Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 33

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius – Episode 33

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius 33

Solitude (3)

Go devoured everything in sight.

To fill its empty stomach, it swallowed everything it could get its hands on.

Land tainted with poison, poisonous plants emitting potent toxins, and poisonous substances.

Even humans.

Go’s insides were gradually tainted with poison, as it swallowed everything without discrimination.

It tried to endure with its unique adaptability and poison resistance, but.

Swallowing all the poison in the flower garden became a kind of compound poison, tormenting it.

Baek Seung-woo quietly watched the scene.

The time was slowly approaching.

‘No matter how capable it is of adapting in real-time, overeating hundreds of types of poison can’t be good for its body.’

Go had been living deep inside the cave until just now.

The warm sunlight and numerous flora and fauna.

And the potent toxins they possessed must have provided tremendous stimulation, even among the things it had encountered throughout its life. Intense stimulation that exceeded the threshold of adaptation.

Just how far would its adaptability manifest?

The toxins within its body were being combined into potent compound toxins, and various poisons were damaging its body and nerves.

In other words, at this rate, dying might be faster than adapting to the poison.

But Go didn’t stop eating.

As if it were its own calling, it devoured all the land and creatures.

The more it did so, the more the types and amounts of toxins accumulated within its body increased.

Before long, the dungeon was filled with Go.

Go, which was no longer easy to move, stopped eating.

In the first place, there wasn’t much left to eat.

Only three humans.

Excluding Baek Seung-woo, Lee Ji, and the shadow behind them.

─Whoosh!

Pupil flames blazed fiercely.

[‘Foxfire’ is burning fiercely.]

[‘Yoma Eye’ pierces through Go’s internal organs.]

The red eyes were dyed purple.

In a world that appeared monochrome, only its internal organs sparkled in cyan. Traces of being thoroughly soaked in poison.

Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh!

The flames split into two, drawing spirals.

They resonated with each other, amplifying the size of the flames and the sinister curse hidden within.

Every part of the body where its various organs were located.

It poured firepower and curses onto the areas soaked in poison.

Kieeeeeeeek!

Go writhed in agony, its internal organs burning.

Large amounts of the remaining land and weeds in the flower garden were swept away.

Lee Ji trembled at the destructive sight.

Perhaps she was reminded of the incident at the academy a few days ago.

Seung-woo, looking at her trembling hand axe, said.

“Flee to the left.”

“Yes, yes?”

“There’s nothing more you can do, so run. I’ll take care of the aftermath.”

There was no longer any need to keep Lee Ji around.

The reason for keeping her close was to prevent her from getting caught up in unnecessary accidents.

Being with me now is dangerous in itself.

So, running away is the best option.

“But, Teacher… How can you kill that alone?”

“I wouldn’t have entered this dungeon if I didn’t have a plan.”

“Even so…!”

“Have you forgotten who I am?”

The new assistant instructor at Chilseong Academy, surrounded by rumors.

A hero who killed the perpetrator of the academy terror and saved many students.

At the same time, the nominal head of the Cheonho Baekga family, filled with various scandals.

And──

‘─The teacher who gave me guidance.’

Originally, even if I attended Chilseong Academy, there was no way I could have learned the secret techniques through one-on-one instruction.

He taught me such things without reservation and processed Wolruhwa for me to make it into a divine medicine.

“So don’t worry and just go.”

Yes, Teacher is not someone I should be worried about.

In the current situation, I am the one who is getting in the way.

So, all I can do is run.

As Teacher said, running is the only thing I can do for Teacher right now.

“Teacher!”

“What is it?”

“Next time! Next time, I will definitely be of help!”

“…Yes, train hard.”

“Then, Teacher.”

Lee Ji bowed.

She spoke politely, with as much respect as she could muster.

“I will greet you again at the academy next time!”

With those words, Lee Ji ran without even hearing a reply.

Seung-woo stared at her retreating figure before turning his gaze to where Go was.

Go, writhing in agony as its internal organs burned.

It seemed that the burns from the flames had not yet reached its threshold.

The burns that were scorching its organs and flesh were spreading widely.

The time had finally come.

Seung-woo judged that now was the perfect moment to hunt.

He immediately used magic to combine magic and skills.

The end in this dungeon was finally approaching.

* * *

Go, writhing in pain, destroyed everything around it.

The legs moving haphazardly shattered the parched land, preventing my approach.

Only ranged attacks were a viable means of attack.

‘Finish it off before it adapts to the burns.’

A monster that adapts once it exceeds its threshold upon receiving any impact.

It may seem like it has no weaknesses when viewed in this way, but fortunately, I know its weakness.

That is something that is closely related to its strengths.

That is, killing it before it even adapts.

If you kill it with intense stimulation before it even accepts the minimum limit of reaction, the threshold, that’s all you have to do.

Kuaaaa!

Like its body, which had become as massive as a mountain, Go’s scream also became thick and robust.

A cry that instilled a physiological sense of fear in those who heard it, a peer [a high-ranking monster’s cry].

It was clumsily imitating the peer, a symbol of the high ranks, and was taking a leap toward the high ranks.

If you’re going to kill it, you have to kill it now.

「Foxfire」

[Pyrokinesis]

Physical force was added to the cursed flames.

The violet flames, which had spread like mist in all directions, instantly enveloped Go and began to burn its exoskeleton simultaneously.

Kieeeeeeeek!!!

Go’s skin, also known as the exoskeleton or cuticle, was very hard and tough.

It had resistance to not being corroded even by potent toxins, but unfortunately, it had no resistance to flames.

[‘Foxfire’ is burning fiercely.]

[The Fire Demon covers all directions!]

[All sorts of eerie curses are deeply engraved in the body!]

The holes in the internal organs pierced by [Yeolyangji] [a magical artifact].

The flames, which were desperately aimed at those places, dug into the skin and began to cook it from the inside out.

No matter how much Go had the characteristic of adapting to stimuli, the pain of its internal organs being cooked was not something it could adapt to.

It eventually failed to adapt to the burns and collapsed.

Thud!

The huge body collapsed powerlessly and sprawled on the dead land.

[You have defeated the hidden boss monster, ‘Centipede of Solitude’.]

[You have cleared the dungeon ‘Efnell’s Flower Garden’.]

[The dungeon will automatically close in 10 minutes.]

Various messages appeared on the retina.

That was just the beginning.

[You have cleared the sub-quest, ‘Hunting Solitude’.]

[Rewards are given.]

[You have acquired the skill ‘Ten Poisons Immunity’.]

[Knowledge about ‘Solitude’ is provided in the form of a scroll.]

[Acquire +3 points.]

Various rewards poured out when I hunted Go.

A skill that grants resistance to poison and a scroll containing ancient knowledge.

And even points that I still don’t know how to use.

It was luxurious for a clear reward from a D-class dungeon at best.

Ordinary players would have been happy with just this.

But I’m not.

Whoosh, I wrapped Yeolyangji around my finger and approached Go.

The dead guy spewed out potent solitude from his mouth and pierced internal organs.

If I didn’t have 「Ten Poisons Immunity」, I might have been infected with the potent poison just by approaching it.

Such an intense poison.

I didn’t care and put my hand on Go’s exoskeleton.

Rustle, when I cut the center of the internal organs, a pink organ appeared.

Fragments of an organ that was not yet fully ripe.

This is exactly what I was looking for.

“I will enjoy it.”

I chewed on its organs without hesitation.

Crunch, when I took a big bite, the blood, flesh, and potent poison inside spread.

The more I chewed, the more my jaw muscles seemed to be paralyzed, so I swallowed the rest whole.

[You have consumed Go’s incomplete organ.]

[The internal organs are stained with potent poison!]

[The poison is driven out by the skill ‘Ten Poisons Immunity’!]

…

…….

[The organs that have completely driven out the poison adapt to the human body in a new form.]

[You have acquired an immune system that did not exist before!]

[You have acquired the skill ‘Weakness Resistance Body’.]

I finally got it.

This is the hidden piece hidden in ‘Efnell’s Flower Garden’ that I wanted so much.

「Weakness Resistance Body(弱體耐性之體)」

Grade: F+

Description: It is a trace of a new organ created by Go(蠱) [a type of venomous creature in Chinese folklore], which was soaked in hundreds of poisons, to create antibodies against poison in real time. It is not an organ in the concept belonging to a specific internal organ or animal group. It can adapt to a form suitable for all living things, and evolves each time it receives a stimulus above the threshold.

*Adaptability(適應力)

When the stimulus received by a weak body exceeds a certain value, the body adapts based on the ‘threshold(閾値)’.

A skill that grants resistance to a weak body.

However, there was one peculiar thing.

That is, there is a ‘+’ mark on the skill’s grade.

This is not strange or wrong.

In skills, ‘+’ has a special meaning.

It means to grow.

‘Growth-type skill. The best skill that all players desire, where the skill grows to fit me.’

「Weakness Resistance Body」 evolves one step further and creates a new skill when a specific stimulus received by the player exceeds the threshold.

It also creates skills optimized for me.

[You have discovered the hidden piece ‘Weakness Resistance Body’!]

[Acquire +5 points.]

I was momentarily lost in the afterglow of getting what I wanted.

The message that filled the retina again came to mind.

I was going to just skip it, but I couldn’t skip it carelessly because of the content written in the message.

‘What the heck are points?’

So far, I have earned several points through quests and rewards.

But I still don’t know what this is.

Even if I ask Nam Hwa-yeon, she doesn’t know, and nothing comes to mind from Eve’s mentions.

It seems like something is hidden.

I have no idea what it is.

‘Should I clean up and think about it for now?’

The poison heated by the fire bubbled.

The poison floated in the air like mist, soaking the area in poison.

An environment where ordinary creatures cannot live.

However, it did not work for me, who had 「Ten Poisons Immunity」, and the shadow who had undergone assassination training. The only one not here was Lee Ji alone.

She had been yelling at me to run away, so she had run far away a long time ago.

“Now it’s just the two of us.”

“…Did you know about me?”

“Of course.”

“…Since when?”

“Around the time I got out of the mansion and took a taxi.”

“Basically from the beginning.”

He scratched his head.

He seemed to have pride in his stealth skills.

Unfortunately, stealth is meaningless in front of me.

Such tricks cannot work in front of high senses, 「Yoma Eye」, and experience beyond numerous battlefields.

「Yoma Eye」

There’s no need to tell you everything, so I just dyed my eyes purple.

This alone is enough of an answer.

“It’s a magic eye.”

Due to the nature of players who use all parts of their body as weapons, magic eyes that utilize the eyeballs are considered efficient weapons.

There are various magic eyes in the world as many as the number of players.

However, it was the first time I had ever seen a magic eye that sparkled so beautifully.

A magic eye like amethyst that emits purple light.

It had a magical power that made people fascinated.

Is that what a jewel eye(寶石眼) [a magic eye that resembles a jewel] that emits colorful light and appraises the opponent would be like?

“It was because of those eyes.”

“Think what you want.”

“I wonder if ‘that person’ would like it if I dug out those eyes and presented them.”

What a brutal thing to say.

It doesn’t seem like he said it as a show of strength. I can tell by looking at his eyes.

He really intends to dig out my eyes and present them to someone called ‘that person’.

Why are my opponents only crazy people like this?

It seems like it will be another difficult fight today.

I opened my mouth to buy some time and to capture his subtle movements and posture.

“Hey, what should I call you?”

“Anything is fine. It doesn’t matter what I’m called.”

“Really? Then──.”

A sneer forms on the smiling lips.

It was a smile that meant how could a person be like that.

“─Ilyoung.”

“!!!”

The emotion of being surprised was felt even beyond the mask when I said his code name.

That’s how surprised he was.

Ilyoung glared at me with fierce eyes, demanding that I tell him how I knew his name.

I didn’t care and teased him to buy time.

“How can a person’s name be Ilyoung? I’d rather it be Simyoung.”

“…….”

I said it to tease him and see his reaction.

There was no reaction as strangely as it could be.

When there was no reaction even when I teased him about his name, the enhanced eyesight scanned even his subtle movements.

It was hard to see because it was covered by a mask, but Ilyoung was frowning.

It felt like he didn’t understand what I was saying.

“Huh?”

What, could it be.

There’s no Simyoung in this world?

I know now.

It’s not that he didn’t react, it’s that he couldn’t react.

Because he didn’t understand what I meant.

I scratched my head awkwardly at the unexpected variable, and suddenly a good idea came to mind.

Yes, if there is no Simyoung in this world.

‘I can just make one.’

My gaze stared at Ilyoung’s lower abdomen.

In my vision, Ilyoung, who was stepping back with an unknown murderous intent, came into view.