## Chapter 1652 – Sword God Who Returned – Heavenly Demon Constellation

It’s a magnificent plaza.

The floor, paved with neatly arranged, beautiful white stones, is flat, and the fountain in the center is splendid. The benches scattered around also add to the ambiance.

The surroundings are so well-maintained that it feels like being in a tourist spot.

A clock tower even rises above the fountain.

“These bastards really dolled it up, huh?”

Clocks are visible from all directions. The commercial buildings encircling the plaza are also stylish.

They certainly made it damn well.

Imperialists also used to build magnificent structures by draining the blood of the colonized. Thinking about that makes this place feel utterly repulsive. Repulsive facilities must be destroyed.

With that thought, I survey the surroundings.

ㅡWhoosh.
ㅡWhoosh.
ㅡWhoosh.

All sorts of gates are appearing around me, and humans equipped with flashy gear are walking out. As expected. This is a world where gate scrolls are used daily.

It would be good to incorporate this into my world. There’s always something to learn, no matter where you go. As Confucius said, “When walking in the company of two other men, there will assuredly be something to learn from them.” I shall seize their technology and further prosper the Heavenly Demon Divine Kingdom.

Anyway.

The plaza is very lively. People equipped with flashy gear are strolling around everywhere. There are so many people. But that’s not what matters.

ㅡ…

That massive structure standing tall over there.

It looks like a tower. An overwhelming tower, like an enlarged Leaning Tower of Pisa, is visible in the distance.

The Tower of Suffering built by the Evil Gods.

Humans who obtained the status window are said to be able to strengthen their superhuman powers by climbing that tower. Apparently, there are fun games and battlefields inside.

Let’s go and see for myself first.

I need to see what sins those bastards are committing. Daring to throw humans into such a killing game? This Heavenly Demon Kim Katte will not forgive that.

“Fucking bastards.”

I immediately move towards the tower. Walking normally, without using flight or gates. I can’t reveal my identity yet.

I need to be discreet.

Hunting the Evil Gods has to be done after I fully understand the structure and truth of this world, and the power that constitutes it. There’s no point in revealing myself prematurely.

However.

“Wow… look at that guy.”
“Is he a Ranker?”
“No. Is he even human? Is he a Humanoid?”
“How can he be so big?”
“My god… those muscles, how can he have those…”
“He’s, he’s too handsome…”
“The scars on his body…”
“What’s his level?”
“What weapon does he use?”
“Hey. Someone search up information about that guy.”

Walking around is attracting way too much attention.

“Hehehe.”

It seems I’m attracting attention even when I don’t want to? That’s how much of a presence this Heavenly Demon Kim Katte is, drawing all eyes just by being there.

Overwhelming presence.

Style.

Charisma.

All of that is concentrated in me.

“S-Should we go talk to him?”
“Forget it. What if he’s a Ranker…”
“If there was such a Ranker, we’d know about it…”
“Maybe he’s not a Ranker?”
“Not a Ranker but with a body like that?”
“Level doesn’t really matter. For the body.”

Men and women alike are looking at me. I almost waved, but I stopped myself. Why give them that honor?

These bastards would kill people without a second thought for the sake of quests. I already know that most people with status windows are like that.

As I’m heading towards the tower.

“Hey there, handsome oppa?”

A woman wearing flashy clothes straight out of a fantasy game is talking to me. This is a fresh sensation. Being hit on in the street. Something unimaginable in the Heavenly Demon Divine Kingdom.

“Wait! Don’t ignore me!”
“What is it?”

I reply while walking.

“Are you busy? Let’s talk.”
“I’m extremely busy.”
“Busy? Are you a Ranker, by any chance?”
“Guess.”
“You’re a Ranker, right.”
“Nope. Wrong. Get lost.”
“I said stop!”

It looks like she’s about to touch me, so I exert a little bit of my power.

ㅡWhoosh.

“Ah?!”

The woman is knocked back and falls on her butt.

“Ugh… my body!”

I ignore her and continue on my way.
Having slightly suppressed her with my power.

“Ah, damn it.”

But.

“Wait a minute!”
“Are you a Ranker!”
“Hey there, sexy oppa? Wanna see me?”
“Excuse me! What guild do you belong to!”

Why the hell are a bunch of women approaching me and talking to me? Being too handsome is a disadvantage.

“They really have no fear.”

As I brush off the women approaching me out of mere curiosity, I soon arrive at the tower.

* * *

“Oh, shit.”

A damn huge Tower of Evil.

ㅡSwarming.

There are a ton of people swarming in front of it. They all seem to be trying to enter the tower.

There are many entrances to the tower. Some are freely accessible to people with flashy gear, while others are controlled, with long lines formed in front of them.

“Incompetents, come this way! Incompetents, this way!”

A muscular man is shouting over there. There’s a damn long line in front of him. It seems to be a line for people without status windows.

According to the information I obtained through interrogation, incompetents pay a high price to enter the tower. What kind of price are they paying? Let’s take a look.

“Let’s stand here.”

I blend into the line for incompetents.

“…”
“…”
“…”

People are intimidated.
I ignore them.

And go with the flow.

“Here’s the contract. You have to pay 100,000 gold every month until you reach level 15. Sign it and go in.”
“100,000…”
“You better not think about skipping payments. Or you’ll die.”
“Eek! Y-Yes!”

The people guarding the entrance are handing out some kind of contract to the incompetents. Then it’s my turn.

“Here’s the contrac… Huh? This, this guy is so big? No. Excuse me, but are you sure you’re in the right line?”
“Yeah. I’m in the right place. I don’t have a status window either.”
“What…?”
“Give me the contract.”
“Look at this son of a bitch? You don’t have a status window?”

His face contorts.

“Yeah. That’s right.”
“But why are you acting like that? No. But what are you? What kind of bastard is so damn tall… What do you do?”
“I’m a Bard.”

I guess I’ll go with the setting of a murderous bard here.

“A Bard?”
“Hey. Did you make this tower?”
“What?”
“Isn’t this tower made by a god? Why are you charging an entrance fee?”

It seems these bastards are just using the power of their status windows to control the tower and collect entrance fees. A kind of hunting ground control. It’s the kind of thing only assholes would do.

“Y-You son of a bitch! I’ve been holding back!”
“You’re cursing? You’re not going to get away with that.”
“Guh?!”

I immediately grab the bastard by the neck and drag him towards the gate leading inside the tower.

“L-Let go! Guh! What kind of strength…!”

It seems you have to use a gate to enter the tower. If I put him in the Sugarcane Land at the same time as entering the gate, I won’t get caught.

“Let’s go, let’s go, to the Digimon world.”
“Hwaaaaaaack!”

As I cross the gate, I throw him into the Sugarcane Land.

ㅡFlash.

At the same time, the scenery changes.

I’ve entered the inside of the tower.

* * *

[Agorn’s Tower, 1st Floor]
[Current Number of People: 100/100]
[Capacity Reached]
[Starting the Game]

As soon as I enter, an announcement is heard.

“Hmm.”

It’s quite a large space.

The ground I’m standing on is green. But the ground in front of me looks like a chessboard.

A ground with a black and white checkered pattern.

Beyond that chessboard-like ground, there’s green ground like the one I’m standing on. It seems the green ground is the safe zone?

Is the format that you clear it by crossing this chessboard-like ground and reaching that ground? I heard there are death games like this inside the tower.

“Wh-What’s with that guy’s height…?”
“His muscles are no joke either… Is he a high-level?”
“Hey. Check him out.”
“Checked. I can’t see a status window. He seems to be an incompetent.”
“An incompetent is acting like that?”

People with flashy gear are whispering over there.

They seem to be quite high-level. Why are they in a place where incompetents enter?

“Those people are…”
“They seem to be from a guild.”
“Why are they with us?”

Except for them, everyone else seems to be incompetent. The incompetents are looking at the people with gear with fear.

“Well, whatever. Let’s start. Everyone, pay attention!”

A man in black armor shouts, and everyone’s attention immediately focuses on him.

“You all roughly know the rules of the game, right? It’s structured so that you can clear it by breaking through the trap zone in the center and going to the other side. Now, let’s start the game. You guys, quickly cross over first.”

A simple explanation and an immediate order.

“Wh-What do you mean!”
“What do you mean cross over first…!”

Complaints immediately erupt.

“Hmm.”

I roughly understand.

“Who are you to give such orders?!”
“Me? I’m from the Graviton Clan.”
“Th-The Graviton Clan!”

The incompetents are surprised.
The man in black armor continued.

“Yeah. We’re those kinds of people. So, our Graviton newbies? Come this way.”

At those words.

“Yes!”
“Thank you!”
“Please take care of us! Seniors!”

Fifteen incompetents went to the Graviton Clan. The other incompetents looked at them with dumbfounded expressions.

“Now, now. If you don’t want to die, quickly cross over. We have to raise our newbies. Hehehe!”
“Hurry up and go!”
“Hey! Move it!”

ㅡClang.

The clan members who pulled out their weapons began to threaten the incompetents.

“D-Don’t do this!”
“Hurry up and go, you bastard!”
“Uwaaaaaaack!”

This is that.

Sacrificing other incompetents to the trap to raise their own newbies. They’re planning to find a safe path by using these guys. They’re thinking of clearing it while having a sweet time.

“S-Save me!”
“Please!”

Of course.

This Kim Katte is a man who cannot forgive such insect-like behavior.

ㅡThud.

I immediately step in front of the clan members.

“You’re… a damn big guy.”
“Hey.”
“Hey?”
“I’m too scared to do it.”
“What?”
“You go first.”
“Huh…?”

The man in black armor makes a dumbfounded expression at my words.

“Is this guy crazy?”

Then he puts his finger to his temple and spins it around, joking with his comrades.

“Hey there. Our big guy. You’re an incompetent, right?”
“Yeah. So what.”
“D-Don’t you know that the status window is more important than your size, Mr. Incompetent?”
“Is that important? Isn’t size more important?”
“Kuh, Kuhahahahaha!”

A cheerful laugh.

“Listen to what this guy is saying! Hey. I’ll just say it nicely, you just cross that trap zone. I’m letting you off easy because it’s funny.”
“Why would I?”
“Because you don’t have a status window, you idiot.”
“What the hell is that?”

This status window omnipotence.

“You’re forcing me to do such a scary thing?”

I’ll shatter it.

“Is this guy some kind of mental patient-“

His words couldn’t continue.

“If you’re going to make someone else do it, you do it first, you insect-like bastard!!!”
“Huh?”

Because I grabbed him by the collar and threw him.

ㅡWhoosh!

“Hwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!”

The man in black armor, who was flying, fell into the middle of the chessboard.

ㅡFwoooooooooooooooooosh!!!

Flames soared up and turned him into a blackened pile of ash.

“Wh-What?! That bastard!”
“You killed Squad Leader!”
“K-Kill him!”

ㅡRumble!

At the same time, the clan members charge at me.

“Hehehe, these insect-like bastards don’t know their place!”

I’ll throw them all!

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaack!”
“Aaaaaaaaaack!”
“Save meeeeeeeee!”