Colossus Hunter

- How long do I have to kill him?

A dark cave.

It was engraved on a giant gravestone.

The last words of the living are heartfelt.

I was first welcomed by such a phrase that seemed meaningless but likely to be there.

“Come.”

But I know this is also part of the trial.

It's been seven times. My mind has been heightened ever since, breaking through six trials without rest. Your ordeal was to kill a predetermined monster, but not all of them were on the same terms.

The memorial stone was one.

But there were two graves.

Bang!

Black bandaged lions protruded from the two graves. Like a zombie, but not a zombie. Much more sophisticated than that, he would have been a lifelong hero.

One was a man and one was a woman.

The man raises his sickle, and the woman raises her staff.

[One who cannot die. He was once the leader of the continent's mightiest assassination faction, killing only the wicked, but buried by betrayal.]

[The wife of the great wizard, the woman called Grand Wizard, but she died in despair, despite not stopping the death of the lion.]

[Only after death were the two able to become one, and it is only possible to confirm the relationship within the cemetery here. They will never let the intruders out.]

Oh, shit.

No more details. It's because I can see it even if I don't tell it.

Their relationship.

How tightly connected the lines of fate are.

They died miserably hoping for each other.

‘All the gates look like this. ’

There were no ordinary trials.

It was true to kill the Crucible object, but the story was given to all of them.

Of course I don't mind. I don't mind, but every time I killed them, I felt like something was breaking inside me.

It's all because of the strange atmosphere of this cave. It was also because their memories were gradually flowing to me.

‘It's a different world story anyway. ’

The continent's mightiest assassins? The ultimate wizard?

They were not born on Earth. Another dimension I don't know about. It must be somewhere in the six worlds, called the Hippocratic Way.

Their world and their lives were none of my business. I was overwhelmed just by protecting the world I live in.

- Sting, mouth, mouth, mouth.

- There is no net to disturb us.

Quacking!

The blade of wind grazed my cheek and passed by.

At the same time, a man with a sickle suddenly came out behind me.

Blink? Is that supposed to be a method of livestock?

‘I didn't notice. ’

After all, he is the greatest assassin on the continent.

I have faced numerous assassination threats, but I have never been unable to respond.

Do not think of it as the Earth's level.

‘Adamantine.’

A skill that counteracts hits from all attacks. Only this skill was triggered by an unresponsive attack.

Gaaaah!

But it didn't stop the flesh from getting ripped off. I could barely take a step back after digging deep enough to see the bones on my shoulders.

Then I lifted up the moon and snapped the man's neck.

Rrrrgh.

Nothing. After it's gone.

It vanished like fog and appeared again behind me.

It was like a cursed ghost.

Kuaang!

Meanwhile, a huge lightning bolt fell on my head.

A terrifying magical power. If you do not avoid it, you will be severely hit.

Should we avoid it?

‘You must not avoid it. ’

The man with the sickle would immediately take my neck.

I slammed my sword to the ground.

Kuaang!

While the stone splashes and blocks the stomach for a moment, the grass spirits protrude out and drop their roots through the rapidly dug hole. As the densely planted roots block the mines, the floor suddenly begins to crumble and melt and the lava zone begins to form.

- It's hot!

- I'm sorry, we can't use our powers here.

I'm pissed!

The grass sisters shake their heads. It was obvious that the terrain itself had changed and could not exert its power.

‘Extreme contingency. ’

I've never dealt with a Spirit once or twice before. Besides, how great was the Wizard who turned this vast area into a lava zone all his life?

‘They were also heroes. ’

Six trials, most of the targets were monsters, but some were heroes like this. But after a miserable death, I reached this place.

Hero's words.

The end is always miserable.

I strongly thought that this might not be a typical giant.

‘There seems to be no room for power. ’

The sooner you get back.

It's not my favorite word, but I don't think I can keep moving forward saving my strength.

* * * * *

Cripple.

The Great Star trembles very slightly.

A handful of black people read the change, even though no one would notice it.

“Did the Great Star just move? ”

“No way. It's barely filled. Are you mistaken?”

“But · · · · · · · · ·. ”

“It's not ‘time’ yet. At least 50 daemon roads must die for the Great Star to move. The cracks have to be much larger. ”

Curr.

“· · · · · · · I have to tell the duc. ”

It was not a mistake.

The tower was shaken violently, and the ‘veil’, which locked up the great stars, shook.

“What happens when the veil disappears? ”

“A ‘super-cracking’ will occur and Needhog will come for the Great Star! This is not the time! ”

“Suddenly why · · · · · · · · ·. ”

Guaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

The veil began to shake harder.

But the sound that bounced out of the veil gave the blacks an idea.

· · · · · Like a sad scream.

* * * * *

Huff, huff!

I exhaled roughly.

Dammit. The insult is in your mouth. It was difficult to deal with the two at the same time, one by one. I almost got beat up.

‘Only death exists at the end of a hero. ’

The man and woman hugged each other. Like we'll be together till the end. I frowned.

But this is not the end.

At the same time, their memories came into my mind.

- Die for the Empire! Your existence is too dangerous!

- Where is it? I only worked for the Empire!

- The ultimate shadow, Agritsa. Your work is the high seas. You're the one who killed their avatars from the merciless tyranny of the gods and ultimately won humanity's victory.

- Then why?

- The age of the gods has come to an end. It means we don't need weapons we can't afford anymore.

It's a story of a world I don't know. But I felt overwhelmed. Agritha. It was like I was him.

He resists, but eventually kneels before a merciless attack on the Empire.

Frustrated, desperate, with nothing to offer.

But he was a hero. He only uses his weapon for the humans.

But he was betrayed by humanity and died.

Maybe I'll be better off dead to the monster.

‘The name of the hero is so absurd. ’

I know. That's why when I came back, I said no heroes.

Because I know the weight of the name Hero.

I trembled. Tears fall. Your fists are clenched, and you kneel.

It's not just his memory.

His emotions, all his things penetrated me.

Why no one has broken this ordeal. The reason I didn't want to wake up.

I seemed to know why.

“Ahh · · · · · · · ·! ”

Moaning comes out of my mouth.

I gripped my teeth.

I am the Lonely Star. I am not him. I know, I know, but what is this frustrating feeling?

This phenomenon became stronger as we went through the trials.

[You have completed the seventh trial. Moving on to the next trial.]

Even before the emotions cleared up, the surrounding environment changed.

There was another giant statue.

The monkey-shaped statue was holding a giant rod and having a round band on its head, but somehow it looked familiar to me.

[Monkey called Emperor Castle and was classified as a troublemaker in the heavenly world. She met the savior, helped him get to know Doug, and was encouraged to defeat him, but only half. Because of the darkness of the other half, his body did not become a true god.]

[He has the key to Gate 8.]

Brace, brace!

My heart is beating.

Because the ghost was moving, which fell asleep inside me.

I knew that the true identity of the ghost was Emperor Heaven.

And the body of the ghost is now in front of me.

- Here, you locked him up in here!

The ghost moves desperately. He wanted to take control of me again.

But I shook my head. I had no intention of surrendering myself to him.

Moreover, the content of the trial was a little different.

I'm not asking you to kill or eliminate them. He says he has the key.

‘You can't kill them. ’

Immortality. Emperor Castle does not die. Of course, I could die if I had conditions like the Four Thousand Kings, but there was no way I could kill them now.

Bang!

Soon, the body of the Emperor's body began to move.

Just by stepping on my feet, the ground and air were turned upside down. Then, as I swing the staff, it quickly stretched out and hit my head.

“Ugh! ”

Stopped. Stopped. However, the size of the female staff was getting thicker and heavier. It is the heavenly host that holds it freely.

Strength struggle is hard. You cannot win a battle in front of you.

No, it wasn't easy being in the flesh of Uriel Diablo.

What a monster.

It was once the body of a monkey that was worshipped as a god. Even though the soul did not possess it, its power was beyond anything I could do.

There's got to be a way to find the key.

- I'm going back. That body is mine!

- Thousand horses! Why do you only take from me? Why? Why?

I felt a dark ‘naivety’ in the ghost. He was struggling desperately.

Then, the movements of the heavenly host became more violent. It's like I'm intertwining.

‘This trial is deeply related to ghosts. ’

The Bible says that the key belongs to the Great Wall of Heaven.

Maybe the key is in the ghost.

Ghosts are also because of the Emperor. His body and mind were separated.

But why is the body of the heavenly host here?

The reaction of the ghost was not fake. It was real flesh.

And it's an alleyway to the queen giant.

I can't believe the bodies of the Emperor Castle are only placed to protect the Queen Giants. There was no preaching like this.

Aaaaah!

Heave-ho!

Broken shoulder blade.

The human body could not bear it, even though it was cast out with the moonlight staff.

Huff!

Blood was exsanguinated, but the ghost spoke freely.

- I will take my revenge. The world that mocked me, the heavens!

- I am the king of monkeys. Don't cut me off with your human and divine philosophy!

This was enough to cry out.

Perhaps the ghost is the true form of what was called the Emperor of Heaven, the Monkey King.

But I shook my head.

“Shut up.”

I am not the one who will accept the hissing to the end.

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