Episode 190 Week 9 Midterm Exam (14)
I stretched out one hand forward with a desperate expression.
“Tell him! Give it to him! Give it to him… … !”
“……stop.”
Kwak Ji-cheol writhe in shame.
I have recorded the biggest black mark in my life.
Even in front of his classmates.
One good way to get through this situation would be to get angry, but I couldn’t do that because I was his lifesaver.
If we hadn’t come to help in time, or if we hadn’t had the recovery scroll, or if we had saved it without using it.
Kwak Ji-cheol would have been dead without being able to move.
Because of this, he had no choice but to eat whatever his benefactor gave him.
“Why are you stopping this fun? You have to worry until you graduate. There are still two and a half years left.”
“… … Just kill me again.”
“That won’t do. Then I’ll have to tell your brother I’m sorry.”
“Ugh!”
In the end, Hong Yeon-hwa failed to hold back her laughter.
Turn your body to the other side and shake your shoulders.
The others also seemed to be barely holding back laughter.
Kwak Ji-cheol looked at them with somewhat gloomy eyes, perhaps anticipating a difficult future ahead.
Then he took a deep breath and opened his mouth.
“Anyway, I owe you a big debt. I will definitely pay it back, no matter when.”
“Okay. I won’t refuse.”
I’m the type of person who accepts anything given to me.
And isn’t the heaviest debt among debts the debt of one’s life?
I expect that even the Emerald Tower and the Gwak family will not let this go, so I expect that tangible and intangible cases will come back.
Since this wasn’t the time to just joke around, I decided to stop teasing Kwak Ji-cheol.
I got down to business and explained the current situation and our goals to Park Na-ri and her group.
“Now I’m going to go catch Alpha.”
“Okay, we’ll help too.”
“I’d appreciate your help, but are you sure?”
Alpha Ogre is the most dangerous being on this uninhabited island.
You have to risk your life to deal with it.
I don’t want to get caught up in the atmosphere and step forward to help.
However, Park Na-ri and her group of four seemed to have made up their minds in their own way.
“Oh, sure. I want to help. I hope the other kids… … don’t get hurt like Kwak Ji-cheol.”
“Meow.”
Park Na-ri speaks timidly and hesitantly, but she is still able to express her thoughts clearly.
The tiger, transformed into a cat, was chasing after him.
I nodded.
“Okay. Then let’s go.”
The group of six grew to ten and one horse.
I walked ahead and listed key information about the Alpha Ogre.
“Fight at least twice as far away.”
“The formation will collapse anyway. Think of it as a melee.”
“Before the vanguard arrives, first—”
“From phase 2 onward—”
After a long briefing and operational meeting, we made our way through the forest where heavy rain was pouring down.
Then, at some point, I raised one hand.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Everyone was very tense.
Those with keen intuition seemed to have noticed that there was something ahead.
First, I gave a wink to Shin Byeong-cheol, and he started setting up traps by diligently throwing chopsticks.
Emerald and Mother Nature added some earth magic to it to increase its effectiveness.
On the other hand, Hong Yeon-hwa was carving a Fire Pillar magic circle in another place, just as I had instructed her earlier.
But before we are fully ready,
– Thud, thud, thud,
“Grrrrr… … .”
Heavy footsteps approaching this way.
A low, resonating cry.
Finally, the bastard revealed himself.
They are two or three heads taller than typical ogres, and their size is correspondingly large.
What he held in his hand was not a club, but a thick tree that had been uprooted from somewhere.
Around his ankles were two blood bomb syringes, wrapped tightly in chains, and of course, both were empty.
Finally, you face the final boss monster of the midterm exam deserted island, the Alpha Ogre.
The bastard glared at us with hostile eyes.
“Kurrrrrr… … .”
“Everyone, don’t get hurt.”
I stood in the front line with Go Hyun-woo, Baek Jun-seok, and Beom-i.
The next moment, Alpha seemed to crouch down a little, then leaped forward like a dragon.
It felt unrealistic to the onlookers as it floated and flew with that huge body.
He flies to the front line in one breath and strikes down the tree he is holding.
– Bam!
“hmm.”
“Ugh.”
“Krung.”
The ground shook violently and the three men in the line were thrown in three directions.
I tried to throw it away like I was fighting a berserk ogre, but I couldn’t hold out and it flew away.
Go Hyun-woo looks somewhat ok, and Beom-i and Baek Jun-seok are unable to come to their senses just because of this.
On the other hand, I had accurately estimated the bastard’s strength, so I used the shock to fly backwards.
And then he landed lightly in the back row and gave instructions.
“Here it comes. Don’t panic, I’ll blow it.”
“Huh? Huh.”
[Use ‘amplify’.]
[‘Windforce’ grade increases. (C+->A+)]
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“Kuaaaah—!”
Alpha roared and leaped forward again, flying towards me in an instant.
But just before he landed,
-Whew—
A gust of wind filled with physical force blew everyone away in all directions.
A log is belatedly brought down into the empty space.
– Boom!
And the place he landed was right in the middle of the trap set by Shin Byeong-cheol and Park Na-ri.
The chopsticks placed tightly together are connected by mana threads, entangling him, and vines and mud climb up his legs.
While the guy was twisting his body around to get away from it,
– Bang—!
Alpha’s head tilted back slightly as the calligrapher’s sniper shot landed.
Looking at the face that was in its original position, blood was flowing out of one eye.
“Real name. Good.”
If one eye becomes blind, the blind spot in your field of vision increases significantly.
It was worth setting the trap.
Meanwhile, Hong Yeon-hwa released the fire pillar she had been preparing.
– Whoosh whoosh!
A thin but clear pillar of fire rose up.
High enough to touch the clouds that cover the sky.
The leaderboard lights a kind of beacon fire so that students from all over the uninhabited island can see it.
For the time being, Hong Yeon-hwa should focus on maintaining the Pillar of Fire rather than dealing damage to Alpha Ogre.
“Kuaaaah!”
The trap was effective against regular ogres, but it wasn’t enough to keep Alphas tied up for long.
As the creature took a step forward, twisting its body once, the mana threads and tree vines all snapped at once.
Melee classes that rush towards those who try to leap again.
I was among them.
[Inferno Fist]
[Overheat]
– Hwaruk,
The flames burning from his fist were absorbed into his entire body, supplying him with enormous energy.
I faced Alpha head-on and kicked the ground.
– Pot!
“Krrrr.”
The bastard stopped swinging the log, then turned his one remaining eye straight at me.
And then he reached out and tried to grab me as I approached him.
It was a great reaction speed for a boss monster, but
‘I can’t even compare to your reaction speed.’
– Pot!
I kicked the ground in the nick of time and appeared next to the bastard’s legs.
My index finger was frozen solid like ice.
[Hyeon-eum-ok-ma-ji]
– Pook,
I stabbed the jadeite into the bastard’s calf and quickly backed away.
‘I have to write it even if I get caught.’
Since I used the only recovery scroll I had on Gwak Ji-cheol, there would be no answer if someone else were to get hurt.
It’s better to get caught by Okmaji than for the group to fall.
‘There’s almost no chance of getting caught.’
Everyone was out of their minds because the battle was in full swing, and because I used Overheat, my speed increased tremendously.
So, other people probably wouldn’t have seen me cast the spell, and they’d just think I retreated to avoid the Alpha Ogre’s attack.
Since replays are also blocked, there is less risk of being caught later.
“Kuaaaah—!”
Alpha spun like a windmill, swinging the log in his hand wide.
However, since the speed was a bit slower than before, Go Hyun-woo jumped up and shot his sword energy.
Several long scars are carved into the bastard’s chest.
‘Your legs are stiff.’
Alpha’s body has two blood bombs.
Since the blood in your whole body is pumping, the freezing process will be slow.
But I think it’s safe to say that one leg has been blocked.
At least I can’t jump around like a grasshopper.
– Boom!
I got a little closer and detonated a spiral blast on the bastard’s chest, then backed away again.
“Kuaaaah!”
The Alpha Ogre seemed determined to go after an easier target instead of me.
So the next target he set was Hong Yeon-hwa, who maintained the Fire Pillar.
It definitely stands out because of the fire magic.
Even though his legs were half frozen, the bastard charged towards Hong Yeon-hwa at a terrifying speed.
But it was much faster for me to point out the red lotus root than for him to reach his goal.
-Whew—
Hong Yeon-hwa’s body was blown away by the wind force and landed lightly a long way away.
After she thanked me with her eyes, Sagrada lit the fire pillar again.
“Krrrr.”
Alpha Ogre immediately turns around.
The next target is Shin Byeong-cheol, who is closest to the guy.
When their eyes met, Shin Byeong-cheol’s face turned pale.
“Kuaaaah!”
“Hey hey hey! Blow me too! Quickly!”
It was Shin Byeong-cheol who urgently requested Windforce support, but I didn’t have to do anything.
The tiger quickly intervened and bit the back of his neck, causing him to escape Alpha’s attack range.
And after moving a little further away, he spits on Shin Byeong-cheol on the dirt floor as if he had put something in his mouth that shouldn’t have been put in his mouth.
Shin Byeong-cheol was just smiling happily at the fact that he was alive even though he was rolling around in the mud.
“Oh my, sometimes our Beom-i—”
– Tub.
The tiger blocked his snout with his forepaw.
I guess you don’t want to hear it.
“Kuaaaah!”
The game of tag with the Alpha Ogre continued.
Everyone was focused on slowly accumulating damage while protecting their bodies.
Because the original goal was to tie him up in one place.
‘Until support arrives, you know.’
And finally.
The area near the pillar of fire that Hong Yeon-hwa had been raising began to ripple, and mana began to gather on its own, forming a large door.
The teleportation portal opened wide and students rushed out.
The first thing that appears is the pioneer group including Song Cheon-hye.
Song Cheon-hye came out of the portal and threw a lightning bolt with all her might.
– Kwarrrrung!
As previously discussed, we will use the pillar of fire raised by Hong Yeon-hwa and the twin GPS to determine our location.
The door was opened using the [Twin Portal Scroll].
“You’re here. You’re not late, are you?”
“Oh. That’s exactly right.”
I glanced at the faces of those who had rushed out.
If you include other first-year members of the leadership team, there are ten people in total in the leadership team.
It seems like they brought them in as soon as they caught his eye.
“You guys came in great numbers.”
