Chapter 250.

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Translator: Seven

5.

I had become an object of envy.

No, this wasnt a feeling that could simply be described as envy.

Jealousy. Thats right. Only jealousy could be used to describe the boiling loneliness.

Although its not the first time.

Right, it wasnt the first time.

Hunters I didnt know. Those who lived every day on the 1st Floor, waiting for their skills to awaken without being able to go further.

The [Death King Kim Gong-ja] was already an object of jealousy for countless people.

I knew that.

All of that tsunami-like attention, the voices praising me or asking for an autograph, the whispers and pointing as I walked back and forth on the street, I enjoyed it quite a bit.

However

Right, however.

Even you.

I slowly stared at the Venomous Snake.

Even someone like you, is jealous of me.

Someone like the Venomous Snake.

The sight of them chatting carelessly and joking around as they did now was so [impossible] that it would have freaked me out if I had seen it in the past.

My hearts idols.

To me, who was a fan of the top Hunters, they were like idols.

Even though the leader of the idol group, Flame Emperor Yoo Soo-ha had retired due to an unfortunate accident and was preparing to become a trainee again, the Venomous Snake was still one of my hearts idols.

And yet, such a person was releasing a boiling aura all over the place and screaming that he was jealous of me.

Ah,

I was confronted with that heart right in front of my eyes.

Ahahaha, ahahaha!

I couldnt help it, I started to laugh loudly.

Ahahahahaha, ah, ahahahahahahaha!

A moonlit plain.

The vegetation was lost beneath the sandy desert, and fine grains of sand fluttered to and fro in the wind. The hills and valleys of the sandy desert were covered in tens of millions of rose petals.

Then, it rained.

The rain of fall.

Red rain poured in every direction. It was a shower. The sandy desert was covered by water, and the lines of the valleys s.h.i.+ned. The rose petals that swallowed the raindrops became fresher.

And so, the world, the sandy desert, was revived by the sound of rain falling and the sound of water flowing, and the golden petals embroidered the surface of the water, creating the illusion that something sacred was asleep there.

An oasis erected in the middle of the desert.

It was only when our surroundings had become an oasis that I stopped laughing.

Ahahaha hah, ha ahahaha.

The Venomous Snake glared at me.

Youre laughing?

I nodded with my rain soaked face.

Yes. I feel like I just laughed all my laughs for this year.

You b.a.s.t.a.r.d!

Chyaaang!

The Venomous Snake tried to rip out my throat with his specialty lightning like speed.

However, it didnt work. The grains of sand he stepped on to get into his stance were Kim Yuls, the petals he pa.s.sed while moving through the air were Sylvias.

And, above all, the rainwater he was already drenched in was Estelles.

Im sorry, Chun Mu-mun Master.

I countered the Venomous Snakes attack as if I could predict where and how he would attack.

Was I able to serve Master because I am strong? Were my children raised to be strong because I am strong? Thats all true. Its true, but I think the Chun Mu-mun Master is mistaken about something.

Mistaken?

I wasnt strong from the start.

I picked up a short spear* from the ground. Then, I condensed and compressed my aura onto the very tip, and threw the now red short spear.(*:aka javelin/throwing spear.)

Towards the Venomous Snake.

Kuk!

The Venomous Snake rolled to avoid my attack. Pashashasha! The sharp short spear tore petals apart and dug deeply into the desert sand.

Tuk, tuk, raindrops fell on the handle of the short spear.

Bleeding, the Venomous Snake got to his feet. As if he was unable to completely dodge the short spear I threw, the Venomous Snakes body was already a mess.

Fu-, ck! What the h.e.l.l are you talking about!

Just that, I wasnt strong from the start.

I created three aura spears. I gathered together a few petals, a few grains of sand, and a few drops of water, then, in an instant, they took the forms of three crimson spears. The three spears hovered in the air, awaiting my orders.

This is a feat that I wasnt able to perform instantly.

I beckoned slightly, and hurled the spears at the Venomous Snake.

Kuuuuk!?

Blood splattered.

Really, its surprisingly really recent. If I didnt have the support of Estelle, Sylvia, Kim Yul, and my va.s.sals, I would not be able to waste my aura like this.

The Venomous Snake had managed to dodge two of the three attacks. However, that was my goal.

The last aura spear hit the Venomous Snakes shoulder and pierced his flesh. He collapsed, screaming.

I didnt defeat the Devil King of Fall Rain because I was strong from the start. I definitely wasnt able to rea.s.sure and comfort Master because I was strong from the start.

When I heard the Venomous Snakes words, I recalled the first time I met Master.

Thats why I laughed.

At that time, as I wished, I was accepted as a disciple of my maiden home by Master.

Master said [Lets see if you are qualified to become a direct disciple] and took me somewhere, but the somewhere was a pit filled with martial arts zombies.

The so-called hunger training of the Infernal Heavens Demonic Art. It was a training course to realize the Sword of Starvation.

-Why are you hesitating? Hurry up, and dont fall into h.e.l.l.

That was what Master said to me as I screamed and hit the martial arts zombies.

-Remember the longest time you were starved for.

-The longest time I starved for was 3 to 4 days.

-What? Three to four days?

Upon hearing my answer, Master was dumbfounded.

-Oho. Huh. Tsk, tsk, tsk. I see that this isnt getting through to you.

-Enough. This was my fault! For a moment, I had hope. As I thought, you are a man whos only talk.

Then Master abandoned me.

She left me, who was struggling madly and desperately in the pit, in the blink of an eye, without giving me a single glance.

-Heavenly Demon-nim! Heavenly Demon-nim?! Please wait! Oh my G.o.d, its not like being hungry is something special! Does that make any sense that you cant learn martial arts because of that?! Huh?! Oh fu

Before I could go from fu to ck, I was eaten by the martial arts zombies.

Ahahaha

I couldnt help but laugh as I recalled those memories.

My Master, a cold and aloof person.

It was difficult to give her a single flower.

And now, there was someone who was jealous that I made her smile, envious, and struggling to surpa.s.s me, so what should I do?

My lifetime Master must have received a lot of jealousy and envy while she was alive, so what did she do at that time? It was a bit unfortunate that I couldnt ask Master what I wanted to right now, or hear her voice.

Chun Mu-mun Mastereverything I did wasnt because I was strong from the start.

Its just that I received a bit more time than everyone else.

The Venomous Snake breathed heavily as he looked up at me.

Naturally, he didnt understand what I was saying.

Unlike me.

Ahh, I could understand the Venomous Snakes heart.

I understood it completely without a single falsehood or misunderstanding.

It wasnt just because I was once in a position of envy.

Because I heard it.

Just a moment ago, when the Venomous Snake was screaming and swinging his sword at me.

The images of the Venomous Snake from the days before I met him and the Heretic Questioner from the before he met me were reflected in my mind for a moment, like a mirage.

Not just their images, but also their voices.

-I know youre trying to fix me.

-Why?

-Because you cannot take responsibility for me.

I looked at the Venomous Snake.

The Venomous Snake was still looking at me. Beneath his dark gaze, his thick lips were tightly shut.

However.

-To say it plainly, the two of us are friends and colleagues.

-Isnt that enough?

Even at that moment, I could hear the voices gathered together in the Venomous Snakes heart.

It wasnt that I had awakened a new skill. My skill list was still filled with footprints that substantiate my life. It also wasnt that I had gained sudden enlightenment and could now read peoples minds, it, it was just

Traces of the Tower Master.

It was an aftereffect of being killed by the Tower Master and witnessing her trauma.

Ja Soo-jung, the Master of the Tower who embraces the unhappiness and misfortune of all life(Manseng). The G.o.d who witnesses and recalls every moment of their unhappiness. Tens of millions, hundreds of millions, no, a countless number of human [trauma] were transplanted onto the Tower Master.

As much as they suffer, the Tower Master suffers.

When they scream, the Tower Master also screams.

And so, everyones trauma is the Tower Masters trauma.

That moment when I saw the Tower Masters trauma did I see the trauma of every being living in the Tower at the same time?

A tremendous amount of memory that was difficult for a human to withstand.

Therefore, we generally lived lives of not remembering, having poor recollection, or forgetting entirely.

However, like this time where the Venomous Snake was shouting about past resentment

I was [beginning to hear] too.

Like looking at the trauma of those who killed me.

The scenes the Tower Master witnessed, the wounds she transplanted to her heart.

I wasnt sure if it really happened in the [past] of this world, in a world created separately by Ja Soo-jungs interference, or somewhere in the [future].

Half Divine Eye.

I opened my eyes to that.

ha.

I let out a laugh once again.

This was the world that the Tower Master saw.

It was saddening just to think that in your daily life, just by b.u.mping into someone by chance, you would hear their cries and screams.

What I was laughing at a while ago!

Shaking my head, I brushed my thoughts aside.

Then, I looked at the human in front of me.

Chun Mu-mun Master do you want to defeat me?

The sudden question made the Venomous Snake pause.

Not paying attention to that, I continued to ask.

As fair as possible. Chun Mu-mun Master, you dont want anything other than to beat me in one-on-one, right?

The Venomous Snake grit his teeth.

If thats the case,

Blood gushed from the Venomous Snakes mouth.

If thats the case, then what would you do!

That spat blood, I didnt avoid it.

The Venomous Snake had collapsed, and I was looking down at him, so a few drops of blood from the Venomous Snakes mouth splashed onto my cheek.

Give you a chance.

Just like I didnt wipe away the pouring rain, I also didnt wipe away the blood.

Ill say it again, I wasnt strong from the start. Time. It took a lot of time. During that time, I gathered all the children I got along with and created a family.

I grabbed the aura spear stuck in his shoulder and pulled it out. Cough! Once more, the Venomous Snakes body heaved and blood gushed out.

And there are a lot of ways for the Chun Mu-mun Master to buy time.

I slowly opened my mouth.

200 years, 6 months, and 21 days.

?

That is the amount of time the Heretic Questioner spent on the 31st Floor on his own.

Silence.

Perhaps for a moment, the Venomous Snake didnt understand the meaning of my words. But his eyes slowly widened. Tuk. Raindrops falling from the sky flowed through my hair before landing on the body of the Venomous Snake. It wasnt until a few raindrops had fallen did the Venomous Snake open his mouth.

You dont mean therefore.

Yes.

I nodded.

Whether it takes 200 years or 300 years, try to stay alone in this place like the Heretic Questioner. Train and practice for hundreds of years. Try to attract people.

Then challenge me again. Chun Mu-mun Master.

Hundreds of years.

Closed door training where you were trapped in time, not s.p.a.ce.

That was what I told the Venomous Snake.