SSS-Class Suicide Hunter

1.

Right after you clear the stage.

Waiting for me on the 32nd floor, forcibly transferred, was [Wonder Girl] with fellow Hunters. Among them, the princess was hugging a pillow that looked unusual.

“No. Is that...? ”

It was a snail doll, not a pillow.

Oh, my god.

Goblin dolls are snail dolls...

“Even Goblin dolls. ”

“Yes?”

“Here.”

A princess picked up a Goblin doll from her arms. It was a doll with long ears, nose, and cheekbones.

“Uh, where did you get it...? ”

“I made it.”

“Can you show me... ”

As a Goblin God, I was about to make a legitimate and legitimate request, and someone intervened.

“What are you guys doing? ”

The Black Dragon Juju glances this way as if it were ridiculous.

“If you have time to play with the constellations, let's move on to the next stage. It only took 24 days to reach the 31st floor.... No, is my senses weird? It took me years to break the 10th floor. I really... ”

“You're holding something in your arms... ”

“Yi, this is for research purposes. ”

The Black Dragon Master hides the Bat doll behind him.

The Earl and the paladin touched the elf dolls and the mermaid dolls, respectively.

“I'm here to check the merchandise. Items made by constellations are rare, right? ”

“You were faithful in the description of the item. ”

These Humans...

“Four Kings. Here. ”

“Oh, thank you. ”

I took a Goblin doll and held it close to my arms and looked around.

The white world. I see nothing. It seemed like the white paper was unfolding endlessly. We were the only ones standing apart in the middle of that painting.

Mmm-hmm.

“…… Is this the 32nd floor? ”

I thought it couldn't be true, but I asked. The princess hugs the snail doll and shakes her head.

“It's easy to think of this as some kind of waiting room. To implement the 32nd floor, you all need to declare a Stage Clear." Ah, you know, the Serpent over there, he's been here all afternoon waiting for you. ”

“I thought you were going to die of pain! ”

The viper frowns on the white floor.

“Why are you so late? I'll take care of the kids and get out of here. I can't even observe what you're doing here, so I'm meditating. ”

“With the doppelganger doll. ”

“It helps with meditation. So I'm approaching the attack from a strictly Silicon Practical standpoint, and what are you guys really doing here? It's so overwhelming... ”

“No, you're being insensitive. ”

The paladin sighs.

“Didn't the princess tell you when she entered the 31st floor?" In other words, floors 31 through 40 are likely to be continuous stages. We may rule the Gorn race in succession on the 31st floor. ”

“Huh?"

“If you just broke the 31st floor, the astronomer. You can give me a rough shot of what you said. But if you run up to the 40th floor, it's a different story. I should prepare for [even if I leave] the faction to develop on its own. ”

The serpent blinks.

“Gee, wait. Did you say something like that? ”

“It was worth noticing. ”

The sighs of the paladin become heavier.

“Come on, think about it. Liaopan, you tend to think too roughly about things that are not related to martial arts...."

“Ze, are you serious? Is that why everyone's been staring at you on the 31st floor all night? ”

The serpent hurriedly looked around. A desperate look, as if one of us wanted to say ’no’.

Unfortunately, there was not a hunter here with less brain cells to respond to the viper's wishes.

“Doorway. It's okay. ”

I graciously laughed and patted the serpent on the shoulder.

“Sa, Sa Wang……. The paladin was mistaken, wasn't he? I'm not the only one left behind like an idiot...? ”

“Six factions remain after the destruction of the Gatekeepers. ”

“Damn it!”

The serpent covers his face.

Watching our country play like that, the princess shed a playful smile.

“Don't worry too much. Rank 1 to Rank 7, for the first time in ‘Next Era’ … survived to stage 32 floors. Thanks to your efforts, prehistory will soon be over. It's ancient from now on.”

Ancient.

There is an age gap between the 31 and 32 floors.

‘After thousands of years, at least. ’

Thousands of years. I was worried about how the Goblins were doing for such a long time, but I was relieved that the princess announced their survival.

However, the princess said something unexpected.

“Here! Everyone's here, so I'll open the next stage for you." ”

The princess floats a snail doll in the air and climbs aboard. And then it's like riding a horse. You raise one arm as you raise your voice.

“32 floors is the world after 31 to 200 years!"

"......."

There was a static flow between my colleagues. I also had a similar reaction.

"Yes?"

I just said she's not 2000, she's 200.

It means that the prehistoric age ended in just 200 years, and the ancient age began.

“Two hundred years? Princess, did you say something wrong for 2,000 years? ”

I made a silly face. That's ridiculous.

In the past, the gap between the 31st and 32nd floors was over a thousand years, even when the salting agent raised the elves by flooring the points. Even if my memory isn't accurate, it's been at least 500 years.

But 200 years?

Are you saying we raised our children that well?

“You heard right. ”

The princess smiled.

“I was surprised, too. I knew you guys were fast, but I didn't expect you to be this fast. No, in this case [slower] than [faster]... Yeah, sometimes a shortcut is the only way back. ”

“What do you mean? ”

“You'll find out when you get to the 32nd floor. Heave-ho.”

The princess placed the Goblin doll on the white floor. Then I spread my arms wide open.

“Then I'll open 32 floors! ”

“Wait a minute. ”

Black Dragon Juju said, she was perplexed by the 200 years.

“We're not all here yet. We don't have an Inquisitor.”

The Black Dragonist was right. I've got six men in the waiting room, including myself. One of our members, Inquisitor Ethan, still hasn't shown up.

“After he declares clearance, he has to go to the 32nd floor...."

“Oh, don't worry about it. It's okay. ”

The princess shakes her hand.

“I told you. [Everyone's gathered.] If the Inquisitor is referring to you in fourth place, he's arriving on the 32nd floor early and waiting. ”

“…… what? ”

“Like I said.”

The princess smiled.

“You'll see when you get there. ”

Paaaaaaaah!

The white light has taken hold of us.

2.

When we opened our eyes, we were floating in the air. The world unfolded beneath my feet.

Last time there was a vast Great Sea Forest ( ) in the world. This time it was different. There was no forest, no stream, no sunlight shining through the leaves.

There was no sky.

“Oh, my God.”

The Black Dragon Juju mutters dazed.

“What is that...? ”

A world made up under your feet.

The landscape that Black Dragon Joo described as "that" was "the underground city." There, there was a city I had never seen or heard of.

- It's a long way from home, Lime.

I heard fluent words from somewhere.

- There's a new tavern near the Great Hall...

- I'd like to postpone this year's inaugural service, Lime.

Something crawled through the city. Yes, I crawled, not walked.

They were snails.

Translucent creatures twist and twist. With a big snail on his back.

“Crazy...? ”

Underground city, no. The underworld was completely different from where we live. There was no way. The snails cling to the wall rather than walking down the street.

- Don't let our walls get in the way, Lime!

Every wall in the police department is a public good, Lime! God will tell me where to get to, but I will decide how to crawl, Lime.

The snails roamed freely from side to side and comfortably up and down.

Huge underground world.

Even though there were more than 20 stories of stone buildings standing at a standstill, I couldn't find any stairs anywhere. The snails just climbed up the wall and snuck into their windows.

- The rent has gone up a lot lately, Lime...

- This winter is unfortunate, but I have to stay in the ‘old house'...

There were even homeless people.

The homeless gathered in a small cave and dug inside the snail house. The homeless receive a blue glowing mineral. The snail swallows the blue stone with its mouth, and the translucent body glows blue. The snail's body turned blue.

- Lime... I can stand today for this one mouth, Rymu...

- Looks like the kids got you something good, Lime.

- Lucky for you, these days, businessmen have no morals, Lime. How can you joke about a rock cigarette when you're playing with stuff? It's not what people do, Lime.

- Just one bite...

It didn't end there.

- Get your stuff, Lime!

The snail wields its tentacles. Heave-ho! The wet sound echoes. The tentacles groan and carry heavy stones onto the wagon.

aristocrats.

Early days, the vipers were groaning and groaning.

- Really, all nobles are lazy! Lime!

The snail that looks like a manager grumbles.

- If you open your eyes a little, it's a dirty, expensive subject. Rymu. I don't know what the hell I'm complaining about feeding, dressing, putting her to bed and letting her live.

Slaves can climb to the top a little better, Lime. I don't know what's so great about a inferior species without shells.

- Hey, slave. Say "lime," Lime. I'll let you know if you can pronounce it properly.

The snail was much smaller than the nobles. The nobles said they were as big as Orcs, and there was a single horn in the middle of their foreheads. But the nobles were overwhelmed by a snail that could barely reach their waist.

-La, Reimi.

Slaves can't even pronounce rhymes! Even the sacred words cannot be put in your mouth, Lime, since birth. You cheeky bastards! Move your rocks!

- Ugh...

Oh, my god.

Those snails. Are you enslaving nobles?

“No…… What is that..."

The serpent opens his mouth.

His own kind fell into slavery in a slumber.

“Oh, it still is. Does this make any sense? I-I took care of things my own way and left on the 31st floor! I made them knives, I made spears, and I taught them how to fight... What's that? Slavery? Did my kind become slaves?! ”

“Huh."

At that moment, I heard a familiar voice.

"I can see your missing faces! ”

He was a heretic interrogator.

“Hahaha. Is it true you've finally entered a new era?" Hmm. If it's slow, if it's fast, it's fast. No, if you evaluate objectively, you should still think it's fast! ”

The Inquisitor was the same as usual. He was wearing his usual black priestly outfit and was smiling in the room as usual. So the serpent rushed to the Inquisitor without feeling any ideals.

“Hey, you psychopath! ”

“Oh, yeah. ”

“That's what happened! Why has my tribe become your tribe, Sidabari?! ”

The serpent grabs the Inquisitor's collar and shakes. The Inquisitor shakes, but does not wipe his smile from his mouth.

“I can explain that very simply! My current [snail civilization] requires a highly concentrated workforce. Slavery is a fairly useful institution to provide labor! It was only 112 years ago that the nobles invaded, defeated and captured them all! ”

“Well, what...? ”

“Aha. Don't worry. Pride is so formidable, it's hard to tame, and it's still hard, but you've managed to kill it to some degree! Maybe three generations from now, we can change the nature of our species. ”

"......."

The serpent grunts. He couldn't keep up with the Inquisitor at all. The other hunters, on the other hand, noticed each other quite quietly.

“…… Inquisitor. ”

I took the lead and opened my mouth.

“I'd like to ask you something. ”

“Ah, the Four Kings! Yes! Ask me anything. ”

Inquisitor Ethan smiles. If the Inquisitor had a dog's tail, he'd be pounding like hell right now. I could not help but imagine that I had a smile on my face.

“We, after declaring the 31st floor cleared, moved to the waiting room. You weren't there. The princess told me that you arrived on the 32nd floor first... … What does that mean? ”

“Hmm? Ah. Absolutely. Aha. ”

The Inquisitor tilts his head three or four times.

“Technically, that's wrong. I didn't arrive on the 32nd floor first! So far, he's only stayed on the 31st floor! ”

"......."

Static.

"…… Yes? ”

"That's exactly what I just said. I know you've declared stage clears one by one. The tower told me, but I thought, If the 31st floor is connected to the next floor, there's no need to declare a clear. ”

"......."

“I know a little bit about the way human history has evolved. This knowledge should have been a huge help to [Snail Civilization] 's development! Therefore, I told the tower that I would not declare stage clears. ”

“Then……."

“Yes! I continued to take care of them, wandering around the mountains! ”

The Inquisitor smiles widely.

“Welcome, everyone! Aha. It's been two hundred years and six months, 21 days! It's been a long time! ”

Holy shit.