Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 25
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Episode 25
3 wins, 0 losses in 5 matches.
KPA’s complete victory.
“Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
“I won!!”
“Crazy, we won!!”
KPA’s self-esteem soared to the sky.
With this, the KPA cadets knew for sure.
That they are never weak.
And that Hongryeon isn’t necessarily strong.
So there is absolutely no need to be intimidated just because it is KPA.
Youngsoo hoped that the cadets would gain confidence through this training.
I hoped to become a player who could overcome any situation confidently and calmly.
And that goal has now been achieved.
On the other hand, Hongryeon’s fraud was digging into the ground and falling underground.
“That’s ridiculous… … .”
“This can’t be happening… … .”
The 22nd ‘That’s ridiculous’ and the 13th ‘This can’t be happening’ popped out.
Words that desperately deny the reality that has arrived.
But no matter how much I denied it, the sense of miserable reality only grew stronger.
In this way, those who had been timid straightened their shoulders, and those who had been proud had their wings clipped.
Now it was time to clear the board.
Yeongsu approached Jongyeop and said to Hongryeon’s professor.
“Now Hongryeon, you guys get out. From now on, this E-area will be used by KPA.”
“…According to the Forest of Training’s joint management regulations… … .”
“Oh, of course we have to follow the rules. But shouldn’t we use it for the same amount of time you were occupying it? Isn’t that fair?”
“… … !”
Jongyeop ground his teeth with an expression that looked like he was going to spit out blood.
Next to Jongyeop, Ma Hyeonwoo was also making a similar expression.
‘…I lost?’
It was impossible.
Woo Jun-young was never this strong.
I’m talking about a guy who couldn’t even lift a hand against me.
‘… became a monster.’
Hyunwoo felt it intuitively.
If by any chance Junyoung really surpassed him, he might live his whole life in Junyoung’s shadow.
Because both of them had long spears as their main weapons, and both of them aspired to be spearmen.
That’s why… … .
‘It can’t end like this.’
Ssuk-
Hyunwoo began to quietly unwrap the cloth wrapped around his spear’s blade.
The cloth that is wrapped around the opponent to prevent them from getting hurt during sparring.
Beneath the sky, the spear’s blade was still sharp and alive.
With this, that bastard Woo Jun-young… … .
“Stop it.”
“… … !”
It was Youngsoo’s voice.
It was a heavy, murderous voice, as if someone was grabbing the back of his neck and crushing him.
“The moment you solve all that, that window will become your tombstone.”
“… … !”
Even though he was only hearing the voice, Hyunwoo felt breathless.
Youngsoo’s voice smelled like blood.
There was a murderous intent in Youngsoo’s voice that was so strong that he could kill his opponent.
Hyunwoo’s body froze.
‘…I was scared?’
This was the first time something like this had happened.
I have never felt this kind of momentum even from the Hongryeon Guild Master.
‘What the heck?!’
Hyunwoo was a genius.
So he had a much sharper intuition than others.
Because of that, he was able to immediately detect Youngsu’s danger, which ordinary people would not easily notice.
That’s why I felt scared.
But even so, despite my fear, there was something I wanted to ask.
Hyunwoo said.
“…What is your identity?”
Yeongsu answered with a sly smile.
“Just live.”
Leaving those words behind, Yeongsu spoke to the students on Hongryeon’s side.
“What are you doing? There’s no time. The golems will respawn soon.”
“Huh… … .”
“This place will be used by KPA from now on. Go, quickly.”
The Hongryeon students quickly packed their bags and started leaving.
Even Hyunwoo picked up his spear and started following them.
But there was one person who just couldn’t leave his seat.
Professor Koh Jong-yeop.
His situation was different from that of the cadets.
What the Hongryeon students lost today was their pride, but what he lost was much more than that.
The upper echelons of the Hongryeon Academy would begin to doubt his abilities, and his standing in the Academy would inevitably decline.
If you’re unlucky, you might get cut.
Losing to KPA was a serious matter.
‘It can’t be cut off from the red lotus. If it is, we will never be able to find out who killed my brother in the garden… …!’
That’s why-
‘… It absolutely must not end here.’
Damn it.
Jongyeop took a step forward.
It was not a step of retreat.
The tip of his feet pointed to where Cheon Yeong-su was.
However, Youngsoo was so busy talking to the cadets that he didn’t even look at Jongyeop.
If there was ever a chance, it was now.
Yeah-
Jongyeop opened the small inventory on his waist and pulled out only the handle of the sword.
His hand gripped the hilt of the sword, and his eyes measured the distance between him and Youngsoo.
As we experienced earlier, Youngsoo’s strength is at an incredible level.
That’s why there was no chance of winning in close combat.
‘Increase the attack range as much as possible with swords, then kill with a surprise attack.’
Kill.
The fear of losing his job eventually drove him to the point of committing murder.
‘Sword activation.’
A skill that increases the range of the attack by adding mana to the blade.
The sword held by Jongyeop was covered with a blue aura.
‘With this, the sword’s range is 3 meters.’
Jongyeop pulled the hilt of the sword inside his waist and activated the next skill.
‘Baldo.’
Kiing!
The blade, accelerated using the inventory as a scabbard, drew a sharp semicircle.
Geomgang extended the tip of his sword to close the distance, and Jongyeop’s eyes remained fixed on the back of Yeongsu’s head.
Distance, speed, power.
It was a perfect attack.
Until Youngsoo suddenly disappeared from sight.
“uh?!”
Stealth skills?
No, this was just an evasion out of sight.
But how?
Dodging a surprise attack from behind so easily?!
“It’s so hard to live, you little punk.”
“… … !”
Yeongsu knew Jongyeop’s intentions even before Jongyeop held the knife.
Thanks to the skill, ‘Life Sense’.
The place where Youngsu, who had disappeared like that, reappeared was right in front of Jongyeop’s nose.
Yeongsu punched Jongyeop in the bridge of his nose, who was flustered.
Bam!
A shock that felt like my skull was sinking.
Jongyeop quickly backed away, his mind blank.
“Kuaaaak… … !”
Jongyeop’s face was covered in nosebleeds.
The price for trying to kill Youngsoo was pouring out of his nostrils in real time.
Of all the realistic solutions available, the most obvious and extreme is murder.
But the moment he chose to kill in front of a murder expert, Jong-yeop’s defeat was confirmed.
“professor?!”
“What, what are you doing?!”
Hongryeon’s students were startled and ran towards Jongyeop.
Bare-handed leader.
And the sword of the bell-shaped leaf that wraps around the sword.
Hongryeon’s students quickly and accurately understood this situation.
“No, Professor!”
“What are you doing now?!”
Jong-yeop’s surprise attack on Yeong-su and his glorious failure.
When the situation got to this point, Hongryeon’s students were beyond embarrassed and were on the verge of selling their belongings.
So I tried to persuade Jongyeop to retreat as soon as possible, but… … .
“Be quiet!!”
Shhh!
Jongyeop swung his sword and made the cadets retreat.
Now there was no turning back for Jongyeop.
The shock that had just hit him had pulled the safety pin out of his heart.
It exploded.
Anger, directed at Youngsoo.
‘Welcome to the battlefield!’
A skill that indiscriminately attacks the target in front with sword strikes.
but-
‘Is this a welcome surprise?’
Youngsoo predicted that a welcome attack would come just by seeing the way Jongyeop held his sword.
A high-powered skill that requires you to take some damage even if you block it once it’s activated, Illusion Strike.
The moment the first blow was about to land, Youngsoo activated his skill.
—-
[Skill] ‘Counterattack’ activated
—-
A counterattack technique that involves taking an opponent’s attack, deflecting it, creating an opening, and then striking back.
Originally, it was a skill that could not be used without a sword, but Youngsoo showed off the feat of activating it with his bare hands.
‘It was worth it to diligently rob KP.’
Taang!
A brisk metallic sound.
And in an instant, Jongyeop’s sword was twisted.
Welcome to the battle, cancel.
Jongyeop couldn’t help but be astonished.
‘You’re saying you struck the back of a flying sword with your bare hands?!’
Only then did Jongyeop realize what kind of opponent he had attacked.
But it was too late to stop the flying fist.
puck!
Bam!
Kwajik!
Yeongsu started beating Jongyeop with his ignorant physical strength.
The Hongryeon students, who could not stand to see their advisor being turned into meat while still alive, were terrified and began to cry out.
“Hey, stop it… … !”
“I’m sorry, but we have to step back, so please… … !”
After Youngsoo stopped punching, he threw Jongyeop at him.
“Take it. It’s still breathing.”
“thank you!”
Youngsoo could have killed Jongyeop, but he didn’t.
It was awkward to kill the teacher in front of the students, and more than anything, Jongyeop’s KP was 0.
There was no point in killing him.
Tata tata!
The Hongryeon cadets carried the dying Jongyeop and hurried away.
But one of them, Ma Hyeon-woo, had one more burden on his mind.
‘Assassination… … .’
The words echoed in Hyunwoo’s head for a long time.
* * *
Immediately after Hongryeon retreated.
Yeongsu instructed them to rest until the golem respawned, then lay down on a sunny rock a little distance away.
But then, a student quietly approached Young-soo.
It was Junyoung.
“why?”
“I’m talking about the sparring session with Ma Hyeon-woo earlier, that… … .”
“Do you feel uneasy?”
Junyoung nodded heavily.
“I didn’t win because of my own skills.”
“That’s true, because we fought according to my orders.”
“Yes. So… … .”
“But that is also your skill.”
“yes?”
“Tell me from the perspective of someone who received Ma Hyun-woo’s spear directly. What do you think? If there were other classmates in that position, would they have done as well as you?”
“that…….”
“Ma Hyun-woo is a monster. Even if you receive orders from a third party, it is absolutely not easy to take his spear. But you did it.”
“… … .”
“You did something that only you could do. And you did it successfully. So don’t beat yourself up too much. Got it?”
Only then did a faint smile appear on Junyoung’s face.
“…Thank you.”
“Oh, of course, if you tell the other kids that you fought under my orders, they’ll get in trouble.”
“yes?”
“If I say that, the self-esteem of those comrades you worked so hard to restore will all be destroyed. Do you understand?”
“Oh, I understand!”
“Okay, go ahead. There’s only about a minute left.”
“What is it?”
“Regen.”
Ggggggggg-
The air began to tremble slightly.
Youngsu said as he came down from the rock.
“Line up the kids. Training begins.”
* * *
Rock Golem.
A giant humanoid monster made of gray rock.
He was 3 to 4 meters tall and had unusually broad shoulders and thick, long arms.
Because of this, the defense was quite high, but the attack speed was slow. Because of these characteristics, the Rock Golem was a monster preferred as a training tool for novice Awakeners.
Because it didn’t break easily no matter how much you hit it, and because the attack speed was slow, the difficulty of responding was appropriate.
This is why the Hongryeon Academy monopolized Area E, where the rock golems live.
thud-
Heavy footsteps.
The respawn of rock golems has begun.
“A total of 10 golems will respawn.”
Boom! Boom!
Soon, 10 golems were respawned in an instant.
Nine 3 meter tall golems and one 4 meter tall giant golem.
For all the cadets here, it was their first time seeing a monster this close.
And this was my first time seeing a monster this big.
The cadets asked in trembling voices.
“…What should I do from now on?”
“What are you doing? Are those things in your hands decorations?”
“yes?”
Boom, boom, boom!
Golems started running from all directions.
Youngsoo said, pointing to the golems.
“Kill him.”
“Hey, man… … !”
There was no escape.
The cadets grabbed their weapons and the golems charged forward without hesitation.
at that time.
“Aim for the center of the upper body! The nuke is there!”
Among the cadets, Myung-cheol, who had the most knowledge about monsters, naturally took command.
“11 o’clock! Strike first with a blunt weapon, then strike with a blade! Wands and staffs, charge your energy bolts and standby!!”
The students, who had been confused for a moment, soon began to move according to Myeongcheol’s instructions.
Team play that happens naturally.
A faint smile appeared on Youngsoo’s lips.
‘This is it.’
I’ve been doing personal training enough.
What we need to do now is to integrate the capabilities we have accumulated at the team level.
‘If team play fails, the wild attack is out of the question.’
The most important element of wild strategy is organized team play combat.
The final training for that has begun.