I Killed the Player of the Academy

located throughout the school, there were some which he had stolen from their original owners. 

 

  The demon-slaying sword which belonged to the granddaughter of the Sword Emperor, as well as the elixir ingredient that was constantly sucked out of ‘her’. 

 

  Those were all things he had stolen and snatched from others.
Even apart from that, his unbelievable growth in power must have been made possible only thanks to the sacrifice of many others.

 

  “Park Sihu…”

 

  I used to think of him as a hero.

 

  Although he had a bit of chuunibyou, I thought he was a true hero who accepted his fate as the player of the game and tried to save the world.
I thought his personality was just slightly flawed.

 

  But I was wrong.

 

  He was a psychopath and a ciderpath2 who did not love this world in the slightest. 

 

  Even though he was a homosexual who filled the party with handsome male characters, he did not love them.

 

  Was that why he was ruthlessly killing people? 

 

  He took everything for himself, stole and harmed people to exploit the weak ones that could not even fight back at him.

 

  But even so, was it correct to kill the player?

 

  It was true he was an evil person, but at the same time he was the one destined to save an innumerable number of people.
He was the protagonist who despite killing a hundred thousand people would soon save the world…

  Wait, this guy lost, didn’t he?

 

  Looking back, he lost at the final boss fight. 

 

  So he wasn’t even the one destined to save the world? Why was this guy even singing chants of ‘efficiency’the whole time then?

 

  It was annoying the more I thought about it. 

 

  This fucker was a mage, so why the heck did he gather so many damn swords in the first place?

 

  Look at the demon-slaying sword as an example.
It’s not even usable unless you reach the very end of a knight’s skill tree, so why the heck did he even get it?

 

  He wasn’t an efficiency-lover; he was just a greedy monopoliser!

 

  If he won at least, I would have accepted it but… he lost!

 

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  ❰Heroic Legends of Arhan❱ had various hidden items and ways that allowed one to strengthen both the protagonist and the party members.

 

  The most symbolic of them all were the ‘hidden pieces’ located all across Merkarva Academy.

 

 

Those included the demonic spirit sealed in the library;

 

The seed gained through infinite rerolls;

 

And the God of Lake, who duplicates items.

 

 

 

  Those were some of the things that came off the top of my head – they were the ones I told Park Sihu about, which he probably knew about himself.

 

  Even apart from that, meditating in front of the wobbly rock of the emerald forest inside the campus can double the effect,

 

  And there were the grimoires hidden in the library which allowed one to gain an ability by simply reading them.

 

  All these had one thing in common.

 

 

  It was that they all had to be found after entering Merkarva Academy.

 

  In other words, it meant Park Sihu would get stronger in full swing after entering the academy. 

 

  The entrance ceremony in ❰Heroic Legends of Arhan❱ was the day after the anniversary of the ‘Continental War of Liberation’, March 2nd.
Currently, it was the 27th of February, and Park Sihu would most definitely be at the level of 『Grade 5』 right now.

 

  Why was I so certain of it, you may ask?

 

  It’s because, considering his smartass personality, he would have flaunted his skills in one way or another during the admission test.
He would have become the best freshman of history, or would have broken the high score to leave a record.

 

  Why? Because that gloomy bloke had to show off his smart ass.

 

  

  But during the admission test, he barely made it through, which meant he was a complete newbie on my level at this current point in time.

 

  It was hard to imagine how much stronger he would become immediately after entering the school grounds.
In fact, he might even get stronger on the day of the admission.

 

  But right now.
it was a different story.
Although I was just a random 『Grade 5』 knight for now, that was the same for Park Sihu as well.

 

  Our abilities would exponentially grow further apart, which means—

 

  “I have to do it now.”

 

  Now was the only chance to kill the player.

 

  Then going back to the main question at hand; where was Park Sihu?

 

  I had no idea.

 

  However, he had to be near this city right now, because he must be planning on killing the Sword Emperor’s granddaughter, Alicia Arden, to steal her sword.

 

  It was one of the first big events that stirred up the academy alongside the vampire event. 

 

  The granddaughter of the Sword Emperor, Garrand, famous for being an unfathomably powerful 『Unique Grade』 knight, did not show up in the entrance ceremony.

 

  Naturally, it created an uproar as city guards were all dispatched to search for her.
It was only 3 days later that they discovered her corpse.

 

  Her death was due to a monster.
It seemed that being left alone with a sharp stab to her rib had been the biggest cause of her death.

 

  According to the state of the corpse, she was estimated to have died around 5~7 days prior.

 

  She was discovered on March 5th.
The estimated time of her death is from February 26th to 28th.
Which means…

 

  ‘She might be killed today!!’

 

  In fact, she might have been killed already! Now was not the time for this.

 

  I quickly changed my clothes and left the inn.

 

  Alicia Arden’s estimated time of death was from yesterday to tomorrow.

 

  The reason I clearly remembered the estimated time of her death and the forest she was discovered in was because I looked into it from how strange it was for the story to deviate from the main plot. 

 

  Back then I couldn’t find out anything else and had to get over it despite how unsettling it was, but now I knew exactly what happened.

 

  It was Park Sihu who killed Alicia Arden.
And…

 

  In turn, that meant saving Alicia Arden would also coincide with an opportunity to kill Park Sihu.

 

  How was Park Sihu able to come across Alicia Arden? Why would a strong character like Alicia Arden, who could easily reach 『Grade 2』 already be involved with a 『Grade 5』 like Park Sihu?

 

  “……Tutorial quest.”

 

  The first quest given to a player playing the game in order to let them grasp the initial combat system. 

 

  That was the only time that Park Sihu could have been involved with Alicia before admission.

 

  I knew the location of the tutorial quest.
It was a place I naturally started to remember since I have played it multiple times.

 

  “I have to break into the tutorial.”

 

  It won’t go the way you want this time.