The Academy’s Time Stop Player

“Then, Ha-Jun. If you have time, come to England later.”

“If you have nothing to do later, call me. Soon-ah will also miss Ha-jun.”

“If you’re bored, come to America to play!”

“See you later, Hajun-ah!”

Two days later, the academy vacation was over and the vacation of the Rockia Academy finally began.

The children greeted Ha-jun once and went back to their respective houses.

“Ah, I want to go home.”

On the other hand, Ha-jun had no choice but to return to the dormitory and stay.

Of course, it was because the original houses were all burned down because of the villains.

Hajun laid himself on the bed and looked at the little doll sitting on the desk.

The doll only secretly avoided Ha-jun’s gaze as if it had been stabbed.

said the doll.

“At that time, I had no choice. It’s an order from above… … .”

“Sup- I can’t break this… … .”

Thinking about that time, I just want to destroy all the dolls, but Ha-jun decided to look after them with a generous heart.

Even if I break it anyway, it won’t hurt this guy.

“Who’s more than that?”

By the way, the guy Ha-jun was talking about was of course referring to the villain who killed the hero Jang-hwan.

A villain who killed the 2nd highest-ranking hero in Korea.

Ha-jun asked who the culprit was, so he asked the puppeteer.

For once, the puppeteer was on my side, but that fact wasn’t widely known in the Villains Alliance. However, the puppeteer only shook his head.

said the puppeteer.

“I tried, but… … , I couldn’t find it either. His position is not easy to find, no matter how much the villain of the Confederacy.”

“… … .”

Is that really true?

Ha-Jun narrowed his eyes and looked at her.

For once, I still couldn’t believe the puppeteer’s words.

Even though it seems obedient like that, it is a cooperative relationship made up of a relationship of power above and below.

In other words, if the puppeteer felt the possibility that even one of the Alliance’s villains would defeat Ha-jun, he could betray him at any time.

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Moreover, as Ha-jun knew, the puppeteer hated the hero so much that he became a villain.

It was simply saying that trust was not enough to trust her.

And seeing Ha-jun’s expression, she just added something as if it was unfair.

“To be honest, I have only seen him once. He was so cautious that he hadn’t been seen in decades. This is my first time. It was he who moved himself to commit the terror.”

“… … t-.”

What if you say so… … .

I don’t want to admit it to be honest, but to some extent, I tend to agree with the puppeteer’s words.

As the puppeteer said, he is so careful that he has been hiding from the sage Choi Joong-won for several decades.

If he had hidden himself in earnest again, Ha-jun had no way to find him.

“And you better not take him too lightly. At least, in my eyes, he has the strength of the great heroes.”

Of course, Ha-jun knew it and was aware of it to some extent.

As the puppeteer said, his abilities and the Noble Phantasm he uses are really dangerous.

“… … .”

However, hearing that from the puppeteer’s mouth, it was kind of ridiculous.

Should I call it a red flag?

Regardless of whether it was strong or not, it was not surprising that the guy who was the rice for the herb was paying attention to me. I’m giving you kindly attention as if I’m worried like this, but first of all, this puppeteer has also tried to take my life in the past.

“But will you still be here?”

“… … .”

The puppeteer scratched his cheek as if he was indifferent to those words.

And the puppeteer stood up and walked towards the window of the dormitory.

A puppeteer who opens the window with two short hands.

Before leaving, the puppeteer nodded, politely bowing his head.

“I will come back later.”

“okay.”

Hajun scratched his back and waved his hand.

Ha-jun’s dormitory where the uninvited guests disappeared.

There were a lot of incidents and accidents, but it was a vacation for the first time.

The free vacation that Ha-jun longed for.

There were a lot of things I wanted to do, but the first thing I thought was to hang around for a week.

After that, what do you plan to think about next time?

Ha-jun turned around looking at the ceiling, then took out his smartphone and started fiddling with it.

That was then.

Thiririling-.

Hajun got a phone call.

And when Ha-jun saw the name of the person who made the call, he had no choice but to wrinkle his brow as if it was annoying.

[Sender: Emma]

It was Emma, a scout for the American Hero Association.

* * *

1 p.m. that day.

“long time no see. Ha-jun, student.”

A cafe inside the academy.

Ha-jun was sitting there facing a woman.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, but it wasn’t the face I wanted to see right now.

A scout from the American Heroes Association would never come without a reason.

“After all, it’s a vacation, so the academy is quiet.”

“Yes. But as soon as the vacation starts, do you suddenly come to visit me?”

Ha-jun looked at her with narrowed eyes.

This one is for that lil chicken owl

Now that I was about to take a break, it was because of her who came as soon as the vacation started.

And Emma smiles bitterly at Hajun’s words.

said Emma.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to, it just happened at the right time.”

“… … Did it fit right?”

“yes.”

“So what’s going on?”

“Currently, the American Heroes Association has an emergency. Do you know what a dungeon break is?”

aldamada.

Literally, it meant the sudden collapse of an old dungeon and bursting with time. Considering the disaster that would occur, I thought it was a pretty dangerous situation, but I thought it was a bit vague to say that it would cause an emergency for the American Heroes Association. After all, a dungeon break can be prevented before the break itself occurs.

“Is that enough for an emergency?”

So Ha-jun looked at Emma with a puzzled face and asked, and Emma answered with a serious face.

“yes. That’s because the dungeon where the dungeon break was predicted is annihilation. There are also two places. One of them was already attacked by Andre Whilt, the world’s number 1 player, to prevent damage, but he was seriously injured and was inevitably unable to participate in the second dungeon attack.”

“uh… … , is it annihilated?”

extinction.

An uninhabitable land.

An eco-region inhabited by the highest-risk monsters and monsters in existence.

In Extinction, the dungeon’s risk level is individually divided.

All dungeons located in the ecology are assigned an S grade, and the closer they are to the center, the higher the risk grade, and they are classified under different names.

There are a total of three grades, and the most representative example was the Immortal grade.

Immortal was one of the dungeons in the center of annihilation, meaning a dungeon that humans could not attack.

“Isn’t that Immortal?”

Of course, Ha-jun asked the question without much thought, but Emma opened her mouth in surprise.

“Ugh! If you’re Immortal, no one can stop you! Perhaps the day the break of that dungeon opens will be the end of America.”

“Then, where are you?”

“It’s two levels below that, Worst. It is a dungeon located on the borderline entering the extinction.”

Immortal, Boundary, Worst

The dungeon grade of the annihilation is divided into three stages, where the worst means the dungeon that mankind can attack.

Of course, all of the dungeons of annihilation are dungeons designated as S-class, but from the boundary there are many dungeons that humans cannot even access.

Anyway, once I heard the story, I thought I knew what she was asking for.

Hajun said.

“Am I still a 17-year-old cadet?”

What country in the world would an adult send a 17-year-old cadet to extinction?

Of course, half of it was annoying, so I just rebutted it.

Emma only responded with a slightly bitter smile to that.

“And you are the most famous hero in Korea.”

“… … .”

“Of course, it is not forced. That’s how it is written in the contract. However, we, the American Hero Association, desperately need the help of cadet Ha Jun.”

With those words, Ha-jun recalled the memories of the past for a moment.

The hero I met before taking the final exam.

World No. 5 Hero Prophet Joa Elliot.

I remembered what she had told Hajun.

-The American Hero Association will ask for one request from Irregular. Could you please accept it?

“Uh, um… … .”

A request from Joa Elliott.

I knew that the request would come during vacation, but I didn’t know that it would be today.

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Moreover, I didn’t even know that it would be an attack on the dungeon of annihilation.

Even so, I can’t refuse to accept the request at the time… … .

In the end, Ha-jun, who made the decision, looked at Emma with blank eyes and asked a question.

“So, when does the dungeon attack start?”

Anyway, I wasn’t really worried about the time stop.

You can just go there as a tourist.

And Emma opens her mouth and is surprised at Ha-jun’s answer.

“Is that what you mean?”

“Yeah, let’s go, okay.”

Hearing that answer, Emma answered with a bright smile as if she was very happy.

“ah! A week later.”

* * *

Ha-jun, who had lunch that day, before heading out to attack the Dungeon of Extinction, which will be a week later, came to Del Her’s Hermes Guild immediately after breaking up with Emma.

“Long time no see.”

It’s nice to see Ha-joon, who came to visit after a long time. It was a smiling Loelli.

Although Ha-jun is still sitting on the sofa and looking at her with his characteristic dull eyes.

Hajun asked Loeli.

“So what did you call me for?”

After breaking up with Emma, it was Hajun who came to the guild after getting a call on the way back to the dormitory.

I did call him once, but he hadn’t heard the reason for the call yet.

“Have you ordered anything last time?”

“request? Oh, did you find it?”

“That’s right. Not exactly that River, but the position of the girl in the picture you showed me.”

“A girl?”

Was it a girl who apparently looked like River’s younger sister?

Hajun looked at Loelli again and asked.

“Did you find where he is?”

“Yeah, ah! First of all, it’s not certain I found it by accident, and it may just be that they look alike.”

With those words, Loelli took out a photo and handed it to Ha-jun, who looked at the photo she had given him.

A girl was pictured in the picture.

A girl with long silver hair, deep ruby-red eyes, and sharp, sharp eyes.

The moment he saw the picture, Ha-jun had no choice but to make a puzzled expression.

Hajun asked.

“Is this really him?”

“You said you weren’t sure. Anyway, you’ll find out if you ask me.”

It was Hajun who remembered the photo he had given to Loelli as a clue in the past.

A picture taken when she was much younger than the girl pictured now.

Of course, no matter how young they were, they were all cute, but the atmosphere and impression in the photos were extreme. The girl in the photo taken when she was young was smiling brightly, but now it’s like a sharp blade.

“Well… … .”

Hajun scratched his head curiously for a moment.

Well, anyway, he seems to be that River’s younger brother, so I’ll have to go find him.

Hajun asked.

“So where does he live?”

To that question, Loelli answered with a bewitching smile.

“uk.”

“?”