Why Is Everyone in This Dating Sim Trying to Kill Me?!

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Translator: Vine

Chapter Title: Wrapping Up (1)

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"M-my hand! My hand!!!!?"

The Demon, whose wrist had been severed, shrieked, staring disbelievingly at her empty hand.

Thwap—

"Shut up."

A firm hand clamped over her mouth.

"Mmph!? Hmph!?"

"Don't be such a drama queen over just one arm. Aren't you ashamed, acting like this for a Demon?"

From the voice of the young boy gripping her mouth, a chilling coldness dripped.

But the palpable killing intent flowing from within it showed just how enraged the boy was.

"Exactly double what Gukbap suffered. Until that is carved into your body, you will not die."

She glared at Jin Yuha with bloodshot eyes.

But Jin Yuha met her gaze with calm, restrained eyes.

Clack-clack-clack-clack-clack—

Her teeth clattered incessantly—as if she'd been thrown naked into the polar regions.

'Damn it! Damn it! Damn it all!!! Where did this monster bastard come from…!!!'

Late regret washed over her, but it was already too late.

Crrunch.

The hand gripping her face slowly tightened.

"Mmph! Hmph!!"

In response, the Demon seized his forearm with her remaining hand and even struck him, but—

His arm remained utterly still, as if she were gripping solid rock.

The fingertips gripping her mouth dug deep into both cheeks.

Rip!

"Gah!?"

Thud.

Jin Yuha had torn off the Demon's entire mouth, and with an indifferent expression, he opened his palm.

From his hand, teeth and chunks of flesh, mixed with blood, splattered to the ground.

"Gasp— Choke—."

The Demon lay sprawled on the ground, looking up at him with trembling eyes.

Next, Jin Yuha's sword swung downwards.

Swish.

Thwack!

This time, it was her ankle that was severed.

It happened in an instant.

Barely a minute after losing her wrist, the Demon had now lost her ankle as well.

"H-heh-uh-uh-uh-uh…!!"

From the Demon's mouth, now came a groan like that of a wailing beast.

She tried to force herself upright, but couldn't.

She could only squirm grotesquely on the ground, like an insect.

Jin Yuha looked down at her with cold eyes and spoke.

"You will survive to the very end, and engrave clearly into your eyes the sight of your comrades dying."

***

They had attacked with all their might, yet their opponent easily dodged their assaults.

Even one of the Demons had fallen like an insect, unable to do anything at all.

At the unbelievable sight, the Demons gaped.

Who could possibly see this as a first-year student?

A sword that showed not an ounce of hesitation in slicing through human flesh.

What was shocking was that the one displaying such a sight was not a Demon, long accustomed to murder, but an academy student.

Of course, the students of Velvet Hunter Academy underwent grueling training every day.

Beyond their assigned classes, everyone would lock themselves away in private training rooms, day and night, striving to break past their limits.

However, that was ultimately a hothouse flower, whose life was guaranteed.

While they might manage to get used to hunting monsters somehow,

betting their lives against real humans was an entirely different story.

The Demons, who had always hunted other humans from the position of predators, now cowered as if they had become prey.

Step.

As Jin Yuha's footsteps turned towards the other Demons, they each drew their weapons and slowly retreated.

Just then.

From behind him, the Demon with her mouth torn off spluttered blood as she screamed.

"K-kill! K-kill him! If we don't k-kill that b-bastard right n-now, we'll all d-die!!!!!"

Her pronunciation was unclear, as her mouth had been torn and many of her teeth pulled out.

But the meaning was clearly conveyed, and the Demons gripped their weapons tighter.

And the moment they all rushed towards Jin Yuha—

Flicker—

Jin Yuha's form blurred.

Whish!

The sword gleamed, and the blood on its tip traced a crimson arc.

The head that had shot into the air belatedly opened its mouth as if to scream, but of course, no sound could come from a mouth separated from its body.

Thud.

The head simply plummeted to the ground, eyes and mouth agape.

Thump.

Following it, the headless Demon's body also collapsed meaninglessly.

***

A cool breeze ruffled his hair, cooling his heated mind.

The scene, previously bathed in the setting sun, was gradually painted over with darkness.

I looked at the Demons before me, gauging their numbers.

'Total: fifteen.'

One was sprawled behind him, and one was dead.

So, thirteen remained here.

Facing all of them at once?

Of course, it wasn't difficult.

When Sophia's healing fell upon Lee Yuri earlier, my own body also received its benefits.

Compared to the boss, Rebecca, these were mere extras – in other words, pathetic trash.

'But if they decide it's hopeless and scatter to escape, it'll get troublesome.'

No matter how fast those bastards were, they'd eventually be caught and stabbed.

That wasn't what I was worried about.

It was hostages.

If I swung my sword as fast as possible and caught them, I could take down about eleven of them right here,

but two might manage to escape and take students hostage.

Given what happened to Lee Yuri,

honestly, I felt like it wouldn't matter if a few students were sacrificed, but…

'But if I did that, Gukbap's foolish sacrifice for those bastards would become meaningless.'

Sword mastery, fundamentally, was strong in one-on-one combat.

It wasn't suited for multiple opponents.

Then, a certain skill suddenly flashed through my mind.

A skill among my own that I had never once used in actual combat.

It wasn't something I originally possessed or learned separately, but a skill usable through an item from the Alice Box—the Moonlight Earring.

'Sakwol (New Moon)'

It was a technique that allowed sword mastery, which excelled in one-on-one combat, to fight effectively against multiple opponents.

'Right, Sakwol was a skill only usable at night, so I hadn't had much chance to use it until now.'

As I circulated my magic power.

The crescent-moon-shaped earring on my ear emitted a brilliant blue light.

***

The students gulped.

"H-hey, hey. Y-you said they were Demons, right?"

"Y-yeah, yeah… I think so, just now."

"Then, Lee Yuri really almost died…?"

These were the ones who, belatedly, realized the weight of Lee Yuri's sacrifice and why Jin Yuha was so enraged.

"So that's why none of our attacks worked…"

"H-hey, hey… S-shouldn't we go out and fight too? Are we just going to leave Jin Yuha to fight alone?"

"H-how are we supposed to!?"

"They're Demons! Demons!!"

This was the typical first-year students' perception of Demons.

Demons were malicious beings who hunted Hunters.

They would stop at nothing to kill their opponents.

The experience of having seen and heard about their danger since childhood was enough to freeze their bodies rigid.

When they hadn't known they were Demons, everyone had rushed to attack, but now, they desperately looked only to Jin Yuha's back.

That's why Shin Sehee had considered telling them about the Demons' arrival from the start, but had no choice but to drop the idea!

"But, Jin Yuha… What is it? Those Demons… What the…?"

Confused by the shock that their opponents were Demons, they soon realized what kind of battle Jin Yuha was currently fighting.

Even though everyone was seeing the same scene, they couldn't believe their own eyes.

Because amidst more than ten Demons, Jin Yuha was rampaging alone.

Humm—

A light briefly flickered from Jin Yuha's ear, and then the tip of his sword took on a chilling sharpness.

From the outstretched sword, streams of sword energy burst forth.

Thump!

Whoosh—

Jin Yuha launched himself forward, putting weight into his toes.

But no footprint was left where he had pushed off.

His speed was extraordinary.

The Demons gritted their teeth and tried to attack Jin Yuha, but he moved as if he alone possessed a different speed.

Jin Yuha suddenly appeared before one of the Demons and plunged his sword into its body.

Thrust—

Thrust—

Thrust—

"Guh-haaaargghh—!"

The blood-soaked blade withdrew from its body, then repeatedly stabbed into its vital points.

The sounds were sharp, and the movements concise.

A sword art perfected, with all unnecessary elements removed.

It was the sword art Baek Seolhee had taught.

"...!"

The Demon died, eyes wide open, without putting up any resistance, spewing blood from its entire body.

As another one died so meaninglessly,

the Demons began to put distance between themselves.

It seemed they intended to flee, as they were no match.

However, Jin Yuha began to wield his sword as if dancing.

Suddenly, he launched himself into the air.

Swish—

Swish—

His body, suspended in the air, spun rapidly, and the sword energy lingering at his blade's tip moved with it.

Silver sword energy, as if modeled after moonlight, scattered across the air.

Whoosh—!!

The sword energies thus unleashed rushed towards the Demons as if alive.

Slice—

Slice—

Slice—

Cutting sounds rang out in succession.

Severed limbs rolled across the ground.

"Guh-haaaaaaahk!"

"M-my arm! My arm!!!"

"My leg!!!"

"Haaahhhk!!!"

The Demons howled with voices that seemed dragged from hell.

Thus, any plans to immediately flee or take students hostage, as they had done with Lee Yuri, were swiftly thwarted.

"...You insane— H-how dare you! How dare you do this!!"

A Demon, whose chest had been long-sliced rather than a limb, bravely stepped forward, but—

Slice—

Jin Yuha did not answer, merely swinging his sword with an expressionless face.

And then, another Demon's head plopped to the ground.

"..."

At the sight utterly devoid of mercy, all the Demons couldn't help but share the same sentiment.

Fear.

That was a monster.

They would all die here.

It was then.

A woman with short black hair.

Baek Seolhee appeared on the scene with an expressionless face.

"Jin Yuha."