Ex Rank Supporting Role’s Replay in a Prestigious School

When the evil darkness covered the sky, the voice of the gods could no longer reach the Korean Peninsula.
The gods of heaven were beings whose names included the word “heaven” (天), and they could not use any power on lands where the heavens were not connected.

Those who did not know that all of this was the trick of the enemy lamented that the gods had abandoned this land, and those who knew of the existence of the enemy despaired.
The enemy tried to swallow up the Korean Peninsula by dividing the lament and despair that swept over this land into their strength.
However, the greatest warrior of the Hojok clan did not give up until the very end, and opened the sky to split the darkness and restore light.

Furthermore, the current situation was not as bad as described in the Gaecheon myth.
“The Hojok and the Ung clan still maintain an alliance, and both leaders are still alive. There will not be a one-sided fight like the one described in the Gaecheon myth.”
My words somewhat eased the mood, but my next words did not.

It won’t be a one-sided battle where the enemy and the Ungjok overwhelm the Hojok, but they will fight just as fiercely.
“However, the enemy didn’t attempt to assassinate me, so they kept their forces. They say it’s assassination, but in reality, they used the method of targeting the target while they were caught up in a large-scale melee, so it must have consumed a lot of power.”
Assassination refers to secretly and covertly killing an opponent, but the enemy couldn’t win against Eunho in a battle of wits.

That’s why they ended up making up for their lack of wisdom with force and quantity and attempted assassination, but it ended in failure.
And in this relic-type simulation of the other world, it seemed like there were no assassination attempts at all.
“There must be more enemies now than back then. Also, those many enemies are probably targeting the new people and the Ungjok leader in the dark.”

Yeom Jun-yeol understood exactly what I was trying to say and added.
There was a heavy silence, perhaps worried about what was to come.
Kwak Kyung-gu, who had been listening silently, asked.

“How about we help the enemy? If things were as they were, those two would have died or been seriously injured.”
“The clear condition for the relic-type simulation is to eliminate the boss enemy that distorted the memories of the land and recreated them. There’s no reason to kill those two unless they’re boss enemies.”
“I know that. But if we keep going like this, we won’t get any clues. Our food and device batteries are running low, and our physical condition is getting worse because we haven’t been able to rest properly. We have to do whatever we can while we have the energy.”

Kwak Kyung-gu had a point.
The Hojok were not letting their guard down at all, and the situation was not good for finding a breakthrough against the Hwangho, who was showing some curiosity.
In addition, the comment about my physical condition getting worse seemed to be aimed at me.
Except for me, everyone’s condition was not much different from when we first entered.

No, there were also attackers who had adapted and grown well like Dokgo Miro.
‘It’s just like Kwak Kyung-gu said. If we continue like this, we’ll end up with nothing.’
My head wasn’t working well because I was sleep deprived.

On top of that, the information I had gotten from the incident involving the song yesterday was mixed with past events and I was confused.
It was when I was trying to force myself to continue my thoughts.
“There’s still a place we haven’t properly looked into. Let’s start from there.”

My vague thoughts became clearer as Dokgo Miro spoke.
It was a simple statement, but it hit the nail on the head.
There was only one place where there could be a clue, even though I hadn’t been there yet.

“Are you talking about the Ungjok territory?”
“That’s right. We haven’t explored that area since we found the Japanese national team’s device around there.”
Dokgo Miro added an explanation to what I said.

There was some truth to that.
We can find clues in the Ungjok territory, and if possible, we can contact the Japanese team and trade the clues we have collected with their information.
I was half happy to find a new breakthrough, but half dissatisfied.

If it were normal, I would have thought of this way a long time ago or suggested a better way.
When the course of action was decided, Yeom Jun-yeol organized it and said.
“Let’s go to the Ungjok territory. Our goal is to find the person who is trying to stop the assassination of the Ungjok leader. Also, we can contact the Japanese team and get clues. There are two things.”

“If we have two goals, should we split up and act?”
“No.”
Yeom Jun-yeol glanced at Yao Leqi, who was silently listening to our conversation.

There was no way we could suggest splitting up when the other team’s attackers who had split up and suffered a disaster were right in front of us.
“Let’s all move together. The Ungjok territory is no longer safe.”
Now that the grace of the Heavenly God has departed from this land, the territory of the Hojok is defenseless.

The Hojok are the only ones who protect this place, and they will not protect us.
The path to the territory of the Ungjok was covered in darkness.
The evil darkness covered the sky like night, and there was no moon or stars, so it was darker than a normal night.

Not only was it dark, but the evil energy was thicker, making it difficult to breathe.
In comparison, I knew that the enemies would gain more strength and become more active, so I was on guard, my skin stinging as I kept my guard up.
“Are you okay? Should I rest and then go?”

“I’m okay.”
Yeom Jun-yeol, who was in the lead, asked.
Yeom Jun-yeol lowered his eyebrows and laughed awkwardly, perhaps because he was not reassured by my answer.

Fortunately, I wasn’t the only one who Yeom Jun-yeol asked, so this topic didn’t last long.
“I’m okay too. If the enemy can hear you, we can fight as much as we want.”
Yao Leqi answered in Korean.

When he first woke up, he spoke in Chinese, but after using the recovery items he had and getting his body in shape, he spoke in Korean.
‘Yao Leqi is good at Korean, but when he’s in a hurry, his native language will come out.’
As a result of the communication, Yao Leqi, who had just woken up after fainting, joined our group.

Judging that it would be more dangerous to remain alone in the territory of the clan, I suggested that he accompany me, and Yao Leqi immediately agreed.
However, there were several conditions attached to Yao Leqi’s companionship.
If both the Korean team’s attackers and Yao Leqi are in danger at the same time, we will prioritize the former.

If Yao Leqi is in danger of retiring, we will help him input the simulation termination command, but we will not provide any more help.
In addition, we added several conditions that are advantageous to the Korean team.
By the way, all of those conditions were suggested by me, and Yao Lechi agreed without a second thought, saying, “That’s obvious from your perspective, right?”

“I didn’t know you’d move with the other national team players. It’s amazing.”
“I wanted to see you fight with a supernatural instrument, so that’s great. I actually saw the supernatural instrument skill activate when Professor Kwon Je-in briefly showed up during class… … .”
“Did you take the Blue Violinist’s class?”

Yao Lechi suddenly interrupted Park Seung-hyun and Dokgo Mi-ro’s conversation.
When the Blue Violinist came up, Yao Lechi, who had seemed calm at first glance, seemed like a Kwon Je-in fan.
Yao Lechi seemed very envious of Kwon Je-in being an honorary teacher at Eun Gwang High School.

Kwon Je-in didn’t teach regular classes, and only occasionally appeared as a guest in music-related classes, but Yao Lechi kept sighing and wanted to hear more.
“Wow, Professor Kwon Je-in has many fans overseas as expected.”
“The Blue Violinist’s concert won’t be held this season. I was hoping that they would perform a congratulatory performance for the exchange, but they didn’t.”

Yao Lechi walked around with regret, looking around cautiously.
They weren’t as scary as Cheongho’s disciples or Jinchanwangchan, but just like any other fan.
Seeing them, it felt like Yao Lechi was a high school student in her teens.

However, since they were competing, they needed to be cool-headed.
Yao Lechi was mentally strong enough to act calmly even though he was separated from the Chinese national team, and he was also an excellent player.
‘Yao Lechi is not the leader of the raid, so he can’t end the simulations of other raiders, and he doesn’t have a way to contact Lu Boyuan right now. On top of that, he was rescued by the rival team while fighting an enemy that his main weapon didn’t work on at all. But he still responded calmly.’

It wasn’t a very wise idea to bring such a capable player from another team along when we were competing.
Now that I was struggling like this with the clues, it was even more so.
However, it was not without its advantages.

‘Yao Leqi’s company is not necessarily a disadvantage. If an external enemy attacks us, we will fight together, and it can be used as an advantageous card when negotiating with the Japanese national team. It could give the impression that we have already persuaded the Chinese national team.’
The Japanese national team would not want to fight 2-on-1.
Instead of becoming an immediate enemy, they would want to check if we really formed an alliance and what information we were sharing.

In order to properly utilize this, they first had to know more about the Chinese national team’s situation.
Dokgo Mi-ro seemed to understand this point exactly, and while talking to Yao Leqi about music, he tried to get information about the Chinese national team.
“An opponent who cannot communicate with sound would be annoying. Professor Kwon Je-in said that in such cases, instead of directly attacking with sound, you would attack by moving the target that can communicate with sound. Have you tried that by any chance?”

“I don’t have an incredible light forest like the sleeping Yo-young… … .”
Dokgo Mi-ro found out through conversation what type of enemies Yao-ruchi had fought in this land and what types of enemies he could not communicate with.
Yao-ruchi chose his words carefully, but most of what he said was information we did not have.

We had fought enemies here several times, but we had not figured out all of their types, so it was somewhat helpful.
It was when we got close to the Ungjok territory.
Weiing… …!

My ears rang with tinnitus.
It wasn’t as loud as when I had talked to Cheong-ho, but it was a noise I couldn’t get used to.
“Did you just hear that?”

When Yeom Jun-yeol asked in a small voice, everyone nodded.
It seemed like I wasn’t the only one experiencing this symptom.
There were only players in the middle of an exchange here, so I couldn’t confirm if the characters in the simulator had experienced the same symptoms, but I don’t think they had tinnitus like Cheong-ho did yesterday.

“I’ve experienced this tinnitus several times.”
Yao Ruqi has already experienced tinnitus several times.
Me?

I tried to ask that, but I didn’t have time to.
I felt something swarming in the darkness, aiming for us.
It didn’t seem to be in the form of a human or an animal.

It was only after they got closer to us that I could tell what they were.
‘A swarm of bugs are moving. Judging from their unnatural movements, someone must be controlling them.’
Yao Lechi stared at them without panic, as if he had already encountered a swarm of bugs before.

“To avoid those bugs, we have to go to the territory of the clan.”
“The territory of the clan? It’s not safe right now because the protection of the gods doesn’t reach.”
He didn’t seem to have any intention of avoiding them, but Yeom Junyeol answered like that.

Then Yao Lechi shook his head.
The protection of the gods might not have anything to do with bugs.
“Insects can’t touch the new man. The new man is good at chasing bugs away.”

Hearing that, I thought of Gong Cheong-hwan, who had gone out for a night walk during a youth retreat to exterminate bugs.
But the thought didn’t last long.
Boom!

The swarm of bugs suddenly exploded.
To be exact, it seemed like the explosives buried under the bugs’ path had exploded.
The way the explosives detonated seemed quite familiar.

‘This is Arihara Tomoaki’s trap.’
It seemed like the Japanese national team was around here.