SSS-Class Suicide Hunter

“…… what? ”

The Black Dragon Juice blinks.

The guild leader at the top of the tower lowers his eyelids and raises them again. Slowly. Literally, it's been a while.

Suddenly, she narrows her eyes.

“Regret? What are you talking about? ”

“I've been thinking about it for a long time. You crossed the Aikim Empire with me. At that time, I would have been relieved to reveal my identity, but I had not believed you before. So far, I've hidden it. ”

"......."

The longer I spoke, the heavier the look on my face.

I felt strongly that what I said was not a joke.

“You used to say to me, I don't know where this godless newcomer comes from. He's as young as he is old. You're right. I'm not new. ”

I summoned a skill card.

"Skill card open. ”

The golden glow flashes.

I turned the glowing card inside out and showed it to the Black Dragon Master.

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[Regret's reel clock]

Rank: EX

Effect: Automatically trigger when dead. 24 hours from the moment of death. Regression preserves memory and ability.

However, the higher the Hunter rank, the stronger the penalty will be.

A skill copied from Hunter Play.

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“Wait a minute.”

The Black Dragon Juice reaches out his left hand and grabs my hand. With a card in your hand. Because of this, the skill card was hidden and the testimonials could not be read.

What I wanted to reveal was to stop the Black Dragons themselves.

“No. ”

The eyes of the silent.

The black-eyed eyes seemed to resemble a bottomless well. I was looking at me urgently. Across the eye, on the bottom, there is a stream of cold water that seems to be buzzing without a sound.

“Don't do this. Please."

I bet that's the voice that always comes in.

There was a strange tone and tremor.

“I don't know what you're talking about. But I know what happens when I say it and I hear it, and I know how it ends. There is a line between man and man that must not be crossed. No matter how close you get, you can't cross that line. ”

The Black Dragon Master naturally said as if it had always been expected to happen.

The spontaneity probably stems from a lot of past experiences.

“Don't tell me your secret. Don't share. If you reveal your secrets now, my lord. We're crossing a river we can't go back to. When we rely too much on each other, it becomes dependent, not willing. ”

“I know. I know. ”

“…… You and I are good friends. A trusted colleague.You can't expect anything more from a relationship with a person. I take care of my business, and you take care of yours. It's not for the best. ”

The Black Dragon Master was seeking my consent.

I was also thinking about what she meant. It was always difficult to know how much to have a relationship with the other person.

Soon, I came to a conclusion.

“Then please decide after listening to me. ”

“It's too late for that. ”

“No, I can take it back. Now we can turn this conversation into something that we never had before. I have that ability. ”

"......."

The Black Dragonlord is silent.

People stood up and instinctively searched for wells in the town square. The poison has been deposited in your body due to your long sleep, and the villagers spilled it along with the groaning. yuurrggh. You hear the sound of poison breathing from everywhere.

“…… let's not talk about this here. ”

The Black Dragon Master mutters, holding my right hand.

“Metastasis.”

The next moment, we were out of the square.

The docks of the village.

The ships are tied to a rope and squirm along the waves. The sea has accepted the dissonance that ships make. For a moment, we overheard the sound of the waves.

“All right. All right. ”

At last, the Black Dragonlord nods to see if he's made up his mind.

“I'll listen to you first. But we can't share this story sanely. ”

Black Vortex strikes from the air as the Black Dragon Juice shakes his hand. It was like painting it black after trying to come to one place in the world. The Black Dragonlord tucks his arm into it without hesitation.

A moment later, the bottle is in her hand.

I was a little surprised.

"Is that a skill?"

"Yes. [Item Archive]. Although I can only store things for a limited time, there's no more convenient skill than this to kill a person and destroy evidence."

The black dragon liquor speaks nonchalantly, and then takes out two glasses of water.

“Be honored. No one really knows that I have these skills. You're the first hunter alive to see this skill, king. ”

I took the cup from the Black Dragon Juice.

For a while, only the bottle was empty.

Before the hangover broke, I opened my mouth.

“I'm a regretter. ”

I said it again correctly.

“I'm not sure where to start…. I have a time-traveling skill. To be precise, the ability to go back 24 hours when you die. Thanks to this ability, I've broken through a myriad of obstacles, 10 floors, 20 floors. They all survived using regression skills. ”

I showed my skill card to the Black Dragon Master.

This time, she also did not avoid her gaze.

“…… I see. ”

I just sighed.

Just like the man with the last piece of the Heman puzzle I've been looking for for for a long time.

“Did you notice? ”

“Very little. At least I knew [Prophet] was lying. ”

Black Dragon Juice tilts the cup.

“It was a convenient excuse, no matter how much I saw it. I've been watching you the whole time, but you shouldn't be doing what you already know. I always fought like this was the last time. Yeah, not knowing the future, going back in time. ”

The Black Dragon Master looked at my face.

“I really want to ask you something. ”

“Go ahead.”

“Battle on the 11th floor. ”

An old curiosity came out of her mouth.

“On the 11th floor, our tower experienced its first group war. Everyone got excited and jumped to the 11th floor after the 10th floor stage opened in a few years. That's where I fought the Demon Prince. Do you remember?”

“Yes."

“At that time, not one hunter was miraculously killed. Nobody got hurt, but nobody died. But……."

However, he hesitated for a long time.

“Maybe……."

“Yes."

“…… did you come back then? ”

“Yes."

“Until not a single warrior comes out? ”

“Yes."

The black dragon liquor shuts its mouth.

The well under your eyes is a little more dazzling.

“How many times……? ”

“A lot.”

“Ten times? Twenty times?"

“A little more, I think. ”

"Twelfth floor?"

“Ever since. It was always like that until I met Raviel. ”

"......."

The breathing distance of the Black Dragon Juju is shortened.

“Why? What made you so... There's no reason for you to. ”

“It's not because I have a good personality. If I had gone up to the 11th floor alone, I would never have repeated it dozens and dozens of times. Always, it was you who pushed me back. ”

I looked him straight in the eye.

“Every time there were fewer humans dying on stage, the Black Dragon Wine smiled a little. ”

Time she doesn't remember.

“I've never seen a nigger smile until then. It's not a laugh, it's a smile that makes me really happy. While killing hundreds of Hunters during the raid, he did what he had to do, expressionlessly... Since the casualties dropped to two orders of magnitude, Black Dragon liquor has changed a bit. ”

Her transformation that only I remember.

Oh my God! Maybe 40 Hunters didn't die!

Ridiculous…. Maybe, maybe 10 people didn't die.

How can this be possible? On a battlefield like this.

The smile of blooming petals.

I still remember that moment brilliantly.

“I saw it, and I thought it was beautiful. ”

"......."

“I was happy. I realized for the first time that my being could really make someone smile. ”

I smiled.

“Thank you, Black Dragon Juice. Brother.”

“Why…? ”

“I walked a path I could never have walked alone thanks to you. Now I love my life. with someone you like. Even if you didn't mean it, I was able to take a step because of the smile that you showed me that day. ”

I wanted to say this.

I wanted to tell her.

“You're the one who gives someone strength. At least not to me. You're not alone. Even if you're worried about the day you say goodbye every time you meet someone, don't worry about me. ”

I have the skill to bring back a dead day.

“I'm fine. ”

I'm not dying.

“You don't have to stop trying to assassinate me. Don't worry about what happens if you don't stop it. I'm here, and I'll be here as long as you let me. ”

"......."

"It's okay to fail. ”

"I said that……."

"You don't have to be afraid of failure anymore. You can do whatever you want to do. Even if one thing goes wrong, I can give you a few more chances. ”

“If you say that, you can't. ”

The Black Dragon Master is afraid.

I already know what she's most afraid of.

Even when the paladin and the three of us were drunk, the Black Dragon Master muttered.

Don't be late. Four Kings. "

Don't be late all the time.

Things that can't be undone.

The Black Dragon Master was most afraid of it.

Therefore, I decided to give her the most desperate gift I could.

One word that only I can deliver in this world.

“You can be a little late. ”

"......."

Black Dragon Juice stops as if stabbed with thorns.

“As long as I'm around, there's no turning back. You can restart anything. So you can take a little bit more adventure and gamble. You deserve it. ”

A wind across the sea pierces the Black Hair of the Black Dragonlord.

“You're much better than me. Managing the organization, starting a business…. Rule the entire tower. That's a talent I don't have. Likewise, the ability to start again is not just given to you somehow, but to me. ”

My dear friend.

“We can do so much more when we're two people. ”

So I didn't see her shed tears.

You bend your head a little, and just hold the Black Dragonist's hand.

“I already rely on you, so please rely on me. ”

“You……, really. ”

The Black Dragonlord swallows his voice, piece by piece.

“You're a bad person. So you can tell me, and make this a story that never happened? That means if you die and you go back to the day before, the conversation we had will be over. So, if I want to make this conversation go away, are you going to die...? ”

“Yes."

“Crazy bastard.”

The Black Dragon Juice squeezes my hand.

“Bastard…. ”

The Black Dragon Spirit mutters.

“You'll see. I'll use you until you get bored. Regression? You have that kind of power and you don't think you're afraid to share it with me? I really don't know what kind of person the leader of the Black Dragon Guild is. Wait and see. Crazy bastard..."

I waited for the shivers to subside.

Over time, the Black Dragon Juju spoke in a quiet voice.

“Anastasia."

"......."

“That's my real name. Kim Gong-ja.”

I slowly raised my head.

The Black Dragon Master smiles thinly.

“I'll make good use of it. Come forward. ”

“Yes."

I also laughed sincerely.

“Anastasia. ”

People climbing towers.

Among them, a colleague shared my secret for the first time.