Nine Kings

## Description

The Nine King's are the current generation of the most powerful Ranker that currently dominate the Obelisk. Each of the Nine King's were all stated to possess monsterous powers and some are stated to possess abilities and skills that are borderline cheat like within the Tower's system.

The Nine Kings were stated to be within the level of "**Supernatural**" classification due to the fact that they had overcome the "wall" that most Players have trouble overcoming after reaching the precipice of power they could achieve at the time. It has even been stated that each member of the Nine Kings has overcome this "wall" twice or even three times in order to reach their level of power.

Due to the immense power each one has, they are typically the leader to one of the Top 8 (formerly 10) Clans within the Tower.

## The Nine Kings

* Allforone (Oldest and reigning 1st Ranked Ranker within the Obelisk)
* Summer Queen (Ruler of Red Dragon) (deceased) (Visage attached to Cha Yeon-woo)
* Martial King (King of the One-Horned Tribe) (deceased)
* Sword God (Leader of Cheonghwado) (disappeared)
* Gluttonous Emperor (Emperor of Blood Land) (deceased)
* Highl (1st Bishop of Devil Army)
* Ice King (Weakest of the Nine Kings)
* Heaven Wing (Leader of Arthia) (deceased)
* Moonchild (Leader of the Sea of Time)

## Hierarchy

Despite them being stated to all be "monsters" within the Obelisk, its evident that there are levels and gaps in power between them. With All-For-One being ranked as the strongest, The Summer Queen being the second strongest and Nayu, the Current Martial King being ranked as the third strongest and her equal in power. Highl, the Head Bishop of the Devil Army was stated to be the fourth strongest, with him have power almost at the same level as the Summer Queen and the Martial King and is stated to be the only remaining member of the Nine King's to still be growing stronger.

The Three of them were so powerful and superior to the other seven members that they didn't even register the other seven as threats to them. This is seen where the Ice King was defeated by Nayu when he was younger and he had only continued to grow stronger since that time and the Gluttonous Emperor despite his usual greed and desires dictating his actions, knew better than pick a fight with either the Summer Queen or Nayu due to him having nearly been killed and defeated by them sometime in the past.

## Equivalent Rankers

There have been a few Players within the Obelisk that have been stated to have power rivaling the "Nine Kings" of the Tower.

* **"Faust"**: Faust was stated that during his time as an actually living human person and Player within the Tower, he was analyzed by Brahm to have had power and skill equivalent to the Nine Kings during his time as Ranker hundreds of years prior to the present. Later it would be revealed that he was in fact the legendary alchemist and black magician, "Faust", one of the main inventors of demonic magic, alchemy and various other magical fields who was once powerful enough to compete against the Summer Queen.
* **Erzsebet Bathory:**
* **Anastasia:** Anastasia was observed by Yeon-woo during their short battles to have the equivalent strength and power comparable to the Summer Queen, the reigning second strongest Ranker in the Obelisk who dominated for thousands of years next to One-For-All, thus hinting that Anastasia strength surpassed the the other 7 members of the previous Nine Kings and possibly equal to both the Summer Queen and the Martial King.
* **Six New Stars:** After the Destruction of Arthia and Cheonghwado and fragmentation of Red Dragon that then threw the remaining Top 8 Clans into chaos, Six new Rankers emerged from within the Tower that showcased overwhelming power, potential and achievements that could possibly allow them to reach the same level of strength, prestige and status as the Nine Kings.
	+ **"The Hoarder, Cain":**
	+ **"Regiment Leader":**
	+ **"Doctor Doom:**
	+ **"Ruler King":**
	+ **"Faceless":**
	+ "**Demon Beauty**":

## New Nine Kings

After the death of the Summer Queen and disappearance of the Sword God, the overall roster of the Nine Kings were changed and new members were added to them.

* All-For-One
* Nayu, the Martial King of the One-Horned Tribe
* Highl, the Head Bishop of the Devil Army
* Waltz, the Spring Queen of White Dragon
* Tom, the Autumn Lord of Black Dragon
* Magnus, the Roman Dictator of Elohim (deceased)
* The Gluttonous Emperor of Blood Land (deceased)
* Black Prince, Leader of the Daud Brethren
* Moon Child (Leader of Sea of Time)

However later, thanks to the machinations of the infamous Hoarder during the raid on the 50th Floor's Hidden Stage of the [Dragon Labyrinth], Tom, Magnus and the Gluttonous Emperor were all killed and more changes to the roster of the Nine Kings was done;

* All-For-One
* Nayu, the Martial King of the One-Horned Tribe (deceased)
* Highl, the Head Bishop of the Devil Army
* Waltz, the Spring Queen of White Dragon (deceased)
* Cain, Shadow King of Arthia
* Leonhart, the Regiment Leader of the Fantasy Regiment
* Bayluk, Anti-Venom of Elohim (deceased)
* Black Prince, Leader of the Daud Brethren (deceased)
* Moon Child (Leader of Sea of Time)

Due to the changes of the Nine, a drastic change of power has also been altered among the Top Clans of the Obelisk.

After the events of Assassination of the Martial King, 3 of the Nine Kings were killed, Nayu, Waltz and Black Prince. The Nine Kings had a new roster, 5 of them are a part of Arthia or related to it. (As of chapter 628 of the novel)

* All-For-One
* Shadow King, Cha Yeon-woo
* Blood Sword, Kahn
* Foxy Tail, Doyle
* Martial King the Younger, Phante
* Demon Beauty, Edora
* Head Bishop, Highl
* Sword Strategist, Leonhart
* Leader of Sea of Time, Moon Child