Chapter 39
Chapter 39 – A Warrior’s Nickname (3)
Translator: HH Editor: ShaSha
It became bigger .
A frog…yes . It knew that what it ate was a frog now . It knew a lot more than it used to . It knew about frogs, snakes, and eagles .
The happiness of touching rain when it was a frog .
The happiness when it slithered on the ground as a snake .
The happiness of leaving its body to the sky when it was an eagle .
It knew about the happiness of the sky and the ground .
-Krrrng .
And it became a lion and realized the happiness of killing .
The meat of a deer was delicious . Its scent was pleasant . The moment it dug its teeth into the deer’s neck, ah, it could happily die like this .
-Ah…
If it hadn’t… . .
-Hik!
… . . Met some noisy living being .
-Kyaaaa!
The living thing ran away, looking behind its shoulder .
Instinctively, it chased after the living thing .
-S, save me…! Dad! Dad! Save me!
The living being was loud and slow . It even landed itself into the ground .
What was it doing?
It didn’t know about the concept of ‘falling . ’ He wouldn’t . Since it had flown in the sky and slithered on the ground . It was the first time it met a stupid being that fell on its own feet .
-I don’t want to die! Dad! Help…
Before the noisy being became even louder, it dug its teeth in . Blood poured in between its teeth . When its mouth was filled with blood, it paused for a moment . It was shocked .
What a delicious scent!
What was this scent?!
It became addicted and drunk on the blood . It dug its teeth into the living thing and tried to swallow everything up . Blood… . . skin… . . , bone! Even the intestines . Everything was pleasant . The deeper its teeth dug in, its back feet became shorter, and its front became longer .
Its back feet were legs, and its front feet became arms . The mane of the lion turned into hair .
It all happened in an instant . It calmly ate the remnants of the living thing . When it ate even the last pieces, the memories of the living being flowed in .
-······ .
Human .
That was what the living thing said .
The human was born in a rural village . It grew while receiving the love of its family . It didn’t lack any love . But it still lacked something . The human’s health was strained .
Disease .
There wasn’t a way to fix the child’s illness in this rural village . Even if there was, they didn’t have money . Humans died one by one in its family . And this young human refused to die lying in bed .
-I want to walk until I can’t anymore!
-I want to breathe the outside air even if it’s just a little bit .
It was a mistake .
The human had come too far . It had tested how far it could travel before it died .
And it had been greeted with death . In its stomach .
-Child! Estelle!
No .
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-You were here!
It stopped being itself .
-I said not to leave by yourself! It’s dangerous near the forest . You don’t know when there might be a beast . Don’t leave by your…but why are your clothes like that!
-······ .
The little girl opened her mouth .
-Dad .
She smiled .
-I think I’m healthy now .
Estelle .
That was the first name the Devil King had .
A voice rang in my head .
[Your skill is being activated . ]
The field began to be flipped .
The beginning of change was under my feet . Shadows . Shadows started to expand under me . My shadow covered the blackened field .
-Gwooooo…
Something soared out from the shadow .
-Gwoooo!
It was a bone .
A pure white bone from a person came stretching out from the shadow . It looked like a demon trying to escape from prison .
‘Sword Emperor . ’
Looking at the shadow around me, I spoke inwardly .
‘You wanted to know why I chose the [Hundred Ghosts Summon], right?’
-Oh, yeah . I did .
‘At first, I wanted another skill too . ’
It was one that strengthened Aura .
The red trajectory of the Devil King was truly fearsome . How cool would it be if I could do that someday?
But after thinking about it some more, I changed my mind .
‘Skill card open . ’
[Hundred Ghosts Summon]
Rank: SS
Effects: What you killed will be summoned as monsters . The dead cannot use their abilities from when they were living . They can’t remember it either . They’ll be summoned as goblins, orcs, zombies, skeletons, etc .
※ However, you can only summon them once a week .
It was a shining gold card .
‘Summoning those I killed myself into monsters…’
Looking at the card, I muttered to myself .
‘There’s a problem though . How many people do you think I killed?’
-Uh .
Bae Hu-ryeong furrowed his eyebrows .
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-That Flame Plague and you . Isn’t it 2 in total?
‘Yeah . It would seem that way . ’
I laughed .
‘But why do you think the [Detective’s Insight] that the Sword Saint has, says my kill count is 4000?’
-What?
‘It’s honestly pretty bad . And strange . I know suicide was a daily lifestyle for me, but did I kill someone random? Honestly, it was just me . But why is the kill count over 4000? It should logically be 2 . ’
-······ .
‘So, this is what that means . ’
I looked in front of me .
‘There’s a certain way death is counted in this tower . ’
At the field of shadows .
‘Even if the same person is killed twice, it’ll be considered [2] and not [1] . ’
The monsters that were coming from my shadow .
I saw a bunch of skeletons trying to escape from my prison .
‘Okay . So let me ask you again . ’
It was an army .
A bunch of monsters covered the field .
‘How many deaths do you think I reached?’
Suicide for 4097 times . The first hunting of Yoo Soo-ha, and having to kill him again because I was killed by Sword Saint first .
So that meant it was 4099 deaths .
Traces of my death were clear on the large field .
“Dang… . ”
I nodded my head, looking satisfactorily at the island of death that I made .
“Wow, I died a lot . ”
It was then .
-Gwoooooo!
The bone army cried out .
-Kaaaaaa!
The skeletons bared their teeth . They all looked the same . Their bodies were similar to mine, and their heights were similar to me as well . Wasn’t it obvious? It was because they were monsters that proved my death .
‘All even the weapon is the same . ’
A dagger .
All the skeletons were holding the same dagger .
It was the weapon from when I took my own life, and when I killed Yoo Soo-ha .
“No way… . !”
But I was the only person calmly watching the weapons of the skeletons . The Witch and Sword Saint were both looking around with shocked expressions .
“What’s this? Kim Gong-ja . Is this your skill?”
“Yes . ”
“You’re kidding me!?”
The Witch was taken aback .
“Goodness . A skill that summons thousands of monsters! I’ve never heard of it! So this is how you cleared the 10th floor by yourself!”
“Uh . ”
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The Witch seemed to have misunderstood how I subjugated the 10th floor . Because I could correct her, she continued to be amazed .
“No, that’s not it but…”
Mm .
Whatever .
“Well, I guess . Yes . ”
“I knew it!”
“Let’s talk about it later . ”
There was no need to fix that misunderstanding now .
Talking in front of the Devil King should be done in moderation .
-You…how do you have the same skill as me…
The Devil King was also surprised .
He was frozen in place . He didn’t have any expression, but from his voice, I could feel how surprised he was .
It was a shame .
If I could see his face, I would’ve been able to see him frown .
“Are you curious?”
I folded my thoughts and smirked .
“But what should we do? I don’t want to tell you . ”
-······ .
“You can continue being curious . Or should I tell you about the condition of your life? How’s that?”
-I can’t forgive you…! This can’t be allowed!
The Devil King cried out like an injured lion .
-Just how long are you going to tease me! Goddess! My hate! My regret! You promised you would accept it all! How could…!
“Sword Saint-nim!
I didn’t listen to what the Devil King was saying . He had his business, and I had my role . The Devil King was my enemy . If the enemy was preoccupied, it was an opportunity for me .
“Please fight with the skeletons! If you assist, we won’t fall behind!”
“Hm . ”
The Sword Saint replied in an annoyed tone .
“Fine . Fighting alongside monsters is creepy but…it’s better than helping you . ”
“Thank you! And Black Dragon Master, please help me! We can defeat the Martial King ourselves!”
“I know . Just don’t pull me back!”
The Sword Saint swung his sword and the Witch exploded her Aura . The two seemed to have decided to follow my orders until the Devil King was defeated . I nodded my head and shouted towards my deaths .
“Hundred Ghosts!”
The bones growled .
“Show them what you’re best at!”
I commanded .
“Kill, and be killed!”
The army obeyed my orders .
-Gwooooo!
The skeletons ran onto the battlefield . They were light because they only had bones . It landed on top of the orc and cut the orc’s head with the dagger .
The skeleton crazily swung the dagger around . On the blade, the orc’s eyes, mouth, and neck were ripped . The orc screamed and collapsed to the floor . Because of the impact, the skeleton’s left arm was broken, but it didn’t stop . It just headed straight for the next prey .
-Kieeek!
From somewhere else, a goblin screamed in pain . There was a skeleton that was so damaged that only its skull was left . It had used its teeth to rip off the goblin’s arm .
-Gwoooo!
-Kiiii!
Around the goblin, there were other skeletons . They were all skeletons that were hurt somewhere .
A broken arm . A disappeared leg . A lost head .
But they all had daggers . Kiiik! The goblin squirmed, but it was useless . The skeletons gathered around the goblin and brought the dagger down .
Blood soared up .
-Wow, shit .
Bae Hu-ryeong clicked his tongue .
-Look at how much tenacity they have . I wonder who they’re like . A monster army that’s not scared of death . What the heck . That’s super scary!
A massacre occurred all over the field .
The Devil King trembled with anger .
-You dare!
The Devil King’s shadow was continuing to produce wastewater . If the wastewater was blood, I would’ve thought it was the Devil King’s blood . The Devil King was in despair .
-You don’t have the qualification!
His despair rang into the sky .
-Someone from another world .
He hit the ground .
-Someone who doesn’t have any life, evil intent, or hate towards this world! How dare you stop me?!
It echoed on the sky and the ground .
“What does it matter where I’m from?”
I spoke in front of the echoes .
“I’m here right now . But if you still say that I’m not qualified…”
The echoes hadn’t even settled down yet .
I heard a voice in my head .
[The tower is bestowing you a nickname . ]
As if someone who had been watching me for a long time was blessing me . Like they were congratulating me after being freed from the prison of time .
[Your nickname is Death King . ]
The voice echoed .
[Respects to the king who harvests death . ]
Yes .
Someone was remembering me .
Even though I died again and again .
Someone knew about the reason why I was here .
That was enough .
“Don’t interfere . ”
I lifted my sword and spoke .
“The Tower acknowledges my qualification . ”
Death King .
That was my second name .