Chapter 476 – Chapter 476. Imsol (2)

Alice’s match was unexpectedly overwhelming.
Of course, if Kang Hyo-rin had done her best from the beginning, she would have boiled a little more, but she looked down on Alice and did not do her best.

Then, what about Nam Da-eun?
From the original story, she was stronger than Elise, but the current Elise was cured of her congenital magical disorder much faster and has grown tremendously with the help of Chiron.
Of course, Nam Da-eun also started training quickly with the help of Lee Ho-yeon. However, it is unclear whether she would have grown more than Alice, who had cured her disability.

‘But I don’t think Da-eun is in a bad condition.’

Lee Ho-yeon looked at Nam Da-eun’s face with her eyes narrowed.
No wonder she looked tired, and her condition looked bad.
Fortunately, her hand holding the sword and her eyes looking at her opponent are still alive.

Belt ring-

Right before Nam Da-eun’s game begins.
Lee Ho-yeon’s smart watch rang.

– Irene: Come to think of it, I had something to say. The Wild Gladiator told me to run away because the last one has appeared. Is there a big wind blowing?

“… Suddenly what?”

Hoyeon Lee frowned at Irene’s message.
What nonsense is this? It’s normal for Chiron to talk nonsense, did he just pass on the bullshit?

Beep-

Just in time, the start signal rang, and Lee Ho-yeon put her smartwatch in her pocket, stopping her worries.

Nam Da-eun, standing in the middle of the arena, closed her eyes.
The swordsmanship professor across from him stood still and waited for Nam Da-eun to move.

“The seon-gong is conceding to Da-eun.”
“Because you’re a professor, you’re conceding that much. But no matter how you look at it, you look tired. What did you all do together?”
“Baby daddy, I’ll tell you that after all the sparring.”
“Hmm…”

Rebecca answered Lee Ho-yeon’s words and turned her head forward.
She honestly wondered what was going on. Not only Nam Da-eun, but also Rebecca, Scarlett, and Liliana didn’t look good.

But Rebecca is right. Now that the start signal has sounded, she must focus on the game.
Besides, after Nam Da-eun’s match, there is her own match. I should get ready to go straight to the waiting room.

Nam Da-eun seemed to be breathing deeply.
Moment of tension.
At that time, the audience was holding their breath waiting for the two to move.

Very slightly
Nam Da-eun’s lips went up.
At the same time, Nam Da-eun’s sword moved neatly and horizontally.

“… Yes?”

Lee Ho-yeon opened his eyes wide.

Space real.

It is an attack that uses Nam Da-eun’s [Space Domination] To overcome her distance. She was her trademark, so I could tell as soon as I saw her magical powers in motion.
Lee Ho-yeon blankly watched Nam Da-eun’s sword.
For a moment, it felt like the swordsmanship professor’s body was being cut in two.

Squeak-

Lee Ho-yeon immediately found out the reason for her misunderstanding.
It was because the huge dome-shaped magic circle that was forming the arena was broken in two with a single horizontal slash.

It feels like the entire space has been severed.
The entire protection system collapsed.

Dump.

The swordsman professor who was holding the sword collapsed, and Lee Ho-yeon jumped up from her seat with her eyes wide open.

“… What.”

What just happened?
The magic circle collapsed powerlessly like a sandcastle collapsing.

[Ah, ah! Great, Dalian is over! Ah! More cadets! She knocks out the professor who taught her with a single attack!]

The medical team and wizards to check the professor’s condition went up to the arena, and the host, who belatedly grasped the situation, raised the atmosphere by shouting, and only then did the audience start applauding.

Wow-!

Dump.

After that, Nam Da-eun also collapsed as if her body had lost strength.

“… I think he was laughing.”

The medical team who came up to check the swordsmanship professor’s physical condition naturally looked at Nam Da-eun, and after opening her eyes wide, she hurriedly spoke into the walkie-talkie.
Ho-yeon Lee blinked as she saw Ah-yeong Baek, who was waiting for her medical team, run out.

“The unexpected really happened.”

I never thought Daeun Nam would cause an accident other than herself.

[Ah. Alas… I’m sorry. Due to the intense competition, it is said that the battleground magic circle needs to be inspected for a while. The last game will be played with a break for a while […

“Baby daddy. Let’s go quickly. I need to see Da-eun’s condition.”
“Yes. I have to go.”

Just in time, her own match was also postponed.
Lee Ho-yeon left the audience and headed to the medical team.

*

Emergency medical team.
Baek Ah-yeong sighed in relief after finishing first aid for Nam Da-eun, who was transferred as an emergency patient.
This is why it is important to be prepared for unexpected situations. If Baek Ah-yeong hadn’t been there, Nam Da-eun might have had to be hospitalized for a long time.
Baek A-young praised herself for reading the emergency preparedness manual diligently and looked at Da-eun Nam’s body.

“Fractures, muscle ruptures… Ligaments were stretched, internal organs were injured. It must have been difficult to move, but what the hell happened?”
“Sorry…”

Baek Ah-yeong looked at Nam Da-eun lying on the bed and frowned at her.
It wasn’t obvious, but Baek A-young could see it.
Nam Da-eun’s body was in an overloaded state. It must have been incredibly overcrowded.

“… I can’t help it if you don’t want to talk, but if you ever need help, let me know. My other cadet. I can help personally, not just at the academy.”
“Yes… I understand. Saintess.”

Baek Ah-young looked at her girl with her worried eyes.
She seemed to have circumstances, but she didn’t want to forcefully pry out what she didn’t want to say.

“Rest for now. I’ll come back a little later.”
“Thank you.”

Baek Ah-young came out with her papers in order.

“It hurts…”

Nam Da-eun, left alone, muttered as she flinched on her bed.
As soon as the sparring ended, her pain came rushing in. After receiving Baek A-young’s treatment, she felt a little less, but she was still sick.
What the hell was she thinking
Even after fighting like that, she still tried to fight.
She just didn’t understand what she was before.

‘It was refreshing though.’

Back.

Clench and pinch her fists. She somehow misses the feelings she felt then.
Nam Da-eun put her body on her bed with a smile.
As she wondered if she could feel that feeling again, she heard her familiar voice.

“Is this where the patient is? Oh, that’s right.”
“Hoyeon?”
“I came here because I was worried. Da-eun, are you okay?”
“Yeah… I’m sorry. I’ve worried you.”
“No, I have nothing to apologize for. It gave me time to rest.”

It wasn’t Lee Ho-yeon’s job to repair the magic circle in the arena.
Lee Ho-yeon checked Da-eun Nam’s condition as she entered her medical team.
She is relieved to see that she has a comfortable smile though.

“Hoyeonah. Is the swordsmanship professor okay?”
“Yes. There is no danger to life.”
“… Thank God. I’ll be sure to apologize later.”
“I’m glad you weren’t hurt, Miss Da-eun.”
“It was so cool!”

Lee Ho-yeon fell back for a moment as she saw Scarlett and Liliana clinging to Nam Da-eun.
And she said quietly to Rebecca next to her.

“Miss Rebecca.”
“Yes?”
“Something happened. No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like a surprise party.”

Lee Ho-yeon hardened her expression.
After the game, this situation was too strange to hear. It seemed clear that something was going on.
If he tried to hide it this time, he was going to find out by reading the status window.
Rebecca smiled bitterly at Lee Ho-yeon’s expression.

“Umm… I was going to tell you when it was all over because I was afraid it would interfere with the baby daddy’s game, but it might bother me to hide it.”
“As expected, Rebecca knows me well.”
“I knew it and prepared it. I’ll show you.”

Rebecca opened the rune’s barrier.
Daeun Nam, Scarlett, and even Liliana. She quietly watched Rebecca’s magic unfold.
Inside the rune’s barrier, the perspective Rebecca saw unfolded.

“What is this?”
“It seems like a dangerous opponent, so I used some of my magic to save what I saw. To pass it on to the baby’s father.”

Rebecca unfolded the fragments of her memories she had seen.
It was filmed from the middle of the battle, and since it showed Rebecca’s point of view, it was quite distracting.
However, as soon as Lee Ho-yeon saw her video, she shut her mouth.

“…”

The man in the video had glowing red eyes and was exuding the power of hell.
Lee Ho-yeon knew that man wearing a neat black tuxedo with a relaxed expression.
I was beaten countless times by that man, and I killed countless times.

“…… Devil?”

Lee Ho-yeon muttered involuntarily.

The original final boss.
The demon king with glowing red demonic eyes was standing in front of Rebecca.

‘No, it’s a little different.’

He is a demon king, but he is not a demon king.
In order for the demon king to appear in the human world, the world has to fall to the verge of catastrophe.

The pitch-black sky, the air hard to breathe. Irresistible fear and despair.

Only then will the demon king descend.
That’s why he’s the devil.

‘Besides… I’m weak.’

Of course, the Lucifer in Rebecca’s memory was strong.
However, the demon lord she remembered… Was incomparably stronger.
An opponent you’ll never be able to defeat. The Demon King was such a being.

Lee Ho-yeon focused on the video with his mouth closed.
The battle seems long, but Rebecca’s memories are intermittent.
Perhaps, at some point, he lost his concentration.

“It keeps calling Liliana’s name.”
“… I’m a stranger.”
“Yeah. That’s right. Like Chiron or Albedo, he’s probably an apostle from hell.”

Only then did Lee Ho-yeon know the meaning of Irene’s message.

That the ‘last one’ had appeared.

It means that the last one written in the damn hell contract has appeared.

That means that man is Lucifer.
The demon king he knew was Lucifer, one of the idiots written in the contract.
The time when the demon king appeared in the original work was much later.
In the meantime, if Lucifer became the Demon King, it is not strange that he is now the successor.

‘…Then who is the demon king now?’

He would have been more informed if he had met Lucifer himself, but Rebecca’s fragmentary memories lacked that information.
Lee Ho-yeon clenched her fists. He said that this happened while he was playing with Baek Ah-yeong.

“I should have been there… I’m sorry. I never thought this would happen.”
“No. It was a sudden accident. But I was able to live thanks to Miss Da-eun and Irene-sama.”
“Irene?”
“Yes. Because Irene-nim, who came to deliver the message to Ho-yeon-nim, saved us.”
“Ah….”

I thought it was strange being with Irene, but that was the reason.
I must also thank Irene later.

[After a while. The final match between cadet Lee Ho-yeon and Professor Lim Sol is about to begin. It would be good if you look forward to seeing if the reversal in which Cadet Nam Da-eun beat the swordsman professor will happen again this time!]

At that time, the host’s broadcast rang out.
It was a broadcast that Dalian would start soon.

“Hoyeon-ah. Go quickly. It’s an important couple.”
“… Yeah. Let’s talk about this again after the game. I’m glad everyone wasn’t hurt though.”
“Actually, I was slightly hurt. I can still taste the blood in my mouth.”
“I’m sick all over, too.”
“If you get sick, take a break from the medical team. What if something big happens?”
“Ah. I’ll have to watch the baby daddy’s game.”
“…Don’t push yourself too hard.”

I wanted to hear the details, but as Nam Da-eun said, the sparring with Im Sol was extremely important.
Still, I’m thankful that everyone wasn’t seriously hurt.
Lee Ho-yeon stroked Nam Da-eun’s head as she lay down, and left the hospital room with everyone’s support.
Originally, I was supposed to be in the waiting room, but since Nam Da-eun stopped by, I should head straight to the training ground.

Lee Ho-yeon approached the training ground and approached the host guarding the waiting room.

“I’m Lee Ho-yeon.”
“Ah, Cadet Lee Ho-yeon. Professor Im Sol is waiting for you at the training ground.”

Wow-

The place where you meet the audience right before entering the magic circle in the arena. A great shout resounds.
Lee Ho-yeon’s [Her distinct mental strength] Was reducing the tension, but her heart was pounding nonetheless.

Turbuck. Turbuck.

I slowly climbed the arena.
In the middle of the spherical arena, which is considerably wider than what you see from the audience seats.

A familiar face stood there.

“It’s been a while. Professor Sol.”
“Isn’t it okay for the student to be later than the professor?”
“… I will. You came dressed like this.”

Lee Ho-yeon looked at Im Sol’s clothes and smiled.
Instead of the usual pink boxy tee and sportswear, a white tee and jeans. Even the beige trench coat.
That must be polite in her own way.

“Why did you come to Dalian just right? I was going to have a conversation in the waiting room.”
“It’s a woman’s intuition. I thought it would be an important match today, so I prepared a little.”

Hoyeon Lee smiled at Imsol’s words.
Since she herself was thinking of watching the game today, it seems that she has a woman’s intuition.

“Still, you came earlier than me. Please wait for me at the arena.”
“Actually, I came up early because the magic circle was broken. This time, I asked for it to be much stronger.”
“No wonder.”

There must have been a reason you were waiting in the arena.
It seems that he helped repair the magic circle.

Lee Ho-yeon licked her lips again and looked around.
I couldn’t hear outside sounds from inside the magic circle, but I could see it.
Familiar faces were seen among the eagerly cheering audience.

Lucy and Rumi sitting side by side. And Irene and Ellis were seen in the participant’s seat. Scarlett, Rebecca, and Liliana were sitting where I was before.
Moon Su-rin is in the student council a little lower. Baek A-young and Nam Da-eun stood on the medical team.

‘I’m watching everything.’

The fact that the girls he liked were watching the end of Imsol’s capture gave him a strange feeling.

Beep-

An audible start signal.
Imsol raised the corner of her mouth.
You can tell just by looking at the disciple’s expression. He, too, must be thinking of seeing the end today.

Lee Ho-yeon, a genius magician.
What magic her own apprentice would amuse herself with, she had no idea of ​​her own.

“The professor said that giving the first attack to the cadets is an unspoken rule… Is it necessary?”
“It can’t be.”

I have no intention of doing anything embarrassing.
For Im Sol to be satisfied, she must fight fair.

“Then I’ll go first.”

Hwaaaaak-

Imsol snapped her fingers and twisted the flow of her magical power.
Inexplicably phenomenal chanting speed.
In an instant, dozens of blue magic circles appear around Imsol.

Pounding. Pounding. Pounding.

Lee Ho-yeon’s heart beats fast.
Quickly activated [Combat Sense].
A sudden sharpening sensation awakens her body from the tips of her toes, and vitality begins to circulate throughout her body.

Had her heart ever been this hot?
Cells all over her body are sending out danger signals.
A signal to run away immediately. Im Sol in front of him was shouting that he was the most dangerous opponent he had ever faced.

Lee Ho-yeon soothed her heart with [Her distinct mental strength].
If it’s an opponent you can’t run away from, you have to turn that fear into a fighting spirit.

Raised her magic. The mana that filled the entire body stimulates the whole body, and the mana that flows out slowly covers the arena.

Grasp-

At the same time, a clear magical power appeared behind Lee Ho-yeon’s back.
A magic light that is as big as Imsol’s magic circles.
Lee Ho-yeon raised the corner of her mouth and opened her mouth.

“I’m coming with all my heart, Sol.”
“Until we win, speaking inappropriately is prohibited.”

Im Sol and Lee Ho-yeon smiled, and at the same time, a heavy roar erupted in the arena as their magic collided with each other.