Black hair. Black eyes. Plain clothing.
Yet the aura rising from his bones—an oppressive supremacy over all living things—made everyone who saw him feel an instinctive urge to kneel and worship.
He—
Was Haimer.
With his power unrestrained in this world, Haimer hovered in midair, defying physics, descending step by step as though walking down invisible stairs.
His feet touched nothing.
Yet each step seemed to land upon unseen jade steps, and the air itself rippled in visible rings.
This was not magic.
It was divine power—crushing the fragile laws of the world into distortion.
Below, all noise had vanished.
Girls with raised weapons and boys with painted faces alike were frozen as if time had been paused, heads tilted up, watching that figure descend.
Haimer finally stopped about ten meters outside the floor-to-ceiling window of the principal's office.
His gaze pierced the reinforced glass effortlessly and settled on the black-haired girl inside.
Their eyes met.
Haimer spoke.
His voice was not loud, yet it entered every ear with perfect clarity—as if a massive bell had been struck inside the soul.
"Do you want to understand the meaning of life?"
"Do you want to experience what it truly feels like to be alive?"
Words that had echoed across countless worlds, spoken now by a true god, were no longer a casual question—
They were a direct conversation with the spirit.
Inside the window, the girl's lips curled upward.
No fear.
No panic.
Those black eyes that usually held only arrogance and boredom suddenly ignited with a blaze called rapture.
"Interesting," Zanzan murmured.
Facing the suffocating divine presence, she lifted her chin—and smiled with unmistakable excitement.
"If you can really let me experience what it means to be alive… then anything is fine."
The moment her words fell—
Haimer vanished.
No afterimage. No wind-split. No sound.
As if the frame of reality had been cut out and replaced.
In the next instant, he stood directly before her—less than half a meter away.
Close enough to see his reflection in her pupils.
At the same time, Haimer felt the tremor deep in her heart—her reaction to his descent.
"I can sense it," Haimer said softly. "You want to challenge me."
"Is that what you desire?"
"To challenge a god with a mortal body…"
"Such ambition is rare—even in other worlds."
Haimer did not dislike her fighting spirit.
He admired it.
In Orario, those who stood at the top—Level 6, even Level 7—every one of them carried monstrous ambition.
Some had nearly earned the right to touch the realm of gods.
"I do."
"Then," Haimer lowered his gaze, looking at the girl whose muscles had tightened like a drawn bow, "come."
Whoosh—
Zanzan moved.
No—faster than movement.
Her center of gravity dropped instantly.
Her right foot crushed the floor beneath her, and her body launched forward like a fully drawn greatbow releasing years of stored ferocity in a single burst.
Her hands became blades, fingertips shining with cold hardness, like steel.
Ryukyuan Ancient Martial Arts — Uechi-Ryuu.
An ancient combat art that tempered flesh to the extreme, turning every inch of the body into a killing weapon.
Spear-hand. Elbow strike. Knee smash—
In the instant she formed her stance, thousands of attack routes, force patterns, and muscle rhythms unfolded in Haimer's mind like a hologram—split apart, analyzed, and reassembled.
The authority of the Lord of Arms let him comprehend the entire art in a heartbeat—
More thoroughly than the founder who first created it.
"Too slow."
Haimer's voice was quiet.
Bang!
A dull explosion erupted between them.
Zanzan's blade-like hand strike—sharp enough to split steel—was forced aside by an overwhelming power just before it reached him.
That force tore her stance apart.
It pierced the muscle defense she prided herself on—hard as iron—and slammed directly into her body.
It was enough to cripple an experienced Level 1 adventurer.
"—Pfft!"
A spray of blood bloomed from her fingers—blood vessels rupturing under the sudden shock.
Zanzan flew backward and crashed into the desk behind her.
Solid wood shattered into fragments.
She fell into the splinters, clutching her hand as bright red blood ran between her fingers, dripping onto the floor—
drip, drip.
Pain.
Violent pain.
How long had it been since she felt something like this?
Three years?
Five?
Ever since she reached the top, leaving "strong" people one after another beneath her feet, her world had been nothing but boring domination.
But now…
That long-lost pain—sharp enough to tear at the soul—made her body tremble uncontrollably.
Not from fear.
From exhilaration.
"Hah… hahaha…"
Zanzan swayed to her feet, staring at the blood coating her hand. Her smile grew wider, even warped.
"So this is blood…"
"So this is pain…"
She looked up, black eyes locked onto Haimer, burning with fanatic intensity.
Haimer watched the girl—injured, yet somehow more ferocious—and a flicker of approval appeared in his gaze.
No wonder he had chosen her.
That blow would have broken bones and tendons in a seasoned Level 1 adventurer.
But Zanzan endured it with her bare body—only lightly wounded, her bones not even fully broken.
That level of physical toughness already rivaled low-level adventurers in light armor.
If she received a Blessing, her potential would be immeasurable.
Haimer had barely formed the thought—
When Zanzan did something that surprised even him.
She did not hesitate.
She bent one knee.
And knelt heavily on the debris-strewn floor.
Lowering a head that had never bowed to anyone, she sank into a posture that was almost submission, kneeling before him.
"God…"
"Please take me with you."
"Take me to the place you spoke of—where I can truly live."
Amou Zanzan respected only the strong.
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