EX rank supporting role’s replay in a prestigious school-Chapter 1018: Stream (1)

The only ones here now were the players who were tackling the ruins-type Otherworld, Baek Ho-gun, the foreign enemies, and the Hojo performer.

Since the voice was unfamiliar, I started eliminating candidates one by one in my mind, leaving only the foreign enemies and the Hojo performer.

Although the foreign enemies imitated well, calling Baek Ho-gun with a child’s voice wouldn’t get them anything.

‘So, it’s the Hojo performer’s voice?’

It had been a long time since I spent time in the ruins-type simulation, but I had never seen the Hojo performer clearly.

However, it was certain that the Hojo performer existed.

Not long ago, I had heard an accompaniment to a rookie’s song, and I had caught a glimpse of a small silhouette from afar.

Although I had heard ringing in my ears when the Hojo performer used their powers, or when someone spoke their name, it wasn’t impossible to identify them.

‘It seems like something is interfering with the recognition of the Hojo performer. But it’s not complete.’

Suddenly, the words of Sidrellentium came to mind.

The function of the scales, which had once erased something, was apparently about to recover, and the vanished X would return.

While dealing with Baek Ho-gun, I also focused on the Hojo performer’s voice.

“B-Baek Ho... help...”

Help?

Was he about to say “help” or “help me”?

I couldn’t tell which one he was trying to say, but I couldn’t hear the rest because of the ringing that spread with Baek Ho-gun’s shout.

“...!”

Wheeeing...!

Baek Ho-gun seemed to have shouted the Hojo performer’s name.

I couldn’t hear the voice, but the lip movements were clear in my eyes.

‘Black Tiger.’

The phrase “Black Tiger” brought back memories of something in the Dragon Palace.

The Yellow Dragon had been talking about the dragons representing the five elements and asked,

“Yeah, I know that. But what I’m wondering is, there’s Yellow, White, Red, Blue, but is there no Black one?”

When he asked about the lack of Black Tiger, the Red Tiger responded.

“As far as I know, there’s no Black Tiger.”

Not only the Red Tiger, but even the Yellow Tiger had confirmed.

“There’s no Black Tiger among the Hojo.”

As far as I knew, there was no Black Tiger, and it wasn’t strange for one not to exist, nor was it something worth arguing about.

Not all true races, like the dragon race, possessed beings to represent the five elements.

For example, among the Earth tribe or the Horse tribe, there were White Earth, Black Earth, White Horse, and Black Horse, but there were no Blue Earth, Yellow Earth, or Yellow Horse.

Especially the Earth tribe, despite their long history and the protection of a powerful higher being like Hanga, did not possess the five elements.

Therefore, even if there was no Black Tiger among the Hojo, no one would find it strange if one of the five elements was missing.

In this world, there were Black Dragons, Black Earth, and Black Horses, so if someone insisted there had to be a Black Tiger among the Hojo, they would be considered crazy.

It was like a nosy neighbor asking why you only had four kids when their neighbor had five, accusing you of losing or abandoning one.

‘But now Baek Ho-gun has called the name of the Black Tiger.’

The Yellow Dragon had spoken about ‘If there were a Black Tiger’ and said,

“If there were a Black Tiger, they might be skilled at playing instruments and could possibly handle cold, just like Hyeonmu or the Black Dragon.”

Right now, the Black Tiger in front of me, the Hojo’s top performer, was playing in a way that could be recognized by a rookie and could summon a blizzard with their music.

When the Black Tiger used the blizzard to obstruct our vision, it might have been related to the color of the energy the Black Tiger wielded.

All of this could just be a well-crafted fake created by the ruins-type Otherworld simulation, but it didn’t seem like that.

Fate and intelligence wouldn’t cooperate to create a fake.

“Step back!”

At that moment, with the sound of Eljunyeol’s voice, heat surged from behind, followed by an explosion.

In addition to the Red Dragon’s energy, several other forces were clashing at the same time.

Boom!

Even amidst this, I had exchanged swords with Baek Ho-gun several times, but I switched positions, listened to the sounds, and sensed the energies scattered around to figure out what was going on.

Someone had launched a fierce attack at the Black Tiger, and in that instant, the land of Cheoniksan rose up, protecting the Black Tiger while indiscriminately attacking the surroundings.

The Korean team’s raid members were unharmed thanks to the Red Dragon’s defense, but the person who had attacked the Black Tiger didn’t fare as well.

Someone, shredded, collapsed onto the ground.

‘Hirano Seiji?’

Over Baek Ho-gun’s shoulder, I saw Hirano Seiji collapsed between the throwing stars and shurikens he had scattered.

It seemed our raid members were surprised to recognize the sudden appearance of Hirano Seiji.

“He’s Japanese!”

“It looks like he was injured before attacking. He probably launched his final strike before the forced termination.”

“Did he fight the foreign enemies? I don’t see anyone else...”

Hirano Seiji appeared to be at his limit, with a hologram floating around his body.

It was a sign of the forced termination of the Otherworld Simulator.

Before Hirano Seiji vanished, he tried to convey something to us.

“He’s not a foreign enemy. The Hojo and Wung tribes have been cautious of us from the start...”

Hirano Seiji didn’t finish his sentence before he vanished.

Though it was brief, it was enough to speculate what had happened.

It seemed that both the Hojo and Wung tribes had been wary not only of our raid but also of the Japanese team.

After exchanging information, the Japanese team had likely compiled the data they had gathered and maybe even uncovered some previously undisclosed information to identify the Hojo performer.

And when the Hojo and Wung tribes realized they were targeting the Hojo performer, they wasted no time aiming for his life, and the only one left standing, Hirano Seiji, likely carried out a reckless attack alone to complete the raid, only to be caught.

‘It looks like the Hojo is also involved among those who attacked the Japanese team. Eun Ho has never let his guard down.’

The moment Hanga’s persuasion was done, Eun Ho must have immediately returned to the front lines and moved.

I could easily imagine the moment when Eun Ho, after catching something suspicious while scouting the Japanese team, dealt a decisive blow without hesitation.

Then, several regrettable actions by the Hojo, seen in the mythological legends, came to mind simultaneously.

To put it kindly, they were regrettable, but they were actions that seemed irresponsibly careless.

‘Why didn’t Eun Ho realize Wungnyeo’s betrayal?’

The first betrayal could happen without realizing it.

Moreover, since the first betrayal occurred during a battle with the foreign enemies, it could be assumed that gathering information and strategizing was difficult.

But the second one wasn’t.

The Hojo had received the blessing of the Divine and were in a strong position, and they had already experienced the betrayal by the Wung tribe.

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At that time, Eun Ho had been in bed due to breaking divine rules, but above all, Eun Ho must have been most cautious of Wungnyeo’s betrayal, so it was strange that he couldn’t prevent it.

‘Yes, I thought the same when I heard the words of the Prophet.’

When the Prophet spoke of the wind and the rain, I had similar thoughts.

I believed that Eun Ho hadn’t trusted Wungnyeo until the end.

And if it had been Eun Ho, he would have ordered someone to keep an eye on Jeokho and Wungnyeo.

‘Someone more trustworthy than Jeokho, someone Wungnyeo wouldn’t suspect. Someone who would never betray the Hojo. But someone who didn’t realize Wungnyeo’s betrayal.’

I thought of those conditions, but I couldn’t pinpoint who it was.

But now, the person who met some of those conditions appeared right before my eyes.

It was X, the one who disappeared, the Black Tiger.

The Black Tiger was trusted enough to be tasked with gathering information on the foreign enemies.

Though I didn’t know much about the Black Tiger yet, if they were tasked with monitoring Wungnyeo, everything would make sense.

‘Then, the moment the Black Tiger disappeared was probably...’

Kaaaang!

But my thoughts on the Black Tiger didn’t last long.

The Baek Ho-gun in front of me charged at me as if to kill me, and if Lu Bo-won hadn’t helped in between, it seemed like I would have been cut somewhere on my body.

“Earth is sinking!”

“There’s a limit to defending with intelligence. Let’s attack immediately.”

The ground began sinking, and the Black Tiger’s form was revealed.

The moment the raid members saw the Black Tiger, they fell silent.

The Black Tiger, momentarily protected by Cheoniksan, appeared too small and young.

“He’s just a kid...”

Yeom Jun-yeol muttered hesitantly.

Lu Bo-won’s shadow threads covered Baek Ho-gun, and I took the chance to focus on the figure of the Black Tiger.

The strange aura and the masked face of the Black Tiger made them look even younger than the voice suggested.

They looked about the age of Eun Jae-ho, or perhaps even younger.

“...Attack!”

Yeom Jun-yeol hesitated before speaking, and the raid members simultaneously rushed forward.

The Black Tiger swiftly dodged, scattering dark energy to confuse us and trying to escape while attempting to blow a small instrument, repeatedly being interrupted.

The sight was pitiful, and the raid members’ hands grew looser as they hesitated.

At the outer edges, Dogo Mi-ro, who had briefly dealt with the foreign enemies, shouted.

“Don’t be deceived by appearances!”

Dogo Mi-ro had fought since childhood, and of course, had battled children no older than the Black Tiger.

Even though the opponent was young, Dogo Mi-ro knew well how evil they could become, and there was no hesitation.

Though the being in front of us was acting kindly, Dogo Mi-ro was certain that the Hojo performer was a boss enemy causing distortions in the land, and he remained unshaken.

After leaving the foreign enemies to the Red Dragon, Dogo Mi-ro rushed directly toward the Black Tiger.

Kaaang!

At that moment, Baek Ho-gun succeeded in knocking Baek-A out of my hands.

My stamina was at its limit, and thinking that someone with a child’s form might be attacked, I probably lost my strength in my hand.

Baek Ho-gun didn’t miss the gap, but instead of cutting my neck, he rushed toward the Black Tiger.

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A white flash shot toward Dogo Mi-ro.

I tried to follow, but I couldn’t catch up.

At that moment.

A swordsman with twin swords blocked Baek Ho-gun’s way.

It was Kwak Kyung-gu.

Kaaang!

“Ugh...”

Baek Ho-gun’s strike made Kwak Kyung-gu’s sword tremble.

In reality, it was a miracle that Kwak Kyung-gu, exhausted from fighting the foreign enemies, managed to block the Hojo’s top martial sword.

Kwak Kyung-gu used the 100 seconds of grace to keep his muscles from tearing and endured, but with just a sword, he couldn’t last long against Baek Ho-gun.

Thud, screech!

The moment Baek Ho-gun played with the sword skillfully, Kwak Kyung-gu missed one of his twin swords, and Baek Ho-gun instantly slashed his neck.

This process took only a few seconds.

But in that short moment, the game was decided.

Pffft!

The morning star swung by Dogo Mi-ro hit the Black Tiger.

Dogo Mi-ro’s limbs were buffed by Park Seung-hyun.

In the final moment, instead of helping Kwak Kyung-gu to endure longer, Park Seung-hyun chose to strengthen Dogo Mi-ro to quickly defeat the boss enemy.

“...!”

Ringing and screaming mixed together.

A voice full of rage, a terrified child’s scream, a screeching ringing, and the shattering of the mask.

Amid Baek Ho-gun’s sighs, the sky was fully opened.

As in the myth, after the opening of the sky, the Divine descended.

‘Is this one prophecy of mine being fulfilled?’

The prophecy I made was, “Soon, the sky will open, and the Divine will descend, and at that spot, the descendants of the dragon tribe and their companions will be there.”

Whatever the form, it came true as I had predicted.

[Simulation Clear!]

With the message announcing the clear, the surrounding scenery collapsed.

Instead of the Cheoniksan where the sky was opening, the view of the Silverlight Global Stadium appeared in front of me.

After several notifications about the time it took to clear the simulation and other details, the final hologram appeared before us.

Raid team’s greatest contributor: Dogo Mi-ro, Nameless Supernova

Defense team’s greatest contributor: Incarnation of the Lotus