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Son OhGong, along with Zeus and Poseidon, began their trials.
The process to break through the Tower's ceiling and attain Divinity differed for each individual. However, it was said that Son OhGong's trial was the most challenging and required a considerable amount of time among YuWon's companions.
Therefore, YuWon expected him to arrive late.
[Son OhGong: It's done]
A message that had reached YuWon's Kit a few days ago.
He had no intention of interfering with Son OhGong, who had already completed his trial. Until that moment, Chronos hadn't killed any Administrators or caused cracks to spread on the wall.
OhGong would need time to adapt to the new power he had acquired, especially after obtaining the "Golden Headband." (Note: that crown Son OhGong always wears in folklore, 긴고아)
But it wasn't the time for that now.
Before descending to the first floor.
YuWon sent a message to Son OhGong.
[YuWon: Stop what you're doing and come down to the first floor as quickly as possible]
At that moment, they didn't even know they would be facing the Black Goat of the Woods, but...
"Anyway, the timing is amazing."
It was appropriate to call Son OhGong at that moment.
Swish.
Son OhGong, riding the Flying Nimbus, jumped down from the sky.
Son OhGong's figure, which looked like a distant dot, quickly approached.
In an instant, when he landed on the ground.
Kwah!
The ground sank, and there was a slight vibration in the area due to that impact.
YuWon frowned as he watched Son OhGong land on the ground.
"Do you need to make so much noise?"
"You said to come fast, right?"
"After visiting the Celestial Floor (天竺), haven't you learned the Flash Step (Shunpo) yet?"
"Oh, right."
"What do you mean, 'right'?"
Son OhGong scratched his head and turned it.
Looking at the Black Goat of the Woods pushed by the Ru Yi Bang, Son OhGong asked.
"Anyway, how did this happen? It's not that guy's turn yet."
"I don't know."
"You don't know?"
"Originally, only the goat offspring were supposed to come..."
Beeee-.
YuWon replied as he looked at the goats.
"For some reason, it turned out this way."
The surrounding goats were also on guard at the appearance of Son OhGong.
Instinctively, they felt that the presence that had appeared before them was something they couldn't underestimate.
"Even so, things have already come to this point."
-Beeeeee-.
The mother of the goats emitted a bleat.
Son OhGong, who held the shrunken Ru Yi Bang again in his hand, muttered as he looked at the creature.
"To think we'd see Shub-Niggurath again so quickly."
Shub-Niggurath.
The name that Son OhGong murmured resonated clearly in YuWon's ears.
It was unclear whether it was because both of them knew that name or if Shub-Niggurath had partially arrived at the Tower.
Odin, who was discreetly watching, hadn't heard the name correctly.
-Beeee-.
As if asking who dared to mention its name, Shub-Niggurath looked at Son OhGong and bleated.
Shub-Niggurath.
A being that bore hundreds of black goat offspring, known as the incarnation of madness and All-Mother.
If compared solely by its power as an Outer God, Shub-Niggurath was even more outstanding than Foolish Chaos himself.
"You know it too, right? I can't defeat it now."
Son OhGong pointed to the Golden Headband encircling his head.
"If this comes off, who knows what will happen."
Golden Headband.
A seal that restricted Son OhGong's power, obtained upon reaching the Celestial Floor after passing the trial.
Each time this seal was broken, Son OhGong would reach a higher level of power.
However...
"Don't brag. Even if the Golden Headband's seal is broken, it doesn't mean you can beat it."
"I've heard that a hundred times before."
The situation was a complete mess. From Son OhGong fighting inappropriately with an aggressive look on his face to YuWon's indifferent reaction to his words, everything seemed out of place.
Odin wondered what was going on.
Son OhGong, who had been displaying some pride for a moment, finally pursed his lips and asked in an irritated voice.
"Anyway, can't we just push it back?"
"First, let's think about buying some time."
"Time?"
"Chronos is here too."
"Chronos? Didn't that guy disappear? Then why is he here?"
"...Stop talking. I don't have time to explain to you right now. For now, let's try to figure out how to deal with that thing."
Expecting Son OhGong to understand anything was difficult.
He didn't know what was going on, and Son OhGong, who scratched his head while looking at Shub-Niggurath's offspring, finally lifted his head to look at Shub-Niggurath.
"Buy time, huh?"
Now that he had just passed the trial and obtained the Golden Headband, Shub-Niggurath was a challenging opponent even for Son OhGong.
However, Shub-Niggurath was still in an unstable state, trapped in the cracks without fully passing through the wall.
Son OhGong's eyes narrowed.
Burning pupils.
He, like YuWon, also remembered the fight with Shub-Niggurath.
"At least I'll be able to vent on you."
Bang, bang, bang, bang...
A dense smoke rose around Son OhGong.
And when that smoke completely dissipated.
[Cloning Technique]
Hundreds, thousands of Son OhGongs revealed their appearance.
The Cloning Technique, one of the abilities that represented Son OhGong along with the Golden Cinder Eyes.
What was different was that there were many more than the world knew.
"Now it's your turn to face me."
"And me..."
"And me......"
"And me........."
The Son OhGongs simultaneously assumed the same posture as if they had made a pact.
At the same time...
Several thousand Ru Yi Bangs pointed at Shub-Niggurath, who was trying to enter the cracks.
"Grow..."
"Grow..."
"Grow..."
Uuuuuuuu...
The tips of the Ru Yi Bangs trembled violently.
On behalf of representing the thousands of clones, the real Son OhGong spoke.
"Ru Yi."
Twack-!!
Twack, thwack, thwack!
Bum, bum, bum, bum.
Thousands of Ru Yi Bangs struck Shub-Niggurath's body. Even its body the size of a small mountain was like a small goat in front of the Ru Yi Bang, a sacred item used to measure the depth of the sea.
"Heh..."
Odin sneered at Shub-Niggurath as thousands of Ru Yi Bangs extended toward it.
Each of the Ru Yi Bangs, which flew out from where they were, contained a threatening power.
That number of clones, they all had High-Ranker-level power.
Even if he had heard rumors, it was still hard to believe.
'I've heard it in rumors, but...'
The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal.
A High-Ranker who killed the Jade Emperor of the Celestial Realm and wreaked havoc in the Celestial Realm.
He was the Traitor of the Celestial Realm who had recently risen to single-digit rank.
Most importantly, he was an entity that had returned to the past alongside YuWon. However, as much as that was the case, no one expected his power to have changed so much in such a short time.
-Beeee, beeeeee!
Shub-Niggurath's bleating grew louder. It wasn't just a bleat; it also attacked the minds of those nearby, like Odin, YuWon, and Son OhGong's clones, making them stagger.
Odin, who was nearby, stumbled, and YuWon's nose and ears began to bleed.
Bang, bang, bang, bang...
Son OhGong's clones, who had been blown away one by one by the sound of Shub-Niggurath's bleating, disappeared.
Creak, creak...
The tip of Son OhGong's arm trembled as he struck the end of the Ru Yi Bang with the palm of his hand. Light gradually began to emanate from the Golden Headband that encircled his head.
"Ugh..."
Eiiiiiing...
Son Goku frowned at the light of the Golden Headband.
Taking one hand off the Ru Yi Bang, which he held with both, Son OhGong clutched his head as if he were suffering from a severe headache. The more intense his headache, the stronger his power became.
Kagagak...
Slowly, Shub-Niggurath began to retreat to the other side.
Of course, this meant that Son OhGong was also getting closer to death.
Kim YuWon: "This guy... why the hell is he doing this?"
No matter how much he thought about it, it was strange.
Even if the Administrator had disappeared and the wall had weakened, applying so much force to the crack would waste a considerable amount of Points.
And even more so, if the one doing it was Shub-Niggurath.
"He must be driven by something."
"But what?"
"What else could it be?"
YuWon's gaze shifted to Shub-Niggurath's eyes.
A fixed gaze on something.
The gazes of YuWon and Son OhGong followed Shub-Niggurath's gaze.
And there...
"Thump-."
Danpung stood there with a vacant expression.
"For him?"
"There's no other explanation."
"Why?"
"Because even Foolish Chaos took an interest in Danpung."
It was just a little while ago.
Foolish Chaos, who had opened a crack and drawn power from outside the Tower inward, decided that he could no longer use Points and tried to stop the fight.
But after seeing Danpung, Foolish Chaos changed his response.
It was because Foolish Chaos hated more than anything else for his plans to be ruined.
"Him...?"
Thump.
Shub-Niggurath began to stir.
Kagagagagagag...
Ru Yi Bang trembled.
Some of the clones had already disappeared due to Shub-Niggurath's bleating.
"Wow, wow, do you really plan to keep going until the end?"
Son OhGong smiled.
Eiiiiiing...
The light from the Golden Headband grew stronger. Son OhGong continued the battle against Shub-Niggurath, enduring the shakes as if his head was going to explode.
Meanwhile...
"Hey, but can you keep blocking like this forever..."
Son OhGong's forehead furrowed as he looked at YuWon.
"What's wrong?"
His eyes seemed unfocused somewhere.
It wasn't like he was dazed by the chaotic situation, but something in YuWon's reaction seemed strange.
"Eh? Hey! Wake up!"
He shouted so loudly that eardrums could burst, but it was in vain.
Both YuWon and Danpung.
Both had lost consciousness, and their minds had gone far away amid this tumultuous situation.
"Damn it..."
At this moment, when there was no one to rely on.
Blocking Shub-Niggurath from entering immediately seemed difficult.
"There's no other choice."
At this moment, there was no way to prevent Shub-Niggurath from entering.
Instead...
Maybe Shub-Niggurath had spent a lot of energy entering the Tower and overcoming the crack. Furthermore, after opening the crack and entering, it wouldn't be able to use all its power right away.
"Perhaps it's better to decide the outcome now."
Shub-Niggurath.
An enemy they hadn't been able to defeat until the end before returning to the past. Shub-Niggurath was one of the few Outer Gods with a higher rank than Foolish Chaos. So, at some point, they would have to face him, even if it wasn't now.
"Come, I also want to see how this will end."
Eiiiiiing...
At that moment, as the color of the Golden Headband gradually turned golden...
Tic...
A small second-hand ticked in Son OhGong's ear.
"Eh?"
It was definitely a sound he had heard somewhere before.
Woosh...
The cracks in the wall that Shub-Niggurath had widened were slowly closing.
Breaking a glass was easy, but restoring it to its original state was difficult.
But Son OhGong knew of someone who could do it.
"Chronos is here."
Son OhGong remembered what YuWon had said and lifted the corner of his lips.
"What are you doing?"
Tic...
['Time Reversion' is starting]
"So, that's it."
If YuWon had heard, he would have looked at him with contempt and mockery for not realizing it until now.
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