The Only Male Student in the Academy chapter 40

040. Claire of Iron Wall (4)

I definitely defended, but strangely, there was a case where damage came in. Either way, it was a bug.

From the beginning, Unknown Saga is an indie game made by a small developer. There weren’t that many people on the development team, so it wasn’t too strange that there were bugs.

The question is, why does this bug occur?

The power of collective intelligence was powerful.

As a result of various experiments, it was found that when a specific skill is canceled right before it is activated, the ‘penetration bug’ occurs only for the next ranged skill used.

From here on, it is the realm of speculation.

Perhaps, when the first skill was canceled, the judgment of that skill did not disappear and remained.

So, I guessed that the attack judgment overlaps with the next skill cast.

For example, a ranged attack in the form of a golem’s laser.

These attacks have the nature of extending all the way, and in theory, have a decision to fly to the end of the map.

Then, when it collides with a monster or NPC, it deals damage and reduces HP.

If it hits an indestructible object such as a wall, it does damage, but since it is an indestructible object anyway, it has no significant effect.

And if it hits something like a shield or shield, it gives damage and reduces its durability accordingly.

However, among these attacks, there are some skills that can be ‘channeled’.

Laser attack skills that can be channeled can be used in the following ways.

1) If it hits a shield or shield, it deals damage and reduces durability.

2) If the durability of the shield or shield does not reach 0, additional MP is consumed to increase damage.

3) The shield or shield eventually breaks and deals damage to the target behind it.

In other words, you can continue to maintain the skill until the shield or shield is broken.

Perhaps the channeling skill’s ‘judgment that continues to inflict damage until it is pierced’ was overlapped with the next skill, causing a ‘piercing bug’.

Users came to that conclusion.

I don’t know what mechanism actually works.

There was no official announcement as to why the bug happened, nor did I have any programming knowledge.

But I had to know.

How the bug occurs.

About how to use the bug.

Because I was an old player in Unknown Saga.

“Uh, ah…”

A moan mixed with pain. Claire is bleeding from his shoulder.

Is it because it hurts, or did it use up all of its mana in the end? The Is not properly maintained.

Stone shards fall off his face, and Claire’s distressed expression comes into view.

“.”

I cast At Claire again.

As soon as he saw that, Claire stretched out his hand in this direction.

“That, stop it…”

A trembling voice. A hand still twitching from the numbing poison.

I watched it with cold eyes, then fired the

Arrow.

“aaa!!”

Claire’s arm is thrown out after being hit by the .

Claire’s arm was twisted with a wound as if it had been eaten by a beast.

Tears flowed from her eyes.

Yes or no.

I cast Once more.

“Stop…! Then you will die…!!”

Claire desperately shouted.

Has the paralysis poison been released? Crawling over, he grabbed my ankle.

“Sa, save me… Lord, I don’t want to die…”

I swung my foot and knocked off Claire’s hand.

Then, he bent his knees and met Claire’s gaze.

“Hey, Claire. Don’t you hate dying so much while trying to trample on other people’s lives?”

“…That, that and this are different stories. I still… I didn’t mean to kill Ariel… But, it wasn’t a crime to die…”

“It’s not a mortal sin… Yes, it’s not a mortal sin.”

Let’s think of famous death row inmates in Korea.

Compared to them, Claire’s crimes may certainly be light.

“By the way, Claire. You got the focus wrong.”

Breaking into other people’s rooms and throwing clothes off in front of people. Failure to do so could result in expulsion.

What would happen if we left Claire alone like this?

“If I let you live, I’ll look like a dick, so I have no choice but to kill you, right?”

He stretched out his hand toward Claire’s face.

Then Claire panicked and grabbed my hand.

“Ah, I won’t…! I won’t… I, please help me…”

“You are so greedy. You came to this situation and put your own life first.”

Move his wrist to shake off Claire’s hand.

Then, he stood up again and looked down at Claire.

“Miss Claire Entirus, please apologize.”

I will return the words I heard one day.

That expression looking up at me…… It was a very delicate girl.

Claire knelt down with her still cramping legs together.

While convulsing, he bowed his head to me.

“…Sorry, Prince Ariel. Sorry for bothering you. Please have mercy on me just once.”

Then he bowed.

I was surprised by his unexpectedly innocent attitude. I thought I’d feel a little more humiliated.

Ha ha.

A sigh escaped my lips involuntarily.

“Listen up, Claire. I’ll keep the splendor of Andebarium for the time being.”

You can’t kill Claire anyway. If you become a murderer, it will be troublesome in many ways.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have the qualifications of an adult gentleman to forgive that.

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I’ve been through a lot so far to believe in Claire.

As someone who has come into contact with Claire’s true nature more closely than anyone else, I can’t trust this guy at all.

Rather, there is a good chance that they will retaliate for this incident.

Therefore, the minimum safety device should be put on.

“If something happens to me, I will immediately contact the Marquis of Entirus and excommunicate you.”

“……Okay.”

“If you understand, write the transfer certificate.”

“What…?”

Claire raised his head in surprise.

“Didn’t you hear. Write a transfer certificate. A certificate that says, ‘The brilliance of Andebarium is transferred to Ariel Beheritt’.”

An heirloom passed down from generation to generation. Transfer that precious thing to someone else.

And the other person was a man from a duke’s family.

How will it be accepted by others?

“Ariel… Do you know what that means…?”

“Of course I know. If I get this, I might end up marrying you.”

Of course, even if Claire Lang dies, she doesn’t want to get married. She has been beaten by this guy and who would want to do it.

But this is also valid as a threat.

“My older brother seems to want to kick me out of the family, but it would be a different story if I were courted by you.”

The Marquess of Entirus is a powerful noble. Claire even has a point of contact with the crown prince.

If it is known that I have such a connection with Claire, then even the Duke of Beheritt will not be able to expel me.

‘I don’t really want to stay with the Beherit family.’

Maybe it’s because the memories of the previous life remain. To be honest, I didn’t have the charm of wanting to live as an aristocrat.

So, I will come out of my family upon graduating from the academy, but Claire does not know that I have this kind of heart.

You have no choice but to believe me when I say that I will use Claire to restore your place in the family.

“In that case, you will become the wife of a duke. It’s good, it’s good.”

Claire would know what that meant.

That I have to live my whole life in the palm of my hand.

“That’s…”

“Why don’t you like it? You can rise to the status of a duke? Ah, but if you become a duchess, you won’t be able to join the knights.”

“…….”

Claire is silent.

What is hell for Claire?

As I have already said many times, Claire does not like peace.

I want to get new stimuli in my daily life,

In order to get that stimulation, it is clear that he drives others to ruin.

What Claire wants most to avoid is to become a bird in a cage.

Being locked up every day,

I can’t take the initiative to do something,

Constantly repeating the same today as yesterday,

No change can be expected.

Such a life.

That is Claire’s hell.

“If you understand, behave well.”

I warned you.

Claire nodded heavily.

“…Okay. I’ll give you the transfer certificate.”

—–

[The brilliance of Andebarium]

Strength +10 / Magic +10 / Vitality +10 / Spirit +10

Effect 1: (Passive) Recovers MP equal to a portion of consumed HP. Also recovers HP equal to a portion of consumed MP.

Effect 2: (Passive) If HP drops below 1 when attacked, consumes MP instead of HP. HP does not drop below 1.

Effect 3: (Passive) MP refresh rate slightly increases. Recovers some MP when the skill hits.

Effect 4: (Active) Skills can be used without consuming MP. This effect has a cooldown.

—–

An item with 4 effects on one item. Indeed, it can be said that it is an heirloom passed down from generation to generation.

Whoever uses it will be able to pay for the meal.

“Honestly, it’s not an item I really need.”

As you can see from the skill composition, most of them are effects related to MP.

However, even though I am a wizard, I have a relatively large amount of MP.

Being an alchemist is a job where you make items and throw them away, so you don’t have as many uses for MP as you think.

In addition, if you include the survival-oriented passive effect, you can see that it is most suitable for wizards who fight in close combat.

Like Claire.

‘Well, I should keep it.’

I considered many things, but no matter how I thought about it, this was the best way to do it.

It’s nice to be freed from bullying by defeating Claire. As a result, I was able to keep the second principle, ‘Putting my survival first’.

Instead, how about the first principle, ‘following the flow of the original story’?

There is a question mark on this part.

‘In the original story, if Claire was defeated, the prince would be interested.’

Claire was the prince’s right-hand man.

The story of ‘The Crown Prince’s Conundrum’ was that the crown prince became interested in Lucius, who defeated Claire.

The prince summoned Lucius and gave him various difficult problems.

If you solve all the difficult problems, the crown prince will become Lucius’s colleague.

But I defeated Claire.

Of course, I deliberately fought in an underground waterway where no one came to, so that the crown prince wouldn’t know.

Claire, too, wouldn’t dare openly reveal that she lost to me.

So the crown prince won’t be interested in me.

It doesn’t look like there’s anything to do with the crown prince, so you should be relieved about that.

Is it the Lucius side that is the problem?

Unknown Saga is a game that allows you to organize a party of up to 8 people.

Lucius, Ron, Tia.

In addition to that, we need 5 more colleagues in the future.

Of course, some of those seats will be occupied by leading roles like Rose and Lapisca, but there are still vacancies.

The core of Unknown Saga is to decide which companions to put there, and there are fellow characters called Tier 1.

Erra Blainclet, the strongest in the academy, is a representative Tier 1 character,

Crown Prince is also classified as a Tier 1 character.

There is even a saying that if you have one of these two, it will be easier to attack.

‘But will Claire bully Lucius in the second year?’

That is unknown.

From the beginning, for Claire to harass Lucius, it only happens when conditions are met,

How will Jean Clare turn out for me…… This is now an unpredictable area.

The possibility that Lucius could not recruit the crown prince because I defeated Claire…… There are enough.

At that time, there must be nothing you can do about it.

There are only parts where the crown prince makes it easier to attack. Even if there is no crown prince, there is no problem in seeing the ending.

If Lucius still wants to recruit the crown prince…… Wouldn’t it be fine if I handed over the brilliance of Andebarium to Lucius?

“I don’t know…”

It would be useless to think about things that you will only learn about in the second year.

For now, I conclude like that.

I couldn’t help but draw a conclusion. Because I didn’t have time to worry about Claire anymore.

“Sorry to keep you waiting, student Beheritt.”

Voices fly in with the sound of the door opening.

Professor Catherine was about to enter her lab.