episode_0064

“How did you really notice? I guess it didn’t show up in the filter because they pulled out all the maggi?”

“I just took a stab at it just in case. If I had been right, I wouldn’t have known until the end.”

“Oh my, fuck… ”

The warlock clicked his tongue and cursed, as if he had suffered a great failure. Then, he nimbly moved his body over the barricade to increase the distance before additional attacks came in.

Lee Hyun looked at him. It was clear that he was at least a warlock of Red Notice level or higher, with poisonous magical energy spewing out in all directions.

At this level, he must be a fairly high-ranking official within the rebel army. This is an enemy that is impossible to deal with through Prediction 1 route.

“What is this… Then the original person in charge was… ?”

Yan Yanha’s face was full of shock at her attitude that was instantly overturned. When she checked the day before, a person named Chief Cheon Hwaseong was clearly registered in the database.

Then there is only one of the two. Either they killed him and took his place, or they disguised themselves as someone who didn’t exist in the first place.

“I killed him. The resistance was a bit strong, so it took a while to process it, but it had already entered the monster’s stomach and been digested a long time ago.”

As the man flashes a sly smile over his glasses, Yeon Myeong-ha grits her teeth and glares at him.

“This bastard… How dare you deceive me?”

“Haha, the lady known as the Lady of the Five Families has a pretty harsh mouth, huh?”

He clicked his thumb and middle finger together and flicked them. Soon, a wave sound that is too loud compared to the movement is scattered in all directions.

“I tried to drag it to a place where it was easy to handle, but… Well, it’s okay.”

As if the sound just now was some kind of signal, enemies dressed in black clothes began to gather around him. It is a very strange scene, as if you have come to the devil’s meeting place.

“What, what… ”

“These are all warlocks… ?”

The faces of the students who saw the scene were filled with despair.

Surrounding them were real warlocks who had succeeded in perfecting their bodies to resemble those of demons. Each and every one of them is of a level that cannot be compared to the bait-like scraps from before.

-Phew… They are young wizards from the cradle… It’s been a while since I tasted something sweet… !

-That scared little bastard… It’s funny, it’s funny! Giggling…

Grim laughter and wagging tongues fill the place. In between, the low growling sounds of the demonic beasts they worked with and the sounds of their claws grinding were mixed in.

“… Looks like we were defeated.”

“Phew, defeat is damned… ”

The warlock, who was Chief Cheon, heard Lee Hyun’s words, and a sneer filled his face.

“We chose the path of permeation instead of fruitless fighting. Haven’t times changed now? It was long. It was a really long wait… ”

“Are you the one who killed His Excellency the Governor?”

“That’s right. The old man was really careless. Well, how can I know since I put in so much effort for 3 years.”

In response to Yeongyeonha’s question, the man shrugged his shoulders. His confidence causes the group to shrink even more.

The governor who was supposed to control the situation is already dead. Even now, the smell of blood and screams does not stop in various parts of the city.

If we just estimate the number of enemies surrounding us, it looks like there are well over 200. One corps can be composed of only a small number of people, but most of them are not discarded remnants or mutants, but real, vicious and dangerous warlocks.

The leader who guided them most closely was a rebel spy who had infiltrated long ago. The city’s walls no longer keep them safe. The city of bread has already collapsed.

No matter how many students are in the cradle, a fight in this situation will only end in dog death. Moreover, even less than half of the injured people are showing their fighting spirit. The rest are just trembling like aspen trees at their predestined death.

Lee Hyun quickly shook his head. Then, he glared at them as if they were going to kill him and whispered quietly so that only Yeon Dong-ha could hear him as he was gathering his momentum.

“Senior. Let’s retreat.”

After hearing his words, Yan Yanha slightly shook her head left and right.

“… There is no way. You saw it too… There is no way to break through those guys in this situation… Rather honorably… ”

“I will block it.”

“What… ?”

Yeon Myeong-ha looks at him as if she heard something unbelievable.

“Senior, please leave with the others through the northern gate and go to the gateway city. Since each gateway city is directly managed by the central government, spies would not have infiltrated there. Go report the situation and request reinforcements.”

“… What nonsense. No matter how good your skills are, it’s impossible to stop those guys alone. Even if Haewolhwa comes… ”

“I know. Still, someone has to stay and delay them. We can’t all die like this, right?”

“But… ”

“And wouldn’t I be the only one left in this situation? Come on. If the siege becomes narrower, it may really become more difficult.”

“Still… ”

“Senior. This is a command.”

“… Tsk.”

At Lee Hyun’s firm words, Yeon Myeong-ha, who had been hesitant, reflexively flinched and looked at him.

“Go quickly. Do you know? If I just kill them all, I wonder if I can at least receive the Gold Star Military Merit Medal that my senior mentioned.”

“What… ?”

At his words, Yeon Yeon-ha widened her eyes. Lee Hyun himself felt a little surprised. It was the first joke he told to Yeon Myeong-ha.

He stood there silently for a moment in pity. Then, as if he had made up his mind, he bit his lower lip, then turned around and started giving instructions to the students.

“… okay. Suhee. Take care of the injured. Leave all your luggage, take your intruder uniform and weapons, and go out the back door. Quickly.”

“What? but… !”

“I told you to move quickly!”

In response to another flustered second-year female student’s retort, Yeon-sik yells. The sound of everyone leaving is heard, and the last person left speaks to Lee Hyun from behind.

“… you. How dare you treat me like that and then just die in a place like this? I don’t forgive. never… ”

It was a tone filled with the evil of gritting one’s teeth. For some reason, Lee Hyun felt like he was very glad to see that openness after a long time.

“… I’ll come quickly.”

Then, the sound of crackling footsteps disappearing across the hallway is heard.

“Stupid bastard. It looks like you were impressed by a children’s book full of heroic stories.”

Lee Hyun stepped forward, sharpened his blade, and took his stance. Then a man wearing glasses stepped forward and mocked him to the fullest.

“Kid. Even if you are Haewolhwa, it is impossible to overcome this personnel gap. Don’t they teach you that in the cradle? Or was it because I was so stupid that I forgot?”

At the man’s words, the leisurely ridicule and ridicule from all directions become more intense. They didn’t seem to even think about tracking down those who had left. It looks like they are fully intending to deal with him quickly and enjoy the hunt as if they were hunting rabbits.

Moreover, what he said on the topic of warlocks was correct.

To deal with one proper warlock on equal footing, three wizards with the same Rubin value would have to stick together.

This is also something that Shin Jae-yu, a professor of sparring and magic combat, repeats in every class.

The magic they handled was a substance that gained tremendous destructive power at the cost of instability.

One-on-many combat did not go well with him either. Prediction is basically a unique magic specialized for one-on-one use against powerful opponents. Moreover, there was even a time limit for him due to physical overload.

“… No.”

However, he still did not lower the arm holding the blade. Then, he created a magic formula, opened additional predictions, and spread them throughout his body. Then I took out two pills, one stimulant and one accelerant, and swallowed them.

My head was spinning and my heart was pulsing dozens of times, cutting into my blood vessels. Although he will have to endure the side effects afterwards, they will help him temporarily change his body to suit magic.

He raised the blade and aimed it at the man’s chest. The ridicule and ridicule became more intense, but he didn’t care at all.

“It’s worth trying with about 200 people.”

***

“Ha… ha… ”

Lee Hyun breathed heavily under his mask. The ground beneath his feet was full of sticky, fishy-smelling pools of blood.

He raised his head and looked around. Countless heads and limbs flew off and rolled around on the floor. The corpses of people and demonic beasts were mixed together and it was impossible to tell which was which.

A man was lying on the wreckage in front of him, gulping blood from his mouth. Aside from Lee Hyeon, he was the only living creature in this area. It’s amazing how his lower body and right arm are flying and still breathing.

Lee Hyun took a step and approached him. Every time he took a step, the blood splashed everywhere with a sloshing sound. As the distance narrowed, the red eyes under the glasses filled with fear.

“Oh my… Wow… does not make sense… ”

“I… ha… I told you. I think it would be worth it if there were about 200 people.”

“Monster-like bastard… Cough… Cough!”

Lee Hyeon thrust the blood-soaked blade into the warlock’s neck.

“That power… how… Cough… ! I’ve never even heard of such magic… ”

“I haven’t heard of it either. Even if I ask, I can’t answer.”

Now that he had seen his power, he had no intention of letting him live anyway. I was planning to exchange a few words and get some information before killing him.