Chapter 116
Chapter 116
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 116
Chapter Title: Floating Island Siege Battle
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Not long before Dre confronted the Murderers.
[The Floating Island is in chaos lol]
data-start="653" data-end="656">[They bragged so hard, but now they can’t stop the Murderers? Pathetic, huh?]
data-start="733" data-end="736">[So who’s the real trash now?]
The community, the chat space of Outsiders — those whom the people of Elynar called foreigners — was exploding with reactions.
It was only natural.
Until now, how arrogantly had the Elynarians — especially the elites of the Floating Island — looked down on Outsiders?
Yoon Hyemi was also smiling with schadenfreude.
“They’ll suppress the Murderers soon.”
“Yes. The Floating Island will now… huh?”
“This is a planned show.”
“…?”
“A planned show? What do you mean?”
Shin Jinpa stroked his chin, thinking.
data-start="1289" data-end="1292">Soon, he spoke again.
“The key is Veil… Hmm. I wonder how they plan to deal with a Ranker. Veil’s personality is rotten, but he’s truly strong.”
Yoon Hyemi rolled her eyes and asked carefully.
“Director… what do you mean, a show?”
“Oh. The instructors pretended to cooperate with them and set a plan to capture the Murderers.”
“…Eh?!”
Everyone in the room turned toward him.
“Wait, then…”
Yoon Mi-hye barely squeezed out the words.
“Is that even allowed? Instructors doing this?”
The guardians of the Academy — of the Floating Island — famous across the world?
“Yes. If you have power, what can’t you do?”
At Shin Jinpa’s blunt answer, the staff groaned.
“Then what about the victims…?”
“The plan is so perfect there will be no civilian victims. That’s why Veil is the key.”
“And responsibility? Even if instructors are treated like kings of small nations… this is too big an incident, isn’t it?”
“Oh, no need to worry about that either.”
Shin Jintae smiled.
“This was done under the guidance of the Hero, Kaits. Everything will be forgiven.”
Whispers spread.
Everyone focused on Shin Jinpa’s next words.
And thus, they failed to notice —
A small chatroom in the community boiling over.
[A new chatroom has been created.]
[1: Hey. How many channels are trashing the Great Mage’s Rest?]
data-start="2611" data-end="2614">[2: Why?]
data-start="2623" data-end="2626">[1: Hurry up.]
data-start="2640" data-end="2643">[2: Lol, Veil’s gone and only his lackeys are left causing trouble. You wanna watch that circus?]
data-start="2740" data-end="2743">[3: Even if we’re trash, we don’t want to watch trashy stuff all day.]
data-start="2813" data-end="2816">[4: Didn’t the Murderers demand negotiations with the Kingdom or Floating Island?]
data-start="2898" data-end="2901">[5: Anyone with a working brain wouldn’t go there. Enter and you get publicly tortured to death.]
data-start="2998" data-end="3001">[1: Someone went in anyway.]
data-start="3029" data-end="3032">[5: Huh? Seriously?]
data-start="3052" data-end="3055">[2: What a moron.]
data-start="3073" data-end="3076">[3: Who?]
data-start="3085" data-end="3088">[1: That Outsider who recently became a new instructor.]
data-start="3144" data-end="3147">[2: LMAOO another idiot who thinks he’s strong going to die.]
data-start="3208" data-end="3211">[3: The kids there are mid-rank at least, plus that chuuni bastard who steals abilities. If you’re not Sword Saint tier, you die.]
data-start="3341" data-end="3344">[6: And they even set up their home field lol.]
data-start="3391" data-end="3394">[7: Someone warn him. A kid’s gonna die for nothing.]
data-start="3447" data-end="3450">[8: Looks like he doesn’t use the community.]
They searched for the Great Mage’s Rest channel.
The moment they entered —
A pig-man crying in blood, his lower abdomen torn open.
[2: Huh? Isn’t that pig bastard Haqua?]
data-start="3675" data-end="3678">[3: His body got sliced? Isn’t his Sweat Defense immune to physical damage?]
data-start="3754" data-end="3757">[4: Didn’t they say the barrier was up? Why is he so wrecked?]
data-start="3819" data-end="3822">[1: Is that Yedre?]
data-start="3841" data-end="3844">[2: Beginner outfit lol.]
Dre’s confrontation with Juice.
data-start="3907" data-end="3910">And Dre’s level was revealed.
[7: He went in knowing nothing. Self-suicide.]
data-start="3992" data-end="3995">[2: LMAO what guts.]
data-start="4015" data-end="4018">[9: At least he went to save kids. Don’t mock him.]
data-start="4069" data-end="4072">[2: White knight detected.]
data-start="4099" data-end="4102">[10: Idiots lol.]
Dre kicked Juice and took stance.
[1: Yo shut up and watch. …Huh? When did Juice get hit? Anyone see?]
data-start="4234" data-end="4237">[4: Didn’t see it at all.]
data-start="4263" data-end="4266">[5: I saw it. I have a vision perk. But it was super faint… maybe video compression.]
data-start="4351" data-end="4354">[4: They said clan promo footage matches real perception though.]
data-start="4419" data-end="4422">[1: Damn those girls are hot.]
data-start="4452" data-end="4455">[11: They’re the Kingdom’s Twelve Beauties. Even prettier in real.]
data-start="4522" data-end="4525">[10: One of them got her face wrecked? Isn’t she Blizja? I saw her in a quest.]
data-start="4604" data-end="4607">[6: Right. Blizja, second daughter of that house.]
Dre said he’d handle everything.
[1: Oh… cool line.]
data-start="4722" data-end="4725">[2: Yedre’s swagger lol. He’ll be crying soon, I bet my balls.]
data-start="4788" data-end="4791">[3: I bet my balls he kills a few.]
data-start="4826" data-end="4829">[4: Me too.]
data-start="4841" data-end="4844">[2: Damn virtuous bastards…]
data-start="4872" data-end="4875">[7: That mask guy uses barrier plus mixed perks, right? How did his barrier break? That thing’s insane tough.]
The answer came fast.
The Murderers charged — and every flash of light from Dre sent them flying.
[1: Why does his sword aura chase targets??]
data-start="5141" data-end="5144">[7: Isn’t that the archer/gunner skill, Perfect Hit?]
data-start="5197" data-end="5200">[8: Perfect Hit doesn’t curve like that. And that sword’s penetration is nuts.]
Ding!
[Adele has entered.]
[1: ???]
data-start="5325" data-end="5328">[2: ???]
data-start="5336" data-end="5339">[3: What, real?]
[Adele: Hello~]
[11: Hi unnie!! I’m a huge fan!!]
[Adele: Thank you!]
[2: Why is a top Ranker here?]
[Adele: I was watching my clan member’s footage and it looked fun.]
[8: Adele-nim, did you see the sword aura chasing Murderers? Is that Perfect Hit?]
[Adele: No… hmm… hard to believe, but isn’t that the Blessing of Certain Hit that Queen Archer Kovsky received?]
[12: Archer Queen Kovsky!]
[2: Who’s number 12 lurking silently till now?!]
[10: So what did he get?]
[Adele: There’s a reward called Blessing of Certain Hit. But it’s not meant for swordsmen. That god is picky and only grants it to favored ones… wait. That’s a Destruction attribute?]
[1: What’s Destruction attribute?]
[Adele: Like Haqua’s body and a telekinetic user’s power — if hit by Destruction attribute, regeneration fails temporarily, or permanently if untreated.]
[2: That’s broken.]
[Adele: It costs absurd mana. You can’t spam it like that… strange.]
Soon, Dre and the students suppressed most Murderers.
data-start="6359" data-end="6362">Then Dre appeared to be charmed.
[2: Damn troll bastard.]
data-start="6425" data-end="6428">[3: Stop cursing. He did amazing.]
data-start="6462" data-end="6465">[2: Doesn’t matter. Now he’ll kill everyone.]
But Dre had never been charmed.
data-start="6548" data-end="6551">He subdued the seductress.
[1: LOL]
data-start="6592" data-end="6595">[3: LOL]
data-start="6603" data-end="6606">[6: LOL]
data-start="6614" data-end="6617">[2: Damn it.]
[Adele: That charm user must have extremely high charm stat. How did he resist? The more I watch, the stranger he feels.]
When Dre split a boulder and dominated the field, the community grew even louder.
[7: That’s possible??]
data-start="6870" data-end="6873">[9: Cutting like tofu.]
data-start="6896" data-end="6899">[10: lol]
data-start="6908" data-end="6911">[2: This guy just laughs nonstop.]
data-start="6945" data-end="6948">[12: Academy kids are insane. They’re still young!]
[11: No wonder they’re geniuses~]
[5: Now I see why teenage house quests are so brutal. Their unawakened heirs are already this strong? Balance patch when?]
[3: From their perspective, Outsider bodies and perks must feel more bullshit.]
[1: Shut up, Dre’s doing sweet-guy cosplay.]
[2: He’d need a handsome face for that.]
[Adele: Except for his eyes, he’s quite handsome.]
[11: True.]
[2: You blind?!]
[7: !! Veil’s here!]
[8: That bastard summoned the Demon King and fought Kaits before running!]
[2: Huh? 2 vs 1 and he still ran?]
[8: Yeah. Kaits is crazy strong. Everyone mocking the Hero shut up. Now he’s going to finish the Demon King and then crush Almiraz.]
[6: They barely saved the kids and now they’ll die anyway…]
[1: Wait!!]
Dre fought Veil nearly evenly.
data-start="7789" data-end="7792">He didn’t seem to be losing.
[Adele: What the hell…]
data-start="7850" data-end="7853">[2: Did Adele just swear?]
data-start="7879" data-end="7882">[6: Our Adele-nim cursed?!]
[Adele: Veil’s darkness shouldn’t be kicked away like that. What perk is that? This is balance collapse. He’s only level 58?!]
[11: Adele unnie panicking is cute!!]
[12: You net-kama?]
[11: Shut up.]
[1: Focus. Veil’s getting pushed back.]
[2: For real.]
[5: No merchant survives a gang-up.]
[2: No, it’s because of Yedre. Without him, Veil would wipe students.]
[Adele: That’s correct. Who is he? He’s not even in the community.]
[8: He recently pro—]
At that moment —
Alfred and Jier appeared.
The Floating Island’s situation rapidly changed, and the chat ended.
That small room of barely ten people attracted little attention.
For now.
Total Murderers invading the Floating Island: 120.
Three-man squads encountered various defenders.
“What’s that old guy’s name… Blurt?”
“Ah, that Igula?”
“They said his combat power was low…”
…
Blurt said nothing.
Mechanical arms rose from his back, machines unfolded around him.
The screams afterward belonged only to Murderers.
Zone 5.
“Woohoo! Nice tits!”
“Damn I wanna hit that.”
“Sis! Look here!”
Emily turned to the tanned blond hooligan.
Then—
“Got you! Ultimate erogenous zone! This skill gives you the total pleasure of all women I’ve ever satisfied— huh?”
…
Strange.
He even used sensitivity-control skills.
data-start="9225" data-end="9228">Pleasure beyond drugs. Fantasy-only technique.
Normally no one could stand.
Yet Emily only frowned in disgust.
“…I see.”
He stepped back. Emily smiled.
“So that’s all.”
“What… what is?”
The Murderers tried to stall.
But Witch Emily had already lost interest.
“He was special only in sex, ignoring skill and technique. I’ll experiment more later.”
Before they could react, night fell.
Their heads flew.
Knights fighting Murderers suffered heavy losses.
But Murderers too struggled; numbers differed too much.
Battles erupted across the Floating Island.
Hart Clan knights fought fiercely.
Kaiser, casting magic from the sky, was struck by a spear and fell.
A golden-armored knight caught him midair.
“Re… Phelt…”
Seeing her bleeding comrade, Rephelt glared at the Murderers.
They clicked tongues.
“Damn. Knights tougher than expected. Hey bitch, what you staring at? Wanna get screwed?”
He thrust his hips obscenely.
Rephelt’s eyes filled with disgust and fury.
“Try it, trash. I’ll crush that pathetic thing with you attached—”
PAANG!
A golden lightning spear pierced his forehead.
Rephelt turned — her lord.
“Dare touch my subordinate, trash?”
The Murderers panicked.
The sky glittered.
Hundreds of lightning spears.
“I am not saying all Outsiders are evil!!”
…
“But you are filth.”
“Bast—”
“Disappear. You’re not worth touching.”
Lightning engulfed them.
Viewers cheered.
[Feels like a war movie.]
[Insane.]
[Floating Island forces stronger than expected…]
[Stronger than expected my ass. Murderers have perks and still can’t break them. If we were there, we’d be the same as Murderers.]
[They’re low-mid rank Murderers. Stop overpraising Floating Island.]
[Even so, Academy kids are strong. Fact.]
[Who said Blurt was weak?]
[You.]
[Igulas are monsters.]
[Gold is insane. Famous among teenage house heirs. Almost invincible.]
[He must suck at melee.]
[Glank kills five Murderers while yawning.]
[Why isn’t Mullin a Saintess? One prayer killed six.]
[Because she smashes heads with a mace? Personality trash.]
[Saintess position is Hero’s whim.]
[But seeing Kaits… he beat Veil and the Demon King. True Hero.]
[Veil didn’t lose, he retreated.]
[That’s losing.]
[Hero is cheat key. He purified Veil’s darkness and Demon King’s decay in one light burst.]
[Great Mage’s Rest got cleared too.]
[Who cleared it?]
[Where’s Almiraz? I came to see him die.]
[No idea. Kaits said soon.]
[That rabbit’s screwed lol.]
Thus, the Murderer incident was smoothly suppressed.
Because it was, from the start, a show.
Alfred dusted his shoulder where Veil touched, face full of disgust.
He knew from Kaits that this was a plan to trap Murderers.
But Alfred did not look pleased.
A perfect plan — yet civilians and students were dragged in.
“You heard from Kaits, but why do this?”
Alfred answered immediately.
“I do not seek your understanding.”
…
“We will sincerely apologize and compensate victims. But I do not regret it.”
“I see.”
At least Jier apologized. Alfred… disappointing.
Still, capturing Veil was fortunate.
That bastard was strong even by my standards.
Now I understood why perk-sealing technology existed.
Then — a wriggling presence.
I looked at Alfred.
“Alfred.”
“…I know.”
PUONG!
Darkness spread — Veil burst out, gasping, eyes red like a monster.
“You bastards… you betray me?!”
Alfred and Jier remained calm.
“Betrayal? I was never on your side.”
“You dare say betrayal when you killed your own allies?”
Jier mocked him.
“Shut up! I’ll kill you all—”
Veil met their eyes.
He scanned around — escape route.
Coward.
“Bastards! I’ll expose everything! Your instructor titles—”
“Instructor rank? I don’t need it.”
“What?”
“Even if your words could harm me, I’d give up that position for my wish.”
Jier laughed.
“The fake contract with you was approved under sacred authority and even the Principal’s reluctant consent. Though… we may have underreported expected damage. We’ll get scolded later.”
Veil backed away.
I sneered.
“What, Veil? Trying to run, idiot?”
He snapped at me.
“I’ll remember your face. I’ll torture you and everyone around you—”
“Yeah yeah, third-rate villain speech done. Time to die.”
He was still strong.
data-start="13505" data-end="13508">If he went all out, the Floating Island would suffer.
So how would they catch him?
Simple.
“Seal him again.”
“Indeed.”
Runar spread.
data-start="13645" data-end="13648">Floating Island systems revived.
Including perk sealing.
PAKAANG!
Glass-shattering sound — Veil’s power plummeted.
“…Damn it!”
“Without perks, your abilities are limited. We prepared counters. Surrender.”
“You talked about torture? I look forward to your screams,” Jier smiled.
One persuades. One threatens.
Perfect duo.
Veil realized fleeing from the Hero led only to a grave.
Cold sweat formed.
“Kaits-nim!”
“Marie. The Demon King of Screams?”
“Hiding. Too weakened to cause trouble.”
Lavand added explanation.
While Kaits and Lavand fought the Demon King, Marie sealed Almiraz inside.
They succeeded.
Kaits half-closed his eyes at the decaying streets.
He recalled Dre’s words.
‘Tell the true purpose.’
He had seen through Kaits.
Yes — this plan to lure Murderers using instructors as bait was Kaits’s design.
Recently Almiraz killed a hundred Murderers.
data-start="14541" data-end="14544">Eliminating 120 more would nearly erase threats.
Only the mysterious “Beyond Heaven” remained.
And most importantly — the Demon King’s Core.
To advance to the next stage.
data-start="14717" data-end="14720">To hunt one of the Eight Calamity Kings.
Thus Kaits, with Alfred and Jier, set the trap.
Another bait: Almiraz.
Always a threat in every timeline.
data-start="14869" data-end="14872">But now weak enough to suppress.
Capture Almiraz, obtain his secrets, then—
‘…Depending on Yedre’s judgment.’
He would challenge Kaits.
And that battle felt harder than fighting a Demon King.
Unpleasant.
“Marie?”
“Let’s move.”
No time for thought.
They rushed to Almiraz’s room.
Kaits smashed in.
Inside — a man in a rabbit-hood with horns sat motionless on a bed.
A puppet.
Kaits touched him.
He collapsed.
No heart. No blood. No Runar.
A corpse.
Who killed Almiraz?
No — was this even Almiraz?
‘It is.’
Every regression — Almiraz’s true body was this.
Then—
“A golem?” Marie muttered.
Wrong.
A sense of crisis, like old forgotten dread.
KU-GU-GU!
The entire building shook.
Floating Island’s buildings spun like in a storm.
No — not an earthquake.
Kaits burst upward.
The Floating Island shattered and reassembled into a new form.
He had seen this once:
When Almiraz seized the Floating Island’s Core.
“…Marie.”
He spoke informally, sharp.
“Where is the Principal of Prynar Academy?”
[She’s hiding in a secure place only she knows. She should be emerging soon to suppress Murderers— Kyaa?!]
The call cut.
The entire Floating Island was falling.
Impossible.
To seize the Core, one must be blessed by at least eight gods.
No one met that condition.
Unless—
Kaits realized.
“Yedre…”
[Huff. Huff.]
Alfred and Jier had nearly fully suppressed Veil.
I swung my sword to finish him.
But my blade was caught.
Not by Veil.
By something black.
A massive figure.
Three meters tall.
data-start="16415" data-end="16418">Huge arms.
data-start="16428" data-end="16431">Human torso warped by monstrous muscle.
data-start="16470" data-end="16473">Kangaroo-like legs.
data-start="16492" data-end="16495">A skull-like face mixing human and rabbit.
data-start="16537" data-end="16540">Rabbit ears. Horns.
data-start="16559" data-end="16562">Blue flames in empty eye sockets.
“…Almiraz?”
Veil muttered dumbly.
Then—
KUWAK!
The ground beneath me collapsed.
“W–waaah?!”
I kicked air, launching upward.
I saw it.
The Floating Island breaking apart, rearranging.
The sky turned blue.
The moon turned blue.
An ominous, dreamlike nightmare.
I smiled unconsciously.
My instinct told me—
Now, the real beginning had arrived.