I'll Go Get It

On Level 4 underground—the Blazing Hell—Magellan's office was filled with tension. At that moment, a guard rushed in, panic written across his face. Without even knocking, he shouted, "Warden Magellan! Something terrible has happened! Someone forced their way into the Infinite Hell and released some of the prisoners!"

"How could that be possible? That is a sacred object only true powerhouses are qualified to touch! Where did some nobody with no background get the nerve to be so arrogantly delusional? What nonsense!" At that moment, a burly man with a face full of flesh stepped forward. His eyes were wide as bells as he disdainfully questioned the figure heading toward the Champion Bell.

"Exactly! I say he is probably here just to cause trouble. Maybe there is something wrong with his head—he is just a lunatic!" A scrawny, sharp-faced little man beside the brute immediately chimed in. As he spoke, he pointed at the man's back, his face openly filled with contempt and mockery.

"Hmph! He is just a swordsman, yet he wants to challenge Fighting City's champion? Is that not throwing an egg at a rock and courting death? In my opinion, he will be beaten senseless before he even gets near the Champion Bell!" Elsewhere, a dandily dressed young noble waved his folding fan and sneered in a mocking tone. For a time, sarcastic remarks, doubts, and denials rose one after another, surging toward the lone advancing figure like a tide. Yet, faced with all those overwhelming negative remarks, the man seemed not to hear them at all and continued steadily toward the mysterious, solemn Champion Bell.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, look at this. Now this is something new! It has been a long time since anyone dared ring the Champion Bell, the symbol of supreme glory! I wonder