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The practice continued.

Unfolding the map, I furrowed my brows.

“Hmm, is it this way?”

I set the direction.

I moved forward.

The landmarks on the map began to appear.

A giant rock stood before me.

Using the rock as a reference point, I headed west.

“One, two, three.”

Counting my steps, I moved forward.

“Excuse me?”

“Oh, I forgot the numbers.”

But at Freya’s call, I forgot the numbers I had memorized.

“Isn’t the fog strange right now?”

“Fog?”

I looked around at Freya’s words.

As she said, thick fog surrounded us.

“When did the fog get this thick?”

I doubted if the practice test would proceed as planned.

If even the forest managed by the Pontifical Office was this foggy, the practice test was likely to be canceled.

*Cough, cough.*

I coughed due to the thick fog.

“Let’s at least get out of the fog for now.”

Visibility is zero.

In such a situation, we couldn’t wander around in the fog.

“But if we retreat from here, we won’t get a good score.”

Freya protested.

As a direct descendant of the Grand Duke, she cared a lot about her grades.

“Stop it. In this thick fog, it’s easy to get lost and become missing. If the teacher in charge is in their right mind, they would reset the practice test, right?”

I dissuaded Freya.

Going further in here would be a crazy thing to do.

“But…”

Freya hesitated, unable to make a decision.

Her body swayed back and forth.

She was indecisive and confused.

“Then Freya, stay here. We’ll go out.”

Those who should stay, should stay.

I handed the map to Freya and turned away.

We had to run before the fog thickened even more.

Rowen and Cecil followed behind me.

“Let’s go together!”

Freya followed a step behind.

“Hmm… this is strange. Have we been to this place before?”

But it was already too late.

In the meantime, we had lost our way.

“Is this for real?”

That’s why when something unexpected happens, you should turn back immediately.

That way, the chances of survival would increase even a little.

“I’ve been too careless.”

I had become careless. I had melted into a peaceful world.

“I need to wake up and focus.”

I woke up my careless mind.

“Hey, hey, over there… over there!”

Cecil pointed into the fog.

I looked in the direction she was pointing.

A faint figure was moving around in the fog.

“Are you making a fuss just because of a ghost? Move aside. I’ll take care of it.”

Freya, with her hair swept back, stepped forward.

She cast a spell. Unlike before, the spell was completed quickly.

A transparent arrow of magic flew through the air.

“It didn’t work?”

But the arrow passed through the ghost’s body.

The semi-transparent ghost turned its body.

Freya, who had cast the spell, looked confused.

“It’s… it’s a monster. I’m scared, I’m going to hide.”

Flustered, Freya hid behind me.

I looked at her in disbelief.

“…How do we deal with something that our attacks can’t affect?”

She felt my gaze and avoided eye contact while defending herself.

“What are you guys doing?”

Cecil and Rowen were also hiding behind me.

“Is the Lich stronger than the ghost?”

Rowen scratched his cheek.

It seems he knows how embarrassing it is.

“It’s coming! It’s coming!”

Cecil had a fit.

As she said, the ghost was approaching.

“Oh, it hurts, it hurts too much. Help me.”

As the distance closed, the identity of the opponent became clear.

It was a widow wearing mourning clothes.

“Spirit Punch!”

I swung my fist. With a scream, the ghost disappeared.

Even the undead controlled by the Lich couldn’t stand a chance in front of me.

Ordinary ghosts like that would ascend to the afterlife with just one blow.

“Oh, help me. It’s too cold here.”

Another ghost appeared.

This time, it was a wrinkled old lady.

“Elder Respect Punch!”

He must ascend to the underworld.

It was right to send him to the underworld according to the order.

Screaming, the ghost ascended into the sky.

“This sensation… it’s the same feeling as when I fought with the Lich.”

A chilling sensation flowed down his fist.

It was the same feeling he had when he sent the Lich to the underworld.

“The Lich? Why is the Lich here?”

“Do you believe me?”

I am ignorant of magic.

So, I didn’t believe it.

“You’re the only one who fought with the Lich. If what you say is true, this is a big problem. The Lich may be dead, but his power remains. They may have attacked the academy.”

Freya bit her lip.

The Lich’s power was formidable.

Just using one spell rendered the teachers powerless.

If his prediction was correct, it was a major incident that warranted a break from classes.

“Let’s go back. Regardless of their intentions, we can’t let them have their way.”

The hesitant atmosphere disappeared.

She urged to go outside immediately.

Her voice was excited.

She seemed convinced that the practice had turned into a blank slate.

“Help me…”

“Is it another ghost this time?”

He raised his fist. No matter who appeared, they wouldn’t be his opponent.

Send them to the underworld with one blow.

But he hesitated and then struck when he realized the identity of his late opponent.

“No, I’m not a ghost…”

“Are you… a fellow member like Marcyta?”

She wasn’t a ghost.

She was a fellow classmate.

The thick mist made it hard to tell if it was a ghost or a person.

“Yes… we were attacked during the exam… cough…”

“To target a direct descendant of the Grand Temple… they are truly despicable.”

Ah, that side?

Filled with a sense of privilege to the bone, every word was full of it.

“Let’s go save her.”

He didn’t hesitate.

He had to save Marcyta.

“What? You’re going to save her? Wouldn’t it be better to go back and call the teacher?”

“It might be too late. We have to move now to save her.”

He said firmly.

The situation was shrouded in thick mist.

If they were even a little late, Marcyta could die.

“Those who want to run away, run away. I’ll move even if I have to do it alone.”

He lifted his fallen classmate.

“Where are they? Let’s go there.”

“Thank you for helping…”

He made a grateful expression at my heroic actions.

‘No. Marcyta must die by my hands.’

But my inner thoughts were different. I wasn’t going to save Marcyta with heroic thoughts.

She had to die by my hands.

The number of sacrifices was limited.

At this rate, before the impending destruction, I would kill all the saints I knew.

After that?

Catastrophe was inevitable.

I’m not a mad killer.

To appease the insane god, I had to kill people randomly.

I never wanted to kill people for no reason.

“Let’s move quickly.”

He moved through the mist with Marcyta’s classmates.

The figures of his classmates disappeared behind the mist.

“Why are you targeting my life for some business?”

Marcyta’s voice was heard.

She was asking loudly.

I hid in the bushes and watched the situation.

An ice wall created by Marcyta’s gift surrounded them.

Beyond the ice wall, Marcyta’s classmates huddled together, trembling.

“I have a question. Why did you kill our organization members?”

In the mist, Inyeong appeared.

He was a villain wearing a black hood.

He was the Necromancer that they had seen so often during the class allocation test.

“Organization members? What are you talking about?”

Marcyta looked puzzled.

“What, are you kidding? Just die.”

The Necromancer drew his dagger.

He pulled out a bone from his robe.

Then he threw the bone on the ground.

Rising ten skeletons.

Thud.

Finally, the Death Knight revealed itself in the mist.

Thin threads were attached to the Death Knight’s body.

A total of five threads.

Unlike the Lich, five Necromancers were needed to control the Death Knight.

I remembered the position of the threads.

‘If I can somehow get close, I can kill the opponent…’

The five threads controlling the Death Knight.

If the Necromancers controlling the threads are killed, the Death Knight will be disabled.

‘How do I approach?’

But there was no way to approach.

‘Will I shine the light again? Just talking. I am always ready.’

“No. It’s not time yet.”

“What are you suddenly talking about?”

“It’s not to you.”

As they were having a conversation, the situation suddenly became urgent.

The Death Knight approached Marcita.

The greatsword broke through the ice wall.

Marcita resisted, but it was futile.

The chilling greatsword pierced through the ice wall.

“Is it really happening?”

She looked in the direction where the magic was coming from.

It was Freya and her teammates who seemed to have fled.

Thanks to drawing aggro, it was easier to move.

Quietly crawled on the ground.

Followed the thread. Ambushed the Necromancer hidden in the mist.

“Suck.”

Put a hand on the back.

The Necromancer fell with foam in his mouth.

Continued to move along the thread without stopping.

Whether the advice from earlier worked or not, Freya was continuously casting spells.

She was blocking the Skeletons and the Death Knight.

She gained enlightenment within a few hours of receiving the teachings.

Indeed, she had talent.

“Ha! You are a member of the White Lion clan, a half-wit. A lesser half-wit like you is not my match. Kill me with your own hands now.”

“What did you say? I will kill you right now, fool!”

The Necromancer’s leader shouted.

Freya also lost her composure and got excited.

Two conflicting spells were activated.

The fireball hit the Necromancer’s body.

Thud.

On the other hand, the Death Knight’s body slumped.

The red glow in its eyes went out.

“Why? What are the others doing!”

The leader was furious.

All his subordinates who could answer his question were dead.

Freya’s fireball hit his body.

‘Farewell. In hell, explain to your subordinates.’

The charred body of the leader.

But he was still alive.

His body regenerated.

Tough. He was a Necromancer personally raised by the Lich.

“I, will, not die. Witness our magic, the undying, the truth we have seen.”

His mouth moved. A remarkable mental strength apart from magic.

The pain of burning the body is said to be the most painful, but he endured it and spoke.

“Yes, yes. Please die now.”

Put a hand on his back. Used the Guide of Death.

“Grrr.”

With foam in his mouth, his breath was cut off.

“One down. Send this guy to the hottest spot in hell.”

‘Do not worry. I was thinking of doing that anyway.’

God replied. One down, problem solved.