She couldn’t just stay still and die.

Even though they knew it wouldn’t work, Piss and Saint were taking turns trying to widen what seemed to be the biggest crack.

Suji stared at the two of them for a moment, then gripped the scythe with both hands.

“EXS grade or whatever… the margin or whatever… I have to try.”

If not, she would die, so she had to try.

Suji gritted her teeth and pulled the . At first, the object wouldn’t budge, but then it started to slowly move towards her direction.

Kugung!

But the scythe was moving too slowly, and it looked like the space would collapse soon.

The space shook loudly and the ground near Suji was deleted.

Kugugung!

With another loud noise, Suji saw it.

The other side where the floor had disappeared.

There should have been an endless cliff. But somehow, as if placed on the other side of a mirror, a space resembling this place was attached upside down below her feet.

And in the momentary gap before the pile of stones fell, with a clear view, a familiar figure caught her eye.

The shield and armor were all different from now, and the hair length was also different, but she could tell it was undoubtedly Ilein.

He seemed to turn his body.

Her breath caught in her throat.

It was like looking at a reflection in a large well.

Thud!

The moment their eyes were about to meet, the floor caved in and the scenery disappeared again. Like how the reflection on the water surface distorts when ripples spread. The darkness below returned to an abyss.

‘Ilein from a different timeline… Of course I’m curious. What information he might have, what he might be thinking. But if I arrive at the timeline of the Ilein over there, the current Ilein will disappear.’

Suji gritted her teeth.

No matter how many times she made a new resolution, it really seemed like it was time to see the end now.

She glanced up at the ceiling.

The view was completely blocked by a pile of bones, so she couldn’t even properly see a small window-like opening, but this was definitely the 100th floor, closest to the sky.

The fact that Suji had lived through repeated timelines meant that she had chosen each time.

Then she wouldn’t have experienced events like this.

She wouldn’t have had to use something like the .

In other words, the only person who could respond to this incident right now was her current self.

Suji gritted her teeth and looked at the log.

[Your actions have piqued the interest of Μουσα.] [Your actions have saddened σκιά.] [Your actions have piqued the interest of νόμος.] [Your actions have piqued the interest of απόγευμα.] [Your actions have piqued the interest of Κάστωρ.] [Your actions have piqued the interest of Νύμφη.]

It was always like this.

The ‘great beings’ never gave direct hints, even if it meant providing weapons or necessary items.

But they were always watching Suji’s actions.

“They’ll be watching and listening even at this moment. They’ll know that if I die here, it’s the end.”

She muttered like that.

They accepted all of Suji’s requests, whether it was for a break or for impossible probability manipulation.

Which meant that they wanted to continue this bet somehow.

Not providing too many hints was to prevent the side effects that would occur in order to maintain balance.

What they ultimately wanted was victory in the bet.

In other words, they wouldn’t want Suji to die here.

“Even if the sky collapses, there will be a hole to rise through.”

It was Suji’s job to find that hole.

She checked the usage conditions of the once again.

The only way to survive now was with this equipment, but she couldn’t revive the killed monsters and hand them the scythe. The frenzy effect from the had also been used up.

Then the only way was to become EXS grade.

Suji looked around with desperate eyes.

“There’s something I want to try for a moment, can you buy me some time?”

Ilein, who was struggling to block the falling bone fragments while carrying the shield with , nodded as if it was no big deal.

Piss and Saint, who were trying their best to find a way out from afar, also sent a quick sign of understanding.

Suji clenched her fists. She could feel her nails digging into her palms.

Honestly, she didn’t want to take this kind of gamble at this point, but she had to try something before dying.

She closed her eyes tightly and spoke to the system.

“Conduct a user test.”

[Conducting user test.

User ID, Daphne.

User age, 20 years old.

User grade, SSS grade.

Would you like to take a new grade test?]

Somewhere along the way, her birthday had passed without her realizing it, and her age, which had always been displayed as 19, had already turned 20.

Suji nodded, thinking it was sudden.

“Yes.”

The user test was a test for updating age and grade that had to be mandatorily reported to the system about once every two years.

It didn’t take a long time, but it did consume about 3 minutes.

[Remaining time for new grade test 2:59

2:58

2:57……]

When she thought about taking a user test at a time when she had to desperately try to find a way to survive, even for 1 minute and 1 second more to break through the wall, it made her feel extremely anxious.

[Your actions have piqued the interest of νόμος.] [Your actions have piqued the interest of Νύμφη.]

Suji glared at the log and anxiously counted the numbers in her mind.

A feeling of uneasiness kept rushing in.

It hadn’t been that long since she had taken the user test. Could she really get her grade re-evaluated?

Moreover, she had never seen a hunter with a grade higher than SSS.

She had only seen monsters with grades higher than SSS very recently, so she couldn’t even recognize grades beyond that.

There was only one possibility.

‘I can only hope that it will be calculated based on the grade of the monsters I’ve caught.’

There were various controversies about what the hunter system based its grade calculations on.

The prevailing opinion was that it was determined by pure stats, not affected by the grade of items or equipment possessed.

But there was also an opinion that it was influenced by the rank of the dungeons conquered or the monsters caught alone or as a team. In this case, it was judged based on contribution…

Since had practically self-destructed, she didn’t know if it would be the standard.

She felt the sensation of something invisible scanning her body. It felt like slowly sinking into a bathtub, from her toes to the top of her head.

Thud! Kugung!

“Damn it, there’s not much floor left now!”

“Piss! My wings are on cooldown, but the team leader has used them all up!”

“Hold on as long as you can!”

The desperate voices of her teammates could be heard.

Suji tried her best to focus only on the test, knowing that it would automatically turn off if she moved, but it felt like every second was passing too slowly.

[1:21

1:20

1:19……]

This time it was the opposite.

It was like getting out of the bathtub, feeling a cold breeze from the top of her head.

Suji’s purple hair fluttered in the air, and with a refreshing feeling, she opened her eyes again.

[0:20] [0:19] [0:18……]

“Can’t I summon a unicorn during the test?”

“Even if you summon it, there’s nowhere to fly up to! Everyone, hold on to me tightly for now. As soon as the floor collapses to this black line, I’ll spread my wings right away.”

“You can’t even handle four people with those wings.”

It was the moment when Piss, Ilein, and Saint gathered around her and uttered anxious words in turn.

[0:03] [0:02] [0:01] [User test finished.

User information will be updated.

User ID, Daphne.

User age, 20 years old.

User grade, EXS grade.]

Thanks to Suji changing the visibility setting so that everyone could see, her teammates opened their eyes wide as if it was unbelievable.

If it weren’t for such a desperate moment, it would have been a day to make a fuss all day long.

SSS grade itself was the only one in the world, and she had broken the record alone.

But Suji was strangely calm.

In the end, her abilities were the same, and only the hunter system’s evaluation of her had changed.

It probably acknowledged that she had contributed the most to the death of .

She couldn’t be happy about such a thing.

‘It was the longest 3 minutes in the world.’

Almost immediately after, she felt the sensation of the floor collapsing under her feet.

She knew the cooldown for the wings was over, but Suji didn’t bother to hold onto Saint. Instead, she gripped the tightly with both hands and swung it into the air with all her might.

The scythe, which had felt so heavy before that it wouldn’t move at all, drew a large trajectory following her touch.

Kkiiiiik!

With an unpleasant scraping sound like metal scratching glass, a new crack appeared below the floor.

It was the moment she threw her body into the crack.

A very short moment.

Ilein, who appeared in the darkness that she thought was only black, approached her.

Like Suji, who was falling head first, he was upside down.

Ilein, who was completely different from the ‘current’ Ilein, yet also the same person. An Ilein with slightly longer hair than the current one, and with a somewhat sad look in his eyes.

Before Suji could even gauge what to say, he pressed his lips against hers.

It was a very short and soft kiss.