SSS-Class Suicide Hunter

proverb.

(1) 1.

There is a later story.

After thousands of years, the tribes that had received their god (literally, received it right in front of them) held a festival.

Should I say it was a neat meeting? The various races were happy to know that their parents were better than they thought.

“… … Ah." It was when we sat on a wide rock and watched the festival of the jungle.

Ah, said Black Dragon Lord.

He seemed to have realized something.

"Why?" “No… When you hear the story of [The Princess Who Walks in Mirage], there are a lot of hunters who climb the tower besides us in other worlds.

It’s hard to imagine, though.”

"Well, yes.

right… … ?”

I glanced back slightly.

There was one ghost floating in the air and yawning.

He even burped, saying, "Greek, boo-boo," if he's upset about the ghost theme.

It's a spectacle to the point where I think it'd be fun to show it to other people.

Black Dragon Zhu narrowed her brow and followed the air I saw.

Of course, Anastasia's eyes would have only seen the empty jungle, the vines tangled in palm trees tangled down.

No.

I just felt a presence.

It must be something like a snail or a squirrel.”

“Ugh.”

“Keep talking.”

“Well, yes… Anyway.

That’s how the powerful people from all over the world rush into the tower, don’t they?”

"Yes." “There must be hunters who are much stronger than us.

king.

As you said, we are strong, but...

… That's because it's not invincible.

There may be forces worse than us, stronger than us, and more powerful than us.”

“Yes.”

“So that’s the point.”

Hei Ryong-ju slightly raised the tip of his lips.

Even he thought it was a bit awkward? Ridiculous? Wrong? Anyway, it was that kind of laughter.

"......." "Oh, don't get me wrong.

I'm not saying that.

I'm not saying we will.

It's simply that, besides us, a lot of hunters and residents of the tower are likely to think so." Well, I quietly drank my tea, "I will." In the jungle far away from cities and towns, all races were gathering to fight the dragon.

It was difficult to find proper tea leaves, let alone a cup to hold tea.

However, the designated tribes found exceptionally strong leaves and gathered them.

The leaves were separated, overlapped and knotted, and a plausible Made by Jungle leaf teacup was completed.

The children of the Jiho tribe smiled shyly and gave me a teacup.

-Dawn is cold in the jungle! Ugor, a warm day makes a happy day! That is the offering I received this morning.

As a god, there is no one who has received a more blissful offering than this, and there is no one other than me, and as a parent, who has received a prettier offering than this.

After all, there won't be many other than me.

I'm happy.

"There must be a lot of people like that." "I took a sip of the heat from the world's most luxurious teacup.

The warm energy passed over my throat and slowly enveloped my stomach.

Considering a person's consideration, not only the outward smile and laughter, but also the deep internal organs of the other person." That's right, we already have the continent ruled by the Aikim Empire in the tower, and the magic books that can be obtained from there are only the most insignificant resources.

Millions of manpower, inexhaustible monsters and game, ore, gold, oil.

……”

“There are still a lot of radicals who want to drive out the Aikim Empire.”

Black Dragon Zhu lowered his voice.

“Like America did to Native Americans.

If we take all the land they occupied and plunder the resources, wouldn't we, who have overwhelmingly advanced culture, become the losers of the new world?" "thanks.

Anastasia.

If Black Dragon hadn’t strictly restricted movement between stages, things like that would have happened right away.”

“I will be grateful.

However, I cannot forever suppress the voices of extremists.”

“……”

“Gongja Kim.

You are a hero.”

The black dragon's face became serious.

It was the expression on his face when a friend gave a really desperate advice to a close friend.

So, I felt the fact that saying [you are a hero] was not a compliment, but a warning.

“The reason you've been treated like a hero until now is because you've never really been involved in government.

Black Dragon, Manshinjeon, Sangryun, Cheonmumun, Vigilante … … .

Top tier guilds gave you the position of deputy guild leader.

But you never exercised power under the title of deputy guild leader.

I didn't even get into politics.

Do you know what I mean?”

"When I begin to rule the tower, the hero's mask will be removed." “To be precise, two masks will come off.

The power that follows you passionately with the remaining half of the mask, and the power that crushes and crushes the other half of the mask and raises a bamboo spear at you.

It will be split in two.”

indeed.

Is it because of the experience of civil war in the outside world? The tone of the Black Dragon Lord was full of heavy conviction and strong intuition.

“If the two powers are boiling, a civil war will break out.

Guilds that follow you and guilds that don't like you.

Divided like that, we will fight over who will take the supremacy of our tower...

… .”

“Not this time.”

“Yeah, there will be no civil war this time.”

The reason is simple: "The five guilds that rule the tower from the top.

Black Dragon, Manshinjeon, Sangryun, Vigilante, and Tianmumen, all of them strongly support you." We are built on a relationship of unprecedented trust, but what about the other side? The extremists who want to take away my mask and destroy it are simply too weak.

Too weak.

No war.

So.

hey.”

“If it’s a purge…”

"Yes.

I will exclude all impure elements and radicals.”

For a moment, silence passed.

2.

Somewhere in the bonfire, there was a sound of burning wood turning into charcoal.

I wasn't listening to it.

Instead, I remembered the story the Inquisitor had told me in Raviel's world.

I remembered the word [dead] that was repeated countless times.

“Anastasia.”

I looked into the black dragon's eyes.

“Because of the purge, once, all the guild leaders were broken.”

long ago.

After the great purge, in which hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives, the relationship between the five major guilds began to collapse.

The sword came down from the vigilante leader.

Instead of ascending to the position of vigilante leader, the paladin stayed in the position of vice-leader.

The Black Dragon Zhu hid in the dark, the Viper, the Heretic Inquisitor… .

A scene of a rainy town seen with a half body.

As I recalled the other world that Top-ju had shown me, the words I brought out, however, did not remain silent.

accepted right away.

"Yes.

It did.

But Gongja Kim, you showed up, and thanks to you, we became good friends again.

There is nothing but gratitude.”

Black Dragon Zhu took a breath and continued.

“But back then, the 5th guild wasn’t holding on to Jeongguk as tightly as it is now.

So it was difficult to sort out and remove the rotten apples.

That's why there was so much unnecessary noise.

But now,”

“If now.”

“The situation is different now.

The five major guilds are better than ever, and I've been accumulating information about powerful hunters in the tower for a long time.

Roughly what kind of thoughts do you have.

what you've been doing You just have to pick out and deal with the radicals.

Promptly.

And secretly.”

Black Dragon Lord said firmly.

“No one will even know that they are dead.”

With those words, I remembered a certain alley.

I remembered an unnamed hunter who died there.

And I remembered a certain hunting ground again.

It reminded me of a certain nameless hunter who died there and is now in my shadow.

"......." I crossed my arms.

Thinking about it, he said.

“And then?”

“……”

“People keep coming in.

The [extreme] that Anastasia spoke of will also increase over time.

What will they do?”

Black Dragon Zhu bit his lip slightly.

then said “I’ll take care of it too.”

"......." "The skin breaks down and turns into dirt.

Food that has been squeezed out turns into feces.

The accumulated nutrients are turned into fat.

We deal with the waste products that are inevitably generated...

.

What you need to do to maintain your ideal self.

These are the things you have to do.

You do it over and over again.

Without it, we cannot maintain an ideal organization---”

“Anastasia.”

I reached out and placed it on the back of Anastasia's.

Despite the sweltering heat of the jungle, my friend's hands were always as cold as ice.

“We’ve talked about it before.”

past.

It was when they attacked the world of [Immortal Happiness Evangelist].

“Bring it to me.”

I had declared to the Black Dragon Lord, to the heretic inquisitor, to the count, to the paladin, to the viper, that I would become their king.

He promised to lead them.

I didn't even think about setting aside my declaration as a mistake.

It is so at this very moment.

“Who is that person? Is it really the person who needs to be purged? Anastasia can advise and warn him, but I am the one who will go and judge him in the end.

I will look into his eyes and judge his life.”

“……”

“I decide.

So bring it to me first.”

"iced coffee." Black Dragon Zhu sighed.

It was a breath of sadness, not fatigue.

"therefore? Are you trying to convince me?”

“The option to kill will be chosen last.”

“How difficult it is… .”

“If you have a taste for murder, persuasion feels like a nuisance.

But, Anastasia.

That's the right sense.

You must feel the most difficult about killing.”

Black Dragon Zhu closed his mouth.

He was silent for a moment and spoke slowly.

"you are… … It's nominally the Black Dragon's [Secondary Guild Leader].

It's hard to get a hold of anything even if you go around the inside of our guild.

I'm not going to give you any guidance, so find out the radicals on your own and try to convince them." "Yes." I smiled.

"Thank you, Anastasia.

For listening to me..." “You say thank you very much.

Black Dragon Lord.”

Tub.

We heard footsteps behind us.

It was the sound of footsteps coming from within 10 meters, suddenly approaching without any sign.

"------!" 0.5 seconds until I grab the hilt and pull it out.

“Black Dragon Lord! I agree!”

“[Moment Transition]!”

1.5 seconds until Anastasia grabbed my sleeve, asked for consent, and activated the skill.

“Lord.

Please step back.”

“Hey.

I don't know if this is an uninvited guest who showed no manners to the yangban, the owner of the house, without even showing a sign?" Two seconds for Esdel and Sama-gun to jump from the top of a palm tree, jump out of a dark bush, and break out of a shady corner of a rock.

“Whoa.”

"Well." And the transfer of the two of us to the distant rear was completed.

At this time, my holy sword had already been pulled out.

Hundreds of church members in charge of the escort began to completely surround the area.

3 seconds.

In just 3 seconds, it perfectly coped with the intrusion of an unidentified uninvited guest.

"Huh..." The intruder stroked his beard.

put a mask on his face.

His voice was altered with an auror, so it was not easy to tell whose expression it was and whose voice it was.

The body was covered with clothes, making it difficult to identify the person.

Truly an uninvited guest.

However, it was reported by the atmosphere that the uninvited guests were quite surprised.

“I tried to test how much my skills have improved over the years as a joke.

This… .

The prank has failed.

Even if it's enough to repay you with your shame, I've seen something amazing.

It is truly a near-perfect escort.”

However, there was a rhythm that was difficult to hide even with the altered tone.

I estimated the body shape, posture, and strength of the auror with my own eyes.

And with a hoarse voice, he called the name of the uninvited guest.

"Huh.

Are you a swordsman...

?”

“Long time no see.”

The uninvited guest took off the mask.

Then our familiar faces.

I could see the smile of an old man who had aged well, even with wrinkles.

“As I came, I met the heresy interrogator.

We chatted a little.

But didn't the Heretic Inquisitor swore allegiance to you, and the Black Dragon Lord became your friend? Up to that point, yes, I myself have lived a pretty good life.

We know that strange things happen to us from time to time.

I can understand.

But,”

Geomseong smiled slightly.

Swordsman's smile was rare, and when he did, he smiled innocently like a child, and I had no choice but to stare blankly at his smile.

“There were even rumors that the vigilante deputy commander had become your friend.

haha." "......." "I don't have the patience to ask the vice-chief directly, so I went to Sang-Ryeon-Joo and asked.

is it true Sangryangju confirmed that it was right for me with a fresh smile.

It was amazing.

Truly, life is a long one to see.”

I relaxed and sighed.

"no.

Oh yeah.

Was that something you had to check, old man? Are you going around hiding your identity without us knowing?”

"sure." The swordsman took off the drapery that covered his body now.

“It was a major event that had to be checked.”

squeaky.

As the straw clothes fell, the true attire of the swordsman was revealed.

A suit that looks like it's going to work right away.

The perfectly angled, black suit nicely concealed the swordsman's thighs and forearms.

“It’s an important decision whether or not you should [retire].”

Even the courteous style of the black overcoat could not disguise the status of the sword.

The suit formed a soft outline according to the texture of the muscles.

Only a red tie.

Only the necessities of the office worker flowed freely, and he was able to breathe at least in a tight suit.

Rank 1st.

It was the same as the sword castle that people had been watching for over ten years.

“… … Retirement? What do you mean?" While I was moved by the appearance of the sword, the Black Dragon Zhu asked about the words that bothered him.

Her eyes were poignant.

“Have you finally developed longing for the old man in the back room? congratulation.

After all, you've been an old man in the back room since you retired from the vigilante, but now you're realizing where you really are." “Hmm.”

“Really.

I wondered if he had changed his mind a bit when chasing the Demon King with Gongja Kim, but after that, he’s just been lazy...”

“I did my best on my own.”

“That attitude is annoying.”

Black Dragon Zhu frowned.

“It’s the same with the stage captain this time.

Your chosen pure race has had little effect on history.

If it were originally, it would not be strange even if it was the most raging race.

You, a rookie, must have ordered hiding and hiding.

no?" The old man smiled faintly.

This also didn't happen often.

“Don’t deny it.”

“… … why? Are you thinking of retiring as you said?”

“No matter where I was in the outside world, now I am just a hunter.

My job is a prosecutor.

If the day comes when a swordsman will retire from swordsmanship, there will only be a moment when he loses his sword in death.”

“……”

“I was watching you.

watch… No, I didn't watch it.

okay.

There is a more appropriate expression.”

Maybe it was because of his mood, but the tension around him grew.

It was mainly the vigilance that the Black Dragon Master ignited while staring at the sword castle.

The swordsman nodded his head once as if he understood the pressure of the Black Dragon Lord.

But that's it.

Geomseong erased the smile from his lips and spoke softly.

“I was testing you.”

exam.

The Black Dragon Zhu shed a smirk.

“It’s still the way you sit on a high place and look down.

Well, who's going to test whom---" "If." said the swordsman.

“If the Four Kings had accepted your authority [Purge], Black Dragon Lord, I would have killed the Four Kings with all my might.”

“……”

“In this place right now.”

At that moment, the siege was completed.

Esdel drew a red sword and confronted the sword castle.

The Sima Army formed a rank as if supporting Esdel.

Shreung! Sreung! The sound of metal being pulled out echoed from all directions.

Each of the 1,000 church members hid in the shadow of the jungle, covered with palm trees, and formed a siege to attack at any time.

None of them shed a word.

Thousands of pairs of eyes stared at the swordsman's hands, feet, waist, and eyes quietly.

The swordsman was divided into limbs by the gaze.

The moment the swordsman raises his auras or has murderous intentions, a thousand swords will cut through the limbs along the dividing line.

“……”

But the swordsman was always looking at my eyes.

I slowly put the sword back into its sheath.

Black Dragon Joo patted his shoulder from the side! I hit Well, it didn't matter.

“Old man.”

I also looked into the swordsman's eyes.

“That you would never hurt me.

I know." "......." The old swordsman's eyes were clear.272.