It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 43

Chapter 43: What Happens When You Mess with a Studying Student (1)

The members of the Heukgil-dong guild were shocked.

A member who had just been instantly killed, turned into a porcupine by an unidentifiable thorn projectile.

Although he was the guy who got scolded by the boss every day, he had the highest level among the 15 members.

But he died with just one hit?

“Ugh, you idiot! Let your guard down! Everyone, k|ll that bastard!”

The members judged that their comrade had been caught off guard.

However, they themselves weren’t going to be careless.

“Be careful! The opponent is at least a level 100 wizard!”

“Approach in groups of two or three to hunt!”

“I’ll go first!”

“It’s no big deal if 14 of us slowly surround and kill him!”

Indeed, these were people who grew up and trained in the Black Secret Village.

They had seen countless comrades die.

Moreover, they knew.

That even if a wizard’s level is high, there’s no class that can match a thief in one-on-one combat.

Furthermore, this time it’s not one-on-one, but one against fourteen.

[Advanced Skill 『Spell Delay (Lv.4)』 ]

Of course, Kyung-joon was also aware of this.

Kyung-joon activated the spell he had been delaying all this time.

[General Skill 『Energy Bolt (Lv.8)』 ]

[Rare Skill 『Multi-Casting (Lv.2)』 ]

Pew pew pew pew!

Kyung-joon randomly fired nearly fifty Energy Bolts towards the thieves.

“Ugh! Dodge!”

“Spread out!”

Faced with the unprecedented random Energy Bolt barrage, the thieves were busy avoiding them instead of rushing at Kyung-joon.

They could have certainly found gaps to attack, but none of the thieves did so.

The spell that had instantly killed their comrade earlier was too fresh in their minds.

If they got hit by that, they might die.

Such thoughts unconsciously made them focus on evasion rather than attack.

Whoosh…….

After the Energy Bolt bombardment ended, the surroundings were filled with dust.

A deep silence.

The thieves were on high alert, but there were no additional attacks.

“W, Wwhat? He’s not here!”

“Kuk! Where did he go?”

After the dust settled, Kyung-joon was nowhere to be seen.

The members of Heukgil-dong Guild were thrown into confusion for a moment.

At this time, Kyung-joon was briefly hiding behind a distant carriage.

Kyung-joon quietly asked Teemo.

It wasn’t an obvious question like who these thieves were or why they attacked us.

Once attacked, such things didn’t matter anymore.

“Teemo, are there any other enemies around besides these guys?”

Kyung-joon was acutely aware that what you see isn’t everything.

You shouldn’t think that visible enemies are all there is.

Even when studying, if you just memorize and study what you see, don’t you end up getting a lot wrong on application problems?

<Searching…….>

<One death, 14 survivors, and another human has been observed.>

<Assuming a polar coordinate system based on the current Master’s position, it is hiding near theta=27.4 degrees and r=94.7m.>

“That guy is the key.”

<Yes, it is presumed to be at least the leader of the bandits.>

“Good.”

The confirmation of the problem was over.

Now it was time to come up with a solution.

“What is your rough level estimate?”

<Judging by the movement just now, I think it’s at least a bandit group in their level 80s to 90s. The one who leads them must be at least level 150. Of course, it seems like they have also completed the 1st Promotion.>

Kyung-joon quickly racked his brain.

A wizard is a very vulnerable creature in a large-scale battle, especially in close combat.

Although Infinite Knowledge Seeker wasn’t limited to wizards, Kyung-joon’s current stats were that of a wizard.

Kyung-joon wanted to get some more information from Teemo.

“How do bandits usually distribute their stats?”

<Usually, ‘Strength 2 Agility 2 Stamina 1’ or ‘Strength 1 Agility 3 Stamina 1’ for every 5 stat points.>

“The boss’s agility must be at least 300-400. Okay, then…….”

Kyung-joon immediately opened the stat window and distributed his stats.

The stat points he hadn’t distributed at all since he reached level 119 in the Contaminated Underground Villa.

[Kyung-joon]

▶Job: Infinite Knowledge Seeker

▶Race: Human (Player)

▶Level: 119

▶Experience: 30.7%

▶HP: 760/760

▶MP: 2160/2710

▶Strength: 76 Agility: 10→410 Intelligence: 403 Stamina: 64 Mana: 301

▶Dexterity: 164

▶Water attribute affinity: 66 Earth attribute affinity: 47

▶Fame: 224

▶Remaining stat points: 590→190

He invested all 400 stat points into agility.

As soon as he invested the stat points, he felt his body become incredibly light.

It’s like he could fly up to the sky.

“Munch munch.”

Kyung-joon took out two pieces of bread from his inventory and chewed them very quickly.

[The effect of the unique item 『Deep Mana Infused Soft Bread』 is applied.]

▶Increases mana by 10% and recovers 0.5% per second for 1 hour.

▶Instantly increases tenacity by 50% and…….

[The effect of the unique item 『Deep Mana Infused Sweet Honey Castella』 is applied.]

▶Increases intelligence by 10% for 1 hour.

▶Instantly increases tenacity and calculation ability by 30% each and…….

Several status windows popped up.

Among them, the mana buff and intelligence buff were noteworthy.

The mana buff would recover the MP consumed by the Energy Bolt spam, and the intelligence buff would increase the magic attack power.

Tenacity and calculation ability seemed to be abilities that only helped with studying, but surprisingly, Kyung-joon, who had realized while attacking the Contaminated Underground Villa before, found that they also helped with magic.

Tenacity helped with casting duration, and calculation ability increased casting speed.

“Ugh! Search behind the carriage! He must be hiding there!”

The bandits accepted the situation and began to search for Kyung-joon.

“Tsk! How annoying!”

“Sorry to bother you.”

“Huh?!”

Kyung-joon ran towards the nearest bandit at an incredible speed.

He had no intention of spamming magic like before.

Because the carriage might get damaged.

Because there are items inside.

And also…….

‘They think I’m a wizard.’

Strategic unexpectedness.

Strike the weaknesses they think they have.

Therefore, Kyung-joon decided to engage in close combat.

Even though he didn’t have a single old sword, let alone a dagger.

So Kyung-joon cast a magic spell.

What he wanted was the 『Magic Sword』.

[Rare skill 『Multi-Casting (Lv.2)』]

Multi-Casting allows you to cast multiple spells simultaneously.

[General Skill 『Energy Bolt (Lv.8)』]

Creates dozens of Energy Bolts in your hand.

[Advanced Skill 『Spell Delay (Lv.4)』]

Then, Spell Delay prevents the Energy Bolts from flying away.

[Advanced Skill 『Spell Modification (Lv.5)』]

Sharpens the Energy Bolts using Spell Modification.

[Rare skill 『Fine Mana Manipulation (Lv.4)』]

Finely controls dozens of sharpened Energy Bolts and condenses them into one place, and then condenses them again.

There is a way to condense.

‘Forcefully attach the mana core and mana transmitter, which have the property of repelling each other.’

What would happen if you forced two people who hated each other to stick together?

They would struggle to get away from each other.

So much so that they would immediately jump away if you loosened the force holding them together a little.

Then what if you repeated strengthening and weakening that force?

The answer is countless repetitions of going wild and stopping.

In other words, it’s ultrasonic vibration.

[You have created the Unique skill 『Ultrasonic Vibration Mana Dagger』.]

[You have created new knowledge.]

[100 hours have been added to the Dimensional Study Room.]

By the time all this was done, Kyung-joon was already in front of the bandit.

“T, This guy!”

Maybe because he was a thief class even if he rotted.

The bandit reflexively swung his dagger at Kyung-joon.

However.

Slice―

The bandit’s dagger was cut like bread.

By Kyung-joon’s 『Ultrasonic Vibration Mana Dagger』.

Slash!

“Aaagh!”

Then, Kyung-joon’s mana dagger went straight ahead and cut off the bandit’s weapon-wielding arm.

There was no feeling of flesh being torn.

It was as if it had been neatly cut off by a very sharp thread.

The bandit’s arm fell to the floor, spraying blood everywhere.

“W, What was that just now?!”

“Wasn’t that guy a wizard?!”

“How is his movement so fast― Gah?!”

Slash! Slash!

The bandits, whose agility was at most 200-300.

No one could keep up with Kyung-joon’s agility of 410, and the bandits were swept away like scarecrows.

Originally, even if there was a slight difference in agility compared to the opponent, if you entered a defensive stance using a weapon, you could cope to some extent.

However, Kyung-joon’s created 『Ultrasonic Vibration Mana Dagger』 could not be blocked by weapons.

The moment it was blocked, the weapon itself was cut along with it.

Whether it was made of steel or anything else.

‘W, What the hell is that……!’

Heukgil-dong, who was watching the situation from afar, turned pale.

He thought he was just a beginner player.

It couldn’t be helped since it was a carriage coming from the Beginner’s Village.

But what the hell was that movement?

The movements themselves were very clumsy.

However, in terms of speed alone, it was almost equal to his own agility, which was close to 500, in the late 400s.

In addition, the large-scale magic and its power that he showed at first.

And the unidentifiable weapon currently in his hand.

This was simply beyond comprehension.

“I, I have to run away!”

Heukgil-dong began to sneak away, keeping his body low.

Of course, there was no way that news wouldn’t reach Kyung-joon.

<Master, the bandit leader is running away.>

“Really?”

[General Skill 『Energy Bolt (Lv.8)』]

[Rare skill 『Multi-Casting (Lv.2)』]

Pew pew pew!

Dozens of Energy Bolts were fired in succession at Heukgil-dong, who was running away.

“D, Damn it! He knew I was here from the beginning……!”

Heukgil-dong barely dodged the Energy Bolt barrage and started running.

Using all the agility he had.

[General Skill 『36 Stratagems: Run Away』]

The skill 『36 Stratagems: Run Away』 that every thief class job had!

Heukgil-dong, whose agility was close to the late 400s, was confident in running away.

Both in reality and in the world, whenever the situation became unfavorable, he always ran away like this.

No matter how much Kyung-joon’s agility exceeded 400, he couldn’t keep up with the thief’s escape skill.

“What a waste of time on a guy like this.”

So Kyung-joon decided to run twice as fast.

To be precise, he made time go twice as fast.

[Mythical skill 『Dimensional Study Room』 has been turned ON.]

▶Time Dilation: 2.0x

Kyung-joon’s time began to flow exactly twice as fast.

The fact that Kyung-joon’s speed with 400 agility doubled meant that, considering the world’s speed calculation formula, it was a figure that could only be achieved with an agility well over 1,000.

Dash dash dash!

Kyung-joon started running at a speed far exceeding that of the No. 1 assassin ranker in The World.

Soon, Kyung-joon, who caught up with Heukgil-dong, asked from behind.

“Is your ID Heukgil-dong?”

“Gasp?!”

“Mr. Gildong, where are you going so suddenly? Let me ask you something. Stop for a second.”

“Huh!”

Heukgil-dong was terrified by Kyung-joon, who was chasing him at an incredible speed.

Not only the chasing speed, but also the speaking speed doubled, making it no different from a horror movie.

“St, stay away! Stay away, stay away, stay away, stay away!”

“I told you to stop. I guess I have no choice.”

Kyung-joon bent down and swung the Ultrasonic Vibration Mana Dagger horizontally.

Slice―!

Both of Heukgil-dong’s feet were cut off from the knees.

The cut surface was very clean, as if cut with a scalpel.

“Kyaaack!”

Heukgil-dong writhed on the ground in pain.

“Mr. Gil-dong, why are you disturbing my studies? Huh?”

Kyung-joon approached Heukgil-dong and asked.

Heukgil-dong felt a chill run down his spine at the sound of his voice, still regenerating at twice the speed.

“Kugh, Keugh……!”

Heukgil-dong continued to struggle because his leg had been cut off.

However, this is a virtual reality fantasy game world.

Soon, the pain control system kicked in, and the searing pain turned into a numbing sensation.

After confirming that the groaning had subsided, Kyung-joon asked again kindly.

He tapped Heukgil-dong’s forehead with the back of his sword-wielding hand as he spoke.

“Did you have to do that while I was studying? Or was there a reason why you had to do that?”

Rather than blindly punishing a child who has done wrong, ask the reason first.

Kyung-joon remembered what he had learned in home economics class.

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