Chapter 56: Chapter 56- Conflict

"Hm?" Talon raised an eyebrow as he looked down before he nodded his head. "Yeah, I gained some more status points and also this jacket." He said.

"That's an item?" Hyun-Jae asked surprisedly.

"Yeah, it has some healing abilities too."

"Aaah, I guess that makes sense why you recovered quickly. On top of your health points." Hyun-Jae rubbed her chin as she thoughtfully looked at Talon. "It hasn't been two hours since I brought you here."

"Really? I thought I slept for a long time. I'm not feeling drowsy or anything like that." Talon murmured.

"An hour or two of sleep a day should be enough from now on," Acrypha commented from the side.

Talon's eyes moved to her for a moment as a myriad of complicated feelings filled his heart. The memory of what happened two hours ago didn't go anywhere. However, he didn't say anything and instead focused on Hyun-Jae again.

"I killed most of the monsters on the path to the cafeteria. If we bring the students there tomorrow, I think we can fully clear it out in a few hours and access the building fully." Talon said.

"You cleared it?"

"Yeah, I killed around 40 or so monsters. They weren't strong so it was easy enough."

'Ehem, except for two particular ones.' He added in his head with a wry smile.

"That's good news. I think we can pull that off." Hyun-Jae nodded her head. Accessing the cafeteria was a very optimal step. After that, they had two choices, either try to take control of other buildings like the pharmacy or simply head straight toward the research center.

'I doubt we can clear the research center quickly with the group of students we have.' Talon thought to himself.

The thousands of monsters there were simply too much to handle for a newbie group that barely knew how to kill monsters.

Just thinking about it, Talon realized how much work and time it would take to actually reach the research center and he could only sigh. If there was a way to simply clear that cluster of monsters in one swipe, he would go for it in a heartbeat.

"Talon?" Hyun-Jae snapped her fingers to catch his attention.

"Hm?"

"Are you ok?"

"Ah, yeah. I was just thinking."

As they were like that, the door to the room was suddenly barged open as a girl ran inside in a hurry, her face was pale.

"M-Miss Hyun-Jae!"

"Hei-Ran?" Hyun-Jae was alerted by the girl's sudden appearance and stood up. "What happened?"

The girl quickly pointed outside. "There is chaos outside!"

It wasn't as massive as an actual Warhammer but it was still heavy. The reason Ji-Seok could lift it was because he put all of his points into strength after leveling up which boosted that status to 20 points.

'More strength means more destructive power. I don't need the other stats when I can simply crush everyone with one single hit.' He thought to himself with a grin as he approached Young-Soon daringly.

"Take this!"

Yelling, Ji-Seok swung the hammer down with full force aiming at Young-Soon. The latter quickly used his shield to defend against the hit. But, he underestimated how strong Ji-Seok was.

The moment the hammer smashed against the shield, Go Young-Soon was pushed back, almost stumbling. The hit made his arms numb with how strong it was.

"Hahaha, that's it? You aren't doing a convincing job, friend." Ji-Seok added as he swung the hammer again.

Young-Soon's face paled when he saw the upcoming attack.

*BANG*

"Ugh!"

Falling to the ground with a loud thud, Young-Soon groaned as he grabbed his hand. The sheer pain he felt upon impact was brutal.

Students watched with pale faces at what was happening. Go Young-Soon was being assaulted right in front of them and yet they didn't dare to move forward and protect him simply because they didn't want a fight.

Ji-Seok took advantage of that fact fully and grinned at Young-Soon. "One last chance, give me the food."

"... Fuck you!" Amidst the pain he was feeling, Young-Soon cursed angrily at Ji-Seok with a strong glare.

The latter was taken aback for a moment before he frowned hard and grabbed the hammer with two arms.

"I guess you won't need both of your legs."

Without any hesitation, he swung the hammer down aiming for Young-Soon's legs. Everyone's hearts stopped at that moment. Some even closed their eyes and waited for the inevitable sound of bones cracking and wails of pain.

"No!!" Young-Soon yelled as his eyes closed shut too.

However, at the last moment, a silhouette appeared out of nowhere and stood in front of Young-Soon, facing the upcoming hammer. Before anyone could even react, the person extended their hand in the weapon's direction.

*BANG*

Eventually, the hammer landed on the hand as it made a loud sound. When everyone realized what happened, their expressions changed completely.

Even Ji-Seok didn't expect what he was about to see. The hammer was completely halted mid-air by the extended hand.

For a good few seconds, no one made a single sound. The sight was simply too unreal.

Talon looked at Young-Soon with a dark expression. "Don't you think that was a little bit too far of a joke?" He asked coldly as he watched the male student's face change from confidence to confusion and then to deep fear. A fear that completely paralyzed his body and shook his very soul.

(A//N: Thanks to everyone who supports the book with power stones and golden tickets, you guys are the best:) )