Chapter 55
Chapter 55 – The Obsessed Final King (3)
Translator: WH Editor: Sasha
4 .
No matter what field, latecomers are always at a disadvantage .
It was already a Red Ocean that was filled with the dead .
Latecomers would’ve had to jump in and prove their worth . Just like the soldiers that were struggling to climb the walls occupied by the enemy .
In this regard, the tower was no different .
“—Welcome!”
As the white rays of light faded, I opened my eyes again .
It wasn’t the Goddess’ voice that greeted us .
“Warriors that came from the Tower!”
It was a child who I couldn’t discern as a boy or a girl .
The kid was wearing loose clothes .
At first glance, the clothes resembled traditional oriental clothes .
“I have been waiting patiently for a day that felt like three autumns (一日如三秋)!”
[T/N: it’s an idiom that means one day apart seems like three years . ]
But once I looked closely… It was completely different .
Except for the long sleeves, there was nothing else that resembled an oriental attire . No, in fact, it was exceptional, starting from the sleeves . The cuffs were not long enough to be stretched more than 5m .
“But it’s okay! Life begins with encounters and ends with encounters . In the end, once you look back, the meaning of life isn’t all about encountering people . Waiting is like a seasoning that deeply sweetens life!”
There is a saying that the face completes fashion . No matter how special the clothes someone wore was, in the end, it depends greatly on who wears them .
In that sense, the kid that was flapping his 5m long sleeves was definitely unique .
“Once again, I’d like to sincerely express my respect!”
Air .
“Welcome to the Great Library of all things!”
The little kid was floating high up in the air .
He looked down on us who had been summoned out of nowhere .
[Librarian Bang Gu-seok welcomes you all!]
A Constellation, Librarian(圖書館長) Bang Gu-seok .
Those who manage the 21st floor up to the 30th floor .
The representative of this world spread his arms wide and smiled .
Unfortunately, no one accepted his greeting . Chattering chattering . The Hunters had yet to figure out what was going on and looked around in confusion .
“Uhhh uhh, uhhhhh…”
“What’s this? Why did we get transferred automatically all of a sudden?”
“Where is this?”
At a glance, there were hundreds of people .
The Hunters whispered around as they were confused . Most of them had just gathered in the plaza to do the countdown together .
But, there were also people who were spending ‘personal time’ in places other than the plaza .
“Kyaaaaaaaa!?”
“He-, don’t look here!”
Embarrassed screams came from here and there .
A Hunter summoned during a shower . Lovers transferred here naked . Whether they were summoned while asleep, or even a person looking around with sleepy eyes . The unfortunate Hunters who had to face this unexpected situation popped out one after another .
“Oh my . ”
The librarian, a Constellation, giggled .
“It seems I have been a little lacking in consideration . ”
Amid Hunters who were floundering around without knowing what to do, Thuckkk! The librarian flicked his finger . Then large bookcases flew around . Those bookcases that had holes for the head, arms, and legs, just like an outfit, went to the naked Hunters and suited up on its own .
“Ah… . ”
“Thank, thank god . ”
The Hunters who were watching sighed with relief . I was relieved too, as I was pretty flustered .
“Wh, what the hell is this shit…”
Actually, the people involved were fussing over the cardboard-made Gundam suit that looked as if it were worn inside out, but that was only a minority . A wave of embarrassment gushed over them just like that . The people barely regained their composure . One by one, they began to look up in the air .
“…Who are you?”
On behalf of the Hunters, the Witch opened her mouth .
“And this place is…”
“Ah . I’m just a small character who manages this slightly larger than normal library . Black Dragon Witch . Compared to you, I’m just an existence close to an extra . Just treat me as a unimportant person . ”
“…… . . ”
The Witch frowned .
How did he who she didn’t even know, find out about her identity? It was suspicious to the point that she got an ominous feeling .
It couldn’t be helped .
I had already gotten used to the Constellation to some extent, as I was able to put [Devil King of Fall Rain] and [Goddess of Protection] under my control . However, to the other Hunters, the Constellation was still an unknown existence .
“- Just a library that’s a little bigger . ”
Waiting for the timing when the Witch closed her mouth, I spoke out this time .
“I’m not too sure about that . I don’t think it’s just at the level of ‘a little big’ though?”
The 21st floor Stage .
There was a Great Library here . Maybe, it wasn’t enough to simply just call it huge . From the surrounding vicinity to the far horizon, from the floor we stepped on to the ceiling above, there were countless bookshelves filled with books .
It would be better to call it ‘A world made of libraries” .
“Hooooo . ”
The owner of this world stared at me .
An innocent and simple gaze .
Eyes as pure as an innocent child glistened .
“I see . You’re the Death King . ”
Yes .
“Ahhh, don’t be so vigilant . Gentlemen . I don’t mean any harm . I just want to welcome all of you . For me, the lot of you are no different from heroes of an epic story . ”
Heroes in an epic story .
The meaning of that word, after regressing 4,000 days, I knew what it was . Because this place wasn’t an ordinary library . But I pretended not to know deliberately .
“What do you mean by heroes in an epic story?”
“It’s like this . ”
Thuckkk!
The librarian flicked his finger . Then, two hardcover books were picked out from countless bookshelves . The hardcover books flopped as they flew and hovered around the librarian .
A title was written on the cover respectively .
[The Chronicles of the Aegim Empire]
[The Tale of Deungcheon City (登天都市) . ] [T/N: 登天 means ascending to the heavens . ]
The librarian smiled gently .
“Reading books is my hobby . However, the books that are gathered in my library are by no means ordinary archives . The history of the lot of you . These are books that talk about the world where the tower is built . ”
The librarian touched the back of the book with his sturdy fingers .
“I know you all must be wondering why you were summoned among so many warriors . The reason is simple! Because in your world, only you all are a “character” who have a name . ”
“…A character’s name?”
“I suppose you all call it a Title (異名) . ”
The librarian gently grinned and looked down towards us .
“The 302 people gathered here . You are all warriors who carry a Title . ”
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The Hunters were buzzing .
“Only Hunters with Titles will be summoned?”
“Oth-, what about other people…”
“Wait a minute . Don’t tell me we’re going to be the only one raiding the tower!?”
That was right .
Not the real name used in the outside world, but the name given by the Tower to the Hunters . Title . That was the entrance ticket needed from the 21st floor onwards .
‘…So that was why before I regressed in time, I couldn’t even step in after the 20th floor . ’
Front-runners with Titles .
Latecomers who didn’t receive a Title .
‘The gap between the two groups will widen more and more . ’
I fiddled with the hilt of the sword on my waist . It was something I relied on to calm down…It was my own little ritual .
‘The me now is different from who I was before . ’
The failure that didn’t have skills or a Title who couldn’t even step in after the 20th floor, was no longer here . There was only the Hunter who held the 3rd rank in the newly updated rankings .
‘I wouldn’t have been able to participate, and would’ve fallen behind . ’
However, other than me, there were only a few Hunters who remained calm .
The Witch was like that .
Unable to hide her confusion, she muttered .
“What a load of nonsense . What do you mean by 300 people, raiding the tower with such a small number…”
“Fret not!”
The librarian grabbed the [Chronicles of the Aegim Empire] and chuckled .
“You all protected the Aegim Empire with just three people . 300 people is a whopping 100 times that! You’ll clear the stage I prepared without much difficulty . Have some confidence!”
“…… . ”
Most of the Hunters looked at each other with anxious faces . In the middle of the Great Library that extended endlessly even beyond the horizon . There were over 300 Hunters present who looked like a handful of sand .
I took the initiative before the restlessness spread any further .
“Proceed quickly, sir librarian . ”
“Ohhhooo?”
“I know you are excited to meet someone that is alive, but we’d like to climb the tower quickly . You haven’t even given us a quest yet . I’d like to request you to proceed quickly . ”
“Ohhhooo, huhuhuh . ”
The librarian chuckled lightly .
“I see! I was too happy that I didn’t even issue the quest . Mmm . However, it’s not in my nature to explain things in great detail…”
Thud!
Hundreds of books flew around .
The hardcover books hovered around, with the librarian as the axis .
“Let’s see . Which kind of project would most definitely be within your reach…? This Apocalypse is too boring, and this is also too peaceful in terms of destruction… . . Oh . That’s right! This is the best . ”
The librarian grabbed a book .
“I warn you in advance . ”
And the book flipped open .
A white ray of light exuded from the open book .
“It’s just to give you a taste of what’s coming, so don’t be too surprised . ”
Shiiiinggggg!
Waves of light gushed at us .
5 .
All the Hunters were transferred somewhere .
We didn’t know where it was, but it was clear that it wasn’t our world . It had an architecture style that was never before seen in our world . Buildings, as if they were a termites’ nest that was enlarged hundreds of times, formed a forest of buildings .
The Hunters, including me, were floating in the sky . We were high up, and on the dark ground below our feet, buildings that we had never seen or heard of before were lined up .
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“Eee, Eeeeekkkkkk!”
Someone screamed . Was it someone who had acrophobia? Despite not plunging at all, the Hunters instinctively grabbed each other’s sleeves .
The librarian laughed as he looked at us .
“I am a librarian . But, as I said, the archives gathered in my library are not just ordinary history books or novels . They’re a little more, no, it can be said that they are of a higher standard!”
The Great Library of all things .
A library where records of various worlds gathered .
There, the worlds were kept in the form of books .
“This is the world the lot of you will be raiding . ”
The librarian touched the hardcover book with the title of [The Chronicles of the Aegim Empire] written on it .
“And this is the world you will all be in!”
There was also a book titled [The Tale of Deungcheon City] .
Besides those two, hundreds of books hovered around the librarian . The Constellation with the appearance of a young child, looked at the books in his possession, as if he couldn’t hold in any more of his love for them .
“These books are called many things . Some call it an epic story . Some call it a novel or a chronicle . Annals (實錄) . Some even call it a Saga . Still, there is another expression that I prefer . ”
The librarian looked back at us .
“Apocalypse . ”
The Constellation laughed .
A bizarre sound of laughter resonated in the sky .
“Your apocalypse… Yes . According to the terminology I like to use, it’s still in [Serialization] . After a long prologue, you are finally starting to climb the tower . It can be said that this is the section where the flavor of reading can be felt . ”
It was then .
“But, not all Apocalypse are in [Serialization] as smoothly as your world . ”
Keuuurururu-
[T/N: a sound of something falling down . ]
Something started descending from the sky . No . The word descending was too gentle . That something was tearing through the sky .
“Although it is a pity . ”
Meteor .
“There was also an apocalypse that was [discontinued] . ”
Covered in flames, huge blocks of stones came falling down .
A meteorite crashed on the buildings that looked like a termites’ nest . Kaboooom! A deafening boom shook the world . Even the earth split under the torn sky . Even the city where an intelligent race different from ours lived was destroyed without a trace .
The Hunters screamed .
As the meteorite crash-landed, a cloud of dust rose up and covered us in an instant .
“This is not the only one . ”
In the darkness where nothing could be seen, only the voice of the Constellation resonated .
“There are many others . ”
Thud!
I could hear the sound of a book flipping open somewhere . At the same time, the cloud of dust disappeared . The destroyed city disappeared . The split earth disappeared, and the torn sky disappeared .
Instead, a new world unfolded underneath our feet .
“If the Apocalypse’s [Reason of Discontinuation] just now was stone- . ”
Tsunami .
“The Reason of Discontinuation of this Apocalypse is water!”
The tsunami, which filled up to the base of the sky, swallowed the city whole .
It was too huge to call it a wave, and too overboard to say it was a tsunami . It was a disaster . As they watched the tsunami that came up all the way to the front of their nose, the Hunters screamed again .
“Ahhhhhhh . ”
The Constellation sighed sadly .
“How sad of a tragedy is this?”
A world in which all of mankind died of illness .
A world where sand had covered the ground and was dried down to the last drops .
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A world where volcanoes erupted and smoke clouds covered the sky .
Even a world where zombie viruses were rampant .
“Those people are humans just like you . They were alive, just like you . They were creating their own legacy the same way . But before it reached a proper ending, before it had an epic ending, it all ended due to unjust reasons . ”
The librarian covered the book .
“Though I call this discontinued serialization…”
Hundreds of books still circled around the Constellation .
To you, it would simply be called ‘Destruction’ .
Suddenly .
We were all back at the Great Library .
“Urgh, ughhhhhh…”
“Uuuuweeeeckk!”
[T/N: Sound of vomiting . ]
Sounds of vomiting could be heard everywhere . We witnessed the destruction of dozens of worlds . Although there was no damage to the physical body, there were many Hunters who were mentally scarred .
“The quest I will be giving to you gentlemen is simple . ”
The Constellation looked at us that were behaving like that from above .
“Choose eight series from the discontinued Apocalypse . ”
Choose eight series out of the worlds that were destroyed .
“I want to finish reading the Apocalypse which was discontinued!”
Wanting to continue reading the tales of the destroyed world .
“You will all personally enter the eight books of Apocalypse,”
Entering directly into the eight worlds .
“Save the Apocalypses from the crisis of discontinuation!”
Prevent the destruction .
“That’s the quest that I will give to you all . ”
That was the quest given from the 22nd floor to the 29th floor .
While the vomiting in the library didn’t stop, a single voice rang in the heads of the Hunters .
[The quest for the 22nd floor has been given . ]
Messages appeared in front of my eyes .
[Remake The World . Volume 1 . ]
Difficulty: To be determined (未定)
Mission Objective: As there are countless worlds, there are also countless destructions . The Constellation ‘Librarian Bang Gu-seok’ describes this as a Discontinued Serialization . Librarian Bang Gu-seok wants the world that was discontinued for unjust reasons to continue their stories again .
First, choose one of the discontinued Apocalypse!
If you succeed in saving the world, that world will be registered as your 22nd floor .
※However, if the mission fails, the 22nd floor will not be opened .
That’s right .
That Constellation was nothing else but a book fanatic (讀書狂) who was obsessed with the worlds .
“So…”
I slowly opened my mouth .
“You didn’t like the ending, so instead, you want us to re-write that book?”
“That’s exactly right!”
The librarian smiled brightly .
“I hope that you will satisfy my reading preferences!”
We had to [Remake] the endings of the world for this book fanatic .
That was our mission .
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