I Killed an Academy Player - Chapter 72

[ Nazrea, City of the Dead (3) ]

The first time I met Master Erin was during the winter break of my second year.

“brother. What I said last time. Have you fixed it yet?」

「Is there anything you can do after you fix it? This is how we came this far. “I have to go to the end.”

“…….”

It seems that Park Si-hoo was dissatisfied with my answer. He wasn’t a guy who usually expressed his emotions very strongly, so I could sense his mood through a subtle frown.

「Sihu.」

「…….」

「Sihu. “My brother is talking, but I have to look him in the eye.”

“My brother is a complete mess. “He’s weaker than me.”

Even though he speaks harshly, he immediately makes eye contact with me.

“Ugh~ Were you that worried about your brother getting hurt last time?”

“It’s not like that, ma’am.”

“Anyway, you bastard. “Thanks to you, things were resolved well.”

“I was lucky. Brother, you need to understand the topic. It’s easy to get caught up in something if you’re just being outspoken.”

“It would have been better if less people had died.”

“…………”

It was a silence that had happened several times. The gap between him and me. We have had many disagreements because of this.

“You said you wanted to become stronger.”

He said it with difficulty, as if he had thought about it several times.

“I will introduce you to a teacher who will help you become stronger.”

Player’s privilege.

The real identity of the Chairman whom we meet during the ‘Magic Tower’ incident in Act 4 during the process of clearing the main scenario.

This is the moment that reveals the truth that Park Si-hoo and I knew, but pretended not to know in order to proceed with our affair.

“You are Corin. “I can’t accept you as a disciple, but I can at least give you guidance.”

Later, she chose me as her successor.

* * * *

“That’s it. No undead will enter this building.”

A beautiful woman in a robe came down from the second floor. Erin Danua, who carved various runes into buildings and concealed them, is a rune magician whose skills are incomparable to mine.

“Thank you. Hey… would you like some chocolate?”

“I will be grateful. You cannot eat food from different time zones here.”

“Ah, four…”

This is a place where the time of 300 years ago repeats itself.

There is one of two moments when food from 300 years ago enters our bodies.

Did the food flow at the correct time?

Were people who consumed food stuffed in the past?

A bug that occurs due to a mixture of contradictory times. The reaction of the world. I haven’t tested the opposite, but there might be something to it.

“So. Why are you here?”

“Aren’t you going to call me Master?”

“…….”

“Hmm~ I see.”

He smiles warmly and pats my head as if he understands. In the end, I didn’t answer her question.

“That’s right! Corin’s teacher is from the past, right? He was in the city during the incident 300 years ago…”

This is a place where the time from 300 years ago is repeated.

In this time prison, all the residents and corpses repeat the same time, but why is she walking around with her senses intact?

“I made friends with the Shinigami.”

“Huh? What is that…”

After saying that, she shushed and put her hand over her mouth. It was an unspoken expression.

“The city of Nazrea is a loneliness that gives birth to the undead. I was preventing the birth of the ‘Immortal King’.”

According to the warlock’s original intention, the ultimate ‘Immortal King’ should have been born among the undead who constantly grew in the solitude of Nazrea.

The immortal king who commands all the undead is a true disaster. Did you say in the original that if this immortal king had been born and ruled over a million undead, the world would have been destroyed?

“So… in this city for 300 years…”

Arisha’s complexion turned pale as she imagined how far away that time had been.

“Don’t worry too much. Monster hunting is familiar.”

She smiled and reassured Alicia.

“Erin.”

“Hmm?”

“What are you going to do from now on?”

Erin seemed surprised for a moment by my question…or rather, my attitude, but she soon accepted it.

“An immortal king is about to be born in the center of the city. I have to stop it.”

“Is that so?”

Grump! And wake up. Erin tilts her head.

“what are you doing?”

“They said we have to stop it. Let’s go catch the Immortal King.”

“…It’s dangerous.”

“I know. So someone has to do it.”

“It’s my job too.”

“Don’t you need an assistant?”

“…….”

Erin was silent.

Yes, this is the original main quest of Nazrea Field.

Players who visit the City of the Dead must help the Reaper and the ‘unidentified spearman’ to stop the birth of the Immortal King of Nazrea.

Although the timing was early and the team competition overlapped, it would be fine for me to take on that player’s role.

And this quest in the first place. It’s a quest that doesn’t matter when you wake up.

“Hmm… Yes. It’s true that you need help. But… you guys…” ”

I’ll help too!”

Alicia raised her hand curiously.

“Is it dangerous if the Immortal King is born? I will help if I can!”

Arisha says she is strong in her own way too! He gave strength and showed his biceps. What does that mean?

“We already have a group mission. I think we’ll clear it at the same time.”

“Hmm… I understand. Then, shall we get some help from the younger students?”

Erin thought for a moment and eventually accepted my offer. Because she didn’t have the option to ‘reject’ my quest from the beginning.

This is that kind of system.

* * * *

“In order to weaken the power of the Immortal King, it is necessary to defeat the three undead.”

Revenant Titan.

Abyss Shrieker.

Wight King.

The three first headed to the city guard barracks, the haunt of the Revenant Titans.

-Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…!!

The giant runs. The force of striking a huge sword in all directions, capable of cutting down even buildings with a single blow, is as light as swinging a tree branch.

-Quaang! Quack!

Houses in the city are collapsing in one fell swoop. A monster that takes off like a jet with a single breath chases Corin and Erin.

“This way…!”

Two spearmen chased by a giant. They navigated the crowded streets as skillfully as a leopard, but the undead who came after hearing the giant’s roar quickly blocked their path.

A sideways roar.

The swinging posture of the Six Choir.

-Boo!

A polymerization machine that explodes the core gas at once divides the space. The wind caught in the spear becomes a whirlwind, and its momentum turns into a battlefield storm that can sweep away a thousand armies.

Whirlwind spear. When two of these powerful and powerful gods were unleashed at the same time, the army of the dead was swept away like fallen leaves in an autumn wind.

Erin and Corinne. The moment the two stopped to sweep away the army of the dead with the same technique, as if they had made a promise.

For the giant, that moment’s pause was enough time to complete the chase.

-Guuuung!

A great sword that cuts through the air. Erin’s delicate wrists stand up to the storm that strikes with the force of great violence.

It is no exaggeration to say that compared to a great sword, it is a twig, but the spear is deflected with the skill of Ran.

This is the Ran (攔) and I (拿) of Rachal Magic (拿扎魔技).

However, the trick of Rannachal does not end with simply combing out. It is only completed when there is a sword that penetrates the other person’s center.

“Uhm…!”

However, just deflecting the giant’s great sword required mental strength. This much because I just deflected it without even blocking it from the front.

Corin covers the stiffness caused by the impact.

Foot root screening (撥草尋蛇).

The trick of piercing a giant’s solar plexus.

The trick of Lannachal, where one person deflects and the other penetrates, is a success story that continues without a plan.

“Now is the time, Arisha…!”

The deflected great sword was stuck in the ground and while the giant was flinching as it pierced his vital spot, the body of a body was running towards the back of the giant.

“………….”

A prosecutor with a bright face who doesn’t even make a sound as if he’s forgotten to breathe. A turbulent, intangible energy is running wild in the sword sheath of the yam.

– Creepy!

“bowl?”

Did the giant’s instinct sense that energy? I turn my head back without thinking. However, runes carved with beautiful fingers.

“pole…!”

A rune of restraint that suppresses even the sound of breathing. The seven runes that unfolded in an instant became a sentence and suppressed the giant, and Alisha, who arrived right in front, drew her sword.

Only two people in this world witnessed the next moment. In one step in the still world, Corin and Erin made eye contact.

-Patter!

The giant’s neck rolls on the floor. The huge body fell as if to prove that even the undead who had been resurrected from the dead could not survive if their heads were cut off.

* * * *

Merkava collapse incident.

This was the biggest event in the second half of [The Legend of Arhan Heroes] and the beginning of Tates Balthazar’s full-scale offensive, and it was not something we could have prevented.

Perhaps… Park Si-hoo, who he thought was also preventing it, may have been secretly encouraging this incident to escalate.

“Corin. Run away.」

「Master!」

「Brother! What are you doing?”

The king’s men, including Tates Balthazar and Permac Daman, came right around the corner.

I had to run away through the party members who had been with me so far and the moving demonic beasts… but Master Erin stayed in place with his back turned.

It was an incident that did not occur in the

“Someone Has to Buy Time” scenario.

The enemy came in faster than expected and the situation became more urgent.

Erin Danua was willing to stay.

“Why would you do that, Master! “Rather…!”

Master said, wiping the moisture from my eyes.

“I am an adult, baby. Since I am an adult, I have a duty to protect you as a child first.”

You don’t know me.

I am not Corinne Locke. This means that I am also an adult and not a child that you need to take care of.

“Everything will be okay.”

That was my last memory of seeing Master.

It was a cold and painful memory.

* * * *

On foreign missions, bedtime usually begins in the evening after setting up camp, but in Nazrea the exact opposite must be done.

This is because it is a contradictory battlefield where the night is dangerous and the day is safe.

“Is Alisha asleep?”

“yes.”

A noisy day in the city. We decided to hide in an empty building on the outskirts and take a rest.

“It’s okay if we sleep together. They say we sleep during the day, so no one will touch us.”

“It’s okay. Even if I don’t sleep for a few days, my condition won’t deteriorate.”

“Then you can’t do that. Children have to go to bed early and wake up early.”

“Do I look like a kid?”

“Then baby. What is it?”

Erin covered her mouth and smiled. Playfulness melts into the twitching mouth.

“So, do you think the test will go well?”

“Yes, I think I will pass with ease.”

I lifted the large moonstone I obtained from defeating the Revenant Titan like a rugby ball. This test is about quality over quantity.

A Wolmyeongseok of this size would easily pass the group exhibition.

“Hmm…”

Erin stared at me.

“Anyway, I guess I taught you everything.”

“Six Chorus, Infinite, Primordial. All of them were taught to me by my teacher. Surprising, isn’t it?”

“……okay. It’s surprising that I chose a successor, but it’s an ordinary child like you.”

“I’m a bit of a nerd.”

“Hehe.”

I didn’t mention the successor she chose before me. In the current timeline, she hasn’t met Balthazar.

There is no need to tell her about the choice she regretted and blamed herself for 80 years.

This person is carrying so much. There is no need to worry about her living in a stuffed time from 300 years ago…. ..

“What are you hiding so much from earlier?”

“Yes?”

She cut off my thoughts and came to the seat next to me with a happy smile, showing off her high chin and clear neckline. “Hehe, I’m a very

blessed woman too. “You are so loved by your student.”

“What are you talking about?”

“You really loved your teacher.”

“…….”

She gently touched my cheek. Her eyes looked sad. “It looks like my future isn’t that bright.”

“No…”

“Stupid, you know who I am, right?”

“

…”

I know. She’s a bigot. He was an adult who stood up to me.

He was a gift that led me, taught me, and changed me, and he was a person who lost his life while protecting me.

The faint and painful memories made my heart ache.

“Tell me. Sometimes, just having someone to listen is a great blessing.”

Erin hugs me tightly. Even though she is smaller than me, her arms are warm and wide, so I feel comfortable without even realizing it.

“That’s right, that’s right. It’s okay. “Everything will be okay.” A voice whispering

soothingly

tickled my

ears .

..

“It’s just… I was a stupid person. There was plenty of evidence to doubt it.”

“I don’t think so.”

Erin wrinkles and pinches my nose. She catches me avoiding eye contact and makes sure to meet my eyes. “I

failed.”

“…That’s true, but do I really need to say that?”

“Hehe, baby. It is said that people who dwell on the failures of others are foolish. But he who dwells on his failures is wise. At least you fall into the latter category, right?”

“I’ve never considered myself wise.”

“Were you a hero from the beginning? Did someone like that kid named Sihu, who unconditionally avoids situations where he would fail, succeed in the end?

No. A hero is not someone who just avoids situations that might lead to failure. That’s the biggest failure.”

I didn’t tell her the details. However, with just what I told her little by little, Erin said as if it penetrated the entire story. ”

…Do you feel the same way even if you fail?”

“Hehe, baby. . I am a failure who has experienced numerous failures. But at least I don’t feel like I’ve failed when it comes to you.”

Just like the gift she always gave me one day. Erin places a warm kiss on my forehead.

It feels like the breath flowing from her lips rests on my chest.

“In paradise . As the queen, I will gladly bless your future.”

It was a nostalgic smile.

“Rest now. Just stay asleep for a moment. Everything will be okay.”

I fell asleep in her arms.

* * * *

Warlock Gerolg thought something was wrong.

“Damn it. How did this happen? Why on earth? This isn’t it. “My calculations are wrong. How could something like this happen…”

He rummages through the grimoires scattered around his studio.

Relying on the lantern that illuminates the gloomy, dark room, he scribbles the type with his grotesquely wide eyes. I dug it in.

“Whoa whoa… it’s strange. It was the best timing. It was an opportunity close to a miracle. But why did this happen…”

The sight of him muttering to himself that no one could hear seemed to be in a trance. The fact that he was drooling while forgetting to swallow added to the credibility.

“It’s strange. Who is it. Who intervened? Why did this happen? How did you do that?”

Unable to calm his rough breathing, Gerolg found his record on a bookshelf in a corner. He

was lucky to observe the miraculous astronomical phenomenon of the super moon and the blue moon. The blood moon coincided at the same time.

In the past . Records and unique magical phenomena. I realized that if I applied the magic power of the moon that moistens the ground, I could perform a great ritual never before seen in history, so I prepared the ritual. The ritual was successful. Wait? Was it successful? I haven’t activated the magic circle yet

. Didn’t you do it? Or did it activate yesterday? But why is the city so calm?

Gerolg began to look through the books like crazy. He looked again at the magic circle that he had looked at hundreds or thousands of times.

And then he realized something. He

broke into a cold sweat and formed a hypothesis.

“witch. A witch. It’s a witch. “The witch.”

She touches the lantern that lights up the room. It was quite a deliberate and academic attempt. -Oh my

god!

The lantern breaks. The fire and oil contained inside the lantern pour out, and the room is quickly engulfed in flames… ..

“Ha haha… Hahaha!”

……No.

Now I understand. I understand.

“Witch. That witch. Damn spearman. Silver hair. Blue eyes. monster. Rune magician.”

He foolishly lists the information. No one knows that this is a desperate attempt by the warlock Gerolg to regain his intelligent mind. Not even Gerolg himself. “Witch

! witch! Witch!”

Gerolg ran out of my dark room. I could see the cityscape.

The city of the dead, where a million undead were lurking just the day before… I am living a very peaceful daily life.

“It’s a witch! It’s because of the witch! A witch was the cause!”

A shiver ran down my back as if electricity had gone up. A witch… Yes, a witch is the culprit of all this. So how? How is

this possible? How can three days that repeat themselves last for hundreds of years? Was he able to do it?

His legs became weak. Gerolg stumbled and took in the peaceful city. He read the faint reverberation of a magic circle hidden in the sky. It

was a magic circle that he engraved on the city with the full force of the moon’s magic. That place in history. Pure magical power imbued with a power that is purer and more powerful than any other great magic.

So, it did not take longer than expected to realize that a ‘foreign object’ was engraved in this huge magic circle.

『 n 』

At first glance, it is similar to a common letter, but it has a magical meaning. If you look at it, it is much older.

The language of the beginning. 300 years ago, it began to decline and be forgotten… A special character.

This primordial, where 8 letters come together to complete a sentence… ‘Paradise continues’.

“Ugh. ha ha ha…! I know! I know! witch! I know your secret! I found out! Primal! It was the original…!”

“Hello, Gerolg.”

The voice that had been talking, even forgetting to breathe, stopped.

“It’s you! It was you! Time repeats and writes! You made me do that…!”

The pronunciation is muffled. My clear vision becomes blurred. The flesh grows. Spooky blue eyes are reflected in the pupil hidden by the swelling flesh. “Immortal King Gerolg. My role

. “I have to be faithful to it.”

Warlock Gerolg’s 3203rd enlightenment, as always, was in vain.