The Illegitimate Who Devours Weapons

Weapon-Eating Illegitimate Son

Episode 38

After the briefing was over, the details were relayed to each class’ instructors.

Lee Jeong-ho approached me and spoke carefully.

“Your Majesty. I think you already know, but this test is… … .”

“I know. Someone must have breathed into it.”

A gate is an isolated space where electronic devices cannot function.

In other words, there is no better place to do things without evidence.

“I guess you’ve noticed the pitfalls of the test.”

“To some extent.”

The rules of the promotion match are simple.

Acquiring, stealing, and surviving the nameplate.

If you lose your nameplate, you will be considered dead, and your promotion score will be determined by the number of nameplates.

‘Death notice, that’s the trap.’

There is a rule that if you lose your nameplate, you are considered dead and must come out, but in reality, it is meaningless.

Even if the nameplate is stolen, no one will know about it outside the gate.

A cadet without a nameplate can just continue to play and steal someone’s nameplate or obtain a hidden nameplate.

The cadet commander described this promotion battle as a battle for survival, but in reality it was closer to a battle for survival.

‘Besides, the attendance is for the second year students, and it’s an individual exhibition.’

The promotion match location, the survival match, the joint test with the second-year students, and the recent intensifying suppression of Class 5, as well as what Seohyun Lee had said.

There wasn’t a single thing that wasn’t suspicious.

‘But I can’t risk my life because I have my father’s eyes.’

I slowly left the conference room.

A promotion match held inside a gate that is isolated from the outside.

Whatever happens to the despised illegitimate child, there is no evidence left behind.

‘I guess so.’

That’s the same from our perspective.

* * *

The seventh son of the Sungmoo family, Jaehak Lee, adjusted his glasses and frowned.

“What are you doing?”

A woman of mysterious age was grinning on top of the partition of Lee Jae-hak’s desk, which was piled with all kinds of documents.

“Are you watching your cute little brother work hard and get a rash on his butt?”

“Crazy bitch.”

The sixth, Lee Seol-ah, was smiling broadly while resting her chin on the partition.

“I can’t say that my baby?”

Lee Jae-hak ignored it lightly and continued to sign the documents.

Despite his young age, Lee Jae-hak was famous for his administrative ability and business sense as well as his military prowess.

That’s why Lee Jae-hak was always busy.

He was definitely a different breed from his other brothers who were only absorbed in training and fighting.

“Oh my. You really are like your second brother. Isn’t that boring?”

“Every word you say is really low-level.”

Lee Jae-hak’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.

“Ah, this kid always speaks informally to his older sister… … Ugh, the eighth kid is cuter than this guy. He acts like a little rabbit… … I really want to twist his neck.”

Isul-ah licked her lips with her tongue.

Jaehak Lee laughed and continued signing the documents.

Lee Seol-ah pretended to read the documents on Lee Jae-hak’s desk as if her excitement had been ruined.

“Hey, what do you think about that?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Mother’s orders.”

“… … .”

Jaehak Lee put down his signing pen.

“What do you think about the bastard?”

“I don’t think so at all.”

Lee Jae-hak divides people into exactly two types.

A useful person.

A useless person.

Whether it’s an illegitimate child or a legitimate child, it doesn’t matter.

By that standard, the youngest son, Cheol Lee, was still useless.

“I just thought it might be worth taking a look into it.”

“Anyway, you find everything annoying.”

Lee Seol-ah hurriedly threw the documents away. Lee Jae-hak’s expression suddenly distorted as he looked at the messy documents.

“I don’t like it. The fact that the bastard is wearing a direct lineage name tag and acting like he doesn’t know his place.”

Lee Seol-ah laughed bitterly.

“So I wanted to give him some insight into the topic.

Lee Seol-ah’s eyes were illuminated, appearing slightly darker, almost as if they were glowing red.

“Adjust it appropriately. If you mess with him too much after he enters the cadet corps, even your father won’t let him off easy.”

“If I get caught, I’ll get in trouble. When have you ever seen me care about something like that?”

“Yeah, you’ve always been like that.”

Lee Seol-ah was making a fuss.

“You think you’re a tiger when you’re carrying your older brother on your back like a fox. You should take this opportunity to teach him a proper lesson.”

Lee Jae-hak thought as he looked at his older sister who was starting to act wild again.

Unlike him, who doesn’t really like to follow his mother’s orders, the seventh sister seems to be quite active.

‘The fox borrows the might of the tiger… Is that really all?’

Lee Jae-hak tried to correct Lee Seol-ah’s words, but gave up on the idea.

I said something reminiscent of an old Chinese idiom, but there’s no way that the monstrous eldest brother would maintain a friendship with the youngest just for reasons like family affection.

Jaehak Lee suddenly wondered how the youngest would react to this incident.

* * *

Cadets were given personal time without any special education or training until their promotion.

There were cases where the instructor would give each individual a personal training session, but that wasn’t the case for me.

‘I have quite a few weapons right now.’

I was at the Sungmujang.

Standing tall in the center of the training ground, I imagined a virtual being before my eyes.

-Keeeeeek!

Earlier this year, the monster I encountered, the Human-Faced Queen, was standing there.

I went through my things one by one and faced the Queen.

‘First, Mujin.’

A weapon that can be transformed freely.

The greatest weapon I have right now is Mujin.

There was no weapon more powerful than the one I had to bring out my fighting style.

However, Mujin cannot be used in this test.

‘Next up is Chuckma and Manbyeon.’

If the horse is a decisive weapon that kills with one blow, then the ten thousand changes are the framework of my overall movements.

I took out the moojin and slowly moved my body.

Drop the Seven Star Sword Lightning Bolt.

A thousand hundred windows of light.

Shinto Ilryu’s momentum is on the rise.

The flow of skills acquired through the Black Flag is connected in a continuous manner.

Although they were techniques from different martial arts, they were connected naturally as if they were one movement.

‘Now, even magic.’

Wooooow-!

As the movements that had been swinging blandly began to be imbued with magic, they began to change into something so destructive that it was hard to believe that they were the work of a young child.

Delicate yet bold.

The spreading magical power began to gain strength like a gust of wind.

‘Finally… … Ma-an.’

The moment the magic was focused on my eyes, my head started to throbbed and my light brown eyes began to turn a sunset color.

The world reflected in my eyes has changed.

You begin to see the shapes of the flying dust, the texture of the air, the direction of force, and many other things you had never seen before.

Ukshin-

My eyes were feeling sore due to increased intraocular pressure.

Eyes that can only open for a few minutes at most, and that can’t even distinguish what they want to see.

But that alone was a great ability.

‘Ugh!’

The queen who appeared before her eyes was now somewhat skilled in handling her own body and strength.

No matter how fast I move away, it approaches, and when I finally get close, it sprays acid and poison.

Occasionally, it will shoot spider webs to bind limbs, and it will also utilize the mental attack shown at the end.

“Haaap!”

I finally grabbed Mujin by following the path that Ma-an showed me.

Kang Ki-gong, lightning struck Mujin.

He swung it without controlling his strength.

Kwaaaaaaaah!

A fierce aftershock swept across the ground, as if a shell had been fired.

I imagined the Queen taking this attack.

-Keeeeeek!

The human-faced queen screamed and writhed.

But I won’t die.

Even though he had suffered great damage, he would still be strong and have the strength to rush at me.

This wasn’t enough to completely defeat the queen I faced.

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes.

“Time is a pity.”

The magical power I possess, the power I wield, and my own special ability, the Ma-an.

If my body had grown a little more, it would have been different, but it was still lacking.

‘Let’s not be impatient. I just need to do what I can do now.’

I turned the Mujin around once, changed it into a ring shape, and put it back on.

I took a moment to catch my breath and this time I pulled out my training steel sword.

Imagine a new opponent.

A large number of cadets stand in front, each holding their own weapon.

Phew-

I took a deep breath and started swinging my sword again.

* * *

As time passed, the promotion match was getting closer and closer.

As we headed to the cadet training grounds after a long time, we saw cadets continuing their training.

Even so, it wasn’t to the point where the body would get hurt, but that doesn’t mean there were any students who did it roughly.

One of them. There was a boy who was lost in thought with a somewhat more nervous expression than anyone else.

I approached the boy.

“Are you nervous?”

“… … You have arrived, Your Majesty.”

Choi In-ha, a boy who had been lost in meditation, slowly opened his eyes and stood up from his seat.

Choi In-ha laughed bitterly.

“Don’t you already know about me?”

From Sungmu Hope Center.

Long term paid leave.

A life lived through compromise and giving up.

Choi In-ha, who had a powerless expression, had shining eyes.

“So I’m looking forward to it.”

The tension was still tension, but it was a different kind of tension.

That was enough.

“Gather some cadets. Even the ones who aren’t at the training grounds.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Choi In-ha took Kim Han and gathered all the students from Class 5.

Each cadet came out holding a tablet PC or smartphone.

I opened my mouth.

“Let’s get started.”

“Yes, if you open the file I sent you, there were 23 first-year students who messed with us. There were 34 second-year students. If you include those who pressured us outside of the cadet corps, the total… … .”

Choi In-ha began to report calmly.

It wasn’t that the students in Class 5 were stupid and just sat there.

I was just being patient and preparing for later.

“Well organized. Let’s summarize it here. The ones targeting us are Seol-ah and Jae-hak. The forces connected to those two are pretty easy to pinpoint. If we somehow find the students connected to them… … it comes out like this.”

I flipped through the list and highlighted the main characters.

It is easy to identify the forces associated with Sister Seol-ah.

Seol-ah has a strong following among the younger generation due to her unique personality. However, her skills tend to be somewhat lacking.

On the other hand, it is not difficult to find Jaehak Hyungnim since most of his connections are related to business, except for those that are hidden from the public. In other words, it is easy to obtain information even without doing any research.

“Then, to summarize, there are 13 students in the first year and 21 students in the second year. Of those, 3 are class presidents… … .”

“No, it’s possible that Brother Jaehak won’t assign work to the children of the families within his power. He’ll also have to include the children of the families that have been having some trouble recently. He might push in the students after making some kind of deal.”

One by one.

The students began to produce results by gathering information from their own experiences, various speculations, information obtained through their nannies, and stories obtained through their aunts.

‘Only fools would stand still and let it happen to them.’

It’s become clear that the opponent is after me, and he is somewhat ignoring me.

It’s not my style to wait for my opponent to attack me and then counterattack.

Strike before you are struck.

That was my way.