Chapter 243: Arc-en-Ciel Strategy (3)
“Ha, haha…… K, Kyung-joon-nim?”
Edict was greatly embarrassed by Kyung-joon’s unexpected reaction.
Kyung-joon, like Teclyn, was expected to stop him.
Of course, for Kyung-joon-nim, he could easily sacrifice himself.
But still, he thought he would at least pretend to be sad or stop him……
At that time.
“Just a moment.”
“Ah……!”
As expected, Edict thought things were going his way.
But it wasn’t.
Whooong. Woo-woong.
Kyung-joon used the skills of Imprinting and Scroll Programming to slightly modify the scrolls attached to Edict’s body.
“Okay. Now you can charge.”
He patted Edict on the back as if telling him to hurry up and self-destruct.
“K, Kyung-joon-nim…… Are you kidding……?”
“No.”
“Aha. I understand. From now on, I will never make such a reckless choice…… “
“Go.”
Kyung-joon pushed Edict’s back, who was lingering.
“Uwaaaak!”
Hwaaaak!
Edict, whose whole body was covered in scrolls, flashed blindingly and was forced to self-destruct!
Poooooong!
Eventually, Edict exploded in the middle of the zombies.
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
“Uh……”
“Hul……”
“Ah……”
The students looked as if they had no idea that Kyung-joon would actually push Edict.
They did not react or respond in any way until Edict exploded and perished.
They just stared blankly at the explosion.
“Edict!!”
Teclyn belatedly screamed desperately toward the exploding Edict.
No proper defense magic was deployed, and there was no protective barrier like a bag booth, so it was a sight that anyone could see as an explosion.
“Keuk…… Edict…… I will never forget your sacrifice.”
Teclyn finally gave up on Edict and prayed.
━Thanks to your sacrifice, we were able to climb one more floor……
━Thank you…… I hope you won’t be born as my child in your next life……
━Me too…… Please let me have a girlfriend……
The surrounding students also followed Teclyn and prayed for Edict’s soul.
Ssssss.
But then, through the disappearing smoke, came a familiar cry.
“Hey, you guys who are not even friends……! What next life?!”
It was Edict’s voice.
“These b@stards are my classmates…… Huh? Why am I okay? I thought I lost my mind for a second…… “
“It’s an explosion made only of pure mana without an ignition process. Your mana core was shorted out for a second.”
Thump, thump.
At that moment, Kyung-joon walked toward Edict.
“Mana core shorted……?”
“Simply put, there was a short circuit in the circuit. Think of it as the mana circuit being reversed and the internal mana being disrupted for a moment.”
“W, Wait a minute……! That’s worse than a normal explosion! I heard that once the mana circuit is damaged, it’s almost impossible to heal…… “
“Telomere.”
“…… Yes?”
Kyung-joon uttered another word he had never heard before.
Then, he put his hand on Edict’s chest and deployed mana.
Then, all the data of explosion and treatment embedded in Edict’s body began to be recorded in Teemo through Kyung-joon.
[Research Progress of the joint research skill 『Eternal Telomere』 of Kyung-joon and Teina is being updated.]
▶Current proficiency: 0.9% → 3.3%
“Hmm, so this is how it heals.”
<Yes. But if it had been a little stronger, the cancer cell proliferation would have been so strong that it would have become like delomel.>
“I know. It’s better not to increase the degree of differentiation here yet.”
“???”
Edict looked at Kyung-joon with a puzzled look on his face.
Kyung-joon wondered if he should explain it quickly.
“It’s a new concept magic healing method that introduces factors specifically expressed only in embryonic stem cells into somatic cells to be treated, reprogramming them in a scroll programming and imprinting manner, and slightly touching telomeres. Do you understand?”
“???”
Edict still had a puzzled look on his face.
“Teina and I did some research together and came up with this awesome healing magic.”
When Kyung-joon explained it in a nutshell, Edict’s expression finally changed.
“Wow! You did research with Teina, the angel of all patients……! As expected of the King God Emperor General Chungmu-gong Majesty Kyung-joon-nim! Amazing!”
“Haha. Do you know what Chungmu-gong is?”
“No!”
Edict looked up at Kyung-joon with an innocent face.
Then he noticed the surroundings.
The other students around him were already scattered around, crouching as if they had coordinated with Kyung-joon.
━Hey, hey, we just have to follow Chapter 6 of the manual, right?
━Yeah. Focus on the wounds and imprint the data extraction.
━Okay, okay.
They were imprinting the zombies’ bodies and collecting data as instructed in the manual.
“Chapter 6 of the manual……? Kyung-joon-nim, what is this all about?”
Chapter 6.
It was a manual that Edict had never heard of or seen before.
The manual he received in the first place only had up to Chapter 6.
“Ah, that’s right? I did that on purpose. If Edict was going to self-destruct, I wanted him to do it.”
“Gasp……”
That’s right.
In fact, everything up to Edict’s offer to self-destruct was intentional on Kyung-joon’s part.
“I thought that from the 5th floor onwards, it wouldn’t be purified right away, considering the speed of the virus infection. So, I wanted you to become like a bomber and get the data much more efficiently.”
“I, I see……”
Edict trembled with excitement at Kyung-joon’s incredible design.
No, it wasn’t just excitement.
Fear.
For some reason, fear and dread washed over him.
And his senses were accurate.
Thump.
Kyung-joon placed his hand on Edict’s shoulder.
Seeing that, Teclyn spoke as if making an announcement.
“Guys. Chapter 6, Item 3 of the manual 『When Kyung-joon puts his hand on Edict’s shoulder after the explosion』.”
━Ah, already?
━I’m coming.
Then, some of the Scrollpia students, including Teclyn, gathered around Edict as if to surround him.
One by one, shadows fell over the crouching Edict.
“H, Hey guys……? Kyung-joon-nim……?”
Edict looked around uneasily, but there was no answer.
<^오^>
They were all just smiling brightly and casting scary shadows.
Tak.
Kyung-joon was the first to attach a scroll to Edict’s body.
Tak. Tak. Tak. Tak. Tak.
Then Teclyn and the students next to her followed suit.
Before he knew it, Edict’s body was covered in scrolls.
“Charge.”
Kyung-joon said.
“E, Excuse me?”
Edict, wondering if he had heard correctly, asked again in a panic.
However, Kyung-joon.
“Charge.”
“N, No way, you’re kidding, right? Hahaha…… Ugh?!”
[Mana Mechanics research skill 『Vector Calculus』 ]
He manipulated the vectors to place Edict right in front of the zombie horde and.
“Charge.”
He just kept repeating the same thing.
Eventually.
“Gulp……”
Edict had no choice but to repeat what he had said at the very beginning, swallowing hard……
“……F, For Kyung-joon-nim!!”
Afterwards.
[Unique title 『Bomber』 has been created for target 『Edict Hooli』.]
It is said that Edict had no choice but to keep exploding until a status window popped up saying that he had earned the title of Bomber.
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
Floor 9, the floor below the final 10th floor.
“Uwaaaak! For Kyung-joon-nim!!”
Poooooong!
“For Kyung-joon-nim━━ Guhaaak?!”
Pooooooooong!
“Uhahahaha! For Kyung-joon-nim~!!”
Poooooooooooong!
The miserable screams and explosions of a male elf echoed periodically from that place.
But no matter how loyal Edict was, there was a limit to one’s mental strength.
“Squawk!”
Thud!
Eventually, Edict collapsed on the spot.
<Bomber>
▼Edict Hooli (NPC)
※Status Ailment: Deep Sleep
※Minimum 1 hour of sleep
“Excuse me. Mr. Bomber?”
“……”
No matter how much he touched him, Edict only twitched his finger reflexively and remained collapsed.
In the end, Kyung-joon left Edict to sleep soundly.
“Anyone to take over for Edict?”
He looked for another volunteer.
━Keuk! My recent headaches from lack of sleep are so bad……!
━Ugh?! I suddenly have a stomachache!
━Gah! If I force my mana circuit to move because of psychosomatic mana failure, I feel like I’m going to pass out right away……!
The Fael University students, who had been moving fine until just now, suddenly all started rolling on the floor at the same time.
“Hmm, this is troublesome. I wish I could do it myself, but I have to write the algorithm, so someone has to do it…… “
━Kugh! Lack of sleep has aggravated my hereditary narcolepsy……! My…… con……scious……ness……!
━Ugh?! I, I can’t breathe……! My stomachache is so bad that my organs feel like they’re being turned inside out……!
━Gah! I tried to force my mana to work, but my psychosomatic mana failure turned into constitutional mana failure…… My mind…… is…… hazy……
As Kyung-joon began to worry, the Fael University students became even more ill.
Eventually, Kyung-joon had no choice but to take drastic measures.
“Since it’s come to this, I’ll just pick someone myself, the ‘sickest-looking person’.”
━Ah, I’m cured. I’m suddenly not sleepy at all.
━Wow. My stomachache is gone like a miracle.
━Oh. My circuit is working better than my usual mana capacity?
As if by magic, all the illnesses of the Fael University students were cured.
If only the infected virus zombies over there would heal so quickly.
“Teclyn. You’ve rolled over to me a few times, and you’re used to handling Edict’s crap, so why don’t you go this time? Everyone, follow Manual Chapter 7 『If Edict collapses』.”
━Yes, sir!
“Chapter 7 of the manual?! I’ve never even heard of such a━━Ack?!”
As soon as Kyung-joon pointed to Teclyn, the Fael University students got to work!
It was then.
“Huff…… Huff…… Really, what a disgrace. Huff……”
A male elf’s voice sneered as if to get under one’s skin.
But it sounded like he was desperately short of breath.
“Huff…… Who else would it be but that professor. Huff…… Or rather, that student……”
“Huh? Zot?”
The owner of the voice was none other than Zot.
He was walking briskly towards them, holding a handful of sticks engraved with some kind of pattern in both hands.
Thud!
As soon as he reached a suitable distance, Zot placed all the sticks in his hands and inventory on the ground and.
“Huff……! Get out of the way, don’t block me……!”
Then he picked up one of them and threw it with all his might towards the zombies!
Whoosh!
The stick-like spear he threw flew in a parabolic trajectory.
Thud!
It struck the middle of the virus zombie horde.
Woong! Woong! Woong!
The pattern on the stick began to glow, and some kind of field formed around it.
Then, the following status window appeared before everyone’s eyes.
[Anti-scroll magic tool 『Movement Weakening』 activated.]
[Activated only on target 『Virus Zombie』.]
[The movement ability of the virus zombie is greatly weakened.]
━Kyargh……! The CEO is…… Endure. Endure. These days, everything in the world…… Wherever you look…… It’s all Made in Beastkin Alliance…… What can you do when the unit price doesn’t match……!
As soon as the debuff, which only worked on virus zombies, was activated, the virus zombies noticeably slowed down!
“Huff, huff……”
Zot, who had hurriedly crafted the anti-scroll magic tool, brought it all the way up here, and even demonstrated it by throwing it.
He shouted out loud with a refreshed expression.
“This should repay a small part of my debt……! Kyung-joon……!”
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