episode_0055

“So what are GDO’s exact demands? Are you asking me to explain that?”

It seemed difficult to hide it since it was captured on Sasaeng fans’ cameras and spread all over the world.

It was going to be revealed later anyway, but I didn’t want to reveal it now.

“Isn’t that up to the dean’s opinion? Even if they reveal the truth, I think it would be difficult for them to do anything about the dean.”

“I guess so… .”

She says with a faint smile, as if she felt my heavy sighs sticking to the floor.

Was I trying to be serious on my own? Her voice rings brightly and lightly as she answers.

“I’m not sure if what you brought is an artifact or something, but as of now, the only one who knows how to use it is the Dean.”

“Yes.”

“In that case, do whatever the dean wants. Whether they lie about the purpose or claim ownership after clearly stating the purpose, they will not dare to reject the dean’s words.”

Of course, there must be an explanation related to the video content. She adds and laughs.

She’s right. Although I was nominally a member of GDO, it was difficult for them to control me directly.

A cooperative relationship, not a vertical relationship. Moreover, with the royalties received after providing information on magic engineering, the financial resources are not that lacking.

As I watched Helen sweep her slightly wavy blonde hair behind her ear, I felt like the distance between me and her had become one step closer.

“So what on earth is this snowball-like bead? It looks like a round terrarium. There is a black energy circulating inside. Can’t you tell me? Of course I will keep your secret.”

“This is so… .”

As I was about to tell the story, I thought about something and closed my mouth.

This crystal ball is called the Eye of Vermouth, and although it is an enormous magical power in itself, its biggest feature is that it can be used to raise the level of an awakened person by one level or more.

In the original work, trading was strictly prohibited as it was an item that could not be obtained even with money.

“… It was an item that functioned as the core of the dungeon, and I brought it because it seemed like it could temporarily grant mana to ordinary people.”

“Yes? What?”

Helen suddenly shows interest in what I say. When I heard that it could grant mana, I quickly put down my tea cup and started staring at the crystal ball.

Although she didn’t say it out loud, everyone knows that she secretly envies those who have awakened special abilities. Her surprised heart was conveyed and she smiled bitterly.

“It’s unfortunate for you, but you’ll remember that I said before that if an ordinary person stays in a mana-oversaturated space for a long time, their body will destroy itself. Likewise, if a non-awakened person uses this crystal ball, their body will age rapidly. Or die soon.”

“… Ah.”

A truly pitiful exclamation flowed from her red lips.

Although you can use this ability by receiving mana, it is meaningless as you will age quickly. Also, isn’t the ability temporary and not permanent?

She bit her lip a little, and as if she had composed her mind, she returned to her light tone and asked me back.

“I see. So, can we classify it as an artifact? What should the registration name be?”

“Um… .”

It couldn’t be said to be Vermouth’s eyes as in the original. It was named that way because it was the first thing William Vermouth discovered after clearing the dungeon.

Judging by his age, William Vermouth is probably around an elementary school student. Mana would not have been awakened either.

“… I didn’t really have a name in mind.”

“Is that so? Then you must be the first to discover it. The name is Elm’s Crystal Ball? I think it would be a good idea to do it to that extent. Do you like it?”

“I refuse. There is no reason to put my name on it.”

“A. It is natural that it is named after the original discoverer. It’s the first dungeon artifact in Earth’s history, so its name must be included! If you don’t like the crystal ball, try the Elm Eye? Elm’s Terrarium? Elm’s Snowball? If it’s like this─”

“Stop!”

conflict! Not giving up on my words, ” Of course, the crystal ball is the best, right? ” Looking at her with a bright smile, I let out a deep sigh once again.

It might have been better to just say it was vermouth’s eyes. Couldn’t it have been said that it was an artifact that was also found in Grandis?

Of course, looking at Helen’s condition, I think it’s a bit too late to make corrections now.

“The dean will claim ownership. From what I’ve heard, it seems like it’s a somewhat dangerous artifact, so it would be best for the Dean to manage it. Then you can roughly say that to the organization.”

“Can I keep this artifact? ”

“You can do that, but wouldn’t it be better to send it to the organization and explain it? Now that it has spread so much through NewTube videos, it will be necessary to explain what a dungeon is.”

Tsk. He clicked his tongue.

Well, it’s true that I do it as I please.

As a matter of fact, this is an item from a dungeon, so just know that I’ll keep it. It would be too shameless to say that.

After thinking about it, I nodded slightly. Helen, seeing this, lifted her teacup again and smiled.

*

“The one that is considered to be the most difficult among high-level monsters is the Corruptor. This monster’s main body’s abilities are so weak that even low-level monsters are inferior to Toad. But the scariest thing is not the power of its true body… ”

Sejun Han was sitting in the classroom, staring blankly at the blackboard.

Dean Northmund was lecturing in front of him, but he couldn’t really concentrate on it.

He was the dean who punished students who misbehaved with him by punishing him with penalty points, but he is not calling Sejun’s name right now.

Yes. Sejun had recently learned how to do something else to avoid the attention of the dean.

If he were to remain blank or look the other way, he would be cut down mercilessly by the dean’s sharp criticism, so it can be seen as a skill he acquired for survival.

An incredible survival skill that allows you to stare ahead, move your pupils according to the professor’s movements, and think about other things in your head.

It was his survival method to survive boring classes.

“… This guy is a conceptual monster. Unlike normal-type monsters and dark-type monsters, it activates the moment its presence is recognized, and spreads in all directions in a conceptual form rather than a physical spread.”

Sejun was looking into the pencil case, pretending to take notes as instructed by the dean.

It was a large pencil case made of cloth, but it did not contain a few writing instruments that did not fit its size. And what was in it was his cell phone.

A text message arrives on a smartphone that has been set to silent, and the content is displayed on the screen.

[Senior, I’ll be finished in a little while, so let’s have a beer at Brown Bear in the shopping district later. Ah, are you listening to the lecture right now??]

He was Choi Byeong-gi, a junior who was designated as a mentor. Han Se-jun was designated as his mentor when he joined Elada as a second-generation student.

A mentor system that suddenly emerged. If you listen to what the instructor says, it is said that it is to stimulate each other’s growth motivation, but… Rather, it was just annoying and annoying.

There are a total of 36 people in the 2nd generation. The number of people who have awakened worldwide in half a year is 36, and the top 36 members of the first generation have been designated as their 1:1 mentors.

Se-jun, who was tired of answering Byeong-gi’s text, pretended to touch his pencil case to take out a writing utensil, took two pictures and sent them.

[yep]

[Oh, are you going to drink beer? Really? So what time would be good? About 8:30 today. After dinner, night training ends at approximately 8 o’clock.]

[ㅂㅅ]

It was an ㅇㅇ message meant to mean that he was listening to a lecture, but the junior seemed to understand it in a different way.

It was so absurd that the expression I had maintained on the outside almost broke. The dean’s gaze seemed to pass by him for a moment, but he didn’t say anything.

Fortunately, I don’t think he thought he was doing anything else.

“It doesn’t cause much damage to awakened people, but the reason why this guy is designated as a higher level is because of his viciousness towards ordinary people. This is because when the presence of the Corruptor is recognized, it is activated immediately and causes the person involved to go crazy. If another person discovers a person who has become a host for the Corruptor, that person will also turn into a host.”

Choi Byeong-gi Does this guy still get drunk even after sweating profusely and rolling around like crazy until 8 o’clock?

As Han Se-jun himself experienced, Elada’s first semester was truly hell. Every day I was so exhausted that I collapsed and fell asleep, and the fatigue did not go away the next morning.

[I’m not going]

Choi Byeong-gi’s ability is a special type of aerial flight. They say I woke up thinking I wanted to fly in the sky… .

I wasn’t an elementary school student, and even though I was that age, I still thought I wanted to fly above the clouds, so I wasn’t a normal person.

“… Therefore, if an outbreak occurs, the damage will increase exponentially. Although a mental awakener can restore the hosts to their original state, the best way is to kill the monster’s original form. Keep in mind, the Corruptor is truly a monster that can cause devastating damage to humanity.”

[Wow! I was rejected again ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Senior, then please introduce me to Yoon Shia sunbae. Please, she is my ideal type.]

What a ridiculous guy. What about the Academy’s most impregnable woman… .

They say you shouldn’t look at a tree you can’t climb, but the person he fell in love with was not at the level of a tree, but someone who was already out of the atmosphere.

‘If you think about it… .’

If there was a person who made the greatest progress after awakening Mana, it was her.

She, who was in last place at the academy in her first semester and would have been second, has changed tremendously in the past few months.

He recalled the sparring he had with her a few days ago.

─Bang!

She slammed into the wall where Sejun was standing. Those are definitely white, slender, pretty hands.

That fist, as if it had some kind of meat added to it, was filled with such vicious power that it cracked the thick wall of the gymnasium.

The shocked instructor stopped the sparring between her and Sejun, and only then did Sejun shake off his pounding heart.

If Sejun had not quickly turned his head to avoid her fist, his head would have been crushed like a crushed tomato.

Just thinking about it still gives me goosebumps.

[Oh why! You’re not the owner yet. Please give me some legs!!]

[ㄱㅈ]

[? What are you talking about? potato? Go, right? let’s go? Oh, you said you would do it hahahahahaha wow thank you hahaha I’ll buy you a drink]

[ㄲㅈ]

[ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

Since I was in the middle of a lecture, I couldn’t type properly, so I bit my lip because the guy kept bugging me about my typos.

Sejun looked at her in the front row.

Since I was sitting last, I could see her back. Her trademark long black hair.

To be honest, it used to be nothing more than dog hair, but thanks to how I managed it, it is now shiny and shiny. The fluorescent light from the ceiling reflects off her ebony hair and shines.

And two large horns.

She had been growing horns for some time now. However, it was a different type of horn than Dean Northmund’s.

Unlike Dean Northmund’s, which soared high above her head, her horns were thicker and seemed to extend forward.

Oh yeah. It is similar in shape to the Northmund statue in the central hall of the main building.

‘Yonghwa(龍化)’

Han Se-jun pondered her nickname once again. It’s a permanent superpower that makes it seem like you’re turning into a dragon like Dean Northmund.

So are there two dragons in the world?

Of course, unlike the Dean, she couldn’t use magic at all, but her physical abilities were truly vicious.

“… .”

Now that I think about it, Dean Northmund has been quiet since some time.

The classroom was filled with silence as the person who was the only source of sound in the classroom, except for the sound of textbook pages turning or the ticking of a ballpoint pen, fell silent.

However, Sejun, who was preoccupied with his mentor’s junior text message, did not notice that the dean’s voice could not be heard from the lecture hall, which was a great tragedy.

[Oh, please, please hahahahahahaha

[I’d like to introduce you to my older sister. She’s not an awakened person, she’s short, she’s not pretty, and she’s overweight, but if a senior is interested, I’ll introduce her to you haha]

[Sejun senior!!!!!!!!!!]

“Han Sejun.”

The two people call Sejun’s name at the same time. One side is text, the other side is voice.

It wasn’t an either-or situation, but unfortunately Sejun, who was concentrating on his smartphone, couldn’t hear the sound coming from reality.

“… .”

It was about 3 minutes later that Sejun noticed something strange. And that too not arbitrarily, but by others.

Han Se-jun, who came to his senses when something he thought was a shadow stabbed his calf, stared straight ahead as if nothing had happened.

It was already too late.

“It’s a waste of long words to you. You know what to do.”

“… Sorry.”

In response to the dean’s harsh words, as if he had thin ice, Sejun stands up sullenly, holding his textbook, and heads out of the classroom.

Light laughter is heard from inside the classroom.

‘Choi Byeong-gi!!!!’

Damn guy.

His damn mentor junior used to strangely make him dumbfounded, but now he was truly critical. That’s for sure.

Before heading out the door, I take a last look inside the classroom and see the expressions on the faces of the people inside.

The leader was shaking his head, and Muriel grinned and gave a small wave.

Tania’s tension was down for some reason and she looked helpless as she put her fingers together, while Nakajima expressed his emotions by sighing directly in his head.

‘Now all I have to do is hit Choi Byeong-gi and it’s perfect.’

Han Se-jun came to an arbitrary conclusion and walked out of the classroom with his fists clenched.