Why Did I Have to Enroll

Room 33 had a hidden element. Somewhere in the forest lay a human corpse, and the moment they found the letter concealed in its grasp, a Shift occurred. It was both a Chain Room and a Trick Room. Thus, Room 34 was an environment where they had to escape with the sole trick of not letting anyone take the letter.

“Dokgo Yeon, are you sure you’re not more talented in sorcery than martial arts? You should seriously consider it.”

“Ban Yu-won, if you keep talking nonsense, I’ll use a spell to cut off your tongue.”

“That’s not a spell. Spare me.”

Amazingly, the moment the Shift occurred, the group found themselves inside a rapidly moving carriage. There had been dramatic changes in space before when a Shift happened, but they never expected such a drastic transformation.

“So, is this carriage just running on its own? If it’s moving without a coachman, what kind of magic is—”

Just as Light said that, there was a swoosh, thud, and a groan from outside, followed by something rolling off the carriage. Suddenly, the carriage Vega to shake violently. It seemed that what had just fallen off was the coachman.

“……”

“Indeed, this must be the power of sorcery.”

“Kill them all!”

“Kill and take everything!”

—Neigh!

It was utter chaos. The forest setting remained unchanged, but the carriage they were on was racing down a rough path, and the horses, having lost their coachman, were running wild as if they would veer off the road at any moment. To make matters worse, suspicious bandits with their faces covered by masks or hoods were chasing the carriage on horseback, their tongues wagging madly.

‘It’s a good thing I’ve been practicing Riding with Lilith.’

Ban Yu-won quickly moved to the coachman’s seat and calmed the horses. Bandits riding alongside the carriage shot arrows and swung swords to threaten him, but the torrents of the Rain Sword, which emerged one by one from his inventory, blocked them.

“A sword?!”

“It’s moving on its own—and it’s infused with Magic Power!”

There was no time to worry about swordsmanship or anything else; he focused solely on driving the carriage and controlling the Rain Sword to fend off the attackers’ swords and arrows.

“He’s using telekinesis?! He must be a traitor!”

“Let’s capture him and offer him to Lord Delphon!”

Telekinesis? It seemed they thought Ban Yu-won was controlling the Rain Sword with psychic powers. The Resonance connecting him and the Rain Sword was far beyond mere telekinesis, but he decided to remember their words. Perhaps the theme of this Chain Room was telekinesis.

“Tike.”

—Buzz!

While the twelve torrents focused solely on defense, Tike, who could move freely, Vega intercepting the enemies. Its Projection technique suppressed the movements of targets within its shooting range, pinpointed weaknesses, and allowed for more accurate and powerful shots. The pursuers flinched and widened their eyes as they felt the strain on their bodies.

“What overwhelming telekinesis!”

“They must have stolen some incredible vision, but how dare they…!”

Their misconceptions only deepened, but it didn’t matter.

—Boom!

“What was that just now?!”

“Hey, Brother Steve was taken out in one blow—!”

—Crash!

“Paul!”

Tike, having locked onto all the enemies, Vega its bombardment! Tike’s unique concept, the Sevenfold Magic Cannon, had two major abilities. One was the rapid-fire ability to shoot seven magic bullets in the time it took to fire one. The other was the stacking ability to combine the destructive power of those seven bullets into one and fire it!

“What the hell is that crazy artifact?!”

“Maybe it’s something they stole too? We need to reclaim it—!”

As they reached for Tike, Ban Yu-won saw a type of Flow he had never seen before emanating from their fingertips. It was obvious: telekinesis. But before it could achieve its purpose, a deathly aura suddenly spread from inside the carriage, cleverly dispersing only the telekinesis.

“――Ah!”

—Boom! Crash!

Tike, regaining its freedom in an instant, fired a series of angry bullets, punching large holes in the enemies’ heads and abdomens. Though there were still shouts from behind as they rode on, the enemies close to the carriage had all been wiped out.

“As expected of a teacher.”

Ban Yu-won clicked his tongue in admiration at Dokgo Yeon’s ghostly ability to control her aura, opening it at just the right moment to suppress the enemies, and collected the concepts from the corpses.

[You have obtained Life 0.6, Body 0.3, Telekinesis 3, Soul 1.4, Murder 3, Star Trace 0.03.]

“Oh. Murder… it’s been a while, but more importantly.”

He successfully acquired the concept of telekinesis, which had been on his mind. Ban Yu-won instructed Tike to snipe the pursuers from behind and immersed himself in interpreting the concept he had just obtained. Before long, he reached a conclusion.

‘This… isn’t it a power created by using the brain as a base?’

It felt quite foreign, but analyzing the structure of telekinesis revealed that it was indeed so. By accumulating Magic Power in the brain in a peculiar way, it caused mutations, allowing special actions of mana to occur with just thoughts, affecting the external world. Hence, it was called the power of the mind, telekinesis.

It seemed like an amazing and powerful force, but in truth, Ban Yu-won was already handling a form of telekinesis; his authority, the Babylonian Code, was exactly that.

‘The telekinesis used by Cantone seemed very intuitive, fast, and powerful, but thinking about it, it was probably the result of repeatedly training and mastering telekinesis to use specific skills immediately.’

The conclusion was simple. Telekinesis was a power that could, in terms of speed and power, surpass the Babylonian Code when it came to causing specific phenomena, though it was an infinitely degraded part of his authority.

‘I could surpass it if I practice.’

Therefore, he didn’t need to bother learning telekinesis. However, the already completed concept of telekinesis held significant meaning, as it positively influenced his authority by stimulating the brain. Ban Yu-won absorbed the 3 Telekinesis without converting it into Vertigo, observing how it stimulated and moved his brain.

Could he apply this to the martial arts he would create in the future?

[It stimulates and activates the brain with specially processed Magic Power. The depth of All-Seeing Eye, All-Hearing Ear, and All-Speaking Lips each deepens by 1.]

‘As expected.’

Telekinesis was a jackpot!

Even though it seemed to grow relatively easily, when he actually tried to grow it, the concept of authority wouldn’t budge. In such a situation, a concept that could grow his authority in a 1:1 exchange appeared; how could he not be delighted? Of course, if repeated, the efficiency would decrease, but even considering that, it was excellent!

“Ban, how do we clear this room? Do we just keep running away in the carriage?”

Light asked, sticking his head out the window. Ban Yu-won thought the same. So he stopped the carriage.

“Ban…?”

“Think about it. We’re stronger than them, so why should we endure the inconvenience of moving in the carriage? If we just kill them all until no pursuers are left, won’t the Shift happen on its own?”

“That’s quite a convincing argument.”

Dokgo Yeon appeared as she opened the stopped carriage door.

“But I feel like I can read your intentions behind that. You must have something to gain from those pursuers, right?”

“Dokgo Yeon… you know me too well.”

“Have you ever considered that you’re just too easy to read?”

Ban Yu-won felt quite aggrieved but handed her the letter anyway. It was the very letter they found in Room 33, which had been the clue for the Shift.

“Keep this safe; it seems like it would be troublesome if we lost it.”

“Have you read the contents?”

“There was no time.”

And now, with the carriage stopped, there was even less time. Ban Yu-won clicked his tongue as he saw the pursuers revealing themselves one after another.

“They use telekinesis. It’s fast to activate, but as long as the mana they generate doesn’t touch us, we won’t be affected, so keep that in mind.”

“So we just have to kill them quickly.”

Luciel bent her body slightly forward, and in an instant, her hair turned black. Her body swelled to more than twice its size, sprouting beast ears and a tail, and blue sparks enveloped her entire body. With the concepts of Mind Road and Giant (Super Strength) causing her transformation, and adding Thunder Beast, she became a literal monster, exerting more than double her original strength!

Watching Luciel, Ban Yu-won sometimes thought she resembled a transforming Pokémon, but he held back.

“Telekinesis… it’s just Magic Power, right? So I can erase it with my Magic Power.”

“Exactly.”

Light and Ban Yu-won each grabbed their weapons, preparing to fight the enemies. Only Dokgo Yeon remained with her arms crossed, not drawing her sword, as she was tasked with protecting the letter and because having one member not actively fighting and instead watching the surroundings was more efficient in battle.

“—Ha, they have no fear.”

Thud—.

With a heavy sound, a man wearing bracelets made of glowing jewels appeared. Around the blue-glowing jewel bracelets, an ominous density of Magic Power swirled. By the tower’s standards, he was clearly an elite monster. Perhaps Ban Yu-won’s group stopping their escape triggered something.

“Return what you stole. You don’t yet understand its value—”

—Crack!

Luciel’s sharp kick, like a drill, hit the man’s face. As he was attacked, the bracelet flickered, and a massive barrier appeared, but her claws, covered in lightning, shattered the barrier and his face along with it.

“Boss!”

“That bitch attacked our boss!”

“…Light, Luciel just ignored orders and smashed the boss’s face. Is that okay?”

“What are you talking about, Ban? Why listen to the words of those who come at us with swords?”

Ah, indeed. He worried that they might treat NPCs like people, but in their dimension, people were treated like monsters.

“You bastards—Boss!”

“Damn, that bitch is shameless—Argh!”

With the Thunder Beast, Luciel’s power had long surpassed what could be measured by first-year standards. Ban Yu-won shot the twelve torrents one by one at the enemies rushing at her and leaped into action. Light also infused his spear with Magic Power and Vega to rampage, and fighting alongside him, Ban Yu-won noticed that his movements had become more natural than before.

“Oh, is this telekinesis… Hiyah!”

“Erasing telekinesis with a shout!”

“I think we messed with the wrong guys. Why are they so strong—Argh!”

“Damn beast, a beast is—Gah?!”

While Luciel held the boss and beat him, Ban Yu-won and Light killed all the extra telekinesis users who seemed to be endlessly replenished. Of course, not all of them were fools, and some shot arrows enhanced with telekinesis at Dokgo Yeon, who stood with her arms crossed, but they all died without knowing how, bleeding from their seven orifices.

“These people all use the same kind of power. Perhaps it’s deeply related to the setting of this Chain Room.”

“Well, maybe… Ah, no more are appearing.”

Ban Yu-won’s prediction was correct. After about 30 minutes of joyfully exterminating enemies, no more pursuers appeared.

“Ah, can I kill them now?”

“You, you bastards, Lord Yurkel will never forgive—”

Thud, Luciel’s foot came down hard, breaking the elite’s neck. As the forest path, noisy with the sounds of battle, suddenly fell silent, Ban Yu-won looked around to see if anything had changed, but no Shift occurred.

“It seems we still need to move.”

“At least without pursuers, we can move leisurely. Ban, I’m getting hungry.”

“Light, sometimes you treat me like a servant… Hmm.”

Ban Yu-won felt like he was on the verge of realizing something but decided to absorb all the concepts from the bodies scattered around. Concepts like Life and Body were trivial even when combined, but Telekinesis was abundant, especially from the elite Luciel killed, which had a Telekinesis value of 20! And a Star Trace of 1!

[It stimulates and activates the brain with specially processed Magic Power. The depth of All-Seeing Eye, All-Hearing Ear, and All-Speaking Lips each deepens by 15. The depth of Soul has reached 770.]

“Impressive…”

Of course, the conversion efficiency decreased with repetition, but even so, the depth gained so far was a tremendous benefit. Moreover, the growth of his authority led to the growth of his Soul! Ban Yu-won shed tears of joy, feeling his essence grow for the first time in a long while.

“Wow, Yu-won. An artifact dropped!”

“Oh, really?”

The jewel bracelets the elite wore on both arms remained intact. It seemed they were already appraised items, as Luciel and Light expressed admiration upon confirming them.

“It seems to be a support item. Wearing it reacts to the user’s crisis, creating a barrier and enhancing weapons during attacks.”

“What a convenient item.”

Ban Yu-won laughed incredulously and reached out to take it—but didn’t.

“Luciel, discard it.”

“Yes.”

Unlike Light from before, Luciel immediately dropped the bracelet to the ground upon hearing his words. Ban Yu-won took out Celon, drew a circle around it, and inscribed the Seal character to activate language magic.

“But why? From what we deciphered, there seemed to be no problem.”

“It’s a Portkey.”

The group tilted their heads in unison. Ban Yu-won translated it into terms even muggles unfamiliar with Harry Potter could understand.

“A forced teleportation device.”