Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 74



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(074)

Sega used the intracranial cat technique, and at that moment, he was able to see everything happening in front of his eyes clearly.

Paaaaaaaaaaah-!

A blue shockwave from the medium wave struck down like a bolt of lightning, aiming for the demon’s neck.

A pair of red pincers crossed in the air, blocking his sword energy.

Bam-!

The shell shattered like glass and the rope-like muscles were torn and blown away.

But the demon held on without losing his balance.

Choaack!

A stream of red blood from the demon spurted into the air.

Once activated, the ‘Thorn Armor’, which is close to a passive ability, has been activated.

The blood droplets that were swaying in the wind boiled madly and transformed into long, sharp thorns.

Pavababak-!

I was able to run on the platform of power, but it was right after I finished a downward slash with all my might.

It was impossible to avoid all those thorns.

‘It’s a failure.’

Death naturally came to mind.

If I could somehow avoid the eyes, I could avoid a fatal wound, but I had no confidence that I could lead my body to stop or defeat that evil spirit.

As soon as he hit the ground covered in blood, it was clear that the demon would stomp him down with his foot.

‘Will it hurt a lot?’

Just as a terrible thought was about to race through my mind.

“The situation is!”

The proud and sharp voice sounded more desperate than usual, with a different urgency.

In Sega’s field of vision, two figures appeared running from the end of the hallway.

‘Joo Da-hyun?’

Na Yeo-su was running towards Joo Da-hyun, who was covered in blood.

Dahyun’s small face was extremely haggard, but she was somehow able to walk on her own.

‘You found the potion.’

She gritted her teeth and reached out her hand.

Her crimson hair soars into the sky.

A radiance like a gently rippling aftershock shone from her eyes.

Wow!

The next moment, a massive wave of psychokinesis engulfed Sega and Masu.

Sega, which had been standing on the pedestal of power, was left as is.

It only pushed away the blood drops and demons in the air that were turning into ‘thorny armor’.

Pavabababak-!

Sharp thorns that were longer than a two-handed sword pierced the empty air.

Beetle!

At the same time, the demon who was hit by a massive telekinesis was greatly shaken.

The mouth opened and the bundle of tentacles waved weakly.

‘If you stay alert, opportunities will come.’

At that moment, Sega moved as he had learned.

Percussion.

Without hesitation, he ran forward, aiming for the head of the falling demon, using his strength as a springboard.

The art of forming underfoot at the moment of need.

‘Joo Da-hyun. Thank you.’

‘The sword might not be enough.’

As I had just used the medium wave, the blazing sword had become considerably fainter.

Beyond the blue light, the dark colors of the Dragon Bone & Turtle Cell were visible.

But Sega was not a hunter who risked his life for a single sword.

months!

He lightly lowered his sword and entered the area corresponding to the devil’s lips, cutting the neck.

As the bundle of tentacles protruding from his neck flailed around convulsively, Sega remembered that the tentacles could also be cut by the Formless Sword.

‘It was softer than I thought.’

He kicked the pedestal of power once more.

He put his left hand into the throat of the collapsing demon.

“under!”

While burning the blue flame that directly burns magical power, he raises his entire left hand.

Hurrruk!

The fiercely burning blue flame instantly gathered into a sphere shape in the palm of his hand.

A technique that was as fierce as ‘ignition’ and as restrained as ‘heat ray’.

‘Professor Hwa Ye-shin. I will use it well.’

Sega thrust a fireball made of blue flames into the demon’s throat.

“!”

In the brief moment when their eyes met, he flashed an invincible smile at the demon.

thud!

The demon that swallowed the fireball was pushed by the telekinesis and fell to the ground.

Sega stepped onto the platform of power again and performed a clean fall.

“The situation is!”

He knelt on the floor with one knee against the backdrop of the fallen demon.

Joo Da-hyun and Na Yeo-su came running down the hallway, calling their names.

“Wait a minute, don’t come!”

Sega raised his head and shouted.

The next moment, blue flames burst out from within the demon’s stomach.

-!

The three of them’s vision became infinitely white.

* * *

Segawa and Dahyun continued their heated exchange in the ruined lobby, pointing fingers at each other.

“A fireball on that street! What are you doing? That’s so dangerous! You could have died!”

“You saw me put a fireball into the devil’s mouth, right? Why are you running when you can’t even get down on your knees?”

Sega’s muscular upper body was completely exposed, but at the last moment, he blocked the hallway where Dahyun and Yeosu were with his body, burning his jacket and shirt.

“Not me! You almost died!”

“!”

Joo Da-hyun pointed her finger at Sega with tearful eyes.

Sega kept his mouth shut.

“……ah.”

“I barely survived the night, so how would I feel if you died because of me?”

“Are you worried about me right now?”

“no!”

She shouted again, her face turning red, and Sega averted his eyes, not knowing what to say.

“Well, pyromancers have some degree of heat resistance, so it’s okay.”

“Hey, shut up! And put on some clothes. I’m not bragging about my nice body.”

Dahyun took the researcher’s white coat and placed it on Sega’s back.

Actually, I wanted to keep seeing her, but it seemed like Nayeosu would be back soon.

“I’m back~!”

As expected, Yeosu returned, jumping over the wall.

“I got a text message just by going outside this wall. Dr. Park got to the hotel safely. I contacted Professor Lee as well. The security team said there were no casualties, so the mission is complete.”

“What about the research lab?”

Sega looked around the ruined laboratory, as if some kind of war had broken out.

“It’s okay. It’s okay.”

Nayeosu smiled brightly, made a few gestures, and started walking around, picking up something.

“The higher-ups will take care of this. Are you going to send three 17-year-olds and leave them to clean up the mess?”

“That’s true. But what are you picking up?”

“Something worth making money with.”

Joo Da-hyun scolded Na Yeo-su.

“Hey. You damn bitch. How can you possibly notice something like that in this situation? I’m going crazy thinking about what to say about that demon right now.”

Na Yeo-su said with a hearty laugh.

“These guns. Each one costs over 3 million won. The artifacts from earlier would cost hundreds of millions to tens of billions. If three bottles of potion were broken, it would have cost about 100 million won. Is it okay if Sega and I split it up?”

“!”

Dahyun made a stupid expression.

She answered, wiggling her fingers.

“… … So what should I collect first?”

* * *

The three of them searched the lab for about an hour, collecting intact guns, equipment, hunting devices, and artifacts.

Yeosu carefully searched through the bodies and even removed the bulletproof helmets and vests.

It was a courage that even Sega could not fathom.

“Huh? Are you okay? When people die, their sphincter muscles relax and they excrete… … .”

“Hey. That’s not what money says. A bulletproof vest that can stop the KH series costs 1 million won per plate. You can’t leave that behind, right?”

“still…….”

“Oh. This is a scale plate. It’ll cost 4.5 million won.”

Yeosu even hummed as she cleaned up all the loot.

“If you hand over all the guns to a gun shop outside of Seoul, it’ll probably cost around 700 million won, and if you include the bulletproof vest and night vision goggles, this alone will probably cost around 200 million won.”

“That much?”

“At first, the kids who died from the bullets Dahyun shot had good night vision goggles. Even used ones cost 35 million won. There were two of them, but one of them was completely broken.”

“ah.”

Dahyun made a face that showed great regret.

“It’s okay! It’s okay! Because from now on, it’s real.”

Yeosu pointed to the Hunting Device, a piece of equipment made from the byproduct of the Demonic Cult, and the Artifact, a piece of equipment imbued with supernatural abilities.

“First, just the hunting devices. The Teeth Blade or Teeth X are small like knives and can fetch around 3 million won, while the ones that are big enough to be called proper knives can fetch up to 8 million won. It would be better to sell these at the Shinseoul store. A total of about 80 million won?”

“Okay. Let’s do that.”

“And the really important ones are these guys.”

Yeosu spread out several artifacts with careful hands, as if handling a newborn baby.

A ‘super vibrating dagger’ with a blade curved like a crescent moon.

“It’s the sword that cut off my Teeth Blade in one stroke earlier.”

‘Shockwave Gloves’ that generate shockwaves based on psychokinesis.

“The one used by the big guy that Sega killed.”

A ‘lightning whip’ that conducts electricity.

“The lightning itself isn’t that strong, but the material is good. I’m not sure, but it’s definitely a byproduct of a high-ranking demon.”

A ‘hood of concealment’ that resembles a raincoat.

“It doesn’t last as long as I thought. But do you have any idea how expensive stealth equipment is?”

‘Howling Mask’ with white circle patterns on a black background.

“The one used by the guy Dahyun shot and killed.”

A ‘blood pouch’ that looks just like a sachet from a historical drama.

“It’s similar to the training uniforms we wear. I don’t know if you should call this a potion or a medicine, but until the magical power stored in it runs out, it takes the damage instead. That’s probably why Sega didn’t die instantly when he struck that blood magician with lightning.”

All of them were artifacts worth hundreds of millions to tens of billions.

In particular, artifacts such as blood bags and the hood of concealment were not easily available on the market.

Yeosu looked at Dahyun and Sega and said.

“Okay. How should we divide this?”

“… … .”

Sega couldn’t open his mouth because of an inexplicable sense of tension.

According to what I learned in Shinseoul, there were just as many hunters who died fighting over loot as those who died to demons.

“Let’s sell everything at the store and then split the money.”

Dahyun said, feeling impatient.

As someone with outstanding skills, she needed money to buy consumables until she could receive support from her family again, rather than mediocre artifacts.

“Huh? I have something I want to write.”

Yeosu laughed and refuted Dahyun’s words.

As a skilled but not exceptional explorer, each artifact meant the difference between life and death.

“These things have different values, so we can’t just divide them up. Let’s sell them all and exchange them for money.”

“Why don’t you just figure out what you want? It would be nice to have what you want, right?”

“And then if we touch on the same thing? Who fought harder? Who had a harder time? It’s obvious that it’ll be like that. At least we can maintain mechanical equality when it comes to money.”

“No. Everyone can have what they want, so why should they exchange money for something that money can’t buy?”

Sega realized once again that this was also an experience.

“I should have decided how to divide it from the beginning.”

I looked at the artifact and smiled bitterly.

“I can’t help it. I didn’t know I would find such expensive ones.”

“Who knew?”

Dahyun and Yeosu nodded their heads.

“Let’s divide it like this.”

After a moment of thought, Sega opened his mouth.

“how?”

Dahyun and Yeosu looked at Sega, who picked up the artifacts one by one and pushed them in front of each of them.

“Those who need it should have it.”

“Anyone need it?”

“You take the super-vibration dagger, shockwave gloves, and howling mask, Yeosu. The super-vibration dagger is a substitute for the sword I was using today because it broke, and the shockwave gloves and howling mask aren’t very useful for Nana and Dahyun.”

“Hey! 78%! Who can judge that… … .”

“I know how to use telekinesis, and I have to keep talking to the scouts up front and the psionics in the back. Same thing for you. You’re the psionic, and that mask is basically for melee combat.”

“Whose side are you on… …Okay. Got it.”

Dahyun was angry, but she nodded because she felt that what Sega said was right.

“Okay. So what’s left?”

“You take the blood bag. It has the best firepower, but it’s weak. I’ll take the lightning whip and the cloak of stealth.”

Nayeosu looked at Sega with a strange expression.

“It’s not a big complaint, but don’t you think I need the Cloak of Hiding more?”

Sega lifted his cloak briefly and then said.

“You said it lasted shorter than you thought. I saw that it left footprints. It’ll probably be visible in infrared. If you’re a searcher, you’ll be able to smell it too. It won’t give you the level of stealth you need, but I can inflict fatal damage if I avoid your eyes for a moment. That’s why I thought it would be good for me to use it.”

‘This is an artifact that I absolutely need, as I often have to hide my identity.’

This time, Joo Da-hyun looked at Sega.

“I know the blood bags are much more expensive, but isn’t there a big difference between three and one?”

Sega smiled affectionately at Dahyun.

“Yeosu saved your life today. Can’t you give in to one thing?”

“……okay.”

In that way, the distribution of the spoils was completed in a way that everyone could somehow accept.

“Let’s go to sleep now. I’m going to die.”