I’m Just an Ordinary Clown at the Academy

137 – Real Battle 6

“Can you buy this for me………”

Tattered clothes, a frail body, wrinkles on his hands and face, and a small amount of vegetables laid out on a mat.

At first glance, he was just a poor old man selling vegetables.

Betzudo’s subordinates would have thought the same.

If it weren’t for what had happened a little while ago.

“What are you doing right now? Are you trying to mess with us?”

Betzudo’s subordinates glared at the old man, or rather, the young man wearing an old man’s disguise.

The vegetable-selling old man spoke up.

It was the same situation as before, and this time, his voice was that of a young man, without even a hint of deception.

So, to Betzudo’s subordinates, it was a suspicious situation where the old man’s appearance didn’t match his young voice.

The reason why the old man’s appearance didn’t match his young voice, and why he was saying the same thing as before, was because he was trying to provoke them.

Moreover, Betzudo had sent a signal, and they were in a hurry to respond!

It was a signal that had only been used once before, gathering all subordinates in the vicinity.

“I was going to leave, but I thought, ‘There are still vegetables left, so…'”

Over a dozen people glared at him, but the young man wearing an old man’s disguise calmly said, as if the situation didn’t scare him at all.

Who on earth was this guy?

Who was he, and why was he blocking their path?

None of Betzudo’s subordinates knew.

“If I add about 50 gold coins, it should be enough for the vegetable price……”

‘Just give me 50 gold coins for the vegetable price. If you don’t like it, I can play with you some more. By the way, I’m confident in my escape skills?’

The same reason as before.

The same price as before.

“What do you think, everyone?”

Tommy, the representative of Betzudo’s subordinates, furrowed his brow at the man’s words, whose identity was impossible to discern.

Bang! Boom! Boom! The sounds of intense fighting echoed in their ears, as if urging them to make a quick decision.

It seemed like the sound was pressuring them to choose quickly.

‘If we’re late, Betzudo might die at Mordor’s hands. Even if Betzudo wins, if we’re this late, he’ll never forgive us.’

In any case, the priority now was to get to Betzudo as quickly as possible.

But that didn’t mean they could just give the 50 gold coins to the suspicious man in front of them and leave.

It wasn’t a matter of pride. If they were late, they’d all die at Betzudo’s hands anyway, so what was the point of pride?

The problem was that the suspicious man in front of them was hindering them, even after receiving gold coins earlier.

There was no guarantee that he wouldn’t hinder them again if they gave him gold coins now.

‘Anyway, even with the sounds of fighting, we’re not getting closer to Betzudo.’

Even if it takes a little time, I’ve decided to kill the guy right in front of me and was about to tell the others beside me.

“Shouldn’t we hurry? Even if it’s morning, the forest is a place where it’s easy to get lost. If we keep going around in circles like this, we might not reach our destination even by tomorrow morning, so I’m telling you.”

“Did you plan this too?”

“I don’t know. What are you talking about? If you speak so vaguely, even someone as smart as me can’t understand.”

The man exaggeratedly shrugged his shoulders and continued.

“Do you think you can blame me for not finding the way? If you have time to blame me, why don’t you try moving your legs and finding it yourself?”

The underlings of Vetsudo realized something from the man’s incomprehensible speech.

No matter how far they walked in the direction of the sound, the sound remained constant, and no matter how much time passed, they couldn’t see Vetsudo’s figure at all.

It was all because of the guy in front of them.

‘But why?’

What reason did the guy in front of them have to hinder them?

Vetsudo’s underlings organized their current situation in their minds.

Vetsudo had gone out after being called by Mordor.

Then, the person Vetsudo was fighting right now was Mordor.

‘If we arrive, Mordor will be at a disadvantage.’

One of Vetsudo’s underlings who had reached this conclusion opened his mouth.

“You, are you Mordor’s underling…..”

And that was his last word.

-Pushuuuuk!

A brief red rain fell on the forest, which was covered in green.

The underling who had spoken couldn’t even scream and fell, crushed.

His colleagues only realized their comrade had died after seeing the blood splattering into the air.

“””!!!!!!!”””

Everyone was shocked and stared at their fallen comrade on the ground.

A dagger was stuck in his already lifeless neck.

“It’s not like I’m telling you to throw away trash.”

Everyone trembled at the voice whispering in their ears, which was similar to the playful tone from earlier but had a cold undertone.

‘I didn’t take my eyes off him for a second!’

They hadn’t seen the guy pull out the dagger, throw it, or the dagger flying towards them.

But the dagger was stuck in his neck.

There was no process, only the result appeared before their eyes.

Tommy gritted his teeth.

‘I was mistaken.’

He had a special ability called transformation.

He thought he could win without a problem if he fought with all his might.

But it was all a mistake.

The one who decided everything was not them, but that guy.

‘If that dagger had been aimed at me……’

Vetsudo’s underlings instinctively took a step back, recalling a future that hadn’t occurred yet but could easily happen.

“Puhahaha! Where are you going in such a hurry? Did you leave your wallet at home or something?”

The man’s mocking laughter didn’t faze Betzudo’s subordinates.

They kept their eyes on the man’s hand, wary of when he might whip out a dagger.

“Ah! Is this because of that?”

In the man’s hand was a dagger identical to the one that had been stuck in their colleague’s neck just a moment ago.

“”!!!!!!””

As the dagger appeared in the man’s hand, Betzudo’s subordinates readied their weapons and wrapped themselves in dark mana.

They lowered their stances, preparing to move at any moment.

The man, seeing this, laughed loudly, slapping his palm on the ground.

It was ridiculous how a single person’s slight movement could cause dozens of others to flinch and move in tandem.

“Puhuh! I’m sorry. I know it’s rude to laugh, but… puhuh. I just can’t help it. Every time I move a little, you all jump in unison, like flies stuck to a wall… it’s just too much.”

“You!”

Finally, one of Betzudo’s subordinates couldn’t take it anymore and charged at the man.

In his hand was a sword wrapped in an ominous, dark energy that anyone could sense.

‘If he touches me, it’s all over.’

No matter how strong the guy in the mask was, if he got hit by this sword, his skin would rot away and he’d die in an instant.

Thinking this, Betzudo’s subordinate swung his sword at the man, but the dagger was faster, lodging itself in his neck.

“You should be the one who’s surprised, coming at me like that.”

The man’s voice was completely calm as he grabbed the face of the man who had fallen to the ground.

The man’s skin began to rot away instantly.

Betzudo’s subordinates were shocked by this familiar phenomenon.

They stared at the man, whose hand was now wrapped in dark energy.

“What in the world is your true identity!!!!!!”

“You’ll find out if you look closely, won’t you?”

The man said this as he pulled out the dagger from the fallen man’s neck, and in an instant, it was wrapped in dark energy.

The same power as theirs.

That power was one that only necromancers could grant.

The power that had made them, who were once just small-time thugs, strong enough to surpass even knights.

The reason they were loyal to Betzudo.

But the fact that this man was using that power…

‘Is this man also a subordinate of the necromancer?’

But why was he blocking their way?

It didn’t seem like he was a subordinate of Morde, judging by his reaction earlier.

Tommy still wary of the man’s true identity, asked,

“… Why are you interfering with us?”

Both of them had received power from the necromancer, so why was he getting in their way?

“Huh? Hahahahaha!”

The man laughed as if he couldn’t believe it, tears streaming down his face behind his mask.

Was it because of the mask, or the man’s exaggerated actions, or this absurd situation?

Everything felt like a fantasy, not reality.

“Who would think I started the fight? I was just peacefully selling vegetables, but they attacked me first, didn’t they?”

“…….That’s right.”

The man’s confident words left Betzudo’s subordinates speechless.

There were many things to pick on, but there was no mistake in the man’s words.

“I don’t have much time, I have a date with a lovely lady to drink tea soon. Hurry up and choose.”

“……..What?”

“Are you going to give me 50 gold coins and let me go, or do you want to play with me some more here?”

Tommy, as the representative, was troubled by the man’s words.

But no matter how he thought about it, there was only one choice.

Everyone here couldn’t defeat this man, no matter how hard they tried.

And if they just stood there, they would be killed by Betzudo later.

Tommy took out a pouch of gold coins from his pocket and threw it at the man.

“Ah, thank you.”

“Ha… then I can finally leave without getting lost and go to Betzudo.”

Until now, the sound had been coming from one direction, but Betzudo’s voice had been unclear, and even the sound had been inconsistent.

Now, they could finally go to Betzudo.

The man, who had been counting the gold coins one by one, looked like he hadn’t heard anything, but asked again.

“What? What’s that? You have to buy that separately, don’t you?”

“Then what about the money we just gave…!”

“That’s the price of the vegetables, of course? Ah! You can take the vegetables on the mat. If you leave them outside for too long, they might go bad, so put them in the refrigerator when you get home.”