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A small park located within a busy downtown area that resembles a maze.

That place was the boss area.

The group entered into a confrontation with the boss.

A huge ogre appeared, made of muddy mud.

Just looking at the demon writhing in the abyss of his eyes, he was no ordinary bastard.

The gates in the area were opened, and a colony of dungeons was formed. The risk has also become stronger.

So the level of the boss is at least C+.

He has risen to the level of a dangerous guy who can almost be considered B-level.

Kwakwakwauk-

The ground collapsed just from the mana pressure it gave off.

The top tier, An Yu-min and Yoon Geon-woo, would have now entered the C+ level in terms of hunter grade.

This means that he is not an easy person to deal with alone.

‘Still, I knew information about the boss in advance.’

To evaluate this dungeon, I conducted several preliminary training sessions with the current party members.

Jaeho Lim is capable of both tanking and dealing.

Jiyu and Jeong Siwoo are also from the class Assassin and Thief.

Even against relatively strong enemies, it was possible to inflict continuous damage in evasion mode.

And there is even a gunner, Hana Choi, who will provide reliable firepower from a safe distance.

‘If there’s my fire spell there…’

It may be possible to create a more perfect holding power.

I was briefly taken out of the party’s layout.

“There is no rule against attacking the opposing party in this evaluation. So, I will keep Yoon Geon-woo in check.”

In real hunters’ dungeon missions, all sorts of things happen.

Especially in joint missions between multiple guilds, betrayal and surprise attacks are not uncommon.

Of course, if such an indiscriminate rule is common sense.

In the world of the awakened, the victim is actually the culprit.

This means that even in formal evaluations, rival cadets can be attacked.

“Be careful…!!”

“Leave this to us!”

Ji Yuna and Choi Hana were quite worried about me when they heard about the operation.

It has already been discussed in advance.

Even if you didn’t expect the external dungeon.

Yoon Geon-woo was a guy who was able to get here on his own thanks to his sufficient qualifications.

Even if the stamina consumption was already severe in the first dungeon.

There’s no doubt that if they see the group that came first, they’ll launch an area attack.

At least one person had to deal with him.

Kwajijijijik-

Lightning struck again.

Kukukukukukung-

The sound of thunder came right in front of me.

We will see Yoon Geon-woo soon.

I calmly thought about what I had to do.

‘You have to take your time.’

Of course, if you attack him like this and take him down completely, it will be a beautiful victory.

But in reality, it was still difficult.

However, it is possible if the opponent is subject to the Hidden Title or Unknown.

Because Yoon Geon-woo was not a villain.

Now, the attack buff and the fear debuff towards the opponent have not been applied.

So what had to be done was simple.

‘After all, dungeon evaluation is done on a per-party basis.’

And the important point is how well the party members organically participated in conquering the dungeon.

For now, our party was in the most advantageous position.

‘And you have to consider Aegis as well.’

The quest for this evaluation was opened by An Yu-min to the last extent.

So if we take into account both the Ark system and the game system I am using.

Our party is in first place.

Whoever allows Aegis to finish in second place will receive the greatest reward.

In short, all we need to do is buy time from Yoon Geon-woo until Aigis arrives.

‘In the meantime, the rest of the party can catch the boss.’

Even if you don’t catch the boss.

Aigis will take care of the rest.

Even considering the initial entry and deal volume, our party’s first place is confirmed.

So I kept my eyes on the front.

I had to somehow stop that monster, Yoon Geon-woo.

“What is it? How did you, and not Aegis, arrive here first?”

Finally, he confronted Yoon Geon-woo.

He glanced at my group fighting the boss.

He clicked his tongue with a cold expression.

“But you didn’t provoke me without thinking. I guess there was at least one move prepared. They said they expected an external dungeon.”

It was correct.

I nodded.

I answered while carefully maintaining my distance from the guy.

“Because I had no intention of losing to any party in this evaluation. I prepared a little hard.”

“But what should I do? There was no need to prepare for that. Hehehe.”

The guy held the diamond in his hand tightly.

It’s some kind of metal rod.

God of Indian mythology.

It was a vajra called the weapon of Indra, the thunder god who wields lightning.

It was a weapon well-suited to a guy who created an electric skill using a single attribute called light.

Soon, the Geumgangjeo reacted to the mana and changed its appearance into a spear of electricity.

‘Originally, composite properties have advantages, but there are also many disadvantages. Electric properties.’

Electric skills are not included in the six major attributes.

It is usually created by fusing fire or wind attribute mana.

So, in order to strengthen that attribute, two attributes had to be considered at the same time, which has the disadvantage of creating two weak attributes.

But that’s just a generality.

Yoon Geon-woo is a genius.

His method was different. We succeeded in unlocking the power of electricity through intermittency.

The essence of light is electromagnetic waves.

I embodied the higher-level concept and used that concept to convert light into an electric skill.

As such, it is a light attack skill that is not compatible with most attributes.

It’s not for nothing that it was hard to beat that guy in the original.

‘But there is a way.’

When it comes to light properties, I know it better than anyone else.

My first power, ‘Peacefully Shining Mirror’, was a light attribute.

Weakness of light attribute.

The only compatibility with that power is darkness.

‘It’s my second power attribute.’

Of course, the two properties are compatible with each other.

If you use a dark attribute skill clumsily, you will be eaten in reverse.

‘Well, let’s do it.’

Still, I still have the advantage.

He probably wants to bring me down.

I have no intention of doing that at all.

Kun-woo Yoon smiled and said as if he was happy.

“It was appreciated a lot. Now go away.”

And at that moment, Yoon Geon-woo’s lightning struck me.

***

Theia’s first midterm exam as a freshman.

The dungeon attack, which was the main assessment of the midterm exam, was in progress.

The instructors and teaching assistants in charge of the proceedings were also wearing concealment items and watching the cadets.

‘The results are a little different from what I expected.’

One of those instructors.

Days Miller of the Department of Magic saw a quite interesting scene.

Naturally, I thought that the first and second place in this evaluation was the competition between Aegis and Yoon Geon-woo’s party.

Even though the faculties are different.

If you’re Theia’s instructor, there’s no way the top elite cadets don’t know.

In particular, in his case, he was recognized for his experience as a hunter and frequently participated in high-class training this semester.

The cadets who also stood out were the three Aegis members and Yoon Geon-woo.

‘Those cadets also distinguished themselves in training.’

However, in the current evaluation, the party that entered the boss area first was actually a different party.

This is a party belonging to the middle class.

Days Miller had been paying attention to the party since they first left the dungeon.

I accessed the instructor-only app and checked their profiles.

[Party leader: Lee Jun-woo]

[Party member: ……]

There are no wizard class cadets.

They were unfamiliar cadets that he had never seen before.

‘But even in middle class, such judgments and actions are possible?’

This evaluation was not an ordinary dungeon strategy.

The main point of the evaluation is to determine the cadets’ ability to cope with unexpected crisis situations.

Therefore, the instructors predicted that the area would become an external dungeon and become a reality.

‘This is a common occurrence in high-level dungeons. But it must be embarrassing for the cadets.’

However, it is still difficult to understand the phenomenon in advance at the cadet level.

It wasn’t strange that I used up all my stamina in the dungeon I entered for the first time.

Still, that party was different.

The party that came out of the gate looked fine.

And I very calmly conquered the realized dungeon.

Days, who had been following the party as he was now, realized what that meant.

– Did you really expect an external dungeon call from the beginning?

This is ridiculous.

In fact, external dungeon cases are always taught in theory lectures.

While the actual evaluation is in progress like now, it is very difficult to calmly understand the signs.

It might be a high-ranking dungeon where the signs are clear.

In the case of C-class dungeons used for evaluating cadets, the symptoms are not much different from usual.

‘It’s impossible to figure it out with a cadet’s knowledge and experience.’

But that was the only way to explain the current situation.

I came out of the dungeon where the evaluation was taking place with my stamina preserved like that.

Moreover, there was no hesitation at all in the subsequent performance.

Under the instructions of party leader Lee Jun-woo, the party quickly reached the boss area.

‘for a moment. The name is Lee Jun-woo. It’s completely unfamiliar…’

Days quickly searched the cadet profile for records from the high school.

I thought it was true, but it was true.

A cadet who achieved the highest score in the magic theory subject at Theia High School.

So, several professors and instructors in the Department of Magic brought up the cadet’s name.

The record of the actual evaluation was so poor that the cadet was soon forgotten.

The class was also a paladin.

None of the professors at the Department of Magic paid much attention to him.

However, anyone can see that the cadet currently active is Lee Jun-woo.

The moment I checked some of the thesis-type answer sheets for the high school exam just in case.

Instructor Dace was even more surprised.

“A cadet can write down this level of interpretation of mana acceleration theory?”

At the very least, it was a theory that only a graduate student in the Department of Magic could understand.

That’s also at an excellent level.

But Deice paused to think for a moment.

Eventually, Lee Jun-woo’s party arrived at the boss area and the battle began.

And Yoon Geon-woo was quickly following behind him.

Phrases-

Yellow sparks forming around the cadet.

Seeing the deadly electric mana, Deice returned to reality.

‘okay. No matter how good the strategy was. After all, that opponent…’

The cadet whose talent even instructors often say is scary is Yoon Geon-woo.

And I hoped it would happen.

In the end, Yoon Geon-woo and Lee Jun-woo ended up in a one-on-one confrontation.

‘It’s impossible. Recent physical ability evaluation… Other than that, the training record is not bad, but…’

Nevertheless, the difference in specs between Lee Jun-woo and Yoon Geon-woo was too big.

Although Days Miller was subconsciously rooting for Lee Jun-woo.

The outcome of the battle that would unfold shortly afterwards was predictable.

Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-

However, the moment when Yoon Geon-woo’s lightning struck Lee Jun-woo.

Days couldn’t believe his eyes.