The floor shifts beneath my feet and I`m back in the horrible WHITE lobby, but my eyes are staring at the screen in front of me.

　　your inventory has been sold

　　for 1 899 points.>

　　11 774 points.>

　　My debt is even worse now. So, in other words, beating this floor awarded me exactly nothing, huh? I just went deeper in debt? Right? Is that the situation? Any chance I could get a bank statement on the situation here? Really, I don`t know about you, but this whole we-don`t-like-you-so-go-into-debt system feels a bit rigged. I mean, if you liked me, I would`ve been rich by now! Imagine that, huh? If every god that disliked me liked me instead, I would`ve had enough points to buy the whole damn shop!

　　This is a travesty. I can`t believe this. Then again, it`s not like being in debt has any effect outside of the shop, so I think it`s fine if the gods don`t like me as much as they—

　　thanks the God of Combat

　　after a long and personal discussion.>

　　<...>

　　<22 to 2

　　in favour.>

　　has decided with the support of

　　22 backing Gods that Hell Challenger

　　Lee Ho-Jae

　　will be stripped of the blessings that

　　the God of Combat has so graciously given him.

　　Reasoning:

　　Hell Challenger Lee Ho-Jae

　　does not appear to appreciate or

　　require them in his further challenging

　　of the Hell Difficulty Tutorial.>

　　Uh& Huh?...

　　H-, hang on just a moment. If I may ask, and if it isn`t too offensive for your divine pallets, I have just one question.Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.

　　What the fuck?

　　There is so much wrong with this that I don`t even know where to start, but I guess the easiest place is&

　　Hey, Cruelty. How come if you take interest in me, that you still want to agree with all of these sourpusses and go against me, huh? We may not agree on a lot of things, and I personally don`t think you should like me at all since I`m such a kind and virtuous person, but is that any reason for you to go and side with all of these dumbos? I mean, really now. Coward and Want got the hint, so why not you?

　　attests that He enjoys all

　　forms of cruelty, be they committed

　　or endured.>

　　&Uhuh. So you`re the ultimate switch? Right. Got it.

　　Secondly, and maybe finally, what the heck do you mean when you say blessings? I have been given nothing by you! You haven`t even taken interest in me, mr fight-right-or-die! How am I supposed to be stripped of a blessing I don`t have? Hm? Riddle me that, you supposed god.

　　Bleh. Yeah, of course I don`t require blessings, you haven`t given me any. Stupid god&

　　So, anyways. I got a lot of skills this floor, so I think I`d do best to check on the—

　　Hm. Hm? Hm&

　　Hu—h. Huh. Huh&

　　If I`m not seeing things wrong, and assuming I didn`t court lady number 2, there`s a fair chance that, um, again assuming I`m not currently experiencing hypnosis, that, ah, uh&

　　All my combat skills are gone?

　　Intermediate Spear Arts level 2: gone.

　　Intermediate Knife Arts level 3: gone.

　　Intermediate Axe Arts level 1: gone.

　　Intermediate Shieldwork level 4: gone.

　　Intermediate Swordsmanship Level 5: gone.

　　All of them. I`ve still got Maul and Eviscerate and my claws and fangs, but anything pertaining to a weapon is just& gone.

　　&So, in other words, um& Are these the supposed blessings the god of combat had supposedly given me? Huh. Um&

　　Okay, honestly, I`m not especially upset at losing these skills in particular, I haven`t used them in a while and I don`t think I need them much anyways since all my weapons will just be automatically sold anyways, but&

　　There`s an insinuation here that I don`t like. Namely, these skills, whatever they are, come directly from some god or another. As, like, a blessing, I suppose? Or something.

　　I—I just&

　　Maybe I should have figured this out earlier, it makes absolute sense considering the way, well, everything is formatted around here, but somehow, someway, the system I have, the skills I get from it, the levels it gives me, the entire tutorial itself& Is most likely made from the powers of these gods. They could absolutely do a vote to just& kill me.

　　For some of them, I`m basically just a plaything. For others, from what I can see, they`re just hate-watching me. And, sure, being hate-watched is nothing new for me, but the difference here is that those losers who sent me hate-mail and angry PMs on Earth didn`t actually hold much power over me. They couldn`t just press a button and have me explode into confetti on the spot. And, sure, maybe these gods can`t do that either, but if they band together, and hold some stupid democratic vote on it&

　　There wouldn`t be a thing I could do to stop it.

　　And that wouldn`t be too bad if these supposed gods actually acted like honest-to-God divine creatures. If they were aloof and didn`t care for mortal quarrels and everything like that, then they wouldn`t care what I did because no matter what, I would still just be a pathetic foolish mortal. But as it is, right now, I`m stuck in some sort of half-greek pantheon I don`t know about you, but I would not want to meet Zeus personally.

　　This is not a good situation, but there`s also nothing I can do about it.

　　Frankly, I`m starting to think that if the gods really wanted me dead, then I`d already be floating down the river Styx in a one-piece and cement floaties. But I`m not. The worst they can do, from what I can see, is to strip me of my skills. And sure, that`s already bad enough, but the god of combat couldn`t just do that as he pleased. He needed the other gods to concur with him, sure, but he also needed a reason. In this case, it was because I didn`t appreciate them, and he didn`t think I`d need them in the future. And maybe he`s right about that.

　　Either way, they can`t do this stuff out of nowhere and for no reason. The god of keeping-me-alive can`t suddenly decide to strip me of all my tolerances because, well, I`m using those! And diligently, too.

　　As weird as it is to think, at least within the walls of this tutorial, the gods can`t just act however they please. They can try, but they need to have a solid reasoning and backing behind whatever they do.

　　I am not receiving power from a single human-acting god.

　　I am getting it from many.

　　And some of those gods happen to understand the sound logic and reasoning in why I act as I do, and even if one of those gods apparently really likes watching me suffer, the other two will at least try to protect me. Hm. There`s gotta be some way of using this to my advantage, right?

　　I just know there is.

　　But, for now, since there isn`t much to do about this whole thing—I certainly can`t alter my winning playstyle—I guess I`d better just put it to the side.

　　The next floor& That`s the one Moleman warned me about, right? Specifically, about how the boss was supposedly unbeatable. In my personal opinion, there`s no such thing as a truly unbeatable boss, just bad players. I mean, yeah, some bosses are invincible during certain stages of their battle, but that`s always temporary. A boss, no matter how seemingly invincible, will always be beatable somehow, even if it is only inside a cutscene.

　　Minotaur&

　　Yeah, I`ve gotta beat him. Ain`t no way I`m just letting a perfectly fine pelt-plus-meat combo slip out of my grip simply because the entire tutorial is filled with cowards.

　　That said, I haven`t really had time to check the time in a while. How long is it until the floor opens?

　　<06:59:55

　　Day 112>

　　8:18:00:05>

　　23:47:31>

　　112 days have already passed, huh? Somehow, it feels like it`s been both way longer and way shorter than that. I guess time really does move fast and-or slow when you`re in constant life-and-death situations.