Became a Dark Merchant in the Academy - Chapter 186



185 – Guild Internship_16

Although it can vary from person to person, approximately 70 percent of all sensory receptors in the human body are located in the eyes.

Therefore, there is no disagreement that for most people, sight is the most important of the five senses.

And that certainly applies to those with mana abilities as well.

Even if the people of this world were able to control mana, a power that did not originally exist in this world, through the great upheaval 100 years ago, and that they could overcome the limitations of their species based on it, that mana is like the radiation that is good for the body in the movies, so unless they have modified their genes, their bodies are ultimately no different from those of humans in the Neolithic Age hundreds of thousands of years ago.

That means that their reactions are similar.

But how would a person react if their most important sense was suddenly blocked?

The correct answer was surprise and cringe.

This is because most people’s survival instincts are triggered when an emergency situation changes and they try to protect themselves.

And the same goes for Yoo Chae-ah.

She has powers above Class A, and in fact, her title as the secretary of the guild leader of the Myth Guild is just a title, and her name is Astra Number 11.

It was impossible to surpass human instincts unless one was at least S-class.

“what…”

As the light shone through, Yuchae Ah’s body unconsciously shrank into a defensive posture.

“..You’re using a lot of medicine. I don’t know how you put out the fire, but it’s just─”

But that was only for a moment. Before the lights went out, he seemed to not have forgotten that I had moved while releasing the mana seal, and he drew in mana to strengthen his body and rushed at the same time.

‘Not bad.’

The time it took for the lights to go out, for them to be startled, to react, and to run towards me was roughly 5 seconds.

If it was an ordinary mana ability user, they would have been flustered, but as expected from Astra’s Numbers, the response was good.

But she couldn’t catch me.

Even though I was able to react quickly because I had experience and training, I didn’t know that darkness without a trace of light was coming and prepared for it, nor did I have any special abilities related to it, so there was no way my eyes could adjust that quickly.

On the other hand, I had been preparing for this from the beginning, so it was a natural result.

A hand that barely brushes away the body as it skims the air.

I immediately grabbed the wrist of the hand that was floating in the air, having lost its aim.

“what!?”

Yoo Chae-ah was surprised, but I didn’t stop there.

He immediately covered her mouth with his other hand and pushed her down, taking her into a mounted position.

“$#%#$”

Then fierce resistance erupted.

Yuchae Ah drew up her mana and attacked with her remaining arm.

But that wasn’t a problem either.

The reason I turned off the lights and did this wasn’t because I was weaker than her and was using tricks.

And I wanted to finish the work quickly.

It was just something I did out of consideration for the unexpected, namely, Cheon-Gyeon and Cheon-Eum, Astra’s information officers.

Of course, I knew I could use this ability nullification, but doing so could result in the nullification of one of my trump cards, so I just did it out of caution.

I was careful last time too, but this happened. If you’re not careful, it could get annoying.

‘It’s not time yet.’

I used my knees to block her attacks, and then I subdued her remaining arm as well.

The time from blackout to here was about 8 seconds.

It was literally in the blink of an eye.

Now all we have to do is make her our subordinate.

Manipulating what happened here.

And it was a matter of deceiving the enemies.

[Sarah.]

At my call, Sarah emerged from the darkness.

Then he bit Yu Chae-ah’s neck.

“$#%#%#$%!@@”

It was Yuchae who was struggling to get out of this situation by drawing mana from it and twisting her body and swinging her legs here and there.

A being that was not even S-class, but barely above or at the top of A-class, had no chance of escaping from me and Sarah.

Blood is slowly sucked out, and blood is slowly injected.

And slowly the rebellion began to weaken.

The twisting body stopped and the legs were completely attached to the ground.

It took 3 minutes like that.

It was a moderate amount of time, neither too long nor too short.

**

“It’s petty.”

The narrow, closed room was lit again.

Yoo Chae-ah looked down at me, sitting on a chair with my hands clenched in a mess, and muttered her prescribed lines.

“I don’t know how you put out the fire, but that must have been your last chance. Why did you attack me instead of running away?”

“…”

“Do I always smile, so I look easygoing?”

“…”

“You’re not going to answer, are you? Okay, I guess it’s a good thing.”

By the way, she was a girl who was really bad at acting.

Even if that’s the case, you should manage your facial expressions better.

No matter how unfair and unreasonable it may be, that kind of expression could be seen from the eyes of a thousand eyes and a thousand ears.

If that happens, it might be a little suspicious.

It needed to be corrected before the efforts I had made earlier became meaningless nonsense.

[Sarah.]

[Okay. I’ll tell you to do it properly.]

“!!!”

When I gave Sarah an order, Yuchae-ah shivered for a moment.

The expression on his face immediately changed.

It was really annoying.

‘It’s annoying to do this every time, so I guess I’ll just have to deal with Cheon-Gyeon and Cheon-Eum.’

Astra was a dot organization, so it was structured so that contact was made from higher-ups only when necessary.

That’s why, even though I had Hozumi Rei’s memories, it was very difficult to find them.

“More than that, you said earlier that the person at the top of the guild leader’s head wouldn’t listen to the guild leader, right? That’s right. The reason intern Lee Seong-hyeon was kidnapped like this is for another reason.”

“…An…other reason?”

“Oh, are you curious about that?”

“…”

“Anyway, you only answer what you want to answer.”

Yuchae Ah sighed softly.

“Well, I won’t tell you even if you answer. Even so, it’s fun when there’s tiki-taka. Now, the fun’s all ruined. How are you going to take responsibility? How are you going to take responsibility?”

It also lightly hit my cheek for a moment.

I have consistently remained silent.

Because I decided that this was the more appropriate action for the situation rather than talking nonsense.

“Ha, that’s not fun.”

In the end, Yoo Chae-ah shook her head as if it was trivial.

“If I keep doing this, I’ll sound like a crazy b*tch talking to myself.”

“You… b*tch.”

“Please react only when it happens like this. I’m so sad.”

“…”

“There’s nothing we can do. It’s something we’ll reveal later, but since there’s been no response, we have no choice but to take special measures.”

Yoo Chae-ah chuckled as if she had just had a funny idea.

“I know why you would take such a stance. You don’t seem to have any killing intent towards me, so you probably think that if you stall for time, someone will definitely come to your rescue. That’s understandable, since you’re quite famous and your interpersonal relationships are not bad, so if you disappeared, they would definitely investigate and a rescue team would come, of course.”

Then he shook his head.

“But there’s no chance of rescue. Of course, an investigation will begin, the case will be dug up, and a rescue team will be formed.”

Yuchae Ah took a few steps back and then opened the closed door.

Then, countless containers stacked one on top of the other came into view.

“Because you won’t be in South Korea then.”

Soon, the salty wind filled my mouth again.

“This is Busan.”

**

The petty play is over.

Yuchae-ah saw me being loaded onto the boat and left.

That was the same as saying that the heavenly sight and the heavenly sound had disappeared.

Of course, it might not have disappeared yet and might still be observing me, but that was okay.

There was a way to get free without using any force.

“are you okay?”

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The door opened and a familiar man appeared.

It was Ahn Seok-jun.

He looked around nervously and slowly approached me.

“Are you hurt anywhere? I heard a loud crash somewhere earlier.”

“It’s okay. More importantly, the seal…”

“Oh, that’s right. I’ll let you go right away.”

Then he released the mana seals on my wrists and ankles.

“I thought that Team Leader Chae really requested the kidnapping, just like you said…”

Seokjun Ahn muttered weakly.

It was understandable. After the car accident, I subdued the kidnappers who showed up, heard the story, and before the play could begin, I saw the future and told him what had happened, and he seemed to be having a hard time believing it had come true.

‘But I can’t deny it.’

I’ve set it up so that I can hear the conversation from the container next door.

So, it was clear that he could not deny it, even though it was an euphemism because it was difficult to explain the circumstances.

“I couldn’t believe it either. It’s true.”

“B… By the way, why did you get involved in something so dangerous? You could have just ignored it and run away. Do you realize that if I hadn’t helped you, you would have been in real danger?”

“Just because they avoided a kidnapping attempt targeting a specific person once, do you think they’ll back off and say they can’t do it?”

“That may be true, but that doesn’t mean that they won’t chase you once you’ve been kidnapped and then released. If they know you’ve run away, they’ll chase you even more persistently so that what you did won’t be known to the world.”

“I know. I know.”

“Then why…”

An Seok-jun looked puzzled.

“Well, I think we need to get out of here first.”

But there was no time to answer.

-!

Little by little, the sound of footsteps came closer, and soon a light flashed through the open container door.