Episode 150. Human or Insect (1)
All the cadets who were currently skilled in combat were fighting monsters.
Because of the barrier that suddenly changed, I couldn’t retreat, so I had no choice but to attack Baesujin.
In such a situation, professors did not sit still and suck their thumbs.
Although he had no magical powers, his experience gained throughout his life far surpassed that of the students, and he was able to fight monsters with just his transcendent skills.
The cadets, who were exhausted by the endless number of monsters that came their way, were impressed by their skills.
But they didn’t just come in droves with pyramids.
Lava golems and metal golems, which can easily take down 100 mobs, are starting to come in one after another.
It takes a long time for the faculty to catch one of them, and in the meantime, an unprecedented situation may arise where they cannot protect the cadets.
Their capabilities are still immature, like Yoo Jeong-ran’s. Of course, not all of them are like that.
“Haaaah!”
Choaaaak!-
The heavy and solid body of the metal golem is split in half.
The one who cut down that overwhelming mass with one stroke was this year’s freshman and princess of the Divine Empire, Mirona.
She cut down the golems that had begun to rush forward with a roar. At her feet, monster corpses were already piling up like a mountain.
“You must keep it.”
The faculty and staff are unable to use their powers properly, and the students are busy dealing with other monsters.
Of course, there were other cadets who were said to be strong besides himself.
But they too are busy in their own way.
Especially among them, Jenny Chainsilver, Ruska Mad-Eye, and Mary Rudciel.
These three are dealing with members of the Royal Guard.
That means, you are the only one who can deal with these monsters.
“There is no one else but me…!”
But something really strange happened.
There’s no way the barrier would move on its own when the principal and vice principal aren’t present.
Besides, these golems are monsters that don’t even come near the bachelor’s office.
It was clear that someone had artificially created this situation, including the barrier in the Dantia Hall.
But who would be able to do that?
“Never let there be victims.”
Mirona had a kind of obsession.
A natural gentleness and the sense of responsibility that comes with being a member of the royal family. And a powerful force that can change a person the moment they pick up a sword.
Mirona was the first to realize that power and responsibility are proportional, so she rarely took care of herself.
Even if her opponent boasted strength far superior to her own, she could charge forward.
“It must be the Dantia Crown.”
Considering the Royal Guard, Instructor Jason, and the mastermind who caused this commotion, how powerful an opponent could he be?
But even considering that, Mirona had no choice but to go to the Dantia Hall.
This is because there is a risk of being criticized for causing a commotion at the school the princess attends.
‘It’s all because of me…’
I hate it when people suffer unjust humiliation because of me.
Mirona fired a devastating blow that swept away the oncoming golems.
The black energy expanded as if it was exploding and tore through the sky.
* * * * *
“Kaaaahh …
The woman he had a crush on ended up with another man.
Even that man was the kind of person she hated so much that it made her want to kill him.
This is the first time in my entire life that my heart has been pounding so hard.
He was willing to give anything to ‘own’ her.
But then I realized, she doesn’t choose me.
Still, he couldn’t give up. That woman was the only one he didn’t see as a pest.
-You can never lose.
-It cannot be taken away.
You can’t hand it over to anyone.
Only by releasing this excited mind can one be ‘satisfied.’
‘If you don’t come to me, I have no choice but to ‘own’ you!’
Own. It was never an appropriate expression for a human being.
But if it is not a ‘person’, the word ‘possession’ is established.
Because you don’t necessarily need to be a ‘person’ to ‘own’ something.
“What the hell is that guy talking about?”
Radian looked puzzled as he saw Jason screaming.
Unlike Adela, who was covered in scars, this guy just recovered from all his wounds.
It was clearly a situation where he had an overwhelming advantage, but it was so out of the blue that he screamed hysterically like that.
The guy gets satisfaction from killing people, and if things don’t go his way, he gets very angry.
If we compare that temperament to the current situation, it sounds like something bad is going on.
What was stopping the guy from being ‘satisfied’? It seemed to have something to do with shouting ‘Get out of here now!’
“It’s dangerous!”
At that moment, Adela blocked Jason’s attack with her sword.
Boom!-
The holy sword he was holding clashed with the other sword, causing a crackling sound.
Jason used an unknown flower to recover all his serious injuries. Adela clenched her teeth in a completely reversed situation.
‘If we continue like this, Adela will be in danger. I can’t just sit still…!’
But I couldn’t face Jason with my body lacking magic power.
Interfering will only disturb Adela.
It was at that moment that Radian was about to lament his own helplessness.
Jiiing!-
A professor’s certificate of sudden vibration.
This is an item that has the exact same function as a cadet ID card.
There was a single letter written on the back mirror archive, and upon seeing it, Radian came up with an idea.
Meanwhile, there was no fear in Jason’s eyes, perhaps because his body had healed.
Something full of madness was transmitted from Jason’s sword.
“I’ll ask you one last time. Adela Merhena.”
While I was struggling to hold back, Jason spoke to me.
The guy continued with an expression that seemed to say, ‘You can’t stop me with that body anymore.’
“Do you really not remember me?”
“What’s our relationship? Are we perhaps separated siblings?”
My arms were already shaking, so the guy’s question was quite irritating.
Jason said that many times whenever he encountered her.
So I always answered that I didn’t know, but every time I did that, the guy would make a regretful expression.
Even if we knew each other, what does it matter?
“Brother and sister? Heh heh heh… We’re even closer than that. Because…”
Jason’s mouth tried to move, oozing evil.
At that moment, a blade came from another direction and aimed for Jason’s neck.
Whoosh!-
“Ugh!”
Jason narrowly avoids a surprise attack.
The one who swung that sword was none other than Radian.
“Enough with the nonsense, Jason.”
“Are you really going to confront me directly in that condition?”
In the past, Jason would have been instinctively afraid of Radian.
But Jason wasn’t stupid enough to fear him for losing his powers.
“Because of the Academy’s environment, you have become more inferior than before. Sir, back then, I thought you would at least be a teacher who could satisfy me.”
“Then let me ask you, Jason.”
Jason wiggled his eyebrows as Radian cut him off.
“What is your standard for ‘satisfaction’?”
“….”
“How much satisfaction do you need to feel happy?”
During his time in the Black Squad, Radian watched Jason closely as if he were a soldier of interest.
Although it was a task force comprised of criminals, most of them were either wrongly arrested or had committed crimes for personal reasons.
Of course, there were some who were particularly fond of blood, and Jason was one of them.
For the security of the organization, such agents were always under surveillance.
Radian could see through him what his bloodlust was based on.
“When others recognize your talent? When you send a member you don’t like to the infirmary? When you praise me for a job well done?”
Every time that happened, Jason definitely felt satisfied, but he never really kept the happiness he got from that time deep in his heart.
Relationships with others are determined by the happiness rooted in one’s heart. Jason, who did not know how to keep it in his heart, could not help but feel always lacking.
“Even though you’ve had good experiences, you’ve only felt ‘satisfied’ and have never felt ‘fulfilled’. Then, at what level of satisfaction do you have to be to accumulate happiness?”
Is it really necessary for everyone in the world to be treated favorably without exception to be satisfied?
No, if it were Jason, he would still complain.
This is because what he holds in his heart is not ‘happiness’ but ‘pleasure’.
“You blame others for your own lack of happiness. As a result, you treat others like insects.”
No one approaches him because he has no happiness to continue the relationship.
Eventually, Jason, who has become alienated by himself, thinks that there is something wrong with this world.
This world, which does not give preferential treatment to those with talent, is full of retarded people and vermin.
“Satisfaction? That’s ridiculous. When you can’t feel happiness, there’s no way ‘satisfaction’ can exist in the first place! You’re just a pest of the world who seeks blood and pleasure without reason. That’s your true nature!!”
“Shut your mouth!!”
As Radian’s long shout ended, Jason also shouted briefly. His eyes were quite bloodshot from the speech that he could not possibly accept.
“Yeah, anyone who doesn’t treat me well is a bug! Is that enough?”
“Then, among them, were there any special beings that weren’t bugs?”
“what…?”
It’s not that he doesn’t exist. I can still see that person before my eyes.
A woman who once seemed like the only angel and not a bug. But now, she was nothing more than a decoration to be possessed.
But he couldn’t tell for sure whether she was an angel or not, because then and now, the Stella that Jason saw was not a ‘breathing angel’.
“Just… one person…”
“So at least one of them was a `person`?”
Not a bug, not an angel, just an innocent person.
Jason couldn’t answer that question easily.
Have you ever seen people as people in the first place?
“When you were in the processing unit, I asked you if you were bothered. I remember what you said.”
-I’m glad we were able to eradicate the pests.
Jason’s true nature was easily revealed in that answer.
To him, human life is worth less than an insect’s.
“You can’t accomplish anything if you treat human life lightly. Not the plans you worked so hard to make, not the bonds between your colleagues, and…”
There, Radian nodded to Stella and said.
“Love too.”
“…!!”
Jason’s eyes grew bloodshot once again.
Yes. Radian had noticed it a little while ago through that roar. To be honest, it was suspicious that he had called out to Professor Stella right away.
“We are not going to collapse because of you, who has lost the ‘joy’ of joy and sorrow, because you have lost your ‘qualification’ as a human being!!”
“Ugh…!”
Jason froze for a moment at Radian’s spirited shout.
Not only was I unable to refute his words, I was also overcome by an overwhelming fear.
It felt like I was back in the days when I couldn’t even say anything to the person who used to be my superior.
But even so, he cannot use magic power. The one who has the advantage is himself.
“You’re only alive with your mouth!!”
Just that one thought made me move my legs, which had been paralyzed by the spirit of a beast, with ease.
An aura rose from Jason’s feet, like a haze of intense magical energy compressed into his lower body.
And the magic power accelerated Jason explosively. As a knight commander, the speed at which he closed the distance with his opponent was amazing.
Phew!-
Jason trying to cut off Radian’s neck with a thrust like a water spring.
But instead of avoiding it, Radian was laughing.
While I was wondering why, I had already swung the holy sword. Only then was I able to recall it.
-We are not the ones who will be destroyed by the likes of you!!
The one fighting is Radian, so why do they call him “we”? Of course, Adela is right next to him, but it’s too late for her to intervene.
This distance is not enough to deflect a sword that is trying to cut Radian’s neck.
“…!!”
At that moment Jason saw.
Radian, who simply turns his head to the side without dodging the sword. A glittering mace flies from behind his head.
And until it hits you in the face.
Bam!-
The mace flew like an arrow and hit Jason between the eyebrows and nose.
With a sound like a bone breaking, Jason was thrown backwards instead of accelerating. Of course, the knife that was about to cut his throat also stopped.
‘how…’
I didn’t expect that to fly in because it was hidden by Radian’s head.
Whoever swung the mace… could be seen from the exposed blind spot.
Kent Easyst. He was standing far behind Radian and threw it with magical power.
The reason Radian knew about it in advance and was able to avoid it was because Kent had contacted him in advance.
That was the text that my professor’s ID card was vibrating with just a moment ago.
“Now is the time!”
“yes!”
Radian shouts, pointing at Jason who is staggering after being hit in the face.
Adela jumped out of her seat so as not to miss the gap.
Jiiing!-
The aura that was faintly contained in the sword was amplified to its maximum. It was the moment when the light pink sword turned into a deep blood color.
The horns on its head glow brightly. For some reason, as a member of the Jaina Tribe, my instincts are thirsting for its blood.
The pain of a wound that feels like it’s tearing apart your body is pushed aside by your boiling instincts.
[Blood Demon Sword – Dark Waves]
A red aura emitted from the sword engulfed Jason.
The blow, which converted the magical power squeezed to the limit into an aura, extended all the way to the forest on the other side.
It was a moment when some of the maps of the Academy changed.
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