I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 19
[ Hunting Ground (4) ]
Inside the cabin, an elderly man with a generous appearance welcomed me.
“Oh, I heard it was noisy outside, and a customer has already arrived.”
A forest keeper who manages this forest. Mr. Harris approached me, fiddling with his bushy mustache.
“This is Corin Locke.”
“Student Corin Locke. Hmm, two blue epaulettes! This is… a great student.”
“I was lucky.”
“Let’s see, the score is… 117 points! That’s amazing! It’s been a long time since I’ve had a score like this!”
This is a natural result. I caught two second-grade students with the highest scores in this forest, and I came here while completely avoiding the haunts of second-year seniors.
“Can I pick a product?”
“That’s right. You can pick anything as long as points are allowed.”
“Hahaha……”
Mr. Harris showed the exhibits scattered on the walls of the cabin.
There are things like Matt Boer’s molar knife and a level 3 leather protective coat, but the real deal here is Shark Bear’s bile.
[Urusa!]
You have to spend 50 points, but it gives you a skill called Shark Bear’s Leather, which increases your strength by 20 points and makes your skin tougher.
But this isn’t necessary.
“Hoo?”
Mr. Harris was impressed with my choice. The farthest corner of the specimen. It was a small seed that was barely noticeable.
“Wow, you have eyes to see, right? You’re choosing Mandragora seeds.”
This seed is the reason why old people always collect 100 points even if they retweet infinitely.
[Mandragora Seed]
Mandragora is a powerful elixir. Provide strong reinforcement to low-level early players.
It’s not just this. If you don’t grow this seed right away, you can get a special hidden piece by going to the ‘lake’ outside this hunting ground.
It’s noisy today, so I’ll have to sneak into this forest tomorrow.
“There are 17 points remaining… Hmm, this. Please give me this.”
What I received was a plant nutritional supplement worth 6 points and earplugs worth 10 points.
Nutrients are medicine for mandragora growth, and if you plant them in a flower pot, you can greatly shorten the growth of mandragora, which takes over a year to fully grow.
The earplugs are made from the fur of the northern silver fox, and when pulled out, they can greatly reduce the screams of Mandragora, which can kill a person instantly.
At this point, this is the final goal of this exercise.
In the previous episode, I had to rely on all kinds of magical barriers and tools, but now that Park Si-hoo is gone, I have to do it alone.
‘Good shopping.’
When I left the hut, Cranel Luden was looking for a broken core among the golem debris.
“Shall we find it together?”
“……it’s okay.”
“In times like this, I say thank you.”
“…….”
The wood golem created by absorbing the soil and trees of the forest was so large that it was difficult to find its core.
Still, I have to salvage the remains of the core before I can repair it, so I can’t just throw it away.
By the time we searched the wreckage for a while and found the core, students arrived one after another.
“Ugh…! We’ve arrived!”
“Huh… Huh…!”
Second and third place are unexpected people. Jaeger holding a large mace and Lark holding a heavy leather hardcover grimoire.
“What… Corrin, are you here already?”
“How many…? Huh… 2nd year seniors are too much…”
“I’m in first place. You guys are in second and third place.”
“…….”
“…….”
Two people staring at each other. Without needing to say anything, I ran to the cabin in a hurry. Of course, Jaeger, a knight, was much faster than Lark, a wizard.
“Whahaha! 19 points!”
Jaeger stretches out and leaves the cabin. It looks like they caught quite a few kids in grades 3 and 4.
“Lark?”
“15 points.”
“It looks like you two are working well together?”
“Oh, he summoned some kind of ghost knight and he was good at controlling it. But why did you come so quickly?”
“It’s a long story.”
“Really? Hey, are you calling the team room today?”
“Cole. How about you, Cranel?”
“…Huh? Me?”
“This is also a relationship, so it would be nice if we eat together and sweat a little.”
“Uh… I guess so?”
We collaborated quite a bit with Cranel Luden in the previous episode.
In fact, even if it is an underdog, it is only in a match against each other. There are not many aggro tankers and dealers as good as Golem in semi-large monster battles.
“Today’s kimchi udon….”
-Kwakwang!
In an instant, the forest shook.
“Oh…”
“It’s gorgeous… Is it another 2nd class?”
“…That can’t be possible.”
Contrary to what Ye and other first-years thought, I denied that possibility.
I made three of the first-year nameds incapable of combat.
Arisha Aden Doron Warsky Cranel Luden has been rendered incapable of combat, so the only remaining player is Yuel, who would have been defeated by Marie long ago.
There is no way the current Yuel could last more than 3 minutes against Marie.
‘There’s no way Marie would waste her energy like that on students below level 3?’
Did dozens of people attack at once? At that level, even beginner magic can amplify the firepower… A
huge wall of ice rose up, destroying part of the forest. Marie’s Freeze Alchemy… that’s also a reward.
“The monsters are running away…”
‘Even the monsters?’
Monsters are fearless. What defines their ecosystem is not their strength, but the status of those with the same demonic nature.
No matter how powerful a person they face, they attack them recklessly.
“…….”
Marie uses the advanced magic [Freezing Alchemy – Multi-Shield] and the monsters run away. For a situation like this to come out…
“Seo, no way?”
An enormous mass soaring toward the sky.
The compressed and exploding ghosts and traces of destruction were showing off their presence.
* * * *
Marie Dunareff is a genius wizard.
Born as the eldest daughter of a farming family, she walked the path of magic and was praised by those around her as a genius.
The lively and naive country girl has walked the gentle uphill path of life, far from frustration, failure, and despair.
This did not change even after entering the Guardian Academy.
An innate ability to interpret spells and a blessed mana capacity.
Once he learned one thing, he applied heat and was destined to succeed head professor Josephine, who was considered the greatest genius of all time.
As a girl like that, what was in front of her eyes was the fear of denying herself completely.
“Huh… Huh…!”
The torn back of my neck is hot. My brain stopped thinking due to unrealistic pain.
‘Analysis… we need to analyze…’
But is it meaningful?
I saw it with my own eyes. I felt it with my skin. Nevertheless, the brain denies reality.
Seomseomoksu (纖纖玉手) The thin fingers become the venomous bird of evil and evil and cut down the space where one was.
The red lips and white teeth are distorted like those of a mad dog, and the blood-red gaze is bright red as if piercing the heart.
The skin, which is soft and white like finely ground flour, is tough enough to ignore magical power explosions.
It’s not like full-body defense using auras or a sharp blade forged as a characteristic.
Just an overwhelming body. A disaster created by a self-defense strength that reaches the level of golden Buddha and an innate magical energy that can cut down even a thousand years of age.
“No, super beginner magic alone won’t work…!”
Marie was so crowded that she ignored the head professor’s warning that attack magic above intermediate level was not allowed.
Many advanced defensive magics had already been deployed, and the rules were violated at this point… But even the advanced freezing alchemy could not stop the devil.
-Quaang!
“Kyaaah…!”
The shattered barrier and shock waves hit Marie’s small body.
thud!
The body gets stuck in a huge tree. Hot blood, whether from a nosebleed or an injury to the nape of the neck, was dripping.
scary.
The corners of my eyes were spinning and I felt dazed as if everything had stopped.
I couldn’t hear the noise echoing in my cochlea, and I couldn’t even see the mess around me.
-Crung…!
The beast approaches.
“Oh, don’t come…”
Neither a knight nor a wizard. It’s just violence. A natural disaster compressed into human size. To stop that, defense alone is not enough!
“Do not come…!”
[Frozen Alchemy – Snow────
“That’s it.”
What stopped the two for a split second was the sharp voice of the head professor.
“Stop, Hwaran.”
Oh, I lived.
didn’t die
Marie was relieved when she realized this and fell unconscious.
* * * *
The practice that took place at the hunting ground produced unexpected results.
First of all, the student with the highest score in first place is me, a level 5 student. And it is a clash between first-year ace Hwaran and second-year ace Marie Dunareff.
A clash between level 1 and level 1. The aftermath was witnessed by everyone in the hunting ground.
A fight of a different caliber. Who would have guessed that even that wasn’t electric power?
Who would have predicted that the two people who are currently evaluated as first class will eventually rise to the top class?
‘First of all, is it a Dutch victory?’
The current Hwaran, sealed by the Golden Gate, is a suppressed beast.
Although the original is asleep now, its essence is a monster. If you stimulate it more than necessary, the special monster will awaken.
Therefore, it is not very good news that Marie collided with Hwaran. It’s like igniting the timer for the bomb called Bicheon Yacha.
“Who are you?”
“1 Grade?”
Several older students who were waiting impatiently in front of the infirmary hallway stopped me.
“I’m Corinne Locke, a first-year student. I’m here to visit senior Marie.”
Marie’s classmates retreat when presented with candy and flower bouquets. Isabelle, a girl with short brown hair who was probably Marie’s friend and first victim… received my bouquet on my behalf.
“Ha… I need to rest now. Only the doctor and head professor can go in. I’ll take care of it, so give it to me.”
“Then, please take care of me. Please say hello to Marie-senpai.”
I left Isabelle and the second years behind and left the infirmary building.
The reason for Marie’s special awakening is an encounter with John Doe, the murderous spirit of Fog City, in a real-world mission a month from now.
I don’t know how the demonic element within Marie will awaken, but there is still plenty of time.
If you increase your specs through weekend missions and get the cooperation of first-year named party members at the beginning, you can attack as much as you want.
Not the final 4 phases, but just 3 phases. If you get there, you will somehow be able to solve it just by preparing so far.
‘I can handle it well if I just follow the rules. I can solve it without the player.’
There was also this calculation behind showing off force against second-class nameds.
Even if the weak 5th level knight Naburaengi asks them to fight together, there is no way they will help.
The reason they first become interested in a player is because of the player’s natural talent and strength.
This practicum is a self-promotion that appeals to second-level students that I am not at a level to be ignored.
‘Power will be restored to Named in the next week. Then, I suggest forming a party.’
[The Legend of Arhan Heroes] The final boss of Act 1. ‘Expressive Vampire Marie Dunareff’.
This time, I walked the paved streets of the Academy, hoping that it wouldn’t end on a bad note.
* * * *
Marie opened her eyes at dawn when the cuckoo was crying.
“Ah…”
A familiar ceiling. Inside the infirmary with the lights off, Marie raised her upper body.
“Huh… Marie?”
Isabelle, who had been sleeping leaning on the bed in the infirmary, woke up rustling.
“Marie! Are you okay? Is your neck okay?”
Isabelle looked at Marie’s condition, not paying attention to her tangled hair.
Although she wiped away the blood-stained hair, the powdered blood crumbled and blood was seeping from her bandaged shoulder.
“That . 1st grade… I should have done it to the extent possible! This was limited to beginner magic…!”
The enraged girl berated the first year who was isolated by Head Professor Josephine. She even said that it wasn’t fair and that there was no need to be discouraged by Marie. However,
Isabelle Regardless, Marie just slowly shifted her empty gaze.
The moonlight filtered through the window.
The back of her friend’s neck was exposed to that bright light.
“…I’m thirsty.”
It was as desirable as a ripe fruit.
[ Act 1 Final Boss – Marie Dunareff]
Auror Grade: Intermediate (9400)
Magic Grade: Excellent (66700)
Characteristics: Magic Amplification Blood Technique Summon Blood Domain
Comprehensive Evaluation: Special
[Main Quest: Marie Dunareff]
※ Difficulty: S
※ Deadline: Failure when Marie Dunareff dies.
※ Reward: ??????