Episode 5. Hero Hunt. (2)
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4048 days.
[You are dead.]
4047 days.
[You are dead.]
4046 days.
[You are dead.]
That is erasing one person’s history. It was about erasing the legend that seemed to be engraved on the tower forever. Just as Rome was not built in a day, the legend of the Flame Emperor was not created in just a few days. Of course it was difficult.
But it was not impossible.
“f*ck…!”
I wrote evil. I committed evil and killed myself.
I remembered this when I felt like giving up. The pain I felt when the Flame Emperor burned my body. Feeling unfair. Anger. The face of the man who shamelessly returned to the subject of burning down the village and said, ‘What are you going to give me?’
The look on his face as he looked down on me like a bug.
‘kill!’
Sigh!
I clenched my teeth and stuck the knife into my throat.
‘I’ll kill you, Yoo Su-ha!’
This was killing me though.
Furthermore, it was to kill the Flame Emperor.
[You are dead.]
[Returns to 24 hours ago.]
4040 days.
4039 days.
4038 days.
4037 days…
dot
dot
dot
dot
dot
dot
How much did it kill me?
Like an undiminishing hourglass, my work seemed like it would never end. Emperor Yan’s achievements seemed as solid as a pyramid that would never collapse.
The pyramid gradually cracked.
“Subdue the 39th floor alone!”
“Conquer the 38th floor in solo play! Another legend of the Flame Emperor!”
“Successful subjugation of the 37th floor!”
「Hunter Yoo Su-ha. Ranked number 1 in the world. “First as a Korean.”
“The throne that ranks first has become empty due to the disappearance of the Sword Saint. Who will be the main character next? Foreign experts unanimously say, “The strongest candidate is Korea’s Yoo Soo-ha.”
「Impregnable 10th floor breakthrough. Who is the mysterious hero?”
「Geomseong, missing for 22 days. “Is the worst chaos in the hunter industry coming?”
Scraps of newspapers stuck to the wall of my bedroom.
The certificates showing the history of the Flame Emperor have disappeared.
One piece at a time.
“Conquer the 38th floor in solo play! Another legend of the Flame Emperor!”
“Successful subjugation of the 37th floor!”
「Hunter Yoo Su-ha. Ranked number 1 in the world. “First as a Korean.”
“The throne that ranks first has become empty due to the disappearance of the Sword Saint. Who will be the main character next? Foreign experts unanimously say, “The strongest candidate is Korea’s Yoo Soo-ha.”
「Impregnable 10th floor breakthrough. Who is the mysterious hero?”
「Geomseong, missing for 22 days. “Is the worst chaos in the hunter industry coming?”
One piece at a time.
One sheet. Another page again.
Like the old man’s teeth falling out one by one, more and more wallpaper was revealed.
“Successful subjugation of the 37th floor!”
「Hunter Yoo Su-ha. Ranked number 1 in the world. “First as a Korean.”
“The throne that ranks first has become empty due to the disappearance of the Sword Saint. Who will be the main character next? Foreign experts unanimously say, “The strongest candidate is Korea’s Yoo Soo-ha.”
「Impregnable 10th floor breakthrough. Who is the mysterious hero?”
「Geomseong, missing for 22 days. “Is the worst chaos in the hunter industry coming?”
disappeared.
‘see!’
The end is starting to appear.
There’s still a while left, but it’s okay. I can endure it. A flame emperor who seemed to be immortal. That the psychopath is by no means eternal or immortal. If only this fact became clear.
I can endure as much as I want.
‘It’s not impossible!’
I swung my sword.
With a swing, I killed the Flame Emperor who subjugated the 37th floor.
「Hunter Yoo Su-ha. Ranked number 1 in the world. “First as a Korean.”
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“The throne that ranks first has become empty due to the disappearance of the Sword Saint. Who will be the main character next? Foreign experts unanimously say, “The strongest candidate is Korea’s Yoo Soo-ha.”
「Impregnable 10th floor breakthrough. Who is the mysterious hero?”
「Geomseong, missing for 22 days. “Is the worst chaos in the hunter industry coming?”
I swung the knife again.
With a swing, he killed the Flame Emperor who had risen to the top of the world.
“The throne that ranks first has become empty due to the disappearance of the Sword Saint. Who will be the main character next? Foreign experts unanimously say, “The strongest candidate is Korea’s Yoo Soo-ha.”
「Impregnable 10th floor breakthrough. Who is the mysterious hero?”
「Geomseong, missing for 22 days. “Is the worst chaos in the hunter industry coming?”
Killed.
「Impregnable 10th floor breakthrough. Who is the mysterious hero?”
「Geomseong, missing for 22 days. “Is the worst chaos in the hunter industry coming?”
Killed.
「Geomseong, missing for 22 days. “Is the worst chaos in the hunter industry coming?”
Finally.
[You are dead.]
Before I knew it, my old knife was shiny like new.
There are slightly fewer wrinkles on my hands. My room became smaller little by little as I moved repeatedly. The further back we go back to our youth, the poorer our lives become. When I went to the bathroom to take a short break, I could see my suddenly younger face in the mirror.
and.
“ah···.”
There wasn’t.
There was nothing on my wall.
There weren’t many newspaper articles. There were no magazine interviews. There was no scrap of paper hanging on the wall of the bedroom.
Blank space.
The history of the name Emperor Yan was erased.
“I did it.”
I mumbled without thinking.
“I’m back···.”
11 years ago. May 6th.
One month before the awakening of Flame Emperor Yoo Su-ha.
I regressed.
4.
‘There is no need to hesitate.’
Shabby clothes.
‘There is no need to wait.’
A shabby hoodie and sweatpants. In my early 20s, it was all I had. I went out wearing everything I had like a layer of armor.
There was no excitement about returning to the past.
‘Yoo Su-ha.’
Until I kill him.
‘I don’t let my guard down.’
Number 4090.
It was the number of times I died to come back to today.
There were 40 more deaths than initially calculated. The time it took to commit suicide thousands of times. That’s how it turned out, including the time it took to rest.
That wasn’t all.
I collected everything and all information about Yoo Soo-ha.
today. May 6th repeated ten times.
’11 am.’
Yoo Su-ha almost always woke up at 11 am. May 6th. This day, as usual, I woke up at 11 am. I was frowning when I woke up, probably because I drank four bottles of beer last night.
’14:00.’
Yoo Soo-ha leaves the officetel he rents and heads to the hunting ground. An officetel where F-level hunters often stay. Taking advantage of the fact that low-level hunters often die while hunting, officetel landlords set a strong deposit instead of offering low monthly rent. He had good business skills.
‘3 p.m.’
I caught some slime in the hunting area on the second floor of the flowing tower. However, just catching slime wasn’t enough to earn a day’s income. Running at 3:11 p.m.,
“ah. pestilence. “When will I end up whining like a swordsman?”
I grumbled to myself. At 3:15 PM, another 4 minutes later,
“Wow, slime hunting is really boring.”
I muttered.
An ordinary F-level hunter.
A life of waiting for one day to make a fortune.
That was when I was 21 years old. Not the 32-year-old flame emperor.
“I wish I won the lottery…”
Before long, 21-year-old Yoo Su-ha had that wish come true.
As soon as he acquired the regression skill, Yoo Soo-ha used his abilities to win the lottery.
Merchants’ Union. The so-called merchant guild issued lottery tickets every week. Sangryeon was the only guild that could print a lottery ticket inside the tower. And all the hunters who won this lottery were recorded.
In the winning record, there was also a young man who would later be called Emperor Yan.
I was lucky enough to win first place not once, but twice in a row.
‘That’s three weeks and four weeks from today.’
but.
That kind of future does not come to the 21-year-old Yoo Soo-ha that I am looking at right now.
‘You die here today.’
May 6th. 5:31 PM.
Yoo Soo-ha moved out of the hunting ground on the second floor. Did you think there was no hope in just catching slimes for the rest of your life? We headed to a place that beginner hunters don’t often go to, a slightly more difficult area.
A little more remote and rugged.
To a place where no one except Yoo Soo-ha will go for the next 36 minutes.
‘···come.’
I was waiting there.
‘It’s him.’
A man wandering around while yawning. Suha Yoo.
Even though it went back 11 years, I recognized him right away. It wasn’t because I had great insight. It’s just that Yoo Soo-ha looks the same now as he did 11 years later.
‘Later, I must have found the elixir of immortality and consumed it.’
Thank you.
Because you’re such a greedy pig!
‘come.’
My heart was pounding like crazy.
I swallowed my nervousness and opened my mouth.
“There, Hunter! “Please save me…!”
“uh?”
Suha Yoo looked at me.
“We were attacked by wolves… Black. Please save me. “Some potion…”
I had blood all over my body. It was covered in blood. Of course, it wasn’t my blood, but the blood of monsters I had hunted in advance. To others, my current appearance would be a beginner hunter on the verge of death.
“Oh, shit. what?”
Of course, that will be reflected in Yoo Soo-ha’s eyes as well.
“Did you already touch these monsters? Damn it. “Then you’re off to hunt today.”
“Po, some potion…”
“What kind of freezing potion is this? It looks like I can’t even fill my daily wages. ha.”
Suha Yoo sighed and approached.
“How much are you going to give me?”
“yes?”
“How much will you give me for the potion? mister. I’m not even a philanthropist, so I have to give away this expensive potion for free? To a man I’ve never met before? “That’s not really true.”
Suha Yoo took out a plastic bottle. And waved it before my eyes. Fluffy. Blood-red liquid flowed from inside the bottle with the alchemy guild mark engraved on it.
20 gold from Alchemy Castle. It was a recovery potion that was sold for 19 gold each if purchased in bundles of five.
“I’ll give you twenty gold… “I’ll give it to you, so come on…”
“and. Look at this guy. “Your greed is no joke.”
Suha Yoo bent his knees and was at eye level with me.
“Can’t you judge the situation? You’re trying to die now. To die. This potion is something that will save you. But you want to buy his life with only 20 gold? “Is your life worth 20 gold?”
“to···.”
“What if I suddenly leave here? Man, you’re just going to die. “If you don’t want to die, you have to properly calculate the price of your life.”
“······.”
OK.
I knew it.
“Four, forty gold…”
“That’s it. “Give me everything you have now.”
I knew he was this kind of guy.
“Ah, of course. Even if you wanted to give it to me, I couldn’t give it to you with that small amount. You can’t even move your hands? don’t worry. I will collect the money for you. “I also have that same spirit of service.”
Yoo Soo-ha stretched out his hand and searched my arms. Top pocket. Inside the hoodie. I even fumbled with my pants pockets. The guy found the leather wallet and grinned.
“Let’s see.” 1 gold, 2 gold, 3 gold… hmm. Is it roughly 60 gold? Man, why are you so poor? “Carry a lot with you.”
“eww. “That’s all my property…”
“are you okay. “I will write it well.”
Yoo Soo-ha took my wallet and patted my head.
4050 days ago, no.
Just like you did when you burned me 4050 days later.
“This is what people’s lives are all like, isn’t it?”
Tsk tsk. The guy took something out of his chest. The recovery potion he promised to give me was put back in. Instead, what he took out was a knife.
Sword.
It is not an object that saves people, but rather a tool that kills.
‘under.’
I looked up at Yoo Soo-ha. Rather than being angry, I just felt ridiculous. But Yusuha seemed to have interpreted my gaze a little differently and shrugged his shoulders.
“Hey, don’t look at me like that. I was thinking about giving him a potion… but if I save him here, he might get revenge on me later, right? That’s not possible. People should live without regrets, but you saw my face…”
Yoo Soo-ha was smiling.
“You have to give it up.”
A hunter I once saw behind the scenes on television. The person he worshiped as a hero for 10 years and was so jealous of because he wanted to be as successful as that person.
The hero’s bare face was ugly.
Much more than I thought.
‘good night.’
I quietly watched Yoo Su-ha holding the knife.
‘I will live without regrets.’
The guy slowly raised his sword high.
and.
I raised my right foot and kicked his crotch.
“Ugh!?”
Yoo Su-ha’s posture, which was about to swing down with his sword, faltered for a moment. But for me, that brief moment was enough. After narrowly avoiding the path of Yoo Soo-ha’s knife,
“uh?”
I stabbed his neck with my sword.
“···, ······!?”
I was different from Yoo Soo-ha. I didn’t talk nonsense in front of people who needed to be eliminated or prey that needed to be killed. Immediately after stabbing him in the neck, he twisted the sword again and cut under Yu Suha’s chin.
“Huh, huh…!”
A fountain of blood spurted out. My hands quickly became wet. Yoo Soo-ha let out a groan, a groan, and a scream as he fell to the ground.
“Aaaahhh!”
But that was only a moment. Immediately, blood bubbles boiled and the guy’s throat clogged.
“Eup, keuhuh…! Ugh…!”
As each second passed, Yu Su-ha died.
It seemed like he instinctively felt that he was dying. He arched his back as he swam on the flowing ground. He covered the wound on his neck with both his own hands. But the bleeding didn’t stop. In fact, the blood flowed thicker through the cracks in his fingers.
“okay.”
I stomped on Yoo Su-ha’s neck.
“······!”
The guy’s pupils got bigger. why. why. Such doubt and anger were reflected in his eyes. A look that will disappear soon. There was absolutely no need for me to answer that.
“I think I gave you a good experience.”
I grabbed the sword.
The sword that killed me number 4090.
And, I swung.
To kill monsters.
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