The Returned Hunter Has Awakened to a Hidden Class - Chapter 135
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135
Chapter 135
Rage (3)
Hell.
This word is used far too commonly.
People call suffocating overtime work hell.
They call a day when they failed an exam hell.
People casually say it.
-This is like hell.
However, in reality.
Few truly know what those words actually mean.
Is hell suffering?
Is it punishment?
Is it endless flames and screams?
Or perhaps.
Is it a place where salvation does not exist?
Kwaang-!!
Peobeobeobeobeobeok-!!
Jjeojeojeojjeok-!!
The Hunters climbing the Tower of Trials are the same.
They witness the surreal.
They hunt monsters, traverse dimensions, and wield power beyond human limits.
And yet.
The word ‘hell’ alone.
They still consume as everyday metaphor.
When pain is severe, they call it hell, when situations are hopeless, they call it hell.
However.
Peoook-!!
Kwaaaaang-!!
Jjeojeok-!
Now.
In this place.
That word is no longer a metaphor.
As beings of different ranks clash and the world’s order collapses.
The center of gravity repeatedly rampages in all directions.
Where impossible forces collide with each other.
This place where Kim Jun and Satan face each other.
“Now die!”
At last.
“Become my pet!”
Could truly be called hell.
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From SS-rank to EX-rank.
Forcibly, momentarily, compulsorily elevated rank.
The backlash from that.
Erupted first.
Cracks spread throughout his entire body.
His nerves creaked.
His muscles screamed.
His bones, as if unable to withstand the power of a different rank.
Creaked in protest.
「Yeonje」 and 「Amje」 had not yet been extinguished.
Rather, they burned even more fiercely.
But.
But before that.
Even though 「Yeonje」 and 「Assassin Lord」 hadn’t been extinguished.
Against Satan’s vast power, a repulsive force burst forth first.
“Kugh-!”
Looking at the crimson demon, Kim Jun thought.
Just what kind of bastard was this Satan anyway.
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[Boss Information : Satan]
– Grade : SS
– Level : 150
– Trait : Undefinable
– Unique Skills : 「Downfall」, 「Great Downfall」, 「Annihilation」, 「Genocide」, 「Gate of Hell」…
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– Health : Undefinable
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Ridiculous stats.
In contrast, Kim Jun was level 79.
A shabby number.
But even so, Kim Jun had risen to EX grade.
He knew.
Unlike outside, this was the Tower of Trials.
Unlike when conquering Gates, this was the Tower of Trials.
Here, more than grade.
‘Level’ took priority.
It wasn’t that innate class from birth would never be concluded.
The proof of strength was numbers, not class.
That absolute gap.
But even so.
‘To think I’m being pushed back this much even as EX grade.’
He couldn’t erase that thought.
Satan.
When he had defeated that bastard before his regression.
His level was higher then, but his grade was lower than now.
In terms of actual power, the current Kim Jun should be stronger.
Was it because he wasn’t a complete EX grade?
Was it lacking because it was an EX grade pulled up momentarily?
Between Kim Jun’s calculations and the reality he actually faced.
There existed a very subtle but clear discrepancy.
More than he thought.
And more than he thought.
Satan was still overwhelmingly strong.
Should he have done some strengthening before coming?
Should he have prepared safely and surely?
While having these various thoughts.
As if piercing through that gap in his thinking.
“「Great Downfall」.”
Satan’s voice rang out low.
It was closer to a declaration than the name of a technique.
The next moment.
Mana didn’t explode.
Instead, the premise of existence was shaken.
Tszszszszsz…
「Great Downfall」 was not simple destruction.
Not a power that destroys targets, but a dimensional authority that denies the very premise that targets ‘exist’.
Paaaaaaaaaak-!!
That power shot toward Kim Jun.
Within the range touched by its aftermath, the laws instantly loosened.
Space around Kim Jun blurred first.
Boundaries became faint, and forms became unclear.
However, that power, regardless of intention, expanded its radius.
80th Floor, [Perdition].
This staircase that should have been complete as an independent world.
Unable to withstand Satan’s authority, it subtly twisted.
Each staircase of the Tower originally doesn’t interfere with each other.
Though they exist stacked above and below, they are dimensionally thoroughly separated worlds.
However, where 「Great Fall」 passed through.
That logic of separation was no longer maintained.
The rift didn’t simply form in the ground.
It formed in the boundary.
In the invisible ‘system’ veil that divided staircase from staircase.
Crack-
A very thin crack was drawn first.
That crack spread following the wave, expanding in all directions like a rift running across a glass panel.
And.
Crash-!
It collapsed.
The ceiling of the 80th Floor distorted.
Beyond it, what should never have been visible.
The ground of the 79th Floor they had already passed, the sky overlapped in view.
Sky overlapped with sky, and ground invaded each other’s shadows.
Below was the same.
The ground of the 80th Floor split, revealing the outline of another world that should exist beneath.
81st Floor, 82nd Floor, 83rd Floor.
Independent worlds with different laws and environments, different ecosystems began to forcibly overlap.
This was not the destruction Satan intended.
Simply.
That power was too immense.
The authority activated to deny one existence pushed away even the surrounding dimensional structure, eroding the massive system called the Tower.
Kieeeeeee!
Kuoooooo-!!
The Tower screamed.
No, the monsters from other staircases.
Giant demons in the form of knights.
Winged beings of the abyss.
Even boss-level entities from each floor.
Were swept up in the aftermath of this collision.
Peoook—!!
Zzzzzzzt-!
Kwajik—!!
Forms were torn, and existences burst.
They weren’t even targets of this fight.
Simply.
They were annihilated just by being grazed by the collision of power against power.
The boundaries of the staircases melted away, and the buffer between worlds disappeared.
This place could no longer be called ‘Underground 80th Floor’.
Up and down become indistinguishable, and the worlds forcibly mesh together, transforming into one massive mixed space.
At its center.
Kim Jun and Satan collide once again.
Kwaaaaang—
This time it’s not merely the shock of battle.
A clash of essence against essence, taking place upon collapsed structure.
The Tower was no longer a stage that contained them.
Rather.
It was being redefined by them.
Thud-
Kim Jun grasps something in the air with his hand.
A greatsword that has no form, yet is also form.
The second of 「Kaiser’s Legacy」.
「Fire Blade」.
It extends slowly, yet with overwhelming density, stretching long upward.
The target is singular.
Wrath among the seven sins.
Satan.
“「Deus Ex Machina」.”
The authority Kim Jun calls upon is.
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[Available Contract Slots: 5]
– Slot 1 : [Asmodeus] / Grand Demon of Lust
└ Effect : For 1 minute, all attacks deal fixed damage
– Slot 2 : [Valderion] / Sword Saint
└ Effect : For 30 seconds, deploy Sword Saint’s Domain to seal evasion and defense of all enemies within the area
– Slot 3 : [Lucifer] / First Fallen Angel, Grand Demon of Pride
└ Effect : Enter 「Dark Emperor」 state for 1 minute
– Slot 4 : [Empty]
– Slot 5 : [Empty]
– Additional slots can be added by contracting with new transcendents and maximizing favorability
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Two of the three authorities Kim Jun possesses.
Since Lucifer’s authority 「Dark Emperor」 is already in use.
On top of that.
Asmodeus’s authority overlaps.
Kwaaaaa—!
「Fire Blade」 writhes and vibrates.
All attacks are converted to ‘fixed damage’.
Defense, resistance, regeneration.
No concept holds any meaning.
Then.
Valderion.
The Sword Saint’s Domain unfolds.
Srrrrk—
An invisible circle spreads outward.
Lines that cut through space are drawn.
Any being that enters within.
Can never evade.
Cannot block.
An absolute domain ruled by the concept of ‘sword’.
Satan is already within it.
Kwarrrrr—!
「Fire Blade」 screams, and its range has already surpassed the floors.
79th Floor, 78th Floor, 77th Floor.
And even beyond that.
Whoooosh…
Kwaaaaaa-!
As if it could grow no larger.
As if it could condense no further.
The flames no longer spread outward, but inward, inward.
Increasing in density.
Satan’s red eyes tremble slightly.
“…!”
Though he couldn’t grasp exactly what it was.
‘Dangerous.’
His instincts warned him first.
He couldn’t defend against it.
He couldn’t avoid it.
In that moment.
Satan also gathered all his power.
The volcano completely collapsed.
The ground turned black.
The abyss split open.
The wrath of the seven sins took physical form.
Red magic condensed along Satan’s arm.
That power was not mere anger.
The remnants of countless accumulated sins.
The choices of corruption repeated endlessly.
Suppressed and accumulated hatred and resentment.
Compressed and compressed again, the result of everything converging to a single point.
Primordial wrath.
That source pulsated above Satan’s fist as a formless mass.
Craaaack-!
The air split.
Even the expression “split” was insufficient.
The air was being pulled away.
Centered around Satan and Kim Jun, an invisible field formed.
The Tower’s debris vibrated.
Above, the sky of the 79th Floor twisted, and below, the ground of the 81st Floor collapsed and could be heard crumbling.
And even beyond that.
Crack, crackle-
Abnormal phenomena began.
Broken pillar fragments, the powdered remains of the Temple, shattered pieces of the Staircase.
Slowly.
But as if drawn by an irresistible force.
They began rotating toward the center.
At first it was subtle.
A single grain of stone dust stirred, metal fragments trembled faintly.
But soon.
Whooooosh—
A whirlwind formed.
Satan and Kim Jun.
As if new gravity had formed with the two beings as its axis.
The Staircase’s remains were sucked in, tracing orbital paths.
The upper world and lower world rotated in twisted fashion, brushing past each other.
Clouds from the 79th Floor were torn away and pulled down.
Colliding with the rocks of the 82nd Floor.
The demons of the 83rd Floor disintegrate in midair, scattering as fragments.
All of it.
Gets drawn toward the center.
As if.
The two beings.
Had become a single singularity.
The staircase is no longer a structure connected in straight lines.
The distinction between up and down disappears, and the worlds twist to converge toward a single point.
Things that reach along that trajectory.
Vanish.
No explosions, no screams.
Just.
The moment of contact.
The definition of existence gets erased.
Erasure.
The Tower’s system can no longer interfere.
The already collapsed barrier has lost the ability to block this abnormal gravitational field.
Centered on the 80th Floor Underground, there’s an illusion that the entire Tower is tilting slightly.
Kim Jun’s「Brand」shines even more vividly in the middle of that whirlwind.
Satan’s abyss sinks its center even deeper.
Two forces simultaneously increase their density.
Heat and abyss.
Will and origin.
Compression.
Compression.
Compression.
Kim Jun’s「Brand」and Satan’s abyss.
Simultaneously reached their peak.
“Can you handle my fury?!”
“Won’t you consider quietly becoming my pet?”
Both knew well.
In the next moment.
“Come, Human.”
One of the two.
“I was planning to go anyway.”
Would definitely fall.
Screeeeeeeeeech!
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