Leveling with the Gods - Chapter 634

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Ji-won was perplexed.

Her older brother was suddenly being dragged away by Halgan.

‘He’s definitely my brother…….’

She knew that Kim Yu-won and her brother looked alike.

But no matter what, how could she not recognize her own flesh and blood?

Just by looking at his expression, it was clear that he wasn’t Kim Yu-won, but Kim Chul-soo, the village idiot.

Of course, most people wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.

That meant.

“You’ve got the wrong guy.”

Those fools.

They mistook her brother for Kim Yu-won.

‘Then what about Halgan?’

Did he really mistake her brother for Kim Yu-won too?

He was the son of Zeus and became a ranker at a speed second only to Kim Yu-won?

She had her doubts, but she quickly lost interest.

Halgan or Olympus, it was a story of a world far removed from them.

For now, she had to find her brother, who had disappeared somewhere.

Thud-.

She thought he might be somewhere in the alleyway leading home, so she was walking around when.

‘Brother?’

In the distance, she saw the back of that damn brother of hers.

“Brother!”

She waved her hand and ran towards him.

She had been worried that something might go wrong if he was taken away by Halgan, but fortunately, it seemed like he had somehow gotten away.

At Ji-won’s call, Chul-soo turned around.

But.

“……Huh?”

Ji-won, who met his eyes, froze on the spot.

She felt a chill run down her spine.

His face, which had the same eyes, nose, and mouth, was familiar, but the pressure she felt was different.

It was the first time she realized what it meant when people said that appearances could be deceiving.

The person in front of her was not her brother.

“Brother?”

Ji-won’s brother, Kim Chul-soo, a man known to look exactly like him.

Kim Yu-won looked back at Ji-won with a puzzled expression.

And at that moment.

“Hey, Chul-soo-!”

The men who had been threatening him earlier reappeared.

Growl-.

In an instant, the men surrounded Yu-won and Ji-won.

Yu-won wondered what was going on.

“What’s this?”

“What’s this? What’s thiiis?”

A guy who swaggered up, reached into his pocket, and shoved his face forward.

A guy who pulled out the knife he had been wearing menacingly at his waist and revealed his killing intent.

Even a guy who spat on the ground and created a threatening atmosphere.

‘We’re all dead now.’

The guys who had seemed so scary before felt like flies at this moment.

Of course.

“You bastard, do you know what you did to us just now-.”

Clack-.

The hand of the man who was reaching for Yu-won was grabbed.

And the next moment.

Crack-.

“Kyaaaagh!”

His wrist was bent backwards, and a scream echoed through the alley.

“Wh, what?”

“This bastard-!”

The men who had drawn their knives as a threat rushed towards Yu-won.

A moment later.

Clang-!

The swords of the men who had stabbed Yu-won in the stomach broke.

“……Huh?”

“Can you do that?”

Clatter-!

Clang-!
[Support: Oppa! Did I really meet Kim Yu-won? He looks exactly like you?]

Fingers flicked, and the heads of the men flew back.

Some had their foreheads caved in as if their skulls were broken, and there were those who foamed at the mouth.

No matter how hard he tried to stab them with all his might, his opponents were just low-level grunts who hadn’t even reached the 10th floor.

At that level, they couldn’t even scratch the body of a ranker who had just risen to the top, let alone Yu-won.

“W, what, w…”

“Are you also a friend of Jae-deul?”

At Yu-won’s question, Ji-won shook his head in a hurry.

“Ah, no! Never! I just got you confused with my brother…”

“Brother?”

“Yes, yes! You may not believe it, but my brother looks exactly like you, Yu-won-nim.”

“Oh, so that’s why they…?”

Somehow.

Yu-won understood the situation and nodded.

Of course, there couldn’t have been a crazy bastard who would wield a sword at him without reason, unless it was because of that.

Beep-.

Yu-won’s communicator rang at that moment.

Yu-won, who had been waiting for Hargan, nodded as he read the message that arrived on the communicator.

“Follow me.”

“Yes?”

“Aren’t you going to find your brother?”

“…?”

Ji-won tilted his head, wondering what that meant.

Meanwhile, Yu-won’s back gradually moved away.

Ji-won, who had been bewildered, followed Yu-won.

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“It is an honor to meet you! My name is Orpheus!”

Orpheus bowed deeply and greeted him loudly.

When the great ranker greeted him like that, Cheol-soo almost instinctively fell to his knees.

However.

“I am Kim Yu-won.”

He calmly took his outstretched hand and bowed his head.

Because the Kim Yu-won he had heard of was quite cynical and had a stoic personality.

‘Right? This is it?’

He glanced at Hargan, but there was no reaction.

It seemed that he didn’t behave suspiciously.

It wasn’t just Orpheus.

There were five other Olympus rankers who had come down to see Kim Yu-won.

They were all there to help with Kim Yu-won’s wedding.

‘I’m done for.’

Sweat dripped down his face.

His expression gradually became distorted.

As he shook hands with another ranker, he thought to himself.

‘If I get caught, I’ll die. I’ll definitely die.’

He would rather be threatened by the gangsters like before.

“Hey, are you okay?”

Hargan’s reaction to Cheol-soo, who approached him, was natural.

With cold sweat dripping down his face, he couldn’t help but look like someone in pain.

“Oh, it’s just. My stomach is a little upset.”

“Your stomach?”

“We’ll, I’ll go to the bathroom for a moment.”

Cheol-soo came out with a flimsy excuse.

He turned on the water loudly and exhaled roughly.

“Whew, whew-”

His heart felt like it was going to burst from tension.

All he could think about was how to get out of here.

Woo-woong-.

The communicator in his pocket rang.

A message from Ji-won.

[JiWon: Bro! I just met the real Kim YuWon! He looks exactly like you, bro?]

Bam! In an instant, veins popped up on his head.

‘Of course! That’s because you saw me!’

He found his sister, who didn’t even know her own situation, annoying for getting so excited.

CheolSu took a moment to catch his breath and looked up at the mirror.

Even in his own eyes, his face looked exactly like Kim YuWon’s.

Whether this was a blessing or a curse depended on how he used it.

“You can do this, Kim CheolSu.”

Slap-

He slapped both of his cheeks hard to come to his senses.

“You can do this, ImMa.”

It was said that even if you enter a tiger’s den, you can survive if you’re in the right state of mind.

With that thought in mind, CheolSu started to walk.

“Are you okay? Are you feeling a bit better?”

When he returned to his seat, HarGan was drinking with Orpheus and Dionysus.

“Can I have a drink?”

Since it was alcohol brought by Dionysus, who was known as the best alcohol businessman, it probably wouldn’t taste ordinary.

If he refused here, it would only raise suspicions.

“Of course.”

CheolSu nodded his head and held out his glass.

Just then, as HarGan was about to pour some alcohol into CheolSu’s glass,

“Oh, come to think of it, don’t you not drink very well? What happened?”

Drip-

He had made a mistake.

But how was he supposed to know?

Whether Kim YuWon liked to drink or not.

While CheolSu was unable to say anything,

“I’m just kidding. Why are you so serious? I heard you have a drink with Brother Heracles sometimes.”

HarGan laughed and patted YuWon’s shoulder.

In reality, YuWon had started to drink a little bit after the fight with Outer.

He hadn’t drunk before that, partly because of his personal preferences and mostly because he was worried about his mental state.

Gulp-

As he drank the alcohol that HarGan had poured him, CheolSu sighed in relief.

But that wasn’t the end of it.

“How is Pandora doing?”

“I heard from Hephaestus-nim. The first sword you made at that time…”

“Ah, Sungyoon said that OkGong is at the store right now. What game is he into these days?”

“YuWon-nim. If possible, I’d like to invite you to our next dinner…”

Questions and invitations poured in.

CheolSu used his quick wit to smoothly answer each question.

But that didn’t last long.

Creak-

The door to the store that HarGan had closed opened.

He had clearly told everyone not to come in and had closed the door to the store.

“Oppa!”

Someone completely unexpected came inside.

Kim JiWon.

CheolSu’s younger sister.

‘W-Why is JiWon here?’

CheolSu’s eyes widened, and his face turned pale.

If JiWon called him “oppa” here, it would be a disaster.

No matter how good his acting was, if JiWon found out that he was her oppa, everything would be revealed.

‘No! Don’t come! Please…’

As he screamed internally and signaled to JiWon with his eyes,

Thud-

Following JiWon into the store was another person.

Someone who looked exactly like CheolSu, as if they were doppelgangers.

Kim YuWon.

Their eyes met.

‘Oh, shit.’

The real one showed up.

The mask on Cheolsu’s face crumbled.

Cheolsu’s legs trembled as he faced Kim Yu-won approaching him.

Swoosh, he could feel the presence of Hargan rising from his seat.

He was about to be a goner now…

“Not bad.”

Hargan said as he approached Yu-won.

What’s not bad?

A question mark appeared above Cheolsu’s head.

“Really?”

“I think he’d be good enough as a stand-in.”

“Better than a doppelganger?”

“Those things don’t last long enough. Plus, it’s hard to fool rankers who are sensitive to mana.”

Yu-won nodded with a smirk at Hargan’s words.

“Alright then.”

* * *

A while ago.

Yu-won asked Son Oh-gong, who was yawning while lying on the living room floor of his house,

“Don’t you have work?”

“Huh? Me?”

It was Son Oh-gong, who was registered as a mercenary in Olympus.

He was in charge of maintaining order in the Tower and resolving conflicts between guilds.

But for some reason, Yu-won had never seen Son Oh-gong actually do his job.

“Why bother? My clones will do it for me anyway.”

Yu-won’s eyes twitched at that response.

“Why?”

“I should’ve learned that too.”

“That?”

“Clone Technique. It looks convenient.”

Clone Technique was Son Oh-gong’s signature skill.

Of course, even someone like Yu-won had no way of learning Clone Technique.

It was a unique skill that only Son Oh-gong had.

“Are you jealous?”

“…Yeah.”

Son Oh-gong asked, looking at Yu-won, who admitted it more easily than he thought.

“Why do you need it?”

“There are too many places calling for me. And there are some places I can’t not go.”

“I guess. There must be a thing or two you can solve just with your name or face.”

Zeus, Thor, Vishnu, and more.

There were countless guilds asking for Yu-won’s help.

And there were quite a few points coming back in return for helping them, so he couldn’t just ignore all of them.

“If you need a face, not strength, how about getting a doppelganger?”

“A doppelganger?”

“Yeah. I actually heard a funny story a while ago.”

Son Oh-gong chuckled, as if the thought of it was funny.

“What floor was it? Anyway, I heard there was someone who looked exactly like you.”

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“Your acting’s not bad either. If you could just build up your courage a little, you’d be perfect.”

Hargan patted Cheolsu on the shoulder.

“And it looks like you’re a little short on points. How about it? Do you want to do some part-time work?”

“A, a part-time job? What do you mean?”

What kind of part-time job was he talking about?

Cheolsu was confused.

From his reaction, it seemed like he already knew that Cheolsu wasn’t Kim Yu-won.

Then why on earth had he wasted his precious time on a mere bottom-floor player like him?

Cheolsu’s question was soon answered by Yu-won.

Tap, tap.

Yu-won patted Cheolsu on the shoulder.

He spoke to Cheolsu with a satisfied expression.

“You passed. Clone.”