Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 29
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Episode 29
The first time Youngsoo opened his mouth again was after completing physical training that was on a whole other level than before.
After hearing Yeongsu’s story, Myeongcheol asked back as if he was puzzled.
“…Wild shopping street?”
“Yeah, I mentioned it briefly in a previous lecture.”
“And that’s where we’re going to… conquer?”
“okay.”
The cadets’ faces darkened one by one.
Of course, they were also well aware of the wild’s notoriety.
0% chance of survival, impossible to conquer, a murderous maze, a hell built entirely of concrete.
“Are we going there?!”
“Okay. How many times do I have to say that?”
The KPA cadets’ eyes began to waver and lose their way.
Youngsoo said.
“You have already made history. The passing rate for the previous quest is 100%, and among the 10 people, there is even a magician and a spirit master. You say the wild is impossible to conquer? You have already succeeded in the impossible once.”
“… … .”
Youngsoo’s words were correct.
And the cadets also believed in Youngsoo.
But apart from that, it was scary.
Because it was an undeniable fact that everyone who challenged the wildness died.
This time, my parents asked.
“… Is there a strategy?”
“Of course. I know where each trap is located, how they’re connected, and how to destroy them all.”
It was ridiculous.
How could you possibly know information about a labyrinth that hasn’t even been conquered and isn’t even in the game?
“Excuse me, Professor, did you happen to work as a developer at World: Terrain? … ?”
“World: All the people related to Terraid have disappeared?”
“That’s true, but… … .”
“And I’m a liberal arts major. What kind of developer is a developer?”
“Then, I know it’s presumptuous of you to ask, Professor.”
“You’re always being presumptuous, Park Bu-hyung. Just tell me.”
“If you know all the strategies like that, then you can just attack the wild castle on your own, right?”
“If that’s the case… I would have already done it, right?”
At Youngsoo’s words, the father and mother’s mouths closed.
“Knowing the strategy and executing that strategy are two different things. Wild strategy can only be successful through teamwork.”
Yeah, team play.
When I was trapped in the game, I couldn’t eat wild food because this didn’t work.
Because sophisticated team play was impossible with the stupid AI NPCs.
“And your role assignments have already been completed.”
“ah…….”
“First, let me tell you who will be entering the Wild Shopping Center. Woo Jun-young, Heo Young-ah, Oh Yang-ho, Jo Ha-seong, Hong Jeong-hu, and No Ji-an. These six will be entering the deployment team. Oh, and of course, me too.”
“aha…….”
No, just a moment.
“Why only six? What about the other four?”
“You have to hunt monsters outside the shopping mall. As the raid progresses, monsters that feel threatened in the shopping mall will escape outside. You have to catch and kill them all.”
“So you’re saying there are people who don’t go into the wild?”
“Yes. Park Bu-hyung, Kim Myeong-cheol, So Se-hwa, and Jang Do-su. These four will be in charge of the external team for this attack. Of course, Gap-seok will take care of you.”
“Whoaaaaah?!”
The one who let out a surprised scream was the alchemist, Oh Yang-ho.
“Why aren’t they all going in?! No, and I’m an alchemist, no, I mean, I’m a non-combat class! Why am I in the infusion group?!”
Cadet Oh Yang-ho, class is alchemist.
Overall, he was a capable and honest male student, but his only flaw was that he was a bit timid and had slightly poor social skills.
Yeongsu said to Yangho.
“You don’t know how scary an alchemist who is fully immersed in battle is.”
“But I’m not that kind of case… … !”
“Don’t worry. You won’t fight. Your job is to dismantle chemical traps. No matter how powerful a country is, it’s impossible to analyze, decompose, or synthesize substances.”
“… … !”
“And don’t be too scared, everyone. Once you get in there, we’ll give you customized training to make sure you don’t die, and most importantly, we’ll tell you in real time what you’ll have to do there.”
With these words, Youngsoo activated the skill ‘Echo’.
‘like this.’
‘… …?!’
The cadets were startled by the voice that suddenly entered their heads.
A voice that seems to be speaking to the brain itself, rather than through the eardrums.
Of course, Junyoung, who had already experienced the sound once, wasn’t very surprised.
Yeongsu’s transmission continued.
‘This is a communication technology called telephony. If I use telephony, I can clearly convey my voice no matter how noisy the surroundings are. I will give you orders in real time through this. Do you feel a little more at ease now?’
Then Yangho asked.
“Then, can we also speak to the professor by phone?”
“Do you have any telepathic skills?”
“no.”
“Then that won’t work. Well anyway, let’s start training with this… … .”
“Just one question.”
The magician, Junyoung, raised his hand.
“say.”
“What can we gain by attacking the Wild Market?”
“The wild shopping district itself.”
Because the only place where we could escape the impending collapse of civilization was the wilderness.
But that wasn’t the end of it.
“and…….”
“… … ?”
“The item that made the wild market what it is today.”
“What is that?”
“Demon Sword.”
Question marks crossed the cadets’ faces.
“The Demon Sword… …? What is that?”
Youngsoo answered.
The only item that can prepare you for the coming war with the elves after the collapse is the magic sword.
“Yes,” Youngsoo answered in his mind.
‘Demon sword, holy sword, elf, war.’
The cadets were still too young to face these coming truths.
‘Farmers who work their fields look not at the horizon but only at their feet. If they look at everything they have to overcome, they will become exhausted.’
Who said this, was it Swauss or something?
Rather than looking to the distant future of war, it was more important to do a good job of conquering the wild lands right in front of us.
So Youngsoo didn’t talk about the future anymore.
“Okay then, from now on we will begin training to prepare for the wild attack.”
* * *
The next day.
Hongryeon Guild, back to the first meeting room.
The theme of this meeting was not Ma Hyeon-woo, but Go Jong-yeop.
Professor of combat science, Jong-Yeop Koh.
He was being questioned.
I’m talking about the massive failure that happened this time.
The chairman asked.
“Do you have anything to say about the passing rate of the previous quest that took place yesterday, Professor Koh Jong-yeop?”
“… … .”
“Out of our 30 cadets, 19 failed, and only 11 passed. Almost two-thirds failed. What is going on?”
Jongyeop just hung his head and sweated profusely.
“And the promising prospect you strongly suggested and brought in also failed the previous quest. Now, explain. Tell me about this nonsense! Professor Ko!!”
“The training ground was taken away! So I couldn’t properly complete the curriculum… That’s my fault!!”
The executives didn’t understand for a moment the words that came out of Jongyeop’s mouth.
“…What does that mean?”
“The training that most rapidly increases the cadets’ skills is the battle against rock golems. And the only place where rock golems live is Area E of the ‘Training Forest.’”
“Yes, the Forest of Training E area. It was where our Hongryeon had effective control. But could it be… that place was taken away?”
Jongyeop nodded slowly.
The chairman’s brow furrowed.
“… What kind of guys are they? The Cheonghwa Guild? Or maybe the Mujin? Could it be the Taiping Alliance… …”
“This is KPA.”
KPA.
A pale look of shock began to appear on the chairman’s face when he heard those words.
“… KPA? Are you talking about those, those weaklings… … ?”
“Yes. I fought with those guys for control of Area E and ended up losing… … .”
“This, this, this… damn… … !”
The pallor of the chairman’s face began to fade and turn red and blue.
“These KPA bastards must have used a male and female sword… …! What the hell is it? Poison gas? Sniping?”
“It’s skill.”
“what?”
“Our cadets won with pure skill. This is not the old… this is not the old weak KPA.”
“…gibberish.”
“Would I dare to lie, Mr. Chairman?”
A heavy silence fell over the conference room.
Hongryeon lost to KPA.
The strongest lost to the weakest.
There was no one in this room who could easily accept this truth.
Jongyeop continued his defense.
“…KPA has grown rapidly. And at the center of it all… is a professor who has just joined KPA. His guidance will likely play a large role in KPA’s growth.”
“Are you talking about that guy named Cheon Yeong-su or something?”
“yes.”
“A guy I’ve never heard of or seen before… … .”
“We need to strengthen surveillance on the KPA as soon as possible. If they become stronger than they are now, they will become an obstacle to Hongryeon’s path forward.”
The Hongryeon executives muttered for a moment, then quickly came to a conclusion.
“Okay, Professor Koh. You can take charge of it.”
“yes?”
“From now on, let’s focus solely on monitoring the KPA.”
“But then the lecture I am in charge of is… … .”
“I will suspend your teaching position until this matter is resolved.”
“… … !”
“Bring me enough useful information. If it’s useful enough, I’ll lift your suspension.”
“Mr. Chairman… … !”
“The meeting is over for today.”
Land! Land! Land!
The chairman struck the gavel.
* * *
Ten days passed.
The morning dawned thirty days before the collapse of civilization.
“What are you?”
An old man asked, sticking his head out of the tent.
Gap-seok, who heard the question, answered.
“I am Gap-Seok Lee, the president of the Korean Players Association and the president of KPA. You used to work at that store, right?”
The place Gapseok pointed to was a wild shopping district.
The distance between this tent village and the wild shops is only about 100 meters.
It was a tent village built quite close to hell.
“Did you work at the Wild Market? Yes, I did. And I will definitely return someday. My workshop is still there.”
“Don’t worry, it will happen soon.”
“what?”
The old man’s identity was one of the technicians who used to do business in the wild market.
And everyone living in this tent village was in the same situation as this man.
They remained here to one day return to the wild and their work place.
Gapseok said.
“But to go back, we must first retreat. This place is dangerous.”
“… In the end, you guys are just thugs for hire. You’re the ones who drove us out of this land!”
Ssrung.
People from the tent village walked out, each holding a weapon in their hand.
But Gapseok didn’t even blink an eye.
“I’m telling you this with all sincerity. This place is about to get dangerous. As soon as possible… … .”
“go away!”
The moment the old man was about to swing the club in his hand.
bang!
A part of the wall of the wild castle broke with a loud noise, and something came out.
They were monsters, blind wolves.
They started running like crazy, scratching and destroying everything they touched.
And some of them were running towards the tent village.
The faces of the tent village residents turned pale.
“What, what is this… …!”
“I told you. It’s dangerous.”
A moment of imminent danger.
Just as the blind wolf was about to jump into the tent village’s territory.
“Dragon Strike.”
Kwaaang!
A dragon-headed fighting spirit flew in from somewhere and attacked a pack of blind wolves.
Yonggyeok, this is a skill of the Yongkwonsa class.
“Come at me, you little monsters!”
Yong Kwon-sa, Park Bu-hyung shouted at the blind wolves.
At that moment, one of the wolves that had been thrown away quickly recovered its posture and ran towards the father and son.
Then-
Crunch.
The wolf’s forelegs were cleanly severed.
It was a sword fight between the swordsman and the swordsman.
“Look to the sides and behind you as you run wild, Park Bu-hyung.”
“Why when you’re here.”
“Ah.”
The two soon began fighting the blind wolves.
Looking at that, the old man asked Gapseok.
“Hey, what’s going on here?”
“The scared monsters are running out of the shopping mall.”
“Why are you scared? Those guys?”
“Because someone is raiding the inside of the Wild Market. They’re quite strong.”
“What?!”
“I told you earlier, right?”
Gap-seok said with a grin.
“I’ll let you go back to the store.”