Ch. 117
'Alright! I took down another one! If I keep this up!'
The flow is good. None of the students have been seriously injured yet. In contrast, most of the undead monsters that had been swarming in front have fallen.
Right after that, a huge ghoul appeared, causing quite a commotion. But even that was dealt with before long without much difficulty.
It only got a bit bigger in size and moved a little faster, that's all. Anyway, the head was still the weak point, so aim for that part.
It was decisive that the examiner stepped forward personally and told us there was nothing to fear at all.
So both I and my fellow students did our best to defeat the monsters. Just as the examiner said, they only got a bit bigger and a bit faster. Since the overall weak points were the same, we just had to deal with them properly.
With some breathing room, I looked around once. Everyone was fighting hard. Among them, the most eye-catching student was, as expected, Lee Hyunwoo.
He really was an amazing student. He handled all the monsters without any particular support.
I could understand again why the examiner, while saying it's bothersome, bothersome, still keeps paying attention to him.
Why he's trying to put Lee Hyunwoo on his team no matter what.
"Phew! Ha! Examiner! This place seems to be finished too, how about we go check other places?!"
The opinion Lee Hyunwoo put forward was quite reasonable. They said gates didn't just appear here, but emerged throughout the academy. The professors have gone, but more support is always better.
So I also subtly agreed with his opinion and asked the examiner for his thoughts. But the examiner shook his head and looked at me while saying:
"Stay here. This can't be the end."
This can't be the end - at those words, I unconsciously tilted my head slightly. All that remained around were bodies twitching intermittently after losing their heads. What exactly is bothering him to act like this? Could there be something...
"Kang Hana!"
Just as I heard the examiner's loud voice.
Kuuung!—
Suddenly everything went dark before my eyes, and then my body rolled around violently.
"Ugh..."
It hurts so much. My back, my shoulders, they're throbbing as if someone stepped on them. I think I shouted 'What the hell is this!' inside my head at least ten times.
"Examiner!"
"Unni!"
I could faintly hear Suhyun and Dasom's screams. Thanks to those urgent voices, I could tell. Ah, something big just happened. Since I could see Suhyun looking for the examiner, probably the examiner...
"Student Kang Hana!"
...Why is the examiner's face so close?
"Kang Hana! Get a grip!"
"Yes, yes! Examiner!"
"Are you conscious? How is it? Can you move?"
Only then could I barely understand what situation I was in.
The examiner holding my shoulders and gently shaking me. And me, sprawled out while being held in the examiner's arms.
How many times did we roll on the ground together, the examiner and I? Both I and the examiner looked quite disheveled.
But why exactly did we have to roll on the ground? Why is the examiner holding me?
Kugugugu!—
'Wh-what is that?'
I'd never seen it before. That kind of monster, I really had never seen before.
It was definitely the remains of undead monsters after their heads were blown off. Bodies that moved for a moment but would eventually crumble and fall.
Those things had come together to form a giant mountain while moving.
Yes. It's moving! That's what I mean by never seen before! How exactly are those headless remains intertwining and moving like that?!
"Student Kang Hana. Right now, pull all the students back immediately, and provide backup from behind."
"Wh-what is that, examiner?! I've never heard or seen anything like that!"
"Same here. I've never seen anything like that either."
The examiner saying that has such a leisurely expression though! I barely managed to hold back from saying that. Right now there were far too many more important things than that.
"Hurry up!"
At the same time the examiner pushed me away with force. The giant thing made of all kinds of remains crashed down where the examiner had been.
Kuuung!—
"Ah...!"
Momentarily, all kinds of bad thoughts filled my head.
Did he dodge? He didn't get crushed under that giant pile of remains, did he? Right. It's none other than Examiner Baek Seojin. Someone who fought an Elder. So...
"What are you doing not going quickly! Run!"
"Y-yes!"
That's too much! I was just worried about the examiner for a moment!!
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'Fuck. Really... this is fucking awful.'
I don't usually want to swear, but this is something I can't help but curse at.
First of all, this current situation doesn't make sense at all. It shouldn't be like this.
Someday, new gates that render even suppressors useless will appear. And the monsters coming out of there will also be improved by at least one level. It's the beginning of a great catastrophe, and that catastrophe will throw the whole world into chaos.
But those are things that should happen at least several months later. Right now, only slight precursor symptoms of the great catastrophe have appeared. For things to suddenly explode like this is completely inexplicable.
'Right. Let's say everything else is somehow possible. But still...'
But still, damn it! This is an event that never existed at all! Kang Hana, who should have properly entered Lee Hyunwoo's party, almost died just now! And by this pile of corpses that I've never heard of before...
Buuung!—
...This is messed up.
Kwang!—
"Krgh!"
I gritted my teeth. I put strength into my half-bent knee and got up. I looked at the flesh masses that had been trying to crush me without a trace.
Each and every one was the body of ghouls that had lost their heads. Those gathered together now formed one giant 'boss monster.'
If I had known this would happen, I would have told them to quickly burn them with fire magic. I never imagined they would combine like this, the so-called romance of men!
This isn't an ordinary one. It's not just a simple giant flesh mass level. If it were, this kind of tension wouldn't be coursing through my body. Maybe like that lizard I saw before, it's around Gold to Platinum level?