Admission is a waste of time (39)
Lesson 9. Learning martial arts – 4
The purpose of the academy is to help students climb the tower.
There was a lecture that freshmen had to attend solely to prepare for climbing the tower, and there was a textbook prepared for that.
The trap sections, maze monster types, etc. are all in this textbook.
“hmm?”
“Here… … .”
But the space they encountered when they entered Room 9 was something that had never been seen in a textbook.
Unlike before, where the room had taken the form of a corridor, this one felt like a giant temple, with several stone pillars rising irregularly from the floor and seeming to pierce the ceiling, giving it a very oppressive feel.
“There are no monsters and the ceiling is high… … It’s similar to the resting area.”
Light, who had regained his sense of vitality after holding the Sword of Light again, looked up at the ceiling and muttered, as if he had regained his vitality just like Kenshiro had stabbed An Bak-kong.
“Could it be that it has gone up to room 10?”
“No, it’s different. I didn’t hear anything about pillars like that in the rest area. The number definitely stays at 9.”
“I don’t think room numbers have any meaning in our exploration anymore… … .”
“The enemy is here.”
“Ruchel said in a strong tone, pulling Ban Yu-won behind him.
But Ban Yu-won, who was attracted to her and turned his gaze, shouted out in a fit of convulsion at that moment.
“Dokgoyeon, get out!”
-Kwaaaaang!
A huge shell with a diameter of 1 meter was fired from a gap in the pillar and hit Dokgoyeon!
At the same time, Ban Yu-won narrowed his eyes as he caught sight of the gun barrel rolling on the floor and disintegrating into pieces.
The barrel was large, but I couldn’t believe it fired a shell of that size.
There was a high probability that it was a magical tool, a type of magical machine whose bullets grow larger immediately after firing.
“… … Ban Yu-won.”
Was it too late for Ban Yu-won to warn us, or was it never necessary in the first place?
From beyond the shells that were held still and held still, Dokgo Yeon’s voice, without a single sound of breathing, flew in.
“Didn’t you say that no one but you can use the machines inside the tower?”
“So it broke after I used it once.”
Ban Yu-won responded curtly, but felt relieved inside.
If she had been hit by such a stupidly large bullet, she would have been crushed without a trace, but fortunately, she appeared to be unharmed.
If that was also thanks to the Hyeonsin Gong, then from now on I will diligently practice Hyeonsin Gong while I am awake and asleep. Ban Yu-won raised one hand with a firm resolve.
“Light, over there.”
“You were there!”
Ban Yu-won, who had located the ‘Irregular’ at the moment of launch, gestured to Dokgo Yeon’s location instead of him, who was delayed in his movements because he was trying to catch the lump of iron.
“… … Tch!”
“It disappeared?”
“Light, go straight to 3 o’clock!”
The guy who was hiding between several pillars rising from the ground to the sky quickly tried to hide when he realized the failure of the attack, but it was too shameless to believe that he could hide again when he had already been discovered by Ban Yu-won.
“Turn it. Five o’clock!”
“okay!”
Even if that guy had some sort of ‘stealth’ ability!
“Haaaaaap!”
“Huh?!”
Light, holding the Sword of Light, charged at a speed that could be described as the speed of light.
A quick and refreshing movement, different from when you don’t have a sword!
Then what was Ban Yu-won doing? He was just being quiet because he knew he wouldn’t be a match for the Irregulars.
“Dokgoyeon, give it to me!”
“This? I understand!”
Dokgo Yeon immediately threw a lump of iron at Ban Yu-won.
Ban Yu-won reached out his hand towards it and snorted.
‘His acting skills are top-notch, and he’s amazed at how he was able to stop it, but it’s all visible.’
The bullet that Irregular shot at Dokgo Yeon didn’t end with just being blocked.
The real thing is the explosive magic contained within it.
What he fired was not an ordinary bullet, but a bomb.
[Steal 30 Magic Bombs!]
A heavy shell cutting through the air, a powerful wave of magical power about to ignite within it.
He extracted deep concepts from it without regard to front or back.
“what?!”
In the meantime, it was really funny to see Irregular’s shocked expression when he saw the bomb flying from Dokgoyeon to Ban Yuwon.
Perhaps because he thought it would explode in midair, the bastard hastily took evasive action.
It was clear that being pushed back several dozen meters in an instant was a special concept, or skill, similar to the ‘wave’ that Ban Yu-won was using.
Light caught up to the bastard and shouted with an angry expression.
“Where are you running away to!”
“Those guys who are about to fall… … Huh?”
A bullet that has all the concepts pulled out by Ban Yoo-won, right?
The bomb that had been imbued with magic disappeared into thin air without exploding.
Ban Yu-won snickered and mocked the bastard as he felt the string of deep, terrifying aggression wrap around his hand.
“The bomb isn’t exploding properly. I wonder where you got the defective one.”
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“Nonsense… … !”
It must have been quite surprising that the bomb had disappeared as it was, as the Irregular shouted in anger, as if he had forgotten that he was in enemy territory.
Forgetting that there is a swordsman with a light sword right in front of you.
“under!”
“Ugh… … !”
The moment the light flashes, blood spurts into the air.
Irregular grabbed my shoulder and stepped back with a muffled groan.
At that moment, the air around him started to ripple and something seemed to be about to pop out, but by then, Dokgo Yeon’s hands were already free.
“what……?!”
When she snapped her fingers, the cracks exploded and disappeared all at once.
Dokgo Yeon, who had neutralized the enemy’s hidden weapon without a second thought, nodded and said, “Ahem.”
“You even control the power of space? It’s interesting. If you break down the principles one by one, there are truly great possibilities, but how come the power itself is so small… …. Could that be the true nature of the power that the constellations spread?”
“But isn’t that a person? Why is it a person popping out and not a monster?”
“What the hell are you guys!”
The bastard shouted in anger.
I don’t know who the hell is talking about right now.
But before Ban Yu-won could say anything, the bastard opened his eyes wide and shouted.
“It was a bomb designed to explode even at the top! And it was done by a bunch of freshmen!”
“Bomb? Ahh.”
Dokgoyeon, who realized that Ban Yuwon had noticed it in advance and stopped it, looked back at him and smiled faintly.
Of course, she had the means to protect herself if the bomb had exploded, but her other colleagues would not have had the means to do so.
Then, it would be entirely my fault, so I could say that Ban Yu-won helped her.
But apart from that, the way she looked at Irregular became colder as she realized anew that the other person had almost humiliated her.
“I guess I’ll have to cut off my legs.”
“No, you have to kill him!”
It was Ruchel’s voice.
Ban Yu-won soon discovered that Ruchel had broken away from him and was running towards Irregular.
Perhaps she had been sticking close to him all this time to protect him from the threats of the Irregulars.
Then why did you start moving now?
“Right now!”
Ruchel kicks the floor with a scream.
Her pink hair, which was fluttering beautifully in the air, began to turn black all at once.
Ban Yu-won could see the concept of ‘madness’ overflowing from her body in an instant.
“Ruchel?! What are you doing all of a sudden!?”
“Get out of the way!”
“Wait a minute, Ruchel… … !”
Light is simply bewildered by Ruchel’s obviously abnormal appearance.
If he had trusted Ruchel’s judgment, he would have immediately turned around and struck the Irregular’s head with the blade of his sword, but unfortunately, Light didn’t have the foresight to do so!
“Kurrrrrr!”
When Ruchel passed Light and was about to scratch the bastard’s head with his nails.
A transparent shield appeared in the air and lightly bounced her away.
“Ugh… … Kkaaaaaaah?!”
With that, the Irregular started screaming, wrapping his arms around my head and rolling on the floor.
More importantly, a strange magical power began to bubble up inside the bastard’s body.
-thud
There was a violent shaking.
Ban Yu-won realized that it came from a stone pillar protruding from the corner.
-You failed, you fool.
Ban Yu-won sensed an overwhelming sense of purpose flowing out from the stone pillar.
I’ve already felt that kind of presence once.
It’s a constellation.
“No! I can do more! I can do more!”
-Sacrifice yourself to earn your comrades’ ‘share’.
“I said you can do it! You can kill them! You can survive and contribute!”
Irregular seemed to be hearing the doctor directly, so he covered his ears, knelt down on the spot, and screamed.
But the constellations did not believe the human claims.
―For the Exodus, sacrifice.
“Nooooooooooooooooo!”
There was no time to hesitate.
Ban Yu-won cursed and threw away the concept of 30 that he was holding in his hand.
“Everyone back off!”
A golden string stretched out from his hand and wrapped around Irregular’s entire body like a chain.
The trigger that activates it is his magic power infused into the concept.
The moment the mysterious energy created by the Hyeonsin Gong learned from Dokgo Yeon burst into black flames, the strings surrounding him glowed and swelled magnificently!
-what……?!
The constellations’ amazement is heard.
Ban Yu-won looked at it carefully.
The moment the concept of the magic bomb ignites due to dizziness, the magical power that was abnormally swelling inside the bastard’s body is also sucked into it!
Perhaps it was because the magical power bubbling up inside him had the explosive properties of a magic bomb.
‘I knew something good.’
It is possible to absorb similar concepts expressed by others through the concepts expressed by oneself.
Of course, there are limits to how much you can use it for, but if you collect various concepts, wouldn’t there be cases like this where you get caught up in something like this?
With that thought in mind, Ban Yu-won knelt down on the spot.
There was an explosion.
“Whoa!”
“Ugh… … !”
“Oh my!”
Even Dokgoyeon and Light, who had not paid much attention to Ruchel’s warning, seemed to have followed Ban Yuwon’s warning promptly, as they all retreated as far as possible to avoid the explosion.
Of course, since it was an attack using the concept itself rather than the concept contained in the material, the range of the explosion was quite small… … .
Still, the firepower was more than enough to defeat the Irregulars.
“A hole.”
“Ban Yu-won, you… … .”
The group muttered in shock as they confirmed that deep burrows had been left behind, as if only the spot where the Irregulars had been bombed had been the site of the bombing.
“I just took advantage of the enemy’s attacks.”
Neither Ruchel nor Dokgoyeon could continue speaking as Ban Yu-won stood up from his seat and sighed.
The ability he had just shown felt different from what he had shown against the Giant Glitch in Room 5, but he couldn’t quite put his finger on it.
“Ban, are you okay? The person just… … .”
Meanwhile, Light seemed to be worried about him in another sense.
His expression, as if he was suppressing something while holding the shining holy sword tightly, made me guess that he might have some trauma related to murder.
“You killed the person who was trying to kill us. It didn’t matter.”
So Ban Yu-won responded as casually as possible.
It was meant to calm Light down, but it was also a kind of self-brainwashing.
“Besides, this is a tower. He might not be dead.”
-Dead.
The voice of the constellation interrupted again then.
-He is definitely dead. He was killed in a fight with a climber inside the tower.
Well, actually, I was pretty sure he was dead.
Whatever it was, I had a feeling that if I got involved with these guys called the Constellations, it wouldn’t end well.
Ban Yu-won did not bother to respond to the constellation’s voice, but instead nodded to the party members.
Dokgo Yeon, Light, and even Ruchel, who was barely holding on to his senses, came to his side and huddled together.
―You sacrificed your precious unit and gained nothing. You should have been suspicious when the tower gave you permission.
“Does it taste good if you keep cutting it off like that? Speak clearly, my friend.”
Only after confirming that everything was in perfect condition did Ban Yu-won finally respond to the constellation’s voice.
But the voice merely laughed at Ban Yu-won’s words.
-I have only one thing to say to you.
Kookookookook.
Even though it ended in failure, was it the price paid for the miracle of making people explode?
The huge pillars that had been rising one by one began to sink one by one.
At the same time, the presence of the constellations begins to fade away.
-We are Exodus. We are your adversaries.
Eventually, all the pillars sank, and Room 9 returned to peace.
Ban Yu-won sighed after confirming that the constellation’s presence had completely disappeared.
“What kind of constellation doesn’t have a middle ground?”
“Not to mention the middle ground, everything that has appeared so far has been enemies.”
“Exodus… … Damn, what the hell is going on.”
Dokgo Yeon laughed as he listened to Ban Yu-won’s words, but Light suddenly started swearing.
Light explained in a tone that sounded like he was chewing on Ban Yu-won, who was looking back at him with a puzzled look.
“Exodus is the most famous dimensional pirate group in the entire dimension. The constellation that supports them is now trying to kill us!”
The moment when Light, who is strangely well-versed in dimensional knowledge, accomplishes something.
Dokgo Yeon then seemed to finally understand and struck my palm with his fist as he spoke.
“Dimensional pirate. Then, there’s a high probability that he’s the intruder that broke in last week.”
“Maybe it was an intruder who came in before that.”
“If you already have the qualifications to become a climber and then attack us again… … it means that becoming a climber wasn’t your only goal.”
If you go outside and ask Professor Yumina, you might be able to hear more details.
Honestly, I didn’t want to get any more involved in this matter… … but maybe it wouldn’t have been wrong to quietly slip away at the point where he was thinking like this?
Ban Yu-won let out a sigh of resignation and decided to quietly be sucked into the whirlpool of fate that was trying to swallow him up.
“Did the top say he gave permission? Why is it so cruel only to us… … Huh?”
That was when.
Light, who had been grumbling next to me, suddenly shut his mouth.
Dokgoyeon and Ruchel also became strangely quiet.
Ban Yu-won asked in confusion.
“What, why are you all acting like that all of a sudden?”
“that is…….”
Dokgo Yeon said with an expression that didn’t know whether to be happy or angry.
“I leveled up.”
“me too…….”
“Actually, I also climbed… … .”
Level.
Level up?!
“This is the first time I’ve leveled up since I entered school. Maybe it’s a reward from the tower for enduring the constellation’s attack?”
“If that’s the case… … I’m a little upset, but I think it’s doable.”
“Your abilities have improved tremendously… … .”
The faces of those who had been irritated by the tedious work of the constellations until now showed joy that could not be hidden.
It’s like a new employee who used to complain about working overtime every day and then got financial therapy after seeing his paycheck with bonuses added to his overtime pay!
‘Now that I think about it, these guys have a status window. They just didn’t level up until now because their skill level was too high!’
Ban Yu-won felt his bones ache as he watched the three people showing Udyr-level changes in stance.
……wait for a sec.
‘Then me?’
If there is no status window, does that mean the rewards are also skipped?
At that moment, Ban Yu-won raised his head, unable to contain his shock and anger.
His eyes saw golden threads fluttering down from the sky.
no.
That was an absurd amount of linguistic concepts!
