Chapter 96

the day after the press conference.

The appearance of the new strongest player definitely received a lot of attention.

[‘Keep the line.’ A word for a better world.]

[‘Keep The Line’ and ‘Keep The Good’]

[The first teaching of Teacher Myolak, ‘Do what is more important than the obvious.’]

The headlines in the media were all about Kang Tae-min’s interview. Irua put down her smartphone with a slightly confused expression.

‘I should have gone too… ?’

She thought for a moment and shook her head.

‘It’s a job I trusted and entrusted to me.’

She was responsible for looking after Yuhuarin. Wouldn’t Kang Tae-min have been disappointed if he had left the student behind?

‘But… .’

She grabbed her phone again with a bitter expression.

I checked the photos posted on the Noblesse Academy teacher chat room again.

It was a commemorative photo taken with all the special class students and teachers, centered on Kang Tae-min.

She wasn’t there.

‘No, it might have worked out better.’

Kang Tae-min became the 6th strongest player. That fact took on a different meaning to her.

‘… This mission must be over soon.’

Bae Seung-ju changed his strategy.

Originally, wasn’t Kang Tae-min put on as a watchman to attract him? However, it was clear that Bae Seung-joo had changed his mind as his abilities began to be revealed.

‘Because I’m not a small enough person to be under anyone.’

If he couldn’t keep them as subordinates, he decided to bring them in as allies, and he succeeded. So, there was no reason for Lee Lu-ah to stay by Kang Tae-min’s side.

Wouldn’t it be rather awkward if the surveillance was revealed.

‘Maybe this vacation will be the last. For some reason, the teaching practice will end early.’

Although orders had not yet been issued from Bae Seung-ju, it was quite predictable.

So I had to prepare, but like an excellent subordinate, I had to finish organizing in advance.

I couldn’t do that this time.

She wiped her face with both hands.

‘… I hate it, really.’

Unlike before, my mind was complicated.

At the beginning of the mission, Kang Tae-min was just a target for surveillance, but now it was different.

Respect as a human being, gratitude for restoring a relationship with a younger brother, and attraction as a member of the opposite sex.

Those emotions combined to shake her.

“Where are you sick?”

A playful voice came through the thoughts. Irua was startled and lowered her hand.

Johanna was smoking a pipe and looking down at herself.

“Oh, no.”

“yes? I knew where it hurt from moaning.”

Did he even make a sound of pain without even realizing it? Irua tried to keep her poker face, but she felt her ears heat up.

“How is the kid?”

“Oh, nothing much has changed. Still not moving.”

Irua continued with a worried tone.

“It’s already been three days. Will it really be okay?”

Yuhwarin was motionless as if she were dead. Three days have passed since that happened.

Johanna let out a puff of smoke and waved her hand.

“Because it’s okay. It’s not common for a spirit mage to be invited to the spirit realm, but I’ve seen it before.”

Yuhwarin entered the spirit realm to make a contract with the 2nd tier spirit. It was a state similar to some kind of out-of-body because it was not a place where you could go with your body.

“Actually, I don’t even need to watch it because I’m under the protection of the spirit. Reception, did you go?”

At the last question, Irua opened her eyes wide. Maybe there is some mind-reading magic.

“No, that… .”

Then she rolled her eyes.

Yohanna knew that Leeru-ah liked Kang Tae-min to the point of stalking him.

It was a way to clear the industrial espionage reputation, but it was not a very wrong misunderstanding.

‘Shall I ask… ?’

I’ve been through all sorts of things, but dating was an unfamiliar field. On the other hand, Johanna seems to have abundant knowledge in any field.

Eruah eventually made up her mind and explained her situation. Of course, I couldn’t say it straight away, so I said it moderately.

“This is the situation… What would you do if it were Johanna-sama?”

I mustered up the courage to ask, but Johanna had a sullen face.

Then, he raised mana and drew a magic circle in the air.

“… The magic formula engraved on the magic circle is a schematic that efficiently establishes the flow of mana.”

Then, he suddenly started explaining the magic circle. Whether or not Irua was puzzled, she continued talking.

“This schematic was discovered by wizards after many trials. But wizards don’t stop there. I wonder if there is a more efficient scheme than that.”

“uh… Johanna?”

“It has nothing to do with a relationship.”

When she waved her hand away, the magic circle disintegrated like a haze and disappeared.

“In the end, it’s a matter of satisfaction.”

“satisfied… What?”

“Yes, how are you satisfied with Mr. Kang? You have to decide that first. Once you know that, the rest will come naturally.”

Irua narrowed her eyes.

Johanna smiled and rose from her seat.

‘What kind of relationship do I want to be with you?’

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Left alone, she was deep in thought. If there is one thing that is certain in my confused mind.

‘… I miss you.’

I wanted to keep seeing Kang Tae-min.

* * *

Avalon Guild Training Grounds.

Pyo Soo-ho and Song Dae-beom returned to training after a day of rest.

‘Stop it with the sticky liquid and harden it with the ice barrier bomb.’

As I heard from Kang Tae-min earlier, Song Dae-beom devoted himself to simulation even after the sparring was over.

Thanks to this, I have accumulated a manual in my head that responds by combining the various attributes I have learned.

It was still one of them.

They threw sticky explosives while luring them with mine-type freezing magic circles.

“… ok?”

However, in Song Dae-beom’s simulation, the change of the table number was not entered.

‘Did you guess that!?’

The wrist crossbow, launched with a shrieking sound, accurately hit the projectile flying in a parabolic arc.

The white mana loaded on the crossbow erased the magic circle, and the projectile rolled helplessly.

“No what… !”

In response, Song Dae-beom activated the ice mine. Considering that the Pyosuho would be canceled, two invisible magic circles were installed, one in a conspicuous place and on either side of it.

But even that was to no avail.

Instead of dissolving the magic circle, the Pyosuho broke through at incredible speed and passed through without being caught in the explosion.

“Ouch… !”

The Pyosuho’s sword attack was literally at a distance. Song Dae-beom hurriedly rolled his body to avoid it, but the attack fell short.

“Surrender, surrender!”

Song Dae-beom was frightened and threw his body and raised his voice. However, the Pyosuho’s sword did not stop.

“this… !”

In the end, Song Dae-beom hurriedly activated the most familiar magic circle, thermal explosion, on his shield.

I didn’t even adjust the power. Along with the explosion, Pyo Soo-ho and Song Dae-beom were thrown out and rolled on the floor.

“Aww… .”

Moaning in excruciating pain, Song Dae-beom stood up. He frowned and said to Pyo Soo-ho.

“Chew… hey! Because it’s surrender!”

“Oh sorry… .”

Pyo Soo-ho, on the other hand, was fine.

It was thanks to the neutralization of white mana at the same time as the attack.

However, unlike her body, her expression showed embarrassment.

“Did you not hear my voice?!”

“… Uh, sorry.”

When Pyo Soo-ho meekly apologized, Song Dae-beom couldn’t be more angry.

“under… You bastard, this is a bit strange these days.”

The cheerful and full of energy he used to show during the competition was nowhere to be seen.

“The reception was also in poor condition. Is there something wrong?”

Didn’t you just go back without getting acquainted with the special class students? Song Dae-beom asked in a voice that was half annoyed and half worried.

“… no it’s okay. I think I’m overindulged. Let’s do it next time the teacher comes.”

“Tsk, okay, get some rest.”

Being that you are, there is nothing more to say. I was thinking of talking about it when Kang Tae-min comes later.

Pyo Soo-ho trudged along, leaving Song Dae-beom behind.

<Son.>

I got a toothache.

‘Ignore it. If you ignore it, it will disappear.’

Contrary to his mind, the hallucinations became clearer and clearer. The auditory hallucinations, which were only heard when I was alone, no longer discriminated between time and place.

<Wasn’t it easy to deal with?>

<There is no reason to keep the adversary alive.>

<It’s not too late now. kill him… !>

Pyo Soo-ho hurriedly entered the private locker room.

‘What? What is it? Why all of a sudden… !?’

My mind was complicated. I couldn’t figure out the cause.

‘No, no. I’m fine, I’m fine.’

Didn’t you receive mental care after the Crown Island incident? There was no problem with myself. shouldn’t have been

<You are my child.>

<How can you reject your parents?>

<Focus on my words. listen to my voice.>

Pyo Soo-ho covered his ears with his hands. But the reverberation of the hallucinations did not go away.

‘Should I tell my father too? However, if something is wrong with me… ?’

I was afraid.

What would your father think if you had a problem? How do other people see you?

– Suho.

<I don’t even know the grace you reaped.>

-You are my pride.

<To disappoint me like that.>

– My son is the best.

“But you are not the best.”

-<So you are not my son>

I heard my father’s voice mixed with auditory hallucinations in my head. I couldn’t tell where the hallucinations came from or which voices were memories.

My stomach was rumbling and I was gagging.

“Huh… sooo… .”

Pyo Soo-ho sighed heavily and looked around. I focused on the senses of this place.

In the past, I would have been buried in that thought, but now it was different.

-Think of it as ‘Pyosuho’ rather than ‘Son of the Sword Master’.

He remembered Kang Tae-min’s teachings.

‘Teacher, let’s consult with the teacher.’

Kang Tae-min would accept him without prejudice. Somehow, it seemed that he would provide an answer.

Hasn’t it always been like that?

When I made that decision, I felt a little more at ease.

<You’re stupid.>

<You don’t fit anywhere.>

<I am the only one who accepts you>

However, the auditory hallucinations did not like the situation.

“Ugh… !”

Soon, Pyo Soo-ho collapsed with a moan in intense pain.

* * *

Kang Tae-min looked at the back of Song Dae-beom as he scribbled out his notebook. At first glance, I looked over my shoulder and saw various shapes and arrows tangled in a mess.

‘Did you organize the simulation?’

It was clear that he had carefully thought out how to deal with the situation. Perhaps because he was so focused, he didn’t even notice Kang Taemin’s arrival.

“Song Dae-beom.”

“Wow! Oh, are you here!”

He was taken aback by Kang Tae-min’s call, but bowed respectfully.

“What about Suho?”

“Ah, I was taking a break after the sparring. It’s about time to come… ?”

Song Dae-beom scratched his head and rolled his eyes, then turned around in awe.

“Ah, I’ll get them right away!”

It doesn’t matter where the pyosuho is, isn’t it the problem that it’s not here right now? Through his experience, Song Dae-beom also became aware.

“… No, wait.”

“Yep?”

Kang Tae-min stopped Song Dae-beom.

‘… what?’

A strange phenomenon took place in metal detection. Is someone distorting a cabinet in a private dressing room?

“Is Suho in the dressing room?”

“Uh, probably.”

“… I go.”

Kang Tae-min headed to the locker room with a hard face. I didn’t even have to detect it this time.

“Turn it off… .”

It was a very low noise, but Kang Tae-min, who was on high alert, could hear it.

He immediately unlocked the lock and opened the door.

“Ouch… nod… !”

Pyo Soo-ho was crouching on the floor, trembling. In his hand was a piece of cabinet that looked like torn paper.

But there was something else serious.

‘Cotton wings, and horns… !’

The Pyosuho’s back was covered in a dark red film, its folded wings wriggling, and sharp horns sprouted from the top of its head toward the floor.

‘Suho was a demon?’

demon tribe.

It was a generic term for those who gained power by contracting with demons, regardless of race.

When demons exercise their demonic power, their wings and horns are revealed as evidence of the contract.

[Karma Log]

[Name – #NAME?]

[Orientation – #VALUE!(±####)]

The frame of the Karma Log was not broken, but the contents were warped.

In the meantime, Pyo Soo-ho’s body rose. The white and black eyes were reversed and looked at Kang Tae-min.

“You will be my first sacrifice.”

With those words, Kang Tae-min guessed Pyo Soo-ho’s condition.

‘Descent through possession.’

There were also types of pacts with the devil.

In general, the form of summoning by offering a sacrifice is the mainstream, but there are times when the contractor directly becomes a sacrifice.

‘I’m not completely possessed yet.’

The proof was that he was trying to take another sacrifice. It was clear that this demon was trying to make a sacrifice to increase the speed of ice removal.

In the meantime, the demon possessed by Pyosuho immediately tried to attack Kang Taemin.

“… What?”

For an instant, the surrounding scenery disappeared and turned into a space surrounded by darkness.

“How is this… .”

The devil was perplexed.

I don’t know what happened, but it was because the connection with the demonic world had been cut off and the sacrificial devouring had stopped.

The darkness parted in front of him, and an iron man appeared.

‘It’s not too late.’

Kang Tae-min could see that his prediction was correct. This was a sub-space opened with ‘Pieces of the Abyss’.

“Pyosuho.”

If it was before it was completely consumed by the devil, he could have saved the Pyosu Lake.

“If you stay there, you will die.”

But if the leopard can’t overcome the devil.

“Not to the devil, but to me.”

Kang Tae-min had to get rid of him.

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