Saved a Heroine From the Brink of Death

101. Academy Raid Incident (1)

#101. Academy Raid Incident (1)

The plan was put into action earlier than scheduled.

If things went as planned, there would be 40-50 minutes left.

Grace, who is making plans and taking charge.

She should have been flustered and embarrassed by the sudden situation, but she was not showing any reaction at the moment.

It wasn’t that the thought stopped because of surprise.

Quite the opposite.

I was satisfied because what I had thought had happened.

“Did Han Seong-jin do something? As expected.”

Her golden eyes glowed and then disappeared. This time, she succeeded in drawing the future she had wanted.

“You’re lucky. You came this far.”

Future vision.

A trait with powerful powers that shows some of the possibilities of what might happen.

It was an absurd power, but she had no intention of abusing it. Only for the salvation of the world.

I intend to use it only for destruction that will purify everything.

It wasn’t like I could say I wanted to exploit it anyway.

‘It’s a shame that it doesn’t show me everything I want for the future, but… this much is enough.’

The activation of the future time is irregular. It is not activated because Grace wants it to, and even if it is activated, it is not possible to see what she wants.

It’s as if someone is just showing Grace something that will happen in the future, as if it were a revelation.

Grace assumed it was someone connected to the long-held wish of the ‘Watcher of Destruction’. A savior with limitless, omnipotent powers… who would bring about destruction.

“Then next… I have to go deal with Cynthia.”

Up until this point, it was just as her future poem had shown her. But from now on, she had to draw it herself. Because her future poem hadn’t shown her the future of the present moment yet.

Still, there was only one reason Grace was moving: because in the distant future, a few years from now, Cynthia was no longer there.

In that world that was being destroyed, Cynthia’s existence ‘wasn’t there.’

In order to complete the vision of Yeji’s future, Grace planned to kill Cynthia.

Paaa-

Her form disappeared into a giant portal.

***

Joo Hyun-oh’s flames instantly annihilated the monsters.

What they felt was a split second, but they must have died in excruciating pain more than anything else.

Because his flames are not ordinary flames, but come from the karma of hell.

Even if their senses were gone, it would have burned their souls and caused them indescribable pain.

“… Hyuk-kwon. Why are you blocking my path?”

His nickname, Yun Ga-ju, did not appear.

Because it is a title used only out of respect.

In a situation like now, Joo Hyun-oh couldn’t respect Yoon Hyuk-kwon.

Rather, it is a situation where I feel like I should be looking at you with contempt.

“This situation. Does it have anything to do with you?”

That would be true.

“Are you saying that because I was protecting the attackers?”

It was because Yoon Hyuk-kwon protected the ‘terrorists’ from Joo Hyeon-o’s flame.

The crimson karma was unable to invade the terrorists’ bodies due to the orange aura.

It was thanks to the Ilseonui (日仙依) characteristic that was expressed in Yun Hyuk-kwon.

“You have to choose your words carefully. Otherwise… .”

“Otherwise? Even if you, Joo Hyun-oh, were to take action, do you think you would be able to break through my line of duty?”

The first line is Yun Hyuk-kwon’s defensive technique.

And since it is made up of polar opposites, it has extremely strong defensive power against heat.

In other words, Joo Hyun-oh and Yoon Hyuk-kwon did not have good compatibility.

In this case, the upper hand was with Yoon Hyuk-kwon.

Although Ju Hyeon-oh was far superior in terms of physical strength and destructive power, he could not kill or harm Yoon Hyuk-kwon.

“I didn’t know that the Seven Great Families’ prestige had fallen so low. The head of the family had become the villain’s lackey.”

“Are you a slave? Do I look like someone who would be subordinated to someone?”

“Isn’t that so?”

“There are more than one or two things to correct. First of all, I am not a terrorist comrade and did not protect them. In fact, it is the opposite.”

Yoon Hyuk-kwon continued speaking quickly, not giving Joo Hyeon-o a chance to speak.

“Shouldn’t we be getting information through torture? Rather, I think you, Joo Hyeon-oh, who tried to deal with them out of selfish desires, are the villain. The timing of this attack is also coincidental.”

“What a coincidence?”

“Didn’t this happen when your daughter entered the gate? When your daughter’s safety was guaranteed, something like this happened. Isn’t it natural to be suspicious?”

“That’s a fun idea… but not for me.”

“I don’t know. We’ll find out more once we find out. In that sense… Their lives can’t end here. Do you agree with that?”

“…Okay. Do whatever you want.”

“By the way, I’d like to hear an apology. For suddenly accusing me of being a villain.”

Yoon Hyuk-kwon’s words were annoying, but it was a natural demand.

In any case, it was because he was driving the head of the household in the same position into a villain. Yoon Hyuk-kwon said the same thing, but it was only a backlash against what Joo Hyun-oh said.

“I clearly know that you are not a villain. I apologize for trying to tarnish your reputation due to my misunderstanding. Is that okay?”

“Yes, that’s fine.”

Although it was just a formal and empty apology, Yoon Hyuk-kwon smiled and nodded. After all, his goal was to hold on to Joo Hyeon-oh and buy time.

“But. There’s one thing I need to correct.”

“…?”

At that moment, Yoon Hyuk-kwon was satisfied.

Whoosh. A ripple of air occurred.

Joo Hyun-oh waved his hand that was wielding flames.

That too, towards Yoon Hyuk-kwon.

Phew-!

The karma hit the front line worn by Yun Hyuk-kwon and caused a huge explosion.

“If you thought that my karma would be blocked by your first line, you were mistaken. Putting the previous things aside… I will count this as an accounting for the fact that you only trusted in compatibility and kept nagging at me.”

Yoon Hyuk-kwon looked at Joo-hyun with his face distorted in pain.

It wasn’t a huge blow, but it was a huge scratch on my pride.

“Ha…fuck.”

“… Did you just say fuck?”

“Didn’t you attack just to give it a try? I took it as an attempt to sort things out.”

The extreme yang energy inside Yun Hyuk-kwon exploded, invading his mind and quickly swallowing up his reason. This was the first time since he ascended to the position of head of the household.

Up until now, I’ve been feeling very angry, but never to this extent.

“They’re terrorists, civilians, and idiots. Let’s have a go at it.”

Yoon Hyuk-kwon was currently in a state of blindness.

This was also one of the futures Grace saw.

***

Cynthia was falling.

Even inside the gate, gravity was the same as on Earth, and she was accelerated by gravity and was heading towards the ground at an increasingly faster rate.

The only silver lining in this misfortune is that he was the only one who fell out of the group. He collapsed the moment he set foot on the path, and he used his wits to generate magic power to push the others back.

Pushshishishishi-

The wind blew and made a terrible noise.

It is a clear fact that if you fall like this, you may not die, but you will not be able to recover.

Cynthia decided to use the Hollow Step (Yeolhwapan) that Cheonmu Bong had told her about to get out of this crisis.

Unlike the original airwalk where you could run as high as you wanted, you could only step once per jump, but that was enough for now.

‘Just before it hits the ground… I step on it just once.’

There wasn’t much difference between hitting the ground and stepping on empty space and receiving the impact, but stepping on empty space allowed me to more easily disperse the impact.

Cynthia made that decision and put her thoughts into action.

The ground was getting closer and closer, becoming the perfect height for a aerial walk.

-Sia now!

Pfft! Bang!

Cynthia generated magical power, then turned her body so that her head was facing upwards, then immediately stepped into the air and unleashed her magical power.

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“Whew… Phew. I succeeded.”

As a result, Cynthia landed safely on the ground.

Not in the castle courtyard, but deep underground.

“It’s really fucking dark.”

It’s dark- it’s dark-

Shinshi’s voice echoed far and wide.

Cynthia felt strange at this.

This space is empty.

The basement was completely empty.

‘It has to support a huge castle… but the underground is this wide and empty?’

It wasn’t even a pillar that was driven in.

Literally nothing existed.

It wouldn’t be strange if something strange happened inside the gate, but… it wasn’t something out of the ordinary.

Besides, isn’t this gate not a real gate, but a mere replica of something called the ‘Road of Regret’? And that too, created by humans.

‘What the heck is going on… This is slowing down the speedrun. Isn’t this an exceptional situation? Well… A hero should be able to deal with this situation well. Anyway. If I solve this, I’ll get more points!’

Cynthia walked forward.

With the sole intention of somehow overcoming this situation and getting a better score.

How many minutes did it take to walk like that?

A dead end has appeared.

And there was a door hanging on that wall.

[ Citadel of Regrets: Secret Place ]

In the middle of the inquiry, there was a sign written in an otherworldly language.

I don’t know why, but it read naturally.

[ Would you like to enter? ]

As she read it, strange letters appeared before Cynthia’s eyes.