Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 72



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(072)

An attacker wearing an artifact hood with stealth capabilities stepped into the laboratory.

Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud.

Footprints left on the ash on the floor moved faster and faster.

Researchers were watching CCTV footage from a break room near the back door, connected to their smartphones, and determining the timing of their escape.

If you go out too quickly, you might be caught by raiders or attacked by ambushers.

After being tied up in front of the lab by the security team and the Shinseoul Hunters, we had to leave.

“Miss Ju Da-hyun is really amazing. Oh. She made my head explode again.”

“Student Na Yeo-su has good judgment too. Wow. Who knew she could hit that from this distance.”

“Senior. Why is Dahyun a young lady and Yeosu a student?”

“You… … that’s enough. If you don’t know, then live without knowing.”

“Oh. Wait a minute. Is Seong-gae a student coming this way?”

The hooded raider grinned at the sound of their voices.

Woof!

Twenty spiral salt-coated bullets floated over his shoulders.

‘no.’

Sega, who had come running in a hurry, gritted his teeth at the sight.

It was too late to run even with my own strength.

‘Let’s do it again. No. I will definitely do it.’

Don’t think about how many shots you’re going to make, think about hitting all the targets.

‘For my career and those people’s lives.’

It’s like looking at the moon at the tip of your finger, not your finger itself.

A sense of mastering space itself.

A blue light gathered over Sega’s shoulders, then split in two, then in two again.

At the moment when the hidden opponent fired a spiral flame bullet that could break through the wall, Sega also fired a needle-shaped flame bullet.

‘That was correct.’

Wedge!

The attackers couldn’t see Sega’s magic bullet, but Sega could see the attackers’ magic bullet.

Pubber pubber pubber-!

A needle-shaped salt mine was embedded in the buttocks of the spiral salt mine, and twenty spiral salt mines collapsed at the same time.

“What?!”

The attacker looked back, shouting in shock and confusion.

I couldn’t believe that I had blocked the invisible bullet.

“Found it!”

His screams became a blurry map for Sega.

A young hunter from Shinseoul ran down the hallway, brandishing a bright blue sword.

The assailant wearing the cloak of stealth took a step back and calmly created the ‘Invisible Sword’.

Choaaaak!

A crescent-shaped mass of power shot out through the hallway.

It was a height that would cut off below the knees.

‘I can see everything.’

It was a laughable attack for Sega.

I dodged it by jumping up lightly.

Rather, by calculating from where they flew in, we could roughly figure out the enemy’s location.

Chomp!

The invisible sword that Sega dodged broke the wall at the end of the hallway, and the researchers who were watching the situation through CCTV realized that there was an attacker with a stealth ability or artifact.

“It’s a hideout!”

“Everyone, get ready to run!”

“Be careful not to disturb the Hunter!”

Some of them wondered how Sega could have avoided it, but the urgency of the situation quickly put those questions behind them.

While the researchers were scrambling, Sega cornered the attackers who had hidden in the space behind the laboratory.

‘this.’

This place was quite large, as it housed large experimental equipment.

Unlike in the narrow hallway, I couldn’t just swing my sword roughly and cut down an invisible opponent.

wickedness!

The formless sword flew in, cutting through the wind, and Sega quickly swung his sword energy to block it.

Zzz!

There was a loud noise, the air was torn apart, and the researchers screamed as they fled towards the back door.

“Whoa!”

“Eww!”

This time, an invisible sword was flying towards the researchers.

‘I can’t stop them all!’

Instead of flying his body, Sega fired four of his flame bullets at a place where his opponent was likely to be.

puck!

One shot hit the attacker, and a cardboard box on one side was crushed as if the attacker had fallen.

“Sega! I cleared everything in front!”

At that moment, Joo Da-hyun and Na Yeo-su came running down the hallway.

“Joo Da-hyun! This kid is invisible!”

Sega shouted urgently, and Dahyun looked around in confusion.

“What, what? So what do you want me to do?”

“Do something!”

“No. No matter how much I look like, how can I… … if I can’t see it?”

“You’re Joo Da-hyun!”

“Ah. Really!”

She gritted her teeth, and Sega saw a huge net of blue threads covering the space.

Saaaaak!

The net tightened in an instant, and the space at its center began to ripple bizarrely.

“Found it!”

Nayeosu ran out with the nimble movements of a explorer.

He reached out and grabbed the spot where the attacker’s head would be and pulled with all his might.

Swish!

The hood was removed, revealing the face of a man who looked as ordinary as any man you could see anywhere.

“It’s hard to even look at that insignificant face!”

Sega kicked the ground with his red eyes shining brightly.

“no!”

“Okay!”

puck!

The man’s face was crushed by a single punch.

* * *

Segawa Dahyun and Yeosu looked at each other, breathing heavily.

“What’s the situation up front?”

“We caught all the guys who came in. We can’t see them anymore on the CCTV. If we think about it optimistically, maybe we’ve wiped out the entire group of attackers?”

Dahyun answered Sega’s question, and the two smiled happily.

“great job.”

“You suffered more than me.”

Outside the back door, security and researchers were starting the car.

Then a researcher came back in through the back door and said:

“Thank you, Miss. I came to tell you that now would be a good time to leave.”

At the word “Miss,” Dahyun instinctively raised her head and looked at the researcher’s face.

The researcher took a step closer to Dahyun and asked to shake her hand.

At that moment, Na Yeo-su’s face suddenly distorted.

“Dahyun! Get out!”

Sigh.

A faint smile appeared on the researcher’s face.

His fingertips mutated and became blades made of bone.

The bone blade protruded long and pierced Dahyun’s lower abdomen.

It was an attack that crawled in at such a slow speed that the protective vest’s shield didn’t even activate.

“Huh, huh?”

Red blood soaks the white shirt.

Dahyun’s small face turned pale.

Her body collapsed like a rotten piece of wood.

thud.

Both legs were kneeling on the ground, and the upper body was also touching the floor.

Her black hair mixed with crimson was disheveled on the floor, and her once proud eyes were distorted.

“Ha, hahaha!”

The researcher burst into laughter, raising his right hand, the mutated bone knife.

His face seemed to bubble with blood, then changed into a face with a mad expression.

< Blood- …

“? ????!”

Sega pulled out his sword and kicked the ground.

If he was strong enough to use 'Reverse', he would have been at least a C+ Hunter, but Sega couldn't see anything right now.

“?????. ????.”

The Blood Mage's Raiders fired a spread-type blood flow bullet at close range.

Pubber pubber pubber-!

A thorn burst out explosively from the center of the blood drop.

The force field created by the red thorns and Sega's protective vest collided, creating a crackling sound.

Clang!

In the blink of an eye, the protective vest was torn apart.

“Huh!”

While Sega was staggering, the raiding blood mage used his next technique.

“I will send you. To your friend.”

The drops of blood from the attacker's fingertips turned into red strings that tied Sega's arms and legs tightly.

The raider’s blood-sorcerer raised a bone sword that had been transformed into his right hand.

The blood that flowed from his hand again covered the blade, glowing red.

It was an attack technique of bloodletting that boasted strength and sharpness comparable to that of a sword.

“Sega. Close your eyes!”

Then Yeosu threw a flash grenade on the ground.

pop!

“Huh!”

A brilliant light dyed the entire space white, and the blood magician, whose eyes were wide open, stumbled.

Yeosu didn’t miss the opportunity and fired his machine gun.

Doo doo doo doo doo-!

The 50-round magazine was emptied in an instant, and blood burst out from the blood mage’s body.

“This filthy thing!”

Most blood magicians also used body magic, but because magic resides in blood rather than the body, it was difficult for them to reach the level of being able to deflect bullets from the KH series using body magic.

Moreover, he was an external awakened being who had not developed any characteristics other than his own.

“How dare you.”

The blood magician staggered with holes all over his limbs and torso.

Yeosu quickly loaded the next magazine.

But this time, the Blood Mage was one step faster.

Charrrr!

The blood flowing out of his body spread widely and formed hundreds of scales.

The chest and back were covered with large scales, and the joint areas were tightly surrounded by small scales that rolled inward.

It was a high-level bloodletting technique that strengthened both strength and defense.

The bloodthirsty wizard, whose mouth had changed to resemble that of a dragon in a game, had red eyes flashing.

“Ah. I’m screwed.”

Nayeo-su let out an awkward laugh, and the Bloodthirsty Magician kicked her.

bang!

The protective vest broke and Nayeo-su’s body flew away, folding in the shape of a ‘?’.

She fell to the ground after hitting her back against the concrete wall.

If it weren’t for the explorer’s roots in the Ritualist, it would have been instant death.

“Next. Your year.”

The blood wizard wearing the bloodline armor looked down at Dahyun again.

Saaaa.

Then a blue light flashed behind him.

The blood magician looked back and doubted his eyes.

“how?”

The political situation was rising, scattering the ‘shackles of blood’.

The blood rope that bound the medium-sized demon lost its red glow and collapsed.

The veins on Jeong Se-ga’s left arm glowed blue.

“curious?”

“… … .”

“I’ll cut off your throat first, then I’ll whisper in your ear and answer.”

The angry boy hunter kicked the ground violently.

* * *

Sega swung his sword with the momentum of a crashing wave.

The blue sword cried out eerily, threatening to cut through everything.

bang!

However, the arm of the raiding blood magician stably received the supposedly invincible sword energy.

This feat was possible because of the blood-colored armor and blood-colored blade, which were filled with an enormous amount of magical power comparable to that of a sword.

“Your swordsmanship is terrible.”

Tsk tsk tsk!

The bloody blade, shaped like a fencing sword, began to move in earnest.

“You must have trusted only your great swordsmanship and neglected your training!”

He pushed the sword down and dropped it by twisting his wrist, and at the same time, he went in and aimed for Sega’s neck.

Crunch!

Instead of dodging or aiming his sword, Sega raised his left hand and held the bloody blade.

“Shut up! I’ve fought guys who are better with swords than you.”

His palm, as hard as metal fibers, cracked and bled, but he never let go of the bone blade.

Knock knock!

The bloody blade was removed, revealing a bone skeleton.

“I made that kid drop out of Shinseoul.”

Veins spurted out on Sega’s forearm, and the Blood Mage’s bone fencing sword finally broke.

“I’m going to kick you out of your fucking life!”

Sega screamed, took a step forward, and kicked.

Bam!

A thick crack ran through the blood-stained armor along with a dizzying impact sound.

“Huh!”

“Ugh!”

The two Awakened men gritted their teeth in excruciating pain as if their shins were being broken.

The contrast between the blood magician who was cowering and Sega who was gritting his teeth and holding on was striking.

Sega kicked again.

puck!

Fragments of scales fell from the blood-stained armor, and a snapping sound came from the blood-stainer’s shins.

‘One more time!’

“This ignorant guy.”

As Sega was about to throw his third kick, the Blood Mage clenched his fist.

Like the diffuse blood flow magic bullet, countless long spikes sprouted outward from the bloodline armor.

Pavabababak-!

Red thorns pierced Sega’s shoulder, thigh, stomach, forearm, and calf.

A sight that looks like a freshly-inserted insect specimen.

Among all the characteristics, the attack power compared to the magic power alone was the highest, and it was a power worthy of the Blood Art.

‘An Awakened person like you should not be in Shinseoul. Die here.’

The blood magician made the thorns grow even stronger.

A thorn dug into Sega’s body.

Sega gritted his teeth and took a deep breath.

‘For bloodletting, with bloodletting.’

Absorption.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

My heart is pounding.

A great deal of magical power is sucked into his wound.

Tsk tsk tsk!

The blood thorns that were harder than titanium alloy bent like taffy, and the blood-stained armor also turned into blood and dripped down.

This time, not only the veins in my left arm, but all over my body turned blue.

“Absorbing?”

The blood mage clenched his fists again in shock.

The thorn grew back again and bent again.

Sega was sucking up the blood magician’s magical power.

Now the blood vessels in both of his eyes were turning blue.

“You’ll die from a magical explosion. You ignorant thing.”

The blood magician gritted his teeth.

Sega taunted him with an invincible smile.

“You sound like a loner. Hey. Don’t you have any friends?”

“Painfully! My body is falling apart.”

“You didn’t even think about saving me?”

Blue electric sparks flew from his heated body.

Fire, fire! Fire!

As he said, it was definitely impossible to hold on to the magic power any longer.

So, they all had to be liberated.

“Lightning? And I don’t even have an artifact?”

“How could I beat a kid who is better at using a sword than me?”

The blood magician was startled and tried to pull away.

His body swayed, and only then did he realize that his leg was broken.

Up until now, the blood-lint armor had been supporting his body, but it was on the verge of collapsing.

Jeong Se-ga clenched his fist and radiated electricity.

Crackle, crackle!

A blue current rose like a wave.

“I used up everything I could and beat him up. I’ll do the same to you!”

“Kwaaak!”

Electricity penetrated between the scales of the blood-stained armor.

The scales fell off one by one and turned into blood, and black smoke rose from the blood mage’s body.

thud!

The blood magician, whose eyes had turned white, collapsed.

Even the thorns of blood have all melted away.

Nayeosu, who had come to her senses, muttered as she staggered away from the wall.

“Ah. I thought you were going to die. Did you get rid of it?”