SSS-Class Hunter is Going to Rest - Chapter 108



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Episode 108 SSS-Class Hunter Tears the Crack (13)
2024.06.23.

Don’t just think of him as an unbeatable opponent, and respond with a full concentration.

Otherwise, you’ll be a burden to your teammates.

“Daphne, this is the next phase. If you’re not careful… ”

‘Huh?’

For a moment, she thought that the guy’s actions seemed to slow down.

He was looking at something.

Was it an illusion?

It didn’t matter whether it was an illusion or not.

Suzy took advantage of the momentary opening.

It was only 1-2 seconds, but that was enough.

Suzy caught up to Demiurge, who never gave up.

Normally, when striking a monster, the back is hit harder than the front. The damage was

significant .

She stabbed his shins and calves several times, then jumped back to avoid the scythe and widen the gap, but no attack landed where she had been.

‘What the…?’

Suzy looked at him, thinking something was strange, and the tip of his sickle hit the floor. Suzy realized that there was a shiny object lying there. She

quickly felt around her neck. She

hadn’t even realized it was missing because of the intense battle, but it seemed like her mother’s necklace had broken off and fallen off.

“Why that?”

She frowned, unable to hide her doubt, and one of the three mouths of the creature opened and made a strange sound.

“It’s a good thing. But I don’t need .”

It was a human voice.

It was truly bizarre that a human woman’s voice came out of a monster that was over 10m tall and seemed to touch the ceiling.

“… … What is that?”

“Is that thing talking?”

“That’s a woman’s voice?”

The creature’s movements had completely stopped, but it was unclear whether it was okay to rush in now.

Everyone in the group paused.

Suzy looked at Elaine, but Elaine shook her head.

“There was nothing like this when I caught him last time. Of course… … The one I caught wasn’t a monster from the Korean Tower of the Wise. I didn’t hear anything either.”

The reason why all the team members stopped moving for a moment was because they couldn’t understand the situation where a human voice was coming out of the monster’s mouth.

And the situation itself where the monster didn’t attack first was too strange.

Suzy was the first to come to her senses.

“I don’t know what kind of event it is, but this is the opportunity… … .”

“Find out who else needs . There’s a reason I can’t turn back time.”

Suzy grabbed her sword and tried to run forward, but froze in place.

The first time she heard it, she was so confused that she didn’t notice, but when she heard it again, she suddenly realized something.

It was clear.

This voice.

“… … Mom?”

Yes.

It had been so long since she’d heard it that she had forgotten it, but it was clear.

It was the voice she had desperately wanted to hear, even in her dreams.

Suzy clenched her teeth and looked up at the guy’s disgusting mouth.

The guy opened his mouth again.

“So, don’t fool me with such nonsense.”

His mouth kept moving, pouring out Peneus’ voice.

Was he reproducing his mother’s voice?

Did his mother reject “Deviation” of her own volition?

Knock. Knock. Knock.

His heart pounded as if it would burst out. His

head was so complicated that it was throbbing .

“Instead of choosing, I can inherit it? Really? My daughter is still very young. Can I give it to her? Not now. Later. When she’s ready.”

Knock, knock, knock.

“She’s more talented than me. I didn’t want that to happen. You’ll see when you raise her, but she resembles me more than necessary.”

I don’t know what all this means.

It’s been more than ten years since his mother died.

As Suji glared at him with confused eyes, the corners of his mouth on his forehead went up as if he was smiling.

Then he spoke with his mouth on his chin.

“I like beautiful things. And I see you are that ‘child’.”

This time, it was not a human voice, but a monster’s voice that let out a creepy moan.

It was creepy how it shamelessly imitated human speech.

Suji frowned while holding her sword upright.

The reason I didn’t like monsters being overly intelligent was because I was afraid that if I felt intelligent when I confronted them, I would feel uncomfortable killing them.

But now, I didn’t like it for a slightly different reason.

I didn’t understand why the monster I always wanted to meet and kill already knew my name and sounded exactly like my mother.

I didn’t want this kind of event.

I just wanted to kill him cleanly and get some revenge.

“… … That’s right. I’m your daughter.”

Suzy didn’t want to do it, but she had no choice but to answer after a long silence.

The thing seemed satisfied and continued to talk.

“I live in a fake. The fake is the real thing. Truly beautiful things can’t exist.”

“… … What nonsense are you talking about?”

“I made a promise with that human.”

My stomach lurched at the absurd situation.

“What did you promise?”

“I’ll give it to you if you need it.”

“… … What?”

“You must have come to get this.”

An arm that had been hidden in the bastard’s arms suddenly popped out. The hand with three fingers, skin and bones arranged haphazardly, pointed to the table in the center of the room.

The item, “Deviation,” that the bastard had kept by his side even during battle, as if guarding it, was there.

Suji glanced at the black feather-shaped necklace and glared at the bastard again.

“I never thought you could speak so fluently.”

The bastard’s mouths moved as if mocking her.

“You don’t necessarily talk to inferior beings.”

“Weren’t you guarding this?”

“Because you promised.”

“Why would you give it to such an inferior being? Why did you promise it to Mom?”

“Peneus, because it met the victory conditions.”

Victory conditions?

What were those?

‘Mom cleared the 100th floor.’

It was a strange story.

Mom’s body wasn’t found, but Mom was dead.

Many people testified about the sight of my mother being dragged into the crack on the 30th floor of the tower instead of saving people. I didn’t know how much Uncle Seung-hwan drank at the funeral.

Soo-ji remembered clearly. How many people were sad about my mother’s absence after the funeral. Only my father forgot about her.

Soo-ji blankly looked up at Demiurge.

“Don’t mess with Mom. You didn’t even save her.”

“What do you mean by alive?”

Soo-ji screamed in shock.

“Living means alive. What are you talking about now?”

“Excluded from the Hunter System, lost my body. If that means death, I killed him.”

I thought I had already experienced too much sadness, and since I had lived in sadness for so long, I didn’t think there was anything new to be sad about.

But hearing those words from the monster’s own mouth made me suffocate.

And at the same time, I was angry.

“… … That crazy guy.”

Suzy felt her eyes turn red and tried to run forward, but Elaine grabbed her.

“Let go of this, Elaine!”

“Daphne, from what I’ve heard, there’s never been an event like this. Daphne must have met this guy a hundred times already. And yet there’s something I don’t know about… … . No matter how angry I am about the situation right now, it would be better to listen to him.”

“But that guy… … .”

“I’ll help you end that guy’s life. Someday.”

Suzy barely regained her strength at Elaine’s firm and confident voice.

〈Demiurge〉, who had been staring down at their conversation, spoke again.

“What are you going to do?”

“What?”

“〈Deviation〉. I’m telling you to use it now if you need it.”

Suzy looked at the necklace on the table, then reached out and touched the deviation.

Unlike in the 〈Shop〉, the item details were properly checked.

[〈Deviation No. 102〉 Tier 10.5

You can turn back time to 3,650 days ago.

(Conditions for checking item details: Enter the 100th floor and touch the deviation directly)

If the person who turned back time with 〈Deviation〉 returns to the starting point where they used 〈Deviation〉, the shadow will disappear due to the time paradox and only the entity will remain. However, all changes made by the person who used 〈Deviation〉 will be inherited.]

Suji blankly stared at the item window that appeared before her eyes.

Oh my.

It was a truly tempting item.

As you live, you can’t help but have regrets. There are bound to be countless things you’ve done if you had done this, if

you had done that. This is especially true when you’re dealing with life-or-death matters.

You think of people you could have saved if you had reacted a little faster, and you think of disasters you could have prevented if you had known what was coming.

If you could go back exactly 10 years… … You were confident that you’d be stronger.

You were confident that you’d reach the 100th floor of the tower sooner.

You wouldn’t trust Nature.

You’d be able to assist your teammates better.

You’d be able to get tier 10 items sooner.

Dozens of possibilities played out in your head.

It felt like everything would definitely get better.

Suzy was surprised as she realized her greed that she didn’t even know about.