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After the new rules were announced, the cadets scattered in the Black Lotus were divided into three types.

“In the end, whoever catches the area boss will win the first place.”

“He said he was strong but slow. Then it’s my meal.”

Those who are at the top level or are confident in their firepower will go to the lotus grave where the area boss will appear.

“Anyway, the top ranks aren’t good enough, so let’s rob even an empty house.”

“There are a lot of monsters inside, so if you do well, you will be able to aim for the top ranks.”

The cadets who can’t play an active part against the area boss go to the fog forest to destroy the lotus tree.

“If you’re overdoing it and you’re eliminated, that’s more of a loss.”

“Just do what we do.”

The cadets, feeling burdened by the unexpected situation, wandered around like the first time to subdue monsters.

Cadets who set goals and move according to their abilities and inclinations. As a result, competition naturally intensified, but the fog forest was the most intense among them.

“Find the lotus tree first!”

“for a moment! Here we come first!”

“whatever! run!”

The reward condition of the Fog Forest is to destroy the lotus tree.

Therefore, some chose a strategy to run while ignoring the monster, and the other cadets who saw it started running at the same time.

“uh? where is this… … Whoops!”

“A cliff! mum… … !”

However, in addition to the harsh environment of flood damage, fog with the effect of blocking the five senses was added.

Even things visible at a visible distance of less than 3m caused confusion in the five senses and, as they were different from their actual locations, they could not dodge properly and fell on the floor.

“Mom, it’s a monster!”

“These guys are sniping in the fog!”

The cadets who came in thinking that they could even attack monsters using the fog experienced hell.

Unlike entering the foggy forest, it is not easy to get out. When the cadets are wandering in the maze, spitting swear words.

Tuo-!

Jake, carrying Sehun Lee, ran across the fog.

It jumps over a fallen tree by stepping on the bumpy root of a tree accurately, sprints from the edge of a cliff, and runs skillfully over a densely grown tree.

A movement that seems to see through the fog perfectly. It was a sight that others would admire if they saw it, but the person running was different.

“there.”

“Ugh?!”

The moment Lee Se-hoon, who was on his back, tapped his shoulder. As Jake was about to run forward, his body turned sharply to the right.

Whoo!

The thorns of the monster that barely passed the ball. It was a dizzying situation that could have hit him in the eye if done wrong, but Jake had no time to be surprised.

Whoops! Tuk clap!

Every time Se-Hoon Lee’s finger taps on his shoulder, his body swishes around, barely avoiding obstacles, and in return, the muscles and bones of his body scream for help.

“Ugh… … Whoops… … !”

Perhaps this is enough to just ask him to lift him up to torture himself. As Jake was distracted by the constant pain, Sehun Lee looked down with stern eyes.

“what are you doing. Are you concentrating?”

“Too… … I was sick… … .”

“It hurts because I use my muscles in the middle. Just focus on the bloodstream.”

“… … .”

Seeing Lee Se-hoon talking insignificantly, Jake felt bad words coming up his throat.

‘If it was that easy, who would suffer like this… … !’

He consciously manipulates the numerous blood vessels extending throughout his body one by one to move the muscles needed to run.

distribution of power. adjustment of blood pressure. Numerous processes, such as the sequence of muscles, have to be completed perfectly in an instant.

heartbeat-!

Even if the heart rate was slow, the situation continued to increase due to the advanced battles and bloodstains.

To be honest, just running like this right now was nothing short of a miracle.

“now. We still have a long way to go.”

tuk tuk tuk

“Aww!!”

Sehun Lee pats his shoulder indifferently and Jake runs screaming.

On the surface, it seems that only Jake is being abused, but Sehun Lee was not just playing.

wow

The view changed to black and white and the view of the forest dyed in gray.

Using a tuxedo that can see through the magical powers of living things, Sehun Lee grasped the rough terrain through the fog and the location of the monsters hiding there.

‘It can’t be over there… … this.’

I was just about to decide which direction to move. Seeing that Jake did not recognize the obstacles in front of him, Sehun Lee quickly tapped the Black Spirit Temple on his shoulder with his finger.

woong-

At that moment, magical powers spread through the black spirits connected to all parts of Jake’s body, and the blood flow that had been very sensitive reacted reflexively.

Dump!

“Ouch!!”

Jake’s body barely evaded the obstacles that came before him. Seeing this, Sehun sighed inwardly.

‘A guy called the head of the department is so clumsy in his name.’

At most, a natural barrier in a Class C hazardous area. Moreover, since it is a simple effect of blocking the five senses, it was possible to cope with it with a little attention to detail.

However, Jake could hardly respond to the fog, and it was partly because he was busy paying attention to blood magic, but also because of his dull sense of humor compared to his ability.

‘Since I was young, my physical ability was good, so I became dull in crisis. The surrounding environment is good, and I’ll give you some training.’

The original sense is a way to sharpen the more you experience dangerous situations more often. Lee Se-hoon, who was originally guiding a safe route, changed the route to a faster route instead of ‘slightly’ dangerous.

“Wait a minute, something… … .”

“Coming again. Harm!”

Woodduck

“Aww!”

Unlike the cadets who wander in the outskirts, two people break through the center of the foggy forest in the blink of an eye. By the time Jake’s non-stop screaming sound disappeared.

Tuoung!

The two were completely out of the fog.

“Huh… … Huh… … .”

Jake caught his breath with a haggard face and looked at the vacant lot in front of his eyes.

A huge tree about 30m tall growing in the center.

At the top, a huge lotus flower was in full bloom, and fog was flowing from its center and spreading around it.

“That… … lotus tree… … ?”

“It seems so.”

Sehun Lee, who came down from Jake’s back, looked at the fog surrounding the vacant lot.

‘There are no monsters… … ?’

The lotus tree is the core that maintains the fog forest.

Therefore, it is normal for monsters with high intelligence to protect this area, but for some reason they are nowhere to be seen.

‘It’s because a lot of cadets came in at the same time.’

When Sehun Lee is looking at him with a strange sense of heterogeneity. Jake took a deep breath and asked.

“So how are you going to deal with it?”

“You have to cut It’s a good way to check your skills.”

There is a way to cut like an axe with a five-color sword, but it consumes a lot of stamina, so it’s most convenient to use a strong guy here.

At Sehun Lee’s answer, Jake made a slightly surprised expression.

“no way… … That’s why you came to the misty forest on purpose?”

“… … like that.”

I brought them here just to wake up the gods and roll them, but there’s no need to break the mood by saying that.

Jake, who had just made a dissatisfied expression on Lee Se-hoon’s answer, vigorously drew his dazzling sword.

“great. Leave it to me.”

Jake approached the lotus tree and looked at the tree he needed to cut down.

A large lotus tree with a height of 30 m and a circumference of 40 m is sufficient.

As a creature of water and sea, it would have considerable durability, so I didn’t know how much it could be cut with an incomplete dazzling sword.

“You can’t wield it with moderate strength like before. It’s power.”

“Okay.”

Jake nodded, breathing lightly, and lowered his hands holding the flashing sword down to his right.

Basic posture to prepare for slashing. Sehun Lee gave advice to Jake as he was choosing to breathe.

“Let your heart beat faster and your consciousness calms down.”

Jake instinctively suppresses his power as if he reflexively withdraws his hand when he touches something hot.

In order to solve it, it was necessary to first bring out the unconscious.

“It’s not about muscles, it’s about fatigue, it’s about recognizing all the reactions of the whole body, and controlling even the unconscious reactions.”

Hearing Sehun Lee’s advice, Jake began to accelerate his movements even more while focusing all his consciousness on the bloodstream.

throb-

The heartbeat, which was still fast, became as fast as if it was about to explode, and the flow of blood moving from the heart to the fingertips was clearly felt.

And the moment when the two hands holding the dazzling sword were pushed in with all their might, with more blood than usual.

hard

A blue flash of light split Jake’s eyes.

Pakaang!

A blue sword that shatters at the same time as it swings its arms.

Seeing that there was nothing on the crystals scattered before his eyes, Jake looked at the lotus tree he had just cut down.

Kugugung

A lotus tree with about 70% of its trunk cut off.

The marks that started thin at the beginning became rough and large towards the end, but they looked like traces of incompletely generated swordsmanship.

“ね… … .”

Jake clenched his fists at the sight.

At first, it was evident that the strength was properly gathered, but after a while they were scattered all over the body as if they were running away.

‘For what the hell… … .’

What is the fear that makes the lever fearful and looses power? When Jake made an angry expression, Sehun Lee patted his shoulder.

“It wasn’t bad along the way. A little more practice… … ?”

Sehun Lee, who was comforting Jake and looking at the crevice of the lotus tree, made a puzzled expression on the object he saw from the inside.

A puppet that appears to have been carved out of wood. Lee Se-hoon’s eyes widened at the thing that couldn’t come out of the lotus tree.

“this… … !”

Without even thinking about it, he pulled the object out of the gap.

Fight!

An object held in your hand with a feeling of something breaking. At the same time, the surrounding fog also faded a little, and Lee Se-hun’s eyes frowned at the reaction.

‘this… … You’re a puppeteer of a puppeteer.’

A consumable used by the puppeteer to control monsters. The moment he remembered his identity, some information appeared in Lee Se-hoon’s mind.

The sudden appearance of the area boss. Monsters that could not be seen well as if their number had decreased. And the puppeteer of the puppeteer who was controlling the root of the lotus tree and the divine tree.

‘These bastards… … .’

It was as if he was controlling the entire Black Lotus floodwaters. Sehun Lee, who approached the truth, grabbed the emblem of the cloak to deliver the news urgently.

Aww!

In the distance, a huge tree that had been sleeping deep in the ground rose above the sea of water.

***

toothpaste

“… … Well?”

The assistant, who was busy monitoring the noise in his ear, looked around with a puzzled expression.

However, the scenery of the lobby had not changed and everyone was watching the battle of the cadets.

‘Did I hear it wrong?’

The moment when the teaching assistant saw that, tilted his head and tried to look away again.

“uh.”

His eyes met with the professor who looked around like himself.

“… … .”

“… … .”

An ominous feeling that cannot be described in words. Without saying which of the two came first, they turned their heads to call the general manager, Kassar.

Whoo!

All the screens floating in the terminal lobby disappeared.

The numerous facilities installed throughout the Black Lotus floodwaters were consumed in an instant.

The eyes of the faculty members widened in a situation that could not be seen naturally, and then they shouted urgently.

“Emergency has occurred!”

“Turn on the forced transfer device right now!!”

According to the manual, the faculty and staff moved quickly, followed by a huge wave around the terminal.

Paan-

A wave that spreads throughout the sea in the blink of an eye.

By activating the forced transfer function of the supply cloak, it was an emergency device in case communication with the inside was cut off like now.

“what… … .”

“Why no one… … .”

However, not a single cadet was transferred to the terminal despite the operation of the emergency equipment.

When everyone is stuck in the worst situation in their head.

Aww!

The ceiling of the terminal building was smashed with a roar.

“It’s low!”

“Professor Kassar is up! calm down!”

Ignoring the noise from below, Cassar climbed up to the roof of the building and looked straight ahead over the barrier.

The dense forest disappears from place to place, and all you see is a white mist.

In the blink of an eye, Kasar’s eyes widened at the sight of the floodwaters that had changed like any other place.

‘Evolution? No, but the area boss shouldn’t have appeared yet… … .’

It’s an absurd situation, but his intuition warned that the black lotus was turning into a more dangerous place.

Having made a decision, Cassar quickly shouted through the broken hole beneath the terminal.

“Area evolution! Space movement must have been blocked, so contact the head of the academy and rush inside to rescue the cadets first!”

“All right!”

The faculty and staff were prepared to enter the interior with their gear in perfect harmony at Kassar’s call.

Seeing this, Kassar looked at the sea of water beyond the wall again and thought about this unusual situation.

‘If there are any guys who can do crazy things like this to Babel, they’re the only bad guys. And now the opponents worth aiming for are… … Is it me or the head of the department?’

Are you trying to deal with promising prospects, or are you trying to hunt yourself down by using it as a bait?

Although he wasn’t sure of anything, Cassar didn’t think deeply and took out his weapon from the subspace pocket on his waist.

Whoo!

A turbid gray sword made of squares and a black handle with cracks in various places like charcoal.

“Ugh… … !”

Taking the 2m long sword in reverse, Kasar straightened his arms back and threw them into the mist.

Paang!

A great sword that passes over the barriers of the terminal and disappears into the mist. Cassar looked at him and clenched his fists.

‘They must have expected me to intervene. Then the rest of the fight… … .’

Do you find them first, or do they get them first? In the end, it all depended on the abilities of the department heads.

In a situation beyond his control, Kasar looked over the fog, praying that it would not be too late.

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