Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 93



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(093)

The knight students lined up here and there in the field that used to be a forest.

It was a large-scale search that drew a snail-shaped spiral from the edge to the inside without leaving any gaps.

‘Don’t be too conscious of Sega.’

‘That’s right. It was a rule that allowed you to take points from or take points away from other students anyway.’

‘I only count the number of demons I’ve hunted, but you’ll be far more numerous.’

Kang Joo-hyuk walked, recalling the words of the factional students.

‘Since when did I become someone who receives comfort?’

The water-soaked ash reached up to his ankles, but it could not stop the enraged bodyguard.

Chewing! Chewing!

Since I was deploying the Lightning Technique Bio Radar, every object that popped out of the ash felt vivid.

That’s a stone.

That’s a piece of leftover magic.

That’s… … a tentacle.

The original hunting technique was to find the tentacles, then approach little by little, induce the beast to jump out, and immediately attack with ‘Seonyu’ or ‘Kwaecheong’.

“The situation is!”

However, Joo-hyuk was so angry that he raised his sword and cut off the demon’s tentacles.

“Keeeeee!”

A scorpion-shaped demon screamed as it emerged from the ground.

The ‘whip scorpion’, with its tail reaching 6 meters, was difficult to hunt because it lurked deep underground.

I couldn’t drop an earthquake bomb just to kill a D-class demon, and I couldn’t send infantry into a forest teeming with tree demons.

However, I couldn’t stand to see that powerful reproductive demon spread like a forest of tree demons, so I had to do something.

The most standardized hunting method was for a pyromancer to burn the tree beasts, and then a knight or high-ranking bodyguard would kill them one by one.

Chomp!

Kang Joo-hyuk swung his red sword and cut off the tail of the demon beast, then held his sword in the opposite direction and pierced the demon beast that was just poking its head out of the ground.

That’s 15 of them.

It was one of the highest scores among current students.

‘The situation. Do you think I’ll let you receive private tutoring?’

Then he saw Segawa and Sunmi high-fiving each other.

“Okay! Now there are 32. This one’s your turn.”

“Thank you. Let’s go next time!”

‘How already?!’

Joohyuk’s pupils danced dizzyingly.

Sega took control of the demon by aligning with Sunmi.

‘Considering hunting efficiency, it’s a beast that only a knight hunter can catch.’

He would deliberately touch the tentacles to make the tail rise and then cut it off with his ‘sun-yu’, and the stern would look at the tail to determine the location of the head and body and stab the ground to kill the demon.

‘This is much faster than cutting off the tail and waiting for the head to come out of the ground. I guess I’ll have to tell them to work in pairs from now on.’

The shell of the D-class monster was so hard and smooth that even portrait bone bullets didn’t work well.

Because the tail, which takes up most of the body length, is so thin and long, it was difficult to hit, and there was also a risk of nearby allies or oneself being injured by the ricochet.

But it was nothing in front of the sword that cut through steel like tofu.

“33!”

“Okay! Let’s go further!”

The knight students slowly gathered in the middle of the forest.

The corpses of dead whip scorpions were strewn across the ashes.

Sunmi spoke to Sega in a refreshing voice.

“Don’t you think you’ve caught everything?”

Sega’s face also brightened up at her lively smile.

“Okay. But since they said the scavenger hunters would come, let’s check it out one more time.”

“how?”

Sega took a few steps back from Sunmi and unfolded his bio-radar.

“Everyone, be careful!”

Cheeeeeeeing-!

It seemed as if white electric sparks were flying around the hair, and then a wave that shook the entire area’s magical power shot out.

thud!

The waves rippled across the rain-soaked ash.

Soon after, huge shapes began to bulge out from the ground.

Boom! Boom! Pwaaaak!

The remaining whip scorpions that the students had missed burst out from the ground and swarmed toward Sega.

There seemed to be at least 70 to 80 of them.

“What, what is it?”

“We missed all that?”

“Did you just use lightning? How did you do it?”

The knight students stuck out their tongues in bewilderment.

“Just grab it!”

“This is your chance to increase your kill score!”

That too for a moment, and they rushed at the demon who had revealed himself while swinging his sword.

The moment the powerful demon revealed himself through stealth and surprise attacks, the students were no match for him.

“Hahahaha!”

“Die!”

Baek Sang-eon and Kang Joo-hyuk were able to cut down two or three demons at a time.

Seonmi glanced at them and then said.

“Sega. You catch it quickly! I’ll take first place away from you.”

Sega smiled leisurely towards the camp for a moment, then nodded.

“It’s okay. I’m already number one.”

Seonmi involuntarily held her breath as she looked at the shadows cast over his face.

Standing tall on the plain of ash beneath the blue sky, the boy displayed his amazingly mysterious skills, shining like the sun emerging from between the clouds.

‘Yeah. This is how to really get first place. How to catch the professors’ eyes.’

As expected, the hunters in the camp were shocked when they saw Sega.

“Professor Sword. What kind of technique is that?”

“I heard that Professor Jang taught me about lightning bio-radar, but that wasn’t that kind of technology, was it?”

The elite from Shinseoul did not spare their praise for their juniors.

“Brother. Could you scout that student? Or maybe do some industry-academic cooperation during the vacation… .”

The first generation hunter, who was the guild leader, was amazed at where his old boss found such talent.

“Don’t make me laugh. I’ll be holding you by my side for three years.”

The swordsman answered bluntly.

‘Resonance wave. I guess Banhaedo will be more obsessed.’

And I watched as Jeong Se-ga and Choi Seon-mi teamed up to fight an unusually large whip scorpion.

bang!

The 8-meter-long tail slammed down faster than the speed of sound, but Sega skillfully countered it with his bow, shortening the tail by about 2 meters.

‘You’ve gotten a lot better since then. That’s not talent, it’s the result of practice. Anyway, you’re a very sincere guy.’

Saaak-!

Sunmi jumped up like a cat and spun around in the air, cutting off the scorpion’s entire left leg.

Paaaaaaaah-!

Sega unleashed a medium wave, completely cutting the demon’s body in two.

* * *

The 21st century was the age of hunting and gathering.

The hunting was over, now it was time to gather.

Scavenger hunters used fine-toothed rakes to pick out the tree beast’s magic stones from among the ash.

On one side, the students used small knives to break the corpse of the scorpion demon they had killed and took out the magic stone.

The sight was just like a scene of people in an agricultural society cultivating the fields and trimming greens.

The knight students looked at the sight with strange eyes and drank iced fresh fruit juice under the camp tent.

It wasn’t fruit-flavored juice, it was real fruit juice made on the spot by grinding fresh fruit.

Of course, there were many students who were trying it for the first time in their lives.

“Get some rest until the settlement is over. Sega. You come here.”

The Kendo God called Sega aside.

“What else do you want to learn instead of just resting in this weather? Do you like me that much?”

He asked, as always, with reckless abandon.

“Yes, Professor. I love you!”

Sega answered cheerfully and then showed the electric whip to the kendo god.

“It’s an artifact obtained from a designated mission. If you wrap a whip with a sword, it will consume a lot of magic power, but it seems really powerful, so I really wanted to learn it.”

“Give it to me.”

The eyes of the swordsman, who was always bothered by everything and was frivolous, were strange.

“Hey. This material is good. The outer shell is just the usual electric badger bone and lightning spider shell, but the wire inside is real. It looks like a whale whisker.”

“!”

Sky whale.

It was a S-class flying demon that was on par with the dragon.

“I don’t know who the original owner or creator was, but there must have been a lot of demons nearby that were good at conducting electricity, or he must have just liked electrical abilities. The Sky Whale’s Whiskers aren’t the kind of material you mix with things like this.”

“Can I ask how much it costs?”

“It’s similar to a keel. It also fits inside high-level defensive artifacts. At this length, the original cost alone would be 800 million.”

“!”

“Anyway, it’s a whip that’s strong enough to wrap around a sword. It has low magical power receptivity, so it won’t break or anything. You chose well.”

The Kendo God threw the whip at Sega and returned it.

Sega caught it just in time without letting his guard down, and the Kendo God nodded his head in satisfaction.

“Okay. Take a good look.”

He wore a thin chain bracelet that looked like a guitar string wrapped around his right wrist.

“I don’t know how you came up with the idea of ??wrapping a whip with a sword, but of all the wide-ranged skills that can be used with a sword, the whip sword is definitely the most effective and powerful.”

The bracelet came off and in an instant it became a loud whip.

“But since it consumes so much magic power, think of it as only using it once or twice like Clear Sky.”

“yes.”

“Don’t pay attention to the visible joints. Just focus on the line from your hand to the tip of the whip. Draw that line with your sword. It’s like pouring water along a line.”

“All right.”

“Try it slowly. I’ll tell you in advance that this is much harder than wrapping a sword with a sword energy. But don’t be nervous. With the talent you showed in class, you can do it in ten days… … .”

The next moment, a blue aura blazed on Sega’s whip.

“What the heck?!”

The swordsman opened his eyes wide and spat out six characters.

I was so surprised that I jumped up on the spot.

“You, what are you?”

Sega answered, stammering.

“I… I don’t know if I should say this.”

“Don’t swear. No, you can swear too. Just answer quickly.”

“I once felt the sensation of mastering space itself in a telekinesis class. It was like when I fired thirty telekinesis bullets as a performance assessment. Back then, I had to be conscious of three dimensions, but now I only have to be conscious of one line, so it’s much easier.”

The swordsman looked at the boy’s always carefree face and let out a deep sigh.

“Me too.”

“I’m sorry. If my expression was perceived as disrespectful… … .”

“No. That’s not what I was going to say. You did well. You did very well. Now I’ll teach you how to swing it. If you use the whip wrong, it’s easy to cut off your own neck or limbs, so you have to learn it properly.”

I was talented in many areas, but I thought my greatest talent would ultimately be swordsmanship.

No matter how much he fought, I thought that in the end, I would become his disciple based on my talent.

It seems I was seriously mistaken.

‘This wasn’t the time to let my guard down. Shit.’

The mining of magic stones continued until that afternoon.

The guild leader gathered every last grain, weighed it, and then burst into a satisfied laugh.

The tree-like magic that sucked the magic power of the atmosphere had a large magic stone compared to its danger.

The student hunters boarded the bus and received their invoices.

“Is it okay to work this much and get paid this much?”

[200,000,000 won has been deposited.]

Sega doubted his eyes when he saw the text message saying that 200 million won per day had been deposited.

“This doesn’t happen every day. Besides, you guys have felt it too. It’s too hard to catch a demon like that if you’re not a knight, and it takes a long time. You get what you deserve.”

On the way back, the swordsman turned on the bus speaker and made an announcement.

“Ah. Ah. Kids. Did you enjoy the picnic today? Did you hear the thanks from the scavengers?”

“””yes!”””

“Yes. Remember it well. That’s the article.”

The students, who had been talking nonstop, one by one closed their mouths and listened to what he had to say.

“Some of you may not be able to stay here for three years, and some may wander after graduation. However, we are the best at hunting demons. No matter where you go in the world, there is a place for us. We are welcome wherever we go.”

It was a remark that was not befitting of a kendo god who was frivolous, reckless, and frivolous.

“Never forget that.”

After finishing speaking, the Kendo God glanced at Sega and thought.

‘Is this enough to impress you?’

But at that time, Sega and Sunmi were each wearing one earphone and listening to music.

Sunmi whispered into Sega’s ear without an earphone.

“Shall we go out for dinner together today?”

* * *

Although there was no fancy restaurant in the Shinseoul Hunter Academy, the cafe served all kinds of Western brunch 24 hours a day.

Segawa and Sunmi toasted with Shin Seoul’s fake wine in front of a plate of tomato spaghetti with fresh basil, salmon steak, gambas made with king tiger prawns, and pizza topped with salami, chorizo, and cheese.

“Congratulations on becoming a knight. That’s so great.”

“Thank you. It’s all thanks to you, Sega. Without you, I wouldn’t have been able to endure it.”

At first, it was a little awkward for the two of us to sit across from each other and talk, but after talking for a while, the conversation started flowing naturally again.

We talked about the mission evaluations we each had done, talked about what happened in the last exam as much as we could, and even opened up about our past and our innermost feelings.

“I was really scared. My parents used up almost all their savings to send me here. You don’t have to worry about that, do you?”

“I’m anxious too.”

“lie.”

“Why would I lie? There are so many people who want my spot. Being number one is always a challenge.”

Sega looked at Sunmi and smiled affectionately.

If Seonmi later becomes a great hunter and goes around saving people, I could think that she has a share of the courage she showed on the day of her entrance ceremony.

Seonmi said hesitantly.

“I was actually scared of approaching you.”

“why?”

“There’s nothing I can do for you. You’re a promising S-class fighter, and I’m just a common low-level body-surgeon.”

The plump, soft cheeks turned red.

‘Let me try it once… … Huh?’

Sega was astonished at the thought of even wanting to play with that ball once.

“Not anymore. I’ve become a knight like you. Of course, not yet. No one in the world can be like you… … .”

Seonmi smiled brightly even then.

“At least I can look you straight in the eye. Remember what you said the day before the test?”

Empty the wine in one gulp.

“I remember everything I said.”

I looked at Sega clearly.

With a smile full of excitement and fear under the warm light.

“I still feel the same way? You were right. If you say you like me, I will like you.”

Sega knew that Sunmi had shown courage.

“Can you tell me?”

Now it was time for him to take courage.

“Seonmi.”

A world where a hole could open in the sky at any moment and monsters could pour out.

It wasn’t just him who didn’t know when he would die.

It wasn’t just him who didn’t know when he might lose everything.

It was quite natural for social culture to flow in a negative way, or in a positive way, in an honest way.

At some point, I couldn’t even remember when I went back from the cafe to the dorm.

The two of them corrected my posture while exercising together.

Seonmi had many opportunities to feel Sega’s broad back and shoulders, angular chest and firm lower abdomen, and Sega had many opportunities to feel Seonmi’s thin waist and thighs covered in leggings.

Now we also know that the same movement can have different heats.

The scent of cinnamon lingers in the tip of your nose, and the scent of acacia mingles.

A long, dewy, spiderweb-like line stretched between the lips.

Thin hands clutching the sheets and blankets, large hands covering those hands.

The sound of water dripping, the only thing left on the nape of the neck are red lip marks.

Until my voice cracks and breaks, until dawn breaks.

“Is the soundproofing okay here?”

“As long as it’s quieter than the sound of a gunshot, it’ll be fine.”

“… … Then it might not have been okay.”

“You, it’s because of you!”