The Live

With a series of incidents, the Academy paused and went back to work.

It was a case involving the Academy's chancellor and the General. Plus, the total number of dead instructors and students in the case was over a hundred.

Insufficient instructors to teach students immediately, and students also did not believe in them. It wasn't hard to see the Academy like this.

“... I'm sorry. This is how it is.”

Luslic wraps his head around the table with both hands and bows.

Yoon Jae and the regular person sitting in front of him stared at him.

“Apologize for what? ”

“Yes, you didn't do anything wrong. ”

“…… Are you a man again? ”

“Well, what do you say? ”

Regular shrugged his shoulders and said to Rustic,

“You don't have to apologize for what your boss told you to do. I'm glad the problem is finally solved. It's only a year away. ”

“... Thank you for saying that. ”

“So what are you going to do now? ”

On a sudden note, Rustic looks back at Yun Jae, who asked him a question.

“I'm not sure. It's so sudden, I don't know what to do. At this point, it's a pity that my position is next to the General's. ”

“Have you contacted Mr. Arhan? ”

“Yes. He was the first to think of this. It was he who first insisted on the creation of the Academy. ”

There was no question of their loyalty to Arhan. In the academy, Jung Seung-hoon and Zhuo Wukong were holding onto it, but there was only one place they could rely on until they disappeared.

Moreover, it was because Jeong Seung-hoon, who could have been their representative, had been working with the angels for a long time.

“Then we'll be on our way. ”

“You mean right now? ”

“There's no reason to stay, is there? I only wanted to be here for three days, and all I had to do was be an instructor. There's no immediate education left, there's a cluttered atmosphere, and there's no reason for us to stay. ”

“That's not wrong either. Unfortunately……. ”

“People will come this way soon. ”

“People?”

“Yes.”

“What's going on? ”

“There may still be those who have made a pact with the angels. You'd be better off with a hundred thousand than me. ”

After finishing speaking, Yoon Jae stood up.

You can still hear the instructors rushing outside. It seemed like this atmosphere would continue for a while.

Subsequently, a regular day arose along Yoon Jae. The two of them leave the Academy as it is, leaving their final salutation to Rustic.

“Ahhh-”

After staying alone in the reception room inside the Academy Headquarters, Rustic leans down to his chair and sighs for a long time.

There was too much going on in one day. It was especially fatal for the Academy's representatives and general advisors to die.

For the remainder of that time, the Academy's training would be suspended, and the dead Jeong Seung Hoon, Zhou Wu, and the instructors' power gaps could not be ignored.

‘No, there's more to life than that. ’

There was no such thing as an outcome.

I just checked.

‘Those two……. ’

Rustic's gaze turned to a visit with Yoon Jae and the usual.

“Really, it's dirty. ”

* * *

What happened at Mellon's Academy spread throughout the country in just one day.

Most of those who were instructors at the Academy had clans. Thus the incident was known to many clans, and it has reached the ears of many rankers, including Arhan.

“You're back early. ”

Fluffy...

As soon as Yoon Jae returned to Clan House at Skyscraper, she found Arhan. Arhan, sitting on the couch opposite him, opens the lid of the bottle on the table.

“I think I'm done here. ”

“Yes, what are you doing there? No fights, no distractions. ”

“Is that so? Cheers. ”

“I don't drink. It tastes like shit and it's just bitter. ”

“... Just a toast. ”

Wh-

The three of them slammed their skinny necks against the bottle. Normally, he slammed into the bottle and sat still, while Yoon Jae and Arhan took a swift sip.

“Grrrgh.”

Arhan said with a cool voice.

“It's good to have one of my drinking buddies back. ”

“Isn't Jin-seok drinking with you? ”

“He's not a big drinker. I like the Hundred, but I'm really busy. ”

“So I'm your drinking buddy? ”

“Are you too old to be friends? ”

“Forget it. Let's finish talking. Have you heard the news?”

“Not funny.”

Arhan sneaks his eyes slightly and sips the remaining alcohol as Yoon Jae suddenly gets to the point.

“Khh. Yeah, I heard. He cooled it down sooner than I thought. ”

“Isn't that what you were sent here to do? ”

“Yes, I did. I sent him to do that. ”

In the beginning, Yoon Jae and the regular person went to the Academy to show their skills.

So far, he has created a stage for two people who have never had a chance to show their face and skills to rankers and many others.

“It's not just about that, is it? ”

“What are you talking about? ”

“Seung-hoon Jeong gave me angels. ”

“But?”

“You know all about it, right? ”

Arhan replied, avoiding gaze at Yun Jae's narrowed gaze for some time.

“I was anticipating. ”

“Why didn't you tell me? ”

“I thought I didn't have to. And when I tell you and you start digging behind Jeong Seung Hun's back, he'll hide like always. ”

“If I had known that, my students wouldn't have died. ”

The students and instructors who died at the hands of Jeong Seung Hoon and Zhou Meng.

Yun Jae thought that if he had known beforehand, he could have prevented their actions.

“I didn't expect that either. I'm sorry."

When Arhan handed Yoon Jae the memory scroll, I thought of the worst case.

As the sanctions against killing became stronger overall, Yoon Jae wrote everything he saw and heard on the Memory Scroll.

Even if Yoon Jae gets caught up in an incident, we need evidence to explain.

As a result, Arhan's preparedness for just in case resulted in not bad results.

Even if Jung Seung-hoon and Zhuo didn't find the simulated location at that time, Yoon Jae could have proved that he was not related to the case.

‘No way, I didn't think you'd make such an extreme choice. ’

Seung Hun Jung has been hiding his identity for a long time.

It was also because Arhan doubted Jung Seung-hoon and couldn't confirm it.

Jung Seung-hoon has never shown herself decisively and made anything suspicious.

However, after Yoon Jae, the key, came back, Jung Seung Hoon made the incident unexpected big.

I can't believe you killed nearly a hundred students and took the extreme step of framing them.

“How did you find that, by the way? I thought you were out at dawn, and you'd find something like that. ”

“I wonder about that. I've heard stories, but I don't think it's just a coincidence. ”

Arhan nods, nodding as if he sympathizes with what he said regularly.

The two eyes focused on Yoon Jae. The two people with the same expression were asking Yoon Jae for detailed explanation.

As he poured the remaining liquor into his mouth, Yoon Jae thought, placing the bottle on the table and opening his mouth.

“…… thanks to the pieces. ”

“Pieces?”

“Yes. Didn't I tell you? I learned how to sculpt for two years. Well, that's not all I learned. ”

“I think I'm confused. What the hell does" how "mean? ”

“One thing, I have the ability to sculpt. ”

“What is it?”

“Time.”

In Yun Jae's reply, Arhan and his regular expression became the same again.

It was a blurry face. Time is a blurry story that doesn't make sense anywhere.

Yoon Jae understood the reaction of two people. I don't know how absurd I've been since I first discovered this ability.

“Simply put, you can see the past or the future. ”

“Looking to the future? ”

Arhan's eyes widen.

“No, really, is that what I think it is? ”

“Yes, that's right. Literally.”

“Really... see the future?" ”

“Yes, but it takes time to develop abilities, and you can't see the far future. It's hard to intervene in the future, unlike in the past. ”

The ability of the sculpture.

Arhan felt hit in the head with a blunt force due to the fact that time was an unparalleled, but extra-specific capability.

He was the person who had been working with Kim Jin-seok and Hundred thousand for the longest time.

I've heard that many skills and items, and I've never been surprised. But this surprise was bigger than ever.

“Let me be more specific. Seeing the future, you mean the image that comes to mind? ”

"It's similar - you can see it in seconds as fast as you can, and you can see it for as long as you focus on it for a day. In the past, it was expressed intermittently, regardless of my will, and I saw an unintended future or a past. ”

“Willing or not? ”

“Yes. And at first it was hard to use it in combat. because if you look to the future, the future will certainly change as the present changes. Especially when it comes to fighting in a moment's time of judgment. ”

“So what did you do? ”

“We've practiced how to use it without changing the future, looking into the future in a second or two and figuring out how many people are there. And they calculate how to reverse that number, and they get it. ”

“ ……. ”

In Yun Jae's explanation, Arhan and the regular went silent for a moment.

Then, the regular person opened his mouth first.

“Is that possible? ”

I couldn't imagine.

In that complex and chaotic battle, you look forward to the future a moment later, and you use that number backwards?

On the premise that the future wouldn't change either?

The fight between the opponents was never short by a second. Particularly, a second for the top rankers was a long time for a few to go back and forth.

“Like my brother said, we have to think about five or six, not one or two, and then prepare for it from the front... How is that possible? ”

“…… It's literally just a theory. ”

Arhan nodded his head, as if it were nonsense.

It was a theory that made no sense the more I thought about it.

It was almost impossible to think of it in my head for a moment, and it was even more impossible to move it directly into practice even if it was possible.

It was normal to know Yoon Jae better than anyone else.

He knew how great he was, how talented he was.

It was also known to Arhan. I could see that Kim Jin-seok was so praised for Yoon Jae's talent.

- One a day, he's mastering the weapons I've been working on all month.

Kim Jin-seok was also a person of great talent.

Even Kim Jin-seok, Yoon Jae, can stick out his tongue.

Nevertheless, Yoon Jae's story did not make sense.

“It's not impossible, it's ‘close’ to impossible. ”

“Isn't that what it is? ”

“0 and 1. No, anything less than that is possible. I thought it would be difficult at first.

“…… It's just going to be difficult? So, did you think we could practice? ”

“Yes. Why not? ”

Yoon Jae asked as if he didn't understand.

“Practice. ”

An attitude that seems to ask what is so natural.

On returning the question, Arhan and the Regular were looking at each other and talking with their faces.

‘Wow.'

‘That's so unlucky. ’

The two people realized that they thought the same thing to each other, and made small, empty laughter.

Practicing was not a common idea.

Arhan quickly shakes his head and opens his mouth, making a dazed face for a moment.

“Now I understand the moves you showed me when you fought Elvin. I thought he was looking back a couple of times, but I didn't think it was real. ”

“No, wait. So, brother, when you were fighting those instructors, why did you ask for a pair of scissors? You know what I'm gonna pay for anyway? ”

Yoon Jae's eyes widened in amazement and looked away from Arhan's regular questions.

The regular, who wanted to take a moment, muttered as if it was ridiculous in Yoon Jae's reaction.

“No, isn't he a scammer? ”

“No, like that. ”

“What's not to like? You said you could see the future. You wanted to know about the scissors. ”

Seeing the snarling norm and the spreading Yoon Jae, Arhan raises his hand.

“Here, here. Both of you calm down. I'd like to talk about that later when you two are alone. ”

“…… see you later, brother. ”

“Knng.”

Yoon Jae lowered his head and cried out. Surprisingly, the routine was strong in these minor areas.

Arhan asked if he wasn't curious at all about what had happened between the two of them.

“If the ability of the sculpture you have is time, does the sculpture of the Emperor have a similar ability? Or do you have a completely different ability? ”

“I don't know about that. But one thing is, at least Metatron hasn't dealt with the sculpture properly yet. ”

“Why?”

“I'm a little unusual. ”

“When unusual? ”

Arhan asked for a detailed explanation. Yoon Jae conflicted for a moment and opened his mouth.

“The sculpture has been in the body of the key for quite a long time, and it slowly takes the form of its ability to develop. It's a year or two short. ”

“How do you know that? ”

“I heard from the dragon who was guarding our side's key. ”

“Dragon? Was it easy guarding the key? ”

“Yes. We'll talk about it later... but he knows a lot about sculpture. According to him, it would take at least five years for the sculpture to develop. even with the amount of training and the personal car. ”

“Hmm……. ”

In Yun Jae's reply, Arhan patted his chin, putting down the bottle he was holding.

“And what about you? ”

“As I said before, I'm a bit peculiar. because the sculpture is growing earlier than we thought, and we've also been training to use the power of the sculpture through dragons. ”

“Really?"

Arhan nods slightly.

“I'm glad that's the case. But the Great King might be just like you, so you'd better think about variables. ”

“I'll get the King. ”

In Yun Jae's statement, Arhan grins as if he knew it would.

“Then it's us. Thank you. Don't worry about getting ahead of the war. No one will question your skills on this one. ”

“Is that so?”

“I didn't get hurt in the face of Jeong Seung-hoon and Zhou Wukong at the same time. Moreover, Jeong Seung-hoon even used land spiders. Honestly, I don't think I can win if they come together. ”

The Dark World, Earth Spider.

The skills that Seung Hun Jung boasted were A + grades that didn't exist in the world behind him.

Moreover, Jung Seung-hoon acquired that skill a long time ago and has been consistently skilled for a long time.

Even after being trapped in the earthly spider, there was no one who escaped from it by magnetism. Of course, it was also because Jeong Seung-hoon had never competed with such a person as Kim Jin-seok, Arhan, or Hundred.

“…… because of those two? ”

“What's that look? Bad luck.”

“No, he's not that strong. ”

“Yeah? Well, I guess you don't know that yet. ”

“About what? ”

“How strong you are. You've been stronger for two years, but you've been strong enough before. It's worth it. ”

Arhan turned to Yoon Jae and said:

“None of your opponents have been weak so far. ”

“ ……. ”

“Th-the runga? ”

Yoon Jae was silent, and the regular head tilted.

Both of them were aware that they were strong. It was natural for me to be shoulder to shoulder with rankers like Arhan, Kim Jin-seok, Elvin, and Lois right in front of me.

However, unlike those who stepped up through numerous people sequentially, Yoon Jae and the regular ran without rest.

“On average, hundreds of those who deserve to be called rankers can handle about the fifth year. The top rankers among them are worth thousands. ”

“…… I've heard stories. ”

“Me too. That's what Elvin said. If we fight without wasting our magic, we can fight for three nights. But Elvin is so proud of himself. ”

“I'm proud of it, but I'm not wrong. To put it bluntly, one ranker is better than a thousand of them. If you fight like a guerrilla, you can fight tens of thousands, not thousands. ”

Arhan picks up another bottle.

“In that way, what are you doing playing with rankers like that? ”

“ ……. ”

According to Arhan, Yoon Jae and the regular were deaf and honey eaten.

I had nothing to say.

“I see.”

At the end of his mind, a regular reply came from him.

After all, Arhan's words were compliments, so he was still smiling about whether he was happy or not.

Yoon Jae was also not a grumpy face. As they both desperately tried, praise for the effort did not sound offensive.

“Not many rankers like you exist, anyway. A handful. It's absurd to want you out of this war. It may be useless, but you also need to know how great you are. ”

“Hey... You're the one the rankers are against, not me. ”

“You've been talking a lot about Muhammad. He who wields that sword is dangerous. You said you were carrying a bomb that didn't know when it was gonna go off. ”

“Oh, you did? ”

“Well, that's going to be roughly resolved with this one. Anyway, it's not that it didn't work out. Good work as soon as you get back. Take a break for now. ”

“Very well. I'll be going, then. ”

Yun Jae got up from his seat, answering like that. Regular Lee followed behind Yun Jae, bowing his head to Arhan and left the office.

Arhan replied, "I understand." But he knew that Yoon Jae wouldn't just take a break.

‘If he really takes a break, I'll lose it in my hands. ’