I Become a Mafia in the Academy

Chapter 95

"Aaaaaaaah!!"

The bastard screams in pain as his arm breaks.

"Ah, don't be too scared. I wasn't planning on killing you anyway. I don't want to attract unnecessary attention by killing you for no reason."

So,

"For now, let's settle for making it impossible for you to run away."

Once again, with a sound of a crack─, the miner's scream echoes through the 10th floor.

Having finished taking measures to prevent the bastard from running away, I stand up and dust off my clothes.

"This should be enough. It's best if you stay put and don't do anything foolish."

"Ugh......!"

Well, I guess he's responding that he understands.

After subduing the bastard, I sit on the stairs to cool off and examine the ice crystal he was looking at.

"Oh. It looks like it's almost over on that side too."

'Snow Girl's gang' finally falls after taking a hit from the relentless assault.

It seems there were worms not just on this side, as the last thing I see is the bastard trying to crawl away getting caught by Jinwoo, and then all the footage cuts off abruptly.

It seems this footage itself was due to 'Snow Girl's gang's ability.

Well, then they'll be coming up soon.

Grrrrr─

As soon as I think that, the door connecting to the lower floor slowly starts to open.

"Is Yoojin really in danger?"

"Didn't you see me scrambling out of the hole? He's fighting the boss and the miner one-on-one!"

"Han Yoojin is fighting the miner alone? ...I'm jealous."

"Once we go in, the president might be fighting. We'll assess the situation before we charge in... huh? It's quiet."

"I'm late."

I wave at the kids carefully entering.

"Huh? Boss, you finished before us?"

"See? I told you Yoojin wouldn't get hurt. Why all the fuss? Transfer 10,000 won to me as soon as we get out."

"...It wasn't supposed to be 10,000 won."

It seems they had a bet on whether I had taken down the miner first or not.

"Boss, according to Youngje, if we defeat the boss here, all the other kids can leave, right?"

Jinwoo asks about the 10th floor as he comes up, perhaps having heard it beforehand.

"Yes. Since the dungeon has undergone multiple layering, defeating the boss, which is akin to the main core of the dungeon, will naturally create an exit, allowing the other kids to leave."

Even in the original story, when they were attacked, everyone was freed once the dungeon was cleared, so it's likely to proceed similarly here.

"Really? Then there's no need to drag this out. Can we challenge it right away? What's the raid strategy?"

Youngje, holding a fountain pen, asks with an eager expression.

"It's not that difficult. We can use him."

"Huh?"

The kids look in the direction I'm pointing. There lies the miner, lying dazed with broken limbs.

"You're going to use that dying old man? He doesn't even look like he can be a meat shield..."

Seah shakes her head, murmuring in disbelief at the miner's pitiful state.

Realizing what she's worried about, I smile and say,

"All we need is his body and pickaxe."

I walk up to the collapsed miner, grab his tattered clothes, and drag him to the entrance of the boss room.

"I'm not sure if this will work here..."

The condition for activating the bastard's ability is to hit the ground with a 'tool'.

I force the pickaxe into his hand and strike the wall, causing the surface to ripple as if it were soft tofu.

"It works?"

If this is the case, things will get easier.

I immediately punch the soft wall, and as it breaks through with a bang, a smile forms on my lips.

After swinging my fist about four or five times,

Finally, a new space beyond the wall reveals itself.

"This should be enough."

After using the miner to complete my task, I leave him in a corner of the dungeon and gather the kids to explain the upcoming situation.

Now, only the boss remains to be defeated.

"Alright, let me briefly explain the strategy. The 10th floor dungeon is called the 'Stone Coffin', where a golem awaits as the boss."

However, it's not just any ordinary golem since it's on the final floor.

"The core that moves the golem is the dungeon's core itself. Given the dungeon's layering, it will be much stronger and harder to deal with than the original golem. Even if we all go in, we won't stand a chance."

At this, Jinwoo, who had been quietly listening, raises his hand.

"Huh? We won't stand a chance even if we all go in?"

"No. We'll be swept away or become stains on the floor the moment we start. The reason is simple. The golem's strength changes according to the number of people entering the boss room."

It's a kind of difficulty adjustment for players playing solo without party members.

The difficulty becomes easier if one person challenges it, and harder if multiple people do.

However, there was a flaw in this system.

"That's why this hole is important."

While playing the academy game as usual in reality, I once had a question.

'What happens if you lure the miner into the boss room?'

The miner, the most necessary villain for speedrunning from the 1st to the 9th floor.

I had tried speedrunning the dungeon with him several times, but I had never once directly gone through to the boss room. Since there were no monsters from the 9th floor, you could just run to the boss room.

When I entered the boss room with him, I discovered something surprising.

The boss doesn't recognize the number of people entering unless they come through the main entrance.

This was true even when I came with party members.

If only one person enters through the main entrance and the rest enter through abnormal means, the golem adjusts its difficulty based on the number of people entering through the main entrance, making it much easier for multiple people to clear.

Thus, a bug-like play was born.

"Really? How did the president know about that?"

Youngje asks, puzzled by my explanation.

"We haven't even tried to clear this dungeon yet."

At those words, the other kids start looking at me too.

They seem to find it strange that I know the strategy for a dungeon we haven't even tried to clear yet.

Well, I anticipated this, so I had an insurance plan.

"Didn't I say before that this dungeon was created by the club that used our booth before?"

"Right?"

"And that club disappeared overnight."

"Well... it's just a ghost story."

As the kids focus on my story, I give them the pre-prepared answer.

"Even though it disappeared so quickly, there were things left behind. While clearing out, I found some research materials labeled 'Error Occurred' among the things they were about to throw away."

"Oh......."

"There was something like that in the booth?"

Of course, it's a lie.

But it seems my explanation was convincing enough, as the other kids nod in agreement.

"Now that I've explained, let's go over the strategy. It's simple. Three of us, including me, will go in first to secure positions, and when the fourth person enters, the golem will start moving. We'll hit the core with all our attacks as soon as it stands up. Any questions?"

As I say this and glance around, no one has any questions.

"Jinwoo will open the door and enter. The rest of us will go in first and take our positions. Jinwoo, open the door and come in five minutes from now."

"Okay. So, I just need to stand in front of the door? I'll open it exactly five minutes from now~"

The four of us first enter through the hole.

As we come out at the end of the hole, we see the giant golem sleeping.

"...It's really big. Is it going to move?"

Seah mutters as she comes out of the hole and brushes off the dust.

As she says, the golem is the size of a two-story building, sitting silently in place.

"To put it simply, when the door opens, the golem will wake up. At the same time, a light will start to glow in its chest core, and that's our chance."

The golem's core is a vital spot, like a human's vital point.

Attacking the core is not easy, to say the least.

"When the core is activated, a shield will form around it. Since it's a shield protecting the golem's vital parts, it will be quite sturdy... but I'll take care of that. Seah, you handle the movement to get us in front of the core. Youngje, put as many buffs on Choi Yeon as you can."

"...Me?"

Choi Yeon looks bewildered as her name is suddenly mentioned.

"Yes, while I break the shield, you destroy the core. That's your job."

Among us, the only one who can deliver a proper critical hit to the golem's core, other than me, is Choi Yeon.

But since I have to break the shield, the only remaining candidate is Choi Yeon.

She should be able to destroy the core for sure.

"Choi Yeon, have you learned the Cheongcheon Sword?"

"...The basics."

"Then you should be able to do it, right?"

"Yeah, I can do it."

"That's settled then."

Checking the time on my wrist, I realized there were about two minutes left before Jinwoo comes in.

During that time, Choi Yeon is receiving all sorts of buffs from Youngje next to me.

With her eyes closed and gripping the handle, she looks just like a swordsman.

"30 seconds."

I hear Seah's voice as she looks at the watch.

I start infusing aura into the gloves, hammering it in for preparation.

As if stuffing all the remaining aura into it for this one shot.

As I forcibly imbue the gloves with aura, [Midas's Gloves] start to turn red.

"10 seconds!"

[Bloodline Ability: [Calione] dominates [Midas's Gloves].]

Confirming the message I've been waiting for, I smile slightly and look at the knuckles on my hand.

Unlike before, when they only took the form of knuckles, now sparks are flying on my right hand due to the recoil.

"5 seconds!"

I grab my right wrist with my left hand, preparing for the strongest single blow.

"1 second!"

At that moment, Jinwoo's voice comes from the entrance.

"Boss, can I just come in like this?"

At that moment, the golem's closed eyes suddenly open, and its chest core starts to activate and glow brightly.

"I'll move us!"

At the same time, Seah's magic power envelops me and Choi Yeon, and the scenery changes.

In an instant, Choi Yeon and I move up to the golem's eye level.

"Choi Yeon! Get ready!!"

Leaving Choi Yeon, who still has her eyes closed, behind, I swing at the green barrier surrounding the core.

Keeeek keekeekkeeek──!!

As the recoil from my fist starts to hit the shield, cracks begin to appear on the surface of what looked like an impregnable shield.

At that moment, Choi Yeon's voice comes from behind.

"──I'm ready."

"Blow it away!!"

Clang!

Finally, through the broken shield, Choi Yeon quietly recites towards the visible purple core.

"Creation Sword."

──Dawn has arrived.