Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 152

Academy Gumiho is a Magic Genius – 152

Teacher (2)

In the world where I lived, there were seven Mothers.

They appeared suddenly, tearing through space, creating and commanding countless monsters.

We called them the Seven Calamities, filled with fear and rage.

Some said they were the seven deadly sins come to judge humanity.

Others called them seven natural disasters beyond human control. Seven gods, seven demons, seven kings.

There were valid reasons for each of these countless descriptions.

But even those who seemed like absolute beings could be cut with a sword.

They bled when stabbed.

Their bodies died in agony when butchered.

Is that a calamity?

A natural disaster?

What difference is there between them and the insignificant creatures everywhere?

After eliminating the first calamity and driving away the second, I grew accustomed to killing beings superior to me.

Perhaps it was from then on.

Everything in the world could be killed.

And that everything included my comrades and my own life.

As if to confirm that my thoughts were correct.

The Seven Calamities crumbled, and the Seven Heroes became glorious moths flying into a flame.

But my life still hasn’t gone out.

Even if its form is like a lantern before the wind.

A flickering candle.

I have not died.

Only I am still alive.

* * *

A sword characterized by its pure white color and subtle porcelain sheen.

A spear that seemed to contain the burning sunset.

Both were my weapons, but they could also be said to be more than just my weapons.

“I never thought the elders’ relics would be used in actual combat, not just for display.”

I am the king of all weapons.

Masters and experts were busy teaching me how to handle weapons, and before their deaths, they entrusted me with their cherished weapons.

But I had been keeping them because there was no real need to use them.

I never dreamed that I would use them in actual combat.

Especially with the expectation of them being half-destroyed.

‘If I ever return to my homeland, I will hold a memorial service in the sanctuary and confess my sins.’

Of course, that’s only if I can return.

If I can’t return, there’s nothing I can do.

“Now, let’s finish this.”

I’ve finally come this far.

The week I spent here felt far too long.

Perhaps it was because I was wandering for a long time in the mental world of the demon I had crammed into my ring.

‘It was nice to see familiar faces after a long time, but the responsibility has grown even greater.’

Recalling the past and re-experiencing it, I reaffirmed the weight of the burdens I carry. A heavy and difficult pilgrimage.

Before, there were people walking with me.

Now, I have to see the beginning and end of this road alone.

‘These are extreme conditions.’

Saving a world with little mystery and where magic has only appeared for less than 100 years was not easy.

In the midst of all this, would it be easy to see the end of a novel whose ending I don’t even know?

Unless I knew the ending and all sorts of opportunities.

This world, where technologies including magic have developed innovatively, has too many variables. Even if I wanted to save everyone, I might not be able to.

Just two months ago, I couldn’t even save 10 students.

Just 10 academy students.

‘I don’t expect much. At least, if I can save more people than the predetermined ending, even a speck of dust from a mountain-like destiny that would be crushed in vain.’

That is the true meaning of the precept bound to me.

So, Elder, I’m sorry.

The sword you’ve been with for decades.

It seems it will have to be sacrificed here for the lives of tens of millions of people.

‘If the Elder were here, what would he say?’

The owner of the treasured sword, “Baekseon Sword” [White Line Sword].

Hong the Elder was a very gentle and taciturn warrior.

Gentle and taciturn,

A very unusual combination, but.

It was Hong the Elder who made it possible.

‘I don’t know how many of the thousands of people whose lives will be saved by sacrificing your sword will make it to the end.’

But if you were definitely here.

He would hit me on the head for not saving them right away, asking if that’s how he taught me, and would head to the most dangerous place without hesitation, leading with his aging body.

Because you sacrificed even your own body like that.

He would definitely do that.

“…I’ll pour you a drink in a glass when we meet later, something I couldn’t do when I was young. I’ll cause trouble first.”

Okay, I’ve apologized.

There was no reason to delay any longer.

The time my body can maintain a state close to its prime is only 2 minutes and 27 seconds. It was far too short to open the spear and see the abilities of the “Baekseon Sword.”

‘There’s no reason to drag it out. I’ve located the children and the Baron.’

Underground, where not a single ray of light enters.

Even with my five senses heightened to the limit, the sensations I felt were faint.

Even using the skill, “Yokma Eye” [Demon Eye], the flow of magic was periodically disrupted by the smoke rising from the floor of the underground.

The situation where identifying friend or foe with sight was sealed.

So, I focused all my nerves on hearing.

‘There are three heartbeats on the left, and seven on the right. Are the ones on the left the Baron’s family? The heartbeats of his wife and son are certain, but was the Baron’s heartbeat this fast?’

My ears, which had given up sight and invested everything in hearing, could catch even the slightest sounds.

Roughly based on the left and right.

I identified friend or foe by adjusting the angle and direction based on me in detail.

But the heartbeats felt from the Baron’s family were a bit strange.

The heartbeats of the middle-aged woman and the teenager were felt, but the remaining one heartbeat with them was strange.

‘At this speed, it’s at the level of a child.’

Is it perhaps a hostage?

That’s highly likely.

Then where is the Baron?

In accelerating thoughts, my judgment became sharp, and the end began to prove itself with action.

Sreung.

I quietly drew my sword.

Even so, the sound disappeared along with the light.

In this quiet underground, it was louder than any other sound.

Even more than the sound of breathing with a hand covering the mouth.

“I’ll tell you in advance. Duck down.”

Tadatadak.

I ran as fast as my legs would allow.

This time, there was no need to twist my waist to generate great power.

There was no reason to.

If the swords I had swung just now were to break something and kill someone.

This time, it was just to cut thinly and neatly.

The “Baekseon Sword” imbued with pure white sword energy cut horizontally through the air with pure porcelain.

Kugugugugung!!

What exactly was cut?

That doesn’t matter.

What’s important now is the information conveyed by my magic power, which spread widely while wielding the pure white sword energy.

Wielding the sword was a kind of performance.

“You. There you are.”

“!!!!!”

Ceiling, right above.

The faint presence felt from there.

Even after raising my five senses to this extent, I only noticed the presence after it got close.

Most assassins can’t even do this much.

But it’s too bad for you because the opponent is me.

The moment the magic power spread through the sword energy illuminated the surroundings, it was not difficult to identify the location of all the people.

All the orphans are on the right.

Surprisingly, all the Baron’s family members were on the left.

His wife and son.

Two people.

But it was strange to think that there was something in the middle of them that imitated the Baron’s presence. Soon, that thought turned into the idea of killing Baron Epots, who seemed to be secretly hiding on the ceiling, waiting for the right moment.

“Elder, I’m sorry.”

The moment I confirmed the Baron’s location, I filled the sword with magic power with the intention of killing him for sure.

The marginal line that can be accepted.

I poured magic power beyond that limit and converted it into sword energy.

In an instant, I consumed a huge amount of will, and my mind was dyed pure white, but.

My body naturally prepared for the next movement.

This is a first-time kill.

Anyone who sees it for the first time has no choice but to die.

Brrr, the sword vibrates.

The end of the blade gradually breaks and cracks appear.

There is no concept of death for inanimate objects, but in a way, now is the moment just before a sword dies.

All the sword’s internal power and potential end with this one swing.

Thus, the movement of the wrist from bottom to top.

It was like the time of a dying flash.

Reaching the extreme of the sword, I swing the sword to the limit.

As a result, the blade that has reached its limit scatters.

With the scream of iron breaking, a huge storm swept through the underground.

「Wave of Star Clusters」

Beyond the underground swept by the storm.

This time, the Milky Way soared.

[Skill, 「Wave of Star Clusters」 sweeps through the underground cavity.]

[All evil is destroyed, and what is entangled in demons stops functioning.]

A wave containing the holiness of the stars crashed.

The children were startled by the overwhelming mass.

There was no need to worry about them.

Because I didn’t swing the sword without thinking.

[The ‘Holy Sign Manifestation’ built into the 「Rosario of Holy Light」 protects the children.]

[Requires one moment for reuse.]

The golden divinity surrounds the children.

The shield-shaped divinity protected the people inside from the sword energy and magic power mixed in the waves.

However, there were no Baron’s children among those children.

I wasn’t sure if his son was even worth saving.

I was just dubious.

Whatever the case, I raised the sword from bottom to top.

The sword energy mixed with the star clusters pierced the underground and reached the sky.

Beyond the broken sword pointing to the split underground.

Once again, I embroidered the Milky Way in the sky.

* * *

“It’s over there!!”

In irregular breathing, a girl’s voice was heard.

The owner of the voice was sprinting with an injured body.

The place she was heading to was the highest point of the Frontier.

The Baron’s mansion.

“Isabelle, slow down a little! Easy can’t keep up!!”

“I told that guy to work hard on his physical training. It’s his fault for falling behind. Tell him to come on his own!!”

It is true that Easy is relatively behind compared to other students.

But it should not be forgotten that he has luggage on his back and a large axe and shield in both hands.

“If you’re holding a shield, you should be running in the front to protect us. What are you going to do if you fall behind to the very back?”

“What am I supposed to do about the heavy luggage?!”

“Then just throw it away!”

“Ah! That would be good.”

“…Yeah, that’s a good idea.”

When Easy asked, grumbling, Isabelle shouted to throw everything away.

The other students nodded at those words.

His role is a guardian.

He must be a warrior who protects the party from blind projectiles at the forefront and maintains the front line.

If he can’t keep that role because of the weight of the luggage.

It is a reasonable choice to throw away such luggage.

“Hey, do you know how much this is worth?!”

Of course, humans do not originally live only by rational and reasonable logic.

Easy strongly protested.

The potions and first aid kits in the luggage.

Including other things, it costs at least several million won [Korean currency].

Of course, that huge sum did not all come from the students’ wallets.

There was support from the academy.

But that doesn’t mean the students were just standing by with their arms open.

Everyone added money for better equipment and medicine.

Easy worked hard at part-time jobs and invested the money he earned without hesitation.

“I don’t know. Is that my business?”

“6.19 million won! It’s money that ordinary office workers can’t spend carelessly!!”

“So, is that money more precious than our lives?”

“!!!”

“Is it more precious than that guy’s life… the teacher’s life, who we don’t even know where he is?”

No further conversation was needed.

Easy, who was running with his head down, put down his axe and shield for a moment.

Because he carefully moved the bag he was carrying on his shoulder to the floor.

“…I’ll definitely come back to find you later.”

“Hey, shorty, what are you doing?! I’m leaving you here!”

“Wait, just wait a minute. I’m putting down my luggage and following you!!”

So, Easy ran at the forefront with his shield raised.

They arrived at the mansion on the hill and witnessed the corpses lying around and the scars commonly engraved on their bodies.

It was a very deep and sharp sword mark.

“Yeonhwa. Do you know what kind of mark this is? If it’s magic, I don’t know, but if it’s a wound carved with a sword, you’ll know better.”

It’s not an ordinary sword mark.

I can’t believe it, but.

It’s like… a trace of killing the enemy with one blow at the same time as swinging the sword.

The students feared the corpses.

The day that happened not long after entering the school stimulated the students’ minds. While they were doing that.

A swordsman wearing a sword on his waist.

Only Seong Yeonhwa was not afraid of the corpses cut in half and carefully examined their remains.

“Did you find anything out?”

“…T, this is too beautiful.”

“Are you serious?”

Beautiful?

This mess?

It was a disaster far from beauty, if anything, it was terrible.

All the people were dead and the mansion was half-destroyed and collapsed.

Who on earth is this?

While wondering.

Kugugugugung────!!!!

The ground shook.

The sound of something coming up from below.

Isabelle, who had become impatient, blushed and shouted, forgetting her face and dignity.

“Run away!!!”

“What is it? What on earth is it?!”

“Don’t say anything and run away!! Now!!!”

The students obeyed the commander’s words for now.

They ran away with all their might.

A huge wave soared from near the ground where they were standing.

There is no sea, and what kind of wave is there in the dry land and the north full of snow?

That was clearly in the form of a wave.

However, the properties did not resemble waves at all.

“What on earth is this… ?”

A wave rises from the floor like hot spring water gushing out.

The waves are made of star clusters and soon decorate the sky with starlight.

Isabelle muttered at the incomprehensible sight.

“How can there be such mystery in the world? No, in the first place, can we even call that mystery?”

She is a magician who has reached the realm.

Even if she cannot exercise god-like rights in her own territory.

She had her own area.

It was like getting her own house at a young age before she even became an adult.

That’s why Isabelle could tell at a glance how monstrous the starlight that sprang from the floor contained.

‘This light definitely happened not far away just a moment ago.’

The place she visited the most during the past week.

It was not the magic tower or the back alley, but the rose garden.

Why is the same light that occurred there shining in this place now?

Isabelle and the students who had questions.

Soon stopped thinking.

[The main culprit, ‘Baron Epots,’ has died!]

[The progress rate of the reverse side world reaches 50%. We have come halfway to the destruction of this world.]

The Baron is dead.

At the same time, I have walked halfway to the end of this world.

This is soon.

[If you wish, you can attack the reverse side world.]

[Just press ‘Attack Complete’ at the bottom left of the status window and the reverse side world will automatically close.]

[As the progress rate increases, the quantity and quality of rewards you get will increase.]

It means that the end of this world is approaching.

Will we end the attack as it is?

Or will we be with the end of this world that will soon be destroyed?

I had to choose.