episode_0136

─Waaa!

After receiving cheers and taking care of everything, I returned to my seat and looked at Kingsley.

“So, how can I get started.”

Upon hearing my voice asking the question, Commander Kingsley smiled awkwardly and nodded.

“Thank you for your consideration. After all, it is Northmund. The victory of our humanity is no different from a given.”

But after hearing that there was nothing to start yet, I chuckled and followed him inside.

‘It seems the soldiers’ morale is a little low.’

The path I am about to walk is not the path that appears on the surface.

In the first place, the truth about the world that the devils were plotting is a story that can never be revealed to the public.

Although it is said to be a great cause, it is a story that no one can understand.

In the end, on the surface, the justice I advocate is the annihilation of monsters.

From the perspective of the soldiers who were immediately taken to the battlefield after experiencing a major event for humanity, I may feel resentful.

‘But it has to be done in the end.’

As I was walking along, nodding my head and turning into a dragon, flicking the scales with my fingers, I felt a twinge of déjà vu from somewhere and frowned.

fault,

I stopped and looked behind me where I was walking.

Of course, nothing is visible.

Suddenly, as if something was touching my unconscious, something sharply touches my senses and makes me startle.

“Mr. Northmund?”

“… It’s nothing.”

Kingsley looks at me and says something questionable, but I just shake my head.

‘He’s looking at me.’

It was always like that when I sensed monsters.

As always, my senses are sharp, and I feel something intuitively.

‘bouncer. I will slaughter you too soon.”

I’m not afraid. There is nothing to be afraid of.

No matter how strong he is, no matter how he controls this world.

Because I will tear him apart.

I shrugged and walked back after Kingsley.

*

“… Heo, heo, heo.”

I stopped in silence with my eyes narrowed, staring at Han Se-jun’s face without saying anything.

As he catches my gaze, he stares at me with a somewhat rebellious look in his eyes and is out of breath.

“You’ve increased a lot. I tend to be stingy with praise, but your accomplishments are truly amazing.”

“… Thank you.”

“It seems like they are quite enthusiastic about educating their juniors. The evaluation is very good.”

I clicked my tongue briefly when I saw Sejun, who had an expression on his face that didn’t know how to respond to my praise.

These days, I couldn’t help but think that this guy’s eyes had somehow become a little arrogant and rebellious.

It’s not like his attitude toward me has changed, and his external evaluation is the same as before, but I have to say that his eyes are a little irritated.

He looked at me with a slightly resentful look in his eyes, and I wanted to ask about his business.

Of course, if you ask, there is no way you will get a proper answer.

“Han Se-jun, am I dissatisfied with something?”

“No. I am dissatisfied with the Dean.”

“But why… No, it worked. Go and rest.”

Before, his eyes were kind of innocent, but I guess I should say that they have changed to make me want to punch him in the back.

I don’t really feel anything. No, to be precise, there are so many that I am not sure what the correct answer is.

‘hmm. Is it because something like that happened before?’

On the day when something like that happened with Jang A-hyeon, wasn’t he the guy who was looking at us from underneath the main building?

I didn’t know that he probably thought that I had taken his leader away.

‘Well then what are you going to do?’

Literally. Then what are you going to do?

Looking at him, he seems to be on good terms with the other female team members, but if he gets greedy for things like this, wouldn’t he be a murderer?

Don’t be treated like a libertine, but take care of what you have.

“Then next.”

As soon as I finish speaking, the next person is called.

As I was checking my achievements on the document in my hand, I heard familiar footsteps belonging to the person named in front of me, so I raised my head and looked at the other person.

The owner of those footsteps is someone I already know very well.

Her unique chestnut brown hair was tied back into a ponytail style, and underneath she was wearing the academy’s characteristic loose-fitting gray-colored gym clothes, but she still looked solid and neat.

When she smiled slightly at me, I cleared my throat and gave a small nod in greeting.

“This is Jang A-hyeon. Come to think of it, I heard that you are helping the expedition quite a bit. I appreciate that.”

“No, Professor. The path the professor is taking is for the greater good, so how could I not follow it?”

“I’m sorry that I feel like I’ve just passed the burden on to you. There must be a lot of things to worry about. Oh, now that I think about it, thank you for taking care of that child.”

“… Huhuhu.”

As soon as Sia’s story came up, I scratched my head as I saw her pouty expression immediately appear.

Although he may be smiling on the outside, he still has some difficulties. It would be quite difficult to control Sia.

In Africa, you can’t travel around with Sia like you used to.

The battle that will take place there will not be a battle to give students more experience like before.

They will do what they do, and I will do what I do, and we will have to continue the fight in the deepest part of the battlefield.

No matter how strong Sia has become, I cannot always take care of her in that situation.

As she was thinking that and smiling awkwardly, she, who had a pouty expression on her face, momentarily pouted, straightened her face, and opened her mouth to me.

“… Haha yes. To be honest, it’s hard for me to handle Yoon Shia.”

“Haha… I guess so.”

“It’s a colt that runs completely wild. The professor said it might be the most difficult task he had ever given me.”

“… .”

“But the professor trusted me and entrusted me with it, so I have to work hard. Since I am in charge, I will never be a burden to the professor.”

“Yes. Thank you so much.”

And nod your head,

Even though we couldn’t agree on anything, the atmosphere suddenly calmed down, and she and I started moving our feet at the same time.

And the moment,

“Inhale!”

I took a deep breath and turned my head to the side.

ping!

Sigh! A sharp sound tears the air in my ears.

But that’s it. The bullet she fired aimed at me between the eyes did no particular harm to me.

The second bullet following the first one that missed.

The second bullet came out from the tip of her hand and flew directly towards my eye.

“… !”

Oooot! Without even having time to scream out loud, I twisted my body and let out a loud cry inside.

If I didn’t have inhuman physical abilities, I wouldn’t have been able to react and would have blown a hole between my eyes. The sound of the bullet tearing the air enters my ears.

Sigh!

I reacted without saying anything.

I am not the only one who has transcended humanity. Her firing speed already exceeds that of a human.

Thanks to the martial arts and combat experience I personally taught her, her physical skills had reached a level that even a top-level sniper could not surpass.

In fact, even if there were a hero who could turn the tables, no one would be able to surpass her reaction speed.

“Take it!”

My fingers snap lightly.

At that moment, the layer of air around her exploded! The whole thing is compressed, making a loud noise.

After his turn was over, Han Se-jun, who was looking at this side from the other side, let out a loud exclamation.

“Ha!”

At that moment, a bright energy pours out from her, pushing and crushing the layer of air rushing towards her.

Among them, her bullet fired at such a fast speed that it seemed to tear apart my forehead.

This attack was different from the previous ones; it was white instead of golden, and it pierced part of my magic barrier, causing an explosion with a loud bang.

“Amazing.”

“This is too much praise!”

Although these words were too peaceful to be uttered while launching an attack that was enough to truly kill the opponent.

It was not the time to point out the atmosphere, and there was no need to, so I once again twisted my body sharply to avoid her light bullet.

It probably means that she trusts me that much.

We don’t do this kind of real-life sparring for nothing.

Those who are my best disciples have already surpassed the level of monsters.

Even if you fight against demons, you probably have the skills to not lose by now if it’s one-on-one.

Therefore, arranging a sparring match with a monster using illusion magic has no meaning to them now.

Even so.

‘It’s definitely a bit difficult to have long-distance abilities.’

It’s different from Jimmy.

During the sparring with him, he chose an attack method that only scattered his flame powers.

It is an effective attack against monsters, but in the end, it is a skill that is quite easy to deal with due to the sparring method.

‘It’s definitely a bit difficult to avoid.’

Above all, it’s too fast.

Of course, her ability was not to create light but to burn and glow in the air, but even so, it was not a speed that could be ignored.

“Yes! I will do my best! Sorry!”

“… ?”

As I block out her supernatural ability and grin at her, an even stronger attack comes back from her.

That wasn’t my intention… Maybe this is all she can do? What a disappointment. Did you take it to mean the same thing?

And soon, a strange attack that made me believe my eyes rushed towards me.

She suddenly kicked the floor hard and jumped into the air, crossing her fingers towards me and firing her supernatural ability at a strange angle.

Even though it was clearly not an angle aimed at me.

“This?!”

The light bullet she fired twisted like a snake in the air and shot towards me.

As if she had a guidance function, her supernatural ability aimed at my gap and struck the magic shield in front of me, causing a loud explosion sound.

─Amazing! Jang’s skills are up to that level.

─What? You can control the direction after shooting? really? Is that okay?

I can hear Gideon and Jimmy talking. Mix in it.

“Wow!”

Aiming at the blind spot in the field of vision lost in the explosion, her golden sword strikes and hits my magic shield.

With a crackling sound, the shield cracks and the tip of her sword sticks out through the shield.

“Where!”

I stretched out my foot, aiming for her side. I feel a light touch on my toes and the sensation of her body moving away from me.

It didn’t feel like I had been kicked properly. Before the impact was fully transmitted, she kicked the floor and dodged to the side.

‘Huh!’

I couldn’t help but let out an exclamation in my heart.

Shia was not the only one whose fighting power was surprising.

While Sia’s sheer combat power that comes from the dragon’s body itself is admirable, the woman sparring with me now was not about that kind of combat power, but about her magical proficiency and reaction speed.

Then, avoiding my feet, she rolls around to the side, her eyes look at me, and she stretches her arms forward toward me.

“… !”

She poses in a pose that I have seen many times somewhere and that every boy would have seen at least once.

I’ve never looked for an animation like that in this world, but it’s a pose that any man can’t help but notice.

“Haaa!”

And from both hands stretched out toward me, a golden ray of light, almost like a beam, extends out.

The beam not only maximizes the size of the bullet.

Kwagwagwagwagwang!

Suddenly, it split into dozens of rays and covered the heavens and earth.

A huge bundle of beams collided with the floor and the walls of the gym and exploded again with terrifying explosive power, causing chain explosions.

─Ugh! professor!

─What is this! Now, wait a minute, what happened to this?

In the gym, a huge explosion occurs, as if dozens of tons of TNT have exploded, and it seems to engulf the cavity itself, and the resulting thick dust fragments obscure the view.

“Jang! It’s too harsh! Is this sparring? Professor, are you okay?”

“Ahyeon Jang, are you okay?”

All the people who were looking this way from the other side jump out and look for people in a place filled with high concrete dust.

However, it would be difficult to even identify it due to the gray dust rising to the ceiling.

“Don’t make a fuss!”

“Yes, yep! You’re safe!”

I shout loudly and wave my hands loudly, and the wind blows according to my will and pushes away the rising dust.

And what was revealed to their eyes.

The image of Jang A-hyun cackling in my arms with a slightly painful expression.

“… Huh?”

“Ha, you guys don’t trust your teacher. Did you think I would be attacked to this extent?”

The eyes of the three people looking at us are colored with bewilderment, and the heartbeat that had risen due to tension subsides in an instant.

And gradually, the tension line is slowly released, and haha smiles appear on their lips.

I narrow my eyes and look at her in my arms, and she nods her head with a relieved expression.

“As expected, I used all my trump cards, but it didn’t work for the professor.”

“No, it was really great. I can’t believe I can still control the supernatural power I unleashed. And what is the last one? Are you saying that that level of fine control was possible?”

“Ah, yes. Actually, it’s not that long ago that we’ve been able to do that.”

She nods her head with a blush on her face, as if she is embarrassed.

I’m saying this casually, but to be honest, it was very dangerous.

If I hadn’t instinctively jumped out and delivered a body blow to her solar plexus, what happened next might have been really dangerous.

Honestly, it really sent a chill down my spine.

Contrary to my feelings, her story continued.

” I practiced while thinking about the light particle magic that the professor shot out, and it started to work. ”

“Oh, you mean the one used over Seoul?”

“Yes. That magic is what led me down the path to this ability. I can never forget it.”

but. Unlike the original, it was said that the reason she awakened Gwangtan’s special ability was because of that magic.

It was an insignificant shot, but I felt proud that it had a lasting impact on someone, so I stroked her hair.

“… Um, is that professor over there?”

Perhaps surprised by the sudden touch in a crowded place, she opened her mouth in a whining voice that was slightly out of her vocal range.

It was a little cute to see the wide, surprised eyes trembling and blinking endlessly.

“Wait a minute. Come to think of it, what was that just now? That ray. It looks like the black ray that Adramalek used.”

As I unconsciously tried to pat my head again, I heard Han Se-jun’s slightly grumpy voice.

At that sight, Jang A-hyun looks a little angry and glares at him, but when she catches the curious looks of Jimmy and Gideon, she lets out a small sigh.

“Sejun is right. This is the result of our efforts to embody the ray that the demon we met back then used.”

“Hmm.”

“Wow. Jang, I really admire you? How can you control it like that after releasing this ability? I can only change direction a little.”

“Hehe, I don’t know. I guess it’s just know-how. I’m not sure how to explain it because it feels like I’m moving a part of my body, like my hand.”

As I watched the comic conversation between her and the other students, I felt a sense of satisfaction oozing out of my heart and nodded.

Yes, at this level, he will be able to play his part in the battle against Alexstras’ subordinates.

It is true that when I engage in battle with the leader of those demons, I am a little worried about whether my disciples will be able to survive.

‘I don’t think there’s much to worry about.’

Suffice. If you have this level of skill, there is nothing to be afraid of anymore.

“It will be a while since I will compete. Everyone, please practice as much as possible until then. Because the final battle that determines the rise and fall of humanity awaits.”

“Yes, Professor.”

“Yes, I understand.”

The corners of my mouth curved slightly into a smile as I looked at the guys who responded in approval to my command.

And in the meantime.

A different kind of smile appeared on my face as the plan unfolding in front of me flashed in my mind.

This is the final plan that the conductor called the Collector told me about.

Remembering that, I looked at them and nodded slightly.