SSS-Class Hunter is Going to Rest - Chapter 110



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110 SSS-class Hunter Tears the Crack (15)
2024.06.23.

She couldn’t just sit back and let it go and die.

Even though she knew it wouldn’t work, Peace and Saint worked together to poke at the gap that seemed the widest.

Soo-ji stared at the two of them and then re-held the scythe with both hands.

“EXS-class and all… … Margin or whatever… … I have to try.”

Or I’ll die, so I have to try.

Soo-ji gritted her teeth and pulled on the “Demiurge’s Scythe.” At first, the object that hadn’t moved at all began to slowly pull her in her direction.

Kook!

But the speed at which the scythe moved was too slow, and the space seemed like it would collapse at any moment.

The space rumbled loudly, and the ground was erased near Soo-ji.

Kook, ook!

With another loud noise, Soo-ji saw.

The other side where the floor had disappeared.

There should be an endless cliff there. Somehow, something was designed, as if it were the other side of a mirror, a space similar to this place was attached upside down under my feet.

And in the moment when the pile of stones did not fall, I saw a familiar figure with my cleared vision.

The shield and armor were all different from now, and the length of her hair was different, but I could tell that it was Elaine.

He seemed to be turning around.

My breath caught in my throat.

It was as if I was looking at my reflection in a large well.

Boom!

The moment our eyes were about to meet, the floor gave way and the scenery I had seen disappeared again. Just as the scenery above the water becomes distorted when ripples spread. The darkness under my feet returned to the abyss.

‘Elaine of another timeline… … Of course I’m curious. What information she has, what she’s thinking. But if I get to Elaine’s timeline over there, the current Elaine will disappear.’

Soo-ji gritted her teeth.

She had reaffirmed her resolve several times, but it really seemed like it was time to see the end.

She glanced up at the ceiling.

Because the bone tomb blocked all view, even the small, open windows weren’t visible, but it was clear that this was the 100th floor, the closest to the sky.

The fact that Suzy had lived through time repeatedly meant that she had chosen “deviation” every time.

If that were the case, she wouldn’t have experienced events like this. She

wouldn’t have had to use things like the “Scythe of Demiurge” either.

In other words, the only person who could respond to this incident right now was her current self.

Suzy clenched her teeth and looked at the log.

[Mουσα is interested in your actions.] [

σκιά is saddened by your actions.]

[νόμος is interested in your actions.]

[απόγευμα is interested in your actions.]

[Κάστωρ is interested in your actions.]

[Νύμφη is interested in your actions.]

It was always like this.

The ‘Great Beings’ never gave direct hints, even if they provided weapons or necessary items.

However, they were always watching Suzy’s actions.

“They’re probably watching and listening right now. If I die here, they’ll know it’s the end.”

She muttered.

They accepted Suzy’s requests for a break and ridiculous probability manipulation.

That meant they wanted to somehow drag out this bet.

They tried not to give too many hints in order to prevent side effects that would occur if they tried to balance things out.

The ultimate goal they wanted was to win the bet.

In other words, they wouldn’t want Suzy to die here.

“Even if the sky falls, there’s a hole to emerge from.”

It was Suzy’s job to find that hole.

She checked the conditions for using the 〈Demiurge’s Scythe〉 once again.

This equipment was the only way to survive now, but they couldn’t revive the monster they killed and give it to her by holding the scythe. The berserk effect from 〈Wings of Justice〉 had also run out.

In that case, it had to be EXS rank.

Suzy looked around with eager eyes.

“There’s something I want to try, can you buy me some time?”

Elaine, who was struggling to stand while holding the shield with 〈Νύμφη’s Breath〉 attached to it and blocking the falling bone fragments, nodded as if it was no big deal.

Peace and Saint, who were trying to find a way to escape from afar, quickly sent a signal that they understood.

Suzy clenched her fists. She felt her nails digging into her palms.

Honestly, I didn’t want to gamble like this now, but I had to try something and die.

She squeezed her eyes shut and spoke to the system.

“Conduct the user test.”

[Conduct the user test.

User ID, Daphne.

User age, 20.

User rank, SSS-rank.

Would you like to conduct a new rank test?]

Her birthday had passed in the blink of an eye while she was busy, and her age, which had always been displayed as 19, had already turned 20.

Suji nodded, finding it refreshing.

“Okay.”

The user test was usually a mandatory age and rank renewal test that had to be done once every two years or so in order to report to the system.

It didn’t take long, but it took about three minutes.

[New rank test time remaining: 2:59

2:58

2:57… … .]

The thought of conducting a user test at a time when she had to desperately try to break through the wall by every second to find a way to survive made her very anxious.

[νόμος is interested in your actions.]

[Νύμφη is interested in your actions.]

Suzy glared at the log and counted the numbers in her head nervously. She

kept feeling uneasy.

It hadn’t been that long since she had done a user test. Could her rank really be re-evaluated?

Furthermore, she had never seen a Hunter with a rank higher than SSS.

It had only been very recently that she had seen a monster higher than SSS, so she couldn’t even recognize a rank higher than that.

There was only one possibility.

‘I can only hope that it is calculated based on the rank of the monster I caught.’

There was much debate over how the Hunter system calculates the rank.

The general opinion was that it was determined purely by status, not by the rank of the items or equipment you had.

However, there were also opinions that it was also affected by the rank of the dungeon you conquered or the monsters you caught alone or in a team. In this case, it was judged based on contribution… … .

Since 〈Demiurge〉 had basically self-destructed, there was no way to know if it would be the standard.

I felt something invisible scanning my body. From my toes to my head, I felt like I was slowly sinking into the bathtub.

Boom! Kook!

“Damn, there’s not much left!”

“Peace! My wings still have cooldown time left, but Team Leader, you’ve used them all up!”

“Hold on as long as you can!”

The desperate voices of her teammates could be heard.

Suzy, who knew that the test would automatically turn off if she moved, tried hard to focus only on the test, but each second seemed to pass too slowly.

[1:21

1:20

1:19… … .]

This time, it was the opposite.

It felt like she was getting out of the bathtub, getting hit by a cold wind from the top of her head.

Suzy’s purple hair fluttered in the air, and she opened her eyes again with a refreshing feeling.

[0:20]

[0:19]

[0:18… … .]

“Can’t I summon a unicorn during the test?”

“Even if I summon you, there’s no place you can fly up to! First, everyone hold on tight to me. I’ll spread my wings as soon as the floor collapses to this black line.”

“Those wings can’t handle four of us.”

It was the moment when Peace, Elaine, and Saint gathered around her and spoke anxiously one after another.

[0:03]

[0:02]

[0:01]

[User test ended.

User information will be refreshed.

User ID, Daphne.

User age, 20.

User rank, EXS-rank.]

Thanks to Suzy changing the visibility settings so that everyone could see, the team members’ eyes widened in amazement.

Perhaps, if it weren’t for this desperate moment, they would have been excited all day long.

The SSS rank itself was the only one in the world, and she broke the record all by herself.

But Suzy was strangely calm.

In the end, her abilities were the same, but the way the Hunter system evaluated her had changed.

Perhaps it was the acknowledgement that he had contributed most to the death of Demiurge.

I couldn’t be happy about that.

‘That was the longest three minutes in the world.’

Almost the next moment, I felt the ground beneath my feet sag.

Although she knew that the wings’ cooldown time was up, Suzy didn’t bother to hold onto Saint. Instead, she grabbed the “Demiurge’s Sickle” with both hands and swung it into the air with all her might. The

scythe, which had felt heavy and unmovable earlier, traced a large trajectory following her hand.

Squeeze!

With an unpleasant frictional sound like glass being cut by metal, a new crack appeared under the floor.

It was the moment she threw herself into the crack.

In a very short moment.

Elaine, who appeared from the darkness that she thought was only black, approached her.

Like Suzy, who was falling head first, his upside down was reversed.

Elaine, who was completely different from the “present” Elaine, but also completely the same person. Elaine, whose hair was slightly longer than the current Elaine, and whose eyes looked somewhat sad.

Before Suzy could even guess what to say, he pressed his lips to hers.

It was a very short and soft kiss.