I Got the Academy Morale Rune 153

Chapter 153 – Forgotten Dragon Knight’s Pride (1)

I couldn’t hide my embarrassment.

Ruler of Gravity, Cha Soo-yeon.
She is the head of the 〈 Villain 〉 clan, who oversees the academy, and is a key member of the upper class.

The starting point of the events that have happened at the academy so far.
It all started with Cha Soo-yeon’s hands.

The appearance of a monster inside the academy, the fact that Kim Chae-eun almost died from An Do-kwon’s blind axe, and the danger of Moon Ga-eun and I due to Kim Do-yoon’s attack….

Most of them must have been planned by her herself, or approved by her plan.

‘… Their skills are top-notch.’

As befits the title of branch manager, her skills are also overwhelming.

She was the strongest in her long career within the academy branch, and even throughout her 〈 Villain 〉 clan, there weren’t many members of her clan who could follow her.
At most, a master or submaster?

Ji Yoon-jae, who infiltrated with my motive.
He is also in the same A class, but it was embarrassing to compare him with Cha Soo-yeon.

A skill that rivals the top among A-rank holders.
That was Cha Soo-yeon’s strength.

‘What the hell happened.’

Originally, the time when Cha Soo-yeon appears is next year.

Academy raid incident.
The point at which the 〈 Villain 〉 clan raids the academy in earnest and engages in bloody battles with the main characters.

Cha Soo-yeon first appeared outside at that time, and at the academy, she had a confrontation with Kang Ju-yeon, who had risen to the A-rank holder at the time.

But recently things have changed.

As Yu Eun-seol, an S-rank holder, takes office at the academy, and the plans of 〈 Villain 〉 go to ruin…
Out of nowhere, Cha Soo-yeon was also inaugurated as an ‘academy instructor’.

He infiltrated the academy with Ji Yoon-jae as a spy and started direct activities.

It was an unconventional move that was clearly different from the original content, and this was also the reason why I created a circle called 〈 Anti-Villain 〉.

‘… But why are you here?’

Cha Soo-yeon is a branch manager-level personnel within 〈 Villain 〉.

He is, of course, one of the wanted criminals gnashing his teeth in the Korea Holder Association, and he has come to this day after going through countless aliases and disguises.

Because of this, her field of activity is bound to be limited.
The more high-ranking she is, the more burdensome it is to step up to the front.
That was the reason why she was surprised when she suddenly took office as an academy instructor.

However, she went beyond stepping out from the front, and this time she was fully revealed in front of us.

Kim Seong-cheol was stabbed with a knife during the raid.
Ji Yoon-jae and a number of clan members appeared together.
And offensive rhetoric and siege situations.

It looked like they were attacking us.

“Ummm- You look so embarrassed?”

Cha Soo-yeon looked at me and smiled again.

In that short amount of time, it seemed like they were laughing at me trying to figure out the situation.

“Turn it off, suck?!”
“Holder Seongcheol Kim!”

And the sword that came in the raid was pulled out, and Kim Seong-cheol was thrown to the floor.

Akiba, who was next to him, hurriedly helped him, and we, who were in the front line, hurriedly ran around him.

Tadadak-
Serung- Serureung-

Make a circle to surround the people behind you.
It was a composition to quickly treat Kim Seong-cheol and protect the personnel.

All frontline personnel drew their weapons and took a combat posture.

I’m out of my mind, and I don’t know exactly what’s going on…
That those in front of us now are ‘enemies’.
At least, not only me, but all of our party members were aware of it.

“The Injustice and the Academy, all the really fun kids have gathered. And… Do you have any familiar faces?”

While talking while snapping her fingers, Cha Soo-yeon’s gaze turns to one of the party members.
I glanced around and looked at the main character.

It was Lee Soo-mi, who was treating Kim Seong-cheol on one side.

She was concentrating all her attention on her treatment, but…
Strangely, only her face was covered with a fearful expression.

‘… What?’

A face I had never seen while working with Soo-mi Lee.
And Cha Soo-yeon’s meaningful words.

Perhaps there is a bond between the two that I don’t know about.

It was an unexpected link.

“Hello, Do Jaehyun. Do you know me?”

Cha Soo-yeon’s gaze turns to me again.
The voice was disgustingly annoying, but I never tried to show it off.

That’s right, our party right now is in crisis.

She poured all her energy into hunting the two bosses, and because of that, her whole body was tired and her magic power was exhausted.
If you fight 〈 Billon 〉 right away, you won’t have the strength to deal with it.
As expected, it was definitely annihilation.

In this situation, rather than provoking the opponent, I had to somehow find a solution by taking my time.

Moreover, Cha Soo-yeon talked to me, not Kwon Oh-joon or Kang Ju-yeon.
I’ve felt it before, but this meant that I was definitely being held in check by Clan 〈 Villain 〉.

“Car… Soo-yeon.”

The answer that I barely vomited out.

At that, Cha Soo-yeon’s eyes widen.

“Five? Did you really know?”
“… Okay. Ji Yoon-jae, who is next to him, knows that well.”

Ji Yoon-jae stands beside Cha Soo-yeon.
He was looking at me, as usual, without any expression.

He’d been exposed to me a few times before, but he usually had such a blunt disposition.

‘And that guy….’

Behind him was another familiar face.

Myunghun Koo.
〈 Anti-Villain 〉 A sophomore who came in as a member of the club, but insisted on changing the president on the first day of the meeting.
Then, after sparring with Park Jin-woo, even his soul was stolen, and he was Yoon Ji-ah’s dad.

I don’t know why that person is stuck there, but his eyes aren’t focused and he’s barely holding a sword of ominous energy…
At first glance, it was not normal.

‘There are too many of them.’

I roughly matched Cha Soo-yeon’s words and quickly checked my opponent’s strength.

The total number of groups is 10.
Cha Soo-yeon, Ji Yoon-jae, Koo Myung-hoon.
Including the three, the other seven also appear to be members of 〈 Villain 〉’s clan.

It’s a number that would normally be enough to do, but our party right now is too tired.
It was difficult to deal with even 5 people, let alone 10 people.

“Whoops. How does it feel to be betrayed by a friend?”
“Friend? Who. Is that kid? Do you consider hanging out with a bastard as a friend these days?”
“…….”
“What? Fu, fufufufu.”

Cha Soo-yeon burst into laughter at my answer, and Ji Yoon-jae’s blunt expression rotted away after a long time.

And his hand pulls out the daggers from his waist.

Soon, four daggers rained down like a shot.
It was a skill I knew very well, the [Quarter Knife].

Shuk- Susasak-

‘Crazy… Declaration of hand-to-hand combat!’

In response to the sudden attack, I urgently used the [Martial Arts Master] Derivative skill [Melee Battle Declaration].

It wasn’t because the attack couldn’t be avoided.

That bastard’s dagger isn’t me…
It was because he was heading toward Kang Joo-yeon, who was on the inside.

I was provoking it in anticipation of a surprise attack, but I didn’t know that I would be aiming for another colleague at that moment.

Tuk-tuk-tuk-

A morale skill that can nullify long-range physical attacks in a certain area.
At the [Declaration of Close Combat], Ji Yoon-jae’s daggers landed powerlessly.

Seeing that amazing sight, Cha Soo-yeon slightly raised her eyes.

“You have an interesting skill? What is that?”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t have any skills to teach the villains.”
“Hmm- did you notice?”
“If you don’t know, that’s even worse.”

Responding appropriately, I glanced at Kwon Oh-jun.

But he closed his eyes heavily at my gaze.
Gesture that there is no solution at all.
And that was the same for the other party members.

No matter how much you roll your head, you can’t see the odds of winning.

Despair.
A desperate situation lay before us.

Dealing with the key clan members of 〈 Villain 〉 while having just finished clearing the boss…
It was close to impossible.

“Whoops. Even if I turn my eyes, nothing comes out. They rolled into the trap they had dug, and they came rolling into it. Is there any solution?”
“…….”

I kept my silence at Cha Soo-yeon’s sarcasm.

The ‘smuggling cave’ was, after all, a trap for the 〈villain 〉 clan.

They lured us in with the trading site of ‘illegal items’, their main source of income, and the ‘unlicensed warp gate’, so we, who had just finished clearing the dungeon, faced a complete crisis.

‘…….’

But I still don’t quite understand.

The fact that the clan’s source of income was used as bait, the fact that Cha Soo-yeon and Ji Yoon-jae-level figures participated in the operation even revealing their identities, and that if we annihilate our party like this, we will have to wage an all-out war with the 〈 Fire Judgment 〉 clan….

The trap the 〈 Villain 〉 Clan had just created was too risky, even if it ended in success.

Maybe that’s why I didn’t expect their appearance more.

“You were too intrusive, Do Jae-hyeon. It’s okay to say that it’s all your fault that your comrades die today.”
“Cut down the bullshit. If only I was going to kill, there were so many better moments. Why. If I die with guilt, do you think it will be of any help to your pleasure?”
“…….”

Cha Soo-yeon’s expression, which had been relaxed the whole time, hardened in an instant.

It was a face that was completely stabbed.

And it seems like when did it happen soon.
He smiled again and said to Ji Yoon-jae.

“Hmmm- a quick-witted kid is no fun. I’ll have to finish it soon It’s Yoon Jae.”
“Yes, branch manager.”
“Get ready.”
“Yes.”

And with those words.
The atmosphere of the space has changed.

An unpleasantly vicious life-threatening attack invaded the boss room.

Ji Yoon-jae took out two short swords and prepared for battle, and Gu Myung-hun also came to us with a dark sword.

It didn’t end there.

“Suck?!”
“Turn it off… !!”

Intense magic power is released and attacks the party.

The tankers who were holding their weapons with nervous faces collapsed.

Kwon Oh-joon stood far away, but Shin Yuna and Park Jin-woo knelt down without enduring it, and I too felt pain from the intense pressure.

‘It’s gravity.’

It was Cha Soo-yeon’s special skill, gravity-based magic.

She had only encountered it through text, but had never experienced its actual power, but the gravity she faced in person was enormous.

The pressure of magical power that spread throughout her entire body tightened her body as if it were squeezing her body, and the intensity was so intense that it was difficult to withstand.

With the support of huge gravitational magic…
〈 Villain 〉 Clan members coming up next.

At this rate, our party was annihilated.

‘I need a way.’

A breakthrough was needed.
In the suffocating pain, I remembered everything I had.

Magic rune?
Can not use it.
All magic power had already been exhausted, and there was no way the opponent would wait for the manifestation time.

Curse or divine rune?
Equally difficult
I had to concentrate to use sacred magic right away, but it was difficult to fully use it because of Cha Soo-yeon’s gravity magic.

Ultimate skill?
I haven’t used the [Low Water Sword] Yet, but this isn’t a solution that can break the situation.
Defense skills couldn’t be a breakthrough.

A more effective and efficient method was needed.

‘Declare war!’

Found.

[Declaration of war] Of [Intimidation].
It’s now level 4, and it’s a status-related skill that’s got quite a bit of proficiency.

I don’t know how high the SPR of my opponents may be, but I had to try.

Ugh-

“… Uh?”
“Strength….”

At that moment, a huge resonance occurred, and the party members who were in pain regained their energy.

It worked.
The ‘horror’ of [Declaration of War] Was eaten by the enemies.

In particular, Cha Soo-yeon, who was using gravity magic, hesitated, and all the magical pressure on the party disappeared.

I didn’t stop there.

The duration of fear is at most 3 seconds.
[Declaration of war] Was just for procrastination, and could not be a fundamental solution.

‘A magic stone… !’

My next action was to take out a special item from the magic bag.

[The Forgotten Dragon’s Slate].
It was a legendary item that had been in my bag for a long time.

Clearly, I do not have the strength to overcome this situation and defeat 〈 Villain 〉.
All magic power was depleted, and the runes and skills that could be used were limited.

However…

If you get a new power.
If you receive the power you haven’t yet gained, ahead of time.

If I could do that, maybe an invisible path would emerge.

‘The flame hydra’s magic stone.’

Two boss monsters.
Among them, fill the Flame Hydra’s magic stone.

There is no particular reason.
It was just that Yamata no Orochi’s magic stone was missing.

I ran into 〈 Villain 〉 while digging up Flame Hydra’s Mana Stone and clearing the boss room, so I didn’t have time to pull out Yamata no Orochi’s Mana Stone.

And….

‘Ah… !!’

And the result is lucky.

It was a success, a great success.

The Flame Hydra was the ‘single sub-dragon’ that [Slate of the Forgotten Sub-Dragon] Demanded.
The stone slab, which had been left blank, began to glow intensely as soon as the flame hydra’s mana stone was filled.

Just like when [Rune Hunter] Was renewed the other day…
It was a dazzling golden light.

“Hummm-?”
“That… ?”

The side of 〈 Villain 〉, who was in a state of fear for a while and panicked, was embarrassed a second time by the sudden phenomenon.

And did you sense something strange…
Jiyunjae moved right away.
As soon as it was freed from the status quo, it started to rush at me at high speed.

But it’s already too late.

[The magic stone of the forgotten sub-dragon is filled. The stone slab is surrounded by an aura of strange power.]
[All the magic stones in the slate have been filled. The seal is unlocked.]
…
…
[Vast sky, vast pride, oath of faith. A long time ago. The pact between humans and dragons crosses the ages and arrives in the land where heroes sleep. Mysterious and holy power dwells wherever you stay.]
…
…
[Acquire the new rune ‘Pride of the Forgotten Dragon Knight’.]

Intense light pours down.
It ran down the stone slab and through my hands, and soon adorned my entire body.

Too little time to figure out and accept new things.

But I know what I can and…
What I have to do
I knew this well enough.

“…….”

Open your eyes slowly

Cha Soo-yeon, who is preparing her magic again, and Ji Yoon-jae, who rushes at me.
In addition, numerous enemies pouring in with each weapon.

Those dark landscapes are like…
It felt like slow motion.

Live with malice.
Anger and obsession.
The moment when all kinds of negative energy covered the inside of the space.

Pick up the sword

And chanted

“Rush.”

Finally.
I was able to bear the fruit of my long journey.