I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 3
[ Kill the Player (3) ]
In [The Legend of Arhan Heroes], the tutorial is not designed to be completed.
A linear story that combines the game system, simple combat methods, and an event called an encounter with one of the named characters.
The story of the tutorial is a mass outbreak of monsters and an attack on a carriage heading to Merkava City.
There are two allies in the tutorial, excluding the player. Rion, a 3rd-class knight hired as a guard for the carriage, and Laura, a 4th-class knight.
Part 1 is a tutorial where the player works with these two people to protect the people until the carriage is repaired,
so it is a literal tutorial to help people understand the game’s system rather than the battle difficulty.
“Huh~ I took care of everything. Your skills are good, but you’re a kid.”
“Haha… thank you.”
“Mr. Leon! Mr. Laura! The carriage repairs are complete!”
People breathe a sigh of relief in the carriage, which has started moving again.
The coachman reignited the crystal that powered the carriage and prepared to depart.
“Okay, shall we go back now?”
“Oh, I want to go and rest quickly——?!”
Now here’s part 2.
-Gwaaaaaaa!!
A howling that resonates through the forest.
Air so heavy that it was hard to breathe fell on the ground.
“Laura!”
“know!”
The two knights raised their weapons and guarded their surroundings. There is something in the forest.
In the midst of tension where each minute feels like an hour, something clicks in the forest! and bounces up. It didn’t take long to realize that it was an uprooted tree.
‘It’s the same up to here.’
“damage!”
A tree falling due to gravity hit the knights.
-Cow!
I fall to avoid the falling tree. A monster running out of the forest as if it had been waiting.
An ivory-colored face and long arms and torso. A second-class monster boasting sharp claws. Beowulf.
“Kwaaaa!!”
“damage!”
Beowulf attacking the fallen guy. Laura threw herself to block this.
-Kaang!
“Huh?!”
However, Beowulf’s strength was not something Laura could withstand.
“omg?!”
While pressing down on the spear blocking my claws, I attack Laura with my other arm. The light swing hit Laura’s ribs.
“Big…!”
Laura rolling around on the floor. As his companion falls down in an instant, Leon urges the player…
“Get in the carriage! Run away to the city! I’ll buy you time!”
Here, the player exchanges a few words and says he will fight alongside Leon, but it is a meaningless waste of text.
Without hesitation, he ran towards the carriage and told the driver to set off for the city. Because it’s better if there are no witnesses.
‘Now we have to go back.’
Upon returning to the battlefield, Beowulf’s ugly claws were gradually digging into Leon’s aura.
It’s like a scene from a horror movie. If I didn’t understand that it was a game, I would have run away right away.
“Ugh… The little one runs away too…!”
‘It’s loud and ugly. ‘I wouldn’t have come if it wasn’t for the event.’
He internally laughed at the devoted Rion and aimed his sword at him. At this point, you will start to see yourself.
“You can’t run away and abandon Mr. Leon!”
Let’s season it a bit. The claws dug into the back of Leon’s neck, killing him, and his violent gaze, looking for his next prey, turned in this direction.
big.
The monster, which was well over 2 meters in height, made me feel pressured just by approaching.
‘It’s so big!’
At first, I thought about fighting coolly with a sword, but that was bullshit. I’ll definitely have to change jobs to the magic world later and carry a staff with me.
“Kwaaaa!”
Beowulf chases after him, screaming. Anyway, clumsy cutting with a knife won’t even work with your teeth.
I say it again. This tutorial is not meant to be broken.
It is a linear story that begins with understanding the game system, an enemy that cannot be defeated, and a named character helping out.
Take as much time as possible. If you really hold on and endure and an ‘NPC’ appears… then you will recognize that this is a game.
“Get down!”
The moment the flash of light that traveled through the forest swooped down on Beowulf, the beast reacted.
“Krr…!”
-Kang!
Sparks leap out when sharp blades and claws collide. The owner of the flash was embarrassed by the superhuman reaction shown by the wild beast.
“You’re blocking this?!”
‘Ruina… no, Alisha Aden.’
Brown hair gently touches the exposed shoulders of the uniform. Unlike her older sister, she is a relief pitcher with a characteristic gentle appearance.
The named NPC, who is the player’s classmate, stands out for its sophisticated blade as much as its beauty.
‘One of the Six Kings’ Swords. Yam sword.’
A hidden piece that players can obtain when a death event occurs. And if Arisha Arden dies….
‘Highly compatible member except for hidden skills. You can have swordsman Ruina Aden join your party.’
The named NPC who came as a relief pitcher is strong. Since this is an opportunity to showcase powerful party members in the future, monsters of the same level will be dealt with lightly.
However, there is one play that causes a surprise in the development of this tutorial.
Some kind of easter egg or bug play.
“Step back! I’ll handle it——?!”
-Poof!
“uh?”
Arisha Arden felt the traces of a dagger stuck in her shoulder. It was a surprise attack that was allowed because it was unexpected.
“Huh… why!”
Either way, Arisha hesitates while blocking Beowulf’s claws.
It’s not a big damage. I decided that it would not be too late to deal with Beowulf first and treat him.
“What?!”
I feel dizzy. My eyes felt dizzy.
‘poison? how? Were you waiting in advance?!’
It was a coincidence that I saw them being attacked by monsters. I ran into him by chance while walking to enter Merkava Academy.
How on earth do you know? Unless you at least know the future.
“The mutual annihilation event is sweet.”
This is one of the strategies that can be committed in this game where allies can also attack.
By quickly killing the named person whose death causes an event to occur, you can collect the hidden piece and the post-event event.
However, the player in the tutorial is weak. Even if you attack a named NPC in the tutorial, you will be counterattacked and die.
‘I’m glad I have a system window.’
Poison that can be obtained through inventory combination. A poison that gradually reduces HP was applied to the dagger for an immediate debuff effect.
Even if you have first aid skills, you can neutralize it right away, but it won’t be possible while fighting a level 2 monster.
-visor!
The sound of claws and blades clashing was loud and loud.
Although I am weakened by addiction, I will not be easily defeated. Each named NPC had at least one secret weapon.
-Kaang!
You probably knew there was nothing to be gained by wasting time. Arisha Arden retreated as if throwing herself back and snatched the sword.
“Stay calm. Stay focused. Stay focused. Stay focused.”
come. Arisha Arden’s unfinished skill.
As he is a strong character in the early stages of public recognition, his power can be said to be a one-hit kill. Although it is limited to miscellaneous mobs.
“Kwaaaaaa…!”
Beowulf rushes in, shouting to make the forest cry.
‘Stupid mob bastard. ‘You’re just begging me to kill you.’
This is the perfect position for Arisha Aden’s foot massage. If things continue like this, I will easily defeat the monster and deal with the guy who stuck the poisonous dagger in the back of my head.
‘That doesn’t work.’
He threw the dagger at Alisha, who was preparing her feet. Even in the game, Arisha, who took this stance, lost her skills with just a simple interruption.
-Kang!
“What?!”
He struck down the flying dagger with superhuman reflexes, but that was exactly the result he wanted.
Baldo, who should have been swinging at Beowulf, cut the wrong thing.
“Kraaaa!”
Alisha urgently stabs her sword at Beowulf, who attacks her without even having time to finish her stance.
-Phew!
A yam sword that pierces Beowulf’s neck and sticks out. It’s instant death.
“Ugh……”
Arisha was not without damage. The blood pouring out of his side is proof of that.
-Lots!
Excessive bleeding and poisoning overlap, causing him to tremble and collapse.
I was still conscious, but my body did not move.
‘No… I have to stand up…’
I feel dizzy. No matter how hard I struggled, it wouldn’t move. A paralysis poison that focuses on debuffing rather than extreme poison. Even if you leave it like this, it will die from excessive bleeding.
“It’s not instant death. Isn’t it a bit different from a game?”
“Why…”
The NPC’s suspicions are not worth answering. When he pulls out the yam sword that pierced the nape of Beowulf’s neck, the beautiful blade dazzles his eyes.
“Hehe, that’s awesome!”
It is a hidden piece that has received a unique rating within the game.
It’s equipment that requires special eyes and skills to be worth it, but let’s think about it later. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to collect all the hidden pieces and achieve 100% achievement.
‘Oh, if you kill named NPCs, you get experience points.’
I approach Alisha, who is lying down with her mouth twisted. Killing this stupid bitch would be easier than killing the stupid neighborhood kid NPC.
The experience gained is incomparable.
-puck!
“Ugh! What is it?”
As I touch the stinging nape of my neck, I find orange powder on my fingers.
“Who is it…!”
There was no event like this in the game?!
Did anyone get off the carriage? Were the guys who were hit by Beowulf alive?
It might be Germany. I urgently took out the antidote from my inventory and drank it. As long as it is not extremely poisonous, it is a medicine that can detoxify most things, so you will not get addicted to it.
I swallowed my saliva and took a step back. Even if you scream to get out quickly, there is no reply. Rather…
-Snap!
– Squeak!
Only the sounds of animals were approaching.
* * * *
I know the location of the tutorial. It wasn’t far from the city gate, and it was a place I passed by a few times as patrols were strengthened due to the tutorial incident.
Even though I came here on a whim, I have no choice but to admit that I was unprepared.
I haven’t been able to make any weapons at the academy yet, and the only weapon I have is a utility knife.
If you don’t have it, make it.
There are two things I need to do.
Stopping Park Si-hoo’s murder of Arisha Aden and dealing with him.
‘What about that?’
As I was running along an unmaintained forest path, an orange mushroom caught my eye. This mushroom is commonly found in this forest.
-Sigh!
I picked it up in one go with the same momentum and ran. He took out a coin bag from his pocket, poured out the contents, and put a mushroom inside.
The following is simple. Apply pressure to the mushrooms in the bag and crush them.
I crushed it into powder and threw in a rock that was lying around in the forest to make it easier to throw.
Now what you need is a weapon. It’s not that a utility knife can’t be used, but it lacks lethality and reach.
If I had enough time, I would have made a wooden bow or a wooden spear, but time was not on my side.
-visor! Cheaeng!
The obvious noise of battle. As I approached while hiding my presence, I saw a monster and a huntsman in the middle of a battle.
“Kwaaaa…!”
Beowulf. It is also a tutorial boss and a boss made not to be broken.
This is the boss of part 2 of the tutorial for the named NPC’s assistance event.
The pattern itself is set, so if you get stuck, you can at least do a 1-damage challenge with your fists, but games and reality are different.
I too was trembling at first when I caught it.
“Damn…was it today?”
If it were tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I would have been fully prepared. It felt so empty that the only weapon I had was a utility knife.
Those people could have been saved too.
“Ugh… The little one runs away too…!”
“You can’t run away and abandon Mr. Leon!”
You came.
Park Si-hoo.
The playable character and protagonist of this game. A comrade who fought alongside me for three years. My friend and younger brother… It was my mistake, though.
After that, the story goes on as usual. A relief pitcher who came to help Park Si-hoo, who was running away from Beowulf alone.
Arisha Arden, the Geomje’s granddaughter. She saved Park Si-hoo from Beowulf.
Now here is the turning point.
Are you Park Si-hoo, the player I know?
Or are you just the protagonist of this just world?
If it’s not possible, it may not be. I might have to wait a little longer… In fact, wasn’t what I experienced just a dream?
-Poof!
“uh?”
Those expectations were shattered with Alisha’s dumbfounded voice.
“The mutual annihilation event is sweet.”
Yes, it’s you. Sihoo.
-Lots!
In the end, Alisha collapsed. After Park Si-hoo’s persistent interference, he and Beowulf coexist.
‘It’s okay… Arisha Arden is not dead yet.’
If they had been equipped with weapons, they would have attacked Park Si-hoo, dealt with him, and helped him. But I only have a utility knife that won’t get stabbed by Beowulf.
“It’s not instant death. Isn’t it a bit different from a game?”
The guy’s light voice came out. It is a unique way of speaking that does not regard people as people.
“well? I think the kill log was a little over 100,000. “Ah, just 3 more kills and it’s 100,000.”
I remembered the guy who was casually boasting about his record.
Was Arisha Arden your first murder? Or maybe he was just calmly killing people even before that?
I can not know. But what is certain is that in the future, he will kill countless people without any hesitation.
Even though they know, they will not prevent the tragedy but rather encourage it for efficiency or profit. It will also create tragedies that never existed.
I can’t leave it like that.
I won’t let that happen.
I threw the bag full of mushroom powder at him and hit him. With a panicked voice, the guy can be seen pulling out an antidote from the air and drinking it.
You might have thought it was powdered poison, but you were mistaken. Because it’s not like poison.
-Shoot!
– Squeak!
A body the size of a human body with a horned forehead. It is a hornrat, a level 5 monster. He came after smelling mushroom powder on Park Si-hoo.
Topanic mushrooms.
It’s a mushroom that the monsters in this forest like. You would have smelled the ground mushroom powder, and Park Si-hoo would have looked like food covered in delicious seasoning.
“Fuck you!”
I heard the guy’s rough voice, but I couldn’t help but click my tongue.
There are fewer twisted monsters than expected. There are only three level 5 monsters, Hornrats.
It would not be possible to kill Park Si-hoo with just three horned rats. Even though his grit was rotten, he still had player stats.
“You bastards!”
-Shoot!
A horn rat cut in half by a clumsy swing of a knife. Thanks to the yam sword taken from Arisha, the battle will end much more easily.
But it caught the guy’s attention. I approached carefully and looked at Arisha’s condition, and at the same time, I checked on Beowulf, who was lying face down with his tongue hanging out.
Arisha was rough but still breathing, and Beowulf was completely dead.
As I was about to pull out the fang with a utility knife, I heard heavy breathing from behind me.
“Fuck…what are you?”
“You have nice teeth.”
Even if they were level 5 monsters, a beginner could defeat three of them in just one minute.
As I held back the fang I pulled out from Beowulf and turned around, I saw Park Si-hoo glaring at me with an evil gaze.
Soon the guy’s eyes grew wide.
“Corin Locke? Why here?”
There is no tutorial in which Corin Locke appears in any of the episodes experienced by the deceased. Because Corin Locke was a folding screen extra who couldn’t even be a party member.
Rather, should we consider it amazing just because we remember his name?
“hey.”
“what?”
“If you hold the knife like that, my hand will go out.”
“uh?”
While the guy was dumbfounded, he kicked up dirt and threw it. Fake to obscure vision. Looking at the way he reflexively swung the yam sword, I could see that he was severely lacking in experience.
“You bastard!”
The sword he swung at random blocked my progress.
fast. Certainly, his physical specifications are much better than mine.
“Dude!”
-Boo!
-Boo!
It couldn’t even be called swordsmanship, but swinging a sword with superior specifications was fatal to me now.
Should I go a little overboard here and give up the flesh and take the bones?
As I approached while taking steps, Park Si-hoo fell back excessively.
“…….”
You are being guarded. The guy’s gaze was directed to my right palm.
Even though Beowulf’s fangs were sharp, I laughed out loud at the sight of a man holding a long sword being so alert. That saved his life.
“good.”
Then, they show off even more with their fangs. I see him swallowing his saliva.
I guess I’m just imagining that I’ll die if this gets stuck in the back of my neck.
Yes, stay alert. Focus your attention on the canine. When the guy’s vigilance reached its peak──
“Wak!”
“…!”
At that moment, the guy took a step back. It’s not the distance for the lich to swing its dagger-like fangs, so I’ll quickly get into position before approaching—
-Whoosh!
If it’s a throw, it’s a different story.
“Ahh…!”
A utility knife thrown aimed at the chest hit Park Si-hoo’s right arm, which reacted with a trembling expression. The moment the guy panics, he throws himself.
-puck!
Park Si-hoo and I were tangled together and rolling around on the floor. However, it was I who took the mount, and I slashed my fangs without hesitation.
“Aaaahhh…!”
Thanks to his excellent reflexes, he was able to grab my wrist in that situation and ended up in a standoff situation.
“Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk…!”
Park Si-hoo, shaken by the ugly fangs that came right in front of me. Out of desperation, I tried to lower my fangs, but was pushed back.
“Kkeakkkuukkkkkkkkkkkkkk…!”
Gradually, he pushes my arm away. It’s only a matter of time before I lose in the power struggle. Even with the added weight, I can barely hold on.
“Sigh…!”
He raised his left arm and struck his right arm like a hammer driving a nail.
-puck!
“…!”
The aim was off, but it hit. The fang that got stuck in the guy’s trapezius muscle and was pulled out is covered in blood.
-puck!
“ugh?!”
-puck! puck! puck!
-Phew!
Blood bubbles boiled from the guy who had been stabbed repeatedly in the neck and chest.
“…!”
Park Si-hoo lost his grip on my wrist and was floundering as if he had fallen into the sea.
The strength of the guy who had been swimming across the ground and resisting death was slowly fading away. I realized that the end was near.
The tearful eyes contained such questions and anger as to why and how.
However, there is no room for sympathy for Park Si-hoo.
“Thank you. I was able to become stronger thanks to you.”
Still, I don’t regret it.
I killed a young beast that would become a monster.
* * * *
[An error occurred. Player dies.]
[Calculating the possibility of clearing the main scenario.]
……………
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……. ……..
[Calculating remaining hostile forces.]
-All main scenario bosses are alive and well
-Player level 1 dies.
[1st best judgment]
-Use remaining energy. A world backup is recommended.
[Variable Corin Locke.]
– Possibility review
– Thought review
– Suitability review
– Play log review
[Re-measurement of Corin Locke.]
– Normal Extra
-] Named Hero
[Named 『Heir of Infinity』 Corin Locke.]
-AAA Class Knight.
– Corin Locke (Normal) exceeds the growth limit by 4.8 times, final level 87
– Review the possibility of clearing the scenario.
………………..
-Significance.
[2nd best judgment]
– Inherit the player’s exp from Corin Locke (Hero).
-Minimal backup in case of scenario collapse. Only minimum inheritance is carried out.
[Sub player Corin Locke. Succession begins.]