The Status Window Disappeared

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After finishing his errands, the king quickly disappeared.

He who is accustomed to all sorts of pleasures would not want to join this party now.

Chris and the dean were finally able to have some alone time.

She secretly summons him and bruises him quietly.

“Aren’t you going out too fast because it’s not your face?”

“Did you do that too?”

Chris, whose hands and feet were shaking belatedly, responded calmly.

Seeing his reaction, the dean laughs and shakes his head.

“No, it is. Because I also wanted to say something to him… Shall we focus on the search operation now?”

Although the king has withdrawn, it is still impossible to carry out the original operation.

Not only did the king’s visit take up a lot of time, but it’s a bit strange to conduct a forced search and seizure operation on the day of the king’s visit.

It is because if such a thing was done here and now, there is a possibility that the search and seizure itself would look like an order from the king.

“For now, let’s give up on catching the suspects and search their labs. If you keep busy, you should be able to skim half of the list.”

“All right. Then let’s get started.”

At the dean’s command, the people hiding around the party move.

Although the number is quite large, the list is long, so it seems that we must hurry as much as possible.

Chris summoned the Mirror Ring to increase the efficiency of the search. It’s not the time to cover up.

As he made copies of himself and sent them to various parts of the academy, the dean raised one eye.

“What else is that? It seems to be a fairly high-level magic tool… … .”

“I’m too busy to explain.”

I was a bit reluctant to show the dean an epic item, but it’s better than missing the black flag for wasting it.

Chris controlled the three alter egos at the same time and scanned the suspects’ labs.

Even if it’s a secret organization, they can’t conduct experiments in cramped and poorly equipped quarters.

The most likely is to use the labs provided to faculty members.

Chris, who was hurriedly conducting the search, reduced the suspects one by one.

However, no trace of the black flag was found even after the search continued.

Deep down, Chris began to suspect the dean.

‘what? Is the list you gave me fake? But the dean didn’t seem to know anything about the black flag… … .’

The moment the dean swallowed a saliva next to him.

In the laboratory her subordinates visited, there were signs of a human being.

Chris hurriedly sent his clones to catch the owner of the human body.

Trying to escape by jumping from a window, he was among the party’s attendees.

“what? Is he a member of the Black Flag?”

“What was the result of the search in the lab?”

“Nothing. I don’t see any signs of destroying the data… … .”

If so, it would be unreasonable to see him as a member of the Black Flag.

Chris noticed his true identity belatedly and bit his tongue.

‘Could there be other guys besides us chasing the black flag? It’s not a coincidence that the timing overlaps because it’s relatively easy for outsiders to approach at parties.’

Of course, the spy Chris secured pretended not to know anything.

However, it is impossible for a party attendee to accidentally go all the way to the faculty lab.

At first glance, it seems that the dean tried to find them before Chris, but… … .

It was none other than her subordinates who discovered him.

So it would be better to rule out the possibility of her doing it.

Personnel mobilized for the search found traces of spies elsewhere.

However, the traces of the black flag are still not caught.

Around that time, Chris decided to look back on what had happened so far.

I had been infiltrating the academy for close to six months to catch them.

Was everything he had been through in vain?

Chris didn’t want to think that way.

There must be a clue somewhere that you missed.

The school life so far is quickly replayed in Chris’ head. Encounter with Illesis, enmity with Rosefeld, reconciliation.

Field practice and today’s party… … .

After repeating the series of events several times, he finally felt a sense of incongruity in one part.

‘for a moment. is this a bit weird? Why did I do this on my own?’

Various hypotheses come to mind to defend the suspicion that has arisen out of nowhere.

But the suspicion this time is much stronger than those defenses.

Chris hurriedly headed to the party to prove it.

“Hey, where are you going?”

“Dean, please proceed with the search!”

In the party hall where slow music was playing, Illesis and Rosefeld were waiting for Chris.

However, he couldn’t even look at them and quickly scanned the first floor where people were gathered.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the face he was looking for at the party was nowhere to be seen.

‘doesn’t exist… Could he really belong to the Black Flag!’

Chris ran out of the party like his tail was on fire.

If his suspicions are correct, he cannot be caught even after a hundred days of searching.

The more you repeat the calculation in your head, the faint doubt gradually turns into certainty.

Chris headed to his destination, collecting even the alter egos he had summoned.

After running relentlessly, he finally reached the classroom building of the Faculty of Magic.

Standing in the dark classroom building was none other than a professor of magic theory.

He is the one who helped Chris when the secret magic of sucking magic ran rampant the other day.

And he’s a black magician that Chris misunderstood as someone from Elgar.

“… … .”

The pale-looking man greeted Chris with a desperate expression.

He has a bunch of old papers on his chest.

Chris, who had barely found him, greeted him with sincerity.

“Have you already packed everything? I’m very quick to notice that someone might not be a member of the secret society.”

“Lee, Raiden student. What are you talking about… … .”

A professor of magic theory who makes excuses with poor acting.

Chris let his doubts out of his mouth as he finished his inspection one last time.

“I didn’t know much when I was receiving emergency treatment from you, but in hindsight, it was strange. If you are Elgar’s person, why didn’t Elgar say anything?”

With the help of a magic theory professor, Chris implicitly concluded that he was an ally. But he clearly had reasons to help Chris.

After all, if Chris’ identity had been revealed at the time, there was a good chance the dean would notice the black flag’s existence.

When Chris, a member of Elgar’s side, is caught, even the black flags hiding in the academy are revealed.

The dean actually had his name engraved on the list of suspects.

‘But I unknowingly canceled it.’

Chris’s misunderstanding has worked outrageously well for him.

If it was too late for Chris to notice, the magic theory professor would have left the academy leisurely.

With the culprit in front of his eyes, Chris asked the question he had been putting up with.

“Why didn’t you go to the academy earlier? If he had abandoned his disguise at the time he helped me, he would have been able to escape safely… … .”

“Sounds stupid. Our organization values confidentiality in everything we do. If I had reported the matter to the superiors and fled, I would have already been purged?”

The man who laughed dejectedly began to tell the truth.

As you can see from the example of the captain of the knights, the staff welfare of the black flag doesn’t seem to be very good.

He sighed deeply and glared at Chris as he cursed.

“Thanks to your foolish misunderstanding, I was able to endure until now… Looks like this is over now. If you’re going to die anyway, don’t even take your fellow Gil!”

Before Chris could do anything, an intangible energy exploded.

He had released something that had been sealed inside his body.

Chris’s intuition, trained by his long mercenary life, sounded a furious alarm.

Even though I’m far away from him, the hairs all over my body seem to stand on end.

“Ugh… aaa!”

Huge magical energy began to leak from the man’s body.

It’s a sheep that would have exploded all over the body of a normal wizard, but he was somehow enduring it.

Chris found out the secret through his long experience.

‘The body is in the process of disintegrating due to the aftermath of the magical power, but it is also constantly regenerating. Does that guy even have a health bonus!’

If you’re a member of the Black Flag who studies the status window, that’s probably the case.

The man’s skin, which had been suffering from standing still, cracked open, and red flesh began to rise above it.

The man’s vitality seemed as great as his mana.

The body, which swelled in an instant, soon lost even its human form.

The mana and life force in the body were running out of control, causing mutations at will.

The search team, which noticed the commotion belatedly, rushed towards Chris, but the man’s transformation did not stop.

Before long, what appeared in front of them was an abomination that had lost even reason.

The gigantic, flesh-like monster swung its seven legs and stared at Chris with dozens of eyeballs.

“Kuuu… … .”

The thing in his eyes was anger and frustration.

Chris sighed deeply as he faced the hideous face in front of him.

Of course, I had no intention of keeping him alive, but seeing him go this far made my teeth tremble.

“If possible, it will go finely.”

“Um, what is that again? Where did the monster come from?”

“Captain, what should I do!”

“Can you leave something like that in this academy? Attack!”

The royal knights who had joined the search team drew their own weapons after receiving permission from the dean.

As if stimulated by a sharp metal sound, the monster rushes towards Chris without delay.

With a little bit of exaggeration, when a guy the size of a house rushes in, the feeling of intimidation is great.

The excellent royal knights ovulated his body, but the enormous vitality enough to cause mutations instantly repaired the wounds.

The Royal Knights hurriedly withdrew with casualties.

“A knife cut heals in the blink of an eye?”

“What is this guy all about… … .”

The monster was clearly targeting Chris.

He clicked his tongue inwardly, trying to figure out what to do with him.

The opponent has an astounding life force, so you have to focus your firepower for an instant to finish it off.

‘If I pour all my magic into the phoenix’s palace, I think something will work out… … .’

That’s not an opponent that can be defeated with one or two skills.

Rather than hastily using the status window here, it seemed better to rely on the best weapon he had.

But soon, a scene unfolded that seemed to ridicule him.

“Avoid all! The dean used a bombardment spell!”

“this!”

Unable to see the advance of the monster, the dean opened fire on its position.

The spell used by a wizard of her caliber with determination had the power of a comrade in the sky.

A red flash of light rises from the side of the party, and then it slams down on it at a terrifying speed!

The ground trembled with an enormous explosion.

The power of the dean’s spell was so great that it cracked the outer walls of buildings far from the center of the explosion.

However, the monster soon broke through the smoke and walked out unscathed.

When one of the experienced knights saw it, he spat out in a shudder.

“What kind of magic resistance… … .”

It has so much magical power that it seems impossible to hit it with magical attacks.

Chris, who was about to summon the phoenix demon palace, hastily changed his plan.

The phoenix’s magic palace is also a magical attack method, so it’s hard to see much fun.

‘By the way, is there a way to kill him in one blow without magic?’

The only classes Chris can use are warriors.

Due to the nature of the warrior class, most of which are designed as sub-tanks or main tanks, a chronic lack of firepower is unavoidable.

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The dean used spells several times after that, but could not stop the monster’s advance.

The knights, noticing that he was aiming for Chris, began to sneak around him.

Chris thought about escaping for a moment, but no matter how much he did, he couldn’t escape like this.

If you run away from here, the academy will be destroyed, and the clues to the black flag will be completely cut off.

Chris, who was desperately trying to come up with a solution, suddenly raised a question.

‘Wait, since when did you say I relied on the status window?’

The status window is obviously excellent, but even so, the limit is obvious.

Relying only on the game’s system will not defeat the enemy in front of you.

Chris corrected his misconceptions and came up with a way to defeat him.

“… Hey, don’t be still and help me.”

When Chris, who canceled the transformation Elgar gave him, spoke quietly, a ghost horse ran from somewhere.

Returning in a light and durable leather outfit, he was amazed at the ghost horse that was not afraid of the monster.

This guy never betrayed his expectations.

No, the other day, he showed his ability far beyond his expectations.

Chris borrowed a spear from a wounded knight and climbed on top of the ghost horse.

“Class change, assault trooper.”

A product of Black Flag grants Chris a new kind of power.

Chris felt a well-founded confidence welling up in the thighs tightening the Ghost Horse’s back.