Chapter 152
I knew the others would be coming for me at the same time, but I didn’t expect them to come from all directions like this.
“That’s the top of the leaderboard!”
“It’s worth four thousand points!”
Four thousand points?
As I was puzzled over the voice an opaque window appeared in front of me.
[You have now entered the Academy’s Battle Royale! Your ranking will be determined by the number of points you have.]
【Point System】
“Survival Points”
[1st place – 20,000 points]
[2nd place – 8,000 points]
[3rd place – 4,000 points]
“Kill Points
[1st place – 8,000 points]
[2nd place – 4,000 points]
[3rd place – 2,000 points]
“You’re showing me this now?”
I thought the waiting time was long, but this…… Is this the limit rule that Ji-yeon suggested in the third year?
‘I can’t believe it’s so early for Battle Royale.’
The reason I didn’t care much about Battle Royale was simple.
At the end of the day, the strongest player wins easily.
You don’t start from scratch and farm weapons like in a game, you just go into a randomized battle, each with their own quirks and unique loadouts.
So in the early days of Battle Royale, rankings didn’t change much.
That’s when our battle-obsessed teacher came up with the idea of limit races.
It’s a diabolical design that forces people at the top of the leaderboard to come in later, create as little terrain and time advantage as possible, and exclude others from their parties as much as possible.
There would be nowhere to hide, and even if they did, they would be sure to follow visible markers to the high point.
It was literally a rule that was designed solely for the purpose of, “How can we make it easier for high ranked kids to get hunted and fight more?”
[Bloodline Ability Corleone activates]
Thanks to the bloodline ability that increases my strength based on the number of enemies around me, my physical abilities and aura increased in an instant.
“Next time you come, you’ll have an advantage if you come alone.”
Tommy’s gun, now casually drawn from the cube, is pointed at the charging creatures.
“Ciao.”
A baptism of aura bullets rained down with fierce momentum.
“That’s it!”
“Shields up!”
In response, the chargers hastily unfurled their shields or crouched down to reduce their range.
Certainly, if one or two of them had run up and opened their shields, they would have been impenetrable.
But…… seven of them, that’s a lot.
-Boom!
The bullets, enhanced by the trait, betrayed their expectations and shattered the widely spread shield.
“Surely it couldn’t have penetrated the shield……!”
“That’s for another time, enemy.”
There’s no way an ordinary Academy first-year could stop my Tommy now, unless it was an active hero.
──! / ──! / ──! / ──! / ──! / ──! / ──! / ──! / ──! / ──! / ──!
I’m not going to let them stop me…!
The children are swept away in an instant, as if a broom were sweeping the floor.
From the way they disappeared as soon as they received a critical hit, I could tell who was involved in the production of this Battle Royale.
“It’s Park Yoon-ho.”
Someone who could make such a huge field look like a game.
“Park Yoon-ho” was the only one I could think of.
A test created by two people, wow…….
Freshmen are used to gaming, so if they make the Battle Royale like this the students get used to it quickly.
[PT +700]
“He even made a return motion for points, how serious was he?”
The kids’ bodies are torn apart by the Chicago typewriter, and they disappear in a flash of light, leaving only the words [100 pt] behind.
“I don’t think I should stay here, they’ll keep coming back for more…….”
Suddenly, I have an idea, and I look up to see where the pillar of light is.
“Is that where Choi Yeon is?”
I realized that if I kept going, more people would come after me, so I decided to join Choi Yeon for now.
If they were going to keep coming, it would be more advantageous to join forces and survive to the end and win the game.
As if I wasn’t the only one who thought this, I saw the [☆★1st place★☆] sign and a pillar of light walking towards me.
‘Alright, as long as we join ──’
Quang───!
I felt a cold sensation and raised my arm as a tremendous impact hit my arm.
I pushed my lower body with all my strength, but I was immediately pushed back.
“Monstrous bastard. You stopped this?”
He clicked his tongue in frustration and looked in the direction of the sound.
A man with a bow drawn and a sickening grin on his face.
“I’ll finish you off as fast as I can. You’re not the only one I need to take down.”
It was Jung-hoon.
“……The flies are here.”
“What? A fly?”
His face fell at the word “fly”.
“……I’m going to make you regret it.”
Seeing him pull the bowstring once again, I jumped and lunged forward.
It wasn’t that hard to dodge such an obvious attack, unless he was out of sight.
“A bowman never reveals himself in front of the enemy, you idiot.”
And just as he was about to swing my fist at the guy’s head.
“This bow is not for sniping……!”
──Gadgets!
I felt an uneasy sensation as the bow was drawn with a distinctly creepy sound.
Wait, is that……!
A pure white arrow rushed towards me with a bang.
[‘Aegis’s Watch’ triggers]
[You succeed in blocking the attack]
I decide that I can’t stop it, and Aegis’s Watch activates, blocking the attack.
“What?!”
He’s stunned, not expecting his attack to be blocked.
“You come with a family heirloom, you lunatic.”
I recognized the sound and look of the weapon.
[Taejo Gakgung]
A weapon that belonged to the first tier of bows available in Korea and had been in his family for generations.
“I want it. Give it to me.”
“Of course not, you bastard!”
He steps back and pulls the bowstring once more, but the arrow doesn’t glow like it did now, nor does the bowstring make any strange noises.
His right arm is shaking.
“I guess you overdid it, huh?”
“Shut up!”
He continues his assault on me, weaving between buildings at breakneck speed.
Has he changed his tactics to hit and run?
If this is what it looks like, I have a plan.
I pulled Billy the Kid’s Shotgun out of the cube.
You can’t die in here anyway.
“……It’s been a while since I’ve played.”
Can I get a little wild?
Dodging his arrows as they continue to fly toward me, I brace my shotgun and take aim at him.
The best time to hit him is when he turns to draw his bow.
Slowly waiting for the right moment, he fires an arrow.
Boom, boom, boom!
But I fired two shoots in quick succession and hit him.
“Crack!”
With a short scream, he plummets to the ground.
Because I was holding still to aim and steady at the same time, I ended up getting one arrow lodged in my shoulder…….
As I pulled the arrow out, the wound began to heal a little, thanks to Fafnir’s blood, as my [Natural Healing (A)] activated.
“Was that a cheap shot?”
I look in the direction he fell and see him staggering to his feet.
He hadn’t been sent back, so the distance must have spread out the shots and reduced the impact.
“It’s a good thing I can finish him off with my own hands.”
I take a stumbling step toward him, and he looks back, startled, and pulls his bowstring toward me.
But he can’t even pull the bowstring with his trembling hands, as if he’s been hit by the shotgun.
“Give it up, it’s easier if you do.”
I say, coating my right hand with aura, and he slumps to the ground in disbelief.
“……You’re a real freak.”
“Then why did you come to get me, you could have gotten in the top ten.”
I raise my right hand in the air as I say this, and he points his middle finger at me and smirks.
“Just kill me. Asshole.”
“Trying to be cool.”
My fist fell towards his head, it was a perfect end for a guy who pretended to be cool.
“Heh!”
He lets out a grotesque scream as he is sent backwards by my fist.
That was a pretty satisfying punch.
* * *
[4300pt]
“Pretty good at catching ruffians, eh?”
As I dealt with Jung-hoon, who had used up all of his tricks, and the rattlers who kept coming at me, I was able to earn quite a few points.
In this way, I got a high score without having to target the top players, which is why those who aimed for high risk and high return were eliminated first.
I wondered if it was the constant gunfire in my direction, or if word had already spread about me.
The quitters soon stopped looking for me.
In fact…….
──! / ──! / ──! / ──!
Even with such a short shot into the air, I hear a response.
-Eugene Han!
-Run away!
-If you get caught by that maniac, you’re out!
-Just jump into the magnetic field! It’s better than being shot by that gun!
……This is funny.
I felt like a walking disaster.
As the Tommy walked down the street, playing beats that only Koreans know, I saw a familiar face.
“Mari?”
“Nu, who……hee hee? Yu, Mr. Eugene?!”
It was Mari, who was walking around the city with an army of cute puppets.
It’s the first time I’ve seen a familiar face in this game.
“How’s it going, did you get a lot of points?”
“What? Yeah, I think I’ve earned enough to get to the top.”
“Really?”
The dolls start to move in between me and Marie, as if they might attack at any moment.
“Oh, right. Have you ever run into any of the ‘Familia’ kids?”
“Oh, about half an hour ago. For some reason, Jin-woo was exhausted, so I ambushed him…….”
Jin-woo is dead.
Poor guy.
Apparently, he was raided because he made too many enemies while hunting down others.
“I guess I’ll have to avenge my friend then.”
“Ew, ew, can’t you just go……? No, I’ll leave!”
Hearing my words, Mari starts to back away with tears forming in her big eyes.
Glancing around and noticing the diminishing magnetic field, I smile at her.
“You know there’s no way around it.”
After all, when the field narrows, only the strongest will survive, and since I never know when I’ll be attacked from multiple sides, it’s better to have as few competitors as possible.
“Well, in that case, I’m not going to sit back and let you eliminate me!”
“Sorry. You and I don’t get along too well.”
──Quang!
A sound like a cannon blast rang out, swallowing up Mari and the dolls in an instant.
If only each individual were stronger but the meaningless quantity only made me stronger.
[4800pt]
“Oh. Mari is worth 500 points.”
Still, the strongest were the strongest.
“So now for the main event?”
Just as I arrived in front of the Han River Park where Choi Yeon was, a tremendous crashing sound hit my ears.
──Bang! ──Bang!
“What a mess.”
In the middle of the park I could see Choi Yeon smiling brightly as she deflected the attacks coming from all directions with a single sword.
“Just die!”
“How the hell are we supposed to stop this?!”
The guys attacking Choi Yeon must be quite skilled, judging by their taunts.
“I’m sorry Choi Yeon!”
Meanwhile, I see a familiar face, Se-ah.
……I guess she’s aiming for the number 1 too.
“I’m used to it now.”
Choi Yeon’s sword, which had been dodging and blocking until now, gradually begins to counterattack.
They are gradually pushed back by her increasingly faster movements.
“You’re getting faster here?!”
“……Freak!”
At the same time, I could see that Choi Yeon, who was smiling, had sensed their fear and was timing her movements to get behind them.
Not that Choi Yeon would let that happen and just as they were about to retreat, Choi Yeon’s sword slashed out with a straight line.
The sword was so fast that even my eyes could not easily follow it.
In response, both of them disappear in a flash of blue light, and Se-ah, who was watching, falls to the ground.
“……Choi Yeon is too strong.”
“Yeah. I had so much fun. See you later.”
“Okay──Ugh!”
Even Se-ah is out.
Just when things seemed to be settling down and I was about to make my appearance.
────googlegoogle.
The ground began to vibrate.
Choi Yeon, who was also holding her breath, realized that something was wrong and turned around.
She points her sword in the direction of the Han River.
She realizes that the enemy is behind her.
At the same time.
───Quagmire!
A stream of water rushed out of the Han River, directly toward Choi Yeon’s direction.
“Rip currents.”
But Choi Yeon sliced through it in an instant.
At the same time, the water stream exploded and began to splash water around.
-Thud. Thud.
Water droplets trickle from the tips of her soaked blue hair.
No, before they can fall, they begin to coalesce again.
“……who?”
Choi Yeon says, pointing her sword behind her.
Looking in the direction she’s looking, she sees the figure of a man trudging across the surface of the water.
Slowly the man raises his head, looks at Choi Yeon, and opens his mouth with a serious expression.
“──Choi Kang-hyun, I am the one who will defeat you and become the new number 1.”
Wow.
This is going to be interesting.
