Episode 40 New Student Hunt (10)
―Active skill 《Absolute Calculation》 is activated.
―Are you going to destroy the mind manipulation magic «Brainwashing»?
Jaehyun nodded his head softly.
Patsut……!
Soon, dark magic power containing life force began to leak from the hand placed on An Ho-yeon’s forehead.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
mete -spinning, and completely covered his face.
A thin thread of magical power wraps around Ahn Ho-yeon’s head, and intervenes in the < brainwashing > formula that is applied to him.
After a while.
With a crackling noise like stepping on glass, the translucent window rose again in the air.
―You have cleared the subquest 《Save the brainwashed cadet!》.
―You will receive a blank card as a reward.
A message that comes from a voice that pours out like crazy.
Jaehyun let out a deep breath and quietly watched Ahn Hoyeon’s body wriggling.
After a while.
The remnants of magic began to lift.
The scenery that had been dyed white gradually faded, and the unmanned camera in the subspace regained its function and began to move its head left and right.
‘Now this is the best. Revealing all my skills here is poison.’
Jae-hyun activated Flash Bomb a while ago and disturbed Gu-Jin’s vision.
It was because he had no intention of revealing his EX-class skill «Absolute Calculation».
Keep your hand hidden as much as possible without revealing it to your opponent.
In order to survive as a raider, it was much more advantageous to have a lot of secrets.
‘Especially «Absolute Calculation» is a skill that can establish a starting point in battle. I can’t show that to Gu Jain.’
“Ugh…….”
While organizing my thoughts.
A moan escaped from An Ho-yeon’s mouth.
‘Amazing resilience. It’s been less than 30 minutes since I fell down, but I thought I’d already get up.’
Jaehyun nodded, genuinely admiring his physical abilities.
‘As expected, Seo In-na and Ahn Ho-yeon are one of the best in the military. They have different innate talents.’
Even at Milles Academy, where only monsters gather, the two were by far the best talents.
A truly overwhelming genius who is admired by others.
Jaehyun calmly asked Ahn Hoyeon, who raised her body as if she had come to her senses.
“Are you out of your mind?”
“Uh… are you?”
The loose focus quickly finds its place.
Ahn Ho-yeon, who was staggering for a while, tilted his head as if it was strange looking at the reenactment in front of his eyes.
“This is… the forest of nightmares?”
“Exactly right there. By the way, you suddenly attacked me and got beaten up.”
“……what?! Did I attack you?”
Ahn Ho-yeon endured a shattering headache and looked back at her memories from earlier.
“……voice. I heard a strange voice Then, as if his body was possessed by something, he moved on his own…”
Jaehyun replied as if it was not a big deal.
“not a big deal. It happened because of the mind-altering magic.”
“……You mean I attacked you because I was manipulated by magic? But…”
It was something Hoyeon Ahn could not readily understand.
In general, the rank of change-type magic that manipulates the body and mind of others is very high.
At least B grade or higher. Most of the skills that could be used to a certain extent were above A-class.
But where is this place?
Isn’t it a sub-space specially designed so that only C-level skills can be used?
It was impossible to use the higher skill that Jaehyun mentioned in such a place.
There.
‘In the first place, there is no way among the cadets to be able to handle such high-level magic.’
Hoyeon Ahn looked up and saw Jaehyun looking down at him.
Eyes demanding an explanation.
Jaehyun was annoyed but continued as if he couldn’t help it.
“Someone else intervened in the freshman hunt. The game is rigged by a mogul that the cadets don’t even dare to mess with. I don’t know exactly what purpose it is.”
Jaehyun added that at the end to avoid arousing unnecessary suspicion.
Ahn Ho-yeon narrowed his eyes and asked again.
“……What kind of existence he is. Why did you intervene in the freshman hunt? do you know?”
“no.”
Jaehyun answered right away.
It is useless to say that Chairman Koo Ja-in did the work here.
Anyway, if you go through the following events one after another, Ahn Ho-yeon will also come to know his true nature.
There’s no need to be scared right now.
Now, more than anything, it was important that the two of them were fine and that Jaehyun had just obtained a new blank card.
‘Just in time it went well. If you do this, you will be able to copy another higher level skill.’
A smile spread across Jaehyun’s lips.
Meanwhile, Ahn Ho-yeon lowered her head and fell into contemplation.
He ruminated on the situation a moment ago and looked back at himself.
right after losing consciousness.
Blind voices telling him to attack Min Jae-hyeon resonated in his head.
A strange sensation that is both sweet and gnaws at the mind.
Thanks to this, Ahn Ho-yeon lost his sense and completely lost control of his body.
As soon as he found Jaehyun Min, he attacked him and even broke the rules and abused his A-class skills.
but.
Even though he tried to kill him, he could never defeat Jaehyun.
‘……Is this my limit now?’
Ahn Ho-yeon put strength into his legs.
He said, getting up from his seat.
“Sorry. You…”
“Okay. ‘Cause I’m fine No injuries. Rather, you’ll get hit and it will hurt a little.”
“no. I’ll recover to this level soon… oops!”
Ahn Ho-yeon, who had been catching up, coughed and bent his knees and back.
Jaehyun scratched the bridge of his nose with an embarrassing face and watched him.
‘……Did I hit you too hard?’
Ahn Ho-yeon, who struggled to straighten up again, bowed lightly.
“thanks. I could have been in real trouble if I didn’t.”
“Easy. it’s okay. Anyway, you should be fine with this. Even if I was out now, I would have earned enough points.”
“no way. Your score is much higher. It’s over 1 million points. Was it great?”
Ahn Ho-yeon waved his hand at Jae-hyun’s words.
‘Come to think of it, the kids must be doing well.’
Jaehyun brought up the system window to check if the two of them were doing well.
His current tally of points is 1.3 million.
‘Still, the two of them seem to be doing well. I’ll have to join you soon.’
Jaehyun put his hands in his pockets with a satisfied face and turned around.
“Then I will go. Let’s do well for the rest of our time.”
Ahn Ho-yeon hurriedly grabbed Jae-hyun’s wrist at the dry words.
“Wait a minute! take this.”
He handed Jaehyun something he was holding in his hand.
Jaehyun’s expression hardened a little.
“……What are you doing now?”
Jaehyun looked at the object Ahn Hoyeon handed to him with a puzzled look.
He spoke in a calm tone.
“If you don’t have a badge, you’re out of the game.”
“doesn’t care. Anyway, as you said, I’ve accumulated quite a lot of points. and.”
For a very short moment, Ahn Ho-yeon’s eyes showed a friendly spirit.
“I lost. It doesn’t matter if it’s not a rule. I lost, so this is yours.”
“Ha…”
Jaehyun couldn’t figure out how to react to the unexpected situation.
Obviously, Ahn Ho-yeon has a weak temper and is timid. However, he would never have been the type to take his own losses.
Ahn Ho-yeon tensed his neck as if to solidify his promise.
“I lost this time…but not next time. Because then I will win. So give it.”
“That’s not something to say to a life saver…but what are you doing?”
I thought that Ahn Ho-yeon had an unexpectedly cheesy side.
Jaehyun scratched his head and accepted the name tag given by Hoyeon Ahn.
An item worth only 10,000 points.
however.
The brief agony he had to hand over to Jae-hyeon must have been worth more than that.
‘Perhaps the next thing Ahn Ho-yeon is talking about is the Milles School Festival.’
There, the two will inevitably face each other again.
Jaehyun thought.
Will he be able to beat Ahn Ho-yeon like he is now?
After a while. The refreshing sound of the system announced the outcome of this battle.
―Player ‘Ahn Ho-yeon’ is out.
―10,000 points have been added to the players ‘Min Jae-hyeon’, ‘Seo Eana’ and ‘Kim Yoo-jung’ teams.
Ahn Ho-yeon’s body became translucent and soon disappeared completely from the sub-space.
A smile appeared on Jaehyun’s lips.
In his hand was the name tag handed to him by Ahn Ho-yeon a moment ago.
Only 10,000 points went up.
However, Jaehyun’s whole body was filled with a high sense of exaltation.
A talent called the star of martial arts that he coveted so much. Ahn Ho-yeon.
Such a person held out his name tag and admitted defeat.
Commitment to the following.
“It’s just the beginning…is this it?”
For the first time, I felt that I was taking a step forward.
Draug Skeleton Soldier Night Shade… He had won against various enemies, but it was a completely different feeling.
Let go of the weak past and move forward.
Briskly and step by step.
Jaehyun looked at the place where Ahn Hoyeon disappeared for a moment, then turned his back.
About two hours left.
Jaehyun took a step back to snatch the current student’s name tag.
* * *
―The 72-hour event ‘New Student Hunt’ has ended.
―transmitted to the real world.
―Acquisition points are added.
-Acquired 1.53 million points.
―It broke the all-time high.
Geeeeing…….
With the noise of the transmission magic, the sub-space slowly begins to close. The gaping abyss shuts its mouth, and the enveloping mana slowly dissipates.
All time limits have passed.
Jae-hyun quickly reunited with the group after a decisive battle with Ahn Ho-yeon and took away more students’ name badges.
Thanks to the last day, there were many students who went out to hunt the freshmen who had abandoned the shelter.
Thanks to that, the three of them were able to earn a lot of additional points and solidify their 1st place.
In ‘Freshman Hunt’, they succeeded in breaking the all-time high of 1.14 million points.
1.53 million.
It was the point they finally got.
A feat that could never have been accomplished with six combatless radars.
Of course, this result was possible because Jaehyun’s meticulous preparations and the three people’s breathing matched.
Jaehyun murmured softly as he saw his name hanging at the top of the rankings.
“1.53 million…… I think this is pretty good.”
“hey. Still, it’s a new all-time high, but where’s the point if you’re a little more happy? Inaya. is not it?”
Kim Yoo-jung stuck out her mouth and said.
Seo Ina swiped her chin with her index finger and thumb and said with a serious face.
“If I had one more hour, even 1.6 million would be enough……”
“They are definitely insane.”
Kim Yoo-jung stuck her tongue out as if she was fed up.
Isn’t it normal to be a little more happy when you’ve worked so hard to get the highest score?
‘There’s a certain degree to having a high competitive spirit.’
Kim Yoo-jung shook her head and looked at Jae-hyun as if she had suddenly remembered something.
An excited voice came out of her mouth.
“More than that. With these points, you can live very luxuriously for a while, right?”
“Well… In general, if you multiply the acquired points by 10, it’s about the same as the original amount. I think you can say that I earned about 15.3 million won.”
“…was that a lot of money?”
Seo Ina opened her eyes wide and asked if she was shocked.
Jaehyun added as if it was no big deal.
“I am number one. Since you guys are tied for second, you’ll probably get extra points.”
“huh? Were there any extra points?”
Kim Yoo-jung asked with her eyes wide open as if she didn’t know.
Jaehyun nodded.
“uh. Was it 1 million points?”
“Pearl million?!”
In general, up to 3rd place in an event hosted by Milles Academy will earn an additional 1 million points.
Hearing Jaehyun’s words, Yujeong Kim and Ina Seo looked at each other and became surprised.
“He’s rich now!”
“……huh!”
The two embraced each other with thrilled faces.
Jaehyun shook his head in shock.
“Ah really… Guys? It’s embarrassing, so could you both please stop?”
Even if it wasn’t, he passed the event in first place and was getting attention from other cadets.
But why did you do such a noticeable overaction?
Jaehyun looked around and quietly took a few steps back.
As if the two of you weren’t part of the same group.
And then.
I could feel the presence of a man approaching the three of them.
Jaehyun moved his gaze towards the direction of the footsteps and bit his lip lightly.
‘Something has come.’
A middle-aged man with a familiar face appeared in front of the group.
Seokgi Kim.
He smiled kindly and bowed lightly to them.
“hello. everyone. This is Instructor Kim Seok-gi. Why did you meet at the pickup on the first day?”
“oh! yes. Instructor.”
“……hello.”
Only then did the two people who were hugging each other fall.
Instructor Kim Seok-gi looked them over and whispered in a low voice that others couldn’t hear.
“I have something to tell you three. It’s difficult here… why don’t you move your seat?”
“That story. Do we have anything to do with the points we got from the ‘freshman hunt’ this time?”
Jaehyun asked sharply.
Kim Seok-gi nodded slightly.
“you’re right.”
“Let’s go.”
Jaehyun took the lead.
Kim Seok-ki and his party followed him with surprised eyes.
Seo Ina cautiously approached Jaehyun and whispered a question.
“…Hey…… I’ll just listen to where I’m going and then go.”
“Chairman’s office.”
Jaehyun deliberately raised his voice.
At his words, Kim Seok-gi narrowed his eyes and looked at Jae-hyun.
A smile spread across Jaehyun’s lips.
“Am I wrong?”
Silence flows for a while.
Instructor Kim Seok-ki nodded again and looked back at the three of them.
“you’re right. This is a call from Min Jae-hyeon, Seo In-na, and Kim Yoo-jung, and director Koo Ja-in.”
