Episode 50 < Paradise after the ending. (1) >
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One.
-You idiot!
The continental army pushed its troops back a little.
Meanwhile, Bae Hu-ryeong just laughed while holding his belly button.
-From now on, I’ll call you Kim Torai!
‘Oh, please stop…’ .’
I sighed inwardly.
‘Do you know how many nicknames you have already given me? Kim Zombie. Zombie King. Kim Torye. If this continues, I’ll fill up an entire A4 sheet of paper with just real nicknames.’
-Oh, that’s good. Go! A idiot with dozens of nicknames!
The sky was filled with Bae Hu-ryeong’s laughter.
But fortunately, there were not only people in this world who made fun of me.
[The boss stage has been cleared.]
The voice of the tower.
A voice announcing that I had completely conquered the twentieth stage also rang in my head. Just like I did before when I cleared the tenth stage, aka ‘Inferno Mansion’.
[The conqueror is Death King.]
[There is only one person.]
I looked up slowly.
The blue sky spread out between the branches and leaves of the acacia.
[Measuring clear reward.]
[Measurement completed.]
[The reward is given 24 hours later when you enter the 21st floor. ]
okay.
I smiled.
‘Well, what’s the big deal about being a tortoise or anything? Anyway, I did my job.’
-Huh? Do you see my confidence?
‘I cleared up to the 20th floor the way I wanted.’
I will not let anyone die.
That was the goal I always had in mind.
Looking back, how absurd was my greed?
‘Not a single hunter died while I was attacking the 20th floor.’
The Demon King of Autumn Rain. Now, there has been no more tragedy in which hunters become suspicious and kill each other after falling for the tricks of the other heavenly beings who have become my white ghosts.
I had blocked the very first hint of tragedy.
‘Not a single imperial or continental citizen died.’
They fought for another world while time stopped.
‘and… .’
He raised his right hand and placed it on someone’s head.
‘I got this one too.’
Anglerfish (飯鬼).
The prisoner who was imprisoned in my shadow was sitting on the street, staring at the continental army in bewilderment.
In the original history, soldiers burned down her small hometown.
But today history did not repeat itself. The moment the Holy Knight fell to his knees, the continent’s forces became hostile. I gave up my mission because I believed that I was an apostle of the goddess.
Paradise has been preserved.
‘I’m the only one who thinks about this.’
He quietly stroked the monkfish’s head.
‘Maybe this 20th floor… If I had just stood by and watched, it would have broken on its own. There was really no need for me to step forward.’
-huh? why?
‘That’s because the village burning down is also one of the [endings].’
ending.
I realized this while conquering the stages so far. TOP does not discriminate between happy endings and bad endings. Any ending is acceptable as long as it is completed properly.
‘Otherwise, Suha Yoo wouldn’t have been able to get up to the 40th floor.’
Even if you destroy the dolls in the Inferno Mansion like the Flame Emperor.
Or, like me, just play with them for a while.
Either way, it is recognized as an [ending].
‘So this is not the world decided by the tower.’
I turned my head and looked at the village.
‘It’s not an ending I choose because I have no choice.’
A place where wheat ripens yellow under the sky.
A place where an old man who is quiet and stubborn, but turns a blind eye to the children’s troubles, sits in vain in front of the orchard and smokes a cigarette.
A place of refuge where sick people with no way to recover gathered.
‘It’s just the ending I chose.’
today.
There will be no rain from the sky.
Fire will not burn on earth.
-indeed…
But why?
As I was immersed in proud emotions for a while, Bae Hu-ryeong made a subtle expression. Isn’t this a face that looks like it is looking at a pitiful child? ‘What’s wrong?’
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-no. This is the ending you chose.
Bae Hu-ryeong pointed somewhere with his finger.
-I was wondering if that was also part of the ending you chose.
Suha Yoo was there.
“f*ck! Severel, you son of a bitch! Can’t you stop this!? Huh!? Stop it now— f*ck! Why won’t you stop this!?”
To be more specific, there was Yu Su-ha, who was still dancing the Cossack dance.
The entrance to a rural village where grains are beautifully ripening. In a landscape painting where the sky was blue and flower petals had fallen to the ground, there was a handsome man shouting “f*ck” all alone.
It was a masterpiece that would receive tens of millions of views if uploaded as a video on the Internet.
‘huh? ‘What’s wrong with that?’
I tilted my head.
‘Isn’t it f*cking beautiful?’
-As expected, this guy is Kim Tora… .
Bae Hu-ryeong muttered.
It was that time.
[Today.]
[The 20th floor stage has been cleared.]
A voice rang between heaven and earth.
This time it wasn’t just me who heard it.
[Notify everyone again.]
[Today, the 20th floor stage was cleared.]
Official announcement.
Just like when you beat the tenth stage, the same voice is probably spreading throughout the entire tower.
“ah.”
I quenched my appetite.
‘It’s such a waste.’
-what?
‘There’s no internet here.’
Now my smartphone was sleeping soundly in my backpack. In the real world, 5 days. However, if you count the time I spent, I couldn’t even touch my cell phone for easily over hundreds of days.
The only areas in the tower with internet access are the 1st to 10th floors.
‘There must have been a real uproar on the Internet by now….’
-Eh? what. Don’t you no longer care about people’s reactions?
‘When did I ever say something like that?’
-no. you said it You want to be recognized more by witches and Grandpa Marcus than by ordinary people?
‘no way.’
I shrugged my shoulders.
‘Don’t you know that more is better? I also received recognition from people like witches and sword saints. Receiving recognition from the general public. I myself look up to the sky and have no shame whatsoever.’
-and. Isn’t this a complete pig? Why are you so greedy?
‘Originally, people live out of greed.’
Fortunately, I was able to alleviate my regret of not being able to see the Internet.
[24 hours from now, the 21st floor stage will open.]
[24:00:00]
Paaaaat!
Just like last time, fireworks decorated the sky. When the first spark exploded, a clock of light was created. Then, as if they had been waiting for this moment, two hunters transmitted here.
“Death King!”
It was a witch and a sword saint.
The witch flew in at once using her transfer skill. Thump! The witch bent her elbows and hugged my head with hers. And she let out her signature bright smile.
“it’s crazy! “You’re so crazy!”
“evil. Argh! Wait a minute, Black Dragon Master. This hurts surprisingly… .”
“On the subject of the little one! “For a kid who isn’t even 30 years old yet!”
I tried to fight back, but I was helpless. Ouch! The witch’s power was so strong that she could not escape the headlock.
oh my god. I’m like this because I’ve been taking a lot of elixirs.
“You really beat the 20th floor in 5 days! Aren’t you crazy!? Are you crazy!?”
“hey. Black Dragon Lord, please calm down… .”
“You have no idea how much chaos is going on in the tower right now! Ego!”
The witch showed me something.
It was a smartphone.
Even if you look at it, the model is 5 years old. On the cell phone screen, which showed that the battery was low, there were Internet articles that you wouldn’t see here.
“This… ?”
“I stopped by the first floor and took some pictures!”
The witch sounded genuinely excited.
“There were so many articles that it was impossible to film them all! sorry! But you also have to understand, Death King. Because not only the tower but the outside world was in chaos. Even though I only captured the article with the most clicks, take a look. “So many things!”
The witch flicked through her phone screen.
There were article headlines there.
-[Breaking News] A quick run! Clear the 14th floor!
-The divine name was decided to be Death King.
-The official announcement of the Black Dragon. The current attack team consists of three people.
-Is the protagonist a swordsman? Are you a witch? Is it Death King?
-[Special Feature] Intensive coverage of Death King.
dot
dot
dot
There were a lot.
There were so many headlines that it was impossible to read them all.
“The title is chosen like this.”
The witch laughed.
“It’s all about you!”
“uh… .”
“Starting from where you are from and what kind of life you have lived. How did you get into the top, and how did your ranking rise to the top in an instant? “It’s really just that kind of story.”
“Now, wait a minute.”
I was dazed.
I wasn’t embarrassed by the newspaper articles. This reaction was very natural. In the past five days, the Internet has probably been installed hundreds or thousands of times.
Something I’ve already experienced once.
So the reason I was dazed was not something else… .
“Did you capture all of this yourself?”
“huh!”
The witch nodded.
The headlock wasn’t released so his face was a little close.
“of course!”
“Can you show me?”
“This guy. “Then is there any other reason?”
“hmm. therefore… .”
I said while narrowing my eyes.
“In order to show me what kind of article was published, he deliberately sent it to the first floor, then searched for each article and took screenshots one by one… “Do you mean?”
“If I may say so, that’s right!”
I imagined it.
Hunter ranking 2nd place. The head of the largest guild in the tower.
Such a high-ranking person quickly went to the first floor, played hard with his smartphone, clicked a screenshot, and then came back here and showed the screenshot as if he was bragging.
“…….”
When I imagined it, it was quite a cute scene. But I still didn’t understand.
“Why would someone like the Black Dragon Lord take such trouble… ?”
“What is this person really talking about?”
The witch smiled brightly.
“Of course I want to do something for you!”
“…….”
“Oh, just in case, don’t read the comments on the article later. Is it a scam or a scam? “People full of jealousy have just carried out a terrorist attack.”
The witch sighed softly.
“Anyway, I don’t know why they always do that. How amazing it is that there were zero casualties! Death King. Don’t worry about these idiots. From now on, I will be in full charge of the media at Heilong.”
what. this person?
Are you an angel?
-It’s a zombie. You really are looked upon as an angel if I treat you just a little bit well… . No matter how pitiful your life may have been, be generous to human kindness. Why is a guy so strong in malice so weak in kindness?
If she is not an angel, is she really a goddess?
-You’re crazy… .
Bae Hu-ryeong’s face was wrinkled.
-I thought this kid would go crazy someday. You finally turned around.
‘Then do you usually praise me? Do you know how hungry I am for praise? ‘Don’t people like you know how precious a little attention is in this dreary daily life?’
-no. Something like that… Upset… . It would be better to attain Buddhahood.
Bae Hu-ryeong was really nauseous.
Who wouldn’t be a psychopath?
I can assure you, I’ll bet all my money on the fact that that guy never had a single friend in his life.
-hey! What bullshit! I have friends too!?
‘Exclude the Sword Saint.’
-……
Bae Hu-ryeong turned his gaze elsewhere. It was my quiet victory.
I didn’t know what the victory was for.
“And look at this too!”
Only then did the witch release the headlock.
What the witch wanted to show me this time was not the cell phone screen. The Black Dragon Master opened his small backpack, opened it, and took out a thick bundle of newspapers.
“ruler!”
The witch opened the paper newspaper wide.
“It’s the front page of yesterday’s newspaper!”
The content of the article did not readily appear to me.
However, the list written like a door was the first thing I saw.
Above the list was the title [Hunter Ranking Updated!].
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1st. swordsman
2nd place. black witch
3rd place. Death King
4th place. count
5th place. Heretic Questioner
6th place. venomous snake
7th place. Babel’s linguistic history
8th place. wide area telecommunication company
9th place. paladin
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“…….”
I was speechless for a moment.
While I was alone in the prison of time and fighting the devil.
I have finally realized what happened in the world below the 12th floor.
“This is the first time something like this has happened since the tower opened!”
The witch laughed.
“You can’t believe you came all the way up here from outside the rankings!”
Ranked 3rd.
Just like the Hunter’s nickname, the ranking is also determined by the top.
The rankings determined in this way are displayed on the monument erected in the plaza on the first floor.
“It may not feel real yet, but… Go down to Babylon today. “You will immediately see what kind of person you have become.”
widely!
The witch rolled up the newspaper and hit me on the shoulder.
“Congratulations, Death King!”
Yes.
“You now represent all hunters!”
The world changed in 5 days.
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