episode_0043
by admin
Since I was able to get five flags from the beginning, my plan to win first place in the midterm exam went very smoothly.
After that, we retrieved the flag and moved on to find a wide area suitable for setting up camp.
Of course, he did not neglect the task of summoning a flying demon to scout the surroundings and find the flag.
Unlike the flags we found, the other flags were guarded by golems of about level 5.
When I saw the other students sweating like a waterfall and fighting against the golem just to get a flag, I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
It wasn’t because I found them fighting hard to be funny.
This was because the Vice Dean’s manipulation was so absurd that not one, but a whopping five flags were placed without a single golem.
‘If that nigger were in Korea, he would be beheaded right away.’
While I was lost in thought, remembering my old hometown that I could never return to, a bird sent to scout snatched the flag.
While other students were fighting the golem, they only snatched the flag.
As I saw the flag gradually moving away, the stunned faces of the students and the golem came into view.
[Fuck, what is that?]
It wasn’t just the face.
A sound was also heard.
A small curse rang in my ears, as if I had used up all my energy against the golem.
To be honest, I didn’t like it because it felt like an adult getting involved in a children’s fight, but lions usually do their best when hunting rabbits.
“Student, you won’t call me a coward, right?”
“… What do you mean?”
“Just talking to myself.”
When the bird that flew the farthest returned with a flag, we lined up the flags on the floor.
“You know, I’m not the type of person who usually works hard, right?”
“… … .”
Alma, who looked at the flags lined up on the floor and spoke like that, narrowed her eyebrows as if a feeling of guilt pricked her heart and continued.
“Can this be this easy? It hasn’t even been an hour since the exam started, but it’s as if we won.”
“… That’s right.”
Chris nodded in agreement.
There were a total of 11 flags lined up on the floor, including the 5 flags that were initially obtained and the 6 flags that the demon beasts later stole.
Less than an hour has passed since the test began, but more than half of the 20 flags are already in our hands.
Now, there is no way we will lose this test unless the flag is taken or the majority of the team is eliminated.
In other words, the victory was stolen from us before the other students could even do anything properly.
“… So what do you want to do now?”
“Huh?”
If you go out of the forest right now and go to the vice dean without having to wait until morning, you will receive grades equal to the number of flags you have obtained so far.
This means that if we go out now, our victory will be confirmed without having to wait until tomorrow morning.
You may wonder what kind of rule there is, but this was originally a risky affair.
Even if you are not first place, collecting so many flags that you can expect to be ranked high means that you have fought a lot of battles and used up your stamina.
If you are in that situation, you will naturally have one of two options.
One is to go deep into the forest to avoid competitors, or one is to go out of the forest.
If you choose the latter, you cannot avoid battles with teams that are targeting the team that got the flag instead of the golem from the beginning.
Since most students know the rules of the midterm exam, there are quite a few people who wait outside from the beginning and wait for the team to go out.
However, if you dig inward, you might run into a team that made the same choice.
In addition, since the team that collected the most flags did not know how many they had collected, the option of going outside carried considerable risk.
This is because once you go outside, you can never return to the forest again.
Of course, in our case, such risk does not exist at all.
Since the majority of the flags are already in our hands, we don’t have to worry about another team taking first place.
It hadn’t been that long since I entered the forest, so if I pushed myself just a little, I should be able to get out within thirty minutes.
In other words, this is already our victory.
If we return from here, our victory will be confirmed without allowing any variables.
“Shall we go outside? I don’t mind because I’m comfortable in the forest, but you don’t, right? Have you never experienced anything like homelessness?”
“… yes. But can’t we just spend the day here today?”
Was it guilt, or was it a small conscience sprouting in their hearts?
Either way, I quite liked that unreasonable proposal.
When they nodded willingly, the two expressed their gratitude with slightly embarrassed faces.
The poser… I haven’t woken up from fainting yet.
*****
Those of us who chose to stay moved deeper into the forest and set up camp in a relatively open area so that other teams could easily find us.
I summon the earth spirit and create a sharp rock wall to create a barricade.
Flying demonic beasts were released in the sky so that they could respond immediately if an attack occurred.
The two of them decided to stay in the forest to give other teams a chance, but that didn’t mean they were giving up victory.
To be honest, even if I lost here, I don’t think Terezina would care much, but that wasn’t a reason to do things half-heartedly.
The two people who said they were men here don’t seem to have any intention of giving up on their grades.
There was something like passion in the eyes of the two people as they looked at the camp created in an instant with the power of the spirit.
“… I don’t understand.”
“What do you mean?”
While adjusting the position of the barricade, Sarah, standing next to her, looked at the two people and muttered.
“If you want to win fair and square, you shouldn’t accept offers like this from the beginning. It’s not fair and square when it comes to using Felt’s power.”
“I don’t think I really think like that.”
“… Then what is it?”
“Rather than wanting to win fair and square, you probably want to win comfortably.”
Regardless of agreeing to use cowardly moves, winning in this way leaves a bad aftertaste.
Since they had come this far anyway, there was no chance of losing at all, so they chose to stay in order to win comfortably.
Of course, this is just my imagination.
In fact, rather than interpreting this with malicious intent, it may have been simply out of conscience that left room for other teams.
Thinking that way made me feel better, too.
“Good things are good, so let’s just think that those guys also had a conscience. If things go back like this, how will you feel?”
“… I live such a tiring life.”
Sarah said that and let out a small sigh.
Seeing her like that, I smiled a little, set up the barricade, and went inside.
Inside, protected by barricades, there was a bed roughly covered with cloth on a high pile of dirt, on which the poseur lay.
He woke up to the sound of building a barricade and tried to reach for the barrel of alcohol on his belt, but was hit by Alma’s punch and fainted again.
“… Should I make something like a chair?”
When I saw a single bed placed in an empty space, a thought occurred to me.
Chris nodded in agreement, perhaps because it was a man’s instinct to want to fill an empty space.
“I don’t really plan on sleeping, but since I can’t stand still, it would be nice to have something like that. Are you going to make it out of dirt like that bed?”
“Similar. I’ll make it from dirt.”
“What?”
“Bound of the Earth.”
With the activation of magic, the branches that had begun to sprout from under the ground were woven together and made into a chair.
It doesn’t matter if it’s made of clay, but I felt safer using wood than dirty, hard dirt.
“… That’s amazing. But if you can make a chair out of wood, why is the bed made out of clay? There will be some trouble tomorrow morning because there are rocks mixed in with the soil.”
“It was made to make you suffer. That bastard is still cumming.”
Chris frowned and nodded when he saw the poser snoring as if the earthen bed was uncomfortable.
So I started filling the empty space by unfolding things like wooden chairs and tents that I had in my inventory.
After about ten minutes, the empty lot turned into a space that looked quite like a campsite.
“Something starts to get interesting.”
“I was like that too. Since it’s almost lunch, should we light a fire and eat?”
Light a fire?
Does this kid think we’re camping or something?
It was a stupid idea, but I couldn’t resist roasting marshmallows over a campfire, so I started a fire right away.
If someone comes to see your performance, just beat them up and that’s it.
As we roasted and ate meat marinated in honey and marshmallows stored in our inventory, the tension gradually eased and a happy atmosphere began to flow.
Sera didn’t seem to be used to this atmosphere yet, but the meat seemed delicious and she secretly smiled after eating the meat marinated in honey.
“Is it delicious? I made this myself.”
“Yes, you can do it when you go back.”
“Okay, next time let’s invite Udo and eat together.”
“… You always have a lot to say.”
As time passed, the sun slowly set and the night curtain covered the sky, but there was still no sign of anyone approaching.
Seeing that no one could find the released birds, it seemed like they were all searching somewhere else.
“… Something is different from what I thought. To be honest, I thought at least one team would attack me.”
“Things like this happen. I just think I got lucky.”
At those words, Alma smiled and looked up at the sky.
“It’s luck… . I definitely got lucky today. Eating delicious food and seeing such pretty stars.”
As we looked up at the sky, a beautiful night sky that looked like it had been copied from a watercolor painting was waiting for us.
“Pretty… .”
The sentiment that someone inadvertently expressed in words was something that everyone gathered here sympathized with.
Except for the poser who passed out.
When you get drunk on the night sky instead of alcohol and look up at the sky until your throat hurts.
Suddenly, as I reflexively turned my head downward to the light that seemed to be hitting from below, something like a bright light began to emanate from the trees in the distance.
‘What is that?’
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