๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐: ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ-๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ (3)
The shocking news of the third-year team losing to the first-year team spread like wildfire. Because of that, the 3rd-year representative team was utterly mortified and couldn’t lift their heads.
“Are those guys really platinum?”
Kaiser’s words were met with a silent agreement from Dopamine.
“Definitely. . . they were different from the masters of the same level.”
โIsn’t that Gold rank summoner more accurately Platinum rank?โ
Ragna stepped forward to announce her newly updated rank.
“Well, she was promoted to platinum today.”
“Ugh. . .”
While the 3rd years were chewing on their bitter defeat, the 2nd years, who were going to be their next opponents, were brainstorming like crazy. However. . .
“There are three platinums. Aren’t these 1st years crazy strong?”
“Three up top, three down below. We’re screwed.”
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Meanwhile. . . the 1st-year representative team was done for the day, so they decided to disband and enjoy the festival.
The academy festival was held in accordance with the Inter-grade League.
Only during this time of year was the academy open to the outside, allowing outsiders to enter the academy. Because of that, Sword knights were stationed around the academy as a precaution, and together with the academy guards, they worked to further strengthen the security inside the academy.
Of course, not the entire academy was open. The dormitories, where the students rested, were strictly off-limits. But. . .
โI don’t know how you got in, but I must ask you to leave.โ
Two men and women blocked Oswald’s path. They looked like an ordinary couple on the surface, but Oswald, who possessed the ‘Eye of Horus,’ could see their Status Window and thus knew their true identities.
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[๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฏ.๐]
No. 17, who had similar abilities to No. 16.
Judging by the number in their names and the fact that they were called Shadows. . . it seemed that they were assassins sent by the Kronen family.
‘๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐บ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ป๐บ.’
โHahaha, excuse me. It’s so big in here, we got lost.โ
“It’s not a place where you can come in just because you’re lost.”
“. . . . . .”
He could have just sent them away. . . but they were assassins who dared to target Royman. Moreover, they had brazenly infiltrated the academy during the academy festival.
“Hahaha, that was a joke. Why don’t we just let this slide?”
No. 16 pressured Oswald, gradually increasing his momentum.
‘๐๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด?’
“Your behavior is very suspicious. I should probably contact the guards. . .”
As Oswald took out something that looked like a communicator, the two assassins finally took action. They pulled out hidden weapons from their arms and hurled them towards Oswald’s hand.
Shuaaak! Shuaaak!
Several long needles cut through the air, flying straight at Oswald. Thanks to his agility of 104, the several needles that were flying at him seemed to be approaching slowly, as if time itself had slowed down.
Oswald, whose strength matched his agility, moved his body at will to evade the needles’ path and then took out the Revolver B12 from his magic pocket. In an instant, he loaded it with an explosion magic bullet and aimed it at the ground between the two assassins.
In a split second, Oswald finished aiming and pulled the trigger. With a bang, several needles flew past Oswald.
Hwaruruk. Bang!
โHe’s just a student, and he’s this good?โ
“Dammit, that explosion was too loud!”
Soon, several students looked out the dormitory windows at the sound of the explosion and saw two people confronting Oswald.
โWe have no choice. . . we need to get out of here!โ
Just as they were about to run away, Oswald, who had somehow pulled out another revolver, began pulling the trigger.
Tatang! Tatang! Tatang!
Faced with a barrage of bullets, the fleeing assassins had no choice but to throw themselves to the ground to avoid getting hit. Although Oswald hadn’t attacked them directly because there were so many witnesses, his relentless gunfire forced them to retaliate out of instinct.
In the end, No. 17 used ‘Shadow Hide’ to hide himself in the shadows. Oswald seized the moment and took out a flash grenade, throwing it in the direction where No. 17 had just hidden.
Paaaang! Piiiiiing!
The shadows disappeared momentarily, and No. 17, who had been hiding inside, was forced out. As the situation escalated, someone from inside the dormitory rushed out to join Oswald.
“Elsa?”
“I don’t know what’s going on, but I’ll help!”
Raising her shield and sword, she charged at No. 17, who had just been knocked out of the shadows, and attacked with her aura-clad sword.
However, her opponent was a skilled assassin who had survived countless battles. He wasn’t someone who could be defeated by a mere student.
Shushut!
Oswald dodged the two needles that were once again aimed at his body and turned his muzzle to pull the trigger.
Tatang!
Kangkang!
No. 16 used his aura-clad sleeve blade to deflect the bullets.
‘๐๐ด๐ฌ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต’๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ข-๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ. . .’
No matter how much it was a special bullet for large monsters, it was still just a normal bullet that wasn’t aura-clad. Unless it was coated with mithril and fired, it couldn’t deal a significant blow to those who used aura.
Even so, Oswald continued to turn his right hand sideways and pull the trigger whenever Elsa was in danger.
Taang!
He fired a prediction shot, combining his sense that had reached level 40 with his intuition to anticipate his opponent’s movements. Thanks to that, No. 17, who had been charging towards Elsa, was forced to step back.
“Huh, I underestimated you.”
No. 16 felt that he had underestimated Oswald, who was able to keep No. 17 in check while dealing with him. He gathered all the aura in his body and used body strengthening.
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