Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost
38. Youth training camp (9)
Three otherworlds occurred on Seongmo Island.
One, on the north-west side, Gijang Island, which the 1st year class 1’s vice president Yu Sang-hun was in charge of.
Two, on the north-east side, Sangju Mountain , which were defended by the 1st year class 2’s president Ju Su-hyeok.
Because there were many more male students in the 1st year class 2, Ju Su-hyeok decided to take charge of the Sangju Mountain.
Compared to the Gijang Island, which was easy to defend as it was surrounded by sea, the formation on the Sangju Mountain’s side, which was inferior in comparison both in terrain and manpower, was gradually collapsing.
“Yunseop! You went too far!”
“Keuk!”
Slash!
Before Bang Yunseop’s body was skewered by the claws of a beast type Enemy, the twin swords cut the Enemy in half with an X slash attack.
Thanks to Ju Su-hyeok’s great performance in slaughtering Enemies at the front lines, no seriously injured people appeared, but they were gradually getting closer to their limits.
For the 1st year highschool students, who didn’t have actual battle experience, proper equipment or conquest information, and were suddenly woken up to fight, they fought extremely well, but that was it.
‘A lot of time passed since the otherworld occurred. We can’t handle that number of Enemies!’
Ju Su-hyeok still had energy left, but mistakes among the close combat Players, like Bang Yunseop, were gradually increasing.
‘In addition, the time between Enemies’ resurrections is getting smaller. The otherworld gap is going to occur. We have to conquer it quickly, but there is no manpower to make an attack team!’
There were two otherworlds, which occurred on the Sangju Mountain.
It was doubtful if others would be able to hold on, while Ju Su-hyeok took charge of two otherworld conquests as an attack team alone.
“Did the device connect? Any satellite information?”
“All black! The devices seem to have entered a flight mode!”
“Even in the flight mode, you would receive Player’s Association’s satellite’s information…”
At Ju Su-hyeok’s question, the two students, who focused their skills on the assistance types and were in charge of the communication, replied with embarrassed voices.
‘There seems to be a problem besides the cut off communication. It’s strange no one among the teachers-nim came. Something had to be happening in other places.’
Ju Su-hyeok made such a judgment, but didn’t speak up.
Because he knew that if he spoke, it wouldn’t help improve the situation, and it would only make the class children anxious.
Chink! Puk!
Even while his complicated thinking continued, Ju Su-hyeok didn’t rest and moved around the Sangju Mountain, which turned into a battlefield, swinging his favorite Two Shinning Wings swords.
The battle without a time to check the situation in other locations by using Clairvoyance skill continued.
Ju Su-hyeok tried hard to soothe his anxious feelings.
‘It has to be fine. Trust other children!’
It was just his confidence here.
He recalled Maeng Hyodon and Jo Uisin, who went to call teachers-nim and lead residents to take shelter.
When Ju Su-hyeok’s movements turned lighter.
Bang! Bang-bang-bang! Bang!
The sound of shooting shook the hill.
The number of Enemies, who collapsed on the spot, matched the number of shots heard.
There was only one person at Eungwang School, who had shooting skills to accurately attack only Enemies in such darkness.
“Dain!”
They were too far away to distinguish faces, but he recognized her straight away.
“Support came! It’s class 1’s president!”
“Ouch, I thought I’m going to die.”
“Fucker is feigning pain. Ah, we can rest a bit now.”
Sighs of relief came out here and there.
At the appearance of An Dain and class 1’s female students, the energy clearly entered their eyes.
“Is everyone safe? Anyone injured?”
“There are a few people with light injures. I want to form a formation again.”
“Okay. Our class will take the front.”
Under Ju Su-hyeok and An Dain’s command, and the two people’s joined attack, the formation adjusted in one swoop.
The team play training was held for each group separately, but the two easily worked hand-in-hand as if they fought as duo for a long time.
After instantly dealing with all Enemies formed between the otherworlds’ cracks, the two looked at each other with the same thought in mind and nodded their heads.
“We will start to organize an attack team from now on!”
According to Eungwang School rules, the 1st years are banned from participating in the otherworld conquests as attack teams by sneaking inside in the 1st semester.
Now was a summer break, after the 1st semester closing ceremony was held, but the 2nd semester didn’t start yet, and it was an ambiguous period according to the school rules.
Because there were no parallel cases before to clear it up in the rules.
And now.
An unprecedented situation in which students, who barely finished the 1st year 1st semester, had to conquer a high difficulty otherworld occurred.
***
Before the training camp started, Jo Uisin called the two honorary teachers, Kwon Jane and Tak Geosan, and made a suggestion.
— A talent show is scheduled on the last day of the training camp.
— I hope that the two of You would come to hold a surprise violin performance and martial art demonstration.
— You have to arrive before the second night at the ‘Player’s Lighthouse’ without being found by anyone. I’ll take care of the means.
According to those words, with the support of the Eternal Lake’s team, Kwon Jane and Tak Geosan hid in the boxes and moved.
It wasn’t a comfortable trip, but it wasn’t a very difficult thing for two veteran Players.
When they sensed something strange and got out of the boxes, the island guardian Kim-ssi, Ham Geun-hyeong, who accepted Jo Uisin’s request and just arrived at the lighthouse, and Mun Saeron, who was said to accidentally run into Ham Geun-hyeong on the way here, were waiting for them.
After that, they moved under the island guardian Kim-ssi’s guidance and witnessed the scene of the fluttering magnolia petals, and since a moment ago, were facing the madness of the sea.
There were no problems with cleaning the Enemies, who reached the land, thanks to the active play of Tak Geosan and Ham Geun-hyeong, but the problem was that sea wall.
‘Did Lena’s friend carry such a heavy power on her shoulders?’
She heard a rough explanation, but she had no idea it was this much.
The madness, called by the power Kim Yuri tried to suppress and her Gwangrim, didn’t distinguish between friend and foe and was about to destroy everything.
If Kwon Jane couldn’t put that madness to sleep, it was certain that there would be big and small losses.
‘It would be better if I could come with Jared or other team members…! It couldn’t be done, because only very few people could move.’
Kwon Jane’s Gwangrim ‘Humming Surface’, was influenced by performance, and performance power was reflected in various factors.
Stage, accompaniment, audience, musical instrument, her own mood, etc.
If her team members, who understood her Gwangrim well, were assisting her at the side, her Gwangrim’s output would raise.
But she put her regrets aside and tried to concentrate on the performance.
[Kwon Jane.]
She heard a sweet voice, not obscured by the voice changer, in her ears.
It was the voice of Nabiryeong, which Kwon Jane, who was locked on the boundary of dreams and reality during the Manchester Great Otherworld Conquest, heard a few times.
[Kwon Jane, why did You come here? [1]]
A butterfly, which softly landed on Kwon Jane’s shoulder, was whispering.
“You gave me the information yourself, remember?”
[That was information to be passed on and used by the Ho tribe. It wasn’t to call You to this place.]
The butterfly flew from here to there, while scattering its scales, as if distracting Kwon Jane.
[Take Your flesh and blood and leave. Blocking young lady Magnolia’s Gwangrim’s run-away won’t be easy.]
“… Did You orchestrate Yuri to become like this?” [2]
[It will be cumbersome if ‘sacrifices’ land in Their hands. If by using young lady Magnolia, the whole island, including the sacrifices, will end up erased, it may hold Them back[3].]
Kwon Jane felt as if her heart froze.
Her mind was dizzy as she recalled the past and her family and friends who were exploited at the butterfly’s hands and died.
[Even if you fail at blocking young lady Magnolia’s Gwangrim, You will survive, right? However, what about your blood and flesh? Even now, if you stop the performance, grab her and run—]
Pat!
“Some twisted trash, huh?”
Tak Geosan, who sensed something strange, crushed the butterfly formed with a superpower wave in his fist.
Kwon Jane nodded to Tak Geosan and tried to concentrate on the performance again, but she couldn’t return to mental peace because of the butterfly.
Because her performance was collapsing, the tsunami was brimming.
‘I have to calm down, concentrate on the performance…!’
Unlike her thoughts, the music was starting to be disjointed.
It seemed that the traces of Nabiryeong’s power, who already disappeared, left her laughter in Kwon Jane’s ears.
At that moment.
An immature melody touched Kwon Jane’s ears.
It was a careful harmony, which didn’t harm Kwon Jane’s performance.
Even without checking the source of the sound, she could guess who the musician was.
Her niece was playing a superpower violin matching Kwon Jane’s performance.
***
The moment I heard the Jin’s voice, opened the item window to take out the Nine Iron Teeth Rake and increased the flying speed.
But the moment I grabbed the pitch-black handle, I was hit by the slash from the Jin holding a great sword.
“…!”
I felt my left calf burning.
The pain was bearable, but it was difficult to maintain the Flight skill, because of the collapsed balance.
It seemed that Jin wasn’t going to give me a chance to talk and thought of making me hit the ground.
“Didn’t fall straight away, eh?”
The Jin’s sword slash came flying towards me again.
This time the target was my neck.
Pushed by the wind pressure of the great sword flying for my head, my clothes and hair fluttered wildly.
Swwish! Clang!
I responded to the murder intent and blocked the blow, but my right arm holding the Nine Iron Teeth Rake ached.
While using my left arm to support Sawol Seeum on my back, I couldn’t hold the Nine Iron Teeth Rake with two hands.
“That’s strange, eh? I saw that treasure somewhere before.”
The Jin examined the dyed black Nine Iron Teeth Rake.
“I should look into it after killing you.”
The Jin, who spoke quite low, swung the sword again.
While he corrected and took the stance, as if mindful of the Nine Iron Teeth Rake, I was able to check the Jin’s face.
It was a face I knew.
‘I saw that guy in the game. It’s ‘commander’ of Enemies being dragged to this island.’
Sure enough, it was a Jin which was in the position of the leader leading this raid.
‘Besides being a Jin, there is no information about him…!’
I couldn’t make a judgment who among characters could most efficiently respond to this Jin.
It was clear that Sawol Seeum, who I was currently using with the Player’s Trajectory, wasn’t his opponent, but…
Paaat!
Even before I could barely finish that thought, he, who hold a great sword, kicked the ground and jumped swinging the sword.
Claaaang!
Sparks jumped because of the clash of the great sword’s blade and Nine Iron Teeth Rake’s forks.
At the same time, pain erupted in my right arm.
Did he blow a vacuum wave[4] at the same time as he swung the great sword?
Blood dripped from a long cut on my right arm.
The sword cuts on my legs and arms burned as if they were set on fire.
‘Even though I blocked them, I still took damage!’
I took hold of my mind, which was turning dark because of the pain.
‘There is no time to think. The Gwangrim with the widest usage range…!’
When my thoughts got to this point, the Nine Iron Teeth Rake, smeared with my blood, emitted light.
Paaat!
The last thing in my vision was the wary of light Jin, getting far away from me, before everything was dyed white.
The thing I saw, the moment the light faded, was an enormous chess board and the night sky.
The pain stopped at a certain moment, and Sawol Seeum, who I had been holding on my back, was nowhere to be seen.
[It seemed that my new owner needed time, so I interfered on my own accord.]
After hearing the Nine Iron Teeth Rake’s voice, I understood what just happened.
It was the place I saw before, my mind-world.
It seemed that thanks to the Nine Iron Teeth Rake’s consideration, I was given time to think.
Like during my experiences on Cymopoleia and in Silver Training Hall (Eunryon), it felt like a very short moment was very long.
[I can’t hold it for long. Find the move to respond to this ‘impostor[5]’.]
Impostor?
Did the Nine Iron Teeth Rake know about this Jin?
“Is that guy someone you know?”
[This Nine-toothed Rake faced against that opponent before.]
I obtained a good clue.
It was a big thing I could obtain the information about people Zhu Ganglie faced with the Nine Iron Teeth Rake, even if it was limited.
[That guy is the Ung tribe’s head’s right hand.]
The Ung tribe’s head’s right hand.
I ended up facing a big shot, but it wasn’t the worst situation.
The Nine Iron Teeth Rake’s voice rang heavily.
[Why smile? Although it’s ‘impostor’, it’s a person difficult for human to deal with. Use all forks straight away. Got it?]
“I can’t use forks with one hand, you know? That guy is aiming for Sawol Seeum. If I let go of my hand, that kid will be in danger, so I can’t do that.”
[If you die here, this youth will be in even more danger, right?]
Everything the Nine Iron Teeth Rake said was correct, but even so, it was not a problem.
“Let’s return to the reality.”
The Nine Iron Teeth Rake didn’t respond straight away.
I felt the black handle and blades in my hand hum as if expressing dissatisfaction.
[… It’s truly a suspicious smile, eh?]
I ended up being treated as suspicious, even by a weapon.
The Nine Iron Teeth Rake didn’t say anything beyond that.
Instead, my vision was dyed white and the warmth and weight on my back, and pain in my hands and legs returned.
I activated Gwangrim without hesitation.
⟨Using Gwangrim ‘Player’s Trajectory’.⟩
I selected the best character to face against the Ung tribe.
Although this character was under a powerful debuff when facing a particular opponent, that status abnormality could be lifted for a limited time.
What I selected was Baek Ho-gun’s card.
“Heavenly God[6], please grant permission.”
After I finished those words, a brilliant light began to flow from my forehead.
*~*~*
[1] Nabiryeong’s tone towards Kwon Jane — Nabiryeong uses a polite ‘You’, but is using a casual tone. It’s different from Kim Yuri, towards whom she always used polite tone.
[2] Kwon Jane’s tone towards Nabiryeong — Huh, so apparently Kwon Jane also uses polite You towards Nabiryeong while using a casual tone.
[3] may hold Them back — in raws ‘catch (their) ankle’.
[4] vacuum wave — Pokemon wiki told me it’s called vacuum wave, even in English. Please refer to this highly valued academical source of information ‘Pokemon wiki’, if you want to know what it’s supposed to be.
[5] impostor — or ‘mimic’. Someone/something that imitates others.
[6] Heavenly God — Jo Uisin is addressing Heavenly God politely. There is also no ‘grant’, only ‘Please, permission’ in raws. I added ‘grant’ for a better flow.
Translator’s note: Impostor vs Impostor! Fight!
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