chapter 59
59 – 2. Summoner (4)
#59
In the end, I spent time on Ceres’ education(?) Until the last minute.
It doesn’t hurt, but if I keep hitting you, you don’t know what’s wrong.
Because of meddling like betting on every single action, I invested a longer time than I expected.
Because I burned too much even if I burned it, I thought it would be faster for the sun to rise tomorrow morning before clearing the dungeon at this speed, so I gave an order to Growl.
1, 2, 3
God, it’s amazing when you count the numbers in your mind. The boss is dead Even I think it’s great. After all, if you grow one well, you are not envious of ten.
‘There is no end like this.’
To be honest, I was exhausted.
It was possible for Kalion to somehow control his nature through pain, but this guy couldn’t do that, so he really had to find another way.
If you don’t firmly grasp it at this stage, you will repeat the same mistakes later.
At that time, your intelligence will increase and your ego will become stronger, so you will correct it right away, but the problem is that you make the same mistake again. It’s fortunate if it’s easy, but if it’s a big risk, I’m the only one who loses.
I made up my mind and returned all summoned animals except Hive and headed to the dormitory.
Mongseong, Mongseong
“…?”
I thought there would be no one because it was the hour, but I could still hear people murmuring a little at the entrance of the B-rank dungeon.
Ah, that’s right. What happened really.
The question of what the hell was going on, why people were gathered like this until this time, slightly raised its head, but more than that, the tiredness appealed to the brain for a break.
…Yes, it’s already happened, but knowing it a little later would make a big difference.
Anyway, if I go into the classroom tomorrow morning, even if I don’t want to hear it, it will know and blow everything on its own.
Rumors are also a kind of collective intelligence decision.
There is a possibility that the truth is unexpectedly mixed in, and furthermore, plausible reasoning is added while fleshing out it, which is of no small help in understanding the before and after of the incident.
Is it not for nothing that it is called an information exchange centered on a fantasy-style work?
In order to relieve the fatigue of the day, various adventurers gather at the tavern, drink each other’s stories as snacks, and mix information with exaggerated saga to earn money.
In order to find the real information, you have to include and sort out all of those characteristics.
As I told myself, I led my (mainly mentally) exhausted body to the dormitory.
To be honest, I didn’t even have the strength to eat. I wonder if eating it now will taste as good as chewing on a tree root. So I took out my eternal friend in the shadows and ate it.
“…Gulp”
Is it because he focused on his growth in earnest and gained a lot of muscle strength, or is it because his lung capacity itself increased thanks to his improved [Endurance] Skill? Sucked it up
Wow, such a side income.
No. Conversely, it also means that my physical strength until now was weak enough to make a sound of billions, so there is nothing to do while sleeping as a side income.
As I headed to the dorm while drinking my Calorie Mate, I saw someone hanging around in front of my room.
No matter how half-hidden in the darkness, you couldn’t miss it, so you could tell who it was right away.
“What are you doing?”
“…! Shinwoo!”
That person was none other than Ban Tae-woong.
As I approached the door, as if I had already knocked on my room several times, the name of Ban Tae-woong was scribbled on the hologram announcing the subtitle poem guest book.
“Why? What’s wrong?”
“I’m glad you’re all right… No, that, there was a problem today.”
Is it enough for the main character, Ban Tae-woong, to react like this? Looking closely, it seemed like he was running all over the place, and his breathing was a little rough.
I think something really happened…? Regaining my half-dissolved mind, I brushed my hair roughly and sighed.
Yes, an academy is an academy for nothing. This should be the Academy. Rather, the past two weeks have been so quiet.
It was too late to rest.
“…Let’s go inside and talk.”
“Uh, yes”
***
As I calmed down Ban Tae-woong, I entered the room and heard details from him.
Missing.
That also meant that a large number of missing people appeared among those who headed to the dungeon.
It is said that there are already 10 victims, and even the third graders who set out to find them are rather missing.
Feeling puzzled that there was no answer or contact even after a day, the academy acknowledged that this was not a cadet’s deviation, but some kind of incident, and began an extensive investigation.
The source of this incident, which occurred regardless of grade, was none other than a B-rank dungeon.
The name of the dungeon where the problem first occurred was [Temple Encroached by Madness].
There was a record of entering the dungeon, but there was no record of coming out.
Paying attention to the abnormality, he called in the dungeon maker involved in the dungeon production and intensively analyzed it, but strangely, he could not find the abnormality.
Still, I openly discovered a problem, but I couldn’t leave it unattended, so I decided to seal the B-rank dungeon itself and continue my research.
At that time, missing people like this began to be discovered in various dungeons of C, D, and E ranks.
The problem is that unlike the [Temple engulfed in madness] Where all the people who entered disappeared, it became a story like a bizarre ghost story in which only one of the people who entered disappeared suddenly like a ghost.
Thanks to that, I can no longer talk about blocking the B-rank dungeon.
“Shinwoo often enters dungeons these days. But enough time had passed and there was no answer, so he did it just in case.”
“…So.”
I looked at the guy who couldn’t hide his nervousness even after sighing. His expression seemed to be looking for a glimmer of hope.
“Is there anyone looking for the missing person?”
“…Ugh!”
Ban Tae-woong, who flinched at my words as if he had been stabbed to the point, eventually nodded his head slowly and agreed.
“As expected, CNU can’t be defeated by you.”
“Who are you?”
Seriously, are some of the heroines mixed in with the missing persons?
There are plenty of possibilities. This crazy world that would do anything for Ban Tae-woong eventually thinks that if he grows up and is happy, that’s enough.
“Narae, that is to say, Erika and a friend named ‘Narae Shin’ who came up to Class S this time…”
I don’t know who one is, but is the heroine confirmed? Well, I passed Liri’s crisis last time, and I also confirmed Lucia’s favorability again while conducting Cheonmi’s event.
The only thing left is to become Erika Onohara naturally. She’s in a different grade, so she’s only got along this way.
The name Narae Shin bothers me, so let’s go back to the things we left behind in [Records]. She is a woman worth sacrificing to Class A, who lost her head due to mental pollution during the flag battle last time, even though she is not Lily. Was
‘It must have been a female priest with blue hair, right?’
I guess that girl was in class S. Come to think of it, she seems to have seen her on one side of the classroom.
But I don’t think it’s something he should be so nervous about. Even if the prospective heroine and the current heroine are missing, it is normal for Ban Tae-woong, whom I educated, to calmly grasp the situation.
At first, I thought that he was in a half panic because I was not seen at the same time as the information that I had entered the dungeon, which was like insurance to give him the answer while he was exploring in his own way.
But even though I was relieved after checking my appearance, the nervousness from him still didn’t go away. What the hell is making him so nervous?
The answer was simple.
Although he doesn’t know anything else, he is Ban Tae-woong who wants to keep his side and even what is within his reach.
If you openly kidnap someone next to such a protagonist, wouldn’t even the person you met for the first time today act with all your might for that person?
How much more, that person is a heroine reserve, and furthermore, a heroine is included. It’s strange that you’re not nervous.
“Did it disappear right in front of my eyes?”
“…Yeah, should I say right in front of you, right next to you.”
A feeling of guilt flashed across Ban Tae-woong’s expression for an instant.
“Even right before we cleared the dungeon, we were talking behind our backs, but no matter how long we waited, no one seemed to come out of the dungeon. When I touched the entrance of the dungeon out of curiosity, the wings didn’t come out, but the dungeon becomes a form where you can re-enter at will, so you get goosebumps right?”
He pretends to be as calm as possible, but he couldn’t hide his eyes. It was anger Anger at the person who did this. Furthermore, even though he was right next to him, he was angry at himself for not being able to do anything.
In order to atone for that sin, Ban Tae-woong desperately ran and ran and sought information without stopping.
As the curfew was approaching, my range of motion was reduced, so I was the one who finally reached the point of exhaustion at the end of the stretch until the last minute that time allowed.
That was the whole reason why I was hanging around like that in front of the door of my room where I wasn’t even there with the feeling of grabbing the last straw.
This happened outside when I was educating Ceres.
I combined the information from Ban Tae-woong with the information from the shadow crows released by Hive, checked for differences, and then opened the device.
‘I can roughly guess who the culprit is…’
I needed corroboration to push this information as truth. If she noticed that I was bluffing a little and trying to get information, she wouldn’t give me a proper answer.
I checked the list of dungeons that were dealt with during the report I received from the Secret Service earlier.
As I checked to see if there were any differences in the content with those I saved separately in [Records] As a shadow crow, I was able to find the correct answer right away.
“Rank B. One is empty…”
I could see that the number of dungeons was missing from the contents of the radio that was posted in the completion report and progress report on the way.
There is no need to ask who the commander was.
The number of people who can give orders to the Secret Service is extremely limited. Among them, there is only one person in the world who can bury such a thing with a simple summary order without reporting.
I even lent my name to take care of the work, but I stopped in the middle of the work and did some strange nonsense and fell asleep, right?
The reason is obvious. This one looks more fun Or maybe it’s to find out who planted the remnants of evil spirits in the academy dungeon.
The seed of discord had germinated well and thus began to threaten my serenity once more. They are the ones who really don’t like anything from start to finish.
“Huh?! Did you find out anything?!”
I jumped up from my seat and pushed Ban Tae-woong’s head who approached me with my magical power, then I frowned and said.
“…Do you know that it is an evil spirit?”
“An evil…God?”
Ban Tae-woong, who widened his eyes at my unexpected words, blankly repeated my words.
It was an expression that didn’t know if he didn’t know anything or if he was guessing something.
Maybe it’s both? Because the most famous god in this world is Astra, the sun god of Gwangilgyo, which is close to the only religion.
The story about evil spirits is a confidential story, so I can confidently say that I know more than these guys, even if I don’t go into detail.
‘The story will be long again.’
Since I’m going to tell you what I’m going to tell you, I’m going to have a good night’s sleep today and I want to do it tomorrow when we all get together. I also want to see the information for a day.
“…First of all, let’s get together tomorrow morning and talk.”
“That, but…!”
“Hey.”
I turned my cold eyes to Ban Tae-woong, who was restless while whimpering like a puppy that was ordered to wait and not eat when there was a snack in front of him.
Ban Tae-woong flinched at that and ducked his head. You probably know that you are ugly now.
“What are you going to do like that? Go and sleep for today. And cool your head a bit.”
“…You will definitely tell me tomorrow, right?”
“Uh, first of all, we’re going to gather the parties involved and talk about it at once.”
When I was manipulating the device earlier, I already sent a text message to Hong Soo-ah, asking her to gather tomorrow morning for self-study. I belatedly belatedly complained about the infringement of teaching rights, but they kept their mouth shut when I told them that I was providing information about this incident.
It seems that the teachers are also at a loss.
“Let’s rest today. Because I’m tired.”
“…Ah”
Only then did Ban Tae-woong realize that I had just been in the dungeon.
Because it’s the main character’s specialty that he can’t look around even though he’s doing it for the sake of his surroundings. If you don’t tell me directly like this, this insensitive guy doesn’t know.
A guy with the same temperament as a racehorse who runs after seeing only one goal when he has a purpose, but if the coachman doesn’t take care of him, it’s easy for him to go astray.
‘What is this b*tch Lucia really doing?
For that, I gave information on purpose and put it next to Ban Tae-woong.
Of course, even though Heroine No. 1 Took care of this and that by my side, I have nothing to give back at this level, but right now I don’t know anything, so wouldn’t it be okay to curse inwardly?
Let’s send Ban Tae-woong back and ask the woman. Take out some information about the evil god… What’s left is to bring in the main character’s gang tomorrow based on that.
It’s something that God hates so much and wants to use me to solve.
But, judging that it can no longer be prevented, the whole story of this incident must be to use it as an event for growth by weaving a heroine from what has already happened.
I was satisfied that I could gradually see the inner thoughts of a bastard called God. Is there really no such thing as a dog? A parasite-like bastard that only causes trouble.
Use this incident as an opportunity to get your hateful fur stuck in the main character who favors you so much, damn it.