SSS - Class Suicide Hunter
Chapter 5's
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[You are dead.]
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[You are dead.]
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[You are dead.]
I'm trying to erase the history of one person. Legends that will surely be engraved on the Tower for ever — I will erase them. Just as Rome was not built in a day, the legend of the Fire Emperor was not made in just a few days. Obviously, it's hard to erase everything.
But, that's not impossible.
“Job!” That's sore.
I forced myself. To commit suicide, I pushed past my limits, giving more than I had. I use hate to commit suicide. All the hatred and resentment that filled me, I used it to cut my life.
When I want to give up, I remember everything. Suffering from being burned alive by the Fire Emperor. Injustice. Anger. He had the courage to return after burning down the city. And with a shameless face he said, “What will you give me?” A condescending appearance as if all the others were insects. It was as if I was an insect.
A terrible anger hit me.
“Basic fucker — I'll kill you!”
Tightly clenching my teeth and strengthening my grip on his knife, I thrust the blade into my neck.
‘I'll kill you, Yoo Sooha!’
The act of stabbing was done to kill me.
But moreover, it was done to kill the Flame Emperor. To destroy him and his legacy.
[You are dead.]
[You will be back 24 hours earlier.]
***
How long have I killed myself? How many times did my breath stop?
Like an hourglass that never wanes, my work seems endless. The achievements of the Flame Emperor seemed to be as great as the pyramids that would always stand upright for centuries. As if it would never collapse. But look, cracks are starting to appear in that pyramid. Eventually, it started to crack.
Countless tearing newspapers were plastered on the walls of the apartment surrounding me: testimonials showing the history of the Fire Emperor. With each death, they disappear. One by one.
『Flame Emperor single-handedly conquers the 39th floor!』
『Flame Emperor alone cleaned the 38th floor! Another legendary accomplishment! 』
『 37th floor conquest succeeded! 』
『 Hunter Yoo Sooha was named as World Rank 1. The first Korean to reach it! 』
『 Loss of Holy Sword & Empty rank 1. Who will ascend the throne ?
Foreign experts believe “Yoo Sooha from Korea is the best candidate.” 』
『 The impenetrable 10th floor has been cleared! Who is this mysterious hero? 』
『 22 days since the disappearance of the Holy Sword. Will the Hunters Association face its worst crisis? 』
One over. Other page. Exactly like how parents' teeth fall out one by one, leaving the gaping jaw open. So, as well as the newspaper clippings disappearing one by one, they left the walls open and open.
『Flame Emperor alone cleaned the 38th floor! Another legendary accomplishment! 』
『 37th floor conquest succeeded! 』
『 Hunter Yoo Sooha was named as World Rank 1. The first Korean to reach it! 』
『 Loss of Holy Sword & Empty rank 1. Who will ascend the throne ?
Foreign experts believe “Yoo Sooha from Korea is the best candidate.” 』
『 The impenetrable 10th floor has been cleared! Who is this mysterious hero? 』
『 22 days since the disappearance of the Holy Sword. Will the Hunter Association face its worst crisis? 』
They disappear. He disappeared with every last breath.
‘I can see it!’
The beginning of the end is visible. But the road is still long. So, I'll hold on. The Flame Emperor was practically immortal. Until my. Psychopaths are no longer immortal nor are they eternal. As long as I know the truth, I will last that long.
‘It's not impossible!’
I swung my knife and made sure it gouged out heavily and deeply.
With a bloody swing, I spent the time when the Flame Emperor conquered the 37th floor.
『Conquering 37th floor successfully!』
『Yoo Sooha hunters are named as Rank 1. The first Korean to reach it!』
『Lost Holy Sword & Empty rank 1. Who will ascend the throne?
Foreign experts believe “Yoo Sooha from Korea is the best candidate.” 』
『 The impenetrable 10th floor has been cleared! Who is this mysterious hero? 』
『 22 days since the disappearance of the Holy Sword. Will the Hunter Association face its worst crisis? 』
I quickly swung the knife once more. With that death, I killed the moment the Flame Emperor ascended to the top of the world.
『Yoo Sooha Hunters named as World Rank 1. The first Korean to reach it!』
『Lost Holy Sword & Rank 1 empty. Who will ascend the throne?
Foreign experts believe “Yoo Sooha from Korea is the best candidate.” 』
『 The impenetrable 10th floor has been cleared! Who is this mysterious hero? 』
『 22 days since the disappearance of the Holy Sword. Will the Hunter Association face its worst crisis? 』
I killed more.
『Lost Holy Sword & Rank 1 empty. Who will ascend the throne?
Foreign experts believe “Yoo Sooha from Korea is the best candidate.” 』
『 The impenetrable 10th floor has been cleared! Who is this mysterious hero? 』
『 22 days since the disappearance of the Holy Sword. Will the Hunter Association face its worst crisis? 』
I killed one of his accomplishments.
『The impenetrable 10th floor is cleared! Who is this mysterious hero? 』
『 22 days since the disappearance of the Holy Sword. Will the Hunter Association face its worst crisis? 』
Until finally
I saw one thing that got me stuck through it all. My knife is battered. It had become shiny, as if it was new. Less wrinkles on my hands. As I returned to the past, my rented room became smaller and poorer. I forgot how poor I was.
I went to the bathroom to splash water on my face and catch my young self staring at me in the mirror. And then, I turned my head to look around the room. There's nothing.
Not many newspaper articles. There are no magazine interviews. There was not a single piece of paper attached to the wall of the apartment.
White and empty. Pure empty space ( ⁇ ).
I have successfully deleted the history of the man known as “Emperor Api”.
I'm already back. ‘No need to hesitate. I don't have to wait. ‘
Hoodie and cheap gym pants. New knife. That's all I had in my early twenties. So, I put on my jacket over my hoodie and got out, wearing everything I had like a harness. The sensation of going back to the past does not exist.
‘Yoo Sooha.’ Until I kill that bastard. ‘I have no room for nonsense like carelessness.’
4090 Times — how many times I died to return to today.
40 Deaths more than my original calculation. This includes the time it takes to commit suicide thousands of times and also to take a break.
Not only that.
I have gathered all the information about Yoo Sooha, everything. I did this by repeating today, May 6, ten times.
‘11.00 AM, ‘I remind myself. Yoo Sooha almost always wakes up at 11:00. May 6th. He also woke up at 11:00 today. Last night, he had washed four bottles of beer, so a pouty face had been permanently carved on his face throughout the morning.
‘2:00 PM.’ Yoo Sooha leaves her monthly rental studio apartment and heads to the hunting grounds. The type of studio apartment that F-Class Hunters often live in. Knowing that weak Hunters often die while hunting, studio apartment owners will charge a large security deposit in exchange for paying a cheap monthly rent. He has a good mind for business.
‘3:00 PM.’ Yoo Sooha kills the weak slime from the Tower's 2nd floor hunting grounds. However, killing mucus is not good enough for a day's income.
At 15:11, Yoo Sooha grumbled to herself. “Ah. Fucking plague. I wonder when I will become like the Holy Sword and live the life of a king. ”
At 15:15, 4 minutes later. “Wah, slime hunting is really boring,” he lamented.
Average F-Class Hunter. A life waiting to get rich someday. It was 21-year-old Yoo Sooha. Not the 32-year-old Fire Emperor.
“If I win the lottery,” murmured.
Shortly thereafter, the 21-year-old was able to make his wish come true. As soon as Yoo Sooha gained the Return Skill, he used it to win the lottery.
MA, short for Merchant Association ( ⁇ ), issues weekly lottery tickets. The Merchant Association was the only guild inside the Tower that could print lottery tickets. And all the Hunters who won the lottery were all recorded. In the record of victory, there was still a young man who came to be called the Fire Emperor. A “lucky” bastard who won first place, not just once, but twice in a row.
‘It's three weeks and four weeks each from today.’ Such a future would not happen to the 21-year-old Yoo Sooha I see now. ‘You died here today.’
May 6th. 17:3111111.
Yoo Sooha moved out of the 2nd floor hunting grounds. No doubt thinking that there was no point in spending the rest of his life just by killing the slime. He headed for a more challenging area, the kind of place that novice Hunters rarely visited.
A little more remote and dangerous. A place no one else would enter besides Yoo Sooha for the next 36 minutes.
‘... He's here.’ I've been waiting. ‘That's him.’
A man who yawns while trudging — Yoo Sooha. Even though he is 11 years younger, I can recognize that bastard at once. It's not because my perception is so good. It's just that Yoo Sooha now looks similar to that damn guy from 11 years later.
‘In the future, you will probably find that damn bastard eating potions for agelessness.’ Thank ye. For being a voracious and damned little pig!
‘Ayo.’ My heart is pounding. I resisted the tension and opened my mouth. “O-here, Hunter-nim! Please save me...!”
“Hah?” Yoo Sooha looked at me.
“I was ambushed by wolves,” I shouted and sobbed. “I beg you, please help me. Multiple potions.. ”.
I have covered my whole body with blood. I'm covered in it. Saucer. Of course, it wasn't my blood but the blood of some monster I had hunted before. But to others, I must look like a rookie Hunter who was on the verge of death.
“Ah, fuck. What the fuck? ” Yoo Sooha exclaims.
Naturally, I would look like that in Yoo Sooha's eyes as well. Rely on that.
“Master, have you provoked monsters here? Damnit. Then today's hunt is fucked. ”
Goddamn
“P-potion ..” I beg.
“Rubuan, my ass. I can't even eat myself properly. ” Yoo Sooha sighed and approached. “How much can you get?”
“Eh?” I asked.
“How much do you get for the potion? Sir, you think I run a charity here? Don't tell me that you think I'm going to hand over this expensive potion for free right now, do you? For a guy I've never met before? You have to make love to me. ” Yoo Sooha takes out a plastic bottle.
Then he shook it right in front of my eyes. Rakings. A blood-red liquid flowed within the bottle engraved with the emblem of the Ministry of Alchemy. Twenty golds from the Ministry of Alchemy. It was a recovery potion that each sold for nineteen gold when purchased in packs of 5.
“A-I will give you. So, please, quickly. ”.
“Wow. Just look at this guy. Your greed is no joke. ” Yoo Sooha knelt down so she could see me on the flat floor. “Master, can't you tell me what happened? You'll be dead soon, this dead potion is something that could save your life. And you want to buy your life for just twenty Gold? Is your life worth twenty gold? ”
“True ...” I lay there in a pool of blood “mikku”.
“What if I leave you here? You'll just die. If you don't want to die, you have to pay the right price for your life. ”
Yep. I knew. “F-forty gold,” I said.
“Enough. Give up everything you have now. ”
I know that he is a man like this.
“Ah, correct. You can't give me anything even if you want to. You can't even move your hand, can you? Don'worry. I'll get it for you. At least I can do that much. ” Yoo Sooha reached out, rummaging through and fumbling everything I had: my jacket pocket; the inside of my hoodie; even my pants pocket.
The jerk finally found my leather wallet and grinned. “Come view. One gold, two gold, three gold. About sixty gold? You are very poor, sir. Bring more, man. ”
“Only that I have ..” That I have for my name.
“It's okay. I'll spend it well on your behalf. ” Yoo Sooha took my wallet and patted my head.
4050 Days ago, no. He was like when he burned me alive 4050 days later.
“It's only life, don't you agree?” He took out something from his chest by lifting, after storing the potion he promised to give me. Instead, he pulled out a knife. Sword ( ⁇ ).
It is not something that is meant to save lives. Instead, it was a tool used to take lives.
‘Ha.’ I looked at Yoo Sooha. Rather than looking angry, I just looked at him as if he was ridiculous.
However, Yoo Sooha interpreted my gaze differently and shrugged. “Hey, don't look at me like that. I was thinking of giving you a potion, mister .. but if I let you stay here, you might want to repay me later, right? I can't let that happen. A man should live without worry, and because you have seen my face. ”Yoo Sooha smiled. “You must die for me.”
A hunter I can only admire on television. The hero I worshipped for 10 years. The man who always made me jealous, always wanted to be. The hero's face was terrible.
More horrible than I ever imagined.
‘Good.’ I silently looked towards Yoo Sooha as she held her knife. ‘I will live without worry in your place.’
He slowly raised his knife.
Later then.
I kicked my right leg into his crotch.
“Ggk !?” Yoo Sooha staggered while swinging her knife. But that was more than enough time for me. After barely avoiding Yoo Sooha's swing, I thrust my knife into her neck.
I am different from him. I will not leave my prey that I must kill before my eyes and — damn run my mouth aimlessly. I poked his throat then turned his knife and dragged it to his chin.
Blood gushed out. It's wetting my hands. Yoo Sooha choked. He gurgled and choked on blood and fell to the ground. He shouted, splashing blood that had clogged his throat.
Hard and screeching, fighting pain.
But just for a moment. Blood coagulated from his neck, painting his throat.
I watched everything.
Yoo Sooha shuffles near death every second. Instinctively, he must have realized that he was dying. Yoo Sooha squirmed on the ground, then curled up. He pressed the wound on his neck with both hands. But the blood did not stop. It was just dripping between his fingers, even thicker than before.
“Good.” Can't dodge. I pressed my foot against Yoo Sooha's neck.
Eyes widened. Wh why? For what reason? His eyes were filled with such questions and hatred. It won't be long for those eyes to go out. I don't need to give any explanation.
“I will consider this a valuable experience.” I took the knife. The knife that killed me 4090 times.
Then, I swung.
To kill monsters.