chapter 30
Flash-
The lights in the student cafeteria went out.
Inside the darkened restaurant.
However, it was not so dark that one couldn’t see an inch ahead in the light coming through the curtains.
“Okay, let’s see the end.”
The first to move was Anton Ivanov.
As soon as he let go of the collar he was holding, his body began to swell.
Thick body hair, sharp nails, thick fangs.
Kreurreung-
He became infinitely closer to the shape of a wolf.
<Completely hand-painted>
It has the disadvantage of lowering intelligence, but it is because it uses a rare attribute that increases physical ability beyond that.
Only a very few of the beasts can completely transform into a beast.
I couldn’t keep it for a long time, but it was enough to knock out one senior I didn’t like.
“I’ll tear you to pieces.”
Anton Ivanov showed his confidence by smiling and showing his fangs.
However, Im Jin-wook did not blink an eye even after seeing it.
Again, he was sarcastic and provoked.
“I can look at you now. let go of that hand ‘sorry. Senior, please look at me just once.’”
“What?”
“If you ask me now, I will look after you. Is it because your head has degenerated to the level of a doggie, so you can’t understand it?”
“Fuck it!”
Magical power wrapped around Anton Ivanov’s enlarged right hand.
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Just before his claws, wrapped in magic, were about to come out.
‘It’s like a stupid beast that doesn’t even know how to measure.’
Lim Jin-wook also put his hand on the handle of the sword tied to his waist.
I put my left leg behind me and twisted my waist so that I could draw the sword straight away.
‘One arm would be enough.’
I had no intention of taking my life.
With the mindset of educating the cheeky juniors, I was thinking of forgiving them at the level of an arm.
‘It’s easy to attach and cut cleanly.’
Originally, the sword would have been swung faster than Anton Ivanov’s right hand could have been thrown.
‘The sword… .’
But there was something blocking that.
Someone’s hand raised as if pressing the tip of the sword’s hilt.
‘When did I get in the way?’
Even if Jinwook Lim was focused on Anton Ivanov, it was odd that he didn’t notice the approach until he came this close.
The same goes for Anton Ivanov.
‘What’s this?’
A sunset-colored chain wrapped around his right hand, which had transformed into a beast.
I couldn’t help but hesitate for a moment at the cool touch of the metal and the subtle sensation of suppressing my mana.
He also began to see the figure of a male student blocking his way.
* * *
‘Somehow he succeeded in interfering.’
Interfering at an ambiguous timing would have had the opposite effect.
Approach after using <Poem of the Raven> to cover the darkness.
I waited until the very last moment and intervened using <Identify Weakness> and <Thought Acceleration>.
‘As long as the conditions are met, the performance is certain.’
It seems like I haven’t used <Poem of the Raven> in a long time, maybe because I haven’t used it.
It is also a characteristic that is difficult to use often because of the ambiguous activation condition of darkness.
Maybe it’s because I don’t have much to do during the night yet.
‘It will be different in the future.’
I can feel the eyes of the two of them glaring at me.
It seems that I was quite surprised by my sudden outburst.
According to the novel, here Lim Jin-wook’s sword cuts off Anton Ivanov’s right arm.
Not completely, but about half because it was blocked by the bone.
‘I was thinking of cutting it clean, but they say Anton Ivanov’s body was stronger than I thought.’
“1st grade, what are you interfering with? Are you here to help this doggie?”
“If you don’t want to do useless things, get torn apart alive, get out of here. second seat.”
“… … .”
Im Jin-wook and Anton Ivanov, the sharp words of the two are pouring towards me.
This is half the success.
If we blocked each other’s first move, now all I have to do is buy time until the leading members arrive.
If possible, it is best to prevent a fight by losing the will to fight.
I spoke with the best possible smile.
“What are you doing at the restaurant? Seniors.”
“Get your hands off me. Unless you want to be cut first.”
Im Jin-wook’s sharp phosphorescence glared at me.
He is a do-it-yourself man.
If I don’t get out of my way, they’ll slash my body first and rush at me.
I retrieved the hand I had placed on the end of the sack.
“Release this.”
This time Anton Ivanov growled, baring his fangs.
Even in the second year, Im Jin-wook, who is one of the top 5 talented people, was only bad against opponents, but his fighting ability is on the high side among freshmen.
‘If I don’t let this side go, it looks like they’ll attack me first.’
Even when he was in human form, he was the owner of physical abilities second only to mine.
There is still no chance of winning, but at this distance with a perfect hand-in-hand, I would be beaten one-sidedly.
I should have said something before that.
“You too, calm down a bit. I bet you’re not doing this with a grudge because of what happened on the first day of orientation.”
“that… .”
“You wouldn’t think of cutting off one of your arms just because you didn’t like the cheeky junior.”
“… … .”
In the end, it’s a battle of egos.
As long as I’ve said it out loud, I won’t continue fighting like this.
Since the conflict cannot be completely resolved, the feelings that have remained unburned will remain.
I returned the chains that bound Anton Ivanov’s right arm back to their original position.
‘I can’t handle it like in the image space, but it’s quite useful with just one branch.’
The number of chains manipulated now is one.
It is the only chain that has not cracked.
Maybe they’re trying to acknowledge me as their owner, but I’ve been able to deal with them since last week.
It’s not that I can’t handle other chains, but I refrained from using them as the state is the state.
‘I’m still not in a good condition. I can’t break it in a place like this.’
The returned chain was wrapped around the Palgwaro tied to the waist.
Anton Ivanov and Lim Jin-wook continue their snowball fight with me in the middle.
“Tsk, even being in this state is ridiculous.”
Anton Ivanov’s body began to shrink.
His wolf-like form returned to human form.
“The excitement has gone cold.”
Lim Jin-wook also turned around and started to leave the student cafeteria.
He also seems to have no intention of fighting.
Right now.
‘Because there will soon be a proper opportunity to resolve the grudge.’
In the joint exam in the second semester, it would be possible to solve that to some extent.
The lights in the student cafeteria came back on.
My blurry presence becomes clearer around the brightened surroundings.
“See you later.”
Took-
Anton Ivanov hit me on the shoulder and passed by.
It seemed like I was in the middle of the fight, so it was understandable.
I didn’t intervene widely with the intention of receiving a thank you, but I didn’t feel very good.
“Well, that’s okay.”
I had no intention of getting close to him like Shin Sung-ah or Namgung-ik, so I decided to just pass it off as stepping on shit.
「Quest cleared!」
“The compensation is settled.”
「Your reputation will increase slightly within the school.」
When I returned to my seat, Chiron Einar greeted me.
Unlike the others, he didn’t lose sight of me despite his blurred presence through the use of his attributes.
It may have been because he was watching my actions from the beginning, but it must have been a big help to him because of his characteristics.
“It seems you weren’t lying when you said you were good at taijutsu.”
“I tried to intervene, but I didn’t have the power to stop it if the fight continued.”
“It’s hard to believe that those words were said by someone who killed a person and approached that distance.”
“It was dark, too, and both of them were preoccupied with each other.”
I asked him to draw the curtains in the student cafeteria and turn off the lights.
It wasn’t pitch-black darkness, but <Poem of the Raven> was able to be activated even in this darkness.
‘It’s fortunate that the effect came out enough to get in between the two.’
As the effect increases as it gets darker, the darkness I was able to put on this time was quite blurry.
The more you get used to using the crow’s poem, the more you seem to be able to tolerate the paler darkness.
In the future, wouldn’t it be possible to use the characteristics only with the shadows of buildings or trees even in broad daylight?
“Even so, today is the last day of Hell Week, so I’m really excited about it. I am exhausted.”
In the worst case scenario, I imagined that they would ignore me and continue the fight.
If that were the case, I would have been like a shrimp with its back bursting between whales.
“after… .”
He sighed and ate the dessert he had left behind.
Also a dessert restaurant.
It wasn’t to the extent that the fatigue went away, but the refreshing texture and subtle sweetness comforted me.
“Are you sure you don’t want to join our club?”
“yes. There is not.”
I stood up with the plate I had finished eating and said firmly.
Now that this case is somehow finished, it’s time to go prepare for the next one.
“After taking a break, move your body lightly with Namgoong-Ik at the training ground.”
* * *
“Did you wait long?”
Hanjo spoke to Namgungik, who was sitting in the middle of the training ground.
“No, I’m just here too.”
Namgung-Ik stood up from his seat and put his shield on both arms.
Hanzo attacks, Namgungik defends.
The two men’s training had solidified in this aspect a few weeks ago.
“Then go.”
“come.”
A blunt blow was delivered to Namgungik’s shield.
In Hanzo’s hand was a dagger he didn’t know when he had taken it out.
The sharp series of attacks from the two daggers were polished to the point of being skilled.
However, Namgoong-Ik was also slowly getting used to the use of the shield.
Hanzo widened his distance to avoid Namgoongik’s shield.
‘His skill in handling the shield is increasing day by day.’
It was hard to believe that it was the first time I had ever held a shield in my hand right after entering school.
Namgoong-Ik’s skill with shields improved rapidly.
The realm of first-class has long been exceeded.
‘As expected, Namgung is the best martial artist.’
Contrary to Hanzo being surprised by Namgoong-ik’s outstanding talent.
Namgoong-Ik was also surprised by Hanzo’s growth rate every day.
‘The surprise has become sharper than yesterday.’
Even on the first day, I showed that side, but the movements that were full of flab were refined.
Hanzo’s attack has become sharp enough to resemble a first-class murder.
‘Rather than expressing growth, it feels like being able to do something I forgot again.’
Hanzo’s growth rate was abnormal.
I was also surprised by the talent of Shin Seong-ah, who immediately follows after seeing it, but it is different from that.
It’s as if he had amnesia and regained his past memories through training.
It seemed more like the act of a first-class player putting down an instrument for a long time and then holding it again and regaining the feeling.
Hanzo took a deep breath and commented.
“hahaha, hahaha… . In the end, I couldn’t get through today. I’m getting better at handling shields. There are no gaps. I was pretty confident today.”
“Don’t worry, Hanzo, you’re getting better too.”
Even today, it wasn’t once or twice that Hanzo’s attacks sent chills down his spine.
Even in his family, the Namgung family, there were only a few people who made him feel terrified like this.
‘In the first place, Hanzo’s fighting style is not suitable for sparring. Unless it’s a real battle, you won’t be able to show off all your skills.’
Thanks to fighting with Hanjo several times, Namgung-Ik was able to understand many of Hanjo’s fighting techniques.
I was able to notice early on that there were several hidden skills that I did not use in the sparring with myself.
‘It’s to the point where I still can’t tell how good Hanzo is.’
There is also Hanzo’s bizarre growth rate, but Namgung-Ik couldn’t figure out his skills, thinking that there must be a lot more hidden than that.
The feeling of curiosity that I felt after fighting with him for the first time has continued to this day.
It was because of that that we started training together as part of our daily routine.
‘Right now, training with Hanzo has become more fun.’
Watching his bizarre growth day by day.
Dating someone you could call a close friend for the first time and sweating together.
It was so much fun for him that he couldn’t stop.
“after… .”
After catching his breath, Hanzo spoke to him.
“The hell week is over, but the shackles have been given. Shall we wear it and train from next week?”
“I think it’s a good way.”
“Did you say you were going out on the weekend too?”
“You go out too, and Shin Sung-ah has to go out after being called by her grandfather. I was thinking of going to my parents’ house for a while.”
“Yes, you should also show your face to your parents. Be filial to your parents. Don’t regret being late… .”
Hanzo’s words carried a weight that could not be ignored.
Namgoong-ik could only nod his head quietly.