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Seraphina, who was observing the entrance mock competition, smiled happily as she looked at the green freshmen.

For her, who has always had an overflowing desire for talent, the academy’s entrance ceremony was an opportunity to see the twinkling stars with her own eyes and a filter that filtered out the chaff.

No matter how detailed the reports were, Seraphina, who had a great eye for talent, always preferred to see them for herself. As far as talent-related information coming from the intelligence department under her, she always concluded the agenda by personally viewing it.

In that sense, the entrance mock competition had the same meaning as a party banquet for her.

‘Is the author Ian Tigris Linebarrel?’

A gentle-looking man with unusual black hair came into the sight of Seraphina, who was sitting in the VIP section.

Although his physique was not bulky, he was sturdy and seemed to be quite disciplined, and his soft eyes and round facial features had a charm that made people like him.

In fact, it wasn’t that strange that most of the people looking at him were women.

However, what Seraphina saw was his general information rather than his appearance.

The Count Linebarrel family was well-respected among the people of the territory, and the wealth they had accumulated was so rich that it was one of the wealthiest in the empire.

In particular, the special products from the territory owned by Linebarrel consisted of items created with brilliant wit by the outstanding talents of their family. A lot of new products that had not been seen anywhere else were produced in their territories, leading the trends of aristocratic society and commoners.

In the Linebarrel family, which had such technological prowess and wealth, there was a person born with a different talent than before, and that was Ian Tigris Linebarrel.

He showed exceptional skills in swordsmanship and military science from a young age, and was known to be particularly gifted with giant weapons.

Seraphina’s intelligence department had already identified Ian as their top recruit target as he had already awakened the Giant God Soldier-related characteristic skills.

What is the characteristic skill?

It was an area of talent given by God that was not allowed to ordinary people, and even if it was allowed, there were many cases in which people would die without being able to awaken for the rest of their lives if heavenly fortune did not reach them and find out the conditions for awakening.

The man who broke these few conditions and acquired characteristic skills from a young age was a man named Ian Tigris Linebarrel.

By combining Ian’s talent with the wealth of the Linebarrel family, he had already grown to a level comparable to that of an apprentice knight, and was evaluated as a candidate for the next knight position.

In addition, as he was a successor loved by the people of the territory, he was chosen as the number one choice for recruiting talent for Seraphina.

‘by the way.’

After Marquis Lucas’ speech, the full-scale entrance mock competition began and the selection of commander cadets began.

Seraphina was having fun guessing who would be the first to apply for the position of commander. She expected that there would be a search for each other since it was a seat, but her expectations were spectacularly wrong.

“I will do it.”

He’s about 190cm tall and has flowing blonde hair. Her ears are gold-colored piercings that are unbelievably noble, and her eyes are as red as an apple.

A man with massive muscles, visible even through his cadet uniform, jumped up from his seat without delay.

Seraphina looked with interest at the man who confidently stepped forward as if there was no need for even an exploratory battle. Someone did it, but it was Gilbert the Lionheart, whom I had already met once.

“Isn’t it fun?”

“Your Majesty. God was so foolish that he did not understand what he was saying.”

“Yannick. It must have been said that that title was prohibited within the academy.”

“Sorry. Seraphina.”

The man named Yannick immediately straightened his posture and bowed.

Seraphina waved her hand at Yannick’s appearance and asked Yannick the question she had asked again.

“What kind of man do you think Gilbert Lionheart is?”

“I think he is a disrespectful, dishonorable, and lousy man.”

“Disrespectful, dishonorable, and unseemly. Is it..”

Yannick tried to say something more, but swallowed back what he was trying to say as he looked at Serafina who was lost in thought.

She thought over what her escort, Yannick, said a few more times. That was the public’s opinion of a man named Gilbert.

You heretic, you have no honor, no manners, and bad character.

Before seeing him in person, Seraphina also had the same thoughts as them. I still haven’t given up on that thought, and I thought of him as a cancerous entity that wasn’t even on the list of recruits and should be cut out first.

Suddenly, the image of Gilbert I saw in the fitness room a few days before the entrance ceremony came to mind.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that his body was perfected to the extreme. I had a small doubt that if he was a spoiled idiot like the world knew, would it make sense for him to have such a body?

Is he really an irredeemable piece of trash who was training to the point of overexertion in a physical training room where no one was there and no one would visit?

It started with such a small question, and it is still an ongoing difficult problem. Considering that the margin of error in the information collected by the intelligence department was about 5%, it was correct to say that most of the reports she received were true.

But her eyes and her intuition kept telling her that there was something about Gilbert. That was the reason why I decided to wait a little longer and wait.

Serafina’s eyes rested for a long time on Gilbert, who had been appointed commander and was standing to one side.

The entrance mock battle progressed quickly after Gilbert volunteered as commander. After the next three commander positions were filled, random team assignment was made, and the operation began in earnest after a short period of time.

Serafina saw the unusual combination of three teams and predicted the elimination of the first team, which was the target of the combined team.

Rather than a matter of foresight, the conditions for the first team were too unfavorable to overcome the numerical inferiority. In order to overcome the situation, there had to be at least one thing that was better than the coalition team, but in Seraphina’s judgment, there was nothing like that in the first team.

Of course, until Gilbert encounters the Alliance team’s vanguard.

“Yannick. How did you see it?”

“… Even though I saw it with my own eyes, I still can’t believe that the author is really Gilbert Lionheart.”

“What is it like?”

“A way to overcome numerical inferiority. That was no ordinary skill. Aside from his operational skills, I think his strength is that he is calm enough to be scary.”

“Sounds like it’s worth watching a little more.”

“In my opinion, we need to wait and see.”

Seraphina nodded inwardly at Yannick’s assessment. Although his piloting skills were amazing, the people he was dealing with were inexperienced.

Of course, if there was such a difference in numbers, it was definitely an amazing achievement, not only because of inexperience, but because only a small number of people could not withstand the battle of quantity.

It was by no means easy to strike only fatal blows with an iron sword through the necessary movements. However, what Seraphina and Yannick noticed, like Angelina, the first team’s deputy, was focused on her composure.

One might have been intoxicated by the overwhelming victory, but the sight of him returning immediately after clearing the battlefield showed the appearance of a thoroughly thorough commander preparing for the next battle.

That’s what it means to be worth watching.

After one clash, there was a brief lull as strategy meetings and strategies were busy. It was the opposite of what had been predicted that a fast-paced mock battle would proceed after one team was eliminated due to the alliance of the first three teams.

“Yannick. What do you think about future developments?”

“In Shin’s opinion, the first team seems to be the key.”

“Is it because of Gilbert Lion Heart?”

“That’s right. He has already accomplished the feat of blocking the combined team’s vanguard almost single-handedly. In that case, I think each team’s thoughts have no choice but to become chaotic in order to prevent the wastage of troops.”

“It is a straightforward theory. It is no exaggeration to say that the first team already holds the sword. There may be a way to attack one team again, but considering the following, you will need to preserve your troops. Inevitably, there will be a power leak.”

Seraphina and Yannick accurately judged the aspects of the mock battle and exchanged opinions. Eventually, a meeting between the 4th team and the 1st team was seen, and it seemed like a pretty interesting outcome.

As a result, the 3 to 1 structure became a 2 to 2 structure.

Seraphina couldn’t help but praise Gilbert, who completely shook up the mock battle and created a new one. The man was holding in his hand something he needed to get out of the situation.

The 1st team formed an alliance with the 4th team and attacked the base where the 2nd team’s Ian Tigris Line Barrel was located. A melee began, and there was some level of preparation, as if an alliance between the two teams was expected.

Seraphina looked at Ian here. I wondered if he, like Gilbert, held the key to overcoming this difficulty.

Soon, a melee between the three teams unfolded. The giant god soldier and the giant god soldier were intertwined, and the iron sword tore through the air.

Among them, Ian’s performance was more outstanding than Gilbert’s. Rather, he was showing off his more flexible piloting skills than Gilbert, who was blocking the three teams’ vanguard.

In the end, it was first team leader Gilbert who had to stop him, and the two clashed spectacularly. Amidst the fierce battle of one advance and one retreat, Seraphina applauded the two brightly shining talents.

The decisive battle intensified as the play heated up, and finally the decisive move came from Gilbert.

“Ha, hahaha!”

Seraphina burst into laughter when she saw Gilbert demonstrating an evasive maneuver through back tumbling. Even Yannick, who normally would have tried to stop him from being frivolous, just stared at Gilbert’s giant soldier in astonishment.

“Isn’t he really a man who makes women happy? Yannick, I ask you, do you think that the man who is known to have boarded the Colossus for the first time can demonstrate such three-dimensional maneuver?”

“In God’s eyes, there is nothing.”

“In that case, I will ask you again. Should we say that he has deceived our eyes and secretly developed his skills? Otherwise, should it be considered an innate talent?”

Yannick was unable to give any answer to Seraphina’s sharp question. No matter how talented you were, it would have been difficult to pull off such a maneuver in just a few hours.

However, to answer that he has developed his skills by deceiving the intelligence department would be to doubt the intelligence department’s incompetence or the true intentions of the Hart family.

I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut due to the embarrassment of not being able to choose any response, and I thought I would endure anything Seraphina said.

However, Seraphina did not ask Yannick a question to get an answer. Although I asked Yannick a question, it was a question I asked myself.

She also had the same thoughts as Yannick. Still, if she had to give an answer, she would bet on the latter.

She was fully aware of the fact that her intelligence department was capable, and she also did not want to suspect the Hart family, which was a strong imperial faction.

So, I decided to think of it as an innate talent that had nothing to do with her situation.

The entrance mock competition entered another phase due to the elimination of one team, and it was the moment when the name Gilbert Lionheart was deeply engraved in the heart of Seraphina, the embodiment of greed for talent.