106. Sacrifice Apostle Leteia – (2)
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ugh… .
The ghouls encountered with grotesque cries rushed across the ground at once.
He immediately raised the window, but frowned.
‘It’s not an easy monster to deal with.’
I felt it as soon as I saw it.
When I was walking around for the first time, I thought that the instructors would have been kind to some extent as it was my first practice.
It must be an easy monster for a cadet to deal with.
Rеаd at ոоbӏеmtӏ.соm
Jjaeng!!
However, facing the ghoul in person, it never felt like that.
The moment he struck the ghoul with the blade, the repulsive force he felt in his hand was as if he were facing a lump of iron.
“…Karite. Keep your distance and watch calmly.”
Even so, he did not forget to spit out the words so that Karite could be relieved.
Now, in my field of vision, there were other cadets not far away, and each of them was fiercely confronting the ghoul.
Faced with the ghoul right away, I didn’t have any room at all or anything like that. Most fortunately, the ghouls did not act as a group.
ugh!
Smack! good!
The ghoul that had been thrown off the window jumped up again.
“…”
I calmed down with the overlay of mana on the spear blade.
The ghoul’s body was as hard as a lump of iron.
And it’s not just the monsters called ghouls.
‘This world.’
All monsters have an overwhelming correction to their physical resistance.
And that’s why I assumed.
There are several methods for spearmanship to deal with monsters with solid mass.
Concentrate extreme power on one point and pierce even that mass at once, or swing the spear at an angle as if shedding the mass it encounters.
Among them, I chose the latter.
ㅡ! ㅡㅡㅡ!!
The body of the ghoul, like black mud, made me feel stronger every time I encountered it, and sparks continued to fly from the blade of the spear that met the fiercely swinging ghoul’s claws.
As he continued to attack the ghoul, he thought of his weaknesses.
The relative law I heard from the Vermont instructor was elemental, not physical. It was particularly vulnerable to fire-type elements.
Most of the cadets in the group formed a two-person group with physics + elemental classes. However, the situation was not good enough for me to borrow Karite’s strength right away.
—-If you want to deal with the ghoul with physical force, you should aim for the vital points. A ghoul’s weakness is a human vital. Those who were originally human were transformed into monsters.
Recalling the instructor’s voice, I made up my mind.
The vital points that immediately come to mind are the head and heart. And among them, if it’s a good space to stab with a spear and break at once… .
‘heart.’
Piercing through the head is probably best, but it will take a lot more effort to do so.
If the already solid skull overlaps the given physical resistance… . It would be impossible to pierce through with any force.
Most importantly, the amount of mana I had wasn’t that great, so I wasn’t sure I could pierce the head.
ugh!!
The moment I, too, struck off the violently rushing ghoul’s hand with force,
Seruk!
I took a step back with my left foot and quickly retrieved the spear.
Shuuk!
At the same time as holding a strong grip on the spearhead, which was retrieved more quickly than when extending it, mana was condensed at the tip of the spearhead.
The moment when you want to be young clearly in the blue light.
Shuuk!
My spear was already crossing the atmosphere.
hooked!
The blade of the spear pierced the chest of the ghoul that hesitated like that.
The blade of the spear, engulfed in blue light, completely penetrated the ghoul’s heart.
“…”
Even at that moment, I was not careless.
ugh… .
It was to determine whether the ghoul’s movement had completely stopped or not, and the ghoul collapsed more easily than expected.
He took a short breath and retrieved the spear as it was.
Poof!
As I brushed off the ghoul’s rotten blood-stained spear blade, I turned my head and saw Karite staring at me with a surprised face.
A sphere of water is created in her hand. I laughed involuntarily.
“…awesome.”
As I approached Karite, who admired me, I shook my head.
“no. So, is that water sphere trying to help me?”
“I don’t know if it will help… but just in case.”
Even though Karite replied as if she was sorry for me, I really didn’t mind.
On the contrary, I felt proud of Karite who showed off her power even just like that.
“I like the desire to help. And I want you to use the power that has been manifested so that you can protect yourself.”
“However. Then I am of no help to you.”
“Karite.”
He called out to her resolutely and met her gaze.
Karite’s light red eyes looking up at me were filled with anxiety once again.
Maybe… just feeling sorry for me makes me feel negative. He placed his hand carefully on her shoulder.
“I told you when I first paired up.”
“…but.”
“I am really fine. Because I saw your potential and teamed up with you. So, you don’t have to be so sorry now. I might be of great help to you in the future.”
I put a condition on her first.
The reason I’m dedicating myself to her in today’s lecture is to get that kind of help from her in the future.
So that Karite doesn’t feel sorry for me. At the same time, I was also trying to find a justification for being with Karite.
In fact, unique-class characteristics were really rare in the first place. Even among the A-class cadets, the number of cadets with uniqueness was less than 30%.
Because that high and rare trait is unique.
“So. got it?”
When I said it a little strongly, Karite accepted it hesitantly.
“…thank you.”
“You don’t have to thank me. If you perform better later, you can return that much to me.”
Even as I smiled and said it, I sincerely thought that such a future was possible.
‘If I could only change Karite’s future today.’
She was like a flower about to bloom in the future.
Shaking off all the negativity from her body, Karite will surely be able to move forward properly. Then, characteristics that have not seen the light of day will bloom even more greatly.
If that happens, the cadets in this C class now. I was half-sure that she would get ahead of anyone else.
In fact, even if it doesn’t. It doesn’t matter.
‘Because I’ll make it happen.’
After today, I thought I would spend my time so that Karite could see properly.
“Then I think we should proceed step by step.”
He organized his thoughts and spoke lightly.
“okay. I will trust you.”
Seeing Karite reply as if she regained her energy, we started walking again.
Chaeeng!
Roaring!
Pasasac… .
Even when I saw several cadets simultaneously confronting the ghouls in various places of my field of vision… I never thought that I would be greatly separated from the other cadets.
The greatest danger, in my view, was to appear as ‘isolation’.
so. I was going to be with the other cadets as much as possible.
‘I can fill the subjugation quota sufficiently.’
The subjugation target given to each group is 10.
Now that I have just subdued one and collected the ghoul’s left ear in a bag. I thought I could do it myself enough.
Then the car.
again.
…For a moment, I had the illusion that the sound of my steps was out of sync.
I turned my head blankly and saw Karite staggering.
Surprised, he supported Karite.
“…Karite? what’s the matter?”
“Oh, nothing. I must have stepped on the wrong foot at the moment.”
Karite smiled awkwardly and stood upright. I had to feel uneasy for no reason.
again.
…After that, when Karite started to walk naturally, her heart was very tense even as she kept pace.
‘What was it?’
What is Karite’s appearance just now?
It was impossible to suddenly stumble. Of course, since it’s in the woods, it’s not impossible that you took a wrong step… .
A little while ago, that appearance felt unreasonable.
“Because the road is rough though. Be careful.”
“Yeah… Thanks for your concern.”
Even while watching Karite smile lightly at me… .
The uneasiness in his heart never went away.
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soundless ringing.
The resonance continues to pass through the space without a trace.
In addition, as time passed, the intensity of the echo also gradually increased.
So, there was no time for the being to receive the echo to recognize that the echo was being transmitted. Like a cloth that is slowly getting wet, the resonant was transmitted so naturally.
…
-I wish I could just die.
-What would happen if Han Chun-seong died right here and now?
-What if I don’t trim the ghoul’s nails in time?
-Don’t you think the ghouls will eat Agar Castle soon?
Endless auditory hallucinations lingered in Karite’s ears.
…As if forcibly injecting negative thoughts into her, the auditory hallucinations gripped Karite more intensely than ever.
Still, biting her lips hard, Karite endured countless auditory hallucinations ringing in her ears.
“……”
On the contrary, he kept his place and put Han Chun-seong, who stood alone against the ghouls, more in his own eyes.
Black eyes calmly sunken.
The firmness felt in the arms holding the spear pole.
ugh… !
Han Chun-seong calmly looked at the fiercely rushing ghouls, and the spearhead did not shake even for an instant.
Rеаd at ոоbӏеmtӏ.соm
Jjaeng!
It just straight up stopped the ghoul so easily, and it didn’t even take a few sparks to fly, so the spear edge was quickly enveloped in a deep blue aura.
it was a precursor
Han Chun-seong shows extreme mana management before finishing off the ghoul.
ㅡㅡㅡ!
At once, the mana contained in the spear blade is greatly concentrated, forming a brilliant blue color.
It was like a kind of skill that could only be shown when the use of mana reached a high level.
hooked!
And when the blue spear blade pierced the heart of the ghoul, I was relieved again.
‘Agar is strong.’
It was uniquely strong enough to be said to be stronger than any other cadet here.
So I, too, could not be shaken by the hallucinations that kept ringing in my ears.
The picture of Han Chun-seong being attacked by ghouls was not drawn. Rather, it seemed that Han Chun-seong would overcome the ghoul for granted.
swish
When Han Chun-seong turned his head to me as if lightly shaking off blood, a smile leaked out involuntarily.
– I’ll die next time.
-You think the mana of Hancheonseong is infinite?
-Han Chun-seong is obviously overdoing it now.
-Don’t you think it’s because you’re by my side right now?
And at that moment, the hallucination heard again, and the smile faded.
“…Karite?
I smiled awkwardly at the voice of Han Chun-seong who approached me before I knew it.
“It was really great just now.”
“That’s great. But it just seemed like his expression had hardened. Do you have any concerns?”
And even though my heart was colored with warmth as he gently cared about me.
A small delusion also occupied one side of the mind.
‘If you’re overdoing it… .’
Vivid use of mana seen when Agar Star penetrates the heart of a ghoul. It felt like just seeing how much mana it consumed.
…Of course, it can’t be used infinitely. It’s because the condensation of that intense mana cannot be easily demonstrated.
“Nothing to worry about. Just agar. Could you give me a hand?”
“hand?”
While puzzled by my sudden words, Han Chun-seong held out his hand to me.
Seruk.
Let me hold that hand carefully. Han Chun-seong looked startled, but focused his attention for a moment.
ㅡ!
Fine mana flows through the fingertips and connects to the body of Han Chun-seong.
And when I tried to feel it through that mana, it was clearly visible.
How much total mana the Agar Castle can hold, and how much mana is currently available.
“……”
The moment I checked it, it felt as if my heart sank.
‘Almost none.’
Overall, the usable mana was too small.
“Karite?”
As if surprised, I carefully removed my hand from the voice calling me.
“I’m sorry for suddenly holding your hand… By the way, agar. Let’s take a break for a while.”
Even as I spoke, my voice seemed to tremble.