episode_0004

The air split apart. Cracking– With the sound of something hard and solid cracking, blue light seeped in from beyond the crack.

Just as the sun sinks toward the horizon, the blue light beyond the gate gradually lengthens its wavelength and gradually turns red. It happened in an instant.

A huge dragon writhed and crawled out from beyond the gate.

Kang Soo-ho was scared when he saw the dragon.

“Crazy…! A dragon?”

A class A monster that appeared in Japan, Aowabami (あおうわばみ), the Sky Dragon.

It is a named monster with a gimmick that summons minions if left alone. Of course, it cannot be eradicated by the students entering the school, and it is a living disaster that must be sacrificed even if the academy’s professors attack it.

Screams and bewilderment erupted from students everywhere.

It was the same for me too. Instead, he screamed louder than anyone else. So that the students can hear everything.

“Aaaah! It’s an A-class monster, the Sky Dragon!!!”

“What?”

Then the students’ state changed into chaos. The notoriety of the Sky Dragon that destroyed Japan was famous all over the world. Students in panic began running in all directions.

I screamed once more, caressing my slightly sore neck.

“Everyone run towards the east gate! The exit is wide, so you’ll be able to escape at once!! Suho, run!!!”

“Uh, huh? Okay!!!”

Suho runs, showing off his escape skills faster than anyone else.

The students fled to the east gate, following Suho or ahead of him. This happened even before the Sky Dragon activated its gimmick to summon minions.

The quick judgment skills of academy students!

The only ones who haven’t escaped yet are the professor, who knows it’s a ‘fake’, and the bastard in a wheelchair. The boy was embarrassed and was pushing his wheelchair hard.

[Borjigin Horozaya (Боржигин Horolжаяа)]

[Would you like to open the patch notes for this character?]

Oh, it’s not Holoja, it’s Holoja.

“Professor! Please help us evacuate Borjigin Horozaya!”

“yes?”

“Hurry! The kid has bad legs so he can’t run away! As an educator, you must put the life of the student in front of you first!”

Of course, that’s not a real sky dragon. It is nothing but an illusion created by magic.

The professor knew that fact, and I also know that fact. This was a test to evaluate students’ capabilities and responsiveness. If it had gone according to the original plan, the scenario would have been that the professor would block the Sky Dragon while the students would block the monsters summoned by the Sky Dragon.

But the professor has to act like he doesn’t know that it’s an ‘illusion’.

The professor stiffened his expression awkwardly and nodded in response.

“Oh, I understand! Let’s go! Student Borgigin!”

“Thank you, Professor.”

The professor holding Borjigin’s wheelchair looked at me with a look of concern.

“What are you planning to do with student Kim Do-han?”

“I will deal with the Sky Dragon.”

“yes?”

Whether the professor was embarrassed or not, I held the pata in my hand and approached the illusion of the heavenly dragon.

The feel of the pata in my hand was unfamiliar. To be honest, even though I know it’s just a fantasy, I’m really nervous. It looks really ugly… . It looks similar to a black person using fish modeling.

“Hey, Sky Dragon.”

“Krrr….”

There are not many patterns for the tutorial Sky Dragon. All you need to do is slash with your front paw, lunge, rotate your body to attack with your tail, summon minions, and breathe when your blood is gone.

It starts with a downward blow. The sky dragon flew up, flapping its wings with a growling howl. Even though it was an illusion, a gust of wind blew. The sky dragon flew low, lifted its front paw slightly and descended!

“Keeek! Help me!!!”

─Bang! An overwhelming roar shook the training ground.

I screamed and dodged and quickly ran to the rear of the Sky Dragon. Now was the time for the charging attack to come, so I had to move quickly.

I ran without stopping and headed to the gate where the Sky Dragon crawled out. The Sky Dragon turned around and rushed forward with its red eyes flashing.

Caught up, caught up, caught up!

I gritted my teeth and ran. The goal is the gate where the red light is still flashing. I could feel the Sky Dragon’s breath right behind my back.

“Keee! Get out of here!! You bastard of a dragon!!!”

I threw myself into the gate without hesitation.

Since I threw myself into the gate, I should have been transported to the other world where the Sky Dragon lived, but—.

This is a fantasy.

The body cut through the air and fell to the other side of the gate. I fell, rolling on the floor, and looked back.

The sky dragon was crawling inside the gate. After waiting for a while, it jumped out of the gate again, but then got aggro towards me on the other side of the gate, so it went back into the gate again. It was a possible bug because both were illusions.

“Phew, operation successful.”

It was worth evacuating all the students to prevent the aggro from spreading. I increased my contribution by swinging my bata hard towards the gate. This is space magic, you bastard.

“Space hold! Space hold! Space hold!”

Because I’m being dragged by aggro and moving back and forth repeatedly, I can’t move on to the next pattern. Thanks to this, I was able to skip the minion summoning pattern and deal damage unilaterally.

After repeating the nonsense for a while, the fantasy soon collapsed with a crackling sound.

“Space—! Ah. It’s over.”

It tasted good, but it was a little disappointing.

I moved hard, but my strength was gone and I collapsed on the floor. As I sat staring blankly at the sky, the students soon returned, led by the professor. Looking at the awkward expressions on their faces, it seemed like they had heard the professor explain the situation.

It was shameful that so many aspiring heroes panicked and ran away like crazy.

In particular, Kang Su-ho, who was the first to run away, could not even raise his head. This is how Suho’s nickname increases by one more. I got up from my ass and approached Suho.

“Suho.”

“Fuck….”

“We are a community of shared destiny. You know that?”

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After the students returned and the basic ability test that followed was completed.

Faculty members gathered in a conference room to evaluate students’ grades.

The first to speak was Professor of Tactics Friederike Müller, who oversaw the test.

“The results of the basic ability test are better than I thought? Well… I thought the result would be lower than previous years due to the ‘fair learning rights’ policy. In particular, Borjigin’s archery skills left me in awe. I wonder if he is indeed Mongolian….”

Then Lee Dan, a professor in the Department of Mathematics, spoke with a subtle smile on his lips.

“It’s a bit unfortunate that my mobility is low. This is true for other professions, but mobility is especially important for archers… Since I’m paralyzed from the waist down, horseback archery would be difficult.”

The other professors nodded at Professor Ethan’s words.

If it were not for the ‘fair right to study’ policy, a paraplegic shooter would not have been able to enter the academy. Mobility was a very high priority in the gunners’ training curriculum.

Due to the ‘fair learning rights’ policy strongly promoted by the chairman, the educational curriculum that had been built so far had to be overhauled from the beginning. Naturally, there was bound to be a lot of dissatisfaction with the policy among faculty.

“Just looking at the mess and panic during the emergency practical test—, um.”

“Kkekekeke….”

When Myurddin Wilt, a professor in the Department of Magic, fell silent while mentioning the ‘practical test,’ Professor Sunyang Yeo, a professor in the Department of Swordsmanship, giggled.

No, it wasn’t just the two of them.

Most of the professors were trembling and covering their faces with their hands. Some professors covered their faces to hide their devastation, while others covered their faces to hide their laughter. Even then, laughter and sighs came from everywhere, and Myurddin Wilt, who spoke, couldn’t help but smile bitterly out of embarrassment.

This is because the fantasy magic he created was exploited in a very comical way.

“That kid named Kim Do-han… did he know that the Sky Dragon was an illusion?”

“Honestly, it was too much of a stretch to release a disaster-level monster right away.”

The professors murmured as they recalled the actual test video. Most people said that they knew it was an ‘illusion’ and would have dealt with it that way.

Then Professor Friederike, who was in charge of the test, shook his head and denied it.

“I don’t think so. That student was the first to panic when he saw the dinosaur. It was he who evacuated Borjigin, who was unable to escape because of his wheelchair.”

“Actually, that student didn’t evacuate, right?”

“It must have been out of a sense of duty. He was a student who took care of other students first even when faced with a catastrophic monster right in front of him. Even if it meant sacrificing himself, it wouldn’t be strange to say that he decided that way. The reason he threw himself at the gate… I somehow managed to save time. The intention was probably to drag it out. Because once a monster returns to the gate, it takes time for it to jump out again.”

“If that’s true….”

At that moment, the faculty members all remembered one word in common.

“He’s a hero. That student.”

hero.

This is the goal that all students at the academy dream of, and the value that superhumans should pursue.

In the actual test, Kim Do-han was a student closer to a hero than anyone else.

“The results of the basic ability test are at the lowest level….”

“Nevertheless, in that he can act to save people, he is probably closer to a hero than anyone else. That student. Don’t we know very well that strength alone cannot make a hero?”

“Who says what? That’s just the way it is….”

Because all the students except Kim Do-han had run away, the evaluation of the actual test did not take very long. Since it is a basic ability test, the results are given by scores anyway, so there was no need to look at it for too long.

That’s how the faculty meeting ended.

At the moment when the professors were about to leave the conference room laughing, Professor Myrdin, who had been looking at the profile of ‘Kim Do-han’ until the end of the meeting, suddenly muttered.

“But isn’t this student Kim Do-han the same student who shouted ‘Negro’ to Vice Principal Valignano at the entrance ceremony?”

Silence fell in the conference room.

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After the first schedule at the academy.

When I returned to the dormitory exhausted, Kang Soo-ho grabbed me by the collar.

“Kim Do-han, you piece of trash! Did you know it was an illusion?!”

“On the first day of school, a disaster-level monster suddenly appeared. If you can’t guess, aren’t you stupid?”

“Fuck….Aaaa!!”

Suho suddenly screamed and pulled out his hair.

Because Kang Su-ho ran away faster than anyone else, most of the students who followed Su-ho and ran away were blaming him.

Of course, it’s funny to run away for your own life and blame someone else. Perhaps Marie Thierry is receiving more criticism because of the perception that she is a ‘stalker’.

I patted Suho’s shoulder and comforted him warmly.

“Hey. Think about it positively. Your reputation won’t get any worse here, right?”

“I told you that yesterday too, you crazy….”

Kang Soo-ho was proving through his own reputation that there is a bottom even at the bottom.

Thanks to the soundproofing equipment, Kang Soo-ho’s swearing and screaming echoed through the quiet dormitory. Although he is lacking, he is still a good friend.

“Suho.”

“why….”

“You have a hole on the top of your head. I think it’s hair loss?”

“Ugh…. Ugh….”

Kang Soo-ho buried his face in the pillow and began to cry.

Ugh, is that guy making a fuss about something like that? Such a gay bastard.