Chapter 128
Meanwhile, at that time.
The Olympiad headquarters was in an uproar.
“The Korean team, 10 seconds have passed since the encounter with Devil Ape! He still has no intention of running away!”
To be precise, it should be said that the escort team, which is responsible for the safety of the players in the operation headquarters, is in a frenzy.
“Anyway, the Korean team seems to be aiming to subdue the Devil Ape!”
“… … You’re out of your mind.”
Devil Ape, which is located in Area 3 of the Labyrinth Stadium, is not a monster to be defeated.
A restraining device based on the premise of escape.
It is like a god of death that embodies the dread of the labyrinth.
You can tell just by looking at the ratings.
A whopping 4 Tier A class.
It is a level where 6th circle wizards can safely defeat it with a party of 5 or more.
“… … The frog in the well is conceited without knowing how big the world is.”
Only three students were trying to deal with such a monster.
So, how could the escort team not have an emergency?
“Have a response team ready nearby so that we can go to work immediately.”
“yes!”
The commander of the escort team gave instructions while grinding his teeth.
Anger flares at Shin Ha-yul for making the foolish choice to subjugate Devil Ape.
“We cannot avoid responsibility if something goes wrong with the players. You must never sell your eyes.”
On days when even casualties occur during a match, there is a high probability that the commander of the escort team will take off his clothes.
Casualties must be prevented somehow.
“yes. All right.”
“Send a request for assistance to the rescue team as well.”
“I have already requested assistance from the medical team. They say they are heading to the scene now.”
“good.”
The commander of the escort team let out a sigh of relief with a somewhat relieved expression.
If the rescue team is waiting nearby, the probability of casualties converges to 0% indefinitely.
I felt a little more at ease.
“Captain. Wouldn’t it be better to just go dry right now?”
“… … That doesn’t work.”
“Why?”
“There was an order from the top not to move until something went wrong.”
What the Korean team is trying to do now is a kind of suicidal act.
No matter how much he was, he couldn’t defeat Devil Ape with only three people.
Therefore, for safety reasons, it is better to jump in and stop it now.
But that’s impossible.
The top line is preventing it from coming out.
“Why did the superior give such an order… … ? If there is a problem with the Korean team’s safety, it will be difficult to deal with the aftermath.”
The commander’s eyes shone sharply at the subordinate’s question.
There is only one reason for the superiors to issue a stand-by order.
‘Because the upper line wants the Korean team to be eliminated here.’
Currently, the top line is desperately hoping for the Korean team to be eliminated.
To be precise, it should be said that the United States does not want the record of the highest score that has been kept for 127 years to be overwritten.
That’s why the upper line ordered the escort team not to move.
If we leave it as it is, the Korean team will naturally be eliminated after being hit by Devil Ape, and if that happens, the record will not be overwritten.
“Captain?”
“… … I don’t know why. But as high-ranking people think, there must be a good reason for everything.”
Of course, this is a story that cannot be told to subordinates.
“but… … .”
“Think later. That is not the case now.”
“Ah, yes. sorry. I will focus.”
At the command of the commander-in-chief, the subordinates immediately gave up their thoughts.
As the saying goes, the first thing to do now is to get over this situation safely.
“Devil Ape, finish observing the target and move!”
Just in time, Devil Ape started moving.
After observing, Devil Ape began to act to exclude the intruder.
The lumpy muscles unique to apes expanded further.
oh oh oh-!
He clenched his fists and let out a roar as he jumped toward the Korean team.
It wasn’t that fast.
To begin with, Devil Ape is one of the slowest monsters among A-class monsters.
To be honest, in terms of speed alone, it’s worse than a B-class monster.
But the only downside is this.
The only thing is that it’s slow.
‘Devil Ape’s fear lies in its strength.’
A special advantage that raised Devil Ape, whose speed was below B-class, to A-class. strength.
In the face of Devil Ape’s terrifying power, any decent defensive magic is no better than a piece of paper.
Wizards of Circle 6 and below can never block Devil Ape’s attacks.
‘And like a primate, he’s smart.’
It’s tricky enough with just its strength, but in case someone isn’t a primate, the Devil Ape’s intelligence is also quite high.
‘Lastly, the strong determination and limitless stamina derived from that physical.’
All stats are top notch except for speed.
That’s Devil Ape.
‘How are you planning to defeat such a guy?’
The Devil Ape, which had jumped high into the sky, fell freely and swung its fist at the Korean team.
‘I’ll avoid it for now.’
But like I said, Devil Ape’s downside is speed.
It was not a Korean team that could easily be hit by an attack of that speed.
The Korean team immediately moved out of attack range.
Aaaaaaaaaagh-!
Devil Ape’s fist collided with the labyrinth floor, and a deafening roar rang out.
The power was so strong that the labyrinth floor made of hard magic stone cracked like ordinary concrete.
Roaring-!
Blue flames flew at Devil Ape, who was punching the ground.
‘Superheated Hell’ used by Shin Ha-yul.
It landed a direct hit on Devil Ape’s hollow flank.
however.
‘I can’t damage the Devil Ape with magic of just that much power.’
Devil Ape looked unconcerned.
He calmly brushed off the blue flame attached to his side and frowned.
It was as if an annoying fly had stuck to it and was shaking it off.
Ji Soon-chan and Kang Shin-woo’s expressions distorted at their calm appearance.
It was an expression that he did not know that his defense power would be that high.
‘If you realize now, run away.’
Now that you’ve seen that superheat hell doesn’t work, you should have realized how conceited they were.
The time has come for the frog in the well to realize its location and choose to run away.
‘Come on, run away. That’s for you and for all of us.’
The commander-in-chief hoped inwardly.
However, contrary to the wishes of the commander-in-chief, the Korean team seemed to have no intention of resigning.
‘… … Are the three of you back together? What do you think?’
In order to disperse Devil Ape’s attack, even if it was scattered, it wouldn’t be enough.
The three suddenly came together in one place.
Shin Ha-yul stood at the front, followed by Ji Sun-chan, and Kang Shin-woo at the very end.
At that moment, Devil Ape kicked the ground once more.
Devil Ape jumped into the sky again and flew towards the place where the Korean team was united.
‘I don’t know what he was trying to do, but I’ll avoid it this time too.’
I thought the commander-in-chief would avoid it, of course.
Devil Ape’s attacks are not at a level that the three of them can block.
but.
‘… … Defense magic?’
The commander-in-chief’s expectations were shattered.
‘Could it be that they’re going to stop Devil Ape’s attack?’
Instead of avoiding Devil Ape’s attack, the three of them were trying to stop it.
The commander-in-chief screamed in fright.
“That idiot… … !”
Those stupid bastards!
Before he could finish his words, Devil Ape’s fist collided with the barrier.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh-!
The entire labyrinth trembled with a relentless explosion.
‘A direct hit on that! This could result in casualties!’
The commander-in-chief groaned and shouted.
“Send a rescue team right now… … !”
No, it was time to shout.
“… … !”
The commander-in-chief was at a loss for words when he saw the scene on the screen.
“… … Hey, did you stop it?”
The barrier, which should have been shattered by Devil Ape’s fists, still retained its shape.
“how… … ?”
At that moment, cheers were heard.
―Waaaaaaaaaaaa!!
It was the sound of shouts coming through the speakers of the sub-camera that illuminated the crowd.
* * *
Devil Ape took a step back with her red eyes shining.
It seems to be very wary of us.
Could it be that he didn’t even think that the previous attack would be blocked?
“wow. look at the power It’s crazy. Can you see my hands shaking?”
Behind me, Sunchan, who was using the barrier in an attitude as if he was hugging me, acted harshly.
“It’s tough.”
Blocking that attack just now is a miracle in itself, but what with just shaking hands?
“how is it? I’ll have to stop once or twice more in the future. Can you stand it?”
“uh. It’s tight, but How can I stop this?”
Soon-chan looked at Devil Ape, who was far away and was wary of this, and released the barrier.
“By the way, you. Since when was it possible to activate two Interference at the same time?”
“Not long ago.”
Just now, my strength was the key to blocking Devil Ape’s attack.
Through interference, Sunchan’s barrier is strengthened and at the same time Devil Ape’s fist. To be precise, it interfered with the mana wave surrounding Devil Ape’s fist and reduced its power.
The result is the previous defense.
The weakened Devil Ape’s fist could not pierce the reinforced Sunchan’s barrier.
“Hey. Goo is really growing day by day… … .”
“The chat ends there. Get ready. It comes again.”
I cut off Sunchan’s words and lowered my stance again.
“You ignorant monster. You don’t even give me a chance to speak. … … okay.”
Sunchan also quickly started preparing.
Woo woo woo woo-!
This time, the Devil Ape leaps even higher and flies at us, perhaps to launch a more powerful attack.
Devil Ape’s giant instantly filled my field of vision.
“Uh huh. where.”
In the meantime, Soonchan’s barrier appeared.
A translucent barrier in the shape of an octagon.
It was the magic called the ‘octagonal gate’ that I passed on to Sunchan through the knowledge I gained from Mimir’s spring.
I put my hand on the octagonal door and moved the mana.
‘Interference (干涉).’
‘Enhance the strength of the center of the octagonal gate 74cm.’
The octagonal gate that has turned even thicker with my mana.
Woo woo woo woo-!
At that moment, Devil Ape’s fist collided with the Octagonal Gate.
‘Interference (干涉).’
At that moment, my mana flowed into Devil Ape’s fist again.
Devil Ape’s biological mana code was 100% understood through one minute of observation a while ago.
We already know that Devil Ape’s strength is a kind of ‘magic’.
Since it did not move, there is no positional information to calculate.
‘All interference conditions cleared.’
My mana became one with Devil Ape’s mana.
With this, all preparations are complete.
‘Twist the magic formula of supernatural power just a little bit, and return the direction of the force by a certain amount.’
The moment the interference was completed like that.
Aaaaaang!
The crash sound got louder.
A certain amount of Devil Ape’s power flowed backwards, and the sound of impact grew even louder.
oh oh oh-!
I heard Devil Ape’s screams. He must be feeling great pain in his fist due to the backflow of power.
Faaaaang-!
The result was the same as before.
Devil Ape’s fists couldn’t pierce Soonchan’s barrier.
Embarrassed, Devil Ape widened the distance again.
His expression is more serious than before.
His expression seemed to have grown even more wary toward us.
In that state, little by little, they circled around us, shining their eyes.
“You seem really smart. If you see them widening their distance and being vigilant like that.”
“right.”
Devil Ape’s intelligence is quite high for a monster.
In particular, the ability to learn something through combat is excellent.
“Are you not coming again?”
“I won’t come. I just learned that two attacks can’t penetrate your barrier.”
“aha.”
Currently, through two attacks, Devil Ape has learned that no matter what he does, he cannot break through Soonchan’s barrier.
That’s why I’m vigilant after widening the distance like that.
“Then is Phase 1 over?”
“uh.”
The first phase of the Devil Ape subjugation operation. The process of imprinting Sunchan’s barrier on Devil Ape and learning it ended with this.
“Senior CNU.”
“hmm. Is it finally my turn?”
Now it’s time to move on to phase 2.
“please.”
“okay.”
Bondi, did you say that there is nothing easier to handle than moderately smart ones?
I think it’s a perfect fit for Devil Ape.
“let’s go.”
“yep.”
Watching Sunchan and Shinwoo seniors slowly move forward, I took a step back.
“30 seconds. Just 30 seconds, please.”
“Leave it to me.”
“That’s enough to lie down and eat rice cakes.”
Devil Ape looked at the two who had separated and frowned.
“Come here. Balloon muscles, only these horns are cool.”
“… … .”
I stare at the two of them with an expression that I don’t know what Devil Ape is thinking.
It seems that the borderline has deepened.
‘Whoa. Let’s begin.’
I looked at the backs of the two, slowly erasing my presence.
and that moment.
Woo woo woo woo woo-!
The fifth ring inside me started spinning violently.
“I wish you—”
My voice flowed through mana.
