Leveling with the Gods

[Level Up with God Episode 5]

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In the middle of the street on the 9th floor.

A delicious smell wafted from the stall, which had a cloth roof.

[Earth’s specialty!]

[I also ate ‘Kim Yu-won’. Deliciously spicy!] Food

stall.

Juyeon shouted as he made red-ripe tteokbokki.

“Eat tteokbokki and go! “We also have fried food!”

“It’s a specialty of the district! This is Kim Yu-won’s favorite food too! “Maybe…”

Seongchan sighed, trailing off.

“How long do I have to do this?”

“Don’t you have to pay back what you borrowed for the exam?”

“That’s true, but…”

“These days, word of mouth has spread and the number of customers has increased. “If I earn a little more, I can take the next exam.”

The test fee to challenge the 10th floor is expensive.

It is several times higher than the tests on other floors.

Because they failed the last exam, the two were earning points by selling on the street.

“How difficult is it to climb one floor?…” It

was not easy for an ordinary player to climb the tower without a guild sponsor.

In most cases, it was not possible to even earn the test fee, let alone pass the test. That is,

if you ace the exam in one go, you will do something to compensate through the exam, but there are not many people who are that good. “I

hope you are Yuwon. You must have earned all the exam fees there, right?”

Seongchan recalled the test in the tutorial.

The bead collection test.

At that time, Yuwon collected over a thousand beads and sold them for 100 points each. The points earned

at that time alone were well over 100,000, so there was probably no need to worry about the test fee. “ Do you think

Yuwon’s exam fee was a problem? Even back then, if he had wanted to, he would have been able to sponsor a large guild.”

“When are we all going up?”

“I don’t care how long it takes.”

Juyeon

’s eyes burned as he gave strength to the ladle that was stirring the tteokbokki.

“I will definitely go up.”

“You are amazing too.”

Seongchan sighed.

Rank 9.

After working hard for over ten years since entering the tower, he could only climb to the 9th floor.

This speed was average.

The problem was that he could never become a ranker with average grades.

Seongchan raised his head and muttered,

“What are you going to do, Mr. Yuwon?”

Juyeon trying to climb the tower, and Seongchan climbing the tower with her.

More than half of it was because of Yuwon’s influence.

It was a brief meeting, but his back was dazzling. I

wanted to be like him, so I became so strong and led the players downstairs. Juyeon and Seongchan were climbing the tower with the thought of wanting to give.

“You must be doing something great even now.”

Recently, most of the rumors going through the tower started with Kim Yu-won and ended with Kim Yu-won.

That’s why his actions are praised even if he does nothing.

“Can we go up? We.”

“We just have to work hard at our own pace. If we keep doing it, we will definitely…”

Jeopuk-.

It was then.

A customer stepped into a quiet food stall.

“welcome-.”

Juyeon’s expression, who had just greeted him, turned white.

Black hair like theirs, which is rare in the tower.

A young man with a sharp nose and black eyes.

‘Mr. Yuwon?’

‘Why is this person here?’

Just a moment ago, I thought he was doing something great, but he suddenly came to eat tteokbokki.

Could it be that they came looking for them?

Yuwon also looked surprised to think that way.

“You guys…”

Yuwon entered the food stall and their eyes met.

“Are you here? Are you going to that food stall?”

Muttering… Son Goku,

with long white hair, came in behind Yuwon.

His mouth was full of food as he mumbled.

‘Jecheondaeseong?’

‘crazy-.’

Juyeon and Seongchan’s faces turned white.

They were also decent players who climbed the tower.

Of course, they knew about famous rankers, and among them there was information about Son Goku.

But then, Yuwon and then Son Goku visited their store.

Seongchan said. I was so surprised that I started hiccuping.

“Oh, it smells good. All the food in your world is delicious… What’s wrong with you?”

“These are people I know.”

“Who? These guys?”

Son Goku’s eyes alternated between Juyeon and Sungchan.

When Son Goku stuck his head closer, perhaps to get a closer look, Juyeon and Sungchan’s legs started shaking.

“Hmm.”

Son Goku tilted his head.

“You look weak…”

Son Goku was someone who judged all people into strong and weak.

In his eyes, Juyeon and Sungchan were no different from the goblins on the streets.

of course.

Yuwon’s standard of value was different from Son Goku’s.

“Have you decided to go up?”

Juyeon and Sungchan nodded.

“yes.”

“I have to go up. “Somehow.”

The corners of Yuwon’s mouth twitched at the expressions on the two people’s faces.

It was a passing relationship, but it seemed like he was doing better than I thought.

“okay. If you have decided to go up, do it well. “I will support you.”

“Thank you. But…”

Juyeon scratched his cheek and continued speaking in an awkward voice.

“We didn’t stop and kept going up…”

“…?”

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The stall closed.

Son Goku’s lips closed. While dousing the red sauce, Yuwon and I listened to the two people’s story.

Then,

“But why is it still on the 9th floor? It’s already been over 10 years.”

Juyeon lowered his head in response to Son Goku’s sharp question.

“It’s just that I don’t have the ability yet.”

“But still, this is average. Roughly speaking.”

Son Goku tilted his head at Sungchan’s added explanation.

“Average?”

“well.”

Yuwon didn’t know either.

There were always only capable players around him.

If only a very small number of players became rankers, only a very small number of them qualified as high rankers.

Even among the high rankers like Son Goku and Hercules, Yuwon was around. There were only exceptional players.

In other words,

there was no way to know the level of ordinary players.

‘Well, it usually takes over 100 years to become a ranker.’

Of course, this was the case with players who had the talent to become a ranker.

Being among the abnormal ones, I never thought about how hard it was for ordinary players to rise to the top.

“They’re dogs, right? I told you they collected those marbles.”

During a lot of chatting, Yoo Won told Son Goku about the tutorial.

In the process, Yoo Won told the story of Juyeon and Seongchan, and Son Goku seemed to remember it.

“They did something big, too.”

Collecting marbles was an important test to catch Surtra.

In the tutorial where points were the most important, Yuwon had to earn at least 100,000 points.

If he earned less than that, he had to give up on catching Surtra.

And Juyeon and Sungchan were Yuwon. He held up his hand to help collect more beads.

Gulp.

“Shall I teach you?”

Swallowing his mouth full of food, Son Goku asked,

“The reason I can’t go up is because I’m weak, right?”

“That’s true, but…”

“We’re sorry…”

Juyeon and Seongchan’s eyes wavered.

Being trained by Jecheon Daeseong?

This might have been a coincidence.

But let’s think about it the other way around.

It was Jecheon Daeseong . It was training.

The process was by no means easy.

No, it might be several times more dangerous than risking your life to take the test.

When the two people hesitated due to that sense of crisis.

“Ah, don’t hesitate. Huh? ”

Son Goku, who came into the middle of the two people, grinned and put his arm around their shoulders. The

two people laughed awkwardly.

Yuwon sighed as he saw Son Goku’s actions.

‘Looks like he’s having fun, that guy.’

Anything is fun as long as it’s fun.

That’s what Son Goku was.

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“Well, there are all these idiots!”

Son Goku, who flew into the wide open space riding on Geunduun, threw the baton in his hand to the ground and huffed.

Juyeon and Seongchan, each holding a sword and hammer in their hands, put their hands together neatly and bowed their heads.

“Like this, swoosh. swat. . I don’t know?”

“Do you understand, monkey?”

Yuwon covered his face with one hand at Son Goku’s explanation.

This stupid monkey was not good at teaching anyone.

Still, since it was related to fighting, I thought he would teach well, but that was not the case.

No.

Strictly speaking, Son Goku’s teachings were not completely messed up. .

Depending on the person who hears it, those words may be of great enlightenment.

‘If only Lee Seong-yoon were as old as him, he would have understood it…’

The problem was that it was not Lee Seong-yoon, but Joo-yeon and Seong-chan.

For over 10 years, only the 9th floor was there. Very ordinary players who did not make it to the top.

In other words, there was no eye level training at all.

“Look! Look! Like this…”

“Get out of the way, you monkey.”

In the end, Yuwon stepped forward, pushing Son Goku’s face to the side.

“Learn how to use a knife and hammer later. “Moorim is the one who specializes in teaching.”

The exam for the 10th floor is organized by the martial arts world.

The test on the 10th floor was to learn the martial arts of each clan and learn how to fight through them.

So teaching things like swords and hammers now was ineffective.

“Learning to use weapons takes a lot of time. “It’s not like you have such great talent that they would understand if you taught them right away.”

“My heart hurts a little.”

“Because it’s true. “It starts with acceptance.”

At Yuwon’s words, Juyeon nodded with an embarrassed expression.

It may be heartbreaking, but it’s actually better to say it this way.

“When is the next test?”

“Five days later…”

“Five days? By the way, were you doing business over there?”

“It’s because the test fee is a little short.”

A tight schedule.

Yuwon shook his head without even thinking.

“No. Skip it this time.”

“That’s…”

“What I’m trying to do now is throw the exam fee on the ground again. “Take a break and prepare properly for the remaining time.”

That was correct.

It was a problem that Juyeon and Sungchan were vaguely aware of.

Therefore, the two people had no choice but to nod their heads at Yuwon’s words.

However, the problem was that even if time was given, I did not know how to prepare.

“Then what should I learn?”

“It’s not learning. “It’s about fixing what’s wrong.”

“Fix it?”

“When I was fighting this monkey earlier, I noticed that his hands were hesitant.”

Joo Wook-.

Yuwon said, stretching Son Goku’s cheek.

“I don’t think you really think you can kill this guy.”

“Is that possible?”

“Then it’s a habit. “It comes from a fear of killing.”

Aside from the fact that Son Goku has the ability to be immortal, the abilities of those two couldn’t even properly pierce the skin of a player in the upper tier.

Despite this, Juyeon and Sungchan showed hesitation in their hands during their brief sparring with Son Goku.

There were two reasons.

Fear of killing and the wrong habits that result from it.

“Killing is bad. That’s how I learned and lived. “Because you have lived longer on Earth and have more influence than you have lived here.”

Juyeon and Sungchan were supposed to have died in the tutorial.

The two hesitate to kill and are afraid of fighting.

Nevertheless, the reason why they entered the tower and climbed again was because of the variable called themselves.

“With that kind of mentality, it’s a wonder he’s still alive.”

“Then what should we do?”

“There are two things to fix.”

Yuwon folded one of his two fingers.

“One thing, don’t hesitate. “In exams, think of everyone but yourself as your enemy.”

Juyeon and Sungchan nodded.

It wouldn’t be easy, but these two people’s problems didn’t seem bad in Yuwon’s eyes.

‘You have talent.’

In some ways, it is absurd that we have had such a problem for over 10 years.

The fact that you made it this far even with those problems shows that you still have at least some talent.

“And secondly, this is the most important.”

Yuwon sighed as he folded his remaining fingers.

“You two switch weapons”

Juyeon and Seongchan.

In Yuwon’s eyes, the two were no different from Dumb and Dumber.