Turns Out To Be a Genius Duelist

“… do you know about this place? ”

I know.

The Soul Keeper called this place "the cemetery," and said that the soul who finished one life was the place to rest before going to the next life.

But speaking of which, Rick smiles bitterly.

“That's all I knew. Isn't it strange? If it's a resting place, why is it called a cemetery and why is there a memorial stone? ”

Yoon Suk touched his chin, recalling the monuments that had been crooked on the ground.

It was a problem I had never thought about.

Honestly, I just wanted to.

“There were no memorials here originally. It was neither a name nor a graveyard, and the souls who remained were free to roam here and sail to the flesh to be inhabited in the next life. ”

“ ……. ”

“Everything that's changed is after the tower. The tower locks the souls in a memorial stone and starts interfering with the fate of the next life. ”

“Interference?”

“Typically, you can say 'manager.’ They also had to go on to the next life, but the tower stopped them. To achieve your goals. ”

Rick speaks in a slightly more void voice.

“And above all... no matter how many times I was reborn, my own destiny remained the same." ”

Although talking sounds like a cult, I was willing to continue listening unless I had to offer sacrifices to my ancestors.

As Yoon-suk demands a supplemental explanation, Rick continues to speak.

“No, it needs to change a little bit. Happier is happier in the next life, and more and more unhappy is the unhappy is born after several deaths... ”

“ ……. ”

“Which one do you think I was? And El?”

It would have been the latter without question.

While enduring every day in all kinds of hardships, I saw a glimmer of hope, but I came to a tragedy…….

In a way, it was similar to Yoon-suk's life before regression.

He suffered so much from Kang Hyung-woo that he only entered the tower in winter but eventually became his slave again.

“The tower says it's an efficient way of managing. That's why we need some kind of a push to kill her. ”

“ ……. ”

“That's how she saved me. I caught him being dragged to this memorial stone to tell him the truth. ”

“Don't you see we've been exploited? ”

Rick grins as Yoon-suk says.

“Hehe! No way. But what about it? At least she gave me a chance to break this chain with my own hands. ”

A vicious chain in the name of destiny.

One of the towers and queens had to disappear in order to cut it off.

If the tower disappears, this cemetery will work again, no problem, and if the queen disappears, the tower will no longer need to attract challengers.

There is no reason to play around with the fate of others.

Whichever choice you make, you will reach the end, but Rick holds the Queen's hand.

Because she was the only one who reached out.

“I know. None of this would have happened without her. But something happened. And if it wasn't for her, what could I, a simple mercenary, do? ”

“ ……. ”

“I'm going to break the tower. And I will end this tragedy. Even if my soul disappears and becomes dust. At least that child can live an ordinary life.... You must……. I will make it so. ”

As Rick listens to his sincere insides, Yoon-suk realizes.

Perhaps it was also a kind of condolence prepared by the Queen and Rick together, which had the effect of 'escape destiny.'

“Why does the queen want to destroy the tower, or, rather, this place?

“… I don't know about that. ”

Rick, who was working with the Queen, didn't know everything.

Fluffy.

The next thing you know, Rick kneels.

To prevent repeated tragedies. No, to make a child who thought like a daughter could be happy.

Bang!

I put my face to the cold ground for something more precious than my life.

“I can't break that tower with my current strength. But you're different. Please. Destroy the tower. ”

He must have realized it enough.

The fact that Yoon-suk can't be defeated by force.

I'm sure there was no other way to answer this question.

Well, it's a little awkward to think about it....

‘It must have been that desperate. ’

Yoon-suk hardened the wick of his heart.

The beginning of all tragedies was a conflict between the Queen and the Soul Keeper. The duel has created a monster called the Tower.

To protect the cemetery, there is no shortage of contradictions that would break the balance of the world.

“I'll do whatever you want. ”

Protect the cemetery? Once the queen is dead, you'll go back to the way things were?

The words themselves were actually nonsense.

Yoon-suk saw that the tower was no different from a tasty artificial intelligence computer.

Should I say that the frenzy is flowing?

The tower uses Rick to kill the soul keeper, who was the only interference. He thought he was getting in the way of what he was trying to do.

How can I trust such a man?

After the Queen's death, the best defense is an attack, and it's no wonder she wants to kill them all.

And by the way, this was one thing for the queen.

‘She's up to something, too. ’

Rick had no choice but to hold hands.

It's not like she's the queen of justice or anything. She also used everything around her to achieve her goals and forced her to sacrifice the same thing.

No, he was even more dangerous because he didn't know exactly what he was doing.

“That means……. ”

“Yes, that means I will destroy the tower. ”

“ ……! ”

Rick shakes his head at Yoon-suk's answer.

And that moment.

Phew!

The shining sword pierced his heart.

“Oh, why……. Me……? ”

Rick falls down, grabbing onto the hem of Yoon-suk's trousers. Then I lifted myself up as if I was lifting my weight.

He seemed to want to know why he cheated, at least.

I didn't have anything to say.

I didn't cheat.

Everything you just said is true.

The tower will be destroyed. And this is one thing the Queen is not accustomed to.

It's just not that moment right now.

“ ……. ”

This is a recreational space, and Rick Gersei in front of him is a fake.

Destroying the tower here won't mean anything, and the real Rick would want this to happen.

Well, I'm curious about the condolences I might have had in my life....

Rick's work here is done, since there's no way he can answer this question.

But Rick wouldn't.

“Cough, cough -! ”

Rick rises to his feet, vomiting blood.

His body, which had already begun to disintegrate, was slowly turning to dust from the end.

He reached out with a longing eye and took off the mask of Yoon-suk.

And then...

Tuck.

Rick's hand crumbles, and the mask on top of it falls to the ground.

“Who the hell are you……. ”

Rick's eyes start to tremble with no reason.

It wasn't that I didn't understand.

Yoon-suk felt the same way when he first met Rick on the 14th floor of the mission.

“ ……. ”

Only the color of the skin, hair and eyes is different.

Everything else matches up like looking in a mirror.

I also instinctively realize the moment I see it without someone telling me.

You're not just a look-alike.

“No way, you……! ”

Rick shouts, "Something's flashing in my head."

Yoon-suk raised his head, guessing what conclusion he had reached.

“I'm not you. ”

Rick Gersei.

He may not agree, but Yoon-suk seems to think he is being nice.

It was so naive that it was easily exploited everywhere.

Elizabeth Rowen.

I couldn't achieve what I wanted because of this big weakness.

But it's not Yoon-suk.

“Then……. Then who the hell are you...! ”

Yoon-suk picked up the mask that fell on the floor and put it on his face again.

Then you see Rick slowly disappearing.

“Choi Yun-seok.”

On the plus side, the job is Mine.

The specialty is to smash the heads of those who roll their heads behind them.

Therefore, he is different from him.

The Monarch of Destruction died.

He grabbed his hand like it was shrouded in scattered powder and lifted his head.

"Individual mission accomplished.

Increases reward upon completion of mission.

Tower and Queen.

Both of them will pay.

You must.

* * *

Without any rules, the wind seems very free to scatter as it blows.

Yoon-suk stood there for a moment and looked at the disappearing hordes of light.

How long has it been?

The phrase popped up in front of my eyes.

Information collection rate to date 100/100.

"Elizabeth Lorwen learned all the secrets of the Fallen Monarch.

The information collection rate that was staying at 97 reached its maximum. I wonder what happened to English.

The moment he turned his head toward the entrance, Yoon-suk recognized the message.

‘Are you listening to everything.... ’

Just like Yoon-suk listened to Rick's conversation with a man.

Somehow, there was El.

Yoon Suk sighed, who even checked Azura who was restless at his side and noticed this side, knowing that he didn't keep his orders properly.

‘This place doesn't magically spread far. ’

Just as Rick and the man didn't recognize the presence of Yoon-suk until Yoon-suk blew up his sword.

Yoon-suk also did not feel El's prowess.

Thanks to you, something will be bothering you...

‘Well, that was the mission anyway. ’

I decided to be as positive as possible.

Once the information gathering rate has reached its maximum, the reward for completing special challenges should have increased.

Boom, boom.

Yoon-suk approached El without saying a word, leaving the ‘first manager’ standing at the door.

Otherwise, the instruction phrase was being updated.

Talk to her. And look at the other end of their journey.

Another ending.

I didn't know what it was, but I didn't think it meant much.

I'm not playing house, and seeing another ending in this whole fake space doesn't change anything.

Even Rick is dead, so it's a bed ending.

But…….

“… why are you smiling? ”

El smiles.

Like a happy dream.

But it gives me goosebumps for a second.

‘… is this the future? ’

Yoon-suk realized that she was looking at something else. It wasn't much, but I've been there a few times.

What the hell are you looking at? ’

Yoon-suk waited for me to finish without touching my body as before.

After a while, El regained consciousness.

“… in the future? ”

Yoon-suk carefully asked.

However, the answer came as completely unexpected.

“No.”

“ ……? ”

“I just thought about it. The way you and I are smiling. ”

There was no such thing as future poetry.

Just like a dream, El drew the future.

I imagined a future that I would never see in the future.

“That's all we wanted……. ”

Soon, Yoon-suk bites his lips.

Covered with a cloth, I can't see El's eyes.

That's why it's hard to read faces.

However, Yoon-suk could tell.

There was no childlike crying like the old waiting room, but she was crying.

There was nothing I could say.

"You have completed the Special Challenge.

Then a new phrase came to mind.

Yoon-suk was ridiculous.

This is the end? ’

Another ending.

I didn't want it to be grand in the first place.

Whatever it was, I thought it meant nothing.

But this is something.

After all, it's just a slightly different... perhaps even worse tragedy than reality.

“ ……. ”

I was annoyed.

Of course, it must have been a big factor to kill Rick in the end…….

Do I have to be offended by making this assignment in the first place and sending it to myself?

It seems as if the tower was warning you while you were sneaking away.

It would be a tragedy if we didn't do what we wanted to do.

‘... That's funny. ’

Yoon-suk's eyes froze cold.