chapter 21
21 – It sucks, but it’s 1st place anyway.
[1St place, Non-Eunhyeon.]
[2Nd place, Baek Eun-sol.]
[3Rd place, Cha Yeon-hwa.]
……
It was the final ranking of the open entrance exam.
At one point, I, who had been pushed to 20th place, finally ended up as 1st place.
The test isn’t over yet. The duration of the exam is 3 hours. However, this was the end of the attention of the relay team and big scouts from around the world.
It made sense. The participant who is expected to come in 22nd place right away has yet to break through 50% of the entire section.
On the other hand, 21 people not only broke the record of the previous obstacle running test, but also crossed the finish line less than an hour after the test started.
This was an achievement that could be described as overwhelming.
‘Twenty people besides me.’
These are the 20 supernovae in the original work. Or called a super rookie, he received public attention.
I got caught up in all kinds of incidents and accidents that the main character of the 5th part was driving, and he played an active role against villains and monsters beyond his age group.
In the process, most of them unfortunately lost their lives.
Most of the students who entered the special class through this entrance exam came from elite families. He had a lot of problems with his personality, but at least his talent was certain.
If they were alive, these beings would have played a major role in preventing destruction.
The audience was buzzing. Word came out that I had won first place by way of an expedient. I think so too, but in the end it was justified.
It is said that ‘Baek Jin’, the chairman of Baekwoon, argued the most, and it was natural.
If flying to the finish line in an instant is the expedient, the only granddaughter will be included in the target.
Even without reading the original work, Baek Jin is already famous for his love for his granddaughter. He couldn’t accept this situation.
First place.
I received it for the first time in my past and present lives.
There was nothing like school days in my previous life.
In my current life, I was pretty good at studying, but the maximum was 3rd or 2nd in the entire school. The movement couldn’t beat the Awoken.
That’s why I was more than happy to be labeled ‘1’ for the first time in my life. I’m so happy, wow…… !
I had to run to the bathroom and vomit for a while.
Forget the scientific common sense that objects with mass cannot move at the speed of light. This is a world where Awakeners exist. It is already unscientific.
I really experienced speed.
‘It was dizzying.’
If it hadn’t been for predicting the route and preoccupying the position at the front of the palanquin by throwing one’s body at the sparkling timing. And if Baek Eun-sol responded even a little. He must have fallen out dangerously. But she stayed still.
It was only for a moment, but I remember that the red and blue Odd-Eye paid attention to me as I climbed into the ice kiln.
I left the bathroom. Eun-Sol Baek came in second, but she didn’t care at all. She set up ice knights around her and went to bed calmly.
‘Well, it’s the kind of character that isn’t interested in other people.’
Rather, at the moment when the first place was certain, Cha Yeon-hwa, who had suddenly been pushed back by two people and became the third place, sent a murderous look.
I was aiming for that and intervened. Cha Yeon-hwa is the main character in part 5. Hate me or love me, it doesn’t matter. I had to keep her attention and stay by my side. Only then can you get caught up in the central events of this world.
Cha Yeon-hwa has an excessive desire to compete. He was the type of character that could never be defeated.
Look at it now. He said that he lost in a test that wasn’t even given a prize, and he’s been keeping an eye on me since he treated me like a stalker and completely ignored me.
***
Cha Yeon-hwa could not understand the numbers on the display board.
3Rd place.
I was running in first place.
1M in front. No, even at the 10cm mark, he was definitely number one.
However, a flash of white light took away his sight. By the time she reached the finish line, the number ‘1’ she had never doubted was taken from her.
The number given that way was ‘3’.
I would have been very angry even if it was ‘2’, but ‘3’ gave me a sense of collapse.
‘…… Non-Eunhyeon.’
Cha Yeon-hwa thought.
He.
He was a stalker who had been following him relentlessly since he was a child, a pervert who would give gifts he preferred without knowing how, and even if he reported to the police, he was a madman who would come to his house within a month.
He was told that he became an Awakened some time ago, but now he has followed the entrance exam.
If it’s that good, I’ll confess, but I’m a coward who can’t even do that.
Cha Yeon-hwa knew that man was sloppy.
Maybe that’s why, I was angry at the congratulations on winning the championship, saying that I was a diligent and sincere effort.
Who didn’t try? Effort is essential in today’s world. I tried to bleed every day.
I hate ‘yes’ for taking ‘1’ and handing ‘3’ to myself.
Of course, Cha Yeon-hwa knows. The reason he received a 3 is not non-Eunhyeon.
He just seized the opportunity.
‘Baek Eun-sol.’
I clearly knew that it was all because of that woman who cowardly tried to cross the finish line by using a divine protection behind her.
However, his anger was directed at Bi Eun-hyeon.
Because he is number one?
No, because he saw an opportunity.
Because he saw and caught that white light, which he couldn’t even react properly, but rather took away his sight.
Ah, this is an inferiority complex.
“A guy who was only in 20th place is now in first place. No wonder. Cha Yeon-hwa had to be number one.”
“That’s right.”
“I think so too.”
Some men were comforting me and came rushing in and talking nonsense.
To be honest, it was absurd. Only 20th? Aren’t they even ranked that way? Whose achievement do you dare to disparage?
“Do you guys know me?”
“Yes, of course!”
“I am a fan, I am a fan!”
“It’s even weirder if you don’t know the hottest model, Cha Yeon-hwa.”
“I don’t know, so get out of here, you assholes. Don’t try to rub it.”
‘”… ….”‘
Ignoring the people I didn’t even need to associate with, I looked at Bi Eun-hyeon again.
– Cheerit.
It’s the same as before. I just watched it, her face is hot and my heart is tingling. I hated seeing this.
Three people approached him.
‘Who are you?’
“Bee Eun-hyeon young man. Congratulations on first place.”
“As expected, it was the best!”
“Congratulations. I never thought he would respond to Baek Gwang’s protection.”
“Thank you everyone. By the way, I thought General Dong was going to see his daughter, but can you come to me?”
“Ha, that’s… …. I had a little argument with my daughter. So it’s a bit ambiguous to go see it now.”
Baek Yeon-ho, Aram, Mad Genius.
One is a celebrity.
It has been like that since long ago. Bi Eun-hyeon had connections. There are many men who only approach him based on his good looks, but it was so opposite to himself who was still alone.
Facing them, Bi Eun-hyeon looked happy. There, his chest pain intensified.
…… He bit his lip until it bleed.
I know. That this wasn’t just the rage of defeat. But if I brought out this emotion and faced the truth, I felt miserable. So he decided to stay away from it until the end.
This is an inferiority complex. There are no other emotions. He then wins himself. He was just thinking about it.
***
After the allotted 180 minutes, a total of 5,345 people passed the first test by crossing the finish line. There are still many This number is less than 1/10 of the total number of participants that reached 58,000.
If I hadn’t become an Awoken that day, would I have been able to get through all of this?
No, I can assure you that it was the entrance cut.
About 3,000 participants were eliminated in the beginning because they could not free themselves from what was tied to the thread of the chief professor of Cheonjinsa. When he was a normal person, he himself was one of them.
It’s easy. No tension The words he said were only possible because he became an Awakener and became stronger by leaps and bounds. From now on, you must put down that arrogance.
Lunch time is over. It was soon two o’clock.
From this point on, Baekwoon’s main test begins privately.
It is really rare to fail in an interview, which can be called the 3rd stage test, so the 2nd stage test was in fact the essence of the Baekwoon entrance exam.
In the second stage, essential elements of a hero that are difficult to distinguish with simple physical abilities, such as judgment, dedication, and combat power, are tested.
There is no high school in this world where 17 year olds are legally considered adults. Academy is an institution of higher education. And Baekun had no intention of raising his newbie.
Baekwoon only wanted expensive minerals that he had refined himself over the past 17 years, which would enable him to perform first-class activities anywhere in the world, with just four years of schooling.
I will only smelt expensive and valuable minerals into more expensive accessories. In a way, it was a very arrogant attitude, but the amazing achievements of the Baekwoon Hero Department graduates convinced everyone.
“How do you feel ahead of the 2nd stage exam?”
Mad Genius asked a question. By a truly terrible coincidence, he was the professor in charge of guiding me to the second stage exam.
“I’m nervous.”
“No way, are you afraid?”
“No, I am nervous with anticipation.”
Parts 1-4 did not deal with Hero Academy at all.
Part 1 was particularly heterogeneous. From a monster that first appeared from an unknown building called a tower, it was more like a warrior who protects the world.
Parts 2-4 dealt with the main characters who had already graduated from the hero department and confronted the forces of evil.
It was only in Part 5 that the process of how the Awakened became heroes was included.
Study if study, exercise if exercise. The curriculum of the Department of Hero, which is full of novel materials, always excites me.
It was so heartbreaking to see the ending of destruction.
It may be difficult and difficult, but if I actually do that, how far can I go?
Even when I was a normal person, it was something I wanted to try. I did, but now I am an Awakener.
It was a real challenge. If you don’t get excited here, that’s even weirder.
“This eased my worries.”
Mad Genius smiled lightly.
“Oh, yes. Young Bi Eun-hyun. I have something to give you.”
“A thing?”
Baek Yeon-ho held out a small iron stick no more than the length of his index finger. He was really lousy on the outside, so I thought he was just crap.
After hearing what was said, he changed his mind.
“This is the stiletto that Bloodseeker had.”
It was an artifact of an A-class villain that could not be obtained even with money.