Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 39



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The weekend passed like the wind.

It was the third Monday in New Seoul, and it was the day of the performance evaluation for Class 1.

“Ah. I’m really nervous.”

“I thought I was shaking all the time during the mock match, but I think I’m going crazy.”

“Can we do it? Not a beast or alien with low intelligence, but a humanoid demon known for being vulgar and cruel.”

The students in Class 1 all had faces frozen with excitement and fear.

I stood in front of the Golem Building Dome Gymnasium where the students held their mock match.

“Coming.”

A student pointed toward the school gate of Shinseoul.

Booooooooo!

Dozens of large trucks lined up along the road between the lawns.

Each one was as heavy as a cash transport vehicle or an armored car, with thick steel plates covering the exterior walls, and it rattled from time to time.

One wall of the dome-shaped gymnasium opened, dozens of trucks filed in, and a hunter emerged from the passenger seat of the last truck, accompanied by a man in a suit.

As soon as Hunter saw Ina’s assistant, he ran to her with a smile and hugged her tightly, and the assistant was also happy to see an old friend.

The two followed the trucks into the gym, each carrying a checklist, and came out together a short while later.

As if there were no problems, both the assistant and the hunter were smiling brightly.

Dozens of trucks rolled out again, and the students gulped.

“just now…….”

“Yeah. It must have been the Minotaur.”

“I’m meeting a real, real living demon.”

“Guys. I loved you!”

Voices were heard everywhere, trying to dispel the anxiety.

“Everyone. Let’s go in!”

Ina’s assistants opened the gym doors on both sides.

Students walked into the gym in two lines.

One of the girls had a thick blanket wrapped around her shoulders and was shaking like an aspen tree.

Chuck. Chuck. Chuck. Chuck.

As the powerful sound of footsteps like combat boots echoed through the hallway, she stumbled backwards as if she were about to collapse.

“Oh, what is it?”

“Hurry up and go, ugh!”

The students, as they were venting their complaints, took a deep breath when they saw her face.

Joo Da-hyun’s eyes were unfocused, and the veins around her small face were eerie.

“Joo, Joo Da-hyun?”

“What’s wrong with your condition? Your eyes are completely gone.”

“Haven’t you heard? On Friday, during the venom class, I overdid it and got smoked while trying to modify a potion, and now I hear you can’t even shoot a psychic magic bullet?”

“Isn’t the 8th group doomed? No matter what the situation is, you can’t control it alone, right?”

“That’s right. They’ve only practiced the regular method up until now.”

“Actually, it was going to happen sometime. Joo Da-hyun was already on the verge of losing her mind. If it weren’t for the Ma Seok conglomerate, she would have packed her bags last Wednesday.”

The murmur of voices quickly spread, and looks of pity and ridicule poured out toward the members of Group 8.

“The current situation is pitiful.”

“Iljinrim, you should get scolded this time. I don’t like the way you hang out with your gang in the dormitory lobby all the time.”

“Lee Gyeom, this guy is already a private who has lost his country.”

The students passed through several thick walls and headed toward the large auditorium they had entered last time.

The Red Envoy, Leena, stood on the podium with several faculty members, including the head assistant.

She, with her rich crimson hair tied into pigtails, was wearing a tight-fitting suit again today and began her explanation in an inhumanly cold voice.

“Please come to the front, receive the documents, sign them, and submit them. Male students who have filled out the documents should go to the locker room on the right, and female students should go to the locker room on the left to change into the special artifact training uniforms.”

The senior assistant distributed papers and pens.

It was the infamous body waiver that guaranteed Shinseoul that no one would be held responsible for anything that happened during training.

It was a contract that could have been problematic even for adults, but the staff member of the Korean Hunter Association who accompanied them did not raise any issues.

Those were the times.

The students hesitated one by one, but soon received the documents with their eyes shining with determination.

It was the same for everyone, they had come too far to turn back.

The students changed into their training uniforms and gathered.

In their hands, they held weapons worth millions or billions of won, bought at the store, and in their waist bags were potions and various bombs.

Ina introduced the three people to them.

“The Inspector General of the Portrait Management Department, a new hunter from the Shin Seoul Comprehensive Hunting Foundation, and a hunter from the Korea Hunter Association will be the on-site supervisors, so please give them a round of applause.”

And before the clapping had even stopped, he said:

“Then, we will start the performance evaluation from Group 1.”

* * *

The Golem Building Gymnasium contained a large golem beast’s magic stone as its core, so in essence, the entire building was no different from a living S-class golem.

Of course, humans analyzed the golem with supernatural engineering and then connected all of its magical nerves to computer sensors to enslave it, so it was worth considering who the truly terrifying thing could be.

Ddddddd!

The floor of the wide hall cracked and rose, taking the form of a ruined city.

A high, virtually indestructible wall rose around the perimeter.

The white ceiling rippled and turned into a red sky.

It was the facility of the Golem Building gymnasium, the pride of Shin Seoul.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

As the real Minotaur, released from anesthesia, walked around and shook the ground on the large screen in the auditorium, Group 1 caught their breath and strengthened their resolve until the end.

“Let’s do it till the end.”

“Go for it!”

It was like a scene from a youth drama, but there was no audience.

Each group dispersed to a conference room next to the main auditorium, checked their strategies and equipment until the end, and wrote their own drama.

“You have to come in at this time.”

“If it doesn’t seem to work, just pour all your magic into it and request a retreat.”

There was even a student who went to see Ina and cried and begged for help because he accidentally missed reporting an artifact until the end.

[We will begin the performance evaluation.]

[1. Please enter the testing room.]

A dull mechanical sound announced a cruel fate, and the staircase opened with a puff of white steam.

“let’s go.”

Some people bowed their heads, while others faced their fate with their heads held high.

So the students in Class 1 started their performance evaluation.

[… Joe success.]

[… Request for early withdrawal.]

[…article …….]

[Article 7. Please enter the examination room.]

The test went faster than the students expected.

Everyone had their own strategy, and the success or failure of the hunt was determined in a single moment.

If the operation works, it is a clean success, if it doesn’t work, it is a miserable failure.

The hard work of the past two weeks has proven itself in a simple result in just a few minutes.

“Miss Ju Da-hyun. Don’t be nervous. You can do it. You can do it. Don’t you have the skills?”

“Shut up. You’re the one shaking the most, aren’t you?”

Sega’s Group 8 also planned the operation until the very end.

Kang Joo-hyuk was sitting in the conference room across from him, taking up an entire long sofa.

He rested with his eyes half-open like a sleepy detective, and was assisted by his factions.

Group 4 just had their performance evaluation, and of course the hunt was a success.

[Article 8. Please enter the examination room.]

The mechanical sound announced the fate.

The members of Group 8 left the conference room and went to the stairs, and the students of Class 1 watched them and whispered to each other.

“It seems like Joo Da-hyun’s condition is still not good.”

“Does Jeongse plan to just do a one-man show?”

“A bunch. Minotaur can instantly figure out a weak opponent. Even in the mock battle, Jeong Se-ga was able to fight, but he couldn’t stop it. If Joo Da-hyun is a burden, he’ll lose 100%.”

Kang Joo-hyuk’s faction said as they watched Group 8 descend the stairs.

“Joo-hyuk. I think the 8th group performance evaluation will start now… … .”

“Aren’t you concerned about the situation? Should I put it on the screen?”

Kang Joo-hyuk slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Jeong Se-ga’s back, and shook his head.

“No. I don’t need it.”

* * *

‘I don’t want to make excuses that I failed because I met the wrong team members. I want to protect our team and raise my reputation. Let’s just do what we practiced over the weekend.’

Sega took a deep breath and went down the stairs.

Maybe it was because I drank the cat potion that Joo Da-hyun made for me, but I wasn’t as scared as I thought.

The cityscape that I had seen during the mock battle came into view like an apocalyptic turn of the century.

Under the red sky, the road was lined with scrap cars, and a dreary wind blew across the abandoned factories and villas with broken windows. The stairs they had come down were slowly being folded up again.

The inspector of the Portrait Management Department in charge of on-site management waved his hand from a platform on one of the ceilings, and his figure immediately blended into the space and disappeared from sight.

Ina’s voice came from an invisible speaker.

[We will now begin the performance evaluation of Group 8.]

[The grading criteria are the success or failure of the hunt, stability, proficiency in portrait abilities, cost, etc.]

[The moment a member’s remaining stamina gauge reaches 0, he or she will be disqualified.]

Finally, cautionary notes were given.

[I wish you good luck.]

Performance evaluation has begun.

“I’ll start exploring first.”

Lee Gyeom quickly stepped forward and jumped onto the roof of the abandoned factory right in front of him.

Even as tactics change, the beginning of the hunt is exploration.

“Please.”

Sega nodded, and Leegyeom quickly climbed up to the top of the chimney of the abandoned factory.

“Okay, shall we go?”

Iljinrim stood close to Joo Dahyun, holding a submachine gun in his left hand and a penetrating blood flow bullet in his right hand.

Joo Da-hyun was still mumbling something, looking at the floor with the blanket around her shoulders.

“Okay. Let’s go.”

Sega took about twenty steps forward from Iljinrim and Judahyun, and moved around cautiously with his sword drawn.

[No target outside the abandoned factory.]

Lee Gyeom’s voice was heard over the walkie-talkie.

[There is no target in the villa village parking lot either.]

[There’s no target even in the commercial parking lot… … What the heck? The situation! Be careful!]

Lee Gyeom, who had been reporting calmly, suddenly started swearing into the radio.

Joo Da-hyun, who had earphones in her ears, frowned, and Sega turned his head around in confusion.

bang!

The next moment, the Minotaur burst through the wall of the abandoned factory.

“Whoaaaaaaa-!”

A battle cry filled with magical power rang out loud, further shaking Joo Da-hyun’s already fragile spirit.

Jeong Se-ga looked up at the Minotaur, feeling his muscles freeze.

‘This is a real devil.’

It was nearly 3.3m tall, had dark blue fur with white electricity running through it, and its muscles bulged like ropes.

Its hooves were like steel boots, its snout breathed hot as flame, and its head, resembling that of an ox, had a pair of curved horns rising like a crown.

In one hand he held a thick iron chain, and in the other he held an iron pole that appeared to be a piece of a streetlight.

bang!

A giant minotaur charged towards Sega, kicking the ground like a bullet.

“Bow down!”

Iljinrim panicked and fired his machine gun.

Doo doo doo doo-!

The bullet did not penetrate the Minotaur’s hide properly and only caused a small amount of bleeding, but it succeeded in diverting its attention.

“Hold on a little longer!”

Lee Gyeom also joined the battlefield, running madly across the roof of the abandoned factory.

Sega calmly ran his body sideways and wrapped his sword around his straight sword.

Hurrruk!

A blade of pure blue magic wrapped around an ultra-expensive weapon.

‘A preemptive strike? This has never happened before in mock battles.’

A question arose, but I gritted my teeth and shook it off.

Now was the time for action, not thought.

“It’s better now. Jinrim! Legs!”

I had already had a real fight with Iljinrim.

The sharpshooter wearing sunglasses immediately understood what he meant.

“check.”

With his index and middle fingers pointed forward, he slightly twisted his wrist and fired the penetrating blood flow bullet he had cast on his right hand.

Pfft!

The sharp blood flow bullet neatly embedded itself into the Minotaur’s thick leg, and the giant’s body froze for a moment.

‘Now is the time. I’m going to finish it in one go just like I learned it!’

Sega amplified his bioelectricity to send his body flying, while also instantly raising his sword energy.

Saaaaaaaah-!

A bright blue line shot out, aiming for the Minotaur’s thick neck.