The battlefield had gone silent.
The water that once raged across the ruins of **Nikas** now rippled quietly under the blood-red glow of a single man's aura.
Suho stood still, half his face shadowed, eyes glowing crimson.
His laughter echoed through the mist — wild, broken, unrestrained.
Across from him stood the **Captain Commander**, the named monster of this stage.
> **Zoro.**
> **Class: AAA.**
> **Designation: Catalus War Commander.**
He towered like a fortress, his armor cracked and scorched.
For the first time in this entire stage, *he* hesitated.
---
Zoro's hesitation lasted only a heartbeat.
He roared, gathering black energy into his fist, and swung.
The strike crashed into Suho's chest, detonating the air.
**BOOM!**
Water exploded outward.
Suho was thrown back several meters—
—but he didn't fall.
He slid, leaving ripples in his wake, and then stopped, still upright.
His body trembled for a second.
Then he laughed again.
> "...Hahahahahahahahaha… "
His grin widened into something monstrous.
---
Before Zoro could react, Suho blurred.
He vanished —
—then appeared right in front of Zoro, his fist already in motion.
The punch landed with a sound like thunder.
**CRACK!**
Zoro staggered backward — once, twice, four full steps.
A fracture spread across his obsidian helmet, revealing one yellow, glowing eye.
Zoro's voice shook with rage.
> "You… insignificant insect!"
Suho looked down at his own hand — twisted, bones protruding, nerves exposed.
Blood gushed out like ink in water.
But instead of pain… he laughed louder.
> "Hahaha…"
Golden light bloomed from within the wound.
**(Holy Power – Rank: LSSS)**
The flesh mended instantly.
The bone snapped back into place.
Suho flexed his hand slowly, golden veins pulsing under the skin.
Then he looked up — his laughter rising to a chilling pitch.
And disappeared.
---
Zoro's body jerked backward.
A crimson blur was already in front of him — Suho's fist connecting with his face again.
Then again.
And again.
Every punch shattered the air itself.
Zoro was thrown into the sky —
—but Suho was already there, waiting.
He appeared in front of the monster mid-air and struck once more.
**BANG!**
Zoro crashed back into the flooded ground, creating a crater.
The water turned red.
Suho descended slowly, his body dripping with holy light and crimson smoke — a contradiction that should not exist.
He didn't stop laughing.
> [Skill Acquired: **Strong Punch**]
> [Skill Acquired: **Regeneration**]
> [Warning: Player's mind is corrupting.]
He ignored it.
Then he resumed beating the monster.
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The punches fell like rain.
**Thud. Thud. Thud.**
Zoro's armor caved inward. His limbs shattered.
Every blow was accompanied by Suho's manic laughter.
When the Captain Commander finally stopped moving, Suho wasn't done.
He kicked him.
Once. Twice. Dozens of times.
Each kick heavier, louder, more unhinged.
When there was nothing left to crush, Suho grabbed Zoro by the head, lifted his broken body high, and showed him off to the remaining Catalus soldiers — like a hunter displaying a trophy.
Then, laughing harder, he threw Zoro's body straight toward the **Giant Commander.**
---
The **Giant Commander** caught Zoro with both hands, his enormous eyes narrowing.
That was his mistake.
Suho raised one hand lazily, his grin widening.
The air trembled.
The next instant, the **Giant Commander**—the mountain-sized monster—was lifted off the ground by *Suho's aura alone*.
The pressure reversed.
The creature flailed helplessly in the air, roaring.
His own aura clashed, trying to resist, but Suho's crimson waves swallowed it completely.
> [Aura – Rank: LSSS]
Suho's eyes glowed gold and red simultaneously.
He clenched his fist slowly.
Metal screamed.
The Giant Commander's armor began to **dent inward**.
His body compacted—
crushing tighter and tighter.
Then Suho laughed again and closed his fist fully.
**BOOOOOOM!**
The Giant Commander imploded — reduced to a sphere of twisted metal and bone.
Dead.
---
Silence.
The remaining Catalus army froze.
Fear rippled through their ranks.
Then they ran.
Every last one turned and sprinted in the opposite direction.
But Suho only smiled.
He rose into the air, aura swirling beneath his feet, crimson tendrils coiling like dragons.
The entire city glowed in his light.
> "Running away?" he whispered.
He brought his palms together — like prayer.
Golden symbols lit the air around him.
**(Skill — Divine Armament: Holy Swords of Judgment)**
Countless golden swords appeared, hovering above him in radiant formation —
hundreds, thousands, forming a halo that blotted out the sky.
Suho's grin stretched wider.
With a flick of his hand—
they fell.
---
**SHHHHHHHHHK!**
The sky rained swords.
Each blade pierced through soldiers, commanders, and knights alike.
The ground became a field of golden light and corpses.
No one survived.
The blood of monsters turned the holy swords red.
Suho floated above it all, laughing uncontrollably, the echoes ringing through the entire drowned city.
---
Then… the laughter stopped.
His head tilted slightly, eyes shifting toward his own army of skeletons.
They stood frozen — silent, watching their master.
He raised his hand again.
Golden light formed once more, the blades of heaven gathering above the army that had served him.
> [Warning: Player is losing rationality.]
> [Berserk Mind—unstable.]
> [Targeting: Allies.]
And still—
he smiled.
He would have killed them all.
But then—
From behind, Zoro moved.
The Captain Commander, broken and burned, was crawling away — dragging himself through the water.
Suho's attention snapped toward him instantly.
His aura burst again.
With a flash, he vanished and reappeared behind Zoro, laughing as he punched the air.
Zoro screamed and began running toward the barrier at the city's edge.
---
The dark water opened into the endless sea.
Zoro run and run until he reaches the end of that stage.
The massive **system barrier** stood there, glowing faint blue, engraved with a single line of text:
> **[Event Not Started Yet]**
Zoro slammed into the barrier, trying to escape.
Suho followed, walking on the surface of the water, laughter echoing like thunder.
Each punch he threw at the barrier sparked blinding light.
> [System Message: Player cannot pass this zone.]
But Suho didn't stop.
He kept punching.
The surface cracked faintly with each blow.
Zoro turned back toward him—
and Suho froze.
For the first time, Zoro looked terrified.
The monster — the great AAA-class commander — was trying to *run back toward Suho.*
Suho's grin faded into confusion.
And then—
A shadow fell across the water.
A **massive shape** pressed against the other side of the translucent system barrier.
The entire ocean darkened.
Pressure crushed the air.
Zoro screamed one last time.
A **slam** of pressure—so heavy the sea bent—
and his body was instantly explode in water his intestine were floating in water with blood and cracked bones.
Dead.
Suho stared, looking like a mad man.
The water beyond the barrier shimmered—
Suho's reflection flickered in the barrier
and behind him, the endless city of Nikas was also in reflection
It was just an eye.
Vast.
Golden.
Unblinking.
Larger than the entire city.
Suho realized, with a jolt of horror, that it wasn't the sea beyond the glass.
It was a creature.
> [Planet Eater has detected you.]
> [Conditions met.]
> [Hidden Quest: Run from the Monster's Range.]
> [Reward: Item the player most needs]
> [Failure: Death.]
.
Then the eye blinked.
And the ocean screamed.
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