I Became the Academy’s Genius Shikigami Summoner – Chapter 33.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟑

ᴀᴡ𝔢𝔟𝐬𝘵𝙤𝙧𝚒𝐞𝚜.ċ̇𝙤ᴍ

In this world, the stages of exorcism are quite clearly defined.

Therefore, unless there was a great difference in ability, it was natural for the higher-level technique to overwhelm the opponent.

「𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚.」

However, the attack was neutralized. It was something that made no sense.

“What kind of trick did you use?”

Cheong Ji-yeon spoke, genuinely surprised this time.

I responded with silence. Even for me, this technique was so difficult that I couldn’t use it in real combat without extreme concentration.

「𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙮, 𝙗𝙪𝙩. . .」

Honestly, I didn’t know if I could use it in real combat.

Parrying. The act of striking weapons against each other at the right time to interrupt the opponent’s attack.

When you get down to it, this technique is similar.

Exorcism users called this technique ‘Breaking’.

「𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚.」

There are cases where certain spells have a greater shattering effect when their power clashes in a certain way and at a certain time.

A technique that defines and formalizes the case that produces the maximum efficiency. That was Breaking.

「𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙚𝙙, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩’𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙡.」

Of course, just like parrying in other games, Breaking has cases where it is possible and cases where it is impossible.

However, as I said before, the spells in the first Exorcism were relatively simple in structure compared to the complex and diverse spells of the latest work.

In other words, most of the spells in this world were outdated by my standards.

Naturally, Breaking could be used without difficulty.

“. . .Is there no answer?”

Cheong Ji-yeon stopped talking and quickly cast her spell. It was a completely different speed than before. She was starting to get serious.

「𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝘽𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙩, 𝙍𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙒𝙖𝙫𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙑𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙎𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧.」

Just the spells I confirmed were three, and she intended to fire them in succession.

Blocking three consecutive spells with Breaking?

To be honest, it was almost impossible.

It wasn’t something a normal person would think of in the first place.

However.

The users who can do such ridiculous things are called 「𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨」 in the world.

And I was a genuine top player, the seventh closest to the peak among those High Rankers.

Clang!

Clang!

Rip!

Sizzle!

Buzz!

“. . .Well, this is ridiculous!”

Cheong Ji-yeon let out an exclamation close to shock and quickly reconstructed her spell.

The type of spell wasn’t much different, but honestly, it was too much for me at my current level.

I blocked one more attack and hurriedly spoke.

“. . .How about we stop now?”

“Why should I?”

“If you were serious about overpowering me, the battle would have been over a long time ago.”

That was true.

It’s not that Cheong Ju-yeon was taking the battle lightly. However, there was no killing intent to begin with. That was why she kept giving me openings to counterattack.

“Even testing has its limits.”

At my words, Cheong Ji-yeon stared at me in silence, her expression unchanged.

Then she let go of her hardened expression and began to brush off her shoulders, which were covered in dirt.

“. . .Well, let’s stop.”

“. . . . . . . . . . . .”

“I don’t know what you’re after, but you don’t seem to be trying to harm us. In fact, it’s not like I hate Cheong So-ha that much.”

She really was a capricious person.

But to be honest, I was relieved. I didn’t want to fight a strong person like her yet.

“. . .I’ll give you back the White Piece Stake.”

“Whatever. It’s not like it’s that important.”

Cheong Ji-yeon turned around abruptly after saying that. As I thought, her suggestion to exchange the White Piece Stake earlier wasn’t sincere.

Cheong Ji-yeon, who was walking away, suddenly stopped and asked me one last question.

“Are you on Cheong’s side?”

That question contained all of her sincerity.

I nodded and replied.

“You can think of it that way.”

“. . .Okay, then.”

Like that, Cheong Ji-yeon and I returned to the Defense Corps without any further conversation.

And.

“Senior! Why are you coming now? It’s chaos right now!”

“Why?”

“They, they’re here! The big shots!”

Finally, the incident began.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

ᴀẇ̇ė̇𝔟𝐬𝘵𝙤𝙧𝚒𝐞𝚜.ċ̇𝙤ᴍ

“The three of you go straight to the scene. Pack everything you have with you.”

The situation was more urgent than I thought. All the veteran exorcists of the Defense Corps, who had always been relaxed even when various monsters appeared, were preparing to leave with grim faces.

“Two members of the 3rd Defense Corps, who were the first to discover it, have already been killed. The target is fleeing north, and the estimated rank is A-rank at the lowest. Never let your guard down.”

“Yes!”

A monster of at least A-rank or higher was a terrifying existence even for the experienced members of the Defense Corps.

Naturally, the atmosphere was bound to be heavy.

“Senior, I. . .”

“You stay here. What would you do by following them?”

“Ugh.”

Seo Ji-hye approached with a determined expression, but Cheong Ji-yeon showed no hesitation in expressing her refusal. After all, Seo Ji-hye, who was only a 3rd-grade, would only be a burden.

“We’re all ready. Are you coming with us?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Of course I’m going.”

Like that, all the exorcists who could be called mid-level and above, except for Yoo Ji-tae, who was temporarily in command, left the Defense Corps.

Of course, the remaining people also had a lot of work to do.

“Put everyone on alert, leaving only the minimum number of personnel.”

Yoo Ji-tae, the 2nd-grade exorcist, glanced back at us and continued speaking after a moment of contemplation.

“With your skills, simple vigilance shouldn’t be a problem. As this is an emergency, I will leave it to your discretion.”

I naturally agreed. Since that was my original purpose in the first place, there was no reason to refuse.

“What do you think?”

Cheong Juhwa answered my nonchalant question.

“Let’s go, whatever. It’s not like we’re going to catch them ourselves anyway.”

I was relieved by that answer.

If I had to deal with the new demon that would appear here as planned, I would definitely be lacking on my own.

“Then both of you follow me. We’ll go around the outskirts of the downtown area.”

Like that, Seo Ji-hye and I headed to the designated border area.

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