In the middle of the isolated vacant lot surrounded by cliffs.

Over a hundred military soldiers were in a combat stance, forming an wonjin (a battle strategy).

Ian was prepared to pull on the bowstring at any time with little effort, a message had rung in the silent ground.

[The battle begins.]

[Phase 1 starts.]

With that signal, loud resonances and huge sounds started to ring in the lot.

Woong-!

[Devil Dimensional Cavalry will be summoned.]

Checking the messages, Ian glanced over at the battlefield.

The developments on the battlefield were interesting.

‘The devil dimensional Cavalry…’

And then, after identifying the enemies that appeared, Ian couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

The enemies which had been summoned all over the map with a blue shine seemed farther away from any Asmodian he had ever seen.

-Devil Dimensional Cavalry/ Lv. 10 (transcendence)

‘I’m sure that I heard we were going to fight the Asmodians, so what happened?’

Soldiers covered in blue light were all around.

They didn’t feel like the Asmodians at any glance.

The signs of Asmodians were the dark skins and the peculiar reddish-brown hair.

Of course, it wasn’t because the skin color wasn’t white, it was just that the atmosphere didn’t feel like it.

However, there was no time to think.

The enemies were coming into the camp at a very tremendous speed.

Thud- Thud- Thud-!

At the end of the army camp, a loud shout rang out.

“Try to destroy them with all your might! The Castle King is with you!”

“Wah!”

As the commander ‘Parker’ said that, the whole army flocked towards the others with a whole loud sound.

And Lichao who was in the same 7th platoon along with Ian was in the forefront.

Mark Oliver, who confirmed the intention, looked at Ian and asked with a smile,

“We can’t be staying still, right?”

Ian nodded and smiled.

“Obviously.”

After that short exchange of words, the two spurred and bounced off the ground at the same time.

The very next moment.

Wheeing-!

All around Ian summons were summoned.

Kyaaah-!

Grrrng- Grrrng-!

Staring with Ly and Halli growls till Karceus and Bbookbbook’s roars.

And, the black wings of Blackie and the medium spirit Magbi.

Ian got on top of Halli and pulled on his bow.

Ping- Piping-!

And then, as always, the arrows that left the bow of Ian’s moved as smooth as ever.

Puck- Puck–!

As soon as the arrows hit the enemies, Ian quickly checked on the system messages.

[You have dealt damage to the ‘Devil Dimensional Cavalry’!]

[The vitality of ‘Devil Dimensional Cavalry’ reduced by 195.]

[The vitality of ‘Devil Dimensional Cavalry’ reduced by 177.]

[The vitality of ‘Devil Dimensional Cavalry’ reduced by 212.]

The guys who were referred to as the Devil Dimensional Cavalry were the opponents which Ian had been facing for the first time.

Ian had no information about how much damage dealt would be or how much power they have.

Ian didn’t use the Spirit magic and was using normal arrows.

Unlike the spirit magic, which combined various spells, such as spirit magic or the attribute resistance to deal with any kind of damage, normal attacks only damage the simple physical and defense damage.

So, if he could look at the damage dealt by general attacks, then he would be able to measure an approximate number of power that his opponent has.

‘Hmm… with the transcendence level of 10, the combat power surely is higher than that.’

It was obvious that the calculations weren’t accurate.

There were many variables included.

But it was Ian’s intent to get some kind of details.

And what he achieved was enough.

‘If this is the difficulty of the Warrior’s Village, it’s easier than what I had expected?’

Ian judged that the combat power of the dimensional cavalry was roughly around the monsters of level 12-13.

And if that was the level, then it was going to be much easier than the contaminated mine.

Of course, Ian wasn’t fully equipped and was weaker than before, but even then, it was worth a try.

‘Well, since this is the first phase, they are easy, I need to be alert.’

“Haha!”

Ian who spurred on the back of Halli moved onto Pin and swelled into the air.

After confirming that there were no ranged attackers, there was no reason to stay on the ground.

Kiyaaa!

Pin went into the air with the flame form of Ian.

As Ian pulled on the reins, Pin turned to the side rapidly.

And in the meantime.

Ian’s hands started to be engulfed in fire.

Borrowing the power from Magbi, he activated the spirit magic.

Hrrr-!

[Spirit magic ‘Infernal Fire’ has been activated.]

The flame longbow began to emit strong fires.

A fiery flame that surrounded the arrows and it was very different from the shabby arrows which had just been shot a moment back.

The flame arrows began to pour onto the dimensional cavalry.

Piping-!

* * *

Tring-!

[The transcendence level has risen.]

[You have achieved the transcendence level of 9.]

In just one week, Hoonie’s mood was great.

All thanks to the unexpected gift from Ian, he had been able to achieve the transcendence level 9 at a tremendous rate.

‘Huhu, these trivial scraps of metal! Kneel before the power of darkness! Hahaha!!’

Holding onto a black staff that was taller than him, Hoonie was bursting the mine.

Hoonie had fallen into narcissism and enjoyed the fact that he just achieved level 9 while stroking his staff.

From both ends of the staff, a strange mix of energies of black and dark color shades began to radiate.

[Warlock Deceit Staff/ Only (Transcendence)]

[The staff of the ancient evil dark Warlock deceit. Contains powerful dark energy.]

And to his surprise, the staff’s rank was ‘only (transcendence)’.

Given the fact that Ian still lacked the only transcendence equipment, it was surely surprising.

And Hoonie who hadn’t yet proceeded with the Middle-Earth content in earnest, couldn’t have obtained the precious items directly.

The staff, which Hoonie had received from a lot of love, was nothing but a gift from Ian.

And it wasn’t just Hoonie who had suddenly received a gift from Ian.

Yu Shin, who was hunting with Hoonie at the moment, was also equipped with a leather armor from Ian.

“Yah. Hoon-ah!”

“What hyung?”

“Where the hell did Ian even get these items?”

“Said he picked these up from somewhere.”

“You believe that?”

“If Ian God says, there is nothing we can’t believe.”

Hoonie who was filled with admiration for Ian recalled the memory from the day.

“Hoonie, take this with you.”

“Uh, staff? Is this good?”

“I picked it up.”

“Ah, you picked it up from somewhere and are giving it to me?”

“Doesn’t matter if you hate it. I will just give it to the other guild members.”

“Wait! Even then, I’ll just check the options!”

Hoonie, who touched the skull of the staff sighed out of relief.

“If I hadn’t taken this from my hyung, level 9 would have been impossible in this week…”

Yu Shin heard the mumble for Ian and nodded.

“What I have here is surely great, but I’m sure that the staff is much greater.”

Unlike the staff of Hoonie, the leather armor of Yu Shin was rare (transcendence).

Surely it was a great item, but even though it just had one rank difference, the gap between them was huge.

Why did Ian even give out the weapons to them?

If he just placed them on the auction, it would have gotten at least million of won.

Did he care for the two of them more than that sum of money?

Or was that amount a bit too much for Ian?

Nope, neither of it.

Even if it was Ian, there was no way where he could pass on an item where millions were in place.

The staff that Hoonie was looking at wasn’t any different.

If the high-end weapons entered into the hands of the other guilds on such competitive terms, which was why these couldn’t be placed for sale.

But for Hoonie and Yu Shin, who were simple-minded, such complicated thoughts never entered their brains.

They were plain impressed with the grace of Ian.

And the most famous Ian loyalist, the no. 1 supporter of Ian, Hoonie was much motivated with it.

“Keu, Ian God! Praise the Lord! Loyalty!”

Hoonie’s eyes were filled with respect for Ian.

Reading the information window of the staff, Hoonie’s heart went thudding again.

Then, where did Ian get the items?

There was no way he could have just picked them up.

Rather, the two pieces of equipment was a sad story for Ian.

The two transcendence equipment boxes he had obtained from the Spirit Dojo for breaking the 15th floor.

They were obtained by opening it.

Not sure how sad that story was, but it was surely devastating for Ian.

He was under the expectation that one of the two equipment would be for a summoner.

But when such a warlock-only item came out of it, Ian’s whole body started to hurt.

And thanks to that act of Ian, Yu Shin and Hoonie reached the level 9.

“Yu Shin hyung, this isn’t the time to be this way.”

“Huh?”

“We need to quickly reach the level 10 and go help Ian hyung.”

“Yeah, Ian will be disappointed if he knows we are resting this way.”

The two men with a burning desire moved to the next hunting ground.

* * *

Pung-!

[You have successfully defeated the ‘Dimensional Cavalry’.]

[You have earned the Hero Score of 1 in the Warrior’s Village]

[The contribution of the ‘Platoon 7’ increased by 10.]

[Earned Hero Score of 2.]

The devil dimensional cavalry fell while crumbling down in the hands of Ian.

And Ian, who had defeated the first cavalry, looked at the rising system messages.

‘Hero Score for public value… and the platoon’s contribution is related to the promotion. The experience doesn’t seem to rise…’

But after a while, Lichao’s eyes were shining.

In the hands of Ian, the devil dimensional cavalry broke down and scattered and had disappeared in a white light.

Swooah-!

It was the ‘Devil Dimensional Mirror’ which had absorbed in the cavalry.

It wasn’t just the cavalry that Ian had killed.

All the dimensional troops killed on the battlefield were sucked in by the mirror.

In addition, the souls which were taken in by the mirror were gathered and flew in somewhere.

And Ian, who discovered it began to think.

Surely, his limbs were working greatly.

‘What? Why would the dimensional cavalry get to be taken by the mirror? Where are they being sent to?’

Ian’s eyes looked over at the metal plate below the mirror.

There was a simple phrase like this.

-Surviving Devil Dimensional Cavalry: 95

-Surviving Celestial Army: 99

‘We have killed five so far, and one army has been taken down.’

And then it was.

Woong-!

A huge wave of wind in the sky of the battlefield which went right to the dimensional mirror.

And the light which hit the mirror split and fell all over the battlefield.

Wheeing-! Wheeing-!

And subsequently, new cavalry and army were summoned.

“What the?”

Ian was shocked.

In a series of situations, there was no way he could know what the mirror would do.

In addition, the battle just returned to the original plot because of the recalled cavalry.

-Surviving devil dimensional Cavalry: 100

-Surviving Celestial Army: 99

‘No, isn’t this the beginning one? One ally died…!’

Ian just shook his head.

What Ian discovered was that a white light fell down when the cavalry was going to be absorbed, and a red light came down when the cavalry was summoned.

And if the battle went that way, they would eventually be wiped out.

If he tried to kill them, they will just keep coming back.

‘The battle won’t end if this keeps going on.’

Ian was flustered and couldn’t understand the situation.

And came the new shock for Ian.

Around five minutes later or so, an incomprehensible number came on the metal plate.

-Surviving Devil Dimensional Cavalry: 101

-Surviving Celestial Army: 92

The cavalry just went higher than the number that it started out in the beginning.