Chapter 2521 – 2521. Savior Of The Academy

Strength 150. Estimated to be the strength of an S-class hunter.

Here, strength refers to the pure physical power of the body without using mana.

In fact, the exact strength of an S-class hunter is not known. Even among S-class hunters, there were significant differences depending on their awakened abilities and training.

For example, Han Ah-young, an S-class hunter, would have lower strength than an A-class hunter. Han Ah-young’s fighting style is long-range attacks using her abilities, not her physical body.

‘Even without training, you can temporarily enhance your body by using mana.’

Enhancing the body with mana is a basic skill. There isn’t a proper hunter who doesn’t know how to do it. However, it’s not used often because it’s not very efficient.

Right now, I can easily lift about a ton without using mana. If I push myself a bit, I could probably manage 1.5 tons.

And if I use mana? I don’t know how much weight I could lift.

‘It depends on how much mana I use. And in game terms, it feels like it’s a multiplicative rather than additive calculation, so the efficiency is even better.’

I clenched my fist and punched the air.

*Thwack.*

A light sonic boom echoed. It was a very light punch, but it had the power to kill an ordinary person if they were hit.

‘If I match my stamina and agility to 150, I’ll become a human weapon.’

There was a minor problem.

As my strength increased, it became a little difficult to control my power. When I tried to sit on a chair and grabbed the armrest, it crumpled and broke.

I guess it’s a side effect of raising ten stats at once instead of one at a time.

‘I can get used to controlling my strength in a few hours.’

I’ve experienced it a few times before, and it wasn’t particularly difficult.

‘Should I go to a dungeon?’

* * *

I entered an open A-class dungeon.

Inside the dungeon, I could easily see A-class hunters wandering around.

‘Those are just A-class hunters in name only.’

Even though it was an A-class dungeon, the profitability was low, so it wasn’t popular among A-class hunters. There were more B-class hunters than A-class. The A-class hunters here? Most of them are scrubs.

They became A-class hunters, but they were far below average and scraping the bottom.

A-class hunters above average wouldn’t come to a place like this unless they were here for fun like me. It’s a waste of stamina and time.

I felt the presence of a monster. After moving a bit, I found it.

An Iron Lizard.

A lizard big enough to eat a person. Its skin is harder than steel. Even sword energy doesn’t work well against it. It’s fast and strong, but its attacks are simple. For a proper A-class hunter, it’s nothing more than a punching bag. Of course, it doesn’t mean it’s actually a punching bag. It just means it’s that easy.

‘A blunt weapon is effective when hunting this guy.’

I plan to fight it with my fists alone. No weapons, no armor, no abilities.

“Krrr…”

The Iron Lizard growled and charged. It charged without hesitation. It’s a nasty piece of work.

I dodged slightly to the side and threw a punch. The punch landed squarely on the Iron Lizard’s flank.

*Thud!*

The Iron Lizard flew away and fell to the ground, thrashing its legs. I don’t know if it was because of the pain or because its bones were broken, but it was out of it.

I approached and finished it off by slamming my fist down on its head.

‘Damn. That’s the stuff.’

Even if they’re called punching bags by A-class hunters, they’re still A-class monsters. There isn’t an A-class hunter who kills them with their bare hands like me.

‘My fist hurts a bit, but that’s normal.’

I put the Iron Lizard’s corpse into my inventory. Normally, you’d have to cut open the body and take out the magic stone, but since I have an inventory, I can do it all at once later. The other byproducts aren’t worth much money. The skin of a dead Iron Lizard loses its durability.

Excited, I clenched my fists and wandered around the dungeon, hunting Iron Lizards. Hunters even spoke to me along the way.

“Mr. Sung Yoo-jin! Are you Mr. Sung Yoo-jin?! Did you come alone?!”

It’s me, the official S-class hunter candidate of the Hunter Association. My recognition is already higher than that of a decent celebrity. No, my name is known worldwide. The influence of an S-class hunter isn’t limited to just one country.

“Yes. I came in to warm up.”

“You were catching Iron Lizards with your bare hands without using mana. As expected of Mr. Sung Yoo-jin. You’re amazing. Your ability is electric manipulation, not physical enhancement…”

“You idiot. Hunter Sung Yoo-jin is also a speedster. The speed ability itself is a physical enhancement.”

“Ah. Is that so. Anyway, it’s an honor to meet you here. Haha.”

Requests for handshakes poured in.

I endured the annoyance and responded to their requests.

This is reality. If bad rumors spread, it becomes a hassle.

‘I’m not an S-class hunter yet.’

After that, the hunt didn’t go smoothly. People flocked to me as if word had spread. I had no choice but to give up hunting and go back. As I was going to the parking lot, a reporter asked me for an interview. It was a short interview, so I just went along with it.

‘This is a problem. It seems like it’ll be difficult to go to open dungeons unless I hide my face.’

It’ll be hard to leave the house carelessly.

‘Well, it doesn’t matter. I have the game life app. If I want to go outside, I can go to another world.’

* * *

[You have selected Savior of the Academy.]

[The game begins.]

I looked up at the sky after entering the game world. White snow was falling.

‘One of the academy’s events. The White Hell.’

The snow will continue to fall until the cause is resolved. How to solve the cause? Of course, I know. But it’s a bit tough to solve it alone.

‘The climax of the White Hell is on December 24th. Christmas Eve. On that day, the 3rd Legion invades. And in December, all sorts of villains, demons, and monsters start running wild. The cause is obviously due to the legion’s invasion.’

The masters of the original game… of course, they don’t skip this event. Instead, they deal with the annoying enemies until December 24th, bringing them down to a manageable level.

‘Ignoring this event… there’s too much to gain.’

Above all, it’s a golden opportunity to kill one of the legion commanders. It’s too wasteful to ignore this event just because it’s dangerous.

‘I can handle it well enough now.’

Besides, there’s Sung Ha-ri in the academy now, who wasn’t in the original story. Even if she’s weaker than she was in her prime, it’s reassuring just to have her in the academy.

‘Before making a plan… should I use future information?’

[Future Information
 Acquire future information randomly.
 Future information only provides information that will definitely help you.
 Price: 200,000 points
 ※Caution
 It is up to you to determine the true value of future information.]

[Would you like to use future information?]

‘Use it.’

It’s something I’ve already decided. My will is firm.

Darkness engulfed me. I couldn’t resist the darkness. It’s not real darkness.

Instead of snow, ashes were falling from the sky. The ground was burning. The place I was in was the academy, but there were corpses all around. From active heroes to students wearing academy uniforms.

*Boom! Boom! Boom!*

Explosions echoed in the sky. Looking up, I saw the demon legion and the spirit legion fighting. The one leading the spirit legion was the thunder owl, Mocha. Other top-tier spirits I knew were fighting the legion.

Covered in blood, I walked forward. The academy had become a battlefield. There was no way the buildings would be intact. After passing through various buildings, I arrived at a place where the white-haired Sung Ha-ri was dead.

Not the real Sung Ha-ri, but the one in the dungeon. I once called her the young Sung Ha-ri, or Young Ha-ri.

And now, she was the 8th legion commander, Baal.

Baal was dead. A broken spear was embedded in her abdomen. It was Sung Ha-ri’s spear. Baal had fought Sung Ha-ri and died in defeat. But where was the victor, Sung Ha-ri?

I stared at her corpse for a while before regaining my senses.

Even though I was covered in blood, I didn’t feel any pain. I couldn’t move my arms even if I tried. The only senses I was allowed were sight and hearing.

‘…This isn’t real. It must be the aftermath of using future information. I didn’t expect it to show me such a hallucination.’

The emotions that had been boiling up as I looked at the dead Baal cooled down. Instead, I tried my best to gather information.

‘It’s a war. The spirit legion is probably the one I gathered. How I maintain those spirits is another matter, but there are too many enemies. It must have taken at least three legions to invade. Sung Ha-ri… killed Baal. Then where is she?’

She could be fighting somewhere else, or she could have died after killing Baal.

‘Status window.’

It didn’t appear.

I realized even more that this wasn’t reality.

‘The clothes I’m wearing now… it’s a uniform. This future will happen within at least three years. It’s an event that didn’t exist in the original game. I’m very curious how it got to this point.’

*Thud.*

A red giant fell from the sky.

A demon with a red body, red wings, goat legs, and seven large horns. It was the fifth legion commander, Mekin, the demon king of destruction.

He threw something at me. It was Kang Ji-young. The lower half of her body below her abdomen was gone. The blood and intestines that were flowing out were fresh, as if she had just died.

“……”

“Haha. I just picked her up on the way since I couldn’t come empty-handed. Look at you, so moved that you can’t even speak.”

“Mekin…!!”

“Sung Yoo-jin. You’ve been too meddlesome.”

Mekin approached me. The ground shook with each step he took.

“Did you think we’d just keep taking it? Well, this was a big sacrifice to force this to happen. But seeing your pathetic state, I think it was worth it. I’ll give you a special seat to watch this world perish. After that, you’ll be embalmed in the center of hell as an example. It’s just for you, the one who dared to kill a legion commander, so you should be honored.”

I looked at Mekin, then looked up at the sky. I looked around at the world that was falling apart, then lowered my head again.

“Ah, this is fucked. I didn’t want to use this until the end… but it’s too fucked up, I can’t help it. You guys just suffer forever.”

[Absolute Imperial Authority is activated.]

And the darkness disappeared.

[The use of future information has ended.]