Chapter 522 – Gaiden 25) 100 Points
Abduction 25) 100 points
[Sevi, get stronger.]
After succeeding in killing Hogman’s speed, Rachel strengthened Sevi.
[Body Enhancer (Lv.3)] -〉 [Body Enhancer (Lv.6)]
Then, Sevi’s psychic level increased by a whopping 3 levels. Because of her low level of psychic power, she was able to create the same synergistic effect as me.
[Hannah, be strong.]
Next, Rachel strengthened her off-tank Hannah.
[Giant’s Descendant (Lv.3)] -〉 [Giant’s Descendant (Lv.5)]
Hannah’s psychic power enhancement range was lower than Sevi’s. It was because she spent a lot of energy building the wall and strengthening Sevi.
‘Pounce from both sides!’
“Ahhhhh!”
“Goes!”
I heard Rachel’s voice in my head. [Telepathy (Lv. 3)] Linked her spirit with Evan, a psychic.
At the order of their leader, Rachel, Sevi and Hanna bravely attacked Hogman from both sides.
“These bastards!”
Hogman resisted fiercely. Hogman, who had lost his strength, was no better than a punching bag. He was a decent runner, but his arm swing was yawningly slow.
‘Christina, focus on her face and attack.’
“Okay!”
Rachel then gave detailed orders to Cristina, a [Pyromancer (Lv. 2)] Psychic. The flames she emitted engulfed Hogman. Not to mention her face, her shoulders, chest, etc. The flames poured like water.
There was no need to strengthen Christina because it was for the purpose of containment. Or maybe she just doesn’t have enough strength to strengthen Christina.
“Keuugh! Kwaaaaagh!”
Hogman raised his arm and covered my face. Thanks to this, Sevi and Hanna, who were attacking from both sides, were able to attack him easily.
But no fatal injuries were inflicted. This is because Hogman’s thick fat served as armor. You can’t defeat Hogman that way.
Rachel, how are you going to break through Hogman’s thick defenses?
[Away.]
Said Rachel.
Big Geuk-!
Then the ceiling shook.
[Away.]
Damn-!
When he used the power of the spirits once more, part of the ceiling was torn off.
“This fucking bastard…”
Thud-!
“Kek?!”
The torn ceiling fell over Hogman’s head. Unfortunately, he couldn’t fill the top of his head with fat. The shock shook his brain, and Hogman stumbled and collapsed.
“Ugh… Ugh…”
“Ah… That’s very embarrassing.”
“Haha…”
The children were breathing heavily, as if they had consumed a lot of energy while dealing with Hogman.
“Hey, guys, you’ve worked hard…”
Only Laura, who did not participate in the battle, was fine with me. Her restless Laura encouraged her children.
The children looked at me with expectant eyes. It seemed that he wanted to hear my evaluation. I crossed my arms and nodded.
“100 points.”
“Hurray!”
“Heh. Then it is.”
At the word 100 points, the children were very happy. Hannah, proud of her belonging, smiled as if it was a natural result.
You have to listen to this person until the end, you kids.
“100 points out of 1000, kids.”
“…”
“…”
As if cold water had been poured on my words, the friendly atmosphere disappeared.
“The first deductible factor. The enemy rushed in first, but he stayed still. If the enemy appeared, you should prepare for battle right away. You don’t know when the villain will appear and surprise you, so stay still? Do you want to make an appointment with the villain?”
I glanced over at the children and said.
“The second deductible factor. The recklessness of trying to catch Hogman’s charge head-on even though he was told he was a B-class villain.”
I looked at Sevi. If Rachel hadn’t stepped in, Sevi would have been at least seriously injured.
“Third deduction factor. Passive attitude that only moves after an order is given.”
I looked at Hannah.
She only moved after Rachel gave her telepathic command. Until then, I was just standing there and watching. This is the same for everyone except Sevi and Rachel.
“Fourth deduction factor. Distributed firepower despite being targeted.”
I looked at Christina.
Rachel told her to focus on attacking her face to keep Hogman in check. But Christina blew fire not only in her face, but around her. The level is still low, but the firepower is low, but it became weaker as the range was dispersed. It meant that she couldn’t handle her own psychic powers properly.
“Fifth deduction factor. But non-combatants with one mana.”
I looked at Evan and Laura.
[Lizard Trainer (Lv. 2)] Laura, who had psychic powers, wanted to participate in battle but couldn’t. Her psychic powers are also insignificant, and her stamina is so weak that she falls asleep exhausted from crying and wakes up the next day. Her pet lizards, Apple and Mango, were literally just pets, smaller than the palm of my hand.
Evan was equally useless.
All he did in this battle was transmit Rachel’s orders to the other children via her telepathy. That much could be replaced with a walkie-talkie and earphones.
She cannot stand still as she has no ability to help her allies.
“The sixth deduction factor.”
I looked at Rachel for the last time.
“Consumes all power in one engagement.”
You don’t know when, where, or how the fight with the villain will take place. Villains are people, not animals. He’s someone who can think and strategize.
So, heroes always prepare for the contingency. Save your strength as much as possible and fight efficiently. You never know when enemy reinforcements will arrive.
There is only one case where you use all your strength like Rachel. When I decided to die here today.
I’m sure in the future Rachel will be able to use the power of the Word Spirit at most once.
Just-!
“… What the fuck?!”
When he snapped his fingers, another man was summoned where Hogman had been summoned. Iza was also one of the villains who caused an uproar along with Hogman. He looked around, bewildered.
“Training isn’t over yet.”
“…”
“…”
“Fight, kids.”
Of course, the kids couldn’t defeat the villain.
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“…”
The children huddled together in one place said nothing. He shook his head with a gloomy face or buried his face in his lap.
“… Tooth.”
Hannah pursed her lips. The Dark Knight was the one she didn’t like. In that situation, she was angry because she heard the verbal abuse again.
However, since it was in front of Rachel, he didn’t complain like last time. Even Hannah doesn’t go out of her way to gossip about her friend’s dad in front of her friends.
‘What is 100 points out of 1000? Doesn’t that mean 10 points?’
Instead, I muttered inwardly.
100 out of 1000 points.
In other words, it was like getting 10 points out of 100. This was the first time I had ever received such a terrible grade.
‘This is unreasonable!’
When she thought, they fought well.
Summons an enemy when you’re panicking because your place suddenly changes! Even an active B-class villain!
If he defeated a B-class villain in a situation where he was not properly prepared, he would have done well. So Hanna couldn’t acknowledge the evaluation the Dark Knight had given them.
“… Rachel’s father took care of me a lot.”
“What? What are you talking about? What do you watch?”
It was Sevi who broke the silence. And Hannah, who was grumbling against the Dark Knight inside her, reacted sensitively.
She thought that Sevi liked Rachel, and that she was saying that to Rachel to score her points.
She didn’t know that Sevi had a crush on her Rachel. Ah, correction. Only Sevi’s crush, Rachel, didn’t know. Still young, Rachel was insensitive to her feelings of love.
“Butcher Hogman, I’ve heard of who he is.”
“… Hogman the Butcher?”
“Yes. As far as I know, Hogman is a physical villain who uses a large Chinese knife. There was an article about several heroes who tried to catch Hogman were injured because his hands were so brutal.”
“Are you saying that pig is that strong?”
“Yeah. Also, didn’t my father say that Hogman killed 5 innocent people?”
“It did?”
“But those dead people are all psychics. They’re the same villain.”
“… Really?”
At Sevi’s words, Hanna was able to understand the meaning of the Dark Knight’s support.
A villain who uses a weapon fought only with superpowers without a weapon. If a guy that strong had his weapon in his hand…
“… Ugh!”
Hannah frowned at her. Unknowingly, in her head, she imagined themselves being attacked by Hogman with a Chinese knife.
“And I mean…”
Sevi followed her words.
“This isn’t bad either.”
“What? Isn’t it bad to lose badly?”
Young Hero lost terribly in the ensuing battle with Villain. Who was not the villain, he was a very cruel person, aiming for the eyes, neck and heart.
It was thanks to the Dark Knight that he was able to survive without a single wound even after losing against such a villain. He protected the children with his telekinesis before the attack could reach them.
“No, that’s not it. You can gain experience in combat. To be honest, Hero Academy says it’s dangerous and refrain from using superpowers, so I can’t use my superpowers to my heart’s content.”
At Hero Academy, the use of psychic powers was forbidden unless in class. If you want to use psychic powers within the academy, you have to use a separate training ground. However, the training ground was full of reservations, so it took a considerable amount of time for his turn to come back.
Although the academy is rushing to expand the training ground, it still took a long time for students to use their superpowers to their heart’s content.
“The professors said the same thing, and my father said the same thing. Superpowers can become stronger quickly when you gain experience in combat. But it’s hard to gain experience in combat in the academy.”
A major mistake could lead to a catastrophic death of a student, so the professor had to be with him to engage in sparring. However, these professors were also busy people with full daily schedules, so they couldn’t do sparring to their heart’s content.
“But here, you can use your psychic powers to your heart’s content and gain practical experience. Especially since your father is with you, there is no risk of getting hurt.”
“… Is that so?”
Hanna was tempted by Sevi’s words. The Dark Knight wasn’t to her liking until just now, but now that she thinks about it, she feels very good about it.
I don’t like people calling themselves children and ignoring them, but it was difficult to find someone with superpowers like that. Why the hell is such a talented person still living in obscurity?
Oh, is it because there is a lot of money at home?
“Rachel.”
“Huh?”
“Who is your father?”
“Dad?”
Thoughts bit her tail and before she knew it, Hannah became curious about the Dark Knight. What is he doing?
“Dad… Is my sky. He always protects me, thinks of me, listens to everything I ask him to do, he’s handsome, and he’s always nice to my mom…”
“No no no, don’t do that!”
Hannah interrupted Rachel, who started praising her father. She thought and she thought at the same time.
‘Rachel really likes her dad.’
In most families, fathers and daughters are alien to each other. She will follow her father around when his daughter is young, but when her head is a little bigger, she will be awkward. Especially when her daughter enters puberty, she does.
But the look on Rachel’s face as she gave her father’s compliments showed that she really liked her father.
‘Dad…’
Hanna naturally thought of her father, Bilbo Francesco.
Bilbo loves himself. You can tell that just by looking at her eyes.
However, she is such a busy person that it is difficult for her family to gather for a meal once a month. She was particularly concerned that she herself was an illegitimate child, and that her father had other families.
Materially, he lacked nothing, but mentally he lacked everything.
“Hannah? What are you thinking?”
“Uh, uh huh? Why?”
“No… Other than that, what are you talking about?”
“Huh? Oh, that’s right.”
Rachel’s question brought Hannah’s confused mind back to the original subject.
“Your father, is he a very famous hero?
When a man has power, he wants to use it. Recognition from others gives you a psychological satisfaction that is full of thoughts.
So Hanna wondered if Rachel’s father was a famous hero.
“… Hiccup!”
And are you saying that this idea is correct? Suddenly Rachel hiccups.
“Hiccup!”
