I got into school for nothing - Chapter 198
I got into school for nothing (198)
Lesson 39. I Must Have Him - 3
The first to notice the change, of course, was Lilyth.
“The dimension wall has been breached, Master.”
“Hmm?”
“Oops.”
As Ban Yuwon stopped, Rucell, who had been following closely behind him, bumped her head into his back.
“What’s wrong, Yuwon?”
“Huh?”
Among them, Kiira, who was at the front with Ban Yumi, looked visibly startled, as if she, too, had noticed something.
...Or perhaps her superior had relayed some message to her.
“This is no time for dungeon conquering.”
“Ban Yuwon, what is it?”
“Ah—well.”
Receiving real-time reports from Lilyth, Ban Yuwon organized his complicated thoughts as best he could, then made an unavoidable decision.
“Sorry, but I’ll clear this place. We need to get out quickly.”
“What are you talking about? It’s still a G-rank dungeon, so clearing it that easily—”
Yu Jina, who had never truly experienced Ban Yuwon’s skill, started to interject as she usually did with her older sisters, but then fell silent the next moment.
It was because she saw the subspace opening and Ban Yuwon’s vassals pouring out from within.
Of course, since the dungeon wasn’t very spacious, the ‘real’ robot series couldn’t appear. But with Livi, carrying Lyu Cheolmyeong’s greatsword, followed by Tikke, Lilyth, Eve, and twenty-five Stormrain Swords emerging one after another, it was impossible to collect oneself.
“Why are you all so surprised? You’ve seen them plenty of times in videos, haven’t you?”
“Seeing them in a video is different from seeing them like this!”
“Is that so? Then take a good look now. Eve, if you please.”
Eve, who instantly swelled in size and transformed into a form similar to Livi, led the group of vassals and began to charge.
As a G-rank dungeon, there were quite a few traps that one might only see in the Tower of Babel, but who were they? As Ban Yuwon’s vassals, they unleashed the Authorities they shared with him, mostly absorbing the very concepts of the traps, advancing at an overwhelming speed.
Ban Yuwon drew the Executioner’s Longsword, gripped it, and thrust it forward, shouting in a pose reminiscent of Joan of Arc leading her citizen army.
“There are no more traps, so run!”
“No traps? Then all the hard work we put into disarming them until now...”
“Just run!”
The scout (trap disarmer) of the Phoenix Knights made a mournful face, but no one had time to pay attention to him.
As they frantically ran, chasing after the vassals who had already disappeared from sight, “Crackle, Boom, Bang!” A thunderous din shook the entire dungeon.
“What was that sound!”
“Looks like Tikke is rampaging a bit noisily.”
“What on earth are you going around making?”
Dungeons become harder to navigate as their rank increases, not just because of traps but also due to complex structures. However, Ban Yuwon’s vassals identified the spot with the highest mana density in the dungeon—meaning where the boss was—and charged straight through, destroying everything in their path, distinguishing neither monsters, traps, nor walls.
The party following them merely had to run in a straight line.
“This... South Korea won’t be able to surpass this for a while...”
At the Phoenix Knights member’s muttered words, the other members scoffed as if amused.
“Aren’t you still out of your mind if you’re saying ‘for a while’? In terms of civilization, it’s easily a three-century difference.”
“He probably meant 21 centuries.”
“As things stand, our captain has no choice but to entice that person to naturalize in the UK...”
“Seeing her follow him around like a fan, it seems more like our captain is about to follow him and naturalize in Korea... Ugh.”
The members, who had been engaged in a profound discussion about national power development, fell silent, pierced by the fierce glares from the Oculus Ruber members.
Ban Yuwon, who was leading the party with Rucell, resolved never to look back.
Rucell, understanding Ban Yuwon’s thoughts, chuckled and said,
“It’s Master’s destiny. An overly outstanding male is bound to be plagued by females.”
“Before, I think I would’ve just denied your words outright, but these days, I’m starting to think humans are just beasts who happen to wear clothes...”
No, but seriously, this isn’t the time for jokes!
Ban Yuwon, who had no time to humor them, needlessly poked Rucell’s forehead before quickening his pace.
“Boom!” As Tikke, sensing his urgency from afar, rampaged even more violently, Lilyth’s report continued.
“The dimension wall has just been breached, and crude ships have appeared. They’re practically asteroids carved into warships... and surprisingly, they’re Relics.”
“Relics?! The entire ships are Relics?”
Any Rebellion member who had experienced the last special activity would know what was coming next, even if not Ban Yuwon himself.
“It’s not impossible. Those kinds of ships are the most commonly used in space, and especially when history accumulates, and many people’s grudges or mana overlap, they easily become Relics. And it’s not uncommon for Orcs who acquire them to cause a Wave.”
Orc Wave.
A catastrophe that could easily cover an entire planet with Orcs.
Ban Yuwon recognized the gravity of the situation, yet he tilted his head.
“A natural disaster like an Orc Wave, now? The timing is too coincidental for that.”
“The Orc Wave Master faced last time wasn’t natural either, was it?”
“...That’s right.”
“In fact, the Orc fleet is approaching Earth in a straight line. Since I hacked satellites and adjusted their trajectories, other countries must have noticed by now.”
Anyway, those bastards from the higher dimensions are manipulating Orc Waves like they’re nuclear missiles, using them for their own ends.
Indeed, Orcs mutated by the influence of Relics are easily swayed by the will contained within them, so perhaps they were simply convenient weapons to use.
“They’re absorbing the mana from space, and their size is growing. Wait, why are the ships increasing? Ah, they’re ships made of Orc bones and muscles!”
“I didn’t want that report...”
Just hearing that was enough to give him a sense of it.
That this was a catastrophe of an even more insane scale than the Orc Wave that had previously engulfed the F-rank dimension!
“—KWOOOOOOOOOOO!”
At that very moment, the dungeon vibrated frantically.
To the point where the less powerful backline members of the Phoenix Knights stumbled and nearly collapsed.
“This... the boss! Isn’t this dangerous?”
“No.”
Ban Yuwon calmly replied to Lee Hyun-ji’s words.
“It sounds like the boss just died. Let’s head to the boss room for now.”
“I can’t accept this kind of dungeon exploration...”
“I’m telling you, this isn’t the time for that.”
The dreams of the Phoenix Knights members—to conquer dungeons with Ban Yuwon, solidify their cooperative relationship with Korea, and make their knightly order’s name known throughout the world—were being crushed in real-time.
Ban Yuwon let out a soft sigh, and by then, Kiira had approached his side, opening her mouth with a tense expression.
“We’re screwed.”
“I know. Orc Wave, you know about it too, it seems.”
“The Orc Wave isn’t the problem. Ulrike has locked onto you, I’m telling you.”
“Huh?”
What on earth did she mean by that?
Ban Yuwon was the one who had locked onto *them* first.
How could *she*, from a place vastly distant from Earth, know that Ban Yuwon was resolved to help his sister defeat the Prominence family and make the first move?
“Tell me in more detail.”
“So, Ulrike is currently targeting you—”
“Oh, look at those two flirting!”
“It’s nothing like that, so please.”
Even as they spoke, the two ran without pause, eventually reaching the boss room.
As Ban Yuwon had guaranteed, the earlier thunderous roar was indeed the sound of the boss collapsing. Though they hadn’t even seen the boss’s face before it ended, surprisingly, something had dropped.
“Sheesh, sheesh.”
“Lucky us. Since my vassals caught this anyway, it’s mine, right?”
“Of course... a ring?”
Ban Yuwon checked it and saw that it contained the concepts of ‘Healing’ and ‘Fortitude,’ seemingly an artifact that assisted with recovery and defensive abilities. Surprisingly, the depth of its concepts was so profound that even Ban Yuwon couldn’t create it.
Within it lay a highly intricate and complex array of concepts that Ban Yuwon couldn’t fully decipher, something that couldn’t be created by simply bestowing ‘Healing’ and ‘Fortitude.’
“If I try, I could probably decipher it, but reproducing it exactly would be difficult. If that were possible, there would be virtually nothing in this world I couldn’t create...”
In truth, Ban Yuwon hadn’t expected much from anything found on Earth, so he was bewildered by the sudden appearance of this loot. As he stared blankly at it on his palm, the outer perimeter grew noisy.
“It’s a ring.”
“A, a ring.”
“No, why are they so surprised by the item’s shape?”
Ban Yuwon, dumbfounded, sighed and held it out to Ban Yumi.
“Here, sis, you can have this.”
“Oh? Oh.”
For a moment, Ban Yumi seemed a little surprised, but she soon returned to her composed demeanor and slipped the ring onto her hand.
It was the people around them who were making more of a fuss.
“?!”
“Oh, crazy.”
“Did he just give her a ring? To his own sister?”
“No, why are they making such a big deal out of giving an artifact?”
It seems he’ll have to pick a day to give these people a collective reality check.
Ban Yuwon sighed and briefly explained right there.
After all, he could supplement the abilities an artifact possessed elsewhere, and the same went for Rucell, who was always with him.
That’s why he gave it to Ban Yumi without hesitation.
“Now then, let’s go out.”
Watching Ban Yuwon coolly turn away, the people behind him whispered.
“He acts like he doesn’t care, but he really looks after his sister.”
“I wonder if Yumi fell for that kind of thing?”
“Still, he has too many women. Like how he charmed McBride in just one day.”
However, those who had been chatting so noisily fell silent as soon as the dungeon completely collapsed and they emerged outside.
It was because they could already see the dots that had appeared beyond the sky.
“That... what is that?”
“Orc Wave.”
“Orc Wave?!”
There was no need for further explanation.
Everyone present here had already watched the videos uploaded on Ban Yuwon’s channel and studied up on the Orc Wave.
“Why is that coming to Earth...?”
“Can we, can we handle that?”
“This was no time to be conquering G-rank dungeons!”
“That’s why I told you.”
“Come here for a second.”
Kiira, who had stepped out from among the party staring up at the sky with mouths agape like most people outside, grabbed Ban Yuwon’s hand and pulled him.
As soon as Ban Yuwon hastily created a barrier to block out noise and the Constellations’ interference, Kiira exclaimed as if she had been waiting.
“That Orc Wave, what do you think its purpose is?”
“You said it was locked onto me. So it must be targeting me.”
“No, it’s Rucell!”
“Eh?”
Why is Rucell suddenly involved?
“What I meant by ‘targeting’ was... that she wants to *possess* you. And trying to eliminate Rucell is probably because she wants to isolate you.”
“Is slavery perhaps legal on your planet?”
Only now fully grasping the situation, Ban Yuwon replied in disbelief, and Kiira sighed, nodding her head.
“If it’s the Prominence family, who could really say anything if they openly kept slaves? But more importantly, the problem now is that Ulrike knows I’m with you.”
“...Ah.”
Indeed, if Ulrike had issued commands through a Constellation, it would have been impossible for Kiira to conceal her situation.
Ban Yuwon looked up at the increasingly close Orc Wave and clicked his tongue.
This is driving me crazy.
He understood why Kiira was making such an urgent expression.
“She ordered me to seize an opportunity, assassinate Rucell, and secure you... you know, right? I have no justifiable reason to refuse this. Why did the situation suddenly get so tangled... do you perhaps have pheromones that charm women from the Prominence family?”
Kiira might have been trying to make a joke in the urgent situation, but for Ban Yuwon, who knew that besides Kiira and Ulrike, there was another legitimate heir from the Prominence family who harbored feelings for him, it was a joke he absolutely couldn’t laugh at.
“Anyway, since that’s how it is.”
Kiira looked Ban Yuwon in the eye with a serious gaze and said,
“Immediately, release my contract with the Constellation.”
“......”
“Right now. I don’t want to fight you.”
“If I research a bit more, I might find another way...”
“Sorry, I can’t wait any longer.”
“Haaah.”
Ban Yuwon let out a deep sigh, then wrapped his arms around Kiira’s neck and kissed her.
And through his “Maneonsun”—Lips that hold all things—he directly poured the power of his Authority into her body, severing her contract with the Constellation.
“...?!”
“Crazy!”
“What are you doing!”
“Kyaaaak!”
...Ah, the barrier’s gone.
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