Translator: WH Editor: Sasha
3.
Hunters sat around in the library.
“Um…”
The Hunters were sitting in a wide circle. In the middle of it, hundreds of [Apocalypse] were piled up. From now on, they had to choose one from all those books, but no one hastily approached the pile.
That was a given. Just a moment ago, their companions were eaten up by the book. And it was 50 people. Everyone was afraid or depressed.
If anyone could laugh energetically in this situation, wouldn’t it be likely that they were some kind of nut job?
“Hahahaha!”
Surprisingly, there was such a nut job present.
“I can’t believe 50 people got eliminated as soon as we started. This is a big hit from the get-go. ”
A blonde-haired boy. A certified, top of all nut jobs in our world. Heretic Questioner stroked his chin.
“But there is always a sacrifice needed to go forward. Let’s not forget their sacrifice! We’ll have to work harder to clear the tower!”
“Let’s cheer up! We’re lucky we’ve only lost 50 people so far when it could’ve almost been 100 people. Instead of grieving for what was lost, we should be happy for what remained!”
The more Heretic Questioner opened his mouth, the more severe the mood became.
Bookmark maids still roamed around us. They served hot coffee and black tea that we had no idea about where it came from, and out of 250 hunters, only the Heretic Questioner said, “Ah! Thank you!” and accepted it at once.
“Hmm?”
Heretic Questioner sipped the black tea and tilted his head.
“Everyone, are you all not going to drink? It’s very delicious though?”
“First…”
I cut off the Heretic Questioner.
There was nothing good about letting a psychopath talk for a long time.
“Heretic Questioner, please keep your mouth shut for a bit.”
“Huh? Why should I?”
“The more you talk, the lower our morale becomes. We’re losing motivation. It’ll be big trouble if our morale drops any more from here on, so please shut up until I say it’s okay.”
“Oh. If that happens, it’ll be a big problem.”
Heretic Questioner gave me a broad smile.
“Okay, Death King! I’ll happily shut up!”
The Hunters stared at the Heretic Questioner and me with a puzzled look.
Don’t look at me like that. I just figured out how to deal with that nut job.
“Now.”
I purposely raised my voice to change the mood.
“Everyone. I’m sure you all know now. You can’t just go against that Constellation recklessly. Right now, we have no choice but to behave ourselves and follow the quest that the librarian gave us.”
The Hunters’ eyes slowly gathered on me.
Instinctively, I felt a burden, but I swallowed hard.
‘I’m 3rd rank now.’
The third strongest hunter here with the right to speak!
I had to get used to getting people’s attention as if I was breathing.
I opened my mouth while putting up my best poker face.
“But just because we’re following the quest doesn’t mean we’re at a disadvantage. Everyone, please take a look at the quest window.”
The Hunters’ gazes were stuck in the air along with my words.
The same hologram I saw would’ve also been reflected in their eyes.
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[Remake The World. Volume 1.]
Difficulty: To be determined (未定)
Mission Objective: As there are countless worlds, there is also countless destruction happening. The Constellation ‘Librarian Bang Gu-seok’ describes this as a Discontinued Serialization. Librarian Bang Gu-seok wants for the worlds that were discontinued for unjust reasons to continue their stories again.
First, choose one of the discontinued Apocalypse!
If you succeed in saving the world, that world will be registered as your 22nd floor.
※However, if the mission fails, the 22nd floor will not be opened.
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“You’ve read all of it, right?”
The Hunters nodded. Some of them even answered “Yes.” Was it an effect from making the Heretic Questioner shut up? For the time being, no Hunter looked like they would challenge my authority.
“The most important thing here is the last part. [If you succeed in saving the world, that world will be registered as your 22nd floor.] Do you all know what this means?”
The Hunters were puzzled.
They still didn’t know how big of a reward this was.
I said.
“The rewards will change depending on what kind of world you save. Well, let’s say we saved a world packed full of diamonds! Then, that world becomes our 22nd floor.”
‘……..”
The Hunters’ faces began to change drastically.
“Diamond is just an example. For people who live in the tower like us, there’s no need to pick that piece of crap. But what if it’s a world buried with an abundance of food, water, and all kinds of ore?”
“Self-sufficiency…”
The Witch murmured.
“Then being self-sufficient would really be possible.”
“That’s exactly it.”
I stood up from my seat. And a pile of books in the middle. I walked towards the Apocalypses that the librarian told us to ‘Pick from these books’.
“He-, hey now! Death King!”
Came the Venomous Snake’s shout from behind my back.
“If you touch that recklessly, then the tentacle monster…!”
I picked up a random book from the pile. Hukkk! The Hunters screamed and shut their eyes. There was even a Hunter who ran away because he was afraid that the tentacle monster would pop out again.
But even after one, two, and three seconds passed, nothing happened.
The Apocalypse laid obediently still in my hands as if it were an ordinary book.
“Uh, huhhhhhh?”
Venomous Snake’s eye silently went wide.
“Nothing’s happening…?”
“Hur hur.”
The librarian, who was floating in the air, laughed.
“That’s right! As long as the great me doesn’t activate my powers, the Apocalypses are just plain old books. Of course, there are forbidden books (禁書) that could prove to be dangerous just by touching them. Those books are sealed somewhere secluded, so don’t worry.”
“Yes.”
I nodded.
And when I opened the book in my hand, another hologram popped up.
It was information about the book.
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[Tales of Sormewin Academy]
Genre: Romance, Fantasy
Difficulty Level: D Class
Player Limit: 4 to 5 people
※The Serialization is currently suspended.
Introduction: Sormewin is a historical magic academy. It’s an ordinary academy where friendship and competition, love, and jealousy comes and goes. This Apocalypse could have remained as an ordinary academy. If only it wasn’t for the World Destruction-class artefact that was sealed in the academy’s basement of all things!
Reason for Discontinuation: The evil lady lost her fiancé (Crown Prince) to a schoolgirl who was reincarnated twice. She then changed for the worse, and unsealed the artefact, liberating the Great Devils and causing the world to be destroyed.
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The reason for discontinuation, in short, the cause of the world’s destruction, was very pitiful.
It would’ve been better if the world was destroyed because of meteorites or tsunamis.
‘What a pity. The world was destroyed because of the children’s love quarrels.’
It was obvious why the librarian got angry.
Let’s think about it.
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(ED/N: Dear readers this is definitely SSS-Class Suicide Hunter, please don’t be confused and keep on reading)
“Ahhhh.”
Like a crack in a blue jewel, the ice-cold eyes of the Crown Prince began to gain an understanding.
The long misunderstanding that had driven a wedge between the two of them all this while had finally melted and collapsed after the second life.
“My half was here. Dear Silvia. She was my half.”
The Crown Prince, muttering, let out a sigh and knelt on one knee. Silvia sobbed silently as if holding her breath.
The two of them unwittingly realized that they would never forget this moment until they died.
At that very moment.
With a bang, the Crown Prince burst entirely.
“Eeeek?”
The next moment, Silvia burst.
What came to the consciousness of Silvia as she was blown away, was a flurry of screams.
“Kyaaaaaaak!”
“It’s the Devil! The Devil has appeared!”
“What bad luck.”
The world.
It was the moment where everything came to an end.
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Imagine that the romance novel that you had been reading was discontinued because of something like this. Any reader would’ve been pissed off.
It was like that even in a novel, so it would’ve been worse if it was the real world.
‘Anyways.’
This wasn’t important right now.
“Everyone! Come here and take a look at this book.”
I yelled at the Hunters.
“Every book has a different difficulty level and content. There are levels that we can clear more easily among these books. We have to choose the books that will benefit us the most among these!”
Several Hunters stood up from their seats.
But still, the majority just stared at each other.
-Stupid. They’re like that because you’re using honorifics. You still don’t understand how hard it takes for these Hunter bastards to listen?
Bae Hu-ryeong said.
-There are 250 Hunters you have to deal with right now. 250 people. You’ll have to drop the honorifics to at least make them listen.
‘Really?’
-Every time you level up, you hear [Your presence has become clearer], right. Do you know what that means? It’s [Your pride has grown stronger]. By nature, the higher the level a Hunter has, the stronger their pride will be. They’d never listen to you.
Indeed.
I gave a declamatory speech that was filled with my aura.
“There are hundreds of Apocalypses here, how can I read them all by myself?! Come and read!”
Flinching.
Only then did the heavy hips of the Hunters picked themselves up.
“Listen, everybody!”
I continued ordering without a break.
“Let’s split into groups. Those that have read some novels or history books, to the left! Those that really don’t know anything about novels or history, to the right! Come on now! Quickly!”
Their steps quickened.
Thump thump thump!
The people were divided into two sides.
“People who have read books, divide according to your favourite genres! Romance lovers to the romance group! Fantasy lovers to the fantasy group! If you’re a mystery novel lover, to the mystery novel group! Chop, chop, get to it now!”
At last, the atmosphere of the library became a little busy.
Hunters under my command began to go around.
“Now. From now on, we’re all going to read!”
I picked up an Apocalypse and tapped on it.
“We will divide the hundreds of books into genres. [Romance] group reads romance books. Other groups too, read the books according to your genre! Read the book, and decide for yourself if it’s a hit or a flop.”
“Hup! Hup!”
The Heretic Questioner shook his arm hard.
He was still keeping his mouth shut and following my orders.
“…Yes, you can speak.”
“Death King! I don’t know what a flop is! Please tell me the standard! If the story is good, it’s a hit, if the story is bad, is it a flop?”
“No. That’s not it at all.”
I opened up an Apocalypse and showed it to him.
“For example, this is a flop.”
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[Survive the Volcano!]
Genre: Survival, Romance
Difficulty Level: D Class
Player Limit: 2 people
※The Serialization is currently suspended.
Introduction: This world has been devastated by nuclear warfare. But the vitality of humanity is amazing! Even on the ground where the nuclear warfare broke out, the main character and his lover survived. After overcoming all the adversities and hardships, the main character couple vow to be the new Adam and Eve.
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