56. Meeting with Mina Song, an old student of Helmund Academy

“Can’t you understand? It’s because of me that your life is ruined.”

“Don’t feel bad. Than yours So why are you arguing with someone you don’t even know? You quack.”

I whispered, and Shim Ji-hyeok started to run wild.

“Damn it! I will kill… I will kill…”

-Kuluck

A strange energy begins to overflow from Ji-hyeok Shim’s body.

‘It’s started.’

Regurgitation of Magi. Originally, he was in a state of excitement dealing with Magi, but after hearing my words, he became even more excited, so Magi started mercilessly running out of control.

-Procrastination

Shim Ji-hyeok’s body swelled up with demonic air and then subsided repeatedly.

– Cool-!

Shim Ji-hyeok poured out a lot of blood while still.

“This… What is this…”

Shim Ji-hyeok, who was pouring out all the blood in his body in real time, looked at the ground with empty eyes. I kindly explained to him.

“What’s the matter, didn’t you just raise the energy of the demon again while foolishly using it to the limit? No matter how much he borrowed the power of the artifact, there was no way he could survive.”

“Yeah… You bastard didn’t look fine even after using more demonic energy!”

“That’s because it’s me.”

-Hooung

Shim Ji-hyeok swung his arms around with his messed up body. However, he did not reach Choi Joo-won.

“Don’t be desperate, Shim Ji-hyeok. You will die anyway.”

“Ahhhhh!

Shim Ji-hyeok screamed loudly, and demonic energy began to fill his body like mad again.

‘Are you crazy?’

Shim Ji-hyeok. He’s pushing Magi to the limit. By mobilizing all life force. This means that he is trying to detonate a large bomb using himself as a medium. When he judged that he was wrong to live anyway, he decided to kill the living creatures in the area by exploding his body by causing the magic to run out of control.

“Don’t think you won. No matter how good you are, you are also human. There is no way I can endure this.”

-Shhhhh

The energy of the demons was rising in real time, and the concentration of demons in Shim Ji-hyeok was truly amazing.

People in the vicinity started shouting urgently.

“Everybody get ready! The whole area will be ruined!”

“Wizards! Deploy defensive magic right now! Pour all your energy into it! Or annihilation here!”

Seeing the unusual amount of magic, all the people waiting were terrified.

I exploded the mana I had accumulated while Shim Ji-hyeok was talking.

-Quaaang-!

Using the recoil of the release that exploded behind his body, he got close to Ji-Hyeok Shim in the blink of an eye. This was not a speed that humans could react to.

Soon, I decapitated Shim Ji-hyeok with the hellhound’s fangs in my hand.

-Seoguk

The speed was so fast that Shim Ji-hyeok didn’t even realize that he was being attacked, even the moment he was cut.

‘Uh… When? Did he move?’

At the same time that the masked instructor started attacking, Shim Ji-hyuk tried to explode the demonic energy using his body as a medium. But before he could even pull the trigger, his head fell off.

– Plop

Shim Ji-hyuk disappeared from the world without knowing the cause of his death.

– Belt ring

– You have killed the Doctor who is poisoned by Magi.

– Hell Hound’s Fang’s EXP increases.

– Some stats have been opened. Abilities can bloom through emotions.

‘Oh yes, there was this too.’

When I previously killed a high-ranking monster at Black Gate, the growth notice came from the Hellhound’s fangs. At that time, it was said that some of the abilities were unlocked, and now it is said that they are unlocked once again, which means that a total of two abilities are currently unlocked.

‘What is there?’

The fact that the Hellhound’s Fang is a [Legendary]-Grade growth weapon brought great expectations.

‘It’s true that swordsmanship is better than magic.’

If you can use [Aura], A skill dedicated to swordsmanship, swordsmanship is superior to magic at the same skill level. Of course, since I can’t use [Aura], I didn’t bother using swordsmanship as my main skill. In the first place, I also think that magic alone is enough.

‘Come to think of it, can I use this too?’

[Death Knight’s Thought Orb]

▶ It is a thought globe that gives off an ominous energy. When used, it is possible to acquire the swordsmanship that Death Knight possessed during his lifetime.

When I was fighting with President Baek Joo-seok on air, I went into an A-class dungeon alone and caught a Death Knight to prove my abilities. At that time, the item that Death Knight dropped. I hadn’t used it because I was busy until now, but I suddenly remembered it.

-My lord, my body is already bound by black magic, so I cannot lift the sword by your side. Am I just a specter trapped in this dungeon? Although, my body cannot escape from this place, my will will always regard you as my lord and will be with you. In that thought phrase, everything I have is contained in it. Please accept this.

‘Death Knight was a ‘sword saint’ who could use [Aura] Before he was alive. Then, if I can acquire it step by step, does that mean that I can finally reach the realm of a swordsman?’

I shook my head.

‘No matter how much I got it as a reward for completing the Heaton Quest, there’s no way that’s the case.’

Just when I was thinking by myself, I heard someone’s voice next to me.

“Mask Instructor? Thank you so much.”

The person with his head down was Kang Cheol-guk, the head of the security team at the broadcasting station. He spoke to me in a polite manner.

“Everything worked out thanks to you. If Shim Ji-hyeok had not been stopped, a much bigger disaster might have occurred. Even, if you hadn’t stopped him by killing Shim Ji-hyeok at the last moment, there would have been an unbelievable explosion.”

He bowed his head and thanked me again.

I asked the Steel Bureau a question.

“Are the on-site inspections going on?”

“Of course. When I came to the masked instructor, I gave all the orders in advance. We are currently measuring the scale of the damage.”

I suddenly got worried and asked a question.

“There won’t be any special punishment for killing Shim Ji-hyeok, right?”

Anyway, it was also a part that I was concerned about because I killed a person in the middle of the city. Until now, I had never killed anyone in a place where so many people were witnessing, even if I didn’t know from behind.

Then, Kang Chulguk nodded as if it were natural for my question.

“I was filming the on-site situation in my surroundings. Shim Ji-hyeok’s body was a magic bomb right before it exploded. There was no control other than killing. It was an action within the scope of a political party. In the first place, we are all witnesses.”

I answered his words.

“I see. Then can I just go?”

“Of course. However, I’d like to reward you, but do you need anything? If it’s a monetary reward, I’ll ask for it from the top and do whatever you want. Perhaps, if this achievement is recognized, a reward may come out at the national level.”

“No, it’s fine. There is no particular need for compensation.”

I flatly refused. After all, if you have money, you have it. Also, I had a hunch that the compensation paid by the state would not be attractive either.

Kangcheolguk spoke to me as if he was sorry.

“You are a righteous man. It’s not easy to save others like this without a price…”

Actually, if you look clearly, I was getting revenge on Shim Ji-hyeok, who behaved like a motherf*cker. Also, if I left Shim Ji-hyeok alone, there was a possibility that Jang Hye-na, who reported the information on my behalf, would be harmed, so killing Shim Ji-hyeok was, in a way, a very personal and convenient choice for me.

However, it is also true that many other people survived thanks to it. If I hadn’t come here, at least hundreds or even thousands of people would have died, including the subordinates of Kang Chul-guk.

Cheolguk’s eyes looking at me with longing eyes were burdensome, so I turned around as if I was going to go.

Then, Kang Chul-guk spoke.

“Mask Instructor, if you need anything anytime, please find me. I will definitely repay the help you gave me this time. Even though I almost lost my colleague in front of my eyes, I was not able to step forward easily. By the way, thanks to you, my colleague didn’t die. I will repay this favor for the rest of my life.”

I answered just in case.

“If I need you later, I will remember it and tell you.”

If you ever get into trouble later, it’s good to have at least one more person. If you’re the head of the security team at a broadcasting station, you’ll have connections in many places, and your strength isn’t bad either.

The reason he couldn’t do anything this time was most likely because he was being held hostage. If there were no hostages, Shim Ji-hyeok would not have been so vain.

‘Huh… I’m tired.’

When I saw people rushing here and there and trying to catch up, I suddenly felt tired.

At that time, someone shouted and approached the scene.

“Helmund Academy is an advanced class. Came to support Where is the field-!”

Helmund Academy, from which I was kicked out. Most of the beginner class students are dead except for Baek Hyeon-seo, Lee Haru, Yun Seul-gi, Seo Ye-rin, and Kim Si-yeon, but the rest of the advanced and intermediate classes are still alive and well.

After Shim Ji-hyeok’s rampage, the broadcasting station sent requests for support to several places, and it seems that students from Hellmund Academy were among them. The location of the broadcasting station and Hellmund Academy is not that far.

‘I must have been in a hurry. They seem to have sent requests for help here and there.’

While I was thinking that, I suddenly saw a familiar face.

‘F*ck, he’s here as expected.’

A girl seen from afar. A monster who had unrivaled skills at Hellmund Academy, was the top of the advanced class, and was one of the students I cherished a lot because of his outstanding talent.

I saw Mina Song.