Translator: WH Editor: Sasha
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-You crazy bastard!
The Continent’s army moved their troops back a little.
In the meantime, Bae Hu-ryeong just laughed hysterically.
-From now on, I’ll call you Crazy Kim!
‘Ahhh, for God’s sake, please stop….’
I sighed inwardly.
Do you know how many nicknames you’ve already given me? Zombie Kim. Zombie King. Crazy Kim. If you keep this up, I’m going to be able to fill up an A4 paper with just my nicknames.’
-Oh, that’s pretty nice. Let’s go! Dozens of nicknames for this crazy dude, let’s gooooo!
Bae Hu-ryeong’s loud laughter resonated throughout the skies.
But fortunately, there were more people in this world than those who made fun of me.
[Boss stage cleared.]
It was the voice of the tower.
The voice told me that I had successfully reached the 20th Stage rang inside my head. It was just like when I cleared the 10th Stage, the so-called ‘Hellfire Residence’.
[The challenger(s) is Death King (死王).]
[1 person.]
I looked up slowly.
The blue sky spread out between the branches and the leaves of the Acacia flowers.
[Calculating clear rewards.]
[Calculation complete.]
[ The rewards will be given 24 hours later, once you enter the 21st floor.]
That’s right.
I smiled brightly.
‘Well, Even if I was a crazy guy or something, what’s the big deal? Anyways, I did my job.’
-What’s this. Look at this guy’s confidence?
‘I cleared up to the 20th floor just the way I wanted.’
I won’t let anyone die.
That was the goal I had set in my mind.
Looking back, how absurd was that desire?
‘While I was clearing the 20th floor, not a single Hunter died.’
The Devil King of Fall Rain. Now that she was reduced to being a part of my Hundred Ghosts and entrapped in another world, the Hunters who doubted each other and started killing each other were now no more.
I had interfered and stopped the starting point of the tragedy in advance.
‘Not a single soldier from the Empire or Continent died.’
I fought for this world that got its time paused.
‘And…’
I raised my right hand and placed it on someone’s head.
‘I subdued this bastard too.’
Vengeful Ghost(飯鬼).
The captive, imprisoned in my shadow, sat on the street and stared blankly at the Continent’s army.
Soldiers who had originally burned down her small hometown in the past.
But today history had not been repeated. The moment the Chief Holy Knight knelt, the Continent army’s hostility was repressed. Believing that I am the apostle of the Goddess, they gave up their mission.
The paradise had been protected.
‘These are just my thoughts, but.’
He patted the vengeful ghost’s head gently.
“Maybe this 20th floor… If I had just sat by and did nothing, it would have probably been cleared by itself. I didn’t really have to come forward.’
-Huh? Why?
‘That’s because the village burning and disappearing is also a kind of [Outcome].’
Ending.
I realized that while going through the Stages so far. The tower was open to both a happy ending and a bad ending. As long as it was a proper outcome, the tower would accept any kind of ending.
‘Otherwise, Yoo Soo-ha wouldn’t have been able to reach the 40th Stage.’
Even if you shattered the dolls in the Hellfire Residence like the Flame Emperor.
Or, were like me, playing with those kids for a while.
Either way, both acts were recognized as a kind of [Outcome].
‘Basically, this world was not set by the tower.’
I turned my head and looked at the village,
‘It wasn’t an ending I chose because I had no other choice.’
Where the wheat ripens yellow under the sky.
Taciturn and stubborn, however, the kids were putting up a playful act, and the old man turned a blind eye to it, while he sat in front of the orchard and smoked in vain.
A refuge for the sick, who had no way of recovering.
‘But this is the ending I choose.’
Today.
Rain didn’t fall from the sky here.
Fire didn’t burn the ground here.
-Sure enough…
But why?
When I was filled with a proud feeling for some time, Bae Hu-ryeong had a subtle look on his face. He looked as if he was staring at a pitiful child.
‘What’s wrong with you?’
-Nothing. It’s just you said this was the ending you chose.
Bae Hu-ryeong pointed his finger furtively somewhere.
-I wonder if that was also part of the ending you chose.
Yoo Soo-ha was standing there.
“Fuck! Fuck you, you son of a bitch! Are you not going to make this stop!? Huh!? Make it stop right now— Fuck! Why isn’t this stopping!?”
To be more specific, Yoo Soo-ha was still hopping around dancing the Kazatsky dance.
The entrance of the rural village that had beautifully ripened crops. The sky was blue, and there were petals on the ground, in this picturesque landscape, there was a handsome man there swearing ‘fuck’ all alone.
It was a masterpiece (名作) that would get tens of millions of views if posted on the Internet.
‘Hmm? What’s wrong with that?’
I tilted my head.
‘Isn’t it extraordinarily beautiful?’
-As expected, this guy is Crazy Kim……
Bae Hu-ryeong murmured.
It was then.
[Today.]
[The 20th floor Stage has been cleared.]
A voice resonated throughout the sky and the ground.
It wasn’t a voice that only I could hear.
[Announcing to everyone again.]
[Today, the 20th floor Stage has been cleared.]
An official announcement.
Perhaps the same voice was spreading throughout the entire area of the tower, as it did when the 10th Stage was cleared.
“Ah.”
I licked my lips.
‘What a shame.’
-What is?
‘The Internet isn’t working here.’
My smartphone was fast asleep in my backpack right now. Five days in the real world, but in terms of the time I’ve actually spent, I haven’t touched my cell phone for hundreds of days.
The only region where the internet was connected was from the 1st floor to the 10th floor.
‘By now, the Internet must be making a real fuss though……’
-Huh? What’s this? Do you not care about people’s reactions anymore?
‘When did I ever say that?’
-No. You told me. Didn’t you want more recognition than a normal citizen, just like the Witch and Marcus grandpops?
‘No wayyyy.’
I shrugged.
Don’t you know Da-da Ik-seon? I want to receive recognition from people like the Witch and the Sword Saint. I also want to be recognized by the general public. And I, myself do not want to be ashamed to look up at the heavens.’
[T/N: It basically means the more the better (多多益善)]
-Wow. Aren’t you being a complete pig? Why do you have so much greed?
“Originally, people feel alive when they have greed.’
Fortunately, I was able to soothe the disappointment of not being able to see the Internet.
[24 hours from now, the 21st floor Stage will be open.]
[24:00:00]
Shinggggg!
The fireworks filled the sky just like last time. When the first firework burst aflame, a clock made of light appeared. Then two Hunters were transferred as if they had been waiting for the moment.
“Death King!”
It was the Witch and the Sword Saint.
The witch flew at once using a teleport skill. Flash! The witch reached her elbow out and hugged my head as he shed her signature bright smile.
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