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nTranslator: Ares

nEditor Group: Liber Reverie

nA grand tower.

nThe reason why Kiriel spent her own money to make a 229-story grand tower was that she really wanted to try something she had read in the manhwa prior.

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nOn each floor, there was an elite.

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nThe challengers had the right to challenge the elites of each floor.

nIf they win, they would have the right to occupy that floor and accept new challengers.

nAt the top was where Kiriel herself lived.

n“… Well, there hasn’t been a challenger for the last year, so it’s quite boring,” Kiriel muttered.

nI think the reason for this cause was because she thought that the guy that attacked her was too cocky and had smashed him down.

n‘But, how come there’s not a single person that could defeat her?’

nAs soon as Kiriel stretched and tried to lie on the bed…

n“Kiriel! I’ve come!”

nOn the 229th floor, from the garden outside, Kiriel shook her head from the loud cry.

n‘What a reckless guy.’

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nTo call her Kiriel, there would only be people that could be counted with her fingers that could call her that way.

nOf course, this was even more certain considering how a little kid called her out.

n“He must have come again with the excuse of wanting to duel. But, I did tell him to come through the entrance.”

nSeeing this, it was clear that he found it bothersome to ascend starting from the 1st floor and had come up.

nKiriel, shaking her head, decided to play with the little boy.

nHe definitely had talent.

nSeeing how he always looked at her with eyes full of motivation and passion, it was a bit burdensome, but that much she could tolerate because he was Eres’s great-grandson.

nAs she walked toward the door, Kiriel opened it and shouted.

n“Kid. Next time, come from the 1st floor…”

nHowever, at that moment, Kiriel had a look of disbelief.”

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n“Long time no see.”

n“Huh… Huh? Uh? Huh?”

nLooking at the man standing next to Minsoo, Kiriel looked dumbfounded.

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n“Go downstairs and play. Sir John Stone will play with you well.”

n“Ah, fuu….”

nFrom Kiriel’s words, Minsoo was full of complaints as he walked down.

nIf not, he felt that he would have truly been thrown out of the tower.

nNo, he felt that he should not intervene between the two.

n‘… He must really be a friend.’

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nThus, once Minsoo disappeared toward the 228th floor…

nKiriel returned to the reception room and sat in front of Hansoo.

nShe still couldn’t believe this reality.

nAfter a long silence, Kiriel slowly opened her mouth.

n“… What have you been up to?”

nThere were lots of things she wanted to ask, but she couldn’t think of anything else to ask first.

nFrom those words, Hansoo chuckled and answered, “Well, I’ve been doing what I always have done.”

n“Ah…”

nWhen he said that, Kiriel had an expression that she had needlessly asked that question.

nAt least, Kiriel and the rest of humanity had no more major battles 100 years ago when Barmamunt and the rest of the demons were finally captured.

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nHowever, Hansoo was different.

nKiriel knew that Hansoo was somewhere in the Sealed Realm.

nIt was the Abyss’s second dimension, created by a collection of all kinds of demons.

n“Is… the fight over?”

nFrom those words, Hansoo shook his head.

n“There’s still one.”

n“…?”

n“I just stopped by to say hello.”

n“… There’s always something I don’t understand.”

nHansoo, who smiled at Kiriel’s small sigh, opened his mouth with a look of curiosity.

n“But, it seems everyone is unaware of my name?”

nHe didn’t want to say this, but it wasn’t strange to see what he had done in front of a history book. In terms of history, what he did was close to myths.

nBut, once he had arrived here, there was no mention of himself at all.

nNo, he couldn’t even find a trace at all as if they had destroyed records about him.

nFrom those words, Kiriel nodded.

n“Everyone agreed to stay quiet about you.”

n“… Why?”

nKiriel laughed bitterly and mumbled from the single word.

n“Everyone… had been relying on you too much.”

nThat day…

nWhen Hansoo tore through the sky and descended with an angel’s wings, humans thought they were now being saved.

nEveryone could not help but think like that since they were on the verge of being destroyed by the large Primitive Dragon.

nHowever, Hansoo, who suddenly appeared, had disappeared even quicker.

nThose thirteen angel wings had been dyed black in an instant and Hansoo had disappeared into another dimension.

n“But… did you know? Despite that, none of them gave up on you?”

nKiriel laughed.

nAfter Hansoo had disappeared, it wasn’t like it had reached a peaceful era.

nThe mighty monsters might have gone away, but their opponent, alien species that were terrifying to even look at, continued to rush at them.

nIt took more than a decade for them to completely subdue the Black Blue Jade Dragons that had lost their leader in the Primitive Dragon.

nThere were over tens of millions of deaths, and several times of that were the numbers of those injured. Those kinds of species continued to rush at them.

n10 years, 20 years, 30 years…

nWhile they were fighting like that, in their hearts, they had hopeful thoughts.

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nAnd just like they thought, their expectations were cruelly betrayed.

nEvery time they faced a species, they fought so hard that they were prepared for annihilation.

nWhenever they contended with a species, they wished thousands to tens of thousands of times that Hansoo might appear once more.

nWhen their war against another species was about to end, it was then that they realized that empty hopes were worse than despair.

nHumans got more tired whenever their expectations were betrayed in difficult situations. What was worse was that despite this, they could not get angry or forget.

nHow could they be angry or forget when Hansoo had made a decision for them, knowing what kind of harsh environment he was in.

nThis was why they had decided to at least not instill hope to the younger generations that would be born later.

nThis was why they had decided to slowly erase Hansoo’s existence from the history books, records, and even orally.

nThe first 100 years or so, the stories were passed down orally, but even 1000 years was a very long time.

n“Well… It seemed that it had been adapted into a fairy tale of a fallen angel and was spread throughout.

n“Fallen angel…”

nKiriel, who saw Hansoo like this, quickly changed the subject.

n“Let’s stop talking about boring stuff… Shall we talk about events that are more amusing?”

nThe moment she saw Hansoo, she instinctively realized.

nNo, she knew the moment he said he had one fight left that he would leave again.

nThe time to laugh and talk like this… It wouldn’t be long.

n‘But… she couldn’t talk like this.’

nIt had been 1000 years since they had last seen each other.

nIn that timespan… Neither lived in peace.

nThey both fought and struggled to survive.

nIf she wanted to tell a bad story, there would be no end to the night.

nBut, a good story was different.

nWith that much, she would be able to sufficiently tell him everything before he left.

n‘It’s likely that I have more to tell you.’

nKiriel chuckled.

nWhat was there to hear from a man who had fought for a thousand years.

n‘I’ve smashed some guy’s head, I’ve beat down some demons…’

nShe didn’t want to hear anything like that.

n‘I can do it myself.’

nMumbling quietly in her mind, Kiriel slowly opened her mouth to storytell the night away.

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n“Eres and Kangtae married?”

n“Yes. Why are you so surprised?”

n“Mmm…”

n“From what I knew… Keldian liked Eres,” Hansoo who was mumbling soon shook his head.

nIt was a thousand years.

nIn that time span, whatever happened, it wouldn’t be strange.

n“What about Keldian?”

n“He married Sofia. He was criticized a lot for marrying his student.”

nFrom those words, Hansoo chuckled.

n‘Well, it seems that everyone has been settling down.’

n“What about you?”

nFrom those words, Kiriel pointed to a frame on the wall.

nCongratulations! 1000 year anniversary of being single!

nThere was a picture of John Stone beat up hard by Kiriel.

n“…?”

nWhen Hansoo looked at her with a puzzled look, Kiriel shrugged.

n“I like someone stronger than me.”

nHansoo laughed.

n“There should at least be ten, right?”

nIt was known that Eres, Kangtae, and Keldian were all stronger than Kiriel.

nThere would also be a few with specialties and talents that could be stronger than Kiriel.

nBut, Kiriel shook her head.

n“They’re all sleeping.”

n“They’re sleeping?”

nFrom those words, Kiriel had a bitter expression.

n“Since this topic has surfaced, let’s go see them. Over there… You could see them all at once.”

n100 years ago, the War of Demons and Humans.

nAs most citizens knew, the war ended in a really bland manner.

nThe battle was not set in the territory of mankind, but since they were the ones that invaded first, the war took place in the territory of the Demon tribe.

nUnder the guise of keeping other races and tribes in check, only very strong warriors, at least 800 years old, were deployed in the War of Demons and Humans.

nWith the few numbers that were mobilized for the war, perhaps it was the smallest number ever fought by mankind.

nIt was quietly executed, and the war did not last even a year, so it was nicknamed the .

nIt meant that the war shed the least amount of blood.

nHowever… reality was a bit different.

nHumans had lost more than 80 percent of combat weapons that they had accumulated in secret.

nThe weapons and arms that were managed in the dark under the control of Sofia and Keldian, each of which was so powerful that it was feared by the citizens that sought safety, were all lost.

nAnd… among those, Eres was included.

n‘Well, she didn’t die…’

n“Come this way.”

nKiriel rose from her seat and led Hansoo.

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n“Ha… You’ve talked for a long time.”

n‘Don’t tell me… They have a strange relationship, do they?’

nWith a look of jealousy, Minsoo looked at the floor above before lying back down.

n‘Nothing’s coming out.’

nKang Hansoo.

nNo matter how much he searched, there were no results.

nIt was a complete mystery.

nThen, suddenly, a good idea came into Minsoo’s head.

n‘If it’s Barmamunt… Maybe he knows something about the man?’

nConcluding his thoughts, Minsoo immediately activated the quantum transmission and teleported to the zoo.

nJijijijiiiiiiik!

nThe teleportation was instantaneous.

nMinsoo, who was at the tower, moved to the basement of the seventh floor of the ark.

nHowever, the moment the teleportation was completed, Minsoo realized that something was awry.

n“Huk!… Juhuk!”

nMinsoo, who had teleported over, was suffocating.

nIt wasn’t a level of ominous aura.

nThe whole place was filled with black mana, and in the middle, he was able to see Barmamunt who was not bothering to hide his presence.

nMinsoo, who was on the floor, saw Barmamunt and muttered, “He’s… he’s still locked inside.”

nIt was fine for now.

nAs long as he used quantum transmission, he could escape and transmit the truth.

nIt was then…

nThere was a voice mixed with laughter and teasing from Barmamunt.

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n“Uh… Uhuh!”

nPower Diet.

nThe Power Diet that was delivered by Barmamunt to Minsoo wriggled inside his body.

n“Uh… Uh.”

nAll the white spots in Minsoo’s eyes began to dye black.

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