Episode 8
Overture (3)
Instructor Son Min-guk’s class style was famous for starting after lightly warming up with the person next to him, usually based on interpersonal competition.
That’s why a few days ago, notoriety… … After rumors spread, I predicted that the seat next to me would always be empty.
As if to prove that expectations were only hypotheses, they went off coolly.
I looked out of the corner of my eye to see a woman with not much difference in height occupying the seat next to me.
I turned my head slightly to the side, which was creaking with anxiety creeping up, and looked at the seat of the couple.
I’m sure I saw In-young, who looked familiar, sitting next to me… … .
When I turned my gaze, there she was.
Tall for a woman of about 170.
Dark brown hair color. Short hair with one side of the hair braided up to cover the neck.
The high, soaring eyes were fierce, and the pursed lips looked resolute.
A girl with the impression of a well-forged sword.
reason
A child of the Lee family, a modern aristocratic family with the characteristic of being a hero.
She was staring at me as if she was looking down at me with a gaze that seemed to be looking down on me.
It stung as those eyes pricked my skin like needles in real time.
The moment I met her eyes, I had one thought.
do… … I have to run away.
Considering the current situation where mana cannot be used because it is sparring during class. Even though Taeyang is said to be a swordsman genius, he has never been able to defeat her.
And if you think about working with Lee Yoo-ra later, he was someone you should never meet right now… … .
“everyone! Did you sleep well yesterday?”
Was it late… … ?
Originally, I liked him, but today, why do I hate him so much… … .
In order to make a last-ditch attempt, the instructor waited for the timing to declare sparring.
“ruler-. Then, start today with light warm-up sparring… … .”
3.
2.
One.
now-.
I quickly stretched out my leg, grabbed the wrist of the opponent on the left, pulled it back to where I was, and at the same time, kicked my body as far as I could with the recoil.
“uh… … uh?”
I was late in grasping the situation, and a familiar name tag shimmered in my eyes along with a frightened voice and disappeared in an instant.
– Kim Gun-min.
… … sorry.
I didn’t expect the situation where the opponent changed in an instant. Lee Yoo-ra’s sharp eyes widened.
I’ll buy you a meal later. Gunmin… … .
* * *
The background of the game is the 23rd century.
Fifty years ago, Russia was no longer a great power and a bear.
A second-rate country that, along with Canada, was treated like a pitiful old-fashioned relic that collapsed while forcibly subjugating the difficult-to-treat organization [Holy Apocalypse].
That was the gaze of Russia from the world.
Russia, which lost a significant number of Awakened powers in the ‘Bering Strait Battle’, could no longer maintain its status as a great power.
The Russian monster unit, which had been split in two, couldn’t handle the monsters that opened the gates in all directions day after day.
In the end, it gave up east of the Ural Mountains and lost its momentum like a clawed brown bear and just tumbled into such a country.
There, the Russians of Primorsky Krai were forced to make a choice.
Will it remain as an overseas territory of the home country and become food for monsters, or will it move to a new ship?
‘Well, of course I’ll have to transfer to a new boat.’
There were several options, but the answer was already decided.
China consumes its citizens like cannon fodder whenever the gate opens.
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Japan has been constantly blushing over territorial issues since World War II.
After North Korea succumbed to the monsters that jumped out of the gate and collapsed, the land of opportunity achieved unification and emerged as a powerhouse of awakened people. A unified Korea.
Maritime Province became the first province to be incorporated into the new territory of a unified Korea.
Anastasia Ivanov, who is from Primorsky Krai and has Hunter parents, wants to become an Awakener… … .
“What are you doing?”
I was scribbling on my pen stand in the library, when I heard a voice calling from behind me, I covered my notebook and turned my head back.
I could see Anastasia, with white skin and flowing platinum hair tied back, approaching this way, holding the book she found for the group assignment.
She is the key figure of this event, called the devil’s gunman in the strategy cafe, and occupies the bottom line of the 1st tier one deal.
I was thinking about how to cover up Anastasia’s background that I had scribbled on my notebook, but then I came up with an appropriate excuse.
“A bit of Russian history as material for group assignments… … .”
Was it a very baseless excuse?
“… … You know pretty well without a book, right? Few people knew about it in mainland Korea.”
“After the Gate incident, to some extent… … ?”
Fortunately, before I wrote down direct information about her.
Anastasia’s curiosity, which had been sticking out her head as she went in tiptoe, was able to overcome it well.
Since it was the work of a friend, I never imagined that it would be used in this way.
This wasn’t what I was looking for… … .
I try to ignore her who laughs at my answer and turn my head towards her to continue my question. I almost heard the sand in my saliva.
It was because the ‘giant mother’, standing on top of a book and defying gravity, and clearly visible even on the thick winter coat of the academy, was filling my field of vision.
When playing, it’s understandable that the kids would babble like crazy until they gave up on progressing the story.
Mountain Baekdu… … No, that Baekdu Mountain was Everest that transcended a long time ago.
I raised my head for a moment, then turned around because I was embarrassed by her gaze looking at my face with strange eyes.
“so. Did you find what I asked for earlier?”
“I did find it… … . I don’t know if I got it right.”
Anastasia put the book she had packed and put on the seat right next to it, put her chest on top of it, and stretched her arms out in front of her.
As the center of gravity of the body was shifted to the desk, there was only one impression as I witnessed the sight of Everest transforming into Epalechia in real time.
Her other nickname, demonic chest that makes men suck, was absolutely not a lie… … .
“excuse me… … Anastasia?”
“You can call me no~.”
I was seized with the urge to quickly get rid of her habitually lengthening horsetail, but I decided to hold back at least once.
“okay… … . No, how long are you going to follow me?”
“Because I’m bored when I’m alone… … Until Kanghyuk and Yura come?”
The ball pressed against the desk sag.
A platinum blonde ponytail tied up with a little wave.
Fair skin that seemed to glow white.
A sharp nose, thick eyelashes, and elaborately woven features.
Lastly, even the proportions that are so great that you will be blown away with admiration.
It met all the conditions to be called a so-called elf.
But I was never bewitched by her.
There was something said by users who experienced the ending of the player’s first love in the first playthrough.
I don’t know anything else, but the guy who designed this character should be torn to pieces.
I think it will come off very easily because it is very friendly and affable.
Anyone would think so. But viciously, her capture difficulty is top-notch, befitting the title Hidden.
There were not one or two players who were mesmerized by her appearance and blew away the first playthrough.
Of course, I was one of them.
* * *
“How far have you been?”
As I was lost in my thoughts, I heard a voice I had been waiting for.
Kanghyuk and Lee Yoo-ra were approaching this way carrying several books. As if boasting, Anya held out the notebook she had been scribbling on for a while.
“ah! I was asking about putting it in this partial report.”
“okay?”
Kang Hyuk narrows his eyes.
It was stupid, but it was so nice to see you now.
Because I needed to keep Kanghyuk and Anya together for a few days. It was a necessary procedure to avoid bad flags.
“I am… … . I’m going to go to the bathroom in a minute.”
“… … All right.”
I entrusted Anya to the two who returned at the right time and hurriedly headed for the stairs.
If putting Kanghyuk and Anya next to each other was the underlying task, then what I was going to do from now on was the main task.
that’s right-
It is to bring out the guy who is watching this world while hiding behind her.
* * *
True to its name, the Academy’s Central Library, the library building was huge and contained an innumerable amount of books of various types.
What I was looking for was kept on the 4th floor of this library.
A consumable item that acts as a booster pack if you change fellow characters in the second half.
It was in the shape of a book, in my hand.
Cover in thick black hardcover.
Although on the outside, the place where the title should be is empty, and when I opened it, it looked like an ordinary exercise book with no contents, but I could see the reality.
＜Devil’s Secretary (C)＞
Owner: ???
-This is a book created by an ancient demon for his weakened contractor. An ominous magic flows, and the origin is unknown.
Please be careful in use.
-How to use: ???
– Restriction on use: Cannot be used except for the devil’s contractor.
-Use: Increases the wearer’s magical power to C rank.
Magic attribute is fixed as evil.
Demonic beings have a subtle affinity for the user.
Celestial beings have a subtle antipathy towards the user.
Since it was a proven method in the first place, there was no reason to hesitate.
-Hanseol bit off his fingertips and bled. Red blood dripped from her fingertips, and on the cover of the ancient book of demons, the blood-soaked fingers drew the letter 一.
Recalling the fingerprints in the game, let’s draw the letter ㅡ on the cover of the book with the blood on my bitten fingertips… … .
Like a cool breeze entering the lungs in midsummer, I felt fullness digging into my chest, and at the same time, many notification windows passed by in an instant.
-Use ＜Devil’s Secretary (C)＞.
-characteristic. The extortioner (C) is triggered. Analyze the item.
– Owner ??? and user Geumtaeyang do not match. The attribute and item’s rank match.
– The item is enhanced by meeting the enhancement conditions. The enhancement level is strong.
＜强 Devil’s Secretary (C+)＞
-Use: Increases the wearer’s magical power to C rank.
Demonic beings have a weak affinity for the user.
A whitish white flame, which had been weak in the heart, gushed out like a lighter with maximum firepower.
toward the heart in the chest.
deep.
The torrent of magical power that penetrates very deeply gives me pleasure like a drug, and I tried not to let go easily, so I decided to surrender myself for a while.
I decided to use the expedient, which freed up some time. In the meantime, I decided not to make fun of the blank space, but to move to hit the work on other characters.
On the way to the academy after being denied a ride last night… … .
Maybe it’s about 30 km, right?
After wandering around in irresponsible pleasures, thinking about other things, I managed to regain my composure after a long time, and was able to capture the mana that had spread throughout my body back to my heart.
Class C, the minimum mana requirement. Finally, all preparations are over.
The rest is just waiting for Kanghyuk to be ready.
I looked out the window humming a song with satisfaction that I had solved one problem, and before I knew it, the sun had fallen and the gloomy sky came into my eyes.
uh… … ?
what time is it now… … ji?
09:02 PM
With the cold sweat welling up on the back of my back, there was only one thought that dominated my head.
Group task-.
I accidentally became the offspring of the Sangnom who escaped during the group assignment.