I Entered an Academy in a Ruined Game

Chapter 213 : Night Goblin (8)

After the fake Sim Jae-gyeong was defeated and Kang Seong-gyu revealed himself, the situation became even more complicated.

"This is seriously fucked up!"

Jo Sujin screeched.

Hwhareuruek!

Flames surging from the void engulfed her, and.

Pajijijik!

As she soared to avoid the flames, lightning struck down from above.

"Aoh!"

After narrowly avoiding the lightning, this time an iceberg fell on her, and.

Seogok!

After cutting through the iceberg with her longsword imbued with sword energy, a meteor came falling as if it had been waiting.

"Uaak!"

Though she avoided a direct hit, Jo Sujin, who was blown far away by the shockwave, burst in anger.

"What kind of bastard is this!"

"In imagination, in hallucination, you can do anything."

Su-hyeon, who had retreated while suffering similar attacks, said.

"Hallucination? Hallucination!"

"How else can we think of it?"

"My thoughts are similar. What's important is that these things started happening after he took the drug. That drug must be a critical trigger for that Ma-in's ability."

"Damn it!"

Jo Sujin shouted.

"Captain Ahn! That bastard Sim Jae-gyeong, he couldn't have known about this and made him a Ma-in, could he?"

"...That might be the case."

"From the start, those bastards calling themselves Night Goblin or whatever have been doing this kind of shit!"

Jo Sujin gritted her teeth.

"That's not certain, but there is something clear."

"What is it!"

"At least now, in this space, the power that guy possesses is easily reaching into the realm of S-rank."

Ahn Byeong-jun, who had swept away a meteor with his war hammer, said.

"At this rate, we have no chance of winning."

"Yes. But there must be a price for wielding such power."

Su-hyeon's words made Ahn Byeong-jun narrow his eyes.

"...What do you mean?"

"Look."

Kang Seong-gyu, who was floating in the sky like a sun, wrapped in a huge barrier emitting radiance.

He was struggling and shouting something inside the barrier.

"...What's he saying? I can't hear."

"He's saying, 'It hurts too much.'"

Su-hyeon, who had activated his Eye Power to read his lips, said.

"...!"

Kang Seong-gyu began to scratch his body intensely.

"...He's saying, 'Brother, where are you? Brother, it hurts so much.'"

"...Enough."

Jo Sujin sighed.

"I get the general situation. Looking at it, it seems like even that guy was also used by that bastard."

"Probably so."

"What an utterly unsympathetic bastard till the end. Where the hell did he hide?"

Jo Sujin spat.

By now, the attacks against them had also stopped.

"...First."

Su-hyeon said.

"We need to ease that man's suffering."

"Kill him?"

"No. We need to subdue him. He's not even a red Ma-in, is he?"

"Sigh."

Kang Seong-gyu, already addicted to drugs, and now suffering from the side effects of wielding an unbearable power borrowed from that drug.

Even Jo Sujin, who hated Ma-in to the core, couldn't help but feel sympathy for that man.

'Even if he's isolated in White Castle now, it won't be easy to escape drug addiction.'

"...Is there a way?"

"First, we need to break through that barrier."

"Hmm."

Bwoong!

The slash Jo Sujin launched disappeared without even making a scratch on the huge barrier.

"Wow, it didn't do a thing."

"Squad Leader Jo, how can your attack be so feeble? Elves, really."

Ahn Byeong-jun snidely remarked.

"Oh my, do I really need to say that at least we're better than short and slow dwarves?"

Jo Sujin, who wasn't in a good mood, retorted in kind.

'...Is this racism too?'

The poor relationship between dwarves and elves is a cliché often encountered when reading fantasy novels.

But even so, for Awakened ones with 'Elf Transformation' and 'Dwarf Transformation' to engage in an emotional battle.

'It's like a fight between a were-dog and a were-cat.'

Su-hyeon thought inwardly.

"Just watch, Elf Squad Leader."

"Yes, Dwarf Captain."

Whiriririk.

Spinning his war hammer, which had expanded to its maximum size, like a baton, he jumped toward the sky.

"Wow, like a rocket."

But sensing a threat to his safety, Kang Seong-gyu, despite his suffering, unleashed indiscriminate attacks against the approaching Ahn Byeong-jun.

"Aigoo!"

Faced with a barrage of meteors, lightning, and lava, Ahn Byeong-jun shouted.

"Damn it, give me some cover!"

"If you ask, I'll do it!"

"Hey!"

Ahn Byeong-jun, who had flared up, closed his eyes tightly and shouted.

"Please give me some cover!"

"More desperately!"

"Ah shit! Please!"

"Since you're asking so earnestly!"

Jo Sujin, who grinned, summoned a sylph and helped him avoid attacks by riding the wind.

'What a temperament.'

Su-hyeon thought.

'Well, she confronts her own direct superior, the Deputy Squad Leader, every day, so another unit's Captain is...'

During that time, Ahn Byeong-jun, who had finally reached the front of the barrier, released a shout.

"Heeyaaaah!"

Kwagwagwagwagwang!

The tremendous destructive power created a shockwave that even made the hair of the watching Execution Force members flutter, but.

"Crazy!"

Despite some cracks and trembling, the barrier did not collapse.

"I hit it with all my strength?"

Ahn Byeong-jun muttered in disbelief.

"I'll try next."

Su-hyeon, who had been waiting for the moment when damage accumulated on the barrier from Ahn Byeong-jun's attack, stepped forward, drawing the Moonless Sword.

"Are you going to do that again?"

Jo Sujin asked.

"Yes."

"And get injured again?"

"With everyone here, I should be fine."

"Su-hyeon!"

"Don't worry."

Su-hyeon, overriding Yu-jin's concern, crouched with the Moonless Sword held in both hands and lowered below his waist.

'Chukji.'

And then, as if performing Battō-jutsu, he created a massive slash by transferring the power of folding and running the earth throughout his body.

Bwooooong!

The flying strike, which split even the air, flew like a giant phoenix.

"This is insane!"

It eventually cut through even the barrier, slicing Kang Seong-gyu in half.

"That's an impossible power!"

"Wait, did he kill him?"

"...He shouldn't be dead."

"Aaaaaaaaah!"

The scream of Kang Seong-gyu, who had been cut in half, resonated loudly.

Jjeojeojeojeojeok.

The world began to split.

"Oh, the sky is splitting!"

Eventually.

Jjangeurang!

The splitting sky broke like a glass window, and the original world began to appear outside the shell.

[You have shattered Ma-in Kang Seong-gyu's fantasy world!]

[Achievement points 1500 awarded!]

"Waaaah!"

As the fantasy world collapsed, Kang Seong-gyu's small body, which had been standing quietly in a corner, collapsed like a puppet with its strings cut.

"Taesung, check him! Is he dead?"

Kim Taesung, who checked Kang Seong-gyu's pulse, answered.

"He's alive! Just seems to have fainted from shock."

"Okay. We'll follow procedure."

Jo Sujin nodded.

"Not yet."

Su-hyeon, who said that, staggered.

"Su-hyeon!"

Yu-jin, who rushed over hurriedly, supported him.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Nothing's broken, not as bad as last time."

Su-hyeon said.

'Thanks to lowering the output this time, I was able to finish without major injuries.'

Of course, there was nothing he could do about the painful sensation of everything—ligaments, joints, muscles—creaking and screaming all over his body.

But.

"It's not over yet. We need to catch Sim Jae-gyeong."

Su-hyeon said, barely raising his sword despite his pain.

Bwoong!

The flying strike, launched with his last strength, attacked Sim Jae-gyeong, who had been hiding in a corner wearing his goblin hat.

"Keuk!"

"That bastard!"

"He was hiding there!"

"Damn it, you guys are really persistent!"

Sim Jae-gyeong, who immediately spread his robe and flew into the sky to escape, was chased by Jo Sujin, who flew riding the wind.

"You called him your brother but you're abandoning him and running away? Are you even human!"

"Aoh! Stop chasing me already!"

"After you attacked us first? This is really a funny bastard!"

Jo Sujin, who finally blocked Sim Jae-gyeong's path, pressed him with swift sword strikes using the wind.

Chae-chae-chae-chaeng!

Five sword strikes in one breath.

"Hmph!"

But just as Sim Jae-gyeong was about to proudly smile, saying he wouldn't be defeated by Jo Sujin, if not by Ahn Byeong-jun.

"What are you smirking about, you bastard!"

Jo Sujin, who had placed her hand on his chest through a momentary opening created in just five exchanges, stirred up an explosive wind.

Paang!

"Keuk!"

Sim Jae-gyeong, who flew backward from the unexpected ambush, tried to somehow change his trajectory and escape, but.

"Welcome!"

Ahn Byeong-jun, who had jumped into the air, greeted him with his war hammer raised.

"Die!"

"Eek!"

Over the head of Sim Jae-gyeong, who had hurriedly raised his club.

Kwaaaang!

A strike from the war hammer, which had extended to 4 meters in length, struck down.

"Keureuk!"

It was a force that even the toughest goblin body couldn't withstand.

Sim Jae-gyeong's eyes rolled back as he was slammed into the ground.

"Bastard."

Ahn Byeong-jun muttered, wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead.

"If you were going to collapse after one hit anyway, why give us so much trouble."

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"Hmm. What should I do about this?"

Vampire Queen Song Yeonhui, who had been watching this battle from afar, muttered with a sigh.

"I didn't expect both of them to be caught like this."

She had thought that at least Sim Jae-gyeong would be able to escape, but it seemed that whenever Su-hyeon got involved, plans kept going awry.

"Hmm."

If she intervened now, it wouldn't be a problem to sweep away Ahn Byeong-jun, Jo Sujin, and all the Execution Force members who were exhausted after a long battle.

But that wasn't her style.

"Well, I've seen what I wanted to see."

The battle she had watched Su-hyeon fight was truly satisfying.

'Just a little more.'

If she waited just a little longer, that beautiful boy would be perfect to have by her side...

"Huh?"

That's when it happened.

'He noticed me?'

She could see Su-hyeon's gaze turning toward her.

Toward herself, who had been watching with her presence suppressed from tens of kilometers away!

'Su-hyeon, that child. Really interesting. If this is the case, truly...'

Just as her curiosity was about to turn into some impulse.

"!"

Su-hyeon, who had activated Chukji, suddenly landed beside her.

"......"

The Queen, who hadn't expected such a sudden encounter, blinked her long eyelashes.

"My goodness. I didn't expect to face each other like this."

The Queen, who had replaced a moment of surprise with a smile, said.

"We finally meet."

But Su-hyeon's words surprised her once more.

"Do you know me?"

"Vampire Queen Song Yeonhui."

Su-hyeon answered calmly.

"You've been watching me for a long time, haven't you?"

"Heeh."

"Did you think I wouldn't know? If so, that's disappointing."

"My, you're coming on stronger than I expected."

The Queen becomes more interested in Su-hyeon's bluffing.

"You really are an interesting man."

'...I have to do this so she won't cause a rampage.'

But cold sweat was running down Su-hyeon's spine.

This was a kind of gamble.

'The Queen is quite capricious.'

Su-hyeon thought.

She probably wouldn't kill everyone, but it wouldn't be strange if she took someone's head on a whim.

'She probably didn't expect both Sim Jae-gyeong and Kang Seong-gyu to be defeated.'

"Strange. You're different from usual."

The Queen tilted her head.

"How much do you know about me to say that?"

"No, I'm certain."

A smile appeared on the Queen's tilted face.

"Could it be for Lee Yu-jin, that child?

"...!"

"You'd better answer well."

The Queen's lips, red as if stained with blood, moved slightly.

"If that's the case, I think I'll have to take one head today."