How to Survive as a Villain in a Novel

Chapter 76

76 – Joint Sparring (6)

— Then, let’s begin the joint sparring practice preliminaries.

The joint sparring began with enthusiastic cheers, putting the word ‘practice’ to shame.

About 10 fields lined up in a row on the sparring grounds.

The preliminary round is in full swing in a field controlled by a magic engineering device.

Through this event, people like Ryu Seo-na and Seon A-yeon from first grade. And second-year student Hyunjin Yoon (Second Awakening) gains fame or receives attention once again.

– Grrr!

“Wow!”

“Ryu Seo! Ryu Seo!”

“It’s really no joke!”

Ryu Seo-ah, who just happened to sweep away her opponent in one of the fields.

Her opponent was knocked to the ground in the corner of her field by the fire-type abilities she cast.

In real life, he would have been seriously injured, but due to the magical engineering device that virtualizes magical power, there was no damage.

“Thank you for being a good partner. You’re not hurt, right?”

Like Ryu Seo-ah, who has entered the path of a full-fledged hero, she gives a friendly greeting to her counterpart.

“Wow. I really thought I was going to die. Thank you. It’s an honor.”

The other person also responded to Ryu Seo-ah’s greeting, although he was embarrassed and had a very surprised face.

Anyway, it’s a heartwarming scene that fits the purpose of sparring practice.

– “The real Ryu Seo-ah will become a proper hero.”

– “It’s not for nothing that the top guilds are already paying attention.”

– “Ha. I also wanted to fight with Ryu Seo-ah once.”

As expected, the response from the audience was quite good.

And soon.

—Field 3. Cadet Lee Han, Cadet Seon Samjin!

Lee Han’s turn has come.

* · * *

Villain.

There are many types of villains.

From big villains who want to wipe out half of the world’s population, to petty villains who just cause chaos for their own small gain.

And to be honest, Lee Han hated petty, third-rate villains.

‘These people have no respect.’

Beings who can put down their conscience or anything just for the slightest gain.

That is a third-rate villain.

“hahahahaha. But you didn’t run away because you were scared!”

Seon Sam-jin, who is currently tearing apart Lee Han right before his eyes, is a good example of such a third-rate villain.

How much benefit can that person gain by standing on the side of the Shenyang Group student council president, destroying the magic engineering device for sparring, and seriously injuring innocent cadets?

How much do you briefly like student council president Seo Hayoon?

Given Seo Hayoon’s personality, Lee Han could be sure that she would give her a few million won at best, but would mercilessly cut it off later.

He’s stupid and can’t draw the big picture.

That was the reason why Lee Han hated third-rate villains.

‘Of course, they use all kinds of mean tricks for their own gain.’

In the end, if you deal with them, you become dirty together.

Even if we beat these guys right now, it will be a problem after that.

This guy, Seon Sam-jin, and my next sparring opponent, Lee Seon-jin, are the same. The same goes for their boss Yang Chan-il, whom we will meet around the round of 32.

Probably, every time one wins, the next one will grind their teeth.

And I’m going to prepare a number that smells really bad.

‘Then.’

I have no choice but to focus on the sparring in front of me.

So that they don’t have the courage to do anything foolish.

All you have to do is show something.

This is the mindset of a first-class villain.

[ Weapon – You have selected an iron sword. ]

Lee Han successfully summoned an iron sword from the magic engineering device in the field.

“hehehehe. You must be scared, right? I see you putting the wooden sword you always carry somewhere and even pulling out the iron sword.”

Like a third-rate villain, he kept saying something.

“Go for it.”

Lee Han waved his hands like a first-class person.

“Kaaak!”

He was third-rate again and made his first move without warning.

A dagger that pierces the solar plexus in one go.

Lee Han observed the scene for a moment.

‘It’s pretty sharp.’

This guy. I don’t think he’s a third-rate villain who only talks.

Well, from what I heard, Boyang is quite skilled in medicine as well.

It seems like there is something that has been solidified in practice.

A dagger strike that rotates in a spiral as if surrounding Lee Han’s sword.

‘That’s okay.’

Ian strengthened his arms and shoulders with ‘malice’.

And then.

– Kaaang!

I swung loudly.

No matter which way the guy stabs you, it is a sword that can immediately force you into a fight.

“Ugh!”

The guy hastily withdrew his sword and took a few steps back.

“Oh. I’m holding on to this.”

Ian was quite surprised.

The amount of ‘malice’ has risen sharply recently.

It wasn’t much, but it was quite enough, but he didn’t let go of the sword.

As expected, he seems to have quite a bit of experience in combat.

“I thought it was just one shot.”

Let Lee Han laugh.

“This bastard!”

This guy goes crazy.

Well. Well, that’s okay.

Unless it is one room. All you have to do is send it to two rooms.

Lee Han was surrounded by malice once again.

A little more malice this time.

“…?”

Perhaps he noticed something strange, the guy who was glowing with white light took a few steps back.

‘I hope you haven’t touched the device yet.’

Lee Han closed the distance in an instant.

– Puuk

Pain felt in the arm for a moment.

Let’s turn our head to the stinging sensation. It looks like the bullet fired from that guy’s shoe was shot into his arm.

“hehehe…He?”

The guy who was splitting is embarrassed.

That too.

Because Lee Han approached the guy unharmed.

“What, what are you doing, you bastard!”

It’s an arm wrapped around ‘malice’, so the poison doesn’t do much damage.

Sigh.

Lee Han’s iron sword swung at Seon Sam-jin, who was astonished.

Not the edged side, but the blunt side.

“You won’t get hurt anyway, just feel the pain properly.”

— Bye!

The guy’s head is stuck in a lumpy shape.

Looking at his distorted face, Lee Han grinned.

* · * *

“aaah!”

“Wooooo gross!”

Screams erupt from the audience watching Lee Han.

Meanwhile, Ryu Seo-ah frowned.

‘It’s a bit cruel, but… It’s a shame that everyone gets hurt because of the magical engineering devices.’

As long as you fight inside a magic engineering device, you will feel pain, but it will not affect your actual body.

Actually, even the cruel scenes where something is cut or chopped are shown to be somewhat purified.

‘I bet you didn’t know they would crush your head like that.’

It looks like that hasn’t been filtered.

Anyway, the pain will still be felt, so it will be so painful that it will kill you.

“Ha.”

Ryu Seo-ah sighed softly.

This human being.

It is really difficult to understand the inside.

One day, I will be like a hero.

At times like this, he seems like the perfect villain.

No matter how safe the magic engineering device is, is there any reason to break a fellow cadet’s head like that?

“If you wanted to show off, you should have been a little more gentle…”

As Ryu Seo knew her, she blurted out her advice filled with worry without realizing it, and then her face blushed.

Who cares about people like that?

Only stupid kids like that kind of kid.

Sure enough.

“Kiyaaa, that’s a man!”

“Lee Han! Lee Han!”

“What’s he up to these days!”

On one hand, cheers erupted from stupid men who would not use their own hands when it comes to cruelty.

‘… Were there people cheering for Lee Han like that?’

These days, it seems like the atmosphere toward Lee Han is slowly changing, and it looks like there are a few people like him.

Anyway.

‘… Annoying.’

Ryu Seo-ah was a sad-hearted person.

* · * *

“… Brother. Did you see that?”

“It would be best to handle it as quickly as possible, Lee Seon-jin.”

“What do you mean?”

After the sparring, Seon Sam-jin was carried away in the aftermath of trauma and pain.

As they watched him being carried away, the mood between Lee Seon-jin and Yang Chan-il became cold.

“If this continues, it will be difficult to control that guy. Secondly, when you spar, let’s hack the devices.”

“.. Wait a minute. Then, if I can’t beat that bastard.”

“What?”

“If I hack the device and I can’t win, does that mean that ignorant iron sword will just break and die, bro?”

Yang Chan-il sighed at the words of his second son, Seon-jin Lee, who was only smart at times like this.

“Hey, you bastard. If you scold me, then scold me.”

“I can’t. I can’t die like this!”

“Hey, Sunjin.”

“Yes, brother.”

“Are you going to just send me to the dead?”

After saying that, Yang Chan-il rummaged through his pockets.

What he took out were a few pills and very fine-sized memorization.

“This is far away, brother. It’s my first time seeing this drug.”

“These drugs. They were developed in Shenyang. They don’t get caught in doping tests. They’re drugs made for combat. They’re very neat. Your magic power will be doubled, and the world will probably seem to slow down once you take it.”

“The world is slowing down…?”

“That’s how fast you are, dude. You like being fast. I prepared something special for you.”

Lee Seon-jin hesitates after taking the medicine.

Tuuk.

Yang Chan-il slapped him on the back.

“If you handle this properly, I will give you half of the money I was supposed to receive this time.”

“…!”

Lee Seon-jin’s eyes opened wide.

“Why are you giving me so much?”

“Hey, you bastard, think about it. If you just pass out and can’t do anything like that third one, how am I going to handle things on my own? That’s why I need your help.”

Yang Chan-il’s tongue is like clear acid.

Actually, everyone was afraid that if they hacked the American engineering device on their turn, they might be killed by Lee Han.

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Lee Seon-jin fell for his words.

“Brother! Thank you! As expected, you are the only one!”

“Okay. Let’s do well.”

Lee Seon-jin swallows the medicine and walks out onto the field.

‘You idiot, you don’t even know what your life is worth.’

Looking at his back, Yang Chan-il laughed.

Then he carefully headed towards the equipment control room.

As already prepared, devices with only input remaining after hacking.

“Mana runaway in the field has also been added.”