All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 120

◈ Chapter 120

60. Not a Set – 2

A large monster with a snake’s head flicked its long tongue.

The rhinoceros monster beside it grinned, drooling.

“That head is mine,” the tiger monster declared.

“The arms are mine,” the bear monster sneered.

“Humans are for legs, after all,” it added.

As the monsters, seeing him as prey, licked their lips, Ian brandished his sword.

The Rakshasa Army’s shockwave, which used to devour monsters in the Asura Rakshasa Realm, was unleashed.

-KWAHHHH!

The massive crocodile-like energy tore the gathered monsters to shreds.

Without even glancing at their remains, Ian asked Kirke, “Where’s the nearest village?”

“Good.”

Mya Ne, who had been in his arms, climbed onto his shoulder, and Ian began his descent.

“Oh.”

While going down the mountain, he spotted a small wildflower by the roadside.

Ian stopped.

One of the lower-grade ingredients used to make elixirs.

Ian quickly dug it up and put it in his bag.

“Should I gather some elixirs here?”

“Go ahead. I’ll take the ones nearby.”

The Black Crimson Toad is a black toad, and the red oil it secretes is an elixir ingredient used to stabilize internal energy and ward off monsters.

The Seven Island Fruit is also a material for lower-grade elixirs that increase internal energy.

There’s no harm in taking them.

“Mya?”

“I can make an elixir for you.”

Ian stroked Mya Ne’s head and trudged on.

A stable path down and a rugged cliff.

Choosing between the two paths, he jumped off the steep cliff.

“Myaaaaa!!”

Mya Ne, clinging to Ian, cried out in alarm.

At the same time, a monster with crow wings near the cliff approached, laughing.

“If you’re going to commit suicide, I’ll take that body for a meal……”

-Swish!

While falling, Ian swung his sword, cutting the crow monster in half, and stuck his sword into the cliff.

He lightly arrested his fall and pointed to the rock in front of him.

“Is this it?”

There was a strangely shaped rock on the cliff.

Looking under it, a black toad was sleeping.

He took it and put it in his bag, then climbed over the irregularities of the cliff towards a withered tree.

“Caw!”

“Caw! Caw!”

The crow monsters from before were flying in the sky.

In what appeared to be their nest, there were human skeletons, and a middle-aged man and a girl who looked like villagers were captured.

Both were well-dressed, looking like they were from a wealthy family.

“May, may Buddha watch over us…… Buddha’s……”

“F, Father…… Father……”

The crow monsters mocked the father and daughter who were earnestly seeking Buddha’s [the enlightened one in Buddhism] protection.

A giant crow monster, who had completely devoured one of the corpses, cried out, and the other monsters moved.

Just as they were about to kill the captured father and daughter and eat the corpses, the larger crow monster, who seemed to be the leader, discovered Ian.

“Caw! Food! Food!”

The crow monsters were delighted to see Ian approaching.

They quickly flew towards Ian, a new prey, instead of the captured father and daughter, and he moved his hand.

His hand took on a strange shape.

As the complex mudra unfolded, light emanated from his body.

The crow monsters were terrified by the iridescent light.

“C, Caw?!”

“Immovable Wisdom King!”

But it was already too late.

The demon-subduing energy emanating from Ian’s body swept away the crow monsters in an instant.

“Ah. Ah……?”

The captured father and daughter stared blankly at Ian.

Without even glancing at them, Ian reached out to the tree above the crow monsters’ nest.

He picked the only fruit hanging on the branch, put it in his bag, and asked Kirke.

“Is there anything else?”

Ian nodded and turned to look at them, who were staring blankly at him.

“Are you going down?”

“Yes? Ah…….”

The girl’s father looked around.

There were no more monsters that could be a threat.

But the situation itself, being on top of such a steep cliff, was a threat.

“S, Immortal! Buddha! Please watch over us…….”

“I’m not an immortal or Buddha.”

“Yes? Ah…… Th, then are you a, a foreigner?”

“That’s right.”

“Please…… please save us. I, I’ll pay you back when we get home…….”

“Let’s do that. Then.”

Ian tied them up with a rope he took out of his bag.

He held them tightly so they wouldn’t fall and looked down.

It was quite high, but not impossible to descend.

“We’re going to jump.”

“H, here?”

The girl’s father looked under the nest.

It was still a steep cliff.

Looking down at it, he hugged his daughter and nodded.

“P, please.”

He hugged his daughter tighter so she wouldn’t look down, bracing himself.

Seeing that, Ian grabbed the man and jumped.

“Uwaaaaaaaa!!”

The ground was getting closer.

They would collide soon.

While he was hugging his daughter tightly and fearing the worst, Ian reached out his hand.

Light emanated from the artifact he had obtained from Matri before.

“Reverse Gravity.”

As the artifact’s magic activated, the falling speed decreased.

As they were about to touch the ground, their bodies were floating, defying gravity.

The man was bewildered and amazed by the bizarre phenomenon.

“S, Immortal?!”

“I’m not.”

Ian denied it firmly and deactivated the magic.

As they landed safely on the ground, he untied the rope.

“I’m going to the village below.”

“W, we live there too.”

“Then let’s go together.”

On the way down, they encountered some monsters and wild animals.

But they couldn’t do anything to Ian.

He easily defeated them, and as they went down the mountain, a fairly large village appeared.

“We have to go save the village chief right away!”

A few people gathered at the entrance of the village, holding weapons.

But others didn’t seem too keen on their cries.

“No. Even if you say that…….”

“The village chief follows Buddha. Isn’t the trend these days foreigners?”

The few people who were whispering got angry.

“Are you crazy?! Have you forgotten Buddha’s teachings?!”

“But Buddha isn’t saving us, is he?”

“Plus, foreigners are catching monsters too.”

“The king isn’t here either……. We have to survive too.”

The few people got angry at the negative opinions.

A large, burly blond man walked out of the village with giants [large-sized individuals] towards them.

“There are Five Kings and crows in that mountain. Are you out of your mind to go there?”

“Shut up! Foreigner!”

“Hey, that’s too much. It’s been two months since I’ve lived here, and I’m still a foreigner? And how many times have we protected this village?”

He grinned and lightly raised his hand.

Then the mercenaries following him began to surround the few people.

“Wh, what are you trying to do?!”

“What am I trying to do? Your village chief has already been taken by the Five Kings. And you guys are refusing to cooperate with us.”

The few people looked at the villagers.

The villagers averted their eyes at the gaze.

“Pl, please understand.”

“It’s hard now. How long are we going to live being eaten by monsters?”

“It would be better to make that foreigner leader the village chief to lead us…….”

As they spoke, one of the few people shouted.

“I know! I know! Some of the people from Tuho Village who went with you were dragged away by you!”

The villagers looked in surprise, but the blond mercenary just shook his head.

“Well. That’s just us getting a little help in return for protecting the village.”

“Then why didn’t they come back?!”

At his question, the mercenary frowned.

“You’re being too loud. Hey. Proceed.”

The surrounding group moved.

Just as the mercenaries were about to draw their weapons, Ian approached them.

“Stop.”

“Oh? Judging by your attire, you seem to be one of us……. What. Why is the village chief who was captured by the Five Kings over there?”

He frowned.

As the few people and villagers were relieved to see that, the mercenary bit his lip.

“You’re lucky, village chief. You’re the first one to come back alive after being captured by the Five Kings.”

And he saw the girl clinging tightly to his side.

The girl flinched at the gaze, and Mya Ne jumped.

“Myaaaaa!!”

And went in front of her, bristling.

“What? That ca…….”

The mercenary’s words couldn’t be finished because Ian’s sword had already severed his neck.

“H, Heek?!”

“Wh, what are you doing?!”

The villagers were surprised.

Ignoring their cries, Ian pointed to the head rolling around.

“Monster.”

“Yes?”

At that moment, the fallen head soared.

Red blood dripped from the long tentacles attached to the head, and the face was horribly distorted.

“M, My god!”

“It’s Bidu Man! Bidu Man!!”

“Why is a monster from legends here?!”

While the villagers were surprised that it had appeared, eating people’s heads and taking over their bodies, Bidu Man roared.

“Th, This…… This is! Unbelievable!! A new booody!!”

The head that flew into the sky moved.

It was heading for the village chief’s daughter.

“Myaaaaaaa!!”

But Mya Ne jumped up.

The head, which was laughing and trying to bite with its saw-like teeth.

-Kwajik!!

Was smashed with one paw-like forepaw.

Everyone couldn’t even be shocked by the blow.

What kind of power did that little cat have to do that?!

Ignoring their shock, Mya Ne cried softly.

“Mya~.”

And nonchalantly licked her forepaw.

Meanwhile, Ian continued what he was doing.

“Kkeuaaaaak!!”

The Bidu Mans occupying the mercenaries’ bodies screamed the moment Ian made the mudra.

As they lost their bodies and floated into the sky, Ian swung his sword.

The Bidu Mans, who were trying to escape, were cut in half and fell.

Seeing that, the villagers cheered as they watched him put away his sword.

“S, Immortal!! Are you an immortal?”

“Waaa!! Immortal! Immortal!”

“That cat must be a divine creature following the immortal!”

Ian coldly replied to them, who were rejoicing.

“I’m not an immortal.”

As everyone was embarrassed by the statement, Ian looked at the village chief.

“It seems like the price to pay has increased.”

“Th, that’s right. What should I give you…… Ah! That’s right!”

The village chief clapped his hands and shouted.

“How about the precious item that the king left in our village before?!”

“Let’s see it.”

Ian, who entered the village, sighed after seeing the contents of the box that the village chief brought.

“Isn’t it amazing?!”

Inside the box was a golden band revealing a vivid red light.

The village chief proudly presented what looked very precious.

Ian smiled bitterly as he looked back and forth between him and the box, and Kirke calmly said.

‘The circlet that held Sun Wukong [the Monkey King from Chinese mythology] is indeed amazing.’