Certificate of Commendation

Lee Dojin’s reading video started spreading to various places, starting from Instagram.

Lee Dojin confirmed that the person who had made him be called the ‘Wooden Sword Holy Knight’ had scribbled another post.

Along with a short paragraph, the reading video was included.

<Hunter Gallery>

Title: The Holy Knight’s Reading.

The Wooden Sword Holy Knight reading the short story <Song of the Gun>.

A reading of a novel that shows a heavy determination to slaughter enemies. A heroic low voice.

What nonsense.

It had nothing to do with anything like that.

Quite a few comments were attached.

-His voice is good.

-Heuung….

-He doesn’t stutter even once.

-Someone give him a military song to sing.

-How noble.

And since Lee Dojin had even done an advertisement by waving the book he received after finishing the reading, surprisingly, students began to continue the readings by going up on the stage of the reading club booth. Although most of them were female students who had developed a desire to collect after being attracted to the design of the short story collection.

After that, the readings continued without interruption.

“Heheh, I saved the club!”

Baek Hwayeon shouted proudly. Anyone could see that it was Lee Dojin who had saved the club, but because it was Baek Hwayeon who had brought Lee Dojin, the reading club members accepted her shamelessness.

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The last day of the academy festival.

Cecilia Freire, the vice principal of Iroaz Academy, suddenly declared that she would hold an unexpected award ceremony.

Because the schedule for the last day of the festival was planned for performances by singers and idols, the audience seats were already filled with students.

“The reason we hurriedly prepared this award ceremony on the last day of the festival is because, while it is an award ceremony, it was also something that needed to be conveyed to all of you as soon as possible.”

A loud yawn was added at the end of Cecilia’s beautiful voice.

“Huaaaaam…”

Lee Dojin chuckled as he looked at Choi Bit-na standing beside him, opening her mouth wide.

“You seem very tired.”

“This is all because of you… because business was too good. Yesterday, someone from the Youth Business Support Office or something came and asked if we wanted to do business officially. Senior Simun flatly refused though. The club seniors also said they didn’t want things to get that big.”

Choi Bit-na stretched fully.

“This will be over today too. Owow, my whole body… This is exactly how it felt when I was being rolled around by Spear King at first. But what is this award ceremony? As far as I know, there haven’t been any competitions held recently in the school. Do you know what it’s about, Dojin?”

“No, I don’t know.”

Lee Dojin had no idea what the award ceremony was for. At that moment, the Iroaz Watch on Lee Dojin’s left wrist chimed.

-Student Council President Choi Doyoung: Student Lee Dojin, you will be called. Please prepare to go up on stage.

“Huh?”

Aside from learning the student council president’s name for the first time through this, the fact that he was the person to be called at the award ceremony.

It seemed that Student Council President Choi Doyoung had also received a tip from someone and quickly conveyed it to Lee Dojin, but it was a bit late.

“First-year student Lee Dojin, second-year student Rachel Walker, please come forward.”

Because Cecilia’s words resounded through the academy’s main field before there was time to think.

Lee Dojin started heading towards the stage on the right. Beside him, blonde Rachel Walker followed with an expressionless face.

“It must be about the Red Cult incident.”

Lee Dojin nodded in agreement. Because that incident was the only thing for which Rachel and himself would be called together.

The main field was packed with students sitting. And about 20 instructors were also seated.

Cecilia gave a faint smile at Rachel and Lee Dojin standing beside her. Then she picked up the microphone again.

“By now, most students probably know. That the Red Cult invaded Iroaz Academy. The safety of the campus was compromised.”

Cecilia continued speaking.

“There was a process of rooting out the Red Cult over nearly a month. Excluding Teaching Assistant Kim Min-ah and Professor Woon Hyeongcheol who died at the scene, we rooted out another professor and teaching assistant. The professor died during subduing. The teaching assistant is under investigation.”

The problem was that the teaching assistant seemed to be a complete low-level member who didn’t know much, but Cecilia didn’t add that fact.

“These two are heroes who joined forces to repel the Red Cult at that time. We will present certificates of commendation to the two with awe and respect. I hope everyone will congratulate them with applause.”

As soon as Cecilia’s words ended, thunderous applause erupted from the hands of the instructors and students seated.

“We will send 50 million won as a reward to the bank accounts of the two students.”

The announcement about the money was made transparently so that all students would know. Once again, exclamations flowed from the students’ mouths.

“What a noble amount.”

Rachel seemed a bit surprised too. The two who received the certificates bowed to the students and slowly came down from the stage.

Aduk!

A female student with light blue hair.

So Yueun bit her nails. Lee Dojin’s name value was rising too high. Although they were fellow students, no one would think that the man on that stage was ordinary.

Lee Dojin’s face was uploaded countless times a day on hunter-related SNS. From yesterday, his voice spread as well, saying he did a reading.

She wanted to tear off the mouths of those bitches who said Lee Dojin’s voice was charming too, and who were flirting saying they heard he was in the same class in high school.

Reaching out once.

And then withdrawing that hand and abandoning him, it wasn’t such a pleasant feeling to see the one whose limits she couldn’t even predict soaring up.

She felt nauseous spontaneously. A hero to save this world.

At this moment, in this space, she deeply regretted the fact that she had pushed away and abandoned the existence that was most fitting to have those words floating above his head.

She clenched her hand so tightly that her nails dug into the skin of her palm, creating red nail marks.

“He lives in a different world. I’m fucking curious. What the air he’s breathing tastes like.”

The muttering of a male student from the same theory department brushed past her ears.

It was the kind of line a loser steeped in inferiority would say. And it was the tone of speech used by the type of people So Yueun hated the most.

But to those dirty words of inferiority.

The inferiority underlying So Yueun’s heart resonated. Like resonance where similar animals interact happily when they meet.

‘Fuck.’

Thud!

So Yueun hit her own innocent chest hard.

She whipped herself not to sympathize with such lowly inferiority.

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Lee Dojin, who had come down from the stage, tilted his head.

It was because none other than Yeon Simun was waiting for him and Rachel.

“We need to go somewhere right now.”

“Where?”

“A monster gate opened in front of where the idols are coming, one minute ago. It’s not close, but the academy is the only place that can provide immediate support. We need to go for rescue, but there aren’t many reliable people right now.”

Most fourth-year students don’t participate in the festival. They’ve decided on their careers and don’t even have enough time in a day to devote to the jobs they’ve already decided on.

“There are multiple gates. A multi-occurrence phenomenon. So they say the instructors aren’t enough. They decided to select 10 reliable people among the academy students.”

“Understood.”

If it was about going to beat up monsters, he was always welcome.

“A sudden variable, how ignoble.”

Rachel said that, but she jerked her chin nobly towards the direction of the parking lot, as if saying let’s depart.

The three headed to the parking lot.

Beep-

Yeon Simun opened the door of a BMW vehicle. Of course, Yeon Simun got in the driver’s seat. Lee Dojin in the passenger seat. Rachel Walker sat in the back seat, crossing her legs.

Three out of the four members of the Golden Generation headed out to the gate site.

Daejin 4-way intersection.

It was a place famous for vehicle congestion as the rush hour approached. It’s a place that gets packed with vehicles even when nothing special is happening.

But today it was overflowing with cars that had invaded the lanes. Hazy smoke was rising here and there.

“Aaaaargh!”

Screams filled the road. Even though the academy instructors who had arrived quickly and nearby individual hunters were safely rescuing people, the screams showed no sign of stopping. Probably because fear had been lodged in their minds.

“There it is. The idol van.”

Screech!

Yeon Simun stopped the car. Then she put on a dark red suit and got out of the car. Lee Dojin also wore his nano black suit and stepped on the ground holding his wooden sword.

Rachel wore a bright red robe.

Yeon Simun turned to look at the two and opened her mouth.

“I’ll act as the tanker…”

Lee Dojin slowly shook his head.

“I’m going.”

Because he saw it. With Lee Dojin’s eyes, surrounded by a blue-green light from receiving Mistilteinn’s power, he saw the monster about to pounce on the van.

Lee Dojin stepped forward.

Hazy dust rose thickly. Lee Dojin’s body, which had leaped, trampled the air.

Destruction Evil Ascension to Heaven. It was an ascending step technique learned from the Sword Demon.

Lee Dojin’s body advanced in an instant. To the far side.

Yeon Simun burst into laughter.

“He’s unstoppable.”

And she immediately started running after Lee Dojin.