Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy

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Whoosh, whoosh-

Woo woo woo-!!

Strange wailing sounds echo throughout the dungeon.

It was the sound made by the ‘Irregular Boss’.

When you listen to it, it sounds like a horse’s cry, and when you listen closely, it sounds like a cow’s cry.

Yet its appearance resembles a deer.

Judging by its shiny icy exterior, I guessed that strange sound was probably a deer’s cry.

“An Irregular Boss suddenly appearing…”

The Irregular Boss is a monster similar to ‘Asena’, the mid-boss we encountered at the ‘Stained Rock Pile’ before.

However, while mid-bosses match the level of their dungeon and are weaker than the final boss, Irregular Bosses often surpass the level of the dungeon due to their irregularity, making them stronger than even the final boss.

Take this lowest-grade <Ice Garden> dungeon for example. It should only spawn F-grade and E-grade monsters, yet the monster before us now was at least B-grade.

Because of this peculiarity, Irregular Bosses were also called ‘disaster monsters’.

In fact, whenever an Irregular Boss appeared in a dungeon, the Korean Holders Association would immediately dispatch a temporary attack unit.

“Hurry and run away!!”

“Is there any magician who can use fire magic? Power Melting?!”

“There’s no high-level Holder like that here!!”

The Holders near the Irregular Boss panic and scatter in all directions.

‘But there is a high-level Holder like that here…’

The fire-attribute magic, [Power Melting].

It’s a skill that requires high proficiency, but someone of Kang Juyeon’s caliber should be able to use it sufficiently.

This <Ice Garden> dungeon probably has more value as a tourist attraction, so the Holders who came today don’t seem to be of very high level.

Still, it looks like no Holders have been seriously injured yet.

Despite the sudden ambush, since the monster uses magic… Fortunately there doesn’t seem to be much damage.

“Juyeon, can you support?”

As soon as I grasped the situation, I swiftly turned my head and looked at Kang Juyeon.

Magicians are always Holders who fight against time.

In all aspects like the arrangement, manifestation, and application of magic power…

They need preparation time, and the greater the destruction they can unleash accordingly.

The probability that Kang Juyeon wasn’t fully prepared due to the sudden appearance of the Irregular Boss was high.

“Yeah… I can.”

But Kang Juyeon is a professional rune Holder.

From the moment the situation occurred, she had already finished her preparations with her staff in hand.

The top 10 promising players in the country, the greatest prospect of the Academy’s magician class…

Those dazzling titles did not follow her for no reason.

I sent her a look of strong trust and nodded my head.

“Then focus more on counterattacks and defense rather than attack skills. I’ll be right back.”

“Got it.”

After hearing Kang Juyeon’s reply, I dashed forward as is.

If it were normal times, I would have used the charge rune [Greatest Racehore Under Heaven] right away but… I’m different now.

After the <Villain> subjugation operation, it could be seen as my first battle since then.

My battle methods have become much more diverse since that time.

‘The Hand of Contract.’

As I quickly run forward, I activate the skill [Hand of Contract] from the [Summon] rune.

A skill that uses magic stones to summon the designated contractor through the power of the rune via a contract.

The magic stone that flew out of my hand into the air summoned a gigantic monster.

Kaooo–!!

“W-What’s that? Another Irregular Boss?”

“No. That’s, that’s, you know, that one. The Bone Dragon. Holder Do Jae-hyun’s contracted monster.”

“Do Jae-hyun? Do Jae-hyun is here?”

I can hear other Holders murmuring in the distance.

A bizarre exterior completely made up of bones.

Yet the majestic fluttering of its wings as it makes its grand entrance.

It was my one and only contractor, Bon.

I lightly climbed onto Bon’s body which loudly revealed itself.

‘It’s been a while, Bon.’

– Master. That crazy researcher isn’t here today.

Instead of taking my greeting of hello, Bon says something else first.

That crazy researcher.

It was referring to Professor Kang Dong-wook.

Professor Kang Dong-wook would often visit <Goblin Village> on weekends to research the contractual relationship and cooperation between me and Bon.

Most of his research was on strengthening our cooperative power through the covenant, and it was also related to the special item [Order of Harmony] research. Since I had been actively participating with him, our cooperative combat power had indeed increased thanks to him.

But judging by the expression ‘crazy researcher’, it seemed the process was merely tedious to Bon.

‘It’s not research today but real combat. See that deer-looking guy over there? We have to catch him.’

At those words, Bon’s gaze turns to the Irregular Boss for a moment.

The opponent was already unleashing ice-attribute magic, filling the already frozen surroundings with even more cold air.

If left alone, even the escaping Holders would soon be in danger.

Kaooo–!!

Woo-woong-

Syaaa–

Bon prepares for a fierce charge at tremendous speed.

Faster than his usual cruising speed.

An movement several times faster than what he normally flies at.

The ‘Rapid Riding’ special effect from [Greatest Racehorse Under Heaven].

This effect, which is always active at any time, allows the ‘mount’ the rune user rides on to also utilize charges.

The performance is 70%.

Although the performance decreases compared to when I use it directly with my own body, the usability increases tremendously.

‘Because the elasticity sticks to Bon’s movements.’

Despite not having the [Greatest Racehorse Under Heaven] rune himself, Bon can now use its power.

With Bon’s charges, there are virtually no directional limitations, and while riding I can prepare another attack.

Instead of decreasing speed, the destructive power after the charge increases.

It was simpler to think of it that way.

Whoosh, whoosh–

Woo woo woo-!!

In the middle of fiercely charging at the Irregular Boss.

The guy finally unleashed the ice magic he had been preparing.

Crack-

Crack crack-

All the ice rinks laid on the <Ice Garden> floor began to spike up.

Some rose up like pillars, some stabbed the interior like sharp thorns.

Among them, ice spears rained down like javelins.

That was one of my attribute skills, [Wind Javelin].

You could say it was the ice version of that skill.

‘Damn… It’s stronger than I thought.’

The unexpected attack was headache-inducing.

This guy’s ice magic is stronger than I expected.

While I can block or evade those magic attacks, the other Holders who haven’t escaped yet were the problem.

If left as is, there would surely be casualties.

And at that moment.

Whoosh-!

Whoosh whoosh-

At just the right timing, Kang Juyeon’s fire magic unfolds.

A gigantic aura of flames that arose throughout the dungeon melted all the Irregular Boss’s ice.

‘Wow….’

That wasn’t magic on the level of [Power Melting].

A single gigantic dragon made of flames.

It was a fiery figure reminiscent of seeing a phoenix.

The enormous flames started from Kang Juyeon’s staff and covered the entire dungeon, completely neutralizing the opponent’s ice magic.

I’d heard that there were recent changes to Kang Juyeon’s runes and her skills had reached almost A-grade, but…

I never imagined her power would be at this level.

– Master, don’t get distracted. We’re still charging.

‘Ah, sorry. We’ll go all the way up to Accel Piercing, right? Remember?’

-No problem.

Thanks to Kang Juyeon’s support, I accelerated Bon’s charge.

And took out [Wyvern Spear].

The ‘Bon’s Charge into [Accel Piercing]’ that had been developed and practiced countless times through our cooperation…

Kaooo–!!

The direction of Bon’s charge, which had been going forward, changes.

From top to bottom.

A plunging charge diving straight down ferociously.

Although residual ice attacks poured at Bon here and there amidst magic Kang Juyeon’s magic had yet to melt, useless.

Not at all.

They couldn’t deal any damage whatsoever.

That was purely due to Bon’s physical abilities.

Bon’s endurance stat, which exceeded 100.

That wasn’t a number that could be easily penetrated even with a magic-imbued attack.

‘Accel Piercing.’

I utilize the skill I had been preparing as is.

An attack skill that focuses all power into a ‘thrust’ using the charging momentum as a stepping stone.

Especially when attacking while falling from the sky to the ground, there is a 30% power increase from [Wyvern Spear]’s special effect so…

Our coordinated attack boasted tremendous destructive power.

Quack, kagagaga-!!

Quack! Quack!

Quackwaaang!!

I kept getting the feeling something was catching on my stabbing spear.

The Irregular Boss’s ice attacks?

Before I could even realize that…

My spear shredded through all the obstacles in front of me and pierced straight into its torso.

Puff, whoosh….

Wooo-

That was the end of the battle.

The Irregular Boss trembled for a moment before losing its shiny glow and its life.

“No way, what….”

At the absurd result,

I was rendered speechless for a moment.

What is this?

[Accel Piercing] isn’t originally a finishing skill.

It’s an attack that inflicts severe preemptive strikes while grabbing momentum, and the attached skill effects are also ‘bleeding’… Meant to deal continuous damage.

Yet the battle ended with one skill.

Considering the power of the magic the Irregular Boss had shown, the opponent was an A-grade monster at minimum.

I just…

Finished off an A-grade monster with one skill.

“Jae-hyun… You’re too strong.”

Kang Juyeon, who had been slowly walking over, spoke to me.

Somehow, hearing those words from Kang Juyeon made me feel wronged.

But the result is indeed absurd even to me.

“I know… I didn’t expect this either….”

I guessed this was probably the result produced by Bon and my joint attack.

Although we had conducted a lot of research together with Professor Kang Dong-wook, the research results had never been connected to actual combat.

The academy semester hadn’t even ended yet, and there simply hadn’t been an opportunity to engage in real combat.

Yet when utilizing it in actual combat, its power was tremendous.

Bon’s overwhelming physical abilities combined with my excellent rune utilization.

Adding those two together seemed to have taken [Accel Piercing] beyond its original might into… An unimaginable level of destructive power.

“Um… Shall we get going?”

Feeling somewhat awkward for some reason, I turned my head and looked at Kang Juyeon.

“Yeah.”

Kang Juyeon also nodded.

Fortunately, most of the Holders seemed to have taken refuge, so there were no people visible nearby.

There had been some trivial hunts, but no issues.

We could just go back to sightseeing as if nothing had happened.

As for the aftermath…

The Holder Association that arrived late could take care of it.

Just as I was about to turn around.

[The special power of ‘Ice Rudolph’ permeates the garden. Only once a year. The elusive Ice Rudolph, who even then only has a 50% chance of revealing itself, possesses his own boss room as a very special being. If you follow his trail, you may discover an amazingly beautiful space.]

[Another boss room of the ‘Ice Garden’ opens.]

In one part of the center of the <Ice Garden>, which had been obliterated by my [Accel Piercing].

A shining, shimmering staircase leading downward appeared.

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