chapter 13
13 – Why are you so serious (1)
As the mana shield is activated, Yoo Chun-hwa and Kim Ga-sok start a duel again.
About 1,600 cadets have already filled the seats.
These days, there are so many interesting things…?
As expected, it’s the best.
I found a job that perfectly suited my aptitude.
Lim Yeon-woo covered the corner of his mouth that was about to go up with his hand and was smiling.
In the first place, for him, the most important thing after safety is fun, so he deliberately made the board this big.
‘Well, but it would be nice to show a bit of the professor’s side.’
“Now. Tell the rest of Class A here, 28 people. Let’s replace the first class next Monday with this activity. So that we can watch and analyze the match between these two.”
“That… How do you mean analysis?”
“Oh, Arya. That’s a good question. First, look at the overall picture of the battle. Then, analyze how those two behave in each phase, and the reasons why you made the choices you made. On Monday, fight them in person. I’m going to try to copy the cadet. For the cadet who got the closest answer, I’ll specially present a professor’s exclusive pass to ‘Pavilit’, a famous restaurant on Main Street 3.”
“Wow… Pavilit?”
“A place where 3 hours just to stand in line is light?”
“…… Pick it up.”
‘It’s so easy to deal with kids…..’
By the way, should I focus on it for now?
Yoo Chun-hwa is riding the air as usual, holding her posture, but Kim Ga-sok’s behavior is a little strange.
Aren’t you walking too slowly?
“What is it…? Yoo Chun-hwa, aside from that, isn’t it too relaxed over there?”
“What… Are you thinking? I can’t get a feel for it…?”
“Ah. It stopped.”
………?
About 30 meters away, Kim’s acceleration stopped.
Why? The reason for the sudden stop over there… No way.
‘With just that one test video, you already figured out the attack range?’
Of course, since the range was displayed in the game guide, it was just something I knew.
Unaware of that fact, the audience was puzzled.
And the next moment,
“…… Go.”
Puuu!
“What..! What… Speed!”
“It’s so hard… My eyes can’t follow it…!”
“What’s going on?”
Kim accelerated at a speed that most cadets were not even aware of.
I knew he was a cadet whose strength was speed, but… I never thought he’d reach this speed.
It’s an attack that uses speeds that have already exceeded the speed of sound…
“That’s… Awesome…”
“Certainly, he must have been the one who deserved first place.”
“Wow, it’s huge ..! Is that the first place of the year?”
There are only 3 guys who follow your gaze even in the current A class.
Kaylas, Yoo Jung-min, and… Arhan? Surprisingly. I’ll have to check it out.
While I was lost in thought, I heard a roar once more.
Unsurprisingly, as I accelerated one more time at a tremendous speed, the two collided in the middle and then bounced off.
‘Certainly…. Kim Ga-sok’s side has a better strategy, Yoo Chun-hwani, who has a great strength in attack power in the first place, won’t even give me a chance to attack…. And that’s enough acceleration to realize that. In contrast, Yoo Chun-hwa…’
I think I’ve prepared enough, but the speed Kim Ga-sok showed today was more than just a test video.
It’s not unreasonable that he couldn’t cope, but he couldn’t help but be a little disappointed.
Considering Yoo Chun-hwa’s stamina, it’s not strange that she has already fallen out.
“Well… In that respect… In a way, it’s amazing.”
Nevertheless, with mana wrapped around her body, she stands firm.
With only tenacity to win, he is preventing his body, which has already reached its limit, from collapsing.
The confrontation continues again.
Kim Ga-do and Yoo Chun-hwa also chose to attack.
Kim Ga-sok starts running toward Yoo Chun-hwa.
………?
What is this… This feeling of déjà vu?
“It’s noticeably slower than I thought…?”
“No matter how much you do, you can’t keep up that level of explosive power… He’s more human than I thought…”
“As expected… I want to stick together even more!”
No… It’s not just slow.
Something is strange.
No, looking back, all of Kim Ga-sok’s actions up until now are strange.
Somewhere is different.
This is… Like…
In an instant, Yoo Chun-hwa’s blow flies away.
A shockwave of enormous power, even at a glance, flies at the slowed Kim Ga-sok, but is about to reach it.
Again, she dodged with the ridiculous moves seen in the test.
In the end, the duel ended with Yoo Chun-hwa, who had dealt the final blow, collapsed.
“………”
Somehow, there is a sense of incongruity, once you feel it, you feel it again and again.
Even my luck is telling me.
This is, obviously, going to be a lot of fun.
Ssik
‘Ah….. I’m already looking forward to it…? hahahahaha…’
“I… Professor? I’m done.”
“That’s right… Look at my mind.”
Isn’t it also a professor’s duty to guide a cadet who is trying to stray somewhere?
Yeah… This is my job as a professor… Not really for my own fun…?
“Now… This is another amazing result. …… I never thought it would be this overwhelming. The winner of this duel is… Kim Ga-sok!!!!!”
Now… Then what shall we do from now on…?
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“Ah… I don’t want to go out…”
Obviously I was just doing my best to survive, but how did things go this far?
I once rejected all the arenas that came before me because they were difficult, but I couldn’t just refuse like this forever.
I appreciate the professors’ suggestions for practice, but I can’t stand it if I go to my current state.
In the first place, if it wasn’t for an actual combat situation, my physical strength, which is still only 10, would be too much for me to even take classes.
And most importantly, Im Yeon-woo, I don’t know what else this madman is up to.
[Lim Yeon-woo’s letter]
[A letter from Lim Yeon-woo to the student he cared about the most. Is it because of his mood that somehow his handwriting seems to reveal his joy…?]
[Content: How are you? Cadet Kim Ga-sok….. Well, leave the jokes aside. You know what I sent anyway, right? Hmmm. The duel with Cadet Yoo Chun-hwa this time and the class on Monday. And about you, Kim Ga-sok, I have something to say. After a while, around 9:00 PM, so that I could come to the combat practice field behind the 1st year main building where Class A is located. Oh, by the way, is this a one-sided notice?]
Looks like he’s stopped pretending in front of classmates. What is written is so….. Frivolous.
That letter. Whoa… f*ck I really didn’t want to receive this much.
Is that letter a kind of lucky letter that you get from Lim Yeon-woo even in the game if you do something noticeable?
It’s really bad.
The event proceeds as it pleases, isn’t it kidnapped by Lim Yeon-woo and taken to some unknown museum or dungeon?
The worst thing is that Lim Yeon-woo created such a situation and left it unattended.
He’ll only help you when you really need it, but if that situation doesn’t come in the first place, he’s a crazy psychopath who’ll sit by and eat popcorn.
So, the duel with Yoo Chun-hwa is what Im Yeon-woo likes right now, so,
After receiving this letter, I was destined to be forcibly taken to that event.
Of course, non-compliance with the professor’s instructions is subject to deductions, and a more terrible punishment would be waiting for me if I did such a thing.
Why on earth is this game so extreme only for me?
Now there is no answer.
In the next two hours, I will be taken away.
“…Let’s enjoy our last supper…”
I immediately leave the dormitory and head to the cafeteria.
The other cadets had already finished eating, so there weren’t that many people in sight.
Go to the Korean food corner and order a set meal of kimchi jjigae.
“… Delicious…”
Seriously… Why… Are tears in my eyes…?
There is no one in this world who understands my miserable situation.
Ha. Life.
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When it strikes 9 o’clock, I have the urge to go in my head.
That is Lim Yeon-woo’s vicious trait.
[Fate Adjuster].
Based on an extremely high Luck stat, it is a characteristic that changes everything that happens in the world to one’s own advantage, in other words, doing as he pleases.
I can’t help but call him a psychopath when he writes stuff like that with malicious intent in his letter.
In the end, I came to the combat practice field.
Looking ahead, Lim Yeon-woo is waving his hand and waiting for me.
“….. So Professor, what did you call me for…?”
“Ah! Welcome back. First, about Monday’s class.”
Fortunately, first of all.
“The other Class A cadets will directly analyze the scene of the duel between you and Chunhwa Yoo, and then come forward and make a public announcement.”
Puuu.
Yes? What did you say?
No, why are you doing that?
“There’s nothing to be difficult about. You just have to stand next to him and tell him what kind of judgment you used to fight and what strategies you’ve prepared.”
Isn’t this just a public execution?
You almost collapsed from exhaustion after attacking alone like an idiot, did you win by luck?
Do I have to say that?
“…….”
“Well, don’t look at me like that. Oh, and the most important thing…”
“……?”
The atmosphere suddenly gets cold.
What is it… I’ve experienced it again…?
What……?
“Chehehe…”
Suddenly, the surrounding mana vibrates and begins to choke.
I tried to free it, but I couldn’t move because I had too little strength.
“What are you… Doing?”
Yeonwoo Lim looks at me with a cold expression.
No, why are you doing that, for real.
What did I do wrong?
Why don’t you let me live comfortably,