Why Did I Have to Enroll

Chapter 107:

Ban Yu-won took it upon himself to resolve the incident involving the contractors of the Constellations (presumably, the Constellations lent only a portion of their power, and the NPCs were shaped by the Tower) in the room by distinguishing between good and evil and 'judging' the criminals.

However, it seemed that the Constellation overseeing 'Sin' was displeased with Ban Yu-won's unilateral actions and appeared directly by possessing an NPC, causing chaos!

Perhaps the direct appearance of this Constellation triggered the event, as even the Constellations contracted with the criminals discarded their bodies and revealed themselves in the room!

Ban Yu-won couldn't understand why the situation had escalated so much, and he thought that viewers of the video wouldn't grasp what was happening.

“So, you’re upset because you weren’t included in the judgment of the criminals here?”

“Isn’t something wrong with your head?”

“It’s not about justice or judgment; there’s a glimpse of a much more terrifying concept here…”

?How dare you!

The Constellation grew even more furious at Ban Yu-won’s explanation (which also served as an explanation for viewers who would watch the edited version on YouTube).

?This place is originally governed by me, the ‘Wings of Justice’! You should have prostrated yourself before my power that discerns sinners, worshipped, and sought salvation meekly!

“No, I don’t need any of that, sir.”

?Do you truly not need it? Astonishing.

This time, a werewolf spoke up. The creature grew larger, reaching about three meters, and exhaled a black breath as it expanded its body. Unlike the ‘Wings of Justice,’ which concentrated all its power on its wings, it had a destructive muscular body.

?Even though the contractors were controlled by the rules of the Tower, there were no gaps. Unless you found and destroyed the relics of me, the ‘Claws of the Dark Forest,’ hidden throughout the city, they would never have exposed their energy.

The creature spoke lightly, stomping its foot. Then, ominous black pillars of light erupted from various parts of the city, all flying towards and being absorbed by the werewolf’s body. Ban Yu-won speculated that it absorbed the power of the relics it had just mentioned.

?No! If my contractor’s power had grown even slightly, I could have crushed and burned all your pathetic minions!

With those words, the Wings of Justice flapped its large wings of light. As expected, pillars of holy light shot up from various parts of the forest and were absorbed by it. It seemed that there were means hidden in the forest to enhance the power of the Wings of Justice’s contractor.

It didn’t make sense for a Constellation, moving stealthily at night, to retire after using its weak power just once, only to determine if there was a criminal in the house.

“The original plan for this room was probably to scour the city and destroy the relics on the Claws’ side or find and use the relics on the Wings’ side in the forest.”

It was just as Yumina had said. If they had found both, they would have been given a high clear score. However, Ban Yu-won’s party charged into the city, resulting in the Constellations appearing later and consuming the relics.

?But in the end, your kind never got their turn. If you hadn’t appeared here, the climbers would have easily killed all my minions and left this place. Yes, watching them selectively kill only my minions, it seemed they were far superior to you.

?Nooooo! My power is mine alone!

The Wings of Justice shouted and spread its wings wide.

?Finding and punishing sinners is a divine task given only to me! No one else can dare to impersonate me!

Surprisingly, spheres of light appeared in the sky and began raining lightning of light over the entire city! It seemed to target Ban Yu-won’s party primarily, but because many people were gathered in the square, they were also caught in the range.

“That crazy bastard!”

Surprisingly, the first to react was Light. He infused his spear with magic power and deflected the falling light to protect the people. Ban Yu-won also immediately activated Elemental Magic and Language Magic simultaneously to form a barrier, but the power of the Constellation possessing the contractor’s body was not easy to handle.

“This doesn’t seem like the difficulty of Room 23, does it?”

“It’s so obvious that I don’t even want to respond.”

Dokgo Yeon sneered as she drew her short sword. As a few strands of death bloomed at the tip of her sword, they became lines in the air, annihilating all the light invading the ground.

“Are we saving the NPCs?”

“I’m starting to think it might be for points.”

Ban Yu-won thought the same. Although they couldn’t help the NPCs they had already killed in the so-called trial, leaving those they could save to die bothered him.

“What are you doing, killing sinners, you bastard!”

?Hmm?

At Light’s shout, the Wings of Justice turned its gaze to him.

?It was a necessary sacrifice to punish sinners like you. Didn’t you also kill innocent people?

?Hahahahaha! It’s hilarious to see you take it out on dolls after being beaten by students! Your excuses are a masterpiece!

The Claws burst into laughter at the nonsensical words of the Wings.

?And you call yourself a Constellation! Your mental state hasn’t improved since you were human!

?I was never human to begin with! Beast, the only reason I’m not killing you right now is that I must prioritize punishing them!

Ban Yu-won listened to the conversation between the two Constellations and tilted his head. They seemed to have a connection as if they knew each other before being bound in the same room. Could it be that they knew each other even before becoming Constellations?

Having heard from Celon that Constellations were originally humans, Ban Yu-won knew that they were once mere mortals… but the more he learned about Constellations, the more questions he had.

?Ban Yu-won.

?Yes?

Dokgo Yeon quietly applied pressure to the hand holding her short sword and sent a telepathic message to Ban Yu-won.

?Can’t we attack that Wing now?

?Not yet. It’s caught by the Trick Room’s rules.

?You said ‘not yet.’ So, if we kill that beast?

?A shift will occur immediately.

The original goal of Room 23 was to eliminate the group of murderers in this city. Clearing that would trigger a shift, but the surviving murderers’ bodies merged to materialize the Constellation. Although the murderers were all dead, the shift hadn’t occurred, and Ban Yu-won’s All-Reading Eyes showed the werewolf’s face obscured by an absurdly thick black mist.

It felt like the quest to capture the group of murderers had changed to a quest to capture a powerful boss.

?If you hadn’t said ‘not yet,’ I would have cut it down immediately. Is there a way?

Dokgo Yeon seemed to have a grudge against the Constellation that forcibly brought daylight to this city, blocking the possibility of a quick clear of Room 23. Ban Yu-won winked and raised his staff.

Then he shouted aloud.

“Now, Celon, it’s ready!”

?Curse spell activated!

From the moment he saw the Wings of Justice’s methods, Ban Yu-won had been secretly preparing a spell while observing the movements of the Constellation and the other. Finally, it was activated.

Black magical chains extended from the bodies of Ban Yu-won, Light, Luciel, and Dokgo Yeon, rising with the wind and binding the Constellation floating in the air tightly!

?What…!

It sounded like the chains were rattling. Made of strings directly written by Ban Yu-won, the chains were much stronger than steel and had a powerful binding force.

“Whew, it took a while since it was my first time using a curse.”

?You did well. Is it because I taught you?

?You dare to bind me? Me? Me!

The emotion that resides at the base of a curse is resentment and hatred. Curses can easily manifest with simple admiration and jealousy, but most reasons for cursing others throughout history were because they hated the target that harmed them.

A curse is more easily cast on a ‘deeply related’ target that has actually harmed and caused negative states or emotions to oneself than on a ‘unrelated’ person who has done nothing.

In short, a curse is ‘connection’ and ‘revenge.’

?What is this…?! You dare to accuse me, the Wings of Justice, of being a villain!

“You started it.”

Ban Yu-won sneered and snorted at the Constellation. The magical chains connecting them rattled, slowly and steadily pulling the Constellation down to the ground. At the same time, blackness climbed up its entire body.

Just as it had forcibly turned Ban Yu-won’s party into sinners using its power, Ban Yu-won used the power of curse and judgment simultaneously to exact the same revenge on it.

“Ta-da, now you’re a sinner too.”

?You, you human…!

Now, Room 23 had two ‘bosses.’ Two Constellations were the hunting targets.

?Amazing, truly impressive! Even though you borrowed a body that can’t contain much magic power from this lower realm, you directly cursed a Constellation!

The werewolf seemed consistently amused. Before the Constellations descended, the man who sought to capture criminals was probably a good person, but after the Constellations descended, the werewolf seemed more approachable, which was truly ironic.

But irony is irony, and experience points are experience points.

“Dokgo Yeon, you can do it now.”

“Can I do it?”

Dokgo Yeon nodded and raised her short sword, but before she could step forward, Luciel did.

“If you want to, go ahead.”

“Thank you. I wanted to face it head-on because it seemed similar to me.”

Luciel smiled kindly and expressed her gratitude, then turned to the werewolf. On top of her head, canine ears appeared, and a luscious tail sprouted behind her. In an instant, her hair turned black, and her entire body swelled.

After entering the Tower alone last week, Ban Yu-won had transferred the maximum concept of a giant she could accept. Now, Luciel’s depth of the giant and Super Strength was at 100.

?Good, I’ve been waiting. No… are you planning to face me alone?

“Grrr… if you’re scared, you can run away.”

?Hahahahaha!

The werewolf burst into laughter and lunged at Luciel. Already half-transformed into a beast, Luciel extended her claws to meet it.

?Boom!

The sound of a dump truck crashing into a wall echoed, but Luciel didn’t budge an inch. Instead, she swung her other hand, inflicting a gruesome wound on the werewolf’s forearm!

“Luciel, you can kill it right away!”

“Yes!”

?Hahahahaha! A formidable opponent!

Whether the martial arts she learned from Dokgo Yeon were effective, her movements, though based on Wildness, had a peculiar elegance and sharpness. Above all, the massive amount of energy imbued in her claws suggested she might create an aura before Ban Yu-won.

He felt proud as he watched the beast queen, who had finally found her path and was growing at an incredible speed, and turned his gaze away.

“No need to intervene there. We just need to handle this side.”

?You dare to disgrace the Wings of Justice, you…! Just because I’m trapped in this lowly body and can’t exert my full power, do you underestimate me? Remember, I am a Constellation! I have the power to drag you into the abyss anytime!

When he looked up, he saw the Wings desperately flapping its wings, forming spheres of light in the air. If those were to crash down, they would inflict significant damage…

“Ah, I’ve experienced that many times, so it’s fine. Hup!”

Ban Yu-won snorted and pulled the chains binding the Constellation tightly.

?Kyaaaah!

Surprisingly, the spheres of light scattered, and the Constellation, dragged by the chains, crashed to the ground! Had the curse failed, it would have been different, but having succeeded perfectly, the chains themselves had become its Achilles’ heel.

Especially as a Constellation that judged sins, the Wings of Justice, having been branded a sinner itself, took severe damage each time the chains rattled.

“Ban Yu-won, I’ll do it.”

“No, I want to.”

This time it was Light. He focused his magic power on his spear, glaring at the fallen Constellation.

“I want to do it.”

“…Can’t be helped.”

“Thank you.”

Receiving Dokgo Yeon’s concession, Light aimed his spear and stepped forward, and the reaction of the Wings of Justice was truly spectacular.

?Not only did you treat me as a sinner and slam me to the ground, but now you treat me with such disrespect…!

“Shut up!”

Light shouted fiercely.

“You act all righteous and noble, but in the end, all you care about is your pride. I can’t stand that about you!”

“What’s with him now?”

“He’s just sensitive.”

It was a cryptic response. Dokgo Yeon finished speaking and swung her short sword with a sigh. Watching the fragments scattered by the clash between Luciel and the Claws, and Light and the Wings, all annihilated by the precise sword energy she emitted, Ban Yu-won thought she was quite skilled.

Most NPCs had already fled in terror at the appearance of the two transcendents, but those who hadn’t escaped were at risk of being hit by the fragments. Dokgo Yeon had just protected them from that.

“…Ah, is Light angry because of the NPCs?”

“Let’s hope it doesn’t carry over to the next room.”

Dokgo Yeon affirmed Ban Yu-won’s words.

“If NPCs appear in the next room, controlling Light will be quite troublesome.”

“Dokgo Yeon, have you heard of foreshadowing?”

“?”

Ban Yu-won sighed softly, feeling a rising sense of unease. He should have educated her about the ‘spell that should never be memorized.’