Translator: HH Editor: ShaSha
To clear the 12th floor, I needed almost a thousand deaths .
For the 13th floor, I would need more deaths than that .
‘Sword Emperor . ’
-What?
‘Let’s make a bet . ’
-What bet?
I cut the neck of the zombie that was running at me . My sword went through like it was slicing through tofu . I spoke as I was looking at the tens, hundreds, and thousands of zombies that were running at me .
‘How many times I’ll die until the 19th floor . Let’s make a bet . ’
-Mm .
Bae Hu-ryeong stroked his chin .
-Okay . Then I’ll go for 100 or less!
I grinned .
‘Then I’ll do 99 . ’
-Wow, you unfair bastard . You wanna play cowardly like that? Huh?
‘Yes . I do . ’
Bae Hu-ryeong smirked .
-Fine . Let’s watch the zombie kill his own kind . Do well! Instead, since it’s a bet, I won’t help you . Good?
‘Good . ’
I laughed looking at the zombies that were running towards me .
[You have died . ]
[You are regressing to 24 hours ago . ]
I died while laughing .
[You have died . ]
[You are regressing to 24 hours ago . ]
“Ugh, we need to do something about this amount…Witch, can’t you do something?”
“I’m already doing my best . It’s just me . It’s hard . But Death King, can’t you use your skill to fight against them?”
“Ah, of course, I will . But it’s not the cool time yet…about 3 coins later I’ll have to use it . ”
“What’s 3 coins?”
“There’s this thing . Mm, anyway…hm, is this thing on the mini map…ah! Sword Saint! Can you pierce through there?! Through that large top that looks like a stone casket! I have something to check!”
“What are you going to check?”
“I’ll explain later, so I’ll request this of you right now! I’m a prophet! Okay?”
“Mm…”
[You have died . ]
[You are regressing to 24 hours ago . ]
“Okay! Sword Saint! That stone casket is actually a secret opening . Through there, you can find a hammer that has an effect on the undead! You can go with Witch and use it!”
“He’s only ever used a sword his entire life…”
“It has a large territory effect! If you put your Aura on it and slam it into the ground, zombies will be swept away! Okay!?”
“How do you know that?”
“Prophet! Okay!?”
“Well, I never…”
[You have died . ]
[You are regressing to 24 hours ago . ]
“The zombies are just about taken care of, so now, the Devil King, ugh, what’s that?”
“Zombies . Giants . I think it’s a zombie giant . ”
“Mm . Since the history of the temple is pretty old…that’s probably a giant soldier who used to protect this temple . He died beside the Devil King and became his subordinate…it’s probably something like that . If the Heretic Questioner was here, we would’ve known more…”
“Whoa, that person knows about otherworldly religions too? I guess he’s not an SSS Class zealot for nothing . ”
“It’s because of his skill . ”
“Well, that’s the proof of his SSS Class . ”
“How unpleasant . Do you have to talk about that damned bastard? Anyways, I’ll take that giant . ”
“Yes, sir, Sword Saint . I’ll leave it to you!”
[You have died . ]
[You are regressing to 24 hours ago . ]
“Anyways, I’ll take that giant . ”
“No, Sword Saint . You can continue to take care of the zombies with the hammer . ”
“Look here, that giant is testing my sword so…”
“Prophet! I’m a prophet! Okay?”
“Sheesh…hu, then who’s taking care of that giant?”
“Obviously, the Witch . Please aim your Beam on that giant’s eyes . ”
“Well . They are eyes that I wanted to aim at . It’s basically begging for it with that one gigantic eye . ”
“Perfect! Let’s go!”
[You have died . ]
[You are regressing to 24 hours ago . ]
“Anyways, I’ll take that… . ”
“Hundred Ghosts Summon!”
“Goodness . Death King . Your skill doesn’t even have a cool time?”
“It happened like this…alright, you two can deal with that giant . Especially Witch . I have something I want to ask of you . ”
“What is it?”
“Don’t aim for the eyes . ”
“How come?”
“If you do, things will go bad . ”
“But Death King . Look at the giant zombie with a single eye . Look at the gigantic eye . Can you see it?”
“Yes…I’m looking at it . I know it’s basically begging to be targeted . But you can’t . ”
“How come? That…eye, Death King…if you could use Beam like me, and you saw an eyeball like that…”
“I admit it…Witch . If I was you, I would try to argue that I was going to aim at that eye . But I don’t have time to explain that right now…please?”
“Ut…”
“Listen to him, Witch . ”
“Sword Saint, even you…”
“That youngster says he’s a prophet . Let’s listen to him for now . ”
“…Fine…I’ll do my best…not to aim at that eyeball . ”
“Thank you!!”
We ran . We fought . We saved each other .
We did things .
We talked a lot .
-My children… . . !
We broke through the zombies that were at the temple .
-My general… . !
We pushed aside the giant one-eyed soldier that was probably a legend back in his days .
-AHHHH… . . !
[The Devil King of Fall Rain chooses to retreat . ]
And,
[The Devil King of Fall Rain falls back to the 14th floor!]
We pushed the Devil King back floor by floor .
Like on the 12th floor, raindrops of light whirled around .
The temple that was the barrier of the continent was shining like a newly wiped shield .
With the sound of a bell, people sang songs . From the East, merchants were riding horses, and from the West, merchants passed by on strange birds . The paladins were thrusting their hammers together while sparring, and the apostles who were looking at them with amorous eyes were pulled to the temple by their ears .
“The priest sneezed!”
There was an orphan who shouted jokingly and received a knuckle to the head by an apostle . A one-eyed soldier waved his hand at the apostle .
Ah .
“Death King . ”
Mm .
“Okay,…Witch . Let’s go . Alright, Sword Saint, are you ready/”
“Wait a moment . There’s a merchant selling good whetstones over there . ”
Sword Saint brought a whetstone . While he was sharpening his sword, I turned my gaze away from the giant and looked at the world map .
The red land that was pretty far away was squirming like it was going to horde over here again .
But we still had time for Sword Saint to sharpen his sword .
That would be enough .
“Death King . ”
The Witch grabbed my hand . When Sword Saint was finished, he immediately held the Witch’s hand as well .
“Teleport . ”
The light surrounded us again .
“Hm . Is the 14th floor a forest . The Devil King…seems to have hidden . ”
“Be careful . I can feel enemies all around us . ”
“Yeah . Let’s go slowly . Slowly . ”
[You have died . ]
[You are regressing to 24 hours ago . ]
And like that, we cleared through the Devil King’s Elf army .
[The Devil King of Fall Rain has chosen to retreat . ]
[The Devil King of Fall Rain is falling back to the 15th floor!]
In the middle of a waterfall that flowed backwards, we defeated the Devil King, who was using the Queen of Mermaids .
[The Devil King of Fall Rain has chosen to retreat . ]
[The Devil King of Fall Rain is falling back to the 16h floor!]
On the top of an exploded volcano, we fought against the wyvern-using Devil King .
[The Devil King of Fall Rain has chosen to retreat . ]
[The Devil King of Fall Rain is falling back to the 17th floor…]
History was regressing .
To a time before the Devil King attacked the empire .
To not only the empire but before he attacked several lands .
Before the temple was destroyed .
To before the Fairy Forest was cursed before the waterfall flowed backwards, and before the volcano exploded .
Before, before .
Before the Devil King ruled an army .
Without any pause .
Like how a wave covered another wave, and how a drop of water disappeared just like a bubble .
Like how flower petals fell .
Every time we climbed the tower, the Devil King’s territory shrunk, and he became weaker .
[The Devil King of Fall Rain’s existence is becoming faint . ]
Like how the Devil King of the 13th floor was weaker than the 12th .
The Devil King of the 14th floor was weaker than the 13th .
And the 15th was a bit weaker,
And bit by bit, little by little…
[You have died . ]
[The Devil King of Fall Rain has chosen to retreat . ]
[The Devil King of Fall Rain’s existence is becoming faint . ]
[You have died . ]
[The Devil King of Fall Rain has chosen to retreat . ]
[The Devil King of Fall Rain’s existence is becoming faint . ]
-You dare!
The 97th time .
When I arrived on the 19th floor while at my 97th death, we were in an unknown small country .
-You dare!
The Devil King cried in the middle of the empty land .
It wasn’t the Sword Saint or the Witch .
The person the Devil King was glaring at while grinding his teeth was me .
-If it wasn’t for you!
His eyes were bloodshot with fury .
-It’s because of you! Everything’s you’re fault! If you took the right steps…yes! If it wasn’t for you, this wouldn’t have happened! You dare! A measly sword user from another world…
I lifted my sword .
“Dang . I finally see the eyes . ”
-What…?
“It’s exactly how I said . After all this time, I’m finally seeing how your eyes look . ”
Yeah .
The original Devil King of Fall Rain had no eyes .
He was a squirming shadow . He had a face, but no expression . He had arms, but no hands . Wastewater . Because he was covered in that black boiling solution .
That was how it was .
“Does that make sense?”
The Devil King’s mask was finally broken .
“The Devil King and a warrior weren’t able to meet eyes . It’s an unbelieve tragedy . ”
And finally, there was a part that wasn’t covered by wastewater . Bloodshot eyes . They emanated a grotesque murderous Aura but…I wasn’t scared . Rather, I was glad .
I point my blade at the Devil King .
“Fight with all you got . ”
-You…
“Or run away again . Hey, aren’t you curious? How much weaker you’ll get if you run away this time . ”
-······ .
“If you don’t fight with what you have, you can’t win . ”
Even without the rewards I got from the 19th floor, the Devil King of the 20th floor would have been completely weak .
-You dare say…a mere hyena that ate all my flesh, what would you know…
It was a growling voice like he was cursing me .
There was a lost shadow where he was .
I slowly opened my mouth .
“Estelle . ”
Pause .
The Devil King’s red eyes widened .
“I warned you to fight with everything you have . ”
-······ .
“If you don’t-”
And I hit the ground that I was standing on .
An exploding scream came from him .
Black water was flicked everywhere .
“My time will be longer than your history . ”
Listening to the Devil King, Estelle, scream, I glared at him .
Face to face .
Towards the path that I was walking on .