SSS-Class Hunter is Going to Rest - Chapter 51



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Episode 51 The Reward of 〈Laurel〉 (3)
2024.06.04.

– Hahaha. Hahahahahahaha.

That was a sound that couldn’t be expressed in any way.

I could only infer that it was laughter from the context and the pronunciation, but the noise, like flapping wings, was incredibly creepy. That

bizarre sound made me realize it anew.

Although I was speaking informally like this, I was talking to something more than a human.

‘But since they are beings that have transcended humanity, I guess I shouldn’t be obsessed with formal and informal speech created by the language system of the Republic of Korea.’

Suji thought so and waited for the disgusting laughter to stop.

[νόμος is laughing at your words.]

[νόμος is laughing at your words.]

Even if the same log wasn’t necessarily repeated, the sound in her head buzzed.

As Suzy muttered something to herself and remained silent, Peace, who had been watching the situation, cautiously spoke to her.

“Team Leader… … What’s going on?”

Suzy felt quite tired just from having a brief conversation with the ‘Great Beings’ and mouthed to her team members.

‘I’m talking to the owner of the 〈Laurel Tree〉.’

Saint and Peace looked at each other with curious faces at the ridiculous story.

If the ring wasn’t a bound item, they could share this voice. They

just felt regretful.

‘I’ll talk to you and summarize it for you.’

Since it wasn’t a conversation that the team members could easily participate in anyway, it seemed more efficient to do that. Maybe

because they had been working together for so long, they all seemed to understand perfectly just from the mouth movements.

Seeing the team members nodding cautiously, Suzy moved to the beach and sat down alone.

As I sat on the sand that had already become quite hot and felt the warm light of the light shining down on my whole body, the long laughter slowly stopped.

I couldn’t figure out what the ‘Great Beings’ were thinking. I thought it would be best to get as much information out as possible when they started talking excitedly.

Suzy spoke again.

“Are you all laughing now?”

– It was more pleasant than I thought to have the opportunity to talk directly like this.

“Can’t we talk directly?”

– There are restrictions

. “The restrictions, you know. I saw it last time, but why are they there?”

– Hehe. I should start with that. This will be a long story.

Right now, every bit of information was precious.

Suzy nodded to the blustering guy.

– We’re making a bet with The Lord.

That creepy voice blurted out a strange word.

She had a hard time reading the context of the words that suddenly came out in this situation.

“Speak slowly, so that I can understand.”

– The Lord is one of us. He is equal to us. But he walks the opposite path.

Suzy made a face that said he didn’t understand a single thing.

She asked them one by one.

“What’s a bet?”

– A bet. It’s a game where you bet something for fun. There are many universes. You just play with it and put it back.

“What are you talking about?”

– So, the Lord said you, humanity? Set a date to kill them all. He’s talking about the second wave. You saw it.

It seemed like he was going to swear at you before he could even get proper information out of you. Suzy gritted her teeth and listened to the rest of the story.

“So?”

– And we gain 10,000 days from that day. By your standards. And that’s what we do. We prepare for the second wave. We kindly create a system, build a tower, and set up cute monsters.

‘Prepare for the second wave?’

It was like he was talking in a game.

When I realized how different the person I was talking to so casually was, I got goosebumps all over my body and felt a sense of emptiness.

What on earth did everything I had risked my life for become?

They were just saying that humans were their toys.

Like betting on racehorses.

No, it was much worse than that.

Racehorses don’t die right away if they make a mistake in the game that day, but in their bets, humans were beings that didn’t matter whether they died or not.

My hope of watching a hit masterpiece on OTT hasn’t even started yet.

She had already participated in the ‘Oh*er Game’ before even seeing it.

‘Wait. You said 10,000 days? Then how much is left?’

She did a rough calculation while rubbing her goosebump-covered forearm with her hand.

If you divide 10,000 by 365, there are about 27 and a hundred days left.

‘This is the 27th year since the First Wave. When did the nightmare of the First Wave begin?’

A week later.

Then, there were only about 100 days left from now.

She didn’t like to jump to conclusions before trying, but even if she had 1,000 or 10,000 days, she didn’t think she could overcome the horrible nightmare she had seen on the final floor of ‘Laurel Tree’. But what kind of talent did she have in just 100 days?

“It’s impossible.”

Soo-ji muttered her thoughts out loud.

Then she immediately received a flustered reply.

– Hey, don’t say that. This time, the system maintenance was really amazing, right?

“What do you mean, this time? How many times did you do this?”

“That’s right. I’ve lost 101 out of 102 matches.”

“Hahaha.”

She was so shocked that she hugged her pillow and let out a dry laugh.

“Who would bet that I’d lose 101 out of 102 matches? Isn’t that really shitty balance? How can you bet on that? That’s because the conditions were set up wrong to begin with. How are you going to deal with that crazy monster?”

Even though she must have felt the anger boiling in her voice, she answered calmly.

– Stop talking like that and just climb the tower.

“Tower? The Tower of the Sage?”

– Call it whatever you want. Anyway, I’ve set it up so that you can properly grow through the towers installed in each country. This time, it’ll really work. I have nothing left to lose, so I have to win now.

Suji’s face crumpled into a mess.

“You can properly grow?”

Growth.

You can do it.

The rewards for clearing each floor were certainly good.

But how much effort would you have to put in to grow to that point?

“You want me to do that for your bet?”

– Don’t say that. Isn’t it something essential for the survival of humanity?

The voice was calm.

Suzy laughed in vain, as if she was dumbfounded.

Thinking of her mother who died while climbing that tower, she felt a surge of anger rising from the top of her head. The feeling

of her entire body filling with anger was indescribable. Suzy glared at her ring as if she could kill her at any moment.

“If you don’t?”

– Huh?

“What if you don’t climb?”

– Why?

“Why should I care about you winning the bet? Oh no. So you suddenly showed up when I started pulling out weeds? Because you weren’t doing what you had to do? To watch over me?”

Maintaining composure in an unexpected situation might be a quality of a hunter.

But now, she couldn’t do that.

Clearly, before she put on this ring, she had thought that she would do anything to help humanity.

How can someone ruin someone’s mood so quickly?

The words “Just throw it all away” came rushing to my chin.

The reason why I didn’t approach her while Suzy was struggling to climb the tower, and the reason why I showed up and started watching her when she suddenly declared a break and started pulling out weeds, all made sense when I thought about it that way.

Suzy was someone who would work hard even if I left her alone.

For their “bet.” “

Is life that boring when you become that kind of person? Enough to make a dirty bet?”

She didn’t dislike the sweetness of rest, the joy of games… … No, she actually liked it, but she didn’t want to understand those psychopaths.

It wasn’t because she wanted to gently coax them and get something more out of them, she really didn’t want to deal with them anymore.

Suzy whispered to the ring in an endlessly low voice.

“I can’t. I won’t. Just kill me now.”

The answer came after a brief silence, as if it wasn’t the expected reaction.

– You’re being unreasonable.

“Reasonable?”

Suzy let out a hollow laugh.

The words “kill me” just now were right in the heat of the moment.

It was good to climb the tower on my own will to avenge my mother, but… … I didn’t want to become a mere word to go along with those guys’ bets.

“Think as you wish. You climb that damn tower.”

With those words, Suzy took the ring out of her hand. She

threw it into her inventory and lay down on the sandy beach.

In an instant, so much information came rushing in that my head was spinning.

But how could it be so useless compared to the amount of information?

[νόμος protests your actions.]

[Νύμφη laughs at your actions.]

[σκιά claps his hands at your actions.]

[απόγευμα is amused by your actions.]

[νόμος is dissatisfied with your actions.]

Rogue suddenly became noisy, perhaps because he was displeased with her thorough ignoring him, but it was none of his business.