Heroine Hunts Heroines

Chapter 22

The internet broadcasting club's first dungeon exploration was very successful.

Choi Si-woo suggested we take the back door, which made me uneasy, but he handled everything at the association, including the aftermath.

Yeah, I guess that’s enough of a pass. There were rumors about the Black Church and such, but I decided not to care.

The Black Church is the protagonist’s domain anyway.

We divided all the treasure box rewards into five portions, and I kept the [Ancient Relic] and the [Core].

Thinking back, Han Su-ji is supported by Kim Jae-su, and Reina, who is a pseudo-elf with government backing, while I’m just someone watching my brother’s movements.

So, it’s only natural that I, the pitiful one, should monopolize these good items.

Yoo Eun-ha: Hey

NTR Specialist: Did you call for me, sister?

Yoo Eun-ha: Ho

NTR Specialist: ? Is this sister flirting?

Yoo Eun-ha: Just kidding, how do we use the items from the dungeon?

NTR Specialist: Just stab it in.

Yoo Eun-ha: Stab it where, you idiot?

Looking at the size, it didn’t seem like it would fit.

NTR Specialist: No, you just have to stab the item into your body. Whether you eat it with your mouth or stab it in.

Yoo Eun-ha: Okey, thanks.

Choi Si-woo didn’t exchange contact information, and Reina and Han Su-ji said they had never used dungeon drop items despite being so strong, so I asked Gold Sun.

It’s simple. Just stab it in.

I cleared away the black uncle sitting in the chair with a dagger and sat down with a solemn heart, holding the Ancient Relic.

“I’ll give it a try.”

Muttering to myself, I shoved the Ancient Relic into my chest.

Don’t get me wrong; I pressed it deep into my cleavage.

In an instant, a tingling sensation washed over me, and a vast amount of knowledge crept into my head.

[Akashic Record activation confirmed]

[Welcome, Yoo Eun—4-/_#! )4#41<4!]

“Huh?”

[User 4-/_#! )4#41<4 registered, access granted.]

[From now on, 4-/_#! )4#41<4 will be registered as the Master.]

A strange voice echoed in my head.

What is this? The Ancient Relic is the Akashic Record?

It feels like something bizarre has been shoved into my brain. Should I pull it out immediately?

[The Akashic Record is an artifact that cannot be returned.]

“Fuck!”

Cursing, I diligently looked up what the Akashic Record was.

It contains all the records of the universe and humanity. A super-dimensional information collection or something like that. They say you can even know about future events.

Since it came from a wiki, I have no idea how it differs from the real Akashic Record.

[The contents are the same as the wiki. The Akashic Record holds all knowledge of the world.]

Then I should experiment with it right now.

This world is similar to the one I know, so the internet novel platform remains intact.

The novels I saw in the other world were still ongoing here. But what if I could preview the ending of a work?

Wouldn’t it be great to get that without paying?

[The complete end of the work is episode 444. Sending the contents from the next episode until the end based on the current time.]

“Wait, what the fuck?”

Just like that, I was spoiled by the Akashic Record regarding popular paid novels.

Moreover, it shoved the contents up to the conclusion directly into my brain. My head felt like it was spinning, and I thought I might go crazy.

If it weren’t for the parallel circuits, I would have already burst my head from the pain.

And speaking of which, didn’t I want to know why my status window wasn’t appearing?

“Can you tell me why I can’t see my status window?”

[To access that information, you must witness the downfall of the ancient ones who created the Akashic Record.]

“Then I don’t want to.”

[Then I will execute the memory fragments of the ancient ones from now on.]

The Akashic Record, which doesn’t understand my words, again filled my head with the downfall of the ancient ones as it was.

What’s surprising is that the ancient ones were from another world, just like a pseudo-elf, and that world attracted the wrath of the gods due to violating causality by developing the Akashic Record.

- Protect our civilization!

- Stop @%[-][] [)@[-]@1<@!

- That’s impossible. We can’t stop that.

- Even the Akashic Record cannot prevent our doom.

- At the very least, we must hide the Akashic Record.

In the end, the ancient ones all met a horrific death at the hands of the entity called @%[-][] [)@[-]@1<@.

The Akashic Record was implanted in a robot existing in a space akin to Noah’s Ark that they created.

Yeah. This was the boss of Mecha Land.

The ancient ones were really pitiful. They were quite beautiful people.

In the end, that world perished, and during the great upheaval that occurred on Earth, the Mecha Land where the Akashic Record was sleeping appeared as a dungeon.

While I’m nervously waiting for the Black Church event to erupt, the class on Hunter World History began.

“During the Great Upheaval, the Evil Dragon appeared. Even the United States, which was the hegemony of the old generation, could not stop the Evil Dragon. Does anyone know the damage inflicted at that time?”

“Over 1 billion died due to the Evil Dragon.”

“Correct. We referred to this Evil Dragon as Azidahaka. Azidahaka devastated the realm of humanity with various magics and breath attacks, forcing humanity to endure tremendous losses until Awakening individuals emerged to confront the Gates.”

“What happened to Azidahaka?”

“Azidahaka last appeared in China. Disguised as a nun, it caused chaos among people without lifting a finger, leading them to kill each other. According to the survivors, it seemed to mutter something before it suddenly disappeared, saying killing humans had become boring. This is the last record we have. It was described as a beautiful girl with white hair. Ah, speaking of which, isn’t there someone with white hair in our class?”

That bitch with the blunt hammer. She teases me at every opportunity.

“I had black hair before I awakened, so shut up.”

“Ahem. Well, of course, Azidahaka wasn’t the only worst enemy. There were other terrible monsters like ‘Traitor Lancelot’ from England, ‘Huanglong’ from China, and ‘Chaos Oni’ from Japan.”

In this world, national history has almost disappeared, and world history is being taught.

The national history I learned in Korea has long vanished.

After the Great Upheaval, too many records emerged, leading to a decreased interest in ancient history and a shift from an age of scientific civilization to an age of magical civilization.

In the previous work, Lancelot, Huanglong, and Chaos Oni were considered the Four Heavenly Kings, if you had to express it that way.

Yoo Jin-seok took them all down.

In this sequel, sins have taken their place, and the key point is how far Choi Si-woo can exert his power.

“Oh, and as you all know, there will soon be a team battle. It will be in groups of five. So do well. You can form teams within your class, but if you don’t have friends, you can pick from the first years. The date is posted on the bulletin board, so gather your team members and submit the list to me by that time.”

“A team battle of five? Well, that’s something.”

The event is just around the corner.

Originally, I believed that the attack on Yoo Eun-ha would occur during another event. It seems like it will be during this team battle.

The timing of Yoo Eun-ha’s death in the novel and the current team battle aligns perfectly.

I can only hope that Choi Si-woo causes enough chaos that the attack doesn’t happen.

Should I not participate?

After all, this team battle is about competing levels of hunters from various countries. It doesn’t particularly affect whether I become a hunter in the future or not.

Rather, I should hide at home until the team battle ends.

“Anyone want to team up with me?”

“Looking for a secret friend with the uncle?”

Once the world history class ended, the popular kids began gathering to form teams.

In the original, the protagonist’s grandeur was revealed during the team recruitment for the team battle.

Reina and Han Su-ji, in the original, would beg other students from different classes to be their teammates, but Choi Si-woo would naturally become their teammate while helping them out.

- Hmph, I’ll let you pass this time.

- A Divine Sword user certainly has discerning eyes.

At that time, there was a story about how some thugs tried to intercept the two pretty girls and ended up falling flat instead.

“Yoo Eun-ha.”

“Huh?”

I had my head buried so deep in my desk that I could kiss it when Han Su-ji called out to me.

“Aren’t we slacking off too much?”

“That’s true. We need to find our teammates.”

“Hmm?”

“We only need to recruit one person. Don’t space out.”

Not just Han Su-ji, but even Reina was forcing me to join their team.

Oh, dear heavens. The pressure is too great for a heroine who is destined to be eliminated early.

“Why have I been decided to join you?”

“Why? We agreed to be together from the start.”

Did you all make a secret pact while I wasn’t there? A Yoo Eun-ha-less alliance?

I wanted to argue but held back.

They’re not exactly the type to communicate well. I think it’s time I smack their butts and give them a good scolding.

Well, since I’ve been pulled in, I guess it can’t be helped. But only one, huh?

“One person, then who’s the other one not here?”

“Choi Si-woo.”

“That bastard is the leader. That rotten harem kid is trying to shove me in somehow.”

“Are you the leader?”

“Huh?”

Why me?