I Entered an Academy in a Ruined Game

Chapter 265 : Draw Him Out (5)

The B&S Group headquarters was a landmark in Seoul, consisting of a massive high-rise building surrounded by several structures of varying heights.

"Not only is it magnificent, but it's essentially a modern fortress equipped with gardens, barriers, earthquake-resistant design, and internal defense systems that can guard against external intrusion if desired."

The Vampire Queen said that the building had incorporated the know-how of a group specialized in security operations.

"They even prepared somewhat for attacks from below ground."

Of course, even so.

"They don't usually consider the possibility of someone digging a tunnel from 150 meters underground and charging in."

"The ones who think of that are the weird ones."

Jang Su-il chuckled.

"Well, we've arrived."

The endpoint of the tunnel created in the depths underground.

This spot, where they could go no further forward, was directly aligned with the headquarters building.

"Now then."

When the Vampire Queen snapped her fingers, a Ma-in whose hands had been strangely transformed to resemble a mole's stepped forward.

"It's your turn."

"Leave it to me."

He was a Ma-in with the characteristic ability to manipulate the ground at will.

"Estimated time?"

"Since the terrain is composed mainly of quite solid granite..."

The Ma-in answered.

"Five minutes should be enough."

"Good."

The Vampire Queen crossed her arms with a satisfied expression.

"Begin."

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Rumble rumble.

The Execution Force members guarding the building all reacted simultaneously to the sensation of the ground shaking beneath their feet.

"What's this?"

"An earthquake?"

"At this timing?"

Among the murmuring members, the expressions of Squad Leaders became serious.

"No. This is something different."

"If not an earthquake, could it be......?!"

"This doesn't look good. Report to Captain Son!"

Right at that moment.

Boom!

The floor exploded, and something with a terrifying presence made the Execution Force members' spines tingle.

"Oh my, quite a gathering we have here."

Along with a leisurely, sticky voice filled with killing intent.

Slash!

Dozens of necks flew through the air.

"Huk!"

"This is insane!"

Bam Bam Bam Bam!

The blood spurting from the victims' necks suddenly changed trajectory, flying like a shotgun blast to create wind holes in the bodies of the Execution Force members.

"Aaaaargh!"

The Vampire Queen, looking pitifully at the members writhing in pain unlike their comrades who died instantly, tilted her head to the side.

"Painful, isn't it? I'll make it easier for you."

Swoosh!

As blood erupted once more from the bodies of the members slashed by the crimson bullets, it twisted the victims like mummies.

"That's 'Vampire Queen' Song Yeonhui!"

"Such a cruel power...!"

"Quickly request support! We'll buy time until then!"

"Buy time, you say?"

Song Yeonhui laughed as if finding it strange.

"Is such a thing really possible with just you people?"

BOOM!

Seeing 'Battle Maniac' Jang Su-il and hundreds of Ma-in who appeared afterward, the expressions of the Execution Force members were filled with confusion and despair.

"......Damn it."

"So this was their main attack!"

"You got it right away."

Song Yeonhui wiggled her finger.

"Then you must also realize your fate?"

Clash!

In an instant, the vast amount of scattered blood gathered to form the shape of a crimson giant.

"Blood Giant!"

The nightmare of the battlefield summoned by the Vampire Queen.

"To recognize this, you must be quite a veteran?"

Boom!

The Blood Giant's fist crushed the head of the member who recognized it.

"Begin, my children."

"We receive your command!"

The vampires who received their master's order each unleashed their abilities to attack the members.

"My, they're making quite a flashy spectacle."

Jang Su-il rotated his arms and loosened his shoulders.

"Then let's get going as well."

"Yes!"

Whether or not Hwang Yong-jae remained on the ground floor was unknown.

All they had to do was defeat everything that charged at them and rush to the top.

'Song Yeonhui. When that woman makes up her mind, even the Execution Force bastards have no way to deal with her.'

Meanwhile, if Jo Seong-gwang and Park Woo-hyuk, who had infiltrated through the underground passage, broke the cabinet and retrieved the item, the operation would be complete.

"Shall we go wild and have some fun!"

"The Ma-in have arrived!"

"Currently confirmed are 'Vampire Queen' Song Yeonhui and 'Battle Maniac' Jang Su-il! In addition, numerous elite-level Ma-in have charged in!"

"A tunnel, so that's how they came in!"

Son Ji-gwang, who had been waiting in the fifth-floor lobby, put on his mask along with the 11th Unit's Deputy Captain 'Flower Sword' Jin Hye-in.

"Deputy Captain Jin, let's go down right away!"

"Understood!"

Son Ji-gwang encountered the enemy at the emergency staircase leading from the third floor to the second.

"Jang Su-il!"

"That voice must be Son Ji-gwang!"

Jang Su-il grinned.

"You've changed your mask! An old man trying to be stylish!"

"It was damaged fighting you bastards!"

Whoosh.

The visible battle aura that rose around Son Ji-gwang formed a sphere and flew toward Jang Su-il.

Boom! Boom!

When Jang Su-il swung his fist to knock away the battle aura, the wall and stairs shattered.

"You guys buy time."

"Yes!"

Two combatants following Jang Su-il transformed into a werewolf and a fog form, respectively, and pounced on Son Ji-gwang.

"Not a chance!"

Just as Son Ji-gwang was about to deploy his battle aura to respond.

"I'm going ahead!"

Jang Su-il passed by Son Ji-gwang's side and ran upward.

"That bastard! Catch him!"

Execution Force members stood in his way following Son Ji-gwang's command, but they were no match.

"Out of my way!"

With one punch from Jang Su-il, several members went flying, clearing a path.

"Damn it! Just slow him down somehow! I'll follow right after!"

"Understood!"

"How stupid! Who's going to let you follow?"

The werewolf mocked Son Ji-gwang, but.

Crash!

Son Ji-gwang exploded his battle aura to disperse the fog, then slammed the werewolf's head into the floor.

"Kuhak!"

"Don't get cocky. I'm not in the mood to go easy."

Son Ji-gwang clicked his tongue and immediately began climbing the stairs after Jang Su-il.

'So he intends to target the top floor.'

The fortunate point was that Hwang Yong-jae, the target they were after, was no longer in this building.

And the unfortunate point was that despite this, he still had to pursue and stop that Ma-in.

'Otherwise, those remaining up there will be annihilated.'

But if that happens, the problem is the first floor.

How long could the 11th Unit, which had lost its Captain and was now led by the Deputy Captain, and the 2nd Unit without his command, hold out against the Vampire Queen?

'Su-hyeon, you bastard. Come quickly.'

Son Ji-gwang recalled Su-hyeon's face with an anxious heart.

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"We've arrived!"

Su-hyeon succeeded in being the first to arrive in front of the B&S Group headquarters, bringing no less than five special task force members by using Chukji consecutively.

"Haaaah."

"You worked hard, Su-hyeon."

Yu-jin patted Su-hyeon's back.

"The rest of the reserve force will be deployed sequentially as they arrive. We need to head to the most urgent battlefield first."

"That's the problem."

Hwang Ji-su said, surveying the battle situation.

"To my eyes, they all look equally urgent."

"......I agree with that."

Hong In-hyeon frowned.

"Where should we go?"

"First, the fighting happening in the streets doesn't seem to be a major problem."

Yu-jin said.

Thanks to civilians being evacuated early, there were no unintended casualties.

Plus, the Execution Force's defensive posture was firm.

"Fifth floor, sixth floor, seventh floor. Someone is climbing up at an incredible speed."

Kim A-yun was right.

Windows were breaking and light was flashing.

Judging by how the battle line was being pushed back helplessly, it was clear that someone was steadily climbing toward the top floor.

'Is it Jang Su-il?'

Su-hyeon frowned as he sensed a destructive, violent, and immeasurably enormous presence.

"......That's probably not the main attack."

Moreover.

"The leadership, including Chairman Hwang Yong-jae, isn't up there anymore."

"I think similarly."

Hwang Ji-su nodded.

"As long as my father isn't here, protecting the top floor isn't the highest priority."

"So we should head to the first floor after all?"

The Vampire Queen and her subordinates were occupying the first floor, preventing attacks from the outside led by 3rd Unit Captain Seol Ji-yun.

"It's a strange setup. How did they get in?"

"Did they teleport inside? But a building of this size would have barrier devices to prevent that......"

"It might be a tunnel."

Su-hyeon said.

"A tunnel?"

"Yes."

'What was it? Did they dig a tunnel 100 meters underground? Crazy bastard.'

Su-hyeon thought to himself.

'Anyway, looking at what they're doing, they're definitely not normal.'

"But doesn't it seem like they're buying time? Why would they need to isolate themselves on the first floor and defend it?"

"Are they trying to protect something?"

In response to Hong In-hyeon's question, Yu-jin added another question.

'They're planning to steal the cabinet through an underground secret passage.'

Su-hyeon could guess Hwang Won-jae's intention.

'Damn it.'

That was a very dangerous thing.

What Hwang Won-jae was really aiming for.

It was a document about 'a certain legend' passed down from the previous chairman that was sleeping inside Hwang Yong-jae's cabinet.

'The cryptogram hidden in that legend. When he deciphers it, he will finally obtain the key to open [Nastrond].'

Does that mean he's fully prepared to open it?

If so, they absolutely had to stop it.

"Hwang Ji-su."

Su-hyeon turned to Hwang Ji-su and asked.

"Is there anything underground that Hwang Won-jae might target?"

"......It's hard to be certain."

Hwang Ji-su bit her lip.

"But I've heard that they built the headquarters here specifically to protect something passed down from my grandfather's generation. Father didn't want to give more accurate details than that, but......"

"Judging by their actions, it seems clear they're targeting that."

"......It seems so."

'Originally, Hwang Won-jae only covets it when a sufficient groundwork has been laid.'

After seizing the group through a coup.

Or, if the coup failed, by any means necessary.

'Of course, Hwang Yong-jae set up the highest level of protection following his father's will, but.'

That alone wasn't enough.

"......Do you know the location of that underground passage?"

"Of course."

Hwang Yong-jae had long ago revealed that location to Hwang Ji-su.

'He said if he were to die, then Ji-a and I would have to protect that passage.'

Hwang Yong-jae, Hwang Won-jae, and the secret of the Hwang family.

Perhaps the truth was deeper and darker than she knew.

"......That's strange. Why did they keep such a secret just within the family?"

In response to Hong In-hyeon's question, Hwang Ji-su sighed.

"It was my grandfather's will, he said."

'In his era, even the Execution Force wasn't a trustworthy entity.'

Su-hyeon thought.

Even the Execution Force, in its original form, was a group gathered for private sanctions blinded by revenge.

Because the previous chairman died before they were incorporated under the national system as a form of public authority.

It wasn't strange that he left a will instructing them to trust no one and keep the secret within the family.

'......Despite appearances, Hwang Yong-jae is a man who keeps his promises to his father well.'

Su-hyeon thought.

'Above all, he wouldn't have expected the secret passed down only within the family to be targeted by an internal enemy like Hwang Won-jae.'

"Well, the story seems to have gotten complicated, but one thing is clear, right?"

Kang Geon-woo said, bumping his fists together.

"Right. To get to the underground passage, we need to break through the Vampire Queen and her army occupying the first floor."

In response to Su-hyeon's words, Hong In-hyeon asked.

"Can we do it with just us?"

"Why are you like this?"

Hwang Ji-su answered instead.

"We won't know until we try."

"And we have to do it anyway."

Su-hyeon, who said that, took out a mana potion from his chest and drank it.

"Whew."

The mana consumed from repeatedly using Chukji while carrying his comrades was being replenished to some extent.

"The discussion got long, but our objective is clear now."

"Yes."

"Let's go in."

Boom!

Hong In-hyeon's blade wind, Kim A-yun's lightning, and Hwang Ji-su's ice freezing.

The powerful attacks of the three easily broke through the defensive wall, allowing the six cadets to enter.

"We did it!"

"Let's break through and go in!"

Su-hyeon and Yu-jin, who took the lead, knocked down the Ma-in blocking their way and entered the first-floor lobby.

"This is."

"Urgh!"

It was truly a horrific sight.

Blood was splattered everywhere, and severed limbs and dying lives filled the place, making the cadets feel nauseous and hesitate.

"So you've come, Su-hyeon."

Paradoxically, the Vampire Queen, without a single drop of blood on her, gave them a seductive smile.

"I've been waiting."

An ominous and sticky mana pressed down on the cadets.