Chapter 47 – 16. The Curse (4)
The student hall glows softly in purple.
There must be someone who cursed me intentionally or unintentionally in the magic club on the top floor.
The time is midnight.
Originally, it was a time when no one was there, but the guards patrolling were nowhere to be seen, perhaps because of the secret magic barrier that encompasses the building and square.
The only people here are the culprit in the building, me in the square, and Iris, Ireina, and Number 1 on the clock tower.
I passed through the hemispherical black barrier covering the Student Union Building. Then, as the reluctance felt subconsciously disappeared, the presence of the building became more distinct.
I take one step towards the front door.
I look calm as I climb the stairs, but a storm is brewing inside me.
Fear? Tension? It’s not like that.
The emotion that dominates me is anger.
How dare you try to harm me or my possession, wisdom. If my guess was correct, that cub tried to NTR for her.
Wisdom is my masterpiece, to which I have worked hard for several years and which is now nearing completion. If the curse had gone to Ji-hye as normal, just imagining what would have happened if I didn’t know this makes me dizzy.
Of course, even if that happens, the problem seems to be solved somehow. The eavesdropping magic of the necklace Jihye always wears and the hidden camera installed in her room will inform me of the abnormality, and with the help of Iris or Soniel, I wonder if it is possible to curse it.
But her spirit is mine alone. I was feeling unbearable anger at the fact that my work had been briefly contaminated with the impurities of the curse.
[Heaven] The desire for exclusiveness of the attribute was fueling my fire.
Even if it was only an attempt, I can’t forgive the NTR I suffered.
Therefore, I will make him pay.
In fact, it is right to report this site. Then competent guards will arrest him and bring him to justice. If you ask the princess, Soniel, you will be able to bring out the middle brother regardless of his family or background.
But I won’t. The reason for this is Iris’s test, but more than anything else, I don’t want to entrust my revenge to others.
When you reach the top of the stairs, you see a glass front door not far away. It’s close to midnight, so the door is probably locked. I don’t know how the culprit got inside, but breaking in isn’t a big deal to me either.
It was thanks to the golden key Soniel gave him. She serves as the academy’s board member, and her gift is a magical tool that allows her access to all academy buildings as well as her abode.
But before we go in, there are things we need to do first.
I scanned the building with my Cheonan. Things that were not visible from the top of the clock tower begin to come into view.
Dolls wandering around on the top floor of the building, and purple gas slowly descending down the stairs.
What is that? Considering that the culprit has the [Poison] Attribute, is it poison gas?
Iris’s test is to “Enter through the front door of the building, climb to the top floor, or subdue the culprit.”
I don’t mean to break the rules, but there’s no need to give him an advantage.
Woo woo woo
I contained my inner rage and expressed my sky blue mana.
* * *
When the [Poison] Attribute permeates, it becomes poison.
From bodily fluids such as saliva, blood, and sweat to air and mana, the surroundings are overflowing with materials that can be used as weapons.
On the stairway one floor below the top floor, Jamie Kurreal began to release gas inside his body.
Shaaaaa…
Poisonous gas that looks dangerous to anyone sees it slowly spreads down.
It’s not that lethal because it was released in a hurry. At best, a level of neurotoxin that briefly causes dizziness, drowsiness, and loss of concentration.
‘But this is enough against a wizard.’
Jamie knew in advance that Jung Ji-hoo was a wizard. This is because she investigated all the factors that interfered with the plan to capture Jeon Ji-hye or kidnap her.
He had to be included in that range.
After stop. 20 years old. Summoner. [Heaven] Attribute. Best Freshman in Practical Performance in the Academy Admissions Test. Compared to his peers, his skills are very good.
As a special feature, ‘overpowered Kyle Byers graduate in a duel’.
Jamie hadn’t watched the duel at the time, but she mobilized all of the Count’s extensive personal connections to find out what had happened.
She tricks her opponent with swordsmanship, then wins with wide-range magic. She overwhelms academy graduates with prospective entrants.
After thoroughly examining all the contents, he judged that there was no problem.
Skills that surpass your seniors? Kyle is almost the weakest of the graduates, and he himself is one of the best students in the third year.
Mighty storm magic? Since this is not outside, but inside the building, the mana-reinforced pillars will hinder the progress of the massive magic.
The scales of victory are already tilted in their favor.
A strange sound is heard in Jamie’s ears as she rolls her head while continuously spewing poison gas.
Pieeing… Shuwook—-!
‘This······!’
As soon as he realized his identity, he hurriedly escaped,
Wow Jang Chang-!!!
A sharp spear made of mana is embedded in the spot where he stood just before.
The sound didn’t stop at once.
Clinking… Clink! Clinking…!
Some far away, some right next door.
The spear of light blue mana shatters glass one by one and pierces the wall with cracks before disappearing. That number is all the windows of the student union building.
An attack after a standstill removed all windows from the building.
‘This······.’
It was cold. Jamie was standing at the window of the stairwell and almost punctured her stomach. At the moment, she salivates at the tension that her life is in danger.
I feel purple gas leaking out through the hole in the glass. This is not good. When the poison goes out and the air comes in, the concentration of the poison drops. This fatally lowers his attack power.
He cleared his mind and thought. It’s still fine. There’s no way he knew of the existence of the poison gas in advance, so the indiscriminate attack is proof that he doesn’t know where he is now.
The guy must have consumed a lot of mana with this attack. On the other hand, he knows the guy’s location thanks to the shamanic barrier.
The tilt of the scale remains the same.
Jung Ji-hoo passes through the front door and climbs the stairs slowly. It’s really pity for the slow movement that guards the surroundings. He wouldn’t know that Jamie Cursreal was an enemy, so the superiority of information was also overwhelming.
Jaime always took out the family shamans he had and activated them.
[Poison Spell ㅡ Explosive Food God]
Three purple slimes the size of adults appeared. A shikigami for personal attacks that was successfully remodeled after the Cursreal family sacrificed wild slime.
Three magic weapons descend the stairs.
He synchronized his food and vision. I see corridors and stairs wrapped in pitch black.
Eventually, the shikigami that went ahead captured Jeong Ji-hoo’s sky-blue aura–
She immediately lunges at him.
Jeong Ji-hoo’s eyes, facing the purple monster, were serenity itself.
A small but menacing whirlwind rushed at it, and the slime burst into shamelessness.
Sprinkling poison everywhere.
Chi profit·······.
The toxic liquid that permeated through the walls and floors as it melted, Jung Ji-hoo blocked it with a mana barrier.
“Kant Voica. Ah.”
Then, suddenly, a voice is heard from above. Perhaps the conversation handed over to Jung Ji-hoo on the top floor of the building.
“After stopping. Can you hear me?”
“······.”
It is impossible to deduce the owner of the magically altered voice. A low, mechanical sound reverberates through the corridors and stairwells.
“If you don’t want the poison to melt your bones, give up and surrender. Right now you can’t defeat me. If you get down on your knees right now and assume a defeat posture, I’ll honor your efforts and give you a special euthanasia.”
“······.”
Jeong Ji-hoo, not paying attention at all, threw the spear of mana at another slime.
Bang!
With the second explosion, purple liquid is scattered in all directions, but it is too far away to reach him.
However, Jung Ji-hoo activated the mana barrier again. Immediately after, a very small sound is heard.
Pick.
Thin needles so thin you can’t even see them are embedded in the light blue walls.
‘Tsk…’
It was a secret surprise attack while stealing his hearing with a conciliatory voice and his visual attention with a dazzling explosion.
How the hell did you notice?
He seems to have a very keen sense of battle.
He thought as he ordered the third and final slime to charge.
He said he hadn’t run out of stock yet.
The scales of victory remain the same.
Looking ahead, the sky-blue magic power of Jijihu began to take on a long shape. It will probably be a window as before.
Jaime thought as he ordered the last remaining shikigami to self-destruct.
‘I won.’
The third slime exploded on its own before it got close enough to it. The poison droplets are pointless attacks because they don’t reach him.
But,
Breaking through the curtain of purple liquid that obscures the view,
At a speed far faster than that of the slime, Jamie Cursreal rushed at Jeong Ji-hoo.
‘I won!’
The voice heard from the top floor is a pre-recorded trick.
In fact, Jamie was hiding inside her last food body.
He killed the two slimes so easily that he was caught off guard and allowed his approach.
‘The mana window is straight, so it’s easy to avoid.’
In the brief interval between the sudden attack and the creature writhing around and implementing the next spell, one’s own claws would be driven into the nape of his neck.
Wizards must avoid close combat.
Jeong Ji-hoo is also good at swordsmanship, but he doesn’t have a sword in his hand right now.
Jamie runs at her full speed towards Hu Hu. Confident of her own victory.
But she never had a spear fly at him.
The shape of the long mana became a sword,
‘Damn it…!’
After stopping, the blue sword in his right hand was swung at Jamie.
When the sword of mana and the poisoned nails met in the middle,
A little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of
With a sound effect that was one-sided rather than equal, the tips of the fingers flew in the air while flowing purple blood.
“Keep it off!!!”
Jeong Ji-hoo, who had no intention of waiting for Jamie who shuddered in pain, threw her knife in a natural linking motion.
Uh?
The pain has stopped
Not only her fingers, she can’t feel the sensation down her neck.
After the whirling vision and the dizziness of the cochlea, his consciousness went dark.
“Heh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh eaek…”
Jamie threw his hands on the floor and vomited. The steak I ate for dinner mixed with the gastric juices and vomited out of my mouth in the form of brown porridge.
It’s not familiar.
The feeling of vomiting as if to empty the stomach,
The sharp pain of cutting your finger,
The sense of collapse from blood rushing out of the amputation,
A terrible experience of losing one’s life by being blown off the neck.
‘That monster bastard…!!’
His own plan was intelligent. Not bad for what he came up with in a short amount of time.
To cheat, to cheat, to cheat again and again.
However, Jung Ji-hoo ruined everything.
Poison gas, food souls, poison needles, and even the final surprise attack.
As if you could read your own mind.
If it wasn’t for the doppelganger puppet made by magic that was inside the slime, he would have lost his life as it was.
‘Turn off… It’s okay, it’s okay There is still one more left…’
The puppet looks just like the caster. That’s why Jeong Ji-hoo now knows that he is the culprit.
He will immediately come up to the top floor where the sorcery club is located.
But he is not there himself.
Last trick.
The moment he enters the room, all sorts of curses and poisons will rampage as the pre-set traps run rampant.
I don’t know what will happen after the stop. A few minutes ago I would have been sure of his death, but now I’m not so sure.
‘No matter what happens, I have to run away while that bastard suffers…’
Currently, Jamie is in a situation where she cannot properly control her body due to the recoil of the puppet alcohol disappearance. The place where he hides is the club warehouse one floor below the top floor. It is a place that is not well known unless you are a club executive.
He rummaged through his pocket and pulled out an amulet.
[Tree magic ㅡ paper shikigami]
The shikigami created by her fiancée are contained here.
A paper crane stole Jeon Ji-hye’s pencil case and moved him to the student union building.
Jamie plans to ride it and run home.
Upon arrival, I will return to the family manor with her fiancée.
His father will take care of the rest.
‘I can’t end it like this…’
The desire only faded away for a while, but did not disappear.
If your father steps in…
Pooh-
“······ Ha. Haha, coop, kuluk kuluk······.”
“Did you think I wouldn’t know if you hid there?”
“Damn it…”
Looking down at the azure spear that pierced the wall and his stomach at once, Jamie lost her consciousness.
