The Academy’s FFF-Class Summons are SSS-class Hunters - Chapter 8

 Through rumors, Jinhyuk found a magic potion and purchased one from the village.

 It was the only one in the village and cost 6 million derats, but that was not a problem for Jinhyuk.

 

 Magic potions are quite rare, but consuming them restores a certain amount of magical strength.

He plans to have Lilil drink it in case she runs out of mana in a dangerous situation.

 

 “The air is nice.”

 

 Fresh air breezed softly over their skins as they entered the forest.

 A forest full of goblins means that a human woman is being captured somewhere. You would be able to smell some foulness in the air, but it was crystal clear.

 It was due to the trees of the forest doing a good job of purifying it.

 

 “These are great trees. Goblins with a good sense of smell are so lucky to have them.”

 

 Jinhyuk did not know what King Goblin would have done to Leira by now.

 Maybe it’s already too late to save her.

 

 But might as well try saving her, if you’re going to kill the King Goblin.

 If something bad happened to Leira, it might have a negative impact on Lilil’s heart.

 

 “Shall we hurry?”

 

 “S-s-sure. But hurry, how?”

 

 Lilil looked very nervous.

 Only natural, since It’s her first fight with a monster.

 Jinhyuk patted her head to relieve her tension and pulled out a small bottle.

 

 “Goblins are attracted by human women, right?”

 

 “yes.”

 

 “This is the blood of a human woman.”

 

 “yes?”

 

 The bottle contained a red liquid.

 Back on Earth, there was a female hunter who attacked Jinhyuk out of jealousy without knowing who he was.

 After lightly subduing her, he drew a little bit of blood out of her as a warning. Since then, no one ever chased him again.

 

 Now that I think about it, it’s not a story to be proud of.

 More specifically, it’s kinda gorey for Lilil to hear.

 Jinhyuk, thinking that he had said something useless, hurriedly backpaddled.

 

 “I-I’m joking. Just think of it as a liquid that attracts goblins.”

 

 “I-I-I-I see. I-I was terrified thinking you were serious.”

 

If I was serious, what look would you have given me?

 Jinhyuk didn’t even want to think about it.

 

 “Anyway, we’re going to use this to lure out ordinary goblins.”

 

 Jinhyuk sprinkled the woman’s blood on the floor.

 And soon after, a few goblins appeared, chuckling.

 

 “I smell something delicious.”

 

 “This must be the smell of a fresh female in her twenties!”

 

 “Clean blood – doesn’t smoke nor drink…”

 

 Hearing the goblin’s words, Lilil sent Jinhyuk a suspicious gaze.

 Jinhyuk shrugged as naturally as possible.

 

 “That’s just how the liquid was designed.”

 

 “O-of course.”

 

 Jinhyuk took his rifle out of his inventory and fired a shot.

 The roar dropped Lilil on the floor in shock. He forgot to give her earplugs this time.

 

 “Keeeeek!”

 

 One of the goblins now had a hole through his head from his carelessness.

 The other goblins dropped in horror.

 Its legs got so weak that it couldn’t even think of running away.

 

 “Wa-was that a meteor?”

 

 “It must be. That human must be an archmage!”

 

 “Maybe not. It may be a god!”

 

 Have these goblins never met an archmage?

 It almost made me laugh, but that gave Jinhyuk an idea.

 

 “I am a messenger from God. Where is the King Goblin?”

 

 “Gasp! We were right!”

 

 “Th-the King Goblin is over that way! Don’t kill us!”

 

 “Right! We are good goblins!”

 

 Would good goblins be lured by the smell of a woman’s blood.

 Jinhyuk laughed and kindly put a bullet in their head.

 The screeching goblins have fallen quiet.

 

 “I want to take these guys’ hearts too, but we are running low on time.”

 

 “Did you say something?”

 

 “Hm? Can’t you hear me?”

 

 “Not very well.”

 

 Lilil’s ears kept ringing after hearing multiple gunshots.

 All she could hear was a ferocious beep—sound.

 

 “Let’s go hunt the King Goblin.”

 

 Jinhyuk grabbed Lilil’s wrist and strode in the direction the goblin was pointing.

 Lilil followed quietly as soon as she understood, and before long, a dark aura was felt.

 

 ‘Is this the energy of the King Goblin?’

 

 It was an unusual energy.

 It wasn’t very powerful, but felt eerie and evil.

 It was very different from the kind of spiritual energy used by Hunters and the magic of the people of this world.

 

 The closer they got to that energy, more corpses of goblins appeared.

 Its terror was captured in their death – did the King Goblin also kill its own kind?

 

 No, that couldn’t be.

 

 It’s a monster that forms a group under the control of a demon. It wouldn’t make sense to terrorize and kill your own kind.

 

 Feeling strange, Jinhyuk kept going, finally teaching the source of this energy.

 

 What they found was the corpse of the King Goblin, and Leira.

 

 The evil energy was definitely coming from Leira.

 

 “Mr. Jinhyuk, maybe…”

 

The ringing subsides.

 

 “It seems so.”

 

 Jinhyuk quickly grabbed Lilil and kept their distance with Leira.

 

 “It is an evil spirit.”

 

 In Leira’s hand was a broken sword, with blood dripping from the blade.

 From this distance Jinhyuk could smell the blood.

 

 The smell of a goblin’s blood.

 

 “T-that can’t be…”

 

 Lily couldn’t believe it.

 Isn’t that the kind of employee who, until not long ago, served them with a smile?

 But now that she has become an evil spirit, anyone could see the evil energy oozing out of her.

 

 “Should I kill her?”

 

 Jinhyuk waited for Lilil’s order.

 He had no plans to kill if she asked not to.

 But he also knew very well that Lilil wouldn’t make such a choice.

 

 “······yes.”

 

 Lilil was nice, but she wasn’t an idiot who couldn’t differentiate feelings and reality.

 

 “As your command.”

 

 Jinhyuk immediately switched his gun to auto and pulled the trigger.

 Lilil quickly covered her ears with her fingers, muffling the enormous gunfire.

 

 But every shot missed.

 As soon as the gunfire went off, Leira quickly moved and dodged all his bullets.

 Jinhyuk clicked with his tongue seeing the unbelievable speed and put his rifle back in his inventory.

 

 ‘I see why the goblins were scared.’

 

 Movement fast enough to dodge bullets.

 

 It was hard to believe to see such ability from a girl who hasn’t even entered the academy.

Jinhyuk had no choice but to use Lilil’s magic.

 

 Jinhyuk took a deep breath and used the Hwan-su breathing technique.

 Spiritual energy within his body rapidly circulated and his strength increased.

 Lilil lacks in mana, so he shouldn’t go for a long battle.

 

 I’ll finish this quickly.

 

 Wooosh!

 

 Tearing through the air, Jinhyuk rushed to Leira.

 Leira swung her broken sword. Although fast, the broken blade’s limited range missed him.

 After a light dodge, Jinhyuk planted a punch to her jaw.

 

 Crack!

 

 Leira stepped back, losing balance.

 Jinhyuk definitely felt the fist slam her jaw, and momentarily felt it break as well.

 

 An evil energy wrapped around her face and regenerated it.

 

 “Ugh…!”

 

 Jinhyuk heard a brief scream from Lilil.

 Was that already too much for her magical strength? She staggered, looking exhausted.

 

 What can I do?

 

 As he was thinking of his next moves, Leira ran up to him and swung her sword. Jinhyuk continued to ponder as he avoided the attacks.

 

 ‘Can I win?’

 

 Jinhyuk thought for a moment.

 

 What happens if Lilil dies from using up too much mana?

 

 Will I be summoned back to Earth?

 Or will I be left in this world without the constraints of her power?

 If not, perhaps lose all my strength or die together.

 

 None of them sounded fun.

 Nothing was more fun than living with Lilil.

 So Jinhyuk had to keep Lilil from dying.

 

 ‘But retreating would just be a temporary measure.’

 

 The evil spirit will start from this forest and eventually destroy the village.

 If that happens, that’d hurt Lilil equally.

 

 He had to somehow kill the evil spirit while ensuring Lilil’s survival.

 

 ‘how?’

 

 Lilil also wondered.

 

 She didn’t think Leira could be this strong.

 There was a point she wondered if there was a way to get her back, rather than kill her.

 

 But now, even killing seemed difficult.

 She’s already reached the limit of her magical strength.

 

 Lilil felt useless.

 

 Jinhyuk is strong, but that didn’t matter because she was weak.

 She wouldn’t have thought of even summoning if she knew it’d be like this. She felt like she was just causing harm by dreaming bigger than she could handle.

 

 Lilil was falling into a spiral of self-hatred, until she saw Jinhyuk dodging Leira’s attack from afar.

 

 He wasn’t just dodgin them.

 He was dodging in such a way that made sure Lilil wasn’t in the way of harm.

 

 Am I really worth all that trouble? Lilil thought.

 

‘You are.’

 

 Jinhyuk’s words came to her mind.

 The way he told her that she was the greatest person he had ever met.

 A great summon was telling the pathetic summoner that she was the greatest.

 

 If so, shouldn’t she become what her summon expects her to be?

 

 ‘you can do it.’

 

 With all magical strength drained out of her, Lilil had no energy to even stand.

 She was already lying on the floor.

 But she clenched her teeth and started crawling on all fours.

 

 Jinhyuk saw Lilil crawling.

 She was definitely heading for the King Goblin.

 Understanding immediately what she was planning to do, he gulped.

 

 ‘Is she trying to eat the King Goblin’s heart raw?’

 

 Is that possible?

 Could Lilil do it?

 

 Yes. Lilil can.

 

 Jinhyuk trusted his summoner, Lilil.

 She’s someone who puts all her heart into what she wants to achieve.

 If she means to eat the heart, she surely will eat it.

 

 The moment Lilil reached the King Goblin, Jinhyuk quickly ran towards it and pulled out its heart.

 He threw the heart at Lilil and then ran towards Leira.

 

 The heart of the King Goblin.

 

Lilil did not hesitate.

 It must be tasteless. I might puke mid way.

 But I can’t. I must eat it all.

 

 In order to become a summoner suitable for the best summon.

 

 “Urpp…”

 

 Lilil felt nauseous, but kept chewing while holding her puke back.

 She kept chewing and chewing, until she could swallow.

 

 At that moment, Lilil was filled with more magical powers than she has ever felt in her life.

 

 Jinhyuk and Lilil were simultaneously certain.

 

 They can kill Leira.

 

 But Lilil saw something else.

 

 ‘Mr. Jinhyuk… there are so many things he’s capable of.’

 

 With magical strength flowing through Lilil’s body, she could feel what kind of skills her summon had.

 

 As she felt them, she saw some technique that made her heart pound.

 

 ‘This technique could restore the employee.’

 

 But not with this much power.

Just a little more. Just a little more, and it could work.

 

 ‘Just a bit more.’

 

 Lilil looked at the corpses of other goblins.

 Jinhyuk couldn’t understand Lilil’s intentions, but she seemed to want a little more magical power, so he decided to help.

 The role of a summon is to abide by the summoner’s will.

 

 He pulled all hearts he could pull, and Lilil ate them while holding in her vomit.

 He felt her magic continue to grow.

 

 Then, when she finally ate all of them,

 

 ‘That’s it. This will be enough!’

 

 Lilil gained enough magical power to use that skill.

 

 And in that moment, Leira’s voice was heard.

 

 –Kill me… I don’t want to harm others…

 

 Why could she hear her? That was unknown.

 Nevertheless, she had no intention of killing Leira.

 

 “Now! Use the Flame of Zhuque!” 

 

The Flame of Zhuque.

 

 A form of Hwan-su-shin technique, which evaporates the opponent’s energy with a flame that is as hot as the Zhuque.

 

 Jinhyuk understood her intentions immediately.

 

 The Flame of Zhuque is a technique that evaporates all spiritual energy from the opponent. It’d certainly evaporate evil spiritual energy as well.

 

 That would return Leira to her original state.

 

 ‘But…’

 

 Jinhyuk was certain as he felt Lilil’s magical strength.

 

 Using any of it will put her in danger.