There Are Too Many Bugs in the Academy

Episode 90

29. I like scary things (1)

The eventful first semester has come to an end, and summer vacation has finally begun.

And as proof of that fact, the weather on Nakwon Island also started to get steamy.

‘I didn’t know when I was playing. It’s really hot.’

Since it is an island, the warm sea breeze keeps blowing, making it more humid and twice as bad.

I lay down on the bed, rubbing the ice pack I had stored in the refrigerator on my body.

【Is what I’m looking at really human? Isn’t that a slug?]

“He said he never knew he was a frog tadpole. He’s very naive.”

I grinded a bowl of facts towards the Lioner who puts the Kusari.

【I have nothing to do. But you have to train, make potions, and gather alchemy materials, so how can you be lazy?]

“There is no mother.”

A Lioner who nags with a rapid-fire cannon.

Recently, he has grown bigger and stronger, and his immature appearance has been diluted a lot.

“I never thought I’d miss you.”

【The last time the Demon King took over was because you were weak. Besides, there’s something else to do. When will you go to the underground village?]

“Oh, that’s right.”

I turned my head and looked at the saengryeonggwa that was procrastinating in the kennel.

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve been raised at home, but he’s living better than I thought.

This was because Illyana provided food periodically.

Now, what can be handled secretly has become more like a pet insect rather than an alchemy material.

‘In the past, I couldn’t understand even a single thing about raising bugs. Now I think I know.’

When I was in elementary school, I remembered a friend who had a lot of stag beetles and long-lived beetles in the house.

What is she doing these days?

I’m stuck in the game.

At that thought, Hyeonta suddenly came and stood up.

“Oh, yes! There’s nothing wrong with doing it in advance. It’s not going to be hot because it’s underground.”

Surprisingly, there are people who come to the cave to enjoy a vacation.

It is a schedule of three groups of one stone, one stone, three groups of people fixing bugs, opening the way for Aidan, and also taking a break.

I approached the shelf that was being used as an armor hanger and put on the breastplate.

The feel of the metal that stays cool even in this hot weather feels good.

Then gloves and bottoms, and finally boots.

They were equipment purchased from Arslonga in line with the armor of the anti-horse that was dropped to Arachne last time.

It’s epic, so it’s inferior in performance to the unique breastplate.

It had the same performance as the expensive price, so I just mixed it and used it.

After all, the equipment set bonus is applied even if the series is the same.

As much as I was attacked by the mental system at the last altar, I put the options of mental protection and the Great Curse.

The armor was over, so the next thing was the weapon.

Aradwa is added to the Arsronga Steel Sword, which has been used well since the Hisperif.

Standing in the full-length mirror as it was, it looked quite plausible.

【If anyone sees it, it will be mistaken for an article written with power.】

“Isn’t that a fact? An article written with power.”

【Even though you are my contractor, I cannot help but admire your baseless confidence.”

“Acknowledge it.”

I shrugged my shoulders towards the hated Lioner and left the room.

He also didn’t forget to bring a collection site with saenggyeonggwa.

and then.

Suddenly, Camilla’s closed door caught my eye.

‘I want to go in.’

Camila left Paradise Island yesterday. I said I’d be back as soon as the family business was over, but… … .

‘The empty seat is surprisingly large.’

It seems that Camilla played a large part in my life as I was always attached to it.

‘Don’t think about it for nothing, let’s do something. It makes me feel more lonely.’

That’s basically what vacations are like.

Looking back, taking a break isn’t always a good thing, and the social void caused by the temporary disappearance of friends is unavoidable.

It’s as if the academy life is on hold for a while.

【So, now is the perfect opportunity to work hard. Contrary to expectations, we have reached the advanced class, so it will be more difficult in the future.]

I nodded in agreement with Lioner’s advice.

‘OK. Let’s just focus on what we need to do right now. You have to be motivated too!’

Even though I made a strong commitment to it.

“Ah!! The dog is hot-!!!”

The moment I came out of the dormitory lobby, it was an instant when I was smashed by the pouring sunlight and heat.

ah… … Shall we just go tomorrow?

* * *

The main setting of Chapter 3 of the Paradise Academia main scenario, the grudge Seorin underground village is one of the few horror spots in the game.

An incident occurs where fearless students enter a closed dungeon and disappear.

The main scenario begins when a friend of a missing student asks Aidan for help.

‘These students are in a state of being captured by the demons sleeping in the underground village.’

Also, most of the types of monsters appearing are undead and ghost.

Because of this, it can be said that it is a very vicious dungeon that surprises players with monsters popping up in all kinds of places only for the first time.

“But if you have this, everything is OK.”

I took out the raw spirits and collection points I had prepared in advance from the bag.

The fruit of the living spirit is a divine spirit creature with the blessings of the world tree.

Also, undead and ghost-type monsters will have their aggression significantly lowered just by entering the world tree’s blessing range.

In other words, the collection site itself is a kind of mobile barrier.

‘Even if you can’t block the approach, you won’t be attacked by a guy that pops out suddenly.’

That alone is already half eaten.

After all, my purpose is not to clear the dungeon, but to release bugs that may be scattered around.

There’s no need to kill a normal monster.

“Then let’s go.”

I walked into the closed dungeon with the realized Lioner.

【Isn’t the inside more beautiful than I thought?】

“Is that line correct…? It looks like a purple goblin will pop out.”

However, as Lioner said, the entrance to the underground village was very neat.

That’s right, because this place wasn’t originally a dungeon.

The name of the closed dungeon is just what the students call it.

To be precise, it was just a space that was nothing more than a passage.

For that reason, unless you enter the underground village, no monsters will appear.

It’s a closed dungeon in the first place, but isn’t it strange that the guards don’t manage it?

As I went down the stairs like that, the sunlight from above was no longer visible.

A suspicious stone door appeared.

[…] … There are a lot of dark spirits out there.]

“okay?”

【I don’t feel very well.】

“It’s nothing special. You like a lot of spirits.”

【The Dark Spirit is an exception. Those guys are spirits, and they are close to spiritized magicians.]

Again, knowledge increased.

‘As much as one setting, it doesn’t work in any game. If only the bugs had been fixed and released, it would have been a Chogat game.’

Let’s push the stone door behind the regrets.

A gigantic space appeared in contrast to the narrow passage with a groaning sound.

In the pitch-black darkness where you can’t even see right in front of you.

“Now, it’s your turn to act.”

I hung the ring of the collecting bin containing the fruit of the fresh spirits on my wrist and lit the torch.

Physical attacks don’t work at all against undead monsters.

Therefore, raising a sword is useless.

Avoid battles as much as possible, and if unavoidable, rely only on the Lioner’s lightning strike.

Even that alone was quite difficult, but the gloomy cold wind and ominous noise started to put more pressure on me psychologically.

I already know that it’s a scary dungeon, and I’ve been preparing for it, but physiological fear is unavoidable.

Even when the door was opened, the leg did not fall.

“Huh…, yes. You can’t do this.”

I’m a reservist in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps, who can beat even ghosts.

“Let’s go in with a cool military song!”

I shook my body from side to side and started singing the military song I hated so much.

“You’re a ghost-catching hero~~Byung~! We’re the Marines~~!”

* * *

“Rover, this is Bartholf.”

“Come on in.”

At her words, a priest in black robes just like her entered the room.

Originally, the Heretical Judgment Bureau is those who claim to be the shadows of God.

They too had the right to wear white robes as priests, but they did not do so out of personal convictions.

As soon as Bartolf faced Elijah, he showed respect by drawing his name.

Jeliya the Redeemer maintained the same manners between the priests.

“The reason my brother came to see me is probably because of the report about the student Baek San-woo.”

“Yes that’s right.”

After the last incident, Bartolf was the leader of the newly formed watchdog group.

The main task of the monitoring team, which consists of a total of four priests including him, is to monitor the every move of the Baeksanwoo.

In the process, if anything unusual was discovered, it was to inform the substitute, Elijah, right away.

As per his duty, Bartholf began to recite everything he had seen.

“I even wore the anti-horse armor I bought last time and went out fully armed.”

“Fully armed…!”

The memory of the past flashes through Elijah’s mind.

Even at the time when the Demon King’s altar was smashed, Baek Sanwoo left the dormitory wearing armor and weapons.

“Where did you say you went?”

“It’s an empty crypt of the West Terrier. It’s called a closed dungeon among students.”

fully armed.

A crypt called a closed dungeon.

Could there be a better place for the power of the Demon King to weaken?

Whether he’s chasing the liberation front, or trying to stop the demon king from coming like the last time.

This time was a golden opportunity to uncover his secrets.

Elijah got up from his seat, put on the Heretic Judge’s robes, and picked up the sickle that had been left in the corner.

“Brother Bartholf, please guide me.”

“Are you talking there?”

“Yes, please call the priests of the other watchdogs there as well.”

Would you like to follow along? Bartolf looked at Yelia with worried eyes.

It was dangerous to enter the dungeon alone, even if it was a high-ranking heretic judge as a substitute.

It’s a closed dungeon.

From what I have learned about a student named Baek San-woo while continuing to monitor.

He is a spirit magician who made a contract with a high-ranking spirit in the form of a honey badger, and is the best friend of Camilla, the preliminary head of the saga.

In addition, Ishtar Arhalten, the second princess of Artel, has an absolute favor.

It was said that he was a man who had a priestly relationship with Hafartel Illyana Noel, the son of a powerful noble family in the Republic of Genovia.

It was also questionable that he was receiving overwhelming support from the faculty of Arthur’s Faculty, including Irkan.

At this point in time, a network that cannot be seen as a typical student.

In addition to those factors, Baek San-woo’s personal achievements are also added-

Bartholf couldn’t have been more suspicious of him.

“We’d rather go in and conduct an investigation. Yelia-sama is here to report…”

But Bartholf could not finish his speech.

It was because the gaze of Yelliya who was looking at her was cold.

“Bartholf, I am the substitute. What do you mean by that?”

“Sin, sorry!”

Squeezed by the overwhelming force, he bows his head and asks for forgiveness.

“…be careful next time.”

Elijah knows that his advice came from pure goodwill.

However, the word of the Redeemer is absolute.

It was not a position that a single priest like Bartolf could invade.

Also, no matter how much the monitoring group is, it is an organization where all of them are made up of ordinary priests.

It was questionable whether they would be able to cope with the army of the Demon King, who did not rise to the position of a high priest or priest.

“This is the duty of the Redeemer and the High Heretic Judge. Anything that goes against the will of God must be punished with my own hands.”

When he brought up the duty of a substitute, Bartholf just kept his mouth shut.

But Elijah had a reason to do so.

Currently, except for Francis, the other judges are unaware that Baeksanwoo destroyed the Demon King’s altar.

Yelia, who has not yet grasped Baek San-woo’s intentions and God’s will for her.

I spoke out hastily for no reason, and decided that there was no need to cause confusion within the Heresy Tribunal.

‘Light, today is the day to show me the way.’

Yelia muttered like that, and went out of the judging room.