“Lower left!”

Whoosh!

As Kaiyan quickly stooped down, the Minotaur’s fist passed over his head. Despite being a simple punch, it produced an incredible sonic boom.

Even though Kaiyan believed he had grown significantly, facing the Minotaur again on his own was no easy task, especially with the medium-sized monsters charging at him, exploiting any opportunity they could find.

“They don’t give me any time to rest!”

And to make matters worse, there were numerous monsters waiting in line to fill the void left by the fallen ones. Knocking down one monster with a single strike meant two more would rush in.

“Still, luckily they are slower.”

Perhaps due to their decaying bodies, they were slightly slower than the monsters Kaiyan was accustomed to. But that didn’t mean they were not a threat. Even with his high stats, overcoming them was still a challenging situation.

“Let’s just think positively. These are just clusters of experience points! Penetrating Stab!”

Phew!

“Kwooaaa!”

“Just die already!”

Clang! [You have leveled up]

As Kaiyan thrust his sword deeper, the notification of a level-up sounded, and at the same time, his health, which had plummeted to the ground, instantly recovered.

“Kikihihik!”

“Yes, I will kill them all. Breath Control, focus.”

With his restored health, Kaiyan swung his sword like a madman. With each swing, he knocked down one medium-sized monster after another, and with his free hand, he occasionally used Shield Bash, which he hadn’t used in a while, to headbutt and shoulder charge the enemies.

“Haah… haa…”

“Kweee…”

“Kikikik!”

“Why did this happen to Babelin Castle?”

Where did it all start? He only wanted to take a look around Babelin Castle before leaving.

For 50 years after the collapse, the castle had remained calm, but now, undead monsters that were usually found only in dungeons were appearing.

“At this rate, there’s no telling when this will end.”

He had defeated dozens, maybe hundreds, of monsters over the course of an hour. Mostly medium-sized ones. However, despite all that, the number of creatures remained unchanged.

It meant that the ground kept spewing out monsters.

“Is there no way?”

Using the shop to escape was not a viable option. What Kaiyan wanted was to solve the root of this problem. For that, he had to deal with the monsters and approach the tower.

“Krrr…”

“Get lost!”

Crack!

“Although leaving these creatures behind with an item bothers me.”

He had thought of using the Concealment Cloak, but it was quite risky to enter the rear with an uncertain situation in the tower.

“There must be a way!”

Perhaps due to his deep thinking, a good idea came to Kaiyan’s mind. No, it was a somewhat uncertain one.

“Nothing wrong with trying. Fury!”

As he invoked the ability he had never used before, Saragana’s Fury, his appearance changed.

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Inside the central tower of Babelin Castle.

In front of a large mirror, a person was shrouded in a black robe, making it impossible to tell whether they were male or female. Inside the mirror, there was a man fighting against hundreds of monsters. That man was Kaiyan.

“Hehe, such an entertaining fellow. Even an Aura Expert can’t show that level of ability.”

When the person removed the robe from their head, a gruesome-looking skull appeared. It was too hideous to be called a human skull.

Not the typical white color of bones, but black. And even without eyes, it had a glowing red light.

“What a fascinating toy will be made. I want to get my hands on it soon! Kukahaha!”

The identity of the skull-wearing figure was none other than Markein Gullian, a level 1 criminal of the Crean Kingdom, who had brought several territories of the kingdom to ruin with a deadly plague and fled.

His estimated age was a whopping 200 years. The reason he could survive such a long time, something no ordinary human could endure, was because Markein was a lich, the ultimate form of a dark wizard.

He had spent an extremely long time evading the eyes of kingdoms and sects. As a result, he had no choice but to enter the monster-inhabited area full of dangers, where he patiently gathered strength for decades.

And when a certain amount of power had accumulated, he came out into the world again to expand that power.

The place he first set foot in was Babelin Castle. It was a perfect place for him to expand his strength as it was filled with countless human and monster corpses from past wars. Moreover, he could avoid the watchful eyes of both the sects and the kingdoms.

“Hehe… Huh? Who’s that?”

Markein, who had been proudly looking at the mirror, exclaimed in surprise.

“Why! How did he get stronger?”

In the mirror, Kaiyan, who he thought would be crushed by the monsters at any moment, was emitting a red aura in all directions and mercilessly slaughtering the monsters.

He looked overwhelmingly different from just a moment ago.

“He can’t be someone I know… Is it magic? No… What kind of power is this?”

Markein was deeply perplexed by Kaiyan’s inexplicable appearance. He thought Kaiyan would be nothing more than an amusing toy, but now he realized that this person posed a serious threat.

From a pure combat perspective, Kaiyan could be considered at the level of an Aura Expert.

“Does he have extraordinary physical abilities? How? Could it be… a Chimera?”

For a moment, Markein thought of a Chimera, but he quickly shook his head.

“That can’t be. No one else can do what I can’t.”

It might sound arrogant, but Markein was right. Even the most powerful black wizards in existence couldn’t match Markein, who had reached the end of the Fifth Circle.

“Then what is it? It can’t be! I have to find out for myself!”

As Markein clapped his hands, the tightly locked door of the central tower slowly opened.

“I’ll personally find out who he is! Kukkruk!”

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