I Became a Hunter with the Heavenly Slaughter Star Trait. - Chapter 87

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Episode 87

Episode 87

-Baaaaaang!!!

The sound of trumpets echoing throughout the entire Colosseum, as if tearing it apart.

-Bang!

-Boom!

Beautiful fireworks embroidered the sky,

and colorful flower petals scattered over the blood-stained Colosseum.

-Waaaaaaah!!!

-Wooooooh!!!

The elves in the spectator seats cheered.

-Waaaaah…

-Waaah…

The text in the system window announcing the number of final survivors was no longer in elvish script.

-…Ah?

-…?!

Only the last character flickered back and forth between elvish script and Korean.

Just as I couldn’t read elvish script,

the elves in the spectator seats also couldn’t read Korean and were dumbfounded.

-Whoosh…

-Crack, crackle…

As the fireworks completely died down,

the scene inside was revealed.

28 elf corpses,

one living elf,

and me.

-…

-…

-…

The cheering stopped.

The elves who had been singing, dancing, and celebrating

shut their mouths as if someone was strangling them.

Then one by one,

“…What is this?”

“The survivors are…”

“Only two left?”

“But the Promotion Trials always…”

“Wasn’t it 10 people?”

The spectator seats that had been filled with cheers

became filled with confused murmuring.

“What the hell is this…!”

“…My son! My son!!”

“This isn’t what was promised!!!!”

The nobles in the VIP section weren’t any different.

The nobles who had sent their children to this Promotion Trial were crying out

with horrified faces, rising from their seats.

Their children, whom they had fed all sorts of buffs before sending to the Promotion Trials, had died so futilely—

it was only natural.

‘That’s understandable.’

A total of 10 people could pass the Promotion Trials.

But only two remained.

Moreover, I’m human, aren’t I?

On top of that, the one elf I had ‘spared’ wasn’t even the strongest elf here…

The game had been broken in a very unpleasant way.

“…”

The Colosseum engulfed in chaos.

Standing at its center,

I raised my head to look up at the ship floating in the sky.

The golden veil remained completely motionless.

Instead,

-Clank.

-Clank.

-Clank.

Elf soldiers quickly rushed into the Colosseum.

Unlike the elves who had been participating in the Promotion Trials,

they were properly equipped with armor and weapons.

The soldiers surrounded the surviving elf and me, then

-Shing!

pointed their swords at us.

Ready to cut our throats and pierce our hearts at any moment.

“Kneel and show proper respect to His Majesty the Emperor!”

The one who appeared to be the commander shouted.

‘Level 50… no, maybe around 60.’

The level difference between him and me was definitely over 20.

Not an opponent worth picking a fight with.

However.

-Glance.

I didn’t kneel.

I only looked up at the Emperor’s Ship floating high above.

“Please kneel…!”

The last elf who survived with me had already knelt.

“Or you’ll die…!”

The elf whispered desperately in a small voice.

“Why should I?”

“…!”

“You’re mistaken about something, Narin.”

When I called her Narin, she was startled.

Did she think I wouldn’t know?

I had figured it out around the time I was slaughtering the elves.

At a similar level, and an elf who would willingly help me…

Naturally, it could only be ‘Narin,’ whom I had spared.

Should I call it fortunate that I spared her back then?

If it hadn’t been for her, I wouldn’t have been able to enter the Pillar of Fire.

“That’s your emperor.”

“…!”

“Not my emperor.”

South Korea doesn’t have an emperor.

Everything is decided by voting.

Would these primitive elves who still haven’t escaped from their medieval system understand this?

“Show respect to His Imperial Majesty…!!”

Before the elf commander with bulging veins in his neck could finish speaking,

-Whoosh!

I took off the mask I was wearing and threw it away.

-…!!!

-…!!!!!

-!!!!!!!!!!!!

The colosseum was dyed with shock.

The singing had stopped at some point,

and now only silence flowed.

“Phew…”

It feels refreshing now that I’ve removed the mask.

-The, the ears…!

-…He’s human?!

-Why is there a human in the promotion trials…!!

The colosseum stirred with commotion.

The eyes of the elf soldiers pointing their swords also wavered.

How is a human here?

…That’s what their faces seemed to be saying.

“Lord Taepyeong…!!”

Toward Narin who was about to stand up abruptly,

I lightly raised my hand.

“Stay still, Narin.”

“…!”

“Right now, it doesn’t look like being associated with me would be good for you.”

If they found out that she follows me, a human, calling me Lord Taepyeong, Lord Taepyeong.

There’s no telling what this cult might do to Narin.

I can’t let someone who helped me die.

“Hey!”

I waved my hand toward the ship floating in the air.

-Right now, to His Imperial Majesty…

-H, hey, you said…?

The faces of the elves were once again dyed with shock.

Regardless of that,

“The promotion trials are over, right?”

-…

“Then how about sending me back now?”

-…

“As you can see, I’m just an ordinary human!”

-…

The golden veil still didn’t move at all.

Instead,

“How dare you speak to His Imperial Majesty…!!”

The elf commander’s face turned red with anger.

-Shing!

The elf commander drew his sword himself.

“It would be better if you didn’t.”

“How dare a mere human!”

-Swoosh!

The commander’s sword flew precisely aiming for my neck.

-Claaaang!!!

I blocked the attack with my two swords.

A clash between level 30 and level 60.

Normally, the level 30s would be shattered to pieces.

However.

“This, this bastard…!”

The colosseum was still under ‘restrictions’.

Skills.

Items.

Level.

All conditions were the same except for race.

So, it meant fighting purely with ‘skill’ alone.

-Clang clang clang…!

Can’t use your advantages?

Now that we’re fighting without rank insignia.

“…!!”

As the commander’s sword began to be pushed back instead,

his eyes became filled with confusion.

I looked at him and smirked.

“What. Not going as you thought?”

“…Gr, grrrr!”

He gritted his teeth and exerted force,

-Clang!!!

The elf commander deflected the swords.

And just as his sword came in as if to pierce my heart,

-Swish!

I quickly twisted my body and slipped behind the commander,

-Whoosh!

With the swords in both hands, I aimed for the commander’s eyes…

“Stop.”

A beautiful voice that struck directly into my mind.

‘…The Emperor?’

The sword tips stopped right in front of the commander’s eyeballs.

I hadn’t stopped on my own.

-Creaking…

A mysterious force.

As if giant hands were holding me, my body wouldn’t move.

‘…Is this the Emperor’s power?’

It was a powerful force that could crush me at any moment.

This was possible because this entire space was under the Emperor’s dominion.

He could kill me right now…

-Boooom!!!!!

…Just as I thought that.

The force holding me disappeared,

and the commander’s body right in front of me exploded.

-Splaaaash!

Blood scattering everywhere.

-Thud!

Crushed entrails and flesh falling to the floor.

As if an invisible hand had gripped and burst the commander.

Only traces of what had been the commander remained.

“….”

Even for me, this is quite shocking, isn’t it?

‘Power close to that of a god….’

The strongest race that could be said to dominate the Tower, the Elves.

And among them, the one who reached the pinnacle, the Emperor.

‘…Does one gain this kind of power when they reach the level of Emperor?’

-Shiver.

Goosebumps rise on my back.

From fear?

‘No….’

This wasn’t fear.

Rather,

It was more similar to the feeling when I faced the ‘Seeker’.

Right.

This isn’t fear but anticipation.

“Haha….”

I looked up with a grin.

The Emperor’s ship, which hadn’t budged at all, was slowly descending.

-Swoosh.

The ship landed smoothly in the Colosseum.

And,

-Swish….

The golden veil was drawn back.

A shadow slowly walking out from inside the veil.

‘Finally.’

Hair that looked like melted gold.

Amber eyes as if the sun had been embedded in them.

Skin that shone transparently as if carved from white jade.

Beauty that couldn’t be compared to any creature overflowed.

At such violent beauty,

Everyone in the Colosseum knelt down.

‘…That’s really a man?’

Of course, except for me.

Is it because he’s too perfect?

Rather, he seems like a monster, making me feel repulsed.

Thanks to that, I can stare blankly,

Should I consider this fortunate?

“….”

The Emperor, who had been looking at me for a moment,

Soon smiled beautifully.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a living human.”

…So that means you’ve seen plenty of dead humans?

“How could a human enter this Sacred Sanctuary.”

“….”

“And slaughter my beloved people?”

“….”

I didn’t answer.

Because he wasn’t asking me in the first place.

“Gah! Gugh!!”

Floating in mid-air,

The Elf Inspector was foaming at the mouth and struggling as if someone was strangling him.

But if you hang him up like that, naturally he can’t answer, right?

Well, it seems like he had no intention of hearing an answer anyway….

-Crack!!!

Just like what happened to the commander,

The inspector’s neck broke grotesquely.

-Snap snap snap!!

His limbs were the same.

Like crumpling paper,

The inspector’s body was randomly crushed.

-Thump!

Only after all the bones in his body were shattered did the inspector’s body fall to the ground.

-Snap!

When the Emperor flicked his finger,

“Kugh!!!”

Only the inspector’s head became intact again.

Though blood was pouring from every orifice.

“Answer me.”

“Th, this human, there was a System error….”

“….”

“Kugh! Guaah!”

While letting out painful groans,

The inspector continued his explanation diligently.

The spell to find the Dark Elf slaughterer and,

The spell to find level 30 candidates who could participate in the Promotion Trials,

Got tangled with each other, causing this error.

Apparently what I’m wearing,

The [Earring of the Quiet Eira Forest] and,

The [Elf’s Sword] given to awakened Elves had an influence.

Moreover,

“Since he even possessed a Clean Core, this error….”

Clean Core.

This probably refers to the ‘Dantian’.

“Hmm.”

The Emperor, having heard the full explanation, nodded lightly.

And,

-Boom!!!!

…No, why do you keep exploding them?

Only innocent me gets covered in blood.

-Ptui!

I wiped my mouth and spat out the metallic saliva.

Before the spit could even hit the ground,

-Glare!

The Elves’ gazes pierced me sharply.

Faces that wanted to tear my limbs apart and kill me if only they were allowed.

But no one could move.

Because their emperor is here.

“I see….”

The emperor, who had been lost in thought, mutters as if he had realized something.

And then,

“Is it true?”

He asks me.

“That you’re the human who slaughtered the dark elves?”

“Haah….”

I let out a deep sigh while holding my forehead.

Are dark elves the problem right now?

Look how many elves died here.

Is this supposed to be a question?

‘As expected, elves are a bit….’

Still, I should give him an answer, right?

“Yeah.”

“….”

“It was me.”

What are you going to do about it.

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