the next day .

*

Muyoung warmed up before stepping onto the arena .

A werewolf appeared on the other side soon after .

By simply looking at the odds, most placed their bets on the werewolf .

There were some who trusted in the beginner’s luck and betted on Muyoung but they were a small minority .

‘Many matches are progressing at the same time . ’

And there were many matches that were occurring besides Muyoung and the werewolf .

Since there were so many, it seemed like they were happening at that same time .

Anyways, Muyoung placed his remaining 500 onz on himself .

He didn’t think he would lose .

He was just concerned about how he was going to win .

‘Win after an intense fight . ’

He needed to maintain this kind of betting level so that he could fight more advantageously .

If he was to win overwhelmingly, the odds would obviously lower .

If he wanted to make a clear profit with high odds, he obviously needed to show himself winning by a narrow margin .

As the odds were dependent on who placed their onz on who .

“Just withdraw . I don’t want to kill a beginner . ”

The werewolf flat out disregarded Muyoung .

Instead, Muyoung took out Anguish .

The werewolf clicked his tongue when it saw this .

“A dokkaebi can’t beat me . ”

Muyoung smiled slightly at this remark .

Normally, a dokkaebi was unable to win against a werewolf .

Normally .

However, would the werewolf know?

That Muyoung was ‘Oom’, the ruler of all the dokkaebis .

That he was an exception that lied outside the box .