I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner – Chapter 25.3

Han Seo-ah was in despair.

She never dreamed that her actions would lead to this.

“Ah. . . . . . .”

Han Kang-yoon’s body collapsed, and at the same time, the binding technique that had been restraining her body was released. Han Seo-ah blankly looked up and hurriedly supported him.

“. . . Ah.”

How did things turn out this way?

Numerous thoughts raced through her mind, but all of them were impossible to put into words. Han Seo-ah just shed tears as she blamed herself.

「𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚. . . . . . .」

Han Kang-yoon shouldn’t have died just because of someone like her.

He would surely do great things in the future and become a source of pride for the orphanage family.

But that person’s life was over. In an instant.

Two people approached Han Seo-ah, who was kneeling and blaming herself.

They were Baek Ji-eun and Choi Do-won, who had been freed from the technique’s effects.

“Huh, really. I don’t know what I saw.”

“. . . . . . .”

Although she didn’t say anything, Baek Ji-eun agreed with Choi Do-won’s words.

“It’s ridiculous.”

No matter how much he sacrificed his life, it was impossible for an ordinary student to do something like this.

Han Kang-yoon, who had awakened his talent, might have been a prospect who could have grown to be greater than even Sophia.

However, that’s impossible now.

Han Kang-yoon was already dead.

“What happened to the resurrection ritual?”

“Since he has already used the forbidden technique of life substitution, it’s probably incomplete since the subject has changed to Han Kang-yoon. . . . . . .”

Thud.

As Baek Ji-eun was about to finish speaking, the air suddenly became heavy and pressed down on them from all sides.

“What!”

“. . . Damn it, does that mean it succeeded after all?”

Poof!

Immediately afterwards, a hemispherical mound of earth suddenly rose from the ground a short distance away from the three of them.

It looked like a grave, and it also looked like a cave leading underground.

From there, an outrageously sinister demonic energy began to flow out.

Baek Ji-eun bit her lip, and Choi Do-won let out a sigh mixed with regret.

“. . . Damn it, this is all dead.”

From the entrance of the mound, something slowly began to appear.

They hadn’t even seen the whole thing yet, but Baek Ji-eun and Choi Do-won felt intense fear for the first time in a long time.

“Huh, to think something like this was buried beneath the island.”

“. . . I don’t know who it is, but the bastard who made this place a testing ground must be a real lunatic.”

The two teachers quickly entered battle mode. The odds of winning seemed slim, but they couldn’t just give up their lives.

However, their resolve was meaningless.

“Huh, ugh!”

Immediately afterwards, Choi Do-won suddenly collapsed on the spot. Before they knew it, Choi Do-won’s whole body was wriggling with hideous curses, and he soon lost consciousness completely.

“. . . This is ridiculous.”

They just made eye contact. With that alone, Choi Do-won, who has abilities comparable to a 2nd-class exorcist, ended up like that.

It was clear that this was an opponent of a completely different level.

『──!』

An unintelligible, bizarre sound rang in their ears.

Baek Ji-eun concentrated and braced herself. She had to inflict at least some damage, no matter what. That way, she could leave even a glimmer of hope for the other teachers.

However.

Poof!

Thud.

Thud.

“Keuk!”

In the blink of an eye, there was a big hole in Baek Ji-eun’s abdomen.

「𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣. . . . . . .」

With a look of despair on her face, Baek Ji-eun also collapsed on the spot.

“. . . . . . .”

All the teachers were defeated. And it happened in an instant.

Han Seo-ah carefully laid Han Kang-yoon down on the ground, trying to wipe away her tears. Then she stood up with a trembling body.

「𝙄𝙛 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙨. . . . . . .」

She no longer had any desire to live. She had already lost everything.

However, the being that had awakened by sacrificing Han Kang-yoon was right before her eyes. She couldn’t tolerate that.

She will do what she can, and then she will die too.

Sniff.

The moment Han Seo-ah made her final resolve, holding the talisman she had taken out from Han Kang-yoon’s arms, a strange sound began to resound all around.

Thump.

Thump.

It sounded like a beating heart and something throbbing.

Thump.

The source of the sound was Han Kang-yoon, who was lying on the floor.

To be exact, it was coming from his shadow, which was touching his body.

“. . . Oppa?”

Knowing that it was an absurd imagination, Han Seo-ah couldn’t let go of her lingering attachment and called out to Han Kang-yoon.

Immediately afterwards, Han Kang-yoon, who she thought was dead, woke up as if responding to her and slowly got up from his spot.

“. . . My head hurts.”

With a pained expression on his face, he stared at the being that had awakened by sacrificing him.

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