Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 85



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The inside of the gate was spacious, but there were about a thousand students divided into 250 groups.

In less than an hour, the news reached the deepest caves within the gate.

“Jeong Se-ga is looking for a team to hunt medium-sized demons with him?”

The white-haired swordsman Baek Sang-eon asked as he descended from the severed head of an unusually large assault bug.

He had just annihilated a group of demons consisting of worker bees and assault bugs.

“Yeah. It’s on the left front from the entrance, in area 4. Are you going to go?”

His assistant and faction member, the Explorers, asked with a sidelong glance.

Baek Sang-eon stroked his hair once, slicking it back neatly, and then stood up holding the Dragon Teeth Blade.

“Yeah. I guess I could give it a try with that guy.”

‘I’d like to take this opportunity to get to know the most promising student in our class.’

The best swordsman in the first year began to move.

“Okay. Let’s go.”

At that time, Je Seo-cheon, the best lightning wizard in the first year, was already taking steps.

“Just think about it again. Could it be a trap?”

“They might be hunting humans like us.”

Her assistants poured out words of dissuasion, but they fell on deaf ears.

“You idiots. Does the situation look like that to you?”

“Could it be… that kind of kid?”

“No. He likes the strong. Hey. Don’t you understand? Points aren’t the problem. Now he’s dreaming of connections that go beyond his own class. He’s trying to expand his faction. If we’re left out of that, we’ll have neither food nor shelter.”

“!”

As the best lightning wizard of the first year moved, the best water wizard of the first year also responded to the call.

“I. Want to go.”

“Okay! If Dana wants to go, we’ll go!”

“A medium-sized demon. I want to catch it. But I’m scared to catch it alone. Three is three. Let’s catch it together.”

Yoon Da-na recalled the face of the boy who had only defeated her.

5 hours and 30 minutes after gate entry.

‘How many people are coming?’

‘Just one proper group would be enough. It’s a bit odd to say this, but we’re looking for comrades, not luggage. And to hunt with us, you’d have to be at least the top of the group, but guys at that level won’t move around much.’

‘Okay, then I’ll only bring the really top guys.’

Lee Gyeom, who was heading to the meeting place, doubted his eyes.

“Where is the situation?”

Baek Sang-eon of Class 7.

“Can’t you tell just by looking at them? I’m just going to send the scavengers to check and reject the ones I don’t like.”

Jeseocheon of Class 8.

“Is that you? Sega’s servant.”

Yoon Dana from class 16.

“Can you take me with you?”

The theory of selling class 10.

In addition, the top groups from each class and students ranked within the top 100 in the entire school were crowded together in a small community.

“Wow. What do I do with this?”

Lee Gyeom let out an awkward laugh.

* * *

“First of all, I’m grateful that so many people have gathered here and believed in me. However, with this number of people, even if we try to defeat a medium-sized demon, each person will only get a few points. Personally, I hope that there won’t be more than three groups. Since they are all skilled friends who gathered here with the intention of challenging a medium-sized demon, wouldn’t it be good to find a group to move together with?”

Sega skillfully organized the top student hunters of the first year.

‘Did he speak this well?’

Lee Kyeom and Joo Da-hyun were amazed by the charismatic appearance they had never seen before.

‘I practiced this hundreds of times in my head just in case something like this happened. Damn it. Why are so many of you here? Are you misunderstanding something?’

Sega looked at the three remaining group leaders with a sense of relief inside.

Baek Sang-eon with his white hair, Je Seo-cheon with a large scar on his face, and Yoon Da-na with unfocused eyes.

“Looking at your faces, you look reassuring. Let’s catch some medium-sized demons together, secure a wide passage, and have fun earning points and magic stones.”

Actually, I thought it would have been better if they had been a little more easygoing, but Sega had a knack for saying things differently than they thought.

“Then let’s make a simple plan on how to catch it?”

Baek Sang-eon, like Kang Ju-hyeok, was the son of a large guild leader and had extensive knowledge of high-ranking demons.

“I saw them on the way here, and they were said to be medium-sized demons, but they were at least C-class or higher. As you can see, C-class and above start using full-fledged supernatural abilities. I think it would be better to hit them from a distance and then charge in.”

Based on his suggestions, each group’s ranged attackers coordinated which techniques to use.

In Sega’s 8th group, Iljinrim is in charge of long-range attacks, firing blood flow magic bullets, and Judahyun is in charge of holding the demons back with telekinesis.

In Baek Sang-eon’s group, a psychotronic and a pyromancer were assigned to the role of long-range attackers, and in Je Seo-cheon and Yoon Da-na’s group, they were assigned to the role of long-range attackers.

“Go.”

Four explorers, including Lee Gyeom, searched for a suitable medium-sized demon.

Medium-sized demons were usually located in a common area where several passages intersected, and students would often have to go around them to avoid them, only to run into groups of small demons while exhausted.

“I found it. There are no small demons nearby, and it’s a good size.”

6 hours and 30 minutes after gate entry.

Segawa, Sang-eon, and Seo-cheon poked their heads out from the corner of the cave outside the common area and checked out a medium-sized snake-mantis.

“Good find. You explorers are good at your job.”

“If we secure this place, many children will pass by, so it would be okay to charge a toll. Oh, and of course, we won’t charge you a toll.”

While Baek Sang-eon and Je Seo-cheon were happily muttering words one by one, Sega was wondering why it was a ‘medium-sized’ demon.

‘I should have noticed when the 3m Minotaur was small.’

The demon sitting in the middle of the room looked like a swollen cross between a cobra and a mantis.

Purple muscle fibers were visible between its brown carapace, giving off the stench of rotting corpses. Its mouth, lacking cheeks and lips, was filled with countless white teeth, and its scythe-like forelimbs looked ready to cut down anything.

‘With that much height, excluding the tail, it would be over 7m. Including the tail, it might be 20m.’

I was scared.

But courage isn’t about not feeling fear, it’s about doing something despite being afraid.

“Shall we begin?”

Sega asked, drawing his sword.

His blue eyes were illuminated with a red light.

* * *

It started with Yoon Da-na and Je Seo-cheon.

“asleep.”

A blue light flashed from Yoon Da-na’s hand, and a water cannon with a diameter of nearly 1 meter was shot out.

Kwaaaaah!

It was a powerful force that pushed over a 20m-tall muscle mass.

“Keeeeee-!?”

The panicked demon roared and glared at the Sega Alliance with blazing red eyes.

Four eyes that could see infrared were staring intently at the fifteen figures hidden beyond the wall.

“Open your eyes, kid!”

At that time, Je Seo-cheon raised his magical power.

Fire, fire! Fire!

A bright blue flame ran down the tattoo from his shoulder to his forearm, shooting out with a punch-like motion.

Phage crackle-!

The electric sparks were so bright that just looking at them brought tears to my eyes, illuminating the room.

The carapace and muscles of the demon that rolled on the floor were blackened.

“now!”

With Sega’s shout, the three pyromancers simultaneously threw fireballs.

-!

The force of the fire was so great that it filled the entire room and surged outward.

“Joo Dahyun!”

“know!”

At that time, Joo Da-hyun was engulfing the entire community with her telekinesis.

The tremendous heat and pressure rushed straight into the demon.

“-!”

The snake-mantis demon shuddered in pain as his carapace and muscles melted away, and swung his forelegs madly.

Saaaaak-!

The hunters called the supernatural ability that was manifested at that time the ‘Invisible Sword’.

Clang!

The station master Joo Da-hyun had hit shattered with the sound of breaking glass.

She fell to the floor with a scream.

“Ahh!”

“Are you okay? Get up!”

Sega, who was preparing to charge, quickly ran over and helped Joo Da-hyun up. Seeing this, Je Seo-cheon narrowed his eyes and smiled.

“Hey. Let’s do the affection thing next time?”

“This is not an act of affection!”

There was only a moment of composure, and everyone became tense as the demon began to charge in earnest.

“Keeeeeek-!”

The snake-mantis demon crawled towards them, emitting psychic waves that caused headaches and dizziness.

“Why did you come here so hard?”

Sega charged forward as if he was going to break the ground.

“We’re going!”

Taat!

The best swordsman in the first year, Baek Sang-eon, Yoon Da-na, and the martial artist and knight from each class chosen by Je Seo-cheon followed behind.

Wedge!

However, there was a red line that reached the demon before them, which was the blood flow bullet shot by Iljinrim.

Pubber pubber pubber-!

Thorns measuring from one to three meters in length shot out, piercing and tearing the muscles of the burned demon.

No matter how powerful the blood flow magic bullet was, it could not inflict fatal damage on a C-class medium-sized demon beast that was nearly 7 meters tall.

“Keeek?”

But the pain and the colors were enough to blind me for a moment.

“Sega! Right!”

“check!”

Four knights swung their swords at the same time.

The two aimed for the torso with simple slashes, while Segawa and Baek Sang-eon jumped high and aimed for the shoulders.

Just as the two knights were preparing a technique to cut off the thick arm with one blow, the demon’s red eyes flashed.

A giant foreleg fell, holding a telekinetic technique intangible sword.

Phew!

It was a powerful attack that could blow away all of the health gauge in one hit and still have a lot of power left over.

“uh?”

“shit!”

The moment when one of the female students in the article tightly closed her eyes.

The moment Baek Sang-eon thought it was too late.

‘I can do it.’

Sega has created a foundation of strength under its feet.

Thud!

He kicked the air and twisted his body.

In his eyes that saw the magical power, the trajectory of the invisible sword on the demon’s foreleg was clear.

‘You may be pushed back by force, but if you use that force!’

The moment the demon’s front paw touches the sword, he slightly relaxes the sword energy and quickly flows to the side, then uses that power to cut more powerfully.

Hurrruk!

The blue aura seemed to subside for a moment, but then flared up even more strongly.

A beautiful firework that catches the eye.

‘Seonyu? That comes out in real life?’

The female knight watched in amazement as Sega struck out and slashed with his huge front paw.

bang!

The devil’s scythe-like bone blade was stuck next to the female knight.

“Wake up!”

“Oh, thank you!”

Sega once again leaped forward, kicking the platform of power, and the female knight also caught herself and ignited her sword energy.

bang!

Baek Sang-eon’s white sword energy struck the demon’s left shoulder with a force like thunder and lightning.

The invisible power gathered to block it, but the sword energy broke through the telekinesis, slicing through the hard shell, and blew away more than half of the muscle fibers that resembled steel cables.

Wedge-!

The Iljinrim’s collapse-type blood flow magic bullet rushed into the wounded area.

It was a situation where friendly fire was a concern, but Iljinrim was a sharpshooter who was rumored to have clairvoyance.

“Keeeeeek-!”

The demon opened his mouth wide to let out another mental wave.

“shut up!”

Joo Da-hyun clenched her fist as if she would not be affected this time, and the demon’s jaw was tightly shut by the pressure of telekinesis.

“Sega!”

“know!”

Knock, knock!

Sega, who had been swinging his power platform and the demon’s shoulders in succession, jumped onto the demon’s head.

Sega, who could see Dahyun and Masoo’s telekinesis, could clearly tell where to step.

He aimed for the demon’s eyes and stabbed it with his sword energy.

Phew!

A bright blue light flashed like fate.

The 7-meter-tall demon fell like a rotten tree.

* * *

“Group hunting is also efficient, isn’t it?”

“That’s true. I was worried for nothing. I should have moved as a group earlier.”

12 hours after gate entry.

Group 8 was currently resting in the safe zone.

Iljinrim boiled the water he had collected with a water collector using the pyrotechnic technique ‘Combustion’, and Lee Gyeom took the water and poured it into instant soup.

“Because they were all kids who did more than just one person’s share.”

Sega checked the points, feeling full even without eating.

431 points.

As of now, it was one of the best points among the top tier.

‘I’ve collected a few kilograms of magic stones alone. Maybe I could make hundreds of millions?’

With the top aces of the first year together, it was possible to catch even medium-sized demons.

Joo Da-hyun muttered while receiving an instant noodle from Lee Gyeom and checking her points.

“But I don’t know how Je Seo-cheon came up with that idea.”