Colossus Hunter
00. Prologue
They say that life is a series of choices.
But what does that choice mean if the results are set?
‘It's an act.’
The world was running towards destruction.
I tried to slow down the time of its destruction.
You survived on a battlefield that should have died dozens or hundreds of times and slaughtered all enemies in your path.
At some point, I was called a hero.
The Last Hero, the Loneliness.
I was the only one who stopped Daemon-Lord from coming.
But Daemon-Lord was only the beginning. More powerful monsters crouch in the abyss.
The end, it was fixed from the beginning.
Moreover, there are more than just a few Abyssal monsters.
Internal enemies.
Cult of Evil Aletheia (αλ? θεια).
“Sir. That's the cathedral of the Aleatian Church. ”
A place with mountains.
You see a giant tower.
I nodded.
Finally, this long game of hide-and-seek will come to an end.
“It took me 10 years to finally find it. Just give the order.”
Whee!
Rough wind blows in.
I said slowly, riding on a giant ship flying in the sky, the 'Ark'.
There were over a thousand silver knights behind me.
Alettaia. Worms that raise monsters and invade humanity.
If we wiped it out, at least the human conservation would last a year longer.
Today, we destroy them.
“Wipe it all out. ”
I threw myself off the ledge of the boat and into the ground.
The interior of a spear-like tower that reaches to the sky.
I saw a man standing on the top of the tower with thousands of corpses nailed to his hands like Jesus.
The priests around you were chanting their prayers in circles.
“Kronos has permitted us! But you think you can stop us? ”
The priest shouts at me, slaughtering all kinds of monsters and coming inside the tower.
Their main enemy was confident even when I arrived here.
I soon became aware of the path of that confidence.
Cough!
Rrrrghhh!
A black dragon protrudes from the base of the altar, waving its giant wings.
A dragon!
I kicked my tongue.
These lunatics have finally tamed the dragons.
A dragon was the most powerful of all the constellations. It's hard for me and the knights to take on the enemy.
‘I'm not dying. ’
But I shook my head.
If you were just going to sell yourself to a dragon, you would have died fighting the daemon lord who came before you.
But I didn't die.
Then I wouldn't have died this time.
Grrr!
You hold the sword in your right hand.
With my left hand, I circulated the temple's magic.
“Wait.”
A man tied at the center of the altar.
Remember me, the last friend I remember, the Colonial.
I talked to him.
I had a pretty good idea why he was there.
A middleman of Aleatia. A human chosen as a product!
Wriggle!
The colonial body reacted whether it heard my voice or not.
That's enough. Alive was enough.
“Dragon! Kill that heretic! ”
Get out of here!
At the end of the priest's words, I felt the energy of lightning in my hands.
The weakness of the dragon was its power related to electricity.
As I put it into the sword, the current flows throughout the sword and it starts to go crazy.
‘I don't die. ’
I made my way to the dragon.
His whole body was covered in blood.
I felt like I was going to lose my mind.
When I defeated the dragons and killed both priests and priests, there were only half the Silver Knights who followed me.
I still won.
The consciousness ceased.
But my eyes caught fire.
The man who was tied to the center of consciousness approached the colony and lifted his upper body.
‘A terrible curse. I can't live with myself. ’
Some of those who followed me had the ability to heal their wounds.
But the moment I saw Kronos' phosphorus engraved on the colonial heart, I shook my head.
I'm stuck properly. I've never seen such a curse. Why did the Cultists of the Cult sacrifice the colony?
“Sorry." ”
It was a colonial voice.
Luckily, it was alive, but it was like a candle about to go out.
“What are you so sorry about? ”
“All of them. When our God turned back the clock, I wanted to be a greater hero than you. ”
“There is no turning back the past. ”
“Maybe · · · Maybe · · Maybe. ”
The colony smiles with difficulty.
I couldn't laugh.
“You haven't paid the price yet. It's not fair to die now. ”
He used to be a good guy.
But after Aleatia's return, he changed.
I raised the monster myself and raided people.
There was no sympathy.
The colonist reaches out and touches my cheek. Like the last will and testament.
“If you are reborn, you will never regret it again. I'll pay for everything I've done. ”
I didn't answer.
Then the colony continued to say.
“You were my idol and hero. I've always envied you. I hate myself for being so jealous. ”
I understand. You may envy a friend who lives a life contrary to his own, apart from my own rotting lack of hope.
“It was all stupid. Really. Sorry. ”
Tuck!
I dropped my hand.
My breath stopped. My heart stopped.
My friend is dead.
- Hansung, Kronos will turn back time. I'm going back. I'm gonna go back and be a hero like you.
- Would I want to be in a place like this? Wouldn't I want to shine like you? But, Han Seong, there was no other choice for a man like me to survive in this crazy world.
Five years ago, when I last saw the colony.
He was a villain.
Commonly said midboss. Presence of the most obscure location.
He said at the time,
Supporting Kronos and giving it all away will bring you back infinite glory.
I bludgeoned, telling him to stop dreaming and calm down, but it seemed as if he was still trying to be a hero.
“· · · · · · · Yes. Be sure."
I carefully lowered the colonial body.
“Commander.”
Turning around, there stood a man in a bloody uniform.
His sword was covered in fur and flesh.
“We must quickly rescue the monsters around us and return. The president wants to see you.”
“Who's the president? ”
I got the impression.
“John Bros., President of the World Government. You asked us to prevent a Level 9 disaster in Los Angeles. The code name ‘Andrius’ is now active. ”
They've been attacking the Holy Land of Aleatia for a long time.
Yet another order came down.
The world was an abyss. There was no rest.
I laughed bloody.
“Level nine? Three hours till LA evaporates. ”
“I don't have time to joke around. The only person who can prevent a disaster of Level 9 is the 'Creepy Castle’. ”
“Tell them to wait. ”
“There are still many casualties at this moment. ”
“There's more than just me! Mountain Roar, Black Arken, Holy Sariah! Ask them to do it. ”
“They're all dead. ”
Ah, I did.
I was the only one who could be called a hero.
Daemon-Load.
All dead in the rainforest. Only I have 500 heroes left.
I put up with the insults.
At that moment, my head was cold.
“· · · · · · · The way each other walked was different, but it was the last person to remember me. After my parents died, Korea was destroyed, and now it's just him. ”
This is how it feels to be alone in the world.
The world went crazy. I wanted to go crazy too.
I looked at the corpse of a dead colonial.
‘Idiot. ’
I've known him since I was a kid.
He was naturally a good boy.
You snatched the ring that the colonist was holding.
As I was dying, I kept holding on to this.
And then he always loved this ring as much as he loved himself.
"Hero, I don't give a shit. ’
I wouldn't be a hero if I could go back.
Does he know it's harder to smile than to kill a monster?
“Let's go.”
I got up from my seat.
I had to fulfill that duty as my last hero.
* * * * *
Phew!
I breathed out loud.
Huff!
At the same time, I vomited blood.
A half-broken heart beats violently.
I succeeded in eliminating the shape of the snake that reaches to the sky, but I was also greatly beaten.
Death.
Words I've always prepared but still can't reach.
‘I heard it's a big day. ’
I never thought I'd die the same day I witnessed the Colonist's death.
The lower half flew away.
My heart is half broken, and I can't live in any country with only my upper half left.
I spilled a dry smile.
Maybe the moment I confirm my death, people will freak out.
Maybe · · · · · · · · · delayed despair will blow up like a compounding interest.
But something was wrong.
I've given up everything.
The enormous weight stops feeling for a moment.
There was not a single holy building, and on the land of the dead where all the population had disappeared, I laid down for a moment.
Close your eyes.
Shhh!
The ring that was in my heart radiates.
* * * * *
My head aches.
I opened my eyes to the intense sunlight.
“What is this? ”
I was embarrassed at the same time.
The surroundings are familiar.
Untidy desks, floors with all kinds of garbage rolling around, smells of old, crunchy smells, computers and lots of cups.
If memory serves me correctly, this was my room.
A place I lost decades ago!
Is it a dream?
I pinched my cheek.
It hurts. I can feel it.
But the powerful forces that were hidden in my body did not seem to evaporate at all.
This was the first time.
Obviously, he was aware of death.
Is this some kind of afterlife fantasy?
"No."
I shaken my head.
Death is the end. It meant every end.
At least I'm sure of him. The disaster at level 10 was that I could see the aftermath of death in the coming of 'Daemon Road’, where many heroes had died.
Zero. The endless emptiness!
So, what I'm going through right now is not a fantasy.
Plus...
‘Ring.’
The ring is embedded in your left hand.
A ring taken from a colonist.
The ring was imprinted with an ambition that had never been seen before, but it seemed to have absorbed a strange energy.
‘It does not fall out. ’
The ring doesn't budge even if I push.
It wrapped around its index finger like a curse.
“You're back"? ”
Short silence.
It was far from normal.
But I quickly regained my calm.
‘March 2, 2015. ’
I opened the folder on the phone on my desk to check the date.
March 2, 2015.
Oh, my God!
I sighed.
I came back, but I didn't even erase the terrible memories of my past.
'Mother, Father.'
I remember this day.
I remember exactly 10 days before this day.
It was a car accident. We were returning from work together when we were driving drunk.
Big enough to be on the news.
It was a millstone, and my parents' car was so badly dented that they couldn't recognize the shape.
It was my birthday.
In the car, I found a soccer boot that used to sing that I usually wanted to have.
'You gave me my time back, but you really didn't give me what I wanted.'
I looked up at the ceiling.
That way you won't hear the answer.
God is cruel. He never gives you hope.
Yuck!
It was that moment.
Someone scrubbed in through a half-open door.
“Han Sung!”
I was a little surprised.
The one who came was a colonist.
But in my memory, after my parents died, the colonists hadn't come to see me for months.
‘Because I cursed and chased him away. ’
The day of the accident. I swing my fist to get away from the colony that came to me. I told them not to contact me again.
I was too young.
After that I went to transfer.
The reunion with the colonists was after the world turned upside down.
But when he saw me, he burst into tears.
Then I had a fever, grabbing my sheep's shoulders.
“Han Sung, I'm sorry. If my desperation had been stronger, I could have come back and prevented an accident. ”
I cried like crazy.
I raised my hand halfway up and patted him on the back for a moment.
At the end of the heat, the colonist barely raised his head and said,
“Don't worry. I'll do it all from now on. You just leave it alone. I'm gonna help you, okay? ”
“What the hell. ”
“And don't ever follow the Yanks. Those sons of bitches. They're all after your insurance money. We're not following you! ”
A colony walks out the door as if it were being chased by something.
I had to make an impression.
What he left behind.
They were things that could never come out of this situation.
As if they knew the future.
At that moment, I remembered the place where the colonists died.
Kronos. the god of time.
The sanctuary of Aleatia, where great rituals were being performed!
"Time ritual"? ’
But I clearly stopped the consciousness. I killed all the apostles and cut their throats.
My head was cold.
I looked at the ring on my left hand.
It was originally colonial.
The ring glowed just before death. My return must have something to do with this ring.
It also had something to do with Colonial, the owner of the ring.
‘The colony has returned. ’
More accurately.
‘I'm just overwhelmed by the colonial regression. ’