I Become a Mafia in the Academy

Chapter 49

The children who had been fighting with Yoojin until just a moment ago were lying on the ground, breathing heavily.

"No way, is he really a freshman like us?"

It was Youngje who spoke first.

"How can he break through every spell with his bare hands and detect ambushes so well? Does that make any sense?"

Yoojin's demeanor, which they had just witnessed, was no different from that of an Awakened One well-versed in combat.

"That's why he's the boss. No matter when you look at him, he's like a monster, really..."

And Jinwoo, who had been fighting Yoojin at close range, shivered as he recalled the battle that had just taken place.

It was as if he could predict every move and where each attack would come from.

Even when he mixed in feints for irregular attacks, Yoojin caught the dagger with his bare hands as if it were nothing and pulled him in.

Thinking that if it hadn't been for Youngje's magic, he would have certainly fainted disgracefully, Jinwoo shook his head.

"I can't do this again. Even if I try to interfere with the field, there's interference from outside. It seems like Instructor Ji Soohyun is blocking any further interference with the field."

Youngje nodded at Seah's words as she was trying to catch her breath.

"It's definitely unreasonable to keep interfering with the field. Still, thanks to that, we managed to buy one turn."

Though it was a pity they couldn't succeed right away with their trump card, there was nothing they could do about it.

It was a cheat move possible because the field was originally made of magic power.

Youngje thought of Yoojin, who had just found them, as he said this.

Despite their efforts to change the trajectory of the magic with Seah's help to hide their position, Yoojin eventually found them through the birds.

Deciding he needed to change his attack method, Youngje rose from his lying position.

"Seah, can you search for the president's location one more time?"

"Huh? Right now? Well, since I'm the one who moved Yoojin, I think I can find his expected location quickly by prioritizing the search."

"Please do it right away."

Seah, who had no strength left to even touch the ground, lay down on her stomach, stretched out like a frog, and scanned the place where she had sent Yoojin.

She found Yoojin right away.

"Huh...? Yoojin is standing still at the place I sent him to."

"Is that so? Then, I'll cast the spell, so guide it to that location."

"But won't Yoojin come back here again?"

"Don't worry about that. I'll send the magic underground."

"...Underground? Then, I'll give it a try."

After hearing Seah's response, Youngje nodded and pointed his fountain pen at the ground.

"tranquollo. (Quietly.)"

With a small wave of magic power, Youngje's spell shot towards the ground.

Then, Seah, taking control of the magic, adjusted it to head towards where Yoojin was standing.

She made the magic rise towards Yoojin's position, but at that moment.

────!!

Realizing that the control was lost due to some impact, Seah slumped her shoulders.

"I didn't hit him this time. But it seems like he hasn't pinpointed our location yet."

"Is that so?"

It meant that this method was effective.

"Then, I'll leave the adjustments to you."

"Yes! Leave it to me."

Hearing Seah's response, Youngje continued to fire magic at the ground.

Youngje's original magic 'conduttore (conductor)'.

It was a magic that expressed will through words, and 'tranquollo' meaning 'quietly' was shot towards Yoojin very quietly and continuously.

"I grazed him this time. It seems like he's shifting more towards evasion than defense. Or is he moving now? Something... he's moving very slowly."

'Moving slowly?'

Hearing Seah's words, Youngje looked at Jinwoo, who was resting on a tree stump beside him, with a question.

"Jinwoo, climb up the tree and check the direction where the president is."

"Huh? Now?"

"Quickly!"

"Oh, uh, okay."

Following Youngje's orders, Jinwoo immediately climbed the tree. At the same time, he realized that something strange was happening far away.

"...Huh? Why is it only empty over there, like it's bald?"

-Thud

Once again, another tree fell, and as a result, birds flew away and dust rose thickly.

-Boom!!!

Then, more trees fell. The birds around had already flown away, but the dust showed no signs of settling.

"No, what is that..."

Another tree fell. Jinwoo watched the scene, recalling a documentary he saw when he was young.

A documentary about poachers clearing forests with heavy machinery.

He remembered that even heavy machinery wouldn't knock down trees as fast as that.

"Crazy, no way. He's not trying to clear the entire forest, is he?"

Only then did Jinwoo realize.

The one over there is Yoojin. And he is trying to find our location by knocking down all the trees in this forest.

And if that happens, we will eventually have to face him in a field as good as a wasteland.

"...We're screwed."

Jinwoo quickly descended from the tree and looked at the children.

Youngje and Seah were still firing magic towards where Yoojin was, but their expressions were much darker than before Jinwoo left.

"Something keeps moving around Yoojin. And... the ground around him is shaking."

They had also noticed the anomaly.

Youngje turned to look at Jinwoo, who was breathing heavily.

"What the hell is happening right now?"

Preparing to answer Youngje's question, Jinwoo took deep breaths.

Jinwoo pointed in the direction where Yoojin was still knocking down trees and said,

"The boss is knocking down trees indiscriminately."

The expressions of the other children changed in various ways upon hearing Jinwoo's story.

Seah with a look of confusion and Youngje with a meaningful expression.

"...Crazy."

Realizing something, Youngje hurriedly unleashed his magic power and shouted,

"Forget about being detected, we need to bombard the president's location right now!"

"What?! Right now?"

"In this situation, no matter how much magic we throw, it won't hit him! Seah, guide the magic to where the president was last seen!"

At the same time, countless magical bombardments began to fly through the fountain pen that Youngje aimed at the sky.

Seah hurriedly guided Youngje's magic to the last known coordinates of Yoojin.

Jinwoo also climbed back up the tree to check the situation, but trees continued to fall from the direction the magic was flying.

"He's still coming closer!"

"Seah! What's the situation with the president?"

"I don't know! With the trees falling and the magic flying everywhere, I can't tell!"

It seemed like they could roughly estimate his location from the direction the magic was coming from, and the direction Jinwoo saw Yoojin from the tree was towards them.

"It looks like he's caught by the magic! Is this really happening?!"

"We can't win any other way! Don't you know what kind of crazy thing the president is doing right now?!"

"What?"

"Since he can't find us because of the trees, he's trying to clear the entire forest!"

"What should we do?! We can't stop him right now!"

"What do you mean what should we do?! If I stop the bombardment in the middle, he'll immediately──."

"──I found him."

A cold voice came from among the trees.

"Crazy... did he really break through that magic and come here?"

At Yoojin's voice, Youngje stopped casting the spell and pointed his fountain pen.

"Since I've already pinpointed your exact location, there's no need for me to walk over. And above all... the fact that you're still doing this even though I've approached this close means you can't mix up the field again, right?"

Perhaps because of the experience of being blown away once, Yoojin's expression looked more serious than when they first saw him, causing Seah to flinch and tremble.

"Well, that's the thing......."

"I'm not trying to criticize. On the contrary, it was impressive enough to warrant praise. Hacking and interfering with the spatial magic spread throughout the field to blow me far away... it was a method I couldn't even imagine."

Yoojin genuinely thought so.

It was a method he had never seen or heard of, controlling the field through hacking.

The skills of Youngje and Jinwoo were equally impressive.

As a temporary leader, the way he gave orders to the kids and his commanding presence were truly fitting for his magic 'conduttore', and Jinwoo's animalistic senses, which had bound his feet before the move, were sharp.

Therefore, Yoojin decided to give the kids a little tip.

"Seah, while supporting Youngje's magic, there must be a way to support Jinwoo as well."

"Huh? Jinwoo? B-But, I don't know any buff or enhancement magic..."

"There's no rule saying that spatial magic can only be used for searching."

In the past, Yoojin had played numerous games while doing CS. Among them, there were also spatial magicians.

"The advantage of spatial magic, unlike other magic, lies in setting coordinates and manifesting magic there. It can be considered a different advantage from magic that is based solely on the caster. So, wouldn't it be possible to use it to create obstacles or terrain?"

Seah's expression began to be tinged with shock as she listened to Yoojin's words.

"Then, let's start right away."

As Yoojin rushed towards the kids, Youngje cast his spell.

"Adagissimo. (Very slowly.)"

A blue fluctuation started to reduce Yoojin's speed around him, and Seah and Jinwoo, watching this, began to move.

"Kim Seah! Can you match your breathing?"

"That's too difficult a spell! How can I create a foothold knowing where Jinwoo will jump?"

The most important thing in their coordination was how Jinwoo knew where Seah should place the foothold.

It was almost impossible for Seah to form a foothold in sync with Jinwoo's speed.

"If you don't know, you'll have to learn by getting hit."

In the meantime, Yoojin, having approached Jinwoo, swung his left leg.

"No, wait──!"

Jinwoo quickly raised his right arm to defend against Yoojin's kick.

Feeling the force in Yoojin's leg, he prepared for his arm to break, but Seah, following Yoojin's words, created a purple board next to Jinwoo like a shield to block the attack.

However.

"Clumsy!"

Yoojin's leg broke through the purple board and reached Jinwoo's arm, as if it were laughable.

Fortunately, thanks to Seah's magic power absorbing the impact, Jinwoo's body only tilted to the side, but the damage accumulated in his arm was significant.

"Why do you keep holding back your abilities? If you use your wind ability, you could execute much more varied attacks."

"I'll do it!"

Wind started to flutter around Jinwoo, pushing back Yoojin's leg.

"You should have done that from the start."

At the same time, Jinwoo, realizing something, smiled at Yoojin, lifting the corners of his mouth.

"──I think I understand. Why the boss told me to use my abilities."

At Jinwoo's long-awaited words, Yoojin also smiled.