I Became a Genius by Running Away From the Academy

34 – Now, clown standing on my stage and shouting (2)

“Pufu, what a cute and shabby weapon. Could it be that you trusted such a cute weapon just now and were arrogant towards me?”

“Right, but wrong.”

I answered while lightly shaking the weapon in each hand.

“It’s not this weapon I’m counting on, it’s my talent to use it.”

“Ahahahaha! Talent? A talent?”

At my words, Monica threw away all of her pretentiousness and laughed while holding her stomach.

“Ah, talking to you is interesting. It’s hard to see because of the mask, but the face doesn’t seem that bad.”

Um~ Yes, I’ve decided!

She said, wiping the tears from her eyes.

“I will invite you to my house instead of the lab.”

Dak-

At her gesture, the bats spread their wings and exposed their fangs.

“I will hang it on the wall with all my limbs cut off, so instead of the grandfather clock, tell me the clock every day. Oh, it’s also important that you talk to me whenever I’m bored.”

Chow-

Just as she finished, the bats threw themselves at me.

I gritted my teeth to avoid the fangs of the bats that coiled around me.

I wonder if I wanted to die as desperately as possible, but Monica was able to avoid it somehow because there were only a few that moved.

“Oh, are you using shadows all over your body to assist with movement? Well, come to think of it, when you moved the muzzle a while ago, you moved it using a shadow, right?”

Monica pretended to be ignorant and went over the facts she already knew.

It is an arrogant way of speaking unique to those who look down from above.

“It’s amazing. As you can see, I’m also good at handling shadows like this. It’s not a common talent, but don’t you think it’s destiny to meet like this?”

Bingle-

She sat on the ledge of her rooftop and playfully turned her parasol while saying that.

The number of bats flying toward me gradually increased as the parasol returned.

“Well, this is also an interesting relationship, so I am like you, but as a senior who is walking far ahead, I will give you one piece of advice.”

Fishik-

“You have no talent. Even the many worms that are rampaging down here right now can be called geniuses compared to you.”

A blatant sneer.

A genuine smile came out of her mouth, not a pretense.

“Now look, this is talent.”

Challenge-

Countless bats popped out of every shadow on the rooftop in response to Monica’s light gesture.

The nests of giant bats have been created due to the bats filling the space.

“As far as handling the small shadows, it seems to have been quite good, so you already know that, right? That you don’t have the ability like me, the ability to connect with the shadows.”

Irrespective of all elements, the most important talent for those who deal with attributes is the ability to connect with attributes and the ability to communicate with attributes.

Like the lightning that roams freely in the sky chooses to stay by the side of a 10-year-old little girl who likes to sleep rather than an old man who is devoted to training.

The ability to communicate with attributes is innately determined, just like talent.

“So you can never defeat me.”

“I guess so.”

As I nodded like that, I thought again.

I’m really glad that Monica is in front of me right now.

“For now.”

She’s so vain that if it weren’t for her, who likes to put herself on top of others, I wouldn’t have been able to keep up until she’s taken so much time to get her ready.

“Your muzzle never gets tired. Then, let’s see if it moves well no matter where it is?”

The bats in the air merge into one and grow in size.

Whoop-

Looking at that, I took a slow, deep breath.

Then I remembered in my head the 15 huge chains that had been entwining me and dragging me down from the moment I first fell into this world.

I was delighted that this moment had finally arrived, and I held a black chain in my hand as if sucking in the light.

Click-

A huge chain that is so thick and strong that it feels like it will never break.

‘Use.’

Zeuong-

That left a huge crack in my words.

‘Use.’

With the next word, it shattered and fell to the floor.

One of the huge chains that wrapped around my body breaks.

“Haa…… “

At least that was all, and even though that was all, a sense of liberation enveloped my whole body, as if I had just cracked an egg and emerged into the world.

I moved my body enjoying this sense of freedom.

Kwaguagua-!

Then a giant bat fell from the air like a guillotine and landed on the ground instead of me.

Monica looked at me with wonder and astonishment.

It’s not something I can’t understand.

If it were me from a moment ago, I would have lost my arm in vain without being able to avoid this attack.

‘Crazy.’

But I am also surprised.

It’s just that the restrictions placed on my body by the system disappeared and I was able to stand on the starting line.

Still like this.

Ssiik-

Then, what would you feel if you climbed up here?

‘Use.’

With my one word, my view of the world has grown even higher.

At that moment, the black chains that had fallen to the floor melted and gathered at my feet as if showing curiosity.

Kieek-!

That’s how I moved my body, pushing the image that came to mind.

All attacks that were unavoidable a moment ago can now be avoided.

As if closed eyes were opened, the presence of shadows filling the space was now clearly felt.

The realm of talented people who look at the shadow and are looked at by the shadow.

‘Use.’

Beyond that point, the view becomes even higher.

I stood in the middle of the sky and the earth, in the space in between.

Knocking- Knocking-

Then the shadows at my feet climbed up my ankles and covered my whole body.

Challenge-

At the same time, the shadow of reality covering my body shimmered and changed its shape like a rapidly turning book.

Instead of swaying unstablely, it takes a single form and blocks attacks from bats according to my words while being wrapped around my body.

The realm of geniuses who speak to and receive words from shadows.

But it’s still not enough.

More, more upward.

‘Use.’

The moment you stand in a place where the sky feels closer than the ground.

Ugh-

The shadows that covered my whole body gathered at the place where my heart was.

I understood at the same time.

The composition of the shadow bats that filled the sky and the shadow barrier that enveloped the entire building.

The realm of the chosen geniuses who understand and are understood by the shadows.

“What are you doing right now…… “

Monica looked at me with a shocked face as if she felt something after seeing me reach that place.

The beauty she so longed for now did not exist.

I felt like I was about to laugh, but unfortunately, my condition wasn’t so relaxed.

‘I did a simple warm-up first and uploaded it, but my head still hurts.’

Wouldn’t it feel similar to this if a small mole that lived in a burrow came up to the ground and became a giant lion?

With that thought in mind, I suppressed the rumble in my head.

I wasn’t just raising the level of my talent one step at a time.

It was best to do this because the scenery we saw was so different each time we went up one level.

That’s why I thought even more.

‘Really…… I’m glad he’s the enemy.’

Monica is basically a researcher character, so she is not good at fighting.

Muttering nonsense in fear at the sight of me was proof of that.

“Not yet! Not yet! My strength is not at all like this!”

Of course, that doesn’t mean that her power is weak.

Even without her combat experience, her strength was intimidating enough.

Perhaps, in this state of affairs, she will run away and I will miss her.

“Sorry. If you had come a little sooner, you would have had a chance.”

So this fight was my victory.

“Lee Ik! Die!!!”

The bats that were filling the sky turn into a heavy rain that pours down towards me.

‘Use all.’

Looking at him, I grabbed mine and used the last point I got.

The moment we reached the final place that can be called the ceiling of this world.

Surrureuk-

The shadow that hovered around my chest was sucked into my heart.

At the same time.

Challenge-!

The countless bats of shadow that poured toward me fell into my shadow and disappeared, as if they were drowning in a swamp.

“This is…… What happened?”

When Monica was muttering in vain in the sudden silence.

“Ha ha ha…… “

I looked up at the night sky, spitting out the emotions inside.

It was amazing.

Obviously this night wouldn’t have changed, so why did I find out now?

That tonight was so deep and tender.

Cancer – [100/100]

[You have achieved a legendary achievement.]

[Acquire a new attribute (9★).]

[The one who stands at the edge of darkness]

▶ Rating – 9 stars

▶Description – Salute to you who walked the path of darkness and saw the end.

▶ Effect – The boundary between your body and darkness disappears.

“This is…… What the hell…… “

“You know what?”

At my words, her empty eyes move towards me.

“If an attack of one attribute is overpowered by an attack of the same attribute, it means that the other party has completely taken control of that attribute.”

As I said that, I stretched out her hand and she sat down on the floor with a clumsy groan.

She felt far away like the moon in the night sky just a moment ago, but now she felt like a mere firefly.

So now it was clear what had to be done.

“Let’s get fit now.”