Correcting the Villainess of the Academy - Chapter 92

Chapter 92

Exposure (2)

Baek Seoyeon’s golden eyes scanned the surroundings. Coincidentally, all of her targets for today were gathered in one place.

The head of Jeokhwa, his daughter, and even the masked male student.

While this should be considered a lucky situation, she felt no positive emotions like joy or a sense of accomplishment.

Instead, her anger towards each of them merged and amplified even further. She had no way of knowing about the extreme conflict that had occurred between them before her arrival.

T hi s was c o p i ed fr o m k i n g mt l. o r g
Heavy metallic clanking sounds started approaching from the fog behind her. Soon, soldiers from Paechun and Sungshan, heavily armed with physical armor and anti-particle suits, gradually appeared.

T hi s w as c o pi ed f r o m k i n g m tl .or g
Their helmets and armor were covered in dried dark red blood from the fierce battles they had fought to get here.

Thi s w as c o pi e d f ro m k i n g m t l . o r g
The thunderous explosions and screams that had shaken the sky had already subsided, leaving only silence in the surroundings.

They spread out around the area, forming a confrontation with Jeokhwa’s royal guards. Thanks to their numbers being more than double, the confrontation quickly turned into an encirclement.

One of them stepped forward and approached Seoyeon’s side.

“Seoyeon. We’ve secured all the key areas. This is the only place left.”

Seoyeon nodded slightly while keeping her gaze forward.

“Good work, Ireh.”

The person who spoke pressed a button near their temple, and with a hissing sound of hydraulics, the translucent helmet visor automatically lifted.

The heir of Sungshan, one of the Magi 27 Families, and the older sister of freshman Choi Woojin. The female student with braided hair and glasses, Choi Ireh, revealed her face.

“Not just Paechun, but Sungshan too… What kind of preposterous nonsense is this?!”

Yeon Jeongmun protested with a voice full of anger as he recognized their identities.

Paechun, Jeokhwa’s greatest rival, and Sungshan, who had deep ties with them and always participated in pressuring Jeokhwa.

His hatred for those groups went without saying, but today’s surprise attack was something even he hadn’t anticipated at all.

A hundred years ago, when the current 10th Republic was just being established, the families who participated in creating the new system had made one pledge.

It was a promise of eternal non-aggression between them for the sake of the nation and their everlasting prosperity.

Although everyone knew this was just a facade, it had been working reasonably well until now thanks to the intertwining of various complex interests.

While assassinations and terrorism against key facilities continued behind the scenes, direct armed conflicts using their names were gradually being replaced by political struggles in the Cradle and the Supreme Council.

“Where did you sell the Magi’s oath…”
T h i s w a s c o p i e d f ro m k i n g m t l .or g

“How shameless, Yeon Jeongmun. Emergency measures have been activated. The Magi’s oath no longer applies to Jeokhwa. You should know that.”

Yeon Jeongmun’s protest, based on that background, was immediately consumed by an even greater flame, disappearing without a trace.

A pair of golden eyes, blazing like the sun, stared at him.

“On charges of treason against the state, all privileges and authorities of Jeokhwa as one of the Five Families are hereby revoked as of this moment.”

“Treason…!”

“Collusion with demons, research into forbidden interference system mental magic, and even going so far as to illegally kidnap your own citizens for human experiments. You’ve committed quite a number of capital crimes, any one of which would be enough for extermination.”

“…!”

Yeon Jeongmun’s eyes widened as if asking how they knew. Yeon Minha, standing a little distance from him, looked at her father with an expression of disbelief.

“We already have all the evidence in our hands. Before raiding this place, we first suppressed your Hogyung Industries research facility in sector B-143, where we received reports of discovering dozens of mutants who had lost their minds from various experiments and were imprisoned.”

After finishing her words, Baek Seoyeon took a step forward and pointed her hand downward. A sharp ice blade containing high-density particles grew from the ground, gradually extending to her fingers.

“We also slaughtered the research director disguised as a laborer, one 2nd-class demon, and seven 3rd-class demons. By now, an emergency resolution for sanctions against Jeokhwa should have been raised in the Supreme Council. All funds of businesses and foundations owned by Jeokhwa will be frozen. Its members will soon be arrested and undergo intense interrogation.”

Seoyeon pulled out the completed blade and pointed it at Yeon Jeongmun.

“Yeon Jeongmun. I won’t say much more. As the executor of the emergency measures, I order you to disarm and surrender unconditionally. If you move your tongue any further, I’ll cut off your limbs right here. Remember that the power of life and death over you and Jeokhwa’s members is in my hands.”

“…”

The head of Jeokhwa’s eyes became vacant upon hearing her words. Then, like someone who had given up everything, he bowed his head deeply.

It was Yeon Minha who stepped forward in his place.

T h i s w as c o p i e d f r om k in g m tl .o r g
“Baek Seoyeon. What are you blabbering about after suddenly turning someone else’s private property into a wasteland?”

Yeon Minha’s eyes were filled with red heterochromia. Baek Seoyeon was the perfect target to unleash the anger she had been suppressing due to her displeasure. In a situation where her mind was pushed to the extreme, the causality of wrongdoing wasn’t that important.

The masked male student standing with her silently watched Seoyeon.

“Emergency measures…? Power of life and death…? How dare someone like you spout such nonsense in front of Jeokhwa…!”

“Yeon Minha. I understand you want to deny reality, but that’s going too far. Let me be clear, you too will be investigated as a major suspect of treasonous activities. And…”

Seoyeon’s eyes turned to the masked male student standing behind Yeon Minha. His mask, which had been smooth without a speck of dust, was now rarely covered in cracks.

“Your junior as well.”

“You…!”

“Wh-what is this all about…”

Just as Yeon Minha was about to spark flames from her hand, enraged by Seoyeon’s retort.

The main entrance of the inner house opened, and someone’s voice uttering bewildered words was heard.

“Ah…”

Yeon Minha’s eyes, which had been burning with hostility towards Baek Seoyeon, were momentarily filled with wavering.

The lady of Jeokhwa, Kang Jakyung, walked out from there with staggering steps.

Unable to keep her balance, her body reeked strongly of alcohol. With disheveled hair as if she had just woken up and slurred speech, she seemed to be still heavily soaked in alcohol.

“I-I didn’t do anything wrong…!”

She shouted as if she had belatedly grasped the situation, looking around with unfocused, hazy eyes.

Then she stumbled towards where Seoyeon was.

“P-Paechun’s young lady? I’m the one who secretly sent information to Paechun’s former heir…! So… kuhuk!”

Her desperate plea didn’t even reach its end.

A particle bullet fired from behind suddenly pierced through the lady’s head. With half of her head blown off, her mouth gaped open and she collapsed to the ground with a thud.

“Ah, ah…”

Yeon Minha let out a trembling groan as she watched the scene. Her mind was reaching its limit. She couldn’t keep up with the situation unfolding before her eyes at all.

Yeon Jeongmun, who had lowered his finger after firing the bullet, lamented in a hollow voice.

“I wondered where the leak was… She seemed to be behaving, but she was doing such things behind my back…”

Then he threw his head back and spread a ghastly laughter all around.

“Kuh, kuhehe… Kuhahaha…!”

His eyes were filled only with regret and hatred.
Thi s w a s cop i e d f r o m k i n gm t l .o r g

“Paechun… Paechun… Paechun!! You filthy bastards… You always stand in my way!!”

-Squelch!

Th i s w a s c op i e d f r o m k i n g m t l. org
After shouting, he plunged his hand into the chest of a soldier standing next to him before anyone could stop him.

“Kaeeng!! Kaeng!!”

The soldier who had suddenly been struck writhed in pain and screamed at the top of his lungs. The soldier, who had clearly been in human form, now let out the screams of a beast covered in fur. Then he collapsed to the ground without moving.

In Yeon Jeongmun’s blood-dripping palm were the still pulsating heart and gland of a demon.

As a magician, he cannot use dark magic. That’s why he tried to use the heart and gland of a demon full of demonic energy as a medium.

Most of what he had been doing behind the scenes had already been exposed, but there was still one thing that Paechun’s heir didn’t know about.

Moreover, even an incomplete magic formula is more than enough to cover this area.

His continued erratic behavior that defied common sense momentarily stopped the thinking of those around him.

Just before he raised his hand. Only one person noticed what he was about to do.

“No! Stop him!”

-Boom!!

“Kuhuk!”

The masked male student rushed towards Yeon Jeongmun, but he was blown backwards by the sudden intense wind pressure.
Th i s was co pi ed fr o m k i n g m tl . o r g

-Kukuku!

A violent vibration spread along the ground as if an earthquake had occurred. It was extremely difficult to even stand on two feet and maintain balance.

Even Seoyeon’s face showed signs of bewilderment at the sudden anomaly.

Then, geometric patterns the color of red blood were engraved in the sky.

It was massive enough to cover the entire vast private property of Jeokhwa.

The dark magic that had been briefly engraved soon lost its form and scattered, disappearing.
T h i s w a s c o pied f r om k in g m t l . o rg

And before there was time to respond, a dense green cloud carrying poison began to pour down to the ground.

“Cough… Cough…!!”

“Kuhuk…!!”

The intruders surrounding the area coughed violently.

Those who failed to react in time and couldn’t put up barrier magic spewed blood from all the holes in their faces. Those with low accomplishments fell to the ground, writhing before stopping their movements.

In the middle of this hell, Yeon Jeongmun was still standing in the same place.

Without any barrier, his eyes were bloodshot red and he was dripping bloody tears to the ground, but he continued his strange behavior.

Yeon Jeongmun drew his finger in the air, connecting particles to instantly complete a peculiar structure of magic formula that no one had seen before, and cast it in all directions.

-Bwoong!

Lee Hyun, who was getting up, felt as if something unpleasant had just swept over his body. Yeon Minha seemed to feel the same as she shivered. This was true for Baek Seoyeon and Choi Ireh as well.

Th is w a s c o p i e d f r o m ki n gmt l .org
They detected the anomaly in their surroundings a split second later.

Without any warning, suddenly the invading forces surrounding the garden began to engage in a massacre among themselves.

“Why are you doing this all of a sudden! It’s me… Kwaak!”

“Get a hold of yourself! What are you suddenly…!”

“Young miss, something’s wrong! We need to retreat…! Kuhuk!”

“Puhahaha! What a truly spectacular sight!”

He burst into laughter full of madness with a satisfied expression. Then he stretched out his hand and gave orders to his royal guards.

They were still standing in place with hazy pupils, even while shedding bloody tears and nosebleeds.

“Go! Show those who dared to violate Jeokhwa’s land a taste of hell!!”

Without hesitation, they obeyed the head’s order and began to charge at the invaders.

The garden where beautiful flowers had once bloomed had long since been ruined, buried in green poisonous mist and filthy mud.

End of Chapter