Episode 203 < Black dragon. (2) >
“… … what?”
The Black Dragon Master blinked.
The head of the top guild lowered his eyelids and then raised them again. slowly. Literally a moment passed.
Before she knew it, she was narrowing her eyebrows.
“return? “What are you talking about?”
“I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. You traversed the Aegim Empire with me. I would have felt at ease if I revealed my identity back then, but in the past, I still didn’t trust my seniors. So I hid it until now.”
“…….”
As the words continued, the Black Dragon Master’s expression became heavier.
I clearly felt that what I was saying was not a joke.
“My senior often said this to me. I don’t know where a rookie who doesn’t look like a rookie like this appeared. He looks like a sly snake for his age. What the senior said is right. “I’m not a rookie.”
I summoned a skill card.
“Skill card open.”
Golden light flashed.
I turned over the glowing card in my hand and showed it to the Black Dragon Master.
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[Returner’s Wind-Up Clock]
Rank: EX
Effect: Activates automatically when you die. Returns to 24 hours prior to the moment of death. Even if you regress, your memories and abilities are preserved.
※However, the higher the hunter rank, the stronger the penalty.
※This is a skill copied from Hunter Yoo Su-ha.
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“wait for a sec.”
The Black Dragon Master stretched out his left hand and squeezed my hand. With a card held in hand. Because of this, the skill card was obscured, so the Black Dragon Master could not read the explanation.
The Black Dragon Lord himself blocked me from revealing my skills.
“no.”
Dark-colored eyes.
His pitch-black eyes, which resembled a bottomless well, were somehow urgent. He was looking at me urgently. Across from the pupil, at the bottom, was a small amount of cold water that seemed to be lapping silently.
“do not be like this. please.”
It must be the voice you always hear.
There was an unfamiliar tone and trembling.
“I don’t know what you’re trying to say. However, I know what will happen if I say or hear those words, the ending. There is a line drawn between people that should not be crossed. “No matter how close you are, no matter how close you are, you must never cross that line.”
The Black Dragon Master spoke naturally, as if he had predicted something like this would happen a long time ago.
That naturalness might have come from numerous experiences in the past.
“Don’t tell me your secrets. Don’t share. If you reveal the secret now, Death King. We will cross a river of no return. “When people rely too much on each other, it becomes dependence rather than will.”
“i know. “I know.”
“… … You and I are good friends. A trustworthy colleague. You can’t expect more than this from a relationship with someone. I take care of my own business, and you take care of your life. “Isn’t that best?”
The Black Dragon Master was asking for my consent.
Her serious words made me worry again. It has always been difficult to know what kind of relationship to have with the other person and how much to build.
Soon, a conclusion was reached.
“Then please listen to me and then decide.”
“If you hear it, it’s already too late.”
“no. You can turn it back. Even if we talk now, we can make it like it never happened. “I have that ability.”
“…….”
The Black Dragon Master was silent.
In the square of Haechon, people were standing up and instinctively looking for a well. The villagers moaned and shed the poison that had accumulated in their bodies due to a long sleep. Ugh. Ugh. Noisy breathing could be heard here and there.
“… … “For now, let’s not talk about it here.”
The Black Dragon Master muttered while holding my right hand.
“transition.”
The next moment, we were out of the square.
The village dock.
The ships were tied to ropes and creaked with the waves. The sea was accepting the cacophony of sounds from the ships. For a moment we overheard the sound of waves.
“good. okay.”
The Black Dragon Master nodded as if he had finally made up his mind.
“Let me listen to you first. But I can’t share this story with a clear mind.”
When the Black Dragon Master waved his hand, a black vortex appeared in the air. It was as if they had tried to select just one place in the world and painted it black. The Black Dragon Master put his arm there without hesitation.
A moment later, a bottle of alcohol appeared in her hand.
I was a little surprised.
“Is it a skill?”
“Yes. [Item storage]. Although you can only store items to a limited extent, there is no skill more convenient than this for killing people and then destroying the evidence.”
The Black Dragon Master spoke casually and then took out two cups of water.
“Know with honor. No one really knows that I have this skill. Among the hunters still alive, you are the first to witness this skill, Death King.”
I received the cup from the Black Dragon Master.
The bottle was emptied quietly for a while.
Before the drunkenness ate away at my consciousness, I opened my mouth.
“I am a regressor.”
I said it correctly once again.
“I don’t know where to start… . I have the skill to turn back time. To be exact, the ability to go back 24 hours before death. Thanks to this ability, I have overcome countless difficulties. 10th floor too. 20th floor too. “They all survived by using regression skills.”
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I showed the skill card to the Black Dragon Master.
This time she didn’t avoid eye contact either.
“… … I see.”
But, he sighed, “Alas.”
Like a person who holds in his hand the final puzzle piece he has been looking for for a long time.
“Have you been noticing?”
“Just a little bit. “At least I knew [the prophet] was a lie.”
The Black Dragon Master tilted the cup.
“No matter how you look at it, it was a very convenient excuse. I watched you from the side, but you weren’t doing [something you already knew]. We always fought as if this was our last time. okay. “It wasn’t about knowing the future, it was about going back to the past.”
The Black Dragon Master looked at my face again.
“There’s something I really want to ask you.”
“Please speak.”
“Battle on the 11th floor.”
Old doubts flowed from her mouth.
“On the 11th floor, our tower experienced group warfare for the first time. Everyone was so excited that the next stage after the 10th floor was held for the first time in many years that they jumped to the 11th floor. There, I fought the Demon King’s army. “Do you remember?”
“yes.”
“At that time, miraculously, not a single hunter lost his life. There were people injured, but no one died. however… … .”
However, the Black Dragon Master hesitated for a long time.
“if… … .”
“yes.”
“… … Did you regress back then?”
“yes.”
“Until there are no casualties?”
“yes.”
The Black Dragon Master pursed his lips.
The wells under the pupils were a little more vivid.
“How many times… … ?”
“A lot.”
“Ten times? Twenty times?”
“I think it was a little more.”
“Even the 12th floor?”
“And on and on after that. “I always felt that way until I met Raviel.”
“…….”
The interval between the Black Dragon Master’s exhalation became shorter.
“why? Why so much… . “There’s no reason you should do that.”
“It’s not because I was born with a good personality. If I had gone up to the 11th floor alone, I would never have been able to repeat it dozens or hundreds of times. “You have always had my back.”
I looked straight into the eyes of the Black Dragon Master.
“Every time the number of people dying on the stage decreased, the Black Dragon Master smiled a little.”
A time she doesn’t remember.
“Up until then, I had never seen the Black Dragon Master smile. Not a sneer, but a bright smile of genuine joy. During the attack, when hundreds of hunters were dying, he remained expressionless and stiff, but did what he had to do… . “The Black Dragon Master has changed a little since the casualties decreased to double digits.”
Her transformation that only I remember.
“oh my god! “Probably less than 40 hunters died!”
“Nonsense… . “Maybe less than 10 people died.”
“I can’t believe something like this is possible. I can’t believe it was possible. “On a battlefield like this.”
A smile that blooms like tightly closed flower petals in full bloom.
I still remember that moment clearly.
“I saw it and thought it was very beautiful.”
“…….”
“I was happy. “For the first time, I realized that I could truly make someone smile.”
I smiled.
“thank you. Black Dragon Lord. senior.”
“why… … ?”
“Thanks to my senior, I was able to walk a path that I would never have been able to walk on my own. Now I am loving my life. Be with someone you like. “Even if my senior didn’t mean to, I was able to take a step forward because of the smile he showed me that day.”
I wanted to say this.
I wanted to convey this.
“A senior is someone who provides strength to someone. At least that’s the case for me. Seniors are not alone. Even if my senior worries about the day he has to say goodbye to someone every time he meets someone, it’s okay for me not to worry.”
I have the skill to bring back a dead day.
“I’m fine.”
I don’t die.
“You don’t have to stop attempts to assassinate me. Don’t worry about what will happen if you don’t stop it. “I am here, and I will continue to be here as long as my senior allows me.”
“…….”
“It’s okay to fail.”
“Say that….”
“Now you don’t have to be afraid of failure. You can do whatever you want to achieve. Even if something goes wrong, I can give you many more chances.”
“You can’t say things like that.”
The Black Dragon Master was afraid.
I already know what she is most afraid of.
Even when the three paladins and the three were drunk, the Black Dragon Master was muttering.
“You can’t be late. Death King.」
“You can’t always be late.”
Something that cannot be undone happens.
The Black Dragon Master was most afraid of that.
Therefore, I decided to give her the most earnest gift I could ever give her.
A word that only I can give in this world.
“You can be a little late.”
“…….”
The Black Dragon Master paused as if pricked by a thorn.
“As long as I’m by your side, there’s nothing that can’t be undone. You can start over anything. So, it’s okay to be a little more adventurous and gamble. senior. “Senior deserves it.”
The wind from across the sea tore through the Black Dragon Master’s black hair.
“You are much more skilled than me. Manage an organization, start a business… . Rule the entire tower. That’s a talent I don’t have. Likewise, the talent to start over just happened to be given to me and not to my senior.”
My dear friend.
“We can accomplish so much more as just the two of us.”
Therefore, I did not see her tears.
I lowered my head slightly and just held the Black Dragon Master’s hand.
“I already rely on my senior, so please rely on me too.”
“you… … , really.”
The Black Dragon Master swallowed his voice one sip at a time.
“You are a bad person. By saying this, you can make this story never happen? that. What I’m saying is that if you die and go back to a day ago, the conversation we had will disappear, so it’s okay. So, if I want to make this conversation a thing of the past, I’m dying… ?”
“yes.”
“Crazy guy.”
The Black Dragon Master squeezed my hand.
“Crazy guy… .”
The Black Dragon Master muttered.
“Just wait and see. I’ll use you until you get sick of it. what? return? You have that kind of ability, but you don’t even know it’s scary, so how dare you share it with me? You really don’t know what kind of person the head of the Black Dragon Guild is. Just wait and see. Crazy guy, crazy guy… … .”
I waited for the Black Dragon Master’s tremors to subside.
As time passed, the Black Dragon Master spoke in a slightly calmer voice.
“Anastasia.”
“…….”
“That’s my real name. Gongja Kim.”
I slowly raised my head.
The Black Dragon Master was smiling faintly.
“I will use it properly, so be prepared for the future.”
“yes.”
I also laughed heartily.
“Senior Anastasia.”
People climbing the tower.
Among them, for the first time, I had a colleague with whom I shared my secrets.
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