I Became the Only Buffer in the Academy

153 – First Ruins – 4

“You guys did a great job!!”

When we returned to the academy, a sturdy old man whom we hadn’t seen since the entrance ceremony was waiting for us with a smile.

It was Jang Ho-jin, the president of the Academy and the vice president of the Hero Association.

“The first semester hasn’t even ended yet, but you really managed to capture the Manisan ruins! I’m very proud of you as the chairman!”

If you’re proud of it, I hope you’ll take care of it. I looked at him on the podium, and when the instructors gathered and offered something, he confirmed it and shouted again with a strong voice.

“To conquer the ruins is to fight for humanity. It is right to give special rewards to those who fight at the risk!”

Chairman lightly hit the podium and shouted.

“In honor of your heroism, the academy has prepared a special gift!!”

Instructors came down and held out something. Seeing that the cadets who received it started to be happy, it seems like something good?!

There was nothing like this in the game!

Exciting!

“Come on. Take it too.”

What came up in my hand was none other than a first-class equipment exchange voucher. Wow. Do you give me something really good?!

I can see that everyone is happy. Well, if it’s a 1st class equipment exchange coupon, of course it’s something to be happy about.

“Did you get all of them?! This is what I give you at my own expense, so don’t be afraid to use it!”

The excited speech of the chairman continued, and it ended only after he said the last word seven times.

Honestly, I wondered what they were doing after catching the people who had suffered, but wasn’t he the one who gave me the first-class equipment exchange voucher?

That’s why everyone smiled at the boring speech.

“Everyone worked hard! Have a good rest today!!”

Today’s schedule was all completed when he took out his last greeting and went down from the podium.

The raid team that successfully completed the ruins is scattered.

As I stood watching them, I sighed.

Come on. The practical exams for the final exams are over… Is the only thing left to do now?

And when the written test is over, the final battle in Chapter 2. There must be a confrontation with Eon Joo-young.

I slightly averted my eyes. The image of Choa Yoo talking with her classmates caught my eye.

This time, while attacking the ruins, I properly confirmed her skills.

It could be thanks to the equipment I gave you, but Yoo Choa’s skills can be considered as B-level.

It’s a fast growing trend, but the boss of Chapter 2 is Eon Ju-young, an A-class villain.

Of course, you don’t have to deal with him alone, so we’ll have a proper party.

Then… It must be Elizabeth and Jin Shi-yeon. And take Cheon Su-ho… Eon Joo-young brings the undead, so I guess Serenia should be included too.

And I don’t know if it will work, but if you’re going to include Max…

Okay. That’s enough to catch him without a problem.

“What are you thinking?”

At that moment, I heard a voice from behind. It was Cheon Soo-ho. He approached me with his arms folded, thinking about something with a serious expression before opening his mouth.

“I caught black yacha, but I didn’t expect anything to come out.”

“Did you even aim for a yaksha shield?”

“Uh.”

A yaksha shield that can be acquired with a very low probability when defeating a yakha-type monster.

It contains the power of a yaksha, so although agility is reduced, it is an artifact that greatly increases strength and stamina.

It was one of the must-have artifacts for a tanker aiming for a higher place.

“Well. It won’t come out that easily. There are many ruins where yaksha appear, so look there.”

“Um… Should I…”

“John! You did a great job! Alas, it would have been hard without you!”

“Huh. The buff seems to have gotten stronger. No… Maybe I’ve gotten stronger?”

“Ah~. It was really hard today~! Who wouldn’t want to comfort me?!”

I went with you too?!

I laughed at Elisabeth and Jin Si-yeon as I held and shook Yoo Cho-a’s hair as she approached me brazenly.

“You’ve all worked hard. Ah. And Siyeon, it’s true that you’ve become stronger. The stronger you become, the higher the rate of increase in the strength of the spirit.”

“Huh? Really?”

“Yes.”

“Ugh… I’ve gotten stronger too? Next time, give me the power of the soul…!”

While Elizabeth clenched her fists and spoke with a serious expression, a woman interrupted her and approached.

“You guys.”

“Oh? Instructor Kim Yeon-ha? What’s going on?”

“Come with me for a moment. Yoo Cho-ah. You too. Ah. Kim Yo-han. Cheon Soo-ho. You don’t have to come.”

In other words, only Elizabeth, Jin Shi-yeon, and Yoo Cho-ah are taking them? For what?

I shrugged as I watched them.

Calling those three now may be a story related to Eon Joo-young.

Especially, Yu Choa is a person who is no different from being targeted by the blade of dawn. She might even be trying to tell her a caveat when she’s on summer vacation.

“Isn’t John going with you?”

“That guy is fine.”

The three of them followed Kim Yeon-ha with sullen faces like puppies who were disturbed from playing.

I’ll be in touch later, so after shouting to have dinner together, Choa Yoo, Elizabeth, and Jin Si-yeon went away. I crossed my arms and thought.

Anyway, since the first ruin raid was successfully completed, all that remains is to prepare for the final confrontation with Eon Ju-young in Chapter 2.

“Hmm… Hey. You got nothing to do? Let’s go to the library with me for a bit.”

“Huh? It doesn’t matter. Why? To prepare for the final exam? After all, there are notes left.”

Cheon Soo-ho, who was aiming for the top spot this time, nodded calmly. But that’s not why I go to the library.

When he arrived at the library with him, he felt that it was busier than before. Is it because the final exam is coming up? There are quite a lot of people.

“Welcome.”

It was the librarian in the reading room who greeted me. To him, who smiled leisurely, I held out the feather of the windswept tree I had obtained earlier.

“Oh… You really got it. Yeah. Thank you.”

After receiving the feather from me, he took out a book from the drawer and handed it over. Great. Got this…

“What is it? That… Huh? This is the Pain Drain skill book, right?”

Chun Soo-ho, puzzled, pointed to the skill book. I thought for a moment and took him outside.

“Why?”

“You said you were looking for an elixir, right?”

“Huh? That’s right.”

“Among the monsters in the ruins where the elixir can come out, there are many that have special powers in normal attacks. In other words, there are quite a few cases where mental damage is inflicted even though I thought it was an ordinary attack and defended it.”

“Well, I heard that it is. I heard that there are quite a few preparations to prepare for it…”

“So that’s what I’m saying. Don’t you want to learn this?”

“Huh?”

Pain Drain. A skill that accepts the victim’s injuries as one’s own.

It was one of the skills used by warriors and tankers with good stamina to save their comrades in a moment of crisis.

“Why?”

This is a natural reaction. After all, pain drain is to help others by losing my weight.

“Because there may be an emergency situation. If it’s just you, I’m sure you can use it once or three times.”

There was a high possibility that what-if I think would happen when he went to the ruins to get the elixir.

Because there is an event to go to the ruins together and get an elixir during the character event of Cheonsuho.

At that time, there was a pattern in which the boss of the ruins added mental attacks to normal attacks.

In the original, the standard strategy for the boss was to throw one person as a scapegoat and fight.

Anyway, in the original game, there were no characters with high mental strength.

But now the story is different. I have no intention of sacrificing anyone, and neither should I.

Then I have no choice but to choose another method.

For example.

A person with high mental strength can withstand the damage of a normal attack with their equipment, defense, and heal, and withstand a mental attack with their own resistance.

“What if something happens… Um. Let’s take it for now.”

Cheon Soo-ho was confused and received the Pain Drain skill book.

For a tanker with high stamina, there is nothing wrong with accepting it. In the worst case, it’s also a skill to get out of a crisis.

And…

“I’ll have to write it later when Hyejeong is sick.”

“Yes.”

Cheon Soo-ho’s girlfriend used to have seizures accompanied by terrible pain because of the mana runaway. At that time, if Pain Drain was used, Cheonsuho with high physical strength would be able to endure the pain somehow.

What a great love.

“By the way, handing this over to me… Isn’t that what you’re thinking?”

“What do you think?”

“No. When you go to the ruins, you go out to block the attack of the guy who uses mental attacks…”

Ha ha ha. This guy ha ha ha.

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Nunchi is filthy fast.

“Don’t do it. It’s dangerous.”

It’s still better than dying.

Anything like mind attack puts the whole party at risk if you get it wrong.

The situation becomes even more dangerous, especially if the tanker Chun Su-ho or Elizabeth collapses.

In that case, it would be better for me to use my body to solve the problem.

“It’s just in case.”

There is no guarantee that the healer will be able to restore me in a chaotic situation.

So just in case, I’m just making Cheon Soo-ho learn this. Even if it’s not so much, if you can get through the crisis, it’s cheaper to be prepared.

“Haa. But just in case you don’t know, tell them.”

“I wouldn’t let you tell me and I’d be worried. I have to do it secretly. Secretly.”

Isn’t it easier to forgive than permission?

I shrugged and Cheon Soo-ho put on a timid expression before nodding his head.

“That’s right.”

“Then help me. Of course, if that doesn’t happen, I don’t intend to sacrifice needlessly.”

Of course that will happen.

Elixir isn’t just a japtem, can it be easily obtained?

Elixir is a very rare drop from ruins. If you want to get it in a normal way, you can’t even see it even if you pray for 100 days with a prayer meter.

So it’s better to get it from the ruins you can enter during the character event.

Chun Soo-ho narrowed his eyes and looked at me, then nodded his head.

“For now, I’ll keep it a secret from the other guys.”

“Thank you for that.”

If it gets known, you’ll be scolded.