Admission is a waste of time (315)
Lesson 61. The Innocent Sinner – 5
Ban Yu-won made one mistake.
The problem was that Eve swallowed the Orb as it was.
The Orb, a rare artifact that contained the essence of the Chancellor, Zenon, and even the Tower, was an artifact that had a frighteningly good compatibility with Eve, the beast, and it was because of that that Eve was able to advance to the next stage.
Eve herself seemed to be saying “Oops”, but she couldn’t stop the flow, so Eve, who had rolled up in the air and turned into an egg, had no choice but to retrieve it back into her inventory.
‘Anyway, I’ve broken the virtual space. The rest should be fine without Eve.’
Eve is like an insurance agent who always reads Ban Yu-won’s will and moves diligently to fill in his gaps.
A feeling of anxiety crept into a corner of my heart, but I tried to shake it off and held the Requiem in my hand.
[It’s time to prove that I can be more helpful than my sister!]
Empowered by his rival’s departure, Lilith clung to his back, shouting energetically.
Starting from the part where she was attached, wings of electricity spread out, sparking and flowing, to the sides of Ban Yoo-won’s shoulders.
Not only that, but an alien sensation enveloped his entire body.
Ban Yu-won thought as he felt the unique brain power and concepts of space transcendence, breakthrough, and acceleration begin to resonate more deeply with him.
This guy, he definitely… … .
“Why did you insist on following along?”
[I’m even more upgraded! Abel doesn’t have compression capabilities, but I can still use it as my master’s exclusive enhanced suit, and it even has wings!]
He was so envious of the mecha dragon that covered Asha’s body that he finally came up with a way to use his omnipotent powers to transform into a powered suit.
There is no way to know the detailed mechanism, but the release is a continuously evolving monster.
In other words, in areas related to machines, he would be more thoroughly specialized than Ban Yu-won.
Above all, she possesses a power source and brain power that surpasses that of her older sister Eve, so simply adding that to Ban Yu-won will increase his power.
[Come to think of it, I don’t know why I didn’t think of this method sooner. Unless you’re going to put your master on a bike or fighter jet, it’s best if the two combine.]
That’s because even Ban Yoo-won lacked this kind of thinking.
Of course, there was the disadvantage of being unable to operate Abel if the power of the release was diverted to the assistance of the anti-Yu-Won, but it didn’t matter since Abel wouldn’t be able to exert much power against Zenon, who was emitting a terrifying aura that would disappear upon contact.
-Boom, kaaaaang, kagagak!
Even as Ban Yu-won prepared for battle, above, Dokgo Yeon and Shati clashed with Zenon, creating a series of loud noises.
Before the virtual space was shattered, Zenon had been focusing on attacking Ban Yu-won, so the two were able to take advantage of the gaps quite a bit. But now, with the attacks concentrated on Dokgo Yeon, both Dokgo Yeon, who was being attacked directly, and Shati, who was desperately trying to get in between to protect her, were being pushed back by the bastard.
“Let’s go too.”
“I was preparing, master.”
“Me too… … I won’t lose.”
“Close combat will be difficult, but I will support you from behind.”
Ruchel, Asha, and Mira responded competitively.
Looking back at Ayre, the only one who had no answer, she was looking up at Zeno with an expression on her face that she had never made before.
An absurdly murderous smile.
“Aire?”
“……oh.”
At Ban Yoo-won’s call, Aire’s expression returned to normal, she shook her head and approached him.
“Let’s go together, that guy is dangerous.”
“Okay, thanks.”
Maybe her genes are engraved with a hatred for the likes of Zenon.
Ban Yu-won kicked the floor ahead of the group, hoping that the feelings he had read from her for a moment were temporary.
[Let’s end this right now, Master!]
The concept of release is to increase speed to the extreme with [Breakthrough] and [Acceleration].
To counter the magic of destruction, I simultaneously put [Stigmata] and [Holy Light] into the Requiem I hold in my hand.
As a means to assist and strengthen it, [Judgment], which increases power when dealing with evildoers, [Rebellion], which increases power when dealing with those stronger than oneself, and [Gap], a power ripped from the constellation, was added to slightly increase one’s reaction speed.
‘With the determination to finish it in one blow.’
[Whoaaaaap!]
All of these concepts are organically combined within the Martial Arts Origin Sword, sublimating the movements of the Banyuwon.
The wings formed by the energy of the release flapped once in the air, and in that moment, Ban Yu-won was flying right in front of Zenon, who was rushing towards Dokgo Yeon.
[Penetration]
But at the very moment he was about to thrust his sharp sword into the bastard’s forehead, he saw a smile appear on Zeno’s lips.
-Kwaaaaa
The black magic that blossomed around him covered Banyuwon like a flower petal closing.
I developed the Origin Sword to read my opponent’s movements, but this damn transcendent being was erasing even the movements of the concepts that make up his own body with his destructive magic.
[Whoa!]
“Ugh!”
A fierce clash of energy occurred.
However, as I had thought before, Ban Yu-won’s ability was overwhelmingly disadvantageous to Zenon.
They destroy everything without regard to the meaning contained within it, so even if it contains a spirit, it will just crumble and disappear without meaning.
In terms of compatibility, it’s a perfect superior-subordinate relationship.
Ban Yu-won barely managed to pull himself together and back away, biting his lips.
‘That’s why I wanted to make a more perfect surprise attack… … !’
Zenon pretended to attack Dokgoyeon while continuing to watch Ban Yuwon.
The bastard’s ultimate goal was to destroy the Yuan Dynasty, but he kept even that intention completely hidden.
[Master, Requiem!]
Ban Yu-won, who turned his gaze to check his sword as Release screamed, sighed inwardly.
The power contained in Requiem was lost in the struggle against the magic of destruction.
It wasn’t like it was unusable, but it would take several months to replenish its energy.
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“Be careful!”
-Whirlwind, ka-ga-ga-ga-gak!
Dokgo Yeon, who had intervened from the side, blocked dozens of black whips that had been chasing the retreating Ban Yu-won.
It was the moment when the sword of the beheader that had supported Ban Yu-won on countless battlefields until now cracked.
Ban Yu-won groaned as he felt the energy of Dokgoyeon swaying and dispersing.
“are you okay?”
“I’m okay, but――.”
Dokgoyeon, who was blocking the way in front of Ban Yu-won as if protecting him, whispered to him.
Her complexion wasn’t all that great, having caused so many deaths in a short period of time, but her eyes were still shining brightly.
These are the eyes of one who has not given up on a fight.
“Well, the longer we delay, the worse it gets for us.”
Her gaze was fixed on the rest of the group who were pressuring Zeno by taking advantage of the gap created by Ban Yu-won’s attack. Even if they were able to somehow dispel Zeno’s destructive magic, only Shati and Aire were capable of directly wounding him.
Although Ruchel and Asha had excellent attack capabilities, they had no means of defending against the destructive magic power, so they were likely to get caught up in the guy’s attacks. Mira’s complex curses and changelings were erased by Zenon’s magic power before they had a chance to manifest, so it could be said that they were at a disadvantage against the guy just as much as Ban Yu-won.
“I don’t like killing students, but if you want to keep stopping me, I guess I have no choice!”
“You were jealous of Yuwon and tried to kill him, and now you’re talking nonsense… … Ugh!”
“I think Aslight students need to receive a more proper education.”
“damage!”
Zeno’s murderous intent grows more intense.
The wide dimensional line contracted and the walls on all sides turned black.
Now that the Director is gone, the one in control of the dimensional line is Zenon, and he has begun to use it to draw his power and implement it to the dimensional line’s power source.
“He’ll be angry, but――I have to kill him now.”
Even though he used the Orb to create a virtual space within the dimensional line, it was only within his own capabilities, and he did it only to deal with Ban Yu-won without being caught by the president.
If he had attacked with everything he had without thinking of the consequences, he could have easily overwhelmed the party.
Dokgo Yeon looked over the situation and spoke again with a voice full of firm determination.
“I will kill him.”
“But Yeon, you too… … .”
“Please give me that.”
Dokgo Yeon reached out and pointed to Ban Yu-won’s chest.
For a moment, he felt as if his body had frozen.
“what?”
“I know. It’s the energy I’m dealing with.”
“……kite.”
As the situation worsened, Ban Yu-won was holding the dagger that the president had once given him.
He knew that he wasn’t yet ready to handle it, but he was convinced that it was better to grab it and fight it out than to have all his comrades suffer at the hands of transcendent beings like the constellations.
But that doesn’t mean I’ll hand this over to Dokgo Yeon.
That would be so… … .
“Yeon, this is not right. It’s dangerous.”
Even if Dokgoyeon was a master of the spirit of death, there was no guarantee that he would be able to handle this dagger properly.
“What are you mistaken about?”
However, Dokgo Yeon laughed when he saw Ban Yu-won worrying about him.
Then, he reached out and snatched the dagger from his arms in one breath.
“It was not a proposal, it was a notice. Do you think I have time to hesitate now?”
“you.”
“Wake up, Ban Yu-won. If you die, everyone here will die with you.”
Dokgo Yeon, who called him by his full name for the first time in a long time, immediately thrust the black dagger in his hand into the crack in the beheader’s longsword.
Is it because she was originally dealing with this energy that she is skillfully controlling it, as she said?
The dagger, which had been melting away, completely dissolved all the cracks in the beheader’s longsword, and soon dyed the entire blade black.
Dokgoyeon, who was holding it with both hands, was about to rush towards Zenon, but suddenly turned back to Ban Yuwon and mumbled as if he wanted to say something.
Even though she knew better than anyone that the situation was urgent.
“kite?”
“ah.”
Then, when he looked at her worriedly, she shook her head and smiled provocatively at him.
“I don’t have the energy to waste even a single moment, so please open the way for me.”
“Yeon, what I was going to say just now――”
“You can do it, okay?”
“……good.”
I nod my head helplessly, biting my lip in helplessness.
I was worried about Dokgo Yeon, who was trying to accept and deal with that vast energy, but once she had made up her mind, there was no way to stop her.
It would be better to support the battle so that it ends quickly.
“Celone, release!”
-We must win, absolutely.
[Ugh, I’m really going to kill that kid! I definitely will!]
I took out all the talismans containing vitality and holy light from my inventory and activated them, extracting all of Celon’s and Lilith’s energy.
He literally squeezed everything he had left and unleashed his Holy Light magic.
“Still with that… … Tsk!”
The moment when Zeno stretched out his hand and summoned destruction that pierced through Ban Yu-won and Dokgo-yeon at the same time.
Dozens of beams of light appeared across the void, crossing over the darkness and collapsing it straight down.
If I can’t detect the bastard’s power until it manifests, I pinpoint the exact moment it manifests and pour out a saturation of my light beam.
Although it couldn’t hit Zenon himself, it was enough to tear apart the destructive magic he was generating.
Ban Yu-won shouted, calculating until his head exploded, creating a beam of light.
“Everyone support Kite! Tie that little shit up!”
“Understood, Master!”
The group that was being mercilessly beaten by Zenon barely managed to catch their breath under the rays of light that Ban Yu-won shot out repeatedly.
He added magic to this, creating a square of holy light in all directions and amplifying the effect.
As I made up my mind and devoted myself to assisting, the destructive magic power that filled the dimensional line could not help but slow down.
The ceiling and floor, which had been dyed black, began to ripple and lose their strength.
It wouldn’t last long since all his power was poured into it, but it was an amazing feat in that it suppressed the abilities of Zenon, who even dared to call himself the number two in the Union.
“It’s a hassle!”
“I have something to say!”
The magical power that was about to reach Ban Yu-won was blocked by Asha’s spear.
Mira’s arrow shot up behind him and burst the black tentacles waving behind Zeno’s back.
The explosion that Shati caused by taking advantage of the gap made Zenon hesitate for a moment.
The nine foxfires that Ruchel fired with all his might rushed forward, sending sparks flying, and kicked away the destructive magic that was protecting Zeno’s body.
“Dragon’s… …enemy!”
“Huh?!”
No matter what magic she used, it was all erased by the magic of destruction. Aire gritted her teeth and casted an ice magic that finally froze Zeno’s feet and restrained him from moving.
Zenon was confident that he could completely destroy the dimensional line’s power source if given just one more second, but before that, Dokgo Yeon, holding the Sword of Death, was already closing in on him.
“Die.”
“It’s unfortunate, but to that extent――!”
A cone-shaped thorn shot out from Zeno’s empty abdomen and collided with the sword held by Dokgoyeon.
No, it looked like it had hit something, but it hadn’t.
“joy.”
“Cough!”
Dokgo Yeon and the sword she held passed through the thorns as if they were not real――cleanly cutting down Zeno from head to toe.
A sudden silence.
The one who finally opened his mouth was Zeno, already half-corpse-like.
“… … Do you know what you are doing right now?”
“I couldn’t have called you without doing this.”
“If I had known, I would have avoided it even more.”
Zenon, who was split exactly in half, rolled his eyes and glared at Dokgoyeon.
“You’re stupid, so you’re already dead――.”
“under.”
The blade he swung as if he didn’t even want to hear the backlash, this time cutting the bastard’s neck horizontally.
Zeno’s face, split in two and each side rising into the air, appeared strangely twisted.
The next moment, all the destructive magical power that had been fiercely clashing with the Holy Light disappeared from that space.
The interior of the dimensional line that the group was familiar with was revealed.
-Chae-Ang–.
The sword fell and scattered on the floor.
The half-widow, whose magic power was depleted, flapped her trembling wings and desperately approached her.
“kite!”
“are you okay.”
Dokgo Yeon, kneeling on the floor, answered in a calm voice.
Ban Yu-won, who had reached her eyes, tried to touch her shoulder, but his hand passed through her without touching her, just like Zeno had done earlier.
Taking a deep breath without thinking――Ban Yu-won realized that what he was seeing was not wrong.
[Death]
Clearly, what is right before his eyes is Dokgo Yeon, but in his eyes that read the concept, he only sees death.
I wish I didn’t know what that meant.
“It’s okay, Won. It’s okay… … .”
Dokgo Yeon whispers to him repeatedly that it’s okay.
His face was calm, as if he had already known this would happen.
She may have just been pretending to be calm, but Ban Yu-won could no longer read her emotions.
“Oh, that’s right. Candy… … .”
“It’s no use. I’m not in pain right now. This is sublimation. Humans are transformed into death.”
Dokgo Yeon, who had been shaking his head, reached out to Ban Yu-won and tried to grab his hand, but instead of doing so, he just held onto the air and smiled bitterly.
“Since you dare to deal with death with a human body, if you fail, the law of cause and effect will be reversed.”
“Dokgoyeon?!”
After the fierce battle, Asha, who was out of breath and finally noticed Dokgoyeon’s anomaly, ran towards him screaming, but was stopped by Ruchel.
She opened her mouth wide to say something as she watched Ruchel silently shake her head, but instead she simply slumped her shoulders and lowered her head.
“You… … knew this would happen… … .”
“If I had to choose who should die between you and me, it would be me. That’s why I did it… … But you must be concerned, right?”
“Don’t say such obvious things! You, you dying is just ridiculous… …!”
“You have no idea how happy I am to hear those words.”
Dokgo Yeon smiled with her eyes narrowed.
She smiled proudly for some reason as she watched Ban Yu-won despairing at the sight of her being bounced off by all the concepts, artifacts, and jams and blood wines she could handle, unable to overcome the death that made up Dokgoyeon.
“Oh, look at me.”
“No, this is ridiculous――.”
“one.”
Dokgo Yeon, who had been quietly looking at Ban Yu-won, who had knelt down to his eye level, slowly leaned forward and kissed him.
It was a kiss that gave no feeling of warmth or texture.
“As expected, I should have kissed you earlier, even if it meant forcing myself.”
Dokgo Yeon, who had stepped back from him again, frowned and smiled.
Only then did Ban Yu-won realize the change in her eyes.
Her cross pupils were spinning so fast that they had formed concentric circles that they emitted strange waves.
‘Maybe from the moment Yeon was born… … .’
While he was sighing inwardly, Ban Yu-won sensed a strange phenomenon occurring in Dokgo Yeon.
To be exact, it was a mana reaction that originated from the student ID she was wearing around her neck.
Similar to the semi-circular one, but qualitatively superior.
It seems to be a type of magic that involves space travel, but with a greater power mixed in.
He clenched his fist as he instinctively sensed what it was.
It was a curse, but on the other hand, it was also a blessing.
“I’ll go look for it.”
“Yeah, I’ll believe you.”
The person responsible, Dokgo Yeon, must have realized what it was.
He nodded as if he had been waiting for Ban Yu-won to speak, and smiled shyly.
“I have something to say.”
“I don’t like saying goodbye.”
“No, that’s not it.”
A halo of light enveloped Dokgoyeon.
It was a premonition that appeared very briefly when moving through space using a student ID, but now it was getting longer and it was as if Dokgoyeon was glowing with his entire body.
The sight of Dokgoyeon enveloped in light was so beautiful that anyone who saw it would lose their soul.
“i love you.”
“I love you too.”
“hmm.”
Dokgo Yeon nodded slightly, trying to hide her shyness, at his words that came out as if she had been waiting for them, and smiled faintly.
“But if it’s too late, I might go there first.”
And after whispering that, he disappeared from the scene with his glowing student ID card.
There was nothing left in that place.
Nothing, really.
* * *
At that moment, deep inside the Tower of Babel.
A true name was added to the last line of the stele containing the names of all the constellations.
[Dokgo Yeon – Eyes of Death]
