episode_0089

At 180cm, she is quite tall for a woman.

Bright blue eyes shining beneath long eyelashes.

A big, sharp nose with a thick nose… Not thick lips.

The eyes, nose, and mouth are all pretty and big, but the face is very small.

It makes me wonder how it all fit together.

“Do you understand, what I am saying?”

I can see a lot of power in the big eyes.

It seems like it was done like that on purpose to instill a sense of intimidation in the other person.

Otherwise, there wouldn’t have been any biting of the lip or shaking pupils.

The strong expression he worked so hard to create felt pathetic to me.

A foreigner who sets foot on a distant, foreign land to make money and become successful.

How much ridicule would be poured out on her, and how many black hands would be stretched out upon seeing her pretty face.

That facial expression is close to a defense mechanism.

To protect against all kinds of threats that want to grab and shake you.

Just as a puffer fish inflates its body to intimidate the opponent, she also inflates her force to prevent the opponent from looking down on her.

“Have you gone to America? “When people talk, I answer.”

“… … .”

Before I think about it, I need to loosen up the stiff atmosphere.

To someone full of caution, a clumsy apology is just poison.

In this case, even if it’s a bit excessive, offering a sincere apology will help resolve the mess of a first meeting.

“I’m sorry. “I was just watching because he was very good at sports, and I didn’t have any impure intentions.”

Her mood calmed down even more as she bowed her head and offered a polite apology.

“joy… ! “I’ll just look at it this once.”

No, it’s not that he’s softened, but the corners of his mouth are slightly raised along with a snort of joy.

It seems that he liked the complimentary words given along with the apology.

It seems like we made a good turn before the atmosphere got bad, so let’s just share our condolences like this.

“It’s already come to this, should we just say it in full?”

“container… , name?”

Elena frowns.

Was the word ‘Tongseongmyeong’ a bit difficult?

“uh… , self-introduction.”

“ah! My name is Elena Mikhailova Dobreva. “Please feel free to call me Elena.”

A stiff, polite self-introduction, as if you had memorized it straight from a conversation book or something.

I almost burst out laughing at the stark contrast to his overbearing attitude from before.

“I’m Kim Do-jin.”

When she heard my name, her eyes lit up.

“Dojin Kim… ? “You, I know.”

The words are a bit strange.

Does it mean I know Elena, or does Elena know me?

Just looking at the happy expression, it seems like the latter is correct.

“There are a lot of rumors about you. “He’s a great wizard.”

“Haha, really?”

I was vaguely aware of it.

Every time I pass by, there must be one or two people looking at me and whispering.

“hmm… ! I felt it. “This meeting is fate!”

“Yes… ?”

While they are confused by the sudden and sudden move.

She extends her arm and grabs my hand.

“Dojin, I know. “Your party still doesn’t have enough people.”

How did you know that?

Maybe I’m just trying hard to acquire information in my own way.

Because she has a desperate wish to make money.

What is more important than making money right now is graduating from a Korean university with high grades.

Only then will you be able to receive a scouting offer from a good guild.

I don’t know, but I think she probably has a lot of information about parties formed by talented people in her head.

“Dojin’s party, Offense Power, is great. “But it’s loose, front.”

“oh… .”

The front means the front line… ?

I know our party’s pros and cons, and it’s better than I thought.

After showing off herself with accurate analysis, she placed her hand on her chest and spoke with a confident voice.

“I can be. Dojin Party’s Core Piece!”

therefore… , So to speak, you can make up for the shortcomings of our party, which has a loose battle line.

A passionate desire appears in her eyes.

As if he will never let go of me, his grip on my hand grows stronger.

That means the situation she is in is urgent.

“hmm.”

I know her grades.

Bottom rank among tanks.

They are almost at the bottom of the lower ranks, competing fiercely with last place.

This was due to two fatal shortcomings.

One is language.

Now, I can barely understand everyday conversations, but I can’t understand difficult words.

Of course, all classes at Korean universities are in Korean.

In other words, I’m struggling every time I take a theory test.

Even though Korean universities are famous for their practice-oriented curriculum, this does not mean that they consider theory unimportant.

If you consider the weighting of grades, practical is 7 and theory is about 3.

That’s not the only problem.

If it had been this far, her grades wouldn’t have fallen as low as they do now.

The second reason is… , as everyone knows, it is because of its characteristics.

Just by looking at her body, you can tell that her fundamentals are solid and her basic abilities are excellent.

However, its characteristic is an irrational ability that goes beyond common sense.

This means that even tanks that are weaker than her can perform better if they take full advantage of this.

Isn’t she even in a situation where her characteristics act as a minus rather than a plus?

It is difficult to show outstanding performance in practice after failing in the theory test.

A situation was created where grades had no choice but to plummet to the ground.

“As Elena said, our party is thinking of recruiting one more tank. That’s true… .”

What should I do with this?

If you look at the hardware alone, she is an excellent talent… .

First of all, there is one thing you need to find out.

“Elena, can you tell me what you think are your strengths and weaknesses?”

“pros and cons… .”

Elena’s complexion becomes cloudy.

I already figured out her strengths and weaknesses.

Nevertheless, the reason I ask you directly is to find out how conscientious a person is.

There are two types of people that should never be included when forming a party.

A selfish person and a person who tells lies.

I wanted to know whether she belonged there or not.

She seemed to be thinking for a moment, but then opened her mouth.

“My strengths are strong and sturdy. Even your feet are fast! Also, Elena, she is a brave warrior. “I will never back down.”

Truly a natural fit for a tank.

“Then what about the disadvantages?”

“Disadvantage, uh… .”

Elena chews her lower lip and closes her eyes tightly.

“I’m not good at Korean. “I don’t understand difficult words.”

One relatively light thing has been revealed.

“And one more thing… , My characteristics are a little strange.”

“weird?”

She nods heavily.

“I am spilling damage to the land. This creates a slow zone. Enemy slows down. But our allies also become slower… .”

First of all, I successfully passed the first personality test.

I really want to recruit him… , the characteristics still bother me.

“Elena.”

“Speak.”

“Can you show me some of those characteristics?”

After thinking for a moment, Elena nods and says.

“hmm… , shows. But damage is needed.”

Oh, I said it was made by releasing the shock received from the body.

I think a few light spells would be enough… .

“It’s a bit awkward to do it here… “Let’s go to the training ground.”

“great.”

We left the team room immediately.

“Take my shield. “You see it in the training room.”

“is it so.”

After Elena left to gather her equipment, I went straight to the next area where the training room was.

Fortunately, there was a private training room left so I rented it right away.

By then, Elena had also returned.

He carries a huge shield on his back that almost covers his entire body, and sweat is streaming down his forehead.

It looks like he ran with that thing on his back.

“You didn’t have to run.”

Then she gave me a cool smile and slapped me.

“it’s okay. “I am very physically strong.”

Even if you are physically strong, it doesn’t mean it won’t be difficult.

I really like that patient personality.

“Then let’s go in.”

I enter the personal training room I rented before she came.

A facility measuring approximately 30 pyeong.

Elena’s eyes widen as she enters.

“Personal training room… , It’s my first time here.”

The personal training room is a space available only to students with high grades and special admissions students.

This would be the first time for Elena, whose grades were in the bottom tier.

And it’s my first time too.

As I said, I’ve been living a very lazy life so far, so I only knew about its existence, but I never came in.

The size is not bad, and the walls are sturdy, so you can make as much noise as you want.

“Then shall we try?”

“Well, that’s good.”

Elena lifted the shield on her back and placed it in front of me.

“I’m ready. “You are welcome to come as many times as you like.”

Standing with her tower shield covering most of her upper and lower body, she feels like a wall.

Well then, let’s just shoot a few light spells.

It forms a straight shape by moving the magical power that clearly flows around it.

「Fire Ball.」

A fireball the size of two adult men’s fists stuck together.

“Then are you going?”

“Please come.”

He suddenly threw a fireball at her, who was staring at the magic with strong eyes.

The fireball flew at high speed and touched the shield she had erected.

Sparks scattering brilliantly.

She blocked the magic effortlessly without taking a single step back.

“Characteristics will appear.”

With those words, changes began to occur in the land centered around Elena.

Dark magical power flowing beneath your feet.

It flowed into the ground, staining the floor within a 1m radius dark brown.

“This is the end of the damage for now.”

“hmm.”

I walked up to her and stepped into the brown slowdown zone.

Immediately, the steps slowed down.

Each step feels extremely heavy, as if there are large shackles on my feet.

“This is quite capable… .”

The deceleration efficiency is quite excellent.

Even if I can’t do this, I think it’s slowed down by 20% to 30%.

I lifted and put my heavy foot down repeatedly and looked at Elena.

“What about Elena? “Do you feel slow when you stay here?”

She shook her head at my question.

“no. “I’m not slowing down.”

“oh.”

Everyone else is slowing down, but you are not slowing down… .

I think I know roughly what the problem with this feature is.

“It’s good.”

“to? ah… , What did you just say?”

I smiled and told her.

“Elena, come party with me.”