Chapter 82 – The Fool

Hwaaak!

Every time a purple light flashes from the tip of the sword, the giants’ limbs are severed and their heads fall.

The purple sword that extends from the powerfully swung sword rips apart various types of monsters that attack from behind the giants.

“Looking at it again, it’s crazy.”

The purple star increased mana performance dozens of times.

That’s why even the academy’s supply sword can achieve this kind of performance.

Thanks to that, after getting the purple star, I cleared level 95 of the Illusion Artifact without dying once.

The difficulty I am currently playing is level 96, and the theme is war.

The clear condition is to prevent the monsters flocking along one wall from crossing it.

At first, I thought there would be 100 of them at most…….

‘I didn’t expect it to be an unlimited wave for a limited time.’

It was only 15 minutes long, but it was quite difficult to defend the castle wall alone from the endless enemies.

Thanks to that, I played 4 game overs for the first time since I got the purple star.

But that ends with this.

It’s not clearly marked somewhere, but my feeling is that there should be less than two minutes left by now.

The first time I saw Cyclops, I was appalled, but now I think it’s fortunate that those big giants appear.

Thanks to the unnecessarily large size of those one-eyed guys, killing only them would create a huge obstacle for the invading monsters.

Thanks to this, the speed of the monsters’ advance naturally slows down, and I just need to leisurely swing my sword for the remaining two minutes.

Kill the first ones to attack by stabbing them with a spear, and kill the slow ones that come later with a long drawn sword.

If you kill like that, the corpses of the monsters you killed pile up in front of you, creating a small hill.

This, like the corpse of a Cyclops, will also become an obstacle for advancing enemies.

Then I step back a bit and do the same thing over and over again to pass the time.

People who haven’t experienced level 96 might look at me and point fingers at me.

What can I say?

It would be easier if the number of incoming enemies was fixed.

Because all I have to do is run first and slaughter them all.

However, the number of enemies is literally infinite, and the goal is to last for 15 minutes.

It’s just plain about learning how to kill time against multiple enemies.

Well, most of the academy students will become heroes and go to the front, and in the war, there will inevitably come a situation where they are isolated or have to endure with only a small number of people.

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This training will surely be of great help in such a situation.

So that’s my point.

‘This is the proper strategy.’

If a small number of people are isolated and have to endure, imagine that there is a number of people rushing at countless enemies.

If that happens, not only those who thoughtlessly rushed in, but also those who remained calmly in place would be annihilated.

That’s why this training teaches you not to cause such a nuisance.

When I first tried level 96, I also ran into it blindly.

Of course, I persevered, but what could I do alone in the middle of enemy lines against the infinitely charging enemies?

The person who created this training must have wanted to show that running through it and killing a lot of enemies is not the answer.

Even if I tried to explain it in words to the proud academy students, there would definitely be people who wouldn’t listen, so I let them experience it personally with fantasy artifacts and hit their bodies with knowledge.

I hit the spear on the head of the wolf-type monster that was running towards me.

The wolf’s body is strong! At the same time as it burst through, the surrounding illusions began to fade one by one and disappear.

Then, in the air, a sentence announcing that it had been cleared appeared.

[Level 96 CLEAR]

“Wow. I’m finally awake.”

Is it because I easily beat level 95?

I was quite proud to clear the 96th level after playing over 4 times.

I can feel that you are growing day by day.

Amazing growth rate that is so smooth that you can admire it every time you see it.

Thanks to that, I am gradually gaining confidence that I can survive as it is.

I put the sword inside the subspace bracelet and looked down at my hand.

Before I knew it, the calluses on my palms were telling me that I had been training hard.

Hasn’t it been a little over three months since I possessed this world?

Come to think of it, I have never missed a day of training except when I was recovering from an injury.

“I lived a damn hard life.”

I don’t think I lived this hard before being possessed.

When I checked the time, it was already past midnight and approaching 2:00.

‘I have to stop here for today.’

I did as much as I could, and my clothes were all damp from sweat, so I want to wash up quickly and go to bed.

It felt strange to put on the outerwear that I had taken off and put in the subspace bracelet on top of the wet shirt.

I was worried that even the outerwear that wasn’t wet with sweat would get sweaty and smell, but I couldn’t help it because the air felt exceptionally cold when I went outside in a wet shirt.

After putting on the outerwear, I came out of the fantasy training single room and saw students who were still training in the gymnasium even though it was late.

Until this time, the people who are training in the gymnasium are almost stationary.

Should I say that if you go to training every day, you will memorize faces even if you don’t want to memorize them?

If someone misses a day by chance, you know he hasn’t come, and if a stranger is training, you know he’s new.

‘I’m sure most of them were stronger than me just a month ago… ….’

Right now, I rarely see anyone stronger than me.

Should I say that compared to other people, you can clearly feel your growth?

I swallowed the pride in my heart and left the gymnasium.

The pitch-black sky welcomes me after training.

Countless stars are studded like pearls and light up the sky.

‘I always feel this, but the night sky seen from this world is spectacular anytime and anywhere.’

Around this time, most of the fires were off, and the air was clean, so I could see the stars from anywhere.

Looking up at the night sky in a daze at how clean the air is, it makes me feel as if the stars are pouring towards me.

Even with the coat on, the cold night air seeps in through the cracks.

“… It’s cold.”

As I adjusted my outerwear a bit more, I suddenly turned my head to the presence of someone next to me.

“… Dina?”

In front of my eyes was a girl who had been following me until now.

A quiet street at night with no one around.

Under the starry night sky.

Her figure standing there alone was an unrealistic sight, like a painting.

Her back shines in the moonlight floating behind her, and her hair gives the illusion that the moonlight is flowing.

Her transparent white skin somehow makes me want to run to her and hug her tightly as if she were talking about her soon-to-be-disappeared person.

Even though they were standing with their backs to the moon, the brightly shining purple eyes somehow created a pathetic atmosphere.

Due to her cold weather, her shoulders are narrowed while she is wearing her outerwear, and she hugs her slender body halfway, stimulating the viewer’s instinct for protection.

His cheeks were slightly reddened, probably because he was constantly being blown by the cold air, and the rough breath he exhaled was infinitely hot enough to be felt even from a little distance away.

“Hey… you.”

It doesn’t look like the situation is normal, so I’m taking a step closer.

“Siwoo… ….”

Interrupting me, Dina took a step closer to me.

Looking into her slightly hazy eyes, I feel like I’m about to be sucked into them.

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The hands we held are cold.

I am confused about how long I have been waiting outside and whether I am holding a human hand or an ice field.

If you’re going to wait, go into a warm place and wait. Why did you wait in such a cold place, foolishly.

‘I don’t understand why I was waiting in the first place.’

Could it be that they are aiming for all of this and acting… I thought about it for a while.

When she slightly turns her eyes and looks to the side of her, she sees Dina following her lead, staring at her hands that are clasped with her blank eyes.

Seeing that, the idea that it would be acting completely disappeared.

She even put on her coat that I was wearing because she thought she would freeze to death before she even went to the dormitory.

Thanks to you, I’m going to die of cold.

In the meantime, she said in a small voice, “It’s warm…… ” He muttered.

… Okay. It’s okay if you’re warm

As I was breathing a deep sigh, Dina suddenly looked at the lighted convenience store in the distance and spoke to me.

“Siwoo. Shall we go to the convenience store?”

“… Why? It’s time to sleep now.”

“Yes… ….”

When I refused, he replied with a sagging tone. But somehow, there was no sign of sullenness.

Did you just throw it away without thinking?

Looking at the way he calmly follows after taking his eyes off the convenience store as if he has no regrets, it seems like that.

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