Chapter 80
Ping Tao charged bravely toward the boss room.
What a foolish woman, when teams 5 and 6 haven't even arrived yet.
"Yeah, yeah. Good luck with that."
She didn't get far before collapsing in front of the boss room.
It won't open without teams 5 and 6, dumbass.
That's how much of an idiot this woman is.
To put it more simply, Ping Tao was the kind of moron who would jump up in anger the moment you doubted or disrespected China's hegemony.
Here's a perfect example:
"If China is really so great, you should be able to run errands like a great nation would. Go buy 5 smoothies."
"Hmph! I'll show you how amazing I am as a citizen of a great nation!"
She'll go buy those smoothies with all the pride of a great nation's citizen.
A simple fool who claims national pride while doing things that completely undermine it.
"She's quite simple-minded, isn't she?"
Kotone wore an exasperated expression.
"She's always been kind of an idiot."
Choi Shia shrugged.
Come to think of it, Choi Shia probably saw Si-woo fuck Ping Tao back when he was going through all the heroines.
"Si-woo-kun... no, Si-woo-yang, do you know about Ping Tao?"
"No. You can just tell by looking at her."
"Ah, as expected of the Divine Sword."
She says such things so naturally, probably because she's Choi Shia and not Choi Si-woo.
No, if Choi Si-woo were here now, he'd probably try to fuck me without caring about the situation. He seems to like me quite a bit.
"By the way, what's your ability, Kotone-chan?"
Since she made it into Hanseong, she must have proven her abilities.
Her power as Shinohara Yuzuki would be the Sky Sword. I wonder how she managed to sneak in.
She must have at least given President Ha Jeong-seok an apple box or something.
"Ah, mine is similar to Lady Shinohara's."
"Similar to Lady Shinohara's... you mean the Sky Sword?"
Shinohara Yuzuki's ability is the Sky Sword.
The power to freely control a thousand swords. That ability is what let Yuzuki rise to become the head of the family.
Those of the Shinohara clan who couldn't become head became retainers.
Shinohara Mariko must be one of those clan members serving as a retainer.
Yuzuki nearly destroyed a hell-level Gate with her Sky Sword but ran out of power and had to be saved by Choi Si-woo.
That event probably hasn't happened yet.
With Yoo Eun-ha still alive, who knows what will happen with that Gate.
"I have the White Sword."
"Ah, White Sword."
What a casual disguise. Even a hundred swords is incredible. Just using that would make her stronger than most Japanese Hunters... no, even stronger than the Guild Masters of Yoo Jin-seok's generation in Korea.
"I control one hundred swords."
"That's still impressive."
I could blackmail her since I know her true identity, but that would be troublesome, wouldn't it?
Leaky Mary is enough for blackmail purposes.
Speaking of Leaky Mary, she's following behind us looking exhausted and swaying in that corner. She seems quite tired, but I'll make sure to rub her good later.
Finally, the remaining teams 5 and 6 joined up, and with Ping Tao at the lead - who had been stomping her feet in front of the boss room - we were finally able to enter.
"Come forth, Glass Duke! As a great woman of mighty China! I'll cut off that chicken head of yours!"
Honestly, Ping Tao is an embarrassing person to be around.
From her name to that head of hers. Her looks might be passable, but I already have plenty of flowers.
KWAAANG!
Ping Tao's spear pierced straight through the Glass Duke's abdomen.
"Hmm, her destructive power is something else."
Ping Tao is a hard worker.
She trained diligently under the Constellation to reach this point.
While she's not at the level of Han Soo-ji to earn the title of God of War, her magic power control is exceptional. In that one aspect, she surpasses even Han Soo-ji.
She built up this much power through that control alone.
Just swinging her spear has destructive power on par with Reina's spirit arrows.
Unlike Reina who borrows spirit power for her arrows, she reached this level purely through magic power control.
"GUUUAAAAARGH!"
The Glass Duke spread its glass wings and scattered shards of glass feathers.
They say those will strip flesh from bone if they hit you.
If things get really dangerous, Noah will stop it from the control room, but with our current power we should be able to handle this.
In the original, Choi Si-woo blocked them using the Divine Sword, but how will it go this time?
We should be able to block them, especially with Shinohara Kotone here.
She has a righteous personality.
A woman who tries harder than anyone to stop threats.
A woman worthy of being head of the Shinohara family, known as the Shinohara Shogunate.
Was my prediction right? Shinohara Kotone stepped forward.
"I'll block them."
Hundreds of magically created swords floated in the air.
The swords glowed with a sharp light and spun to deflect the falling glass feathers.
KANGANGANGANGANG!
Those glass feathers were truly wave-class.
When the Lily Guild first cleared this glass dungeon, several guild members actually died to this.
A funny thought suddenly occurred to me.
With a lewd grin, I spoke loud enough for Kotone to hear.
"Wow, if Kotone-chan as a Shinohara retainer is this strong, how powerful must Shinohara Yuzuki with the Sky Sword be?"
*slip*
The moment she heard my words, Kotone must have lost control as some glass feathers broke through.
This is what makes Yuzuki cute. She gets distracted and makes mistakes when she hears people talking about her.
In that brief moment, me, Choi Shia, and Ping Tao deflected the falling feathers.
"Hah, if you can't even block properly, why act so high and mighty? This is why Japanese people are- tch!"
"What does nationality have to do with this?"
Yuzuki gave Ping Tao an irritated look that made me want to bite her, then readjusted her swords to block all the glass feathers.
With the floating blades undulating to deflect all the feathers, another opportunity opened up for Ping Tao.
"URYAAAAH!"
KWANG!
With a rough battle cry, Ping Tao leapt into the air and struck the Glass Duke's wing with her spear like she was skewering lamb.
Half of one wing was instantly shattered.
This made the feather wave much easier to block.
"GUUUURGH!"
The Glass Duke spread its injured wing and howled.
I suppose this shows she's stronger than the Glass Duke, befitting a heroine you meet in the China event in the original story.
Makes sense since in the original storyline you meet Ping Tao during the China episode that comes after clearing the Glass Duke.
"Indeed. Impressive. To achieve that level with pure magic power control."
Shinohara Kotone gave Ping Tao genuine praise.
"On our side, Han Soo-ji would be in a similar position."
"At least I'm not as stupid and crude as her!"
Well yeah, I know that. But...
"You get pretty stupid in bed though."
"That's... um."
Han Soo-ji's face turned as red as a radish.
Right. Compared to Ping Tao, Han Soo-ji at least has basic knowledge and isn't like Ping Tao who foams at the mouth over any negative comments about China.
"YAAAAAAH!"
Suddenly Ping Tao screamed and took a throwing spear stance in mid-air.
"Oh, could this be the rumored meteor ultimate move?"
The original name was definitely 'Meteor Destruction Spear'.
In the original story, it was officially strong enough to destroy meteors according to Ping Tao. But in the latter half of the story, among Koreans this technique became known as the skewer.
And since Ping Tao keeps reminding me of Chinese beer, I can't help but think of lamb skewers.
Rather than Meteor Destruction Spear, wouldn't Lamb Skewer Spear suit it better?
"If it's the meteor ultimate move, that's the one."
"Yeah, the Lamb Skewer Spear."
I said jokingly.
It really does look like a skewer though. Named after lamb skewers that go well with Chinese beer.
But what's even funnier is when Ping Tao floats in the air to throw her spear...
"Lamb Skewer Spear!"
? Has Ping Tao gone crazy? Why is she calling it that? Did she really say lamb skewer?
KWANG!
Ping Tao's Lamb Skewer Spear shattered the Glass Duke.
Despite taking down the boss, Ping Tao's face was frozen stiff.
Well of course, having your dungeon boss killing blow be called the Lamb Skewer Spear is pretty ridiculous.
"My my, first her name is Ping Tao and now her ultimate move is Lamb Skewer?"
Kotone seized the opportunity to mock her.
"No! My ultimate move is the Meteor Destruction Spear!"
What's she getting so worked up about? She's the one who made the mistake but now she's throwing a fit.
"Then why did you say Lamb Skewer Spear?"
"That's because that bitch Yoo Eun-ha suddenly called it the Lamb Skewer Spear!"
"Look, a martial artist should focus on battle during fights. Getting distracted by my words and making mistakes? And then just repeating 'lamb skewer' because someone said it - how simple-minded can you be? So childish and naive."
"What did you say? Let's settle this as representatives of China and Japan!"
Shinohara Kotone sneers while Ping Tao gets all riled up and talks back.
She really is a simple woman.
But did she even need to announce her technique name in the first place?
I mean, I created that weird technique called Destruction White Flame Bullet, but lately I've been wondering if I really need to shout out technique names.
"Wow, Chinese people are strong too."
"Yeah. Makes me feel inadequate being in Class A."
The other 4 besides the heroines fell into self-doubt.
Of course regular students would feel the difference in level when such a high-class foreigner shows up.
They should've entered another way. Even Leaky Mary was originally a hunter. Hunters coming to the Student Academy is proof they're here for civilian slaughter.
Come to think of it. Why are hunters at Hanseong?
Rather than raising Hanseong's level, this just crushes regular students' competitive spirit. Something seems off.
That beer girl isn't even bothering to hide her power.
Because of Sin? Even then, there should be limits to civilian slaughter.
While I'd love to expose Shinohara Kotone's identity and blackmail her into some fun, if she has some deal with Ha Jeong-seok then things get complicated.
Otherwise there's no way Yuzuki, the head of the Shinohara family, would be at Hanseong under the fake identity of Kotone.
Maybe I should just say fuck it all.
'Whatever, Destruction White Flame Bullet~!'
and chuck it at the Blue House?
Little Yong-yong cutely threw a nuke at the Blue House!
No, can't do that. Besides, Class A is all heroines now except those 4 so it doesn't really matter. Class B onwards has normal numbers.
Wonder if they'll drop out on their own?
They weren't important characters in the original anyway, so whatever.
Alright, but I'm a kind dragon. I'm the type of woman who knows when to comfort others.
"Hey you guys. She's the weird one, so don't feel too defeated."
"Really?"
"Yeah, just look. She's some famous chick who came from China. You should be proud to be in the same class as people like her. It means you're just as amazing."
But looking at it now, it's 2 guys and 2 girls?
Come to think of it. The teams are split into 2 guys and 2 girls too.
Looks like potential couples forming. Should I NTR them?
"No, Eun-ha. You shouldn't say things like that!"
"I was thinking of comforting the girls at a motel today- Ow!"
"Aren't you ashamed in front of Rei?"
Right as I was working on seducing them, Reina jabbed me in the side.
"Why are you suddenly bringing up Rei?"
"You need to be a mother your child won't be ashamed of!"
"Don't say misleading things!"
"Yoo Eun-ha. You're no different from those rotten women who pretend to be virgins while being married and cheating. How could you when you have me, your proper wife!"
"First of all I'm not married. Ah, don't pull my ear!"
So anyway, Rei isn't actually my child but-
"SCREEEECH!"
The Glass Duke that should've been dead made a sound like nails on a chalkboard.
"See? You should get a bit more serious. It's not over yet!"
"Ah, phase 3 huh."
The dungeon clear notification hasn't appeared yet.
Now that I think about it, I remember the Glass Duke had 3 phases.
When you defeat it, small Glass Dukes burst out from inside like baby spiders.
In the original, Firebat put this glass dungeon in considering protagonist Choi Si-woo and the heroines' levels, but phase 3 was a real pain in the ass.
Having to catch all the ones that burst out like baby spiders.
It was especially problematic since they flew around ramming into things.
*Ring ring*
Just as I thought, disgusting baby Glass Dukes spread out from the Glass Duke's body like baby spiders.
"I could just burn them all though."
I glanced at Kotone.
Her White Sword should be able to take out those small dukes instantly.
"My my, Eun-ha. Could you show us your own skills this time?"
"You suddenly got upset?"
Because of what I said earlier?
"No. Just curious."
"Fine."
Gotta live up to expectations. I drew my sword and swung it with white flames to strike the baby Glass Dukes.
*Whoosh*
The white flames flowing from my sword like water gradually spread out and instantly filled the boss room.
The countless baby Glass Dukes floating on the ceiling were consumed by those white flames.
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