Unexpectedly Becoming the Student Council President

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There is no freedom in this city.

The peaceful and beautiful scenery is merely a facade.

How does the livestock feel as it runs around the pasture?

Unaware that it will ultimately be consumed by humans, it merely deludes itself into thinking it is free while it frolics on the green grass.

Han Seo-jin knew about the Head Principal, the darker side of the city. At a young age, she realized that she was merely livestock roaming the pasture.

If she didn't follow the Head Principal's will, it was only natural that she would be disposed of. However, Seo-jin had already seen the beautiful sea on the cinema screen.

A primal desire to see it again simply because it was pretty.

She found a reason to live that she had not wanted to find. And so, Seo-jin could continue to live, even in this city.

***

Crackle!!!

Ahn Woo-jin, the Disciplinary Committee Leader, unleashed his power.

The shockwaves of turquoise electricity burst incessantly, and the Iron Dragon Staff moved with precision, targeting Seo-jin. The trajectories traced like flashes, leaving afterimages. It was a threatening series of attacks.

Seo-jin retreated and summoned her minions. Skeletal beasts, wrapped in violet magic, rose from the ground.

The beasts leaped towards Woo-jin. Numerous skulls, wrapped in haze-like magic, filled Woo-jin's vision. The magic had already turned into bone and flesh, solid as armor.

But it was futile.

Woo-jin drew a new short staff from his belt.

Thwack!

When he swung the staff, an iron rod was drawn out from within.

Lightning Rod.

It had already stabilized enough to be reused thanks to its magical circuit.

Woo-jin swung the Lightning Rod, causing an explosion of electricity.

Boom!!

The fierce shockwave shattered the skeletal beasts, and the waves of electricity swept them all away.

"...!"

Seo-jin's astonished face was hidden behind her skull mask. The power released from the Lightning Rod was beyond belief. How refined must the magic be to produce such might?

…There was no time to marvel.

Whoosh!

Woo-jin kicked off the ground. He shot forward like an arrow, piercing through the explosion of electricity and causing a sonic boom. With excellent magic control, he greatly enhanced his leg strength and charged. His movements quickly closed the gap with Seo-jin.

But Seo-jin was not slow in her response.

Whirr!

A magic formation unfolded in the air, and a giant skeletal arm, imbued with necromantic power, stretched out. It was a partial summoning.

As if anticipating it, Woo-jin swung the Iron Dragon Staff without a hint of surprise.

Clang!!!

The Iron Dragon Staff sliced through the air, splitting it in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the skeletal arm was shattered. Woo-jin's attack speed and reflexes were on a different level from ordinary students.

In a single move, Woo-jin closed the distance to Seo-jin.

"What are you trying to awaken?"

"I have no obligation to tell you."

Whoosh!!

A large skeletal beast summoned behind Seo-jin charged at Woo-jin. It was a bipedal, heavily armored elite summon.

It swung its massive fist like a cannonball.

Whoosh!!

The fist only cleaved the empty air, but the mere force of it caused a violent gust, shaking the air.

Woo-jin had already dodged to the side, avoiding the attack.

Thud!

He and the elite summon exchanged blows.

Seo-jin continued to summon more skeletal beasts. All the minions roared like beasts and charged at Woo-jin as their prey.

Boom!

The clash of magic caused the ground to crack, and the skeletal beasts' bones and flesh were shattered.

However, even Woo-jin had his limits.

Crack!

"Grrk!"

The coordination of the skeletal beasts was quite skilled. It was as if they had been practicing together for years, like circus performers.

It was only natural.

Seo-jin was focusing on Woo-jin, displaying her adept control abilities without reservation.

In the end, the elite summon's fist successfully struck Woo-jin. The force in that punch was enough to easily create cracks in the ground.

Woo-jin used his Iron Dragon Staff to block the attack with his hand, but he was pushed back, receiving a heavy blow to his chest.

Thud!!!

Woo-jin's body pierced through the air at great speed.

Crash!

Woo-jin collided with a structure, leaving a crater. Without giving him a moment to rest, the elite summon lunged forward, ready to swing its fist. It had physical capabilities that could overwhelm even most Tier 5 rankers.

"Haa…!"

Woo-jin caught his breath and regained his senses.

Pouring magic into his chest at the last moment had saved him from a fatal injury. However, his bones were broken.

There was no time to relax. Woo-jin quickly regained his posture.

Whoosh!

Clang!!

Woo-jin swung the Iron Dragon Staff to counterattack.

The two entities continued their fierce battle.

At that moment.

"...!"

Whoosh…

A sudden chill, like a winter breeze brushing against the skin, swept over his entire body.

Woo-jin's eyes widened in surprise.

Seo-jin was beginning to draw out a large amount of sinister magic.

Holding her staff in both hands, she chanted an incantation in an incomprehensible language.

Woo-jin knew that pattern well.

This was dangerous.

Rumble…

A 4-meter diameter violet summoning circle unfolded behind Seo-jin.

Following the summoning circle, a long beam of light was emitted.

Thud!

A massive skeletal arm emerged from the summoning circle, grasping the ground, and its owner slowly rose.

The skeletal beast, intricately carved with necromantic power, gradually revealed its massive frame.

Approximately 5 meters tall.

It had nothing above its neck.

Its body size was comparable to that of a dinosaur.

Its thick arms contrasted with its frail waist. The lower part extended into a dress-like shape of magic.

At the center of its body, like other summons, a feminine skeleton, infused with violet magic, protruded.

It was both alien and grotesque, evoking a strange aesthetic sense.

Carmen.

The monstrous creature let out a beautiful vocalization.

'Why is that already…?'

Unique necromancy.

Magic Ritual Type 5, 'Requiem.'

The final pattern of a necromancer.

It was also known as her ultimate technique.

Carmen began to sing a beautiful song in an unknown language. The melody was romantic and mysterious, evoking a sense of melancholy, flowing with a lyrical and vivid tune.

Simultaneously, bright violet magic rose around her, creating a simple stage and engraving an area. The area extended beyond the battlefield of Woo-jin and Seo-jin, encompassing a wide radius.

It resembled an opera house.

Whoever stood on this stage would lose their bodily functions the moment the requiem ended.

Indeed.

Death was imminent.

The length of the song was precisely 1 minute and 30 seconds.

Responses: Flee far enough not to hear the song, defeat Carmen, or render Seo-jin combat ineffective.

Escaping from here is impossible. Carmen possesses monstrous strength fitting her massive body, making her difficult to defeat easily. Overpowering Seo-jin within 1 minute and 30 seconds is undoubtedly challenging. In essence, the Requiem was akin to a death sentence for Woo-jin.

"..."

Seo-jin lowered her head.

The reason she had exhausted her magic to unveil her final means wasn't because Woo-jin's attacks were threatening.

It was because she wanted to end this fight as soon as possible.

Fighting against the Disciplinary Committee Leader, who had cared for and regarded her well, was tormenting.

"You."

A voice as sharp as a blade pierced Seo-jin's ears.

Cold, murderous turquoise eyes were directed at her.

"You intend to kill everyone like this."

Woo-jin's eyes were filled with emotions so precisely refined that even Seo-jin found them chilling.

Seo-jin closed her eyes and summoned more minions, pulling up the remaining magic. All of them charged toward Woo-jin.

Woo-jin's hand could no longer reuse the Lightning Rod. He returned it to its short staff form and secured it to his belt, then drew another black short staff.

Thwack!

As he swung the short staff, an iron rod sprang out. It was a basic three-section staff. Woo-jin now held the Iron Dragon Staff in one hand and the three-section staff in the other.

Turquoise magic, potent enough to threaten even Tier 5 rankers, roared ferociously.

A sharp series of attacks followed, fiercely cutting through Seo-jin's minion army.

Thud!

Boom!

Crackle!!

Woo-jin fought fiercely.

The beasts forced their way into his movements, leaving wounds all over his body. Woo-jin's body was gradually cut and wounded, accumulating numerous injuries.

However, Woo-jin did not lose focus.

He concentrated on his magic control.

He observed the enemies' movements closely.

He responded to their attacks efficiently and swung his weapons relentlessly.

He emitted shockwaves, smashing the enemies.

40 seconds left until the Requiem ended.

An elite summon threw a vicious punch.

At the time, both the Iron Dragon Staff and the three-section staff were occupied with repelling other beasts. Woo-jin gritted his teeth, poured magic into his head, and thrust his head forward fiercely.

Boom!*

A near-explosive sound erupted. Woo-jin had countered the summon's punch with his forehead. His brain rang, but Woo-jin didn't care.

Woo-jin didn't budge. It was because he had planted his feet firmly on the ground.

Blood poured down, soaking his face. However, amidst the blood-stained face, the two turquoise eyes displayed fierce determination.

Thud!!

Woo-jin swung the Iron Dragon Staff vigorously, creating multiple explosive shockwaves that sent the elite summon flying. It was a powerful strike, capable of crushing steel like paper.

Woo-jin dodged the swift attacks of the beasts and gradually defeated them one by one.

25 seconds left until the Requiem ended.

"...?"

Seo-jin felt puzzled.

'Why… is his movement becoming…?'

Woo-jin's body was already a wreck.

Blood was all over, and he was covered in stab and cut wounds.

His blood-soaked body seemed likely to collapse at any moment.

His movements had slowed down.

He was undoubtedly exhausted.

Yet, why?

As the battle continued, Woo-jin's movements were becoming more refined.

It was as if he had entered a state of selflessness.

With single-minded determination.

Woo-jin, with unchanging determination in his eyes, continued to defeat the enemies without a change in his expression.

In this desperate fight, Woo-jin was constantly growing.

Seo-jin shook her head.

She didn't want to be impressed any longer.

22 seconds left until the Requiem ended.

Boom…

The loud explosion from the clash of magic finally burst Woo-jin's eardrums.

An unpleasant ringing sound resonated.

However, Woo-jin paid no mind and didn't take his eyes off the enemies' movements.

The electric current flowing through the Iron Dragon Staff significantly weakened. Even the basic three-section staff only had a faint lingering of lightning magic.

Woo-jin, dripping blood, looked down at his Iron Dragon Staff. His magic was nearly at its limit. Even squeezing out the remaining magic would only produce one or two more shockwaves.

But there were still many of Seo-jin's minions left.

20 seconds left until the Requiem ended.

The song, which had been flowing with a serene melody, was nearing its epilogue.

The battle continued.

Woo-jin could no longer unleash powerful attacks to conserve magic. Slowly, he was being pushed back.

"..."

Amidst the relentless swinging of the three-section staff, hoping for the enemies' destruction, Woo-jin suddenly felt as if he was climbing a steep staircase.

As if he might lose his balance and fall, he cautiously took one step at a time, continuing his arduous climb.

At the end of the stairs, someone seemed to be calling him.

18 seconds left until the Requiem ended.

Thud.

He lost his balance.

Momentarily struck unconscious by the beasts' attacks.

However, just before falling, like grabbing the edge of a cliff.

Barely catching his slipping consciousness, the darkening vision cleared again.

His strength was nearly depleted.

He felt the flame of life weakening.

It was because the Requiem was gnawing at his life force like a rat.

It didn't matter.

The persistent will, lingering like an afterimage, still drove Woo-jin forward.

With all his might, Woo-jin pressed on.

16 seconds left until the Requiem ended.

"It's… over now."

Seo-jin removed her skull mask and looked at Woo-jin with her bare face.

It wasn't expressionless.

Her eyes were sunken.

A complex expression filled her face.

14 seconds left until the Requiem ended.

"Thank you for caring for me. And, I'm sorry. Goodbye."

Seeing that smile filled Woo-jin with annoyance.

It was unbearably irritating.

That attitude of pushing people to death while immersed in her own story and sentiment.

And still expressing gratitude and apology properly.

Woo-jin found it intolerably detestable.

11 seconds left until the Requiem ended.

"…I'm not going anywhere."

Woo-jin, with anger-filled eyes wide open, wore a smile on his lips.

"I need to catch you."

8 seconds left until the Requiem ended.

"…That won't happen."

"It will."

6 seconds left until the Requiem ended.

Thump.

Thump.

Suddenly, as if watching a video in slow motion, the scenery in Woo-jin's vision flowed slowly.

Thump!

Thump!

His heart pounded more wildly.

It wasn't because of excitement.

His heartbeat was following the intense pulsation of something deeply seated within his body.

A strange sensation surged up his spine like a geyser, spreading chills throughout his body.

Something was about to explode.

With each step, as Woo-jin ascended the mental staircase, the pulsation grew more vivid.

Finally, Woo-jin realized what the sensation of climbing stairs was.

Repeating the magic training countless times, enduring hellish training under his master, constantly fighting to protect students as the Disciplinary Committee Leader.

It was the arduous journey he had walked to overcome the towering wall of the next stage.

"Because I'm the Disciplinary Committee Leader."

His turquoise eyes, leaking magic, were tinged with red.

So much blood was flowing down his forehead that it seeped through his eyelashes, staining his eyeballs.

Seo-jin's summons were still rushing towards him.

Woo-jin, staring at Seo-jin beyond them, closed his eyes.

He lifted his head.

He savored the breeze stirred by the magic waves, the cold air imbued with necromantic magic.

Finally.

Woo-jin's fingertips touched the end of the stairs.

***

"…Huh?"

For a moment, Seo-jin lost her sense of reality.

The Requiem abruptly stopped.

Silence fell.

As if time had frozen.

It felt like floating in the sky.

No, like drifting in the middle of the universe.

Seo-jin felt an inexplicable sense of buoyancy and emptiness.

"!"

At that moment, Seo-jin felt a gaze upon her. As she looked up, an enigmatic entity etched itself into her vision. A colossal demon with goat horns and golden fleece.

This supreme being was the first to descend into this world when "The Hole" appeared in the Pacific and was also the one to close The Hole and ascend to the heavens.

Seo-jin knew this entity's name.

Golden Sheep.

The apex of all living beings.

A being evaluated at Tier 9 and worshipped as a god.

From a very distant place, its many pairs of eyes were focused on her.

An overwhelming fear, etched into her very being, engulfed Seo-jin. It was the pressure of an entity of a fundamentally different tier.

"Gah! Hah!"

Seo-jin clutched her chest, gasping for breath. Before she knew it, she was back in reality.

'What was that…?'

It was too vivid to be a hallucination. Yet, if it wasn't a hallucination, there was no way to explain the phenomenon she had just experienced.

Why had the image of the Golden Sheep emanated from Woo-jin, vividly entering her vision? Seo-jin couldn't understand.

At that moment.

"...!"

A massive magical power descended, as heavy as gravity. The pressure, as if it had physical force, crushed Seo-jin.

Goosebumps rose all over her body. It was a threatening magic that triggered a primal fear. Anyone outside the barrier would have surely felt it as well.

Upon realizing it, Woo-jin was nowhere to be seen.

Crack!!

A strange loud noise suddenly echoed.

It came from above. Seo-jin quickly looked up.

The air was splitting. Something that shouldn't be split was cracking apart.

It was like a glass window shattering.

2 seconds left until the Requiem ended.

"What is…?"

An otherworldly light glimmered through the cracks, like a gate connecting to another world.

"That's impossible…!"

Seo-jin's face contorted with shock.

Immediately.

A flash of light burst through the cracks.

"...!"

Rumble!!!

A turquoise lightning bolt, tinged with black light, poured down vertically like a waterfall.

Spatial Lightning Strike.

The brilliant lightning engulfed Carmen destructively. Its power was incomprehensible. The density of the magic was beyond imagination.

Carmen's song, her screams, everything was devoured by the thunderous roar. Unable to utter her final verse, Carmen ultimately vanished.

"Gah!"

Boom!!

The shockwave from the lightning sent Seo-jin flying.

The highest unique ability.

Controlling a universal law.

Among them, 'space'. At this moment, the ability to control space was bestowed upon a man.

Continuous manipulation of lightning magic.

This was not the level of someone who had just awakened a unique ability. The immense potential suppressed by the high wall of Tier 5 was now explosively unleashed.

Even so, hadn't Woo-jin's magic power almost been depleted?

How could he unleash such powerful lightning magic?

It must be that as Woo-jin reached a new stage, some of the blocked magic circuits burst open, showing dramatic recovery. Like water pouring out fiercely after a dam collapses.

'…He's a monster. Different from someone like me.' Seo-jin thought involuntarily as she flew through the air. There was no chance of victory against such a being.

Just as she was about to give up, memories flashed through Seo-jin's mind.

Friends disappearing one by one under the Head Principal's management.

The beautiful sea she had seen in the movie.

"I can't…!"

Seo-jin couldn't give up.

She gritted her teeth, steeled her resolve, and forcibly drew up her magic.

Crack!!

Another shattering sound.

"!"

The source of the sound was from behind Seo-jin, where her body was flying.

Seo-jin quickly looked back.

Boom!

From the gate that appeared in the air, a man shot out with turquoise lightning, tinged with black light. His two vicious turquoise eyes bore into Seo-jin.

Suddenly, Seo-jin had a fresh realization. When she saw the sea in the movie. The reason she decided to live even in this city was simply because she wanted to live.

Even if she became a person deserving of the world's criticism, a piece of trash.

To avoid being discarded by the Head Principal and just survive, Seo-jin chose to sacrifice others to live.

The sea was just a trigger.

Anything would have sufficed.

If there was a reason to survive… she could justify trampling others.

Perhaps the man before her was the price she had to pay.

Crackle!!!

"Gah!!!"

The Iron Dragon Staff, charged with lightning, struck Seo-jin's body. The power was so overwhelming that even her magic-enhanced body couldn't withstand it.

Seo-jin's ribs shattered, and the fierce lightning burned parts of her body.

Countless strands of turquoise electricity intertwined like chains, tearing through the air. It was Woo-jin's final, most powerful strike.

Boom!!!

With a thunderous roar, Seo-jin's body cut through the air at tremendous speed.

Crash!!!

With a resounding explosion, Seo-jin's body created a crater on the ground and lost consciousness.

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