Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 121



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(121)

“Think of drawing a circle and filling in its border.”

“You can use your hands this time. Just gently push forward to turn the disc into a hemisphere. You could call it a dome facing forward.”

“If you’re ready, come forward and take the test. I’ll put a bulletproof glass piece with a gift card between you and the psychic shield, so if you can stop the bullet, you can take the gift card.”

The salt copper shield was a technology that ensured a certain level of strength once it was made.

That is, it was extremely difficult to make it even once.

Students who exchanged magazines like Iljinrim or used telekinesis gave up long ago, and students who absolutely had to learn telekinesis like Lee Gyeom gritted their teeth and charged forward.

“I will try.”

After about 20 minutes, Yoo Sang-ah from Kang Joo-hyuk’s faction stepped forward.

“great.”

Banhaedo put a protective vest on Yoo Sang-ah, and Yoo Sang-ah took a deep breath and stood in front of the sentry gun that Banhaedo had brought.

The psychokinesis shield, unlike other psychokinesis techniques, was a technique that was somewhat visible.

The space shimmered, and a translucent hemisphere floated before her.

There were two layers of bulletproof glass between the hemisphere and himself, but the sentry gun’s majesty was breathtaking.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A 20mm machine gun fired three shots.

There were more than a few students who were shocked and covered their ears at the unexpected loud noise.

“What is this?”

“You think we should stop that?”

“I, I can’t do it.”

At 20mm, it was powerful enough to easily penetrate a concrete wall.

Zzz!

Yoo Sang-ah’s stationery shook like waves.

But she held on, her hands outstretched and sweating profusely.

“Well done, Yoo Sang-ah. You must have been nervous because it was your first time, but it was a good demonstration.”

Banhaedo gave her sincere praise.

After that, the psychokinesis specialists came out and blocked the bullets before going in.

Joo Da-hyun was the only one who chose to block Ban Hae-do’s magic bullet, and she succeeded with flying colors.

In this way, the psychokinesis specialists completed their training.

‘Wow. This is difficult.’

Sega concentrated hard, sweating profusely, without even having time to be conscious of them.

It was completely different from anything I’d done before.

You have to build it up from the edge all the way to the front, but if you let your guard down even for a moment, it will come crashing down.

If Kang Joo-hyuk hadn’t been wandering around in the same way, he might have felt frustrated, thinking that this time his talents had finally reached their limits.

“For students who haven’t succeeded yet, keep practicing while listening.”

As if he had anticipated the students’ classics, Banhaedo continued the class naturally.

“If you expand this psychokinesis shield and shoot it forward, it becomes a psychokinesis shell technique that pushes back the opponent. It doesn’t just push back with psychokinesis, but it can also return the opponent’s attack in its entirety. Also… … .”

‘The situation is like this. It will be a good challenge for you too.’

He knew about the rivalry between Sega and Juhyuk, and the mindset of those who were considered geniuses.

Geniuses get excited and fired up when they are challenged with difficult tasks.

In order to get people interested in telekinesis, they had to get the impression that it was not easy.

Practice alone, ask your seniors, and eventually you will find yourself.

‘Two weeks. That’s how long it will take for you to knock on my door.’

From then on, there’s no going back.

Even if I die, I won’t let you go even after I die.

* * *

The class time flew by.

Two hours and forty minutes have already passed during the three-hour telekinesis class.

“20 minutes left.”

Banhaedo showed the students the process of putting up a shield several times, very, very slowly.

“There are 10 minutes left. The practical training for students who have not yet succeeded will be postponed to next week.”

“professor.”

“It was a success!”

At that moment, Segawa Juhyuk raised his hand.

It was almost simultaneous, but Sega was a little faster.

“Student Jeong Se-ga, please come out. Student Kang Ju-hyeok, I will see you in the first period of the next psychokinesis class.”

Kang Joo-hyuk gritted his teeth and glared at Jeong Se-ga’s back.

‘Nobody is watching me. I am alone here. I am alone.’

Sega stood in front of the sentry gun, trying not to be conscious of the students’ gaze.

‘It’s much bigger than what I saw on the assigned mission.’

He put on a protective vest, drew up his magical powers, and used telekinesis.

‘First, draw a circle, and then stack the scale-shaped pieces of psychokinesis facing inward. So that the bottom covers the top, like a turban shell.’

‘The top is blocked by a circular piece. If an attack hits this piece head-on, the impact will flow through the shield’s scales.’

‘Now, build it without being conscious of it. So that there are no gaps between the pieces.’

The salt shield has a scale structure, but it is not made by actually making small scales and attaching them.

“I’m ready.”

“All right.”

Wheeing.

The sentry gun moved and took aim at Sega.

Joo Da-hyun swallowed hard.

This made my palms sweat.

Kang Joo-hyuk gritted his teeth, secretly hoping for Sega’s failure.

‘Since when have I become someone who only wishes for other people’s misfortune?’

He glared at Sega and wished him success.

‘The situation is good. Be successful and awesome. Then, when I beat you, I’ll be even more thrilled.’

bang!

With a loud noise, the first footstep hit Sega’s force field.

A ripple like a stone thrown into the water created a translucent force field, which soon subsided.

Bang! Bang!

The stationmaster also withstood the two bullets that flew in immediately after.

Sega let out a deep sigh, lowering his left hand that had been extended forward.

“Huh ha.”

Before he knew it, cold sweat had formed on the nape of his neck.

But his expression was brighter than ever.

Because growth is the path that opens up the possibility of success.

The bell signaling lunch time rang, and Banhae finished class without saying goodbye.

Even the star professor’s enthusiasm for lunch was weaker than expected, so the students left like the tide.

“Sega! Let’s go quickly. It’s really meaty today.”

While Lee Gyeom and Iljinrim were complaining, Banhaedo passed by and spoke quietly.

“… … You did much better than I expected, Sega student. As expected, you are a promising all-rounder. Even compared to specialists. No. It’s the talent of a specialist.”

“Go, thank you.”

“Have a nice weekend of club hunting. If you run into any problems, do whatever you want.”

“yes?”

‘What are you talking about?’

While I was panicking, Joo Da-hyun ran over and grabbed my hand.

His movements were as nimble as a cat’s, as if his legs had fully recovered.

“What did the professor say?”

“No. No. Okay. Let’s go quickly.”

* * *

Saturday.

Several large SUVs left Shinseoul in the early morning hours before the sun rose.

It was the first activity of the second semester for the external activity club ‘Dream and Blood.’

“There are no protective vests during club activities.”

“Yes. I heard that it’s actually really expensive.”

Sega sat next to Lee Ho-jun and chatted about various things.

“BB Aegis’s reflective field is worth the price of a fighter jet, and the protective vest is said to cost about the same. In some ways, this could be considered your first real-life combat. It’s hard to even get a proper artifact, let alone a field when you first get a job.”

“Yes. I’m excited.”

“Are you scared?”

“Excited, scared. They’re both similar.”

“That’s a good thing. If you’re ignorant and brave, you’ll die quickly.”

The ‘Dream and Blood’ club members stopped in front of a dome on the northern outskirts of Shinseoul.

The same fixed gate that was used during the first semester midterm exam.

For several years, they have been keeping the queen beast alive inside and managing to keep the gate from closing, and as their numbers increase, they have been extracting only magic stones.

Haraim greeted the people guarding the entrance to the dome and then went inside.

“let’s go.”

As expected, a black disc with a diameter of about 100 meters was floating in the air.

“yes.”

It was the second gate row.

“Okay. Let’s check our gear and go in. Put the plates on our combat uniforms without any gaps, get our spare weapons and magazines, and each of us get our energy bars.”

Park Wi-jin checked among the first-year students.

“Another gate, another gate… … .”

“I’m looking forward to it.”

“what?!”

The Milky Way trembled and tucked the auxiliary dagger on its thigh, while Sega wore a school jacket that was two sizes too large over the plate combat uniform with a determined attitude.

“Wow. It’s nice to see.”

Park Wi-jin gave a thumbs up.

“It felt a little awkward because it was so tight.”

“Me too. Okay. Shall we go then?”

About fifteen club members rushed into the gate.

The one who took the lead was Lee Ho-jun, and the one who followed last was Hae-ra-im.

‘after.’

Sega slowly raised his head and looked around inside the gate.

If the first gate was in the shape of a cave, this one was in the shape of an endless swamp.

The sky was a gloomy gray, mist flowed through the air like a river, and bushes two or three times taller than a man filled the view.

“There seem to be more beasts and foreign bodies here than negative ones. There also seem to be a lot of them that use poison or something. We should be careful of surprise attacks.”

“That’s right. You studied hunting science hard, too?”

A swamp of sloppy dirt and foul water stretched to the horizon.

“I wonder what will come out if I fly up to that sky.”

“Me too. Some say there’s nothing there, and others say it’s just another planet. Should we go?”

“yes.”

Lee Ho-jun and Park Wi-jin took the lead and walked through the swamp.

The result was exactly as Sega had expected.

Mud golems, venomous slimes, arboreal beasts that seem to have legs, blade spiders, electric octopuses, venomous swarm snakes, and even beasts that look like a cross between a frog and a crocodile.

“How do you feel?”

Lee Ho-jun spoke to Sega, who was just pulling out the sword from the demon’s neck.

“I was extremely nervous because it was an A-class, but it was more doable than I thought. It felt more like Monster Land than Gate, in that it was more uncomfortable than dangerous.”

Sega was worried about whether or not he should help senior Haerim, who was collecting byproducts and extracting magic stones next to him, and then he answered Lee Ho-jun first.

“Haha. I can’t help it. But this place makes a lot of money. There are a lot of tree and grass demons, so the magic stones are also good, and the byproducts of those demons are expensive.”

Lee Ho-jun pointed to the corpse of a demon that looked like a frog.

Haraim cut open the bastard’s neck, took out something like a pouch, and put it into a sanitary bag.

“Oh. As expected, you are my senior.”

The Milky Way was amazed, and Sega nodded.

‘But is the byproduct worth the magic stone? It would be better to look into a C-class gate… … Ah. The guild might not manage such a place and close it down. Well. That would be foolish.’

“I don’t think I’ll ever run into a real A-class demon, right?”

“Of course. Our explorer who deals with divination has been talking about it up front. I haven’t had to fight a real A-class demon from this gate since I started coming here.”

Sega let out a sigh of relief with exaggerated gestures.

Lee Ho-jun continued speaking with a sad smile.

“There are two types of Class A demons that appear here. A snail the size of an apartment complex that spreads infection spores, and a chicken dragon that shoots paralyzing rays from its eyes. The former is impossible to miss, and the latter is a bit dangerous, but it’s so flashy that it’s easy to spot.”

“Is it a chicken dragon?”

“There’s something called a cockatrice. It’s a dragon-type demon with a crest, a beak, and feathers.”

“Ah. Like that one now?”

The intervening galaxy pointed to one side of the sky.

“Yeah. That… … what?”

Lee Ho-jun’s face turned pale.

* * *

“¦¦¦¦¦-!”

“Run! Run! Run!”

A mental wave that made my body freeze just by hearing the sound echoed throughout the distant swamp.

“It’s not even over 40m, so it’s still a juvenile! Run!”

Lee Ho-jun grabbed the lagging first-year students one by one.

“40m is as big as a medium-sized airplane!”

Sega shouted as he picked up Haraim, who was left behind because her bag was too heavy.

“What happened to the senior explorer who was in front?”

Eunhaseo asked a question with tears streaming down her face.

“He was hit by the paralysis ray. He might have died. Or he didn’t have time to tell us… … Wait a minute. What, what? Why now! Damn it!”

Lee Ho-jun gritted his teeth as soon as he received the salt.

Sega asked, catching his breath.

“What happened?”

“They say there’s a snail-shaped demon passing by the gate. You can’t get through because of the spores. It’ll take at least three hours to get through that section and enter the gate.”

“… … So are we trapped here now?”

“… … .”

Lee Ho-jun didn’t shake his head.

At that moment, Sega’s fear reached its peak.

‘This is how you die.’

Footage of a military city in South America with a population of 600,000 being trampled by a wave of demons, satellite photos of a giant snake slithering around in a sandstorm, a gate where 500 Chinese A-class hunters and five S-class hunters entered and only one survived.

All the stories I had seen and heard so far were making me feel nauseous.

I gritted my teeth and glanced back.

A cockatrice was flying, flapping her feathered and membrane-covered wings.

“… …Senior! Let’s catch that!”

“what?”

“You can’t run away for three hours. Most reptilian beasts have heat and magic detection abilities, so hiding is pointless. It’s better to fight now than to fight later when you’re tired.”

“There is only one knight among the second year students.”

“I’m a knight too! I even fought with a giant piece of paper during the midterm exam. Did you really think you’d let me run away?”

Lee Ho-jun took a deep breath and exchanged glances with several second-year students.

“Okay. Let’s do it. If I have to die the same way or the same way, I’d rather die like a hunter. So that I don’t embarrass my seniors who went before me.”