EX rank supporting role’s replay in a prestigious school - Chapter 5

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“Don’t come closer….. Don’t!”

 

Minki mumbled as he ran towards the back.

In that moment of panic, he was able to make a rational judgment to use the spider web traps.

The effect of the flower extract recovery potion lasts for more than 1 minute.

He already used some spider webs on Yoo Sanghoon, so he only has two left.

The effect of the spider web trap lasts for 5 seconds.

That means after 10 seconds, Minki will risk his life playing tag with the Rhinoceron.

 

‘There’s still about four minutes until the block is deactivated. Minki can’t endure that long.’

 

There should be a last resort.

What is the Rhinoceron’s status right now?

 

<Viewing enemy’s status window.>

[Enemy name] Rhinoceron 13

[Rareness] R+

[Title] Domestic monster. Owned by the Bear Clan

[Order] Your master orders you, ‘Destroy everything.’

[Status] Completely submissive (Unable to deactivate). Lower recognition skill, sense skill, and increased intuition. Decreased HP 12, Power 15, Defense 8, MP 6, Anti MP 9, Agility 6, Anti Special Attack 13.

[Overall Level] Lv. 19

[Skill] Heavy dash Lv.3

…..

…..

…..

 

The block was set up by the Eungwang High School’s staff for the exam, and it was enhanced by the Bear Clan.

As expected, the block’s abnormal status effect had been duplicated more than 70 times and re-applied.

There was no damage to those who try to physically attack the block, but it causes an abnormal status effect.

 

‘Even so, the monster is still strong enough to kill all the middle school students in here.’

 

Although it decreased by 50%, the Rhinoceron’s overall ability is still at Lv. 19.

My overall ability is Lv. 10.

Battles can be turned around using skills and strategy, but our opponent is a monster that has abilities overwhelmingly better than humans.

 

‘I can do it, I can……’ I

 

 took out a ‘trainee assassin’s folding knife’ materialized from a card.

I unfolded the blade only to reveal that it was only six centimeters long.

This monster’s shoulder width is well over two meters.

There is no way anyone wouldn’t feel fear in this kind of situation.

I was just waiting for my death while playing this damned game a few hours ago, but now I have to charge at a huge monster?

I felt like my heart was going to pop out.

I held the knife, but my feet weren’t cooperating.

My hand holding the knife was trembling like crazy.

The simulation fight inside my head was completely different from the game onscreen.

 

“Ah….. Ahahah….. Help me. No!” 

 

While I was paralyzed by fear, the 10 seconds of grace for Son Minki was over.

The valuable 10 seconds were over for me as well.

The Rhinoceron escaped the trap and dashed towards Minki.

Minki started to run, but he was inevitably caught by the monster.

 

Slam! Smash, smash…..

 

“Arghhhh, Ughhhhh!”

 

There was the sound of something getting destroyed and popping.

The Rhinoceron relentlessly dashed his huge horn against Son Minki.

 

Smack, smack, smack!

 

After some time, Son Minki’s screams stopped.

That made me feel intimidated even more.

 

‘If things don’t go as planned, I’ll be the next one.’ 

 

I took another deep breath, but my feet still didn’t move.

 

The Rhinoceron can now move freely.

If it senses my attacks as a threat, it would abandon Son Minki and come after me instead. 

 

“Move, now….!”

 

I saw Jang Namwook assisting Yoo Sanghoon, who started to run away after hearing Minki’s scream. 

Namwook, who still has considerably high HP, may luckily survive with little energy.

Though most of his body parts would disappear too.

 

‘Sanghoon will surely die.’

 

In the game, polygon pieces will be shown on the screen after the tutorial level, implying the death of those two NPCs.

I was having those thoughts when…

Without me knowing, I was already running towards the monster.

 

<Activated ‘Use objects’ skill.>

 

My hands were moving unconsciously. 

As if I were gripping a huge hammer, I held the small knife naturally sideways and stabbed the monster attacking Minki.

A red HP gauge appeared above the monster when I repeatedly stabbed it but…

The gauge didn’t decrease at all.

Once, twice, three times…..

I attacked the monster by stabbing and cutting, careful not to damage my own arm, but it felt like I was cutting stone with a glass knife.

It was impossible to injure a monster with the skin of steel.

The low performance of the knife and my low overall ability…

Even if I tried stabbing it a dozen times, the Rhinoceron’s HP gauge didn’t decrease by even 1%.

 

“Euishin…..!”

 

Namwook, who was watching the scene from afar, looked nervous.

He has an intuition skill, and he seems to have realized that the damage given to the enemy was almost zero.

Still, it’ll be over if I stop here.

I have to do it while the monster is busy attacking Son Minki.

But……

The flower scent was completely gone and the smell of rotten meat filled my senses. 

The monster covered in Son Minki’s blood and flesh stared at me.

 

‘I want to run……!’

 

I felt a pressure incomparable to when I was playing this game on my smartphone.

I might end up like Son Minki in a few seconds.

 

Woaarghhh.!

 

But then, the monster roared before leaving me alone, perhaps because the damage I did to it was almost zero.

It assumed that I was harmless so the monster decided to ‘destroy everything’, the order given to it.

 

<Warning, enemy ‘Rhinoceron’ uses skill ‘heavy dash.’>

 

The Rhinoceron’s body gave off a distinct red mist.

In a few seconds, my body will be pulverized by that monster,

Quickly!

Just a bit faster!

I moved my knife.

 

“No……..! Stop and run, Euishin!” Namwook shouted from afar.

 

No, I didn’t stop.

Instead, I wielded my arm against the body beyond the red mist.

 

Beep.

 

<Weapon’s matureness: 100%.>

 

There was a system notification sound.

That’s it!

I held the knife up high and gave my all to stab the Rhinoceron.

 

<Weapon’s rareness has changed from N- to N.>

 

The knife that upgraded its rareness.

The knife in my hand stabbed deep inside the monster, passing the red mist around its body.

The blade penetrated the monster’s vital point.

 

Stab!

 

<Special attack ‘Immediate death’ has been activated.>

Grrrrr….

 

After letting out its final shout, the Rhinoceron collapsed. 

I stood over it for a while, but the monster didn’t move anymore.

 

‘It’s dead……!’

 

I breathed heavily while looking at the unmoving monster.

If I was slower, I would’ve ended up like Minki.

My hand that held the knife wasn’t trembling anymore, but I still had scary thoughts in my head.

 

“Euishin!”

 

Namwook and Sanghoon ran up to me while shouting my name.

They were way faster now than when they were running away just a while ago.

That made me feel relaxed and I laughed.

 

“You killed it……. Good job, Euishin!”

“That was close. Did you aim for its vital point?”

 

Namwook was frowning as if he was about to cry, while Sanghoon was smiling brightly.

Perhaps because of an overwhelming adrenaline rush, Sanghoon was smiling despite the great pain he must be feeling.

 

“You think? Good job, guys.”

 

I tapped Namwook’s shoulder so he wouldn’t cry.

Even though they’re young middle school students, crying in front of other people would surely be an embarrassing memory.

I tapped him harder so he gave a bright smile despite feeling immense pain.

 

“Sanghoon, did you stop bleeding?”

“I feel a bit better after Minki sprayed the recovery potion.”

 

Although he stopped bleeding, his wounds might open up if he moves too much.

Sanghoon doesn’t seem like someone who would say anything weak even in the face of death.

 

‘He would keep his mouth shut even if his wounds open up again.’

 

Just to be sure, I made a temporary dressing by cutting fabric from his uniform jacket.

I transformed the folding knife into a card before wrapping the dressing over his chest.

Before carding the knife, the item information seemed to be updated.

 

<Viewing updated item information.>

[Item name] Trainee assassin’s folding knife

[Type] Weapon

[Rareness] N

[Experience] 102%

[Effect] 10% bonus experience, +2.5 agility, +0.5 strength

[Additional effect] In extremely rare situations, opponents might die immediately 

[Explanation]

A crude weapon that can be purchased at a supermarket.

Contains the grudge of the revenge seeker who trained endlessly to penetrate the enemy’s neck.

If he didn’t give up until the last moment, his last surely…….

 

There’s a huge risk in facing enemies with huge level differences, but there were many pros too.

 

‘One of those is a weapon’s EXP.’

 

This knife had the lowest rareness possible.

Since it’s a very low-level weapon, there wasn’t much EXP needed for its rareness to level up. 

Attacking high-level enemies would help it level up quickly.

And this weapon had a special effect when it leveled up.

A special attack — immediate death.

 

‘Low immediate death possibility, very low rareness, and weapon ability. This thing isn’t something I’d use in the game.’

 

The block that gave an abnormal status effect when attacked made all the difference.

 

‘I was lucky.’

 

I had the worst luck in choosing the item.

If I had picked an item with higher rareness or usefulness, it would’ve been easy to survive for 15 minutes.

And if the Destiny skill wasn’t activated, all of us would’ve died from Minki’s plan.

 

“Euishin, aren’t you tightening it too much?”

“Bear with it. You need to put pressure on the wound to prevent it from bleeding.”

 

Sanghoon frowned and didn’t say much.

Meanwhile, Namwook was talking too much.

It felt like a glimpse of what a happy ending in the game would’ve looked like.

I’ve been wishing for that all this time.

I was already on the brink of death anyway.

I had no life ahead of me.

It wouldn’t be bad to see a happy ending in this world.

There were still doubts about my current situation.

 

‘However, right now……’

 

Now, it’s time to share the happiness of surviving the tutorial quest.

We will be the first and last people who will clear the ‘tutorial for supporting role’ in this game.

 

“Why did you give it to him?”

 

Sanghoon’s attention was on Minki who was lying down in a puddle of his own blood

His body still had a vague shape, but his body was disintegrated. 

I don’t know if he’s dead or just unconscious.

 

‘There is a high chance that Minki is still alive.’

 

Near Minki were the four pieces of ‘cotton puppet’s sacrifice’ which Sanghoon gave to me earlier.

 

“It’s an item to decrease the damage.” 

 

Namwook seemed to know what it does thanks to his intuition skill.

When the ‘spider web trap’ was deactivated, I used the ‘cotton puppet’s sacrifice’ on Minki.

 

“I gave it so he can survive. The Rhinoceron’s overall ability decreased. Lowering the damage on him a little more, I thought Minki would survive despite being handicapped.”

 

A player with extraordinary skills is stronger than normal humans, so they don’t die easily.

Comparing a player and a normal person’s level, my ability is Lv. 10 as an 8th grader.

It may vary for normal people, but their level is between 1 and 5.

A regular person would die from shock if all their limbs are destroyed at once, but Minki is a player who is applying for the best player-specialized school in Korea.

He won’t die easily.

 

“I gave it to you because you were taking on a dangerous role. I didn’t give it to you to use it on a traitor.”

“I know.”

“Would you let someone who tried to kill you off the hook?”

“No.”

Sanghoon looked furious.

 

“Nothing will happen if he repents, but he won’t. That’s fine.”

 

I’d never forgive such a trashy person.

 

‘Still, I can’t let Minki die here.’

 

‘One student dead and three survived at Eungwang Player Master High school, Korea’s most prestigious player-specialized school.’

 

A headline like that…

All the blame will be on the school and the three people who survived.

I’m the one who’s largely responsible, but the other two will be involved as well.

I’m okay, but I’m not sure if the two middle school students can handle their lives getting destroyed.

 

‘From what I can see, even if Minki survives, he won’t feel sorry at all.’

 

The risk of death doesn’t change human nature.

What we saw at the risky moment was Minki’s true nature.

 

“Understood.” Sanghoon calmed himself.

 

It became awkward.

Namwook made a comment after looking at Sanghoon.

 

“Umm…… Did I give you 2 item cards? I thought it was 4 cards so I made a mistake, but thankfully it turned out well……”

 

Smash!

 

Namwook’s attempt to make the atmosphere better was futile.

Before Namwook finished his comment, the gym door split into two.

 

‘There is still one minute left until the block is deactivated.’

 

Only someone with a high overall ability could destroy a block like that.

Namwook, Sanghoon, and I nervously looked at the direction of the gym door.

 

‘What is it…….’

 

Something went into my eye and made me feel dizzy.

In front of the destroyed gym, there was someone holding a bright white sword.

A sword that I know very well.

The white tooth of a tiger.

It’s the White Fang, Baekho’s (White Tiger) sword that can destroy clouds and cut thunder.

 

‘It’s Baekho…….!’

 

Even if I didn’t see that sword, I knew who it was just by looking at the silhouette. 

Baekho-gun was the only playable character in the last battle of the final chapter.

He’s my main playable character, the one that I utilized the most

However,,,

 

‘Baekho-gun doesn’t appear in this event.’

 

Things that I knew from the game seemed to differ from this world.

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