episode_0092

“Now, once again, this time, let’s change the form of the materialized magic power. Even if it’s not necessarily a skill, you can get a good weapon just by consuming more magical power and changing the materialization form.”

“Yes”

(Is it true that he will participate in the ranking match?)

(Academy students participating in a ranking match)

(But don’t you think that guy would go out?)

(That’s true again…)

“No! That’s not it! Just like when creating a sphere, I conjure up an image in my mind and concentrate on the flow of magical power… Why is it so easily distracted?”

“Ugh…I’m drawing on all the magical power I have.”

(Look at that. What kind of ranking match is this with so little magic power? If I want to get out, I have to go out.)

(You got hit by that guy last month, hasn’t the swelling gone yet?)

(Duk tsurg… I let my guard down…)

(Huh? Then, after this class, I’ll go and tell it as is)

(Do you want to search? Are you going to search together?)

“Why does this guy have so little magical power? Why doesn’t the horsepower increase like this?”

“It’s a lot more than before…”

“Are you not going to concentrate?”

(Huh? Hehehe, that bastard is getting scolded. When will Professor Gong beat him up with a silent remark? That bastard also has a really double personality.)

(Crazy guy…where in the world is there a guy who puts up a placard saying he’s doing a ranking?)

(It says Ares Guild?)

(Do you believe that? Why does the Ares Guild support that bastard in ranked matches? Is it right for him to participate in ranked matches instead?)

“You already have such low magical power that you shouldn’t waste even a handful, or even a single ounce, of your magical power. They say we need to raise horsepower efficiency to the limit.”

“Oh, I know, but…wait, wait a minute.”

Jihoon shouts loudly to the 1st and 2nd class cadets.

“Listen everyone!! Stop babbling and ask directly. My ears are itching, I’m dying.”

Jihoon, who was training to use his magical power under the guidance of Professor Gong, could not hold back any more noise and urged them on.

The cadets, who had been talking loudly the whole time, closed their mouths for a moment and just looked at each other.

For a moment,

Hands coming up one after another, starting with one person.

“No, even putting your hand in it…sigh, well, you there, starting with you”

When Jihoon gestures as if he is tired of someone and points to one person, he begins to carefully ask questions.

“Ranking match…is it true that you are going out?”

“Uh. It’s true. Next you”

Jihoon’s simple answer

Since several people were raising their hands, it was inevitable that everyone would give a short answer.

Maybe that actually made the cadets more tantalizing, but the number of people raising their hands increased.

It was Jihoon and the 1st and 2nd class cadets who had changed to resemble a teacher and his students.

“Is it true that the Ares Guild hung up a placard? Aren’t you making a play on your own?”

“Are you saying I’m crazy and spending money to do something like that? Next you”

“What is your relationship with the Ares Guild? Did you get a scout offer? You told us to prioritize the academy over the guild?”

It seemed like he was one of the guys who got hit by Jihoon and was dragged away.

“I had a connection with Ares Guild’s CEO Lee. It seems like you’re doing it arbitrarily, but it has nothing to do with me. Of course, I have no intention of joining the guild, and next”

“Since when did you become so handsome?”

” Seol-Hyeon Yoo Don’t arbitrarily ask questions when you didn’t point out, Daum”

“What is your relationship with Seolhyun?”

“Han So-jeong, don’t ask your own questions… Next”

The brief moment of nervousness disappears, and serious questions arise again.

“What rank are you thinking about before entering the rankings?”

At the question of one cadet, the entire audience was enveloped in silence.

It’s true that that crazy guy participates in ranking matches.

Also, it is true that that crazy person is no ordinary crazy person.

1st and 2nd class cadets

They began to wonder how far this guy, who had surpassed their common sense, would rise.

“Of course it’s first place. Next”

“Wait”

As with other questions, when Jihoon easily answered and moved on as if it was no big deal, someone came out from among the Class 1 cadets to tackle him.

Taekyoung Hong

He had already been bullied by Jihoon several times, and he was different from others who doubted Jihoon’s skills.

At this moment, he was just curious about Jihoon’s sincerity.

“Are you talking about knowing who the current No. 1 ranker is?”

“Do I need to know?”

“Ha…The number 1 ranking right now is Hunter Jang Hyunwoo, he is-”

“I’m not really curious. Next!”

At this moment, Jihoon just wanted to end this strange Q&A session as quickly as possible.

I had no desire to get information about rankings or to learn about other special matters… I really had no desire to do so.

“I said I would come in first place! Then you should listen!”

Among the cadets, a voice full of resentment rises.

Ji-hoon, seeing that there are only a few people left who have raised their hands, decides to be a little kinder to relieve their frustration.

“Whether they are current rankers or former rankers… I don’t need to know what kind of people they are, or even what kind of hunters they are. If you’re weaker than me, I’ll defeat you, but if you’re stronger than me… I’ll just lose… What can I do?”

At Jihoon’s meaningless tone, a cadet shouts.

As if he or his children were participating in a ranking match…

“What irresponsible talk is that! If you decide to enter the ranking competition, or rather aim for the top rank! Of course, we need to analyze and target the current rankers, and train accordingly!”

In response to the sincere voice of that cadet who he didn’t even know who he was, Jihoon decided to give a somewhat serious answer.

“There’s no need for that. Analysis, strategy… those are similar skills, or things that are particularly effective when faced with a dangerous situation.”

As Jihoon’s answer fills the classroom, all the cadets remain silent as if they had made a promise.

Jihoon must have been uncomfortable with the silence, and before he knew it, he was continuing to speak.

“I heard that there are no S-class hunters in Korea. If that’s true, no matter how lazy or careless I am…it won’t have any effect on the outcome. I will definitely be ranked #1”

1st and 2nd class cadets.

Through their connections with large guilds, they have already come into contact with top-tier hunters.

Class A active rankers were mysterious beings.

But none of them could refute the crazy man in front of them.

Even those mysterious beings somehow seemed like they would be no match for that crazy guy.

It seemed like all of that prankish promise would come true.

1st place in Korea’s hunter ranking.

If that guy…

For some reason, I felt like that guy would be able to do such a ridiculous thing.

“No more questions now, right? Then, you are going to train yourself to use your magic power? You won’t make any more noise, right?”

Jihoon gives a final request to the 1st and 2nd class cadets that is not a request.

They clearly heard Jihoon’s words that they couldn’t understand with their heads.

I understood everything in my heart and remained silent as he said.

“…Oh, my magic power…is all gone…”

“What kind of ranking match is this with magic power like this?”

Professor Gong pounds his chest in frustration, and Ji-hoon calls Seol-hyeon to replenish his magical power and continue training.

***

In front of the Hunter Management Association, there was literally a market.

Because of the crowded crowd, it was difficult to take even a single step forward.

In fact, there were not that many people participating in the ranking match.

This was because the rankings only went up and down among those who were already ranked, and there were not many new challengers.

However, the ranking match is a major national event.

There were so many citizens who came out to see and reporters who went out looking for scoops that it was difficult to count them all, and they literally formed a long line.

“So, just think of today as a weigh-in. Just like measuring your weight before a martial arts match, you just measure your horsepower. It’s nothing. No need to be nervous.”

“I’m not nervous…”

“After all, you can’t stop participating in ranking matches just because your magic power is low, right? Hunters aren’t the best just because they have high magic power… right? Is it Jangttaeng?”

“No, I understand…you are the one who is nervous right now. Anyone who sees it will think you are going to compete in the rankings”

Today is the day to register participants and measure horsepower before the ranking match begins.

Sojung followed Jihoon and was chatting all day, constantly wiping the sweat from her hands.

Unlike Jihoon, who was calm, Sojung continued to talk as if she had a disease that would kill her if she stopped talking.

“Look over there…it’s Seongjun Koo, the hunter. Wow, that’s Hunter Eunah Kang…Wow, the day will come when I can see all these rankers in real life…”

“Ordinary citizens can’t watch ranking matches?”

“Of course! Which ranker would want to show off their full strength everywhere?”

“Then what are all those people outside? There were a lot of reporters, right?”

“People flocked to see the faces of the rankers. Also listen to the results. The results will be announced once the ranking match is over.”

Ji-hoon, who was giving an appropriate answer to So-jung, who was talking for a while, moves in front of the magic measuring instrument when he hears a voice calling him.

“Kang Ji-hoon, fighting!”

“What a fight…it’s just a measurement”

“Still…”

Leaving Sojeong’s worried face behind, Jihoon follows the guide’s instructions and places his hand on the magic power measuring instrument.

“Hunter Jihoon Kang. Now let’s measure horsepower. We will proceed step by step, so please follow the instructions carefully. First, please focus only 10% of the outputable horsepower on your right hand.”

Jihoon raises his magic power according to the guide’s instructions.

“You can concentrate your magic power right now.”

“…I’m doing it”

“Right hand, please focus on the right hand placed on the magic sphere.”

“That’s how it is?”

“……?”

The guide looked back and forth between Jihoon and the magic measuring instrument with an expression of confusion, then shifted his gaze to his profile file in his hand.