I Became the Younger Sister of the Game's Villain - Chapter 9.2
Kang Min-hyung hadn’t expected to experience the literal meaning of the phrase “the air grew chilly” in a place like this.
He hadn’t felt such disrespect since the look on his sister’s face when he stubbed his big toe on the threshold while trying to dance a wave.
I shrugged and rubbed my forearm.
Ugh. Why is it so cold in here?
When he looked away, Lee Moa was saying it with her eyes.
‘Are you saying that now?’
Then, the friendly explanation began.
“For example, the lamp you followed earlier can be defeated by breaking its filament. …I didn’t think I would need to explain such things, right?”
“Well, um, of course not. I knew all of that…”
“What about this book?”
Oh heavens, why are you testing me like this?
At that moment, a ticking timer appeared in Kang Min Hyung’s brain.
The more time passed, the more anxious he became.
In his mind, he felt like someone who had made it to the final round of a quiz show.
Kang Min Hyung simply nodded, keeping silent.
After waiting for a while, Lee Moa let out a small sigh.
“Of course, we should set it on fire. There’s no point in extinguishing it with water, so we check the surroundings.”
Boo boo.
The sound seemed to resonate in my ears.
B-but I definitely studied.
As Kang Min Hyung, frozen like a statue, stood there, Lee Moa passed by him and muttered softly.
“Doesn’t seem like you’re very good at studying…”
Ding Ding Ding! K.O.
Kang Min Hyung, bombarded with these factual assaults, staggered.
At that moment.
Crash!
A wooden stick aimed at the ceiling sprinkler pierced its target with great precision.
The sudden noise made his body curl up like a bug.
Startled, he clutched his weak heart and glared resentfully at the Hunter in front of him.
She smiled mischievously, like a little prankster with a plan.
A small flame burst forth from her palm.
“What the, what are you doing…!!”
Before he could reach out to stop her, she threw the fire into the study room.
Did this person have a fire-attribute?!
Before I could even be shocked, the room, already full of flammable material, blazed up in red flames.
Thump! Thump!
The first-floor boss, caught in the flames, started to rampage, breaking walls.
Watching the fire spread to the corridor, Kang Min Hyung expressed his frustration.
Right, I understand setting a fire, but did it have to go this far…
“You’re crazy.”
Boom!
The Hunter’s gaze broke through the wall and stood in confrontation.
“There’s no time.”
Lee Moa, facing the flames, grabbed Kang Min Hyung’s arm and pulled him behind her.
Looking down at his head, a full head shorter than hers, she swallowed hard.
‘Should we just wait quietly until the rescue team arrives?’
***
“Ah, hot!”
I barely managed to jump away from the fire that surged like a wave, following the wind’s direction.
The weakened flames, blocked by the fire wall, didn’t lose their shape and spread even larger.
Even just standing still, sweat beaded in the heat.
But even amid that.
Bang! Bang!
The end of the staff, hurling fireballs at the spine of the book, shook violently.
Despite the flickering flames making it hard to see, her skills accurately struck the boss.
Combat ability that certainly didn’t seem E-grade.
She moved with a relaxed and seasoned ease, as if she knew the creature’s every pattern.
Lee Moa was methodically facing the upper part of the Hunter’s epitome.
Theoretically impossible.
Yet, despite the scene being nearly miraculous,
“Be careful.”
As time passed, a strange sense of stability set in.
So engrossed in what he was watching the fight that I didn’t even notice the boss charging.
Lee Moa, who pressed down on his head to duck, pulled his arm to get him out of the path of the attack.
Black ash showered on my body.
‘She’s like a ghost obsessed with fighting.’
Even as he was getting pushed aside, that’s what he thought.
He couldn’t express it any other way.
Never disturb me.
It was the exact opposite of what she’d said when she’d threatened to save him if he didn’t stay quiet.
While continuing her assault, Lee Moa made sure the boss didn’t shift its attention to me, constantly drawing its focus.
Not only did she lure it with continuous damage from the fire, but she also kept a vigilant watch over my safety.
‘It’s as if the field was in the palm of her hand.’
If the measurements weren’t wrong, she’d need to have eight eyes or maybe ten arms.
Was it her battle sense? Training? Or perhaps something else…
Gulp, gulp.
Each time she launched a skill, Lee Moa’s throat worked like she was downing beer, guzzling mana potions.
In front of her, individual pages ignited and burned fiercely.
Only a few remained.
Once all the shelves burn, the boss will completely perish.
Thanks to the hard covers, it was a bit slow, but now it was truly almost over.
‘I really survived.’
This Hunter saved his life.
The anxiety melted away with the flames.
Crackle!
Finally, the last page slowly started to blacken and burn.
The hardcover, flailing as if ablaze with life at its end, finally thumped down to the ground.
【1F Cleared!】
【You are granted access to the next floor. (Entry time 4 minutes 28 seconds)】
“I told you I’d win.”
Crackle.
Beneath the fluttering white ashes, Lee Moa, with soot smeared under her nose, smiled brightly.
