I Became a Genius by Running Away From the Academy

17 – Before the black dragon opens its mouth, (1)

“…… It’s still early in the morning, why are you awake?”

I looked out the window and the sky was still dark.

Originally, I was planning to wake up a little later in the morning.

But, perhaps because of the side effects of overexerting my body so far, I opened my eyes according to the training routine.

“Ehh, really. My salesperson is like this.”

I felt bad because I felt like I was losing something.

But since I couldn’t lie down to sleep again, I sighed and got up from the bed.

Jewook-

‘For now, my condition isn’t bad.’

Perhaps it was thanks to taking a proper rest after not doing anything for a long time, my whole body was overflowing with energy.

In fact, when I looked in the mirror, the bloodshot red eyes and dark circles had considerably faded.

‘I think my cheeks have gotten a bit chubby…… Is it the effect of an attribute?’

Definitely, among the characteristics obtained yesterday, in [Do you grind food in a blender?], There was an explanation that it makes it possible to quickly digest and absorb large amounts of food.

In the end, that means supplying a large amount of nutrients to the whole body in a short period of time to restore it, so it didn’t seem absurd that the body changed in this way overnight.

‘I didn’t know that this was not implemented in the game.’

I finished the shower and body check while marveling at the new realization.

And I put the subspace bag I borrowed from Erio on my shoulder.

“This is the end of the preparation.”

Now all that remains is to really start.

…… And that also meant that the moment when I had to cross the line was right in front of me.

“…… I’ve been trying to be prepared ever since I fell into this world, but it’s still like this.”

I clenched my fist once to stop the trembling of his hands, then placed a hand on my chest to force the agitation to subside.

“Think of it as lightly as possible.”

Since there are things I have done so far, I will do my best to move.

However, if a situation arises, they will run away right away.

Because the most important thing among the survival of the earth, the life of others, and the salvation of someone else was my own life.

“I feel like I’ve gotten better since I said it out loud.”

To be specific, it seemed to have improved from a Jam Smith selfie taken after breakfast to a Jam Smith selfie taken after lunch.

“Then, is it time to go to the portal center to go outside?”

Now, it was time to go do something like a possessor for the first time after falling here.

Growl-

…… First of all, I ate rice before that.

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A huge rift, a dungeon, created the moment fragments of a shattered dimension penetrate the earth’s space.

If a dungeon is left unattended, the number of monsters inside increases gradually. When the number exceeds the amount the dungeon can hold, a dungeon collapse phenomenon called a dungeon break occurs.

If all the monsters inside the dungeon are released to the outside world in that way, the area around it will suffer enormous damage from the monsters.

But in fact, even that was only collateral damage.

The most powerful damage caused by a dungeon break was that the fragments of the dungeon exploded like a balloon and were mixed with the earth, turning the area into a field.

Magma gushes out like a fountain in an area that used to be a grassland, and an ice castle is created in a desert with nothing but sand.

The sight of the dungeon’s environment eating away the earth’s environment seemed to proclaim that from now on the owner of this land would be a monster, not a human.

In this way, the sky and the sea have changed beyond what can be called human domains, and mankind has lost considerable territories from monsters.

Right now, countries with large land masses, such as China and Russia, and island nations on the sea, such as Japan and Britain, have completely given up some of their territories.

For this reason, several countries have been frantic to block the creation of the field.

There were two ways to prevent the fielding of dungeons, which was discovered through the example of such a country.

One is to clear the dungeon’s boss room and get rid of the dungeon itself.

The other was to periodically clean the monsters in the dungeon to prevent the dungeon break from happening.

Looking at this far, it seems that people are moving for peace, only losing money, but that wasn’t necessarily the case.

The by-products and magic stones obtained after hunting monsters became money in themselves, and the rewards obtained after clearing dungeons were expensive enough to be exaggerated.

You can earn money by risking your life and hunting monsters.

People gathered in front of the area turned into a field, and those people gathered were enough reasons to create a Field City where the economy runs through hunting monsters.

Babak-Babak-

‘Well, even if I call it Field City, there are as many different types as ice cream.’

The representative city that proves him is Qingdao, China.

Most dungeon cities are governed by a state or guild sitting at the top, but in Qingdao, unusually, the black guild occupied the real power.

Therefore, Qingdao could be said to be an anarchic region where the logic of strong power, rather than general law, was applied first.

‘It’s not that there aren’t cases where black guilds rule Field City, but it’s rare to find a city as endangered as Qingdao.’

A city where things like murder, prostitution, and smuggling happen casually, and the streets are filled with shops such as entertainment establishments, gambling halls, and drug dealers.

Ssiik-

“Oh, it’s a nice city.”

That’s why Xiao Zhan liked Qingdao.

Here, if you had money and energy, you could easily get delicious beer and experiment materials you wanted.

Toouk-

“What? What is this trash?”

“Well? By the way, doesn’t this coat look pretty useful?”

“Hmm, he looks fresh since he just died, right? Should I take it to the black market and sell it?”

“That would be nice. That would give me a few more drinks.”

Because the value of a person’s life was light enough to be washed away in a glass of alcohol.

‘Thanks to the death of a few people, there won’t be a fuss.’

It was an optimal environment to test the performance of an experimental weapon whose exact performance was unknown.

“Hey, there you are. That gun…… “

Taang-!

“People are walking happily and you shouldn’t disturb them.”

But in fact, it was just an excuse to check the performance of the experimental weapon.

If that was the purpose, there was no need to use this method, just lightly nodding your head a few times and ordering someone else was enough.

Shao Zhan was sitting in such a high position that he could do such a thing for granted.

But he had no intention of changing the way he was now.

Because now this is a kind of thrilling hobby for Xiao Zhan.

Like the ancient nobles who freed slaves in the forest and enjoyed shooting arrows.

‘Well then, the stress has been completely relieved. Shall we go back now?’

Shao Zhan smiled and walked away from the back alley where he was wandering and entered a shabby building.

From the outside, it looked like an old warehouse, but the inside was quite the opposite, boasting the latest technology.

In fact, there were a lot of security devices installed throughout this warehouse that would immediately attack anyone who wasn’t Shao Zhan or those accompanying him, turning them into cube steaks and honeycomb steaks.

“heheheheung~”

Shao Zhan hummed and took out a black dice-like device from his pocket, a cube, and manipulated it.

Ugh-

Then the shabby floor opened and a luxurious staircase appeared.

As I went down through him, a room that reminded me of a luxurious hotel appeared.

“It’s time to go from being a charismatic hunter roaming the streets to a researcher spouting brilliant ideas.”

As if in a play, Shao Zhan muttered that in a playful way and took off the clothes that were hiding his identity one by one.

After that, I dismantled all of the artifacts I wore on my body.

Judging only by her actual performance, there was not much difference between the artifact Xiao Zhan was wearing now and the artifact next to her study gown.

Nevertheless, Xiao Zhan’s reason for replacing her artifact was to ensure that her hobbies were not exposed to others.

That’s also true, Xiao Zhan had many enemies.

Therefore, if it were known that she secretly went outside and secretly enjoyed hunting people, there were not one or two of them who would jump at her with a flash of light.

‘If that happens, I’ll have trouble enjoying my hobbies.’

In other words, the exchange of artifacts was not because of differences in performance, but because of thorough camouflage.

It was the Xiao Zhan-esque reason for always wearing dozens of protective artifacts at every moment.

Well, ironically, in the end, he fell into the danger of dying because of his thorough personality.

Shuaaah-!

The moment Shao Zhan took off all the artifacts, the shadow that had secretly followed him until now stood up.

As if consuming the light, the shadow appeared and bound Xiao Zhan by stretching the thread of the shadow like a spider catching its prey with its web.

‘Mu, what! This is my secret space that no one knows about…… !’

A sudden surprise attack at an unexpected moment and in an unexpected place.

Fu-wook- Fu-uk-

Bewildered by that, Shao Zhan struggled without even letting out a proper scream before allowing the attack.

‘Who? Who the hell is me!’

Even at the moment when two daggers were stabbed into his neck and heart, and his death was confirmed, Xiao Zhan rolled his eyes in doubt.

But at the last moment, all he could see was the figure of the god of death hidden in the shadows.

‘Damn it…… ‘

In the end, Xiao Zhan died an empty death without any questions being answered.

“…… I thought I was going to die because I had a hard time following you undetected.”

It was only after the light disappeared from his eyes that the Shadow Reaper grumbled a little.