Regress and Eat

“Here we are at last.” E

The man with the sword mutters in a wet voice.

“The Tower of Choice, the last 100 floors. ”

Each of the five gathered here responded. Tens of thousands of emotions that cannot be expressed verbally touch everyone's face and eyes. There was emotion, remorse, sadness, joy.

“Nate, put all the skeletons in now! Then · · · Guide, please. ”

When the man speaks, everyone's gaze falls on me. Most colleagues have been together for decades.

Other than knowing for a long time, we have something in common. It means that there is no change in their appearance when they first met. You look young together.

I moved on to meet their expectations.

A huge, locked door in front of you.

The trial on the 100th floor of the Tower of Choice is said to be one golden door. If she's the only one, so be it. I turned my gaze away.

Holy woman, Angelica Heard.

Her eyes meet and she smiles slightly.

Thousands or tens of thousands so far? I've seen her by my side countless times, but I feel relieved every time I see her.

Angelica is just what she used to look like in her 20s. I could not find anything worn or faded over the years.

Both eyes are full of bright light. Flushed cheeks slightly.

“Here comes the moment. ”

She approached me. Your lips open.

I walked like that the first day I met her. At that time, I laughed excitedly.

Past or present, she is still beautiful, pure, noble, and beautiful.

“Thank you, Seung Hyun. Our guide. You got us this far. ”

Angelica put her hands on my shoulders and lightly kissed my wrinkled forehead.

I answer with a quivering voice.

“No, humanity would have been destroyed without your [future predictions]. ”

Her virtue is true.

Hunters are given a 'seal’ to the body at the moment of Awakening.

Each seal is attributed to a ‘unique skill', so no hunter has received more than one seal to date, so of course every hunter has only one unique skill.

Angelica demonstrated her unique skills to humanity early on, proved her abilities several times, and · · · · · ·.

'I foretold the collapse of the most important SSS-grade dungeon.'

Without her, humanity would have fallen to the point of its miserable luxury.

Despite the prophecy that destruction was coming, Angelica's achievements were seen by senior rank hunters who reacted poorly for each reason, visiting the heads of nations, and convincing them of miracles.

The prophecy that the Tower of Choice would rise and the final quest for the tutorial would begin was also her own.

I told you.

“Here we go."

As I got older, my voice, which sounded like an iron, still bothered my ears.

As I approach, my face reflects and shines on the door surface.

There now stands an old man in his 80s who is rarely found on Earth.

All the other colleagues seemed to have shaved off their youth and moulded one old man, colliding head-on with only me.

Turn your eyes away from the mischief. You focus your mind towards the door lock.

Whoo-hoo!

I didn't have to mobilize less than a handful of my weak Mana. As always, my unique skills have worked just by focusing on the mind.

With Angelica's [Forecast of the Future], EX rank skills are among the skills of the Earth's known Hunter to date.

[Successor's Eye (Rank: EX, Passive)]

Immersion and observation revealed blue particles hovering around the padlock. It appeared to be dotted and connected like a line. Repeatedly flows with a constant pattern.

I put it in my head. I fully understood and memorized it just by looking at it once without trying to remember it.

“I got it.”

Hibiki, the so-called "doppelganger", approaches.

I frown by briefly explaining the method of retaliation to her.

“Still, it's fucking complicated. ”

She grunts and raises Mana.

I looked at him, obsessed with bitter repentance. I can see a strong storm coming from Hibiki's Mana Core, unlike my weak mana.

The only Mana that Hunter could recognize was his own Mana, but I was different.

Any kind of horse looks clear.

· · Even if I find out all the principles, I should leave the implementation to ‘Hunter Down' like Hibiki.

“ · · · · · ·. ”

Decades ago, I was delighted to see my unique skills immediately after awakening.

The skill effects described by the system message were truly amazing.

[Successor's Eye]

- You can visualize Mana.

- Never forget your perceptions through sight.

- The target's system message can be read in contact with objects, skill effects, etc.

A characteristic that was never known until then.

Plus, a passive skill that doesn't even consume Mana. It means that the number of uses and duration are close to infinity.

I didn't know what to do with my breasts, but I had a moment of joy.

I was frustrated as soon as I checked my unique skills and then checked my potential Manawa in order.

- Active Mana: 9/9

- Potential Mana: 1

“ · · · · · ·. ”

When interpreting the message · · · The Manathong given to me at the moment of Awakening was 9 (Active Mana), and it meant that I could increase Manathong's limit by 1 (Potential Mana) even after studying and trying for a lifetime.

That is, the lifetime limit of · · · 9 plus 1, only ’10. ’

It was the lowest Mana amount ever awakened. To the extent that my case can be used as a lowest level of arousal in academic circles.

Furthermore, 10 means that even when you get a Cluttered Class F Skill Card, you cannot demonstrate it.

In the end, I have lived my entire life as a non-combatant with skills that are optimized for playing with Mana like a toy.

Half a hunter who can't even protect himself.

“· · · Almost there! ”

During the horrific retrospective years, Hibiki was injecting a massive mana into the lock according to the pattern she had taught us.

A little more time.

Yuck!

“It's open!”

I bare my mind and move into the door with the group.

You see a small altar in front of us.

“That one!”

Randy's voice, titled "The Sword King," trembles.

Angelica then completed his unfinished words.

“It's an egg with dimensional aid. ”

A giant egg lay on the altar.

“Break that to stop the hatching of the dimensional aid. ”

I answered in my old voice, responding to Randy.

“Every dungeon that's ever been opened is closed. ”

Earth was unlucky. Too many hunters have died since the SSS-grade dungeon collapse a year ago.

That's why we agreed before we entered the tower.

“Once the tutorial is over and the opening begins, the Earth will not survive. I can't take it. ”

Openness meant that all the constraints given in the tutorial phase had disappeared.

It's like the border collapsing. Earth is connected to more dimensions than it is today. There will continue to be new dungeons in the process, but there are too few hunters to manage and prevent the collapse of the dungeon.

Humanity has decided to close all the dungeons and restore civilization because it cannot accept that future.

Instead of opening, disconnect.

“Then · · · ·. ”

Everyone's gaze reached the Holy Spirit.

Angelica nods and opens the subspace.

The air shakes, and a dagger pops out of it without ornament.

“This dagger is the only way to break an egg. ”

Angelica takes a calm step toward the altar with her sword.

Everyone stares at me without swallowing their saliva.

How many sacrifices did it take to get here?

You usually pretend to be rough-hearted, but you're weaker than anyone else. Tears are already in Randy's eyes.

Hibiki mutters a few names and sharpens his teeth to see how many have died.

“Well done, everyone. ”

Angelica takes another step, saying so.

Nate grins, but his fingers tremble with a bony cane.

He said.

“Now, let's go back to our original Earth. ”

“Yes."

I'm going back.

To the Earth I remember as a child, before all the laws were broken and turned upside down.

Since it was in focus, [Successor's Eye] clearly shows the Mana's movements around it.

I can also see that the ordinary dagger she is holding is not ordinary at all.

The extremely condensed blue Mana slowly roams along the blade. And surrounded by red Mana · · ·.

“· · No? ”

I was frozen.

I couldn't understand what was happening in front of me for a moment.

Nate looks at me curiously.

“What's the matter? ”

I can't answer without being stiff.

My head was spinning fast.

The Mana I can see is almost blue, but there are a few exceptions.

For example, if a Hunter triggers his‘ unique skill ’. And the skill is classified as Active and is a skill that uses Mana.

That Mana looks red.

But · · ·.

I spit out a trembling voice.

“Angelica's unique skill is · · · [Future Prognosis] a passive skill that doesn't use Mana, right? ”

And there's only one unique skill.

Hence, I have never seen Angelica exude red Mana, which appears only to be an active trait's unique skill, and should never be.

I should have.

“Oh, my God! ”

Angelica smiled at me.

It was the kind of smile I'd never seen before.

Prolog (1) End