CH 36

一 The Active Skill 《Change》 has been activated.

一 The Player’s location will be swapped with the designated player, ‘Min JaeHyun.’

“It’s mine.”

JaeHyun traded locations with Kim YooJung in a flash of light. With a smile, he slapped Oh JinHyuk’s rushing fist away.

“One, two, three… four. Don’t you think too many of you were ganging up on a little freshman?”

***

As the Paralyzing Spore Mushroom burst, it let out spores. 

Immobilized, JinHyuk was grabbed by the collar by JaeHyun. He was unable to understand what had just happened before his eyes.

Where did the girl they were chasing disappear to, and where did this haughty bastard come from?

Just then, Oh JinHyuk frowned as he thought of something.

‘…No way! Did they use 《 Change 》?!’

《 Change 》 was a spell that swapped one’s location with that of a designated party member.

‘…If that’s how they did it, it all makes sense. Damn, did I get too careless?’

JaeHyun smiled at Oh JinHyuk who was biting his lip resentfully. As if he knew what he was thinking, JaeHyun spoke apathetically.

“It doesn’t matter if you’ve figured it out now.”

However, Oh JinHyuk had no plans to retreat.

He was a cadet who had survived for several years at Millaes Academy. It wasn’t difficult for him to analyze the situation he was currently in.

But, of course, he didn’t know what kind of unexpected scene would be coming.

“…Hmm. I know that you tried to strategize, but won’t it be useless if you also get paralyzed?”

‘Just because the person changes, doesn’t mean that the Paralyzing Spore Mushroom loses its effect. That bastard will also slowly become paralyzed. Then, if I call Park SungHyuk over here and eliminate that bastard…’

However—

JaeHyun crushed Oh JinHyuk’s plan to pieces.

“Oh, but I won’t be.”

“What?”

“I won’t be paralyzed. Same with the other debuffs.”

一 You have been paralyzed.

一 Thanks to 《Hel’s Blessing》, you have completely resisted the paralysis debuff.

The skill he’d gained from defeating the Night Shade in Hel’s Trial, 《 Hel’s Blessing 》, was a cheat-like skill that allowed him to resist all debuff statuses completely.

It was EX-rank. A mere Paralyzing Spore Mushroom could not break this skill and affect him.

“Th-There’s no way… How does that make sense?!”

“You should ask the gods.” 

JaeHyun smirked.

Oh JinHyuk quickly tried to think of something. 

‘I have to survive no matter what. I can’t show weakness here!’

The main focus was already on the freshmen, but if he showed a disgraceful appearance here on top of that?

His reputation would hit rock bottom at the academy.

“…It seems you’re trying to trap us, but it won’t be that easy. My friend is keeping watch outside. The moment he gets here, you’re all finished!”

Oh JinHyuk clenched his teeth and exclaimed with anger in his voice. If JaeHyun begged him here, he planned to let him go.

However, JaeHyun simply laughed wickedly, finding the whole situation funny.

“I’m sorry, but that guy’s not coming.”

“…What?”

“The guy that’s your friend. He can’t come here.”

Aarrrrgh!

As soon as JaeHyun finished speaking, a frightened scream rang out, making Oh JinHyuk’s heart drop to his stomach.

An ominous feeling followed.

And that feeling wasn’t wrong.

一 Player ‘Park SungHyuk’ has been eliminated.

一 Players ‘Min JaeHyun’, ‘Kim YooJung’, and ‘Seo Ina’ have obtained 100,000 points.

“Phew. We’ve taken care of quite a couple. I think there’s three left? I thought it would be harder. I guess I worried for nothing. How are you going to make up for it?”

JaeHyun approached the paralyzed seniors on the field with greed on his face.

“D-Don’t come over! Euuu-ack!”

“Keuk!”

“Keuheuk!”

Each let out a different sound as they were eliminated by JaeHyun’s fists.

And so the number of points they earned was now 300,000. It didn’t make a dent in the amount JaeHyun wanted, but it was satisfactory for a start.

He checked his ranking as he smiled.

‘1st place. But it’s still just the beginning.’

***

[Deep in the Nightmare Forest where there weren’t a lot of traces of humans]

This was the place Kim YooJung had cleared with an 《 Air Blaster 》 ahead of time.

An area overgrown with thickets hiding them from enemy sight, it was an area JaeHyun had kept in mind as they were running from the seniors and looking for a shelter,

“I didn’t think that plan would really work. As expected of Min JaeHyun. He’s really good at thinking up tricks.”

After trading places with JaeHyun a while ago, YooJung had drunk some sap from an ash tree.

JaeHyun had said that the sap from an ash tree had the effect of curing the paralysis debuff.

At first, she didn’t really believe him, but she realized that he was right after testing it out herself. Her paralysis really did disappear.

As a result, the three of them were able to follow the plan and lure their opponents away to eliminate them.

“Alright. I think I’m okay now.”

“…Really? Then should we get going?”

Seo Ina asked as she supported Kim YooJung.

YooJung nodded her head. The numbness in her body was almost fully gone, and she had also met up with Ina who had eliminated a senior.

The only thing they had to do now was meet up with JaeHyun at the shelter.

“By the way, how do you think Min JaeHyun knew that the sap from an ash tree could get rid of paralysis?”

“…I don’t know. I don’t remember reading it anywhere. Plus… JaeHyun said he wouldn’t get caught in other status effects either. It’s probably because of a skill, right?”

At YooJung’s question, Seo Ina stated her agreement.

As they were creating the plan a while ago, JaeHyun had Kim YooJung act as the bait. It was an important role wherein she had to lure the enemy, burst the Paralyzing Spore Mushroom and use 《 Change 》 to trade places with JaeHyun. 

Afterwards, Seo Ina would take care of the opponent lying in ambush. JaeHyun planned to gain points by eliminating the paralyzed opponents.

But this plan had three problems.

First—

Even if Kim YooJung cast 《 Change 》 and traded places with JaeHyun, it would still take 2 hours for her to get rid of the paralysis debuff. 

Second—

JaeHyun would also become paralyzed, so how on earth would he be able to eliminate the enemy?

Third—

The enemy would be lying in wait as long as they were paralyzed, so how would they fight against them?

However, JaeHyun had resolved all these problems and succeeded in defeating the group of seniors.