episode_0006
by adminI woke up early in the morning, washed my body, and put on my cadet uniform over my clean skin.
This is to participate in the admission welcome party starting at 9 a.m.
The incident that occurred on the first day of admission was a kind of cadet level test disguised as an entrance ceremony.
The professors will explain everything later anyway, but it is to observe how you respond in a sudden emergency situation.
‘The grand banquet hall is quite far away.’
I stood in front of the elevator to kill time by checking the Eden Guide app saved on my phone.
Since everyone was busy since the morning, the elevator was very busy going up and down.
Of course, given the size of the building, there were several elevators.
As with any elevator, the one I took to go down went straight up.
Starting from the top floor, passengers are picked up sequentially downwards. This is the basic algorithm of an elevator.
Suddenly, it occurred to me that if I boarded the elevator without thinking, the person on the lower floor might discover my identity.
Ugh-.
‘This will work.’
When I brought Gungnir, I spread the barrier applied to my body using the perception-impairing technique.
No cadets noticed any cognitive impairment when used on Gungnir, so my body will probably experience the same effect.
Ding-.
The elevator door opened with an alarm sound.
I got on the elevator and pressed for the first floor. Stopping almost once on every floor, the elevator soon filled with cadets heading to the reception.
I think I waited a little over a minute. Finally, the elevator arrived at the first floor.
Ding dong-.
It’s on the 1st floor. The elevator’s announcement sound said so and opened the tightly closed door.
As if blocked water was being drained, the cadets who were stuck together like compressed files fell down.
I, who was curled up inside, was the last one to get out of the elevator.
‘I was worried about what would happen if I got lost on the road, but there was no need to worry.’
Eden’s mini-map in the game and the map shown in the guide app looked exactly the same, but I was still worried about what might happen.
The minimap you see in the game shows where your character is, but the map in real life doesn’t.
However, as I saw the cadets walking toward the main banquet hall in front of me, I thought I could follow them quietly.
‘More than that, it’s completely different from the Australian land I knew.’
When I looked at various landscape photos on the Eden Guide app, I suddenly had that feeling.
Unlike Australia, where most of the country is a barren desert, the Australian continent in this world is a land that resembles a fair amount of pasture.
The richest, most blessed land on earth.
That is the status that the Australian continent has achieved in this era.
Even the American land in North America, which was called a red fraud map, is nothing more than an ordinary map in this era.
Even though America had all kinds of resources, there was no world tree in that land.
‘I don’t think even the people of this world knew that the land would change to this extent just because a single tree grew.’
The reason why the Australian continent has undergone rapid changes.
Rather than a specific change in the Earth’s climate or environment, it was simply the World Tree growing in the middle of the continent’s desert.
‘Actually, not much is known about such an amazing tree.’
There is no information available to the public about the identity and origin of the World Tree yet.
It’s just that the tree contains enormous magical power, spewing it out in all directions, and thanks to that, the land has become fertile.
That is the information about the World Tree that was made available to the public during this period.
‘The land has become fertile due to its vast magical power, but it is so vast that it affects living organisms and the atmospheric environment.’
It was definitely that kind of setting.
Unlike the cases of Africa or the polar regions that were ruined by the dungeon’s vast magic, the pure magic of the World Tree turned the wasteland of the continent into a fertile land flowing with milk and honey.
Just by breathing, the body’s magic circuit grows little by little, and the total amount of innate magic power gradually increases.
It is a paradise in this era where magical power has taken over the world, and it is the biggest strategic point to subdue demonic spirits from all over the world.
That’s why Eden was built around the World Tree and why it was guaranteed an extra-standard growth rate.
‘The setting would be the same in Africa and the polar regions, but even decent ranker-level hunters there die the moment they say ‘Ah.’
The Demonic Sutra is not a Demonic Sutra that mankind could not recover for nothing.
Even if you become a promising hunter after four years of rigorous training in Eden, and later become a veteran with a long period of experience, it is a place where life and death are difficult to guarantee.
As proof of that fact, the majority of Eden’s faculty members who have currently retired from the front lines also retired due to injuries sustained in the magic world around the world.
Countries around the world, which were moving to reclaim human territory that could not be regained until half a century ago, are now focusing on maintaining the situation in the Demonic World.
A place where the cold water of reality was poured onto humanity, where the flame of hope was burning fiercely.
That is the demonic realm that the humans of this world have not been able to restore.
‘As the story progresses, many things change… That’s still far in the future.’
The admissions welcome party hasn’t even started yet. We have to wait at least half a year for signs of major events that will shock the world begin to occur one by one.
Yes, there is still a lot of time given to me.
If I work hard from now on, I can keep my body healthy and have the strength to reach the end safely.
The next few years are enough time to complete such preparations.
With determination once again, I followed the crowd and headed to the grand banquet hall.
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“Wow… .”
The moment I entered the main banquet hall, I was filled with admiration.
A huge banquet hall decorated in immaculate white and sparkling gold.
It’s not called a grand banquet hall for nothing. That thought came to me naturally.
‘It’s really crazy.’
Interior items such as ceiling chandeliers and glass sculptures looked like those of a medieval royal palace, but the overall design was modern.
It exudes a luxurious yet understated modernity. It was contradictory, but there was no other way to express it.
The splendor of the Middle Ages, each showing off its own beauty, and the neat charm of modern times are in harmony.
The huge hall in the center of the grand banquet hall had a sophisticated atmosphere.
The grandeur that had not yet been contained in the effort to cover the beauty of the banquet hall spread throughout the banquet hall.
‘I knew the grand banquet hall was gorgeous, but I had no idea it would be this gorgeous.’
It’s a refreshing shock.
Before possession, it was a social place for the upper class that was rarely seen in media such as dramas or movies.
Eden’s grand banquet hall showed me, an ordinary commoner, a lot more than that.
“Is that an illusion magic? I really thought the gate to Eden had burst?”
“My words. I didn’t feel anything strange while fighting.”
By the time I arrived, new cadets were already talking about various things here and there.
Only then did I grab hold of my soul and move my still legs.
When playing the game, characters that were familiar to the eye as NPCs were rarely seen.
Interestingly enough, these characters were telling the same story that was shown in the speech bubble above their heads in the game.
“I was so excited that I ran because I heard it was the entrance ceremony. As it turns out, it was an entrance ceremony.”
“Honestly, those who are shocked and frozen should quietly raise their hands. First, I raise my hand.”
Still, since it became a reality, there were more scenes and conversations between cadets that were not revealed in the game.
Of course, I didn’t know the faces of those cadets, but their conversation definitely made me think that this world was real.
It is not a world where the game background and characters only exist.
It is a world where there is a history that has been passed down, and each person’s life becomes a living, breathing world.
‘I didn’t originally intend to do that, but I need to make sure I don’t dismiss this world as a game in the future.’
The human mind is like a reed, because there is what if. I promised that in my heart.
Still, since I’m already at the grand banquet hall, I should enjoy the banquet.
I also began to look around the main banquet hall in earnest.
“Now that I think about it. They said that this hazing ceremony, separate from the entrance exam, will be reflected in the admission score.”
“Crazy, man. Then, doesn’t the person who reacts quickly this time have an unconditional advantage?”
“Isn’t it just an addition? No matter what, it won’t overshadow the entrance exam.”
Some cadets seem to have picked up the rumor about the hazing ceremony because they were quick on their feet.
I looked around the banquet hall while listening to various conversations between cadets.
High-quality food and alcohol are lined up on tables covered with pure white tablecloths, and pleasant classical music plays.
It is truly a social club for the world’s upper class. This is a place where those words are just right.
‘Anyway, is this a conversation that young people who just turned 20 would have?’
As I was listening to various conversations between various cadets, this thought suddenly crossed my mind.
In my previous life, I was also a 24-year-old young man in my 20s who had just returned to school after serving in the military, but I felt a gap somewhere.
The reason was simpler than I thought. It is a feeling of alienation that arises from differences in status.
Except for me, the majority of Eden’s cadets are people who have lived in the upper class of this world since birth.
No matter how I look around, all I see are children of famous large companies and children of high-ranking people.
If he was not affiliated with either party, he was the heir of the famous Hunter family.
There are some who came in purely because of their ability and potential, but that is only a minority.
‘Hyeonta is coming hard.’
Should I say it is a blessing among misfortunes? The banquet hall was not filled with such upper-class conversations.
Have you set a schedule for which subjects you will take?
What should I do to impress my professors?
This professor was famous for his active work, and I heard he became a professor at Eden this time.
There were several conversations that you would see at a typical university like this.
However, I wonder how the world situation is going these days, and that promising families and companies are visible.
There are many instances of people strengthening friendships while exchanging information with each other.
‘… No, rather, that’s normal.’
Cadet of Eden.
Those gathered here are the most outstanding and have the highest potential among all the humans in the world in this era.
They are an elite group who have been trained since they were babies in order to seize the opportunity to become the main players of the next era in Eden.
And I too am a student of Eden.
There is no need to be discouraged in a place like this.
With that in mind, I confidently tasted various foods at the banquet hall and was immersed in happiness.
Just-!
A clean sound echoed throughout the banquet hall, as if a cane had been struck on the wooden floor.
“It looks like you were thoroughly enjoying the welcome party in Eden.”
At some point, a man appeared on the empty podium. The source of the sound of the cane was the floor of the platform that was in contact with his cane.
A man wearing a white shirt, black pants, and a shabby robe that looked like rags at first glance.
Naturally, the attention of all the cadets inside the banquet hall was focused on the mysterious man.
The robe covering the man’s head was pulled back. His silver hair and blue eyes that were hidden under his robe were revealed.
‘It’s finally here.’
A man who manages Eden on behalf of Othinus, who has disappeared from public view.
Vice-chancellor of Eden, master of space magic, unidentified, mysterious and mysterious… He possesses all kinds of mysterious nicknames and is also Eden’s unique active hunter.
‘Oud Spartium.’
With his appearance, the full-fledged admissions welcome party begins.
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