Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 91



Only Noblemtl

(091)

“Damn it! Damn it! This damn it! These things are of no use to my life!”

Jurahyun used telekinesis to fly across the passage.

Her stamina gauge was almost empty, and there were no students left following her.

Because of what Jeong Se-ga did, all the evil spirits of the area gathered, and all of her factions were eliminated.

The only one following her now was Na Yeo-su, a slave from Class 6.

“… … .”

While Na Yeo-su maintained a heavy silence, Joo Ra-hyun continued to complain endlessly.

“It was a mistake to ask to be in the same class as Cheon Sa-hee. I was planning to hold BB Aegis’ hand, but when I bowed and went in first, that girl saw me as her maid! My faction is too small and weak compared to what I expected! They all flocked to that girl… … I found her.”

At that moment, the person she was looking for entered her eyes.

“Joo-hyuk, I got you!”

“How many have you got already? This time, you’re really going to beat Sega.”

“Pull out the magic stone right away.”

In one community, Kang Joo-hyuk was leading his factions and hunting medium-sized demons.

The snake mantis that was hit by Kang Joo-hyuk and Hwa-yo’s heat rays fell down helplessly, and the faction’s blood magician pulled out the magic stone and offered it to him.

“Kang Joo-hyuk!”

Joo Ra-hyun flew up and landed in front of Kang Joo-hyuk.

She said, holding up one finger.

“I’ll make a suggestion. Right now, Jeong Se-ga and Joo Da-hyun are completely out of sync. Jeong Se-ga has even taken off his protective vest. Go quickly, take all his points, and eliminate him.”

Kang Joo-hyuk raised his thick eyebrows.

Ra-hyeon, who thought he was being harsh, smiled and continued speaking.

“Good information, huh? This is your chance to take over Class 1. If it were me, I would never have missed it.”

“!”

The faction students watched Juhyuk closely.

“What are you going to do?”

“Let’s go! Now is our chance.”

“I disagree. I want to win against him, not get rid of him!”

Joo-hyuk also fell into deep thought.

I don’t know what happened, but no matter what the situation was, if he was completely exhausted and had even taken off his protective vest, he couldn’t possibly be my opponent.

It was an overwhelming opportunity to crush it.

It was a chance to distort that bastard’s complacent expression, as if it were a wall that could not be crossed by even a 1% difference.

After a long, heavy silence, he answered.

“It’s a rejection.”

“Okay. I thought about it well. I’ll guide you. Wait, what did you just say?”

Joo Ra-hyun stuttered, flustered by the unexpected reaction.

Kang Joo-hyuk slowly clenched his left fist.

Fire, fire! Fire!

A red lightning bolt of strong physical force shot out eerily.

“You dare to use me, the successor to the Strong Wind Guild?”

“You, you!”

“Get out. If you don’t get out of my sight right now, I’ll eliminate both of you.”

Jurahyun gritted his teeth and stepped back.

“… … Just wait and see.”

The scales of the large guilds and the magic stone conglomerates were tilted toward the conglomerates, but even if it was Ivory Tower, it was impossible to treat the Strong Wind Guild lightly.

Joo Ra-hyun and Na Yeo-su turned around and went to find some big-name students.

“The situation is completely exhausted?”

“If not now, then when else would we be able to catch him? Woo Jin-woo.”

The king of class 14, the giant Woo Jin-woo, had grown even larger since he entered school.

At that time, it had the physique of a wrestler, but now it resembles a human-shaped demon.

“… … That guy said that to me.”

Woo Jin-woo still had vivid memories of that time in his head.

‘Go back. Manage the factions well. What if you get manipulated by them?’

That relaxed and sad smile.

A voice that told me that my mind was not as big as my body.

“Yeah. It’s my chance to get revenge.”

“I think the day has come to repay that favor.”

“Wait, what?”

Woo Jin-woo raised his fist as big as a pot lid.

“Hey! Hey! Hey!”

Woo Jin-woo’s newly elected factions surrounded Yeosu and Jura-hyeon.

Na Yeo-su quickly ran away with Jurahyun in her arms.

After that, Joo Ra-hyeon went to see Je Seo-cheon, Baek Sang-eon, and Yoon Da-na, but was ordered to leave by everyone.

“Not today. Who is the one who started this business?”

“what?

“If you’re going back, pay the toll and go.”

Je Seo-cheon, who had been controlling another passage from the inside and collecting tolls, resolutely refused.

“The situation? I want to test the strength and weakness of the sword, but… … What did Kang Joo-hyuk say? Am I a substitute for Kang Joo-hyuk?”

Baek Sang-eon also only showed an unpleasant reaction.

“Joo Da-hyun? It doesn’t matter. But Sega? No.”

Yoon Dana even tried to attack her.

“Nimi!”

Jurahyun looked up at the ceiling and cried.

“No. How does a guy who doesn’t even form a faction have such a strong network?”

“Rahyun. What do we do now?”

“This time, this is the last time! This time, you go.”

Na Yeo-su swallowed and looked up at Cheon Sa-hee, who was half-lying on a stone pillar standing in the center of a large hollow.

“Sahee.”

Before she could open her mouth, a limestone-white face and blazing orange eyes turned toward her.

“Tell Jurahyun.”

“uh?”

“Let’s stop here for today. You’ve lost. If you touch the situation, I’ll turn you into a pillar of salt and use it to make pickled vegetables for school lunches. Tell them that.”

* * *

[71:59]

[72:00]

Finally, the midterm exams in Shinseoul are over.

beep!

Point counting and movement stopped, students’ stamina gauges were fixed at 100%, and teaching assistants entered the gate to gather the scattered students.

“It’s over!”

“Everyone worked hard. Let’s go out and listen to the results and then go back to school!”

“Go help the kids. Tests are over!”

The hundreds of people who were eliminated when their stamina gauge ran out in the middle and died, as well as the hundreds of people who survived until the end, lined up in front of the dome again.

“Huh? I’m alive?”

“Ha, haha! That kid was acting all smart and all, but he got eliminated on the first day.”

“I almost died 100 times in 3 days. Can I become a pro?”

There were also many students who, upon seeing the sun, collapsed in their seats, bursting into tears or laughing in vain.

The teaching assistants walked around handing out drinks and snacks, which the students gobbled up like geese.

After a while.

Ina came up onto the makeshift platform.

The students who saw the crimson hair naturally got up from their snacks and lined up in an orderly manner.

“First of all, I would like to congratulate all of you who have completed the first semester midterm exams without a single death.”

Cries and whistles erupted from all over.

“I’m really, really glad.”

Although there were many accidents and intentional incidents, at least during these three days, no students actually lost their lives.

“Everyone was great. I could feel how much they had learned and grown over the past quarter.”

Ina also showed a pleased expression, which was unusual for her.

And then he lifted the list with a sadistic smile as if to say, “When did that happen?”

“But this is a test, and tests are evaluated. Oh Yeon-beom, number 8, class 3?”

“yes yes?”

“Unfortunately, I will have to pack my bags as soon as I return to the dorm.”

“……ah.”

A male student sat down on the spot with a blank expression.

Starting with him, 104 names were called.

“These are the dropouts, the bottom 10%.”

The thousand or so students trembled or sighed in relief as their names were called one by one.

The reactions of the students whose names were called varied.

“Let go of me! You fucking bastards! You were no match for me in a one-on-one fight, but you came in a whole bunch and surprised me. Are you going to admit that?”

“Teacher! Teacher! Please save me! You remember me, right? I got 90 points on my performance evaluation too.”

“Still, I survived. I survived. Yeah. What kind of hunter would I be? Let’s find a suitable department store guard.”

Some were angry, some pleaded, and some were relieved.

If there was one thing they had in common, it was that they would not be able to see each other again starting tomorrow.

If there were losers, there were bound to be winners.

“Next, we will present the awards for the top 10. 10th place in the practical exam. 781 points. Cha Soo-bin, please come up.”

Class 6 Cha Su-bin’s faction cheered.

The girl with black hair calmly went up to the stage and bowed her head to Ina to receive the award.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

The moment Ina weighed the magic stones she had collected and gave them as scholarship money, cheers erupted once more.

“Wow. It’s in the hundreds of millions.”

“Yeah. If you do well in this, you can start earning money from the next exam.”

“I think I have recovered the cost of the exam.”

After that, the 9th, 8th, and 7th ranked students were called up in order.

As each person was called, cheers erupted from the students.

“4th place is Yoon Dana with 1,522 points.”

Yoon Da-na from Class 16 showed off her skills that she couldn’t use against humans in this test.

By manipulating the moisture in the body, the demons were either made to burst alive or dried up.

Since he was able to collect that many points while giving a lot of points to the faction, you could tell how good he was.

“Third place is Je Seo-cheon with 1,718 points.”

The 8th platoon’s Jeseocheon controlled the main passages and collected tolls.

When the students gathered together and came rushing in, they retreated to a place where a strong demon could not keep up, and when the students who continued the hunt came down there one by one, they collected a toll again.

Not only was his skill great, but his judgment in knowing exactly when to strike and retreat was also outstanding.

“Second place is Kang Joo-hyuk with 1,977 points.”

Kang Joo-hyuk went around with his factions and hunted the devil.

Surprisingly, he didn’t attack other students first, but if they tried to start a fight, he would beat them to the core, even if they were the class leader.

He had firm control over the factions and achieved outstanding results, so he was truly a model student of Shinseoul.

‘Second place. Still not bad. First place would be Cheon Sa-hee, right? It’s like the GM is messing around with the users.’

He returned decorated and cheered by the factions.

‘The situation is. It looks like you avoided elimination. I knew you wouldn’t go down easily. It’s a shame that it wasn’t a proper match, but I won this time.’

Joohyuk glanced at Sega, who was standing not too far away.

He was chatting about various things with the crew members standing next to him.

That was for a while.

As Ina put her hand on the microphone, Jeong Se-ga naturally prepared to step forward.

‘hmm?’

“1st place is 2,055 points. Jeong Se-ga is a student.”

Kang Joo-hyuk doubted his ears at Lee Na’s words.

‘what?!’

He hunted all night for three days and got to 1,900 points, but how did he get to 2,000 points when he was stripped to the bone?

“Wow!”

“Over 2 thousand?”

“This is really cool. That’s 78% S-class.”

The students cheered.

Jeong Se-ga walked up to the stage with his usual relaxed smile.

Click! Click! Click!

“thank you!”

Reporters flashed their cameras, and Jeong Se-ga responded by raising his hand.

“Go, Kang Joo-hyuk.”

“Relax. There are cameras everywhere.”

“There’s definitely something wrong. Just wait a minute. I’ll figure it out.”

The factions watched him closely.

“ah.”

Wow.

Kang Joo-hyuk took a deep breath as he realized that he was crushing the pavement blocks under his feet.

It was an appearance that did not seem befitting of the successor to the Strong Wind Guild.

Then someone in the faction muttered.

“But isn’t the difference between Sega’s score and Joo-hyuk’s exactly 78 points?”

“!”

1,977+78=2,055

Stop.

Kang Joo-hyuk heard something snapping at his temple.

‘I’m 78% S-class.’

That smile, with those blue eyes wide like crescent moons, felt like the greatest laugh in the world.

“The situation is!”

Joohyuk’s angry scream shook the sky.

* * *

“Wow. How did you come up with that?”

“The 78 point difference was completely coincidental. I had no intention of teasing Kang Joo-hyuk.”

“Really? There’s chaos in Yeopsi right now. They say Jeong Se-ga has suppressed Kang Joo-hyuk. Oh. There’s a new post. ‘Look. This is the eye level between you and me.’”

“It was a complete coincidence. I really couldn’t have imagined that I would get first place. The reason was that the Destruction Stone score was incredibly high, and my group members said that they were saved thanks to me, so they gave me just enough points to avoid the bottom 10%.”

Sega had a conversation with Choi Seon-mi on the double-decker bus returning to Shin Seoul.

It was a blessing that I was on a different floor from Kang Joo-hyuk.

‘I’ll have to lock the door and go to bed tonight. The window might open and a grenade might fall. Should I go to a different room?’

“Anyway, you got first place in the practical test! Congratulations from the bottom of my heart. The prize was great too. The kids must be really jealous, right?”

“That’s right. It was exactly what I wanted. It was worthy of first place.”

The first prize was a top-grade magic affinity potion.

Sega smiled contentedly as he looked at the brightly shining teal potion inside his pocket.

Lower and middle grades can be purchased outside of Shinseoul, but higher grades and above are treated as strategic materials and each bottle is assigned a unique number.

‘I drank the lower level and my eyes opened to telekinesis, and I drank the middle level and was able to use resonance waves easily. What will happen if I drink the highest level?’

Just imagining it made my heart race.

Moreover, the amount of money paid for the magic stone was enormous.

A whopping 1.5 billion!

Although the points were stolen by student thieves named Na Yeo-su and Jura-hyeon, the magic stone was not stolen.

This test ended up being a loss because we bought a 2 billion won motion detector, but we almost made up for it.

Plus, the artifact was worth the money, as I could keep using it going forward, and the motion sensor allowed me to rest comfortably when I collapsed from exhaustion after hunting Dooms.

‘Top-tier magic affinity potion, motion detector artifact, resonance wave, aurora magic bullet. I’m getting amazing things one by one. It was a fruitful test.’

The bus stopped in front of the Shinseoul dormitory.

The students ran into the dormitory with their tired bodies.

“Ah. I want to wash!”

“Don’t bring your equipment into the public bathhouse!”

“I can finally turn on the air conditioning!”

It was a natural reaction after three days of field fighting.

“Then Sega. See you tomorrow.”

“Okay. See you tomorrow.”

Segawa Sunmi also returned to the dormitory.

Then Sega saw a small snake with crimson eyes emerge from his shadow and crawl quickly towards the main building.

‘uh?’

As the outline was blurry, like a telekinesis, it seemed like it would not be visible to the eyes of ordinary students.

Suddenly, Sega remembered the lecture content related to summoned beasts.

‘They say that first-class summoners can see and hear things in all directions through the eyes and ears of their summoned creatures. … … Did you really see everything?’

Sega laughed lightly.

‘And yet nothing happened.’

So Sega also started walking again as if nothing had happened.

“Seriously, this school is like something I can’t live in my right mind.”