Chapter 8. The First Plausibility (4)
A certain room in the female cadet dormitory of Hero Academy "Glory".
There, Ha Eun-ha was rolling around on her bed while hugging a large teddy bear.
"Ugh! I'm bored, isn't there anything fun to do?"
Ha Eun-ha montarily thought of Kim Su-hyeok but soon shook her head.
"He's probably training, so it would be a bit much to interrupt him..."
Even though she likes playing pranks, she's not senseless enough to go and prank a kid who is training.
Thinking that, she thought of other candidate locations.
'Ryu Jin-oh is annoying, so pass. Ju Ha-yeon is too cold, so pass.'
After excluding them like that, there were no friends left.
Was she actually a loner?
Why is it that only three friends co to mind?
A cadet popped into Ha Eun-ha's head, who was dying of boredom like that.
"Was his na Choi Yu-seong?"
The guy she had talked to for the first ti a few days ago.
She hadn't exchanged words with him since then, but he suddenly ca to mind out of nowhere.
"I wonder what he's doing?"
A kid whose first impression seed sowhat cold, but who was fun when they actually talked.
She didn't view such a Choi Yu-seong in a bad light.
Her not viewing Choi Yu-seong in a bad light was partly due to the fact that he got along well with Kim Su-hyeok, but the decisive reason was sothing else.
"Because his eyes were fine."
Ha Eun-ha recalled a past event.
The past where she had no choice but to beco obsessed with people's eyes.
Ha Eun-ha's eyes sank deeply as she thought of that past.
'It was really annoying.'
The humans around her who treated her as nothing but a tool after she awakened her abilities.
In order to filter out such people, she had started obsessing over people's gazes.
Because human eyes contained various emotions such as greed, jealousy, and selfishness.
In the end, after filtering and filtering, the friends left around her were just the three she had ntioned earlier.
Still, it had been a while since a fourth friend candidate appeared.
Upon reaching that thought, the brilliance returned to Ha Eun-ha's eyes that had sunk deeply.
"I didn't see any bad emotions, so pass!"
She didn't really know what the emotion she saw from Choi Yu-seong was.
Because it was definitely an emotion she was seeing for the first ti.
But what was certain was that there was no negative feeling whatsoever, only a favorable feeling.
That alone was enough for her.
"I should try talking to him again later. Hehehe."
And when we get close, I should play pranks on him whenever I'm bored.
If Choi Yu-seong heard it, he would spit out a sigh of dismay, but what could be done?
It was the fault of Choi Yu-seong, who wasn't here.
Ha Eun-ha thought that and rolled around on her bed again.
***
I paused for a mont while checking the Artifact.
That was because of the System notification that just popped up.
[You have acquired 300 Influence Points.]
"What is this? I haven't really done anything..."
I really don't know the reason why such a notification popped up.
I was curious about the reason why points were suddenly earned, but right now there was sothing more important than that, so I had no choice but to divert my attention.
"Because this cos first."
Thinking that, I turned my head toward the Artifact again.
Then, the information of the Artifact, which had disappeared while I briefly took my eyes off it, started to output again.
[Suppressing Blade]
Rank: C
Category: Sword
Information: A weapon where the handle disappeared and only the 'blade' remained after a long ti had passed. However, one cannot find any traces of ti on the 'edge', seeing how sharp that blade is.
Ability 1: Mana cannot interfere with wounds made by the blade.
Ability 2: It is impossible to shroud the blade with Mana.
"......"
A truly simple and clear explanation.
Looking only at the abilities, it's an ability where I can't even understand why this is a Tier 4 Artifact.
Because even I, who faced it right here, right now, was left speechless by the absurdly powerful penalty.
'But that penalty was ultimately an answer.'
Mana cannot interfere.
In a way, one can only think of it as a penalty for the user.
Because talent is also Mana in the end, it ant one couldn't inflict wounds with talent on the place attacked with the blade.
That was the reason why it was in the exhibition hall, despite being an Artifact of the C-Rank belonging to the upper tiers among the Artifacts divided into 7 stages.
Usually, the exhibition hall only gathered Artifacts that had so sort of flaw.
'And the masterminds aid for that gap.'
Who would have imagined?
That they would mangle their own bodies with that and then co attacking holding the blade.
Even I, who was reading the text at the ti, was dumbfounded.
Just what kind of mastermind had such strong tenacity?
'Everything was a problem of the Artifact theft incident that will happen today.'
The death created by the entanglent of the small Plausibility called the 'mysterious theft incident that occurred in March', which appeared in the early part of the novel.
The larger context might be the SS-Class Gate, but it ant small Plausibilities were thoroughly mixed in between.
That was why I intended to stop that small Plausibility from now on.
"I'd like to directly kill the bastards who approached the hero, if I had my way."
Unfortunately, that's impossible.
The novel only covered the villains causing the incident, there were almost no parts that detailed where they lived or what kind of bastards they were.
'Plus, it's obvious going there in my current state would be a dog's death.'
Like any world, you need power to be able to do anything.
With this pathetically weak body right now and a background with no backing, anything I did was impossible.
Who would believe
and move if I babbled about when and where villains would appear?
I'd be lucky not to get reported on suspicion of being a villain myself.
'It's fine. There's no need to be impatient.'
I rember all the tis when the incidents happen anyway.
If so, I just need to continuously repeat training in accordance with that.
I don't need to be impatient and just need to grow at my own pace.
"So first, today's matters."
I imdiately checked the ti.
The ti was 11:30.
There isn't much ti left now.
***
Approaching 12 o'clock.
First, I surveyed the surroundings.
Because I had to check the 'mysterious man who appeared while pushing away the guards' restraints.'
Tick. Tock.
Ti flowed and flowed like that, eventually reaching 12 o'clock.
"You! I told you, you can't co in here!"
"Damn it! Why is he so strong?!"
At the sa ti, the urgent shouts of the guards were heard.
"He's here."
The bastard appeared.
A villain with his face covered by a red mask.
Just by facing him, I felt as if my whole body was freezing cold.
Proof that the gap between the current
and that bastard is large.
"It's not my goal to kill him anyway."
My goal is to buy ti.
I have no intention of stepping up boldly without knowing my place.
My goal is to hold out until my hero arrives, who appeared a step late and missed the villain in the novel.
For that goal... I have no intention of sparing any ans or thods.
It was when I was making that resolution.
"I told you to stop... Keuaak!!"
As the villain swung his hand, the guard who was restraining him was sliced away, scattering blood.
CHWAAAACK!!
That blood splattered right up to where I was, and a few drops even got on my clothes.
"......"
Red blood that still felt warm.
The blood of a life that perhaps might have lived if I had told him it was dangerous.
But I couldn't speak.
If I had made the choice to protect that guard, the villain's eyes would have imdiately turned to .
If that happened, even buying ti would have beco difficult.
"Tsk."
It can't be helped.
Because the 'value' of that guard is lower than my life and the 'value' of the hero nad Ha Eun-ha.
This is a natural choice.
That's why I didn't feel any guilt.
Still, since it was my first ti seeing a human die, I thought I would feel a bit of aversion, but thanks to the 'Heterogeneous Gear', there was no such feeling at all.
Thud, thud.
While I was thinking that, the villain who had dealt with all three guards attached to him was coming in the direction where I was.
To think he killed them all already when not even a few minutes had passed.
He seems to have a more impatient personality than he looks.
Then I should slowly prepare accordingly too.
CRASH!!
I imdiately smashed the glass where the Artifact was being stored into pieces.
At the sa ti, the scattering glass shards, but without caring, I shoved my hand between the broken glass shards.
What I pulled out was a sword, not the 'Suppressing Blade'.
After picking up that sword with my right hand, I aid it toward the villain.
"Why don't you wait a bit?"
Honestly, I was a bit scared.
However, there was sothing that had to take priority over fear for .
Because the heroes I admired had a higher 'value' than anything else inside .
"......"
The villain looks at .
aning he definitely recognized my presence.
The bastard stared at
for a mont and then, without warning, clenched his fist and charged.
I hastily raised the sword to defend against the guy's sudden strike.
CLAAAANG!!!
"Keuhuk!!"
An explosive sound that was hard to believe was the sound of a sword and a fist colliding.
And at the sa ti, pain as if burned by fire hit my arm and shoulder, even though we had only exchanged a single blow.
"You're weak?"
However, I spat out words different from the emotions I felt inside.
Showing signs of pain when there is an enemy in front of your eyes is sothing not even a monster would do.
"Is that all?"
When the bastard didn't react, I provoked him once more.
I have to stimulate the sha of being blocked by a re novice more than his mission.
My stimulation that continued like that seed to have fortunately worked.
Because unlike earlier, he was even holding a proper stance.
...Is it really a fortune?
PAAAT!!
The bastard flew like a cannonball, giving even inertial force to his body with his planting foot.
A speed where my arm would be shattered into pieces like the glass shards from earlier if I tried to block it head-on.
Judging that it wouldn't do as it was, I twisted the blade diagonally and succeeded in parrying the bastard's fist.
SKREEEEEK-!
Then a foul sound like scraping tal was heard.
He wrapped his fist in Mana, but is it okay to make a sound like this?
I had that thought for a mont, but the situation wasn't bad.
Anyway, I succeeded in blocking the attack, so it was a bluff I could pull off.
***
After that, an offense and defense that wasn't really an offense and defense continued.
Dodging when the bastard struck down and parrying when he thrust a straight punch for a few minutes.
"...Huu."
"Tch. How annoying."
The first word finally flowed from the villain's mouth.
It must an I'm troubleso since I only dodge and evade without thinking of winning.
'It's about ti now.'
If it was as written in the novel, it was the timing for 'him' to appear around now.
No, he had to appear.
Because if things kept going like this, I would also slowly fail to hold out and collapse.
'About two more tis.'
The number of tis I can take that villain's attacks.
No matter how generously I estimate, three tis... no, seeing the strike he's preparing, it might be one ti.
Even at a glance, he seems to be preparing an unusual attack.
'Hah, f*ck.'
A curse naturally ca out of my mouth.
But what can I do? I have to try blocking it.
The bastard was charging while concentrating all his Mana with the montum to kill , and it was when I was clenching my teeth until they bled to block it.
BOOOOOM!!!
Along with a roar that echoed loudly enough to cause ringing in my ears, a black spear drew a boundary line between the villain and .
I realized it upon seeing that black spear.
'He's here.'
He has finally arrived.
The man I waited and waited for.
"Boy! Good work!"
A cheerful voice with a clear tone coming from behind.
I slowly turned my head at that voice.
"I would like to take over your opponent from now on, would that be alright?"
I nodded at his words.
"Yes. It is alright."
"Right. Good work. I pay my respects to the boy's courage!"
I blankly stared at the man praising
with a gentle smile.
Light golden hair, an intonation that seed straight out of a fantasy novel.
An A-Rank Player called the Spear God.
'Shin Yu-hwan.'
One of the heroes I admired.
I briefly set down my exhausted body and watched his battle.
"For a villain, isn't your head too high?"
A single phrase spat out lowly by Shin Yu-hwan.
He was a man who knew how to keep the words he spat out.
PUUUK!!
"Keueueaak!!!"
Because the spear that flew simultaneously with his words pierced the villain's leg.
In the end, the villain had no choice but to collapse on the spot.
And the sight of him slowly approaching the villain exactly showed the figure of the hero I admired.
To think he'd make him look like that in a mont when all I could do was barely block even though I struggled so much.
'So that is the battle of a hero.'
There were quite a few future heroes I t after coming to this world.
But it was my first ti seeing one actually fighting while showing heroic dignity.
I felt sothing welling up inside my chest.
'I declared that I would protect soone like that.'
It's far.
Too far.
A question also arises whether I can truly 'reach that man'.
But I have to reach him.
I definitely have to reach him.
Because I also want to beco a person who keeps the words I spit out now.
...It was right when I was thinking that.[The conditions have been t.]
[Shin Yu-hwan is recorded in the Embodint of Admiration (EX).][From now on, you can borrow Shin Yu-hwan's abilities using the 'Descending Hero's Power'.]
[You have exerted a profound influence on the predetermined fate of the world.][You acquire 5,000 Influence Points.]
"...Huh?"
When the completely unexpected System notification was heard.
It was an all too sudden awakening of talent.
New Terms List
???? - Loner[He/Him/She/Her] (Description)
?? - Sword (Weapon)
??(刀) - Sword (Weapon)
???? - Straight Punch (Action)
????(槍神) - Spear God [He/Him] (Title/Epithet)
A?? - A-Rank (System Rank)
?????? - Shin Yu-hwan[He/Him] (Character Na)
???? - Spear (Weapon)
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