I Entered an Academy in a Ruined Game

Chapter 235 : Dungeon Suppression (5)

"Kyaoooooo!"

The wingless dragon howled in pain from its severed wing.

And the aftermath was tremendous.

Kwaaaang!

A shockwave of exploding mana spread around the Lindwurm's body as it tried to shake off the intruder.

'Damn it!'

Su-hyeon, who had used Chukji a step ahead, disappeared from range.

"Everyone fall back!"

"Eek!"

Those with quick reactions escaped the intense mana shockwave on their own, while those who reacted slowly did so with the help of Seo Jun-seong and Hong In-hyeon.

And they all exhaled in disbelief at the disaster unfolding before their eyes.

"Wow."

"That's brutal."

Buildings collapsed, and demonic beasts caught in the wave were pulverized.

"It's grinding up all its own minions with its own hands."

Hwang Ji-su clicked her tongue.

And for good reason—with that single move, more than half of the demonic beasts had disappeared.

But the power was enough to put the cadets on edge.

"If we had been caught in that, we wouldn't have come out in one piece, right?"

Kwon Seung-yeon shook her head.

"Even though it's just a subspecies of dragon, it's still a dragon after all."

Kim Cheol-han muttered.

"It seems like it can use magic at a rudimentary level. Don't you think?"

"Yes, it seems so."

Choi Min-a nodded.

"The technique is crude, but the mana it can mobilize is on a different level. It might be closer to a primitive form of dragon-language magic......"

"That's...... like."

Hwang Ji-su said.

"Like Park Chang-jun."

"Hmm."

Su-hyeon crossed his arms and contemplated.

'That's accurate. That guy has completely fallen from the ranking he maintained when he first entered.'

While Choi Min-a and Hong In-hyeon were one thing.

Even cadets like Kim A-yun, Kwon Seung-yeon, Kim Ho-su, and Kang Geon-woo had somehow caught up to Park Chang-jun and become vastly stronger.

'He was a hopeless case from the start.'

Su-hyeon couldn't nurture every character.

'I tried a few times, but his basic perseverance is different. His temperament isn't the type to endure and grow stronger in this harsh competition.'

Anyway.

"If that Lindwurm can use magic beyond simple mana discharge, it could be quite troublesome."

Kim Cheol-han nodded at Choi Min-a's words.

"Well, one thing is certain."

Wriggle.

The bleeding from the wing cut by Su-hyeon had stopped, and new, tender skin tissue was visibly sprouting.

"Urgh."

Kim A-yun, who had a weak stomach for creepy things, covered her eyes in disgust.

"That's annoying. So it can easily regenerate wings?"

Hwang Ji-su added to Lee Ho-seung's comment.

"But it doesn't seem to be a complete recovery that can be immediately used in combat."

"It appears so. Hey, Su-hyeon."

Lee Ho-seung called out to Su-hyeon.

"Yes."

"That technique you just used to cut off the creature's wing, you haven't fully mastered it yet, right?"

"Yes. I don't have Captain Ahn Byeong-jun's innate sense and decades of training."

"You crazy bastard. A guy who learned it in just one day and can already use it this well in combat, and you're talking about innate sense?"

Lee Ho-seung smirked.

"I couldn't learn it even when I tried, you jerk."

"......"

"Instructor Lee is right about that, Su-hyeon."

Even Lee Yu-jin narrowed her eyes.

"That bastard and his false modesty."

Everyone nodded at Hong In-hyeon's grumbling.

"Well, anyway."

Lee Ho-seung clapped his hands to refocus the atmosphere.

"Right now, this guy is the only card we have that can inflict significant damage to the Lindwurm's main body. So what should we do?"

"All of us should rush in to draw its attention, restrict its movements, and create an opening for Jeong Su-hyeon to launch a decisive attack."

Oh Chang-seong snapped his fingers at Seo Jun-seong's answer.

"If you understand, that makes things faster."

"Yes."

"Let's begin!"

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"Kiiiii!"

"Kyaooo!"

On top of a building, somewhat distant from the battlefield where the screams of demonic beasts could be heard faintly.

I was quietly waiting for the right moment, focusing my mind.

'Cutting through the grain. That's the ultimate for a swordsman.'

What's needed for that is a swing created through relaxation.

But the realm of "strength through relaxation" wasn't the end.

'If it were, Sword God's build would have been as thin as chopsticks.'

Sword God Lee Un-hak's physique, despite his advanced age, was still as imposing as his son, Sword Warrior.

'The same goes for Lee Yu-jin. Their bone structure itself is of a gifted lineage.'

Even Ahn Byeong-jun had a physique filled with muscles reminiscent of a chimpanzee or gorilla.

I knew what that meant.

'It means you can add stronger power, stronger output, faster speed.'

Of course, normally these two concepts would be difficult to reconcile.

To use an analogy, it was like trying to cut down a massive tree with a chef's delicate precision in handling ingredients.

'But possessing both power and precision isn't impossible.'

This was evident in how Ahn Byeong-jun handled his arming sword with the delicacy to cut through grain, and his war hammer with the power to crush anything.

'I can do it too.'

"Whew."

I was ready.

Relaxing with an exhale, then instantly raising the tension.

'Liberation.'

Thump!

Muscles, tendons, joints, even blood vessels.

Every part of the body that draws out power was exhibiting its capabilities to the limit of output.

'Eye Power.'

The enhanced eyes transform beyond mere dynamic visual acuity into eyes that can perceive deeper insights.

'Power overflows.'

Of course, this wasn't always a good thing.

With uncontrollable overflowing power, one cannot execute advanced techniques.

Can a gorilla defeat a skilled human swordsman just by holding a sword?

Not so.

'I'll lower the output. To a range I can control.'

It wasn't yet my turn to step forward.

In the battlefield where blood, screams, and death were exchanged, my fingertips tingled with the strange sensation of concentrating my mind in solitude.

Something was different now.

I felt like I could grasp something, a feel that had been elusive before.......

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"Hyaap!"

"Iyap!"

Kwaduk!

Oh Chang-seong and Lee Ho-seung, who had broken through the demonic beasts and approached, inflicted wounds by deeply cutting the Lindwurm's Achilles tendon.

"Damn it! It won't cut all the way through!"

"This much is enough!"

"Hey, I cut deeper than you!"

"Who cares?"

The two instructors retreated while bickering.

"Our turn!"

The Lindwurm slipped on the ice sheet created by Hwang Ji-su and flinched from the intense pain in its wound.

Zap!

The intense light created by Kim A-yun's electricity momentarily blinded the Lindwurm.

Whoosh!

Woooong!

The vortex created by Hong In-hyeon's turbulence and Seo Jun-seong's gravity field attacked the Lindwurm's body, pushing it backward.

"Kyaooo!"

Though the damage wasn't great, the Lindwurm felt threatened by the continuing different attacks and prepared to shoot a breath.

"Breath attack!"

"It's aiming at Ji-su!"

In that moment, Instructor Kim Cheol-han's thighs bulged, making a flea-like leap of dozens of meters.

Kwaaaang!

Kim Cheol-han, who had moved in front of Hwang Ji-su just in time, extended both hands forward to block the breath.

But.

"Kuk!"

What was fired this time wasn't a poison breath but an energy buster filled with mana.

'Damn, I'm being pushed back!'

Though his palms could deflect anything.

The force behind it was so strong that Kim Cheol-han's body, having jumped without support, began to be pushed backward.

However.

"Instructor Kim!"

Seo Jun-seong's telekinesis, detecting the abnormality, firmly supported his back.

"Well done, Seo Jun-seong!"

Kwaaaang!

The deflected breath flew straight into the Lindwurm's knee.

"Kieeeee!"

The Lindwurm, with its knee severely damaged, howled in great pain.

"You monster lizard! No matter how tough you are, your own attack still hurts!"

Lee Ho-seung exclaimed excitedly.

"Su-hyeon! It's your turn!"

Before his words were even finished.

'I'll cut its neck.'

Su-hyeon, who landed on the Lindwurm's vast shoulder using Chukji, amplified the force starting from his planted foot, transferring it through his ankle, knee, waist, and shoulder.

'I'll cut through the grain firmly.'

He cut right through the Lindwurm's tough, thick, and tenacious hide and muscles.

But.

"Damn it!"

As the Lindwurm twisted its body quickly in response to the killing intent at the last moment, Su-hyeon's sword only managed to cut through one-third of its neck.

And the Lindwurm's vitality was too strong to die from just this much.

'Damn it!'

Su-hyeon bit his lip as his all-out strike failed.

'It won't go down easily!'

The problem was that this attack was delivered with the intention of ending it in one strike, without considering the follow-up situation.

Posture recovery, counterattack, evasion.

None of these options were possible, and.

'I'll retreat before being eaten!'

It was just at that moment, as Su-hyeon was trying to escape the coming counterattack.

'Hm?'

Crack!

Cold air that had penetrated through the wound cut by Su-hyeon's sword froze the affected area.

Rumble!

Lightning that penetrated inside burned the Lindwurm's innards.

"Kyaaaaaaaa!"

The Lindwurm went berserk as its internal organs were burned by the lightning that had penetrated inside.

"Got it!"

Seo Jun-seong, drawing out his telekinesis at maximum output, managed to grab and hold the Lindwurm's head steady.

"Hiyaaah!"

Next came Kwon Seung-yeon and Lee Yu-jin, who flew in riding Hong In-hyeon's wind.

Seoguk!

First, Lee Yu-jin's Willow Water Sword cut the wound once more.

Baak!

Kwon Seung-yeon's kick, with her weight increased to the limit, struck the head and widened the wound further.

As a result, the Lindwurm's rebar-thick, giant spine was exposed.

"Su-hyeon, now!"

"Cut it one more time!"

Lee Yu-jin and Hwang Ji-su shouted.

"Don't worry!"

Su-hyeon was not one to waste such a perfect opportunity.

'Mana shield.'

Stepping on the air to readjust his posture, Su-hyeon filled the Moonless Sword with mana, creating a massive sword energy.

"Hup!"

This time, forgetting all about the realm of seeing the grain, Su-hyeon activated Chukji and swung a rough sword strike, putting his whole body into it like swinging an axe.

Seoguk!

The black solid line thus created completely separated the Lindwurm's head from its neck.

Splash!

Seo Jun-seong's telekinesis evacuated the cadets from the blood pouring like a massive fountain.

"Wow. It's like a waterfall."

"Usually people say it's like a fountain in these situations."

"Look at you, so smart."

Su-hyeon smiled with a "huh" as he listened to the slightly unhinged conversation between Kwon Seung-yeon and Hwang Ji-su.

'I ended up getting help at the end.'

But.

'Well, this isn't bad either.'

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After defeating the dungeon lord Lindwurm, the cadets destroyed the crystal and escaped through the dimensional rift, returning to the academy.

"......It didn't even take two hours. An incredible record."

Kim Cheol-han said, checking his watch.

"It seems only about an hour has passed outside."

Su-hyeon pointed to the academy's clock tower.

"There was time distortion. Fortunately, it was minimal."

Kim Cheol-han expressed relief, saying that sometimes one day passes there while a month passes here.

"Good. Report the suppression complete and take some personal maintenance time."

"Hehehe. About that."

"What is it?"

Kwon Seung-yeon rubbed her palms together like a fly, with a cunning expression.

"How will the profits from the carcass by-products be distributed?"

"Hmm."

Though they didn't have time to collect much.

Just the severed head of a Lindwurm powerful enough to dominate an entire demonic city was incredibly valuable.

"......Since this isn't covered in the regulations, we'll decide through a meeting later."

"Awww."

Kwon Seung-yeon pushed out her lower lip.

"Don't worry, if they say they won't give you money, I'll lie down in protest."

"Kyaaa!"

"Instructor Lee Ho-seung is the only one we can count on!"

Su-hyeon smiled watching the cadets jumping for joy.

'This is an unexpected gain.'

[Congratulations! You have achieved the feat of slaying the dragon subspecies, Lindwurm!]

[Title 'Lindwurm Slayer' acquired!]

[Achievement points 1200 awarded!]