Academy Munchkin Grew Up To Become a Genius

Episode 14 Hidden Piece (4)

-Paaaaa!!

A ray of light burst into the shrine as if a rock had been dropped on calm water.

The once dark cavity became bright as daylight.

“What!”

“W-what!?”

-Kiaaaaa!!

The miscellaneous ghosts and evil spirits were frozen like stones by the brilliant light, and the bodyguards also looked back without thinking and screamed at the blinding light.

-Paaaaa!!

Soon, light exploded around the shrine, and sacred ripples spread throughout the huge cavity.

The momentum of the light was as if a taut string had been released.

-Kyaaaaa!

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The miscellaneous spirits and demons that had hardened like terracotta warriors were swept away like dust by the holy ripples.

-Saaaaa….

The light colored the entire area with a dazzling white light and then slowly faded away.

Darkness fell once again and the area became deathly quiet.

The security guards quickly looked around, rubbing their still numb eyes.

“Uh…”

“Is everyone safe?”

“The 3 o’clock position is ideal.”

“Bah, what was that just now?”

“Okay, the end?”

Seo Eunha hastily placed the emergency escape artifact that was almost on the verge of activation.

“Uh, um…! Cough!”

-Suuuuu….

A ray of wind passed through the dirt-turned-remains.

The ghosts that rushed at me like a flock of hungry wolves all disappeared along with the light.

The bodyguards, who had been looking around for a while on guard, noticed the battlefield becoming quiet and gradually relaxed.

“Ugh…. Ugh…. I thought I was going to die.”

“It’s over, right…?”

“Yes. I think so.”

The security guards were unable to hide their excitement as they caught their breath.

“But at the end…”

“Isn’t there anyone you haven’t seen…?”

“Of course. My eyes still feel numb.”

“An attribute is an attribute, but what power does it have…”

“I don’t know anymore….”

A ripple of light that wiped out the march of ghosts that surged like a black tsunami in one blow.

The range, speed, intensity of light, and even the power to wipe out all kinds of unclean things in an instant.

“First-class among light attribute holders….”

No matter how low you set that level of light magic, it was a level that only a hunter of at least the A+ level could see.

“What on earth is this…?”

When the bodyguards each turned to Kang Seo-jun and muttered admiring words,

“I don’t have time to sit down.”

Kang Seo-jun said as he came out of the shrine with hurried steps.

“It’s not over yet. The shrine will soon collapse. Everyone, get up quickly and follow us!”

Jin Se-rin and the bodyguards’ faces became thoughtful when they heard that it was not over yet.

“Oh, it’s not over yet…?”

“Ah… This is at least epic level difficulty…!”

“I-I…I feel like I’m running out of mana right now…! Ugh…!”

“Hey! Hey! Get motivated and move quickly!”

Kang Seo-jun walked forward at a brisk pace, waddling his heavy body, and Jin Se-rin and the security team followed quickly behind him.

-Kugugugugugugu!

An earthquake heralding the second phase soon shook the huge cavity.

“Everyone, run!”

-Plap! Pap-duk!

The shrine seemed to collapse with a bone-breaking sound, and then it seemed as if it was being sucked into the ground.

As the ground in the center sank deeply, it pulled in Kang Seo-jun and Jin Se-rin’s security team like a hell of ants.

In order to avoid being swept away by the torrent of dirt, they each moved their legs vigorously, whether on two or all fours.

“Wow…!”

“If you fall, it’s over! Come to your senses!”

-Waddle! Waddle!

Kang Seo-jun also tried his best.

“A billion…!”

-Sharp!

Due to the limitations of my poor physical ability, I was unable to maintain my balance.

“Fuck…!!”

-Cooooo!

Kang Seo-jun was swept away by the dirt, like a straw floating in a torrent of water.

“Ugh!”

Jin Se-rin’s face turned white when she saw that.

“Go, Kang Seo-jun…!?”

As Jin Se-rin’s body stiffened, Seo Eun-ha pulled her closer.

“Miss! Worry about others later!”

Although Seo Eun-ha was embarrassed to see Kang Seo-jun fall helplessly and get swept away, she prioritized taking care of Jin Se-rin and her own team rather than a man with several organs of some kind.

“Wake up!”

“Run! Run!”

Jin Serin and her security team ran tirelessly, supporting each other.

About 5 minutes.

-Kugugugugu….

The earth-shaking noise gradually quieted down and the earth stopped.

The guards sat down, each making a dying sound.

“Huh…! Huh…!”

“It’s harder than when I was training for self-denial!”

“I’ve been losing this much since the actual selection exam…!”

Seo Eun-ha took a deep breath and checked to see if any of her people were missing.

Fortunately, Jin Se-rin and her team members were all safe.

However, Kang Seo-jun, who fell in the middle and was swept to the ground, was not seen.

“Oh my…!”

At that moment, Seo Eun-ha realized, “Oh my gosh.”

Without that man, he has no one who can brief him on the current situation.

“Everyone wait here.”

Seo Eun-ha gave her team members a standby order and made her way back to the common center.

“Tea, team leader? Where are you going?”

“The guide has fallen behind. He may be buried behind, so I’ll look for him.”

Hearing those words, all the security guards also had a look of disappointment on their faces.

“Ah.”

“I only take care of the people next to me…”

“I didn’t see it either… It’s a big problem…”

If Kang Seo-jun did not tell them what to do next, there was nothing Jin Se-rin and the security team could do.

Jin Serin said, barely able to calm her trembling stomach.

“Everyone, let’s all go back and find it. If it’s buried in the ground, we need to rescue it quickly before it stops breathing…!”

“You’re right, lady…”

“Let’s wake up! Wake up!”

“Team leader! Let’s go together!”

There was a sense of duty to save Kang Seo-jun on a humanitarian level, but there were many other reasons to save Kang Seo-jun.

It is quite unfair to come to a place like this and go through the danger of almost dying, but to lose your guide and return empty-handed.

In order to successfully complete the strategy, that man was essential.

Seo Eun-ha looked back at the group following her.

“I don’t know the situation yet, so just wait….”

The moment when you are about to give an order to stay there because it is dangerous to follow.

-Aaaaa!!!

The center of the cavity is now a deep and wide pit.

A blood-curdling howl rose from the abyss.

The howl echoed noisily as it hit the dome here and there.

“Ugh!?”

“Hee, hee!?”

“Kya!?”

“Cover your ears!”

Someone unidentifiable shouted.

This howl is a peer-type curse that causes fear.

It was a roar that struck fear into the hearts of those of low rank and stiffness as hard as stone in their bodies.

-Whoosh! Kwasik! Wow!

From the bottom of a deep, dark pit like a sinkhole, sounds like rocks being crushed regularly rose up.

-Whoosh! Sigh!

As the sound rang again, I felt that the source of the sound was getting closer.

Jin Se-rin and the security team could sense the sound getting closer.

“This, this….”

“What… Something…”

Something ominous and unclean. Something huge.

I was climbing out of the pit.

-Boo!

Soon, a long ray of strange shape came out of the bottomless pit.

-Boom! Kwasik! Sigh!

A huge monster crawled up from the ground.

Red eyes. The face of the Buddha statue. Abnormally thick arms. Long body like a centipede. Red flesh and pus sticking to various parts of the body.

Jin Se-rin and the security team were stunned by the appearance of an unusual monster even at a glance.

I knew it without anyone having to say it.

That guy is the real boss of this dungeon.

He was the true form of Guibul and the king of all demons sealed in this dungeon.

“Ugh….”

“Ah…”

As soon as he appeared, the darkness in the cavity became completely heavy again.

The thick malice, foul smell, and red eyes that evoke physiological disgust and fear emanate from it.

All of that was once again contaminating the cavity that had been purified for a while.

-Sharp!

“Ugh…. Ugh….”

Jin Serin lost strength in her legs and took a picture of her buttocks in that place.

“Ugh…!”

The situation was not much different for Seo Eun-ha, who was closest to facing this type of monster.

Just facing the guy’s energy gives me a feeling of disgust, as if a poisonous centipede is crawling all over my body.

Seo Eun-ha was an A-level hunter, and she was by no means a low-ranking person.

Her willpower is a whopping 26. A- grade.

Nevertheless, I am overwhelmed by its size, and its stench makes me tremble.

That means that he is at least of epic rank or higher.

Seo Eun-ha gritted her teeth.

The average rank of Jin Serin’s security team is B grade.

The minimum party grade required to deal with an epic boss monster was A grade.

“It’s impossible….”

It is impossible to find the missing guide in the face of such a monster.

In this situation, there is only one action that Seo Eun-ha should take.

By activating her emergency escape artifact, Jin Serin and her team were able to safely escape outside.

Seo Eun-ha shouted, clutching her necklace containing her emergency escape spell.

“Escaped…!”

-Pow!

“Whoops…!”

But there was no way Gwibul could just sit there and watch such behavior.

Gwibul quickly closed the distance with the hundreds of legs attached to her centipede-like body, then swung her arms that seemed to be thicker than most trucks and hit Seo Eun-ha down.

-Boom!

Even though she blocked it with her shield, her massive weight was clearly conveyed.

Pain as if all the joints in her body were misaligned and crushed.

Seo Eun-ha tried to activate her artifact again, crushing her pain, but

-Boom! Quang!

“Khaak…!”

As Gui-bul continued to strike with his fists that were as powerful as a thousand pounds, Seo Eun-ha fell to his knees, spitting out his blood.

With just three punches, the shield she was holding was damaged to the point where it could no longer function.

-Gooooo!

Guibul put her hands together and raised them high to the ceiling, as if she was going to completely crush Seo Eun-ha.

Red magic energy began to gather in her two fists.

“Ugh…!”

Half-broken shield. Broken posture. A body that has lost all its stamina.

If she was hit by that blow in this condition, even if Seo Eun-ra had reached Grade A, she would not be safe.

“Tea, team leader!”

The security team ran to help Seo Eun-ha.

“Run! Team leader, take care of it!”

“Go, Deputy! Take the young lady and evacuate first!”

However.

-Sweet!

No matter how hard they sprinted, they could not be faster than the speed at which Guibul was hitting right in front of them.

Gwibul’s large, heavy fist, filled with demonic energy, quickly got closer to Seo Eun-ha.

‘… Like this…. It happens… ?’

Seo Eun-ha sensed death without even realizing it.

I didn’t even have time to think about where it went wrong.

Only the approaching death seemed bigger and bigger in her mind.

It was then.

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“Blink.”

The calm man’s voice rang in Seo Eun-ha’s ears as if she were alone in a different situation.

-Flash!

And then, with a flash of purple light, Kang Seo-jun appeared in front of Seo Eun-ha.

“……!?”

I was surprised, but it didn’t lead to any judgment.

Because there was less than a second left until Guibul’s fist filled with deep malice made contact.

However, no sense of danger was felt from the man’s back.

[Skill ‘Time to Counterattack’ is activated.]

The more malice was contained, the more it was something Kang Seo-jun could not wish for.

[Critical hit! The lucky strike hits the enemy’s vital spot!]