Minhyuk choked on a mouthful of blood after Valen slashed his chest with his sword.

[Your HP has dropped below 92%.]

With just one attack, Valen shaved off 8% of Minhyuk’s HP. That was shocking, considering that Minhyuk was one of the top rankers of Athenae. What if Valen had used an attack skill? Or a linked attack? That much power meant that he could easily kill Minhyuk in just a few short seconds.

However, Minhyuk’s confusion was far stronger than his fear of the damage inflicted upon him.

“Why…” Minhyuk mumbled, staggering back as he looked at Valen in disbelief.

Upon looking closely at Valen, Minhyuk realized that Valen looked different. He seemed much younger, his eyes were extremely fierce, and the gentleness that Minhyuk was so used to seeing was nowhere to be found.

“You’re Great Demon Gorac’s subordinate.”

The words that the younger version of Valen uttered helped Minhyuk infer as to what kind of situation he was currently in.

‘He’s Instructor but much younger…’

That was right. The person standing in front of Minhyuk was obviously Instructor Valen, when he was younger. From what Minhyuk had heard, Sword God Valen inherited Gremory’s power, took over it and became a Continental God. Furthermore, he was at his strongest during...