I got into school for nothing - 204
I got into school for nothing (204)
Lesson 40. No Alien Allowed - 4
The Orc fleet, transformed into a meteor shower around the flagship, amounted to nearly half of their entire armada, easily exceeding a thousand in number.
If just one large asteroid were to crash into Earth, the planet would be shattered. A meteor shower of that magnitude? This wasn't an action spurred solely by the desire to capture Ban Yuwon.
Observing this, Ban Yuwon finally realized that the intentions of the Young Master who orchestrated this scheme and those of the Constellation might not align.
‘The Young Master simply issued the command without much thought, but the Constellation had a different agenda. The Constellation's goal... was still my sister! That meteor shower is targeting my sister!’
Thanks to the Young Master's preparations for the Orc Wave, the Constellation could utilize it to unleash its Authority.
Thus, pretending to lend its power obediently to the Young Master's actions, it betrayed him at the crucial moment.
To the Constellation, Ban Yuwon wasn't even a subject of interest.
Whether it was to kill his sister using that meteor shower, or to secure her with some Authority unknown to him—
Either way, it was undeniably a crisis for Earth.
“I have to stop it.”
Responding to Ban Yuwon’s instinctive murmur was the self-proclaimed grandmother, Nine, clad in a suspicious hood.
“It seems I must step forward.”
As she, enveloped in an aura that brooked no argument, raised both hands high, mysteriously, a portion of the meteor shower hurtling towards Earth vanished outright, and the rest drastically slowed their descent.
With the aid of his All-Seeing Eye and Giwon Sword, Ban Yuwon barely managed to discern concepts related to space within it.
Nine possessed the ability to interfere with space!
‘Not a single one of these damned Platinum members is normal.’
It was absurd.
No, how on earth did Yumina gather such individuals?
And why would people like them, as mere fan club Platinum members and 'reinforcements', rush all the way to Earth?
As he trembled amidst the deepening mystery, Nine soon exhaled a deep 'Huuuh,' and retreated.
“The Follower of Ten Thousand Kalpas is truly determined. Had I known, I would have brought more of my spiritual artifacts.”
“Each of those meteors contains the mana and Wildness of hundreds of thousands of Orcs. With the Constellation even reinforcing them, it’s already a blessing that you’ve managed to block this much.”
Nine’s identity remained a mystery, but it was clear she had stepped forward to protect Earth, so he politely offered his greetings.
Then, Ban Yuwon himself took a deep breath, summoned the somewhat recuperated Lilyth in her bike form, and mounted her.
“I’ll handle the rest.”
“Master?!”
Rucell, startled, rushed forward, but Ban Yuwon stopped her with one hand.
“Rucell, you’ve already pushed yourself too much. Drink this and rest.”
Along with those words, Ban Yuwon offered her a type of restorative tonic, created by adding blood essence to his usual hot chocolate.
While its restorative effects were certainly outstanding, it couldn't compare to the miraculous candy, so giving her this was tantamount to telling Rucell directly not to fight any further.
Rucell, with a look of defiance, stepped closer.
“If I take Master’s candy, I too could...”
“That’s certainly a panacea, but it’s not an elixir of immortality. If you recover and then expend all your strength again, there’ll truly be no way to turn back. Rest now, Rucell.”
“I’ll go too!”
“You, just stop those Orcs.”
Anneri, who had stepped forward with such vigor, was tasked with confronting the remaining Orc fleet.
In truth, Anneri had no means to deal with the meteor shower, and merely wanted to demonstrate her affection and loyalty, so she felt inwardly relieved.
Though he clearly read her true thoughts, Ban Yuwon merely chuckled, and, mounting Lilyth, charged towards the meteor shower, thinking.
‘Can I do it? Even though there's matter mixed in.’
Originally, due to the nature of his innate Authority, Ban Yuwon displayed great strength against enemy projectile attacks.
Anything that left its original owner's hand, in whatever form, whether a bullet or a massive boulder, was merely an independent concept, and Ban Yuwon could absorb it entirely.
However, that was only limited to physical matter. Highly refined magic or sword aura had a separate owner of their internal concepts and were under control, preventing him from conceptualizing them at will.
And now, in this rain of meteors beginning to pour down on Earth, the Constellation's Authority and the Orcs' concepts were clearly intermingled...
‘It would have been easier to deal with if it were a real meteor shower.’
The more closely he examined it, the clearer it became how horrifyingly the meteor shower was constructed.
It wasn't merely setting the Orc fleet ablaze and crashing it into Earth.
The Orcs comprising the Orc Wave were essentially under the dominion of Relics imbued with the Constellation's power, and the Constellation had used these to crush and merge the countless Orcs' bodies and their ships together, reshaping them into meteors!
Most of the Orcs sacrificed in the Constellation's audacious scheme had, of course, perished, but those who survived shrieked with resentment, resonating with the meteors—each one had become a massive bio-bomb.
‘Even if it's not to the extent of absorbing the concepts of living beings... it’s a different story from merely blocking sword aura or magic.’
Nevertheless, if a possibility still remained for Ban Yuwon, it was that the Constellation had unknowingly made a mistake by incorporating improper materials during the meteor shower's creation.
Furthermore, with Ban Yuwon's Yuwon Gong and Giwon Sword now perfected, and his ability to interfere with others' domains now possible.
Even against bio-bombs, it should be possible to seize their concepts.
And if he failed, there were still a few methods left to utilize that failure, so he wasn't blindly rushing into a death trap.
“Lilyth, let’s go stop the meteor shower!”
[*Sigh*, it can't be helped.]
Effectively utilizing the lines he had taught her to shout every time they entered an atmosphere, Lilyth launched.
Cutting through space without hesitation, Lilyth, who had charged forth as if to shield Earth from the meteor shower, came to a halt in orbit, where Earth lay vast below. At that moment, Ban Yuwon raised both arms, his eyes sharply narrowed.
[Are you borrowing power from the Earthlings?!]
“Earthlings don’t have that kind of power.”
At this moment, all he could rely on was his own power and that of his 'vassals'.
“Eve... Abyss!”
*CRACK!*
It sounded as if stone was shattering.
As the Constellation's large-scale meteor transmutation, accompanied by countless sacrifices, was underway, Ban Yuwon's beloved vassals, who, unlike anyone else, could neither be corrupted nor controlled, interrupted at the perfect moment, raging as they did—and a part of the meteor was split apart.
And that fissure gradually grew larger, spewing forth a terrible roar that would have ruptured Ban Yuwon’s eardrums had they not been in space!
[Ahhh, Sister! I feel the resonance!]
“Shatter it all! Grind it all to dust!”
Of course, it wouldn't be possible with their power alone.
Therefore, Ban Yuwon poured all the power he could lend them. He directly rampaged and shattered, absorbed concepts directly from within them, and made meteors collide with each other.
It was the moment nearly one-tenth of the massive magic spell personally constructed by the Constellation was breached.
“And now!”
If they were in their complete state, perhaps not, but if the bio-bombs were no longer living beings, then it would be Ban Yuwon's turn to act. He unleashed his Authority with all his might.
Golden mana, extending from both his hands, transformed into sturdy ropes, piercing through the meteor shower's gaps, striking the meteors that had reverted to simple matter, and extracting their concepts!
[Obtained Wildness 1,350.]
[Obtained Synthesis 3.]
[Obtained Adamant 1.]
[Obtained Meteor 10.]
[Obtained Constellation's Stigma 5.]
[Obtained Crimson Flame 3.]
Ban Yuwon’s eyes flashed open.
Though the quantity was far short compared to the enormous scale of the meteor shower, he had still succeeded in extracting a portion.
Had the Constellation descended directly upon this spot, it would have been unimaginable, but he could at least say he had won a struggle of power against it.
It might have been influenced by Yuwon Gong or Giwon Sword, but more importantly, it was a moment when his pure Authority had advanced a step further.
‘Of course, making the entire meteor shower vanish with just this is absurd, but...!’
Inside the red meteors, as some of the concepts maintaining balance were siphoned away, a full-scale collision began.
Just as a beautifully layered cocktail, created using differences in alcohol weight and density, would immediately mix into a mess if shaken even slightly.
A portion of the meteor shower, which had been perfectly structured under the Constellation's control, collapsed, and they began to collide with each other, triggering even larger explosions!
[Obtained Wildness 1,725.]
[Obtained Adamant 5.]
[Obtained Crimson Flame 4.]
[Obtained Meteor 19.]
[Obtained Synthesis 6.]
[Obtained Constellation's Stigma 11.]
Naturally, the amount of concepts Ban Yuwon could extract in the midst of it only continued to increase.
There were even a few concepts mixed in that made him wonder why he could obtain them here, but he had no time to ponder each one individually now, so he planned to examine them carefully later.
—*Shishishit!*
Of course, Ban Yuwon’s magnificent performance didn't continue indefinitely.
The meteor shower seemed to accelerate its descent, and before long, Eve and Abyss were flung out from within it.
Eve, who had transformed into a drill-like form similar to Abyss and gleefully shattered meteors from within, reverted to her tattered serpent form and flew into Ban Yuwon's arms.
“You did well, Eve. To accomplish this much against a Constellation is incredibly impressive.”
“Shit, shishit...”
Eve seemed disheartened at not being able to completely block the meteor shower, but their efforts alone had succeeded in destroying a good 20 percent of the total.
With Ban Yuwon's Authority added, nearly 40 percent of the meteors had been shattered. This was a result that not only Union Academy, but anyone aware of a Constellation's power, could not help but be astonished by.
“So what do we do about the rest, then...?”
—*GROOOOOOOOOOOAN!*
The colossal red stars rapidly closed the distance with Ban Yuwon.
When they were far away, it didn’t feel real, but as thousands of meteors, each large enough to easily crush his entire neighborhood, densely filled his vision, he couldn't help but feel a suffocating dread.
‘Up until now, I've profited, but from this point on, it'll require permanent expenditure...’
Still, there was no other choice.
Vowing to repay the Follower of Ten Thousand Kalpas and the Prominence Family handsomely, in whatever way possible, later on, Ban Yuwon grit his teeth and drew a Code Core from his embrace.
The golden string of characters he drew from within it, clearly took the form of Death (死) and Deification (神化)—
—*SSHWAAAAAAH!*
But it was at that very moment, just as he was about to act.
A portion of the meteor shower, which had by then drawn perilously close, could no longer approach him, halted by an invisible barrier, and vanished as cleanly as if erased by an eraser.
One, then another.
The meteor shower, rapidly increasing in speed and narrowing its scope, felt as though it were determined to overwhelm Ban Yuwon alone, but it was ultimately annihilated by a mysterious protective shield.
“...Huh?”
No, this wasn't... that they couldn't get closer to him.
Ban Yuwon looked back and realized with certainty.
It was Earth.
Earth, enveloped in a shimmering golden light, was blocking the meteor shower.
It was stopping the Constellation.
Immediately afterward, though Ban Yuwon couldn't see it, a system message appeared before the eyes of everyone remaining on Earth.
—Expelling all aliens from Earth.
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