Dead Eye (1)
When I turned on the faucet, hot water started pouring out of the shower. Noah Park wiped the steamy mirror with her hands as she got hit by the water.
Wet black hair clinging to his body, his well-trained body, and his black eyes were reflected.
thud.
Park Noah put her forehead in the mirror and closed her eyes. She then started pouring her own words into her head that captured her heart.
It starts today.
Mistakes are never tolerated…
Didn’t you finally do it yesterday? She overwhelmingly defeated Oh Younha, who is ranked 1st in the first year of the Yoosung Academy. This would be a convincing result for her own special case.
‘Reasonably…, ramen.’
Noah Park is not so immature that everyone thinks that she has just accepted it.
At that time, when Noah Park defeated Yunha Oh, the emotion she felt was relief, not joy. After winning, he personally received a number of gazes filled with hostility, curiosity, and jealousy pouring in from all directions.
It’s just that I’ve finally succeeded in putting one foot on the thin ice that I have to keep moving forward. There are still many tests to prove for yourself.
At the meteor academy, and ‘outside’, even ‘tower’.
“······ah.”
I’ve been thinking too much and I’ve been wasting too much time.
Park Noah came out after taking a shower. After drying her wet hair and body, she put on her underwear, put on a neat school uniform, and combed her hair neatly. She and she looked in the mirror and looked around her own face.
‘Not bad.’
It’s a flawless look when you look at yourself.
After finishing preparations, Noah Park opened the door. In front of the door, Lian Arwell was waiting in the hallway wearing a school uniform.
Noah Park looked at Arwell and smiled bitterly.
“Rian. I would have knocked if I had come.”
Arwell responded to that with a more recalled face than usual.
“No, Noah. Today is the first day, so I’m excited to even wait. I’m looking forward to what kind of friends I will make.”
Ryan Arwell. This innocent child thought that everyone would recognize their special case only by the proof at the entrance ceremony. He was worried that Arwell would be able to withstand the meaningless hostility that would pour in for a while, but he couldn’t afford to speak about it.
“Yeah, Rihanna. I’m looking forward to it too.”
Noah Park smiled and agreed with Arwell’s words.
only outwardly.
The first year of high school has begun.
The high school building had already been in use since the winter semester, so there didn’t seem to be much change on the outside, but the atmosphere in the classroom had changed a bit. The class atmosphere that had always been remembered had subsided a little.
Most aspiring heroes have dark faces, and very few have a brighter expression than usual. It depends on the presence or absence of scouts who came to the entrance ceremony yesterday.
‘Well, most probably didn’t get it.’
It is natural. There were 300 students in A class alone in the first year. It would be even more if you add Class A, which is still independent among the second and third graders. Class B is the order that comes after passing them all.
Even if reinforcement of the manpower of the guild or mercenary group is important, it does not do enough to fill the unnecessary number of people. In a world where even veterans die due to a moment’s inattention, there is no obstacle as much as beings who cannot do their part.
In other words, there is no possibility of scouting for a first-year class B, who has little practical experience.
He may not have known it himself, but he seems to have been betrayed out of fear that he would come if it were me.
‘If you look at this, performance means nothing.’
As Jack said yesterday, the performance that Seo Ji-han has reported so far is overwhelmingly higher than among her classmates. But no one wanted to scout me.
It’s because they know that it’s a performance that has no value.
‘Because the performance evaluation of the A-class is also at a level that is inferior.’
I looked at the empty seat in front of me.
Ryu Seo-yeon, who has not been contacted since yesterday, was absent today for some reason. what’s wrong?
Druck!
At that time, the front door opened and Lee Dae-su entered. After Lee Dae-soo said hello, he started the homeroom with formal words such as saying, “Let’s work hard, now that he is a freshman.”
“──And this seems to be good news for all of you. It has been talked about since last year, but they say they will reorganize the evaluation criteria for class division from this year. “
The whole class is upset about the reorganization of the evaluation criteria. I also stopped sleeping and listened. Lee Dae-soo calmed the commotion and continued his speech.
“Ranking match. It was a system in which the winner gets points through a voluntary confrontation. But now it has been concluded that the method is too unreasonable and simple. Each aspiring hero has their own strengths and weaknesses, but now this is also a detailed evaluation The reorganizations to show from now on are still drafts, but I’ve heard that there will be few revisions.”
Lee Dae-soo turned on the ppt with a hologram. Tables and words were arranged on the screen for easy recognition at a glance.
“First of all, the proportion of theory will rise to 30% in the future.”
As soon as those words came out, sighs naturally erupted among aspiring heroes.
“Recently, do you know that gates and dungeons that did not exist outside of the world are actively appearing? Considering the number of cases in which monsters that cannot be caught without prior knowledge appear significantly increased, the weight of the theory was increased. And the actual training performance was 30% . This is the same as before, and the remaining 40% has been changed to ‘actual battle’.”
Someone raised a hand and asked cautiously with an anxious voice.
“Teacher. Does that mean that actual combat means jumping into the field…?”
“Yeah. With the growing shortage of heroes, it has been concluded that aspiring first-year heroes will also participate in the gate and dungeon raids. Most of them will not experience actual battles unless they are scouted, so that is a waste of time.”
Lee Dae-soo spoke calmly, as if trying to reassure the aspiring hero who was worried.
“Of course, there are risks, but in reality, you can think of it as observing or supporting the heroes to the end, rather than taking charge of the strategy.
Then a sigh of relief leaked out everywhere.
‘Well…, it’s good if you have practical experience.’
It wasn’t bad for me if I gained experience before the difficulty rises further in the second half. Especially if it’s sexually related.
Dae-soo Lee finished the homeroom with the words to listen carefully to the lecture. I got up from my seat and followed Lee Dae-soo out of the classroom.
“Teacher.”
“Oh, yes. Jihan-ah.”
When Lee Dae-soo turned around, I handed the paper I was holding. It was a piece of paper with weapons sponsored by Black Hawk. I have marked the sword I want.
“Can you pass this on to Instructor Choi Ye-chan? Because I do not know which office you are using.”
Dae-su Lee nodded and took the paper, as if he had heard that I was getting injured.
“Okay. I’ll tell you without forgetting.”
“But… do you know why Ryu Seo-yeon didn’t come today?”
“Seoyeon? It looks like she suddenly got sick.”
“Oh, I see. Thank you.”
“Yes! Listen carefully to the lecture.”
I greeted Dae-soo Lee. Hmm. Why did you remain silent, but it was your body.
“hey.”
Someone spoke to me from behind, and when I turned around, Jae-Yoo Hong was standing there. Hong Jae-Yoo raised his head and asked.
“What lecture are you taking?”
“Me? The morning class is chess.”
“… body art?”
Hong Jae-yu was puzzled. It’s an understandable response.
From high school, like a real university, they apply for and listen to the lectures they want to take. Among them, the most unpopular lecture was ‘Chessul’.
The reason is simple. All heroes have to deal with weapons.
For example, a fist hardened enough to destroy everything. That was bullshit in this worldview. No matter how hard your fists are, using a weapon with a ‘special effect’ is stronger and more effective.
Even if you strengthen your body, it is common sense to wield a weapon containing mana with the power of that body.
In the end, not being able to handle a weapon well means being eliminated, so it was common to listen to a lecture on the weapon each one was dealing with. Nevertheless, the meaning of my intention to learn chess was simple.
‘Because I have more time to change weapons than others.’
Weapon perks do not activate at the same time. The new perks will be activated only after you have to go through the process of putting the weapon down and picking up a new weapon again. In terms of games, this is an action called ‘swap’.
For now, my main weapon is a gun and my secondary weapon is a sword, but later, considering the characteristics, I could handle other types of weapons or more at once.
This is because the ‘calibration’ that the weapon privileges have in common guarantees a certain level of proficiency for me, even without the basics.
After all, even if it was a first-year martial arts class, it was at a basic level. It’s unnecessary for me, who already has a level higher than that, so it’s better to make up for the gap in the state where the weapon is placed.
Even when using magic, you can respond to a sudden close-quarters battle with chess, even if it’s urgent.
Jae-Yoo Hong listened to me and folded his arms and said.
“Did you hear?”
“···No. You will find out if you go there yourself.”
Hong Jae-yu said only what he had to say and turned around. I don’t know what you heard. ···Is it possible that the class is closed?
“Hey! I’ll have to explain what you’re talking about.”
“I have no intention of explaining kindly to a guy who didn’t even get a scout.”
Hong Jae-yu waved his hand to me as if provoking him.
‘…that bastard.’
I had the urge to put a drop kick in my back like before, but I couldn’t do it because time was running out.
I hurried to the classroom on the top floor.
rumble!
As if no one had come, when I opened the door to the stuffy classroom, the dark room and the smell of dust stung my nostrils. Unmanaged tea is palpable.
I turned on the lights to illuminate the room and opened the windows to ventilate the room. When a certain amount of wind came in, I gently removed the dusty chair with my sleeve and sat down carefully so as not to touch other parts.
There were about five minutes left until the lecture started, but no one had come yet.
‘…Is the class really closed?’
When I thought that maybe I was the only one who couldn’t hear it, I started to sweat a little.
“─&$%^.”
Fortunately, humming noises began to be heard from the hallway. But what a familiar voice.
“Um? I think someone came first.”
Eventually, I opened the door and saw who came in, and I was bewildered.
‘Is this what Hong Jae-yu said…?’
Unexpectedly, the door was opened and it was A-class Oh Yun-seong. And after that.
. . . with dead eyes.
