Hunter Academy’s Battle God

BOOM-!

The remnants of the ruined building covered the screen. Sumire shouted in excitement from the waiting room.

"He won! SiWoo eliminated both of them!"

It was an unbelievable achievement.

SiWoo walked away from where he had collapsed the building and eliminated two students.

Someone tearfully spoke. "Sob… Really?"

It was Kim EunAh, who was still seven years old. Although she had been kicked out of the portal, she hadn't returned to her normal age because Lorelei's strength wasn't only based on mana, there was also ‘another force’ that influenced it.

Even though it was something that happened in a virtual portal, she wouldn't return to her normal self for three days.

Thanks to that, Sumire, the one who hadn’t participated in the match, was having a hard time.

'EunAh seems sad…'

Sumire gave the young EunAh, who was busy pouting, a pitying look.

"I'm glad… Ugh, I thought we'd lose because of me… haa…" EunAh cried from within the orca.

Sumire hugged her, sweat beading up on her forehead. To be more precise, she hugged the orca.

"Not at all~! Our team is winning is all~ thanks to you, EunAh!"

Sumire consoled EunAh in the same way she consoled her siblings.

"Sniff… really?"

"Yes, really!" Sumire nodded, her eyes wide.

EunAh looked at her. "Now that I think about it… I looked cool! I let out electricity and even transformed!"

EunAh couldn't help but smile as EunAh spoke from within the orca.

'C-cute…'

EunAh usually had a strong sense of pride, but she was looking up at Sumire in a very huggable size.

Sumire smiled without returning to her senses, and the little EunAh frowned.

BZZT!

Electricity formed around EunAh while she looked at Sumire with suspicion.

"Your expression is weird…"

"What?!"

"Was I really helpful?!"

"Yes, of course! Our party doesn't work without you!"

"Really…? Hmm, then I'll believe you." EunAh nodded.

Sumire put EunAh on the sofa and asked, "But that doll… No, th-that orca! Isn't it hard to breathe in there?"

"No, it's comfortable… It's soft and warm. I want to watch YuSung's match from here…" EunAh smiled as she replied to Sumire's worried question.

"Hehe~ Then let's~ cheer for YuSung." Sumire couldn't take her eyes off of EunAh’s plump cheeks and warm expression.

"Yes!" EunAh extendedher hands from within the orca.

"Oh yeah~! Go, YuSung!"

'Young EunAh… is the best.'

Sumire smiled at the younger EunAh. Although Sumire was 17 years old, her motherly instincts were flourishing thanks to Lorelei’s ability.

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She held the weight of UK’s hope on one shoulder and the trust of her master on the other.

Although Lorelei was small, the burden she carried was heavy. Trying to satisfy everyone wasn’t easy.

Swoosh-

Lorelei's golden wave let out a chilling sound like the waves of the sea at night, but that only lasted for a short while.

The wave stopped moving and began shaking while emitting a beautiful light, just like a river embracing the moon.

It was a dream-like scene.

Lorelei's expression hardened when she heard a sound from behind.

"I don't believe in destiny."

Those were her honest feelings.

Lorelei had stacked up more knowledge by reading more books than anyone else. She liked a fate-like romance more than anyone, but she didn't believe in the word ‘destiny’.

"When I saw you, I felt something similar to it. Being enemies is our fate. Neither of us will be satisfied until one of us loses."

YuSung slowly raised his head at Lorelei's words. He was so beautiful that it made her feel dizzy. He was stronger than anyone she had ever fought, and he was the prince she'd always dreamed of.

Despite all that, all she felt from him was a chilling sensation.

Tap! Swoosh-!

Instead of replying, YuSung emitted mana. Lorelei looked up to the night sky and silently said, "The twisted fate that's in my hands…"

Light began gathering in Lorelei’s right hand before taking the shape of a lance.

Its full name was ‘The Lance of Longinus’.

The spear was so famous that it even appeared within the books at hunter academies.

Of course, it wasn't that Lorelei had the original, but she was able to use her knowledge to manipulate mana to have similar properties and take a similar shape to the original.

It was something that, among active hunters, only Aris could do. Since Lorelei had cleared the Trial, she could also use it.

BZZT!!

Some artifacts needed the user to chant if they wanted to fully utilize their strength.

Although the Lance of Longinus was called a holy spear, it wasn't an artifact from the Tower. Rather, it was a relic artifact.

"Through the saint's blood…"

Its destructive power couldn’t even be estimated.

The spear started to turn red.

'So this is mana projection…'

YuSung prepared his mana for the attack. Although he had never seen her abilities before, he wasn’t surprised.

Mana projection was often called ‘omnipotent’.

From what YuSung could see, the ingredient for Lorelei's power was her knowledge, and her imagination was her limit.

‘Still, I see a gap. In the end, it’s just an illusory attack.’

The moment YuSung got in position…

"Prove your martyrdom.,,"

Lorelei chanted and extended her hand. The red lance began moving as if it were alive and pointed toward YuSung.

Relic artifacts relied a lot on history and historical evidence, but the mana emanating from the spear was too menacing.

"To everyone."

The last part of the chant was like a death sentence.

Swoosh!

The red spear shot forward, ready to judge its target. Instead of escaping, YuSung faced it directly.

Indeed, it was the best tactic if you were facing a spear that would never lose its opponent, but offsetting the lance's destructive power was another story.

ZZZT-!

Thanks to having learned the Super Senses, YuSung stretching his senses to the limit was as easy as breathing.

'So this is it.'

There was a weak point in the mana pretending to be the holy spear.

A replica couldn't pretend to copy everything from the original. Even if it could copy the destructive power of the original, there was a defect in its structure.

To YuSung, that defect…

'I can see it.'

Was something he could clearly see.

Fwoosh-!

—Green Dragon's Heavenly Ascent

The palm of YuSung's hand hit the red spear.

BOOM!!

Blue light projected from his palm and deflected the spear. If Lorelei could use her skills to use mana projection, YuSung could deal attacks that were at the level of skills thanks to the Battle God Style he'd polished through the years. The two of them were irregulars that couldn't be explained in the hunter world.

"As expected… an attack like this doesn't work on you."

Lorelei jumped down from the wave toward the ground.

Tap.

Even though she'd jumped from a very high distance, she landed easily; then the golden light poured toward YuSung.

WHOOM!

Lorelei's attack turned the sky of the Clock Tower into a night sea. Like a wave trying to devour a boat, YuSung looked small compared to the golden wave.

Despite that…

Tap!

—Shadowed Moon Steps.

Shin YuSung's body disappeared, and then he appeared before Lorelei.

They could see each other's faces clearly.

As his punch reached Lorelei, her body left an afterimage and vanished.

Pang!

Rather than Lorelei, what he hit was a straw doll. It was a defensive equipment that Aris had made.

You could only use it once, of course.

"I… I was surprised… To think you'd get so close…"

Badump. Badump.

She could hear her heart beating faster.

Even though she was in a serious situation, Lorelei mumbled and blushed.

'Now that I saw him even closer… H-he's even more good-looking…'

If her heart was beating faster, it meant that she was losing concentration.

To Lorelei, who was deeply immersed in romance stories, YuSung's appearance was a fatal weapon.

Lorelei changed her strategy from what she usually employed.

Usually, she would stack damage through different mana projection skills; then, she’d use something like the 'Turning Back Time' she'd used on EunAh.

Her opponent was too good-looking for that to work.

“I carry the hope of the UK… and Ms. Aris… on my shoulders,” Lorelei dumbly mumbled. She could feel that she was starting to lose concentration.

The decisive moment was when she’d seen him up close—how his hair whipped in the wind and his serious expression.

'This is… dangerous…'

After being tricked by YuSung, Lorelei wiped her face with her small hands, and then, with her usual cold expression, she gathered mana in the palms of her hands.

'I wanted to win without using this…'

That was just capricious.

To beat the man before her, she had to use everything she could, even if it was the strength of that fragment.

Swoosh!

Lorelei made up her mind. Golden light began coming out of her hands.

Time stopped for a moment as she began to speak with the outer being.

Of course, that’s just what Lorelei felt was happening.

Tap, tap.

She heard raging bonfires.

- You know the price, right…?

A woman spoke to her. Lorelei answered the telepathic as if she were already used to it.

"A day for every minute…"

The owner of the fragment laughed as if she found it funny and spoke again.

- Okay. How much time do you need?

"Ten minutes." Lorelei sharply answered.

- Then it's 10 days. Even if you have a longer lifespan compared to others, such an amount of time is a shame…

The other party fell into thought and then proposed something.

- Haven't you changed your opinion yet? I'm the Goddess of Time, Chronoa. If you become my devotee, I can lend you my strength as often as you want.

Since she was called a 'goddess', Chronoa was a being comparable to a rank 7 from the Tower. No, she was even comparable to a rank 8. Of course, the one that had made such a proposal to Lorelei was a fragment, but still, it didn't change that its strength was incredible.

Lorelei didn't accept Chronoa's proposal.

'I need 10 minutes.'

The crackling of bonfires still behind her voice, Chronoa bitterly spoke.

- That's… too bad.

FWOOSH!

As the contract finished and the world began moving again, Lorelei clenched her fist.

To answer the trust of the English people, Lorelei was going to show everyone the strength she'd obtained from an outer being.

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