The Demon King’s Castle locked shut after Kim Suho became the first challenger. All the players inside forcefully teleported to the 21st floor. This should’ve been the case for me as well.

“So you chose me? As your practice partner?”

Instead, a mysterious flow of magic power captured me and brought me here. Kim Suho stood next to me with a bashful smile and explained, “Yeah, you were the only one I could think of.”

His blind faith dumbfounded me. He could’ve summoned Shin Jonghak, Kim Junwoo, or even Cheok Jungyeong, who I purposefully sent to help them. I wasn’t exactly the best choice for a practice partner. Kim Chundong might’ve been a swordsman, but not me.

“Okay, well…”

He couldn’t take back his choice. Fortunately, I’d been wanting to chat with him. I could also help him in other ways like enhancing his equipment to entirely new levels with my four colored enchant skill and Dwarf’s Dexterity.

“I understand, but…”

I decided to look around first before that. The demon king’s residence looked similar to an average medieval castle, except a variety of magical equipment filled the guest room.

“Hey, isn’t that a crystal ball?”

I managed to dig out a rather valuable treasure. This crystal ball appeared much bigger than most desk globes.

“Crystal ball?”

“Yeah, come here.”

I pulled him towards the crystal ball as it reflected a view of the 21st floor.

— What did you say, you ogre!

— Haha, wanna get beat up by an ogre?

Cheok Jungyeong and Aileen confronted each other in the Card Kingdom.

— Aaak, I can’t take this anymore. You’re dead.

Aileen’s face turned tomato red as she fumed at Cheok Jungyeong.

— You think I’m gonna end up dead? You little dwarf…

— Shut up, you brainless moron!

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