Academy’s Curse Champion 69

Chapter 69 – 67. Snow Mountain

Arthur, who purchased a large amount of daily necessities with the gold coins he had, walked toward the north without any delay.

A considerable amount of time has passed as the distance increases. About a month after the journey began, Arthur could see something strange floating before her eyes.

“Maybe it’s because I’m not feeling well these days.”

A blue translucent window with nothing written on it.

I didn’t think much about it after seeing this.

When you think about it in common sense, it doesn’t make sense for something like that to be floating around.

It was more correct to think that the mental illness that had been fine for a while had relapsed.

“This is not urgent right now… Let’s get moving.”

What was important now was not the unknown identity floating in front of us.

I’m looking for someone named Moo-yeon.

“Ha-“

There wasn’t much time.

The daily necessities that I had bought a lot upon entering the northern snowy area were running low.

The pure white breath coming out of the mouth showed that the temperature here was murderous.

Therefore, considering that the sun sets quickly, the time to move was extremely limited, so we had to move quickly.

“Let’s go there today.”

The destination is the third snow mountain in front of you.

Since I couldn’t hear the exact location from my father, I had to climb every mountain I could see.

In fact, there was a snow mountain that boasted an overwhelming size alone…

Even a person named Mu-yeon wouldn’t be in a place like that… A place like that couldn’t live.

…

“Hmm…”

Shivering from the cold that felt like my skin was being cut off, I prepared to camp to spend the night. Because I don’t want to be a cold corpse the next day…

What were the results of the snowy mountain exploration?

I don’t know either. There are almost no animals here, and all you see is a field of white snow. Considering I couldn’t see anything, it was probably not here.

“Ugh. I have to find it tomorrow. I’m going to freeze to death if I keep doing this.”

After getting ready for bed, Arthur got into the sleeping bag, put her face in it, and closed his eyes.

“Is this okay?”

“Let’s climb a big mountain tomorrow.”

“It’s so hard and I want to go home.”

“In reality, it was all an illusion, and what if there was no one named Mu-yeon?”

“That’s right! “It’s been over 20 years since my father died, so how do I know the location of Mu-yeon?”

“What? “So you’re saying it’s a lie?”

“You must not give up! “I have to take revenge by killing them all!”

Numerous voices echoed in my head.

Is it because I often talk to myself to relieve the loneliness caused by spending a long time alone?

Maybe it was just my brain telling me that my mental state was serious…

“I feel like I’ve made a friend.”

To Arthur, she liked it more now than when there was silence.

“Shh! “Did you just hear that noise?”

“I’m scared, I’m scared, I’m scared.”

“Ka, where was the knife?”

I feel dizzy.

The voice in his head was warning him of only a serious situation, so Arthur opened his eyes and got out of her sleeping bag.
At the same time, my head cleared, and all the voices that were bothering my ears disappeared.

Because those voices were only heard when my eyes were closed.

Crrrr…

My heart is pounding.

Judging by the sound, it was definitely the sound of a wolf.

The distance was so close that I could even feel the presence of a wolf.

“Whoa. Whoa. It’s okay. I can win.”

After taking a deep breath, Arthur grabbed her sword and quietly walked out of the tent.
If the distance narrowed any further, there was no chance of winning, and if I couldn’t adjust my eyes to the darkness as quickly as possible, it was obvious that I would end up as food for wolves without knowing why I would die.

“… “

Arthur quietly left, turned his back on the tent, and held her breath.
Her hands started to sweat as she held the sword, and the sight of her not expecting to brighten brought with her great fear.

“Huh…”

To make matters worse, the strong cold made it difficult to even breathe properly, and my breathing became increasingly rough, and little by little sound leaked out.

Sabak. Sabak.

I could hear the sound of someone stepping on my eyes through my extremely focused hearing.

Sabak. Sabak.

The sound of the footsteps of the grim reaper who brings death.

But Arthur had no intention of dying before achieving revenge.

“Hmm-“

Seokgeuk-

One breath.

One bell cut.

Slow mobility on snow.

Because your physical strength is not intact, you become exponentially more disadvantageous as the battle goes on.

For these reasons, he attempted an attack that could be considered a fatal blow, and the wolf that tried to attack Arthur was split in half without making the slightest sound.

“Whoa.”

Arthur breathed a sigh of relief, and thanks to his eyes that had just begun to adapt to the darkness, he was able to see the wolf split in half.

Now that the threat has been eliminated, let’s go back…

Sabak. Sabak.

“Uh.? It wasn’t just one-“

He quickly turned around at the sound of footsteps coming from behind, but Arthur fell to the floor with a loud shock.

“Kwaaagh-!!!”

She swung the sword she was holding at random due to the terrible pain she felt in her left thigh.
Luckily, the wolf biting his thigh widened its distance and observed Arthur.

“Keueueuhh.!”

Arthur, who did not miss the momentary opportunity, managed to stand on his shaky legs and pointed his sword at the wolf.
His thighs hurt like they were on fire, and tears continued to cloud his vision due to the extreme pain.
He exerted his utmost concentration because if he didn’t concentrate now, he would die.

Crrr. Crrrr…

A confrontation with the wolf continues,

An imminent situation.

At such a critical moment, something unbelievable began to become visible.

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〈Attack of a pack of wolves〉

I encountered a pack of wolves that came up from the snowy area in search of food.

Kill all the wolves to survive.

Clear conditions: Kill the wolf (1/3)

When successful: Obtain the whereabouts of linked quest 〈?〉

In case of failure: Whereabouts of linked quest 〈?〉 disappears

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A blue window that informs you of the current situation.

Among them, the first thing that caught Arthur’s eye was one thing.

Clear conditions: Kill the wolf (1/3)

One wolf has already been killed, and the remaining one is in standoff.

That meant there was another one somewhere.

“Heo-eok. Heo-eok.”

But no matter how tired I looked around, I couldn’t see any other wolves.

In the current situation, there was no time to continue worrying about the invisible enemy, so Arthur focused on the wolf in front of him again.

Why aren’t they attacking.?

And in the ensuing confrontation, I was able to realize one thing.

The wolf in front of you is waiting for you to die.

In fact, my legs were continuously bleeding, my head was getting dizzy, and the cold in the snowy mountains was making my body sluggish.

In other words, if you didn’t go in first, what awaited you was death.

Therefore, Arthur walked towards the wolf little by little with his bloody legs.

Crrr.!

The wolf also continued to howl menacingly, just widening the distance.

In the end, Arthur, who had no means of long-distance attack, had to make one decision.

You must use mana to close the distance and kill the wolf with one blow.

“Huu. Hueup.”

I have to do it.

Can I do it?

You must succeed no matter what.

I didn’t think about what came next.

It is now weakening in real time. Even just one animal had to be killed quickly.

“Stu-eup-huu. Write-u-huu.”

Ignore the pain in your legs and focus on your breathing.

And it moves mana.

Compared to the master of the technique, I don’t have much mana, but I’ve seen it a lot, so I was able to imitate it just once right now.

What you need to pay attention to is the wolf in front.

And since it’s a snowy field, you have to walk differently.

Tuk.

Suddenly, a snowflake fell from the sky and tickled the tip of her nose.
However, Arthur, who was aiming for the right timing to catch the wolf, was so focused that he did not even notice that it was snowing.

On the contrary, the wolf’s eyes looked somewhere other than Arthur, and Arthur did not miss the momentary gap.

Thunder Dragon Nine Style – Type 1 Seonjeon

Suddenly-!

It is not as fast as the original technique, nor does it have the destructive power of a thunderbolt.

It was enough to cut off the wolf’s head before it could react.

Tuk.

The head of a fallen wolf.

The lifeless eyes were pointing in one direction, and Arthur naturally turned his head towards the direction the wolf was looking.
There was the corpse of the wolf that Arthur had killed for the first time, and something small could be seen wriggling.

Kiing. Whinging…

That something was a wolf cub.

He was rubbing his face and crying next to the corpse, as if he couldn’t believe that his parents were dead.

I just killed to live.

There was definitely no need to feel guilty.

I felt bad seeing the wolf cub who lost both his parents in an instant.

“There’s no need to kill him.”

A wolf cub the size of a puppy at most. If you leave it alone, it will run away on its own, so there was no need to kill it on purpose.

The problem is,

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〈Attack of a pack of wolves〉

I encountered a pack of wolves that came up from the snowy area in search of food.

Kill all the wolves to survive.

Clear conditions: Kill the wolf (2/3)

When successful: Obtain the whereabouts of linked quest 〈?〉

In case of failure: Whereabouts of linked quest 〈?〉 disappears

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If you don’t kill it, you won’t get the reward written on the blue window.

It didn’t occur to me that the window in front of me was a hallucination.

Because I knew the exact number of wolves, and because I was concerned about one sentence.

Kill all the wolves to survive.

I am already alive.

Still, it made no sense to kill the wolf cub.

Because you can live without killing.

Therefore, it was correct to think that it was roughly written, but…

“To live.”

The word of living.

Does this really mean just breathing?

It can’t be.

If that were life, he would have killed himself a long time ago.

For Arthur now, living was for revenge.

In order to live a life of revenge, it might have been right to kill the wolf cub.

If you can’t kill something like that, you could fail to kill the emperor at a critical moment.

“… “I’m sorry.”

From the moment he decided to live for revenge, Arthur was ready to become a monster.

Because that’s what the life of an avenger is.

Arthur shed tears and raised his sword high.

A moment later, the sound of something being cut was heard, and only the sound of Arthur’s breathing remained on the snowy mountain.