Kapitle’s majestic power oppressed the air around him. “Haa.”


  Sungjin released a huge sigh before lifting his head with a smirk. “Ha, fine. It would have been boring if my greatest enemy didn’t have a hidden card prepared in a fight for the continent.”


  “Are you saying that you’d be able to fight against my power?”


  “Let’s be honest. You can certainly blow away half of the continent with your power. And I don’t have the power to stop you.” He became confident by acknowledging his weakness. “But even if your plan is to blow away half the continent, the loss would be unfortunate for you, too, no?”


  “There’s nothing that can be unfortunate in the conquest of the continent.”


  “Then blow it up. I don’t need a world that I cannot have. I’d rather have it destroyed.”


  The spirit of the two leaders clashed violently. It was an invisible fight of will, with each leader trying to prove how confident he was.

  The first to laugh was Kapitle. “Hahaha. To think you, an extra, would say such words. But even if you’re a thief, you’re a thief who stole half of the continent. I will forgive you. Yes, it would be unfortunate to lose all those extras before my complete rule.”


  Their eyes intensely met. One of them had the power to destroy everything, but the other had the confidence to continue the battle.

  “I will leave a path for you to come to the Infinite Well.”


  “The Infinite Well……”


  “Come with the purpose of putting your life on the line. There, your defeat will not be done in one blow but will be done by falling into the Infinite Well. Hahahaha.”


  Kapitle’s voice filled the hall. “I will personally execute you and conquer the entire continent.”


  “That sounds fun. A true contest with the continent on the line—let’s try that.” Sungjin closed the communication device.

  “Huhu. Do you understand now? This is the power of my King……”


  “Your job is done, so leave.” Sungjin chased the representative out of his meeting room.

  Silence filled the hall for a time: a battle where the defeated is swallowed by the well.

  The world ran on a system that allowed a player to continue playing even after a defeat with the loss of a territory. But as Kapitle wasn’t the type of person to spout falsities, this battle was going to be an exception. He could truly lose everything he had with this one battle.

  Zakiya spoke up. “It’s a trap.”


  “I know. But if I don’t heed his demands, half of the continent will disappear.”


  “That……”


  “He only stopped because I dared him to blow it up if he wants.”


  “Wouldn’t he look for another way? He himself admitted it was unfortunate. Even the current standoff may be more advantageous for him……” Zakiya tried to stop him before sighing. She smiled calmly. “But I suppose you’re not the type of person to stand by and watch people be sacrificed.”


  This type of chicken fight was won by people who didn’t fear the act of sacrifice. But provoking Kapitle had been Sungjin’s limit for endangering others.

  Whether that was a weakness or a strength…… but she didn’t think that the man she loved was weak. How would he have risen to a position of fighting for the entire continent if he was weak?

  But at the same time, his strength was his only weakness.

  “I agree that this may be dangerous,” Eustasia started, having given up on convincing Sungjin, instead taking the position of an outsider. “Your strategies and Kapitle’s power. If we were fighting on several battlefields, it would be your victory, but Kapitle will win in a battle of brute strength, as proven by our last battle, a battle where Kapitle may end up the victor. Must you do it?”


  “Yes, we lost. But that was then.” Sungjin smiled. He smiled as if he wouldn’t repeat the same mistake.

  “Do you have a solution?”


  “I need to start making one,” Sungjin admitted honestly. Frankly, Kapitle’s power, which was linked to Sleipnir and Gungnir, was troublesome, even for him.

  He had lost the battlefields Kapitle had personally appeared on, but he had won regions due to Kapitle’s oversight, but now that was an impossible strategy.

  Would he be able to overcome Kapitle’s might with only his strategies? I don’t see an answer right now. Even if he loved a hard challenge, this was a fight he needed to avoid if he could. After all, his defeat would mean leaving everyone under Kapitle’s tyranny. But if I don’t accept his offer, he will explode half of the continent.

  Kapitle was a person who only thought about his own advantages, a person who believed everything should exist for him in his absolute power. He was a person who wouldn’t hesitate for his own victory.

  “I’ll make the path to victory no matter what.” That was the only way he could save his people and his teammates, after all.

  “It’s a battle we cannot avoid,” Ereka said determinedly.

  “Ha. I’m your sword, after all.” Eustasia smiled, allowing him to do as he pleased.

  “We’ll have to restrategize. We can’t go with what we have in this situation.”


  “Yes.”


  “But we will map a new strategy centered on the well. Now……” Sungjin’s orders began steadily, and people started to move according to his orders.

  Sungjin and Kapitle. The fight for the continent had started to reach its end.

  And before Kapitle, who had half of the people on the continent as hostages, no one wished to step back.

  People…… or at least those who wished to reach higher…… would all have a moment when they had to face one inevitable fight.