I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner – Chapter 170

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕𝟎

Night Parade of a Hundred Demons that occurred for the first time caused great chaos in the world.

Overwhelmingly powerful yokai that one could rarely see in ordinary times appeared in countless numbers, and weaker yokai appeared so frequently that they were almost a nuisance, sweeping across the eight provinces of the country.

Not only that, the land and atmosphere were polluted by the rampant yokai’s demonic energy, resulting in unprecedented damage.

That was why the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons incident was widely known as the worst incident of the century.

「. . .𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚.」

Exorcists could no longer guarantee the safety of the citizens, and people had to run away from the yokai, giving up on their livelihoods, let alone their daily lives.

And the 2nd Night Parade of a Hundred Demons that will soon take place will be on a much larger scale.

「𝙊𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚. . . . . . .」

Nevertheless, yokai that are strong enough to offset that will sweep across the world.

Since many named yokai that were famous among users will also appear, it was clear that it would be difficult to protect oneself in the midst of that with mediocre strength.

“Sentiment.”

I returned to the academy after leaving Baekrimjeong and checked my information again while lying on my bed in the dormitory.

【Han Kang-yoon】

▶Level 47

▶Ability Scores

【Stamina: B-】

【Spiritual power : B】

【Spellcraft: B-】

【Mental Strength: A-】

▶Traits(10/10)

【Shadow Assimilation(S)】

【Witch’s Echo(A+)】

【Dragon’s Body(A+)】

【Spirit Absorption(A)】

【Challenger(B+)】

【Mental Spellbook(B)】

【Revived Person(B-)】

【Emergency Evasion(B-)】

【Hawk Eye(C+)】

【Strong Bones(C-)】

From the arrest of wanted criminals as part of the Red Unit, the battle with Myudusa, and the events at Baekrimjeong.

I had overcome quite a few obstacles, so my level had reached the late 40s.

Considering that the 2nd Night Parade of a Hundred Demons had not yet begun, it was faster than expected.

「𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨.」

However, the main character Yoo Ha-on and his party will experience explosive growth during this 2nd Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.

Since the story was unfolding in earnest, it was a stage where the average strength of allies and enemies was increasing.

「𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙.」

I don’t have the growth acceleration trait that most talented people in this world have.

Furthermore, unfortunately, growth lineage traits cannot be acquired unless one is born with them.

「𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 50. . . . . . .」

Fortunately, I’m sharing Han Seo-ah’s Long-term Chronic trait, or I might have really hit a frustrating plateau.

Also, the real problem lies after I reach the coveted level 50.

As is often the case in the world, there is a limit to one’s potential in this exorcism worldview.

And the difference in that potential becomes even more apparent after level 50.

「𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙨.」

The time they have lived and the experience they have accumulated are incomparable to mine.

However, even the academy professors who have experienced countless battles rarely exceed the late 40s to early 50s in level.

It was as if they were approaching the limit of their inborn potential and their growth had almost stopped completely.

「𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙩, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚. . . . . . .」

Other examples include Yoo Ah-in, Seo Ji-an’s aide, and Shin No-eul, the head of the Red Unit.

Although there was a difference in degree, both of them were already vaguely aware that their own growth had reached its limit.

「𝙄’𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 60.」

In fact, that is the minimum value to get involved in the future story.

If I fail to exceed even that and reach my limit, I will surely be unable to cope with the upcoming hardships in the future.

“. . .This is frustrating.”

No matter how much knowledge I have from the original, this is something I can’t do anything about.

I did know of a few ways to forcibly increase the size of one’s potential, but most of them were unstable and extremely difficult.

In fact, it is doubtful whether they can be realized, so they are not worth considering under normal circumstances.

「. . .𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮?」

Perhaps because the starting point of the full-scale story development is approaching, I can’t help but feel increasingly anxious.

I felt a sense of unease and tossed and turned for a while, unable to sleep.

「𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙃𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙮. . . . . . .」

Honestly, from here on out, even I am not confident about the future.

Since it was an event of an enormous scale that I had never experienced before, it would not be strange if anything happened, anywhere, at any time.

「. . . . . . .」

That’s why I, too, have prepared a trump card that goes against common sense this time.

Since it’s an element that didn’t even appear in the original, it’s a reversal that can probably be expected to be a positive variable.

「. . .𝙄 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙤 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠.」

Before going to bed, I picked up my cell phone and sent a few messages to someone.

At the top was a photo of a huge island with a somewhat familiar shape uploaded.

That was Yeongwol Island, the place where I first overcame the wall of the story and death.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

A few days after returning to the academy from Baekrimjeong, I headed to the meeting place I had arranged in advance, taking advantage of the last weekend before the start of the vacation.

Waiting for me there was Cheong Jin-soo, Cheong So-ha’s aide and the second-in-command of the faction.

【Cheong Jin-soo】

▶Level 59

「. . .𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚.」

Considering that he was in his mid-thirties and already had a fairly high level, Cheong Jin-soo was definitely talented.

This was a case where the aforementioned limit of potential had not yet arrived.

“I have been waiting. The elder told me to do everything in my power to accommodate you, so please feel free to do as you wish.”

“Yes. I will be in your care.”

Yeongwol Island is currently treated as private property owned by the academy, but since it is the Cheong family, which can be seen as the foundation of Cheonghwa Academy, I was able to enter without difficulty if I borrowed their power.

“May I ask why you are going to Yeongwon Island?”

“There is something I need to retrieve. Of course, you may report today’s events to the elder.”

At this scale, it would be impossible to hide it anyway.

What I am going to aim for now is Geusdae, which has been sealed underground on Yeongwol Island once again.

「𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙩.」

However, the situation is different now.

Now I have acquired enough ability, and I have also prepared a way.

A special-grade yokai, no less.

Its difficulty and danger in subjugation are unimaginable, but if I succeed, it will become a weapon more powerful than anything else.

Just thinking about the majesty of Myudusa that I fought against last time, I could tell how powerful it was without seeing it firsthand.

Whoosh.

Thud.

Crash.

Against the backdrop of the sea wind blowing in my face and the sound of the waves crashing, the huge island that I had first encountered a year ago began to appear.

“We have arrived.”

As expected of the second-in-command of the Cheong family, Cheong Jin-soo drove the boat directly here with an indifferent expression.

They said he was a talented person who could respond to almost any special situation, and it seems that was true after all.

“. . .Thank you. I will head straight to my destination from here.”

After landing on Yeongwol Island, I took in the familiar scenery one by one, retracing my memory to find a certain place.

And I was able to reach it soon.

The place where I first activated the 2nd phase of the Shadow Assimilation trait and incompletely resurrected Geusdae, and then sealed it again.

There were no traces of that time because it had been cleaned up once, but the memory of the breathtaking battle was still vivid.

“This is. . . . . . .”

Cheong Jin-soo, who checked the place where I had stopped, flinched in surprise.

Since he was also responsible for the Cheong family’s important tasks, he probably knew to some extent about what had happened here.

“Surely, it can’t be what I’m thinking. . . . . .?”

Cheong Jin-soo asked me a frank question, unable to hide his bewilderment.

He seemed to have guessed something based on the information he knew, the fact that I was a shikigami summoner, and my previous answer that I had something to retrieve.

Since I had to explain to him anyway, I nodded calmly without hesitation.

“Yes, I think you’re right.”

“That’s crazy! Even when there are opinions to completely abandon the island, you’re saying you’re going to deliberately touch that thing?”

Cheong Jin-soo’s reaction was fierce.

Well, if the situation had been reversed, I probably wouldn’t have thought of myself as sane either.

No matter how confident I was, it was absurd to think about what I was going to do with a special-grade yokai that was sealed away.

However, there was no choice. Cheong Jin-soo might not know, but soon something even more absurd will happen in this world.

And when that time comes, I’ll probably want to hold on to the hand of an even more powerful yokai than Geusdae.

“. . .I don’t think this is a good idea. I was told to accommodate you as much as possible, but I was not told to help you commit suicide.”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t help me. I intend to stay and complete what I need to do, even if I’m alone.”

“Have you never thought about forcibly stopping you, even if I have to use force?”

Cheong Jin-soo stared at me with determination in his eyes and held a talisman in his hand.

At that, I smiled and met his gaze head-on.

“If you want to try, I won’t stop you.”

“. . .You’re very confident. Well, alright. So, do you have any basis for doing something like this?”

“I wouldn’t have come all the way here if there was no way.”

Let me tell you this in advance: I’m not trying to gamble without a chance of winning.

Rather, I just want to prepare the minimum countermeasures in advance for the gamble that I will have to make regardless of my will.

In the end, Cheong Jin-soo asked me about my plan with an expression that said he would listen once, due to my resolute attitude. At that, I lifted the box I had brought in advance and showed him something unidentified with talismans attached all over it.

“Do you know about Bi-hyeong of Yahwak?”

“Yes. I heard that the elder personally subjugated him during the Yeongwol Island incident.”

“This is his heart that was secured at that time.”

“W-What? Bi-hyeong’s heart?”

The plan was simple.

Bi-hyeong’s heart, which was flowing with demon’s blood, and Hektel’s soul, which I had killed and extracted myself before.

I will use those two as offerings to resurrect Geusdae.

「𝙃𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧. . . . . . .」

This time, not in an incomplete state, but in its original form.

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