“You came to kill me?” Min Sung asked with a face of disbelief.

Ho Sung Lee continued to look troubled as he nodded.

Meanwhile, Repone slowly got up from the sofa and stretched.

He then smiled at Min Sung.

“Shall we begin?” Repone asked Min Sung.

It appeared that he could pull out his weapon and attack at any moment, but Min Sung’s face didn’t show a hint of nervousness.

“If we’re not in a rush, I’d rather take this elsewhere. As you can see, this is my house.”

Repone accepted with a bright face.

Min Sung looked at Ho Sung Lee and ordered, “Ask Commander Kim if I can borrow a sparring facility.”

“Yes, Sir.”

Ho Sung Lee immediately took out his phone and called Ji Yoo Kim.

And then…

“We can go right now. The car is ready.”

Min Sung nodded.

Ho Sung Lee left first, and Repone browsed around the house under the watch of Min Sung.

Meanwhile, he received a message from Ho Sung Lee.

He said the car was waiting for him out front.

“Let’s go,” said Min Sung.

Repone, who was looking around the house, smiled and followed Min Sung out.

***

“How fascinating that there’s an object that can run like a horse,” Repone said while looking at the car with childish curiosity.

“How does one make something move like this?” Repone stuck his head out toward Ho Sung Lee in the driver’s seat and asked.

“I’m not sure. I don’t know much about science,” Ho Sung Lee answered with discomfort.

“If I win, I’d better get to know this world better. There are so many fascinating things here,” Repone said while looking at Min Sung.

Min Sung didn’t react as he looked out the window.

Repone scoffed. He leaned back in his seat and looked out the window with boredom.

Min Sung and Repone, who had come to earth from Beatrice to kill Min Sung, both looked out the window and waited to arrive at their destination.

***

The car that Min Sung, Ho Sung Lee, and Repone were in arrived at their destination.

Ho Sung Lee got out first, followed by Min Sung and Repone.

As soon as Repone saw the large building, he pointed at it with his index finger.

“Seeing how I can sense magic energy, it must be over there that we’re going to fight,” Repone said with interest.

And he was right.

Due to strong magic energy, it was the only place where they could fight without destroying the building.

However…

“But there’s no point,” said Repone as he looked up at the building, and Ho Sung Lee looked at Repone with surprised eyes.

The building was a famous sparring facility.

It was a hunter gym that was so well-built that it wouldn’t suffer a single scratch even if the highest ranked players fought in it.

But the fact that Repone thought it was pointless meant that the expensive building made of protective magic would go down once they fought in it.

“Let’s go in,” said Min Sung.

Repone raised his elbow and laughed.

Min Sung led the way, and Repone and Ho Sung Lee, who carried Bowl and Ssol, followed from behind.

As soon as they entered the gym, there was a woman.

It was Ji Yoo Kim.

“Oh! Commander Kim, you’re here,” Ho Sung Lee greeted, and Ji Yoo Kim shook his hand with a smile.

Ji Yoo Kim was about to greet Min Sung when she tilted her head at Repone who stood beside him.

A peculiar outfit.

And his unusual presence made her instinctively freeze up.

“Is he why you wanted to borrow the gym…?”

Min Sung nodded in response.

“I’d better greet you later then. Ho Sung, can we chat for a moment?”

Ji Yoo Kim and Ho Sung Lee left the building.

Once they left, Min Sung and Repone stood silent within the gym.

And it was Repone’s footsteps that broke the silence.

He walked toward the center of the gym while whistling.

“It’s nice and clean in here.”

He stood in the center of the gym that was made using magic stones.

He then glanced in the direction of Min Sung and winked.

Min Sung recognized as soon as he met him that he had a good reason why he was full of such leisure.

Min Sung slowly walked toward Repone and opened his mouth.

“What’s your rank in Beatrice?” Min Sung asked.

“10th,” he answered honestly.

Min Sung had never seen someone who would agree to come to the sparring facility so easily and answer his question without any hesitation.

“Did you come for me because of the Dionysus Gods?”

“Yeah. The Dionysus Gods made a request and I accepted. The conditions were decent.”

“Hm…”

Min Sung nodded.

“If you’re acting upon conditions, how about these conditions?”

“What conditions?”

“If you lose, you must come under me.”

“Hm…”

Repone cupped his chin and gave it a serious thought.

Min Sung was standing a fair distance away from Repone.

At that moment…

Repone nodded.

“That’s better than dying. The pride of a warrior. I don’t have such a thing.”

Repone smirked and continued, “But just because I don’t have pride doesn’t mean I’m lacking in skill. You probably know that ranking isn’t an accurate measurement of skill in Beatrice.”

“Of course.”

“So in terms of skill, I’m probably…”

Repone stuck out three fingers.

“One of the top three. I’ve just been too nice to go up in rank.”

Repone laughed lightly.

“So I suggest you don’t get too confident. I might look a little weak, but I’m strong.”

“Hm, we’ll see about that.”

Min Sung opened his item window and his Gungnir S made a zapping noise as it swung into the air.

Min Sung grabbed onto his Gungnir S, and the sound of thunder rang through the gym.

Kaboom!

“Wow.”

Repone showed interest in the thunder as he pulled out his weapon.

It was a thin sword that resembled Ji Yoo Kim’s rapier.

Repone’s sword looked quite ordinary, but when looking at it closely, one could tell that it was very unique.

Repone’s sword looked like it was covered in gold scales.

When Min Sung tried to get a closer look, Repone raised his sword with a smile.

“It’s a decent sword, but it’s not enough to make a big difference in battle. But as you can see, it’s decorated nicely because of my skill.”

Repone’s eyes grew sharp.

“It’ll be quite tricky to face off against.”

Min Sung rested his Gungnir S against his shoulder.

“Let’s begin,” said Min Sung in a flat voice

At the same time, Repone changed attitudes.

He showed off a color that was contrasting with what he had shown thus far.

He had stuck out his nails, and he was ready to launch the attacking nature of a savage animal.

On top of that, he was a 10th ranked player in Beatrice, and the man was confident that he was actually one of the top 3.

Since he was no ordinary man, Min Sung focused on his every movement.

Repone showed a spark in his eye as he attacked.

Swoosh!

Repone’s sword split up into 7, and it bent in all sorts of ways as it gave off its Aura and charged toward Min Sung.

Min Sung calmly dodged the 7 blades and took a step back.

There was great power in every single blade that came at him.

The magic energy was so intense that it was ready to explode just by the slightest touch.

And considering Themeus’ battle power, Repone wasn’t that much weaker.

Min Sung got the idea that once he launched his skills, it would show off even stronger destructive power than that of Themeus.

And Min Sung’s prediction was right.

Repone began to use his skills.

The 7 blades moved more intensely like it was dancing.

Min Sung swiped them away with his Gungnir S and dodged them at the same time as he looked for a way in, but Repone’s attack speed was surprisingly fast.

In the end, he had no choice but to make his way in himself.

Min Sung stomped on the ground.

Thud!

Flash!

Min Sung’s magic energy shot out from the ground and shined in all directions.

And when the wave pushed Repone’s body back, his attack speed began to slow down.

Min Sung used that opportunity to make his way in toward Repone.

Kaboom!

Along with the thundering noise of Min Sung’s Gungnir S, the magic energy charged toward the center of Repone’s body.

But Repone’s 7 blades moved around as if it was alive and wrapped around the Gungnir S, ready to swallow it whole.

And then the magic energy of Min Sung and Repone collided and caused an explosion.

Boommmmmmm!

The wave of the impact spread out in all directions, causing the ground, which was protected with magic, to crack and flip over.

Min Sung tried to take his Gungnir S away from Repone’s sword, but it was wrapped up within Repone’s blades so tightly that there was no way out.

Min Sung clenched on his teeth. He stomped and attempted to hit his face with his left elbow.

Repone ducked to dodge the attack, and he used his magic energy to use his skill.

Thud!

Dozens of swords that looked just like Repone’s first sword shot up from the ground and charged toward Min Sung like snakes.

It was a volatile situation.

Min Sung’s eyes filled with a foggy light as the magic energy, which was dormant, opened up in the form of an explosion.

The Gungnir S in Min Sung’s hands.

Through the cracks of Repone’s curved blades, a white light flashed.

Flash!

Min Sung’s magic energy swallowed Repone’s Aura like a savage beast.

“Ugh…!”

As a result of the sudden and strong power, Repone’s face grimaced due to his surprise.

Before Repone could use his magic energy to counterattack, Min Sung’s magic energy cracked Repone’s sword and swallowed it whole.

Min Sung’s magic energy caused Repone’s body to fly into the air and against the wall.

And then…

Boommmmmmm!

A large crack in the shape of a spiderweb formed in the wall of the sparring facility, which was protected by magic.