episode_0028

Virtual gate simulation field.

Now, the academy’s quarterly evaluations for classes 4 to 11 are in full swing.

Everyone sitting in the audience had their mouths open as if they had made a promise.

However, as if the mouth was not opened to speak, not a single person among the hundreds of people made a sound.

A frightening silence, and a correspondingly heavy, sinking atmosphere.

Just recently, something incredible happened on the field in a short period of less than five minutes.

People who couldn’t believe what they saw with their own eyes were so shocked that they didn’t even know their mouths were open, so they just blinked.

A healer who runs like a bull looking only ahead, and a swordsman who cuts down all the goblins running in front, beside, and behind her with a single sword.

Most of them failed to even follow his movements with their eyes.

Like virtual monsters made into three-dimensional data, aren’t the swordsman’s movements just a virtual thing shown through computer graphics?

Wasn’t it too abnormally fast and smooth to be a human movement?

Even though I saw them right in front of me, I couldn’t believe them.

“11 classes?”

Barely, just barely, someone breaks the silence.

“What is that…”

“What did you see now”

As if an infectious disease were spreading, the murmur spread throughout the audience.

“What was that just now?”

“I don’t know…what skill is it?”

“Didn’t you feel the magical power?”

“No, it just comes out weakly once in a while”

Ji-hoon made Soo-young run only looking ahead, following her movements and cutting down all the goblins running in from all directions, clearing the path in front of her.

I literally wiped out over 200 goblins, including the ones pouring in from different directions.

Jihoon walked in a large circle with running swimming as the focal point.

In every space he passed by, the heads of the virtual goblins fell off and they fell down repeatedly.

“Ji…Jihoon…”

“Huh?”

Sooyoung can’t say anything even when called.

What should I ask?

Did you do this?

Isn’t this such a stupid question?

Sooyoung struggles to swallow the words that are on the tip of her tongue and Jihoon looks around.

There are still half of the goblins left, rushing towards the two from all directions.

“Do you remember what I said earlier?”

“Uh…huh?”

Sooyoung can’t even react like a crazy person.

“You said that every time I ask you to heal, all you have to do is use a skill. I need to come to my senses, right?”

“Uh…huh? Oh right! Yes, I understand!”

The tests are not all over yet. Can’t you tell just by looking at the crowd of goblins running towards you?

Although swimming is just data, I feel fear when I see the goblins rushing at me with fierce force.

Swimming involves focusing your mind and maximizing your body’s magical power.

Be prepared to cast the healing skill at any time.

Jihoon smiles when he sees that Sooyoung’s eyes have returned.

“Now, let’s begin?”

“Yes, I’m ready”

Jihoon’s new brother, who was right next to him, disappears like smoke.

“Heel!!”

Ji-hoon’s voice is heard among the goblin group far away.

“Uh..huh?”

I barely move my gaze after him, who is so fast, and cast a healing skill at him.

“Heel!!”

When did it come to the back?

When I turn to the back, I see Ji-hoon among the goblins losing their heads and falling down.

Sooyoung sends heel again.

“Heel!!”

left

“Heel!!”

right

Sooyoung was frantically turning her body here and there, following Jihoon’s voice, throwing skills.

Literally without even thinking, I just threw my skill in the direction of the sound.

Bleep-

Before you know it, the few goblins left stand tall.

Sooyoung, who was about to throw a skill without thinking, turns her head and looks at the large screen.

Elapsed time: 08 minutes 51 seconds

King Goblin: 0/1

Goblin: 37/500

Ji-hoon, who swings his sword and stops in the air after seeing the state of the goblins, trudges towards Su-young.

“Why…why do you do that? Is there an error?”

Sooyoung asks as she sees Jihoon walking towards her.

“Well…it’s all over, so why stop?”

Jihoon also had a questioning expression.

It was then.

The speakers crackle and an announcement begins.

“Kang Ji-hoon’s team cleared. Clear time 08 minutes 51 seconds”

Ji-hoon’s sword, which was cutting down goblins at random, cut off the king goblin’s neck with a single cut, ending the test.

There was only silence in the field’s audience, just like before.

The people who were chatting so hard became speechless again after less than five minutes.

“Uh…I guess it’s over? That bigger and faster guy is the boss mob, so I guess I caught him and it was over.”

“Did you catch the king goblin at once?”

“Hmm…well, it was almost the same as the rest. If I had known this would happen, I would have caught that guy first.”

How similar are regular goblins and king goblins?

Suyeong looks at Jihoon’s calm expression and sees the King Goblin’s body far away.

Then he looked around and saw the corpses of other goblins.

‘Ah… it’s similar’

Clean cutting surface.

The goblins’ corpses and the king goblin’s corpse had the same cut surface.

“It’s a single knife anyway…?”

“Yes. Let’s go out. First of all, I think you enjoyed the first part pretty well, right?”

“Ugh…Ugh”

As Ji-hoon walks towards the field exit, Soo-young with a confused expression follows behind him.

Even after the two left the field and went outside, the silence continued for a while.

Cadets and professors can’t believe what has happened.

However, the officials who had been dispatched from the guild to observe the quarterly evaluation quietly watched and quickly left their seats.

***

“That friend…is the friend Professor Jin was talking about, right?”

VIP room located on the top floor with a panoramic view of the field

Chairman Song Yoo-kyung, who was watching the quarterly evaluation, quietly asks Jin Seok-hyeon next to her.

“Yes…that’s right.”

“Professor Jin…did you know?”

“Yes…that’s why I asked the chairman to observe the quarterly evaluation.”

Although Professor Jin felt uncomfortable inside, he was able to speak confidently.

I didn’t know to what extent, but I definitely felt that something had changed.

It was he who suggested observing the quarterly evaluation.

The chairman cannot deny that he has fully fulfilled his role as a professor.

“If that’s the case… shouldn’t it have been reported earlier and more accurately?”

Song Yu-kyung’s fierce eyes.

“A little more confirmation was needed.”

“Confirmation…confirmation…that friend doesn’t seem to hide himself or care about what others are paying attention to, right?”

“Well…well…before that, he was just causing trouble-”

“Please bring all files related to Cadet Jihoon Kang directly to the Director’s Office by today. Directly.”

“Yes, I understand…”

“Oh and ”

Song Yu-kyung catches Professor Jin again as he tries to leave.

“How do you evaluate that healer friend?”

“Yes?”

“That healer.”

“Of course…you have to give the highest score in the first evaluation. Both team scores and individual scores. By using the correct healing skill at the right time and place, we achieved maximum efficiency in battle.”

“…Okay. Let’s go now.”

Chairman Song Yoo-kyung looks at the back of Jin Seok-hyeon as he closes the door and leaves.

She could clearly see it in the test a moment ago.

Jihoon, who was cutting down goblins like crazy, allowed the goblins to attack once every time he cut down exactly 10 goblins.

At first, slightly on the left arm.

Then lightly on the right leg.

He was slightly grazed by all the attacks.

It’s like giving the healer something to do.

“Is it correct to say that this was good teamwork?…”

Song Yu-kyung’s eyes lower and she quickly falls into deep thoughts.

It’s a situation where it’s hard to like it, but it’s also difficult to judge that a problem has arisen.

First of all, the first thing to do was to find out about a cadet named Kang Ji-hoon.

***

“This is Seong Han-young, team leader of Hera Guild. Please talk to me for a moment-”

“This is Team Leader Kim Taek-hoon of Jeong-a Guild. I’ll give you my business card first – oh, don’t push it”

“– Guild’s… Hey guys, what kind of market is this? Please follow the order!!”

Jihoon and Suyeong, who had left the field early and were moving out of the building, were met with a barrage of business cards from guild officials and found themselves unable to move.

“Since when did Hera become interested in class 11!!”

“You’re sitting there talking to other people! You said you were on the 11th class team so you didn’t have to watch and went out to smoke!”

“No, what does it matter to you when I smoke!”

The guild officials eagerly inserted their business cards and soon began shouting and fighting among themselves.

“No… guys… get out of the way, we have to go eat…”

Jihoon pushes them away with a troubled look and pulls Suyeong along.

“No, don’t do that, just give me your business card…if you contact me here…”

“Sleep!!!”

A loud voice echoing from behind catches the attention of guild officials.

“Everyone, get out of the way.”

Ares Guild’s team leader Yu Hong-man. The representative tanker of the Ares Guild approaches Jihoon with a friendly smile.

“Hunter Jihoon Kang. The CEO sent us a precious car that he bought while on a business trip to China. Even so, he really wanted to cheer us on by joining us for today’s exam…”

“No, some kind of large guild representative is posting this to cheer on the quarterly evaluation!! And I told you to stop sending cars. Now the car is biting!”

Team leader Yoo Hong-man smiles and offers the tea. In his hand, which was not holding the car, was the placard from earlier rolled up.

A B-class hunter comes to the academy to install a placard? Are you a local handyman?

Jihoon, dumbfounded, launches a light attack to quickly escape the spot.