Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 40



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Kaaaaang-!

A loud cracking noise seemed to pierce through the speakers.

Orange sparks flew and bits of the Minotaur’s horn flew into the sky.

The little devil lowered his head at the last moment, then raised his horns to avoid Sega’s sharp blow and counterattack.

The giant horn, from which white flames were constantly flying, was a mass of enormous magical power, and was not easily cut down even by Sega’s sword.

‘What a waste.’

Sega, who landed behind the Minotaur, shook off his foolishness and turned around.

“Whoa!”

The enraged Minotaur swung his chains at Sega.

Fire, fire! Fire!

The chains were also sparkling with white electricity.

Sega blocked it by raising his sword.

Kaaaaang!

The end of the chain snapped with a loud bang, but one end of the chain spun around and hit Sega in the side, causing considerable pain.

[Remaining health: 83%]

Sega looked at the message that appeared before his eyes and shouted inwardly.

‘Just by brushing against something, you lose stamina this quickly?’

It seemed like it would be over if I got hit properly.

“Whoa!”

The Minotaur charged towards Sega, shouting his battle cry again.

Black magic burst out mixed with the shout, and Sega’s body froze for an instant.

“damage!”

At that moment, Lee Gyeom, standing at the edge of the abandoned factory, fired a submachine gun and a salt round.

Wedge! Wedge! Wedge!

The magic bullet, which was not strong enough to hit Ju Da-hyun, but was more powerful than a bullet, struck the Minotaur’s shoulder three times.

Boom! Boom!

The leather was torn and blood spurted out.

However, the giant’s hand ran towards Sega without any hesitation.

“No! Why aren’t you looking this way?”

Kyeom shouted in annoyance, and Iljinrim prepared a second blood flow bullet.

“No, I don’t know.”

A red ring circled around the index and middle fingers of her right hand.

“I’m done.”

Iljinrim’s innate blood type was a diffuse blood flow magic bullet.

Wedge!

The blood flow bullet that shot out while spinning struck the Minotaur’s right leg once again.

Pubber pubber pubber-!

At the moment of the hit, the blood ring transformed into dozens of long thorns, tearing and digging into the demon’s strong muscles.

However, even though he was directly hit by a blood-flowing magic bullet that could tear apart even a finger-thick iron plate, the demon’s charge did not stop.

“Whoa!”

The Minotaur slammed an iron pillar with white electrical sparks flying at Sega.

“shit!”

Sega reflexively jumped back and swung his sword to block the blow, but the Minotaur’s iron pillar was cut in half by the sword energy, sending Sega flying backwards.

bang!

[Remaining Stamina: 67%]

Even though I avoided the main attack, my remaining health gauge was greatly reduced.

Sega thought while rolling on the floor.

‘No. I don’t think it was this strong during the mock battle.’

* * *

Monitor room.

Inside the stadium, dozens of invisible cameras relayed the situation in real time on a large nine-segment monitor.

As teaching assistants grade dozens of assessment items in real time.

Leena sat on the large chair in the center and watched the performance evaluation of the 8th group.

Then, the youngest teaching assistant, who had been watching her for a while, approached her and bowed his head.

“Professor. No matter how I look at it, the situation is strange. That Minotaur is definitely not a D-class.”

The first generation of professors in Shinseoul were powerful enough to conduct diplomacy between countries on their own, and Lee Ina was one of the highest ranking professors among them.

“The situation is abnormally persistent in targeting students, and the supernatural powers they use are abnormally powerful. The performance evaluations must be stopped.”

The situation was so serious that a mere third-generation hunter, an assistant, was raising an objection to such an Ina.

“… … .”

Ina was silent for a moment, then opened her mouth.

“In what way did you feel it was a problem?”

The assistant answered, trembling.

“Student safety and equity.”

The Crimson Envoy raised the corners of his mouth as if he found it amusing.

“Safety and fairness.”

Her crimson eyes reflected the situation on the monitor, and Joo Da-hyun.

“Neither of these are virtues that are considered important in Shinseoul.”

“professor!”

“Let’s watch a little longer.”

“If it continues like this… … ?”

“It seems like the students are starting to come to their senses.”

* * *

“Whoa!”

There was a Minotaur on the road, Lee Gyeom was on the roof of the abandoned factory on the right, Iljinrim and Judahyun were behind the Minotaur, and Jeong Se-ga was standing in front of the Minotaur.

After the clash just now, Iljinrim fired several more blood flow bullets, and Leegyeom also attacked with a variety of weapons including a salt-coated bullet, a machine gun, and others, and Jeongse also successfully landed two powerful slashes targeting the shoulder and thigh.

But the giant bull-headed monster didn’t even flinch, and even showed the composure to stop the bleeding by cauterizing its own wounds with white electricity.

“Ugh, ugh. Wow, shit.”

“We’re all screwed.”

Lee Gyeom gasped for breath, and Iljinrim laughed brightly and spat out six characters.

“I don’t think we can go on like this. It’s so different from our first operation.”

Seon Sega shouted as he confronted the Minotaur.

The situation in which the demons attacked them first was unexpected, and the fact that the demons’ horns and weapons were able to block half of Sega’s sword energy was also abnormal.

Joo Da-hyun answered with a half-sad expression.

“So what do we do now?”

Due to the surge of magical power, she was unable to use the long-range attacks she had been proud of, the demons were stronger than expected, and Sega’s remaining health gauge was steadily decreasing.

It seemed like the whole world was out to get her.

“There’s a position that fits the final stage of the operation, right? Let’s change to that. I’ll stick with you as much as possible, so Jinrim and Gyeom, you two, support me appropriately.”

Joo Da-hyun’s face turned pale.

“Does that make sense? That was dangerous even when I was fine… .”

At that moment, Iljinrim cut off Joo Dahyun’s words while preparing the blood flow bullet.

“Okay, I got it.”

Sega smiled as if he was invincible and put his sword back into its scabbard.

He was slowly losing the magical power to maintain his sword, but he was not the main dealer right now.

Percussion!

He kicked the ground and charged towards the Minotaur.

Boohoo!

As the Minotaur swung the iron pillar with a great swing, Sega pushed the iron pillar outward as if striking a crow with the edge of his hand.

Thud!

Although his stamina gauge had dropped slightly, he boldly ignored it and used the martial arts he had learned from Kang Chae-seo.

Rebound jab.

Sega’s fist struck the Minotaur’s muscular body like the wind.

Boom! Boom!

With each explosion, the 3-meter-tall giant shook violently and the Minotaur was pushed back.

It was a speed and stability that could never be achieved with a sword technique that often produced cross-counter situations, aiming for a one-hit kill.

‘You did a good job learning. Thank you, Professor Kang Chae-seo.’

Of course, the power was incomparably inferior, but what was needed now was time.

“Good.”

Iljinrim smiled and fired blood flow bullets with both hands.

Bang! Bang!

The first piercing bullet fired tore through the Minotaur’s hide and lodged itself in his right thigh.

Cheeeeek!

Immediately after, a disintegrating magic bullet hit the spot.

The collapsing magic bullets emitted steam, sizzling the demon’s muscles and fat.

“Whoa!”

The Minotaur flinched and let out a painful cry.

At that time, Lee Gyeom aimed for the Minotaur’s eyes with a machine gun and prepared the telekinesis technique’s formless sword.

Doo doo doo doo doo-!

“How does it taste!”

The Minotaur raised its right arm to block the machine gun salvo, but it did not expect Lee Gyeom’s invisible sword to cut through the chains.

visor!

Lee Gyeom quickly ran over and grabbed the iron chain that was still glowing with white electric sparks.

“Ahhh!”

Even though he felt the pain of his palm burning, Lee Gyeom swung the chain and wrapped it around the Minotaur’s right arm.

“Sega!”

“know!”

The Minotaur tried to swing his iron pole, and Sega gasped and threw a mad jab at the rebound.

‘You can’t stop for even a second.’

Boom! Boom!

Every time the fist and the demon’s hide collided, there was a bomb-like sound, and the giant demon’s hand swayed.

‘continue!’

Masoo swung his hands in an attempt to regain his balance, seemingly annoyed, but the rebound jab was a technique that could be used to check an opponent stronger than himself.

At that moment, Iljinrim fired the third blood flow bullet.

“Just, die.”

Diffuse once again.

Pubber pubber pubber-!

Dozens of blood thorns spurted out, tearing at the Minotaur’s tattered right thigh.

“Whoa!”

In an instant, the demon lost his balance and fell to his knees on the ground.

thud!

In Sega’s blue eyes, a bright red light shone like a meteor.

‘Okay. Second chance.’

His hand slid down to the sword at his waist.

‘I’m finishing it this time.’

Even before the sword was fully drawn, the part that came out of the scabbard was covered with sword energy.

It was thanks to the high magical power receptivity of the Dragon Bone & Turtle Shell Blade that Geum Eun-yo gave me.

‘Thank you. It’s gold and silver.’

A moment of refreshing clarity once again.

The Minotaur let out a battle cry.

“Whoaaaaaaa-!”

bang!

A spherical black magic force, thick enough to be clearly visible, emanated from the Minotaur.

‘It’s done.’

The ball flew like a kicked ball and crashed into a building at the end of the road.

Thud!

The sword that had been holding the demon’s right arm with a chain flew towards the wall of the abandoned factory.

“Kuaaaahhhh-!”

The Minotaur rose up with a mad roar.

The bastard looked at the fallen Sega as if possessed, but soon frowned harshly and turned his head away, looking at Iljinrim who had fatally wounded him.

“Whoaaaaaaa-!”

And then he ran towards Iljinrim and Judahyun, swinging an iron pole with white electric sparks burning on it.

* * *

‘I should have stopped you earlier. Those Shinseoul guys are all crazy!’

Inspector General Kyeong Cha-gyeong of the Portrait Management Department revealed himself and tried to run toward the scene.

I know how obsessed students at Shinsoul are with their grades, so I’ve watched them in a variety of situations, but this time it really wasn’t the case.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The giant Minotaur charged faster than he thought and attacked Iljinrim and Judahyun.

In front of the 3m-tall demon, the two female students felt as if they would be crushed into pieces of meat at any moment.

Shinseoul’s training uniform wasn’t invincible either.

‘No. It’s too late.’

At that moment, a completely unexpected sight caught my eye.

‘uh?’

The girl who had been doing nothing since a while ago and just covering herself with a blanket stepped forward.

Swish.

Joo Da-hyun looked straight ahead with tearful eyes.

The moment I heard the words “magic storm,” I thought about giving up everything.

‘My life is over.’

Born as the daughter of a wealthy family, she was a winner in life from birth.

Ten million refugees in the metropolitan area who lost their real estate during the reconstruction of New Seoul due to the machinations of construction conglomerates, the price of Maseok that has been fixed for years due to secret agreements between Maseok conglomerates, large guilds, and the Portrait Management Department, and even collusion and discord occurring in various parts of society.

It was a world filled with countless absurdities, but none of them were hers.

But today, when fame has disappeared like a lie, wealth has been torn to pieces, and even military power has been scattered in vain, Joo Da-hyun has come to clearly understand what kind of place this world is.

‘I can’t stand it.’

But the situation was changing again right in front of me.

He smiled confidently as if all these misfortunes were nothing, and showed the smile of someone who only had victory left to do.

That was something she had once too.

The departing lights, the cold gaze, the darkened room, the absurdities that were not her lot come to mind.

‘Because I promised to protect you.’

Looking at Sega’s proud smile.

If you look at the old Joo Da-hyun, she looks like herself.

‘… … Yes, Sega, please continue to be like that.’

I think so.

“Whoaaahhh-!”

The little devil ran and struck the iron pillar.

bang!

A terrible explosion rang out.

And Joo Da-hyun and Il Jin-rim were just standing there.

“Okay, that’s it.”

Iljinrim looked back and forth between Joo Dahyun and Minotaur, sweat dripping down his face.

Crackle, crackle!

“Gunman! You don’t trust me, do you?”

Joo Da-hyun gritted her teeth and threw off the blanket she was covering herself with.

Her partially dyed crimson hair flowed down, her eyes, as if she had just cried, had a hazy light, and her two delicate hands stretched out in front of her.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Minotaur swung the iron pole repeatedly, looking puzzled as if he had no idea what was happening, but none of them touched the bodies of the two female students.

A transparent spherical shield blinked as if distorting space, enveloping the two without any gaps.

Higher level telekinesis technique, defensive field.

“Attack is impossible, but defense is possible!”

Joo Da-hyun’s confident smile filled the entire screen looking at Group 8.

She shouted as she looked at the fallen statue.

“Sega! Get up quickly and kill this little bastard!”

At the call of the magic stone tycoon who had lost much, a novice hunter with nothing stood up.

For performance evaluation scores.

To remain in Shinseoul.

To get ahead.

“Yeah. We have to kill him.”