Admission is a waste of time (224)
Lesson 44. The Breakthrough Strike – 4
Fortunately, I was able to safely obtain the treasure chest in Room 160 Eden as proof that the chain of chain rooms had ended.
That’s the first golden box, except for the one made by the previous Ban Yu-won through brute force!
Even though it was a little bit late, I was still grateful for this.
[The depth of the seal on the Ring of Seals has become 650.]
“So what is this?”
Ban Yu-won, who had been smiling contentedly as he absorbed the concept of sealing the box into the ring, tilted his head as he looked at the artifact that had appeared inside the box.
It is definitely an unusual object, judging from the soft light it emits, but no matter how you look at it, the material appears to be cloth.
It was a bit thick to be called just clothes, so I even thought it might be winter pajamas.
On the other hand, Light’s reaction was different.
From the moment I saw it, my eyes were glued to it and I couldn’t take them off.
“This is… … .”
“Oh, you know what?”
“Arming Doublet, or inner armor. Since you can’t wear iron armor over your bare skin, you wear it as simple protection underneath… … .”
“indeed.”
Since Light is the only one among the members who wears armor, it’s no wonder that he recognized it first.
As Ban Yu-won reached out and picked it up, Light’s gaze followed it.
“……no way.”
“Ouch, ahh.”
As I shook my armor back and forth, Light’s gaze wavered like a cat chasing a laser point.
As he was teasing him like that several times, Dokgo Yeon’s fist came down like a sledgehammer on Ban Yu-won’s head.
“Don’t joke around.”
“It was fun… … .”
“I want to receive that.”
Light said with serious eyes.
Before Ban Yu-won could answer, Dokgo Yeon said in disbelief.
“I can’t help but exclaim in admiration at that shameless face. What kind of shame do you have…?”
“What’s wrong? This time, Light also played a significant role. It was hard, but in the end, it was thanks to Light that the chain room was able to continue.”
“Are you okay?”
When I receive gazes that are so innocently concerned about the state of his hair, I start to worry that there really is something wrong… … .
Ban Yu-won pushed Dokgo-yeon away, who was feeling around his head here and there, looking for the tentacles of an alien controlling his mind, and touched his armor here and there to check the texture.
Looking at the concept, it was an incredible artifact that not only had a solid concept of defense to the point that you could just wear this alone, but also had various abilities such as physical fatigue recovery, wound regeneration, and the ability to regenerate the clothing itself.
Not only that, it seems to have auxiliary abilities for both the body and mind… … .
That’s right.
“That’s a good thing.”
Light made an anxious expression as Ban Yu-won, who had been touching Naegap-ui, smiled with satisfaction.
“It’s a very, very good item. … … Ban Yu-won, if you’re going to give it to me, I hope you don’t touch it like that.”
“Avoid making statements that could be misunderstood. In particular, your current behavior may be overly provoking to a certain class.”
“?”
If you don’t understand, that’s okay.
Ban Yu-won handed Nae-gap-ui, who had finished his simple emotional and physical actions, over to Light.
“Take it.”
“… … Are you really giving it to me?”
This time, the activity in the chain room was also considerable, and since Light was the only one who could use the inner armor, it was a fair distribution.
However, Light looked quite surprised when he received the thing he had asked for.
“This is a treasure. It’s something that will increase my current power by at least 20%. But can I just hand it over to you?”
“20% each? That’s great. What’s the problem with that?”
“We agreed to compete on something important to each other in a month.”
Light’s eyes flashed with useless seriousness.
“But you’re handing over the artifact without hesitation. Are you making fun of me? Or have you given up on fighting me after seeing how I’ve been doing this time?”
“If you’re going to talk nonsense, then just put it back.”
As Ban Yu-won reached out, Light quickly hid the armor in his arms.
At first, he asked earnestly for it, but after receiving it, he became serious, and when he asked for it back, he hid it. This seems to clearly reveal Light’s current mental state.
Ban Yu-won said with a laugh.
“If you’re going to write, don’t overthink things unnecessarily and just write without complaining. I’m not making fun of it or giving up on it, I’m just distributing the spoils to my comrades.”
“… … Okay.”
In the end, Light took care of my armor.
It’s only a matter of words, but the other members may be dissatisfied with the way he easily throws away the excellent defensive equipment that anyone can use with just a little bit of effort, but from the beginning, Ruchel and Dokgoyeon also seemed to realize something and became calm when they saw it go into Light’s arms.
“Then let’s go now. The time limit is running out.”
“Anyway, I managed to clear 30 rooms in three days.”
“I can’t even count how many times this multi-shift has happened.”
Considering that Mira and Shati, who are considered top-tier among the third-year students this year, were conquering rooms around 300 in the first semester alone, Rebellion’s speed of pacing was beyond common sense.
The fact that the exploration of the Banyuwon Tower includes elements that other teams cannot easily experience means that not only does the difficulty of each room increase, but it also means that elements such as chain rooms and multiple shifts, which “increase difficulty but speed up exploration,” are added.
“ah!”
When they came out of the tower, Yumina was waiting for them as she always did during the first semester, but there were many other people watching them come out.
The reason, of course, is that the rankings are updated the moment they leave the tower.
At the end of the first semester, they finished their exploration at a level not much different from that of Irena Ortima’s team, who had been confidently leading the first-year students in solo exploration. However, with only three days of exploration, they surpassed them and reached 160 rooms, so how could everyone not pay attention?
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“You all worked hard! There’s class tomorrow too, so let’s just disperse for today and get some rest.”
Yumina, who welcomed the group with a bright smile, clapped her hands and spoke, then secretly pulled Ban Yu-won toward her.
It was not surprising that on Sundays after finishing an expedition, Ban Yu-won would almost always be kidnapped under the pretext of a report meeting.
“Again, you’re trying to steal my master away… … .”
“Beast, if you still have energy left, let’s spar.”
“Kaaaaaaa!”
“Okay, then I’ll take my leave.”
Ruchel, who had been unable to achieve her goal due to the many obstacles throughout the exploration, showed her teeth at Yumina, but Dokgoyeon sighed and dragged her away. Light gave Yumina a strange look for a moment, but soon snorted, which he had become completely accustomed to, and left the place.
Ban Yu-won, who was left alone with Yumina, had to leave the place with her to avoid the gazes directed at him from all sides.
“What happened?”
The place where the report meeting was held was a restaurant on the top floor of the Union Academy Annex 1, which I had visited with Yumina some time ago.
Ban Yu-won, who was sitting across from Yumi at a place of memories that had been around for half a year, felt that her gaze was particularly intense today.
“It’s something that always happens. You get involved with the constellations, you have multiple shifts in the chain room, you destroy the fake Tower of Babel, and you gradually explore the power of the Tower of Babel.”
“I should watch the video.”
Tike’s video editing skills were godlike.
Yumina, who was fast-forwarding through the video that had just been uploaded to the channel, narrowed her eyes.
“It looks like there are a lot of cut out parts.”
“The part where they enter the sanctuary was completely edited out. Thanks to that, the scene where I was captured on the tower and Light bravely rescued me was completed… … .”
It seems that Light’s fans, who have been around quite a bit from the beginning, are very excited.
Moreover, the situation he had been worried about was happening as the guy Tike had taken a useless two-shot of Light and Ban Yu-won.
“If the truth comes out like this, the channel will be on fire… … .”
“Sometimes, I get confused about what Yuwon wants to do at Union Academy… … .”
While I was checking the video, the food came out.
In the past six months, Ban Yu-won had encountered and killed many different opponents and obtained their corpses, so even if the meat of rare monsters was cooked, it had no effect.
As I was smiling bitterly at the thought of how much I had grown in such a short time, Yumina, who had seen the original video and not the edited one, let out a soft sigh.
Although he couldn’t yet fully see Yumina’s emotions with his own eyes, he could still tell that her sighs contained quite a heavy emotion.
“Yuwon-ah, this player of starlight… … .”
“The ego that resided in the staff I showed you before. She claims to be a constellation herself, but when I imitated the magic she used, the constellations seemed to notice.”
“… … .”
Ban Yu-won frowned as he recalled what had happened yesterday.
At the time, I mercilessly rejected their demands, thinking that I could not hand over my comrades to the constellations.
In retrospect, it was quite strange that the constellations had unanimously guessed at Celon’s existence and made such bold demands to Ban Yu-won just by learning of the existence of the Holy Light magic.
Although I don’t know for sure, Celon must have been a person of considerable note among the constellations.
Well, that’s why the constellations must have organized themselves and started talking to her.
“Yeah, I knew it… … .”
Yumina spoke in a whisper.
“Professor… …Do you know the Starlight Performer too?”
“She was the one who controlled the constellations.”
It was a statement that made perfect sense.
If the one who uses the Holy Light magic to weaken the power of the constellations doesn’t control them, then who will?
But somehow Yumina’s words had a subtle nuance. It sounded like she wasn’t saying that Celon could control the constellations, but that Celon was the one controlling the constellations.
“I heard you correctly.”
“That’s an interesting story.”
Today’s main dish is a sauté of an unknown high-ranking monster.
The meat, properly grilled with just the right amount of salt, boasted a heavenly texture, and the meat juices bursting in my mouth were divine.
Ban Yu-won tasted it carefully and asked her.
“So it sounds as if Celon’s abilities… or existence were created artificially.”
“The institution that nurtures the best talent in the universe is here.”
“Were you a student?”
“And he was also the principal’s sponsor. … … just like I was.”
Ban Yu-won put down his fork.
It was so delicious that I was eating it in an instant without even realizing it, using my fork.
“I think there’s still more to talk about, Sister.”
“I never thought I would be telling you this so soon… … Maybe it’s because of a series of miracles that came together.”
Yumina lifted the glass and poured her magic into it.
The red wine in the glass was filled with mystical magic, and gradually sparkling crystals began to form within the liquid.
It was as if the red universe was contained within it.
Ban Yu-won revealed to himself the identity of the magical power that he had been expecting to some extent.
“It’s a holy light. Celon boasted that it was a unique magic that only he could use.”
“There is a way to make your unique magic, or power, available to others. Don’t you know about it?”
“Well, that’s true.”
It is a contract with the constellation.
She was a contract holder for the Starlight Performer.
