EX rank supporting role’s replay in a prestigious school - Chapter 850 - Boundary (3)

Maeng Hyodon’s body almost stopped the moment he saw Ham Geunhyung.

The image of Ham Geunhyung waiting for him at the Eungwang High Clock Tower the day he escaped from the fight club gave him deja vu.

If he wasn’t in the middle of a crisis, he might’ve stood there blankly watching the arrows fly by.

‘Professor…!’

The first thing he felt was relief.

Now and then, Ham Geunhyung’s presence reassured Maeng Hyodon.

Although the situation isn’t looking up yet, Maeng Hyodon’s morale soared through the roof just by seeing Ham Geunhyung.

Fwiiish!

The three arrows that Ham Geunhyung launched accurately hit the crystal, yet it was considerably durable seeing that it didn’t break, only cracked.

Nevertheless, smoke rose from the cracked crystal, and the concentrated energy waves became lighter.

Maeng Hyodon didn’t know what the floor master would do now, but he knew at least that the crisis was averted.

Ham Geunhyung gathered energy waves as he pulled his bowstring once again, a more powerful attack looking to be launched this time. 

Stretch…

The floor master stopped chanting for a moment when the yellow crystal cracked.

Behind the forcefield that defended it, the floor master gazed at where the arrow came from.

Once it discovered Ham Geunhyung, the floor master slightly pulled up the hem of its robe.

Then, the enemies coming after Maeng Hyodon shifted their target to Ham Geunhyung.

Hwik!

The floor master waved its heavy hand and pointed at Ham Geunhyung.

The latter, who was gathering his strength to destroy the crystal at once, was defenseless.

Maeng Hyodon immediately realized it and quickly went in front of the enemies to block them.

“Where do ‘ya think you’re going!”

Fwaaaat!

Maeng Hyodon activated his light skill Fighter’s Gravity and all the enemies were tied at once.

As the giant fist of energy waves appeared, the enemies all stopped.

The enemies understood that they must first defeat Maeng Hyodon to get to Ham Geunhyung.

As the enemies began to rush toward him, Maeng Hyodon adjusted his fist to do the same.

“Get away from my professor!”

Maeng Hyodon’s fists and feet mercilessly landed on the enemies, his fighting style a mixture of the various martial arts that Tak Geosan taught him.

The combination of the styles was so brilliant that it couldn’t be determined which one he used.

One moment he lowers his body appearing to prepare for a kick, but then goes for a strong punch instead. 

What was clear was that the enemies couldn’t keep up.

‘My body feels lighter than usual!’

His physical abilities were enhanced thanks to his light skill, but that doesn’t seem to be the only factor.

Now that Ham Geunhyung is with him, he feels lighter just by not fighting alone.

Fwiiiiish!

Maeng Hyodon was still easily dealing with the enemies when Ham Geunhyung fired his next arrow.

Three arrows flew in succession, illuminating the dark underground.

The floor master quickly waved the hem of its robe as if telling the enemies to block the arrows, but the tied-up enemies couldn’t escape from Maeng Hyodon.

Booom!

The sound of the explosion covered the surroundings, and the remains of the exploded crystal scattered.

The stone pillars lost their lights and cracked, and the protective shield around the floor master disappeared.

Ham Geunhyung pulled on the bowstring again, this time aiming for the floor master’s core.

Ham Geunhyung’s light skill Marksman’s Sight and Barebow was activated so his eyes, with powers borrowed from a superior being, shone brighter than usual.

He shouted,

“Maeng Hyodon, don’t look at the floor master!”

Maeng Hyodon followed without question and turned his back as he continued beating up the enemies.

The enemies’ movements became strange when the crystal broke.

The floor master seemed to be up to something, but Maeng Hyodon did faithfully as Ham Geunhyung said and turned away.

Ham Geunhyung, on the other hand, kept his eyes focused on the giant.

‘Wait, will the professor be okay? I think he means something bad will happen if I look at the floor master.’

He believed in Ham Geunhyung, but he was worried that the professor was putting himself in harm’s way to protect him.

As if he read his mind, Ham Geunhyung spoke again, something that doesn’t happen often as the professor seldom talks while in battle.

“It can interfere with its opponents’ minds, but it’s not strong enough to shake the spirit of a sharpshooter.”

Ham Geunhyung wasn’t bluffing.

The tip of his arrow did not waver even though he stared right at the evil energy emitted by the floor master.

Instead, the energy waves that he gathered only grew stronger.

The floor master seemed to be weak against physical attacks, just as Maeng Hyodon expected.

It can only use its power when it’s hiding behind a solid barrier.

The smart Ham Geunhyung figured it out at once and prepared to destroy the floor master.

‘That bastard, I think it’s trying to run away.’

Although Maeng Hyodon wasn’t looking at it, he felt the floor master withdrawing its strength and retreating.

He thought about activating the Fighter’s Gravity to target the floor master instead, but he quickly gave up the idea.

There’s no way Ham Geunhyung would lose this guy.

‘Professor Ham told me not to look at it. I have to trust him.’

The floor master began to run, but Ham Geunhyung didn’t mind the moving target.

With no hesitation, Ham Geunhyung fired an arrow at the floor master scurrying away.

The latter tried to hide behind one of the stone pillars, but it was futile.

Kwaaaa!

Ham Geunhyung’s arrow shattered the pillar and even penetrated the floor master’s body.

Its core was struck accurately and the floor master completely lost its strength, while the enemies Maeng Hyodon was fighting began to disappear.

The enemies were clearly defeated, but neither Ham Geunhyung nor Maeng Hyodon let down their guard.

Fwoooosh…

Only after everything disappeared did Ham Geunhyung take his hand off the bowstring and Maeng Hyodon relaxed his stance.

The professor, who was on higher ground, jumped down to where Maeng Hyodon stood.

Maeng Hyodon remembered when he first went to school.

The professor quickly checked up on Maeng Hyodon.

“Maeng Hyodon, are you hurt anywhere?”

“…No.”

Maeng Hyodon was about to thank the professor for coming to rescue him, but Ham Geunhyung spoke first, a grim expression on his face.

“I’m sorry you had to fight those enemies alone. That type of gimmick something causes a debuff effect if not destroyed at the same time.”

Just like a professor, Ham Geunhyung briefly explained it.

The floor master seemed to be vulnerable against physical attacks but had gimmicks that attacked its opponents’ minds.

It’s easier said than done to say that destroying the crystal would quickly defeat it.

‘So what if it can attack the mind…’

The explanation was concise, but the half-dazed Maeng Hyodon struggled.

‘Wait, wasn’t he supposed to be on a business trip? Why is he here?’

When Kim Yuri was fixing the schedule for the Teachers’ Day event, they found out that Ham Geunhyung had a business trip scheduled on this date.

They didn’t bother asking where the business trip was since Ham Geunhyung usually goes to Hongcheon for those trips.

‘Wait, does that mean his business trip was supposed to be around here? Either that or the VP did something suspicious…’

Maeng Hyodon’s guess was close to reality, but his thoughts ended there.

He couldn’t figure out what had happened, especially how Ham Geunhyung got to this place.

The garden had a very complicated structure and even separated him from Joo Soohyuk.

He decided to ask honestly.

“How did you find me?”

As if he had no intention of hiding it, Ham Geunhyung answered immediately.

The first words that came from him were completely different from what Maeng Hyodon was thinking.

“I heard that a royal lineage in Hongcheon is indebted to you.”

Hongcheon, Ham Geunhyung’s regular business trip destination.

If there’s a royal lineage there who would be indebted to anyone, it would’ve been the good professor and not him.

That’s what Maeng Hyodon thought.

Did he do something in Hongcheon?

Then, he suddenly remembered something.

‘The day of the typhoon!’

That day, Maeng Hyodon was up on the mountain training with Tak Geosan and Bang Yoonseob.

The association called for help in the rescue efforts, and he responded to the call.

He rescued a wild horse caught in a trap that day, and it turned out to be an important being which was the Horse Clan’s Shinsoo.

The head of the Horse Clan, Heukma, was so thankful that she personally came to Maeng Hyodon to express her gratitude and give him a gift.

“Don’t you have something that that royal lineage gave you?”

“Yeah… I think so?”

Although Maeng Hyodon forgot what the gift was, he remembered the events leading to him receiving it.

He was suddenly called into the chairman’s office and was given several gifts.

He also remembered that Chairman Hwang Myeongho, who strangely resembled a classmate of his, was in a good mood and laughing heartily at that time.

‘Was it a dreamcatcher? The kids told me to put it in my bedroom so I did.’

Class 2-0’s attention-seekers gifted a huge dreamcatcher to commemorate Teachers’ Day, and Maeng Hyodon slightly recognized its shape.

His classmates explained what it was.

Maeng Hyodon’s dreamcatcher was a precious item made from the hair of a unicorn’s tail, but it was just a ball of fur in his eyes.

However, because the kids in his class were enthusiastically explaining what it was, Maeng Hyodon took out the dreamcatcher that he had left forgotten in a corner of his room that day.

“As you know, I’m talking about that royal lineage’s chief, Heukma. The item that you have is said to be made from the hair of a prized family of the Horse Clan. I followed that energy and found you.”

From Ham Geunhyung’s words, it seems like Heukma was also here.

Seeing that she wasn’t here, perhaps the horse parted ways with the professor when she informed him of Maeng Hydon’s location.

That was that, but something still bugged Maeng Hyodon.

There was no way Ham Geunhyung knew everything about him and the Horse Clan and the gift he received from them.

‘Maybe this was all planned…’

He could only think of one person who would’ve known all of this and prepared for it.

Then, the name in his mind came out of Ham Geunhyung’s mouth.

“Jo Euishin called me and Heukma.”