104 – Flag War
The day after I broke my personal record of conquering 5 C-grade dungeons in one night, in perfect physical and mental condition thanks to a long break.
“Wait a moment. I have something to deliver.”
After finishing the lecture, Professor Elini, who was standing with her arms crossed at her desk, stopped the students.
With those words, the class ended and the students who were about to stand up hesitantly sat back down in their chairs.
After seeing that, Professor Ellini opened her mouth.
“For two days starting tomorrow, we will be holding ‘class competition’ instead of classes.”
“‘An anti-anti-war… Is this…?”
“Yes. It’s a cooperative game where the entire class cooperates. The opponent is from another class. The content of the competitive game is…”
Hwareuk-
The fire that Professor Elini created in the air moved on its own and took the form of a red burning ‘flag’.
“It’s a ‘flag war.'”
Tiring!
[The quest has arrived!]
『 [Counter-Counter War: Flag War]
Type: Sub Quest
Grade: C
◈ A fierce battle between heroes surrounding the flag!
It’s also a good idea to charge in from the front and take down whoever comes!
It’s also great to lead the entire class with outstanding charisma and eloquence!
It’s also good to focus on providing support and supporting your classmates!
Prove that your class is better than any other class!
● Achievement condition: Place in the top 3 of the competition.
● Achievement reward: Store points (10000 ~ 30000), (C ~ E) grade characteristics (varies depending on results)
● Failure penalty: None. 』
“The rules are simple. Keep the flag assigned to you, and don’t damage the flags of other classes. Any questions?”
When several students raised their hands at those words, Professor Ellini lifted his chin as if asking them to speak.
“You said it’s okay to damage the flag, but to what extent should it be damaged?”
“More than 60% of the flag. If the flag is damaged more than that, the entire class of the damaged flag is immediately eliminated.”
“All classes fighting at once?”
“No. Including you, there are a total of 4 classes fighting at once. Tomorrow, a total of 4 groups will fight, and the next day, the class that ranks first in each group will fight to determine the final winner.”
“Can I take an unlimited number of items?”
“Consumables such as potions and scrolls are strictly prohibited. In the case of equipment with special abilities, a total of 3 items including weapons and armor are permitted.
“Is there anything like a product?”
“Yes. Depending on the final ranking, Valhalla points are awarded to the entire class. If the class ranks first, approximately 50,000 points will be awarded to each student.”
──Oooh!!!
The students’ enthusiasm rose significantly at the last word.
50,000 Points was quite a significant point for second- and third-year students at the academy, especially for first-year students who had just entered school and lacked points.
If you use it at the academy’s store, you will be able to purchase quite a bit of C-grade equipment. This is a significant amount of points that can raise the usage level of one of the academy’s facilities, such as the virtual training center or magic training room, up to level 1.
The points given to students in the top or lower ranks every month according to their rankings will not be enough to raise their facility usage level, so for them, 50,000 points is literally like rain in a drought.
Professor Ellini poured oil on a student whose motivation was burning brightly.
“For your information, the student who performed best in the entire competition and was selected as MVP will receive ‘500,000 points’ as a special prize.”
“……!!!!!!”
The students opened their mouths and let out loud cheers.
With that amount of points, you can easily spend the entire first year and still have enough points.
If you were a student from a noble family, not from a prestigious family, it was a huge amount of points, enough to buy B-grade weapons that could be used as your main weapon even after graduation.
The students’ motivation to aim for MVP burned like an active volcano.
‘500,000 Points…. I guess I should aim for MVP.’
I also became motivated.
“Oh? Seonwoo-nyang is also very motivated, right? Seonwoo-nyang is a senior, so all facilities are rated at level 1, and he receives 100,000 points every month, so he won’t be short on points, right?”
“Ah, something happened recently that required me to collect points.”
There was a reason why I was aiming for 500,000 points, as I did not feel a lack of equipment thanks to the chief’s privilege of level 1 access to all academy facilities and Cyclops, who was still hammering hard.
It was because of the ‘item’ that had recently arrived at the Academy store.
“This is it. What I’m trying to buy now.”
I entered the ‘Valhalla Store’ on the communication terminal screen, displayed the information about what I wanted from the sales list, and showed it to Nice, who was curious.
“Nyanyang, let me see…. ‘Sacred spring water of Yeongsusan Mountain’…? …Nay!? 1 Million points…?!”
“This is also quite cheap compared to its grade. It’s probably because it’s a consumable item. If it was equipment rather than a consumable item, it would have started at at least 2.5 Million points, right?”
『Sacred spring water of the Mountain of Spiritual Water
Grade A+
From Noble mtl dot com
Mt. Yeongsusan, a mysterious place where spirit beasts with magical powers and intelligence gather.
And it is the spring water of a sacred spring that is said to contain the ability to promote the growth of animals, which is said to exist in the deepest part of the mountain hidden behind the veil.
Growth is promoted when animals consume it. (Applies until maturity)
Purchase price: 1,000,000 Valhalla points.』
It is a very useful elixir for Baekmyeon, who is currently only about a month old and is in an infantile state.
I don’t know if it will apply to Baekmyeon, who is a divine beast and not a spirit beast, but since Does not show any negative reactions, it will probably work.
“Oh, but it’s still 1 million… How many points does Seonwoo-nyang have now?”
“Hmm. I guess it’s about 300,000 if you subtract the scraps?”
“Oh! It’s only been a month since I entered school, but this is a huge point! I am indeed the top freshman!
100,000 Points received upon admission.
100,000 Grade ranking points received at the beginning of each month.
100,000 Points received as prizes in various classes.
If you become MVP and earn an additional 500,000, you will be able to purchase spring water at least within the next month.
At that time. Nice said to me with a serious expression.
“…But Seonwoo cat. There is one big problem with Seonwoo cat becoming MVP…”
In the corner of the classroom where Nice’s gaze was vaguely focused, sat Suu Icicle, a silver-haired girl looking out the window with emotionless eyes.
“If the information I gathered is correct, Suu Icicle is a strong person who has overcome the demon wall and reached the level of a hero. Even if all the first year students attack him, he is a super strong person who can easily annihilate them in 3 minutes… “If Icicle steps up, honestly, it’s impossible for even Seonwoo to become MVP.”
“That’s right. That is, if Suu appears.”
“Nyan…? Suu? When did Seonwoo-nyang become friends with Icicle… No, more than that, you mean that Icicle won’t appear in the competition?”
I said, recalling the information I saw in the strategy book.
“Rather than not appearing, is it closer to not appearing?”
“Nyaaang…?”
Professor Elini started talking about that as if to answer the questions of Nice, who was tilting his head.
“For your information, Suu Icicle is excluded from the proxy battle. This was decided unanimously at the faculty meeting.”
“Hmm…”
“Something may be good, some may not be good…”
“If you come out, it’s a sure thing that you’ll win the class, but winning MVP is absolutely impossible…”
“But if that happens, won’t our class be inferior to other classes? Aren’t we at a disadvantage?”
As the students reacted with mixed reactions, either liking or disliking them, Professor Elini explained the reason why Su was excluded from the competition.
“The reason Icicle is excluded is partly because the difference between Icicle and you is too severe… But more precisely because you are ‘dangerous’.”
“…Is it dangerous? Don’t you use a virtual battlefield for competition? Then there’s no reason to be dangerous?”
“This is because the attacks launched by someone as strong as Icicle go beyond the function of virtual battle and can cause ‘damage’ to the ‘body itself’. It’s okay if you can perfectly control the power, but…”
“””I have no objection to the professors’ decision!”””
Although he didn’t say it exactly, everyone could guess what Professor Elini said. The students all agreed to exclude Suu.
No one would want to become an ice statue, so it’s only natural.
Professor Elini, who was usually strict with his students, did not say anything to those students and just moved on.
“Anyway, it is true that our class has one fewer student than other classes. Still, we are probably one head higher than other classes. Coincidentally, the top students in the top 30 of the first year class are ours. “There are quite a few people in the class.”
Looking around, it was definitely like that.
The total number of people in our class is 40. Among them, about 10 were top students.
In addition, there are quite a few students like Nice and Miris who narrowly missed out on the top rankings.
There is probably no class that can beat our class in a head-on battle.
“This is the end of the message. Disbanded.”
After Professor Elini finished speaking and left, the students also stood up one by one and began to leave, talking about the anti-counter war.
‘I’ll have to ask Cyclops to upgrade the lightning armor. Oh, by the way, I thought you said that Cyclops made some new equipment using Lee Neung-seok? If there is anything useful in the war against the enemy, it would be a good idea to bring it.’
After saying hello to my companions, I walked towards Cyclops’ workshop.
And the next day. The first counter-offensive has begun.
******
Immediately after entering the virtual battlefield where the anti-army war was taking place, I took a fighting stance and looked around as if exploring the surroundings.
‘Is this… A rocky area?’
What you see is a gray rocky mountain with large and small rocks scattered here and there.
Perhaps because each student was randomly assigned to the battlefield, there was no one else around except me.
Once I relaxed, I looked at the red pillar rising from the distance.
‘Is that light where our class’ flag is?’
“Baek, can you fly over there and do some reconnaissance?”
“Beep! (Yes!)”
At my command, it spread its small wings wide and began to fly quickly.
‘Then…… ,’
I closed one eye while looking at the scene, and shared the five senses, which is one of the functions of the White Face Gift [Main Servant]. Among them, Baekmyeon’s perspective was shared with me.
Jiying-
What is reflected on the retina of the closed right eye is a white view looking at the ground from the sky.
I looked at the surrounding situation with that vision.
‘There are several places where the battle has already begun.’
Fiat, who attacks students in other classes surrounding him like a mad dog, Jesar Saiger, who laughs brightly while throwing exploding swords at his enemies, etc.
Sporadic fighting was taking place throughout Baekmyeon’s field of vision.
As Baekmyeon was flying non-stop, looking around, the flag of our class with a red cloth waving came into view.
‘What’s around the flag…. Besides Milis, Krishia, and Deuka, there are a few more kids in our class.’
Miris and several other magic students set up a defensive barrier around the flag, and students capable of long-distance attacks, including Deuka and Chrysia, were sweeping away students from other classes aiming for the flag. Melee students were also standing in the front line and forming a square to block students from other classes.
‘If that’s the case… There’s no need for me to go.’
I thoughtfully asked Baek to assist my class.
‘The flag of the other class is…… ‘It’s over there.’
Blame-
I quickly ran in the direction indicated by Using .
After about 5 minutes of running in one direction.
‘That…’ .’
After discovering something, I quietly hid behind a nearby large rock. I pretended to be human as best I could, peeked my head out, and looked at the situation in front of me.
A flat area slightly lower than the current location. There, under flags waving green cloth, three groups of more than 10 people each were fiercely confronting each other.
“Don’t come any closer! We’ll kill whoever comes first!”
“Hey, Class G. Do you want to go first? I’ll give you lady first.”
“f*ck you, you bastards from class H.”
‘Indeed. One group is the owner of the green flag. ‘The other groups gathered their friends to aim for the flag, but they ran into each other at the same time, so the three groups were in a standoff situation, just looking at each other.’
If one side attacks first, the other two sides will join together to frighten the side that attacked, so the standoff situation continued.
‘Valhalla Academy version of the world’s three quarters world approved.’
Here, it would be better to surprise one group and gradually reduce its power, creating a situation where the other two groups target the weakened group….
‘That won’t work because it takes time.’
In the meantime, the flags of the other two classes will be broken by our class.
As someone who aims for MVP, I want to personally remove at least two flags in this competition, so I want to avoid methods that take time.
‘So let’s use the quickest and simplest method.’
Tada-dada-!
After making up my mind, I immediately started running toward the top of the rock where his body was hiding.
And the moment we reached the top of the rock.
Taang!
Activating the ability of the cloak he was wearing, ‘Luna Gravity’, he strongly spurred the rock and took a huge leap towards the sky.
Wooow-
Like an astronaut jumping from the moon, where the gravity is only one-eighth that of the Earth, his body soared high into the sky with more force than hitting a rock.
‘Luna Gravity’, a cloak that Cyclops made using Lee Neung-seok, which I made.
The ability is [Lightening], Which reduces the wearer’s weight to close to zero for 10 seconds……
‘Wind power injection’
This is the ability to spray charged wind onto the cloak.
Quaaa-
The wind that had been charged up while running so far was sprayed at once, and the slowly slowing upward speed accelerated once more.
When all the wind had blown out. The place my body reached was 200 meters in the air.
The moment when students in other classes reached a height that looked like a dot. The ability to lighten the body [Lightweight] Has been lifted.
Hwiik-!
My body, which regained its weight, began to fall rapidly due to gravity.
If you hit the ground at this speed, no matter how superhuman you are, you will never be safe….
‘[Charge] Activated!’
I actually used the gift [Charge] To further accelerate my falling speed.
Quaaa-!!!
It became a meteor with enormous physical power and fell.
And what that meteor is aiming for is,
“…Huh? I hear something strange…”
A man in thick, heavy armor standing at the head of a group. He was a top-ranked first-year tank with strong defense.
This is a troublesome opponent that even I would need at least 5 minutes to break through its defenses and defeat head-on.
So……
Mash it in one go.
“What on earth does this mean…?”
Kwajajak-!!!
Just before the collision, the man who was completely exposed to enormous physical force due to activating , One of the functions of the armor he was wearing, was eliminated as the thick armor, which was said to have the best defense in the first year, was reduced to six pieces. .
“…Huh? Mitpa… Was eliminated…?”
“W-what…!? What happened…?”
“Liberate your brain power”
Quarrrng-!!!
And thanks to the man who became a shock absorber and the lightning armor’s function of converting and accumulating shock into brain power, I landed without any damage, and immediately released the enormous brain power accumulated in the lightning armor at once.
The students, who were looking dumbfounded at the sudden situation, were caught up in the pale lightning that covered the space within a 10-meter radius, and were instantly carbonized to pitch black and eliminated.
“A total of 30 people, I think we eliminated about half… Not bad.”
“Get off, get off! It’s a surprise attack!”
“Lightning, lightning…!? If there’s a first-year guy who can use this level of brain magic…!”
“He’s the chief! The chief, Lee Seon-woo!!!”
“I’m sorry, but I’m in a bit of a hurry now───”
I opened my mouth, pointing the sword wrapped in blue brain power at the other confused students in the class.
The fastest and simplest way I can solve this situation.
That is……
“───Everyone come at once.”
Knock them all down head on.