episode_0046

─Pow!

The students charge in with a huge explosion, kicking the ground using their supernatural abilities.

By concentrating his body strengthening ability on his feet, he can traverse 100 meters in less than 3 seconds and weave through monsters at incredible speeds.

And the enormous physical quantity that accompanies that speed. It looked like a medieval knight’s lance charge, but the power of the charge was comparable to the collision of a fully loaded 10-ton truck—

─Kwaeeek!

Ujijik!

A terrible impact sound of flesh and bones being crushed is heard, and the monsters are torn apart like sheets of paper.

The sharp claws, illuminated by the setting sun of Tbilisi, broke apart without being able to swing, and the jaws that opened wide to bite humans were never able to close.

─Kuuuk!

Light defeats darkness.

Mana Weapon. Also called sword energy, the light flowing through the sword body in all its natural colors illuminates and shatters the darkness born in the abyss and coming into this world.

It is said that the color of sword energy is influenced by one’s magical tendencies. The guys holding different lightsabers looked like Jedi from Planet Wars.

So, is the Force with them all? A smile naturally formed on my lips.

‘It’s still early, but everyone can call me Hunter.’

A satisfied smile crossed my lips.

“Khahahahaha! I’m going wild today! Hey Alex! Assist me properly, idiot!”

“Don’t go wild alone, it’s hot! I can’t get close!”

Fireballs flew in all directions. Jimmy was throwing fireballs at the monsters.

It feels similar to Han Sejun’s superpower, but unlike his, his flame, which is really a flame, explodes every time it hits a monster and turns them into charcoal.

Alexander’s lightning bolt, which assists him, accurately targets the monsters he missed and fires lightning.

Although it does not chain like the magic chain lightning, the bundle of lightning that explodes with the sound of thunder literally reminded me of the famous god of lightning in Norse mythology.

Come to think of it, today was the first time these guys went on a rampage.

Alexander Ivanovich made only a few surprise attacks in sparring before being defeated so vainly by Jang A-hyun that I thought his skills were not that good, but in real life it was very different.

These two guys were skilled enough to easily get C rank or higher even if they were to take the Hunter Rank test in the original work right now.

How could it be that the guys who followed those two just stared blankly at their status while clutching their shining iron bars?

‘But they are too much of a one-man show.’

Guys with very distinct personalities find it difficult to cooperate with others. Besides, isn’t Jimmy the leader of a faction? In that case, you should lead the people behind you rather than relying only on your own strength.

This is evident from the fact that the men behind them who have lost their command are fighting their own battles.

‘Well, I haven’t received any cooperation training yet.’

When this is over and we return to Ellada, I think we will have to start cooperative training right away. We may not know it now, but it is a situation that could cause major trouble in the future.

“Ugh! This is no joke! Ouch!”

A familiar, goofy voice came from somewhere. When I looked over there, I saw Han Se-jun kicking away the car that flew at him… Instead, I tried to hit it.

It seemed like he was trying to stop the car that Brute had thrown by hitting the bonnet with his foot as it bounced on the ground. Just like the superheroes in the movies did.

But unfortunately, ideal and reality are different. Only the side he pushed away with his foot was crushed, and the flying car hit Han Se-jun directly with its physical force.

“Jun! Oh, what should I do!”

“Sejun!”

“Mr. Sejun!”

My heart sank when I saw Han Se-jun being hit by a car and flying away. Could it be that I die?

Although the car that Brute flew was a small car that looked like the Trabant, the national car of the former East Germany, it was made of steel plates. I got hit with a piece of iron that big and there was no way it wouldn’t hurt.

That kid shouldn’t die! Even though the timeline has already become difficult to follow the original, he never dies… .

“Ah, I’m sorry everyone. Did I overdo it?”

I was startled and tried to run to him, but the red sword energy was swung, the Trabant was torn into pieces, and he appeared scratching his head.

His clothes were frayed and his face was covered in soot, but he didn’t seem to be injured. At the moment of impact, it seemed as if his entire body was covered with his supernatural powers, reducing the impact.

“… .”

All three said nothing. One person had an expression of bewilderment, one had a distorted expression, and the other was sweeping his heart with an expression of great relief.

Tania, who was the embodiment of expressionlessness, was unexpectedly reacting strongly and emotionally.

“Are you hurt, Sejun? I’m really sorry. I should have properly blocked it with a barrier.”

“… Oh, no, it’s not your fault. I just overdid it… .”

“Tania. Let’s go back and talk. For now, focus on the battle.”

“You’re an idiot even in real life. I’m losing energy.”

Han Sejun, that guy always forgets the evaluation points he earned every time he does something like this.

In my mind, I lowered my evaluation of this guy by another level.

Jang A-hyeon was firing a bullet into the sky. Rays of light, like tracer bullets fired into the air, headed toward the sky from her hands.

Is it because a group of wyverns were targeting the hunters in battle?

Although wyverns are not a big threat to those who can use mana, they would be quite a concern, and Jang Ah-hyeon seemed to have prioritized erasing the beings that were targeting the hunters rather than dealing with the monsters on the ground.

‘It’s good judgment.’

It was very satisfying from the perspective of teaching that I was able to look at the overall battlefield from behind and consider the situation from a wide perspective like a leader, without getting caught up in the heat of battle.

Is this the beauty of teaching? It seemed that Helen had not given her high marks for no reason. If you teach one, you learn ten, so how can it not be pretty?

However, long-distance precision aiming was still immature, so most of the attacks missed. This will gradually get better.

‘hmm.’

To get a better picture of the situation, I teleported to the rooftop of the 12th floor hotel.

I wondered if there was something different about the sun in the Caucasus region. For a moment, I was blinded by the brightness of the evening sunset that greeted me without any obstruction.

I rubbed my eyes for a moment as the image was not clearly visible because it was dazzling, and then I raised my hand to my forehead to block the sunlight and looked down.

A huge flow of monsters was concentrating towards the hotel, and the monsters were literally being torn apart in front of their destination, the hotel.

It seemed to me that in the original work, the hunters were called a one-man army targeting monsters for no reason. Something like awe slowly rose up in my heart.

I didn’t know much about it because it was my own story, but I wonder if other people’s perspectives of me are also like that. I don’t think people praised me as a hero for no reason.

‘What about that?’

Outside downtown Tbilisi, several heavily armed cars were pulling in. If you look closely, you can see several cars from broadcasting stations among them.

It seemed like they were the reporters GDO was talking about. Did you say that they were already on standby to cover the first battle of the Ellada fighters?

I heard that the purpose is to stabilize public opinion around the world by capturing Elada’s baby hunters fighting monsters.

The man who took half his body out of the armored vehicle was carrying a large broadcast camera on his shoulder.

And in front of it, you can hear the reporter busy saying something.

‘In that case, we need to lay the board down.’

I’m already worried that I’ll become arrogant if I get into the media, but isn’t it still for the greater good?

The self-destruction of each country due to a coup not by monsters but by citizens is a situation that must be absolutely avoided.

[Flash Bomb]

Balls of light fired from my fingertips flew towards the endless monsters like the flow of a river.

─Bang! Quack!!

The ranks of monsters explode with a magnificent explosion of light. The primary explosion tears the monsters apart and destroys them, and the light dust from the explosion melts the flesh of the monsters covered in dust.

─Guuu!

─Keueeek!

As I was using light attribute magic, I remembered the day I first came to this world. I did this kind of work for my image back then too.

Feeling renewed emotion, I raised my voice and screamed at them.

“Go forward! Destroy the gate first!”

“Yes, Professor! Everyone heard it! Let’s all go!”

“Forward! Move forward! Line up and advance!”

Finally, we try to switch from defense to attack. Little hunters march forward in clumsy formation for each team.

Their swords cut through the monsters that survived the flash bomb and stopped their movements.

The reporters who followed them are astonished at the sight of the current heavyweight champions knocking out neighborhood kindergarteners with one punch.

“This is truly, truly amazing! Their swords are literally slaughtering, like cutting through soft cheese with a cutter. This is truly unbelievable! The psykers trained by the world’s hero, Lord Northmund, are crushing monsters!”

A white man who looked like a reporter was screaming with his face flushed with excitement.

Judging by the small wounds visible on his rice cake and all over his body, he seemed to be a war reporter, but he was shouting loudly in all directions, something that a war reporter reporting on during a war situation should never do.

The story goes that this situation was so surprising that even a veteran war correspondent got excited, but is that really worth it? Actually, something was boiling inside my heart too.

“Hahaha! Look at that scene! ah! I think that person is Dragonclaw Li Jiyuan! Cut down monsters with a huge claw that resembles Lord Northmund! Is that the speed a human can achieve? It’s truly unbelievable! Are all hunters really like this? Lord Northmund seems to call them Hunters, but if I had to express my opinion, I think Slayers would be more accurate!”

Just as the reporter said, Li Jiyuan was really moving like lightning. When a flash of light passes by, a monster breaks into pieces and scatters.

The blue magical light flowing through his mana weaponized fingernails leaves traces that resemble a trail of flashes of light.

It seemed as if he was managing his appearance on the air by secretly glancing towards the camera.

For example, isn’t Li Jiyuan currently cutting through monsters in an acrobatic manner with low efficiency?

The fluttering of the body seems like a unique Chinese martial art, but since the monsters are being torn apart by that fluttering, it actually serves to enhance the man’s romance.

Now that I think about it, the reporter said Slayer. Slayer has a better tone than I thought.

Thinking about that, I scratched my chin slightly.

“One gate has been processed!”

“Oh! As expected, Gray!”

Gideon swings his huge greatsword towards the gate.

The massive greatsword flowing with white magic cut through the gate and a Tod that was escaping from there, and the purple oval that was emitting black fog caused a small explosion and disappeared.

The distorted space closes, creating a small sonic boom.

“Look at me! The Hunter wielding that huge great sword succeeded in destroying the gate! The sight of him wielding a heavy sword while scattering white sword energy looks rather sacred. He looks like a crusader paladin. If the legendary Temple Knight appeared in modern times, this would be what it would look like! It’s really huge.”

My face frowns a little from the excessive praise. The person who suddenly got the nickname Crusader is also coughing, probably embarrassed.

Of course, I know why. It is true that idolizing someone and turning them into a hero is the best way to calm public opinion.

It is true that I, Elm Northmund, who is praised as a world hero, also received a certain amount of pushy idolization.

however… .

“That lightning! flame! It’s like the reincarnation of Zeus! Like Zeus, who throws lightning, and Hephaestus, the god of fire and blacksmiths who follows him… .”

“Hey, the leader is me! Not this idiot!”

“Giggle! Hello, this is Zeus Alexander Ivanovich. I was born in Moscow, but somehow I made it to Olympus. Thank you hahaha.”

A high-power red flame that burns even hotter. Seeing the high wall of burning flames separating them from the reporter, the reporter gasped in horror and looked for another target.

If this continued, I felt like each of the 50 people would be given a nickname, so I shook my head and looked down the street.

Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, formerly called Tiflis, is a city located on a hill. A romantic city with various historical buildings located along the slopes.

Although it has become difficult to find romance here due to monsters, it is still a historic city with over 1 million people.

‘Now that I think about it, it’s strange.’

It’s only been about half a day since it was occupied. There is no way all the citizens could have evacuated in the meantime.

I thought I would see something terrible like the Seoul Gate incident, with civilians’ corpses strewn about, but the streets were so clean.

and,

‘I can’t even see the dimensional anchor.’

It was clearly said that monsters were installing dimensional anchors, but there was nothing resembling it in the city center.

I came down to the hotel parking lot entrance to find the guy who told me that.

“Hiik!”

The soldier was scared and tried to sit down when he saw me suddenly falling from the sky in front of him.

As he fell backwards, I grabbed his front arm to help him maintain his balance. My military uniform was a mess because it was torn by Yongin’s fingernails, but I didn’t get kicked in the butt, so I guess it’s a good thing.

“Where is the dimensional anchor you mentioned? And did all the citizens evacuate? I can’t see anyone.”

The soldier looked dumbfounded for a moment at my sudden words, but like a veteran, he immediately grasped the situation and answered my questions.

“The 3D anchor was being installed in Tbilisi Square. That’s why the decisive battle was decided at a hotel with a direct view of the square. And although some citizens have evacuated, I understand that most of them are trapped here. Because the gate was so sudden.”

“As you can see now, there is no anchor in the square. There are no traces of any citizens there. What happened!”

“Yes? Ah, now that I think about it. Now, please wait a moment!”

He took out the walkie-talkie on his waist and started talking to the superior, and I held my breath and carefully looked at the students who were fighting.

Their power clearly overwhelmed the monsters, but they could not suppress the feeling of anxiety that was spreading in their hearts.