Episode 9. The identity of self-talk. (3)
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4.
-Can’t you return me to my grandfather right now!?
Bae Hu-ryeong went on a rampage.
It’s already a cramped room. Even ghosts were flying around in places that were extremely inhumane for even a single person to live in, so there was no blind spot for human rights. Would you understand the feeling of a 3-meter giant mosquito buzzing around you?
“Oh really! Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t return it!”
-You said you copied it with your skills. Then you should be able to cancel! I don’t know about refunds, refunds!? What kind of world is this these days, they don’t even give refunds!
“I heard you can’t cancel!”
I explained how Bae Hu-ryeong was copied. However, even after hearing all the explanations, the ghost reluctantly came out. Are you asking me to send it back to the Sword Saint or something?
-Ugh. Grandpa Marcus! Disciple! This Master has been kidnapped! Your one and only teacher has been kidnapped by some bastard!
Even this ghost. I fell over in the air and started crying.
-Oh my, you seem like a bad student. This is the tragedy that happened because Marcus ignored and despised his precious teacher! In case this happens, I have always told you to treat your teacher like heaven.
“hey···.”
I hit a goal. He had no fear of seeing a ghost for the first time in his life. fear? That’s something. No matter how scary the ghost looks, if it makes so much noise, its head will start to hurt.
“Please, let’s live quietly. “Yes?”
-What do you live for? I’m already lost!
“Ah, then die quietly.”
-no. Have you seen this worldly bastard? I curse at the ghost who is already dead and sad, telling him to die one more time. Neighbors, look at this guy! From the first moment, there’s nothing I can’t say!
“and.”
I opened my mouth. what? Today was the first time I’ve seen a ghost since I was born, but this Too Much Talker… No, it was the first time in my life that I saw Two f*cking Talkers.
And now I realize it. He understood why Geomseong kept muttering to himself in the bar. okay. Now that I think about it, Geomseong was constantly muttering, but the content of his words was monotonous.
‘Shut up.’
‘Don’t be loud.’
‘too loud. ‘I’ll take care of it, just leave it alone.’
99% of self-talk is loud, so shut up.
Looking from the side, he kept babbling as if he was suffering from some kind of mental illness…
“Well, it’s worth continuing to mutter. “If a ghost like this is attached to you…”
-uh? What. Did you just get into a conversation with me? How old are you now? How dare you make a bold statement when it is not enough to treat you like an elder?
“shit.”
My shoulders slumped without me realizing it. The future was really dark.
“I’m in a situation where I have to avoid the Sword Castle for the rest of my life. No matter what skill I acquire, do ghosts like this always appear?”
-huh? Living to avoid my grandfather. What kind of bullshit is that?
Bae Hu-ryeong tilted his head.
-Is there a hunter as good as Grandpa Marcus? Even though he’s my student, he’s a really old guy. really. But you should never mention your grandchildren? He’s usually very calm, but whenever the topic of kids comes up, he gets upset.
“I already know.”
I sighed.
“There is a skill that the Sword Saint has. What do you call it? “Anyway, it shows how much murder a person has committed.”
-ah. Detective’s insight? It’s a f*cking trash skill.
Bae Hu-ryeong responded immediately. indeed. Is the official name of the kill count skill [Detective’s Insight]? The ghost seemed to know all of the Sword Saint’s skills.
-What is that? It’s only useful for finding out whether the other person is an assassin or not. Moreover, just because he has a lot of kills doesn’t mean he is an assassin.
“Number 4091.”
-hmm?
“The kill count hovering over my head. “It’s number 4091.”
Bae Hu-ryeong made a bewildered expression. He frowned arrogantly. For some reason, ghosts have more colorful expressions than living people.
-what. This guy. Are you crazy?
“If I spend one more day with you, I think I’ll go crazy. “Because it’s so noisy.”
-no···. You are a total beginner.
Bae Hu-ryeong’s face became a little more serious.
-Beginner among beginners. From the looks of it, it looks like he hasn’t mastered the Auror skills either. How could a guy like that kill 4,091 people? I don’t think I could have killed that many people while reaching the 99th floor of the tower in my lifetime.
“Because it didn’t kill 4,091 people.”
-under?
I shrugged my shoulders.
And each thing was explained one by one.
“This is how it happened. So, in fact, the only person I really hunted was one very bad guy who would later be called the Flame Emperor…”
That I was killed by the Flame Emperor.
It is said that with the help of Cheonun, he copied the regression skill.
If I just stay like that, there is no way to get revenge on the Flame Emperor.
-······.
He decided to go back after more than 4,000 days.
that the decision has been implemented.
-···what?
Bae Hu-ryeong, who had been listening quietly, opened his mouth.
-He committed suicide over 4,000 times? Are you trying to get revenge on her?
“yes.”
-······.
Bae Hu-ryeong became quiet. He had an absurd expression on his face before, but it was different now. He looked at my face with eyes that seemed to be thinking deeply about something. The appearance was so serious that I wondered if it was really the ghost who was talking so loudly that the 2-pyeong small room was shaking.
-hey.
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Breaking the long silence, Bae Hu-ryeong opened his mouth.
“What is it?”
-What is your name?
“This is Gongja Kim.”
Bae Hu-ryeong groaned, “Hmm.”
– Confucius. Why did you choose Grandpa Marcus?
“yes?”
-Why did you decide to copy your grandfather’s skills as soon as you got revenge on that guy called Hell?
“Isn’t that obvious?”
I was shaken. I did not understand the intention of the question.
“He is the number one ranked hunter in this era. “You have to have the strongest human skills first.”
-So you can become stronger as quickly as possible?
“yep.”
-···The reason you answer the questions I ask honestly is because there is no need to worry about information leaking out. Because the skill card says that no one can recognize me except you. It’s a completely safe bread. right?
“what. of course.”
Silence fell again in the single room.
-hmm.
Fluffy.
Bae Hu-ryeong moved around in the air around me. He went to the left and he glanced at my face, then to the right he measured my height. With an incredibly serious face. I frowned, wondering what kind of weird thing this was.
-Let me see. hmm. It wouldn’t be so bad if I trimmed my physique. His fierce tenacity is also amazing. There must be a reasonable desire for improvement. I know how to stay sane and turn my head… Write, indeed. Uhmmm. If it’s this much…
Bae Hu-ryeong muttered to himself.
‘What is he saying now?’
After listening to him talk, it seemed like this ghost was the master of the Sword Saint. The priest was a master of self-talk.
-Hey, Gongja Kim.
Sigh. Bae Hu-ryeong flew in front of me and said.
“yes?”
-Show me how you catch monsters.
5.
I caught a few wild mobs.
“Are you done now?”
There’s nothing to do anyway if you’re stuck in a small room. As soon as the sun dawned, we headed to the hunting ground. In fact, since I was killed by the Sword Saint and went back to the day before, I had to catch Yoo Su-ha one more time today. In many ways, I needed to go out.
-also···.
Bae Hu-ryeong nodded his head.
-My prediction was right.
“Expected?”
-hmm. When I was alive, I was called Geomje (劍帝).
Early morning. Bae Hu-ryeong’s voice rang softly in the deserted hunting ground, where no one was wandering around yet.
-My hometown is not here. From your perspective, it would be okay to think of it as a different world. Anyway, a tower appeared in my hometown just like here, and I conquered it faster than any other hunter in the east.
“I was wondering something. Are you bragging about yourself?”
-OK.
Bae Hu-ryeong sighed.
-what. In the end, we failed to surpass the 100th floor in our world. Is it written on your card too?
It was like that.
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[Constellation of Swords]
Rank: A+
Effect: From another world. I cleared the Tower of Another World up to the 99th floor, but was frustrated just before the 100th floor. That resentment remained, and he became Bae Hu-ryeong without being able to attain Buddhahood. Although it cannot physically interfere with this world, it is possible to interfere with its owner’s mind.
Ask his wealth of experience and amazing skills for advice!
※However, no one except the owner recognizes Bae Hu-ryeong.
※This skill is copied from Hunter Marcus Callenberry.
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‘If you think about it, it’s quite a big deal.’
Before I returned, the Flame Emperor who broke through to the 40th floor was revered as a legend.
What about the 99th floor? The ghost before my eyes had truly stepped onto an uncharted territory.
-If you are as good as me, you can tell just by looking at me. How talented is this hunter? You can tell right away whether it’s a hit or a hit. That’s why I asked you, Gongja Kim, to show me how to hunt monsters.
“aha.”
I smiled bitterly at Bae Hu-ryeong’s words.
“Are you trying to find out if I also have a talent for swordsmanship?”
why. Aren’t there many stories like this? This is a story about a person who has lived his life without realizing his talent until one day, suddenly falls off a cliff or meets a master, and awakens to his true power.
Strange.
“Tsk tsk. “Your efforts were in vain.”
Unfortunately, such luck did not come to me.
“I don’t have any talent for combat. It’s completely out of whack, out of nowhere. So, whether I live or die, I try to copy the skills of other hunters. If I had talent, I would have gotten out of grade F a long time ago. “Would you have lived like that?”
Bae Hu-ryeong frowned.
-What kind of bullshit are you talking about? you are talented
“yes?”
-He also has tremendous talent.
what.
It was far from the reaction I expected.
“no way. Even jokes. “Are you trying to make fun of me?”
-I don’t joke about things like this.
Bae Hu-ryeong quietly shook his head.
-Of course, you don’t have any talent for martial arts. The movements are also clumsy. My physique is also terrible. From the looks of it, it would take a long time to realize the aurors using ordinary methods. But regardless of all that, you have one very rare talent.
Bae Hu-ryeong’s eyes were serious.
-You have no fear of death.
“······.”
-It’s just not there. Amazingly, none at all.
Bae Hu-ryeong stroked his chin.
-Probably the fear of death disappeared on its own after rolling over 4,000 times. This is also what I expected. I don’t know about you, but I’m really reckless when it comes to attacking monsters. Usually, you save even just a little bit for fear of death or injury, right? But you don’t have that.
“uh. “Is that even a talent?”
-of course.
It was an immediate answer.
-Talent is not just innate. People can awaken their talents one by one throughout their lives. The most difficult talent to develop is overcoming the fear of death. But you already learned that difficult thing.
“······.”
-It’s amazing.
I was a little embarrassed.
In my entire life, no one has ever said this to me. I had never even thought of it that way myself. I was just angry at being treated like an insect by the Flame Emperor… I was so angry that I jumped over 4,000 deaths without hesitation.
Dying.
That’s my talent.
-Let me ask you just one question.
“···What is it?”
-I heard you were killed by Grandpa Marcus. What did you think at that time?
I remembered what I experienced in my last death. It’s only been a few hours yet. Therefore, I was able to vividly recall memories and emotions.
The night sky and the moon.
A blow that was so quiet that no sound was heard.
“I thought it was beautiful.”
It was that time.
-Hahahahaha!
Bae Hu-ryeong held his head high and smiled. She burst out laughing. The ghost’s laughter was so loud that it could easily be described as a mad laugh, and it was enough to fill the plain at dawn when no one was there yet.
After a while, Bae Hu-ryeong stopped laughing.
-fun.
Bae Hu-ryeong’s eyes sparkled.
-You don’t steal skills, you just copy them. In other words, [another me] will be attached to Grandpa Marcus as Bae Hu-ryeong. Grandpa and you. Of the two, who will succeed as a hunter more? I got a little curious.
“······.”
-I will help you.
Constellation of swords. Bae Hu-ryeong, the ghost who had once conquered the 99th floor of the tower and was called Geomje, looked straight at me.
-To the point where I don’t get pushed around by Grandpa Marcus. No, to become much stronger than your grandfather!
And held out his hand.
-Let’s conquer the tower!
That was the moment I found my partner.
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