Episode 364 < 1st floor. (1) >
One.
There is a story later.
“It’s an unknown ceiling… … .”
What I said after being wrapped in white light was probably one of the top 100 most used quotes in novels in human history. But it was a lie. The scenery that came into my sight was, let alone unfamiliar, very familiar.
-oh? … … Oh oh? Why are you here all of a sudden?
This is Cafe Planetarium.
The stage was once the lobby of the Great Library but has now been converted into a cafe.
Bae Hu-ryeong was floating beneath the high ceiling of the library.
-Oh, by the looks of it, zombie, you’ve been called to a meeting or something again? I couldn’t observe because I didn’t have permission?
‘yes. Is that so… … .’
As I was about to answer, “Everything,” I suddenly felt playful. And if you were to choose people in the world who should not play pranks, Bae Hu-ryeong was last. It was immediately put into effect.
[‘The sky that gathers screams’ affirms the words of the ‘Sword Emperor’.]
I just thought about it in my mind, but miraculously, the message flowed. Well, it was something I had already done. Still, for Bae Hu-ryeong, this was the first time he received my message.
-… … her.
Bae Hu-ryeong forgot what he was going to say and looked down at me. The emotions in his gaze were diverse, but also explicit. Satisfied. And a hint of regret.
-but. okay. Now it is time for you to become a constellation. boy. Even though he’s not even 100 years old, he’s already become a star, so he’s grown up a lot.
‘no way. If you add up the time spent in trauma, it would probably be well over 100 years?’
I shrugged my shoulders.
‘Anyway, it’s just as you thought. I went to a meeting of pillars. I won. In return, I got a chance to revise my skills.’
-what? Skill revision? There was nothing like that back in my day!
‘Well, not only have you never defeated a pillar, you don’t even remember a pillar… .’
-Shit! This is hunter discrimination! Why are you only favoring Kim Zombie? hey! Is it a pillar or a tower owner? Anyway, you bastards! If you had given me even 1/100th of the favor you gave to Kim Zombie, would I have forgotten that you are a ghost right now?
Bae Hu-ryeong shouted loudly, as if he really believed that his voice could reach the tower. I chuckled.
A man approached us.
“hey. Panjili.”
Tuk.
It was a man wearing part-time work clothes. Even though he was at work, he was chewing chewy gum, and his eyes were so playful that you wondered if they were really human eyes. He is a man who lowers the average moral rate of humanity by 1% just by existing. Who could it be?
It was a river.
“why. horsetail.”
“Didn’t you go upstairs to attack the tower? Why are you here all of a sudden? “There was no one here just a moment ago, but in the blink of an eye, you’re on your butt.”
This was a pretty corner spot in the cafe planetarium. The guests were far away, so they didn’t notice that I was there. I’m also someone who sells a lot, so if customers notice, there’ll probably be an uproar.
“… … “You don’t remember?”
“ok? “What do you remember?”
Yoo Soo-ha narrowed his eyes as if he didn’t understand what was going on.
‘is it.’
It was natural. All hunters associated with the pillar lose their memories. I don’t remember meeting the [Primordial Staff], or playing the role of my judge. I don’t remember Yu Suha.
It was an obvious fact, but why? I had a slightly bitter taste in my mouth.
“hey.”
I swallowed that bitterness and pushed it down my throat.
“Do you want to see me dance?”
“…….”
Yoo Soo-ha’s expression was like, ‘I knew right away that this guy was turning, but he’s finally reaching a new level of turning.’
“Is it possible that the guy who has a partner is asking me to go to the club right now? There’s nothing to do, bastard. “I’m the one who’s suffering because I got involved with your duke for no reason.”
“it’s crazy? Are you a fool? “It wasn’t a club, it was just embarrassingly asking me if I wanted to see a Cossack dance.”
“No, what you’re saying sounds more like a fool… … . Hmm.”
Only then did Yusuha fold his arms. It must have been tempting. But they were still suspicious, wondering if I was playing a joke. It wasn’t a false suspicion; in fact, he was ranked second on the list of people who could be messed with, after Bae Hu-ryeong, who was prominent.
“OK. It’s natural for people to watch you even if you try to act funny in front of your elders. Let’s do it here at the cafe—– What are you doing now?
“You crazy guy!?”
“Cossacks, dancing, dancing!”
“stop! f*ck, ah. Don’t look here! The bastard who makes eye contact with me will make you anxious about what goes into it every time you order coffee from now on! uh! If you look at it for more than 1 second, it’s phlegm, and if you look at it for more than 3 seconds, I don’t even know! hey! hey! Why do you keep looking there again?!”
Suha Yoo screamed. The guests, who were looking at what the fuss was about, were scared and turned their heads when they met Yoo Soo-ha’s bloody gaze. The handsome part-timer who became a specialty of Cafe Planetarium was, at this point, more famous for his personality than his beauty.
“Whoa… … . Wow, Mr. You idiot. “Do you really dance just because you say you can dance?”
“uh. “As long as it’s the Cossack dance, I’ll do it whenever you want.”
“Why are you like this? Did I eat something wrong? ?”
“no. “I just wanted to dance to you if you feel like living in this world is worth living a little longer because of me dancing.”
“…….”
Yu Suha’s expression finally reached its peak. She had a look on her face that said she hadn’t heard anything.
“oh my god. It’s really crazy. No, he was crazy. He was already crazy. “What should I call you if that crazy person goes crazy again?”
“Yoo Soo-ha. I am… … “I am a god who can dance for you.”
“If an ordinary hunter goes crazy, you can report it to a vigilante group. If a bastard who is said to be number one in the ranking goes crazy, where can you report this? Do we really need to put a flue in Ivansia’s duchy? ?”
Yu Su-ha muttered seriously. There was nothing in the muttered words that could be taken seriously, but there was one part that I heard for the first time.
“First in line? What are you talking about. “I’m still in second place.”
“uh? … … iced coffee. Right.”
Yoo Su-ha frowned and thought, ‘Then, does this guy not know yet?’ For some reason, I sighed, filled with annoyance.
“Go see.”
“Where?”
“Babylon Square. It may seem simple if you look at it from a smartphone, but you don’t even carry a phone with you. If you stay here anyway, the customers are bound to make a fuss. “Get out before it becomes a bother.”
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Yoo Soo-ha waved his hand. As he said, it’s been a long time since I threw away my smartphone. I patted Yoo Soo-ha on the back (thank you, I got hit in the solar plexus, but it was just a hit. It hurt so bad) and sent her to the first floor.
And when I arrived at the square, I witnessed a huge hologram floating in the air.
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1st. Death King
2nd place. swordsman
3rd place. Black Dragon Lord
4th place. venomous snake
5th place. count
6th place. Heretic Questioner
7th place. paladin
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“…….”
Out of confusion, I stood in the middle of the square and looked up the ranking table.
“Uh, is that person over there… … .”
“Isn’t it Death King?”
“no way. “There’s no word that he’s back.”
“You could have stopped attacking for a moment and come to rest! look! They really have the same face. Compare with the picture here… … .”
Murmur.
A commotion began to arise in the square.
Numerous people were coming and going in the square. Compared to the time when he was just trying to reach the 10th floor, or even compared to the future when he decided to go back 4,000 days, Babylon Square was much more lively.
The large guilds chose cooperation instead of invasion. The 10th, 20th, 30th, and 40th floors, endless farmland and new markets promised the tower an eternal new continent. Raviel was my lover, and Uburka was my son. The procedures were strict and the policies precise. Under the cooperation of large guilds and local forces, the tower was prospering.
It was like that at this moment too.
It wasn’t just humans from the outside world who came and went to the square. Although it was still only a very small number, various races walked the path, including imperial students selected by the Duke of Ivansia, noble guild members who followed the poisonous snake into Cheonmumun, and noble tribe warriors leading the trend of blood drama.
There might be discrimination too. There will also be contempt. However, while I was in charge of external affairs and climbing the tower endlessly, my colleagues were pouring all their sweat and blood into internal affairs.
At least in our world, there is no such thing as Babylon Square, which was reduced to ruins after numerous terrorist attacks. I, we, will not allow even a single inch of ruin to encroach on this place.
never.
“Huh? Look at that!”
Someone raised their hand and pointed at the hologram. The reaction was minimal. Because most passers-by were looking at me.
However, in the ranking table he pointed to with his fingertip, a clear change was taking place. A change that will draw people’s attention.
Chijijiji-
There was noise in the hologram, and the letters suddenly changed.
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1st. the sky gathering screams
2nd place. swordsman
3rd place. Black Dragon Lord
4th place. venomous snake
5th place. count
6th place. Heretic Questioner
7th place. paladin
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As if he was waiting for me to come here and take care of him, my title on the ranking list changed.
Two or three people witnessed the change. “Huh?” There was a magic in the pronunciation of “Huh?” that instinctively drew people’s attention. Dozens of passers-by turned their gazes, and in an instant, “Huh?” spread throughout the entire square.
“what? “The sky that gathers screams?”
“That’s where the Death King was.”
“Isn’t Death King dead? So, if it was deleted from the sequence table… .”
“oh my god. “The Death King may be dead?”
“Death King is dead?”
“Death King did something?”
“Death King was murdered horribly!!”
Dear citizens of the Tower, you are truly demonstrating an exemplary process of distorting information… .
“Then what is the sky that gathers screams?” or “Even if the Death King is dead, there’s no way a new hunter will suddenly take first place.” or “The person standing over there looks like the Death King himself…” “There were similar voices, but all minority opinions were buried in the rumor that I was dead.
For about four minutes, the square was in an uproar.
“really!”
The first person to rush to me through the commotion was the Black Dragon Master.
To be exact, I didn’t run into him. He appeared right next to me using the Black Dragon Master’s specialty, [Instantaneous Transfer].
“As soon as you arrive, if you don’t cause an accident, won’t you get angry!?”
“Hiru. Hello.”
“… … “What kind of dog food bowl scratching sound is that?”
“Didn’t you know? “This is the latest greeting these days.”
“What nonsense… … . no. it’s okay. I’d rather send infantry down the Maginot Line than try to understand you with common sense. What you’re doing after coming back after such a long time is spreading a rumor that the number one ranked hunter may be dead!”
“I didn’t do it.”
It was a bit unfair.
I just got a new nickname and the rumor was spread by passers-by here. There was probably a Black Dragon guild member among the passers-by. As soon as he heard the commotion, he immediately ran to the Black Dragon Lord and reported it. Thanks to this, the Black Dragon Master was able to teleport in less than 5 minutes.
‘Anyway, it’s been a while.’
As expected, other colleagues do not remember what happened in the heavenly layer. If I had remembered, I would have shared the story with the Black Dragon Master.
I thought so.
“Iknow, right. long time no see. How have your other colleagues been doing?”
“… … huh? “What are you talking about?”
That’s what I thought, so I didn’t expect the Black Dragon Master’s reaction at all.
“You’re talking as if we haven’t seen each other for months. “You met the Count just a few days ago, right?”
I was momentarily dazed.
“… … yes?”
“yes? What is it? I heard about it. You said it was the heavenly floor, right? You’re the only one who can climb up such a scary place without a care in the world. “What would you have done if the referee had betrayed you?”
My eyebrows trembled.
The commotion among the passers-by surrounding us gradually subsided. The Black Dragon Master himself appeared and clicked with me.
This would have been impossible if I wasn’t the real Death King, so the uproar over ‘Death King is dead’ quickly died down.
Contrary to the passers-by, my heart was shaking violently.
“Now, wait a minute. How do you remember… … .”
“I’ll let you explain that yourself.”
Step by step.
The sound of footsteps approached.
“It wasn’t the hard way.”
I turned my head blankly. Sangryun guild members wearing cat ears escorted someone on both sides, creating a path between the onlookers.
There, the Count was smiling while holding a fan.
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