SSS-Class Suicide Hunter

Chapter 37

The warrior's nickname.

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Last episode.

It was early when the tower's tutorial ended.

-Warriors.

- Those who climb the tower.

The hunters vigorously shouted the countdown in the square.

A goddess descended over the square like that.

The goddess muttered like a priest in solemn prayer.

- from the eleventh to the twentieth floor.

-You will face a test.

- A test of your faith.

Hunters did not listen to the voice of the goddess.

new era.

new stage.

Excited about the fact that the long-awaited stage has finally opened, you and I hurried up to the 11th floor.

There was even a hunter who tested whether the goddess was cut by a sword.

- You will find the answer.

But.

-The answers you find will reveal who you are once again.

I didn't.

Until the end, I listened.

- So you will know yourselves.

Come to think of it now.

By then we had already received the revelation.

What will happen from the 12th floor? - Those who climb the tower.

What we had to worry about was not what kind of compensation we would receive.

It was not who we were going to suspect.

The tower only hinted that the answers we found were important.

- Good luck to you all.

The goddess was just silently praying.

Now the moment we reached the 12th floor again.

I nodded my head, dyeing my mind with the sight of that time.

And said.

“I will clear the 20th floor within 5 days.”

The answer I decided.

The son-in-law was silent.

The first person to speak was the owner of the Black Dragon.

“Wait a minute.

5 days···?" The witch had a bewildered look on her face.

“Did I hear wrong? I think you just said you were going to attack the 20th floor in 5 days.

If you say it as a joke, it's not very interesting, so please pass it on to me." “No, I heard you.

It's not even a joke." “·················ogue.”

The witch shut her lips.

The stillness that settled in the audience gradually spread into a roar.

The expressions of the Hunters changed.

Those who look at them with an absurd face, those who look at them with an expression of disbelief, those who look as if they do not know how to react...

'This kind of reaction is not natural.' I calmly endured the gazes of all the Hunters.

Because it's a statement that doesn't make any sense when you think about it in common sense.

“...that is impossible.

Gongja Kim.”

After a while the witch said.

“You know.

It took us years just to clear the 10th floor.

Of course, I just managed to get to the 11th floor in less than an hour, so I can overflow with confidence, but...

it's too much.

That's too much confidence.

Aren't you a little over-excited?" “Black Dragon Lord.”

I bowed my head.

"please." “·················ogue.”

“I attacked the 10th floor.

It was not attacked for you.

I just cleared it because I wanted to be successful.

However, I have shared with you the rewards and achievements that I gained by conquering the 10th floor.”

There is also information that a group war will start from now on.

A mini map showing the location of the boss monster.

I shared information, and thanks to that, the guilds also minimized damage.

“-Not just me, but all of us benefited.”

So I can say with confidence.

“I deserve a favor from you.”

“·················ogue.”

“I am not asking you to wait until you clear the 20th floor.

5 days.

I don't care if I succeed or fail the 20th floor, just wait five days.

This is my request.”

There was silence in the audience room.

It was never a silence that felt against me.

Maybe that's why I didn't know.

[Welcome, Hunter Gongja Kim.] [You have conquered the 11th floor as number one.] [You will be rewarded for clearing the 11th floor.] The reason why the alarm sound came much earlier than the last time.

In the past, rewards were only given after the swordsman had finished fighting.

It took a long time.

On the other hand, it was different this time.

As soon as I spoke, the story of compensation jumped to the surface.

'OK.' As if urgently trying to get my attention and attention.

[The Goddess of Protection offers you a reward.] [The Demon King of Autumn Rain offers you a reward.] The alarm sounded in succession.

I did not take any compensation.

I just laugh out loud in my heart.

'Are you in a hurry because we don't fight, Demon King?' Soon, the reward of the goddess and the reward of the devil came to mind.

glance.

I gave one point of view.

No further interest or interest was shown at all.

[The Demon King of Autumn Rain recommends that you choose a reward.] A voice echoed in my head.

[The Demon King of Autumn Rain suggests that he may give up the reward altogether.] Several times.

Continue.

My attitude hasn't changed.

'Press or not.' It was as strong as wood and stone.

He did not pay attention to the roles that the goddess offered as a reward, nor to the ones that the demon king offered as a reward.

Literally ignored.

[The Demon King of Autumn Rain is puzzled.] [The Demon Lord of Autumn Rain does not understand your intentions.] It's okay.

Don't be hasty.

If you keep riding, I'll come to you.

"Well···." Silence continued in the audience room.

The heretical inquisitor looked around and burst into laughter.

He seemed to have decided to speak first.

“The matter is simple! Gongja Kim Hunter shared the 11th floor strategy information with us.

In return, he asked me to grant you one favor, and we promised to grant it, unless it was an impossible request!”

The Heretic Inquisitor smiled brightly.

“Do nothing for five days, everyone, wait here.

It's not a simple request, considering that the media will be uproar for five days, but it's not an impossible request either! So I am in favor!”

“Of course, it’s not an impossible request, but…”

“A promise is a promise! Black Dragon Lord!”

The witch's complexion darkened.

She pursed her lips a few times and finally sighed.

"okay.

A promise is a promise.”

In effect, he said that he would agree to my request.

The rest of the hunters agreed to my request one after another.

The Witch and the Heretic Inquisitor.

Here, the most educated hunter and the most intelligent hunter both agreed side by side.

Even the hunters, not the guild leader, were pushed by the surrounding atmosphere and promised five days of silence.

“I never took part in such a promise.”

Except for the Hunter with the highest Kkondae level here.

“The promise this man made is one thing.

I'm going to watch the young man for the next five days.

There is no reason why I should grant you any other request.”

“·················ogue.”

"If you're going to leave to clear the 20th floor, I'm just following in your footsteps according to my promise." "Well." I nodded.

“Yeah, that’s fine.”

From now on, I will face the Demon King alone.

I have the confidence to win alone...

but if I had a swordsman behind me, I would have gained a thousand more allies.

There is no need to refuse to follow.

I looked around the audience.

“Thank you for listening to my request.

Everyone." And I walked away slowly.

“See you in five days from now.”

Quick profit-.

I opened the door to the audience and went ahead.

A wide palace was spread out beyond the gate.

As we walked out of the palace, high walls continued in a row, and if we went beyond the walls, the capital of the Aikim Empire was now unfolding.

A sight that has already been passed through once in the last episode.

- Huh? However, it was different.

-what.

Are all the NPCs stopped? Bae Huo-ryeong was walking around with me, looking around in all directions.

The commander's words were correct.

The knight NPC who guarded the palace.

Even NPC vendors selling fruits on the street.

Guard NPCs patrolling with a bored face.

From the palace to the city, all NPCs stood still and stopped.

'It's because the quest didn't start.' It was the time the pause button was pressed.

I trudged across the stopped street.

A swordsman was following me from afar.

-quest? 'Yes.

No one has chosen a [role] yet.' There is no prime minister and no knights commander in the empire now.

Even though they are the leaders of the country that should have been there in the first place.

It was the quests from the 12th to the 20th floor that the Hunters did for them.

'On the 11th floor stage, as soon as I entered, I was given a quest first.

Maybe that's the right order.

But did you not hesitate for a long time on the 12th floor? What quest takes a year to be given?' After choosing a role first, the quest was only opened.

In other words.

'If you don't choose a role, you don't even start the quest.

The demon king's invasion does not occur, and the imperial army does not fight against the invasion.' So the NPCs are stationary.

And it will continue to stand still.

'Unless we choose a role.' some kind of trigger.

The fact that the top attackers choose a role is the condition that triggers the start of the quest.

'By the way, swordsman.' I crossed the street.

As the passers-by stood still in their respective positions, I meandered through the gap between the passerby and the passer-by.

It feels like walking through a maze.

Even as I was walking through the maze of human bodies, the alarm constantly sounded in my head.

[The Demon King of Autumn Rain recommends that you choose a reward.] Ignored.

[If the Demon King of Autumn Rain does not choose compensation, I recommend giving up altogether.

In that case, the right to choose the reward passes to the next attacker.] I ignored it and walked.

[The Demon King of Autumn Rain hastened your choice!] Finally, I passed the castle gate.

Passing through the imperial city, a vast plain opened up.

'If that's the case.

What do you think will happen if the Demon King dies in this state?' -What? I saw it in my eyes.

A mini-map projected through the protection of the battlefield.

A single red dot, unmistakably twinkling on a translucent map.

At this point where no monsters have been summoned yet, the red dot meant only one thing.

'What do you think will happen if the boss monster is destroyed before the quest starts?' Devil.

'It's simple.

No one will be able to choose the Demon King's reward.' -·········.

'Of course, no traitor can come out.

It's just that, you'll be out before you even try to mess around.' I crossed the plains.

Walk in a straight line towards the red dot.

After a while, I arrived right in front of the red dot.

A little further walk was the location where the boss monster was marked.

[The Demon King of Autumn Rain is angry with you!] Have you realized my intentions now? It wasn't until here that I heard a slightly different voice in my head.

[The Demon King of the Fall Rain Appears!] The sky in front of me trembled in black.

A black hole like a black hole opened up, and a sap-like liquid flowed out of the gap.

one drop.

one stem.

piece.

The essences gathered and gradually formed a larger shape, and a voice leaked out of that shape.

-dare.

The Demon King was furious.

- Make sure you follow the correct order, hero of the goddess.

It is rude to come here without making any choices.

Only those who inherit the imperial crown are entitled to receive my sword.

“What nonsense.”