I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 37

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Right now, I was having a friendly conversation with the taxi driver while on the way to the Alchemy Workshop.

Of course, it wasn’t me who started the conversation first, but the driver’s one-sided questions.

“…Then, next year’s exam might be easier?”

“It could be. But seeing you ask this, I guess someone is taking the exam next year?”

“Ah, my daughter is turning twenty next year, and she doesn’t know which academy to go to. That’s why I’m asking.”

“Ah.”

Honestly, if it were up to me, I’d like to say Arena Academy is a no.

That’s because various incidents worse than this rift terror case will continue to occur at Arena Academy in the future.

How could I tell her to apply to such an academy?

I decided to hold back my words for the sake of the person who could have been my junior.

However, contrary to my thoughts.

“…Hey, student. By any chance.”

The driver seemed to have made up his mind on where to tell his daughter to apply.

“If my daughter enters Arena Academy, can you look after her a bit? My daughter is quite shy and all.”

Hmm…, I don’t think I can look after her.

Considering the incidents that will occur in the future, even if I want to look after the person who could become my junior, it will be hard to see her.

But I couldn’t bluntly say I can’t, so…

“Yes, sure.”

“Ah, really? Thanks, thank you.”

And although it was an empty promise, if I did meet her, I really intended to look after her.

Because for her to enter the academy and meet me amidst those many incidents meant she was a main or supporting character level figure or close to it.

“So what is your daughter’s name?”

“My daughter’s name is……”

But it seemed we weren’t fated to meet.

…Wee-oo wee-oo!

A warning siren suddenly rang out.

The taxi driver who was about to say his daughter’s name was startled and stepped on the brake.

Screeech!

The screeching sound of a car when it stopped suddenly echoed everywhere.

Not only the taxi I was riding, but all the cars around stopped.

Of course, there were collisions here and there due to the sudden stop, but people didn’t have the mind to care about that.

Because in this world, when a siren rang, it meant a life-threatening situation had occurred.

Wee-oo wee-oo!

Wee-oo wee-oo!

– Disaster occurred! Disaster occurred!

– Currently, a rift is occurring on Alchemy Workshop Street! Citizens, please evacuate quickly according to the rift evacuation manual! I repeat! Currently, on Alchemy Workshop Street……

Ah, I’m almost at the Alchemy Workshop!

Of all places, a rift there!

I wanted to scream from my suddenly rising irritation.

But now I had to scream in a different sense.

“Driver! Get out of here quickly!”

“Wh, what about you, student?”

“What do you mean?”

I unfastened my seatbelt and opened my inventory.

And starting with the tactical vest, I began taking out and wearing equipment.

“I have to go save people.”

Arena Academy Rule No. 1.

From the moment you enter the academy, students gain the status of a ‘prospective hero’.

Therefore, when a disaster occurs, students nearby must fulfill their ‘duty’ as heroes.

So, from now on, I have to head to where the rift occurred.

“…Be careful.”

In the end, the taxi driver couldn’t even say his daughter’s name and hurriedly started driving in the opposite direction of where the rift occurred.

“Whew.”

After seeing that, I got out of the taxi and let out a deep sigh.

“Was it for nothing that I tried to handle everything today?”

I could rest tomorrow anyway, so why was I being greedy today…

And while I thought I would be a bit busy.

I didn’t expect to be this busy.

But the situation had already occurred, and I, who was nearby…, must act not as a student but as a hero.

So, let’s stop regretting here.

Click.

I loaded live ammunition into the rifle.

Yesterday was also real combat, but today is real combat in a different sense.

And since it’s live ammunition, not rubber bullets anymore, I need to sharpen my mind even more.

Steeling my heart like that, I went against the direction people were running.

“Kyaaaah!”

“It’s a rift! Run away!”

“Save me! Save…!”

And stepped into the rift.

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Random encounter.

A phenomenon where coincidental situations occur randomly.

Just as many games caused many variables with that method.

The ‘Arena Academy’ I played also employed that method and caused many variables.

Of course, even if it was not necessarily a game element, random encounters can sufficiently occur in reality.

But the situation I’m experiencing now cannot happen unless it’s the vicious random encounter of ‘Arena Academy’.

That’s because magic energy was flowing in the place I was moved to.

That means this place is the Other World touched by the Fallen.

“Even if I let it slide yesterday because of the story….”

Another abnormal rift this time too.

Was there anyone as unlucky as me?

I let out a deep sigh and looked around.

First…, judging by the flat and wide terrain, it seemed to be a plateau.

And seeing the fortress in the distance, this place was…, a medieval theme.

“Since it’s a medieval theme…, at least people will be a bit safer.”

Usually, the monsters in the Other World were all hostile to humans, but not in the medieval theme.

Medieval theme.

This place also had another name like the modern theme.

It was none other than the ‘Chess’ theme.

Why was it called that?

It was because the monsters here were divided into two factions, black and white, like chess.

And they took the form of queen, knight, and soldier golems.

And as befitting the divided factions, the two factions were hostile to each other.

The black faction was usually hostile to humans like the typical Other World.

And the white faction was friendly to humans.

But if we attacked first from our side, the white faction also became hostile.

Since the theme of this place was so well-known and written in rift books, such a thing wouldn’t happen unless it was extreme.

But what if someone touched the white faction and got harmed?

Well, what can you do?

It was that person’s fault, so they needed to solve it on their own.

I didn’t need to care about that.

Anyway, what I needed to do now was go to the fortress I saw in the distance and check out the faction.

If it’s the white faction, join them and give and receive help.

If it’s the black faction, just sweep them all away.

Of course, the difficulty of this theme is high.

As golems, they have high defense and self-repair, making them difficult monsters to deal with.

And since the core of this medieval theme is ‘faction battles’, there are also many in number.

But now that my Transfer skill has upgraded from F-grade to D-grade and the distance has increased to 15m even if it changes from non-preemptive to preemptive, golems are still easy monsters for me to deal with.

Literally, I can ‘bully’ them here.

But I had no intention of letting my guard down.

That was because my stamina value was at most ‘3’.

No matter how much I could bully them, the moment I got stabbed deeply, I’d die with such a fragile body.

Of course, I had no intention of allowing attacks at all…, but it didn’t hurt to be careful.

While thinking that and running, the distant fortress was suddenly nearby.

Although my stamina was low, agility was the highest among my physical abilities.

Perhaps because of the effect of the talent ‘Swift Movement’ increasing my movement speed, I was swiftly approaching the fortress.

Getting closer to the fortress like that, I found out.

At the fortress right now.

Bang, kwang! Bang!

A battle was fiercely taking place.

So when I checked carefully.

The defending side was the black faction, and the attacking side was the white faction.

That means…, there’s a sub-core in that fortress.

Why am I so sure there’s a sub-core there?

From the moment I entered the rift, there was a fog of magic energy around.

“…Ugh, look at that magic energy flowing.”

The magic energy was flowing from the fortress like a demon king’s castle, to the point of overflowing.

“Phew…, if it wasn’t for the Fallen, I could just kill the black faction queen and destroy the main core.”

Because the Fallen had touched it, the rift destruction procedure became complicated.

In the previous modern theme, sub-cores were somewhere in the east, west, south, or north.

But in this medieval theme, sub-cores were scattered throughout the Other World.

But still, it was relatively easy to find since there was a sub-core in the black faction.

Even after destroying the four sub-cores, when the location of the main core appears, it can’t be easily destroyed.

That’s because regardless of abnormal rifts, the place with the main core is the black faction’s main base, in other words, where the queen is.

“…But I won’t be the only one entering here.”

Since a rift occurred in the city, the Superhuman Association would have dispatched heroes.

So, I just needed to do what I had to do until they come.

– Never back down!

– Even if we’re all destroyed, fight to the end!

– For our queen!

Bang, kwang!

Help the white faction that was being pushed back now and capture the fortress.

And after destroying the sub-core, gather the people who would be somewhere here.

That was my job for now.

I got up from my prone position for stealth.

And as I kicked the ground and ran forward.

Click.

I aimed at a black soldier who was about to destroy a white soldier.

Tremble tremble.

Of course, due to the firearm usage penalty, trembling hands was triggered.

But it didn’t matter.

Because my gaze was my aim.

Bang!

The gunshot echoed through the battlefield like lightning.

At the same time, the bullet fired along with the flames spewing from the gun barrel rushed towards the target.

Bam!

The body of the black soldier shot in the head was thrown back.

Naturally, since the golem’s body was made of stone, it couldn’t deal much damage.

But the black soldier’s head was slightly destroyed.

It would have been impossible if it were rubber bullets, not live ammunition.

Indeed, it was worth spending money.

However, ironically.

What destroyed the black soldier was.

Not the bullets I bought.

Ting!

‘Transfer.’

From among the supplies I brought from the firearm item storage.

Kwaaaaang!

Was a grenade.

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