Escape the Classroom
A goblin whose head had been crushed no longer moved, as if it were dead.
Every time I killed a monster, I received coins.
I had been curious about that, but right now I had no time to spare.
It seemed the battle sounds from a moment ago had affected it, because the goblins on the second floor were charging toward our location.
“Min-cheol!”
Bang! Bang!
Simultaneously with my shout, Min-cheol fired at the goblins.
One bullet precisely embedded itself in the head of a goblin.
But the other bullets unfortunately missed.
Krruk.
The goblins began charging toward me at the front.
But like before, their movements were slow.
This was easily manageable.
Thud!
I swung the baseball bat straight at the head of the goblin charging at me, and its head was crushed, killing it.
It seemed the skull was weaker than I had thought.
I mercilessly smashed the heads of the approaching goblins.
How many goblins had I killed?
Level up?
It was like a story that would exist in RPGs.
This unbelievable thing was happening in reality: catching monsters, gaining experience, and leveling up.
There were various messages, but I had no time to check them.
I was too busy dealing with the guys in front of me.
“By the way, I feel like my body has gotten a bit lighter?” After leveling up, my body felt lighter than before.
Not only that.
I felt like my strength had increased too.
It seemed like my agility and such stats had automatically risen when I leveled up.
Krruruk.
So, with the upgraded bat, I killed one by one, precisely and quickly smashing their heads.
Without a moment of carelessness until the message confirming they were dead appeared.
After experiencing some absurd cases where goblins and giant rats fought each other and died, and after killing all nearby monsters, no living monsters were visible.
Once the situation calmed a bit, I took a breath and started talking about the messages from earlier.
“Min-cheol. Did you level up too?”
“Yes. Ssaem, I got the message that I leveled up while catching them.”
“Jin-hwan, what about you?”
“I did too. But I didn't catch any monsters, why did I level up?” Jin-hwan's level also rose.
It was as if I had automatically joined a party.
It seemed experience was shared automatically if nearby.
“After leveling up, my stats increased, right?”
“Yes. My body felt a bit lighter.”
“I feel like my strength has gotten stronger too.” Not only me, but the other guys also seemed stronger after leveling up.
“By the way, it said I got an item?” Just in case, I put my hand in my pocket and felt something small.
When I took it out, there was something like a red potion.
As I was staring at the strange potion, a message appeared.
Do you want to use the red potion? Y/N
If used, strength permanently increases by 10.
“Strength increases?”
At that, I immediately clicked Y.
I didn't feel the difference when agility increased.
If strength increases by 10, it would definitely help in escaping here.
“Strength has permanently increased by 10.”
After seeing that message, I clenched and unclenched my fist to check the increased strength.
The difference was clearly felt.
Now, goblins didn't seem scary at all.
“What is the point? What about the coin?” The point and coin I got earlier.
But these seemed like something hidden, and they couldn't be used now.
“Then, shall we go back?”
“Ssaem! You're hurt here.”
“Huh? Where?”
When I looked at Min-cheol's arm, I saw some blood. It seemed like he got scratched a bit while killing the goblin.
Jin-hwan, seeing that, came to me and placed his hand on the wounded area.
Heal
At that moment, white light enveloped my arm, and the wound disappeared instantly. It was like it was the exact spot where blood was earlier.
“How did you do that?”
“I don't know either. I just tried using the ability, and my body moved like that reflexively.”
“Really? Thanks.”
“Yes. Ssaem. If you get hurt, tell me. I think I can roughly figure out how to do it.” After using it once, Jin-hwan seemed to have gotten the hang of it.
It was probably some device that helps with first-time ability use.
“I don't need to worry about getting hurt.”
Thanks to the healer, one worry was reduced.
“Min-cheol, how much ammo do you have left?”
“Ammo seems to regenerate after some time.” I didn't know the exact principle, but it was probably one of the special effects.
It was definitely good for us that the gun's ammo automatically replenished.
Meanwhile, I saw the corpse of a goblin.
“I should eat this too?”
If I ate it, my stats would definitely increase.
The effect hadn't been verified yet.
So, I had no choice but to eat it.
I took out the fork and approached the dead goblin.
I swallowed once and stabbed with the fork.
More flesh came up.
I quickly put the goblin's flesh, with blood dripping, into my mouth.
This time, it was with full intention, different from before.
Chew. Chew. Chew.
The goblin eating started.
It was definitely delicious.
It tasted like eating rare beef steak.
It was a delicious taste I hadn't experienced in any restaurant.
But on the other hand, it was disgusting.
I was pathetic and shabby because I had to eat the monster's corpse to not die and get stronger.
I quickly ate one goblin.
Eating this fast was probably due to my ability's influence.
◈ No special ability
After Jin-hwan and Min-cheol, who were watching what I was doing, spoke when the eating finished.
“Ugh, Ssaem. Shouldn't you have told us before eating?”
“Yes. We almost threw up watching.”
“Sorry, sorry, I'll tell you from next time.” The eating scene was very grotesque.
There was nothing good to see.
“Let me check.”
Bung! Bung!
When I swung the baseball bat, the sound of the wind being cut changed.
“This is amazing.”
The difference in increased strength was clearly felt.
Now, with this bat, I could probably beat a bear.
First, all preparations on this floor were done.
Now, I had to go down to the lower floor.
As the sounds of giant rat and goblin fights gradually decreased, it seemed a conclusion was near.
So, I had to take action before the conclusion.
“I'm going to the 3rd floor. Stay alert.”
“Yes. Ssaem.”
Walking towards the stairs, I saw several corpses of dead students and the surroundings dyed red with their blood.
It was a cruel sight, and I had to step forward one by one, but I had to go down.
While preparing for possible surprise attacks by goblins or giant rats, I slowly went down.
Just as I was about to descend the last stairs leading to the 3rd floor corridor.
A giant rat appeared in front of me.
I swung the baseball bat and brought it down on the giant rat's head.
Thud!
“Monster here too! Be careful.”
The moment I stepped into the 3rd floor corridor, many goblins from the left seemed to have spotted us, with numerous yellow eyes fixed on this side.
But the goblins quickly turned their heads elsewhere.
It seemed like they were confronting something.
“Ssaem. There's something strange over there.”
Jin-hwan shouted, and I looked in the direction he pointed.
There was a huge monster confronting the goblins.
A monster boasting a size several times larger than the giant rat.
[King Rat Lv-4]
A window above the head of that guy.
It looked different from the giant rat.
I felt danger signals coming from various parts of its body.
Meanwhile, several goblins were quickly rushing towards the King Rat.
The King Rat swung its sharp claws at those goblins.
Slash!
Then, the head of the charging goblin was instantly split in two, scattering bright red blood on the floor.
Several more goblins charged, but the King Rat was playing with them like an adult playing with children.
“Let's escape through this gap.”
“Yes.”
It was a tough opponent.
The moment the guy was dealing with the goblins, it was the chance to run away.
Since the goal was to escape here, no need to deal with such a guy.
So, taking advantage of the gap where King Rat and goblins were fighting, I carefully went down the stairs.
While carefully descending one step at a time, suddenly Jin-hwan shouted.
“Ssaem! Giant rat in front!”
“What?”
It was a place I hadn't expected at all, above the corridor window, a giant rat clinging there jumped down towards me with sharp teeth.
Bang!
At that time, Min-cheol's shot precisely hit the giant rat's head.
Now, I had gotten the feel for using the gun well.
Hitting a moving monster with a bullet was hard even for a marksman, but he did it.
“Thanks.”
“No problem.”
I thought Min-cheol had safely passed a dangerous situation, but that was a mistake.
“Tick. Tick tick.”
The sound coming from behind.
I carefully turned around, and the King Rat, who had been fighting the goblin earlier, was standing stiffly behind us.
“Damn it!”
The King Rat was already standing right behind us.
After judging that running was too late, I asked Min-cheol to shoot.
“Tick.”
But the sound from the gun wasn't a gunshot.
“Ssaem! The ammo is all gone now. It takes time to reload!”
“What?”
The ammo ran out at the worst possible timing.
It would automatically reload, but could I deal with the King Rat without a gun in the meantime?
“I'll handle it. Everyone back.”
But there was no other way.
If I couldn't run, the only answer was to fight.
I slowly approached the King Rat, holding the bat that had become bright red from blood.
Then, I suddenly jumped to the side of the guy and swung the bat towards the King Rat's head.
Whoosh!
But the King Rat's reaction speed was on a different level from normal goblins or giant rats.
The guy dodged my attack as if it was nothing.
“What is so fast!”
But thanks to my increased agility, I wasn't slow enough to not follow the King Rat's speed.
So, I approached the King Rat several more times quickly and swung the bat.
The King Rat dodged here and there, but eventually hit the body precisely with my bat.
Thud!
A strong impact sound.
A fairly heavy feel.
The guy clearly received a big shock from that one hit, staggering.
“Kiiieek!”
All Stats +100%
At the same time, the King Rat let out a cry.
“King Rat is engulfed in fury.”
“King Rat's attack power and ferocity increase.”
At the same time, the guy started rampaging everywhere.
Was it the last struggle before death?
The rampaging guy's movements, although attack power increased, made it easier to deal with.
“There are many openings, you bastard!”
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Thanks to learning martial arts.
I swung the bat continuously, seeing the openings of the crazy moving giant rat.
Thud.
The King Rat finally fell to the ground.
Now it was time to finish it.
Just as I was about to bring the bat down on the fallen guy's head.
“Huh?”
The fallen guy rolled his body to dodge, then suddenly ran towards Jin-hwan and Min-cheol behind him.
The guy, judging that it was impossible to deal with me, ran to the front of Jin-hwan and Min-cheol with huge teeth, as if wanting to use them as companions before dying.
“Oh no, too late.”
I quickly followed behind the King Rat, but the King Rat seemed to want to hug them before I reached them.
At that time.
“Ssaem! Close your eyes.”
Something in Min-cheol's hand.
It wasn't a gun.
It was something like a grenade.
It was a flashbang.
Kwaang! Flash!
Simultaneously with me closing my eyes, accompanied by explosion noise, the surroundings were filled with extremely bright light.