I Entered an Academy in a Ruined Game

Chapter 305 : Honing the Blade (6)

"Dead ones! Your new master is here!"

"Is here!"

Two of Nebirhos's heads cawed.

"Hehehe, these humans are quite skilled! To make such a sturdy wall!"

"Such a wall!"

Nebirhos.

He, a demon with three crow heads on a human body, was the most excellent necromancer and also the most excellent black magician.

All corpses and souls were mere playthings to him.

If he activated his authority, he could make his opponent feel any pain he desired.

"Is that Great Overlord Nebirhos who turned the Middle East into a land of death?"

Chief of Staff Heo Sung-gyeom clenched his fist.

"Listen, humans! The Jeong Su-hyeon you believe in has already been sucked into another dimension! All because he stupidly let his guard down!"

"Let his guard down!"

"You fools should surrender peacefully! I'll give you the honor of serving Lord Nebirhos both in life and death!"

"The honor!"

"...That bird head is annoyingly loud."

"I agree."

Kim Cheol-han, irritated by the repeated cawing sounds, overlapped his palms and fired an air bullet.

The demons were so numerous that there was no problem hitting something without even aiming.

"But he's truly a troublesome enemy."

Heo Sung-gyeom made a phlegmy sound.

"He's the type I'd least want to face in this kind of large-scale siege."

Nebirhos not only raised the corpses of dead demons but also.

He injected the souls of ancient heroes, kings, warriors, and villains he had collected into the demons' bodies to make them fight.

"Hahaha, even if the bodies aren't their own, the realms contained in those souls are real! My army grows stronger the more it fights!"

"Grows stronger!"

Nebirhos shouted, flapping the black wings that grew from his shoulders.

"You should obediently become my soldiers too! If you're useful, I'll find you good bodies!"

He was repeatedly absorbing the souls of humans who died in battle and then choosing suitable bodies to raise them again.

"Truly terrifying. I wouldn't want to die like that."

"Neither would I."

Kim Cheol-han frowned.

"The problem is... our troops will think the same."

Nebirhos's loud boasting and his necromancy raising the dead were effectively eating away at the troops' morale.

But.

"Shut that bullshit up!"

Even amidst all this, there were those who were performing brilliantly and devastating the demon army.

Boom!

1st Unit Captain Jo Sujin was riding the wind, unleashing slashes while killing or checking Nebirhos's powerful executives.

"They can't rise again if they're reduced to ashes! It's a simple matter, isn't it?"

3rd Unit Captain Seol Ji-yun was setting up barriers of fire reminiscent of hellfire, sweeping the ground, causing explosions, and wielding flame pillars to indiscriminately melt demons.

"In this kind of battlefield, Captain Seol Ji-yun's dominance is truly the best."

"I agree."

Meanwhile, there were those fighting outside the walls as well.

"Get out of the way!"

The 5th Unit's Baek Seung-yun took on the role of a charging commander wrapped in radiance, maneuvering freely among the demons.

Whack whack whack!

Slash!

The 10th Unit's 'Fist King' Jin Seong-geun and the 13th Unit's Were-Ratel Go Seong-jin.

The two hand-to-hand combat specialists were facing powerful individuals and preventing allied casualties.

Meanwhile, instructor-background members like Koo Hyeong-min, Oh Chang-seong, Jang Han-su, and Seok Hong-jae were also performing brilliantly.

"Unit Commander Koo!"

"Senior Squad Leader Seok!"

"Hold on a little longer!"

"I'll help you now!"

They sniped enemies by shooting light bullets and powerful arrows.

"Unit Commander Oh, Unit Commander Jang!"

"Well done blocking. Fall back and rest a bit!"

They fought fiercely, beating down and stabbing demons.

"Damn it, they keep coming endlessly!"

It was truly an all-out war.

It felt like they had held out for hours, but the fact that not even 30 minutes had passed made it hard to breathe.

'It's okay. Jeong Su-hyeon will definitely return!'

'He's a man who survived even that terrible explosion. This can't end so emptily.'

Yet with faith in Su-hyeon, everyone was holding out without losing their fighting spirit.

Simply put.

If Andromalius were to come back to life and attack this place now, the [Human Fortress] had become so solid that they would actually need to consider retreating due to being pushed back.

"The west is in danger!"

"I'll go!"

Even Commander 'Divine Spear' Gong I-an, who had been waiting in reserve, was moving busily to fill the weak links.

In addition, many other high-ranking members were fighting with all their might against the army of death led by Nebirhos, causing the humor in Nebirhos's voice to gradually diminish.

'Well now.'

'This isn't the time to be dragging things out. That bastard Jeong Su-hyeon might pop out doing who knows what.'

'Who knows what!'

Nebirhos's three heads exchanged glances.

"Target their masks! If their masks break, they can't do anything!"

"Can't do anything!"

When Nebirhos issued the new directive, the demons' movements changed to attacking masks.

"Those with damaged masks, retreat and get new ones!"

"Don't hesitate to fall back! Do you want to become Ma-in here?"

The command section's quick measures rendered that attempt futile.

"Damn, I can't just sit here watching."

"Can't just watch!"

Gugugugugugu.

Each time Nebirhos moved his hands busily, powerful curses and malicious thoughts engulfed the Execution Force members.

"Kyaaak! It's too hot!"

"It hurts too much!"

"Mother...!"

Some writhed in pain feeling what they feared most, or became weak-hearted and collapsed.

"What a dirty trick!"

Jo Sujin's wind quickly pulled them back to the rear.

"Heal them immediately!"

"Yes!"

The evacuated personnel were then treated by waiting healers or given sedatives to lose consciousness.

"Ohora, the most annoying one in this battlefield seems to be you!"

"Seems to be you!"

Then Nebirhos's gaze turned toward Jo Sujin.

Swish!

A black meteor shower fell toward her.

"Tch!"

"Su-jin, quickly dodge!"

"I'll cover you!"

While Seol Ji-yun, Koo Hyeong-min, and Seok Hong-jae busily shot down the meteors, Jo Sujin escaped the area with acrobatic flight.

"Whew, that was almost the end of me!"

But.

"I knew you'd come out here!"

"Your rampage ends here!"

Two executives who had been waiting where she would emerge pounced on Jo Sujin.

"Damn it!"

Boom!

Jo Sujin, whose shoulder was dislocated from blocking a giant mace, used the momentum of being knocked away to escape while popping her shoulder back in place.

"Kuuuugh! That fucking hurts!"

Jo Sujin, who endured the pain with curses, launched a wind slash at the demon who had knocked her back.

"Hmph, with such an attack... Kuhak!"

While the demon was blocking the slash.

Gong I-an, who had jumped up dozens of meters, pierced the demon's head with mysterious spear techniques.

"You bastard!"

"Hey, catch that one! He's the captain!"

"The captain!"

Two of Nebirhos's heads cawed excitedly.

"Oh my goodness, how could you jump in there alone!"

Jo Sujin quickly raised wind to pull Gong I-an's body back.

Clang clang clang clang!

Whack whack whack whack!

In that brief gap, Gong I-an withstood all the attacks concentrated on him from flying demons, then pierced their wings, necks, and hearts to shoot them down.

"...!"

A human who had reached the highest level of S+, and the man who had ascended to the highest realm of human martial arts since Ju Taeyang.

'Divine Spear' Gong I-an's martial prowess was not something to be taken lightly, even by a Great Overlord's executives.

"That's another interesting one."

"Interesting!"

Nebirhos's three heads looked at Gong I-an, Jo Sujin, and Seol Ji-yun respectively.

"First, we need to clear those ones away."

"Which one first?"

"The weakest one!"

The three heads quickly exchanged opinions.

And thus, the target became 1st Unit Captain Jo Sujin.

"Look at this."

Even as the Great Overlord's killing intent made her body stiffen.

"These bastards are really pissing me off."

Jo Sujin smiled with full fighting spirit.

'This is actually good.'

She was confident in her ability to hit and run.

'Time is on our side.'

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As everyone expected, or rather as everyone hoped.

After finally completely annihilating Furcas, who struggled to the end, Su-hyeon checked the time on his wrist device.

"...About 30 minutes."

Even though it was intended.

Honestly, even Su-hyeon himself felt that a worryingly long time had passed.

'No, but it couldn't be helped.'

If they couldn't hold out to some extent against the 5th and 6th ranked Great Overlords.

It would be too difficult to take them into future battles.

But even Su-hyeon couldn't guarantee victory that way.

'Forgive me.'

How many humans had died because of his decision?

Even if choosing the lesser evil was the right thing to do.

The results of that choice always weighed heavily on Su-hyeon.

'But I won't collapse because of it.'

If he collapsed now, all those sacrifices would be meaningless.

Su-hyeon knew well what was more important.

'Now let's get out of here.'

In the dimension of nothing but darkness, showing no signs of collapse despite Furcas's death.

Su-hyeon raised the Sain Sword to emit light.

Slash!

The Sain Sword sliced through the air.

The sword imbued with a transcendent's caliber and power sliced through the dimension.

'As expected.'

Even Belphegor had to make many arrangements to cross from Nastrond to Earth.

But this place was just a dimension created by a single demon.

For Su-hyeon with his higher caliber, creating a crack in the dimension was not a difficult task.

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Allocer was thoroughly enraged.

5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes passed, and now over 30 minutes.

Despite giving his all, he hadn't been able to kill a single one of the humans before him.

A huge war axe.

A gladius at his waist.

Two fists stronger and firmer than iron maces.

Agility that didn't match his size.

If Crosell was closer to a beautiful warrior who employed extreme martial arts.

Allocer was closer to a great warrior who tore his enemies apart with innate strength, fighting instinct, and battle sense.

Compared to him.

The humans wielding staffs, swords, and fists, the humans utilizing ice and shadow.

The human who was just a bit faster.

They were merely insignificant beings who could never match him.

Yet why?

They didn't fear him and bravely faced him, somehow offsetting the obvious power difference and endlessly targeting his blind spots to successfully land attacks.

Of course, the power difference was so great that he had many opportunities to crush the enemy's skull.

But each time, the telekinesis user or lightning and wind-controlling awakened ones who were facing his army would intervene, ruining his almost-completed meal.

Smack!

"Kugh!"

Kwon Seung-yeon's full-power kick collided with Allocer's light punch.

"Ow ow ow!"

Kwon Seung-yeon, whose soles and ankle bones cracked from the impact, instantly lowered her weight to near zero, did a somersault, and retreated outside Allocer's range.

"I'll split you in two!"

His war axe was brought down to cleave her, but.

Boom!

Kim A-yun's railgun, flying from afar, hit the side of the axe and twisted its trajectory.

"Damn it!"

Boom!

The war axe that cut through the air split and cracked the ground, creating a massive fissure.

Smack!

Stab!

Min Hae-na and Lee Yu-jin each struck Allocer with a staff and sword.

'Got you!'

But Allocer quickly drew his gladius with one hand and succeeded in cutting Min Hae-na's staff in half with a single stroke.

"!"

"Human! How long did you think you could escape like a loach!"

With a thunderous shout, the gladius aimed at Min Hae-na easily cut through Hwang Ji-su's ice wall.

Clang!

Lee Yu-jin, who blocked in front of Min Hae-na while stepping with fluid footwork, barely managed to deflect the sword strike.

Whirl!

Lee Yu-jin spun more than ten times in the air in an instant to barely dissipate the power, but.

'It's over!'

Allocer, who had calmly waited for the momentary stiffness, swung his gladius again to target Lee Yu-jin's waist.

But that stiffness was exactly what Lee Yu-jin had been aiming for.

Whoosh!

A sudden gust of wind roughly threw Lee Yu-jin into the air.

"Nice, In-hyeon!"

"That was close just now!"

"Damn it!"

Allocer's eyes burned even brighter after coming up empty-handed again.

"I can't stand this anymore!"

Roar!

Allocer's lion's roar reverberated through the air.

"I'll kill you all at once with my authority!"

Just as Allocer was about to reveal his authority, which he had been reluctant to use due to its high risk.

"That's far enough."

Along with Su-hyeon's voice, which shouldn't have been there, Allocer's right arm was sliced off like tofu.

"Kyaaaak!"

"Su-hyeon!"

"Jeong Su-hyeon!"

An indescribable joy appeared in the eyes of the Special Operations members.

"You all held out well."

"Kuuu, how on earth!"

"Is that all you people know how to say?"

Su-hyeon, who sneered at Allocer clutching his shoulder after losing his right arm, caught Lee Yu-jin with a princess carry as she was falling after being caught in the gust.

"You've worked hard. I'm glad you're safe."

"The same goes for Su-hyeon."

Lee Yu-jin answered with a slightly reddened face.

"This is beyond expectations. Everyone is truly amazing."

"That's because we believed Su-hyeon would return."

The two exchanged glances and smiled.

"Um, how long are you going to stay like that?"

Hwang Ji-su, feeling disgruntled, abruptly pushed her face in.

"Ahem."

"Hmm."

Su-hyeon, who put Lee Yu-jin down, said as he sheathed the Sain Sword.

"Furcas is dead. Now it's your turn."