LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 77
“···Damn.”
I don’t even know exactly where this place is.
A space surrounded only by pure white walls.
If it weren’t for the glass window in front of me, it wouldn’t be strange if I lost my mind.
Shin Woo tried to recall his memories and guess why he had come here.
The battle with Longinus that had taken place in the park. He remembered resisting as best as he could with the power of the Holy Grail, but ultimately met with defeat.
And now.
Judging by the scenery visible through the glass window, it might be some secret spot inside the academy.
Of course, he couldn’t be sure.
Longinus had said she would protect him from the Apostles, so it was certainly possible this was a completely separate space away from the academy.
For now, there would be no information to gain by being trapped in this room.
He had attempted countless escape efforts.
Yet the pure white walls and glass window were so sturdy that they couldn’t be broken by any attack.
In the end, Shin Woo decided it was better to conserve his strength than to exhaust himself futilely.
Just in case an escape opportunity might arise.
At that moment, someone entered the room beyond the glass window.
A petite figure with purple hair. It was Longinus.
Just seeing her made his teeth grind, but the mere fact that someone had come was a hopeful moment.
He had to extract information from her.
“···Is this your idea of protection? Locking me up in a white prison?”
“This is the safest place. The outside is dangerous.”
“What if the Apostles find this place? I wouldn’t be able to resist and would end up dead, having my Holy Grail taken away.”
Despite the boy’s quite reasonable point, Longinus calmly shook her head.
“They will never discover this place.”
“······.”
He hadn’t gained much from their conversation yet.
Even a little information would be worth finding out.
“How much time has passed since I lost consciousness? Have the Apostles already invaded the academy?”
“I can’t tell you that.”
“Why not?”
“I just can’t.”
Her attitude was infuriating, and Shin Woo glared at her.
He shouldn’t be acting like this. He needed to meet Hana as soon as possible.
“Why can’t you say anything? Did the committee order you to do this? You’re just a puppet moving according to their commands.”
At his words, Longinus, who had yet to show emotion, slightly furrowed her brow.
“I’m not a puppet.”
“That’s funny. Then why are you acting like this? In the end, it’s all the committee’s orders, right?”
A nerve-wracking exchange continued between them across the glass.
Glaring at Shin Woo with narrowed eyes, Longinus said.
“I was just asked to do something.”
“Ha. Now you call orders a request.”
“It wasn’t the committee that made the request.”
An absolutely negative reaction.
Of course, it could be a trick, but at that moment, it really seemed like the girl was speaking the truth.
She hadn’t seemed the type to be good at deception at all.
Feeling perplexed, Shin Woo cautiously asked.
“Not the committee? Then who asked you?”
She stared at him blankly and replied.
“Kim Shin Woo.”
“···What?”
In response to an answer he couldn’t have imagined, Shin Woo reflexively asked back.
Longinus kindly clarified once more.
“You asked.”
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
That he had made a request.
Even though he racked his brain, absolutely nothing came to mind.
It was only natural since he had never done such a thing.
As Longinus blurted out bizarre answers, she suddenly closed her mouth, briefly stared at the boy, and then tilted her head.
“Who are you?”
“······.”
Is there something wrong with my mind?
Well, he hadn’t appeared normal from the start.
His name wasn’t even ordinary, nor had anything been revealed about it.
A strange chill ran down Shin Woo as he gave up on talking to the girl.
At this rate, no matter how much he talked, extracting any useful information seemed nearly impossible.
As Shin Woo sat down, drooping his head, the girl uttered words he couldn’t comprehend.
“There’s no need to wait that long. He will come soon.”
“···Who is he? Explain properly!”
He couldn’t hold back the suppressed rage any longer, but the girl who had already been beyond the glass window had vanished without a trace.
Once again, Shin Woo was alone.
Frustrated by the helplessness of being unable to escape this white prison, he pounded on the glass window repeatedly.
He kept doing so until he collapsed from exhaustion.
*
“It’s a refreshing morning.”
Someone muttered, watching the moment of dawn.
The twelve Apostles had finally gathered in one place. They were busy admiring the beautiful scenery from above.
“Right. It’s perfect weather for a war.”
Below the Apostles, the view of the academy lay small and unobtrusive.
A dragon flapped its wings and soared in the sky.
The time for war had finally arrived.
The Apostles each looked with determined eyes at the academy they were about to attack.
The Black Goat, who was at the front, spoke.
“Let’s begin. Time to smash the academy.”
With that declaration, the dragon opened its mouth and spewed forth white flames.
The attack was akin to a natural disaster, and the protective barrier surrounding the academy began to melt away.
In no time, a gigantic magic circle engulfing the entire area appeared in the sky.
The regenerating barrier was blocked by the immense magical power flowing from the magic circle, exposing a glaring weak point overhead.
“Let’s go.”
Leading the way, the Black Goat and the ten other Apostles jumped down from the sky all at once.
The sight of the descending Apostles created a commotion below.
As they landed effortlessly, the Black Goat stretched out his arms and shouted.
“Retrieve the Holy Grail and kill everyone in sight!”
With his proclamation, the war began.
The first to make a move was the Gold Lion.
While ruthlessly slaughtering students on the street, he let out a chilling laugh.
“Ha ha! Yes! This is it!”
Of course, the academy wasn’t just idly watching.
Heroes rushed to stop the Apostles as soon as they realized they had invaded.
Countless attacks were unleashed upon the eleven foes.
The Blue Shark, watching this unfold, immediately raised a tidal barrier to neatly block the attacks.
Immediately afterward, the Green Horse drew his sword and sliced through the enemies effortlessly.
The academy was helpless against this overwhelming strength.
What had once been a peaceful street rapidly transformed into a horrific scene filled with blood and corpses.
The Purple Fox, who had been casually watching the battle from the back, nonchalantly muttered.
“What’s going on? This seems too easy. I guess my newbie can slack off a bit. Right?”
“The teacher will scold you.”
“Well, that might be a bit scary.”
As the area was roughly cleared, the Black Goat spoke to the other Apostles.
“Spread out and search for the Holy Grail. Capture forgers if possible, and you can kill the rest on sight.”
“Okay.”
“Understood.”
Following the Black Goat’s orders, the Apostles scattered to search for the Holy Grail.
The White Lamb also roamed around alone, diligently searching.
She didn’t personally kill any enemies.
She simply resurrected the dead for her comrades to release freely.
Suddenly, someone blocked her path.
Nonetheless, the White Lamb remained unfazed and asked in an easygoing tone.
“Do you happen to know where the Holy Grail is?”
“I never thought the real Apostles would bust in here.”
A boy, seeming to be a student due to his school uniform, muttered with a sinister smile.
“Alright… I’ll test out my newly gained power. You look weak among the Apostles, so I should be able to win against you.”
“It seems you really don’t know anything.”
“Die!!”
The boy screamed a mad yell and charged recklessly.
He was surprisingly fast. The White Lamb attempted to retreat quickly and use her abilities, but the enemy was slightly faster.
A straightforward punching attack.
Is it some kind of physical enhancement ability? While calmly assessing the opponent’s abilities, the White Lamb felt puzzled.
His battle skills were clearly terrible, yet his physical prowess was excessively superior.
If he had trained normally, he should have developed evenly across the board.
Just repeating simple punches.
Though it was an excessively monotonous pattern, the speed and force itself were quite threatening.
The White Lamb enhanced her body using her abilities and calmly dodged one attack after another, countering back.
Using the staff of light, she accurately struck the exposed enemy’s neck.
“Gah!”
The enemy went flying backward.
At that moment, even the White Lamb was momentarily stunned.
She had poured all her strength into piercing the neck, but the opponent’s neck didn’t penetrate at all.
It felt like she had attacked iron, not human skin.
His physical specifications far exceeded those of an ordinary academy student.
As she briefly stared at the fallen and immobile enemy to ensure a definitive finish, the White Lamb poured all her abilities into her attack.
“······.”
It was an utterly one-sided battle without any crisis, yet the White Lamb felt uneasy.
The opponents’ momentum was truly unsettling.