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I lowered my gaze and looked around.
“Krrr!
“Fuck! Hey, do something!”
“Fuck, I only have my auxiliary weapon!”
“Just swing it!!!”
The monsters, with muscular bodies and canine heads, chased after the students.
The second-year students, who had undergone some training, fought back in groups of three or five, but most of them were unarmed, so their resistance was ineffective.
If this continued, it was only a matter of time before they were overwhelmed.
‘The orthodox method is out of the question now.’
According to the original scenario, a few days later.
3rd and 4th-year seniors and instructors would go on a large-scale overseas gate expedition.
That’s when Choi Ah-ram would cause trouble in the central plaza.
So the students would either find a way to escape, or arm themselves and fight the monsters.
And in the midst of all this, if they defeated the tutorial boss, Choi Ah-ram, the gate would be cleared.
But the tutorial boss battle had started earlier than expected, and the conditions had changed as well.
‘It’s a tougher situation than the game.’
Currently, this place is an enclosed space.
If that guy starts using area attacks, it’ll be a pain.
I quickly thought about modifying the clear conditions.
And all of this had to be done at the same time.
It was a race against time.
I finished my calculations and turned my head.
Shin Se-hee was looking at me with a dazed expression.
“First of all, Shin Se-hee.”
“…Huh?”
She snapped out of her daze and answered when I called her name.
“Do you have all the information on the healers among the second-year students?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Then, you gather the healers right now and focus on healing the injured.”
“Okay, I’ll do that.”
Shin Se-hee nodded and immediately got up to leave.
“And Yoo-ri.”
“Yeah.”
“From now on, you’re the party leader.”
“Got it.”
Yoo-ri readily accepted the sudden appointment as deputy party leader.
“From now on, you, Kang Do-hee, and Senior Lim Ga-eul, the three of you will have to hunt the monsters. With the three of you, you should be able to do a mob hunt.”
“……What? What about you?”
But this command was so unexpected that Yoo-ri widened her eyes and asked.
Kang Do-hee and Lim Ga-eul also looked at me, not understanding what I was saying.
I threw a glance at Choi Ah-ram.
She was squatting, propping her face up with both hands, and grinning at us.
“I’ll hold that bastard back. If she starts using area attacks here, it’ll be a headache.”
“…Hah, but!”
“I don’t fit in with the mob-handling.”
I put my hand on Yoo-ri’s shoulder.
“You have to do it.”
She bit her lip. Then she nodded.
“Okay, I’ll be back soon after I finish this.”
I turned my gaze to Kang Do-hee and Lim Ga-eul.
Kang Do-hee clicked her tongue, not liking something, and turned away,
Lim Ga-eul looked embarrassed, but she nodded, thinking that she couldn’t just leave her peers like this.
After distributing roles to the party members,
I headed towards the stage alone.
“Huh? You came alone, not with everyone else?”
Choi Ah-ram got up and kicked the girl who had been sitting next to her.
Thud!
The black-haired girl rolled off the stage.
Choi Ah-ram narrowed her eyes at me, then suddenly widened them.
She pointed at me and shouted,
“Ah! I remember you!”
“It’s an honor.”
“You’re definitely the guy who gave Lim Ga-eul a magic stone this morning! But you ignored me and said I had no talent, that I was worthless!”
This level of delusion is severe.
I never ignored her in the first place.
I just pointed out the fact that Lim Ga-eul could use it and she couldn’t.
And I only said something because she was complaining a lot while freeloading.
At my incredulous look, Choi Ah-ram stared at me and suddenly raised the corners of her mouth.
“I’s quite a waste now… strong, pretty, and, most of all, a guy who shows favor to Lim Ga-eul.”
The light of desire shone in her eyes.
“Yeah, yeah, that’s right. If you have strength, you can have money, power, and men, right…?”
She muttered to herself, made a flower cup with both hands, and turned to face me.
“If you change your mind now, I’ll spare you. How about it? I’m much better than that bug-like bitch, aren’t I?”
Her delusion was so absurd that I couldn’t help but laugh.
She furrowed her eyebrows and tilted her head to the side.
“……Laughing?”
“Huh, that’s a pretty good level of bullshit.”
I raised one corner of my mouth.
“If you had attended the Academy for one more year, you would have had more than enough time to know the fate of a Demon… oh, you failed, didn’t you? So you couldn’t even attend classes properly?”
At my taunt, her face hardened.
“……What? You…”
“And, are you stupid? How dare you compare Lim Ga-eul to someone like you?”
“…!”
Lim Ga-eul was a sensitive topic, and sparks flew from her eyes.
“……This vast power…”
“Oh, stop with that cringy stuff, it’s hard to listen to. Pink Brat.”
“You, you bastard─!”
Choi Ah-ram pointed her finger at me.
“Dieeeee─!!!!”
Ping!
A black beam shot out from her fingertip.
I jumped to the side as soon as she pointed her finger at me.
Ssss.
I glanced sideways at the spot where I had been standing.
There was a pitch-black hole, and white smoke was rising from it.
‘Don’t give her time. Finish it quickly and decisively.’
No matter how much of a tutorial boss she was, the enemy was supposed to be fought by a party.
The only answer for a dealer to fight such an enemy alone was to stuff as many attacks as possible into the shortest amount of time.
Ssss─!
I took a long, deep breath.
The musty smell of dust and the stench of blood filled my nostrils.
The first battle with a Demon.
Demons were really troublesome bastards.
Demonic beings that fed on the negative emotions of humans.
Those cockroach-like bastards would cause humans’ emotions to go berserk and offer them power in exchange for consuming them.
Choi Ah-ram, who didn’t expect I could dodge, made a dazed face for a moment, then contorted her face and spread her hands.
Ping!
Ten black beams shot towards me.
In an instant, Moonlight was drawn from my waist, smoothly carving a graceful arc.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
The sword produced clear sounds as it deflected each one of the attacks.
‘It’s a powerful attack, but the weapon I hold is no ordinary one.’
I chose one of the attacks that had been aimed at me and sent it back towards Choi Ah-ram.
Ping!
Ssss!
“Kwaak!”
The black beam returned and hit Choi Ah-ram’s shoulder.
She didn’t expect her attack to be reflected back at her, and she grimaced in pain as she clutched her shoulder.
‘An opening!’
Bang!
The sound of a short jump lingered like an afterimage,
And a beat later, the air exploded with a loud crack.
The tightly gripped sword hilt.
All my senses were on high alert.
A pale green light shone on the blade.
Sharp rays of light sliced through the air.
Swoosh!
The perfect one sword I had practiced all this time.
The straight line hit her shoulder.
Kwa-jik!
“Kyaaaaaaak!!!!”
Moonlight slashed at her shoulder, but instead of the sound of flesh being torn, it was the sound of something breaking.
Her shoulder had cracks in it, as if glass had shattered.
“……Huh, why.”
Choi Ah-ram shook her head, confused, but I didn’t give her time to recover as I started swinging my sword.
Swish!
Then she covered her face with her arms and began to draw out her magic power.
Kang! Ka-gang! Kang! Kang! Kang!
A shower of swords rained down on her like a downpour.
Swinging, thrusting, stabbing.
Moonlight was chipping away at her magical armour.
.
.
.
Ka-gang!
The deep purple sword drew an arc.
The tip of the sword stabbed the air and then fell, only to be roughly thrust back towards her waist.
Ka-gang! Ka-gang! Ka-gang!
“Kheuk!”
Choi Ah-ram groaned as she desperately blocked the relentless rain of sword strikes.
She was bewildered.
‘What the hell is this…! What the hell!!’
The endless stream of sword strikes seemed to be getting faster and faster.
Scrape.
Cracks began to form on her body as she blocked the swords with her arms.
The mystery grew.
A vague horror soaked her mind.
‘Why… why…?’
An unpleasant sensation, as if something sticky was crawling up from her ankles, filled her.
Choi Ah-ram clenched her teeth.
‘Why… why… why…!!!’
She had made a deal with the demons to become stronger, and in return, she had gained immense power.
In fact, she had successfully subdued Kim Soo-hyun, one of the stronger second-year students, with a single blow, hadn’t she?
So why.
Why.
Why was she being pushed back so much by a mere first-year student, a boy at that?
In the end, was she still trash, even after becoming a Demon?
“Fuck, this can’t be… this can’t be…”
Choi Ah-ram bit her lip.
The inferiority complex inside her swelled up, ready to burst.
Just then.
【 …Become a complete Demon. 】
A sticky voice echoed in her ear.