Chapter 714: Hidden piece (6)

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The first suggestion I made to the tigers was to win against Class 3-0 outright.

I laid out some plans to ensure a complete victory.

The first was to attack their communication system, giving Sanryeong time to escape.

Second, to separate them from Im Yeonhwa.

I was thinking of another method, but Hwang Jiho recommended that I use earth power instead.

‘It’s unexpected that Hwang Jiho told me to use it.’

Hwang Jiho said he’d plant a magic circle under the ground so that I could activate it with earth power and divide the two.

‘I thought his permission from last time was temporary. Is it continuous?’

It was a bit bothersome considering the people of royal lineage who fought for earth power.

Hwang Jiho’s seal of permission didn’t have any weight, but my wrist felt heavy for some reason.

Meanwhile, when the torrent of soil subsided, Woo Kihwan prioritized checking the safety of his classmates over dealing with me.

“Are you all safe? Raise your hand if you’re injured.”

Of course, no one raised their hands.

“Everyone’s safe!”

Woo Kihwan spoke in a relieved voice.

How could they raise their hands if they’re not safe?

Thanks to my strength control, everyone was safe.

“Did you do this? Are you trying to show off your strength to us?”

In any case, Woo Kihwan belatedly answered my words.

‘I thought he’d swing at me right away. This is surprising. Should I provoke him a little more?’

I thought he’d attack me as soon as I used “strength” to provoke them, but Woo Kihwan tried to get a sense of my intentions until the end.

Is he hesitating because I’m a junior?

It seems like they’re not completely void of common sense.

“Yes, I wish to compete with strength.”

“There’s no reason for you to fight if you’re not after the energy of the universe!”

“I’m not after him. But the energy of the universe is not something you can handle, so please give up.”

I wasn’t lying.

Even if Woo Kihwan grasped Sanryeong’s skill accurately, calling it the “energy of the universe,” handling him was a different story.

If Woo Kihwan can’t beat me, there’s no way he can handle the transcendent universe.

“We won’t need to fight if you promise not to come after the energy of the universe again. If you’re going to fight, then please pick up your weapons.”

After provoking them to the fullest, the seniors began to feel angry.

“Hey! If you’re going to talk like that, then let’s fight!”

“Let’s teach this Class Zero hoobae-jerk some manners!”

“I’ve wanted to hit you since you tricked us and said our homeroom teacher was here!”

Hoobae-jerk… that’s a little too much.

Did they forget that they were scolded by Professor Ham Geunhyung?

But to be fair, I call them primate-seniors in my mind.

Fwat! Swhik!

All the seniors took out their weapons, even those who were in charge of tracking.

Perhaps because it was a day of showdown with the energy of the universe, the rarity of the items they were holding was quite high.

Did they farm items in a high-rarity otherworld?

These seniors aren’t playing.

Baekho-gun and I also actualized our weapons.

Woo Kihwan’s eyes shook.

“That’s a free weapon distributed by the school!”

In a fight like this, I can’t bring out the Sangbosimgeumpa nor can Baekho-gun use the White Fang.

Baekho-gun and I decided to use R-class wooden swords given by the school.

Objectively, compared to the rare weapons used by the seniors, these wooden swords are like branches at best.

It seemed to scratch the seniors’ egos some more.

“It reminds me of the fight with the GeumChanWangChan bastards last year…”

“But we smashed the energetic Class Zero hoobae-jerks back then too. Let’s fight!”

It’s a shame that such a fight is happening again.

Come to think of it, didn’t Hwang Jiho fight with GeumChanWangChan as a representative of the newspaper department?

It seems like Class Zero is destined to fight with each other.

“Aaahhh!”

Looking at the group of primates screaming and running toward us, I spoke to Baekhogun.”

“Let’s catch the one who uses the haegeum first.”

“Okay.”

I wanted to deal with the senior who’s part of the Korean traditional music department first knowing that their skill held down Apis’ incarnation.

I saw their vice president flinch when I pointed to them.

Without missing the opportunity, Baekhogun jumped forward.

I got ready for battle too.

Soon after, I heard Woo Kihwan’s instructions mix with the screams.

“No! Protect the vice president!”

“Start playing your instrument, quick!”

Shwiik!

“Geuhk!”

However, before the vice president could play, a wooden sword flew into their hand like a kick from a horse.

It was the sword thrown by Baekho-gun.

The seniors fell to the ground as they held their swollen hands.

“My hand…”

“That’s the muscle that the strong homeroom teacher was talking about!”

“Catch the suspicious hoobae-jerk first!”

While Baekho-gun regrouped to completely overpower the haegeum player, the seniors came at me screaming.

It was a primitive reaction.

I was able to respond immediately to the predictable situation.

Ddak! Hit!

I hit the vital point of the senior who ran first, and they hit the ground with a refreshing sound.

The seniors were quite fast, but I trained with Baekho-gun and fought against Uma so they all seemed slower to me.

I caught them off guard and hit them with the wooden sword on the back of their necks and quickly disarmed them.

“We can’t catch him with weapons alone! Use skills!”

“You haven’t forgotten that I know your skills, have you, seniors?”

I heard about their skills when we had a sudden operations meeting ahead of the confrontation with the Cow Clan.

I aimed for the seniors with troublesome skills first and used them as shields.”

“Geuhk, I thought I was used to being hit by the homeroom teacher!”

“Our homeroom teacher doesn’t use us as shields!”

“Our teacher doesn’t fight so cheaply!”

They really love their teacher despite their constant fights.

I exchanged a few more blows with them, and as if he got used to my way of fighting, Woo Kihwan began to give sharp instructions.

He conducted command like a caption, tying up seniors who had similar skills and raising energy waves at the same time.

“We’re against a single freshman. Calm down and fight. Get him by the feet first!”

Seniors who used ice-type skills raised their energy waves and aimed at me.

Soon, Woo Kihwan’s signal was heard.

“Fire!”

Shwaaang!

However, the skill didn’t reach me.

Baekho-gun stood in front, breaking the energy waves into shattered ice.

The seniors’ jaws dropped when they realized that Baekho-gun used a wooden sword to stop the skill.

“N-no… He stopped it with a wooden sword?”

“It’s the same as our homeroom teacher using her fist…”

“He was just after the vice president! What happened?!”

Baekho-gun’s hand held an item card other than the wooden sword he recovered.

The card had a haegeum drawn on it.

He’s already completely overpowered Class 3-0’s vice president and took away their energy instrument.

“They managed to trap the Cow Clan?”

Baekho-gun’s cold gaze was at the collapsed VP of Class 3-0.

I saw blackened holes and traces of a wrecked trap.

The haegeum player must’ve set it up while I was provoking the seniors.

It’s impressive that they set it up in a short time, but Baekho-gun was greater for destroying it at once.

“It wouldn’t work for me. It won’t work for your homeroom teacher either.”

I thought Baekho-gun’s display of power would lower their morale, but the mention of their homeroom teacher fired up the seniors again.

As they adjusted their lines, Woo Kihwan shouted again.

“Now that it’s come to this, it’s a head-to-head match. Let’s go!”

“Aaaahhh!”

Baekho-gun and I fixed our swords and prepared for the rushing seniors.

Victory is almost ours, but we didn’t celebrate too early.

Well, as long as Baekho-gun is holding a sword, even if it’s wooden, there’s no way the seniors would win.

But Baekho-gun wasn’t actively stepping forward, only neutralizing them one by one.

He was playing the role of a support.

‘It’s really comfortable.’

We were moving as if he could read my mind.

It felt as natural as using my own libs.

I wonder if Hwang Jiho feels this way when he fights using his alter egos.

The best martial artist of the Tiger Clan truly deserved the title.

‘It’s such a good feeling fighting like this!’

Finally, after knocking down Woo Kihwan…

I looked around as I calmed my breathing.

The seniors were all collapsed and scattered over Mt. Cheonik.

“It’s over.”

In Baekho-gun’s hand was an item card that he took after neutralizing the seniors.

Even if the game was decided, it was decided in advance that we’d retrieve this card to prevent unnecessary resistance.

What bothered me was…

‘Baekho-gun’s not out of breath at all…’

We won, but I was tired.

Isn’t his power debuffed by Cheonshin?

I didn’t use my light skill or the Sangbosimgeumpa so I can’t say that I did my best, but Baekho-gun also fought with little percentage of his true power.

We won against the seniors, but I felt a little choked up because it felt like I lost to Baekho-gun.

I was emotional and proud of the greatness of my last playable character, but I decided to put that aside first.

“Sunbaenim, I can’t deal with the energy of the universe either.”

“…What?”

Woo Kihwan, who was holding back tears of anger, bolted up and fell again.

I don’t think his body’s working yet.

Regardless, I kept talking.

“If I could, I would’ve used the energy of the universe instead of fighting with the seniors against royal lineage.”

I wish I could use the power of the transcendent universe to knock out enemies at once.

However, just communicating with it made me a mess, and the risks were too high.

“Then we’ll deal with it. Move over!”

“You didn’t win against me, so how can you handle it?”

“Geuhk!”

Woo Kihwan choked, knowing that I was right.

“But we have our homeroom teacher!”

“That’s right! The strong homeroom teacher will knock you down and bring the energy of the universe!”

Words of faith were uttered here and there.

As expected, it will be difficult to persuade them unless their homeroom teacher is knocked out too.

The conversation was interrupted as we couldn’t understand each other.

Then, their vice president spoke with a twisted expression.

“Hey, that VP is smiling suspiciously.”

I turned my head to the earthen wall where Hwang Jiho and Im Yeonhwa were.

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