Was I going crazy?
In the midst of that thought the ‘remaining life’ was constantly decreasing.
“…What do I need to do?”
As I asked the question out loud like a madman the translucent hologram changed, and answers ca back.
< Hunting, like you’ve been doing all this ti. >
< But now hunt the protagonists. >
< If you succeed you will be given lifespan in return. >
< You can also absorb the talent of the protagonists you’ve hunted. >
“Fuck. What the hell do you an by protagonist?”
< Isn’t that a common word in your world? >
< It’s the ‘main characters’ that appears in novels, movies, dramas, cartoons, and more. >
< Those who are never defeated, those who stand up no matter what in the face of danger, and those who are favored by the whole world. >
“I’ve seen many of them in real life. You want to kill them? Impossible.”
Even if you just turn on the TV right now, there are many people like that.
They’ve never failed in their life.
Take my job for example, wouldn’t the SS-Rank hunter at the apex be considered a protagonist?
“How am I supposed to deal with a SS-Rank hunter?”
< It’s not limited to your world. >
< Protagonists exist in many worlds and many dinsions. >
“Ho.”
My heart is pounding. I knew I shouldn’t do this, but I was strangely excited.
“…Okay. When should I start?”
< You can start right now. >
“But, there’s just one problem. You know I’m in a terrible condition, right?”
My body is not in a condition to do extensive activities.
A stupid body that will have a heart attack if I even run a little bit.
< This problem can be solved using your lifespan. >
< 10 days lifespan can be used to temporarily stop the heart condition for a one day. >
‘…Shit.’
My hands tremble. If I use 10 days, I will have 21 hours left.
Am I just going to live for another ten days? Or will I gamble for a better life?
It was not a choice.
“Yes. I-I’ll do it!”
[10-day lifespan used to temporarily suppress heart condition.]
Soon after, my chest felt like sothing was missing.
A round blue mark was carved into the pit of his stomach.
After a while a heart-rending comfort surged within .
Although I haven’t partied in a long ti I felt refreshed as if I had gone back to my youth.
“…All right. Let’s get ready, but before that. Can I bring stuff with ?”
< 20kg is the limit you can take with you. >
“20kg? So stingy.”
How did a weak hunter like work on the front line?
It was possible due to the state-of-the-art equipnt.
A Leather armor coated with aether, and a coat coated with aether worn over it.
Four aether bullet pistols, eight extra bullets, and one sniper rifle behind my back.
After packing so other explosives I stopped before reaching the weight limit.
I picked up an aether blade, the main weapon of hunters, and pressed the release button.
A white tal’s body popped out and beca about 120cm long.
When the energy is activated a blue laser coats the edge.
Schink!!
“Huu.”
I sighed looking at the blue light of the aether blade for a long ti.
Hunters kill monsters using aether, an energy extracted from the heart of a monster.
And now with that energy I’m going to kill people.
‘I can’t believe I have to fight with this kind of equipnt.’
As I always wore a military uniform with reliable equipnt I could only sigh when I saw the condition of my current equipnt that fell short.
Moreover, the touch of the blade is unfamiliar.
The last ti I fought was already half a year ago.
Tigers don’t forget how to hunt, but I’m still nervous.
‘I wish I could get a Blaster Cannon…’
I can’t help it.
First of all, nobody would be satisfied if they had a taste of the best equipnt.
“I’m ready.”
[Traveling to Erajon Empire. The world of the Level 33 protagonist, Gilitender.]
[10…9…8]
Watching the countdown I took a deep breath.
The other person is the protagonist.
A creature blessed by the world.
I can only trust that this “Client” will match against a protagonist who I can hunt successfully with my ability.
[2…1…0]
With the ssage ‘Travel Complete’ a thunderbolt like sound hit my ear.
The next mont.
The world fell apart.
[You’ve beco a challenger in the Erajon Tournant.]
…Waaaa!!!
Cheers ca from all sides.
‘Wait, what?’
Quickly taking a combat stance, I stepped back slightly and looked around.
A large space that looked like the colosseums on Earth.
Tens of thousands of spectators were looking down at , or this place.
“Oh, my. This opponent’s entrance was a bit extre. A lightning bolt struck down. How did you do that?”
Looking straight ahead a pretty boy with dark skin was smiling at .
He was shorter than I was, but he was so muscular that I didn’t think he was weak at all.
And floating on his head…What’s that? Hashtags?
#One’s_World_Best_Sword
#Protagonist #Goodriddance #2ndrebirth #Perfecttalent
I was reading it carefully while the other person looked bored.
“You don’t look so strong for such a brilliant entrance. Na?”
“Huh, oh. What am I supposed to say? It’s a long story.”
“You finally answered. You may not know, but my na is Gilitender.”
Imdiately after, soone’s comntary rang from sowhere.
[Ah! What a splendid entrance this challenger had made!]
[A new face! The first challenger to appear today, the na is Yoo! Seo! Dam!]
[Will he be able to beat the champion Gilitender who has achieved 30 consecutive victories!?]
[If not, will it be Gilitender’s easy victory again!?]
Gilitender grinned and pointed his sword at .
“It doesn’t matter what you do. Even if you take a pill, poison or threaten my family, or persuade with your identity. Try and beat sohow.”
Soon, he approached with a light kick and spoke.
“If that is possible.”
“…!!”
Schink!!
As soon as the aether barrier was activated 20% of the energy was torn off in an instant from the severe impact.
Aether armors could withstand a strike from a moderate monster at mid range, but this was bareful one cut!
I took out the aether blade, quickly wielded it with the blue energy coating, and stepped back three steps.
“What is that? Magic barrier? Is that a magic blade in your hand?”
Unlike before when he was laughing hard, Gilitender now looked strangely taken back.
I fixed my posture from the impact which seed to have caused so internal injuries and spoke.
“It’s an Aether Blade, you son of a bitch!”
He lowered his posture to prepare for an attack, but was puzzled as soon as he saw running.
“This, what is this? Using a technique that would only appear in legends. That’s unsightly.”
“…!”
Schwua!!
The air from the frictional force of the aether blade was torn with a swing, but he was already by my side kicking .
“Ugh!”
Only after rolling on the floor two or three tis did I realize that I was not his match without a gun.
I couldn’t tell at a glance because he wasn’t wearing anything, but at that level, it has to be at least an A-rank level of physical enhancent.
Schink!
“Ugh!”
I thought he was definitely standing in front of my eyes, but Gilitender kept disappearing from my sight.
I’ve never witnessed anything like this in my life.
I was thinking how I could make use of this without knowing where he was.
I am a veteran myself.
And a veteran who has survived much worse situations by tearing down all the strong!
As I hurriedly rolled a grenade under my feet forward I tried to stab the person who turned behind , but only to stab the air as expected.
Beep, Beep, Boom!!
“Ugh!”
As soon as the aether grenade exploded I took a pistol from my waist and fired it at him.
Each bullet was my lifeblood, but now is not the ti to save.
Ping, Ping, Ping, Ping!
Gilitender, who lifted his iron sword and blocked all the bullets despite his bad posture, tried to close the distance again.
Wherever he was running a spark ignited on the floor.
Pashi!!
“Damn it. Is he a wizard!?”
Even an elephant would faint at once, but he only flinched for a mont and soon gave up that plan.
“Heup!”
Then, like a miracle.
[The protagonist Gilitender has gained the skill Lightning Resistance (F).]
Gaining a skill on the spot?
‘Fuck! Does that make any sense?’
Skills and superpowers were things I never got in my life.
But there was no ti to think about it because he ca at again.
However, now I realized how to deal with Gilitender.
The previous approach was useless, so after retrieving the aether blade I pulled out my sniper rifle.
It was regrettable that I couldn’t bring an assault rifle, but I had to be satisfied with this for now.
Holding my breath and aiming at the person who was running sideways.
It was a crazy speed that easily surpassed a cheetah, but I have also hunted monsters who ran this fast.
Paang!!
“Ku-uck!”
One shot seed to hit his abdon, but he deflected it again with his iron sword.
‘Damn, what the hell is that iron sword made of?’
He was reeling from the shock.
I didn’t think he would be able to deflect it.
Damn, aether sniper rifles are good, but the flaw is that it takes a long ti to reload.
No, now that I see it sothing was creeping up on Gilitender’s iron sword.
It looks similar to my aether blade, but sohow different.
Still, I was used to seeing “qi” because it is sothing that anyone on Earth with superpowers can use.
There was no ti to load the next shot, so I released about 15cm of energy from the rifle and swung it to my right.
And, just in ti, it clashed with Gilitender’s sword who was beside .
Then we both fell back.
Ding!!
“This…”
When his sword was scratched Gilitender opened his eyes in surprise.
“What the hell is that? Mana doesn’t give off that hideous energy.”
“You don’t need to know.”
“It’s strange. It’s not magic. It’s using so strange techniques. Where the hell did you co from?”
“I ca to kill you.”
You don’t have to struggle.
In the anti he was zigzagging up to , stepping sideways.
I should get ready to deal with it.
If I give him a chance, Gilitender will catch .
After another hit the remaining aether was at 60%.
If I allow at least three more hits I’ll really die.
With a quick dash a small mine was set up within reach of his feet.
Gilitender didn’t know what it was, but he retreated without stepping on it when he sensed it was roughly dangerous.
It was enough to not step on it.
I took out another pistol and shot a few tis, but that madman dodged or deflected the bullets like it was nothing.
Yeah, it can be avoided.
It was sothing that even the superhumans of Earth could do.
However, even A-rank superpowers cannot do the act of hitting each bullet.
Obviously, his strength is barely enough to be C-Rank, let alone A-rank.
But his control was so overwhelming.
Sothing that doesn’t exist on Earth, a very unusual form of swordsmanship, past its limits, existed in him.
Boom boom!
Another clash.
He tried to hit my neck with the sword that quickly pulled away after I activated the aether shield to its fullest extent, but this ti it was a close call.
I saw Gilitender’s wry smile as he noticed that the energy was rapidly shrinking.
“Hah, well. I don’t care. In the end, you will die to . You were a pretty interesting guy.”
Boom!
The energy blade was released at this mont and they separated by a step.
Gilitender, who had backed into a corner again, began to dance.
Yes, I could only explain that it was really a dance.
The tip of the sword seed to fall, then went up again, and then cut forward as if it were poking in.
‘Crazy…!’
I’ve never seen anything like that in my life. No hunter could do that.
That is real swordsmanship. Unknown to modern people.
[Remaining Aether: 7%]
I quickly activated the aether shield on my wrist because I thought I was really going to die if this kept up.
Clink, clink!
“Keuk!”
A round energy shield with a radius of about 30cm was broken at imdiately, but it blocked one hit of the sword at least.
At the sa ti, I kicked him in the chest and unclipped a grenade.
Tuk!
“…What?”
It was a trick to push him away and blow him up, but he got closer as if he wouldn’t be pushed aside by my fragile kick.
“Stop with the petty tricks!”
Kaboom!!
In the end we were swept away by the energy explosion.
My aether’s frequency had already been set, so my equipnt does not harm .
“Ku-uck!”
Coughing in vain Gilitender was bleeding from his mouth.
He seed to have thought of attacking my weak points, but anyone who’s a little smart can do that much.
Wouldn’t they have prepared this much if they were beaten once or twice?
“Damn it!”
Gilitender scread and stepped back, and at that mont I pressed a button.
Woosh!!
Imdiately after, a huge pillar of fire rose from under Gilitender’s feet!
The fireball made of pure aether was more powerful than ordinary fire.
“Son of a bitch, you can’t withstand fire, can you?”
I breathed heavily, and stepped back slowly.
Not even superhumans who have an enhanced body can withstand that fireball.
It was the most expensive equipnt I had.
But.
The other person is the protagonist.
I didn’t know the full aning until now.
[The protagonist Gilitender is using his indomitable will to not fall against the extre flas.]
[The protagonist Gilitender gains the skill Fire Resistance (D)!]
As the flas cleared Gilitender walked out.
There was soot everywhere, but he didn’t seem fazed by such things.
“Ho…Aweso…”
“Haha, I didn’t know. I guess I can survive a fireball. Now what else do you-“
However, I was already 20 steps back.
“Resistance, let’s say that’s the case.”
Lying down on the floor I press down on a detonator.
“But you’re not immune to a M18E17 claymore mine, are you?”
“…What?”
Imdiately an explosion followed.
Kaboom…!!
Everything in front of turned to ashes.
After a brief silence.
Waaaa!!!
Cheers erupted from all sides.
[Oh, my, god! What the hell is going on! The 30 consecutive wins champion! The absolute invincible man! A new champion has been crowned by beating Gilitender! Will he be chosen by the empire?…]
Such noise was sohow good.
I was overwheld by the ssages that popped in my head.
[You’ve successfully hunted a Level 33 protagonist.]
[Your Level has risen by 2.]
[Mission Completed. Returning to your original world.]
The noise around died, and I was back in my studio apartnt laying down. Nevertheless, the ssages were still steadily popping up.
[330 Days of lifespan will be paid]
[Remaining Lifespan: 330 Days 15 hours 21 minutes]
[You can randomly absorb one of their talents or skills.]
[Do you wish to absorb it?]
Sohow in a blurry trance I just relied on instinct to open my mouth.
“I don’t know, just do it…”
Then I heard sothing spinning.
Another ssage soon popped into my head.
[Gilitender’s talent Swordsmanship (A ) has been absorbed!]
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