The otherworldly assault that occurred during the autumn picnic was successfully concluded.

After the rift to the other world disappeared, Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong apologized for the picnic ending with a battle, but not a single student felt that an apology was necessary.

Considering that the picnic was called a field trip, experiencing the homeroom teacher’s fight actually made for a cool ending.

Moreover, it was a good opportunity to confirm the growth of the classmates.

“Did the rarity only increase in the real boss room? Just like Daeseok said?”

“Yes, Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong was hiding it, though.”

Upon Yong Je-geon’s confirmation, Mingrin smiled proudly as if she had guessed correctly, and Song Daeseok showed a smug expression, but when all eyes turned to them, he awkwardly looked away.

He seemed to feel embarrassed belatedly, but it was okay to boast now.

Song Daeseok, relying only on the satellite’s observations, had almost certainly figured out what happened in the boss room.

From what he overheard, Song Daeseok didn’t just watch observations from the Korean Peninsula but monitored global data, and remembering localized data and analyzing it on the spot was no ordinary feat.

The white horse that followed Song Daeseok knew how impressive this was, and every time this topic came up, it shook its snowy mane and neighed loudly.

“So that’s why the boss room assault took so long?”

“Maybe the delay in announcing the raid’s top contributor also influenced that.”

“Right, it’s the first time I’ve seen a message saying there was a problem settling the contribution points causing delays. The defense team’s announcement came quickly, though!”

The classmates chatted while looking toward Kim Yuri, today’s top contributor among the defenders.

It was the first time Kim Yuri received such high praise for an actual otherworldly assault.

Until now, she had often failed to regulate her strength, sometimes hindering the assault or, in the worst cases, going berserk, so she hadn’t been able to fight properly every time.

Although she participated as part of the defense team, she played a support role under teacher supervision and had never been selected as the top contributor.

Everyone was happy to see the skilled class president Kim Yuri finally getting recognized.

‘If everyone fought sincerely and competitively, someone else might have been selected as top contributor. But Kim Yuri clearly has one of the best fighting abilities among us.’

For example, if In Seon-oh, who was hiding her skill, or Jin Jeongmuk, who hadn’t yet found his footing, had exerted their full power, the outcome might have changed.

But today, the one who showed the greatest performance was Kim Yuri.

“The top contributor of the raid was announced as Chang Cheonmyeonggung, but it seems the vice-president, Lee Neung-pa, lost quite a bit.”

“I think the same as my partner. Other raid members barely showed signs of using their skills!”

The top contributor of the raid was announced as Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong.

Since I fought alone trying to check various things, I should have been the top contributor originally, but it wouldn’t have been good for my alias to be revealed in this matter.

So I took immediate action.

Because I have connections in the association’s higher ranks and the power used in this subjugation was Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong’s, manipulating the results was no problem.

Because of this, the announcement was slightly delayed, but we safely got the desired result.

Even in this situation, attention-seekers were stirring trouble.

“Jiho and I also used our abilities. Since the otherworldly level was low, it just didn’t show much.”

“Teacher Yong, why do you call Jiho like that? Do you want to make him angry?”

“Exactly. I just said something pointless to annoy him.”

Yong Je-geon gave a support fire that didn’t help at all.

As Sawol Seyum sharply pointed out and Hwang Ji-ho agreed, he just said that to needle Hwang Ji-ho, knowing it wouldn’t help.

Eventually, Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong stepped in.

“Jo Yi-shin used abilities inside the other world to investigate something. As Teacher Yong said, there wasn’t only one participant in the battle.”

It was as if they explained that I used auxiliary skills for investigation, consuming my ability points.

It wasn’t a lie, but thanks to the plausible explanation, the story roughly made sense.

The attention-seekers kept asking if I was the top contributor, but only after In Seon-oh soothed them did they calm down.

“I don’t think anyone lied exactly. Rather than that, it’s better to quickly decide on the dinner menu. The nearby restaurants close early.”

In Seon-oh noticed that no one lied but sensed something was being hidden and quickly changed the subject.

Even though we had eaten plenty of snacks during the trip, once the topic of dinner came up, the conversation shifted swiftly.

When someone proposed eating olchaengi noodles shaped like tadpoles, made from dried corn in addition to Korean beef, the issue of contributors was completely buried.

However, those who participated in the raid couldn’t think of anything but the menu.

After the picnic ended, instead of heading to the dormitory, I went toward the Tiger mansion.

“I confirmed which demon god the seal represented.”

On the way back, Hwang Ji-ho spoke as if he had finished the verification.

Although we knew the demon clan carved the seal, we couldn’t tell exactly what it symbolized on the spot.

It was like looking at a script and knowing what language it belonged to but not fully understanding its meaning.

Still, if you clearly understand the shape, through collaborators tied to the demon clan...

“As expected, a demon god was involved. The owner of that seal is the demon god of sloth, Pigredo. Considering the engraved power and shape, it’s presumed that a high priest-level demon served Pigredo.”

The name of the demon god, so different from the diligent and persistent Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong who had been bothered for 20 years, came out.

I asked reflexively without realizing it.

“Is the demon god of sloth really that diligent and persistent?”

“I think the same. That’s why I asked the disciples of Jeolheukpoongnim through my clone the same question. Perhaps expecting my question, they contacted me through someone who had dealt with the priest of sloth. If you hear the doctrine of sloth, you’ll understand like I do.”

There are usually two reasons to serve a demon god.

One is to receive grace through direct contact with the demon god.

The other is to agree with the doctrine and be initiated.

Every demon god has a doctrine that unites their priests.

A demon god can exert great influence in the demon world, but even so, intervention by a higher entity has limits.

Therefore, those who agree with the doctrine become believers and follow the demon god.

‘I’ve heard the doctrine of jealousy before: “That which shines is stained, and that which lies low is plunged into the swamp.”’

On Christmas Eve, a priest appeared targeting the Crow Mask and revealed the doctrine.

He said the Crow Mask was shining, and he wanted to kill it with his own hands, spouting bizarre words.

Sloth’s doctrine would certainly be something similar.

“Sloth’s doctrine is ‘Stop until the end of the world, and make others stop.’ In other words, if something must be stopped, they put all their power into stopping it. Judging from how they didn’t try hard to stop Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong, they seem to have other priorities.”

It was a strange statement, as expected.

“Stopping until the end of the world” was an excuse for laziness, and “make others stop” was an excuse to run wild arbitrarily.

Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong seemed to be included in those who must be stopped.

Hwang Ji-ho asked for my opinion.

“We dealt with the enemy who carved the seal before it could flee or send signals outside, so it’s unlikely they know we’ve noticed yet. Since Jeolheukpoongnim wants to investigate the demon god of sloth, I’m willing to concede. What do you think?”

“Let’s leave it to Jeolheukpoongnim. We can’t even distinguish demon god seals properly here, and if we act rashly, things will get complicated.”

I wasn’t happy that Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong’s business trip would continue, but I couldn’t help it.

And though the trip was annoying, it wasn’t life-threatening for Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong.

If I thought there was a connection between the end Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong faced at Plumago and this trip, I would have handled it already.

“Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong survived until late in his third year. The demon world scenario passed safely.”

No matter how the demon world scenario unfolds, it was almost certain Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong’s business trip would end.

Hwang Ji-ho brightly spoke as if he liked that I would willingly leave it to Jeolheukpoongnim.

“I was worried you might step in again like during today’s otherworldly assault. That’s a relief. Let others share the danger from now on.”

I hadn’t made that choice to be praised, so I was unsure how to respond.

Before I could say anything, the white tiger, who had spent a lonely time in Eunkwang District throughout the picnic, suddenly appeared.

“Hwangho, Jo Yi-shin didn’t ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) make that choice just because of a noble thought. And I wasn’t really lonely, so don’t worry about it.”

“Oh, I thought you were being quiet, but you popped right out.”

While savoring the sikhye brought from Hongcheon, Cheongho sighed and put down his cup.

No matter the friend’s reaction, the white tiger steadfastly said what he wanted.

“The third-year students at Eunkwang High will soon take the college entrance exam. Jo Yi-shin plans to support them and doesn’t intend to be away from Eunkwang District for long.”

“Jo Yi-shin, you worked hard supporting them last year, too...”

The white tiger revealed my plan.

But I was confident.

What was wrong with saying that after overcoming the hardships of the school trip, I would cheer well for the seniors taking the college entrance exam?

I said firmly.

“You help too.”

“Uisin-ah...”

Cheongho also showed a somewhat incredulous expression.

However, since some of the seniors taking the exam belonged to Tae Ho-kwon’s small group, Cheongho also decided to help.

Thus, while preparing for the demon world scenario, we all began preparing to cheer for the college entrance exam together.

On the dawn of the college entrance exam day, in the player-only test center.

Though there was still plenty of time before the examinees would enter, Eunkwang High’s juniors were already stationed there.

I was one of those juniors.

‘This kind of difficulty is nothing to the seniors, but I’ll cheer hard anyway.’

There were many seniors to cheer for this time.

Yeom Jun-yeol, who directly asked me to cheer because he still had a lot to learn and planned to continue studying.

Cheon Dong-ha, who aimed for a perfect score on the exam, saying reputation and academic background were necessary for future fights inside TC.

Ma Jin-seung, who didn’t seem to want to enter college but decided to try the exam following those two.

Heo Chae-ah, who had already been accepted early admission but took the exam lightly to meet minimum score conditions.

And various other seniors I had to cheer for through the newspaper club or school life.

‘Gwak Kyung-gu said he wouldn’t enter college. Ji Myung-su as well, and the Eunkwang High student council president isn’t going either.’

For reference, I didn’t care about the paths of the third-year class 0 seniors or the Gyeidam group, so I didn’t check.

It seemed like they were taking the exam.

‘Last year, Geum Chan and Wang Chan’s group erected a huge statue of Jegal Jae-geol. Oh Hye-ji was almost unable to take the exam because she was imprisoned, but Joo Soo-gyeom and Joo Su-hyeok rescued and brought her...’

Thinking about last year’s exam filled me with emotion.

I thought I would be able to cheer for the seniors quietly and reverently this year.

Until the explosion sound rang out from where Eunkwang High was located.