Ruler of the Game 311

Chapter 311 – The Truth Revealed

The strange energy that was confirmed when I used 『Emotion』 On Cho Woo-young in the past. It was obviously weaker than that energy, but the energy it emitted was clearly similar.

‘Yes, it’s a bit weak, but it’s almost like that energy.’

While Seong-il was looking at the thread with a serious expression, Elysia appeared and whispered to Seong-il.

“That thing, it’s some kind of parasite.”

“Uh…?”

Seong-il makes a puzzled expression at the sudden appearance of Elysia. Erica appears and quietly whispers to him.

“…He only told us his true identity. He’s a thief who likes to steal ancient things.”

“…”

I wanted to ask how the connection with the two women opened up, but Seong-il thought it was not important right now, so he quietly shut his mouth and stopped asking questions.

‘Because that’s not important right now.’

As her holy day just shuts her mouth and nods her head, Elysia runs her one hand through her own beautiful blond hair and continues her words.

“…You know I’ve been exploring various ancient ruins, right?”

“Know.”

“Among those remains, there are creatures or objects that parasitize humans or animals and dominate the host.”

“…You mean?”

“That’s right. This thread seems to have a similar form to the parasites I saw then.”

“Hmm…”

“Well, to be precise, it seems to be a higher level and more secretive existence than I’ve ever seen. I don’t know, but…”

“…”

Seong-il thought deeply while looking at the bottle calmly. He opens her mouth and questions her colleagues.

“…Is this contagious?”

“I thought it was half and half?”

“Half and half…?”

“Yeah. Half and half.”

Seong-il frowns at Erica’s ambiguous words. To him, Yuna steps forward and begins her explanation.

“The goggles I gave you have the power to detect wavelengths, and I analyzed the pattern of that thread based on that power, right?”

“…However?”

“The result didn’t seem to infect the surroundings until ‘yet’.”

“Hmm…”

“Perhaps that parasite gradually takes control of the host inside the host’s body, and then passes that stage to infect the surroundings…?”

“Aha… So…”

I realized why the parasite didn’t spread its magic powers to other comrades except for itself.

“There…”

“…?”

“That parasite seems to grow while consuming the host’s mana and vitality at the same time.”

“Hmm…”

“If either of the two is lacking, the parasite seems to be unable to properly parasitize the host. Of course, I haven’t studied it for a long time, so it’s not accurate…

Yuna explains in detail about the yarn, probably after several days of thorough research. Although she expressed her lack of confidence, she had a strong conviction in her voice.

‘You mean… It doesn’t infect anyone, only those who meet certain conditions?’

In addition, he sighs in relief when he hears that there is no chance of a secondary infection.

Seeing him like that, Erica sneaks up and continues the explanation.

“…This is just my hypothesis, but in fact, it seems that when it is fully grown, it uses all of the host’s mana to make powder. So it seems that it will not try to infect the host until it has completely controlled it?”

Flinch!

Seong-il flinched at Erisha’s words and a thought popped into his head.

‘Could it be… Professor Yoohyeon or Cho Wooyoung are infected with this kind of thread…?’

‘Perhaps, the true purpose of the dungeon is… No way…?’

A hypothesis that makes one’s spine shrink. He feels goose bumps and holds his trembling hands.

“What’s the matter?”

“Huh? Ah… Nothing…”

Erica looks at Seongil, whose complexion has turned pale, with a puzzled expression. When she answers her question that her last name doesn’t matter, she shrugs her shoulders and explains the goggles.

“The use of these magic engineering goggles is simple. Just inject my special potion into the lenses of the magic goggles made by Miss Yuna.”

“Hmm…”

“One injection lasts for about two hours, so know that and use it.”

“But… This look is a bit…”

Seong-il shakes off his thoughts at the bizarre-looking goggles she gave her and frowns at her.

“…Why? What?”

“It’s too flashy!!”

Seong-il frowns and grumbles at the appearance of the goggles, which seem to read “I am suspicious.”

Erica and Yuna looked at each other and smiled awkwardly, as if they had nothing to say.

“Well… Then, I’ll think of a way to make it non-tee-tee. Can you give me half a day?”

“…Yes.”

Saying that, Seong-il reaches for the bottle containing the red thread, picks it up, and tries to move to the gymnasium.

“Wait a minute~”

“…?”

“That thread. As long as it’s not injected into the body, it doesn’t seem like a big risk. Can I do some research on it?”

“…This?”

“Uh. It would be nice to figure out a way to get rid of it in case you don’t know.”

“Ah… I see.”

Seongil handed over the thread he was going to take quietly to Erica and moved to the gym again. He turns on his cross-legged seat and continues his thoughts.

‘What the hell… What kind of world am I living in?’

There are too many contradictions that I felt through this dungeon exploration. He gathers his thoughts while waiting for his colleagues.

“It’s done.”

“Uh?”

The voice you hear while meditating cross-legged. When he turns his head, he sees Erica holding something that looks like a telescope.

“Oh… Is that?”

“Yes. I tried to recreate the lens part to make it look less weird.”

“…Certainly in a dark place, or from a distance, it’ll be fine.”

Seong-il nods to the advent of the cylindrical straight-line telescope. After thanking Erica, he tries to return to reality.

‘Whoa… They say there’s no infection, but just in case Lee Ah-hyun…’

Seong-il cautiously tries to use the lens on Lee Ah-hyun, who has fallen asleep.

‘It’s okay. It’s normal…’

Seong-il sighs in relief and turns his head to check the time on his phone.

“Hmm… Is it already time…?”

When I woke up after doing a violent act last night, it seems that I was quite asleep. He hurriedly gets dressed and talks to Lee Ah-hyun, who fell asleep.

“I’m going to class. You don’t have class in the morning, right?”

“Huh…”

Ah-hyun, who is still asleep, expresses an affirmative answer with a drowsy voice. Seeing that, Seong-il lightly brushes her hair once and moves on to school.

“Let’s see…”

Seong-il sits in a dark, carefully shaded place and tries to use a telescope.

Fortunately, most students or staff do not show any reaction.

‘Hmm… Is there anything in particular?’

Seong-il spent almost an hour exploring the school. However, when he finds nothing wrong, he sighs lightly and quietly prepares to enter class.

“Hmm? That person…?”

Then Yoohyeon and some outside instructors. Seong-il instinctively picks up the telescope he had in his arms and examines it.

‘…!!’

Not all of them, but some of them were clearly infected. A couple of people are weak, but the strange waves emitted from their bodies let them know that they are infected.

‘As expected…They are…’

Once convinced that they are infected, Seong-il calms down his trembling hands and moves from his seat.

‘I’ll have to check the devil as well.’

After confirming the actual infected people on campus, Seong-il decides to identify Professor Woo-Young Cho, one of the most suspicious people.

‘Finally, there was a third grade class.’

Thinking so, Seong-il puts on the hat he brought and starts waiting near the classroom for the 3rd grade class.

‘In the corner…! I won’t get caught…!!’

A holy day to settle down in a place that is as inconspicuous as possible. He carefully holds the telescope in his arms and waits for Jo Woo-young to appear.

While waiting for Jo Woo-young with a nervous expression, someone taps him on the back.

Flinch!!

Seong-il was really surprised because he couldn’t detect it at all even in the midst of sharpening his senses. He hears someone’s calm voice in his ears.

“This class is only for third graders?”

“…Ah, I thought I’d try auditing this class.”

When Professor Cho Woo-young, whom he was aiming for, came up behind him and spoke to him, Seong-il sweated and answered. Whether he does or not, the professor nods in reply.

“That’s right. Good posture.”

“…Yes.”

“By the way, did you hear any interesting news?”

“Yes? Which…”

“I heard you defeated Yoo Hwa-yeon in Dalian this time?”

‘No, fuck… You told me to shut up, and then you rushed over and said that to this human?!’

Even though it’s only been a day, Seong-il looks at him blankly with an absurd expression at the remarks of Jo Woo-young, who already understands the results of the sparring.

“Is not it?”

“…You’re right.”

“Interesting. After the audition, would you mind staying in my classroom for a while?”

‘Fuck…’

Seong-il is embarrassed when he is caught by a person he is reluctant to do. However, since he was unable to openly express his feelings, Seong-il calmly replied that he would know.

‘It will work out somehow. Wouldn’t you have tried to hurt me in the first place?’

Thinking so, Seong-il tries to use the telescope behind Jo Woo-young, who is carefully moving away.

‘…No?’

Embarrassingly, Jo Woo-young shows no signs of infection. Seeing this, Seong-il frowned and cautiously followed the professor.

“Whoa…”

Seong-il calmly settles down in the corner of the lecture room in a situation where he can’t do this or that, thinking that if he avoids the lecture without listening to the lecture that he said he would listen to, he will only get suspicious.

‘Fuck… Get ready in case you don’t know what to do…’

Just in case, Seong-il cautiously starts to put on all his combat gear quietly.

‘Gauntlets, rings… Are the magic books like that?’

Seong-il calmly organizes only inconspicuous items. Is it because you’re nervous?

Before he knew it, while he was carefully preparing, the lecture ended, and the students began to leave the spacious classroom.

“Would you like to come this way?”

“Yes? Yes…”

Rising tension. Seong-il prepares for an unexpected battle by creating internal air with 『Emotion』.

“I heard something interesting.”

“Ah, Senior Yu Hwa-young…”

“Not that.”

“…?”

“I heard they say they’re going to explore dungeons without permission?”

“…!!”

Perhaps because of the red thread at that time, the professor’s words seemed to have an understanding of his dungeon exploration.

However, since he had no intention of telling him the truth, Seong-il gave him a negative answer.

“What do you mean… I was just exploring the dungeon under the leadership of Ahyeon Lee and her team…”

“Hmm… Is that so? Professor Yoohyeon said it doesn’t seem so…”

Having said that, Jo Woo-young begins to approach Seong-il little by little with his characteristic callous expression.

‘…Fuck, that energy at that time!’

A sense of crisis. Seong-il begins to strengthen his body by gathering his inner strength to the fullest.

“Interesting. How can you grow so fast?”

“…I really don’t know what you mean.”

“Hmm…”

“I really want to ask.”

“What do you mean?”

“Recently, some people, including the professor, feel strongly that it is not ‘normal’ for some reason.”

“Huh… Is that so?”

Rather than being offended by Seong-il’s words, Jo Woo-young looked at him with a funny expression. He gestures to Seong-il and takes the attitude of asking him to continue talking.

‘I don’t know! It’s a judge’s decision!!’

For some reason, neither 『Emotion』 Nor 『Detective’s Intuition』 Warned him of a crisis, so Seong-il decided to throw a quick ball. He begins to vomit the deepest questions in his mind.

“It’s literally. The professors are too impersonal.”

“Hmm?”

“In the name of discipline, we make students fight excessively, divide classes, and treat them ruthlessly.”

“Go ahead.”

“It looks like you’re following the school rules, but if you think about it, there’s more than one or two oddities. It’s like…”

“It’s like training a hound, right?”

“!!”

The moment you want to say something. A voice erupted from the corner of the classroom.

Seong-Il and Jo Woo-Young frowned at that voice for the first time and looked around the corner of the classroom.

“Why? It has to be. It’s because the real identity of this place is not a hunter training camp, but a factory.”

The person who said that gets up from his seat and starts approaching Seong-il and Professor Cho Woo-young.

‘…Who is that person?’

Not long ago, when he was exploring a level 7 dungeon, a ragged hunter who tried to contact him appeared in front of him.