I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 25

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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People become strong when pushed to the extreme.

Indeed, that axiom was not wrong.

Bang!

With the sound of a gunshot, a mark was engraved on the monster’s forehead.

And at the same time, Lim Da-hee’s spear rushed towards the mark.

Bzzt!

The electricity was precisely wrapped around only the spearhead.

Kwajik!

Bzzt, Kwang!

As the monster was electrocuted, the holy explosion occurred simultaneously.

Naturally, the monster was killed instantly and disappeared, turning into ashes.

Lim Da-hee glared at the monster’s ashes with sharp eyes.

‘Kya, this is it.’

I gained great satisfaction from that sight.

After several monster lures, several battles.

After repeatedly going through battles like that, Lim Da-hee became strong and skilled.

To the point where she could directly imbue electricity to the spearhead without releasing electricity from her body or concentrating.

Furthermore, she became able to manifest electricity on the body part she desired.

– Kyahaak!

A monster appeared from the ceiling where light didn’t reach.

And under it was Park Ga-ram, but she hadn’t noticed yet.

The moment I was about to raise my gun and pull the trigger,

Bzzt!

With the sound of electricity manifesting, Lim Da-hee disappeared.

Kwajik!

When she reappeared, the monster that tried to surprise Park Ga-ram was pierced by her spear.

Thud.

Lim Da-hee, who threw the monster pierced by her spear to the ground, said to Park Ga-ram,

“Are you okay?”

“Ye, yeah…, th, thanks.”

A cool appearance that even a man would think is cool.

But Park Ga-ram’s face expressing gratitude was just awkward.

It was strange enough since the person who couldn’t even make proper eye contact due to being discouraged until just before had suddenly changed.

But that was how much Lim Da-hee had gone through several fierce battles.

To the point of earnestly begging to let her rest.

Still, I continued luring monsters until we found all the survivors, and Lim Da-hee shouted “Please!” and swung her spear without rest.

And now, after finding all the survivors and the last monster lure ended, she was no longer the discouraged Lim Da-hee, but had become a dignified female warrior.

Finally, she had taken the first step towards becoming Thunder Spear.

… But perhaps due to the side effects from the fierce battles,

Bzzt bzzt… Pat.

The moment her mana was exhausted and the electricity skill was cut off,

“… Ah.”

She became discouraged again.

Even more so than before.

“Ah, uh…”

Not only could she not make eye contact, but now it seemed difficult for her to even face me, as Lim Da-hee’s head drooped down.

“…”

Seeing Lim Da-hee like that, Park Ga-ram shook her head.

As if saying she was also sinister, but not to that extent.

Seeing their absurd appearances like a skit, I chuckled and took out the survivors I had put in my inventory.

Thud, thud, thud.

A heavy sound echoed out that made the ground tremble.

If I didn’t have an inventory, I would have had to carry these heavy things while fighting monsters.

I let out a short sigh of relief and brought my smartwatch close to the three dolls.

Then, with a ‘ding’ sound from the smartwatch, the training objective was updated.

The next objective was ‘Find the rift’.

But since it was a mock Other World for training, they provided the location of the rift.

So when I pressed [Here] written at the bottom of the training objective,

A hologram depicting the geography of this place appeared above the smartwatch.

“What, it’s close?”

Three human figures not far from the swirl figure were marked on one part of the map.

After seeing the unmistakable markers, I immediately led Park Ga-ram and Lim Da-hee towards where the rift was.

Of course, on the way to the destination, many monsters attacked and various branching paths appeared.

But we turned the monsters into ashes as soon as they appeared, and with the map, we passed through without any problem.

Like that, before long, we were able to arrive at the location marked on the map.

However…, a huge iron door was blocking the way at that location.

And I knew what this place was.

“…It’s the boss room?”

That’s right.

Inside this huge iron door in front of me, there was a boss monster.

I didn’t know what boss was inside either.

Just like when entering the rift of the mock Other World, if one person enters and the others don’t enter within 1 minute, they are placed in a random location.

The boss monster in the boss room is also randomly placed, so you can’t know until you go inside.

But it’s okay.

No matter what boss monster it is, I know the strategy for every one of them.

“Okay, let’s go in.”

As I said that and put my hand on the huge iron door,

Rumble…

It started to open on its own like an automatic door.

So I tried to find out what boss was inside.

But the inside was so dark that I couldn’t even figure out its shape.

So I had no choice but to wait for the door to fully open.

Thud.

Finally, when the door was wide open,

And I stepped inside,

Pababat.

Like entering the boss room in the game, light came from the mana stones embedded in the cave walls.

Only then could I see the shape of the boss monster.

“Oh!”

As soon as I identified the boss monster, I cheered.

The boss monster curled up in front of the huge blue vortex identical to the rift outside.

Its identity was none other than,

“It’s a Rock Golem!”

It was a Rock Golem.

Moreover, a golem boasting a size and build comparable to a small hill.

The Rock Golem is the most difficult monster to encounter among the boss monsters randomly placed in the boss room.

That’s how strong and challenging it is among the boss monsters in the mock Other World.

Because its entire body is made of rock, unless you wield sword energy like Lee Seo-yeon or Arthur, even if you attack with mana-infused weapons, only the outer part will break and you can’t deal significant damage.

Moreover, golems have the ability to self-repair, so unless you completely pulverize the rock or destroy the core located somewhere in its body, you can never kill it.

So it was in the top 5 boss monsters you don’t want to encounter early on, but that was the story when it was a game.

To me now, it was a very welcome and easy boss monster.

That was because Rock Golems are…

“I’m lucky.”

Inorganic.

“Okay, everyone relax your stance and go in comfortably.”

Moreover, it’s a non-living being.

“”…?””

Suddenly relaxing the battle stance and entering the boss room comfortably, Park Ga-ram and Lim Da-hee were momentarily dumbfounded by my actions, but they still faithfully followed my instructions.

Thud.

As we all entered the boss room like that, the opened door closed again.

Ding.

And at the same time, the training objective was updated anew.

I snickered at the time limit written in the training objective.

Other kids might exceed the time limit.

But that will never happen to me.

No, rather, I can kill the Rock Golem within 15 minutes.

Why?

Because I have this skill.

Finally, it was time for this skill to show its true worth.

Of course, it was a good skill and I’ve enjoyed its benefits countless times.

But that was supplementary, it had never been the main focus.

However, now standing in front of the Rock Golem,

It was hard to find a better effect for the Transfer skill.

“Don’t attack and just watch.”

“O, okay.”

“…I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but I’ll wait.”

Hearing the answers from the two, I immediately started acting.

The Rock Golem, was still curled up like a rock since we hadn’t attacked yet.

I got as close as possible to the Rock Golem, opened my inventory, and transferred the non-lethal (shock wave) grenades and mines I had brought from the training ground into the golem.

While doing that, I slightly stepped back and observed the Rock Golem’s reaction.

“…”

Silent.

Although mana was used and objects were put inside, albeit faintly, the Rock Golem didn’t budge at all, perhaps because it wasn’t a direct attack.

So I grinned and started working comfortably.

Although I could only transfer within 1m, it didn’t matter.

The consumables I brought were still abundant enough to have several more boxes.

And the mana and mental power used for the Transfer skill were very minimal.

I smiled from ear to ear and transferred grenades and mines here and there on the golem.

At 1m intervals, according to the skill’s limit.

After spending 10 minutes like that and transferring explosives all over the golem’s body, I finally took out the sawed-off style grenade launcher I had used yesterday when dueling with Arthur from my inventory.

Then I took Park Ga-ram and Lim Da-hee and moved as far away as possible from the Rock Golem.

“Park Ga-ram, do you happen to know how to use shield magic?”

“Ye, yeah. I ca, can use it.”

“Then could you use that for us? It’s going to get quite rough.”

“Okay…, go, got it.”

At my instruction, Park Ga-ram gathered mana in her hands and muttered in an incomprehensible language.

After chanting the magic spell like that for 5 seconds, the purple mana gathered in Park Ga-ram’s hands changed into the unique gray mana of the Gray Witch.

And when she slammed her hand with the gathered mana on the ground,

Woong!

A mana barrier made of translucent gray enveloped us.

I tapped the mana barrier with my hand.

Thump, thump.

The sound was like hitting a drum, but the sensation felt on my hand was firm.

Still, just in case, I asked Park Ga-ram,

“This barrier, will it be okay even if rocks fly?”

“It, it’s okay. Even if Shubamkwang, explodes in front, this ba, barrier I learned from my me, mentor won’t break.”

“To that extent? Then I’m relieved.”

A shield that doesn’t break even if Shubamkwang explodes in front of it.

It’s almost on the level of Arthur’s ‘Heaven’s Fortress’?

Ah, and Shubamkwang is the actual name of a monster.

It’s a self-destructing monster with a terrible face attached to a bomb, and whenever it explodes, it shouts ‘Shu-bam!’ and goes kwang, so it was named Shubamkwang.

But unlike its absurd name, its explosive power is so great that it’s no laughing matter.

On top of that, with the unique magic energy of monsters added, it was such a dangerous monster that even high-level heroes would suffer critical injuries if Shubamkwang exploded in front of them.

Anyway, it meant it was a very sturdy barrier.

So I can comfortably detonate it.

“Ah, and can projectiles go out from inside?”

“Ye, yeah. You’re go, going to sh, shoot what you’re ho, holding, right? It’s po, possible.”

“That’s amazing?”

It blocks attacks from outside while allowing attacks from inside.

As expected of the Gray Witch’s disciple.

Park Ga-ram is the best!

“Hee, heehee!”

Park Ga-ram made a sinister laugh and was very pleased with my praise.

“Hee, hee…, haa, haa…, hee, heehee.”

…But gradually, her cheeks turned red, and she even started letting out hot breaths.

And her gaze looking at me was somewhat… somewhat dangerous, so I turned my head towards the Rock Golem, pretending not to see.

My focus was on the golem’s head.

To be precise, I was looking at the mine I had transferred to protrude from the golem’s head, and I raised the grenade launcher.

And I pulled the trigger.

Pong.

With a refreshing sound like the inside was hollow, the grenade was fired.

The flying grenade soon hit the spot I was aiming at.

And it caused a huge explosion.

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As the tremendous shockwave made the space ripple for a while,

Kwaaaaaaang────!!!!

A roar that sounded like the earth was being torn apart reverberated.

And the golem… disappeared without a trace.

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Meanwhile, outside the mock Other World.

“Team 6, step forward.”

At Kang Cheol-su’s instruction, Lee Seo-yeon, the leader of Team 6, and two team members stood in front of the rift.

“If something happens, don’t even think about the training and press the emergency rescue request button on your smartwatch right away. Then I’ll save you immediately. Understood?”

“”Yes, understood.””

“Good, now enter.”

As the order to enter was given, Lee Seo-yeon entered the rift with a sword in her right hand and a gun in her left hand.

The moment her team members tried to follow behind Lee Seo-yeon,

Ripple.

Suddenly, as if waves were crashing, the rift rippled.

“Stop, stop! Don’t go in!”

At the sudden abnormal phenomenon, Kang Cheol-su stopped the two team members who were about to follow Lee Seo-yeon.

And grabbing the two team members, he kicked the ground and swiftly retreated backward.

At the same time,

Kwaaaaaang─!!

The blue rift turned red and began to rapidly expand.

So Kang Cheol-su pressed the emergency device next to the door.

But,

Rumble…

The door was closing too slowly.

“Ah, damn it! This is why accidents happen!”

Kang Cheol-su cursed at the door that was not only slow to open but also slow to close, and ran to the left door and kicked it hard.

Screech─, bang!

Then the door closed immediately.

But as much as it was forcibly closed, the right door caused trouble.

It not only slowed down but completely stopped.

However, with a single kick from Kang Cheol-su, the right door also,

Bang!

Closed at once like the left door.

For now, the urgent fire was put out.

By closing the door, the spread of the rift could be stopped, but 16 students had entered the rift.

So Kang Cheol-su immediately made a call to someone through his smartwatch.

– What’s the matter?

The voice of the woman who had opened the rift door earlier rang out.

As soon as that voice was heard, Kang Cheol-su explained the situation without delay.

“Vice Principal, it’s a Code Red.”

– …I will send the instructors right away.

The moment the woman said that,

Paat!

With a ripple in space, a woman appeared.

“Senior, you’ll go in right away, right?”

She was none other than Lee Yeon-ji, the female instructor who had intensively monitored Lee Yu-jin with Kang Cheol-su during the entrance exam.

And her alias was ‘Battle Mage’.

A mage specializing in spatial magic.

“Yeah, I’m going in right away.”

Kang Cheol-su stretched his neck and wrists, preparing to go inside.

“I don’t know who the bastard is, but to put my students in danger?”

Kwajik.

As Kang Cheol-su clenched his fist, the surrounding space distorted.

“If I catch them, I’ll tear them in half and kill them.”

As Kang Cheol-su’s face twisted like a demon, Lee Yeon-ji muttered, “Geez, of all people, it had to be Kang Cheol-su…”, and shook her head.

But that was only for a moment.

“Now now, senior. Save your strength for inside, and please hold my hand?”

Saying that, Lee Yeon-ji reached out her hand towards Kang Cheol-su.

And Kang Cheol-su grabbed her hand as if he was used to it.

“Okay, I’ll teleport us now. It’ll be a bit dizzying~.”

At the same time as those words were said, the space around the two rippled.

Pat!

Just as she had appeared, Lee Yeon-ji and Kang Cheol-su disappeared.

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