SSS-Class Suicide Hunter

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Blood poured out. 

The blood flowed and stained another Acacia flower.
Looking at the white and the red, I slowly opened my mouth. 

“Ghost, wake up.”

Squirm. 

My shadow shook. 

A black hand shot out from my shadow.
The hand that looked like it was escaping from hell didn’t seem to want to leave.
But it was a futile act. 

“Stand up.”

The shadow couldn’t refuse my orders.
Its head lifted from the shade.
Then, it was his chest, legs, and feet. 

“You…heuk, ah…ahh…”

Its arms and legs shook like a newborn baby.
Even though it had the body of an adult, it was nothing more than a newly born being. 

And. 

“Estelle is nothing more than the name you stole.
It’s not a name you can have.”

There was always a responsibility to those who gave life in this world. 

And the first of those responsibilities was giving a name. 

“Preta.”

It looked at me through its wavy black hair. 

“From now on, your name is Preta.”

“Serve me as a master.”

It was celebrated as the rural saintess. 

And the being that used to be respected as the Devil King of Fall Rain had his shoulders shaking.

“Yes, sir…..”

The one that didn’t deserve to have a name received a name from me, and bowed.
The white Acacia flowers fell, and landed on its head. 

“I’ll obey your orders.”

It was the last day of the promised 5. 

“…..My lord.”

Death King and Devil King. 

One of the two kings fell.

1.

And in that place where a king and his servant were left, the first person to open their mouth wasn’t either of them. 

-Technically speaking, an emperor, not a king or a servant opened their mouth…

“…Sword Emperor, do you have to do that now?”

He was such a party pooper. 

He twisted his body like a baguette with anguish. 

-Yeah…I have to…I don’t want to do it either….honestly, I want to get away from the two of you and pretend like I don’t know you, sheesh, but I’m the only person who can say this. 

“Geez, what are you going to say?”

-What are you guys doing?

I didn’t know what he was saying, but it seemed like he wanted to be the one giving the name. 

“What am I doing? As you can see……”

-Sure.
So you killed the Devil King and saved him with your skill.
You even gave it a name……sheesh, that name.
What kind of name is ‘Preta’ for a girl? If you wanted to call it a preta, you should’ve named her Green Preta and call her Greenie for short. 

“You’re even complaining about the name now?”

-No, let’s just say the name’s fine.
Next…..why are you suddenly establishing a hierarchy?

The Sword Emperor looked at Preta and me like we were the strangest things in this world. 

-Like you guys…what kind of bond do you have? Okay fine! Let’s say you have it.
Since it’s the game you caught, hm? You can do that old ‘I got u under my skin~’ trend. [TN: reference to TVXQ’s song Mirotic, the lyrics before this section are ‘You’re my slave.’]

“You listen to popular songs too?”

-One of the hobbies of that Marcus guy is…..anyway.
So you’re you, but I don’t understand why she’s going ‘Yes my lord.’

I was able to learn one of the Sword Saint’s hobbies. 

I would’ve been better off if I didn’t know that, but….that wasn’t important. 

Hm. 

“So you’re asking why Preta is serving me as I’m her lord, right?”

-Yeah.
Zombie? I’ll list all the things that you did to her. 

I nodded my head. 

-You blocked her way while laughing and saying she wouldn’t win, right?

“That’s how it started.”

–And you erased everything she stacked up.
After that, you even blew her mind away with everything you said. 

“That’s what happened.”

-And you even killed her.
Whew, you forced a kid that didn’t want to come out with Hundred Ghosts Reincarnation.

“That’s how it ended I guess.”

The Sword Emperor clicked his tongue. 

-Haaa, you indifferent bastard.
Is your heart made of stone?

“There might even be a cobra in there.
You forgot to talk about the fact that I ‘closed the curtains to the one who doesn’t even know how to use a sword’ like someone told me to.”

-That was necessary, and that preta is probably thankful for that deep inside her heart.
If she has the passion of a sword user still left inside her. 

The Sword Emperor spoke in a serious tone. 

I thought this ghost was just good at nagging, but it seemed like he was also good at talking about bullshit. 

-Anyways, so I think it would be normal for her to be angry at you.
But why is she bowing her head and asking for you to command her? Was the disaster that swallowed up a whole world actually a masochist of the century?

“Wow……”

The Sword Emperor said that he wanted to get away from us, but the same went for me.
I took a step back. 

Seriously, that gorilla’s imagination….

“Sword Emperor….the reason why Petra is obeying me…”

-The reason is?

“Because Petra knows.”

I looked at Petra.

“You’ll know soon enough too.”

Sounds of sobbing rang out in the Acacia field. 

“Heuk….ah…heuk……”

Petra was crying.
They were tears of sadness and fury.
Her despair dripped down. 

It was true. 

Petra knew well. 

[Searching for the existence of the Devil King on the 20th floor.]

What kind of tragedy would happen from now on. 

[Search impossible.]

Petra’s shoulders flinched. 

[Confirming the absence of the Devil King.]

Drops of light soared up from around us.
They came from the ground and flowed from the Acacia trees.
The 20th floor stage was small anyway, so it was quickly surrounded by light. 

In the middle of the white light…

“No….please.
No…..”

Petra trembled with a moan. 

But what did that all matter for anyways? 

[Historical change.]

A strict sounding voice came from the sky. 

Like a judgement against the guilty in court. 

[The 20th floor is being revised.]

Slowly. 

History started to move backwards. 

“Ah….”

Petra looked far off into the distance with wet eyes.
Something came from the entrance of the Acacia forest path. 

Chulkuk! Chulkeduk!

Every time they moved, their armor bumped around.
Above them, there were flags of various colors. 

“Please….”

They were a countless number of soldiers. 

There were the footsteps of soldiers and the sound of wings flapping. 

“Again, the village….burn the village…”

To turn back history. 

To burn up paradise. 

Forces from all around the world were allied together and entered the Acacia forest path. 

“No, please….ut, ahh…..”

Petra collapsed to the floor and bowed. 

Her bowed head and hands were directed at me. 

“Lord…..”

Like what the Sword Emperor said, Petra should’ve been trying to tear me to shreds. 

But the fact that she was bowing desperately towards me probably meant that she was that much furious and hurt. 

“My lord……!”

However, she did it. 

She had to.

“I won’t have any grudges…..I won’t take revenge…..”

Preta didn’t have any choice other than accepting to become bound to me and serving me as her master. 

But when a helpless person had something to protect, they would do anything. 

“I’ll do whatever you ask me to….servant, slave…..I don’t care about what happens to me, so please,”

It made people beg. 

“Please, my village….”

“Alright.”

I.

Not Saying too much. 

I began to walk. 

The Sword Emperor followed me.
He, who had been looking at us with a silly face, had a more serious face than ever. 

-So that’s how it was. 

“Yes, this is how it is.”

Step. 

-A servant has to follow their master. 

“And a lord has the responsibility to take care of their people.”

Step.

-Sorry I twisted it. 

“You lost the bet too, right? Please just think of the consequences for that.”

I walked past him. 

I took a deep breath and included Aura in my voice. 

I shouted. 

“All legions stop!”

The Acacia flowers fluttered in the air as if an invisible force shook them. 

The sound of the dragons flapping and armor bumping against each other stopped.
The sound of the horses’ footsteps and the banging of the spear stopped. 

Stood alone in the Acacia field. 

There were only flowers between me and the army.