I Entered an Academy in a Ruined Game

Chapter 191 : Recovery Unit (4)

Boom!

Crash!

Heo Nam-young was completely blocking all of Jo Sujin's wind, fire, and slashing attacks from afar, preventing her from getting anywhere near him.

"What are you doing? Afraid to come closer?"

"Yeah, noona's got a weak stomach, so it's a bit hard to appreciate your ugly mug up close, you know?"

"Hehehe, you talk big. You must be afraid of my ability."

Heo Nam-young exposed his yellowed teeth as he watched Jo Sujin take a step back for every step he took forward.

"Unfortunately, your fighting style has become too well-known. You should have realized that just as you observe us, we observe you as well."

"This fucker's been putting on airs since earlier. Did you read some philosophy books somewhere?"

Jo Sujin picked at her large elf-like ears with indifference as she retorted.

"Such bravado won't work against me. You're included among the Execution Force members whose attack patterns I've studied."

"Oh really?"

Jo Sujin snickered.

"You're a strange bastard. If that's true, you shouldn't be so confident, should you?"

"What?"

"Your ability. In the end, you can only use it through your palms, right?"

Battle aura rose from Jo Sujin's longsword.

"So what happens if those hands of yours get cut off?"

Jo Sujin's strategy was always simple, and.

She had the skills to make that simple strategy a reality.

"Damn it! That bastard's mana hasn't decreased at all!"

The Execution Force members, including Kim Taesung and Squad Leader Park, who were engaged in a joint operation against Kwak Hyeok-jung and the Recovery Unit, let out groans of frustration.

And for good reason.

Facing Kwak Hyeok-jung's barrage of sulfur fire, thorny paths, thorn whips, chains, and spikes.

Half of the 3rd Unit's personnel, including Squad Leader Park, were using all their strength just to block those attacks.

"Isn't a Ma-in of this level too difficult for us to handle?"

"Stop whining. If we don't stop them here, civilians will bleed instead."

Squad Leader Park dismissed the Deputy Squad Leader's concerns.

"We just need to protect our allies from that bastard's attacks."

"But..."

"Trust Deputy Squad Leader Kim. As long as that man doesn't retreat, neither do we."

Kim Taesung.

A man who would have been recognized as an ace Squad Leader in any unit if he hadn't been content with just assisting Jo Sujin.

That man was charging toward Kwak Hyeok-jung, breaking through the layers of Ma-in surrounding him.

"Kim Taesung. You too have created rivers with the blood of our kind while serving under Jo Sujin."

Kwak Hyeok-jung's snake-like gaze turned toward Kim Taesung.

Crash!

As Kim Taesung dodged the executioner's blade swung by Kwak Hyeok-jung, iron chains wrapped around his feet, and.

Tap!

If he avoided the chains, a thorny path appeared; if he avoided the thorny path, spikes shot up, trying to impale him.

'Damn, not even a moment to breathe!'

As Kim Taesung, unable to hold out any longer, jumped up, an iron maiden rushed toward him with its hideous jaws wide open.

'He's enjoying this, the bastard.'

Just before being swallowed by the iron maiden, Kim Taesung twisted his body and kicked the entrance, successfully avoiding being crushed, and finally managed to reach right in front of Kwak Hyeok-jung, and.

"Welcome."

Whoosh!

The sulfur fire shot by Kwak Hyeok-jung engulfed Kim Taesung with enough force to incinerate everything.

It was clearly a situation where he should have dodged, but.

Kim Taesung's choice was different.

'keuuuuuk!'

Curling his body into a ball, Kim Taesung endured the attack with his thick hide and then slashed Kwak Hyeok-jung's chest with his front claws.

Slash!

"Kuk!"

Immediately retreating about ten meters, Kim Taesung clenched his teeth and endured the burning pain.

"Uuuuuugh."

It was a healer from the 3rd Unit who extinguished the sulfur fire trying to burn through his hide, skin, and muscles.

"Deputy Squad Leader Kim! That's too reckless!"

Looking at the pale-faced healer who had rushed over, Kim Taesung smiled faintly.

"...I could do it because you were here."

"Aigo, when I think about it, you're even more reckless than Senior Squad Leader Jo!"

"If I don't do this much, we can't inflict any damage on him."

Just then.

"Not bad. I'll give you that."

Squelch. Squelch.

Something strange was happening to Kwak Hyeok-jung's body as he grabbed and tore out the chunk of his chest that had been slashed by Kim Taesung and was burning with sulfur fire.

"Good Lord."

Where a chunk of flesh had fallen away, new flesh began to grow, regenerating on its own.

"No. What the hell is this bastard's ability? He seems to be good at everything."

"...Zeus punished Prometheus by having an eagle tear out his liver, which would grow back anew each day."

"Now he's writing his own mythology. Crazy bastard."

"That's his power."

Kim Taesung sighed and looked up at the rooftop where the fierce battle was taking place.

'Noona, are you done yet? It seems I can't handle this alone.'

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Boom!

When Bae Woo-hyun's fist made contact, Hwang Ji-su's ice wall collapsed as if hit by a bomb.

"What is that now."

Hwang Ji-su was dumbfounded.

"Seems like some kind of explosion ability. Like it explodes on contact."

I said.

'Bae Woo-hyun. A martial artist with explosive abilities.'

It was an ability that created stronger explosions the greater the impact and the more mana used.

"The problem is more than just that firepower."

"What do you mean?"

"Think about it. Despite causing such an explosion, he seems perfectly fine."

"...You're saying he has enough durability to withstand his own explosions?"

Hwang Ji-su's voice turned serious.

"Probably."

'His durability must be close to that of an armored vehicle.'

"What does that mean? He has both strong firepower and solid defense?"

"It means he's an opponent without any obvious weaknesses to exploit."

"Damn it."

I inwardly sympathized with Hwang Ji-su's lament.

'He's dangerous. Quite a few Execution Force members died to him in the previous cycle.'

No wonder the Sword of Belphegor was trying to recover the Recovery Unit.

'Since we've met here, I must capture him.'

"Let's engage him first."

"Right."

Swoosh!

I closed the distance by cutting through the air.

'Mana Shield, Hardening Mode.'

At that moment, my fist became a mace, and.

Boom!

When our fists collided, a massive explosion sent my body flying backward.

'Damn it!'

It wasn't just a matter of strength and core stability.

No matter how strong a fist might be, could it be stronger than a bomb?

'It seems difficult to win in a contest of strength.'

It felt like the fight could end in one blow if I took a direct hit.

Boom!

As I dodged Bae Woo-hyun's pursuing fist by stepping on Mana Shields, the shield that his fist touched shattered completely.

"You little rat. I'll step on you and kill you."

At that moment, a voice reached my ears.

'He's fast!'

Smack!

As I stepped back to the side, I threw a left straight, but Bae Woo-hyun took the attack with his forehead.

'Insane durability. To withstand a punch in Hardening Mode?'

Most Ma-in would have suffered a skull fracture or had their brains turned to mush.

"Kuhehe, this one hurts a bit."

Bae Woo-hyun smiled and reached out to grab my wrist.

'Dangerous!'

I quickly withdrew my hand from what would have been a situation where my wrist might have been blown off, and.

"Just die already!"

Bae Woo-hyun's wild telephone punch came flying at an incredible speed.

Boom!

I raised a shield for cover, but once again, I was the one sent flying with the explosion.

'Damn, it shakes me to the bone!'

What made it worse was that my balance was disrupted from taking that punch, and.

Boom!

An ice wolf that had appropriately rushed forward aimed for Bae Woo-hyun's nape, but he casually punched it, causing the wolf to explode.

'Nice timing.'

Thanks to Hwang Ji-su's support, I gained some time and moved to an open space.

"How is it?"

Hwang Ji-su asked as she slid down an ice wall like a slide and approached me.

"He's a troublesome type. Since explosions occur with every contact, it's difficult to deal with him using conventional tactics."

Moreover, having just transformed into a Ma-in and possessing strength that was hard to control, it was a big variable how diversely he could utilize his abilities.

'If we had Lee Yu-jin's Penetrating Scene, it might have been easier to attack him. We could have inflicted internal damage.'

But there was no time to regret that now.

Boom!

When Bae Woo-hyun punched the air to cause an explosion, explosive flames created through the air as a medium flew toward the two of us.

"Damn it!"

Cheeek!

As Hwang Ji-su frantically froze the air to create ice that blocked the force of the explosion.

Tap-Tap-Tap!

I once again ran across the sky and charged toward Bae Woo-hyun.

"Don't go alone!"

Crack!

Giant icicles created by Hwang Ji-su rained down on Bae Woo-hyun.

Boom! Boom!

Through the gaps between explosions occurring at each contact.

'Let's see how tough he is!'

Whoosh!

A Flying Strike thrown with all my might flew in from outside Bae Woo-hyun's field of vision.

Crack!

A large explosion occurred as soon as the Flying Strike made contact with his body, and.

"Ah~ this one actually hurts?"

Bae Woo-hyun giggled as he wiped off the blood flowing from his forearm that had barely blocked the Flying Strike.

"Thanks to you, I'm coming to my senses a bit. Yeah. So you two are going to piss me off by buzzing around like flies, huh?"

I could see focus returning to Bae Woo-hyun's eyes.

"Let's see how you do."

'He's regained some of his sanity.'

This was the problem with high-level Ma-in.

Lower-ranked Ma-in often collapsed after rampaging without even using their full power.

But high-ranked Ma-in like him tended to recover their sense of self relatively quickly after transformation.

'No. But isn't this too quick, even so? Compared to Kang Woojung...'

Of course, setting aside combat ability, his raw power seemed much stronger than Kang Woojung's.

'He must be at least an estimated A-rank.'

If he could properly use all that power, even the current me would find it difficult to win, but.

'The fact that he transformed into a Ma-in not long ago, and that Hwang Ji-su and I are fighting together gives us some chance.'

"Hwang Ji-su! Keep attacking from a distance! We need to lower his body temperature!"

"Got it!"

An ice dragon, leading a pack of ice wolves, flew toward Bae Woo-hyun.

Boom!

The explosive flames created by Bae Woo-hyun melted the ice dragon, but Hwang Ji-su's output was not to be underestimated, and.

"Hmph!"

When Hwang Ji-su clenched her fist, the cold air surrounding Bae Woo-hyun responded, freezing an area with a radius of several dozen meters.

But.

Boom!

Immediately swinging both arms to create explosions around himself, Bae Woo-hyun avoided being frozen.

"You think you can do anything to me with this kind of attack!"

At the exact moment when Bae Woo-hyun's attention was completely focused on Hwang Ji-su after his confident shout.

'Now!'

I, who had been hiding my presence, swung my sword down at Bae Woo-hyun's back.

No, I tried to.

'Damn!'

"Hahaha, the tactics people like you come up with are so predictable!"

Somehow, Bae Woo-hyun's palm was already facing me, and.

Boom!

Seeing the massive explosive flames coming at me, using the scattered ice fragments as a medium, I had no choice but to quickly soar into the sky.

"Kuhehe, you're quick-witted."

Watching Bae Woo-hyun click his tongue as if regretting that his trap had failed.

'He's calm. Indeed, the experience of an A-rank hunter can't be ignored.'

I realized that to defeat him, I would have to throw a gamble.

'Eye Power, activate.'

Keeeng!

My vision turned to black and white, and.

'Liberation.'

Thump!

A different vitality flowed throughout my body.

'Mana Shield, Hardening Mode.'

A sturdy gauntlet formed on my left fist, and.

Wooong.

The pure sword energy dwelling in my Moonless Sword.

"Let's properly fight now."

This was no time to be tied up with just Bae Woo-hyun.

'Kwak Hyeok-jung must be killed here without fail.'

My eyes were already looking elsewhere.