episode_0055

As I waited quietly in line, my turn came quickly.

At the entrance, there is a Hunter Association employee and a machine that authenticates identity through magic waves.

What was your name?

Ah, it was Haitai No. 1.

As you can tell by just hearing the name, it is a machine made by Korean craftsmen.

It is said that they borrowed the name of an imaginary animal that can judge right and wrong and good and evil.

But that is only called in Korea, and in foreign countries it is called MWIV (Mana Wave Identity Verification).

The way the machine determines your identity is simple.

Each awakened person has a unique magic wave, and only those who have registered this in the database can be identified.

So what about people who haven’t registered in advance?

What should I do?

As an unregistered awakened person, you are immediately captured, right?

In our country, it is a law to register your magic wave in the database when you become an awakened person.

As I put my hand into the head carved in the shape of Haitai, my identity information appeared on the panel behind my back.

“Mr. Kim Do-jin, it has been confirmed. You may come inside.”

At his words, the association employee who was blocking the entrance moved aside and cleared the way.

As I passed them and went inside, I saw strange movements.

While looking at me, it felt like I was whispering something into the microphone worn on my lapel. Was it my imagination?

I tilted my head and walked in, but someone suddenly jumped out and blocked my path.

“Mr. Kim Do-jin… ?”

The person who stood in the way was none other than Yoon Ji-an.

This is what I said into the microphone to the association staff a little while ago.

Her expression looks very similar to Shin Yu-jeong’s expression we saw a moment ago.

An expression that makes one wonder if I am Kim Do-jin.

“It’s been a while, Mr. Jian. “It’s been three weeks, right?”

When he first greets her in a friendly way, Yun Ji-an’s eyes and mouth slowly open.

“Uh, how… .”

Her index finger twirled as she pointed at me.

A movement that seems to ask how the face and body changed so much.

“I worked out hard for three weeks, and then a little… , you know?”

He trailed off his words with a nuance that seemed to indicate something.

Then her eyes, which had been colored with embarrassment, turned serious.

“… All right. It looks like you had something special. Congratulations.”

I think this woman is an example of the smart-assed person that young people these days emphasize so much.

“We’d better talk about the rest later. “There’s not much time left until the entrance ceremony, so let’s go in quickly.”

“Okay, see you later then.”

After a brief exchange with her, I went back inside.

An excessively large space was revealed for an entrance ceremony held for only a few specially admitted students.

It seems like there could be enough seating for 200 to 300 people, but the number of people sitting is only about ten.

Since I came in almost at the end, even if one or two more people come in, the number will still be less than twenty.

“Special admission is very strict… .”

As mentioned before, only the Hunter Association or high-ranking hunters of Class A or higher can recommend special admission.

Since they came in with their guarantee, the school treats specially admitted students as talented people.

Tuition exemption is standard, and meal expenses are exempted, as well as free use of the cafeteria of 500,000 won per month.

There are various benefits attached.

Of course, these are not given for free.

Since they are exempt from the exam as talented people and come here with all kinds of benefits, special admission students must prove themselves every time they take the test.

Practical test score of B+ or higher.

If it falls below that, all benefits are immediately withdrawn.

If that happens, the person who recommended the special admission student will also be criticized.

They may even go so far as to investigate whether he took kickbacks, asking how he could recommend such a guy.

Therefore, special admission students are under more pressure than expected.

Not only do you benefit, but the reputation of the recommender who recommended you is also at stake.

So, even if they are offered special admission, there are many people who refuse it and enroll through the general admission process.

[iced coffee. Microphone test. The entrance ceremony will be held shortly, so special admission students are requested to sit in both the first and second rows.]

A young man with dark circles spoke into the microphone.

At those words, the special admission students who were sitting freely scattered got up from their seats and started moving to the front.

I followed behind them and took a seat at the end of the second row.

After a while, people began to sit on the five chairs provided on the podium.

These people all radiate extraordinary energy.

They were professors working at Korean universities.

The teaching assistant standing in front of the microphone raised his voice once again.

[From now on, there will be an entrance ceremony for specially admitted students. Before the official ceremony, a national ceremony was held… .]

Everyone stands up and looks at the Korean flag fluttering from the ceiling of the main auditorium.

[Everyone salutes the flag.]

Familiar songs and words flowed from a large speaker placed beneath the podium.

[I am free and just in front of the proud Taegeukgi… .]

At that time, I thought things were going smoothly.

Puzzle!

An ominous sound struck my ears.

Quick!

A sparking sound was heard from the large speaker that was playing music just a moment ago.

At the same time, an intense noise filled the auditorium.

Bleep!

“Aaaah!”

“evil!”

The noise that sharply pierces their ears causes the special admission students to sit down one by one, clutching their ears.

In an instant, the main auditorium became a mess.

Association employees surrounding them are exchanging information about the situation through transceivers plugged into their ears.

As they continue to talk, their faces gradually begin to harden.

I think something happened inside and outside.

At that moment, Yoon Ji-an, who was standing guard at one door, stood up on the stage and shouted.

“The villain’s attack has begun from outside! Special admission students, please act quickly according to the instructions of the association staff! “I say it again!”

Her voice, shouting at the top of her lungs, began to reach the special admission students through the intense noise coming from the speakers.

I looked at her sadly.

“It would have been better not to say that now.”

The words spoken in an attempt to quickly control special admission students ended up being like pulling another trigger.

A trigger that causes special admission students’ fear of villains and vicious awakened criminals.

“Rain, villain… !”

“The villain has attacked!”

“Run away!”

Fear spread like wildfire and consumed them.

Some are frantic and run wild to escape wherever they go, while others sit down and cry.

pathetic… , you can’t say that.

The only thing the special admission students gathered here have proven is their talent.

After peeling away the skin of talent, all that remains is a weak young man who has just turned 20.

I sighed and looked around.

“It’s completely abusing the father.”

All kinds of noise is going crazy.

A pounding sound comes from outside, as if the battle is in full swing, and inside, a strange sound pierces my ears as if something has been done to the speakers.

In addition to the cries of the association staff trying to control the scene somehow, the students who did not listen to them and said, “I’m going to die.”

“What I’m saying is that the association’s workmanship is really poor these days.”

I don’t know how they arranged the personnel.

None of the association’s employees are over the age of 40.

I wonder if this kind of thing happens because they are all just young kids.

They should have at least left an experienced commander to control them, tsk tsk.

“What should I do with this…?” ?”

It would be impossible to control everyone here with this body.

Control and command work well only when they are established properly.

Well, first of all, what should I do with that speaker… .

Quang!

You’re one step late.

One of the professors who had been sitting on a chair on the podium and watching silently stood up.

A middle-aged man with a stocky physique.

Just by looking at him, it looks like he’s a professor who teaches tankers and melee dealers.

The man shouted as he pushed Yoon Ji-an aside, who was flustered and repeating the same words like a parrot.

“Everyone be quiet!”

Quiet, quiet, quiet… .

A voice so loud that echoes spread throughout the chaotic auditorium caught everyone’s attention.

“Professor Bon will control this place from now on! Make sure everyone moves quickly according to my instructions. Did you understand?”

“Oh, I understand.”

“yes… !”

In a situation like this, a guy with a loud voice and who looks like he has something is bound to gain trust.

Maybe that’s why the association’s employees and specially admitted students began to come to their senses little by little.

“What is the situation outside now?”

He asks Yun Ji-an, who is standing next to him with a confused expression.

“… Not good. “We are receiving a lot of requests for support from outside.”

“Umm… , In that case, some of us will have to volunteer.”

Except for the speaker that was making strange noises, there were at least no visible enemies inside.

Since everything ends once the outside is breached, his choice was reasonable.

Following his instructions, half of the people surrounding the inside went outside to provide external support.

“The remaining personnel will stick to their current positions and remain vigilant… .”

When the professor was giving instructions to the remaining people inside.

Suddenly, powerful magical power began to leak out of the two doors leading to the outside.

“Also, special admission students… .”

No one cares there.

No, it would be correct to say that you can’t do it.

I am the only one who can see the manifestation of magical power with my own eyes.

I hid among the special admission students and shouted.

“I can feel the magic from the door!”

“What?”

The professor hurriedly looked back at the door at my words, but it was already too late.

The door, which had been wide open, closed of its own accord, and a clear magic circle appeared across the door.

“shit!”

The professor kicks off the podium and throws a fist.

Kwaang-!

A roar so loud that it’s hard to believe it came from a human fist.

But there wasn’t a single scratch on the door.

The six-pointed magic circle revealed above the door firmly guards it.

“Damn it, is it sealing magic…? .”

This is a spell usually used to lock things such as boxes and safes.

It’s a good magic created for security purposes, but the problem is that the only flaw is that villains like to use sealing magic to trap people.

The professor said, chewing his lips.

“It was Seongdong Seokseo.”

As he said, it is highly likely that the outside space was used to create a disturbance.

In reality, it was a minority hidden inside.

[Haha, the professor is right. But you realized it later than you thought.]

A teaching assistant with dark circles spoke mockingly into the microphone.

Looking at the way he was smiling, I was certain that he was the one who put the sealing spell on the door.

So, you were pretending to be a teaching assistant just for today?

“… “What a guy.”

Although he is an enemy, he is definitely a great guy.

They say it’s an extreme job to be a teaching assistant, but I don’t know how you survived.

The angry professor kicked the ground with all his strength.

“You… !”

As the professor rushed towards him, the assistant’s appearance disappeared in an instant.

“You’re impatient.”

The place where he appeared was at the very back of the main auditorium.

Blink.

A high-level magic that allows you to leap a short distance in an instant.

Of course, only high-ranking wizards can use high-ranking magic.

“what.”

So that means that dark-circle assistant who looks corrupt is a high-ranking wizard.

That’s right.

“I’m screwed… ?”

I think I got screwed properly.