Chapter 65
“Aura Formula. This is the skill you will learn from .”
I felt a shiver run down my spine as I watched the skill unfold before my eyes.
Of course, I wasn’t seeing this technique for the first ti, I’d seen it a few tis in the ga.
A skill in which an aura-forged sword is unsheathed and surrounded by his aura, killing all within its range.
I thought it was just a cool effect in the ga, but seeing it in person was beyond my imagination.
Have I ever seen anything like it in real life?
No, definitely not.
Neither my father nor Parnello had ever demonstrated their abilities in front of , which ant that the technique that had just unfolded in front of was the strongest I had ever seen.
“Ha, by the look on your face, you’re quite surprised.”
The stern face of a Grandmaster returned to that of a humble old man.
“To be honest, I was surprised, but that’s not your secret weapon, is it?”
“Ha, don’t worry too much, I won’t tell you the secret from the beginning, I’ll save it for you so you won’t run away, and then I’ll tell you when the ti is right.”
“Why would I run away?”
I haven’t gotten to the good stuff yet.
As I swallow my words, Kwak Chun-sik gives a toothy grin.
“Okay, no need to run away. Let’s just check to see if there’s anything we need to take with us, and then get out.”
With that, Kwak Chun-sik starts walking towards the kobold queen.
Upon entering the boss room, we looked around to see if there were any unusual items, but unfortunately, as expected of a dungeon so young, we didn’t see anything worth taking with us.
“Does the Association take care of the byproducts?”
“Yes, usually the Association collects the byproducts and sends a part of the fee to my account. Why, this ti you have a share, do you want it?”
“I have a lot of money.”
“Well, you’re not the only one with a lot of money…….Anyway; rich people don’t think money is precious, tsk tsk.”
I an, it’s the byproducts of a kobold dungeon, how much could they be worth…….?
“In exchange, could you do a simple favor?”
“……Favor? It’s not that you don’t value money, but you’re after sothing more valuable. Co on, tell .”
“So…….”
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As we exit the dungeon, back the way we ca, two Association employees and the one who brought us here co running out of the tent.
“You’re done already?”
“Thanks for the trouble.”
“Good work, old man. And, disciple, I’ll take you right back to your ho.”
The staff mber tried to hold my hand and Kwak Chun-sik’s hand just like when we ca here but at that mont, Kwak Chun-sik pulled his hand back and shuddered.
“My stomach is a little nauseous……I’ll walk like I used to today.”
“Is that so……then so be it.”
“Are you going to walk too?”
“No. I’m just a little tired from all the rolling around I’ve been doing in the dungeon, since he insisted on seeing my skills……I’m going to take a little rest, so if you don’t mind my asking, could you wait for ?”
The employee pauses for a mont as he listens to my words. But then he nodded.
“Well, I’ll do that, it’s my job to help you move on.”
“In that case, we’ll go clean up the internal byproducts and do so exploring, thank you very much, you two.”
The two employees headed to the dungeon to do their jobs.
With that, Kwak Chun-sik descended from the mountain first, leaving and the staff alone.
I slowly opened my mouth.
“Shin Chul-Gwimol, did the miners arrive successfully?”
“Yes?”
But his eyes widened at the words that could never have co from the mouth of a Hero Academy student.
Shin Chul-Gwimol, one of Korea’s most famous villains, who used his ability to travel through space to commit robberies and disappear into thin air.
He hadn’t been seen in years, and now he stood before in the guise of an Association employee.
How did I know about this?
It wasn’t much, just seeing him face-to-face and using his abilities was enough for to realize his true identity.
[A new character is added to the !]
[Na: Gong Gyo-won]
[Affiliation: South Korea, Hero Association, Villain Association]
[Age: 34 years old]
[Specialty: Spatial Magic, Long Distance Space Travel]
[Description: A spatial mage in the Gangwon Province branch of the Hero Association and a mber of the Villain Association under the villain na Shin Chul-Gwimol. He uses his ability to travel long distances to accumulate vast amounts of money.]
“Avoid the sun and hide behind the clouds. Since it’s just the two of us, we have nothing to hide.”
To prevent him from suspecting and running away imdiately, I start by saying the secret phrase used by the Villain Association.
It’s the sa one they use at this point in the ga, so it’s probably the sa one they use now.
In fact, as I said it, I saw him relax.
“How could you, Kwak Chun-sik’s disciple, use that…….?”
“Shadows are everywhere. Do you think it’s possible for an ordinary person to beco a disciple of Kwak Chun-sik in the first place?”
I smiled wryly as I said that.
Since I’ve been causing so many incidents at the academy lately, the notoriety about has turned into a charm due to my trait, [Bad Guy], which instills a sense of trust in anyone I encounter.
However, as if that weren’t enough, he still had his doubts.
That’s simply because he’s too cautious by nature. Of course, that’s probably why he hasn’t been caught yet.
I sighed and continued.
“Dark dicine. It’s my villain’s na.”
“You’re Dark dicine? I thought Dark dicine never showed itself to others……?”
“Do you think I’m the real standing in front of you?”
He flinched as I spoke with power in my voice.
Dark dicine was a legendary assassin of the Villain Alliance and the power in his na is enough to strike fear into even the strongest of n.
Of course, he’s a long way off from being able to do that, so this is how he sells his na.
“Why did you seek out?”
“Why did I co for you, that’s funny, I ca for you…….”
I slowly approach him, slipping my gloves onto my hands.
“It’s not that important, but I’ll answer it.”
Slowly, I walk toward him, stand in front of him, and smirk.
“If I don’t do this, you’re going to jump, asshole.”
“Holy shit──”
Sensing the strangeness, he spun around and tried to run away, but──
“You can’t.”
I released the aura I’ve been building up as I confronted him, and it dispersed in an instant.
“……What is this?”
“I heard sothing from the old man when we ca out of the dungeon, and it works just fine.”
Kwak Chun-sik said that my aura is not yet controlled, so it spreads outward by tearing or pushing things around it.
Based on the new description, “Controls and enhances the user’s equipnt and skills,” I could see that my Aura would have the ability to dominate and take control of sothing.
The key here is that it takes control of the space around it.
This ant that as long as I scattered his energy with my aura, he wouldn’t be able to escape.
“You say you’re a villain, so why are you trying to get ?”
He yells at as he quickly backs away.
Why would I want to catch him? For a reward, of course.
When I first encountered him, a quest window appeared in front of .
Hidden Quest]
[Hunt a Hidden Villain]
[Hidden Quest – Hunt a Hidden Villain: Gong Gyo-won is a spy who infiltrated the Hero Association to gather information, but his magic of spatial travel has prevented him from being captured for years. As a student of the Seoul Hero Academy and a Hitman, will you be able to capture such a prey?]
[Objective: Subdue or kill Shin Chul-Gwimol]
[Reward: Strengthening the attribute [Hitman]]
It was an important opportunity to strengthen an attribute and since it has co my way, I’ll hunt it down.
“I need to catch you to get the reward, you little bastard.”
I lunge at him, swinging my fist straight at him.
He tries to teleport away with a burst of energy, but when my fist gets close it once again scatters his energy and he makes a despairing face.
“Wait a mi-──”
With a clang, his body flies backwards.
“Kahak!”
To minimize the damage, he creates a wind behind him to keep his balance.
He had realized that unlike the teleportation spells that used external magic to lift him up, it didn’t take much effort to cast a spell that was triggered by internal magic.
“What the hell are you doing to stop , you little brat!”
He finally attacked seriously as he had recognized as an enemy.
“I thought I explained to you when we first t, I’m Mr. Kwak Chun-sik disciple.”
The aura’s magic disintegrates and explodes in my [Hand of Midas] clenched fist.
Shouldn’t it actually be called an anti-mage weapon?
Of course, I didn’t know if it worked because he wasn’t a combat mage, but it would be easy to get the upper hand against a mage.
“I’m a mber of the Hero Association, and you think I’m going to let you get away with this shit, when you have no proof that I’m a villain?!”
“Proof? I don’t know about proof, but I have witnesses, isn’t that right, old man?”
Just then, from a gap in the trees not far away, Kwak Chun-sik, who had planned to walk ho first, walked out and let out an absurd laugh.
“You know, I thought it was crazy at first……but now that I’ve seen him confess to being a villain, I can’t help but believe you.”
“You crazy…….”
With Kwak Chun-sik’s appearance, the odds were effectively stacked against him. But I didn’t want him to give up completely, so I told him not to worry.
“The old man won’t interfere but if you try to run away he’ll slit your throat. You’re a scarecrow used to test my performance today.”
“I’m……a scarecrow?”
“What can I call you if you’re not a scarecrow, always running away because you’re afraid to fight?”
“I’m a……I’m a scarecrow. You can’t use as a scarecrow!”
“You say you’re a wizard, but why are you only using your mouth?”
“I’ll kill you!”
Even if he’s a spatial mage, he’s a proper villain who belongs to the Villain Association so there’s no way he’s only practiced spatial magic.
Light emanated from his arms, sending countless violet bolts flying toward .
At that speed and concentration of magic, they’d reach my body before they disintegrated and try to pulverize so I could only hope to minimize the damage with minimal dodging.
Having made a call, I lunge forward, releasing aura into the air around .
The trajectories of the bullets begin to curve slightly, like droplets of water flying towards a scorching heat, and I slowly close in on him, squeezing through the gaps.
I punch out the ones that would be effective, and the ones I can narrowly avoid, I let slide past.
This causes a few tears and fraying in my cadet uniform, but I’ll just have to buy another one.
“So, you can’t do anything but run, after all.”
The closer I get to him, the harder it is to dodge the bullets, but I move my aura, rembering Kwak Chun-sik’s aura maneuvers from the dungeon.
I ford my aura into a tight bundle and then dispersed it to each target’s location.
So, what happens if I try to force my auras into a tight bundle?
The red aura surrounding my fist begins to tremble wildly and make strange noises, consuming the space around like a fla that burns everything around it and then, instead of deflecting, the shots that hit the Aura literally dissipate.
If there’s one thing I don’t like about it, it’s that…….
“If I hit him with this, I won’t be able to subdue him.”
This is hard to control, even for .
“Please keep your form.”
Boom──!
My fist slamd into his chest, causing him to collapse.
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