I Entered an Academy in a Ruined Game

Chapter 211 : Night Goblin (6)

"As expected."

The Queen, watching the battle through her familiar's eyes, muttered.

"No matter how clever he pretends to be, he can't completely hide that hasty temperament."

The Queen, who knew Sim Jae-gyeong's true nature, was satisfied with the development that had gone according to plan.

Her role was to precisely observe and inform him of areas with weakened security through her familiar.

Additionally, she sent two executives to other vulnerable areas to divert attention.

Originally, the terrible force of the two Ma-in, Noh Hajun and Jang Su-il, was supposed to destroy infrastructure and spill citizens' blood, creating another opportunity for Night Goblin to rampage...

'To think they had set a trap in reverse. They're quite capable.'

The Queen nodded.

'Probably the Chief of Staff's scheme?'

In any case, the competence of the Execution Force's core executives had greatly contributed to making humans the dominant species in this land.

'They've been taking hits continuously lately. But things seem like they'll be different from now on.'

The Queen chuckled.

'But that child's resourcefulness is amazing again this time.'

Her gaze turned to Su-hyeon.

That mysterious movement skill he reportedly used to defeat the Spear Devil.

Su-hyeon's move to catch Sim Jae-gyeong off guard using that technique, shattering the bead and cutting off his escape route, had changed the tide of battle.

"I'm glad. That you appeared here."

She had thought Jo Sujin would definitely take action in this incident, given her personality, but it was difficult to be 100% certain.

'I could say I got lucky.'

Thanks to that, she was able to properly observe Su-hyeon's current skill level.

"A good show requires good wine."

Just as the Queen was savoring the aroma spreading from the cork of the wine bottle she had elegantly opened with an automatic opener.

"Keuruk!"

Su-hyeon's flying strike instantly cut down the Queen's familiars—pigeons, crows, and rats.

"!?"

The surprised Queen dropped the wine bottle, but her superhuman senses immediately activated, and she smoothly caught the bottle with her foot as if it had been a planned movement all along.

"...He noticed?"

The Queen muttered in surprise as she grabbed the bottle with her hand and placed it on the table without spilling a single drop of wine.

'Impossible.'

Not only Jo Sujin and Kim Taesung.

Even Captain Ahn Byeong-jun of the 4th Unit, a high-ranking unit, hadn't detected her as she secretly observed the battlefield with her concealment.

She wasn't continuously sending mana to control her familiars; rather, she had entered commands into the contracted animals, allowing them to act freely and actively share their vision.

Therefore.

'It's impossible unless he knew beforehand. The presence is that minute.'

Unless it was a being with the spiritual sense of the now-dead 'Spear Devil'.

'It's impressive, but this is a bit troublesome.'

The Queen's brow furrowed.

"What should I do about this?"

She couldn't borrow Hwang Won-jae's power, as he had never met Sim Jae-gyeong before.

'...No choice.'

The deliberation wasn't long.

The Queen stood up and wrapped herself in a cloak with a dark red tinge.

"I'll have to go there myself."

The queen of the underworld, the leader of all vampires, was now beginning to move.

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Taang!

A bullet fired from a revolver so large it was difficult to consider it a gun aimed for Jo Sujin's forehead.

Kwang!

Jo Sujin clicked her tongue as she saw the bullet, which she had narrowly avoided, pierce through the building behind her.

'Damn, what kind of revolver is that?'

It seemed like he was even loading mana into the bullets; it was absurd that a handgun could fire projectiles with energy exceeding that of an anti-tank weapon.

'Mana or not, if I get hit, I'll have a huge hole blown through me.'

The bullet velocity was so fast that it was impossible to see and dodge it.

Taang!

Jo Sujin had dodged the bullet by watching the timing of where the barrel was pointing and when the trigger was pulled, but the Ma-in using twin revolvers prepared to fire again.

"!?"

The Ma-in faked pulling the trigger, stopping his finger at the last moment, causing Jo Sujin's body to make a counter-movement.

Taang!

A bullet flew in through that opening.

Kaaaang!

Jo Sujin blocked it with her longsword imbued with sword energy, but was shocked by the power that made her hand tremble.

'Damn it!'

But the real problem was the rapid fire that followed as she was momentarily halted.

Tang-tang-tang-tang!

Four shots in an instant.

However, Jo Sujin, who had soared into the sky riding the wind, narrowly avoided the bullets.

Chaeaeng!

The Ma-in blocked the slash she launched using a sylph with a metal guard on his left arm and counterattacked with the revolver in his right hand.

"Damn bastard. What kind of alloy are you using?"

It seemed like he had spent all his money on equipment, using the highest-grade corpse byproducts.

Moreover.

Whirik!

Tang-tang!

After firing the remaining bullets from the revolver in his left hand to check Jo Sujin, the Ma-in reloaded one revolver with ghost-like skill and aimed it at her. While she hesitated, he also completed reloading the other gun.

"This bastard."

Jo Sujin twisted her lips.

"It really is him."

Bounty hunter Song Jae-beom.

A man who had operated strictly on his own and caught many wanted criminals in the underworld.

"You've been quiet for the past few months, so I thought you'd retired or died somewhere."

Jo Sujin said, twirling her sword.

"So you got caught by that bastard."

His face was a bit damaged, but upon closer look, it was the same person.

'This is no ordinary problem.'

Indeed, looking at the Ma-in summoned by Sim Jae-gyeong, there were quite a few familiar faces who had been on the Execution Force's main observation list before disappearing.

'The one fighting Taesung is also like that. And the opponent of that kid who's the Sword God's granddaughter is also quite a renowned one.'

Above all.

'Su-hyeon, that guy's opponent isn't easy either.'

But she wasn't worried.

'He's the one who caught the Spear Devil. He should be able to take care of himself.'

Therefore, the urgent matter now was to subdue the opponent in front of her as quickly as possible.

"I definitely can't let you guys go from here."

Jo Sujin said, properly raising her fighting spirit.

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Deng-gang!

The Moonless Sword easily cut off the Ma-in's right arm as if slicing a rotten branch.

"Kreureu."

The Ma-in, clutching the cut area, sent a glare full of hostility.

"You're tough. The pain of having your arm cut off must be real."

Kwang!

The Ma-in, who fired a mana bullet with his left hand, brought the severed arm to the cut part.

Seureureurek.

Like a sea anemone's tentacles, they clung to each other and soon attached seamlessly.

'Is it an ultra-regeneration ability? A type that focuses solely on regenerative power.'

"Huu. Huu."

Judging by his heavy breathing, it seemed he used quite a bit of energy each time he regenerated.

'That makes sense.'

After all, there's no organism in the world that can regenerate indefinitely.

"I'll cut you until it's barely manageable."

If I were myself from around summer vacation, I might have struggled quite a bit against the Ma-in in front of me.

'Is he similar to Ko Kyeong-ho whom I met during the train hijacking?'

At that time, I couldn't defeat Ko Kyeong-ho bare-handed due to a disadvantageous match-up.

However.

Now I could overwhelm him sufficiently without even using Liberation or Tachypsychia Mode.

"Kuaaa!"

As if willing to sacrifice flesh to gain bone, I retreated while launching a flying strike at him as he recklessly charged in.

"With your intentions so transparent, it's hard to engage even if I wanted to."

Mobility, and a definite long-range attack method.

I was now practically a natural enemy to slow-moving tank-type opponents.

Of course.

But then catching them off guard and feeding them a sharp counter must be infuriating for the opponent.

Just like now!

'Chukji.'

I appeared in front of the Ma-in, compressing a distance of tens of meters into a single step.

Bwak!

After destroying his knee with an oblique kick.

Seogok!

I cut below both elbows, simultaneously severing his two arms.

"Kuaaaaaak!"

Two arms, one leg.

Looking at the Ma-in who was howling in pain after losing three of his four limbs, I asked emotionlessly.

"Those arms, do they grow back even if you don't reattach them?"

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While the executives of [Night Goblin] were being pushed back by the Execution Force members.

"All of you, get out of the way! You're being a nuisance!"

Ahn Byeong-jun charged forward, sweeping away the dozen or so Ma-in surrounding and protecting Sim Jae-gyeong with his war hammer.

Hwhareureu!

He extinguished flying flames with the air pressure from his war hammer.

Pajijijik!

He cut through a stream of lightning with sword energy emanating from the arming sword in his left hand.

"Eoryaaaa!"

Then, spinning once, he combined the centrifugal force with his hammer aura and sent three heavy infantry flying like bowling pins.

"What the hell!"

Sim Jae-gyeong swore at Ahn Byeong-jun's divine might.

'It's unbelievable no matter how many times I see it.'

He was too strong even for someone strong.

'Was the wall of S-rank this high?'

Once that thin human barrier blocking him was broken through, it would be his turn.

From the exchanges they'd had, he could fully sense that there was no chance of winning.

'Ah, this has completely gone south.'

There was no visible escape route at this rate.

'Song Jae-beom doesn't look like he can hold out much longer either. The same goes for everyone else.'

Sim Jae-gyeong's heart ached as he watched his carefully gathered manpower being ground down.

'No choice.'

Sim Jae-gyeong sighed.

"I didn't want to go this far."

He soared into the air once more.

"Don't blame me, gentlemen! You should have left at least one rat hole for me to escape through!"

Whiririk!

As his club was swung, his final card, which he had been saving until the end, jumped out from the dimensional space.

"...He's just a child?"

The Execution Force members frowned at the sight of the young-looking man in Sim Jae-gyeong's arms.

"No, but he's a Ma-in."

"A child? He's an adult. Just a bit small and innocent."

Sim Jae-gyeong corrected.

"He's a Ma-in, and my brother."

Sim Jae-gyeong grinned.

"Seong-gyu."

"Hmm?"

The gaze of the man, Kang Seong-gyu, who had been blinking his eyes without any sense of crisis, turned to Sim Jae-gyeong.

"You can use this."

Sim Jae-gyeong pulled out a pill from his bosom.

"Oh! Really?!"

Kang Seong-gyu was delighted as if he had received a Christmas present.

"What is that? Is it that magical energy stimulant or whatever?"

Ahn Byeong-jun, who had stopped fighting and was watching them, narrowed his eyes.

"Hehe, no. Our Seong-gyu is already a Ma-in, so why would he need such a thing?"

Sim Jae-gyeong said slickly.

"This is something called Dragon Sapphire. That gentleman over there would know!"

"What did you say?"

Jo Sujin's eyebrows twitched.

"That's a drug, isn't it?"

"Yes, that's right! Our Senior Squad Leader here had a big bust before, right? Thanks to that, we had a hard time!"

"...No matter how much you're a trash-level Ma-in, you're going to feed that to your brother?"

Jo Sujin's expression was colored with anger.

"How far will you bastards go with your trash behavior?"

"Trash behavior? In this fucked-up world, what's the big deal about doing some drugs? Go to South America. Those friends in the slums... Oops!"

Sim Jae-gyeong, who blocked Jo Sujin's slash with his club, clicked his tongue.

"You're so impatient. Just wait a bit."

"Brother."

Kang Seong-gyu's eyes became bloodshot and saliva dripped from the corners of his mouth.

"Can I eat it? I can eat it, right?"

"Yes."

Sim Jae-gyeong smiled.

"Eat it to your heart's content."

"Thank you, brother!"

Kang Seong-gyu hurriedly chewed and swallowed the pill.

"Kuaaaaa!"

Soon, he let out a scream that seemed like he was being torn apart.

"...Fuck, what the hell is he doing now?"

Jo Sujin frowned.

"...Something's wrong."

Kim Taesung said.

"Aaaagh! Hihihihi!"

The man's screams, which seemed like he was being torn apart, began to mix with ecstasy.

"Well, this is where we part, gentlemen."

Sim Jae-gyeong grinned.

"...What?"

Hwhaak!

Endless darkness engulfed everyone present.

"...Damn it."

Su-hyeon, recalling the situation that was about to unfold, felt a headache coming on and muttered.

"This is going to be troublesome again."