Chapter 856 – 856. Hero Academy (6)
I obediently followed Hyunmin Oh.
I didn’t get dissatisfied with his sudden call.
‘Let’s see what they’re calling for.’
I just wondered why they were waiting for me and taking me somewhere.
But Oh Hyun-min, who actually takes me…
“Ha… Why did I wait for this guy…”
He started complaining like an annoyance.
It also denigrates me even though I am openly next to it…
I was worried rather than annoyed when I saw Oh Hyun-min like that.
‘Song Ah-ra and Seo Ji-eun won’t change like that, right?’
I was worried that the two of them, both honor students and model students, would change like that after becoming heroes.
However, Armonia dismissed my concerns.
[People’s personalities don’t change as easily as you think.]
‘Is it? I heard that even among the instructors who have a bad personality right now, there were also those who were sociable in their school days.’
[I can’t judge people carelessly, but… I originally had that kind of temperament, but I would have lived in hiding.]
According to Armonia’s words, even people who originally had a bad temperament were often tolerant of it.
Then, like a hero, when you get to a position where you don’t have to care about what others think…
[When that time comes, you decide that you don’t need to notice anymore.]
‘But… Even among the cadets, there are some who have very different temperaments and external personalities.’
Although he has a selfish personality, there are children who fit in well with the group for the sake of grades.
Although they tend to be angry, there were also children who persevered in order not to fall outside the eyes of the instructor.
In contrast, Song A-ra and Seo Ji-eun…
‘Aren’t the two kids really good at heart?’
They were good enough that I didn’t have to worry about them.]
In fact, my worries were meaningless.
‘After all, you live your own life.’
Two children’s lives belong to two children.
Just because I see a problem with my eyes, I can’t talk about it and correct it.
Even so, if I saw a problem, I wanted to correct it even if I was cursed at as much as the two children.
[Do you have any other reason to care about the two cadets?]
The reason was simple.
‘Because they really respect me.’
Seo Ji-eun and Song A-ra treated me like a real instructor, not an assistant instructor.
Even the other cadets were treating me on the outside.
However, there was a strong feeling that something was inevitable.
In particular, it was revealed more prominently before graduation.
Yeah, I didn’t mean to disparage the other cadets.
‘I don’t see them anymore after I graduate anyway, so there must be something like that.’
In the case of Cho Seo-hyeon or Seong Su-ah, since they are the same hero, there is a possibility of meeting them in public, but they would think that there is little chance of meeting me.
So, the treatment has to be different…
Thinking that way, I was able to arrive at my destination in no time.
The place where Hyunmin Oh brought me…
“Whoa… I didn’t know you would come here.”
It was the consulate’s training room.
It was also a special training room that only instructors could enter, not the general training room used by the cadets.
‘And… It’s very different from the cadets’ training room.’
If the training room used by the cadets felt like a playground for children, the training room for instructors had a stadium-like grandeur.
In fact, it was only natural that the instructors’ facilities were this large.
The training room used by the cadets was tailored to the level of the cadets, and the training room used by the instructors was tailored to the instructors’ skills.
This is because if the instructors use the training room for general cadets, the facility may be damaged or, in the worst case, the facility itself may be blown up.
However, the curious thing is that such a large training room…
“Fortunately, no one is there.”
As Oh Hyun-min said, there was not a single person.
I hadn’t said a single word to Oh Hyun-min before, and then I opened my mouth for the first time.
“What business did you bring here?”
As an assistant instructor, I had basic manners.
Even so, Oh Hyun-min laughed…
“It’s not a big deal, I called it to be my sparring opponent.”
I made a request that didn’t even sound like a request.
Of course, since I am not an idiot, I was able to immediately recognize Oh Hyun-min’s intentions.
‘And… Are you that upset that I messed around with Sung Soo-ah earlier?’
I thought I would definitely get into trouble.
But I never thought it would come out this way.
Hero… No, at least I knew how to retaliate with the knowledge of an instructor.
But I never thought I would plan a retaliation like that of a bully on the street like this…
When I looked at him with a ridiculous expression, Oh Hyun-min misunderstood my expression and started giggling.
“Why? Are you scared? Don’t worry. Because it’s light sparring. Light~”
“…”
Oh Hyun-min said that while looking at me and smiling.
He’s probably preparing another provocation if I try to pull him back from here.
Either way, he’ll try to fight with me.
But I…
“All right.”
He immediately nodded and accepted.
Oh Hyun-min was expecting me to step back, but when he suddenly accepted, he glared at me as if he was offended.
“… Got it?”
“Yes, if there is a problem while fighting instead, I would like Instructor Oh Hyun-min to tell the principal directly. Because I don’t have much of a say.”
“What is this…”
Oh Hyun-min was not an idiot either, so he immediately realized the meaning of my words.
Oh Hyeon-min made a dirty expression for a while, then came to his senses and started laughing again.
“Kuhhh… Yeah don’t worry I will take care of all your sick leave problems.”
“Thank god.”
“Kuhhh… It’s funny.”
Oh Hyun-min seemed to be sorry that he couldn’t see my servility, but he started to laugh happily, probably thinking that I was caught in a trap because of my pride.
I said to Oh Hyun-min, who was looking at me with a smile.
“Please give me some time to choose a weapon. I’m an assistant instructor, so I can’t always carry a weapon in the consulate.”
“Huh… Of course. But you’re not secretly trying to tell someone else on the excuse of choosing a weapon, are you? Hehe… For example, contact Instructor Seong Soo-ah with tears in her eyes… Huh?”
Widely!
I didn’t want to listen to Oh Hyun-min’s words to the end, so I unfastened the smart watch he was wearing and dropped it on the floor.
I said to Oh Hyun-min in that state.
“I can’t believe the instructor while I’m picking out weapons… Who are you going to call?”
“Haha, what kind of bastard… Good.”
Percussion!
Oh Hyun-min, like me, unwrapped the smart watch and dropped it as if tossing it next to the smart watch I dropped.
“It will be fun. Let’s do it right.”
“… I do my best.”
After answering that, I turned around and walked slowly to the place where the weapons were displayed.
And walking like that, with a fishy smile…
‘Good. Skills raised in Yggdrasil… Let’s test it properly this time.’
Performed Spirit Summoning.
As soon as I arrived at the place where the weapons were displayed, a spirit was summoned right in front of my eyes.
(How have you been?)
It was Yeonho, the only soul at the consulate who was close to me.
I opened my mouth in a whisper so that Oh Hyun-min, who was far away, could not hear.
“Yes. I’ve been fine. Yeonho-san, how have you been?”
(I don’t know how to respond to the question of how the dead are doing… But I did well. Compared to the other souls, I was happy.)
Yeon-ho told me that he is being envied by other spirits just by going back and forth in this world once.
(Thank you for calling me again.)
“Haha… I was rather worried that you might be bothering me, but I’m glad you didn’t hate it.”
(Is there any reason to dislike it. But… Is this guy the opponent this time?)
Yeonho stared at my back and confirmed the opponent.
“Yes. He’s a wizard, and he’s talented in his own way.”
(It seems that there is a story when you see them fighting in a sparring ground like this rather than an urgent battle.)
“That is…”
I summarized the situation as best I could to Yeonho.
The focus of the summary was that Oh Hyeon-min abused his position.
Yeonho, who listened to everything I said…
(Hmph… The world has changed a lot. To think that a guy like that boasts that he’s a hero…)
He shook his head and looked at Oh Hyun-min as if he was pathetic.
“Oh… Was it different when Yeonho was here?”
(…Actually, I don’t remember completely either. However, I’m sure there wasn’t a guy like him among those who were called heroes.)
It was an absurd answer, but on the other hand, it was also understandable.
Not only the era name, but all the spirits in the consulate world were in the same situation as the era name.
It was said that most of them lost their memories and could not recognize each other anymore.
I didn’t know why on earth this world soul was in such a situation.
‘Well, let’s solve the problem in front of us first.’
I thought so and asked Yeonho formally.
“Can you lend me your abilities for a while this time too?”
(Of course.)
Yeonho answered coolly and began to penetrate my body.
I used the art of possession at the same time as Yeonho’s soul overlapped my body.
As the abilities that Yeonho had during his lifetime flowed into my body…
‘Awesome… What, what!’
Senses on a different level from the last time when Yeonho possessed me stirred my whole body.
My body became lighter and I could jump several tens of meters with just a slight lift of my toe.
When he swung his arm, he felt as if he could break steel without a weapon.
‘This… Level 55 in swordsmanship and 10 in possession?’
It wasn’t a bluff, it seemed that if I applied my strength now, Oh Hyeon-min from far away would be able to cut off his head in the blink of an eye.
‘If this is it, that bastard…’
I, who was holding the sword with such excitement…
‘No. Let’s calm down.’
I took a deep breath and began to clear my mind.
‘If you fight in this state and kill yourself by mistake…’
The moment that situation comes, this mission will end in vain.
I don’t know if it’s killing monsters or terrorist groups, the instructor of the consulate… Also, if you kill the hero of the tower, it will be impossible to cover Seongsuah or Yeriel.
‘Let’s stay calm. Composure…’
Holding the sword like that, I took a deep breath and approached Hyunmin Oh.
Hyunmin Oh misunderstood my concentration while taking a deep breath and started giggling.
“Can you fight if you’re that nervous? Shall we stop now?”
Oh Hyun-min wasn’t the kind of person who would really quit even if I asked him to quit.
I would just want to ridicule and see myself react to the mockery.
However, I did not live up to Oh Hyun-min’s expectations.
“I’m afraid you might get hurt.”
“… Are you really crazy?”
Oh Hyeon-min had let it go until now, but he glared at me with bloody eyes as if he couldn’t stand it any longer.
But even as he glared at it, he began to give basic explanations.
“Is this your first time here? Let me explain the basics.”
Hyunmin Oh began to explain the system of the training room.
In the fighting room, the defense shield was spread out so that even most heroes could engage in actual sparring.
It was said that if the shield was strong enough to break, a warning would appear and people would come forcibly to stop the sparring.
“What… I don’t know if it works well because I don’t have an instructor who uses this training room…”
The consulate instructors had already graduated from boring consulate life, and then belonged to their respective guilds and lived boring dungeon lives.
It’s hard to force the instructor’s abdomen, but I didn’t want to do training at the same time.
‘But… I haven’t heard that Seong Soo-ah and Cho Seo-hyeon also use the training room.’
Plus, you need at least two people to sparring.
I didn’t want to forcefully save an opponent and train.
“What… There won’t be any damage to the battle room’s defenses. Fighting with you…”
It had a double meaning.
It was said that I did not have enough power to damage the shield, and that I would not use magic strong enough to damage the shield while dealing with me.
“If you feel like you can’t hold on, shout ‘surrender’. As soon as I hear it, I stop too. If you hear…”
“Remember.”
I’ll stop when I hear it too. If you hear…
After hearing all the basic rules from Oh Hyeon-min, I gently distanced myself from him.
The distance is approximately 50 meters.
As I stanced with the distance wide open, Oh Hyun-min crossed his arms and shouted in an arrogant manner.
“Five seconds! I won’t attack for 5 seconds considering the close-range and long-range compatibility. Run and see!”
If you are a hero from the consulate, it takes 3 seconds to break through 50 meters… No, 1-2 seconds should be enough.
But I’m an assistant instructor.
Oh Hyun-min said that he received a handicap, but in reality he set a trap to create an advantageous situation.
I replied with a nod of my head.
Oh Hyun-min frowned at me nodding his head without answering and continued talking.
“Joy… I’ll count it as starting the moment you move. Run freely!”
He nodded his head once again at Oh Hyun-min’s words.
After that, it seemed like he was talking to himself, but it was so far away that I couldn’t hear him.
I focused on Oh Hyeon-min, who was carelessly looking at me while chattering like that.
And when he blinks…
‘Now!’
Aaaaa!
He vigorously stretched his foot back toward Oh Hyun-min.
And then, let’s take a step back…
‘Crazy!’
Oh Hyeon-min’s face, which was clearly about 50 meters away, was within my range in one step.
‘This is pure swordsmanship level 55!?’
I was amazed, but quickly came to my senses.
‘I’m not in a situation to admire right now!’
Looking at Hyunmin Oh with his eyes still closed, I…
Wow!
‘If you wield a sword, you will surely die! For now, with a simple blow!’
Instead of the blade, the blunt part of the handle, the sword head, was pushed out toward his face.
“Huh?”
Oh Hyun-min woke up to the sudden sound of wind…
Bakgaak!!!
“Pukyaaaaagh!”
Before he could recognize me, my sword head hit his philtrum.
Oh Hyeon-min, who was hit in the head with a sword head without any warning, fell back about 5 meters.
Fluff!
“Kehooaaaaagh!”
I laughed out loud as I saw Oh Hyun-min screaming as he covered his mouth.
“I didn’t know you would really give in. Sorry.”
Then he landed where he was standing and lowered his head.
Beneath my feet…
“It must be difficult to eat for a while.”
The two front teeth he had cherished all his life were chipped away with red mucus.
