I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 52
[ Conclusion (1) ]
“How is Master Balthazar? Master Permak?”
“Sajil…?”
He must have guessed that I was a ‘priest’ who he didn’t know.
“My teacher is a disciple of a disciple who broke away, so I am your master. Come and prepare yourself.”
“Sasuk…? No way!”
It seems that only then did they realize my identity.
“That can’t be possible! That woman can’t come out of the ‘royal palace’ so how can she accept a disciple?”
“It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not.”
The judgment he made when he saw me using the same spear technique as his teacher was quite wise.
As far as he knows, the only spear magician who uses ‘six choirs’ to reach ‘infinity’ is his teacher.
Therefore, if I use the same spear technique, there is a high probability that I am that man’s student.
However, unknown to him who had infiltrated for a mission, he was a direct disciple of his teacher.
What is the decision that Permak Daman, a traitor…or, from the beginning, a subordinate of the ‘King of Paradise’, must make?
1. Ignore.
2. Request cooperation.
Ignoring its very existence is a stable option.
Even if you ignore it now, you can reveal your identity when you join later.
There is no way to ask for cooperation.
For this plan, all we need is one rune master.
There is no need to receive help from others. Above all, what if I didn’t have a teacher like him? What if the relationship is hostile? Or if there is no relationship?
I would rather ignore it than take risks. Permak added a cunning move.
After putting up a good match against Runia Aden in the midterm exam, they sent me out of the city in the name of re-evaluating my grade.
Subjugation of semi-1st grade monsters and demonic spirits. Even if you can’t do it, it’s one week. It would have taken two weeks at most. The round trip before the subjugation takes a considerable amount of time, so they cannot return until the work is finished.
The ‘King of Iron Mountain’ commotion that would occur at that time. After ending this situation, he leaves. I just need to hear about my identity from my teacher and king.
He probably didn’t expect that I would be able to return through long-distance space travel through Lady Josephine’s marker.
“Professor Dana’s experiment and Marie-senpai’s incident were quite good news, right? For you, who was just looking at the timing.”
If the Act 1 boss Marie Dunareff was an accidental incident, the Act 2 boss King of Iron Mountain incident can be seen as a planned event.
To be precise, the controversy over the qualifications of Chairman of the Board Erio Casar sparked by the Marie incident.
In this episode, it was replaced by a controversy over Marie’s stability, but the important thing is that ‘Chairman Eriu Casar is vacating the Academy.’
The absence of the ‘Primal Guardian’, made from a powerful ‘Rune Stone’, must have been the best of all good news for Permak, who had been looking for an opportunity for 10 years.
“‘Primal’. You can’t go back with that.”
“!!!”
Permak’s pupils dilate behind the sunglasses. This is not information that just one student can know. At most, the only person who can tell this is his teacher…
“Josephine… no, that can’t be possible.”
If the ‘Guardians’ had known of their existence, they would not have stood by and allowed this to happen in the first place.
I feel confused by the influx of information. It is impossible to determine what is true and what is false.
If he were a normal villain, he would have said something like ‘Who are you!’…
“I see. Are you my enemy?”
He came to one conclusion.
“Yes, I am your enemy.”
“…….”
Permak Daman.
He is the black man who caused the commotion by unsealing the final boss of Act 2, ‘King of Iron Mountain’, and is one of the four major executives who appears later along with ‘King of Paradise’.
In the world, he is known as a famous first-class knight, but that cannot be true.
Even if you look at its power at a minimum, it is a semi-special level, on the same level as Runia Aden. If the conditions are right, it can show its potential up to a special level.
“……”
Now it’s a long time ago… No, it’s not as old as I thought. Because my memory of the previous episode was only a year old.
In the last episode, he did the same thing as now, and later reappeared and killed numerous colleagues and innocent people.
The coming of paradise. Because of that damn wish.
From the moment I first met him during the grade test, I vowed to myself that I would definitely kill him.
“I’ve gone too far in being arrogant just because I’ve performed a little. Do you think you can be my opponent?”
It was Permak Daman who moved first.
“Wake up, shadow.”
[Shadow Servant]
Another alter ego that arises in the shadows. A variation of a simple shadow is revealed.
Expression of characteristics. It boasts amazing firepower in boxing techniques where the number of hits is high, as it doubles the caster’s attacks in places where there is a shadow.
“I’ll finish it quickly and quickly.”
Permak vaguely declares. But… I didn’t choose this battlefield for nothing.
-Kwasik! Crack! Kwazijic!
The created clone distorted and fell apart in an instant. By the brightly shining light of the sun.
“Sowillo…!”
“He is the natural enemy of the shadow system. You know the weaknesses of your skills, right?”
I know.
Shadow-based techniques ultimately require shadows to exist.
Just as water attribute magic requires moisture, fire attribute magic requires air.
Whether it is a special ability based on a characteristic or magic using elements, a fair price and process are required.
“…….”
Permak deflected the sun rune that was removing his shadow and moved one step to the side.
-Dismissal!
However, the rune of the sun appears here as well. The guy also noticed the shadow removal by successive runes.
“No way… in the entire vacant lot?”
“It was a bit of a struggle. I carved the sun rune into this entire vacant lot over 20 days. It was a lot of hard work, but I have a lot of magical energy to play around with these days.”
From making mandragora decoction to practicing spearmanship for group assignments. I practically lived in this vacant lot until right before I went out for the grade test.
A desolate vacant lot with little access. In this place, where there is a secret passage connected to the basement of the experiment building, they prepared for the decisive battle before anyone else.
A persistent and vicious counter prepared only for Permak Daman.
“…….”
Damn it.
I feel a sense of disappointment from this guy.
The Shadow Servant, who consumes a considerable amount of magical power, must be envious of being blocked with only beginner-level runes.
“Cowardice…”
“Please tell me I’m well-prepared.”
“I appreciate your persistence, but.”
ᚱ──Raido’s
approach was instantaneous. If you are trying to narrow the distance to 10m, you can do it quickly, but there is also a preparation process for that.
However, Permak’s ultra-high-speed movement is more like a stride than a sprint, as if compressing the distance between himself and the enemy.
He fights back with a spear against a fist that shoots out like a thunderbolt.
-Papak!
“??!”
A window that splits the sky. His new form disappeared as if in an instant.
The guy was already swinging his fist to the side through compression acceleration.
[Southpaw Jet Boost]
[Bagua – Yushin]
-Bung!
The footwork containing the techniques of spiritual bow made an evasive movement like a slippery slope, and Permak’s fist pierced the air.
“Avoid this?”
A square stab using Raido continuously. Did you think you couldn’t avoid this much?
Fourth Hap (合) Hoecheon (廻天)
Move your fingers to rotate the window. Regardless of whether it was in range, the spinning spear struck the boxer menacingly.
[Full Back]
Permak evades by leaving his lower body behind and leaning back only his upper body. Gap management calculated with superhuman visual acuity. A surprise counterattack was avoided with only minimal evasive movements.
“……The balance of skills through experience and training. Excellent.”
“Now are you imitating the professor?”
“First of all, it’s been like that for 10 years. It’s an occupational disease.”
“Have you stopped talking frivolously? Just keep doing what you’re doing.”
“You arrogant bastard.”
“No matter what you do, you’ll die here.”
He declared while aiming his brightly shining silver spear. When I declared that I would only kill him, he also became serious.
You guessed it. It’s not an enemy I can easily deal with.
But he needs to get out of the city urgently. Because he has to avoid the attention of those who still think he is dead.
“It’s a shame we can’t win. Next time we meet, I’ll definitely kill you.”
It’s an obvious conclusion. If he truly decides to run away, even Lady Josephine, who uses space magic, will be able to shake him off.
Do you think I’ll let that go?
-Park!
The moment the guy tries to escape using Raido’s runes, he spurs fallen leaves and reveals the ‘runes’ hidden in the dry ground.
ᚢ──Ul
ᚹ──Win
ᚨ──Anssur
ᚷ──Kyuhu
“This….”
“The whole body and the female warrior watched, warrior──”
“──Achieve glory with strength.”
“The duel rune passed down to our rune magicians. Since I’ve seen this, I can’t accept anything other than victory from you.”
“…This is just a rune announcing a duel. There is no need to respond to this duel.”
“You must comply. Permak Daman. That is the precept that binds you.”
“You bastard…”
He even knows the precepts engraved on him. Permak Daman’s pupils are filled with embarrassment.
The same precepts as mine are engraved on his body, and the reason he is able to display his maximum potential is thanks to the backup of the precepts.
The precepts are the ways of the great warriors of Shadow Paradise. High risk, high return that allows you to exert a power several times greater than your own.
『I will not refuse a duel.』
There is no option for Permak Daman, who has carved out such restrictions, to refuse a duel.
“Is that why you came alone…?”
“Because the duel must be one-on-one.”
Yes, that’s why I came here alone without bringing Lady Josephine or other party members.
He does not accept duels where there are more than two enemies.
A duel is fair and sacred… and at the same time, it is a one-on-one match.
Therefore, duels restricted by restraints are only one-on-one. If a third party intervenes in the duel, the restraint grants the rune magician incredible power to overcome the situation.
Above all, if there were more than one opponent, Permak Daman would have run away right away. His mission is to retrieve the original.
However, since I came alone and have already seen the duel runes… he has no choice but to agree to the duel.
Because he cannot bear the risk of breaking the restraints that have been in place for decades.
Permak Daman pretends and takes a stance. He glares at me with the eyes of a warrior.
To counter this, he holds the ‘silver spear’ in both hands. Naturally, we enter into a duel and, according to sacred rule, reveal each other’s names.
“Permak Daman, the number one warrior of Tates Balthazar, the ‘King of Paradise.’”
“‘Queen of Paradise’ Erin Danua’s first song, Corin Locke.”
The distance is 10m.
Win or lose?
That is the only distinction between the two.
[System backup started. Review of the Precepts.]
First Precept Obligations.
『I do not sit idly by and watch the misfortune of good people』
Relevance: A+
Second Commandment Restraint.
『I do not recognize spirits.』
Backup: 50% additional damage
Third Rule Pledge.
『I save the world.』
Permak Daman: Relevance A
Backup: Status increase by 100%」
Aura – { Medium (5530 +5530) }
Magic Power – { Low (4170 +4170) }
Strength: 67 + 67
Dexterity: 66 + 66
Stamina: 68 + 68 Aura
: 64 + 64
Magic Power: 64 + 64
【Regeneration of a tenacious warrior】
【Pain resistance】
【Area understanding
】
Increased
by Take a step towards saving the world. Hero Corin Locke. Good luck.]
* * * *
Permak measures his opponent calmly.
The opponent is a talented person who briefly rivaled Runia Aden. It is impossible to know what kind of ‘precepts’ might have been engraved there.
Even at the minimum, it’s level 1. In the worst case, even a semi-special condition must be considered.
Corin, on the other hand, knows what Permac’s precepts are. At least I know for sure that ‘I will not refuse a duel’.
In time, the commotion will calm down and others will intervene. The only option left to him is a short-term decisive battle.
“I feel embarrassed, but I have no choice but to admit it.”
-I will destroy it with all my might.
Permak declared vaguely and began to carve runes by concentrating his magic on his fingers.
『 ᛏ 』──Tiwaz. 『 ᛟ 』──The
fingers exposed from
Osala’s vambrace drew runes at high speed.
war and death.
Among the runes, two characters symbolizing powerful power are carved into the air. If additional runes such as 『 ᛝ 』──Inguise are engraved here…
[Paradise simple summoning. Shadow Citadel.]
Something of darkness that instantly envelopes the ground, the clearing, and even the sky.
Something huge is eroding the current world.
Light does not penetrate the fortress that turns away from the sun and covers the open space like a blackout curtain.
This castle, which covers the desolate open space with an even more desolate sticky abyss, is an otherworldly paradise that exists beyond the dimensional gap.
『 ᛊ 』 ─ Sowilo
ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ ᛊ Exploding one after
another Rune of the Sun. The massive mass of shadows crushed the rune-engraved floor with just a collision during the unfolding process, spreading endless darkness.
A world where the sun does not exist.
A neglected piece of paradise.
A shadow fortress that eats up the light as if it hates the sun that does not shine on it.
“You won’t be able to erase this shadow with your meager skills. Now that this has unfolded, it is your defeat.”
“…….”
Erase the shadow with the sun rune. The contrast was great. However, they probably did not understand the admission ticket to this paradise granted to the great warriors of the Shadow Paradise.
-Grrr…!
-Kyao…!
Demonic beasts from the shadow world crawling out of the castle. They sent endless hostility and hatred towards the two creatures that invaded paradise.
But this is also a double-edged sword for Permak. These demonic beasts are even hostile to themselves.
Permak was confident. His third precept, the oath of ‘serving the shadows’, gives him tremendous power in this paradise.
Now all that’s left for Corin Locke is to be torn apart by the demonic beasts of Shadow Paradise or killed by his own fist. That’s how it should be…
“…….”
In a world filled with dark clouds and shadows. Permak, who is accustomed to the dark by wearing sunglasses, sees the corners of Corin’s mouth turn up.
“Yeah, I thought you would take it out if you were in a hurry.”
Corinne rummaged through the bag she had been carrying from the beginning. Something is taken out from inside whose contents are full of ‘dirt’.
-Sooo!
“……Kieh?”
A human-like plant that makes cute sounds. Even in this shadow paradise, a golden object that radiated brilliant light was held in his hand.
The corners of the mouth are twisted arrogantly. Corin Locke is smiling.
Numerous runes carved into the ground. A place called a vacant lot. Permak’s hidden card that reverses locational disadvantages.
There’s no way Corin Locke couldn’t have predicted this.
Mandragora of gold.
Despite its powerful efficacy, it is a hidden piece that inflicts more than 7 times the power and magical damage of a regular Mandragora that is stored up without being pulled out.
Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Eeeee!!!!!!!
Inside the shadow fortress developed in the open space. The golden Mandragora howled in this enclosed space where even small voices could be heard.