episode_0028

A spring day in full swing, with all the cold weather gone.

The weather continued to be warm, but sometimes felt hot.

Perhaps it was an aftereffect of global warming, but in some ways it seemed like summer had quickly arrived. Although I haven’t seen it yet, I heard from other people that there are already mosquitoes flying around.

Mosquitoes in mid-April. Isn’t this truly a surprise?

And in the academy gym that April… .

Puck─

“Augh!”

“Student. Are you thinking about other things during training?”

Han Sejun frowned and looked up at the face of the instructor who had hit his solar plexus.

When my diaphragm was hit, my back automatically bent and it was difficult to breathe.

Tears started to form automatically, so he quickly ran his hands around his eyes.

“If the thing standing in front of the student right now was a monster, the student would already be dead!”

“… Yes, I understand, instructor.”

I apologized politely. Because it was true that I was distracted during sparring training.

It was a sparring match, but it was more like a one-sided attack from only one side. Attacks by students were not permitted, and the training was to unilaterally avoid attacks.

The attack power of monsters is unrivaled. Even low-level monsters can easily cut through thin steel plates and cause great damage to thick armor plates.

Therefore, since defense against monsters is not a highly recommended method, training is focused on avoidance rather than blocking.

Although it is possible to defend with a weapon loaded with mana, it is not always possible to store mana in the weapon.

“I’m going again. If you turn a blind eye this time, you’ll be severely scolded. Be prepared.”

Sejun Han bowed his head in response to the warning from the instructor wearing a red hat.

There was a rumor that the instructors were martial arts masters invited by GDO from all over the world, and it appears that this was not a lie. There was sharpness in every movement.

Although he was not a person with special abilities, he was no different from an awakened person as his physical abilities were supported by some kind of artifact. No, it felt much stronger.

Han Sejun instinctively turned his face to the right as he saw the light coming from the bracelet the instructor was wearing.

Soon, the instructor’s fist passed by in the original position and the wind pressure sharply grazed his cheek.

“Tch.”

Click your tongue?

Han Sejun felt a little angry at the instructor who clicked his tongue as if he was disappointed that he had dodged his first attack.

However, before he could get angry, the instructor’s kick grazed Han Se-jun’s chest and split the zipper handle of his gym uniform.

The instructor’s movements were very large, as if he was imitating the monsters’ actions. If you watch from the side, it’s a fight where you just swing your arms and legs recklessly.

However, Han Se-jun, who stands in front of him and is attacked by the instructor, knows.

‘It’s not a joke.’

The red hat in front of me is deliberately not hitting me. The movements are large, but each one is mixed with sharpness and moves like a snake.

As if imitating the slasher’s movements, it rushes towards him in a curve like a sidearm pitcher’s right hand rather than a straight fist.

The attack is fast and powerful enough to be compared to a professional boxer’s straight punch.

“Qu!”

I lowered my head and avoided his fist. The shining bracelet-shaped artifact on his wrist keeps stealing my attention.

He was momentarily distracted by the sight of a light stick being waved left and right.

“Augh!”

A powerful kick hit him in the abdomen again. An unusually fast front kick from an instructor who always used large roundhouse kicks.

A muffled groan escaped my lips as the pain shook my insides, and I fell to the floor of the gym with both hands covering the injured area.

“Student Sejun Han. Why can’t I concentrate like this? Do you think it’s funny that I’m dealing with you now?”

“Aww… Ugh… .”

“Don’t be harsh. I deliberately relaxed my strength at the moment of hitting and kicked. Circulate mana through your body and the pain will disappear in about 5 minutes.”

The instructor glared at him. The cap-shaped hat was worn so tightly that the shadows around the eyes appeared and gave off a feeling of great intimidation.

If you press down that deeply, it will actually hinder your vision. Does this mean that an attack like this can still be carried out?

“You’re having trouble concentrating. There’s no point in continuing, so just go to the side and rest. Next time you see something like this again, it won’t end like it did now.”

“Yes, sorry, instructor.”

Holding my sore stomach, I walked to the side of the gym and sat down on a reinforced plastic chair.

Currently, in the center of the gym, 10 instructors were each doing evasion training with their students. I see another student entering the seat I just left.

A curved fist imitating the swing of a slasher’s claws, a kick with a snap that imitates Moss’ tentacles, etc.

Instructors learn the movements of monsters and implement movements similar to theirs.

It can’t be considered a martial art, it’s just swings and kicks that are close to fighting, so why is it so sharp?

A female student who had just taken his place was seen falling down with a small scream after being hit by the instructor’s roundhouse kick.

It’s just a personal opinion, but I think the instructor may have been a bit proactive.

While thinking about this and that, Han Sejun manifested his supernatural ability in his hand and rubbed his abdomen.

A roaring flame tickled his abdomen and he felt his abdomen becoming as hard as steel.

I don’t have a six pack yet, but wouldn’t my stomach be much stronger than the muscular abdomen of most bodybuilders? If you hit it with a sledgehammer, it will probably make a clanging sound.

‘I’ve come to think of it now, but I think my ability is really useful.’

His special ability is to release magical power. Releases magical energy to strengthen the body or other objects. A GDO employee had previously said that it was a really useful advanced ability.

In a strengthened body, pain disappears unless there is a laceration or bleeding. Probably, now that he has immediately manifested his supernatural ability, there will be no need for bruises or anything like that.

While rubbing my stomach, my hand reached the zipper of my gym clothes.

‘Oh my god, the zipper is broken.’

Is there a place in Ellada to get clothes repaired? When I have time, I’ll have to take a look around the shopping district. Or just buy another pair.

Academy students receive a certain amount of activity funding every quarter. It wasn’t a lot of money, but there was still no reason to give up on buying groceries like in the past.

To put it bluntly, I am wealthy enough to be able to go to a restaurant in a shopping district and slice a steak about once a week. It’s like gym clothes or something.

As I was looking at the gym clothes for a moment, I saw the girl who entered after me come back this way with a tearful expression on her face, and a female student with long hair leave.

‘That kid.’

Now that I think about it, it’s that kid. There was no particular contact, and he had not spoken to her first, so they had never spoken to each other, but Han Se-jun knew her.

Yoon Sia. She is one of the three Koreans in the first class of Elada.

I don’t really have any intention of creating something like a Korean community in Ellada, but it was true that I was a little interested in the fact that fellow Koreans were together in a place full of foreigners.

Still, she was the one about whom there were not very good rumors.

It doesn’t seem like he’s particularly trying to make friends, and he tends to ignore even when you talk to him. She was a dark girl whose thoughts were always unknown.

Because she had a pretty face, there were quite a few people who approached her in the beginning, but these days, no one approaches her.

The reason may be… .

“eup.”

As soon as she started, she was thrown about a meter by the instructor’s fist and fell down. He stands up again with a frown, but is immediately kicked and falls down again.

okay. The biggest problem is that she is so weak. He can’t handle mana yet, his physical abilities are messed up, and he’s a super-talented incompetent.

Since he has awakened, he may be better than ordinary people, but his skills are still very lacking in Ellada, where superhumans gather.

Even though Ellada had the appearance of a school, he knew that it was a place to raise psykers who would fight against monsters.

In a place where strength is revered, it is difficult for the weak to be treated well. I also heard that she will probably be the first to be expelled.

─Ha. That girl is doing that again. Aren’t incompetent people embarrassed?

─Haha, if it were me, I would have dropped out because I was embarrassed. is not it?

─Now that I think about it, it’s a bit funny, Samuel. You haven’t made a mana hole yet, right?

─Ah… no! Still, I can control mana! Dean Northmund also said that it would soon be possible to create a mana hole. I’m different from that incompetent trash woman!

A giggling sound can be heard mocking her. Han Sejun clenched his fists.

The intensity is getting worse these days. At first, it was just a passing joke or two behind the scenes, but now they are openly heckling me so I can listen to them.

Don’t do that. You guys should take care of yourself. I wanted to talk, but it seemed a bit presumptuous, so I couldn’t do anything.

Yoon Shia completely ignores her as if she doesn’t have the slightest interest, so isn’t it possible for her to be the first to come forward?

“Is it okay for a moment?”

At the sound coming from behind his shoulder, Han Sejun looked around to see the owner of the voice.

The main character is Jang A-hyeon. Standing next to him was a girl with a unique hime-cut hairstyle.