I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 64

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Originally, we had no intention of actively participating in the midterm evaluation.

We were simply going to focus on the goal of “survival” and try to avoid combat as much as possible.

In other words, we just wanted to avoid being disqualified.

However, we witnessed our instructors being humiliated in the main auditorium.

Their faces reddened with shame and their heads bowed low.

For the first time, we felt a sense of indignation.

Of course, we didn’t particularly respect or like our instructors.

After all, the instructors in charge of us weren’t famous heroes like Instructor Kang Cheol-su from Class A.

They were just ordinary instructors, not particularly strong or with exceptional leadership skills.

But regardless, they were still our instructors.

As such, we felt hurt and angry at the vice principal’s actions, openly humiliating them in front of us.

Of course, we couldn’t protest against the vice principal or Instructor Kang Cheol-su.

They were beyond our ability to challenge.

However, the students of Class A, taught by Instructor Kang Cheol-su, were different.

They were students just like us.

So we formed an implicit alliance to take down Class A.

When the midterm evaluation began and we were transported to the uninhabited island, we didn’t attack each other in accordance with our alliance.

Instead, we banded together to target Class A.

Our group grew larger and larger.

With that, our confidence swelled.

We thought, “Ah, if we keep going like this, we can eliminate all of Class A. We can vent our frustrations on them.”

That was what we believed.

Until bullets started raining down from the sky.

“We’re under attack!”

“Where? Where are they attacking from?”

“I don’t know, I can’t tell where it’s coming from… ack!”

“This isn’t just an attack, it’s sniping… argh!”

Park Su-ho, ranked 101st in the entrance exam and the leader of Class B, raised the two large shields he was holding and shouted.

“It’s the top student! Lee Yu-jin is attacking us!”

A classmate who was also holding up a round shield to block the bullets asked him.

“How do you know that?”

“A friend in Class A told me! The top student can shoot from extreme distances!”

“You mean a sniper rifle? But the number of bullets raining down is enormous!”

“Of course it’s not a sniper rifle!”

Park Su-ho shouted as he slammed his shield into the ground, activating his skill “Earth’s Protection”.

The ground erupted around the shield, rising to a height of 5 meters before bending like taffy to form a dome shape.

Park Su-ho yelled at his panicking classmates.

“Everyone, get inside!”

At his command, his classmates who had been caught in the bullet rain rushed into the dome Park Su-ho had created.

As soon as they did, the bullets that had been falling from above seemed to change direction as if alive, pouring towards the entrance of the dome where his classmates were entering.

Seeing this, Park Su-ho hurriedly closed the entrance of the dome with a terrified expression.

Thud thud thud thud!

Dull noises could be heard from all directions.

“Hah… we’re alive.”

“Wow, I thought we were going to die…”

“No, this is worse than any disaster…”

The students who had narrowly escaped death let out sighs of relief.

Park Su-ho felt the same way.

“Whew… that was close.”

They had nearly been wiped out.

“When I heard it from my Class A friend, I thought it was just a joke…”

To think bullets could actually change direction.

No, not just change direction.

“It was like they were alive…”

The bullets moved freely as if determined to hit their targets.

Although they were rubber bullets, not live ammunition, the rain of countless bullets falling from the sky was enough to instill fear in Park Su-ho.

“… It seems like the bullet rain has stopped?”

“Did he run out of bullets?”

“Shouldn’t we check?”

The gazes of his classmates turned towards Park Su-ho as they said this.

Park Su-ho wanted to ask why it had to be him, but as the leader of Class B, he swallowed his complaints and opened the entrance of the dome.

He pulled out one of the shields he had stuck into the ground and went outside.

“Wow… this is insane.”

The scene outside the dome was utter devastation.

His classmates were sprawled on the ground, all unconscious with bumps on their foreheads.

“… 80% of our forces gathered here were wiped out by just one rain of bullets?”

Park Su-ho looked up at the clear, cloudless sky with a horrified expression.

“The top student… is he a monster?”

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“Ah, the duration ended at just the wrong time.”

I let out a sigh of disappointment as the effect of the Thousand-Mile Eyes ended and my vision returned to normal.

This was because I had just loaded a new magazine of ‘explosive rounds’ into the machine gun.

“If only it had lasted one more second… no, even two seconds…”

I could have destroyed the dome and disqualified everyone inside.

“Well, I guess I can’t complain too much… I practically wiped out the largest gathered group.”

There wasn’t much to regret and I could use the Thousand-Mile Eyes again in 5 minutes anyway, so I could take care of the rest then.

“Once only our class is left, we can start camping, right?”

Although the goal of the midterm evaluation was ‘survival’, did we really need to make it difficult?

Not when I had my inventory and Infinite Items cheat.

I didn’t think so.

Of course, the instructors monitoring us would be shocked, even dumbfounded.

But that wasn’t my concern.

The skills they wanted to evaluate?

I’d shown them plenty today.

Survival knowledge?

My very presence on this island was survival knowledge.

With that thought, I opened my inventory.

From it, I took out a bowl full of jeyuk-deopbap (spicy pork over rice).

As soon as I did, an alarm sounded from the HP bracelet and a voice spoke.

– Top student Lee Yu-jin, you’ve violated the rule prohibiting outside food, so you’ll be disqualified…

“I didn’t violate anything. Look here.”

I said this while pointing to the edge of the bowl.

There, the words ‘Arena Academy’ were elegantly engraved.

– ……

The voice fell silent, but only for a moment.

– …We’ll acknowledge the bowl. But the food…

I had prepared for this.

I took out a voice recorder from my inventory.

Of course, I made sure to show that this too was an Academy product before playing the recording.

– Wow, this ‘jeyuk-deopbap’ is really delicious. Who made this?

– …Haha! I made that ‘jeyuk-deopbap’.

– Really? Is that why the name…?

– Ah, let me introduce myself. I’m Chef ‘Woo Jae-sung’, responsible for this cafeteria.

– Ah, so you’re Chef Woo Jae-sung.

There was more to the recording, but this much was sufficient, so I stopped it.

– ……

No voice came from the HP bracelet.

They must be flustered now.

‘Well, they should have specified properly in the guidelines.’

I smirked as I took out a spoon from my inventory.

Then the voice spoke again.

– Outside items…

“This is also an Academy product.”

I showed the handle of the spoon.

There too, like on the bowl, the words ‘Arena Academy’ were engraved.

– Sigh… pass…

Finally, the unknown instructor let out a deep sigh and ended the communication line.

‘Hmm… I feel a bit sorry.’

The instructors monitoring me must be racking their brains right now.

What I was doing was essentially violating the spirit of the ‘survival’ goal of the midterm evaluation.

But they couldn’t disqualify me because I wasn’t breaking any specific rules.

Did I bring outside food?

No, it was food made at the Academy.

Did I bring outside items?

No, they were items produced by the Academy.

Literally, the instructors could only watch me because of the exception clause that said ‘Academy-produced and supplied items are allowed’.

‘The instructors probably want me to find food myself.’

Hunting monsters or fishing in the sea would indeed fit the survival theme of this uninhabited island better.

But wasn’t this jeyuk-deopbap I was eating also procured in a way that fit the survival theme?

‘I obtained it as soon as I received the midterm evaluation notice, so it fits.’

Of course, I had just prepared for the midterm evaluation, I had no idea the goal would be ‘survival’.

And if the evaluation guidelines had said ‘on-site procurement’ instead of ‘outside food’, I would have hunted magical beasts or gone fishing as the instructors wanted.

But it wasn’t properly specified, was it?

Therefore, I hadn’t done anything wrong.

I thought this as I leaned my arms on the lighthouse railing and I ate the jeyuk-deopbap while looking out at the blue sea.

“Mm… delicious.”

I was eating rice bowls while looking at the surrounding scenery from a lighthouse.

It was truly wonderful.

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– Day 1.

50% of the total number of students in Classes B and C were eliminated.

Seo-yeon, Asuka, and Arthur joined me.

At this, I came down from the lighthouse and set up four tents.

Since the tents were also ‘Academy products’ made by the production department, there were no restrictions.

– Day 2.

70% of the total number of students in Classes B and C were eliminated.

Noah and 30 classmates joined us.

I gave Noah a personal tent and three 10-person tents to the 30 classmates and I distributed ‘jeyuk-deopbap’ to everyone.

Of course, there were no restrictions this time either.

– Day 3.

90% of the total number of students in Classes B and C were eliminated.

We decided to let the remaining 10% live under a treaty that they wouldn’t interfere with us.

50 classmates joined us.

I gave five 10-person tents to our classmates and I distributed ‘bulgogi-deopbap’ to everyone.

This time too, there were no restrictions due to the ‘voice recorder’.

– Day 4.

We enjoyed ‘camping’ as ‘survival’.

Accordingly, we hunted monsters and grilled the meat.

The meat of the monsters was tough and tasteless.

But since we had procured food directly as the instructors wanted, they must have been somewhat satisfied.

Or not.

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“Yawn… finally, it’s day 5.”

Maybe because it was day 5.

My eyes opened at the crack of dawn, and I climbed up to the lighthouse to get some fresh air.

“Ah, it feels uncomfortable not being able to use cleansing agents.”

Of course, the cleansing agent was the ‘Spirit Energy Pill’.

‘Should I eat it secretly?’

It seemed like I could do it somehow using transfer, but that thought was brief.

I shook my head.

‘The instructors must be on high alert, so let’s not do anything unnecessary.’

I had almost ruined the midterm evaluation after all.

The moment I showed even the slightest opening, the instructors would immediately disqualify me.

So I couldn’t let my guard down until the very last moment.

“But how do we return to the Academy?”

Would they activate teleportation magic from the bracelet like with the eliminated students?

Or would we travel by ship?

I looked around.

I tried to see if there was a port here.

“Hmm… I can’t see one.”

It was not visible to the naked eye.

“This is when the Thousand-Mile Eyes comes in handy.”

I immediately activated the effect of the Thousand-Mile Eyes.

With the sensation of my mind floating upwards, I began to see everything on the uninhabited island.

‘Are the Class B and C kids doing well?’

Thinking this, I searched for their location.

‘…They’re gathered in one place?’

Red and blue dots were gathered at the beach where I had been teleported on day 1.

‘Looks like they’re surviving well.’

Now that I’d confirmed the survivors from the two classes, I should end the Thousand-Mile Eyes… wait.

‘…What’s that?’

Just before ending the Thousand-Mile Eyes, I discovered something between the red and blue dots.

‘…A black dot?’

It was none other than a black dot.

At this, I expanded the view of the Thousand-Mile Eyes.

As the view expanded, the distance rapidly decreased and soon I could see the Class B and C students at the beach, but… they were all just standing with blank faces, not doing anything.

And in between them, a woman was wandering around.

Seeing this, I felt an ominous premonition.

‘…This doesn’t feel good.’

I expanded the view a little more.

At that moment.

“……!”

The woman who had been saying something to the students suddenly turned her head and our eyes clashed.

I immediately recognized her identity.

The identity of the black dot was none other than a Named Fallen.

‘…Enchantress?!’

It was Enchantress.

“……”

Enchantress moved her lips.

The Thousand-Mile Eyes allowed me to see but not hear, so I couldn’t understand what Enchantress was saying.

But as if wishing I could understand her words, she repeated the same thing several times.

I zoomed in on Enchantress’s mouth and tried to read her lip movements.

‘Fou…nd…you……?’

At that moment.

A seductive voice echoed in my ears.

At that voice, I felt an indescribable chill.

At this, I hurriedly took out a machine gun from my inventory.

And just as I was about to fire…

Whoosh!

The effect of the Thousand-Mile Eyes ended.

“Of all times, why now!”

I shouted irritably and pressed the emergency rescue request button on my smartwatch.

But…

[Error. Error. Error. Error. Error. Error. Error. Error……]

“Error? It says error?”

Errors appeared on the screen of the smartwatch and it wouldn’t work.

With the smartwatch not only failing to make an emergency rescue request but also unable to make calls, I tapped on the HP bracelet.

“Instructors! It’s an emergency! The Named Fallen, Enchantress, has appeared on the island!”

Fortunately, a voice came from the HP bracelet.

– Bzzt! …jin! This side…bzzt! Nam…Fallen! Bzzt! …chant! A little… Bzzt! …ter! Bzzzzt…!

“……”

It seemed the Academy was also under attack right now.

“…These Named bastards, they came prepared.”

There were no transcendents in Korea right now.

The same went for the Academy.

No, the Martial God was still there, but she couldn’t move because she was blocking the ‘Apostles’ who worshipped extraterrestrial beings.

In conclusion, we had to hope that the Academy quickly resolved the situation and came here.

“…I knew the storyline was tangled, but.”

This was more tangled than I thought.

Who would have thought they’d attack during the midterm evaluation rather than the Duel Season.

I smirked bitterly as I raised the machine gun and I fired into the air.

Ratatatatatat─!

The thunderous sound of gunfire rang out.

“…Wh-what’s going on!”

“What’s happening!”

The kids who were sleeping soundly rushed out of their tents.

At the same time.

…Rumble rumble rumble─!

A sound like the heavens collapsing echoed from above.

I looked up at the sky.

And there…

Crackle crackle crackle─!

A pitch-black rift was appearing, tearing through space.

…It was a special high-risk rift.

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[Lmao bro had an explosive machine gun ready its like gta cheats frfr]