Record of a Thousand Lives

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[Meteor Storm]

Countless meteorites will fall from the heavens.
This is a destructive spell that indiscriminately targets everything in its path, and you may not set a target for it.
The area where it is cast will be devastated; the caster’s survival cannot be guaranteed.

The chief librarian’s eyes almost seemed about to pop out as he shouted, “An immensely destructive magic scroll!”

The magic stored in the scroll could be cast instantly just by tearing it apart, but the Meteor Storm magic stored in that scroll was not an ordinary spell.
It was a terrifying spell that would not only devastate a huge area, but also change the landscape itself.

Kang Yoon-Soo was unfazed, and continued to fish magic scrolls after magic scroll out of the air.

[Comet Crash]

[Day of Destruction]

[Hell Storm]

[Life Force Explosion]

“Eh…? Aaaaah! Aaaaaah!” The chief librarian’s face turned ghastly pale.

Incredibly, Kang Yoon-Soo was fishing only the destructive magic scrolls out of the air; they were scrolls that had the destructive capacity to level not only the entire library, but also the entire area around it.

Only when Kang Yoon-Soo had fished out more than twenty of the magic scrolls did the chief librarian realize what he had done.
He decided to throw away his pride, clinging to Kang Yoon-Soo’s leg as he pleaded, “I am sorry! I was in the wrong! Should such death not just be something mentioned in books for the countless young people out there who have bright futures ahead of them? Where are you planning to use those destructive scrolls?”

Kang Yoon-Soo, on the other hand, nonchalantly put away the magic scrolls into his backpack.
In total, he had been able to collect twenty-four destructive magic scrolls.
He had collected all of the useful items from the secret library, and the rest were just useless books to him.

‘These are all frightening spells that are highly destructive,’ he thought.
He was well aware of how frightening and powerful the spells in the scrolls were, and it was guaranteed that the user would be swept up and die if they dared to even use one such scroll.

However, Kang Yoon-Soo calmly turned around, looked at the chief librarian, and replied, “I’ll use all of them.”

The chief librarian passed out.

***

Kang Yoon-Soo lay the chief librarian, who had fallen unconscious, on the floor and placed The Epics of the Ancient Heroes, Volume 17 beside him.
Then, he left the area and went up the stairs.

The magic stairs changed their direction once in a while, depending on the time tables set for each and every one of them.
Kang Yoon-Soo went up the leftmost staircase, and found himself in front of an old room that seemed to have been left unused for a long period of time.

‘It was around here,’ he thought.
He pulled out a book on a shelf located in a very isolated section of the room.

The bookshelf quietly split open, and a hidden room revealed itself.
Kang Yoon-Soo promptly entered the room.
In its center was a table, and atop that table were multiple thick books.
Not counting that table and the books on it, the room was just an empty space with no apparent special qualities.

Kang Yoon-Soo picked up and read the title on one of the thick books.

[Horrible History]

It was a history book that was as thick as an encyclopedia.

His wrist device suddenly vibrated.

Bzzzzzt!

[Warning!]

[A horrible trial will start as soon as you open the book.]

[Let go of the book this instant if you do not have the courage to challenge the trial.]

Kang Yoon-Soo nonchalantly opened the thick book, and a bright light shot out from between its pages.
The room flashed pure white, and as the light faded, he found himself standing in a corridor with no end in sight.

‘It’s finally started,’ he thought as he lightly stretched his body.

A message popped up on his wrist device.

[You will go back in time and experience horrible trials throughout history.]

[The results of your trials will not affect the present day’s reality.]

[There are a total of five trials.]

[You will be rewarded for each trial completed.]

[You may not take the trial again once you fail it.]

[You will be left in a coma for thirty days if you fail a trial.]

Kang Yoon-Soo nodded.

The trials given by the Horrible History book were extremely difficult, but they granted rewards proportionate in value to their difficulty.

‘I’ll definitely obtain all of the rewards, and I have to meet her in this library,’ Kang Yoon-Soo thought.

The pure white corridor slowly started to warp and change.

[You will become a certain historical figure.]

[All of your skills, equipment, and levels will disappear.]

[Your items will remain with you.]

[You may use the skills and abilities of the historical figure you are assigned to be.]

[The stats you receive will vary greatly depending on the historical figure you are assigned to be.]

[The results of the trial will be based on how well you were able to utilize the skills of the historical figure you are assigned to be.]

The pure white corridor shifted into a completely different scene.
The place was no longer a room.
It was now afternoon, in a noisy back alley that reeked of the stench of trash.

A loud shout suddenly rang out.
“Catch him!”

A man smacked Kang Yoon-Soo’s shoulder.
He was a prisoner drenched in sweat.
He shouted, “Hey, Orcon! What are you doing standing around? Hurry up and run if you want to live!”

Kang Yoon-Soo was wearing a worn-out prisoner’s uniform.
He was far more muscular than his natural build, and he was over two meters tall.
His face looked rough and aggressive, the complete opposite of his normal looks.
Additionally, chains bound both of his hands and reduced his mobility.

A new message popped up on his wrist device.

[Reorkan Empire Calendar Year 173, 23rd Day of the Beginning Moon.]

[This is the day when five prisoners who were on death row for treason escaped.]

[The prisoners all had powerful skills and abilities, as they were the leaders of the rebel forces.]

[You have been assigned to be Orcon.]

[Orcon is a prisoner on death row, as well as the leader of the northwestern rebel forces.]

[You must successfully escape to the rebel forces’ secret hideout before sunset!]

[You will fail the trial if you either die or get arrested.]

Several masked, halberd-wielding executioners chased after them, yelling, “There they are! The prisoners are here!”

“Damn it! They’ve already found us! Let’s meet up alive, Orcon!” the other man said, then bit his lips and ran away as fast as he could.

However, Kang Yoon-Soo just stood there and looked at the executioners.

“Die!” one of the executioners shouted as he swung his halberd.

Kang Yoon-Soo ducked and avoided the attack, then choked the executioner with the chains on his hands.

“Keu! Keuhuk!” The executioner groaned as he tried to gasp for air.

“How dare you resist!” another executioner yelled as he swung his halberd.

Kang Yoon-Soo used the executioner he was currently choking as a shield and blocked all of the incoming halberds.

“Keuk!” The first executioner groaned as a halberd cut his neck and he started bleeding.

One of the halberds accidentally cut through Kang Yoon-Soo’s chains.

Clank!

The chains and cuffs broke, falling to the ground.
Kang Yoon-Soo quickly picked up a halberd on the ground and swung it with all his might.

“Keuuuak!” 

“W-What the hell? Spare me!”

All of the executioners who had entered the back alley were murdered.
Kang Yoon-Soo lightly stretched his arms while covered in blood.
The main objective of this trial was to run away and not get caught; however, he had no plans to do as he was told.

‘I guess I have to kill everyone,’ he thought as he put on a mask and gripped the halberd tight.

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