Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 47
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(047)
A pale light illuminated the entire room.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A strange heat, cold and hot at the same time, like a chill, slowly penetrated the bodybuilder’s hard skin.
The white flames that Cheon Sa-hee emitted from her wings spread throughout the entire space.
Percussion!
Sega dashed towards the nearest large crab demon, destroying the flames.
The crab was as big as a high-roofed SUV, had long pincers like gun barrels, and was covered in a carapace so tough that it would be impervious to machine guns.
Bugrrrrrrrr-!
It vomited foam that caused blisters when touched.
Sega jumped up almost touching the ceiling to avoid it.
Boohoo!
The crab’s claws, like a cannon barrel, swung at Sega.
‘Biocurrent amplification.’
White sparks flew from the bridge, and Sega jumped up again, kicking the tip of the pincers precisely.
Percussion!
And at the same time as he rolled forward in the air, he pulled out the sword at his waist and wrapped it around his sword energy in an instant.
Tsukaaaaak-!
The tall figure of Jeong Se-ga rolls around in the air.
The blue blade draws a glowing circle.
The crab’s armor was cut cleanly, as if by a rotating saw.
thud!
As the green fluid hit the floor and rose into a rock-melting vapor, Sega looked up at the shark-headed mermaid, Masu.
“… … .”
“Krrrrrr.”
I felt a similar level of pressure as the Minotaur during the mock battle.
Back then, four people had to fight one, but now Sega had to fight one alone, and he didn’t know when another demon that had avoided Cheon Sa-hee’s white flame would show its teeth at Sega.
Okay.
Sega first withdrew his sword, gripped it in the opposite hand, and thrust his left fist forward.
‘When you’re anxious, go steady.’
The next moment, the shark fishman lunged at the ground as if he was going to burst.
Snap!
A gigantic mouth large enough to swallow a person’s upper body in one bite tore through the space where Sega had just been standing.
bang!
Three rows of translucent, triangular teeth overlapped each other, making an eerie sound.
‘Its attacks are focused on killing with one blow. Judging from the fact that it has both legs and webbed feet, it is probably semi-aquatic. It is safe to assume that it cannot use its strength now that it is on land.’
Sega took a backstep and analyzed his opponent.
‘Since there is a strong backup, the correct way is to take it easy and kill them slowly. Then!’
Analysis was a long-standing habit of survival in the refugee camp slums, and was supplemented with knowledge learned from the comprehensive hunting department and modern history of Shinseoul.
thud!
Sega slammed his legs on the floor and moved his magical power.
‘After blowing it up like I learned from Professor Hwa Ye-shin.’
A blue flame exploded from the floor, engulfing the shark fishman’s shoulders.
“Kwaaah!”
The shark-man retreated in fright.
‘It consumes more magic power than I expected.’
Sega took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and kicked the ground.
Boom, boom!
‘Let’s run it the way we learned from Professor Kang Chae-seo.’
He aimed for the center of the shark’s body and threw a punch.
With each step, the giant, nearly 2.5 meters tall, swayed and shook.
“ha!”
It wasn’t an attack intended to kill.
It was an attack that kept pushing and pushing to make the opponent lose his balance and prevent him from using a one-hit, sure-kill attack.
Since the Blue Flame had already been turned over, time was on Sega’s side.
‘The most important thing in hunting is stability.’
‘There’s no need to risk your life and catch it quickly.’
‘Trampling unilaterally.’
The shark fisherman tried to open his mouth again.
“Shut that mouth!”
Sega got close and delivered an uppercut, shutting his mouth shut.
The blue flames blazed brightly, burning the giant demon’s body.
thud.
It wasn’t long before the giant’s demon knelt down.
* * *
In addition to that, Sega cut down two or three more large entities that could withstand the Baekyeon and charge towards Cheon Sahee.
“after.”
“Thank you for your hard work. The situation is good.”
Cheon Sa-hee approached me with a bright smile, without even breaking a sweat.
Sega looked back at the common area with a tired look on his face.
“Did the school send you two to handle this?”
Hundreds of demons and puddles of water were twitching and burning in the white flames.
‘I’m a pretty good first-year student right now. But I don’t have the confidence to fight and win against dozens of demons at once. If Cheon Sa-hee wasn’t an out-of-standard pyromancer, the two promising students might have died here.’
Cheon Sa-hee answered as if she knew what Sega was thinking.
“If we hadn’t received it, the second-year students would have received it. Also, it’s not for nothing that the candidates for the advanced missions are selected through interviews with professors. Even among the top students, there is a big gap.”
“If it really seems dangerous, I’ll turn it over to my seniors or attach a superpower like you?”
“That’s right. He’s from a wealthy family, so he’ll probably have a grasp of the situation by the time he’s in his second year.”
“Get the situation?”
Sega looked around, and Cheon Sa-hee smiled as she looked toward the passageway they had come through.
“Team Leader Kim. Come out now. Or should we go further inside?”
There was silence for a moment.
And then, Team Leader Kim, dressed in a suit, came out from between the rocks with the hunters.
“… … .”
“… … .”
A heavy silence fell over the room.
I wonder why he followed me secretly.
Why have I just been watching until now?
Why did I come out after hearing that I was going inside?
Each and every one of them was exceptionally suspicious.
Before asking that question, Sega instinctively checked the weapons held by Team Leader Kim and the Hunters.
‘There are no grenades or anything like that. One gun is a KH series gun, but the others are all old-generation submachine guns.’
People have always been the most dangerous.
‘My magical power… I think I can still use my sword energy for about two more minutes. Can I block an old-generation submachine gun with my body? I could block thorns flying from a certain demon.’
He stood in front of Cheon Sa-hee, his hand on the hilt of the sword.
“Oh my. You are a gentleman.”
“First of all, I am a body magician.”
Cheon Sa-hee giggled as if she liked that, and Team Leader Kim bit his lower lip.
Then he asked desperately.
“Do you really have to do that?”
Cheon Sa-hee answered.
“I can solve it.”
“We can solve it too.”
“How could that be?”
“… … !”
“Why do you think they sent me from Shinseoul?”
“… … .”
Team Leader Kim raised his hand feebly as if he couldn’t do it anymore, then lowered it.
“Everyone, hands off your weapons.”
“Team Leader!”
“Shut up. Shinseoul already knew. If you don’t want to be dragged to your cousin’s house, do as they say. More importantly… … .”
The hunters protested, but he easily crushed them.
“If we fight, we lose.”
Cheon Sa-hee smiled brightly and walked inside the room.
“But you’re not stupid. Let’s go. Sega. This way.”
At first glance, I thought it was a dead end, but there was a path cleverly hidden by a crevice in the rocks and a demon that changed the color of its shell like the demon I had seen outside earlier.
Thud thud.
The further inside I went, the more a strange smell came out.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
Sega felt his heart start to beat unusually fast.
“You were here.”
“what’s this?”
And finally I witnessed it.
* * *
The second cavity that appeared inside the passage was larger than the first one.
Considering the topography of the island, it would be safe to assume that the interior of the island’s mountains were completely empty.
Maybe it was just empty.
If it’s a demon of that level, it wouldn’t be strange no matter what it does.
If I had to compare it to a creature from this world, it would be like a demonic possession with the head of a dragonfly and the body of an octopus.
The height of its towering back reminded me of the hills that rise up here and there in the middle of the Shinseoul campus, the slime that covered its body looked like a thousand layers of tough training uniforms, and the yellow lantern emitting light from above its head resembled a swaying moon.
Sega knew it was asleep.
If it had been awake, Sega himself would have been unable to do anything and would have collapsed mentally and physically, turning into a mere piece of meat.
No. Maybe that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Woof.
I’m tired of the political fights and power struggles that happen every day at this school.
Woof.
Living like this, anxious, not knowing when I might get caught…
Woof.
“Sega. Come to your senses.”
Cheon Sa-hee elbowed Sega.
Sega came to his senses with a feeling as if all his sleep had disappeared.
“What nonsense am I thinking.”
I just had a terrible thought that I would never have if I were in my right mind.
“It’s mental contamination. Don’t look at that lantern. Since it’s a sea demon, it uses its powers unconsciously even when it’s sleeping.”
Sega recalled what he had learned in modern history class.
The ocean’s giant sea lions have no natural enemies and grow to be large enough to bite container ships.
Cheon Sa-hee said with a mocking glint in her orange eyes.
“Once this kind of demon appears, an evacuation order is issued for the entire area. If it wakes up and runs wild, it will be too much to handle, so we blockade the area until a hunter who can kill it all at once appears. Of course, the farm will have to close down. A scenario that minimizes damage would be to quickly sell the farm to a large company that can hire a powerful hunter guild that can kill this demon.”
Only then did Sega understand how things had turned out.
“Of course, you can’t even dream of getting paid for it. Considering the investment cost for such a facility, it would be a complete bust.”
“Since this sea monster settled here, all kinds of monsters that sensed this monster’s aura must have gathered here. Up until now, they’ve somehow managed to hold out with the hunters they hired, but now they’ve reached their limit.”
Shin Seoul and Cheon Sa-hee must have noticed this the moment they first received the request.
“So… … did the school send us here because they thought we could kill this thing?”
As I looked at the giant demon’s body once more, Cheon Sa-hee burst into a laugh that was so clear it didn’t even seem appropriate.
“‘Us’?”
“uh?”
She wiped away the tears that had gathered at the corners of her eyes and then said.
“You have a pretty face, are very talented, and are very affectionate to the bone. Ah. I think I’m really going to fall in love with you. There’s someone who says they’ll help me after seeing my strength.”
Her orange eyes burned as if illuminating the calm darkness.
“!”
Sega saw blue magic swirling around her.
“Sega. When did I ever say I was a pyromancer?”
Cheon Sa-hee asked.
“I said ‘for now’ I’m a pyromancer.”
“I’ll tell you why I said that.”
Her orange eyes flashed, and a bright beam of light emanated from her wings that could be seen even with her eyes closed.
Flash!
The thick tentacles that seemed like they could tear the world apart, the lanterns that possessed him, and the mouths that seemed like they could swallow buildings in one bite, all turned white.
Sarrururur-.
The area where the huge demon, like a mountain, was hit by the light began to change into white granules.
Sega burst into laughter at the unbelievable sight.
The angular grains were very familiar.
“Is this… salt?”
Cheon Sa-hee nodded, folding her wings and disappearing.
“It’s my ability. Like Professor Leena’s necromancer, it’s a unique ability that only one of its kind in the world has. For now, I call it Light and Salt.”
Sega looked at Cheon Sa-hee with awe, and she shook her head.
“You don’t have to look at me like that. Sega, you and I, no, I had talents similar to yours. You will be like me before long.”
With a very longing laugh.
“First… let’s go out.”
“On the way, ask Team Leader Kim to bring you a magic stone.”
Step by step.
Cheon Sa-hee glanced up at Sega on her way out of the building and thought.
‘I’ve heard that you have a strong desire for success. If I show you this much power and tell you that you can become like me, you will eventually fall in love with me. If you are an all-round S-class hunter, you are a perfect fit to be the next hunting team leader of BB Aegis.’
Sega felt her gaze like a burn and thought.
‘The insight itself is on a different level from our peers. It’s different from gold and silver. It’s a real monster. If you don’t want to get caught, you have to keep your distance.’
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