episode_0010

“Did you choose your power weapon?”

“Chosen!”

The students shouted in response.

Those students were holding various weapons taken out of the warehouse in their hands, so they were all slightly excited.

For reference, Do Yu-jin was looking at the gun and dagger she had chosen among those students.

‘By the way, this is really amazing. If you sell both of these outside, I think you could easily get 3 million won?’

Even though it’s for practice, the quality is at this level.

It made me think again about the welfare of the circle.

‘Well, I can’t be all that happy if I think that all of that was prepared to make us work harder.’

When Do Yu-jin was feeling so bitter.

Boom-!

“Okay, it looks like everything is ready, so everyone, come on in.”

Darcy said, carrying a sword of similar shape to Mataace on his shoulder.

Groan groan-

Her words sent waves of excitement through the students.

“Excuse me, Professor Darcy. Weren’t we supposed to be sparring among ourselves?”

“Yeah, it’s not you guys doing it, it’s me and you doing it. If it weren’t for that, I wouldn’t have bothered to do these things to get down to your level.”

Darcy spoke as he touched each of the cursed artifacts on his body.

“Then, are we all going to rush in at once?”

“Yeah, that’s right, so hurry up and jump in.”

Darcy urged them on, but the students stood still and did not move.

“But even so, it’s a bit much for all of us to rush in at the same time… … ”

“It would be a problem if the professor gets hurt… … ”

Ps …

Darcy laughed as if he found the students mumbling funny.

“If you can afford to worry about me, worry about yours.”

Darcy said that and slowly started to boil over.

Woohoo-

She was bound by a dozen powerful artifacts she wore all over her body.

Thanks to this, she could barely raise her power to about 20% of her full power.

“Ugh!”

“Huh!”

Still, the students almost slumped in their seats for a moment.

Because he felt a dizzying sense of intimidation as if a huge red wolf was looking down on him with its saliva dripping down.

First of all-

Students instinctively took up arms in times of life-threatening crisis.

Only then did they realize the huge gap that existed between Darcy and themselves.

“If you step outside the large circle on the floor, you are eliminated and must wait outside the circle until the evaluation is over.”

She said that, smiled, and wiggled her fingers.

“Oh, by the way, if you hit me even once, I’ll give you extra points, so do your best.”

The students who heard Darcy’s words looked at the floor absentmindedly and thought.

So, does that mean I can escape from this place just by crossing the circle on the floor?

Anyway, this current class isn’t reflected in the grades.

So, among the students, there were some who seriously considered going outside the circle.

Oh my gosh-!

But the students soon shook their heads and resisted such temptation.

If I left right away without doing anything, even if my grades didn’t go down, I was sure I’d be labeled a traitor by Darcy.

None of them were fools who tried to tarnish their image from day one.

Hit- hit- hit-

Except for one person who has no interest in evaluation whatsoever.

As Darcy finished explaining, a small girl with a figure reminiscent of a kitten walked out of the circle, shaking her long, aquamarine hair.

“Erio to Vista, can we consider it as an abstention?”

“Haaam… … Yes.”

Erio yawned slightly and nodded.

After finishing her answer, she sat down and nodded her head.

Although he didn’t seem to have any motivation, Darcy sighed once and said nothing else.

That was because Darcy was basically the type who didn’t hold back students who left or stop students who came, but that wasn’t all.

The fundamental reason Darcy didn’t say anything was because Erio had already proven his abilities.

A genius who has taken one of the ten top spots in the newly-incoming golden generation.

Because that was her, Erio to Vista.

“Then is there anyone else who will abstain?”

At Darcy’s words, the students raised their weapons.

Darcy laughed at the students’ answers, implying that he would pounce on them at any time.

‘What should I do?’

‘I don’t know either.’

The students stood still, looking at each other.

I was scared when I remembered Darcy’s momentum a little while ago.

Darcy did not reprimand such students.

Because it’s much better to be cautious than reckless.

“But there’s a difference between being cautious and simply running away in fear.”

Darcy once again unleashed his pent-up momentum.

The students panicked and became disoriented, and Darcy took advantage of the gap to swing his fist at the students at the front.

Cough-!

“Let me tell you in advance, I am not a person who is so nice that I can make you feel comfortable in one room.”

She looked down at the fallen students.

They were still in the circle.

“The only way you can get out of the circle is to collapse from exhaustion.”

Knock-

“If you know, then hurry up and rush in with all your might.”

“Damn it! Join forces! Come at me together!”

◦Let’s push forward with %◦! We can do it!”

The students, realizing that they had only one path allowed, rushed towards Darcy.

Darcy sighed when he saw him.

“This is so awkward that I don’t even know where to start.”

Phew-!

“When you hear the term one-on-one fight, you might think that one person is fighting many at the same time, but that’s not the case. If space is limited, the number of people who can attack is also limited.”

Darcy said, dodging the weapons swinging in each direction.

Even though his physical abilities were greatly reduced due to the curse, Darcy’s movements were unhindered.

“And having more isn’t always an advantage.”

Toouk-

“What?”

Darcy wriggled through the students, knocking several of them over.

Then, the formation collapsed so easily.

“Groups that are not properly connected are just chains to each other.”

Darcy said this while looking at the students who were falling like dominoes and the students who were blocked by those students and couldn’t move.

“By the way, in this situation, if the enemy you are dealing with is small, agile, and intelligent, the situation becomes even more desperate.”

Percussion-

“You’ll be thoroughly toyed with by that one person.”

◎ ◎ ◎

Phew-

Darcy let out a small sigh as he dodged the attack of the student who was rushing towards him.

‘I had some expectations because other professors said we were the golden generation, but it turned out like this.’

From what I’ve seen so far, it certainly seems like he has some talent.

But that’s about it.

Most of them were still at the level of chicks who couldn’t even fly properly.

‘Well, there are some that flap their wings, but they’re not threatening.’

Darcy dodged the attacks coming from both the front and the back, and thought back to the list of students he had checked last night.

Among them, there were only four students that Darcy had to be careful about.

“It’s so noisy I can’t sleep.”

The first one is Erio to Vista.

But she went out of the circle as soon as the test started.

“Is now the time to come out? No, heroes always show up late. I guess it would be better to wait a little longer.”

The second is Sunny Ozment.

But he just muttered something and stood behind without taking any action.

‘And the only ones left are Han Si-yeon and Fuma Shigure… … ‘

Chae-Ang-!

‘Dealing with two little kids isn’t easy.’

Other normal students?

Sorry, but they couldn’t even be considered.

“Profit! Dodged again!”

“Idiot! Don’t bother me!”

“Ugh! What kind of kid hit me!”

Even though Han Si-yeon and Shigure were attracting everyone’s attention, the other students were busy fighting each other.

‘It’s a shame, though. I had some expectations this time, but there’s not a single person who knows how to fight.’

Although Shigure seemed to know a little bit about how to fight, Darcy didn’t find that very satisfying.

The fight she envisions isn’t just about clashing head-on or attacking from behind.

Self, terrain, knowledge, chance, enemies, allies.

The real fight, as Darcy the Hunter sees it, was about using everything you had.

‘I always start my first class like this to teach them, but no one understands yet.’

Am I making the class difficult?

Darcy listened to the Tao, looking puzzled.

I saw Sunny trembling and glancing around a little while ago, so I thought she might move soon.

So, I was thinking of defeating one of them in advance.

Shhh-

“The surprise attack is awkward.”

“Ugh!”

At that moment, I was trying to avoid Shigure’s surprise attack while also trying to counter it.

Tingle-

The instincts that had saved her from countless crises were sounding the alarm.

Darcy, whose body moved faster than his head, quickly pulled his arm and changed the trajectory of the sword he was swinging.

Thud-!

The thing that was flying behind Darcy was bounced off.

‘What is it, a bullet?’

Darcy’s eyes widened in surprise as he realized that someone had shot him.

‘Even though I was weakened by the curse, I was almost sniped?’

No, that was surprising, but there was something else that was even more surprising.

Darcy’s ability to read the timing of the blurring of the surrounding boundaries as he swings his sword and pull the trigger to cut through a space filled with students.

‘Who the hell are you?’

She quickly looked around.

However, the student who appeared to be the shooter was nowhere to be found.

At the same time, circumstances changed.

The presence of countless students, who had been meaningless until just a moment ago, had now become an obstacle that held her back.

‘It’s a problem that can be solved by wiping out all the kids and everything… ‘

That couldn’t be possible.

Because what she’s doing now is just teaching and giving advice.

‘Could this guy possibly be aiming for something like this?’

under-

Darcy laughed without realizing it.

“What? Why is the professor suddenly acting like that?”

“Are you giving us a chance because we are so bad?”

“Tch, my pride is hurt. Hey! Charge harder!”

Thud-!

Darcy fired another bullet.

The students were puzzled and did not understand Darcy’s sudden behavior.

‘That’s such a stealthy shooting technique that even the students in the same room didn’t notice. Who on earth is it? Aside from those four, there weren’t any noteworthy people.’

Darcy was lost in thought at the unexpected and delightful emergence of a problem.

But at least I was sure of one thing.

Shhh-

‘Found it.’

That the student he had been longing for had finally come rolling in.