episode_0026

Nam Da-eun stopped at what I said.

Nam Da-eun, Rumi, and even Lee Byung-hoon were watching me.

“So, what are you going to do? There’s no wind here. Considering the monsters we met on the way, there aren’t any that would leave marks on the floor.”

A guy named Lee Byung-hoon. Surprisingly, it was a brainwave.

I knew the basics of cave-type dungeon strategy well.

Air flow and traces of monsters.

Of course, if there is the basics, there are also advanced and in-depth courses.

The characteristic of cave-type dungeons is their high mana density.

Since it is a ‘dungeon’ where you move through a portal, it is quite possible to set up a setting where there is no entrance or exit, so there is no wind.

However, even if the wind is not blowing, mana is flowing.

Because the density is so high and the movement is so subtle, most people don’t feel it.

In fact, finding the exit using mana movement is a method that most hunters do not use. Not only is the accuracy low, but the attempt itself is difficult.

“wait a minute.”

But I am different.

[Mana Sensitivity] and [Opening Eyes]

It makes no sense to not be able to see the movement of mana when you can feel it and observe its flow.

‘Opening eyes’

Jiing-

The eyes turn golden and the pupils dilate.

Mana filling the space. Observe the subtle flow of mana.

“There it is.”

He raised his index finger and pointed to one of the 10 aisles.

Third aisle from the left.

All mana comes through there. That was the passage.

“What are those golden eyes? I’m sorry, but how are you sure they are there? I wish you could at least explain.”

Byung-Hoon Lee expressed doubt about my words.

“…Even if I explain it, they won’t believe it. If I just ask them to go here, they won’t go, right?”

“My grades are at stake. Would you let it go like that?”

I rolled my eyes with a widened view and glanced to the side to see Nam Da-eun quietly looking at me.

Nam Da-eun also seems to not be willing to let go unless the reason is properly explained.

Rumi had her hands clasped in front of her chest and her eyes were blinking. Seeing that there are no complaints, it seems like Rumi is okay with whatever I ask her to do.

“I read the flow of mana. The mana of all passages passes through the third passage, so I decided it was the third passage. Don’t ask me how I read the flow.”

“No, does it make sense to read the flow of mana at a cadet level?…”

Byung-Hoon Lee still seemed in disbelief.

But it didn’t matter

Because our leader seemed to have a different opinion.

Pababat-

Nam Da-eun ran toward the third aisle first.

“Eh? Eh?”

I also grabbed Rumi’s arm and followed after her.

Lee Byung-hoon said from behind, ‘Oh, fuck. I ran away complaining, ‘I don’t know either.’

It ran for about 15 minutes, with Nam Da-eun taking care of the monsters that came out from time to time and me adding up points by throwing magic in between.

There was a fork in the road again. This time there were passages divided into eight branches.

“fourth.”

Tadadak-!

As I ran while pointing the road with my finger, Nam Da-eun headed straight for that road without slowing down.

“No, you can really trust me, right… Oh, yes. I’m following you. I’m following you.”

Now I ran through the dungeon to the point where I was getting bored.

Of course, other groups wouldn’t have time to do that because they were so tense preparing for battle with monsters, but our group had a monster bus driver.

“Rumi.”

“yes?”

“At least put a shield on Nam Da-eun. You deserve points too.”

“Oh, I didn’t think about that because you dealt with the monster so quickly. It’s the most basic of all basics…”

No matter how important he becomes later on, he is still just a cadet.

This is Rumi’s first practice, so she can easily make mistakes.

Still, since Rumi’s position is that of a support mage, she will be able to score some points just by using a shield.

I’m also leading the way, and whenever I see a gap, I’m scoring points by touching each animal with magic.

Our group will still get all the points.

…is not it? I think I forgot something.

Sigh-

Nam Da-eun cut up a lizard by herself.

The snake is rolling its eyes, not even knowing that it is dead.

Perhaps because I kept activating [Open Eyes] while trying to find my way, I could see Nam Da-eun’s movements more clearly.

The body of the lizard she processed was cut cleanly, as if looking at a cross section.

Many people know her power as instantaneous acceleration. You might think that abnormal cutting power is a skill, but you are both wrong.

Her power is space control.

The acceleration ability speeds up the time flow of the space surrounding her body.

It’s not that Nam Da-eun is getting faster, but the space in which she exists is getting faster.

Of course, others may see it as acceleration.

The same goes for that abnormal cutting power, the power to cut through the very space where her sword exists.

This is a fact that I knew as a setting up to this point.

And no matter how crazy the creator is about settings, he does not describe in the game settings how to use magical power to accelerate the space surrounding Nam Da-eun’s body.

So I didn’t think something like this would be possible.

The possibility of using someone else’s power.

By default, power is something one person is born with and cannot be used by others.

However, in the end, all supernatural powers such as powers and skills are powers derived from magical power.

Nam Da-eun’s ability to dominate space. Among them, magical power that accelerates space.

My [Open Eyes] were reading her magical power operation in real time.

Maybe I can imitate her power.

*

The cadets who had completed their dungeon training began to gather one by one.

Of course, our group’s breakthrough time was an overwhelming first place.

It was a pity that I couldn’t meet Do Jin-hyuk because I came out so quickly.

Other groups had torn clothes, dirt from rolling on the ground, and some cadets showed blood, but in our group, everyone was clean.

At least there was only a little bit of monster blood on Nam Da-eun’s clothes.

“Ugh. It hurts….”

“Don’t be so cruel to a boy just because you’re bleeding a little.”

The injured were waiting in line in front of Baek A-young.

Our group had finished the strategy anyway and it was time for a break, so we approached Baek Ayoung to take a look at something.

“Haha, haha, haaa.”

Baek Ah-young was treating the cadets while making strange sound effects, just like in the game.

No matter how much I listen to it, it sounds different from the groans I make from exhaustion.

It seems that other people don’t feel the discomfort, or perhaps the title ‘saint’ doesn’t connect with wild imaginations.

“You’re having a hard time.”

I spoke to Baek A-young, who had just finished treating one patient.

“Oh, Mr. Hoenn. No. This is my job.”

Even though she was sweating profusely, a smile never left her face.

“The job satisfaction is pretty good, huh? All the healers I’ve seen are dying.”

Healing basically consumes mana, but it also consumes your own stamina.

Therefore, all healers who finished treatment tend to collapse from exhaustion, but Baek A-young was not like that.

“Yes. Treating and saving people’s lives is always rewarding. I think it’s truly my calling. I make a lot of money. Hehe.”

Although the last part ended in a playful way, I could feel it in her words and actions.

Baek A-young is a person who feels joy in the ‘act of helping people’ itself.

Baek A-young looked really exhausted after treating all the injured.

Baek A-young’s pink underwear was visible through the sweat-soaked blouse of her suit.

Beads of sweat were flowing down her deep cleavage.

gulp. Lust arises without me even realizing it.

No, isn’t it strange?

I’m sweating like that and making strange moans, but I wonder if I’m the only one who finds it strange that no one suspects this because it’s treatment.

Am I the only one making trash?

I unconsciously glanced at Baek Ah-young’s chest and raised my gaze, and our eyes met.

Fuck you. I got caught.

“Uh, uh. That’s good. I tried not to hurt Ayoung because I was worried she might have a hard time.”

“Thank you. Hehe….”

I somehow managed to change the conversation naturally, but fortunately, I don’t think he noticed.

…You probably didn’t notice, right?

*

After all groups’ dungeon training was over, the cadets gathered together and waited as if for the first time.

In some cases, groups that seemed to be on good terms before became cold-blooded, and in other cases, groups that seemed to be on good terms with each other became best friends.

Our group surprisingly stayed the same.

– 1st place, 13 sets. (Nam Da-eun, Lee Ho-yeon, Lee Byung-hoon, Rumi)

– 2nd place, group 7. (Minjun Seo, Seoyeon Kim, Yejun Jeong, Ellis)

– 3rd place, group 8. (Do Joo-won, Ha Seo-yoon, Chae Soo-ah, Lucy)

The top performers were revealed on the hologram while we were watching the first group put in.

“All group videos will be posted on Class A’s SNS, so please refer to them. In the next class, I will point out the good parts of the dungeon training and the parts that need to be fixed.”

Jinhyuk Kim, the homeroom professor, said that and left.

The remaining cadets muttered loudly and then dispersed.

In our group, Nam Da-eun was the first to disappear somewhere, so I caught her.

“Nam Da-eun.”

“…?”

Still, they seem to have developed a bond while conquering dungeons together, so they don’t completely ignore what I say.

“I was lucky this time and took first place, but next time, if you solo alone, it will be difficult to maintain first place.”

“… I’ll take care of that.”

Nam Da-eun frowned for a moment, then said that and disappeared alone.

“Ugh, even if I give you proper advice, you won’t listen.”

Still, should I be grateful that my tone of voice is less aggressive?

As they are still freshmen, we give them reasonable consideration even if their cooperation is low, but if this happens several times, we will naturally judge that there is a big problem in cooperation and give them a low score.

Nam Da-eun will give up first place sooner or later.

And then what happens in return… I don’t even want to imagine.

I regret it only then, but no matter how much I explain it now, you won’t understand.

*

Kwaang-! Paang-!

“He’s a new student? Can we put him in our guild’s second team right away?”

“So you’ve already completed the guild exclusive contract. Rumor has it that even though they said they would give you three times the down payment, they ignored it.”

“Tsk. The way I saw it, it was a weakness. There’s no one in the industry who doesn’t know about the bad rumors going around about the Buyers Guild, so why would they sign an exclusive contract all of a sudden?”

After all the dungeon training was over, the professors were having a conversation in the monitor room where dozens of monitors were broadcasting images.

Their eyes are drawn to a video of a girl running ahead and three people following behind.

“You don’t give other kids a chance to fight at all?”

“Definitely not trying to cooperate with team members at all.”

“Still, one talent is overwhelming. If you do that again next time, I have no choice but to deduct points.”

“It’s still the first evaluation. We need to be generous.”

Among them was Jinhyuk Kim, the homeroom professor of Class A.

‘Definitely, my personality is disappointing compared to my skills.’

Jinhyuk Kim moved his finger over the hologram.

Next to Nam Da-eun’s name is ’95 points.’ However, in the next evaluation, the personality part will be scored more strongly,’ he wrote.

– Oh, I don’t know! Just kill them all!

– Hey, hey! wait for a sec!

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwak!

Jinhyuk Kim turned his attention to the next monitor where magic was exploding loudly.

The screen showed Lucy subduing dozens of monsters at once.

If I were to describe her fighting style in one word, it would be [offense is the best defense].

A fighting style like a shonen cartoon where you try to minimize your defenses and defeat the enemy before you fall.

To put it in a good way, it’s a shonen cartoon, and to put it in a bad way, it’s a foolish fighting style.

The monsters are still unable to withstand Lucy’s magic and fall down before they get close to her, but it is a tactic that will not work on monsters above a certain level in the future.

I know that if that method is combined with her younger sister Rumi, it would create tremendous synergy, but unless she acts together with Rumi 24 hours a day, that assumption is not a good one.

In the end, Jinhyuk Kim left a note saying 83 points next to Lucy’s name.

“This year’s new students really have a lot to offer~ From the cute twins to Cadet Ellis and Cadet Nam Da-eun, they are all gems.”

“That’s right. Other than that, students named Do Jin-hyuk and Lee Ho-yeon are also good.”

‘Lee Ho-yeon.’

Kim Jin-hyuk found Lee Ho-yeon’s video more interesting than Ellis or Nam Da-eun’s video.

It was good to use magic to insert magic between Nam Da-eun’s high-speed battles, but he was able to find the path perfectly by saying he could read the flow of magic.

It is safe to assume that reading the flow of magical power at the cadet level requires specialized skills in that area.

In fact, the reason why cave-type dungeons are difficult is because of the fatigue and stress accumulated while going in and out of the path, but eliminating that was a significant contribution.

Considering that Nam Da-eun was part of the team when the team was formed in the first place, and considering that the other members were of a low level, it could be said that he performed better than his level.

Although he did not show anything in terms of combat ability, he was an extraordinary cadet.

“Uhm….”

After much thought, Jinhyuk Kim wrote down a score of 86, 3 points higher than Lucy.

Jinhyuk Kim tended to like cadets with good brains.

“It’s all good, but the mana capacity is a bit disappointing. The mana capacity is too small. The mana circuit is also narrow. I guess it’s really been less than a month since I started practicing magic, right? But the magic management is too good for that to be true. The purity of magic power is also very high. Since you said you have a skill, is it a specialized skill in that area? As expected, I’ll call you later… But if you want to do research, do something like that… Yes, this is all for the good of humanity…”

Mutter mutter…

“?”

Jinhyuk Kim turned his head to the side when he heard a strange sound next to him.

There, Professor Lim Sol was writing something down while looking at Lee Ho-yeon’s monitor.

“Professor? What are you doing here?”

Seeing Im Sol, who normally did not attend such events, evaluating the cadets so passionately, Kim Jin-hyuk’s curiosity arose as well.

I was also curious about the truth of the rumor that was slowly spreading around the academy that there was a cadet that Professor Lim Sol was interested in.

“Ah, ah… it’s nothing!”

However, as soon as our eyes met, Professor Lim Sol hugged the documents in his arms and ran somewhere.

“… What the hell?”

At that moment, Imsol’s face, reflected in his eyes, turned red.