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“What on earth are you so dissatisfied with? People asked Aegis for help. Then of course I have to go help. Isn’t that a hero?”

Ahn Yu-min, wearing a black hunter suit, had a crumpled expression. Seeing her like that, the blonde nun, Ha Ye-eun, sighed.

“Ha… That’s right! This merger is more important! You said that not only streamers will come, but famous hunters will also come! How many times do I have to say it?”

“Hero activities are more important than broadcasting! Now that there are no distractions, I have to work harder!”

“But if you keep skipping important broadcasts, what are you going to do with the sponsorship contract for hero activities? If it weren’t for my broadcast, Saint Nyeo TV, Aegis wouldn’t have become so famous in the first place! And just before, Yumin asked me to go, so I pushed myself to go to activities!”

“……”

The two people’s opinions could not be narrowed down.

Song Xia, a silver-haired wizard, was leaning against the wall of the clubroom and crossing her arms.

She watched the two people arguing.

‘They’re fighting again.’

After expelling Lee Jun-woo, who was the party operator.

Those two people were very happy.

Those two are nearing the end of high school. There were a lot of complaints built up against Lee Jun-woo. After their expulsion, the two ran wild as they pleased.

Just like what it looks like right now.

Ahn Yu-min has always been active in hero activities.

Especially by the definition of the word hero.

He was always anxious to help the so-called poor and disadvantaged people like a hero.

‘Because there is no Lee Jun-woo to stop me. ‘Is that how you fight?’

However, in Song Xia’s opinion, an immature sense of justice was useless.

The poor and disadvantaged people were not absolute good.

For the past month.

Aigis followed An Yu-min’s wishes and began to engage in hero activities. Of course, it is free of charge, without any compensation.

So, requests for cooperation were flooding in like crazy.

Objectively, they are awakened people with skills higher than high school students. With only three people, we couldn’t handle that much work.

‘Every time I go out for activities, more work piles up.’

Of course, it was different when Lee Jun-woo was around.

Lee Jun-woo in his own way. I’ve definitely set a standard.

‘I only helped people who seemed to really need help.’

And, only those who appreciate the help. Aigis was, after all, a club activity.

One-time help was not an option, but continuous care such as extermination of monsters was impossible.

I took a quick look at the public opinion about Aegis on my smartphone.

[Are you going to help me once and then just shut up? One extermination is not enough! There are more dungeons nearby!]

[It’s all about showing off for broadcasting! If you’re going to do this, why don’t you just say it’s a hero activity!]

[You won’t help me if I don’t show up for broadcast? So disappointed haha]

There were many requesters who wanted more help that way.

Lee Jun-woo even directly dealt with such malicious requestors.

By getting scolded yourself. Sometimes he fights against them himself.

‘Ahn Yu-min… really despised Lee Jun-woo, saying he was mean to those poor people.’

Lee Jun-woo often cursed, saying he despised the weak. Not only that, but I criticized Lee Jun-woo after seeing his private life.

In any case, there were no practitioners of hero activities in the current Aigis.

Ahn Yu-min, whose sense of justice is superior only. Because Ha Ye-eun only thinks about her personal broadcast, such a thing could not have been possible.

Of course, what Junwoo Lee did at Aegis. That was just the tip of the iceberg.

Not only did he do a lot of practical work, but he also personally cared for each of the three Aegis members. Even myself, who is evaluated as having no emotions.

It would have been nice if there had been more of him.

Unfortunately, Lee Jun-woo’s mentality is… I didn’t think I would be able to endure the formal hero activities that would take place after entering the academy.

Due to lack of sleep, I was always late or absent from class.

Even during hero activities, there are a lot of cases where I get dazed due to fatigue.

‘It’s different from me. Because Lee Jun-woo is not a machine like me. If you suffer like that, it’s bound to break down.’

Song Xia quietly closed her eyes.

From a young age, she grew up emotionless like a machine at home.

The guild leader’s father was cold. A person who lived only for the benefit of the guild and family.

That’s why I always educated candidates for the family’s successor.

It seems like athletes will be sold to other teams as they get older. People who are underperforming should be boldly kicked out.

‘Lee Jun-woo…’

His skills as an operator and manager are certainly good. Basically, he is an incompetent person who cannot be called an awakened person.

In addition, Lee Jun-woo’s condition is sure to worsen in the future due to mental issues. There was no need to take him with him any longer.

So I supported deportation.

– Let’s see how well you do without me. Because you will definitely regret it.

Suddenly, I remembered what Junwoo Lee said as he left the club room.

An Yu-min and Ha Ye-eun even laughed at those words. At that time, Song Xia was silent.

Although expelling him was certainly a logical choice.

And I thought it would be better for Lee Jun-woo too. I still remember Lee Jun-woo’s distorted expression at that time.

‘It’s the first time I’ve seen Lee Jun-woo’s expression like that.’

When I think of that expression, I feel strange. But Song Xia, who was emotionless, could not understand the reason.

No, for some reason I was afraid of finding out why. So I denied that feeling.

‘It’s over anyway.’

On the other hand, Song Xia needed someone else from Aegis.

As a party, the combination of three people is pretty good. The external image was also very good.

Even Song Xia’s cold-hearted father. He praised himself for his Aegis activities. There was no need to worsen relations with the other two just to capture Lee Jun-woo.

‘maybe. ‘I guess so.’

If An Yu-min and Lee Jun-woo run into each other, trouble might arise.

So that the two never encounter each other in the future. Song Xia wrote down some numbers. It wasn’t difficult since she submitted Aigis’ recent activity report on Lee Jun-woo’s behalf.

‘Because I reached out to an employee of the administrative office. Even if it’s not Theia. If necessary, you can obtain letters of recommendation from other academies.’

And it was something I couldn’t explain to myself.

The way Lee Jun-woo looks only at Ahn Yu-min. When I see that single-mindedness, my heart has been feeling frustrated for some time.

Song Sia personally too. I thought it was dangerous to be with Lee Jun-woo.

‘…… Let’s stop. What are your thoughts on Lee Jun-woo?’

I deliberately turned my gaze towards the person whose argument seemed to never end.

She opened her mouth.

“Let’s stop the meaningless debate right there. Let’s hire a new operator. You both might write a quick report. Work keeps getting delayed.”

“New operator?”

“Yes. Because one person left. I have to pick another person.”

“Good! Then we need someone who can also work as a broadcast manager! Instead, there should never be someone who exposes women in such a dirty way like Lee Jun-woo!”

The two people eventually agreed to what Song Xia said.

But once the atmosphere of Aigis began to squeak. It didn’t calm down right away.

***

On the day of the retest.

I arrived at an exam room at Theia Academy.

Oh, there are so many people.

Since it was the same foundation anyway, the distance was close. The building sites for the high school and academy were separated.

Re-examination is for existing Theia High School graduates.

At the same time, it was also an entrance exam in which applicants from external high schools also took the test. So it takes place at an academy, not a high school.

Of course, there is also the external Awakened High School.

Students with excellent grades were already able to advance to Theia Academy through a separate selection process without an exam.

So, the test takers gathered at this test site. This means that the level is lower than that of students who have already confirmed their admission to higher education.

‘So that’s lucky for me.’

The first episode of the original game ‘Ashen City of the Full Moon’.

Ahn Yu-min, the original protagonist, also started his first quest through this retest.

Retest is a way to use your powers to hunt monsters. As it was the first quest, in normal mode, the difficulty level was easy enough to be close to an introduction to the game system.

‘But now it’s hard mode.’

When you clear the normal mode of Academy Story. The second hard mode has been opened.

The true story of the original continues through clearing hard mode. It was natural that the current reality was in hard mode.

So, I worked hard to raise An Yu-min the way I am now. The result was… my expulsion.

In any case, retesting hard mode was not easy.

In terms of difficulty, it was definitely harder than the final episode in normal mode.

‘If it were me before, it would have never been possible.’

Even though it was on hard mode, I actually cleared it to the point where it was boring and I had memorized all the patterns.

Even if I was a dead body, it was impossible with the existing garbage authority. In particular, in order to clear in first place, you had to compete with one difficult character.

But not now.

Powers gained through second awakening. The throne of the shadow mirror existed for me.

‘I’ve already obtained items that can create new powers.’

‘Holy Knight Sword with the Goddess’ Blessing’ acquired as a graduation souvenir.

Actually, it wasn’t that special of a sword.

An ordinary iron sword containing the blessings of priests of the Goddess Church. There was no significant difference from the long sword that could be purchased at a typical hunter shop.

‘The price is probably a few million won at most.’

Of course, it is a good enough item for graduates who are just becoming academy cadets.

It is common sense that high school students want to take off their high school clothes from the moment they graduate.

It’s a souvenir with the emblem of the high school and its flag written on it. In fact, many graduates of the Holy Sword Department were embarrassed to use that sword.

But that’s just the story of people who don’t know its value.

It was different for me.

‘Because of that emblem and rider, the rating has risen to a rare item.’

Just as there were no useful powers available in smartphones.

If it was an item that could be easily purchased on the market, it had no value to me.

[The level of power is affected by the rarity of the item using the skill.]

Like that description. What affects the level of power is rarity.

The prestigious Theia High School. Even there, it is an item that only graduates of the Paladin Department can obtain. This means that it is quite rare.

Moreover, perhaps because of the goddess’s blessing, the sword was very shiny even without maintenance. As expected, it was determined to be a mirror.

‘That’s why I was able to use the Mirror of Thrones.’

New powers were acquired through the Holy Knight Sword.

That power had a useful attack skill. I leveled my skills properly during the remaining period.

‘It’s enough to take first place.’

Starting from hard mode, the first place reward for that quest is very useful.

I didn’t know if I could get another item for new powers if I did well.

‘You must obtain any rewards you can obtain in the future.’

As much as I gained morale-level powers and titles.

The system warned us that we could never defy that fate.

Either revenge or destiny to become a celebrity in the underworld. First of all, it would have been difficult if the stats were at the level of an ordinary person like now.

Fortunately, the title ‘Avenger of Cold Fire’.

Due to this effect, you can earn double rewards if you play an active part in the Academy side.

When you are calmly thinking about the re-exam pattern in your head.

Suddenly someone spoke to me.

“Um… Can Group 13 wait here?”

I turned my head.

A female student with long black hair and an elegant headband was looking at me.

‘As expected, I took the retest just like the original.’

This episode’s competitor appears in the original work. And the main character who would become the core of underworld content in the future was Hana Choi.

***

There is some time left before the retest begins.

I held the sword handle tightly.

Choi Hana and I re-examined in Article 13. The two of them, a little distance apart, were each practicing.

Swoosh- Swoosh-

I felt Choi Hana’s gaze glancing at me as I was wielding the graduation paladin sword.

‘Choi Hanara.’

She is a female student that I cannot help but recognize as the deceased character in the original work.

As a mobile game, Gray City of the Full Moon lacked content at the beginning of its release.

One of the contents added through multiple season updates is ‘The Underworld of the Gray City’.

And the fact that the main character of the content was Hana Choi surprised users.

‘Originally, it felt like a boss at the beginning of the story.’

Like the current retest.

Choi Hana is a competitor in the first episode of story content. Simply put, it was a quest NPC.

However, despite all that, the character design was very good, so many people said it was disappointing. A cool beauty with long black hair couldn’t be unpopular.

Is it because they were conscious of public opinion?

Hana Choi also took on the role of the main character of one content with additional settings.

The setting is that she is the daughter of a fallen underworld boss.

Users cheered because it was a setting that matched Choi Hana’s appearance very well.

‘But after going through all that, the difficulty level of the content was too difficult.’

And Choi Hanado, who was newly released as a limited gacha. There were many comments that it was difficult to use in practice compared to its 4-star rating.

Unlike Song Si or Ha Ye-eun, Human Rights Cane is easy to use even for newbies.

Choi Hana was very difficult to nurture.

However, as a top ranker, I always added Choi Hana to my pvp content deck. This means that he is more confident in helping Hana Choi grow than anyone else.

Even though I was hoping for An Yumin. Even though we graduated from the same high school, in the current reality, I had no contact with her at all.

The future was different.

Hidden title ‘Unknown’.

Because of his destiny to reign at the top of the underworld. I will definitely get involved with Choi Hana.

However, she was born with a lot of caution, and in keeping with her appearance, she was the type of person who built a complete wall around men.

Ha, now that I think about it, I have a bad reputation among girls at Theia High School.

Although it was all a misunderstanding.

Anyway, it’s essential to be with her from now on. It didn’t seem like it would be easy to become friends. We definitely had to get closer.

‘Well, I can’t give up first place this time.’

Anyway, in the original, first place went to An Yu-min. There will be no problem if I take first place.

I focused.

It was time to finally use the power that I had, in the re-exam.

Graduation Paladin Sword. The power created by that sword was manifested in my body.

That moment. Choi Hana’s eyes, who were still looking at me, changed.