Translator: HH
Black Dragon.
The guild that had ruled at the top since the Tower opened.
[We didn’t fail the 10th floor because we lack the abilities to.]
The Rank 2 hunter who controlled Black Dragon. She challenged the 10th floor tens of times. Everytime she challenged it, she failed. The Rank 2 hunter lost, but she saved all the hunters who participated in it. In an interview, she said this.
[We were just unlucky.]
When Flame Emperor had passed the 10th floor himself, he announced to everyone.
[Luck is also a skill, losers.]
It was the interview called Loser Announcement.
After that, Black Dragon started to be wary of Flame Emperor after being turned into a loser group…well, it wasn’t important anymore. Yoo Soo-ha had already died in my hand. The possibility of that kind of interview was gone now. But the problem was this.
‘Why was the Flame Emperor able to clear the 10th floor?’
‘Because he was just stronger?’
Or.
‘Because there was another reason?’
The answer was revealing itself in front of me right now.
2.
[The boss stage is commencing.]
At the same time the voice rang out, the residence started to change.
Everywhere, candles started to tilt over. Fire started where they tilted over. It was like they had poured oil on it beforehand. Fire instantly swallowed the western-style residence.
-Hahahaha!
Only the dolls were fine in the fire.
-You’re it! We’ll run away!
-Let’s run away, run away! Let’s run away from here!
Hundreds. No, thousands of little dolls. Dolls filled the first floor lobby. There were probably ten thousands of dolls all over the entire residence.
‘One of these.’
Gulp. I swallowed my spit.
‘The [Real Doll] is hidden somewhere.’
A probability of 1/10,000!
This was the reason why people had failed so far.
‘Burning all the dolls while I find the real one. If I escape before I die, I only have about 10 minutes to look.’
The fire burning the residence wasn’t normal fire. It was a shape of Aura, called hellfire.
That meant.
‘This entire residence is burning up with Aura.’
A boss monster who knew how to use Aura!
So far, people who challenged it died from hellfire, escaped, or met one of these two fates. Hunters risked their lives on the probability of 1/10,000 but it was a waste. They only burned to death with horrifying screams.
And here…was the secret why only the Flame Emperor was able to succeed.
“That guy sucking all the luck.”
I muttered to myself.
Yes. The Aura of the boss monster was the same Flame Emperor’s.
To other players, this was hellfire. However, Flame Emperor felt comfortable like it was his own bedroom. Since the 10th floor’s boss monster’s hellfire was the same property as Yoo Soo-ha.
“Tsk.”
‘He probably looked around until he found the real doll.’
And he bragged about it saying luck was also a skill.
He definitely wasn’t someone I liked.
-The hunter that lives off of luck is you.
“What do you mean, I live off of luck?”
I crinkled my eyebrows at his mocking.
“I’m barely hanging on with my Aura right now.”
Sweat dripped down between my eyebrows. The burning heat! My body was covered in what was incomparable to the heat of a hot spring. If I didn’t use my Aura, I would’ve burned to death already.
-Yeah. But 1 minute is probably gonna be your limit.
Annoyingly, Bae Hu-ryeong knew my exact condition.
-Also, grandpops Marcus would be able to last 30 minutes. Do you know why he hasn’t challenged here yet? It’s to extend that 30 minutes to 1 hour.
“…ah, yes yes. Thank you for confirming the gap in our skills.”
-Heeheehee.
Bae Hu-ryeong freely flew around the lobby that was burning in fire. Dolls were laughing below and ghosts were snickering above. There wasn’t a better ghost house than this.
-So? You only have 2 Coins but what are you gonna do now?
“What else would I do. I have to die.”
-Look at you. Do you think your Aura will suddenly increase if you die here?
Bae Hu-ryeong sniggered at me.
-There’s only 2 ways to clear this room! Find the real doll with luck, or be able to use Aura real well until you find the real doll. But you only bet 2 Coins on yourself, stupidly. It’s not gonna work probably.
“Hehe.”
Even while sweating, I kept my smile.
“This guy knows one but not two. No. Is it that he knows two but not three?”
-What?
“Let’s see who’ll win after dying once.”
Now I had 20 seconds until my Aura ran out.
I approached a doll that was closest to me. The reason was…well, I didn’t really have one. I just thought it was boring to stand there waiting to die. I just might’ve been real lucky for the doll in front of me to be [Real].
-Are you gonna play with us?
Creaaak.
The doll’s neck twisted. Only her neck twisted. It wouldn’t be strange if she was casted in a horror movie right this second. She was wearing a frilled dress, but her dress didn’t burn at all. Like it was immune to the fire.
“Got you.”
I put the doll’s head on my hand and spoke.
Giggle giggle.
The doll let out chuckles with her indifferent face.
-Beep! Not me!
That wasn’t the only thing she released.let out Lips. Skin, Eyes. Her body slid down like paper. The fire instantly swallowed the doll, and she continued to speak like a broken record.
-Not me! Not me! Not me!
-Not! Not, me. Me…me…not…me…
-Not…me…
It completely melted down.
“Wow…”
I was speechless. My body felt hot but I was shivering. It was more horrendous than I imagined.
“I got goosebumps. Why would they make the boss monster like that?”
-Who would know the great meaning of the Tower. Zombie. A weak ass like you getting a fucking cheat skill is also a meaning of the Tower. If the Tower had a personality, it would probably be a pervert psychopath.
“You really…”
I couldn’t complain any longer.
“Keuk!?”
My Aura had run out.
The flames ran at me like they had been waiting for this moment. The soles of my shoes melted first. Then my clothes. And the fire moved onto my hair.
“Ah,”
From my head to my feet.
“Ack! Aaaaaack!!!”
My entire body was burning. Although my skin was sliding down, the fire didn’t stop. Rather, it clung on me tighter like it found a delicious snack. Nerves. Bones. Throat. Liver.
“Ow, sh…! Uk, keackkk!”
-And you’re a pervert that surpasses the Tower. Ke. Even if you want to be the greatest hunter in the tower, you accept burning to death like it’s nothing. I admit it, Kim Zombie! You’re a real pervert!
I wanted to die.
Quick, I wanted to die even a second faster!
“Uuuh…!”
I couldn’t speak. The sound was muffled. My eyes and ears had been burned.
The moment I felt like my head would explode from overheating, the voice came from my subconscious like it had been waiting.
[You have died.]
Damn.
They should’ve killed me a bit faster.
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