Episode 16. friend(1)
One.
Yonginhwa.
Literally, it is the talent to transform into a dragon.
Yunmir’s skin began to change from human skin to dragon scale, the skin of a dragon, and his eyes also turned golden.
‘We can’t make the whole body acceptable like we did in the second round.’
I looked at that and spoke to Hwang Da-bin and Selina.
“Get ready.”
“Buff activated. Increased movement speed, strength,… “Increased resistance.”
Up to three buffs can be applied at once.
Dabin Hwang applied the buff to the maximum, and Selina wrapped her legs and arms in flames.
Through training in handling fire, Selina was able to control flames not only with her arms, but also with her legs.
“You’re more energetic than before?”
From those words, I realized that Selina was also conserving her strength.
“I’m just doing what I practiced.”
Selina and Hwang Da-bin nodded at my words.
“Let’s begin.”
Selina kicked the ground at my words.
As the flames exploded, Selina rushed towards Yunmir at incredible speed.
However, since Yunmir was also prepared, he was able to easily block Selina’s attack.
The moment he blocked Selina’s attack with his thick arms, Hwang Da-bin appeared on the other side.
“Strength buff, double layer.”
One point buff.
Phew!
Hwang Da-bin took a deep breath and swung his fist at Yoon Mir with all his might.
Yun Mir was surprised that Hwang Da-bin was engaging in such close combat and tried to block Hwang Da-bin with his other arm.
Because I thought that if I swung a fist with that fern-like hand, it wouldn’t hurt that much.
Bah!
And it didn’t take long to realize that wasn’t the case.
Thick-
I don’t know how he gained this strength, but Yunmir, who had never felt pain like this before, swung his arms while suppressing a moan.
To avoid the attack, Selina and Dabin Hwang quickly backed away.
“good job. “It definitely took a toll.”
I stuck to Hwang Da-bin and Selina, who had retreated, and once again gave them instructions on how to move.
Yunmir, who saw this, became aroused.
“It was strange that Dabin suddenly became stronger, but I guess it was because of you.”
The guy said while glaring at me, and I smiled and stepped forward.
I said with an iron mask on my face.
“what? “I didn’t do anything?”
Yunmir’s golden eyes sparkled when he saw my calm appearance.
2.
I knew Yunmir because I watched the game a while ago. It seemed like that guy was trusting Dabin Hwang’s buff and was putting his mouth on her.
Last time I heard, this guy was an F-class awakened person. He seems to be making fun of Dabin Hwang and Selina on an F-grade topic, but I wanted to flatten his nose.
‘I’ll have to deal with them one by one.’
With greater skill, it would have been possible to subdue all three at once, but there were many eyes watching here now.
Yunmir, who had no intention of exposing his entire bottom line for the sake of the future, decided to get rid of the guy standing defenseless in front of him.
The moment I made up my mind, my body moved.
Shoo!
In an instant, Yoon Mir came in front of Lee Si-woo and stretched out his sharp claws towards Lee Si-woo’s face.
The intention was to stun Lee Si-woo with this blow.
At that moment, a feeling of déjà vu occurred.
‘… ‘Don’t you close your eyes?’
Even though it was a desperate moment, he watched my attack until the end.
“Siwoo!!”
Rather, Hwang Da-bin and Selina, who were behind him, shouted and moved urgently.
I had no intention of stabbing the guy in the face from the beginning.
If you killed someone at school, you were automatically disqualified.
So I aimed at the face in a threatening manner, but it didn’t work.
At the last moment, Yunmir’s hand turned and plunged into the guy’s left shoulder.
Phew.
“Ugh.”
“… “Didn’t you avoid it?”
My eyes were wide open and I thought I was going to avoid it.
So, while preparing for the next attack, Lee Si-woo did not avoid Yun Mir’s attack.
The moment he felt something strange, Lee Si-woo shouted for Jang-nae to leave.
“Now!”
“okay!”
Hearing Lee Si-woo’s shout, Yoon Mir realized that this guy had planned the whole situation and tried to pull his arm away.
Sigh.
“You can’t stab someone in the shoulder and easily get away with it.”
Yoon Mir looked embarrassed at Lee Si-woo’s words. The arm he was holding was so strong that I didn’t think it would fall off.
***
“I’m going, hold on! Increased fire resistance!”
At Dabin Hwang’s shout, red light flashed through my body once more, and soon I heard Selina’s voice.
“Hwaryeong!”
At that moment, a fire broke out starting from my upper body.
Grumbling.
Of course, Hwaryeong’s flame was also transferred to Yunmir, who dug his claws into my shoulder.
‘I just waited for this moment.’
I got everything I got. From now on, all that remains is to defeat Yoon Mir.
‘Hwaryeong.’
As I muttered to myself, a cute flame spirit appeared before my eyes.
The moment the flame that started from my left shoulder spread through my upper body to my right arm, I asked the flame spirit.
‘Lend me your strength.’
The flame spirit understood what I was saying and touched my right arm, and flames flowed from my right arm as if the flames were overlapped.
“Ugh, ugh. “Can’t you let go of this?!”
I muttered to myself as I watched Yunmir complaining of pain from the flames that spread before my eyes.
One point buff. Strength buff. Triple layer.
The buff, which was a one-time use, could be used repeatedly because the player was continuously exposed to Hwang Da-bin’s buff.
Thanks to this, I was able to temporarily use great power.
If this had been the case, I would have suffered from enormous aftereffects for a while after using this.
However, if you use the talent you received from Oh Jun-woo a little while ago, ‘Diamond Buddha’, you will be able to alleviate the aftereffects at least a little.
“Don’t forget what happened today. “If you let your guard down, something will happen to you.”
As I said that, I immediately held my breath.
I additionally used the ‘Strength Buff’ and ‘Flame of Hwaryeong’, as well as the ‘Fist that turned into steel-like strength’ and punched it towards Yunmir’s abdomen.
Quang!
The sound of the dragon scales covering its abdomen exploding was heard, and Yunmir flew far away.
Coo!
Yunmir, who stopped flying only after hitting the wall at the end of the auditorium, lowered his head.
At that moment, Selina recovered the flames covering my upper body.
“Lee Si-woo!”
“Siwoo, are you okay?!”
As I saw the two women running towards me, I held up my thumbs.
It was a complete victory.
“right… Wow!!”
“crazy! “What did you just do?!”
“Yunmir lost??”
“Who is he?! Find out his identity quickly!”
As I listened to the voices of my seniors echoing through the auditorium, I felt my whole body lose strength.
‘also… It’s hard to deal with talented people… … .’
My whole body was so weak that I suddenly lost consciousness.
3.
“Siwoo!!”
When Da-Bin Hwang screamed after seeing Si-Woo Lee fall, Selina moved quickly and caught Si-Woo Lee from falling.
“Take care of the fallen students.”
Kang Joo-hyuk and Yoo Hye-ran moved quickly following Won Tae-jin’s instructions.
Teacher Lee Hyeon-sook, the potion teacher, was already taking out potions, pouring them on the fallen students, and feeding them.
“That’s interesting. “I never thought Yunmir would lose.”
“Hehe, how should I explain that?”
Donggui portrait.
No matter how much the buff was used to increase fire resistance, it was a truly dangerous method.
“Wasn’t the match against each other a team match? Yunmir let down his guard, and those students showed perfect teamwork.”
“Still, I think it was too dangerous.”
At those words, Kang Yeon-geum looked at Lee Si-woo, who had collapsed.
The principal of Awakening High School seemed to think that the previous scene was a fluke.
But I didn’t think of the lecture fee that way.
‘How much did that guy train to succeed in his attack just a moment ago?’
In particular, acting without thinking about the future like that reminded me of ‘Choi Kang’.
Among the seven heroes, he was the guild leader of the largest and strongest guild and the strongest among us.
Lee Si-woo strangely resembles Choi Kang.
‘I like that guy.’
Kang Kang-geum thought it was a good idea to visit Gakseong High School as a player.
***
The fallen students were carried away, and teacher Hye-ran Yoo stepped up to the podium to end the class competition.
It was to hold an award ceremony for students who won the class competition.
“3rd grade class competition, 3rd grade 1st class won.”
“Waaaa!!”
“Tae Ji-hyuk is cool!!”
Cheers were heard, and Tae Ji-hyuk received a certificate and a white envelope from the principal.
“Because you showed off your great talent in the class competition… … .”
The students muttered while listening to the voice of teacher Hye-ran Yoo reading the award certificate.
“I’m jealous, isn’t that a concession ticket?”
“I wish I had received it too… … .”
Tae Ji-hyuk shook hands with the principal while listening to other students whispering.
After taking pictures, the next person to meet Tae Ji-hyuk was Kang Yeon-geum, one of the seven heroes.
The elegant-looking silver hair caught the eye.
“I watched the game well. “I hope we can meet after graduation.”
“thank you.”
It was a brief meeting between Kang Yeon-geum and Tae Ji-hyuk.
“2nd grade class competition, 2nd grade class wins!!”
“Waaaa!!”
“Minji unnie!! So pretty!!”
Minji Choi represented the group and received a certificate and white envelope as before.
“The contents below are the same.”
Choi Min-ji also had a brief meeting with the lecturer, and then it was the first-year student’s turn.
“First grade class competition, 5 first grade classes, winner!”
“The deputy chief surpassed the chief!!”
“As expected, it’s Hwang Da-bin!!”
“It’s pretty~”
I could hear the cheers of my classmates and seniors, but I could not hear Dabin Hwang.
Dabin Hwang stepped up to the podium, biting his lip.
Now I just wanted this moment to pass quickly.
Hwang Da-bin, who saw Lee Si-woo being carried out, tried to follow Lee Si-woo out, but because of the awards ceremony, one person had to stay, and in the end, Hwang Da-bin decided to stay.
Dabin Hwang, who received the certificate and white envelope from the principal, took a photo with a forced smile and came face to face with the lecturer he had longed to meet.
“The name?”
“This is Hwang Da-bin.”
“If you have ‘buff’ talent, ‘that girl’ will like you.”
“yes?”
“Oh, I’m talking to myself.”
Even muttering to himself seemed cool.
As a hero fanatic, she had a lot of stories she wanted to talk about with her lecture money.
He was the hero I wanted to meet for so long, but why can’t I just speak up?
“Ah, over there….”
Hwang Da-bin barely opened his mouth to muster up the courage to ask Kang Yeon-geum to at least give him an autograph.
“Is there anything you want to say?”
“S-Can I ask for your autograph?!”
Dabin Hwang bowed his head and said.
Kang Yeon-geum laughed and took out a pen, as if Hwang Da-bin was cute, and Hwang Da-bin, who had no paper, held out the back of the certificate.
Kang Yeon-geum, who was naturally signing autographs, spoke to Hwang Da-bin as if nothing had happened.
“I have a question.”
“Yes. Ask me anything.”
“Are you close with those two from earlier?”
At the mention of those two, Hwang Da-bin thought of Lee Si-woo and Selina.
‘Am I close to those two?’
We trained together, but that was really the end.
So, I’ve thought of him as a training partner, colleague, and even competitor, but I’ve never thought of him as a friend.
“……”
Contrary to his reply asking anyone to ask anything, Hwang Da-bin was unable to give any answer to Kang Yeon-geum.
“huh?”
Hwang Da-bin’s words made him think again about the relationship between himself, Selina, and Lee Si-woo.
Today’s result was one that could not have been achieved without Lee Si-woo.
To be more precise, it was Lee Si-woo who defeated Yoon Mir, not himself.
When I thought of Lee Si-woo, I wanted to quickly go back and check if Lee Si-woo, who had collapsed, was okay.
I was worried.
Faced with sudden worry, Hwang Da-bin looked worried, forgetting that he was in front of the hero he had so desperately wanted to meet.
‘Friend… … .’
Hwang Da-bin, who concluded that the reason he was worried about Lee Si-woo was because he was a close friend, looked at Kang Yeon-geum and said with a dazzling smile.
“Yes, we are close.”
