Episode 45
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2.
[You have entered the boss stage.]
This is the second time.
This is my second time entering the boss stage.
Comparing then and now… There are many things that are the same, and many things that have changed.
[The challenger is Death King. There is only 1 person.]
[May good luck be with you.]
First, a notification sound.
Just like when I challenged ‘Infernal Mansion’, I am still the only challenger. I was a solo player. At the tower, as always, they quietly wished the challenger good luck and mine.
but.
There were definitely things that had changed since then.
[Clear rewards are given.]
[Rewards are settled in batches from the 11th floor to the 19th floor.]
Now I was no longer just a challenger.
He was a conqueror who conquered the 11th to 19th floors and made it this far.
At the tower, the country welcomed the conqueror and blew nine trumpets to welcome him.
[Settling the 11th floor clear reward.]
[Settling the 12th floor clear reward.]
[Settling the 13th floor clear reward.]
[Settling the 14th floor clear reward.]
[Settling the 15th floor clear reward.]
[Settling the 16th floor clear reward.]
[Settling the 17th floor clear reward.]
[Settling the 18th floor clear reward.]
[Settling the 19th floor clear reward…]
Trudging.
I took a step.
[Settlement complete.]
Listening to the melody that welcomes my steps.
[The tower recognizes your feat.]
[You are given the right to modify your skills!]
[Unless you are EX level, you can strengthen any skill.]
It was like a hymn that blessed me.
At the top, a stage was prepared in advance. The route of the quest was also decided. But I did not walk down a path that had already been paved. I created a completely new stage and broke it in my own way.
The tower recognized my strategy.
It’s as if he’s trying to say, ‘That’s good too.’
[Adjust the Death King’s authority!]
It was like that this time too.
[You are granted limited authority as an apostle.]
[For this reward only, you have limited management rights.]
[It is up to you to decide which skills to strengthen and how!]
A stage that is not predetermined.
A strategy that has not been decided in advance.
Therefore, naturally, the compensation was not determined in advance.
‘···indeed.’
I nodded in my heart.
‘Are you leaving the choice up to me?’
I don’t know why the tower was built. I don’t even know who built the tower. I also don’t know why the tower is full of life from another world.
There’s still a lot we don’t know.
But now I can guess [what kind of being] the tower is.
‘A being who watches over our choices.’
And it was someone who remembered my choice.
‘good.’
Slurp!
I pulled out my knife.
‘I’ll show you my choice this time too.’
A relic said to have been used by the founder of the empire.
[Lefanta Aegim’s Guardian Sword] resonated with my aura and shed white light.
I aimed my sword at the [enemy] in front of me.
“Ego.”
Entrance to the twentieth stage.
It stood on a road leading to a small village.
“Now is the time to decide your ending. Devil.”
-······.
It growled softly.
I felt like an animal that had suffered irreversible damage.
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The beast caught up in the flames of the world and driven out by the flames had only a very small refuge. It was a road leading to the village. -my······.
A road with acacia trees on both sides.
In the middle of the road where white flowers hung, the beast stood alone.
-It’s my village!
It howled.
-Don’t you dare ruin my paradise!
And a voice rang out.
[Boss stage begins.]
The stage opened.
A stage where you defeat the weakest boss in the world.
“······.”
I looked up at the sky for a moment.
It was clear. It was green.
The sky was originally a blue territory.
Looking up at the cloudless sky, I was convinced.
today.
It doesn’t rain.
3.
Acacia petals flew white.
The petals did not make a sound as they fluttered.
The road was painted white with silent flower petals.
Only the breath coming and going on the road filled the void in the world.
-I cannot forgive!
The sound of breathing that filled the world was rough.
-Never forgive! There are still burn marks in my eyes! Burnt smell is engraved in my mind as a seal! That flame! You guys! How could I ever forget your evil intentions!
It screamed, swinging its red sword.
Every time someone screams, the world becomes that much smaller.
The twentieth stage was especially cramped.
20 Heung.
Looking at the mini-map, it is not even 1/100 the size of the other stages. Even if you check the world map, nothing changes. There is only a 1-pixel red dot on the world map.
That was the boss stage on the 20th floor.
-Go back! Turn back time again!
It was just an ordinary rural town.
-Are you trying to burn down my paradise again?
The narrowest stage in the world.
and.
The weakest boss monster in the world.
-Again! You guys, you guys are like that! Always like that!
On the road where the acacia petals fell, it was crying. There was only one person screaming. It was a thin voice. However, this world was small enough to be filled with the screams of just one person.
Small world.
A small town.
“The position has changed to the complete opposite.”
I struck down the demon king’s sword.
Knife and knife clashed sharply.
“Do you remember? On the 12th floor, you were the demon lord and I was the hero. You invaded and I stopped you. Hey, things in this world are so complicated. is not it? Now you are guarding it.”
-die!
“I’m sorry, Demon King.”
I twisted the blade.
“That line makes the most sense to me.”
My sword pushed back the devil’s sword without difficulty. The power itself was different. The Demon King’s strength was already insignificant. The Demon King could not withstand my push, and as a result, he gave his waist away like an open road.
gap.
My blade easily cut through the Demon King’s upper body.
-Kaaaa!
Red blood burst out.
[The presence of the Demon King of Autumn Rain becomes blurred.]
Blood flowed.
The white acacia tree that fell on the road.
Red scents pattered down and covered the petals.
“I feel weak. “The Demon King of Autumn Rain.”
I walked one step forward.
The red petals were trampled by my feet.
“I feel really weak.”
-Ugh, keup… Wow…, keuhuh…!
“But it’s still not enough.”
I swung my sword.
“Become weaker.”
-this······.
“Much more than now.”
The blade tore the demon king apart.
The white petals became a little more red.
[The presence of the Demon King of Autumn Rain becomes blurred.]
The road to the village.
The road extending beyond the Demon King’s back was white.
But the road behind me was turning more and more red.
[The presence of the Demon King of Autumn Rain becomes blurred.]
step.
[The presence of the Demon King of Autumn Rain becomes blurred.]
Another step.
Every time the Demon King took a step back, the whiteness of the petals decreased.
Every time I took a step forward, Acacia’s path became a little redder.
That wasn’t all.
-Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
The Demon King’s entire body was revealed little by little.
resentment. resentment. Wonseong.
The lumpy scum has been removed.
-no···.
The devil’s feet were revealed.
-Can not be done···! No more, no more…
The two legs that stepped on the road were revealed.
-Ugh…
The left and right arms were fully exposed.
Below the waist and above the waist were exposed.
A long neck was revealed.
-Top, no… no… no!
I swung my sword.
[The presence of the Demon King of Autumn Rain becomes blurred.]
and.
Finally, my face started peeling.
[The presence of the Demon King of Autumn Rain becomes blurred.]
chin.
Lower lip and upper lip.
Philtrum, tip of nose, cheeks on both sides.
[The presence of the Demon King of Autumn Rain becomes blurred.]
Red eyes.
white forehead.
[The presence of the Demon King of Autumn Rain becomes blurred.]
finally.
[The presence of the Demon King of Autumn Rain becomes blurred.]
Hair resembling a lion’s mane.
Each strand of hair lost its black color.
Even the last bits of sediment flowed down.
-ah······.
It groaned. My slender forearms trembled. It became unable to withstand the weight of the sword.
-Ugh, uh······.
The thing standing under the acacia tree was no longer the devil. No one in the world called a person who could not even lift a sword properly a devil.
and.
[The presence of the Demon King of Autumn Rain becomes blurred.]
[The Demon King of Autumn Rain can no longer maintain authority.]
The tower also did not call it the Demon King.
[We begin rating adjustment.]
[The nickname of the Demon King of Autumn Rain is revoked.]
The demon lord trembled.
-no······!
White light surrounded it.
It writhed as if surrounded by a swarm of bees.
-Can not be done···! Can not be done! No, no!
But it was no use. The light wrapped around it without fading at all.
[Notice once again.]
Executed.
[The nickname of the Demon King of Autumn Rain is revoked.]
[The authority of the Demon King of Autumn Rain is revoked.]
It screamed.
-Aaaaa…!
Tacheon.
The constellation that boasted of absolute inaction has now fallen.
-Ah ah ah ah ah! Ahhh!
It stretched out its hand as if trying to catch the scattered droplets of light. I tried to catch the light randomly. But the light was not caught. It just leaks through my fingers.
The white light scattered and scattered again.
-ah,
At that place.
“iced coffee,”
There is only one delicate beast left.
“Ah, ugh… no, ugh, ugh…, ahhh…”
Not the Demon King of Autumn Rain.
I am not the master of nightmares.
Not a saint from the frontier.
A delicate being.
“okay.”
I grabbed the hilt of the sword.
“You’re weak enough now.”
“Don’t come…don’t come closer…”
“Then stop it.”
Trudging.
took a step forward.
“What are you going to do to stop it, with words? With a knife? Try to block it with anything. Otherwise.”
One more step.
“I will stand in front of you like this.”
It took a step back.
As it approached me, it spoke with difficulty.
“You… you are to me, to my children… On a subject like that, I have the right to do something like this.”
“Wrong.”
We went one step further.
“As you said, I am a stranger from another world. okay. Everyone living in this world, including the demi-human alliance, the temple, the king, and the emperor, worked together to burn you and your village. Let’s say there is not a single human being on this continent who is free from that responsibility. But not me. Because I’m a complete stranger. “Hunters like us are free from responsibility.”
“Tsk…”
“You have no right to hold me accountable. And of course,”
As he took a step back, I took a step forward.
“There is no longer any power to stop me.”
It trembled. The trembling escaped from my lips and flowed.
“I… I am nothing…”
“You mean you didn’t do anything bad?”
“I am! “I just care about the sick…”
“[Esthel] was also afraid, just like you are now.”
It flinched.
“I screamed for help. She shouted that she didn’t want to die. I found my father. “What did you do with such a child?”
I calmly told her what she had done before she became Esther and before she gained human memories.
“It sank its teeth into the collar of a struggling person. He ate it arbitrarily and became Esther. That’s it. It devours the newborn baby that the woman cherished and trusted. You acted proudly of your own accord, saying that you saved people. “You betrayed the woman who trusted you and entrusted you with the baby.”
“I… something like that. It’s not like that. I am······.”
“You hid the truth. Although I knew that people would misunderstand me if I left it alone, I deliberately stayed silent for fear of being treated as a monster. “They deceived people.”
We went one step further.
“It’s no use making excuses. Because no one in this world knows you better than me. “I know intimately what you have been through, what emotions you have felt, and how you have changed.”
“······.”
“You are not a flawless saint. Not an innocent victim. There is no need to go to the woman and the baby. As I said, the moment you swallowed Esther, you lost any right to claim your own infallibility.”
“I am!!”
And it screamed hysterically.
“I did not know!!”
I stopped.
It covered its face, gritting its teeth and shaking. A howl escaped from every crevice of her fingers.
“I, I didn’t know. I didn’t have human memories at that time… I didn’t know, so I didn’t know…”
The meaning of asking for help.
Even struggling.
Even begging.
“At that time… I didn’t know what it meant back then…”
“Are you saying I made a mistake because I didn’t know?”
“Yes! So I, if I only knew, I would never marry Esther.”
It was trying to say that it wouldn’t have been eaten,
I said it before.
“That’s what humans do.”
It was speechless.
“The kings who burned you could use the same excuse. No, they certainly would. They actually did it, right? What did they say when they stood before you when you covered the world with blood?”
I didn’t know,
We didn’t know you had any ill intentions.
I thought she was just an evil witch.
So, therefore I am, they said,
“Ugh…”
Finally it became completely silent.
I spoke quietly to that silent thing.
“I’m sorry, but I haven’t learned much. Because I’m ignorant. “There is only one justice in the world that I know.”
One more step.
“More than cause and effect.”
It shook its shoulders.
“An eye for an eye. This includes: If you believe that what you swallowed into a shadow and spit out again is a human being, then fine. The same thing happens to you too. “Wouldn’t that at least be fair?”
“What…what are you talking about…?”
“Tower!”
I looked up at the sky.
“I want to use the clear reward!”
I took out a golden card. Clear reward obtained by breaking through from the 11th to the 19th floor. I decided to use it for none other than this skill.
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[100 Ghost Reincarnations]
Rank: SS
Effect: Summons those you killed as monsters. The dead do not inherit their abilities from life. It does not inherit memories. They are simply summoned as monsters such as goblins, orcs, zombies, and skeletons.
※However, it can only be summoned once a week.
+
Summon a hundred ghosts.
SS level skill.
I grabbed the card and held it towards the high sky.
“Obviously I said I could modify the skills to whatever I wanted!”
[The tower agrees with your words.]
There was a voice answering my cries.
[However, excessive modification is not allowed.]
[Top uses examples to help you understand.]
[The allowable range is for SS-level skills to evolve into SSS-level skills.]
I nodded.
Anyway, there was only one thing I asked for from the beginning.
“I request a modification of the skill Summon White Ghosts!”
[The tower asks your opinion.]
“You don’t have to touch anything else! However, remember. I hope they revamp the part about ‘not inheriting memories’! “Only if I wish, so that the accused person can inherit his memories from when he was alive!”
I flinch.
It stopped.
“What are you trying to do?”
“how is it! “Isn’t this a reasonable request?”
I shouted, ignoring Esther.
“I’m not asking you to inherit the abilities of the person you killed! I’m not asking you to pass on skills. I’m not even asking you to reduce the cooldown. memory! There are only memories. “I want the lion I kill to remember what happened when he was alive!”
It was quiet.
The sky was silent.
[Measure your required level.]
[Currently measuring…]
After a while.
[The tower recognizes that your request is at an appropriate level.]
Permission was granted.
[Check the requirements.]
[Would you like to use the perk obtained as a reward for clearing floors 11 to 19 for the ‘Summon White Ghosts’ skill?]
“okay.”
[The modifications you require for Summoning White Ghosts are as follows.]
[If you wish, the lion inherits memories from life.]
[Are you sure of the above requirements?]
“okay.”
[confirmed.]
[Request approval from Zuraqua.]
[Approved.]
and.
[Death King’s request is approved.]
White light enveloped my skill card.
A storm of light came once.
After all the light subsided, I looked at the card carefully.
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[100 Ghost Reincarnations]
Rank: SSS
Effect: Summons those you have killed. The dead do not inherit their abilities from life. However, if you wish, the lion retains its memories and appearance from when it was alive. If you don’t want it, it will just be summoned as a monster.
※However, it can only be summoned once a week.
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The reincarnation of a hundred ghosts.
That was the new name for the SSS level skill I first acquired.
‘good night.’
Everything I hoped for came true perfectly.
I turned my head and looked at it.
Our eyes met.
“From now on, I will kill you.”
“If you don’t like the word ‘kill,’ think of it as [devour] your way. Just as you thought of Esther, the sick, and the children as they were swallowed up by shadows. I will kill you the same way—.”
slowly.
I raised my sword.
“I’ll save you the same way.”
It trembled with fear.
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