Chapter 573 – Chapter 573 Hero Academy (5)
〈 Hero Promotion Test Notice〉
It was a long-winded notice, but after skimming through it, it wasn’t difficult to summarize the contents.
If you want to be promoted, it was about taking the test administered by the National Hero Association.
It was written as a notice, but it didn’t seem like there was any disadvantage if I didn’t stare at it.
In the first place, if you give the hero coercion, that’s a problem, but….
But it was amazing.
‘… Intermediate exam? Cho Seo-hyeon was a lower-middle class hero?’
This was a fact that was hard to comprehend.
It was because the Cho Seo-hyun I knew had a great sense of responsibility as an instructor, and his skills were never weak enough to be described as lower-intermediate.
I asked Armonia while sneaking a peek.
‘Armonia, do you know any information about the hero level?’
So far, I haven’t been interested in ratings.
Even Cho Seo-hyun’s rank, which he often talked about in the early days, didn’t pay much attention.
The reason was because I had the ability, but I wasn’t a formal hero.
And he has no intention of becoming a formal hero….
[Let me explain….]
The moment I tried to listen to Armonia’s explanation….
“Ahh! What, what! Oh, when did you come!”
“Ah. I came a little while ago.”
“Oh, what a surprise….”
In the beginning, Seohyun put on a surprised expression as if her heart would explode and put the notice in the drawer of her desk.
I had already looked through the contents, but I pretended not to see and greeted them properly.
“Good morning.”
“Good morning… ? Huh.”
In the second, Seohyun snorted at him and pouted her lips and began to look away.
I could roughly guess why she was pouting.
I smiled awkwardly and approached Seohyun, who was sitting at the desk.
“Sorry. Busy on the weekend….”
Cho Seo-hyun’s pouting lips began to tuck in as soon as I approached.
Then he put it all in his mouth and began to grumble.
“… From now on, at least keep in touch. You were worried.”
Haha, yes I understand.”
Fortunately, the pout didn’t last long, and after that, Seohyun and I started preparing for class.
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The hero grade was basically composed of two forms.
It is a national rating system given by the National Hero Association and a ranking system given by the World Talent Regulatory Organization.
It was said that the ranks evaluated by the global talent regulatory body are evaluated only by performance.
In the case of Korea, it is calculated up to 10,000th place, and after that, it is said that it is not ranked separately.
It seemed like an unavoidable choice, since if we were to rank even after the 10,000th place, we would have to evaluate all talented people who had poor performance.
There won’t be time to review the abilities of the talented people all over the world….
[However, it is known that evaluation is given when the person submits the performance.]
‘Different from me, there must be some people who are precious to each rank.’
[And the rating of the Domestic Hero Association, which you were curious about earlier.]
Superlative, upper, upper middle, middle, lower middle, lower.
And… Off-topic and off-topic.
[This is an off-topic hero that is classified as a lower class or lower. No matter how much you graduate from the consulate, if you don’t take the first grade test, it seems to be classified as out of the question.]
‘Aha… Then I’ll be out of the question. Then, what about extravagance?’
[The extravagance is… This hero is classified as superlative or higher by the association.]
For your reference, it is known that the super strong hyun belongs to that category.
However, he explained that extracurricular was not the concept of taking a test in the first place.
[In the first place, it is known that there is no need to take a test even if you only go to the upper intermediate level. From then on, the Hero Association seems to be measured by performance, just like the world’s competent regulatory body.]
‘Is it really necessary to divide the grade and ranking system like that?’
[This is because the personalities of the two organizations are clearly different.]
‘Eh?’
[This is because one side emphasizes regulation and integration, and the other side emphasizes autonomy and profit.]
World Competent Regulatory Body.
This was an organization created to monitor and sanction the heroes spreading around the world causing trouble with each other.
However, the problem is that the sanctions and surveillance cannot be carried out smoothly.
[A hero, the country’s top talent. If you try to regulate them, the country’s damage will be done, so each country has a separate hero association to report on the hero, so it is out of the regulation of the world’s ability regulation organization.]
It is said that the current global competent person regulatory body is a group that only talks about it, but in reality it has degenerated into an organization that ranks people.
It was natural.
An organization created by ordinary people to regulate people with abilities.
Even if it was a group like that, they would have recruited people with abilities….
‘Well, most of the guys in places like that are the ones I had no choice but to choose because they couldn’t make enough money.’
This side of the world is generating huge profits by talented people.
A world where power attracts capital.
At first, it would have been established with sincerity, but now it probably has changed into a group that just defends heroes by receiving capital from each country.
‘Well, if you know it’s a ranking group…. But why is the association taking exams differently from organizations?’
[The most important thing in the Hero Association is that we want people who excel in interpersonal warfare beyond the ability to clear dungeons.]
‘Aha….’
I get it now
Cho Seo-hyeon sighed as she looked at the notice, wondering if she was still in the lower middle class….
Although Cho Seo-hyeon’s ability is obviously excellent, there was one fatal problem.
‘The interpersonal test must have been the problem.’
Direct confrontation.
Due to the trauma of abuse in the past, it was Cho Seo-hyun who was unable to fully demonstrate her skills in interpersonal battles.
Even in the sparring with the cadets, where the difference in skill was evident, when I started to get nervous, the mistakes increased out of control.
There was a high possibility that he had not taken the exam at all, or even if he had taken the exam, he had failed.
‘Is it because of the monster issue?’
[There is a bigger problem than the monster.]
‘Yes? What’s the matter?’
[This is a person with abilities from another country.]
‘Ah… There must be a war here too.’
Heroes who personally crush large firearms….
That won’t happen easily, but when a war breaks out, it’s clear that heroes will be chosen first.
‘I’ll be a real war hero.’
[Fortunately, there is no current threat of war. However, as the association is funded by the state and operated, it seems to be more concerned with the element of competition from other countries.]
‘Because the money-making guild will take care of it….’
The complex story seemed to be roughly organized now.
The important thing is Cho Seo-hyeon’s test….
I looked at Cho Seo-hyeon, who was instructing the cadets from afar.
It was definitely different from usual.
She was usually the one who directed her training, driving her cadets through with her expression hardened….
‘It feels stupid.’
Today, unlike usual, I had no strength in my eyes and tone.
While staring blankly at Dalian, he was only at the level of answering the occasional question from the cadets.
It seemed that the exam notice was bothering him. Seeing that you’re far away from me….
It was when I was thinking about Cho Seo-hyeon.
“Ten minute break!”
Cho Seohyeon looked at her cadets and announced her break, then crossed her arms and began staring blankly into space at her.
It was the moment when I thought about whether I should at least talk to Cho Seo-hyeon.
“Sam.”
“Yes?”
A familiar woman’s voice entered my ears.
When I turned her head….
“Cho Seohyun, are you not feeling well?”
It was Song Ara.
I pretended not to know and shook her head.
“Well, you were fine this morning. Perhaps you are worried because you have a lot to think about when it comes to teaching.”
“Aha… I’m glad you’re feeling well.”
As Song Ara relaxed her worried expression and looked at Seohyeon in her second, a female cadet she was sparring with just as she was sparring came and threw her words at her insinuation.
“Ah! Probably because of the promotion test.”
“Ah… It is that time.”
Song A-ra nodded her head and started talking to each other with me next to her.
“Sir Seohyun Cho. Didn’t you take the test after all last year?”
“Yes. You said you passed it on just because you were an instructor.”
The cadets gradually flocked to the conversation between the two, and each began to throw out something to say.
“Ah… I’ve heard of that.”
And one of them came up with the correct answer.
“There was a story that he handed it over because he didn’t have a partner.”
After hearing the cadet’s words, she recalled what she had glanced at in her notice earlier, and asked by correspondence.
‘I had a story about a partner. I can’t remember. Is it really necessary?’
[This was required. It was written that it was okay for those who participated in the lower-middle promotion test together, and that you did not have to be a hero as long as you could use your abilities.]
Surprisingly, the rules didn’t seem too strict.
I thought I had to team up with a hero of the same level unconditionally….
“Instructor Cho Seo-hyeon… If you ask the guild or the technical instructors, they will listen.”
“Or you can hire them. My older sister says she hired her because she didn’t want to cause unnecessary trouble during the exam.”
It was something the cadets already knew.
However, when I thought about it, there was something I really didn’t understand.
‘Isn’t it a problem that can be solved if there is super power in the first place?’
If you just say that Cho Kang-hyun is your partner, everything will be solved by itself, right?
[It seems that only you know the internal circumstances.]
‘….’
Well, let’s move on to the Kanghyun issue….
First of all, I could understand why Cho Seo-hyun was worried like that.
‘Personal warfare and partners.’
The heroes you meet in the intermediate test have a wide distribution of skills, so if you have good match luck, there is a high chance that you will be a pure lower-middle level hero.
With Cho Seo-hyeon’s skills, a pure mid-lower level hero would be able to easily overwhelm them.
However, for Cho Seo-hyeon, who is vulnerable in interpersonal battles, there was a high possibility that such Daejin-woon would act adversely.
Even if the difference in skill is revealed, there is a high possibility of experiencing greater frustration if you lose….
Even my partner accompanied me, and there could be a situation where my partner would fail the exam because of me.
‘Is there a disadvantage if I don’t get promoted?’
[If it is a domestic guild, when renewing the contract or moving the guild. It is known to have a significant effect on
‘I guess I have to post it.’
It was understandable why Cho Seo-hyun was worried like that.
It’s a future that you have to go through someday, but it’s scary to face it.
A situation that can lead to damage to colleagues beyond the damage of one person.
It was the situation that Cho Seo-hyeon hated the most.
While secretly eavesdropping on the cadets’ stories, Seohyeon Cho suddenly came to her senses and shouted,
“Start training again!”
The class was resumed, but the blank expression and powerless tone did not change.
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Just because the notice came in didn’t mean I was taking the exam right away.
The promotion test period is during the consulate’s summer vacation.
It was still a few months away.
It’s a promotion test where you have to find a partner in the first place, but if the association pushes the deadline, you’ll hear what the heroes say.
But it didn’t seem like a good idea to relax.
No matter how much money you recruit, matching the sum is just as important.
After finishing the engineering class, I ate lunch with Cho Seo-hyeon.
I talked about the incident in Erica as if tossing it out.
“Did you know there was an uproar at Erica’s headquarters last weekend?”
“Oh, I saw it on the news. I was surprised too. I didn’t know that there would be that much.”
Fortunately, it didn’t seem to connect me to the incident.
There is no clue in the first place, but the connection itself is funny….
However, Cho Seo-hyun started muttering to herself with a sullen expression.
“Sua. He had nowhere to go. Everyone was so excited….”
Jealousy.
Cho Seo-hyun had been disapproving of Seong Soo-ah.
Her main purpose is super-strong, but environmental envy will also be involved.
Since she had a different school life than herself….
At such a moment, Sung Soo-ah was highly praised by the media, and her jealousy seemed to rise.
However, with such jealousy, I began to feel pity.
‘… If it hadn’t happened in the past, Cho Seohyun would have made a name for herself.’
She said that if Seohyun had only met a proper instructor, she would have become as talented as Seongsuah.
Since she entered as the top….
However, due to her wrong education, she couldn’t get her proper foundation, and instead only her trauma was planted.
I made a decision while watching such Cho Seo-hyun.
‘It can’t be helped.’
[… ?]
I hinted at Cho Seo-hyun, who was grumbling while writing down the meal.
“Instructor Cho Seo-hyun.”
“Yes?”
“Is there a promotion exam?”
“..Haha, I saw it too.”
Cho Seohyun sighed with a curt expression and opened her mouth.
“Yes. The exam was scheduled during summer vacation. By the way… Nothing much to worry about. I don’t really care about ratings anyway.”
Not interested… She has been showing off her disturbing feelings from earlier….
I made a proposal with a pitiful expression to Cho Seo-hyun, who was making such a disturbed expression.
“Instructor Cho Seo-hyun.”
“Yes?”
“I… Would you like to be my partner?”
At the same suggestion as my question, Seohyun Cho began to stare at me with surprised rabbit eyes.
Cho Seohyun, who was looking at me with a reminded face, opened her mouth with a smile.
“I will refuse.”
