181 – Salty & Sweet (3)
“After.”
Jang Woo-hee took a deep breath.
Since her childhood, she has been thoroughly raised as an assassin, which is rare for her not to make much noise.
For two hours without a break, he continued to practice daggers and corrected my swordsmanship.
I handed her a handkerchief to her now that she was covered in sweat.
“Thank you.”
Jang Woo-hee took her handkerchief and wiped her sweat.
I am more grateful.
Thanks to her, she has some sense of how to use her breath.
Her most basic method is to breathe out at the moment she uses her power, such as an attack.
Her theory was that one sure attack was more powerful than ten clumsy ones.
It was a fairly understandable reason. Because offense is harder than defense.
Still, she only got a feel for basic breathing.
My swordsmanship is complex, unlike Woohee Jang’s monotonous daggers.
Of course, most of the origins of my swordsmanship came from strong people called Maximin and the Sword Demon.
I couldn’t even figure out how to mix breathing suitable for such a high level of swordsmanship.
I must continue to learn from Jang Woo-hee.
As I was organizing my thoughts, she said.
“…Tell me now. My friend’s whereabouts.”
Something has come.
I looked at her with her plain eyes.
“Woo Hyo-yeon is currently in the magical city in the north.”
“·······!”
When I mentioned Woo Hyo-yeon’s name, Jang Woo-hee’s eyes widened.
No wonder, she only wanted me to find a friend, because she had never told me that friend’s name.
Jang Woo-hee pondered, and then she opened her mouth again.
“I know that the Magic City is a very large and complex place. I want to know the exact location.”
Then she looked up at me.
Of course I know where it is. The place where Woo Hyo-yeon is imprisoned is [Pod Company], The base of Maitree, the main 13 executives of [Turning White].
But in the current situation, it would be wise not to say anything.
No matter how excellent Jang Woo-hee is, she is still no match for My Tree.
And inside the [Ford Company], Besides Mytree, there are a lot of strong people.
“The specific location is yet to be seen.”
“I see.”
“There was one more scene I watched.”
“·······!”
Woohee Jang opened her eyes. Her lips quivered.
“What is it?”
“You must remember what happened in the forest north of the academy before.”
Not too long ago, I dealt with Melon, a low-level executive in [Turning White].
Jang Woo-hee quickly nodded her head.
“Yes.”
“It was a scene where a group of people showed behavior patterns similar to GNOME and used the same password. The number is at least one hundred.”
“······· Ha.”
Jang Woo-hee bit her lip. Her normally emotionless eyes were clearly burning.
It’s obvious what she’s thinking right now.
“If you are going to fight alone, stop. It’s impossible.”
“······Right now, even at this moment, Hyoyeon must be suffering. I have to go.”
“But she is still alive. They are a large organization that already has a system in place. Rather than blindly killing and torturing people, they would act in a way that benefits them. And you can never deal with them alone.”
“Still, how could you… Stay still!”
Jang Woo-hee shouted in an angry voice.
However, [Pod Company] Is the base of Mytree. Most of the strong people under his command are gathered.
They can win even in an all-out war against any large guild.
Unless you are a strong player outside of the standard, you cannot deal with a well-organized organization with a single body.
Of course, Jang Woo-hee is the daughter of the head of Equilibrium, a crazy organization that wages war against a country.
However, she is still unable to mobilize Equilibrium’s advanced workforce.
I looked at Jang Woo-hee, who was screaming silently.
“Woo Hyo-yeon is Jang Woo-hee. What that means to you, I don’t know.”
“·······.”
“But in the end, you and I have the same purpose.”
I looked into Jang Woo-hee’s eyes and said.
Her annoyance had stopped somewhat.
“Your purpose is to rescue Woo Hyo-yeon. My purpose is to wipe out that organization.”
“·······.”
“It’s not the end of the guys gathered in the northern magic city. The scale was bigger than expected. They’re sneaking all over the continent. Last week, the academic seminar held at the branch of the Hero Association was also infiltrated.”
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“Currently, we are gathering people who will support us. At this speed, during this winter vacation, I will be able to carry out my purpose in earnest. The first goal is—”
Jang Woo-hee listens to me in silence.
I continued.
“It is to annihilate those who have taken root in the northern magic city. Wait until then.”
“······Really, huh?”
Jang Woo-hee, who kept her mouth shut, said. Her voice was trembling.
I said nonchalantly.
“I have no intention of forcing you, Jang Woo-hee. But if you believe me, I promise you one thing.”
“What is it?”
I grabbed her delicate shoulder as her whole body was shaking.
“I will save Woo Hyo-yeon.”
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A back alley near the training ground of the Faculty of Bravery.
After the meeting with Jang Woo-hee, Theo, who finished taking a shower, took out the contact crystal sphere for Amy from her arms.
‘…I don’t get it.’
However, there was no response from Amy.
This is rare. She was contacted like a knife most of the time.
A suspicious light shone on Theo’s calm face.
‘What happened.’
I have an unusual feeling.
······ Amy said she would be near the Knights Faculty.
‘I’ll have to go to the Knights Faculty first.’
That’s how Theo is trying to move to the Circular Wagon Station of the College of Bravery,
Weiying, weiying, weiying──
I got a call from Amy.
Theo immediately took the crystal ball out of her arms.
─What is it, Amy?
─······Sorry, boy. While taking a walk around the College of Engineering with my fist, I met Miss Siena and stopped—
It’s obvious even if you don’t listen to the back.
The relationship between divine beasts and spirits is instinctively hostile.
Of course, the spirit sorcerer and the divine cult are hostile.
Siena, your fist.
Who would growl at each other without doing anything first.
─······Yes. Is the situation over?
─No. Miss Eisha is coordinating with Miss Kushi and Miss Sienna in the middle. I’m in a situation where I’ve been away for a while and contacted the young master.
─I understand. Tell me the location go right away
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‘Hmm, where is it?’
When Theo arrived at the place Amy said and tried to look around,
“No~ Aisha! Are you siding with him now?”
“Aww… Where are you not taking sides, Siena! This is the first time I’ve ever seen someone seriously fighting with a dog for over 30 minutes!”
“Mom, what are you talking about, Aisha? I told you earlier, but he’s just a puppy in his shell?!”
─Roaring, roaring! Kong! Cuckoo!
I heard the voices of two familiar women and animals.
Theo went straight there and stood between Sienna and Eisha, her fists clasped.
“What happened?”
“Oh, Theo. Did you come for me? I was thrilled. But wait a minute. Today, I will definitely avenge Singssingi and Ssangssangi.”
Sienna looked at Theo for a moment and glared at her knuckles again.
Ssingssingi, Ssingssingyi are the nicknames for the low- and mid-level wind spirits that Siena has.
Isha looked at Theo with her pitiful eyes.
“Theo… Stop it. It’s been like that for over 30 minutes. I am so embarrassed that I want to hide in a mouse hole. Ugh-“
─Keeein!
She was startled.
It was because the fist that was in her arms jumped to Theo and held it.
“·······.”
Theo looked down at the trembling knuckles in my arms.
Fists were panting as if they would run out of breath at any moment.
It was the first time I had seen something like this.
Amy, who was standing next to Isha, frowned between her brows and glared at Sienna.
It was an urgent situation, but
“Huh.”
Theo’s head was rather cold.
‘The Fist managed to scare away the intermediate level spirit before. If that’s the case, the spirit next to Siena is…’
It is assumed to be at least advanced.
Higher level spirits have a level that is incomparable to that of intermediate level spirits.
‘In this work, Siena has been accompanied by her higher spirits since the second semester of her second year.’
Even if it was fast, it was too fast. She was used to the future changing, but this time she was greatly surprised.
This is the Holy Land of Spirits, not Great Forest, but Ellinia Academy.
There must have been a special occasion for Siena.
‘······Anyway, we’ll figure this out later.’
There are more urgent matters.
Theo quickly organized his thoughts.
“Wait a minute. I have a place to go.”
At the same time as he said that, he quickly disappeared with his knuckles in his arms.
He used all the mana stored in the [Magic Cartridge] To use the [Hast] Magic.
“No, Theo! Where are you going? Don’t leave me aaa-“
Aisha cried out sadly.