episode_0002

2. Is English included in the entrance exam? Shit.

I was guided by the guard and headed to the exam room.

Surprisingly, the testing site was located nearby. It was a large auditorium right near the main entrance.

‘There is a place like this.’

It was quite similar to a modern school gym.

Squeak.

When I went inside, a large space welcomed me.

In fact, it was quite similar to the inside of a large indoor gym.

Inside, there was a high platform, and people who appeared to be professors were sitting on it.

Probably, it seemed like the way to go up there and take the test.

‘Is this like an interview?’

I had interviews with about 4 professors, and it seemed like they were deciding whether to pass or not.

‘So you’re saying there’s an English test over there?’

First of all, I felt like I knew the basics of the method.

Startle.

At that time, I saw a professor with a surprised face.

And I also made a surprised face.

Because it was someone I knew.

‘Serge Geis?’

He was said to be the best sword of the royal family.

Should I say that he is the current King of Aachen’s favorite knight?

And he also knew me. It was because I saw it a few times because of a request.

‘Wouldn’t it be easier this way?’

Fortunately, my relationship with him wasn’t bad. In this way, the probability of passing could be seen to have increased.

Anyway, I think my appearance was quite surprising.

He looked at me and sounded surprised.

“Jace Allen?”

“Hmm…? Did you say Jace Allen? That mercenary king?!”

“No, why would the mercenary king be here…?”

Everyone started looking at me at the sound of his voice. And then he made a face that said he didn’t understand.

‘why? ‘Can’t mercenaries apply to the academy?’

Perhaps, this is because of the prejudice shown by previous mercenary kings. There is a deeply ingrained image that mercenaries are ignorant.

‘I also use magic… Ha, this image really never changes.’

Anyway, I pretended not to notice.

And then he slowly fell back.

Before I knew it, people were coming after me. I was the first one to come in, but I didn’t have to be the first one to take the test.

It would be more beneficial to take the test only after seeing how it works.

I stood somewhere in the middle.

This was the best.

After waiting a while, about 100 people came into the auditorium.

Immediately the auditorium door closed.

“Now, wait a minute!!”

“What if it’s already closed…”

“I haven’t gotten in yet…”

Cooung.

As I looked at that scene, I slowly felt my heart sink.

Without the help of the mercenaries, I would not have been able to take the exam.

‘I’ll have to thank you later.’

By the way, the number of people gathered outside exceeds thousands.

However, only 100 people were able to take the test.

It was a good example of how I felt about the exam on the last day at the academy.

‘There are almost no successful candidates. ‘One or two people at most?’

Perhaps, giving opportunities to commoners would be more of a show of perfunctory.

Just looking at the professors’ expressions, they seemed like they weren’t expecting much.

Does it feel like you’re forced to do it because of the king’s orders?

“Then, please come up to the podium starting from the person in front!”

Anyway, the exam started soon.

The first person was a commoner man with a confident face.

He had a fairly stocky physique and seemed to have trained martial arts professionally.

‘Your posture is balanced. I think we’re quite close to the first awakening.’

The first awakening had not yet occurred. But it was pretty close.

To put it simply, the first awakening can be seen as the state of freely handling mana.

Is this a state where mana can be controlled more precisely, and all abilities increase due to the effect?

Of course it wasn’t easy to see.

‘If you were to write a martial arts novel, would you be a top-notch expert?’

Serge Geis’ eyes lit up. He saw the same thing as me.

Soon the man sat down among the professors.

And then the interview began.

I observed the interview carefully.

I was confident, but I couldn’t let down my guard.

‘They said the difficulty level of the test was quite high.’

Maybe a question will come up that will embarrass me too.

At that time, the professor who gave the most strict impression stepped forward. He was a man with a quite nasty appearance.

I concentrated as much as possible.

‘What kind of question should I ask…?’

Maybe you should introduce yourself in English.

‘I didn’t prepare for that…’

And soon the professor’s voice began to be heard.

I heard his voice and my expression hardened.

It wasn’t because the difficulty level was too high.

“What’s your name?”

“Yes?”

“Evicted!”

It was so absurd that my expression hardened.

“Um, uh…what is Wajeomnem…”

“Tsk, go down.”

“Yes…”

The man bowed his head and left.

Even though I tried to fight back, the world’s Serge Geis had his eyes wide open. You won’t even think about taking a hit.

Anyway, the surroundings became very noisy.

“Wait, it was just in English, right?”

“Is that English?”

“This is my first time hearing this… I’m in big trouble.”

Everyone had fearful faces. It seemed like the group had a phobia of English.

In fact, English has not yet been properly spread in this world.

Occasionally, English could be heard through Walkmans dropped from supplies.

Of course, there were no English textbooks or anything like that. That’s why everyone reacted like that.

“What is wamnem?”

“I, I don’t know. Don’t ask.”

Anyway, it seemed like the interview would end sooner than I thought.

There seemed to be no need to stop at 100 people.

As proof of that.

“What’s your name?”

“Hi!”

“Evicted!”

Almost 20 people were eliminated because they could not answer this question.

And only then did someone come out to answer.

“What’s your name?”

“Ma, Manemise… Ha, Hans!”

Of course, that was it.

“What’s your hobby?”

“Wow, I don’t know about Hobby…”

“Evicted!”

No matter how he could say his name, no one went further than that.

That’s how the people from Ususoo began to drop out.

No one has yet gotten past the strict-looking professor.

‘Do we have to go through each person one by one?’

I couldn’t figure out what was happening since everyone was eliminated so quickly.

And soon it was my turn.

I made a dumbfounded expression. I couldn’t even recognize anything.

Still, I couldn’t help it.

I slowly climbed up onto the stage.

As I climbed up, I could hear people whispering.

“That person is the mercenary king?”

“Uh, he was acting really proud earlier. Bring your subordinates and cut in line…!”

“That’s right. Do you think I’m standing in line because I don’t have anyone close to me?”

“You will be eliminated soon anyway. Please let me know quickly”

Everyone said negative things about me. They looked at me negatively because I had cut in line earlier.

Besides, I didn’t expect much. I was a mercenary king. He was the leader of ignorant mercenaries.

As a result, they didn’t even think about taking a hint from me.

‘We’ll just have to wait and see.’

You will probably have huge regrets soon. Because many hints would come from me.

I walked slowly and went up to the podium.

Then I saw four professors looking at me.

Everyone looked at me with strange faces. And that was the end. It was a face that didn’t show much expectation.

So did Serge Geis. He looked at me with a particularly pitiful look.

It seemed like he thought he would just come and be embarrassed.

Soon the strict professor spoke.

And then I asked the question again.

“What’s your name?”

It was the first question that caught everyone off guard.

Of course, it wasn’t difficult for me at all. I answered almost like a native speaker.

“My name is Jace Allen”

Startle.

I saw the professors surprised.

Because it was something different from other people.

The strict professor in particular seemed very surprised. His eyes were wide open.

He stuttered slightly before asking the next question.

Of course, I answered even that without difficulty.

“My hobby is martial arts”

He asked me again about my hobby, and I answered martial arts.

“Martial Arts?”

I intentionally used difficult words.

Then I saw the professor frowning.

A word he didn’t know very well came out.

“Keu, keuhm. You have quite a noble hobby.”

“Yes. That’s the way it is.”

I smiled slightly.

Soon, the strict professor started saying various sentences, as if trying to make up for it.

And I answered very leisurely.

“I am 29 years old.”

“I am the Mercenary King.”

It was just so easy for me. This was because it was only at the basic elementary school level.

‘Even the professor can’t help it.’

It wasn’t long before I realized that the country called America was important. Of course, the level had to be low.

Soon the professor, who had a strict look, began to tremble.

It seemed like all the questions had been answered.

His face turned bright red, and he seemed to realize that his level was lower than mine.

However, a surprised voice came from behind.

“What is Mahabiz Martial Arts?”

“No, I don’t know!”

“I never thought the mercenary king would have such outstanding knowledge…!!”

“Ah…! I didn’t hear a thing!!”

Everyone seemed quite surprised by my level of English. His eyes were wide open and he looked embarrassed.

And he was sorry that he didn’t get a hint from me.

‘Then listen carefully.’

I could see that it was already too late.

Soon the strict professor retreated. And then Serge Geis came up to me.

He looked like a middle-aged man. The neatly grown beard was especially impressive.

“You’re pretty good at English, aren’t you? I didn’t know.”

“Yes. Somehow, I learned something.”

“Huh… You learned that advanced knowledge? That’s amazing.”

He made a face like he saw me again.

It would certainly be surprising to see the mercenary king display such advanced knowledge(?).

Anyway, it seemed like he was the second interviewer.

And seeing as Serge Geis appeared, there was a high probability that he would take a martial arts test.

‘Well, it’s the field I’m most confident in.’

I was more confident in martial arts than in English.

Even if he requested a sparring match here, I was fully willing to accept it.

But he just nodded.

And then he spoke confidently.

“Passed.”