Junghwa stared in shock at his formerly distinguished teacher, his usually neat suit now in a disheveled state. His reddened eye twitches and his frown deepens.
He clutches his head in pain, then yells at the ground. " You damn brats! You!- You!- You!- You're below me! All of you!"
He's in a panicked and shocked state. He just killed someone, his own student too...
Junghwa and Minjoo stepped back, readying themselves for the potential conflict. Shinhui covers her mouth and begins tearing up, the shock of the events played out before them begin to break her.
Mr. Park began to tear up, and fell to his knees, his tone saddened. " That damn bitch... If it wasn't for you..."
He gripped his hair, his his expression and tone turn angry. " If it wasn't for you! THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE COME TO THIS HORRID PLACE! FULL OF A BUNCH OF BOTTOM-FEEDERS!"
Mr. Park continues to struggle on the ground. Seeing this, Jinsung hesitantly stepped closer. " M... Mr. Park? Are you alright?"
Shit. I have to get ready to help him... But I have to be careful to not distract him...
Junghwa moves close to Jinsung and reaches out to him, his hand covers over his uniform's stand near his neck.
Mr. Park slowly looked up at Jinsung, his mind starts twisting. He begins to see the four students in front of him as completely different people who are smirking and laughing at his pain and misery.
His breathing became heavy. " Shut up... Stop laughing! Just shut up!"
Junghwa's gaze moved between Jinsung and Mr. Park, carefully watching his movements.
Slash!
Mr. Park suddenly slashed upwards, aiming for Jinsung's throat with a knife he was hiding.
But Junghwa quickly grabbed Jinsung's stand and pulled him backwards, successfully dodging his attack.
Jinsung fell back onto the ground, his face pale.
Damn! We have to move away!
Junghwa quickly yelled. " Everyone get away from him!"
Minjoo and Shinhui quickly follow Junghwa, who is dragging Jinsung, and run around far to the right side of Mr. Park.
Mr. Park reacted instantly and quickly stood up, then rushed towards Junghwa and appeared behind Junghwa before kicking him to the school wall with inhumane strength.
" KUGH!!"
Boom! Crack!
Junghwa crashed into the wall, creating a creator in it while simultaneously shattering his spine. Junghwa spits out blood before falling on the ground.
How's he so strong?! We've all just begun! The only thing that cause that much strength is a skill.
But only Sponsor Gods could gift skills this early on, so who's his Sponsor God?
Jinsung squirmed while Mr. Park held him down and began to savagely jab him.
" Gaaaaahh!!"
Jinsung screamed in pain while attempting to push him away, but it was useless. His blood splatters all over Mr. Park's face.
JAB! JAB! JAB! JAB! JAB! JAB! JAB! JAB!!
" Kyaaahh!!" Minjoo screamed in horror after witnessing her friend's murder.
" Hm?!" Mr. Park turns away from Jinsung's lifeless body to look at Minjoo.
No... I have to stop him. But I can't move...
Junghwa blinks slowly. One moment, Mr. Park was looking up at Minjoo, then he suddenly appears behind her, grabs her head and twists it around to the back.
" NOOOO!! Minjoo!! Jinsung!! " Junghwa screams ragefully while tearing up, his voice cracking.
He turns to Shinhui. " Run Shinhui!! RUN AND GET AWAY FROM HERE!!"
Shinhui sobs quietly as she turns around and runs downhill. Junghwa watches her figure disappear, then looks up at Mr. Park, who stood over him with an angry expression.
This son of a bitch is going to kill me now...
Junghwa's breathing slows as he prepares himself for what's to come.
I hope he makes this fast with that knife of his...
Mr. Park takes out his knife and tosses it aside. " You started this. YOU PLANNED THIS. YOU PLANNED OUT HOW TO RUIN MY LIFE!"
What?..
Mr. Park steps on Junghwa's head and begins pressing down on him.
He's not using the knife? He's crushing my head!
Crack!
Junghwa felt Mr. Park's foot making a dent on his head. Blood begins to spill out of his eyes and nose, his vision turns blurry.
It hurts! It hurts so much! This is different than my head exploding! This is the opposite!
Crack! Pop!
Junghwa's right eye popped out of his eye socket as his skull began to split open.
It hurts! It hurts! Just killed me! Kill me! LET ME DIE!!
CRACK! SPLAT!
-[ You have died]-
-[ Regressions: 2 ]-
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Gasp!
Junghwa stood up quickly, his face covered with blood. He quickly wipes the blood of his face and feels his whole head before looking at his surroundings.
Out of breath, he looks around at the headless bodies in the gymnasium. He touches his chest and breaths a sigh of relief.
I'm alive... I've returned to.... Oh. This just happened.
" Hey, are you alright Junghwa? You don't look so good" Says Jinsung while touching his shoulder after coming closer.
I'm glad you're alright, Jinsung...
Junghwa turns to Jinsung and nods with a gentle smile. " Yeah, I'm alright... Just a little happy that we made it.."
Jinsung slightly frowns. " Yeah..."
Junghwa pats him on the back, leaving a bloody handprint on the back of his uniform. " Oh..."
Jinsung noticed his surprised expression. " What? Is there something on me?"
Uhh...
" Uhh... No, there's nothing. You're good."
Junghwa attempted to wipe the handprint off his back, but only spread it across his back, causing Junghwa to cringe before changing the subject.
He clears his throat. " I think we should go out through the front. I have a bad feeling about going out through the back.."
I have to lead them away from Mr. Park this time.
" What's wrong with this exit? It's closer." Said Minjoo.
Junghwa defends his choice. " Please, just trust me. I just have a gut feeling about that exit. A bad gut feeling."
Minjoo hesitates. " I trust your gut, but..."
But?
Minjoo shudders and slowly points at the exit on the other side of the gymnasium. "That exit is blocked."
Junghwa slowly turns to look at the exit on the other side. He shudders at the sight of a pile of at least a dozen headless students.
He makes a complicated expression before turning back to his friends. " I'll..I'll take care of that..."
The three friends' expressions turn pale as they realize what he means, his horrific words leaves them speechless.
He walks towards the pile, slightly trembling and nauseous. " Ev... everyone stay back, turn around and cover your ears..."
They shakily followed his instructions in different ways. Shinhui closed her eyes while tearing up, and Minjoo hesitantly closed her eyes while Jinsung looked at the bodies in front of him.
He stares at their name tags with a horrified expression. Iseol, who smiled at him brightly when he helped her with homework, Miyung, who always greeted him, and Hayun, who always asked asked him for a pencil.
Jinsung began to tear up while Junghwa reached the pile of bodies. He proceeds to step into the large pool of blood and picked up a boy's body and threw it aside, not sparing him a glance.
Don't look at their faces. Nor their names. Just move them aside...
Junghwa proceeded to pick up the bodies of his former classmates and throwing them to the side.
He unintentionally creates a pathway with bodies on either side that lead towards the exit.
With blood stained hands, he picks up the last body in the way, but looks at his this time.
This guy... in the end, the arrogant son of the principal died as a person like everyone else...
He thoroughly looked at Eunseo's half blown off face before tossing him aside with a slight ease.
-[ Strength has increased by 0.5 ]-
" Huh? Oh yeah, I forgot this system does that."
This system is a beginner level system. There are a couple different types of systems which are mostly stronger than this system and will help vessels get stronger faster.
But we either have to earn them, or receive them as a reward during a special event.
Junghwa steps away from the door and looks at the messy and bloody pathway he created.
His gaze moves down onto his hands, arms, shoulders, torso, and legs. He breathes heavily from tiredness as he stares at his bloodied body, but the blood isn't his.
This blood... it's still warm.
....Why do I feel like this isn't the first time I'm going to look like this?
Junghwa shakes some blood off his arms before he turns around and begins walking towards his friends.
Why don't I feel scared or disgusted? I don't know. I guess it's because this situation doesn't feel real...
I feel like I could just wake up from a dream at any moment... I don't want to wake up.
Junghwa reaches and gently pulls Jinsung's hand off his ear. Jinsung flinches as he suddenly feels the warm blood touch him.
Junghwa whispers close to his ear. " Keep your eyes closed. I'm going to lead you out the door."
Jinsung nods and walks with Junghwa as he leads him away, pulling on his wrist.
Survival of the Fittest describes gory scenes like this, so I feel like I've basically seen this already, even if it's just a novel... or was.
I still feel pain. Deep pain from dying. and yet... I'm not scared. I want to continue. I feel like my life just started...
Ba-dump. Ba-dump. Ba-dump.
It's strangely exciting.
Junghwa smirks as he opens the exit for Jinsung, then leads him out. "Stay here... and don't look inside."
He quickly heads back inside without waiting for a response.
Junghwa reaches Minjoo and Shinhui, then gently moves their hands away from their ears. " Keep your eyes closed and follow me."
" O-okay..." says Minjoo
" Alright.." says Shinhui
Junghwa pulls their wrists and quickly walked towards the exit. But he briefly looks back at them as he feels Minjoo grabs his wrist with her other hand, and Shinhui grabs his wrist tightly with the same hand he's grabbing.
....They must be terrified. I would be too if I didn't know what was going on.
Jinsung, Minjoo, and Shinhui... they're real. They're my friends and I must keep them safe.
Junhwa picks up his pace as he reaches the door. He opens it and goes through it with the girls and find Jinsung safely waiting for them.