The 100th Return of a Max Level Player, Episode 26
26. Time to break up
A few days ago.
Azrakan, who was in the PC room, decided on a goal to go to.
‘South Korea, going to Seoul.’
The reason was no different.
Because the first place where the host died was a wedding hall in South Korea.
But that’s not the only reason.
‘Is that the man you see in the video the Black Scythe?’
Seeing the footage of the black scythe already widely circulated on the news, Azrakan was convinced.
The author must be the one who killed all the seeds, including Lapolei.
‘There is an old saying among human beings that says, ‘If you know yourself, you will be defeated in a hundred battles.’
I searched the internet with the thought that even if I ran away, I should know who the other person was, but I never thought I would find something like this.
‘The being that killed Seed was the black scythe.’
Now I kind of understand.
Why did Lapolei act in an incomprehensible manner?
There was no reason to betray my colleagues, so why did I betray them?
‘It was threatened by the black scythe and then abandoned as it became useless.’
I thought you were a traitor, but I was mistaken.
But I didn’t even have a chance to say it was a misunderstanding.
Now, the only seed left on this land is you.
‘The black scythe is most likely running around trying to find me.’
Is it to protect humans?
Or is it for some other reason?
I don’t know for sure, but it’s clear that they’re trying to remove the host and seed.
‘Let’s look into it some more. We need to know more about the guy.’
I searched the internet and found some information about the black scythe.
As a result, we were able to see that there were 96 players who survived the final round with the Black Scythe.
‘And then a black scythe appeared at one of their weddings…’
Seo A-rin.
It was no coincidence that the black scythe appeared at her wedding.
Since they were colleagues who had gone through life and death together in the past, it must have been something he couldn’t just pass by.
‘This is it! This was his weakness!’
Azrakan, who had a clear idea of what to aim for, smirked and searched for information on the Internet.
Information about Seo A-rin.
Since I can access all internet networks as if they were my home and get information, it wasn’t difficult to find Seo Ah-rin’s home address.
‘It was captured on the moon pad. The black sickle and Seo A-rin’s face.’
And the face of a man named Sang-cheol Ahn was also visible.
Hacking the vehicle revealed that the man was the manager who gave Seo Ah-rin a ride.
‘If you want to target Seo Ah-rin, it would be better to disguise yourself as a human named Ahn Sang-cheol.’
Having set his goal, Azrakan was able to find An Sang-cheol without difficulty.
And when he is alone.
Churrrrrut!
“town!”
It entered Sang-cheol Ahn’s nose by surprise and took over his brain.
“I have received all of Ahn Sang-cheol’s memories. Now, I am the perfect Ahn Sang-cheol.”
There is no room for doubt.
Azrakan approached Seo Arin as An Sang-cheol.
Under the pretext of protecting us from monsters.
But that was the end of it.
“He is not a manager.”
Because the black scythe appeared and revealed his identity.
* * *
“That guy is Sid.”
Ryu Min said that while looking at Ahn Sang-cheol.
There is no room for doubt.
If you listen to Ahn Sang-cheol’s inner thoughts, it isn’t difficult to figure out the truth.
‘By the way, I never thought that Seed would be targeting Seo Ah-rin and disguised as Ahn Sang-cheol… … .’
To be honest, it was a coincidence that Ryu Min found Azrakan.
I searched the world every time the cooldown timer went off with the Rune of Light, but I couldn’t find it.
Because a guy disguised as a human was difficult to distinguish even in the stopped time.
‘It’s hard to find him unless some specific incident or disaster occurs.’
After failing, I went to see Seo Arin while the cooldown of the rune of light was running, but guess what?
There was Azrakan disguised as Ahn Sang-cheol.
When I first saw it, I was honestly surprised.
‘You approached Seo Ah-rin to threaten me?’
Even though it was his first time seeing his face, he recognized his identity.
And he was quite clever enough to threaten people by pretending to be his colleagues.
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‘He’s smarter than the other seeds. But… … .’
In his eyes, Azrakan is now a dead man.
Of course, I don’t intend to kill you right away.
Tsk tsk tsk!
Azrakan was startled as the world turned black.
“This, this is… … ?”
“It’s a space-time barrier. You can’t leave without my permission.”
“What is your identity? Who are you to have such power… … .”
“I’m sick of those questions now.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a light flashed.
Azrakan’s body was cut into twelve pieces.
“Ugh, ugh!”
“Isn’t this pain unfamiliar?”
He could have killed him with one lightning strike, but Ryu Min didn’t do that.
I only cut with my scythe so that Azrakan would feel as much pain as possible.
Crunch! Crunch!
“Ugh! Ugh!”
There was little Azrakan could do in the space-time barrier.
Even if I tried to counterattack, I was not hit, and even if I tried to run away, the black scythe would stick to me like a ghost.
Nothing worked.
The opponent was something that transcended oneself.
Even the higher chain seeds are playable.
‘Kuuuk, this is a feeling I’ve never experienced before in my life. You, you’re in so much pain…!’
Azrakan struggled to survive in the agony of his entire body being torn apart.
He didn’t know why the other person was trying to kill him, but he had to survive for now.
“S-Stop it! Let’s talk. What do you want?”
“What do you want? Nothing in particular?”
“…what?”
“I already know that you are the last remaining seed in this world, and that you have no proper information about deorant.”
“Then why me… … .”
“Are you harassing me?”
Ryu Min opened his palm to finish.
“Because you targeted my precious person.”
“What…? Kkaaaak!”
A bolt of lightning shot out from his palm and enveloped Azrakan.
As Ahn Sang-cheol’s body was burned black, Azrakan also died.
“With this, all the seeds have been taken care of.”
All 12 seeds and 300 hosts were eliminated.
Now, there will be no more collapse of Seo A-rin’s world line.
‘Plus, I was able to get some information.’
I read Azrakan’s thoughts while causing him pain.
However, I couldn’t find any information about the deorant.
But there was a way.
‘I saw it with Elsis’s rewind function. The conversation he had with Deorant.’
Ryu Min recalled their conversation.
-Deorant, why did you appoint me as your commander?
-Why? Because among the seeds of the world line I will send, you are the best and smartest.
-Does that mean it’s inferior to seeds from other world lines?
– Are you jealous? You shouldn’t be. Aren’t you all creatures that I created anyway? Regardless of who is better or worse, you are all the same children in my eyes.
From the conversation between Azrakan and the white-haired old man, Ryumin got a hint.
‘It’s not much information, but I did learn one thing. Deorant considers the Seeds and Hosts he creates as his children.’
If what he said to Azrakan was not empty words, Deorant would not be happy to see his creation die.
‘If I continue to move around the world lines like I’m doing now, eliminating Seed and Host, then even the enraged Deorant will have to show up at some point.’
With a small clue, Ryu Min was able to release the space-time barrier.
As the black curtain lifted, Seo A-rin was delighted to see Ryu Min revealed.
“Black Scythe! Are you okay?”
“It’s okay. What about you?”
“Me too. But, what about the manager…?”
Seo A-rin’s gaze turned to Ryu Min’s feet.
There was a corpse, presumed to be Sang-cheol Ahn, charred black.
“I killed it. I couldn’t help it because it was consumed by the seed.”
“Ah… … Then, Seed too?”
“Yes. The one who parasitized Ahn Sang-cheol was the last remaining Seed. With that guy, all the Seeds and Hosts of this world were eliminated.”
In other words, it means that Seo A-rin’s world line has now regained peace.
A sigh of relief escaped Seo A-rin’s mouth.
“Phew… That’s fortunate. I’m glad there are no more victims. It’s unfortunate that the manager was affected… But it couldn’t be helped, right?”
“I couldn’t help it.”
“But how did Sid approach the manager? They didn’t even know each other.”
“It seems like he’s sticking with Ahn Sang-cheol to keep me in check. So that he can approach you, Seo A-rin.”
“Me?”
“I guess he thought he could blackmail me by taking you hostage.”
“ah…….”
Seo A-rin had figured out all the circumstances, but suddenly she became curious.
“If I had been taken hostage… …what would you have done, Black Sickle?”
“Well, I don’t know because I haven’t been in that situation.”
“ah…….”
Seo A-rin lowered her head, perhaps because it wasn’t the answer she was expecting.
“But what is clear is that he was trying to save you.”
“…!”
“No matter what, you are precious to me. If you weren’t, I wouldn’t have traveled all the way to this world line and suffered like this.”
“ah.”
A smile soon spread across Seo A-rin’s lips.
This answers the question.
“Thank you for saying so.”
Seo A-rin, who was smiling, felt relieved.
Because it seemed like the black scythe treated him like a precious person.
‘You are still the same as before. You are the same Black Sickle that I respected and loved.’
That black scythe wanted to marry Ryu Min and made a wish for her to love him.
It was a selfish wish, but he hoped that his dream would come true here, and it almost came true.
‘Although Min-i was hurt a lot because of the host… … If it weren’t for the Black Sickle, I wouldn’t have been able to protect this world.’
Fortunately, it wasn’t a complete disaster.
Because there is still a sliver of hope left.
“What are you going to do now?”
“We have to go to another world line and find Seed and the host again.”
“Then, we won’t see each other again?”
“I guess so.”
Peace was found, but the reunion was over.
Although I felt regretful, I decided to be satisfied with meeting the real black scythe again.
“Thank you. For saving me and Ryu Min… … .”
“It feels weird when you say I saved myself.”
“Haha… I’m a little weird too.”
Ryu Min is clearly in front of me, but I feel subtly different from the person I love.
‘Perhaps it’s the difference in feeling when I had the power of a black scythe and when I was a normal person.’
Seo A-rin turned around with that thought in mind.
Now it’s really time to break up.
“I hope we can meet again next time.”
“Okay. Come visit me when you get the chance.”
Black Sickle, Ryu Min left those words behind and tried to disappear.
If Seo A-rin hadn’t been surprised when she received the call.
“Hello, hello? What’s going on? Yes?!”
Seo Ah-rin’s rabbit-like eyes slowly opened as she heard something.
“Th, what is that… Okay, just a moment. I’ll go to the hospital now!”
There was no need to ask what was going on.
Because the contents of the phone call entered my head through her thoughts.
‘The Ryumin of this world… … are dead?’
