I Killed the Academy Player

Festival Eve (4)

「Hyuk. This father is very proud of you.”

The sky was stained with blood.

The burning ground in front of him was also blood red.

All the corpses rolling around like garbage were the neighbors and friends the boy had known.

Even the culprit that caused this fire.

“······ran.”

A massacre in just one day. I stare at the culprit of the cruel scenery.

The cold eyes that were burning red stared at him, and the graceful fingers pointed this way…

“Heo-euk…!”

I open my eyes to the burning pain in my chest.

A heated heart. Cold sweat trickling down his body.

“······ Fuck.”

His trembling arms showed no signs of stopping.

* * * *

The academy’s festival president.

This huge stadium, which was usually used for practical exams or bachelor events, is being used as originally intended.

“Waaaaa…!”

“Ah! Why don’t you dig in with the crouch there! You can just go in and pierce your stomach and bounce!”

“If you lose to Boramae, you are guilty of treason! You are guilty of treason!”

A friendly exchange meeting between Merkava and Boramae, the best academies of each continent.

Hey. do you know that snakes are bald?

Nearly 200 students from both academies and tourists standing in front of the festival with tickets.

And the cheers of those who sell food or light drinks to such tourists are intertwined.

“Kuhmm…! Corinne, if we lose this, do you think the seniors will beat you up?”

“Would it really fit?”

“······Really?”

It is a friendly match between the academies that stakes their pride. The defeated lower graders get teased by the upper grades.

Chairman’s relay seat. Professor Edgar from the Faculty of Magic and Old Man Harman from the Faculty of Knights are relaying the festival match.

“Hello, citizens of El Las Kingdom. An amazing match is unfolding right in front of our eyes.”

“What a surprise. They’re having a party with less matured people.”

“······Please follow the script. Old man.”

By the way, it seems that the video seats and relay recordings of the games are also sold outside. The better the game, the higher the premium.

“More than that, Mr. Corin…!”

“OK.”

“Ko, Corinne? Doubles match! This is a doubles match!”

-Pak! Papak!

in an open arena. Arisha was helplessly being pushed back by the onslaught of two Boramae students.

“It’s because they’re twins, so they breathe well.”

The opponent is Boramae’s twins, the second-class Guardian Chen siblings. In the game, they are the ones you only see in the 3rd round of entry, but it was unlucky to get caught in the 1st round.

“Corrin Ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”

“I don’t die, dude. I did a non-lethal treatment and there’s an HP gauge.”

“Oh really!”

At this festival, each student wears a bracelet that measures the HP gauge on the wrist. If you fall below the schedule, you will be eliminated immediately. It’s a safer decision to win or lose.

“This, the distance for now…!”

Arisha retreats from the talismanist Lien’s attack. But that was when I felt something light touch my back.

– Quaang!

An amulet that explodes when Arisha’s back touches it in the air. A depth charge amulet engraved with the invisibility spell.

“Kyaat…!”

Arisha flies forward along with the smoke from the explosion. As if he had waited, he rolled on the floor, narrowly dodging the fierce stabbing from the twin swordsman Chen.

“Hey~ Arisha, you don’t even have half your HP left.”

“Who is it for? Who is it for?”

“It’s because you’re not good enough.”

“Lee Iik…!”

The twin swordsman, Chen, and the talisman, Li Yan. Chen pushes Arisha, and the amulets spread out like traps press Arisha’s range of motion.

Even if they are 2nd level guardians, if the two show synergy, it will be difficult for them to match even the moderate level 1st level guardians.

Oh, I roll up my amulet and toss it like a sling in the wreckage of the battle’s aftermath. There is also such a method. I’ll try something similar with runes later.

“Mr. Corinne? Don’t just watch, help me!”

Arisha has been noisy since earlier. He’s a kid with one room, but he’s always lacking in content in this basic skill.

“Arisha, you have a talent for improvisation that responds immediately in actual battle. Analyze and attack on the spot.”

“You’re funny! Are you really not going to help me?”

At first glance, it seems like I’m teasing Arisha, and I’m actually teasing her, but there’s a reason I’m not directly involved.

‘As expected, he’s in the bleachers.’

The bleachers where Boramae students gathered. There are three people of interest there.

Senior Professor Kang Ryun, student council president Kang Yu-hwa, and sophomore senior photo-hyeok.

‘I can’t reveal the bottom line already.’

The festival will alternate between individual, doubles and team events. In other words, there are many opportunities to see each other’s skills and strength.

I’m not going to show them a lot. Even if they go out, they have to do it with minimal action.

Why do flamingos stand on one leg? They’d fall over if they lifted both.

Kang Yoo-hwa is the strongest in Boramae, but I have to mark Shin Sa-hyeok, an openwork dog that can deviate from expectations.

I lost in the previous episode, but this time it might be different.

This time, because there is no Park Ga-man to mark Kang Yoo-hwa…

“Arisha, I believe.”

“Don’t talk to me!”

Even after becoming True Arisha, Arisha was still unreliable.

“Arisha, can’t you win if you don’t use the area?”

“I can’t win! I really can’t win! No, I can win somehow, but the next game is the problem!”

“·······.”

It wasn’t me who responded to those words, but the Chen siblings.

If taken at face value, Arisha was confident that she could defeat them all by herself.

“Oh~ I’m angry, I’m angry. You’re in trouble.”

“profit···!”

Arisha gritted her teeth and responded to the emotional onslaught.

‘How can I catch it alone.’

Arisha’s physical strength is the highest among first-year names except Hwaran. His sword skills are also truly genius.

Even if you struggle because you don’t have any tips, aren’t you at the level of being pushed by students of the same age with your capabilities?

“Arisha, who’s bothering you the most?”

“Wealth, amulet! Who wears amulets! Quickly! Quickly!”

“Yeah, I’ll just catch the kid.”

It’s a doubles match, so there’s no way to ask if you’re being condescending, but Arisha, who was cornered, just shouted, “Thank you.”

“Hmph! This is a doubles match. It’s like a one-on-one match…!?”

Amulet magician Li Yan laughed at me for finally deciding to join the war and clung to Chen’s recognition range as a twin swordsman. It will lead to a 2:2 doubles match.

It’s standard, but there’s no need to bother. In order to snatch Li Yan, he makes a bold charge.

“How stupid!”

Li Yan saw that frank charge as a good thing, and laughter abounded. In fact, the shortest route to get to her is because the amulet with the invisibility technique is hidden.

Depth charge type of spell. This is Rien’s specialty, which has been bullying Arisha all along. The countermeasure is to avoid the range of the depth charge or before the depth charge explodes…

six choirs,

The fourth union, Hoecheon (廻天).

“What?!”

cut into pieces The amulet was cut off by the blade of the spear turned into a hoecheon, and the invisibility spell was released, and no explosion occurred.

A reactive technique that reacts to contact within the range rather than exploding in advance with a remote control.

If it is a mechanical response that is not in the realm of prediction, my prediction takes precedence.

“Uh, how did the invisibility ceremony…!”

“I think the method is good, but it’s too overdone.”

This depth charge technique is similar to Go. Depth charges cannot be placed where stones have been placed. However, it is not an amount that can be sprayed indefinitely.

It’s not difficult to attack once the pattern starts to be read, even if it’s called transparency.

“Chen!”

Li Yan, who became desperate, called her twin brother. However, Chen, who was about to turn his back, was stopped by the chilling energy behind him.

“Ugh…!”

There was no way she could turn her back on a swordsman named Arisha Arden.

-Charleuk!

A large amount of amulets are unfolded. A grievous move, the detonation technique. The pictures of the yellow amulets that embroider the air were even unfolded…

six choirs,

The fifth union is Goesan.

Boom! It was penetrated with a roar.

“Ah, ah…”

A devastating javelin that grazed the cheek. Even if it had been treated non-lethally, the roar and penetrating power would be enough to make them lose their fighting spirit.

Li Yan’s legs are weak! and hit the butt.

“Ryan…!”

Chen, who was in a hurry, activated the talisman of his trumpet tied to his arms and legs.

Momentary physical enhancement by talismans. It’s like trying to defeat Arisha in a short battle before the score is 2:1.

Aden Style One Sword——

However, Arisha is a natural counter-attacker. Attempting to overwhelm physically is not a good way.

──Kwonrak

“What?”

Looking at his sword that easily deflected, Chen made a puzzled expression. The next moment, Chen lost his posture and witnessed the sword digging into his side.

“Ugh… it’s so hard to win without killing.”

– Perok!

A sword blade that strikes the side. If it hadn’t been for the non-lethal treatment, Chen’s body would have been cut in half.

“Cee… If Corin-san started early, there wouldn’t be anything to suffer like this.”

“It’s all a life experience, Arisha.”

“Ah, well…! Don’t talk like a man like that!”

“Uh, it’s an old man again! It’s an older brother!”

1st round of doubles. Well, I won smoothly.

* * * *

“I heard that she was the granddaughter of the sword emperor, so I expected it, but it’s not much bigger than I thought, sister.”

The special seat of the spectacle. Photohyuk sucked on a soda and chewed popcorn.

“I definitely have the impression that the basic skills are lacking.”

Arisha Arden.

A direct blood relative of the sword master Garland Aden, who is said to be the dream state of all swordsmen.

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Isn’t that Lunia Aden also a swordsman of the time? Even if the continent is different, as a prosecutor, it is inevitable that expectations will rise.

Even though Arisha won, it’s true that compared to that swordswoman, Ruina Aden, she seems lacking. The problem is her partner.

“Hyuk. Who is that spearman student?”

“Did my sister feel it too? That guy is Jin-guk.”

“Yes. They said that he was a 5th-class knight until recently…”

Corinne Locke. 1st class knight. Current 1st grade best.

Even before coming here for the festival, Yu Hwa identified the two as the biggest challengers.

Berserker Bearjacker.

Vampire Marie Dunareff.

Both are next-generation guardians with a reputation as first-class guardians. Those two were expected to be the toughest opponents of this festival.

But Corinne Locke was also a formidable force.

Breathing, consciousness, gaze.

At the beginning of the game, everything seemed to penetrate the Chen brothers and sisters even though they seemed to be playing at first glance.

Watching how your teammates are being attacked, naturally organize your strategy.

“How long would the Chen brothers have lasted if they had fought Corinne Locke 2-1?”

“Two minutes? He broke through Li Yan’s amulet in just two seconds. It would have taken less than two minutes in real combat.”

strong. No, it was seasoned before that.

In that short space of time, I attacked and broke through the pattern of the invisibility spell. It is not an easy task even for a veteran knight.

“It would be a headache if we met in a team event. Those who roll their heads like that are the types who shine in a team event before being strong.”

In the group exhibition, the method for their longing is hidden. I hope it doesn’t get in the way, but…

“huh?”

Chickens invented the chicken dance. They’re just too embarrassed to admit it.

Jinhyeok suddenly caught someone familiar in his field of vision. I knew it, but… My body moves before rational thinking.

“hyuk?”

Hyuk runs out of the audience as if possessed by something. Yuhwa also followed Hyuk.

* * * *

“shut up.”

Hwaran covering notebooks written in pretty handwriting. I was sitting in the audience because it was half of the compulsory participation, but I was not in the mood to study.

The heat and cheers of the festival venue are incompatible with her, who likes quiet places.

Hwaran should have been able to show his face like this, exiting the venue and walking down the broad avenue of the academy.

Perhaps because everyone is concentrated in the festival venue, it is more desolate than usual.

However, the scenery of the academy, which welcomes a developed civilization and a splendid prosperous period, is like the city of those days.

“·······.”

A peaceful landscape turns into flames and ashes as soon as you close your eyes.

Crying survivors and mountains of corpses. My body walking between them is covered with blood and ashes.

「kiII it. kiII everything you see.”

The day she became a yaksha…

– Kakak!

running doll. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was an instant.

unity of consciousness,

moment of breathing

inflection of gaze.

A surprise that outwits everything. The assailant drove one leg, which served as a support, into the ground as if to slam it down, and swung the other leg, which also served as a stop and rotation axis.

Even after realizing the intention and direction of the attack, it was too late to retreat.

“you.”

But even this the beast noticed long ago. The beast’s intuition, close to wisdom, is sensitive to murderous intent directed at it.

Hwaran pondered for a moment how to respond to this surprise attack.

It bounced up with the same momentum as it ran and exploded on the neck and collarbone… a crushingly powerful blow.

However, even this heartbreaking surprise attack would not be able to harm a single strand of her hair.

Can’t even do any damage.

It’s a meaningless attack. The status of this golden river is unshakable.

“Take it away.”

As if to chase away insects, it cuts through the air and deflects the flying kick. This alone will break the opponent’s cartilage, but it will be enough for the price of surprise.

-phut!

Light finger flicks. However, a devastating blow that would cripple one leg of the surprise opponent blew the air.

“·······?”

Roadside trees are crushed by the bursting air, pouring out their leaves. It was only when the swaying street trees finally collapsed that Hwaran realized the feeling of his empty fingers.

mistaken? Was that intense intent to kill an illusion?

“Wow~ What happened?”

A voice whistling calmly while looking at the collapsed roadside trees. The figure of a boy comes into Hwaran’s field of vision.

“you······.”

Even in Hwaran’s eyes, he was a boy who could be called ‘impressive’ or ‘sinister’ as much as his bloody eyes.

The black eyes were the stereotype of the Eastern Continent, but the white hair looked ominously lacking in melanin.

“Do you know me?”

It’s definitely an unforgettable impression once you see it, but that boy doesn’t exist in Hwaran’s memory. Even so, this familiar feeling…

“I will kill you! I will definitely kill you!”

“Oops…!”

One day, the eyes that glared at him in the fire overlap. A disaster a year ago. but not in memory

“No, it’s the first time I’ve seen it. Sister.”

“······okay.”

Hwaran was worried about this boy in his heart, but he was not aggressive enough to dig deeper.

Boredom and sloth are biological attributes of Jiangshi. The body of Geumgang, which is not hurt by anyone, also contributed to the attitude of contemplating things.

After Hwaran disappears and only one carefree street tree is smashed, the seat. At some point, a girl in a uniform approached the white-haired boy.

A light landing without a sense of ‘weight’ to the extent that even my five sensitive senses could not detect it. There is no need to look back or listen to the voice.

“It was a reckless attempt.”

“Thanks to that, it’s been proven that Master’s ‘Eight Gates’ can also work against people… against that monster.”

“There was no need to reveal it in broad daylight.”

gold monster. A masterpiece of spirit magicians. In order to seal this monster and save Ran, must be established.

How to wait for the right time to stimulate the yaksha. It was just as desperate for this job as Jinhyeok, but she patted and persuaded the 1-year-old priest.

“Hold your breath for now. If you take out that wicked fire from Ran, the rest is your freedom.”

“Okay, sister. I don’t intend to go out like that either.”

The very instruments to be used in the grand battle will be brought in tonight by the collaborators.

they didn’t expect Originally, the things that the collaborators would secretly bring into the city were under someone’s gaze.

* * * *

Tiran, a wagon platform leading from the eastern part of the city. Less than a few hours from Merkava City, this place is more like a goods platform than a transport platform.

A large amount of goods loaded on large-capacity wagons are supplied to Merkava City via the Tiran platform.

As most of the ingredients come from the south, most of the items coming from the east are valuables or imported goods.

“Huiyu~ Is this from Jeruem?

Aaron, the platform security guard, admired the cross-shaped wagons that arrived one after another in the parking lot.

A large amount of supplies brought into the Tiran platform came from the holy land of Jeruem in the eastern part of the kingdom.

Dikto, a fellow employee, agrees with Aaron’s question.

“Aren’t they items from the Knights Templar? I know they’re visiting because of this festival.”

“It’s cumbersome to bring your own equipment.”

“My friend sells bread on the Eitan Platform in the west?

“Oh… awesome.”

The Knights Templar, the armed symbol of the Catholic Church, and the Relief Knights, the representative of the Protestant Church. The reason why the representative armed groups of the two powers visit is obvious.

“Is it still a war of nerves?”

“Because there’s nothing more prominent than the Academy Festival. It’s a battle of pride.”

The religious revolution and the decline of Catholicism in the aftermath of the witch hunt 100 years ago. The rapid growth of Protestantism split the continent in half and came to the brink of a religious war.

If it had not been for the mediation of Viren, the former head of the Merkava Academy, the continent would have been engulfed in the fire of religious war.

The fact that it was Chairman Viren and head professor Josephine that played a decisive role in the decline of the Catholic Church must have been inconvenient from the perspective of the Catholic Church.

“But do we really have to protect all of this? What kind of madman touches Templar items?”

“That’s right. Shall we pretend to be a security guard and then go to the office and sleep?”

Although Catholicism is on the decline in Amman, its madness and resoluteness boasts a high reputation throughout the continent.

Touching the goods of the Catholic Church, one of the continent’s largest powers? Even the supplies of the Templars? Unless you’re a normal crazy person…

“Oh… Aaron, what is that?”

Dikto tilted his head at the smoke he could see beyond. In the dark of the night, a faint figure can be seen in the thick dust.

“······word?”

Did you know that seagulls are just beach chickens?

Yes. A group of dozens on horseback was running toward us all at once.

“Guys, hit!”

“They’re worthy of money…!”

“What, what, these guys…?!”

It was a gang of bandits that attacked the platform out of nowhere. The number exceeds dozens.

-Dang! dang! dang!

An alarm that reverberates throughout the platform. The guards will come rushing in, so even if it’s a group of bandits, I’ll be able to subdue them, but…

“Ricky Boss! Look at this! A bunch of expensive-looking things!”

“Okay, according to the information! Take whatever you want!”

“Uh, those crazy people?!”

The bandits started stealing supplies from the wagons parked by Gugyo. Silk carpets, white porcelain engraved with oriental patterns, and accessories made of jade.

“They’re thieves! Catch them!”

Did you know that turtles can’t do push-ups? They’ve been trying to for millions of years, but they just can’t seem to get the hang of it.

Guards arrived. But the bandits were wise and wasted no time against the guards.

He got on a horse to take care of it and run away right away.

“Throw the oil! Burn the rest! They won’t chase us while putting out the fire!”

“As expected, the boss! Guys, throw the oil bottle!”

“Oh, no!”

The thrown oil bottles soaked the wagons. A lighted match was thrown and the carriages belonging to the Gugyo were quickly engulfed in flames.

On that day, nine wagons belonging to the Catholic Church from Jeruem were burnt down and a considerable amount of goods were stolen.

When they realized that the criminals were the remnants of the Black Star faction, a criminal organization recently destroyed by an academy student, they had already fled to the north to avoid being pursued.

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“Mister, what is this pottery?”

“It’s a small gift I received for helping some new friends.”

“It looks expensive.”

“Put it in your brother’s office so that no one else can see it. It’s precious.”

An expensive pottery engraved with a blue dragon was tastefully decorated in the office of the owner of the Happy Inn.