Chapter 110

“Luna, this is serious! It’s not time to sleep right now!”

“Yawn… It’s still dawn, and you’re saying it’s not time to sleep… What are you talking about, Giselle?”

“You still dare to say that with this alarm ringing!?”

The siren’s wailing made Giselle’s ears ring, and she looked at her laid-back roommate with pity.

Luna wrapped herself in her ice cloak, her symbol, finally shaking off her tiredness.

“So, what’s going on now?”

“There’s an intruder at the Academy!”

“An intruder? Are they crazy?”

Luna’s question was valid.

It was indeed hard to call someone who willingly crawled into a crocodile’s mouth an intruder, just as it was difficult to consider those who labeled themselves intruders in the most heavily guarded location of the Empire to be sane.

Sounds of explosions and screams echoed from outside the window.

Luna frowned and asked in a cold voice.

“Still not caught?”

“It seems like they’re something else… The Headmaster has issued a recruitment order to all first-years!”

“How many of them?”

There were officially a thousand elite soldiers dispatched from the Empire to the Academy. Including dozens of faculty members, and when considering staff and students, it would simply add up to well over several hundred.

Luna’s calculating nature kicked in as she gauged the size of the enemy.

“One…”

“What?”

But Giselle’s simple and clear answer broke through that thought.

“They said it’s just one girl from our age group…”

“…What, did a demon descend or something?”

—

Name and the Academy staff faced each other, creating a tense standoff.

It wasn’t just the students nervously swallowing their dry breaths; everyone could feel the tension in the air as if a huge battle was about to break out.

– Is it a big one?

– Boom boom boom boom.

– Choosing to go rescue means game over, huh? LOL.

– Is it right to huddle in groups of hundreds just to catch one person? The Rement Academy is truly legendary.

– Thanks to No Name, it feels like we’re tasting every nightmare story from the first part.

– It’s a hastily put together story, but it’s surprisingly solid~

– The author’s experience is nothing to sneeze at.

However, those who had expectations were surprisingly few.

Many viewers harbored doubt about Name’s gaming skills.

– They’re stubborn but can’t break through at all.

– Ugh, please respect our leader’s choice.

– Here we go again, back to the start.

– I’m so sick of seeing Yu Dahee. LOL.

– Who’s Yu Dahee?

– YOU DIED.

– LOL.

– Please stop! If this goes on, everyone will die!

– Where else can you find a streamer so immersed in story mode? Just enjoy it a little.

Having reached Master status in League without a single loss was due to HyeBam, who was originally a challenger on the same team.

She showcased a diverse range of magical knowledge in Wol-O-A, but in conclusion, she hadn’t even cleared the first part properly.

While she occasionally shone in combat when assisting Adella, questions remained about whether she truly excelled in the game called “Wol-O-A.”

Because of this, various communities easily found people analyzing No Name’s skills.

[Why No Name Has Unparalleled Talent.txt]

[Legendary Reaction Speed.gif]

[She’s definitely a dedicated battle mage.]

[Unsurprisingly overhyped due to concept.]

[Regarding No Name’s broadsword techniques…]

[That streamer right now is just fiddling with magic. LOL.]

Those who held animosity against her had varied reasons.

For instance, someone with only theoretical knowledge of magic might intentionally deceive the general public about their age to stream.

For instance, her swordsmanship was dreadful when facing multiple opponents.

Every time comments like that flooded the chat and community, Manager Hee-Dal felt his heart getting ripped apart.

“I wish they could see things from her perspective at least once, then they wouldn’t say such things.”

Usually watching the streams only on computer or mobile screens, all of the managers had now accessed capsules to share the same viewpoint as her.

“Do they really think they can fight after seeing this? Seriously?”

What she was witnessing was enough to make one’s breath catch in their throat.

Hundreds of people were lined up, led by the Dean of the Academy and the commander of the Bahamut Empire’s guard.

Even in a game, it was a scale that one could hardly ignore. The instinctive fear chilled their spines.

Even Hee-Dal, who had played Wol-O-A for far too long, couldn’t guarantee No Name’s victory.

The gap in power was desperately overwhelming.

“Where’s Alphalion?”

The golden-haired girl frowned as she spoke.

Then, an older scholar, holding his breath next to the Dean, adjusted his monocle and shouted.

“Ha! Do you bugs even possess camaraderie?”

With a hand signal, two soldiers pushed through the crowd, throwing a person to the ground.

“They have no consciousness but are still breathing. If you return the stolen laurel quietly, we’ll kindly hand them over to the Academy’s infirmary.”

“And then imprison us?”

“Shouldn’t your punishment be fitting? You don’t plan to backtrack after escalating things this far, do you?”

There was absolutely no room for compromise between them.

“Ha.”

Everyone was puzzled by the meaning of the smile on Name’s face.

She felt a sense of familiarity.

The tightening pressure from every direction. An insatiable primal urge to survive.

If they were born in a peaceful era, they might have shared a light-hearted coffee and exchanged silly jokes at a cozy restaurant, but they were bound to face enemies by fate.

However, seeking morality in battle and war was the most foolish thing imaginable.

What was needed regarding life and death was nothing but trust in oneself.

And this was something Name could boldly claim to excel at.

“I’ll take you all on.”

Once, to confront Princess Esteria, the Emperor had issued a decree drawn in blood to replace the lost royal seal.

[Jealous Witch Subjugation Plan]

[ALL FOR ONE]

The decree commanding the total offensive of the Empire’s military was ultimately torn to shreds by the princess before anyone could act.

—

Name caught a glimpse of a possibility with Adella.

Choosing a specific class manifested Adella into the most suitable job combination.

In other words, her talent was not limited to just daggers.

The character, shaped for the convenience of the system and story progression, was indeed an overbalanced being that could be called hexagonal or even decagonal.

There are some things that cannot be achieved through effort alone.

A man who is 150 cm tall, no matter how hard he tries for hundreds or thousands of years, could never outrun a Jamaican sprinter—there is always a limit.

Yet she, who was born with boundless talent from the start, was an enigma even to Name.

If Adella’s experience accumulated through regression, then if one could imbue experience points into every single muscle cell of hers, Name firmly believed she could defeat Professor Cronicle under the assumption that the hypothesis was true.

“Haah!”

The knight clad in silver armor let out a short shout as he raised his gleaming great sword.

Not backing down even when facing those charging to cleave Name in half.

It was always wise to flee when facing multiple enemies, but she hadn’t always just retreated.

Having temporarily synchronized a contract with the life laurel, Name drew upon all the powers of her aura.

The heavy blow pierced through, not only flesh but bone as well.

“Cough!?”

The knight, looking for the girl whose afterimage he had just seen, finally directed his gaze to his own abdomen.

“No way…!”

His hand was embedded directly in his solar plexus.

However, the moment he realized it wasn’t his hand, his life was quickly extinguished.

Name withdrew the hand that had skillfully penetrated between the joints of the armor and claimed the knight’s sword.

[Current Penalty(5): -75%]

Already, all attacks dealt were halved and then halved again.

[Current Penalty: Attack Power -50%, Defense -50%]

To make matters worse, after barely picking up a sword, she received yet another cumulative penalty, causing viewers watching to be astounded.

– Are these penalties for real?

– If only they weren’t a healer!ㅠㅠㅠㅠ If only they weren’t a healer!ㅠㅠㅠㅠ If only they weren’t a healer!ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

– Huh??

– ??????

“Surround the entire army!”

Under the command of the guard captain, dozens of spears were aimed at her from every corner, leaving no room to step.

Clang clang clang-!

[Cast: Inertial Tensor Adjustment]

Dodging the swiftly changing death blades, she threw her sword into the knight’s neck.

“Ugh!”

Retrieving the spear he had dropped, the knight spun it around.

[Cast: Spatial Adjustment]

[1st Circle Advanced Cast: Plasma Frequency Adjustment]

Knights, whose feet became stuck in the muddy ground slicked by the rain, realized too late that withdrawing their spears had been a mistake.

The moment they let even an inch of distance open, she dashed forward, claiming lives one after another.

One broke the neck at a 90-degree angle, one had both ankles severed, and another received three spears stabbed into their side.

As if completely ignoring the penalties, her movements became increasingly swift.

– Wait, why is she not affected by the penalties?

– Isn’t this a bug?

– No way?

The seasoned players began to notice.

No matter how one looked at it, the attacks Name unleashed were on a level that shouldn’t have been possible under the penalties.

“What are you all doing! Can’t you stop that girl right now!?”

This time, an imposing knight who seemed to be the leader shouted as Name charged at him with terrifying momentum.

Although his defensive techniques honed from years of habit were caught, Name spun in the air and evaded his desperate thrust.

“What in the world…!”

“Hand over your weapon.”

With a clean strike that sliced across his face, he couldn’t even scream before his heavy body fell backwards.

Without a moment to catch her breath, she deftly struck the knight’s wrist to again take his sword.

While Name counted inwardly, her eyes darted back and forth.

[Current Penalty(5): -75%]

[Current Penalty: Attack Power -50%, Defense -50%]

“Haah… It’s too late.”

For the second time, the penalty notification sounded.

With an impatient voice, Name sharply wiped the blood off her face.

Even after looking around, no more knights charged at her.

Instead, she stared sorrowfully at the guards, whose eyes were filled with bloodshot terror.

Perhaps it was the intensified bloodstains. The students of the Academy trembled in fear.

“Haha.”

-?

-?

– It’s so scary how suddenly she’s laughing.

– Is the leader a psycho?

Ultimately, clutching her stomach and laughing, Name quickly regained her composure and glared at her enemies.

“What an error in coding, I wonder what I’m going to do about this.”

Whoosh-!

She even caught an arrow shot at her head with her bare hands.

Name mouthed the numbers again.

Ten… Nine… Eight…

And before that number could reach zero, she picked up the bow sprawled on the ground and infused it with mana to shoot an arrow.

“Ugh!”

The arrowhead lodged firmly in the forehead of the archer, sending his lifeless body tumbling over the cliff.

[Current Penalty(5): -75%]

[Current Penalty: Attack Power -50%, Defense -50%]

The severe warning that healers weren’t allowed to possess a bow sounded again.

[‘Yakka’ has donated 10,000 won!]

– Are you telling me if I switch to a new weapon, the main penalties will be lifted until the notification sounds?

“Bingo.”

Name’s lips, stained with blood, twitched slightly in response to the sharp observation of the viewers.