SSS - Class Suicide Hunter
Chapter 8's

Luck.

It was pure luck that helped me dodge the old man's attack.

“Hmm ?!”

The eyes of the Sacred Sword widened slightly. Perhaps, in his eyes, I was an outstanding teacher. So after I dodged his attack, he immediately jumped while expecting a counterattack. What he might not have expected was that I would roll violently on the ground.

“Swo - Sword Saint - nim. Wait for. Please listen to me for a second. ”

It doesn't matter if I die. I want to die after all. No, the important thing is if I can correct the misunderstanding that the Holy Sword has, then die. That way, I can avoid a useless confrontation in the future.

“I am an F-class hunter..”

“You avoided my sword. You must be a top class assassin huh? ”

“Ah! Is this old geezer dead ?! ”

It's so horrible. Instead of clearing up misunderstandings, it's getting worse.

Again, dodging the sword was pure luck. I can't even follow his sword with my eyes. The old man's skills far exceeded my cognitive abilities.

‘If he attacks again, I won't be able to avoid him.’

After all this, it seems like I can only give up on convincing him. I witnessed the approach of death in the form of a sword.

“…”

He's stopped.

The Sacred Sword suddenly stopped, just a step away and at first, I thought this was my chance.

‘Oh? Are you ready to listen to me now? ‘

But the Sacred Sword did not look at me. Instead, the old man frowned in the air. Curious, I also turned to look but found nothing there.

“... Didn't I tell you that I would take care of it?”

The old man spoke into the open air.

“... It's noisy. Capture and interrogation. So I have to keep this demon alive? ”

He's talking to himself.

‘What is it? ”

The Sacred Sword, which was just about to slash at me, stopped. Instead, he began to mutter to himself. The crisis was delayed a little.

I furrowed my eyebrows.

‘Is he ... is that a self-talking skill?’

Might as well. Maybe it is.

In the bar, I thought, ‘This old man is mentally ill.’ But now that I've watched it up close, it feels a little different. Should I say a little more complicated and sophisticated? The man seemed to be actually talking to someone.

‘Is that telepathy?’

Suddenly a thought came to my mind. Telepathy or Sound Transmission ( ⁇ ). Ability to communicate freely from a distance. Such skills do exist.

‘Then ... does he talk about me with others?’

I returned shivering.

“He intends to catch the person who massacred those 4,091 people.”

Criminal Wanted.

Hunter Bureau rarely releases bounties. And when they do, the target doesn't last long. The person Wanted will be hunted by top players and will have to hide for life. If caught, they would be publicly executed in the central Babylonian Square.

‘This is not good.’

I clenched my teeth.

‘I have to die now.’

So that everything I can go back 24 hours and let everything reset, I have to die soon. I stared at the Holy Sword.

“...it's too late. I've made my decision. Even if you are the master .. ”

The old man still muttered to himself. I'm not 100% sure if she has psychosis or actually talked to someone, but even if I'm not sure I still open my mouth.

“How is your grandson?”

The old man stopped talking to himself. Then he slowly turned around and looked at me.

“I heard that the outside world is very ugly lately. If they were the grandchildren of the great Holy Sword then they would have been quite beautiful. You must be very worried. ”

“…”

Dark blue eyes, and pupils that were silent like the depths of the sea looked into my eyes.

“Say that you are from Northern Europe. I heard****** there is really rampant. I don't know, maybe without your knowledge, your grandchildren have suffered a lot of injustice. ”

Rambunctious.

‘Hah.’

The sound of an apple being cut in half rang out in the open.

‘Hah..’.

At first, I didn't know what was going on. I had been watching the old man the whole time and I had not seen him move. Even his lips did not move.

So where did that voice come from?

The weirdness doesn't end there. Originally, the Sacred Sword was standing on the ground right in front of me. But did it feel as if the ground was slowly turning around.

The horizon is sloping and the moon in the sky is upside down. Deep in the night sky, the first quarter moon (Sanghyun) tilts and becomes the last quarter moon (Hahyun). The only one on the horizon was an old man who was upside down.

"..."

The old man's blue eyes just looked at me and inevitably I thought that it was really similar to the starry sky. I can see why he is called the sword saint.

Then I realized.

‘Ah.’

The ground is not upside down.

My head has been cut off and is slowly falling down.

One Hit KO ( ⁇ )

‘Cantics.’

My eyes couldn't keep up with the old man's attack, but after seeing the world after my head was beheaded, I couldn't help but think of it as beautiful.

After a while, my head hit something. My mind was blank and I could not hear anything, but I finally realized that my head had landed on the ground.

By the time I realized that there was no more life in my eyes.

[You are dead.]

What skills does he have? How long did he have to train before he could gain skills at that level?

[The condition of the skill has been achieved due to death.]

I was filled with emotions that were much different from when I was killed by the Fire Emperor. I feel betrayed by the Fire Emperor and I want to take revenge for my wrongful death.

However, it was not the same as the Sacred Sword.

‘I want to be like that.’

“I also want to do a one-hour attack.”

This is similar to the feelings I had towards Yoo Soo-ha before I found out what she really was like.

Jealousy. Greediness. Genuflection.

The fire of desire is burning in my heart.

And something responded to the fire.

[Hunter Marcus Calenbury skills will be copied randomly.]

The cards started appearing in the darkness around me.

[Creating Skill Cards.]

Swish!

The cards turned my back so I couldn't see the information.

‘Stay, the color is more prominent than when I was killed by Yoo Soo-ha.’

Maybe because I've adapted to death.

4090 times. As Sword saint confirmed with the [Kill Counter] skill, I have already experienced death thousands of times. No hunter is more familiar with death than me.

“It's not something to be proud of.”

I can't help but smile bitterly.

‘Please select skill card.’

The cards floating in front of me all started flying quickly.

‘Whoa!’

At first, I was surprised. But it didn't take long for me to regain my focus and start concentrating on the cards.

‘I can't get another. Golden yellow! I can only get a yellow card! ‘

But they're fast. It seems impossible to chase them.

‘Ya Lord.’

Did I take the gold card from this fast-moving card when I was killed by the Fire Emperor? Me? How do I do it? I was new, but I was very lucky at the time.

‘There's nothing to say, I can't get lucky again this time! Yellow Gold, where are you yellow gold? ‘

But I realized something strange.

‘Hah?’

No matter how hard I searched, I could not find it.

“I don't think there's a gold card.”

Among the cards flying in front of me, there were blue cards and silver cards. However, there is no gold. Believing that I was wrong, I focused and searched even harder to find anyone I missed, but found nothing.

This means there is only one possibility.

‘Re-, really?’

I'm appalled.

‘Can there really be no ..?’

From the very beginning .. Sword Saint did not possess any S-rank skills.

‘This makes no sense!’

I want to scream.

‘He is the number one hunter! The most legendary character before the Flame Emperor arrived and he did not have an S-rank skill ?! ‘

It's hard to believe, but it's true. My skills prove it.

Marcus Calenbury, the Great Holy Sword, ruled over the world without a single S-rank skill.

‘No no! This is impossible!’

My shocked and frightened reaction was sincere.

‘I am sure that there are at least some strong skills among silver cards.’

I don't know where to condemn my situation or laugh at the possibilities. Nevertheless, I was eager to try my luck.

With a very sincere heart, I stared at the cards.

“Three blue cards and four silver cards.”

Seven cards actually flew in circles in a bewildering manner.

“I can totally ignore those damn cards.”

That's a reasonable choice of course.

Now the question is which silver card to choose.

Skill [Kill Counter] mungkin termasuk dalam kartu perak. Dan dia mungkin memiliki keterampilan curang yang tidak teridentifikasi juga.

Of course, the technique I want is not as smooth as the counter kill skill and it would be better if it was a cheat skill like a resurrection skill.

‘The probability is 1 out of 4.’

In other words, I can only rely on pure luck.

‘Please be something good.’

I stretched out my hand.

‘Please, be the person I want. Sacred Sword cheating skill! ‘

Then I caught one of the silver cards.

[Selection Completed. Skills have been copied.]

[Returned 24 hours ago.]

…

“-Huk!”

I woke up, swallowing a groan.

Side room.

A large cottage 2 pyung1 welcomed me, the familiar scenery slightly enriched my heart. The mattress smells bad because it has not been washed for a long time.

Unfortunately, this one-bedroom apartment was the only one I could afford at the time.

“A-, what do I get?!”

I immediately opened my stat window, wondering if I had succeeded or failed in my 25% bet.

[Kim Gong - ja]

Grade: F

Skills (3/4):

→ I Want to Be Like You2 (S +): Passive

→ Returners Clockwork Watch (EX): Passive

→ Sword Constellation (A +): Passive

Nonexistent

“Ah…"

I sighed, feeling happy and sad.

“I'm glad I got A rank skill +...”

First I feel happy. Even though it wasn't an S-rank skill, I still believed this was the best he had. I was also lucky not to get a skill like Kill Counter.

“... it's another passive skill.”

Then there is my sadness. What I initially aimed for was combat skills. A kind of rare martial art. Like fencing. Or maybe a skill that evokes the aura. Most of them are active.

In other words, I failed to obtain the best combat skills.

“Haa”

I breathe again.

“No, if I think about it, it's not too bad ..”

In fact, if other hunters heard my lament now, they would go crazy.

Where you can find A rank skill + without having to work hard for it.

I decided to look on the bright side.

First, I need to focus on checking the skills first.

Shak is!

Of course, skill cards are only visible to the hunter himself.

→ I Want to Be Like You (S +): Passive

→ Returners Clockwork Watch (EX): Passive

→ Sword Constellation (A +): Passive

Sword Constellation.

Just by looking at its name, it was extremely difficult to determine what the skill did.

“But even ‘I Want to Be Like You’ has a strange name.”

It is difficult to judge whether a skill is a scam or a gift from its name alone.

Maybe it will be an amazing skill. It was a little consolation I gave myself because I was the one who grabbed the silver card.

ah -Ah. What's so noisy?

A voice sounded from somewhere.

-grandpa. This teacher told you. If you want to practice in the middle of the night, at least be quiet.

“…”

when you move, there's no need to bother me. I don't have to get up. Let's treat each of them politely, right?

Slowly.

I slowly turned around to look towards the voice.

On a bed in a single room. I crammed into space where I could barely lie alone. But I could see something in the back, even though it was blurred. Someone was lying there, with his back to me.

“Excuse.”

I feel creepy.

“Who are you?”

- huh?

And then my eyes met someone I didn't know.

Spirits. Ghosts.

Something that is clearly not a living human being.

- uh?

Ghosts are big. If not for her clothes, she would probably have been mistaken for a gorilla. His physique was rather wide, even down to his eyebrows. And he looked at me with a shocked expression.

-hey. You who?

“... I want to ask you the same thing. You who?”

can you see me?

I nodded flatly.

“Iya.”

can you hear my voice?

“Um. If we are communicating now.maybe it is obvious ”.

Apa apaan. Apakah saya benar-benar sedang berbicara dengan hantu sekarang?

You would think that an ordinary ghost would be like a monster, choosing everyone for his grudges in life.

But this guy is different. He spoke and acted like a human, only with a fuzzy body.

- Huh, isn't that weird? I don't know what to do.

The ghost shook his head. It seems that it is not only me who cannot understand the current situation.

where are we? It's as small as a dog house. Where did Marcus' parents go and why is there a boy like you in front of me?

Only then did I finally understand something that the ghost said.

“Uh. By Marcus.... You mean Marcus Calenbury? The Sword Saint's? ”

-Tch-tch. Even a novice like him could be called a Holy Sword? That's not worth it.

The ghost clicked his tongue as if he heard something unbelievable.

– Bagaimanapun, nama yang kamu panggil itu benar. Dimana dia? Dia seharusnya ada di sekitar sini.

I'm dumbfounded.

‘The Sword Saint is a beginner?’

The hunter who is currently ranked number one in the world. And since I intend to kill Yoo Soo-ha, maybe she will continue to rule in the future.

What exactly is the ghost in front of me that is referred to as this great novice? Why do I suddenly see ghosts?

“…”

To answer my question, I opened the skill card and read the information.

[Swar Constellation]

→ Rank: S

→ Effects:

→ Ghosts from another world. He cleaned the 99th floor but failed on the 100th floor and died. The hatred remained, causing him to become a ghost. He cannot interfere with the physical world, but it is possible to damage the mind of its owner. Ask for advice from his rich experience and outstanding skills!

→ However, no one can see ghosts except the owner.

→ This skill was copied from Hunter Marcus Calenbury.

I was at a loss for words.

-hey. I told you where the old man is. Are you ignoring me? Ck. Oi. Oi! I did well last year. It was rare to find a warrior like him, even if he was ordinary

Oh God.

It seems I copied the ghost of the Holy Sword.