SSS-Class Suicide Hunter

nine keys.

(2) 3.

Collect the nine keys.

I bowed my head to that declaration.

“What kind of keys do you mean?”

"Well! I will explain.”

As soon as the princess tapped her finger, a picture was drawn as if embroidered with platinum thread over the flowing sand waterfall.

At first glance, it was a picture that looked like a cross section of an ant den, or a picture that mimics a tree with countless fine roots.

"This… … .' "Yes! Myungcheon.

This is a cross section of your tower.

Doesn’t it look a little different like this?”

As it was said, it was a map of the tower displayed from the side by level.

Even when I was a sunflower hunter, the maps of the early classes were circulating among the Aleumaleum Hunters, and recently, the Black Dragon Guild and Manshinjeon had joined hands to work on a map, so I easily recognized it.

The princess smiled bashfully and held the baton in her hand.

“I’ll skip the [B1F] where Myeongcheon was called before, and [Floor 0] to which Myeongcheon’s hometown belongs.”

The tip of the baton stabbed the first floor of the tower drawn on the flowing sand.

“The first floor of the tower is [a refuge].”

shelter.

“Forward base.

position.

accommodation facilities, etc.

It can be called a number of different ways, but it is probably the most appropriate name.

A place where people who have run away from something can breathe.

At least the breakwater on the first floor is the role of the breakwater that prevents them from having to suffer any more from those who have escaped.”

Suddenly, the baton ripped the first floor long and moved sideways.

Tower of Babylon.

The baton was lightly pressed against the replica of the great river flowing through Babylon.

“There is water flowing here.

it's raining The composition of that water is… uhm.

Anyway, the water contains some nutrients.

It is colorless and odorless, but you can survive just by drinking it.”

"......." "But it doesn't seem like it's alive by itself, for those who want to." Whoops.

The tip of the baton ran up the sand and pointed to the second floor of the tower.

“You can choose to be [a warrior].”

The princess's baton swept around the second floor of the tower.

“Fruits from the scattered trees, wood, stone from rocks, ore, herbs from grass, herbs.

You can get meat, leather, items, and gold by defeating monsters like wolves and goblins.”

“Yes, I know.”

"Yes.

Because Myeongcheon was also the path I walked.

by the way." The princess tilted her head.

“Is this really necessary?”

It was indeed an abrupt question.

But in a way, it was also a very old question.

“Can’t we just give it all away? Whether it be fruit, wood, ores, herbs, or meat.

Wouldn’t it have been better if you spread it out as you asked?”

“……”

“What do you think, Myung-chun?”

I was lost in thought.

No, what the princess had just said was a question that many people repeatedly had in their minds in the early days of the tower's pioneering.

Bambolina said that this is one of the reasons why pseudo-religion persists in relation to the tower.

I said.

“Probably because of a lack of resources.”

"Ugh." “It solves an infinite number of people’s food, clothing and shelter… That would require a really large amount of resources.

So, inevitably...

… ." When I thought about it that far, I realized something.

As I looked at the princess and sighed, I said.

“Hmm?”

“Are you on purpose?”

At that, the princess smiled slightly, and I put my forehead on my forehead and said, "I'm not yet a complete pillar, so I don't know, but if I can answer it anyway." At that time, the princess's smile widened in the introduction.

It seems that it was meant to answer as a pillar who will manage the tower.

"Top master wants him to be pointed out as the source of all evil.

He deliberately placed threats such as monsters and tried By urging him to do so, the accusation that he did not do so even though he could save all people unlimitedly..." no.

Well.

no.

This is a very ideological reason.

There must be a reason that touches more flesh.

“Is there a clear enemy that can be seen so that the people who evacuated to the tower can unite? … Well.

This also doesn't seem like something.

then… .”

The princess was looking at me with her back.

It was an attitude of waiting.

After thinking for a long time, I spoke frankly.

“I don’t know, Princess.

Why?”

"If the." The princess was so lucky.

“Before your world gets as hot as it is now.

So, what would have happened if your mastermind was born in your country when the director who raised you was only you?”

I glanced behind the scenes.

When I looked at the behind-the-scenes spirit with my arms crossed and snoring, the answer came out so naturally.

"Huh… Again.”

"and?" “And um… bully? gym manager? … Martial Arts fighter? Isn’t that what it is?”

"Yes." The princess nodded her head.

“I could have gone to a third country and became a mercenary, but in the end, that’s about it, right? Nothing more, nothing less.”

"......." "But it's famous.

What would have happened if the swordsman had been born in the ancient times?”

I glanced at the sword.

The answer to him also naturally flowed.

“You must have become a hero.”

“Not a king?”

“What is the king.

What laws will that yangban make and how will he rule? People may have supported themselves and created a country, but after the death of the swordsman, the yangban must have been divided.

Maybe it could have happened while he was alive.”

“Hehehe.

That’s right.”

The princess smiled, leaning on her back and using her toes to dig through the piles of sand that had piled up on the floor, so innocent.

“…it must have been.”

"A world like that.

An era like that...

A place where the era of warriors ended long ago.

In a place where a warrior with a sword gave way to a legion with a gun, how would a person like a swordsman be treated?" Obstacles, venomous generals, madmen, incompetents, “the swordsman himself will not care at all.”

It would be, “If someone had pity on them, they would look at them like a madman.”

“But, is that really a fair world for a swordsman?”

Still, somehow, it was a little bit heartbreaking, like seeing a corpse of a dinosaur decaying with the same amount of time that a mountain rots.

You have to keep throwing something away.

No civilization will ever stand upright on the corpses of countless embryos.”

"therefore…." “My mother wanted to create a place where no era would be left behind, or at least a place with such a possibility.”

Again, the baton scans the second and third floors: "The era of warriors and heroes.

A world where one's life can be confirmed by cutting something." The baton that went up and down like a salmon in the sand waterfall touched the 10th floor: “The era of priests and shamans.

A world where things that were cut can be comforted.”

Eventually, the baton stopped once on the 11th floor: “So if the 1st to 10th floors are the [Golden Age], the 11th to the 20th floors are the [White Silver Age].”

“Baek is…”

“Did you guys meet Aegim Empire here? The other towers also face [another world] from the 11th to the 20th floor.”

another world.

“The perfect hitter.

A place that has no contact with you from beginning to end.

...

However, since we are still below the 50th floor, we will face [a world that has already been destroyed], not a [completely different world].”

The baton began to move again.

“The age of travelers.

A world where you can see what kind of life these people lived in the ruins of a ruined castle.”

12th, 13th, 14th floor...

.

“The age of generals.

The era of merchants.

The Age of Soldiers...

.”

The baton sprinted across the sand waterfall eventually reached the 20th floor.

"ruler.

Now, this is the [Age of Steel].”

“In our tower, it was a great library.”

"Yes.

Hamustra was like Zhuge Gong Myung.

Mom said that the more you roll, the better the taste.”

I wondered if that was too pitiful, but when I think of Hamustra's face again, strangely, my sympathy flew away like a living bird.

“What about the other towers?”

“There are a lot of cases where it’s also hamustra.

After that, Mutiana Mahos has a higher proportion.

Ah.

In fact, sometimes Bobby takes over.

There was one time when a fox hanging from your neck took over.”

“I wondered if I would be offended by the part that Bobby is taking over, but I’ll choose the path that responds with ease, saying, hey, fox-sama.”

"Yes.

And I will choose the unresponsive path.”

The princess kept her word.

passed on to the explanation.

“Those who know the cost they have to pay to live in the Golden Age learn how to treat others in the Silver Age.

And finally, in the Age of Steel, he meets the king of his own world.”

"King… .”

Are you ready to become our king? Anastasia's voice suddenly crossed my mind.

“So from there, only the top rankers could participate in the attack.”

"Yes.

If you want to claim to be the king of the world, you must first represent the world.”

“In that sense, the swordsman yangban also became king after all.”

- Zombie.

You just called me Geomje, what kind of child am I? the mastermind said.

And I answered before the words hit my eardrums and reached my brain.

“Do you know the Chinese character for crazy dog 猁? I didn't know either, but I found it when I searched for it." - You've been able to find Chinese characters that are likely to be displayed as ■ because they are broken like your head in Unicode characters.

“In that case, it will be written as 劍■.

It’s like rice cakes.”

- I want to beat it until it becomes a rice cake, really...

.

I was embarrassed and scratched the back of my head.

The princess waited for the two of us to finish their jokes and then said.

“And the 30th floor… [The Age of Bronze].

Here you guys---" "You're going to have children." The princess smiled slightly.

"Yes.

Although there are more towers that simply interpret [below] as having [below].”

I bowed my head.

It was because the gray spider came to mind.

But anyway, the structure seemed obvious.

“Yourself in the golden age.

Other people in the age of silver.

Up in the Age of Steel.

Down in the Age of Bronze.”

"Yes.

And the 40th floor.

There is an age of stone.”

Stone Age.

“Here, you become [the one being evaluated].

Do I need to explain more about this?”

"Yes.

I've already skimmed through it once before the last vote." "Yes.

In this way, the 1st to 49th floors form a cycle.

So, after that, the cycle repeats even deeper.

My mom likes music.”

While speaking the same words as the primordial staff spoke, the princess's baton suddenly pointed to the 50th floor.

“But from this cycle onwards, a more aggressive meaning is added.

The 50th floor will not function as a resting place, but as a complete [base] and [forward base], and the 60th floor will start quarreling with other worlds in earnest.”

“The 70th floor was the underworld… .

indeed.

That too is [above] in a sense.”

"Yes.

Myeongcheon should have known well what the 80th floor means to function.”

“Yes.”

I nodded.

“I understand.

…I think I now understand why the cleared floors remain there, allowing others to enter and exit.

To ensure that the era does not disappear.”

"that's right." "Thanks for the interesting explanation ...but I still haven't heard about the most important thing." I looked straight at the princess walking through the mirage and said, “So, what are the nine keys to gather, after all?”

“There’s a hint in what I’ve said so far!”

Tapju's daughter turned around with a smile, "Myeongcheon, look back at the world you have passed through so far.

Take a look.

Look at the things you left behind as you climbed the tower, and look at the trajectory of your life." Tap-ju and other purple eyes, resembling Tap-ju, lit me up: “The keys to the 100th floor will be right there.”

"indeed." So I finally realized, "From the 90th to the 99th floor, you don't go up..." "Yes." The princess walking in the mirage snapped her fingers.

In the middle of this 90th floor, a waterfall of sand that was flowing split left and right, revealing stairs.

The stairs were pointing downwards, not upwards.

"It's time to start [going down].

.”

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