Academy’s Dark Perspective - Chapter 335



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Academy Dark Curtain Viewpoint Episode 335

Crunch-!

At the same time as the voice, an unidentified energy passes by the Sky Dragon. Immediately afterwards, a huge stab wound appears on the Sky Dragon’s shoulder blade, and blood spurts out like a fountain.

[… … !!]

Let’s turn our gaze in surprise.

There, Aaron, who clearly had only the top of his head left, was standing on two legs. The only thing different from usual was that his damaged body was still recovering.

Black bones and black muscles. Black skin.

The sight of his entire body covered in black except for some parts of his face was reminiscent of a devil.

[What happened… …! How on earth… …! You must have confirmed that it was clearly in a state of no return!]

“I told you, this is a hunting ground.”

[what?]

“Specifically, it’s the Red Hunting Grounds. It’s the highest level hunting ground.”

[What the hell are you talking about!]

Squeak squeak.

Aaron shook his head as if he was not used to his new body. Then, soon, the blade began to rise again from his fingertips, and he continued speaking, holding the sword in one hand.

“It was a gamble. I have some connection with the creator of this place. I chose this battlefield because I was worried about how he could help me. Thanks to you casting spells indiscriminately, I was able to catch dangerous prey without much effort. All that was left was to have my trustworthy friends rescue the ones who had fallen… … This is really it. The farming is in pretty good condition.”

Thanks for collecting them, Silence.

Aaron patted him lightly, and Silence was transported to another space.

Then Aaron picked up all the module chips that were left where Silence had disappeared and inserted them into his sockets one by one.

One, one more.

Each time a new module chip was inserted, the energy Aaron emitted increased exponentially.

“It seems like the replacement rate will exceed 70%… … But since the opponent is the strongest in the world, there’s no time to worry about such side effects.”

Aaron, who had equipped all the modules, aimed his sword at the Sky Dragon again.

“Okay. Now this is the last one.”

Let’s finish this fight.

* * *

My heart is pounding.

It’s as if a whole furnace has been embedded in my chest. From there, a searing heat spreads out, traveling through my bloodstream to every part of my body.

My head is clear and my spirit is sharp.

The senses of the whole body also become more sensitive.

It felt as if I could see through everything in the world from this spot. However, my overly sensitive senses were strangely taking away my sense of reality.

Is what I am seeing really real?

Am I even breathing?

Am I even alive?

It is inevitable that such questions will arise.

Just a moment ago, I was half… no, I could say I was practically completely dead, since the energy source that served as my heart was completely destroyed.

I once saw a documentary that said that even after the heart stops, the brain survives and continues to function for quite a long time.

Perhaps my brain, linked to the cybernetic device, was doing similar work and just holding on a little longer.

‘That was close.’

Aaron smiled bitterly without realizing it.

Looking back, it was a truly reckless plan.

I had a feeling that I wouldn’t be able to defeat the Sky Dragon head-on ever since it revealed its true form.

I fought with all my might, but I realized even more clearly that I could never win, even by luck.

I realized that the reason I could fight him so hard was simply because he didn’t want to ruin his garden called New Valhalla City.

There were only two scenarios I could take to achieve victory there.

The Sky Dragon becomes much weaker.

Or I could become much stronger.

No, actually I had to take both at the same time. There was such a huge gap between him and me that I could never win without it.

From the moment he stopped showing sincerity, I tried my best to weaken his power.

With the help of everyone, including Dwindrog, he tried to reduce his near-infinite magical power even a little.

In the process, I was lucky enough to scratch the face of an unsuspecting guy, but that wasn’t enough.

Even though he started off with his abilities significantly reduced by using the heart injection made by Chairman Stingray, his odds of winning did not increase significantly.

Luckily, a new method came to mind. In fact, the place where this city was built was a place that had already been transformed into another world by the magic of the Sky Dragon over 200 years ago.

In other words, we have found a way to definitely reduce the power that is close to infinite.

If we can somehow drag the guy out of the area, we can greatly weaken his immense power.

The method I chose there was the hunting ground ticket.

I immediately invested all the points I had and bought all kinds of hunting ground tickets from the shop.

Regardless of the type and price, it was important to buy a lot anyway, so I kept clicking the buy button like crazy. Since I had accumulated a lot of points to prepare for the general shareholders’ meeting, I had no problem buying more.

And surprisingly, I saw that the store level went up by one level by spending a large amount of points during the purchase process, and that red hunting ground tickets were added to the items for sale.

I saw the store level up and had a gut feeling that the ‘writer’ was helping.

He had even subtly warned me about the dangers of the ‘Sky Dragon’.

And that gave me renewed confidence that my strategy was not wrong.

While I was distracted by the store, Dwindrog, the special forces members, and the military bought me some time.

Just as the city was about to be completely destroyed by the angry Sky Dragon’s magic, he managed to make the Sky Dragon tear the ticket at the last moment.

Moreover, luckily, the ticket he tore was the red ticket, which was the most difficult of the seven types of tickets. Even though it was expensive and therefore less common than the other tickets.

At the same time that he was being sent to the hunting grounds, I distributed red hunting ground tickets to my trusted members and moved with them.

It was a bit unsettling that the starting points of all hunting grounds were the same, but fortunately, the Sky Dragon seemed to be confused by the sudden spatial movement.

Besides, he was so focused on me that he didn’t notice the other members moving to different areas. It must have been because I had talked to him in the beginning and stirred his emotions.

After that, the fight continued.

Originally, I was going to buy more time by slowly buying time for my colleagues to hunt nearby [Mysteries] and farm modules and such. The modules dropped from the red hunting grounds would certainly be that powerful, and I calculated that I could use them to further strengthen my power.

However, what was unexpected was that the Sky Dragon was too strong even in its ‘weakened’ state.

Even though he must have lost a lot of strength after getting a heart injection, going on a rampage in the city, and leaving the otherworldly realm once again, he was still so strong that I couldn’t dare stand up to him properly.

The various spells he dropped scorched the surrounding area, and I couldn’t even last 30 minutes before I was on the verge of shaking hands with the Grim Reaper.

Perhaps in just a few more minutes, or even a few dozen seconds, it would have completely stopped.

On the other hand, the lucky part was that the nearby monsters were swept away by the magic fired by the Sky Dragon, and the members who moved together safely escaped the disaster.

Just before I died, Silence and the other members gathered a lot of the modules that the [Mysteries] dropped when they died after being caught up in magic. Then Silence, who had the ability to hide, approached my corpse(?) and inserted the modules.

“… … Really, I was lucky.”

If my modular socket HUB had been destroyed along with my body, or if my head had been shattered first, this plan would have failed.

This would have also failed if the dropped modules were in poor condition. Just imagining what would have happened if only a bunch of mystery modules of mediocre Lv. 3 or so had dropped makes my heart flutter.

Or maybe there wasn’t a [Mystery] nearby that could’ve made me spit out items, or on the contrary, if the local creatures were tough enough to withstand even the dragon’s magic, I wouldn’t have been able to get the module and would’ve failed again.

In the end, the saying ‘unchilgisam’ seemed to be correct.

I made a plan to somehow take it down, but it was like gambling and relying on luck, and in the process of making it successful, I had to rely on endless luck.

And yet… … .

I survived.

I survived and my plan was a success.

“Really… … What an unbelievable balance.”

I want to say a word to the writer who is watching me from somewhere.

Are you crazy enough to create a game with this kind of balance?

… … Well, since that gentleman was also involved, it doesn’t seem like there’s any point in looking into it. In the first place, the Sky Dragon was probably something that existed only ‘in the setting’. It’s definitely not something that was created to be caught.

By the time I had sorted out my thoughts, the module application was completely finished. Originally, it was extremely dangerous to continuously equip such powerful modules in a short period of time… … Well, given the circumstances, there was nothing I could do.

Fortunately, thanks to the hard work of the [Corpse Eater] module that had reached Lv. 6, I was able to equip the new modules without any problems.

but……

[Warning: The replacement rate has exceeded 70%.]

[In accordance with the New Valhalla City Adaptation Law, you are hereby deprived of your human rights and will not be permitted to accompany the New Valhalla City Defense Department at any time in the future… … .]

This is such a dog.

Because we were trying to fit in so many strong guys, the replacement rate easily exceeded 70%.

In exchange for great power, I became closer to a machine than a human, and my human rights were taken away. I’m a little worried about what will happen when I return home.

‘Should I just consider myself lucky that my personality hasn’t been destroyed yet?’

If I stay like this for too long, I’m sure some part of me as a human being will start to break down. In order to prevent that from happening, I have no choice but to end it quickly.

“Phew… … .”

I took a deep breath and raised my sword calmly.

Techblade Jin. Plasma type.

Although I got a lot of new powerful modules, including passive modules that increased recovery, endurance, reflexes, and energy output, as well as all kinds of active modules, nothing could match its attack power.

Above all, the power of the Tech Blade seemed to have increased as other modules supported it more stably.

The temperature and noise felt from the blade were even more threatening.

“Okay. Let’s finish this… … .”

This damn fight.