〈 Chapter 343 〉 Chapter 335 – Breaking the Academy (5)
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“Where the hell have you been showing up now? I was worried sick!”
“I think everyone is being too much!!!”
Two pigs crying and bumping against each other.
It wasn’t exactly a pretty sight, even if said in jest.
Some might call it a touching reunion between father and son, but.
“What’s wrong? What’s going on?”
“Listen! I’m so unfairly treated!”
“Tell your dad!”
If one were to eavesdrop on their conversation.
“I tried to eat the lion as part of Kakao Games’ protest, and then suddenly they forcibly grabbed me!”
“You idiot! Didn’t I tell you that animals are dangerous? You should safely deal with monsters instead!”
You’d think it was a waste of emotions like ‘touching.’
[Why the hell do you mess with an innocent lion!］
‘But the Kakao mascot is a lion, right?’
[Ah, that lion?］
Regardless of my and Piece’s impressions.
“But! Finding monster holes is hard!”
“That’s why I told you to study 구몬 (GuMon) hard! And I heard you skipped remedial classes!”
“That’s boring! I’m a study dropout!!!”
“There have been plenty of kids like you who failed because they focused entirely on the college entrance exam! You need various experiences!”
“I don’t want to! My time in Australia was awful enough!”
The pig-faced father and son continued their pig-headed chatter.
Listening to them, I threw two maces at both the Chief and the Chief’s Son.
“You crazy private education bastards.”
The maces left my hands and slightly grazed the heads of the pigs.
“UAAAGH!”
“Ugh!!”
As a result, the Chief and the Chief’s Son fainted instantly.
For as haphazardly thrown as they were, it was somewhat impressive they passed out from a mere brush.
Considering their size, I thought they were really weak.
[Normally, that would knock someone out cold.］
‘Oh, right.’
Meanwhile, the others had long stopped caring about this idiot father-son duo.
To be precise, they didn’t even have the leisure to care.
Which was understandable because they were too busy suspecting each other.
“Don’t move. Anyone who moves is a traitor.”
“I’d rather die at the hands of a monster than get backstabbed by you guys.”
“Don’t roll your eyes, you bastards.”
On top of that, the suspicion ran deep enough that they wouldn’t even glance at the monster in front of them.
Now was the time for me to implement what I had prepared.
“Let’s go, friends!”
No sooner had I finished speaking than the monsters simultaneously broke free from their places.
Not long after, they combined their powers and.
BAM!!!!
Covered the academy students, professors, staff, and the fainted chief and son with something huge and bizarre.
That something was.
“What the hell is this?!”
“Isn’t this a succubus capture trap?”
“Yeah, I approved it after checking it out…”
“Shut up and someone break this! It’s too sturdy!”
“Where has this been? I haven’t seen it since the construction!”
It was a structure I had custom-made.
Using several arched steel frames to create a skeleton.
That skeleton was covered with thick steel pieces forming a basket shape.
I had hidden this structure in the dark and used it with the help of monsters this time.
Inside, everyone struggled to break it apart, but.
The thickness of the steel and mesh made it useless.
[Any ordinary ability won’t even stick to it.］
‘I spent a lot on this. Of course, it’s not my money.’
In the end, due to this unresolved situation, the rift between them only grew uncontrollably.
They had already passed the point of no return.
“Honestly, did you see this or not?!”
“How the hell would I know! It was too dark to see anything!”
“Is there a kid here who received orders from Kim Shinwoo? If you confess now, I won’t be mad, just close your eyes and raise your hands!”
“Isn’t it wrong from the start that you approved this weird trap?!”
“You, you also agreed to capture the succubus!”
“I anticipated that, so I used our four seals. You approved it alone.”
Just as the confusion was escalating even more.
One professor stepped forward to resolve the situation.
“Everyone, pay attention! This can still be broken!”
It was none other than Professor Marina.
She had taught me about magical enhancement and condensation.
One of the few people I know who can use magical condensation.
[Isn’t that the framework of your signature move?］
‘That’s true.’
Of course, with my pure power, I might be stronger now.
But Professor Marina certainly knows at least the basics.
If anything goes awry, she could either warp that structure or, in the worst case, completely sever it.
Soon, Professor Marina raised one hand and turned to everyone.
With a voice that seemed to suggest she could turn the situation around.
“Is there anyone here who can use magical condensation?”
“Just you, professor.”
“……Anyone but me.”
“……”
And that led to a silence where no one even met her gaze.
Still, Professor Marina maintained a forced smile and spoke again.
As if reassuring herself it was going to be okay.
But the next moment, she was met with an utterly indifferent reaction.
“But at the very least, you can enhance your body, right? Even if it’s not perfect, that’s fine.”
“I don’t know.”
“No.”
“Why?”
“What?”
At last, patience wore thin.
“Seriously, what the hell! Why can’t you do it when I taught you?!”
“You said it was enough as long as you use your own powers. So I just discarded it.”
“But I told you to practice a little bit, just in case we might need it!”
“Do you think a situation like that will happen? Stop exaggerating.”
“If this isn’t that situation, then what is it!!!”
Professor Marina exploded in anger.
Sure, her fury was justified.
But that didn’t mean anyone understood her justification.
Not even the students.
“Are you asking too much from us?”
“We might not be able to do it, why are you scolding us like that?”
“If you could just say it plainly instead of ambiguously, that would’ve been great.”
Even faculty members I barely knew or those I had trusted momentarily.
“Why would you insist on using a knife meant for cattle on chickens? This is totally suitable for Professor Marina!”
“I thought it was your major, so you would do great at this.”
“Even with my experience, this is a bit…”
“Even if it’s rotten, I trust you because you are a professor anyway. But professors, please do something.”
“Believing is nice and all, but could you please make it a bit faster? Are classes originally delayed like this?”
Eventually, Professor Marina sighed heavily and approached the fences of the structure.
She slowly condenses her magical power on the tips of her fingers.
At the same time, she seems to reflect on her own life problems again.
The moment it seemed she was about to cut through the mesh.
[You? Shouldn’t you do something?］
‘Me? Why?’
I didn’t feel particularly concerned.
I was confident that this time, our heroines would handle it.
WHOOSH!!!!
“AAAH!!!”
Just then, a dagger flew and embedded itself in Professor Marina’s hand.
Coincidentally, the male student standing behind her also had several identical daggers.
Hyeji probably hoped to create discord between them.
“What the hell are you doing! Don’t touch it when we’re working!”
“It, it wasn’t me!”
“Then whose is it! It’s identical to your dagger!”
“I told you, it’s not mine, you crazy bitch!!!”
Soon, a loud argument erupted between Professor Marina and the male student.
“You know what you should do if you made a mistake? Why is it so difficult to apologize! If you keep this up, I’ll cut you first!!”
“Just check if I did it or not and decide, you jerk!!!”
At last, the male student, whose patience was short, quickly threw a dagger at Professor Marina.
Yet this time, having prepared ahead, Professor Marina easily dodged the incoming dagger.
The collateral damage naturally affected others.
“AAAH!!! Why did you get hit!!! Just block it!!!”
“Blocking is crazy! If I can dodge, I should dodge! That’s just plain common sense!”
“Here, have a taste of this too, you bitch.”
Eventually, the sparks of conflict started to ignite between them.
And the conflict quickly spread through the whole group; it was only a matter of time.
Like a wildfire spreading through a dry field.
“I’m not breaking this. You all sort it out, I’m out of here alone.”
“Don’t do that, you bitch. Who asked you to do it?”
“This dumb bitch is really asking for it. Wanna die?”
“Yeah, I’m not leaving. Let’s find out who’s at a loss here.”
“Why have you been so quiet since earlier? You bastards who don’t do a thing.”
“Look down, you dogs.”
They had already lost sight of two objectives.
One was to kill me.
And the other was to escape from their current situation.
Instead, they set a new goal to take out the annoying bastards.
If they could throw away their petty pride and compromise a little, they could resolve the situation quickly.
But isn’t it human psychology to gamble their lives on trivial things?
In the end, what awaited them was the fierce intent to kill from each other.
A tense situation where even a slight touch could set things off.
With the fragile thread of patience snapping in real-time.
I quietly opened my mouth to them.
“Welcome to the Academy Orphanage.”
[There are still plenty of intact guys around, huh.］
‘There are quite a few. Maybe I should give one to the monster.’
Soon after, I lightly tapped the structure with the back of my hand to draw everyone’s attention.
I began to spill the most obvious fact slowly.
“If it’s my Cheonma Laser, I could cut that.”
Then, I immediately manifested [Cheonma-Osung Honggi] in both hands.
It was my unique Clerical Festival that combines five doses of Cheonma Repulsor.
[……In the end, you’re going with that name, huh.］
‘That one got the most recommendations, damn it.’
Then, I shot both of the Cheonma-Osung Honggis toward the sky.
Ten translucent shimmering waves began to tear the sky apart in even greater numbers.
My sudden performance.
At first, everyone looked confused.
But upon hearing my next words.
“Now there’s only enough left to send one person out.”
Their faces began to change gradually.
From confusion to understanding of the current situation.
“You got the gist of it, right?”
Then, I raised my left index finger to form a sort of seal and whispered to those emanating a fierce atmosphere.
“From now on, kill each other.”
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