Became a Swordsman Genius in a Pretty Girl Game

307 – 307. Demon Hunting (2)

Taebaek Mountain.

A barren field where a whole mountain was blown away in a previous battle with the Demon King, leaving only the site behind.

Wooong─

The Utopia party arrived there.

Along with Min Tae-hoon, who was drooling in a restrained state.

Just before coming here, I took Min Tae-hoon and found Rina.

Rina glanced at Min Tae-hoon, let out a hollow laugh, and spoke in an angry voice.

– Ha, a rat dared to sneak into my territory without fear. It seems you got caught before you could do anything.

– So, you plan to… What!? Summon demons to deal with him─!?

– Anyway, since we have to deal with demons in the future, it’s good practice…?

– You, you, crazy b*stard─!!! If you don’t send me by teleportation, I’ll go by car…?

– Ha, I knew you were not in your right mind, but… You really have lost it. Fine. I’ll teleport you to Taebaek Mountain… But be careful. Demons are not to be underestimated.

I barely managed to persuade her and moved to Taebaek Mountain with the party members.

“Even though you were going to send us anyway, you always argue…”

“Please don’t be too harsh, Jin Yu-ha. Chairman Rina cares about you.”

Shin Se-hee, who peeked out from behind, said.

“…Shin Se-hee, didn’t you ask me to stay there?”

I had asked Shin Se-hee to stay at the academy and broadcast the group training of the freshmen.

No matter how one-sided the match was, if the broadcast was suddenly interrupted, there would be problems.

Yet, Shin Se-hee naturally joined the party and followed us here.

“Hmm, I left the casting to someone else. And I wanted to broadcast catching demons on our channel.”

“…Broadcast catching demons?”

“Yes, according to Jin Yu-ha, in the future, there will be something called a Demon Gate in this world, and demons will appear instead of monsters from the gate, right?”

“Uh, yes…?”

“Then, shouldn’t we show people the danger of it?”

Shin Se-hee said confidently, without a hint of shame.

“If such terrible enemies appear in this world, and people face them without any warning, the world will surely become chaotic beyond control. But if we show the appearance of demons and how to deal with them in advance? We can raise our status and give people hope at the same time.”

Oh.

I found myself nodding at Shin Se-hee’s words.

‘…It seems better than I thought?’

In the game Velvet Sera, after the appearance of the Demon Gate, the whole world falls into considerable chaos.

There is a lack of information about the demons.

Hunters, thinking they are dealing with mutant monsters, rush in and end up sacrificing themselves.

And the speed at which this transitional period is resolved depends on how outstanding the player party’s performance is.

‘Showing what kind of enemies will appear in advance and showing how to defeat them… Certainly, not bad.’

While I was being swayed by Shin Se-hee’s sweet words.

“So, while the group training of the freshmen is important, it’s more important to broadcast the scene of catching the demons here─ Mmph!? I-Ichika?”

Expressionless Ichika suddenly appeared and poked Shin Se-hee’s cheek with her finger.

“Your true intention?”

“…”

Then, glancing sideways at Ichika, Shin Se-hee clicked her tongue and turned her head to the side, muttering in a small voice.

“…I feel left out because they always exclude me and only act among themselves.”

Pfft.

I couldn’t help but let out a small laugh at Shin Se-hee’s confession.

The reason she followed was cuter than I thought.

‘But Shin Se-hee isn’t the type to reveal her true feelings so easily, did Ichika catch her weakness or something?’

Anyway, although her true intention seemed to be different.

Shin Se-hee’s suggestion just now was quite good.

“Alright, let’s broadcast. Like a strategy broadcast. Then Shin Se-hee, you prepare for the broadcast. Ichika, show us how much Min Tae-hoon’s dream has progressed. Show the video.”

“Yes!”

“Okay, got it.”

The hologram projector Ichika lifted up displayed Min Tae-hoon’s dream.

* * *

‘Oh dear…’

The video of the demon’s dream was truly a sight to behold.

Of course, I let the world flow as this guy wanted.

Suddenly, the bottom-rank cadets were showing outstanding performances, and the academy instructors were clapping like spectators, saying it was amazing.

Lina seemed to have noticed something, but she couldn’t even talk to anyone around her and was just agonizing inside.

‘Of course, Lina can’t take direct action, but still, this is too much…’

Just the fact that they spread a magic detection network throughout the academy when they said they were recruiting a large number of freshmen this time showed it.

Perhaps, when the new cadets ingested the seeds of the demon and gradually became addicted to it.

They must have been caught by Lina.

‘Min Tae-hoon used the power of the demons, so he was an exception…’

Lina’s influence was strong.

In other words, within the academy, indirect intervention was possible to some extent.

However, the funny thing was that the one he feared the most was not Lina, but me.

As if he could manage somehow if he just avoided me, Min Tae-hoon actively hid from me.

He thoroughly understood my movements and only operated outside my range.

And Alice.

She was already completely under Min Tae-hoon’s power, like a puppet.

“Wow, it’s a good thing we didn’t bring Alice here.”

Even if it’s in a dream, it would be unpleasant for her to see herself being so helpless.

“Gukbap, how many seeds of the demon does this guy have left?”

“Twenty-three.”

“Feed them all to him now.”

“All at once?”

“Yes.”

I nodded.

As if it was now familiar, Lee Yuri opened Min Tae-hoon’s mouth and poured the seeds of the demon into it.

Then she held his jaw and neck, forcing him to swallow.

“Grrr─”

Twitching─

The guy, bound to the chair, foamed at the mouth and convulsed violently.

It seemed to be because a large amount of the seeds of the demon entered at once.

The seeds of the demon.

Every time Min Tae-hoon tried to distribute them to someone in the dream, we fed them back to him.

He might think he gave them to the new cadets, but well.

In reality, he consumed them all himself.

The reason I fed him the seeds of the demon was simple.

Because it is not an easy task for a demon to descend into the present world.

‘If it were that simple, all the demons would have summoned the demon lords, and the world would have already been in chaos.’

To summon a demon lord, thousands of ordinary people or hundreds of hunters with mana are needed as sacrifices.

Otherwise, one could borrow the power of special artifacts like the black magic stone, as I saw when I hunted with my master in the past.

Even then, it wasn’t enough, so they kidnapped sacrifices.

In fact, the easiest way is for a demon who has a direct contract to use themselves as fuel to summon the demon lord.

But that too is not easily done.

Usually, those who are consumed by deep malice and desire (even this must be at an extreme level) can contract with a demon lord and become a demon.

Would such selfish beings sacrifice their own bodies?

‘That’s why they use such troublesome methods.’

– Now, let’s offer the sacrifices and summon him!

At that moment, the demon in the dream was striking a pose on the rooftop and shouting like that.

Without knowing that the sacrifice was himself.

“Crazy b*stard, what nonsense.”

Seeing what he was doing, rough words naturally came out of my mouth.

Wooong─

The seed of demonic energy that he had been greedily consuming began to react and stir.

‘Hmm, if I leave him like this, he will foolishly summon the demon lord…’

If left alone, he will die dreaming a happy dream until the end.

‘That must never happen.’

At the very least, he should die full of regret and fear.

So that he can clearly understand that this situation was just a fleeting dream.

I gently patted Ichika’s head as she manipulated the dream beside me.

“Ichika, wake him up now. Since the summoning of the demon lord has already begun, he won’t be able to stop it with his own power.”

“Okay, got it.”

Then Min Taehoon jerked his body and opened his eyes wide.

“…Huh? Where am I? The sacrifices, the sacrifices!? Alice!!?”

He was making a dumbfounded expression, as if he couldn’t understand the situation at all.

Then his pupils dilated greatly and fixed on me.

“This, what is this… Instructor Jin Yuha? What are you doing here…?”

“A mere demon dares to utter my name?”

“······Ma, a demon? I, I’m not a demon!”

He said, as if he was truly wronged.

Even in the sudden situation, it was a truly natural performance.

I responded with a scoff.

“Look at yourself now.”

And at the right timing, Senior Fall took out a full-length mirror from the subspace tattoo.

“Wh, what, what is this──!? Why, why am I······!?”

In the mirror, there was a demon with bulging veins all over his body and eyes turned black.

Soon, he twisted his body tied to the chair.

“Ji, Jin Yuha! You b*stard!!! What, what the hell did you do to me!!!!!!!!!!”

His desperate scream echoed through Taebaeksan.

“Heh. It’s too early for such a reaction. It’s going to get more fun now.”