All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 12

6. Make Sure No Fighting Sounds Are Heard – 2

Roars echoed outside in the already dark surroundings.

“Myaaa~!”

Mya Ne, who was inside the cave, came out.

Ian, with Mya Ne quickly climbing onto his shoulder, took a step forward.

The highest level of stealth, making oneself one with nature, unfolds.

Completely concealing his presence, he ascended the hill.

As Kirke had said, a three-eyed monster with green skin and large red eyes, a Three-Eyed Troll, was rampaging.

-Shaaaack!!

And in front of it, a giant spider-like monster aimed its forelegs, threateningly.

Both were filled with murderous intent, seemingly determined to kill each other.

The Arachne was spewing venomous silk at the Troll.

Ian crossed his arms and quietly watched the two monsters battle.

-Kuaaaaaah!!

With a massive roar, the Troll slammed its fist down on the Arachne’s head.

The Arachne, greatly shaken by the attack, swung its foreleg.

The long, spear-like foreleg pierced through the Troll’s body.

But perhaps due to its immense regenerative power?

Despite the abdomen being pierced, the Arachne couldn’t pull its foreleg out.

-Keuaaaang!!

The Three-Eyed Troll used its hand to forcefully strike the joint of the foreleg.

The joint twisted, and the foreleg broke off.

-Krrr…….

The Troll, pulling out the foreleg embedded in its abdomen, repeatedly slammed down on the Arachne’s head.

Eventually, the Arachne’s head shattered, and it slumped down, causing the Three-Eyed Troll to roar.

Ian calmly walked towards the Three-Eyed Troll.

“Krrr…….”

Startled by his sudden appearance, the Three-Eyed Troll turned its head.

But it was only for a moment.

Despite being poisoned by the Arachne’s venom, the Three-Eyed Troll seemed intent on fighting Ian, its three eyes gleaming.

Facing its murderous gaze, Ian gathered his inner energy.

“Kuaaaaah!!”

“Then it just needs to be not ordinary.”

The moonlight in the sky began to coalesce.

As it gathered on his sword, Ian lightly swung it towards the Three-Eyed Troll, which was charging at him with murderous intent.

Demonic Divine Art, Chapter of the Moon.

Moonlight Slash.

-Swish!!

The sword, imbued with moonlight, flashed, drawing a crescent moon in the darkness.

Where the light had passed, the Three-Eyed Troll’s head fell with a thud.

“The moon’s energy is weak, so it’s just a crescent moon.”

“I can’t go there right now, so just keep track of its location.”

In the end, the Three-Eyed Troll won the fight against the Arachne but lost its life in vain as the price for the noise between floors.

Ian used his dagger to extract the red eye embedded in the Troll’s forehead.

He put it in his pouch and approached the Arachne.

He couldn’t harvest the Arachne’s fangs because its head was shattered, but he could harvest the poison sac and web from its abdomen.

The Three-Eyed Troll’s third eye.

The Arachne’s poison sac and web.

This should be enough compensation for enduring the noise between floors.

“The corpses will be taken care of by the monsters overflowing in the Miyal Mountains.”

“Then I should go back and make food again.”

“Mya ya~ Mya~.”

Mya Ne meowed in agreement, and Ian headed back to the hideout.

And some time later.

“What is this?!”

Aran Seth, who had rushed here, couldn’t hide his shock.

Aran Seth was trying to find the hidden students who had entered the Miyal Mountains when the time came, but he was taken aback.

A massive roar had echoed from deep within the mountains.

He knew it as soon as he heard the sound.

It was the roar of a Three-Eyed Troll.

That’s why he ran quickly.

It was impossible for the intermediate students to deal with the Three-Eyed Troll.

‘Damn it!! There shouldn’t have been any dangerous monsters nearby!!’

Rushing madly to the source of the roar, he was speechless at the sight of the carnage.

The Arachne with its head destroyed.

And the Three-Eyed Troll with its head severed.

There were two large monster corpses.

‘Both the Three-Eyed Troll and the Arachne are A-grade monsters [monsters ranked by threat level].’

What could be the reason why A-grade monsters, considered strong even in the Miyal Mountains, were so brutally destroyed?

‘First. The Arachne attacked the Three-Eyed Troll, and the two fought.’

He checked the Arachne’s large foreleg that had fallen on the ground.

The thick shell was shattered due to external impact.

The Three-Eyed Troll must have used that to attack the Arachne’s head.

Also, the Three-Eyed Troll’s skin had reddish marks, indicating that it was poisoned by paralysis venom.

Looking at the traces, the situation began to be drawn in his head.

But there was an unresolved problem.

‘The Troll won the battle between the two. But…… who killed the Three-Eyed Troll?’

Aran Seth looked at the severed section of the neck.

It was clean.

It had split the Troll’s thick hide and hard bones in one strike.

‘This is at least Expert level [referring to a high level of skill].’

Not just a user who simply enhances their body with aura, but someone who can manifest aura.

Moreover, looking at this clean cut, their swordsmanship skills were above average.

‘And…….’

Both monsters are sensitive to territory.

They had the stealth skills to hide their presence from such monsters.

‘An assassin? As far as I know, the Blue Moon guys are this skilled……. No. It’s not Blue Moon level.’

Even the notorious assassin organization wouldn’t be able to hide their presence from the Three-Eyed Troll or Arachne, who would be sensitive during a fight.

Then who could it be?

He tried to find traces, but not a single footprint remained.

“Are you alright……. Huh! What is this…….”

The hunter who had barely caught up was taken aback by the scene.

And looking at the Three-Eyed Troll’s head on the ground, he asked.

“Instructor Aran Seth. Have you already harvested the Three-Eyed Troll’s eye?”

“Huh?”

“No…… if you look here, the third eye is missing.”

At those words, he checked the head.

Certainly, there was no eye on the forehead.

“The third eye is the only part worth harvesting from the Three-Eyed Troll. And the Arachne’s poison sac is also missing.”

“It wasn’t me. Who could it be?”

“Well. But the harvesting skills are very clean.”

The hunter, alternating between checking the Three-Eyed Troll’s head and the Arachne’s abdomen, said seriously.

“It must be a skilled hunter.”

Even he couldn’t cut and take it away so cleanly.

The hunter repeatedly exclaimed in admiration at the clean harvesting.

“Tell Hound. A strong person we don’t know may have invaded the Miyal Mountains. Request a search from the instructors who have nothing to do as well.”

“Understood.”

Aran Seth bit his lip tightly.

What if that strong person attacks not only monsters but also students?

That must be stopped.

‘Damn it. That’s why I said we should create a training suspension system…….’

He had proposed it during the instructor meeting for the safety of the students, but it had been rejected several times.

For the reason that why would we create such a system for training that assumes real combat.

As such, even if the students shouted that they were suspending training, they would think it was part of the pursuit and hide even more.

The only way to end the training quickly was to find and catch them all.

Aran Seth clicked his tongue briefly and ordered the hunters who arrived next.

“Start searching the surroundings.”

“Understood.”

“Then what about you, Instructor……?”

“I need to end this test as quickly as possible.”

As he finished speaking and ran into the darkness, the hunters shrugged their shoulders.

“Everyone will fail this time.”

Ian, who was meditating in the center of the cave, slowly opened his eyes.

He felt refreshed after meditating with determination for the first time in a while.

Mya Ne seemed to be sleeping, trying not to disturb Ian’s meditation.