Chapter 4
Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.
The place where the goblin chief, who had surrendered while shouting, “Heavenly Demon Forever, Ten Thousand Demons Bow,” was dragged away.
But once he was taken there—
The excitement faded a little after learning that the function could only be used starting from level 5.
“Let’s take a look.”
Lee Kang-han checked the newly unlocked Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.
[Hall of Ten Thousand Demons 萬魔殿]
The dwelling place of the ten thousand demons who submitted to the Heavenly Demon.
Due to the player’s low level, the Hall cannot function to its full potential.
Current Capacity – 1 / 10,000
Then, a new screen popped up next to the chat window.
On the dark background, a chibi-style goblin with a scowling face wandered around.
“That must be the goblin chief?”
Click.
When Lee Kang-han clicked on him—
[Castrated Goblin Chief]
[Status: Confused, Fearful, Despairing, Recovering…]
Only the goblin’s current status appeared.
Nothing much.
Just as Lee Kang-han thought that—
[Summon]
[Worship]
[Banish]
Three clickable options appeared below the goblin chief.
“Oh. So I can summon him too.”
Lee Kang-han almost tried summoning him but clicked Worship first.
Immediately, the goblin chief, who had been moving his head aimlessly in the darkness, suddenly began to bow.
[You have been worshiped by a being of the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons.]
[Cooldown of the skill ‘Heavenly Demon Divine Art’ has been reduced.]
When he first subdued the boss monster, there were various effects.
But now, inside the Hall, worship only seemed to reduce the cooldown.
“Let’s see by how much.”
Lee Kang-han opened the skill window and looked at Heavenly Demon Divine Art.
[Heavenly Demon Divine Art – Beginner Level]
The martial art of the Heavenly Demon.
Unleashes the demonic power that ascends to the sky.
Only usable by those with the Heavenly Demon Physique.
Compatibility with the Heavenly Demon Physique: 90% or more.
Even during cooldown, 10% of the power can always be used.
Beginner stage.
Very short skill duration.
Cooldown: 24 hours.
Skill Duration: 10 minutes
Cooldown Remaining: 22:09:43
Auto Setting: On
The description was quite long.
To summarize—
The skill makes him very powerful for 10 minutes, with a cooldown of 24 hours.
Because his compatibility with the Heavenly Demon Physique is high, he can still use 10% of its power even during cooldown.
“Pretty sure the compatibility was 95%.”
No wonder goblin heads popped like balloons.
The +10 to physical stats might also be related to this skill.
While reading through the skill info—
“Thanks to the auto setting, beating the goblin chief was easy. I should turn it off now.”
He turned off Auto Setting and calculated the time.
If the cooldown had 22 hours and 10 minutes left—
“That means it’s been 1 hour and 50 minutes since I used the skill.”
By comparing it to real time, he could measure how effective the worship was.
He looked at the chat window.
“How much time has passed?”
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1 hour and 45 minutes
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Wait, he’s already about to clear the 4th floor in that time?
So worshiping reduced cooldown by about 5 minutes.
“A bit underwhelming.”
Click.
He clicked Worship again.
[This being has already worshiped you.]
[Cooldown: 23:59:30]
The effect didn’t stack.
Only the cooldown message popped up.
“Looks like I need to gather more monsters in the Hall for better results.”
As Lee Kang-han stood still, testing the Hall’s features—
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Why aren’t you going up? You could be first right now.
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Why are you just standing in front of the portal?
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You’ll lose first place like this.
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He’s fine. The current first-place guy ran out of arrows and is struggling.
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Everyone else is surviving, but he’s just wiping the floor with everything.
The chat was full of people asking why he wasn’t moving up.
Then he remembered—
“These people called me a liar earlier.”
They judged based on common sense, of course.
But he wasn’t going to let them think he was delusional.
With a smirk, he spoke.
“Hold on. I’ll show you something fun.”
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Something fun?
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There’s no monster though. What will he show?
Some viewers originally thought he was a mage because he had no weapons.
But after watching him crush goblins, they were sure he was a warrior.
Now, with no enemy around, they were confused.
Lee Kang-han pressed Summon.
Flash—!
A crimson portal opened behind him.
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What is that?
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Isn’t he a warrior?
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What’s going on?
The viewers doubted their eyes.
And then—
Out stepped the Castrated Goblin Chief.
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Wait… is that…?
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That’s the goblin eunuch!
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No way.
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He really caught that thing?
The chat went wild.
The Castrated Goblin Chief.
One of the toughest tutorial bosses in the Tower of Beginners.
He didn’t just kill players.
He made them suffer, slicing their flesh little by little before finishing them.
He was infamous for making people give up the tower entirely.
And now—
Thud! Thud!
He came out of the portal and bowed down to Lee Kang-han.
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Is this a real video? Not AI or something?
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It’s a livestream, not a fake.
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So he wasn’t lying about the weapon thing…
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We wrongly called him a liar.
Seeing the goblin chief obey, viewers realized at least some of what Lee Kang-han said was true.
But then—
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Wait, then is the “muscle from sleeping” thing also true?
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No way. That’s impossible.
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Even bodybuilders need to exercise for gains.
The part about gaining muscle from sleep was still hard to believe.
It made no sense scientifically.
“I actually work out three hours every day.”
With that innocent lie—
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That makes more sense.
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Of course he’d need training for those muscles.
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Now he’s finally being honest.
People trusted him even more.
Meanwhile, the goblin chief, seeing no reaction after bowing, rolled his eyes nervously.
“Heavenly Demon Forever! Ten Thousand Demons Bow!”
He repeated the phrase and bowed again.
“Hey, that’s enough.”
“R-Really?”
“Yeah. The worship cooldown is 24 hours. No point doing it again.”
“Oh, I see.”
The goblin chief nodded.
“Then… shall I return? Since your innocence has been proven.”
“Back into that darkness?”
“Yeah.”
The goblin’s face turned pale.
“I can fight! Even as a meat shield! Please, just don’t send me back there!”
“What’s wrong with the Hall?”
“Please have mercy… anywhere but there…”
Lee Kang-han had thought about listening to the Hall resident’s complaints,
but the goblin was trembling, begging not to go back.
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Why is he so scared?
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Doesn’t feel like the same guy who tore flesh before.
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He even has only one horn now.
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What does Heavenly Demon Forever, Ten Thousand Demons Bow mean?
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It means something like ‘May the Heavenly Demon live a thousand years, and all demons bow before him.’
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So it’s a worship chant?
Since the goblin’s words were auto-translated to Korean, the viewers understood clearly.
Hearing the chant, Lee Kang-han finally realized its meaning.
“Oh… that’s what it meant?”
“I thought it was some ultimate skill, but it was a chant.”
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He thought it was a special move?
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Eight syllables kinda sounds like one.
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Anyone who read wuxia would’ve known.
People asked—
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Are you the Heavenly Demon?
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Why do you have skills like that?
Lee Kang-han simply shrugged.
“Who knows?”
Even though the connection with the Heavenly Demon was clear,
there was no need to reveal everything.
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Show us your traits!
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We’ll calculate your salary.
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There are probably guild scouts watching.
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Maybe even foreign scouts.
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They’ll start Googling “Heavenly Demon.”
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I looked it up and found some herbal medicine.
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Come on, if you’re Korean, you should know what it means.
The chat flooded with demands for him to reveal his traits.
“Well then, as you all wish, let’s go to the next floor.”
He ignored the requests and entered the portal to the 5th floor.
Zap—!
His rank jumped from 8th to 1st.
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He finally got first place.
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He’s playing a different game from everyone else.
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The previous 1st place guy is still fighting goblins.
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Honestly, he shouldn’t even be at this level.
Among the 10,000 Korean newbies,
Lee Kang-han was the first to reach the 5th floor.
“Let’s see how well our chief can fight.”
He assigned the goblin chief to lead the charge.
The chief stepped forward—
“Screech! Screech screech screeeech!”
Instead of attacking, he started shouting at the goblins.
“Screech?”
“Screech screech!”
The goblins paused mid-defense and started talking among themselves.
Then some drew weapons—
“Screeeech!”
And started fighting each other.
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Why are they fighting?
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I don’t get it. Just screeches.
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Wait, isn’t the chief’s speech usually translated?
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Maybe only stronger monsters get translated.
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Still don’t get the rules.
The viewers didn’t understand.
But Lee Kang-han, watching from afar, could.
Now that I’ve summoned the chief, I can understand what they’re saying.
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“You fools! Come back under my command!”
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“It’s the chief! Let’s go to him!”
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“No way! We must defend this place!”
They were fighting because of internal conflict.
Some wanted to return to the chief, others wanted to hold their ground.
Meanwhile—
Clench.
The goblin chief gritted his teeth.
“Heavenly Demon… may I clean this up?”
Calling Lee Kang-han “Heavenly Demon,” he asked for permission to act.
“Sure. Go ahead.”
Curious how strong the goblin chief still was, Lee Kang-han agreed.
“Thank you!”
The chief smiled and charged into the goblin line.
Thud! Thud!
His massive frame crushed the goblins.
He slaughtered those who refused to follow.
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That guy’s still insane.
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Still super strong.
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How did a level 1 player defeat him?
The viewers saw the chief hadn’t lost his power.
He tore through goblins with ease.
And while doing so—
“Kehehe! Traitors shall die!”
He picked up goblins and sliced their flesh with a blade.
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Ugh, PTSD…
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That guy made me quit the game even with A-rank traits.
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Why quit with A-rank?
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He licked my wounds with that long tongue. I still dream about it.
The goblin chief’s madness traumatized many.
He truly looked like a maniac.
Still, he opened the path nicely.
This summon…
Might actually be useful.
Lee Kang-han walked forward, not swinging even once.
[You have cleared Floor 5 of the Tower of Beginners.]
[Advancing to the next floor.]
[You have cleared Floor 6.]
[Advancing.]
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[You have cleared Floor 9.]
[You are now entering the final floor, Floor 10.]
And by the time Lee Kang-han reached the final floor—
“Screech! Screeeech!”
“Screech screech screech!”
He wasn’t alone.
Behind him were the Castrated Goblin Chief—
And about 50 regular goblins.
