episode_0009

Thursday morning, today is also a practical class.

Among the various curricula, the class we will take today is virtual monster training.

It is training in which one-on-one or team fighting against monsters created with magical power is provided, and a sparring partner appropriate to the student’s level is determined.

“You all know this, but I’ll explain it one last time.”

Jinhyuk Kim, the professor in charge, began his explanation by giving directions to the school.

“First, go up to the measurement magic circle over there and follow the guidance of the support assistant. Once the measurement is completed, enter the sparring room appropriate for your level. Those who have decided on a team in advance should enter the sparring room on the left, and those who wanted to play one-on-one should enter the sparring room on the right. ”

It’s only been three days since the semester started, and I don’t know how they decided on their teams in advance, but the friendly kids formed their own teams along the way.

The only person I knew, Rumi, was on a team with Lucy, and Kim Young-han was also on the original team, so we naturally headed to the 1-on-1 sparring area.

As I entered the sparring hall, I saw a large measurement magic circle in front of me.

I followed the guide’s instructions and stood on top of it.

“You’re Ho-yeon Lee from Class A, right? Put your hand there.”

In the center of the magic circle, there was a sphere-shaped magic tool emitting blue light.

When I put my hand on the sphere, mana passed through my body with a loud sound.

After the sensation of looking up and down several times passed, the mana gathered together and returned to the magic tool.

[Measuring combat power. Please wait a moment.]

And then the number 5 appeared above my head.

“…5 points? Student A class, right?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Um, well, go to the corner over there.”

The average score of the first-year students in Class A in front of me was 7. The lowest score, excluding me, was 6, but I updated my lowest score. My pride is hurt.

Keueeek–!

Looking at another sparring hall, I see a battle with strange-looking monsters.

“I’m dying!”

Kuung-!

It is very interesting to see this weapon, which made such a loud noise, fly off with a single punch of a small girl’s fist and become embedded in the wall.

It makes me realize that where I am is inside a game.

Among the Class A cadets, I was the only one in the 5th difficulty level.

Let’s think positively. How great it is to not have to wait. Those guys at level 7 over there have a waiting line of over 10 people.

As soon as you step onto the sparring ground, combat power 5 is displayed again above your head.

“Difficulty level 5? Isn’t this the lowest record in Class A history?”

“Wow, I’ve been looking into it since you started pretending to change into a wizard for no reason.”

Students who finished their exam early gather together one by one and whisper.

It doesn’t matter anyway because the people who evaluate me below are extras. But no matter how much I think about it, it’s strange.

As soon as the original protagonist enters school, the score he receives is 5 points. This is the score he receives with only his unique power, [Battle Sense].

But since I got 5 points for combat sense and a special bonus, it seems like I don’t recognize the special privilege.

[An opponent suitable for difficulty level 5 will be summoned. Three C-class monsters, Ice Platter, will be summoned.]

Ice Platter. It is a flat monster made of ice.

The main attack method is an ice ray emitted from the crystal in the center of the body.

Fortunately, a monster with good compatibility came out.

[The test begins.]

Beep beep!

As soon as the mana barrier blocking the monster and me disappeared, the ice platters made cute sounds and shot out ice rays.

But I’ve already thought of a way to deal with it.

The ice platter’s ice ray is thin and spreads widely. Therefore, it is quite a difficult opponent for those skilled in close combat, but I was a wizard.

The fire spewed out like waves of thin shapes. I was lucky enough to have tried this form of magic during the level test at the training center.

As the fire wave expanded its territory, it swallowed up the ice rays and reached the ice platters.

The Ice Platters, embarrassed by the intense heat, ran around and sprayed ice rays everywhere. If the three of them had banded together and focused their ice rays, they might have been able to overcome the heat, but it would be wrong to expect such intelligence from a C-class monster.

The board has been created, all you have to do is take action.

The ice platters that were scattered and making a beeping sound were destroyed one by one by burning them with fire.

Since I knew that the jewel in the middle of the ice beam was weak, all I had to do was throw some fire magic at the jewel.

Beep!

If this is level 5, I think I can do more difficult things, right?

[The test has ended.]

“What? You won. Hey, the measurements must have gone weird.”

“Well, it’s still A class, so does difficulty level 5 make sense?”

The magical tool that measures skill is not omnipotent. Because it is a magical tool that measures general skills or characteristics, it cannot identify other obstacles or linking factors. As a result, the skill may be low.

However, no matter how big the difference is, it is only level 1.

“Actually, isn’t it embarrassing for a level 6 level A class?”

“You’ll know when you see it.”

According to the regulations, with the permission of the observing professor, you can challenge yourself with a level of difficulty up to 2 points.

“I will take the 6th level challenge.”

“Student Lee Ho is also taking the level 6 challenge. I will approve.”

*

“You passed level 9. Thank you for your hard work.”

Phew.

Alice let out a sigh of regret as she straightened back the blonde hair that fell below her collarbone.

Another 9 points. Before entering the academy, I had been practicing steadily since I started at a talent training institution, but I could not overcome the 9-point barrier.

In comparison, Nam Da-eun was different.

“Did you hear about Nam Da-eun? He was said to have disappeared in 30 seconds at level 10?”

“Wow, he may not be cheap, but his skills are top-notch.”

Snapping.

No matter how hard she tried, the gap with Nam Da-eun could not be narrowed. What’s more annoying is that Ellis alone thinks of them as rivals.

No matter how hard Alice tried, Nam Da-eun was always one step in front of her, as if laughing.

“It’s okay. Just do better next time.”

You shouldn’t let these feelings sink in. She consoled herself and headed outside the sparring hall.

“Hey, Ho-yeon Lee, she’s up to level 7?”

“Who is Lee Ho-yeon?”

“Well, he’s handsome and turned into a wizard.”

“Oh, that one? But you said you reached level 5 and are challenging level 7?”

The exam must have been almost over, but people were flocking to the level 7 exam center.

Normally, I would have gone on my way without worrying about it, but I was in a good mood and something bothered me today.

I made my way through the crowd and saw a handsome male student in the sparring area.

‘Lee Ho-yeon…?’

To be honest, I wasn’t very interested. I heard that I changed from a prosecutor to a wizard as soon as I came to the academy, but in the first place, the cadets here are people who have been trying for more than 10 years to get into the academy.

However, I couldn’t understand what was going on, as he was admitted to the academy with that achievement and then changed his specialty as soon as he entered the academy.

‘Are you trying to somehow graduate as a wizard and get into a management position?’

If you graduate from Victoria Academy as a wizard, you can usually go into administrative work for a guild or association.

Of course, if you’re aiming for that, it would be more efficient to prepare differently, but isn’t that what people don’t know?

“Student Lee Ho is also taking the 7th level challenge. I will approve.”

[Summon a suitable opponent. A-class monster scrap metal giant appears!]

As magic power fluctuates on the other side of the sparring hall, mechanical parts sticking out from somewhere begin to come together.

“Hey, there’s a scrap metal giant. It’s over.”

“There is no luck.”

Kikkigikkikkikkikkikkikkikkikkikkikkikkikkikkikkikkiki-

Gears that make creepy sounds and lumps of scrap metal combine to create the shape of a giant. The massive body, which was over 3 meters long, had rust everywhere and made an unpleasant creaking noise every time it moved.

“It’s over.”

The Scrap Metal Giant is considered one of the worst opponents that appears in level 7. In fact, it is safe to say that it is level 8.

I came here for no reason and wasted my time. My 5 minutes are worth so much.

[The test begins.]

Kikkikkikkikki-!

Thump! Thump!

As soon as the test began, the scrap metal giant began moving his heavy body.

The body of the scrap metal giant is made from lumps of scrap metal. The scrap metal of the scrap metal giant is special. Even if it is broken and broken again, it is put back together by a strange force and the body is created.

The weak point is to attack the giant’s joints, preventing the body from being formed.

However, the bond is so strong and strong that it absorbs almost any shock from the outside.

In the end, you need excellent mana control ability to insert mana into the gaps between the scrap metal that makes up the body, but it was not easy to achieve such mana control at the cadet level.

That’s why there were many people who suggested upgrading the scrap metal giant to level 8 instead of level 7. However, because its weaknesses are clear, it remains at level 7.

Weaknesses are properties that make it easy to attack the gaps between joints, such as water or ice.

If Lee Ho-yeon had been a magician with the water or ice attribute, the scrap metal giant might have been an easy opponent, but he was a wizard with the fire attribute.

Crackle!

The scrap metal giant raised both hands high in the sky. That was a pattern of slamming both hands down on the floor. Since the movement was large, he had to dodge quickly, and he used magic.

A light wave-like flame extends from his hand towards the giant.

‘It’s over.’

I think the idea was to exploit the gap between the thin fire giants. The idea is good, but even if you squeeze through the gap with that, the output is insufficient.

It would have been better to applaud using powerful, advanced magic.

The moment when I completely lost interest in Lee Ho-yeon and turned my head and tried to walk back.

Coogung!

A sound completely different from the sound Lee Ho-yeon would make when she was struck by the iron giant’s fist struck her ears.

When she looked back, a picture she had never imagined unfolded before her eyes.

The scrap metal giant was lying face down in a comical position, as if he had fallen while slamming his fist, and his left leg was cut off at about the knee level.

“What? What kind of magic did you just use to cut off your leg?”

“It seems like only the knee joint melted in an instant… I don’t know what it is.”

‘What is this…’

You just melted a scrap metal giant with that magic? To melt a scrap metal giant with fire, you need to produce fire power of at least 1000 degrees, but you can never produce that kind of fire power by radiating magic power that thinly.

Giggling geek-

The scrap metal giant somehow manages to raise himself up with both arms and his remaining right leg.

He approached Lee Ho-yeon with uncomfortable movements, but his speed was noticeably slower.

Lee Ho-yeon slowly retreated and used magic again.

‘It’s the same this time too.’

His magic slowly expanded its scope, but suddenly it began to converge in one direction.

“What is that?”

A few people looked at her in surprise at the words she said to herself, but Alice had no time to pay attention to her surroundings.

He spread the flames shallowly and widely. It was a spell that was designed that way from the beginning.

But that man is ‘forcibly’ twisting and condensing that magic.

The flames overlap and overlap again. In the end, a flame is created that is as thin as a thread but has concentrated fire power.

The thread of flame penetrates the gap in the right leg of the giant, who is precariously balancing on two arms and one leg.

Fuqua freak!

Eventually, even his right leg was cut off, and even his precarious posture collapsed, causing dust to rise.

Soon, the light slowly disappeared from the giant’s eyes.

[The test has ended.]

The result was different from what everyone expected.

A man who had been ignored as level 5 subdued a scrap metal giant with magic like that? Everyone stared blankly at the sparring hall at the unbelievable sight, and the professors who watched the series of procedures could not help but be astonished.

‘That’s cadet-level magic operation?’

‘What nonsense…?’

The magic used by Lee Ho-yeon was originally in the form of spreading flames like a wavelength. Of course, the size of each flame was small. So, he used it to dig into the gap, and the insufficient fire power was created by collecting and gathering flames.

The idea was good, but the delicate mana control ability was almost like a miracle in the professors’ eyes.

Of course, Ellis, who passed level 9, also noticed the magic control.

She could hear people talking around her, but it didn’t reach her ears.

The idea of using small fire particles to attack the demolition giant was not important to her.

What is important is the operation of that horsepower.

The mana operation of pulling out flames as thin as a thread and inserting them into the gap was no longer that of a cadet.

No, even Ellis might be able to spin it like thread if she concentrates. But using it in an overlapping manner is a completely different story.

Ellis realized that his talent was real, and Lee Ho-yeon caught Alice’s eye without realizing it.

*

“It’s a pity that according to the rules, you can only challenge up to the 2nd level higher difficulty level. I think level 8 would have been worth it.”

“Haha, no.”

After finishing the exam, I came down from Dalian.

I don’t have any mana left in my body, so why am I at level 8?

“Wow, it was hard. Really.”

Today’s virtual monster training was really difficult. I haven’t yet learned an advanced magic that can attack the gaps in the scrap metal giant’s body.

I didn’t know any useful magic, so I used the magic I used against the ice platters again.

I tried to force myself to change the mana characteristics of the magic, but I used too much mana.

“If you have a bad head, it’s hard on your body, so I made it difficult for no reason.”

I thought I would have to increase the magic I could use in the future. Still, I’m glad the results were good. Huh.

“Hey, what is today’s class?”

“I think it was a steak? Should we just go out and eat it?”

“I heard there’s a homemade burger place near the front door?”

After morning classes, it’s lunch time.

I headed to the student cafeteria.

There were many cadets who went out to eat, but I have to save money because the cost of maintaining my dignity is the end of my income.

Fortunately, Victoria Academy operated a ‘student cafeteria’ free of charge for the welfare of teachers.

“Please give me a steak.”

I took the lunch steak I ordered and was about to sit down somewhere, when I caught Moon Su-rin in my field of vision.

She was cutting steak alone in a corner behind a pillar.

While looking at that figure as if fascinated, she raised her head when she felt the line of sight.

As our eyes met, his pupils dilated slightly, and he tapped the spot in front of him with his finger.

“Eh?”

Does that mean I am Teo?

When I pointed at myself with my index finger, Moon Su-rin nodded.

Nod.

Yes, it would be better to eat with a beautiful woman rather than eating alone, right?

“Hoyeon? Did you come to the restaurant too?”

I turned my head when I heard a sound next to me and saw Kim Young-han waving his hand at Ina.

“Huh? Yes.”

“If you’re going to eat alone, let’s eat together. I came alone today too.”

“I’m sorry, but I actually have someone to eat with…”

I refused and was about to head to the seat in front of Moon Surin, but Moon Surin had already disappeared.

“Where? There’s no one there.”

“…Let’s eat together over there, okay.”

Since he is the popular student council president, I understand his position.

As I was disappointed, I sat down with Kim Young-han and took a bite of the sliced steak, and I was surprised at how delicious it was.

‘Why do we leave the student cafeteria like this and go out to eat?’

Well, no matter how delicious the food is, it’s hard to stop eating outside and eating it because it tastes bad for your health.

“Aren’t you looking forward to one-on-one sparring in the afternoon? I stayed at the training center all day yesterday because of that.”

“Hmm, okay?”

Afternoon classes are face-to-face training.

This training takes place in a sparring area where safety is guaranteed. I’m looking forward to it because I’ve always wanted to compete against each other.

Well, there’s nothing really big going on, right?

“…”

“Hoyeon, what’s wrong?”

“No, something gives me chills. Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?”

Suddenly, chicken skin grows on my arm. Did I miss something?

hmm… .Nothing really happens, right?