Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost
64. Faith and test (6)
I didn’t explain An Dain’s ‘special constitution’ in detail, but it seemed that the Student Council’s members all understood what I meant.
As Student Council’s members were all outstanding Players, even if they didn’t know what that ‘special constitution’ was in detail, they recognized the existence of it.
The air around An Dain was different.
People who spent little time with An Dain, or were dull, might have thought it was her charisma or spirit, or influence of superpower wave.
But An Dain’s ‘special constitution’ was a fraud ability unique for the protagonist, and certainly existed in this world.
‘If they stay by An Dain’s side, they will be safe. If they step away from An Dain’s side, they will feel the miasma.’
I don’t know about Yeom Junyeol, who was the descendant of the Yong tribe or Gwak Gyeong, who could self-regenerate, but Ji Myeong-su should be especially careful.
‘… and Yu Sang-hun too.’
Perhaps my worries were conveyed, Yeom Junyeol replied sincerely.
“Yes, we’ll be cautious. You’ve finally suggested co-combat, so I’ll meet Your expectations. Is there anything else we should be careful of?”
I felt reassured after I told my kind disciple a few more things to be careful about.
Finishing my conversation with the Student Council’s members, I joined with Yu Sang-hun.
He was wearing a crow mask and using the defense item I handed to him, but he looked extremely awkward.
As if he listened to the conversation from the distance, Yu Sang-hun abruptly said.
“I guess you have a similar power to our class president.”
I guess Yu Sang-hun also sensed An Dain’s special constitution.
I guess this bastard was thinking a lot, even if he didn’t talk.
Yu Sang-hun’s sharp gaze turned to me again.
“You’ve covered your face and hid your physique a bit with a defense item, but I feel like I saw it somewhere…”
He certainly had an alibi, but didn’t Yu Sang-hun surely also know the person whose appearance I borrowed?
However, it was the best choice to borrow this person’s looks.
Because I had to use An Dain’s power using the ‘Unknown Fate’.
Expressing zero intentions to answer that, I urged Yu Sang-hun.
“Let’s go.”
“Uh.”
The quick-witted Yu Sang-hun didn’t ask anymore.
Inside the TC’s Research Institute.
Thanks to Tao Wonu completely paralyzing the research institute and finishing taking everyone down, it was extremely quiet.
To the point that even us, following after him, were holding our breaths.
“…Cold.”
When we walked underground for a while, Yu Sang-hun opened his mouth after a long time.
An Dain’s special constitution offset the poisonous air, but couldn’t block the cold.
Hoping that Yu Sang-hun may go back right now, I asked.
“You can go back, right?”
“Not going.”
As expected, it was not worth even trying.
Yu Sang-hun grumbled, while tiding up his defense equipment and shut his mouth.
The conversation resumed when I, who was walking ahead, stopped.
In front of an opaque door with ‘Entrance prohibited besides related personnel’.
At a glance, it looked like the door was inactive because electricity was cut off, but there was a superpower wave input panel somewhere on the wall.
“Is it the entrance?”
“According to the map.”
“What are you gonna do?”
According to the map sent by Cheon Dongha, this door opened through superpower wave recognition.
Of course, neither I nor the Student Council’s gang has entrance permissions.
Even if I figured out the location of the input panel and sent in my superpower wave, the door wouldn’t open.
So I planned to solve this with force.
“… UR item card!”
Yu Sang-hun was shocked seeing the color of the item card I held in my hand.
I took out the most powerful among my weapons, if I excluded ‘Player’s Trajectory’ and ‘Unknown Fate’.
Paaat!
Reacting to my superpower wave, a rake with nine teeth appeared.
Unlike before, when Zhu Ganglie hold it in his hand, the blades of the Nine Iron Teeth Rake, which was dyed black, were shining.
Like it knew what I was going to use it for.
〈Skill ‘Use Of Everything’ activated.〉
“Step back.”
The moment Yu Sang-hun jumped behind him, I released my superpower wave straight away.
My current ‘Use Of Everything’ level was 6.
It was time to show off a power to match that.
Kwakwakwka! Claang!
The Nine Iron Teeth Rake’s blades pierced through the door and the shut-down corridor shook.
The sound seemed even louder, because it was blocked by a few corridors and doors around.
Once the superpower wave’s remains and dust cloud settled, I saw beyond the shattered door.
‘… Using the Nine Iron Teeth Rake’s forking after Gwangrim and the Unknown Fate, the superpower wave consumption is considerable.’
I felt the Nine Iron Teeth Rake’s teeth scrape for a superpower wave.
I vividly remembered how Zhu Ganglie activated the Nine Iron Teeth Rake’s forking like it was nothing.
I could steal a weapon, but couldn’t ignore the superpower wave’s consumption?
But he had to have this much ability if he was to be called ‘Tiānpéng Yuánshuài (Marshal Tianpeng)’.
‘I can’t show a weakness.’
Paaat!
When I composed myself and retrieved the Nine Iron Teeth Rake, Yu Sang-hun, who stood back, approached and exclaimed shortly:
“Oh, awesome. Looks like your skill level grew since you fought Bang Yunseop.”
It looked like Yu Sang-hun was carefully checking the state of my body, but perhaps because it was after making a mess in the darkness, it didn’t seem he saw me properly.
“Can we go down now? I don’t’ see the way down.”
Right now, even in my eyes the road ahead wasn’t visible, but I wasn’t worried about that.
There was no reason to use Cheon Dongha’s Gwangrim, but I had the map Cheon Dongha provided in my head.
Moreover, I had eyes I received from tigers.
〈Skill ‘Brilliant Gaze’ activated.〉
Paat!
At the same time as superpower wave entered my eyes, the things I didn’t see before started to enter my eyes.
Compared to when I used Brilliant Gaze in a bright place, I felt like my vision was much broader.
I pointed at the spot buried by the debris of the broken door.
“This way.”
“… you have all kinds of stuff.”
Yu Sang-hun said something similar to a praise.
After we entered the underground.
Claaang!
We heard the sound of superpower blasting out in the distance.
It wasn’t from the direction where the Student Council’s members entered through.
“Tao Wonu…!”
Perhaps because Yu Sang-hun knew Tao Wonu since he was young, and they were something like childhood friends, he recognized the existence behind that powerful superpower wave.
It seemed that Tao Wonu used his Gwangrim, ‘Iron Lock Chain’ to force his way through.
As results of detecting the epicenter of the superpower wave, I realized that Tao Wonu moved through a different route than I expected.
‘Is Tao Wonu planning to destroy the core of the ‘Higher Being Artificial Descent Project’?!’
There would be a few reasons why Tao Wonu came here.
However, if Tao Wonu came to the research institute at this time, I expected him to head to the test lab right away.
‘… No way, he wasn’t able to figure it out?’
There was a variable, but what I had to do didn’t change.
The Student Council’s members probably detected Tao Wonu’s superpower wave and would be heading that way.
“… What is all of this?”
While we entered underground and headed to Tao Wonu, Yu Sang-hun who saw the basement decorated like a botanical garden, frowned.
Even at a glance, the plants that bloomed lively in the cold air that would freeze your fingertips if you were just momentarily careless, weren’t normal.
Once the purple plants discovered an intruder, they seemed to spout even more powerful miasma.
And among that miasma roamed Enemies.
Kikikiek… grrrr…
Keuk… kikik… kikikik!
Yu Sang-hun firmly clenched his fists and suppressed his presence.
Because we weren’t here to face the Enemies right now.
‘We decided to leave the Enemies we encountered during the infiltration to the Student Council’s members. What we have to do is…’
At the end of my vision, I saw Tao Wonu face someone in a robe.
Encountering an unidentified danger, Tao Wonu seemed to have no plans to flee, as he stared straight ahead and prepared for battle.
As if Tao Wonu’s superpower wave was already pretty spent, the superpower wave gathering on the supporter was dimmer than usual, and his fingers were trembling slightly.
Unable to watch it, I jumped in right away.
Woosh!
At my and Yu Sang-hun’s sudden appearance, the robed Jin jumped back.
Tao Wonu looked flustered at the appearance of an unidentified person wearing a crow mask, but he seemed to recognized Yu Sang-hun.
Yu Sang-hun spoke towards Tao Wonu.
“… It’s not just us.”
As if the Student Council’s members were right on time, shots rang out.
Bang! Bang bang!
Kieeeee!
Paaaaa!
Snap!
Enemies floated up into air with Ji Myeong-su’s Gwangrim were subjugated with Gwak Gyeong-gu’s twin swords and An Dain’s superpower gun.
It wasn’t just Enemies, which disappeared.
The underground botanical garden, which was filled with an ominous energy, was being purified by Hongryong’s flames and An Dain’s special constitution.
“…”
Was it because Tao Wonu thought of solving everything alone?
Tao Wonu made a face like he was seeing an illusion.
“TC’s young master-nim came with Friends, huh?”
The robed Jin still looked relaxed.
It seemed he didn’t doubt his superiority.
Seeds containing purple superpower wave floated around him, and considering their color, shape, and the character of superpower, they were the ‘Seeds of Curse’.
‘Looking at those seeds, it’s certain he is a Demon connected to the priest of Avaritia.’
Although he wasn’t a high priest to receive a robe engraved with the symbol of Avaritia, he would be a Demon, who was worthy of taking care of this space and the seeds as a priest of Avaritia.
I stared at the Demon from behind the mask.
The Demon worried about a short moment and then aimed the seeds at Tao Wonu.
“It would be better to decrease the numbers first. I should deal with the ones, who would be annoying if they survived, and are weakened.”
… You mean you aren’t going to aim at the crow mask, and are targeting Tao Wonu instead?
My test ended with an unexpected outcome.
‘He doesn’t know that the crow mask can use ‘kotodama’?’
At the time of the exchange with the Military School, the crow mask was the one who overpowered the priest of Avaritia with ‘kotodama’.
And the priest of Avaritia transferred what he saw to his altar.
‘Did someone else grab the information and didn’t tell him?’
Someone else than the Demon, who was in charge of this test lab as a substitute?
But there were still no clues.
There was no need to waste any more time if this person didn’t have information.
“… Why aren’t you being eroded by the poison?”
I guess the Demon was dragging for time by talking, while waiting for us to be eroded by the poison spouted by the seeds and plants around us.
While the Demon was confused, I activated the skill.
〈Using the target character skill ‘Kotodama’.〉
The person I disguised myself as and changed my physique into with the ‘Player’s Trajectory’ was Jegal Jaegeol.
Paaa…!
“This, no way…!”
“… Teacher Jegal Jaegeol-nim?”
I heard Yu Sang-hun and Tao Wonu’s shocked voices.
The Demon glared, but in the meantime I wrote letters in the air with Jegal Jaegeol’s power.
Each time I added the words binding the Demon, his body gradually stiffened.
As if struggling, the Demon took out a spell sheet he hid in his hand.
Faster than my hand engraving the kotodma, he tore out the sheet with a complicated spell formula.
Paaaaat!
Three spell formulas were written on the spell sheet.
The three superpower waves shot out like arrows.
“Otherworlds will now open!”
Just when the Demon finished speaking, the alarms poured at the same time from the devices in this space.
— Beeeep!
It was an otherworld warning sent by Player’s SAT-K.
The three Frozen Otherworlds around the TC Research Institute the Demons laid in wait were revitalized, and the Player satellite detected it.
However.
“Those otherworlds will soon be conquered.”
All moves were already set.
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Translator’s note: Jo Uisin, did describing something as ‘protagonist’s privilege’ ever struck you as weird?
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