Hope these answer your questions and help you in the future too
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Zues has been attempting to control the tower by starting various wars to rule supreme. The MC has been attempting to stop the plans as much as possible to retain power within the tower to have a chance at defeating the outer gods. Based on the condition of the duel, it can be surmised that Ares has imprisoned Hercules or has something that belongs to him. MC is using this duel to make Hercules join the faction to kill off Zues to stop the biggest problem at its cause.
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"Splatter" black is sound transmission (Arthur to MC)
"Spray" black is thoughts of evil? nature
"Shining" black is screaming of evil? thoughts
"Static" black with white inlay is pure? nature thoughts

just feels short. I had to double check too. More fight scenes less talking. They put more work into making this flashy, so that does lower panels a little. However this manga average is about 50 panels if that. There is as high as 65 in some spots and i think the lowest is 39. But they always go back and forth

what happened to heaven equal on 40th floor

± Got transferred in a good body that became shitty due to not exerting itself
- had to train hard to get in shape
- had to overcome past relationship
- beat a master who looked down on him
- was discovered by subterranean being
- missed the exit
+ found the heavenly demon's legacy

He's overcome more bullshit with skill and hard work than "got lucky"

in a natural setting it'd be almost impossible to get this many 1st times. The time it took him to do his "training" in the real world people would have already made it to the 3rd city because it took him 15 days. Not to mention he wouldn't have known how to get all these records. Especially his 3 biggest crutches that he uses all the time. It'd be unimaginable to get 1sts after being afk for 15 days
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PERFECT TUTORIAL COMPLETION
3STR, 3DEX
5% Crit rate, 10% stat, 10-30% DEF (scaling with enemy #)
30% < skill prof, friendly with all NPCs
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TRAINING GROUNDS
5 str
10% < level XP
@ < 5% VIT (+50% stats)
Mental Resist
50 lvl worth stats
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KILLING OGRE CHIEF AT LVL 1
30 STR, STM, tenacity
enemy lvl > lvl (+30% atk, +10% fatal blow)

gonna be like that 1st to hit lvl 100 dude

I almost want to say the whole reason odin kept killing him was to get him off the main story

showing all your aces to an enemy lurking in the shadows... Not a smart move

Meaningless fight? Nah, he has to prove his own ego

this is the definition of tyrant. Expands territory through bloodshed

I'd rather see what he's doing to be honest. You can't tell me he's just been meditating. And you KNOW it's going to give us flashbacks anyways, so why force the double storyline bullshit

I was mistaken in last chapter, Roken, in fact, does not know how to not kill

wait.... Rokan knows hot to not kill ‽¿

let the P-leveling begin?

I wish they'd go over his gear, stats, and achievement perks for a chapter just to remember how OP he is for his level right now. I mean aside from the fact he killed a "level" 200 and practically 1-shot a lvl189

How to deal with thots in-game.
1) Walk by Rokan
2) Hide while preparing popcorn
3) Share popcorn with Rokan

Step on it like the bug it is

dude's a god at shit talking as much as dealing damage

surprised he didn't hand over the book as soon as it said more information about the corrupt monster

for sure. At lvl 1 (10 reset) he already had +50lvl stats before he even got the extra achievements for being ganged up on. Honestly I'd put this on 250 or 4th promotion maybe as a raid just because he's got like 50 achievements for stat boosting against a group