Chapter 64 – Chapter 64 – Academy (15)
Episode 64 – Academy (15)
It felt like the world, which seemed black and white, had changed to color.
I took the elixir and searched everywhere to adjust to the clearer feeling. I could feel the zombie chimera limping everywhere.
‘Heavy, yes.’
Shh- Poo!
The thin long hand held the Honwongi. They hit the head several tens of meters away.
It is not easy to throw a light iron stinger away.
This hand thrown naturally was imbued with a spirit of energy with appropriate weight and sharpness.
Originally, it was impossible to operate such delicate internal energy, but now it was possible.
‘Coming to think of it, I also took this elixir thanks to Helena.’
The elixir she would not have obtained had it not been for the cave she stumbled upon. There is something suspicious about her, but if she follows her around, rice cakes come out even in her sleep.
‘Yes?’
I felt something because of the sensitive mana sensitivity after taking the elixir. He raised his slack concentration.
‘I think the flow of magic power is a bit strange…?’
I don’t know exactly, but the flow of mana was disturbing. It did not seem to be in a natural state. It feels like it’s flowing somewhere.
“Wait a minute… Stop it.”
“Yes?”
She stopped, leaving behind Amelia, who stared at her with her puzzled eyes.
I focused on the intrusiveness I felt instinctively. I looked around and saw another group at the end of my field of vision.
They seemed to be the lowest rank cadets with innate magical powers of 1 to 2 stars.
One of them stood out in particular. It was because of her bouncing chest in contrast to her short stature.
‘I’m short, but uh…’
Because of his height, which does not seem to be 160 degrees, it felt like a particular part was emphasized.
The potions hanging from her belt were also unusual. Potion bottles filled with various liquids, such as yellow and red, were hung in clusters.
The image I felt on the outside was close to that of an alchemist.
There was a zombie chimera approaching them. A monster that can be defeated enough if you respond calmly.
“I’ll take care of it!”
A woman who appeared to be an alchemist threw a yellow potion bottle at the zombie. Her flying bottle hit her zombie head.
Pajijijik!
“Geuh..!”
Lightning bolted out of a broken glass bottle. Zombies were engulfed in intense lightning from an unknown liquid.
Even though she was quite a distance away from her, her menacing electric shock resounded.
Zombies hit by it will not be fine. According to the zombie abilities that I grasped earlier, it was like that.
“Kwaaaaagh!”
But the zombies were fine. She didn’t even break the barrier. A slight stiffening was all the damage.
The zombies, who had to rush in close proximity, started running from 10 meters away. She was much faster than before.
The alchemist party started to panic.
“Uh… Why aren’t you dying?”
“Calm down Sarah. I’ll stop you! Haap!”
A man with a strong physique stopped the zombies.
The one holding a one-handed sword and shield appeared to be the Knights Faculty. The guy thrust his shield at the zombie.
Bang! Quaang!
“Ugh?!”
The face of the shield man who was receiving the zombie attack was embarrassed. The zombie’s physical strength was stronger than I thought.
The series of shocks threw the balance off. The forward shield flew off and the zombie grabbed her arm.
I struggled reflexively, but it was meaningless against the powerful zombie’s grip.
“Uh..? Aaaaa!!”
Wow!
The zombie’s head cracked vertically and bit her man’s arm.
“Kyaaaaagh!! Away!”
The alchemist’s party was at a loss for what to do with the shield man who was lying as one with the zombies.
Paperweight!
Fortunately, a barrier occurred in the belt that Shield Man was wearing around his waist. The zombie’s teeth couldn’t pierce that defensive magic tool.
A grinding sound echoed from the teeth that could not dig in. The performance of the artifacts given to the cadets in bulk was quite usable.
If that artifact receives a shock it can’t handle, it will be transported to a safe location.
‘Well?’
The barrier that was generated from the shield man’s belt shook violently.
Kwajik!
“Kwaaaaa!!”
The barrier has been smashed. At the same time, the man’s arm disappeared into the zombie’s head. A fountain of blood began to pour from the cross section of his severed arm.
“Kyaaaaa!!”
The panicked alchemist’s party screamed, and a few zombies heard the sound and began to flock there.
However, the transmission did not work.
“What is… The transmission device?”
It was not a normal situation. As the shield man was injured, the flow of mana in the air became more erratic. The mana that was lost from his arm was being sucked into somewhere.
In addition, the muscles of the zombies were getting bigger and bigger. The limbs of the flimsy guys started to get thicker.
I checked the safety device on my back. The communication space was zero. There was no communication with the outside world.
Siwoo looked at the women behind him. Amelia was taken aback, but Helena frowned at her a little and finished it off.
“It seems like a barrier.”
“For now… Let’s help.”
Zombie heads exploded from Helena and Amelia’s ranged attacks.
The heads of all the crowding zombies exploded. Only then did the alchemist party notice this.
The bewildered alchemist came to his senses. He opened the corpse zombie’s head, and he took out the shield man’s arm and raised it.
The alchemist held up the severed arm and another supported the shield man. And he hurriedly approached Siwoo and the others.
“Whoa… Whoa…! Go, thank you!”
“Turn off.. Go, thank you.”
Thanks to the shield man, I was able to quickly figure out that a problem had occurred. It looked like it had been bitten by an animal, and the cut surface was not clean.
“I don’t know if the arm… Will stick.”
I didn’t know much about the medicine of this world, so I couldn’t judge. Helena behind her opened her mouth.
“I can put it on within two hours. Do you have any potions?”
“Ah! Here’s a low-level potion…”
“Take care with this instead of that.”
She handed over her advanced potion. Even her simple act allowed her to know who she was.
‘As expected, we should be close.’
She turned her gaze from Helena to her clock tower. At first glance, an unusual flow of magical power was spreading around the clock tower.
“First of all… Looking at the flow of mana, the clock tower seems to be a problem. There is also a safe zone on the way, so it might be better to go there and check the situation. What do you think?”
Safe zone.
It was a shelter that existed because it was an artificial rift. It was something like an underground bunker in preparation for emergencies, but the moment you enter, it’s the lowest point.
But practice has long since become a mess. I thought I could take the alchemist’s party there and go to the clock tower to find out the problem.
Hearing that, Helena nodded her head with her brightened expression.
“It’s good. I don’t have time. Shall we go right away?”
*
The party set off for the clock tower.
Amelia, who cut off her zombie head with a wind blade, grimaced at her. The monsters he encountered were getting stronger.
“Siuya… I think the zombies have gotten stronger.”
It was as she said. As time passed, the monsters were getting stronger.
‘It seems that the more someone dies inside the rift, the stronger it gets.’
Magical powers from all directions were gathering toward the central clock tower. I didn’t know if he would become dangerous as time went by.
Even now, the lowest-ranking cadets were already unable to handle it.
If they were defeated, the mana would be absorbed into the central tower. That much the monster would become stronger… It was a vicious cycle.
“Should we fix this quickly?”
“I see.”
Hearing his reasoning, Helena’s eyes twinkled. She was like a teacher whose mouth was itching to praise her.
“Ugh..”
The shield man looked down at his severed arm and looked like he was going to cry. First aid and anesthesia with a potion would have less pain, but the loss of his arm would be terrifying.
This kind of thing will be happening all over the artificial rift.
‘If the monster is strong enough to defeat most of the cadets… There will be no answer.’
By then, he didn’t know if he too would be in danger. It was hard to imagine how strong the monster would become if the magical powers of hundreds of cadets gathered.
He looked at Helena and shook her head.
‘I think this is about the clock tower I asked about last time.’
If he had known about this from then on, he was the culprit involved in this affair… Or he knew the related information.
‘The princess is not a terrorist…’
Something like this had happened before. It reminded me of the Moorim members who came to visit me after hearing the prophecy at Mt. Cheongbong.
A mature combat ability that is not typical of a cadet. And an elixir too great to have found by accident. In addition, strange questions that seem to know the future.
‘A person with minimal foresight. Otherwise…’
After watching Helena explode her zombie’s head, she tried to use protection.
‘Observe.’
– The target’s main temperament is ‘Memory Wish: Loneliness’.
Now I know if Helena feels lonely. She was cold to those who approached him except him.
He never showed any intention of making friends with others. If you’re lonely, you should treat others as kindly as you treat him. I was puzzled.
‘And it’s a memory wish…’
I guessed the meaning. Wanting to remember something… Or wanting someone to remember you. Two cases came to mind.
Associating that with knowing the future led to a conclusion.
‘Forgotten by everyone… A regressor?’
