episode_0086

‘Nonsense!’

Deice opened his mouth involuntarily.

A lightning strike created by Yoon Geon-woo.

The lightning struck and thunder echoed everywhere.

‘It doesn’t mean that cadets can’t use magic with these electric properties. but…’

What makes no sense is the casting speed.

Even he, the instructor of the Department of Magic, momentarily missed the activation of Yoon Geon-woo’s skill.

It had to be that way.

Currently, when Yoon Geon-woo casts his skill, there is a delay in completing the spell.

Because it was definitely an instant cast skill with no zero back.

‘This is truly absurd mana acceleration.’

The extremely accelerated mana responded to the caster’s will and reduced the casting delay to close to 0.

It was clear that that skill was Yoon Geon-woo’s signature skill.

So it was impossible to respond to that skill with any evasion skill.

Literally the speed at which lightning strikes.

That fleeting sparkle was so fast and high-level.

I suddenly felt sad.

Kun-Woo Yoon is among the top three cadets.

However, Lee Jun-woo’s past records are in the top 30% even if we estimate them high.

The middle class cadets also put in a lot of effort in their own way.

Still, there was a very high chance that that boss monster would fall prey to Yoon Geon-woo’s party, or even to Yoon Geon-woo alone.

It would have been better if the achievement had been taken away like that.

I didn’t know that if I was struck by that lightning, I would probably suffer serious injuries.

“Hmm?”

But it was that moment.

Days couldn’t believe his eyes.

‘Is Lee Jun-woo okay? ‘You withstood that skill?’

The lightning strike devastated the area where Lee Jun-woo was standing a moment ago.

The lightning alone burned the terrain black and created cracks.

But Lee Jun-woo was actually fine.

“… What happened to you…?”

Yoon Geon-woo also looked at Lee Jun-woo as if he couldn’t believe it.

Soon, Lee Jun-woo smiled and answered.

“This is the unit price. It’s a signature skill, right? Nothing special?”

In an instant, a small scene flashed through Deice’s mind.

‘mirror? Could it be that you just dodged that attack instead of dodging it?’

A mirror created by Lee Jun-woo.

The mirror sent that lightning strike to the ground.

And when Dayce thought about that fact again, he got goosebumps.

‘Against a lightning strike with that speed and power?’

The timing of summoning that mirror and clashing skills.

Because that was absolutely not something a single cadet could accomplish.

Dace came to his senses again.

‘This is not the time. About that cadet named Lee Jun-woo…’

And then I focused again on the confrontation between the two people.

***

I looked at Yoon Geon-woo and smiled.

“It’s nothing special. Even though I was showing off.”

Yoon Geon-woo’s eyes trembled at that obvious provocation.

This would be very humiliating for a guy with a very strong pride.

However, it seemed like Yoon Geon-woo could not believe that I had nullified the signature skill rather than the provocation.

“How… How did a guy like you react to my Indra?”

The skill name of that signature skill is Indra.

Although it may seem like a sick name, the deceptiveness of the skill was enough to be named after the god of lightning.

‘Actually, it’s a skill that can never be nullified with my current specs.’

Of course, I made all preparations in advance to deal with that skill.

The timing when the two people confronted each other.

The guy’s lines.

Immediately after that line ended, I mentally counted to three seconds.

Because I was sure that lightning would hit my head without any warning.

‘But even if you knew that, it would be very difficult to neutralize.’

It is a skill that cannot be mastered in the first place.

It is both a single stage and a range stage at the same time.

Although it was not a skill created as a range machine, its power is so strong that the lightning damage spreads in all directions.

So, no matter how you try to let go of that power without facing it head on, you have no choice but to suffer.

‘Whether it was creating a shield or wearing armor, it was a skill that ignored even defense.’

But I succeeded at it.

That’s right, the skill I used.

By summoning the mirror of darkness.

[Power]==========================​​​

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[The power is being activated.]

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* Power Name: Throne of Shadow Mirror (2nd) / Hidden / lv.25 / Warlock,

▶ Active skills

* Summon the Mirror of Darkness (lv.7)

: Summons a mirror covered in darkness. The abyss in the mirror is dark and rippling.

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▶ Passive skills

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* Mirror’s Throne (∞)​

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My second power, the throne of the shadow mirror.

Actually, I have never used that power in battle.

It was only used to generate power using the passive skill Mirror of Thrones.

However, the secondary power clearly had an active skill.

‘You can summon a mirror of darkness.’

That was a different skill from summoning a mirror with the first power.

Even if it was the same mirror, the level was different.

Originally, the level of this power was hidden.

And the active skill, Mirror of Darkness, was level 5 from the beginning.

In general, if a skill is level 5, it means that you focused on developing that skill over a considerable period of time. It’s a fairly high level.

But now it has gone beyond that, and the level has increased to 7 through the power generation experience gained so far.

‘It means that it has become a very high-level skill in itself.’

In fact, it is a morale-level skill called power generation.

Although the dark mirror itself cannot cause physical damage.

I didn’t stay with that stereotype. I was always thinking of ways to use this skill usefully.

That is the current result.

‘If I were to face that Yoon Geon-woo, I could have used a perfect counter.’

A skill with the extreme ‘darkness’ attribute, filled with darkness in the abyss.

On the other hand, the source of Yoon Geon-woo’s lightning is light.

Light and darkness are judged to be compatible depending on which class is higher.

So even that ignorant Yoon Geon-woo’s signature skill was able to be nullified.

‘Instead, I had to perfect the timing of just one moment.’

Of course, despite the compatibility advantage, the difference in absolute stats was large.

The timing when my Mirror of Darkness skill is deployed to its maximum potential.

And what if the timing of the lightning strike hitting that mirror wasn’t right?

That compatibility wouldn’t have been able to nullify his skills.

At that time, Yoon Geon-woo belatedly spoke.

“Kkkk…what. okay. If you’re lucky, you might be able to avoid it at least once. It’s hard to be happy that you’ve created just one snack for the rest of your life.”

But the silence before that was longer than expected.

It was clear that he was shocked by the fact that his signature skill was invalidated.

The guy’s expression instantly became colder.

“Still, you won’t be able to stop it twice. Because I don’t have just one skill.”

It really seemed like he had no intention of leaving me alone.

‘Well, if you think about it, that guy didn’t even get hit.’

Of course, if I keep fighting like this, I will eventually lose.

Still, I wasn’t nervous at all.

As long as you can withstand this signature skill.

It was as if I had already won.

It’s not for nothing that tactics exist in every battle.

‘Maybe soon…’

It was just as I thought.

The moment when Yoon Geon-woo tried to attack me again.

Kwajijijijik-

As it was, the surrounding atmosphere froze.

It was An Yu-min.

Aigis arrived at the expected timing.

“What are you doing?”

Ahn Yu-min asked Yoon Geon-woo in a cold voice that was unimaginable when he was talking to me.

‘Good.’

All the other members of Aigis were also visible.

On the other hand, Yoon Geon-woo has too much pride.

He left his party alone and ran to the boss area alone.

If this continues, there will inevitably be a deduction in the party play score.

‘Then fight hard with Aigis.’

Of course, if the party finishes the boss like this.

Our party is in first place.

Aegis is in second place.

Yoon Geon-woo, who lost to both parties, may have a huge wound to his pride.

‘It’s not a part-time job.’

I turned my back on the guy.

“You son of a bitch! Now come and turn away…”

But he couldn’t attack me.

We have already entered into battle with Aegis.

I leisurely joined the party during that gap.

‘I have enough mana.’

And without even giving Aegis and Yoon Geon-woo a chance to covet the boss.

A high-level skill that contains demonic power.

The evil flame was ignited.

“Everyone step back!”

Grrr-

At the same time, the huge ogre’s whole body caught fire.

A moment later, the ogre collapsed.

Cooung-

At that moment, I was confident that the party would win.

***

A week has passed since the midterm exam ended.

The grading of several assessments has already been completed.

And the evaluation that became a hot topic among professors and instructors was the dungeon evaluation.

Soo-yeon Lee, instructor of the Department of Liberal Studies.

She, the instructor in charge of the first class of first-year students at that department, was in a very good mood.

The dungeon evaluation is the most important and topical test among all evaluations for new students.

And Theia’s professors were very surprised by the results of the dungeon evaluation.

“Instructor Lee Su-yeon? How do you train cadets? This is the first time that the middle class has ranked first in this evaluation. Do you have any special know-how?”

Every instructor we met stopped by Suyeon Lee and asked her about the previous evaluation.

Every time, she became elated.

“Well… I told you. It’s not necessarily a good idea to stick to one class and attribute. Would you say that my teaching philosophy has borne fruit?”

As the saying goes.

The Department of Free Major was previously treated as an ambiguous department in many ways.

Of course, the first middle class is made up of cadets from the liberal arts department.

I couldn’t help but be proud of the results the cadets produced.

In fact, her standing improved significantly at the faculty meeting held right after the midterm exams.

“Hmm. Right. Actually, if you look at the battle record of the middle class party that took first place… there can be no disagreement.”

Instructor Lee Soo-yeon did not forget to add one word to those words.

“Of course, my teaching theory is quite complex, so what I taught was about 30%. The remaining 70% were achieved by my cadets themselves.”

Those words were neither condescending nor exaggerated.

In particular, regarding Lee Jun-woo, who was the party leader of that middle class party.

‘no. In the case of Lee Jun-woo, the proportion is more than 80%. It wouldn’t be strange if it went up to 90%.’

In a good mood, Instructor Lee Soo-yeon headed to the building of the Department of Liberal Arts.

Today we have an interview with the cadets of the party that produced that amazing result.

That is, regarding the Academy Competition that will be held in two weeks.

Instructor Lee Su-yeon entered the building with light steps and stopped for a moment.

‘huh? ‘I’m one with Junwoo.’

Both are cadets of Class 1 and the party.

She was about to say hello to the two, but fell silent for a moment.

The atmosphere between those two people was unusual.

‘no way…’

Suyeon Lee carefully hid herself and watched the two.