I Became the Leader of Academy City

38 – Discipline 18. The leader blocks the plan of the school villain (2)

It was difficult to remember the exact contents of the game.

In particular, the attack on Aseong High School by the six criminals was not related to any story or event.

I just barely remembered what the news announcer said in the game.

So, I think it is useful to remember that an incident occurs.

‘I’m anxious….’

I couldn’t help but feel a lot of tension.

It wasn’t that I didn’t know anything, it was because I had very vague knowledge of the future.

Things should work out well….

‘Anyway, did he know that the practical evaluation would take place here?’

This is a story about a necromancer.

Even I didn’t know in advance where Aseong High School’s practical evaluations would be conducted this semester.

In the practice evaluation that I approved, only the structure and characteristics of the location were explained.

Before being the lead manager, I was the one who had to take the practical evaluation, so for the sake of fairness, only the minimum amount of information was provided.

Only after today, students were informed of where and how the practical evaluation would be conducted. It was even a newly developed place this year.

Well, as a leader, there was no particular advantage to performing the role of test supervisor and looking around the test site first.

It is beneficial to have your ability to handle magical power evaluated, and once the evaluation is over, the target automatically moves for the next evaluation, and you can practice at the academy.

‘At a practical evaluation location that not even I knew about, a necromancer attacks….’

Why?

There were two things that seemed like the biggest possibilities.

It doesn’t matter where the necromancer attacks Stronghold.

She has some kind of relationship of interest with a faculty member who could leak her information.

Assuming the latter, most people could not believe it. So, I only shared with the executives the information that the six criminals might appear during the practical evaluation. From the outside, it seemed like it was just my wild guess, but everyone seemed to be careful and there would be no harm.

‘Please…’ Get caught without any trouble.’

My heart became heavy at the thought of having to catch the six criminals, risking the safety of the students. It must be responsibility.

Even though I knew there was nothing I could do because the practical evaluation was an opportunity to catch a necromancer… It was a feeling that could not be easily avoided.

This is the problem with knowing game knowledge.

“Manager.”

At that time, Deputy Chief Oh Baek-seo came next to me and spoke to me.

“Are you nervous?”

“!”

No, what.

Did he read my mind again?

“Well, could that be possible? “It would be absurd for the leader to be nervous about catching a villain.”

“Yes, I guess so.”

When the white paper stopped pretending, he nodded his head with a kind smile.

“What Dal-bi Kim said in the first place could have been a lie. Even if it is true, you can pass the practical evaluation without incident.”

“I hope what she says is a lie. “I hope nothing happens.”

A night with salt-like stars embroidered in the high ultramarine blue sky.

We looked at the exam room together.

It was a practical evaluation location quite far away from Asung High School.

It is a huge test site full of artificial structures created by remodeling a forest.

This is a place developed by the entire Asung Academy, or ‘Aseong Comprehensive Academy’, and boasts a complex structure like a maze.

‘All of those things were built for educational purposes…’ .’

As expected, major academies play big.

Anyway, today is the first-year practical evaluation day.

The second-year student in the leadership team takes on the role of supervisor.

Meanwhile, it was decided that executives with excellent military power (except Park Min-hyuk) would supervise on different days regardless of grade. I decided to sacrifice myself and take on the role of supervisor on several days.

But somehow the Five Hundred Books followed. I will work with you on all days when I participate as an exam proctor.

The reason is that as a couple manager, I can’t just leave the manager to suffer.

I was told that safety should be taken as there was a possibility that there might be a villain among the students, so I had nothing to say.

‘It would be nice if the white paper helped me.’

I was the only one who was grateful if a child like Baek Seo was with me.

It’s very reassuring.

“I guess I’m about to start.”

First-year students lined up in groups in the plaza began moving to the exam room under the guidance of their supervisors.

They would enter the testing center at different locations and take the practical evaluation.

“It’s time to break up. Manager, be careful.”

“You too, be careful. Good luck.”

“Yes.”

The white paper was scattered.

We had discussed that we would split up and hunt down the top suspects, who were believed to be necromancers among the first year students. As a supervisor, of course.

And the person I was going to focus on was Han Seo-jin, an expressionless junior.

But she couldn’t just look after herself.

This was because there were multiple suspects, so we had to pay attention to everyone’s location.

Practice evaluation subjects wear bracelets.

The bracelet was capable of location tracking through a smartphone app.

So, I was planning to keep a distance and monitor the suspects.

‘Expressionless…. I hope it’s not you.’

I really hoped that the guy I had singled out as a promising prospect and had given him some affection for, was not a villain.

* * *

The edge of the setting sun kisses the horizon.

The sea is dyed red and rippling by the residual sun. In the movie, the male and female protagonists lean on each other’s shoulders and watch the setting sun, deepening their love.

It was very beautiful.

So, the sea must have been deeply engraved in Han Seo-jin’s mind as a child.

Until billions of old humans lost their lives, the sea was a symbol of romance. Even in many media being developed today, the beautiful sea of the past is sometimes depicted.

However, all citizens were well aware of what the current sea was like.

Once upon a time, a picture of the ocean was taken by an explorer at great risk. There was a picture floating around on the Internet.

What was once a symbol of romance has now become a hell.

Still, Seojin wanted to see the sea.

It was because I wanted to capture at least a fragment of the beautiful scenery with my own eyes.

Even if it was just a trivial complaint, Seojin desperately wanted it to happen.

“… ….”

Practical evaluation location, somewhere.

Fireflies and lamps hanging on trees were lighting up the surroundings.

Unlike other students who are constantly taking practical assessments, Seojin sat quietly on an artificial structure, receiving moonlight.

Seojin had no interest in the various evaluation structures that tested her magical power, or the targets she had to find using her magical sensitivity and exploration abilities.

She said all she had to do here was not take the practical assessment.

When I looked up, I saw a skyscraper in the distance stretching toward the sky like the Tower of Babel. A long bright light was radiating above it.

The center of Academy City.

It was a beam of light meaning ‘central point.’

In that building was the headmaster of Academy City.

─ ‘Ahahahaha.’

The principal’s voice passed through Seojin’s mind. It was a memory of the past that remained like a lingering sound.

Childhood.

A time when many children in infancy were discarded under the management of the headmaster, and Seojin himself was the only one who barely survived.

The principal spoke to Seojin.

─ ‘I’ll show you the pretty sea you’ve been hoping for.’

That one word instantly brought a strange look to Seojin’s eyes.

─ ‘So, for everyone’s future, will you lend me your strength?’

The headmaster said he knew a safe route that leads to the sea outside the city.

So, Seojin didn’t know if she would be able to see the sunset sea she saw in the movie.

She was just fine with that.

With only the wish and expectation of ‘I want to see the sea, and I can see it’, Seojin was able to survive.

If she hadn’t had that, she would have walked the same path as her children who were discarded by her.

“… Let’s begin.”

Seojin pretended to pick up something from her.

Seuuu.

Then, her purple magical power rose in her hand, and it turned into her black skull mask. Seojin put the mask on her face.

As she stood up, her body was covered with magical energy and quickly transformed into the shape of a robe.

Six Sinners Symbolic skull mask and robe as the ‘necromancer’.

It is a magical costume that can be stored in the form of magical power, and can be materialized or magicalized at any time.

Suddenly, a purple magic circle appeared on the ground, and a staff rose from it. That too was a process of materialization.

Tuk. Seojin grabbed the cane.

It was a magic staff equipped with a magic stone.

With that, mana management and mana output become easier.

Seojin raised his staff and raised his magic power.

Kugugugugugu!

At that moment, with a light earthquake.

In the middle of the testing room, purple magic began to draw a large circle.

Fuuu!

A heterogeneous purple current rises along the circle, creating a circular space.

Soon, a huge barrier was formed around Seojin.

A heterogeneous barrier where waves gently roll over.

It surrounded part of the large test site and blocked the space.

Unique ability ‘Necromancy’.

Magic formula type 4, ‘Spirit Realm (魂靈圈域)’.

Seojin received information about this testing site in advance and wrote it down.

So that you can use your unique abilities efficiently and powerfully.

“What!?”

“What the hell is that…?” ?”

“That’s not a barrier…” ?”

“aaah!”

While the students were in confusion, the inner wall of the spirit realm revealed a new sky. The testing center became bright as if we had been transported to another world.

It was due to the mysterious illusion of the moon bleeding and emitting soft light.

Poof. Seojin waved her staff lightly.

One after another, the summoning lines engraved throughout the test site began to shed light and vomited out the dead all at once.

“What is that!?”

“Run away!”

“Crazy!”

Students everywhere screamed and ran away or took a fighting stance.

The one who is summoned is the dead.

No, to be precise.

[Grrr… !]

They were dead demon beasts.

The skeletal beasts, wrapped in magic like skin, raised their massive bodies. Sharp claws flashed from its feet, reflecting magical energy.