Chapter 2533 – 2533. Savior Of The Academy

With my lightning level reaching 14, I could temporarily transform my body into lightning.

It was a kind of electrification.

Instinctively, I knew I couldn’t maintain the lightning form for long. At most, about 10 seconds. This had nothing to do with mana. It was the nature of electricity. Electricity doesn’t stay still on its own.

I fell away from the lightning spring and looked at my right arm. My right arm, transformed into lightning, somehow maintained its shape.

‘Return.’

My right arm returned to my body.

‘Lightning transformation.’

Crack, crackle.

I transformed my entire body into lightning.

It was difficult to move in this state. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say I had become lightning. I couldn’t move using the methods of moving a physical body.

‘I know the sensation of moving lightning well.’

I moved my body with the will and sensation of throwing lightning.

Rumble.

My body became a bolt of lightning and shot away. In the blink of an eye, I leaped hundreds of meters and landed on the ground.

Worse, my lightning-transformed body was about to scatter. I quickly returned to my original form. I was still wearing my clothes.

‘Not just my body, but even my clothes changed. It’s not just the electrification of the body, but the electrification of matter.’

I roughly understood the conditions for lightning transformation. My will had to be involved. And if I tried to do anything in the lightning state, it was hard to maintain it for even a few seconds. I had to return to my original body before it completely scattered.

‘It’s a bit tricky. It’ll take quite a while to get used to this.’

Boom! Bang!

Two bolts of lightning fell beside me.

It was Mocha and Baekho. Makina was riding on Mocha’s back.

-I can’t believe the report. How can a human become lightning? Are you perhaps a spirit pretending to be human? Or did you inherit the power of a spirit king…?

“Don’t talk nonsense. I’m human.”

Although I was born from a virgin’s body.

A divine lineage. It was a bit ambiguous to call it that. I don’t have that kind of power. Of course, my unique and special birth itself might be a power in this world.

“Mocha. Makina. Let’s go back to Earth. Baekho. Come and help me when I call you later.”

Baekho stared at me intently and then nodded.

-The Spirit King has made a contract. Then I will simply follow. Don’t forget that helping you is a one-time thing.

“Once is enough.”

『Summoning the Spirit Gate.』

A semi-transparent silver double door appeared in the air. It was over 10 meters tall. The door opened at my will.

I headed towards the door without hesitation.

The scenery changed in an instant, and I returned to reality. It was the place where I had entered the Spirit Realm. It seemed that I couldn’t connect the Spirit Gate to any place I wanted when returning to Earth.

Sung Myung-saeng, who was in front of me, was startled and stared at me with wide eyes.

“That gate is different from the one we summoned…! And those eyes! Are they Spirit Eyes? What on earth happened in the Spirit Realm!”

“Calm down. Everything worked out.”

“You need to explain!”

Sung Myung-saeng grabbed my collar and said.

I decided to explain roughly. It wasn’t something I needed to hide. If I kept my mouth shut, he would definitely bother me more. Of course, I planned to summarize it. Because it was annoying.

“You made a contract with the Spirit King…?! Is that, is that true?!”

“Yeah. It wasn’t a big deal. The Spirit King was clinging to me. Hehe.”

“It, it’s not a small thing! There has never been anyone who has made a contract with the Spirit King! No, there hasn’t even been anyone who has talked to the Spirit King and come out unscathed! You wouldn’t have even been able to talk to the Spirit King if you didn’t have Spirit Eyes!”

As someone who had faced the Spirit King directly, I was certain that even with Spirit Eyes, anyone would have gone mad upon seeing the Spirit King. The reason I didn’t go mad was thanks to my Absolute Mentality.

“Can you tell me what kind of contract you made?”

“No.”

If I said that I had to eliminate the Guirak Valley and kill the Legion Commander Germadon, he would definitely interfere with me. For the same reason, I had no intention of telling Sung Ha-ri.

‘I need to say something to show off. I should tell Sung Ha-ri before I kill Germadon.’

• • •

The sixth Germadon can be killed as soon as I meet him. But since there’s no way to meet him right now, I’ll postpone it.

Guirak Valley.

The de facto rulers of China.

‘There are five key figures in Guirak Valley. The Valley Lord Wang Wei and the four Great Gate Lords under him: Guimo (Ghost Mother), Chamsalgwi (Slaughtering Ghost), Yeokgwi (Plague Ghost), and Yuryeonggunju (Phantom Lord).’

‘It’s hard to kill them because I don’t know exactly where they’re hiding.’

Even in the original Academy, their locations are not revealed. The original game’s setting was the Academy, so it was natural. Players were basically in a defensive position. They were in the position of killing those who invaded the Academy.

‘Fortunately, I found a trace of Guirak Valley.’

Hak-jun.

The guy who used to be Shim Eun-ji’s colleague, now my plaything. The guy who tried to steal Namgung Hwa-yeon’s Guiryeonghwan-do (Ghost Spirit Ring Blade) and got beaten by me. He was a rare space-shifting ability user and a fan of VTubers.

‘It was Guirak Valley who instigated him to steal the Guiryeonghwan-do. Probably because of Chamsalgwi. Chamsalgwi is obsessed with ghost-possessed swords.’

Chamsalgwi had a hobby of collecting special swords.

‘Hak-jun made contact with Guirak Valley members at the end. If I take Jung Eun-bi to that place and retrace the past… I’ll be able to find out the locations of the four Great Gate Lords of Guirak Valley.’

Now that I had a plan, I would execute it immediately.

I took Jung Eun-bi to the place where Hak-jun had contacted Guirak Valley.

I was in a state of Red Light, and Jung Eun-bi was wearing the Ghost Cloak. It was to hide her identity. Her identity must never be revealed to Guirak Valley.

The place, which had been devastated by the water’s top-tier spirit, Terra, a few months ago, was still a mess. Guirak Valley had left it as it was.

“Can you find it?”

Jung Eun-bi was wearing the Ghost Cloak, so I couldn’t see her, but I could sense her presence by focusing on my senses. I could also see her using Spirit Eyes (SSS) or Heavenly Eyes.

“I’ll try.”

Jung Eun-bi quietly scanned the ground. Then she pointed to one spot on the ground.

“Can you dig there? You don’t need to dig deep.”

“Easy.”

I took out a shovel from my inventory and dug into the ground. In less than a minute, a human arm appeared. It was imbued with ghost energy, so it was not rotten and remained fresh. However, it wasn’t enough to turn it into a ghost as a medium.

‘This is perfect as a curse material.’

Jung Eun-bi stared at the arm. Did she see something she didn’t like? Her eyes narrowed.

“…Haa. Guirak Valley. They’re even more trash than I imagined. These guys have been periodically trafficking humans. They’re gathering children and adults alike and turning them into ghosts.”

I wasn’t particularly surprised. I knew that Guirak Valley was originally like that.

“Do you know the location of the Valley Lord or the four Great Gate Lords?”

“…I found out the locations of Yeokgwi and Chamsalgwi through this guy’s memories. However… it seems that Chamsalgwi doesn’t stay in one place and moves around.”

“Chamsalgwi likes to kill people directly, so he’s probably moving around like he has wanderlust. Knowing Yeokgwi’s location is enough.”

Yeokgwi is weaker than Chamsalgwi. However, the work Yeokgwi is in charge of is the most important in Guirak Valley. Yeokgwi would be taking over the internal affairs that Guimo originally handled.

If I could successfully kill Yeokgwi, I could inflict massive damage on the entire Guirak Valley.

‘If Yeokgwi disappears, Guirak Valley will go wild like a hornet’s nest. The Guirak Valley Lord will have to step in directly… and the locations of the other four Great Gate Lords will be exposed.’

Jung Eun-bi took out her smartphone. She turned on the map app and pointed to somewhere in China.

“Anhui Province, huh.”

“Huh? It’s Anhui Province?”

“No. This is Anhui Province. The Namgung Clan is famous here.”

“…What’s that? Are you talking about Namgung Hwa-yeon? Wasn’t Namgung Hwa-yeon’s family ordinary?”

“Namgung Hwa-yeon is only named Namgung.”

I gave Jung Eun-bi a space-shifting scroll. She tore the scroll and returned.

“Makina. You memorized the location, right?”

[Yeah. Do you want me to navigate?]

“Since I don’t have a space-shifting scroll with the coordinates of Anhui Province, I’ll have to fly there myself.”

An arrow was displayed on the helmet display screen. I flew through the Chinese sky following the arrow. I flew using magnetic levitation. That way, I could fly quietly. And of course, I wouldn’t be caught on radar. Makina’s technology was the best in the world.

• • •

Yeokgwi’s residence was not in the city. It was in a secluded mountain area next to the city.

A barrier comparable to the one installed at Maruhan Academy was protecting Yeokgwi’s residence. Moreover, the inside of the barrier could not be seen with the naked eye.

[Opening Heavenly Eyes.]

I peered inside the barrier through my Heavenly Eyes.

The building where Yeokgwi resided was at the level of a top-class hotel, and there were large and small buildings nearby.

‘This is almost like a military facility. The personnel… are close to 5,000.’

Moreover, all 5,000 of them were Awakened. And at least at the level of a D-class hero.

‘Those D-class heroes are doing odd jobs. As expected of China. What a waste of manpower.’

Ironically, there were less than 50 A-class heroes.

[It seems difficult to enter while ignoring the barrier. We might need another method?]

“We’ll have to go with Plan R.”

[Plan R? There was such a thing?]

“R stands for Railgun.”

[Are you going to snipe with a railgun? It’s not impossible, but… the opponent is Guimo, right? Wouldn’t they have prepared for sniping? And this barrier. If it’s similar to the one at the Academy, it will weaken physical force, right?]

“Everything you said is right. But the railgun is me. I’ll become a railgun bullet and wipe them all out.”

[W-wait a minute. Then what about me?! I don’t want to self-destruct!]

“You’ll be reverse-summoned anyway. Prepare immediately, Makina!”

『Activating the Spirit Forcing Power of Spirit Eyes (SSS).』

[Heeuk. You have to give me two spirit stones.]

I stood at attention. In a bullet-man pose.

Makina transformed the suit. Into a form suitable for a railgun bullet.

Crack.

I prepared an electromagnetic rail with my lightning ability. I left the minor issues like angle to Makina.

[Angle adjustment complete. Electromagnetic rail confirmed. If you don’t strengthen your body with mana, you’ll die before you even hit the target.]

I knew that too. I strengthened my body with mana. I wouldn’t die since I was wearing Makina’s suit.

[Activating Heavenly Heart. Lasts for 1 minute.]

With this, the barrier wouldn’t be able to forcibly stop me.

“Let’s go!”

[Using Instant. Remaining stacks: 11]

Thanks to Instant, I could feel myself flying as a bullet. If I didn’t use Instant, I would have arrived at the impact point without feeling anything. Even with Instant, it was quite fast. I collided with the barrier in an instant.

When I collided with the barrier, a part of it shattered like breaking glass. The curse-like energy of the barrier tried to cling to my body, but thanks to the effect of Heavenly Heart, I was immune to status ailments. The curse didn’t work.

I entered the hotel-like building. Yeokgwi was visible. Yeokgwi was flying sideways with a horrified expression.

Yeokgwi had the ability to manipulate all kinds of germs. It seemed that he had sensed my presence outside the barrier in advance through the germs and avoided a head-on collision.

‘That doesn’t change anything.’

I pierced through the building and went down to the ground.

Just before my body touched the ground, I reverse-summoned Makina and used my final technique at the same time.

Lightning Heaven Style (雷天流) Lightning Technique (雷術) Blood Lightning (血雷).

A lightning technique that turns the life force contained in blood into lightning.

I turned all the blood in my body into lightning and detonated it.

Red lightning, like blood, engulfed everything.

[Death Resistance has been activated. You will not die for the next 15 seconds.]