Chapter 37
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 37 - How to Prepare for the Exam (12)
Lee Hana, who was sending ice spears flying in all directions, took a step back and began to gather her mana. The cold, chilling mana that gathered around her made the gym like an ice cell.
While gathering her mana, she couldn’t actively attack. I focused on sniping the core of the monsters that were flocking around Lee Hana.
“Uuuuuuuu—!”
“Keeeeeeek—!”
Nevertheless, as more and more monsters flocked, the battle line began to tremble.
It’s dangerous.
Bang—!
I sniped at the monster that was taking advantage of Calmy.
When the small wounds began to increase one by one on the body of Calmy, who was in the front line, Lee Hana finally spoke.
“Ready.”
The piece of winter hanging around Lee Hana’s neck sparkles.
“Skill activated. Absolute Zero.”
Then a cool and beautiful world of ice unfolded.
All monsters froze.
The gym turned into an art museum filled with elaborate monster statues.
Lee Hana’s magic was so powerful that the frozen monsters couldn’t move. Even the stronger ones that were flinching little by little eventually solidified, unable to break the growing ice.
Soon all the monsters completely turned into ice.
Na Yuhan shouted.
“Good! Next!”
“Nyahaha!”
Soon, Choi Soojung’s sharp blade of wind swept away all the monsters.
Every time the blade of wind passed by, the ice statues shattered, broke, and lost their shape.
“Good…!”
First wave completed.
Scammer seemed to have lost some time and lowered the flag he was holding high. Turning his shoulders seemed to relax his tense body.
But unfortunately, the ‘raid event’ doesn’t end here.
Scammer only knows the direction of the ‘game’, but I know the direction of the ‘novel’ world where Scammer is the main character.
And in the novel, unlike the game, a bigger disaster soon struck this place.
It’s even more so since I tweaked the story to make the raiders focus more on the gym.
Knowing that, I used up the remaining points and quickly upgraded my stats and skills.
“Everyone, you can rest now—”
Just as he was trying to unlock the flag’s skill,
“Uuuuu—!”
An even louder crying sound engulfed the gym, where the noise had quieted down for a while.
The owner of the cry was clearly nearby. It rushed quickly from the bottom.
“…Shield of Protection, expand!”
Although Scammer quickly strengthened his skills, his timing was a little off.
Before I could stop it, a huge monster suddenly popped out from the floor. The club members were picked up by the house-sized body and thrown throughout the gym.
“Ugh…!”
Moreover, following the huge monster, other small monsters rushed from the floor.
The second wave has begun.
As I lifted my throbbing body from the floor, I raised the gun again. This isn’t the time to worry about pain.
I quickly turned my head and looked at Lee Hana and Choi Soojung. Fortunately, the two didn’t seem to be seriously injured due to Choi Soojung’s quick response. They must have quickly grasped the situation, so they quickly took out a magic potion and drank it.
Even so, it’s difficult to use the same linked wide area device again.
I moved into Scammer’s defense shield, destroying the cores of the monsters approaching me. Fortunately, Lee Hana and Choi Soojung safely joined Calmy on the other side.
The moment when the club members were trying to reorganize their battle lines.
The huge wolf-type monster in the center of the gym took a deep breath and roared loudly.
“The tower… Liberate…!”
Everyone who heard that sound was startled and held their breath for a moment.
“… … “Do monsters talk?”
Lee Hana muttered.
It would be hard to believe based on the current common sense of this world.
The wolf screamed like a scream.
“Us… Liberate-!”
And then the huge wolf rushed towards us.
Clank—!
The shield of the flag spread by Scammer blocked the wolf’s charge. However, due to the power that overwhelmed the skill, the shield gradually began to crack.
Crack, cluck!
Just as the curtain was about to shatter with a bizarre sound, he shouted.
“Kang Nahyun, use all your mana and shoot that wolf’s left eye!”
As expected of the Insight Eye. He immediately discovered the hidden core.
“Park Siwoo, defend yourself from random mobs!”
Scammer shouted again, strengthening me with the flag’s skill.
—Clack.
As Scammer said, I focused all my mana on the gun.
The gun began to crack little by little, as if it couldn’t withstand the power of the <Magic Bullet> skill that had just been raised to level 10.
It doesn’t matter though.
“Uuuuuuu—!”
If only I could reach it with just one step, just one step!
Bang—!
The moment the wolf’s paw hit us, a bullet of intense light pierced the wolf’s left eye.
The gun, unable to withstand the recoil, shattered. Shrapnel from the gun pierced my hand. sick. It hurts.
Still, I did it.
Thud—!
The huge figure of the wolf is seen falling backwards.
Bam—!
The gym floor trembled and the monsters that saw the wolf fall were seen running away inside the gate, whining.
At the same time, the blue circle that illuminated the field at night gradually decreased in volume.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
With this, this raid event came to an end.
[Current meta point: 30]
Well… My meta points have run out, but I was planning to pour them all into this event anyway.
Everyone seemed relieved that this situation was over.
“We survived~”
“Yeah.”
The seniors were recovering their stamina by drinking potions, and Calmy flopped down on the gym floor.
“Still, I’m glad it was resolved.”
Scammer was lost in thought, looking somewhat bewildered. Is it because things went differently than he expected?
Well, anyway, it was resolved well.
As I was calmly cleaning up the fragments of the shattered gun, I heard an unfamiliar, low, rough voice.
“I can’t believe it failed even in the second round with increased density.”
Tsk, a lightly clicking voice revealed itself in the air.
The person’s deep, low voice sounded quite dangerous, so I swallowed dryly.
His large size, like that of an adult man, wasn’t hidden even though he was wearing baggy clothes that covered his entire body.
The tail that could be seen through the swaying robes and the ears that were slightly silhouetted above the hood revealed that he was of mixed race.
“Who are you?”
Scammer, very much was alerted, shouted.
However, the voice ignored those words and mumbled.
“So you’re still a ‘player’ even if you don’t have any memories?”
What?
This character didn’t even appear in the novel. Is it a variable?
I don’t know who it is, but one thing is certain: the author is full of hostility. Clear and sharp hostility.
I quietly opened my inventory, took out an academy entry-level gun from it, and held it.
The sharp fragments that I couldn’t shake off were digging into my palms, but it wasn’t the time to worry about that.
“I’ll finish it here.”
The robed man took out a small flute from his arms and played it.
The enemy’s young gaze was clearly directed at Scammer.
Yes. He’s targeting Scammer.
No. If I leave it like this, Scammer will die. I had that feeling.
The moment my intuition penetrated my heart, I immediately shot at the man’s hand.
Bang—!
The flute shattered and its fragments flew toward the voice.
“Tsk…!”
Lee Hana, who identified both sides, also quickly created an ice spear and attacked the man.
However, the man easily dodged the ice spear thrown by Lee Hana. Tsk, tsk, he clicked his tongue, took a short breath, and immediately created a large spear and held it in his hand.
The Lightning Spear.
The huge spear, with its bright yellow current crackling and making loud noises, pointed menacingly at us.
“This won’t do. I have no choice but to handle it myself.”
Soon the huge spear flew quickly to pierce Scammer holding the shattered flag.
No.
I threw myself without realizing it.