I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 81
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Episode 81
Episode 81
“Why are you killing me?”
What kind of bullshit is this now?
“I’m going to die in a year.”
Leo White’s eyes were serious.
“And the one who kills me is you, Tae-pyeong.”
“….”
“It’s you.”
A voice filled with certainty.
At this point, it doesn’t seem like a joke.
“What’s your evidence?”
When I asked,
“Here.”
Leo White points to his purple eyes.
His ability is [Odin’s Eye].
He became visually impaired due to an accident in his teens,
but gained the [Odin’s Eye] trait upon awakening.
[Odin’s Eye] was basically similar to my [Execution Eye].
However, while my [Execution Eye] only shows the opponent’s weaknesses,
[Odin’s Eye] shows weaknesses as well as the movement patterns one should follow.
…or so I understood.
In the end, isn’t [Odin’s Eye] just some kind of combat assistance module?
How did he learn from that
that I would ‘kill’ him?
As if reading my thoughts,
Leo White grins.
“What I’m about to tell you is a secret.”
“….”
“You can keep it, right?”
I nodded silently.
“The ability of [Odin’s Eye] known to the world is only partial.”
Partial?
“The true ability that [Odin’s Eye] possesses is….”
“….”
“[Future Foresight].”
“….”
“Tae-pyeong. Aren’t you surprised?”
Why would I be surprised?
As someone who has the [Execution Eye] skill,
I know that simply knowing weaknesses and predicted trajectories alone
isn’t enough to become world ranking 1st class.
To maximize that ability,
you need to have the [Cheonsalseong] trait like me
and compete with physical prowess.
From what I could see,
Leo White didn’t have that level of physical ability.
So he reached world ranking 1st place with just traits and skill stats?
That’s impossible.
So I figured there must be something more hidden.
If that’s [Future Foresight], then everything fits together.
“Of course, even with [Future Foresight], I can’t see all futures.”
“Then?”
“What I can see is just a few seconds.”
A few seconds?
That’s a more limited ability than I thought.
However,
in situations dealing with split seconds,
just a few seconds can determine victory or defeat.
Leo White must understand that point well.
But.
“If your ability is to foresee the future a few seconds ahead….”
“Yes.”
“How exactly do you know that I’ll kill you in a year?”
That’s right.
If the ability of [Future Foresight] is to glimpse the future within 5 seconds,
how does Leo White know that I’ll kill him in a year?
“There was a revelation I received when I first obtained [Odin’s Eye].”
Leo White explained that it was a kind of [special privilege].
From the beginning, a revelation came attached to the ability description of [Odin’s Eye].
“So what exactly is this revelation?”
“The star of death that appears in the eastern sky shall stop your breath.”
Eastern sky.
Star of death.
‘South Korea, and Cheonsalseong….’
It roughly fits together.
But aren’t prophecies originally like “if you hang it on your ear, it’s an earring; if you hang it on your nose, it’s a nose ring”?
Lee Tae-pyeong, a man in his 20s living in South Korea, will kill you.
…wouldn’t it be a bit ambiguous unless it’s that specific?
“Honestly, I had forgotten about the revelation.”
“….”
“But recently my girlfriend told me an interesting story.”
Leo White looks at me with a smile.
“An Asian she met on a random layer instantly killed three Dark Elves.”
I instinctively thought of that ‘masked person’.
Damn.
That was Leo White’s girlfriend?
“A human killed Dark Elves….”
“….”
“That’s something that has never happened before.”
“….”
“If it had been anyone else’s words, I would never have believed it.”
But he believes it because his girlfriend ‘Masked Person’ said it?
“Actually, even Talia’s words were hard to believe.”
“Really?”
“Because there’s no way a human could kill the elf race.”
Elves.
And Dark Elves.
Among all the races climbing the Tower, they could be called the strongest without exaggeration.
What can kill an Elf is a Dark Elf.
What can kill a Dark Elf is also an Elf.
They are considered strong enough to warrant such thinking.
But not just one, but three of them died to a Human?
This goes beyond something that has never happened,
to something that cannot happen.
‘To ordinary people, that is…’
In truth, it wasn’t particularly moving to me.
Life, after all,
holds the same value regardless of race.
At least that’s how it was for me.
Whether Elf.
Or Goblin.
They’re all the same to me.
So I didn’t think much of it particularly…
‘But for Leo White, this became a hint…’
-The Star of Death that appeared in the Eastern Sky will stop your breath.
The appearance of an Asian Hunter who massacred three Dark Elves,
fitting those words perfectly.
“They even say he single-handedly annihilated the opposing team?”
That Masked guy.
He spoke in such detail.
“So what? You could easily do the same, couldn’t you?”
“No. No. No.”
Shake. Shake. Shake. Leo White waves his finger.
“Annihilation I might attempt,”
“But?”
“But I would never kill three Dark Elves.”
“…”
“If it were me, I would have paid the contribution points, you know?”
Tsk.
I have nothing to say to that.
Judging rationally, that would be correct.
“After hearing Talia’s story, I looked into you.”
“…”
“But the more I looked into it…”
“…”
“The more convinced I became.”
Leo White’s gaze was serious.
“In the Tutorial, you annihilated other races.”
“Hmm.”
“In the Hide and Seek Map, you even killed the Seeker.”
“Did I…”
“An Elf even offered their own sword?”
“It wasn’t offered, just a gift.”
“Hehe. Taepyeong is modest.”
Seeing how detailed his knowledge is,
he really must have investigated me thoroughly.
“People paid attention to Taepyeong because of the China Special Floor conquest.”
“…”
“But I think differently.”
“…”
“Taepyeong is already Asia’s greatest Hunter.”
Isn’t this a bit of an exaggeration?
I was about to open my mouth to correct him,
but Leo White doesn’t give me the chance.
“The person who will kill me is indeed you.”
“…That’s ridiculous.”
I answered with a hollow laugh.
“You’re world ranking number 1. How could I, who doesn’t even make the top 100, possibly kill you?”
Leo White shook his head again.
“No. No. No.”
“…”
“You killing me will happen one year from now.”
“I’m telling you it’s not me?”
“Why one year from now, I wonder?”
“How would I know that…”
“Because one year from now, you will surpass me.”
Leo White was already certain.
“Taepyeong.”
Purple eyes stare at me as if to pierce through.
“You simply haven’t been observed yet.”
“…”
“In other words, you could be called zero.”
“…”
“And zero always precedes one.”
At his voice filled with such conviction,
I let out a deep sigh.
“So?”
“Yes?”
“Since you know I’ll kill you in one year.”
“…”
“Are you going to kill me now?”
Instantly, the air freezes.
Leo White and I were each comfortably leaning back on our sofas.
But we both knew.
That right now,
we could kill each other at any moment.
Tension fills the surroundings.
I was already prepared to draw Severance Catastrophe from my inventory.
Leo White would be the same.
Since he said he can foresee a few seconds into the future,
he might have already seen the future where I slit his throat.
Indeed.
Would that become the real future?
“…Puhahahaha!”
That’s when it happened.
Leo White’s laughter breaks the silence.
“There’s no way that would happen.”
Huh?
“…You know that I’ll kill you in a year, right?”
“Yes. I know.”
“But you’re not going to kill me now?”
“No, to be precise…”
Leo White, who had been pausing for a moment, raises both hands as if surrendering.
“I can’t kill you.”
Not that he won’t kill me,
but that he can’t?
“What do you mean by that?”
“No matter how much I read all the futures.”
“….”
“There’s no future where I can kill you.”
In other words,
Leo White’s [Future Sight] shows no way for him to kill me.
Does that even make sense?
He’s the world’s number 1 ranked Hunter, isn’t he?
“Let me give you an example.”
Seeing me look at him with an incomprehensible expression,
Leo White briefly showed me the gun inside his jacket.
Wait, hold on. A gun?
In South Korea?
Whether I was surprised or not, Leo White continued his explanation.
“If I were to pull out my gun right now and shoot at your head, what do you think would happen?”
“I’d die.”
“No. The barrel would suddenly rupture, and I’d die from being hit by the fragments.”
Huh?
As I stared at him with a dumbfounded expression, this time Leo White showed me the knife on the opposite side of his jacket.
“Then, what if I stabbed you with this knife?”
“…I’d die?”
“No. No. I’d trip over this table leg, and end up stabbing myself in the heart and dying.”
What is this, some kind of Final Destination?
As I stared at him, unable to continue speaking due to the absurdity,
“It might sound like a lie, but [Odin’s Eye] is accurate.”
Leo White answers with a bitter voice.
“Right now, I have no way to kill Taepeong.”
“Then, you’re saying you’ll die by my hand in a year?”
Leo White grins at those words.
“No. No. No.”
“….”
“I came here to avoid dying.”
“How?”
He just said with his own mouth that there’s no way for him to kill me.
“It’s simple.”
“….”
“I just need to find out why you want to kill me.”
“….”
“If I find out the reason, I might be able to change the future.”
Leo White smiles brightly and extends his hand to me.
“So, Taepeong. Let me ask you straight to the point.”
“….”
“Would you like to join my guild?”
Leo White’s guild, ‘Light’.
Currently gathering the top Floor conquerors of Earth’s Tower,
America’s greatest guild and the world’s greatest guild.
“I promise you the best treatment.”
The best…
“Money, honor, power…”
But I’m not lacking in those even now?
“Not to mention becoming the world’s greatest Hunter.”
“….”
“I’ve already finished all discussions with the government. They promised their full support. You can have whatever you want.”
“….”
No matter what topic he brought up,
since I didn’t even twitch an eyebrow,
perhaps thinking ‘this isn’t working,’
Leo White’s confident face gradually becomes anxious.
“If you join me, Taepeong, you’ll be able to reach a position that no one else has ever reached.”
Even at his confident final words, I just scratched the back of my head.
“Tae, Taepeong…?”
“….”
“You’re listening to me, right?”
-Nod nod.
Then, Leo White looks at me with a face that brightens up again.
“Then, then you’ll join me, right?”
Staring blankly.
My answer, after just staring at Leo White, was exactly three words.
“Why would I?”
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