..And after some time the dog reaches the huge Gorgon Fortress, a great fortress with a huge golden gate, from which the walls extend an immeasurable distance.
.Ford cancels the dog then approaches the gate and looks toward Sho and says:
"Okay now I will change my form so that I can deal with the gatekeeper without him knowing that I am Ford, then I will manipulate his mind so that we enter without anyone noticing"
.Suddenly Sho disappears completely and appears from the shadow of the guard inside, who is sitting on a chair with a powerful aura, a guard from the Supreme Ruler sequence, then uses the Infinite Eye ability and puts him into an endless loop exactly like standing guard, then Sho opens the gate.
.Ford is surprised while Litha enters into the fortress then Ford whispers saying:
"It seems that plan was not necessary"
.Then Sho closes the huge fortress gate and the guard exits from the endless loop as if nothing happened, as there is no difference.
.Sho and Litha see a huge city where buildings are in the sky and a huge whale floats above it, while in the middle of the fortress there is an extremely huge arena that extends to the sky, which makes Litha extremely surprised and notices that everyone in Gorgon Fortress has their qualitative powers activated and their auras are high as a result of the increase in their quantitative powers.
.Litha is amazed as many entities head toward the arena that extends to the sky, then Litha approaches one of them and says:
"Excuse me, what is happening here, why are most of the entities heading toward that rock arena"
.The man who sells groceries replies and says:
"That is the war arena where all the strong from all the four upper clans gather to win, and some of the smaller clans join it, where only one is the winner and only one is the one who goes to be honored and gets a chance to go to the second tier of the world of gods by heading toward the Castle of Beginning and End"
.Sho smiles while Ford has changed his form into the shape of a small child with blue hair, black eyes, and white skin, then Litha thanks the man and looks toward Sho and says:
"It seems that we have found a way to shorten the whole journey indeed, the war arena, what do you think about this matter?"
.Sho thinks a little and says to himself:
"[Hmm, I will be somewhat noticeable indeed, but it does not matter in the end, I am in a dream. This dream is reality for me now, and this reality is a dream and an illusion and zero for whoever is in a higher existence than the world of gods]"
.Sho replies and says:
"No problem, I agree"
.Litha smiles then says:
"Well then, let us head to the war arena"
.Everyone arrives where the crowd is then Sho orders Ford and Litha to hold onto him, then suddenly Sho turns into a shadow and passes through the entire crowd to appear suddenly at the front without anyone noticing anything.
.Sho, Litha, and Ford approach the registration center where a woman wearing formal clothes and emanating a strong aura stands, then Litha approaches her and says:
"Hello, we want to register for the competition"
.And in complete coldness and boredom the woman speaks and says:
"The entity must say at least at the middle of the Supreme Ruler sequence, you can pass and strike the energy measuring wall so that it can be determined whether you are worthy or not"
.The woman feels a strong aura coming from the small boy, an aura that surpasses an average Supreme Ruler, so the woman speaks and says:
"It is forbidden for children to join the competition"
.Litha replies and says:
"No, no, he will not join, he is only my son"
.Ford is surprised and shows no reaction out of fear of Sho, then the woman looks toward Sho and says:
"It is forbidden for anyone below that. Please return from where you came"
.At that moment Litha passes and stands in front of the measuring wall, which surpasses the concept of hardness, strength, density, and gravity, and strikes it with all her power to reveal the result.
"5000 energy points"
"The minimum to pass is 1000"
"You have been officially registered for the competition"
.The woman is surprised then looks toward Sho and says:
"Well sir, if that is your wife or something like that, you can rest and watch the competition, as the ticket costs 599 existential points for the regular ticket and 2599 for the premium ticket"
.Sho sighs then passes and stands in front of the wall, while the woman asks him to step back, then suddenly Sho decides not to strike with his full power, then raises his middle finger and pulls it forcefully by means of his thumb, then suddenly.
"Bang"
.The place shakes strongly then the result appears.
"4300 energy points"
"The minimum is 1000"
"You have been officially registered for the competition"
.The woman is so shocked that her glasses fall to the ground, then Sho steps back and says:
"And now, do I have the right to join?"
.The woman becomes a little tense then says:
"Yes yes, of course sir, you have full right to enter"
.The woman takes Sho's name and the title God of Darkness, and Litha and the title Lady of Demons and Chaos.
.At that moment Sho looks toward Ford and activates the Infinite Eye in a fraction of a second so Ford disappears and the woman does not notice that, then Sho and Litha continue toward the elevator and then Sho brings Ford back again.
.Ford is surprised then says:
"I thought you had put me back into the endless loop again"
.Sho replies calmly and says:
"No, not now, you are important to me currently"
.On the other side, an unknown person advances among the crowd and creates a weaker copy of himself and makes it pierce through the crowd, then the person with horns and a distorted face leaves the place completely, leaves without any entity noticing, and crosses Gorgon Fortress heading toward the Castle of Beginning and End.
.The copy enters in silence with an extremely terrifying aura to the degree that its presence breaks the woman's glasses, then the person advances without a sound while the woman is silent, then the entity strikes a nearly light blow with its full hand and suddenly a crack appears on the wall, which shocks the woman, then the measurement results appear.
"34000 energy points"
"The minimum is 1000"
"You have been officially registered for the competition"
.At that moment Sho, Litha, and Ford sit in a suitable place where all the warriors sit in a place underground, then suddenly a platform rises upward where a woman with pink hair and white clothes speaks and says:
"Welcome to the war arena, the competition will consist of two stages, the first time is one-on-one confrontation at the top of the war arena and the second stage before the finals is the points and qualifiers stage, as for the final stage it will be between the strongest two and the winner is the ascender"
.Then suddenly the platform descends and the woman disappears, then the seating places move upward at tremendous speed and after several moments all the warriors reach the top of the war arena.
.At that moment Gorgon appears and beside him are the rulers of the first three clans, while a huge arena has a floor made of strange and extremely strong metals stronger than the measurement stone, surrounded by a transparent barrier supported by the highest and strongest inscriptions written by a Lord-sequence entity, which shocks Sho greatly, then Sho, Litha, and Ford sit on the chairs while the arena is below in the middle.
.At that moment the woman appears again while the master of the Purple Light clan, Aether, speaks and says:
"Congratulations in advance on the coronation ceremony of your son Jaehwan in 6 days from now"
.Gorgon replies and says:
"And congratulations to you, my son Jaehwan will also join the competition, he has become extremely strong and has reached the Lord sequence and broken through it two days ago"
.At that moment the woman speaks and says:
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, the wheel of luck will begin to choose the first three matches, and now let the wheel of luck turn"
.The wheel of luck turns and the first three matches appear as follows:
"The first match: Litha, Queen of Demons and Chaos, against Huang, a follower of Buddha.
"The second match: The One with the Fingers against Mang, the Lord of the Endless Sword.
.The third match: Sho, God of Darkness, against Shenra, God of Lightning.
.Everyone is surprised by those matches and at that moment Litha automatically moves from beside Sho to the arena while Huang, follower of Buddha, moves to the arena.
.Sho watches silently while someone behind him speaks in a whisper and says:
"Oh my God, I cannot believe Shenra the saint of the first tier will fight this fool, I do not know how they allowed him to enter"
.Sho hears all those words and gives no reaction while Ford tries to analyze the battle and solve something so that he can be useful to Sho to the fullest possible degree.
.The woman becomes excited and says:
"And now let the competitions begin"