Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy

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Hwang Seong-yeon suddenly felt bored.

Most of the <Villain> clan members participating in this war probably don’t know, but the current battle was actually just a ‘stalling tactic’.

That was the case for both the Academy Alliance Army and the <Villain> side.

‘The reinforcements will come.’

Hwang Seong-yeon is a veteran when it comes to one-on-one combat.

The problem is that the inside story was all a scene of slaughter, but in any case, he reads the flow of battle better than anyone.

The Academy Allied Forces were probably waiting for reinforcements.

That’s why they are deploying such a defensive strategy.

Even if it is said that S-grade Holders are there, it is only a party of 15 people.

It would not be easy to withstand being pushed by numbers, and Yoo Eun-seol was stopped by Hwang Seong-yeon himself.

‘We are also stalling for time.’

However, the <Villain> side was also stalling for time.

Hwang Dong-yeon really wanted to try that so-called ultimate skill.

To manifest that, he had deliberately brought clan members to the clan’s main base and was stalling for time.

My foolish younger brother who stutters looks stupid, but he was actually concentrating his magical power to manifest his skills.

It was a battle of time.

We had to sweep them away before the Allied reinforcements arrived, and the opponent would just try to hold out.

So sooner or later…

We may have to abandon the clan’s main base and property and just flee with our lives.

‘…It’s boring.’

Hwang Seong-yeon felt that the flow of such a battle was boring.

It would be better to have a fiery fight with Yoo Eun-seol, but the enemy did not seem to want a direct confrontation.

Rather, the previous raid operation to seize [Order of Harmony] felt more fun.

Back then, he killed people as he pleased, and he also met his old friend Tak Won-ho.

‘However….’

In the midst of a boring and uninteresting battle.

One interesting Holder caught Hwang Seong-yeon’s eye.

Do Jae-hyun.

The one who needed attention that my subordinates kept reporting about.

Among the most promising rookies at the Academy recently, he possessed the best skills and growth potential.

He also heard that he was a disciple of Tak Won-ho.

That guy jumped into the <Villain> side zone like a moth to flame, following Yoo Eun-seol.

Moreover, he fights well.

Do Jae-hyun, who started the charge with a spear, continued the battle without being pushed by multiple clan members after joining the group, wielding a sword.

It was an activity that clearly demonstrated his reputation and talent.

‘It would be disruptive.’

So Hwang Seong-yeon joined the battle.

And he aimed at all the other clan members and executives.

In order to confront Do Jae-hyun directly.

Also, to focus the remaining personnel against the Academy side.

“Hide and throw…!!”

However, the battle with Do Jae-hyun, which seemed easy to end at first, was the most interesting thing that happened today.

Swish–!!

Clang-.

Hwang Seong-yeon smiled wryly as he looked up.

A downpour of daggers.

A physical attack that is unpredictable and cannot be predicted.

It was clearly an attack that Hwang Seong-yeon was familiar with.

‘Does he have the power to steal runes or something.’

Such a judgment is made in a short time.

This attack is definitely the ultimate skill [Knife Rain] of senior clan member Ji Yoon-jae.

I heard that Ji Yoon-jae was caught in the previous raid operation and could not escape, and it looked like he had received some kind of treatment in the process.

Whether it was using an item or the power of runes…

It was clear that the skill had plundered Ji Yoon-jae’s abilities.

“…How fun.”

Hwang Seong-yeon injected magic into the demon sword he was holding.

[Drain Slice] moves.

The black energy outside the sword moved inside the sword, and the blood-colored energy inside the sword moved outside the sword.

The magic injected in a short time soon created an ominous darkness that covered Hwang Seong-yeon’s body.

And….

Clang! Clang!

Cagaga-.

The daggers pouring in from all sides hit the ‘wall’.

To be precise, the crimson energy surrounding Hwang Seong-yeon.

The unique energy that started from the demon sword blocked all the pouring daggers.

It was the moment when one Holder’s ultimate skill was blocked all too absurdly.

“Hmm.”

This is the advantage of [Drain Slice].

Darkness that maximizes both attack and defense.

It is a very demanding weapon with many penalties, but if used properly, it boasts overwhelming performance like this.

Especially Hwang Seong-yeon possesses the rune [Hero Slayer], which maximizes the ability of the demon sword to the extreme.

The [Drain Slice], known to the world as legendary-grade, has currently had all its seals released by Hwang Seong-yeon to become a ‘myth-grade weapon’.

Hwang Seong-yeon casually retrieved his energy and looked ahead again.

Although he had blocked the downpour of daggers, the actual opponent who used the skill had disappeared from sight.

And….

“Rush.”

Once again.

The command was chanted once again.

The ultimate skill that ordinary Holders can hardly get once in a lifetime was unleashed from Do Jae-hyun for the second time.

Push–!!

“…….”

Hwang Seong-yeon looked with indifferent eyes at a sword that had pierced his heart.

The darkness defense created by [Drain Slice] was penetrated.

And the rough blood spurt that followed.

Blood that seemed to pour out flowed down his chest and through his whole body.

His chest was pierced straight through by Do Jae-hyun’s sword.

While looking at that astonishing scene…

Hwang Seong-yeon smirked.

A deep smirk.

It was a deep, rich laugh that could never be easily seen from him normally.

“As expected, it’s fun.”

Truly…

The appearance of a truly fun opponent.

It was his figure, purely delighted by that fact.

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Ippotranslation

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‘F***. What the hell is this?’

I couldn’t believe the current situation.

It was absurd that [Knife Rain] was blocked.

I didn’t expect it to make a big impact from the beginning, but I really didn’t know it wouldn’t make any impact at all.

The bloody darkness created by Hwang Seong-yeon through the demon sword.

That bizarre energy instantly wrapped around him, blocking all the daggers pouring down.

It was as if…

‘It’s like Juyeon’s skill.’

The fire barrier that wrapped around me when I fought with Ji Yoon-jae.

It gave me a similar feeling.

I had heard that the barrier was Kang Juyeon’s newly awakened ability.

But now Hwang Seong-yeon was similar.

No, this barrier was much stronger than that one.

The bizarre bloody darkness that showed strange movements completely blocked the ultimate skill [Knife Rain].

The total of 21 daggers…

Couldn’t even touch Hwang Seong-yeon’s body, all bounced off and fell to the floor.

‘Still…’

At least up to that point was fine.

Since I used the ultimate skill in the first place to buy time.

The important thing was to have time to use [Berserk] and [Oppression].

I managed to buy some time, however short, and with the two skills I pumped my abilities nearly twofold.

With my ability level, I had the power of an A-grade Holder, close to the top among them.

As Kwon Oh-jun said, it was enough power not to lose against any Holder I collided with.

“Rush.”

And I unfolded another ultimate skill.

[Distortion’s Shadow].

Teleport behind the enemy with ‘Blink’ and attack with a powerful physical skill that ignores all defense on the next attack.

Among the skills I can use right now…

Undoubtedly, it was the strongest attack skill.

So as I charged towards Hwang Seong-yeon, I had no hesitation.

“Crazy.”

But the situation that followed was strange.

Too strange.

Although I penetrated Hwang Seong-yeon’s bloody darkness, I couldn’t connect the attack I wanted at all.

The sword aiming for his head went towards his heart against my will. After stabbing with the sword, strangely my maic didn’t flow into the sword.

So I couldn’t utilize the connected skill [Explosive Sword Aura] either.

It felt as if…

My hand was moving on its own, under some kind of special energy.

“Is that it? The ultimate skill Cha Soo-yeon told me about.”

“How…”

“Hmm.”

As expected, Hwang Seong-yeon knew about my ultimate skill.

It seemed Cha Soo-yeon had mentioned it to him in advance.

With an oddly somber smile, he said,

“The darkness of Dain Slice follows wherever there is blood, not only my body. Once faced with this darkness, your body will also crave blood at some point. Yes. That’s why your sword headed towards my heart.”

…F***.

What the hell is all this crap.

I didn’t fully understand Hwang Seong-yeon’s verbose words, but one thing was certain.

The demon sword [Dain Slice] and Hwang Seong-yeon’s ability were much more powerful than I anticipated.

This was an undeniable fact.

Looking at just the recent attack, for example.

The direction of the sword heading for his head changed against my will.

Afterwards, when I stabbed with the sword.

My magic didn’t get injected, as if it got snatched away.

And finally…

Hwang Seong-yeon’s body pierced by the sword to the heart instantly regenerated as if with ‘super-regeneration’.

“Gasp!!”

Horrified by the abnormal sight, I quickly pulled out the sword and retreated from him.

‘What kind of freak is this.’

Looking back at the short battle, I felt the situation was hopeless.

I had poured in a lot of my power.

I utilized all the stat pumping I could. I had already used two ultimate skills.

But the opponent was barely damaged.

The attack I went in with that ignored defense seemed to have hit, but he recovered rapidly with some freakish ‘super-regeneration’… And inside that bizarre bloody darkness, somehow my magic didn’t get injected.

Hwang Seong-yeon was a Holder whose powers weren’t fully revealed even in the original work.

Since I didn’t know the opponent’s abilities and attack patterns accurately, I couldn’t grasp how to deal with him in an unexpected situation.

I still had a lot of runes and skills left unused, but…

It was questionable whether they would work on Hwang Seong-yeon.

Swish-

Shh-!!

“Huh?”

While the confrontation with Hwang Seong-yeon continued, someone hurriedly grabbed my body.

Reacting instantly, as I recognized the familiar aura and appearance… I immediately relaxed my body’s tension.

“Master?”

It was Yoo Eun-seol.

She had gone deeper inside to assassinate Hwang Dong-yeon but was now next to me without me noticing when she came over.

Grabbing my waist with one hand, she swiftly used movement runes to get further away from Hwang Seong-yeon.

It was an incredibly fast speed, as if she had used ‘Blink’.

Hwang Seong-yeon watched us silently without responding.

“Holder Do Jae-hyun, you need to retreat for now.”

“Huh? What do you…”

“Look over there.”

Getting closer, Yoo Eun-seol urgently spoke to me.

And her finger pointing ahead.

As I followed her gaze…

There was a man laughing insanely.

“Haha, hahahaha… It worked, it worked…!! It worked, I tell you!!”

Hwang Dong-yeon, <Villain> clan master.

He held a translucent crystal ball in his hands.

That was probably the item known as [Order of Harmony].

The legendary-grade item Hwang Seong-yeon had seized through the ambush operation.

Holding [Order of Harmony], Hwang Dong-yeon shouted, pouring out tremendous magic.

“Awaken!!”

It was…

the unleashing of intense magic that could be felt from this distance.

And…

Rumble- Grooaarr!!

Rorr-!!

Roaarrr–!!

“Holy… What is all this….”

I blankly murmured at the distant sight.

Many.

Too many.

After Hwang Dong-yeon spat out some incantation.

An enormous number of ‘monsters’ revealed themselves inside the island.

Monsters I couldn’t count with my eyes.

They were clearly monsters.

Except…

None of them seemed to have intact bodies.contemporary romance

‘Undead.’

A category of monsters belonging to the curse series.

Undead.

They were all undead.

Skeletons, ghouls, banshees, wraiths…

Among them were monsters that looked like death knights and liches.

And in the center.

There was a gigantic dragon composed entirely of bones, looking like it could trample all the surrounding Holders.

No matter how far up I looked, its form wasn’t fully visible, it was a monstrously huge monster.

“……”

I stared blankly at the sight, lost for words.

This was clearly.

Incomparably bigger than the overwhelming might of Hwang Seong-yeon I had faced.

It was a tremendous crisis.

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