Chapter 871 – 871. Hero Academy (6)
While exploring the dungeon, I came across a large hall by chance.
And as soon as she arrived at the hall, a female colleague who was walking next to her asked Seong Soo-ah a question.
“Do you think it needs to be repaired soon?”
“…”
About 10 hours had passed since the search party led by Sung Soo-ah entered the dungeon.
Like other dungeons, the current dungeon Sung Soo-ah entered was full of demons.
Because of demons, one hour in a dungeon quickly accumulates fatigue, comparable to 10 hours in real life.
After stopping, Seong Soo-ah said quietly to her colleague who was walking alongside her.
“Okay, let’s take a break here.”
“…”
Her colleague gave her a sloppy nod and ordered the others to take a break.
And when her companions heard her, they took their places and began to rest.
From the outside, it seemed like there was no problem at all.
However, Seong Soo-ah, who led the group herself, was different.
‘Whoa… I’m tired after all.’
Seong Soo-ah had no choice but to lead the search team because of Yeriel’s request.
Although she had little experience, it was because her skills were highly regarded to the extent that she covered that experience.
The problem is…
‘It’s hard to adapt.’
It was the fact that seniors with a lot of experience accepted it unfavorably.
In fact, they also acknowledged Sung Soo-ah’s skills.
It was just that they were uncomfortable inside because their young friend was in a position to lead them without warning.
Sung Soo-ah sighed as she saw her colleagues taking a break from her.
‘But… That’s normal.’
Seong Soo-ah respected and understood the seniors’ attitude.
‘If I had been in a similar situation, I would have acted the same way.’
As a member of society, it was, of course, a bittersweet situation.
It was never a pleasant experience to see her younger friend, who had joined the company later than her, suddenly become her boss who had to use her honorific title.
Even so, the reason why everyone did not show a rebellious attitude in front of Seong Soo-ah was because they were professionals.
In a dungeon where life and death come and go, hageuksang was one of the cases that received heavy punishment.
This was because one trouble could lead to the team’s annihilation.
Seong Soo-ah made a promise to herself while looking at her seniors who disapproved of her but respected her.
‘Even if I don’t know anything else, let’s not make mistakes.’
He thinks that he has to fill a big track record in order to be recognized, but Seong Soo-ah didn’t think so.
The basic condition for immature leaders to be recognized as leaders was not to make small mistakes.
Seong Soo-ah recalled the leaders she was dissatisfied with and recalled what they had done in her head.
While replaying like that, I accidentally heard the conversation of the seniors next to me.
“Isn’t it strange no matter how you think about it?”
“That’s right… There are no monsters.”
“It’s the first time I’ve been to such a wide dungeon, but it’s the first time I’ve ever been to a place this quiet.”
“…”
Sung Soo-ah nodded her head involuntarily at their conversation.
‘That’s right. It’s so quiet. It makes me wonder if it’s really a newly discovered dungeon.’
If it was a newly discovered dungeon, it would be rather tiring to kill the monsters that came flooding in from the beginning of the entrance.
However, Seong Soo-ah and the others had never encountered a creature once they entered the dungeon.
In this dungeon where not even a single fly flies…
“What can I say… It feels like the dungeon is dead.”
As the senior said, it seemed that the dungeon was really dead.
It was a moment when everyone nodded their heads as if they agreed with her words.
Turbuck.
“…”
The sound of feet hitting the floor echoed through the hall.
Seong Soo-ah, who caught her voice, quietly turned her head to check on her colleagues.
Like Sung Soo-ah, everyone caught the sound and started to stand up.
And the colleague who had last spoken his lines sighed softly and opened his mouth.
“What’s wrong with my mouth?”
At the same time as his words, countless footsteps echoed in the dark, and behind them…
“Kieek…”
From the darkness, purple-skinned humanoid monsters began to appear.
Seong Soo-ah hurriedly raised his voice as he saw the monsters.
“Everyone get in line!”
“Keeeee!!”
Despite the sudden arrival of monsters, everyone calmly lined up.
The battle began as the monstrous creatures swarmed the hall.
Restorationists lined up in the center, and the rest of the wizards surrounded the surroundings to deal with enemies coming from outside.
In addition, he was familiar with how to deal with monster creatures to some extent.
The one who told me how to deal with it…
“There will be a jewel on your chest. Aim there!”
It was Sung Soo-ah.
It was one of the reasons why Sung Soo-ah led the search party.
Seong Soo-ah had already dealt with strange creatures during the terrorist attacks at the consulate and the headquarters of Ebrica.
“Your weakness is your heart! Aim for the jewel attached to the chest! And…”
And the mana control gimmick that I heard from Yeriel.
It was also a situation that had been dealt with to some extent.
“Unconditionally, use only short-range magic!”
Yeriel was able to learn some information based on the video the survivor brought back.
One of them was the way mana control was triggered.
The more long-range magic was used, the more often mana was out of control.
The wizards who listened to Sung Soo-ah’s instructions only subdued the monstrous creature with magic when it came right in front of her nose.
At first, they started the battle without showing any signs of embarrassment, probably because they were among the best in the tower.
However, the skillfulness shown in the early days did not last as long as expected.
“Aww!”
A mage was attacked by a monstrous creature and flinched backwards.
It was not that he was attacked because of his immaturity.
Because of very unfavorable conditions.
Wizards were naturally specialized in long-range attacks.
And the first thing wizards learned after entering the consulate was how to block the enemy’s approach.
Even the creature’s weakness was the small jewel on its chest.
It was a situation where a single mistake could cost you your life.
As soon as he saw the attacked wizard, another nearby wizard used his magic to save him.
But there was a fatal problem with that action.
“Be careful!!”
It was the fact that he used long-distance magic.
It was not intentional.
It was a habit.
No matter how skilled a mage was, it was a phenomenon that could not be helped by leaking habits at the moment of danger.
In fact, it wasn’t even close enough to describe it as a long distance.
The distance is only about 2 meters.
It was a magic that was used to prevent the display from being disrupted and to save a colleague.
But…
“Up, it’s dangerous!”
The magic that was trying to save a colleague turned towards another colleague instead.
If a colleague gets hit by magic, it could lead to a real dangerous situation.
But…
Faaaaang!
The magic that was directed at the companion was blocked by the palm of a wizard and scattered.
Sung Soo-ah, who blocked the magic by throwing herself, exclaimed urgently.
“Don’t use ranged magic!”
It contained a tone of command, but it was not a shout mixed with criticism.
Hearing Seongsu-ah’s cry, the wizard was embarrassed but quickly nodded and shouted.
“Ah Okay!”
“Never use ranged magic!”
Thanks to Sung Soo-ah, I overcame a crisis once.
It was obviously a dangerous situation, but the situation began to improve thanks to the frequent experiences of life and death dungeons.
‘Fortunately, I can deal with it. These monstrous creatures won’t be pouring indefinitely. If you hold out…’
It was such a relief moment.
Shoot! Fush!
“Keah haaaaagh!”
An arrow suddenly flew out of the darkness and hit a wizard in the shoulder.
Seong Soo-ah calmly shouted even in the midst of surprise.
“It’s an arrow! Everyone be careful!”
At the same time as Seongsuah shouted, a huge number of arrows began to fly from the darkness.
Seongsuah concentrated all her nerves on her vision and blocked all flying arrows with magic.
And while blocking the arrow like that, I was able to realize one fact.
“Be careful! These are not normal arrows!”
It wasn’t like an arrow coming out of an ordinary trap.
It was an arrow filled with energy that could pierce magic defense.
‘It is possible to stop it once. But…’
I couldn’t figure out the number of enemies, but it seemed like it wouldn’t be impossible to stop them.
‘The situation is not good!’
The problem was that he had encountered an enemy only once, and faced a major crisis.
‘At this rate, I’ll end up repeating the same situation.’
Seong Soo-ah thought so, and she turned her gaze toward the darkness from which the arrows continued to fly.
‘Surely we have enemies! I have to subdue them first!’
Seong Soo-ah decided that there was no way to answer only by subduing the strange creature.
Then he shouted while activating his special skill, movement magic.
“I’ll break through and take over over there! Please take care of this!”
“What!? If you go alone… !”
“I’ll ask for this one!”
Seong Soo-ah did not listen to her colleague to the end and she began to fly away into the darkness from which arrows flew.
“Keeeee!”
Her monstrous creatures swung her arms to catch her, but Seongsuah concentrated all her nerves to avoid her outstretched hands.
And let’s get so close to darkness…
“What is that bitch! Kill!”
A human voice was heard.
‘As expected, there were guys who were targeting us!’
Seong Soo-ah found out that her guess was correct, but she couldn’t be happier.
It was because Yeriel had the worst of her guesses.
‘It was true that outside forces intervened…’
Yeriel had told Seongsuah that the incident inside the dungeon could have been the work of an outside force keeping the tower in check.
And it was true that Seong Soo-ah also searched with that possibility in mind.
‘I have to catch these guys first!’
Seong Soo-ah decided to risk her life to capture the guys alive.
However, it was not easy for her to capture those who were determined and attacked in the dark.
Even in the dark, the monster creature was still in the situation.
“Catch that bitch!”
“Keeeee!”
The monster started to run at Sung Soo-ah, distinguishing human voices.
Seong Soo-ah was able to realize one thing by looking at her voice and the monster’s reaction.
‘Trained guys?’
She was able to guess the possibility that the strange creature was artificially created and raised.
However, even such a guess would have to end in speculation if they couldn’t catch them.
‘I have to catch them somehow!’
Seong Soo-ah judged that and cast a magic to move in the direction he heard her voice.
At that moment, the roar of the monster and the sound of arrows flying into her ears mixed with each other and pierced her ears.
A melee broke out in the dark.
Seong Soo-ah was in an overwhelmingly disadvantaged situation, but she was in a disadvantageous situation that was not to be touched.
Since they couldn’t see each other, they couldn’t attack recklessly from the other side.
Pass Sut! Faaaaang! Quaang!
Occasionally, when Seongsuah’s magic shined, she shot an arrow at her when the enemy recognized her location.
However, Seong Soo-ah noticed that, and she immediately deflected the arrow with her magic.
When she showed off her ridiculous skills like that, even her enemies started to panic.
“Damn it no way! I will be ruined if I do this!”
“Use it!”
At the same time as the man’s urgent voice…
“What, what!?”
Seongsuah’s magic swirled around her, suddenly losing her sophistication.
Even though she only used close-range magic, Seongsuah’s mana suddenly began to spread in all directions, ignoring her instructions.
At least the magic attacked the creature, but it wasn’t that effective.
‘They’re the ones that don’t work with magic anyway! At this rate… !’
She knew that if she only used close-range magic, she would be solved, but Seongsu-ah’s magic started pouring out in a mess even at her close-range.
Even if you fight with sophisticated magic, it’s a critical situation.
However, Seongsuah’s magic only raged around her as if she refused to be under her control any longer.
Those who saw Sung Soo-ah like that started laughing in the dark.
“Attack now! A wizard who can’t even control magic!”
“Kuk!”
Seong Soo-ah concentrated to the extent that her brain shuddered and tried to catch the flow of her mana again.
And her efforts were not in vain.
“Well, that bitch doesn’t seem to have any effect!?”
“Oh, that can’t be!”
Seongsuah’s magic began to launch an elaborate attack again.
However, the price was the burden of Seong Soo-ah’s brain.
‘Uh… Anyway… Hold on…’
It was impossible for even Seongsuah, who had a natural talent for magic, to control the countless mana stems one by one.
However, thanks to the adrenaline rush in critical situations, she was able to achieve a high degree of concentration.
But her concentration…
‘More… No more… !’
She quickly reached her limit.
At this rate, it seemed that her brain would melt before her life was lost.
And the pain of Sung Soo-ah was expressed through her body.
“Huh…”
It was temporary, but she staggered with a feeling of dizziness.
The enemy who caught her exhausted appearance shouted at her.
“It’s a gap! Kill me now!!!”
“Oops…”
Sharp lights began pouring down before my eyes, which were already covered in darkness.
It was a light, but Seong Su-ah knew very well that it was the kind of light that would take her own life.
‘Ah… No… I’m not mistaken… No!!’
Seong Soo-ah felt responsible until the end and was trying to regain her senses.
Aaaaang!
Suddenly, a huge beam of light began to radiate in front of my eyes.
Seong Soo-ah felt dizzy and at the same time began to fall behind her as her body staggered from the pouring light.
“Eww!?”
It was a situation where no one had to fall.
But her body tilted for a moment, and she no longer fell to the floor.
It was because when the light was gone, an unknown existence supported her body in the darkness.
The opponent was wearing a cape, so it was difficult to distinguish the gender.
Seong Soo-ah, unable to give strength to her legs, asked as she looked at the existence supporting her.
“Who… Who… ?”
Then, in response to Seongsuah’s question, a man’s voice came from inside the cloak in her voice.
“Because it is heavy. Would you like to wake up soon?”
