Episode 55 < The king of virtue. (3) >
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4.
In any field, latecomers are at a disadvantage.
A red ocean already occupied by stagnant water.
Latecomers must jump in and prove their worth. It’s like a lowly soldier struggling to climb a castle wall occupied by the enemy.
The tower was no different in this respect.
“—Welcome!”
When the white light subsides and I open my eyes again.
It was not the voice of the goddess that greeted us.
“Warriors climbing the tower!”
It was a child who did not know whether it was a girl or a boy.
One kid was wearing loose-fitting clothes.
At first glance, the clothes resemble traditional oriental clothing.
“This director has been waiting anxiously for eight to three days!”
But if you look closely… It was completely different.
Other than the long sleeves, it bore no resemblance to an oriental robe. No, in fact, the sleeves of the clothes were extraordinary. The sleeves were so long that they stretched over 5 meters.
“But it’s okay! Life is a journey that begins and ends with an encounter. In the end, when you look back, isn’t the meaning of life just meeting so-and-so? “Waiting is like a seasoning that deeply sweetens life!”
There is a saying that the completion of fashion is the face. This means that no matter how special the clothes are, they are ultimately very different depending on who wears them.
In that sense, that kid with fluttering 5m sleeves was definitely special.
“I salute you sincerely once again!”
In the air.
“Welcome to the Great Library of All Things!”
The little boy was floating high in the air.
Looking down at us who were suddenly summoned.
[The corner library director welcomes you! ]
Constellation, head of the library in the corner of the room.
The person who manages the 21st to 30th floors.
The representative of this world spread his arms and smiled broadly.
But unfortunately, no one accepted his greeting. Murmur. The hunters had not yet grasped the situation and looked around in confusion.
“Uh, uh… .”
“what. Why did it suddenly transmit on its own?”
“Where am I?”
Approximately hundreds of people, based on rough estimates.
The hunters were embarrassed and whispered. The majority were those who had just gathered in the square and shouted the countdown together.
However, there were also people who spent their ‘personal time’ in places other than the square.
“Kyaaaa!?”
“W-don’t look here!”
Embarrassing screams erupted here and there.
A hunter who was summoned while showering. A lover sent naked. There was even a person looking around with sleepy eyes, as if he had been summoned while he was sleeping. Hunters who suddenly suffered disaster appeared one after another.
“Oh my.”
The Constellation Librarian laughed heartily.
“The director was a little lacking in consideration.”
While the hunters were panicking, not knowing what to do, just hit! The Librarian snapped his fingers. Then, large book cases flew by. The book cases, which had holes for the head, arms, and legs, were automatically placed on naked hunters.
“ah… .”
“Everything, I’m glad.”
The hunters who were watching heaved a sigh of relief. I was relieved because I was also very embarrassed.
“W-what the hell is this…” .”
In fact, the parties involved were in tears because they were wearing a large book case like a Gundam suit made of cardboard, but that was the minority opinion. Just like that, a wave of shame passed us by. People finally regained their composure. One by one, they began to look up into the air.
“…who are you?”
The witch spoke on behalf of the hunters.
“And where am I… .”
“ah. The director is just an unknown college student who manages a rather large library. Black witch. Compared to you, she is infinitely closer to being an extra. “I hope you treat her as if she doesn’t exist.”
“……..”
The witch frowned.
The other person, who doesn’t even know who he is, somehow knows his identity. I felt an ominous omen from that fact.
Can not help it.
I have already become somewhat familiar with the constellation by taking on the [Demon King of Autumn Rain] and the [Guardian Goddess] as subordinates. However, to other hunters, the constellation was still an unknown entity.
“-It’s just a slightly bigger library.”
Aiming for the moment when the witch closed her lips, I spoke this time.
“well. “I don’t think it’s a big level.”
21st floor stage.
This was one huge library. Perhaps simply saying it was huge was not enough. From the immediate vicinity to the distant horizon, from the floor you were stepping on to the ceiling above, there were shelves filled with books.
It was closer to ‘a world made up of libraries.’
“Hoora.”
The master of this world looked at me.
Innocent eyes.
The infinitely innocent, child-like eyes sparkled.
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“Indeed. You are the Death King.”
hmm.
“Ah, don’t be so wary. Gentlemen. This director is harmless. I really just want to make you feel welcome. To me, you are no different from the heroes of an epic.”
Heroes in epics.
I knew what that meant, having gone back 4000 days. Because this was no ordinary library. But I deliberately pretended not to know and asked back.
“Heroes from an epic?”
“It’s something like this.”
Perfect!
The Librarian snapped his fingers. Then, two hardcover books were pulled from countless bookshelves. Fluffy. Hardcover books flew in and circled around the library director.
Each title was written on the cover.
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[Chronicle of the Aegim Empire]
[Story of Rising Heaven City]
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The Librarian smiled softly.
“My hobby is reading books. However, the books collected in my library are by no means ordinary records. Your history. “These are books about worlds where towers were built.”
The library director smoothed the spine of the book with his fingers.
“You may be wondering why, out of so many warriors, only you were summoned. The reason is simple! “Because in your world, only you have names as ‘characters.’”
“…The character’s name?”
“You guys call me a different name.”
The Librarian smiled softly and looked down at us.
“302 people gathered here. “All of them are warriors with tinnitus.”
Hunters murmured.
“Only hunters with this name are summoned?”
“Everyone else… .”
“for a moment. “Do we really have to attack the tower by ourselves!?”
okay.
It is not the real name used in the outside world, but the name given to the hunter by the top. tinnitus. That was the admission ticket valid from the 21st floor.
‘… Before the regression, I couldn’t even set foot beyond the 20th floor.’
Starters with tinnitus.
Latecomers who did not receive this name.
‘The gap between the two groups will continue to widen.’
I fingered the hilt of the dagger on my belt. It’s a method I rely on when trying to calm my mind… It was my own little ritual.
‘The person I am now is different from the person I used to be.’
The stragglers who couldn’t step foot after the 20th floor due to lack of skills or reputation were no longer here. There is a new hunter who has risen to 3rd place in the rankings.
‘You won’t be left out without being able to participate in the attack.’
However, other than me, there were not many hunters who maintained their composure.
The witch was like that too.
She muttered, unable to hide her embarrassment.
“Nonsense. 300 people, so attacking the tower with such a small number… .”
“Don’t worry!”
The library director grabbed [Aegim Empire Chronicles]. And laughed.
“You protected the Aegim Empire with just three people. 300 people is 100 times bigger! I think we will pass the stages prepared by this director with ease. Be confident!”
“…….”
Most of the hunters looked at each other with anxious expressions. In the middle of the Great Library that extends endlessly to the horizon. The 300 or so hunters there looked like nothing more than a handful of sand.
I hit the bow before the anxious air spread further.
“Let’s proceed quickly. “Librarian Nari.”
“Ohh?”
“I know you’re excited to meet a living person for the first time in a while, but we want to climb the tower quickly. You haven’t even been given a quest yet. “We ask for speedy progress.”
“Uh-huh, uh-huh.”
The Librarian laughed slightly.
“That’s right! The director was so happy that he didn’t even give me the quest. hmm. However, it is not my personality to explain things in words…”
widely!
Hundreds of books flew in.
The hardcover books were floating around in circles centered around the library director.
“Let’s see.” Which work will touch me most clearly? ? This apocalypse is so boring, and this destruction is so quiet… oh. yes! “This would be best.”
The library director grabbed a book.
“I warn you in advance.”
And unfolded it.
White light emanated from the book that was open in both directions.
“It’s just for taste, so don’t be too surprised.”
Paaaaat!
A wave of light washed over us.
5.
All of the hunters were sent somewhere.
I didn’t know where it was, but it was clear that it wasn’t our world. Buildings of this style that I have never seen before. Buildings that looked like termite mounds magnified hundreds of times formed a forest of buildings.
Hunters, including me, were floating in the sky. We were high in the sky, and beneath our feet were buildings we had never heard of or seen before.
“Hey, hey!”
Someone screamed. Do you have a fear of heights? Even though they were not falling at all, the hunters instinctively grabbed each other’s sleeves.
The library director laughed as he looked at such a plan.
“I am the library director. But, as I said, the records gathered in my library are not ordinary history books or novels. “It can be said that the level is a little higher, no, much higher!”
The great library of all things.
A library where numerous records from around the world are gathered.
There, worlds are stored in the form of books.
“This is the world you conquered.”
The library director tapped a hardcover book with [Chronicles of the Aegim Empire] written on the cover.
“And this is your world!”
There was also a book titled [Story of the Rising City].
In addition, hundreds of books flew around the library director. The constellation, which had the appearance of a young child, looked at the books it owned as if it was so adorable that it couldn’t bear it.
“There are many different ways to call these books. Some call it an epic. Some call it a novel or a chronicle. Annals (true records). Or some people call it saga. Still, there is another expression that the director prefers the most.”
The Librarian turned to us.
“Apocalypse,
The Constellation laughed.
A strange sound of laughter flowed through the sky.
“Your apocalypse… That’s right. According to the term I like to use, it is still in the process of being serialized. After finishing the long prologue, I am finally climbing the tower. “It can be said that this is a section where the pleasure of reading slowly emerges.”
It was then.
“However, not all apocalypses are [serialized] as smoothly as your world.”
Crrrrr-
Something started falling from the sky. no. The words about coming down were very gentle. They were tearing up the sky.
“Although it is a pity.”
meteor.
“Of course, there is also an apocalypse that has faced [serial discontinuation].”
Huge chunks of stone burst into flames and rained down.
A meteorite hit directly onto buildings that looked like termite mounds. Kwaaaaang! A tremendous roar shook the world. Even the earth split under the torn sky. The city where intelligences different from us lived was destroyed without a trace.
Hunters screamed.
The dust cloud that rose up as the meteorite hit hit us in an instant.
“There is not just one.”
In the darkness where nothing could be seen, only the voice of the constellation flowed quietly.
“There are quite a few.”
widely!
I heard the sound of a book closing somewhere. At the same time, the dust cloud disappeared. The destroyed city disappeared. The cracked earth disappeared, and the torn sky disappeared.
Instead, new worlds unfolded beneath our feet.
“If the [annual reason] of the Apocalypse was a stone-.”
Tsunami.
“The reason for this apocalypse throughout the year sucks!”
A tsunami that reached the bottom of the sky engulfed the city.
It was too large to be called a wave, and too violent to be called a tsunami. It was a disaster. Screams broke out again among the hunters as they looked at the tsunami that had washed up right in front of them.
“iced coffee.”
The constellation sighed mournfully.
“What a sad tragedy!”
A world where a disease has spread and all humanity has died.
A world where sand has covered the ground and dried up to the last drop of water.
A world where volcanoes have erupted and smoke and clouds have obscured the sky.
Even to a world where the zombie virus is rampant.
“Those people are human just like you. Just as alive. They were equally creating their own stories. But before it could reach its just conclusion, before it could create a majestic ending, it all ended for extremely unfair reasons.”
The library director closed the book.
“I call this a serial discontinuation… .”
Hundreds of books were still floating around the constellation.
You will simply call it ‘destruction’.
Before you know it.
We were back in the huge library.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… .”
“Uweeeek!”
The sound of vomiting was heard here and there. I witnessed the destruction of dozens of worlds. Although there was no physical damage, there were many hunters who were mentally strained.
“The quest given to you guys is simple.”
The constellation looked down at us.
“Choose eight books from the books of the Apocalypse that have been discontinued.”
Choose eight worlds from among the destroyed worlds.
“I want to finish reading the apocalypses that have been written throughout the year!”
I want to continue seeing stories of destroyed worlds.
“Go yourselves into the eight books of the Apocalypse,”
Go directly into the eight worlds.
“Save the Apocalypses from the crisis of serial discontinuation!”
Prevent destruction.
“That is the quest given to you by this director.”
That is the quest from the 22nd floor to the 29th floor.
As the vomiting continued in the library, a voice rang in the hunters’ heads.
[The 22nd floor quest is given.]
Letters appeared before my eyes.
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[Remake the World. Volume 1]
Difficulty level: TBC
Mission Objective: There are many worlds, and there are many destructions. The Constellation ‘Director of the Library in the Corner’ describes this as an interruption in serialization. The head of the Room Corner library wants to continue the story of the worlds whose serialization was discontinued for unreasonable reasons.
First, choose one of the books of the Apocalypse that has been discontinued!
If you succeed in saving the world, that world will be registered as your 22nd floor.
※However, if the mission fails, the 22nd floor will not be open.
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Yes.
That constellation was none other than a bookworm who taught the world.
“therefore… .”
I slowly opened my mouth.
“You don’t like the ending, so do you want us to write the book for you?”
“That’s right!”
The Librarian laughed lightly.
“I hope you satisfy my reading taste!”
[Remaking] the endings of the world for this bookworm.
That was our mission.
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