26. Mock Dungeon Trial (2)
Jerbeok-
Someone entered the area of Article 12.
There were two of them. It seemed that Choi Bit-na and Kim Ji-hoon from Class 10 had entered.
“… Uh, where have you seen a lot of faces? Like the name.”
The man who saw me tilted his head.
The woman next to him said softly.
“That’s him, the freshman representative.”
Kim Ji-hoon burst into exclamations.
“Ah, ah! That’s right! The elite among elites are in the same group. Hey, nice to meet you.”
Kim Ji-hoon trembled and held out his right hand.
I grabbed that right hand.
“Yes.”
Women also stepped out.
“As you can tell from the Iroas Watch, I am the brightest. This is Jihoon Kim.”
I said my name. Then Ji-ah Ryu stepped out.
“This is Jia Ryu.”
The two looked at Liu Jia with her eyes closed and couldn’t open her mouth easily.
“I am blind.”
“Yes… Guman.”
Jihoon Kim blurted out his words as if he was embarrassed, but he didn’t say anything rude directly.
Bitna Choi smiled.
“In class 1, I would have wiped out all the kids during the entrance exam. Who cares about who?”
Kim Ji-hoon nodded his head at Choi Bit-na’s words.
“Well, I guess.”
Jia Ryu smiled.
“Yes, I will do it for one person.”
I looked at the faces of the members. I needed to check my position. Because the mock dungeon special test starts right after the weekend on Monday.
“What are the positions of the two of you?”
Kim Ji-hoon picked up his bow.
“An archer.”
Choi Bit-na took out a spear from her pocket.
“I am a window.”
There are no tanks.
To say the least, there was no way that the team was deliberately balanced. Because Iroas Academy liked fairness rather than balance.
There was a lot of probability that it was a group that was randomly determined.
“The representative of freshmen can lead.”
Jihoon Kim looked at me and said.
The other two didn’t even come forward. Coincidentally, it seemed that I had to play the role of leader.
“Today is a bit ambiguous. Let’s meet tomorrow and make a frame.”
I had to estimate what level it was.
“Tomorrow at 10:00, gymnasium. Is it possible?”
All three nodded.
Instructor Park Cheol-woong, who was on the podium, took the microphone again.
Park Cheol-woong looked at the listed groups slowly and continued.
“The rules of the mock special exam are simple. The group with the most points wins. The standard for scoring is the total number of marbles dropped after defeating monsters. The group with the most points will be number one.”
Park Cheol-woong continued.
“The type and type of dungeon will be revealed on the day. The total duration of the exam is 6 hours.”
It was quite long.
“This is the final rule. When there is 1 hour left, you can rob other members of the team through interpersonal battles.”
After the last rule rang out in the auditorium, all the groups started to mumble.
“Wasn’t there a rule like that last year?”
“I’ve never heard of it from a senior.”
Park Cheol-woong picked up the microphone again.
“Yes. The last rule is applied for the first time this year. It was added as part of training to respond to the rapidly increasing number of villains.”
The cadets must have been quite embarrassed.
Park Cheol-woong added another comment.
“Whether to kill or subdue. You are free to take the orb. During the final hour. Before that, killing others is strictly prohibited. It is possible to demonstrate force against a group over a monster, but I mean.”
Bitna Choi’s shoulders trembled in front of me.
***
First class, the best class in the world of combat.
And the 10th place that can only be evaluated as relatively inferior.
The biggest influence on class placement was the entrance exam.
Class 10 is the group of students who scored the lowest in the survival-type entrance exam.
‘There must be a reason.’
Why were the two of Dojin Lee assigned to Class 10? I was thinking of finding out about that.
A variety of weapons were lined up like a combat gym.
Of course, the two took out their personal weapons.
Jihoon Kim was holding a seemingly expensive component bow.
“It’s a set of magic bows made to contain magic. I even took out a loan.”
Kim Ji-hoon put an arrow on the bow string with a bitter smile.
Kikiiik!
And he shot.
An arrow was shot straight ahead with a gong sound.
Qua-Ah!
The arrow flew towards the target.
Lee Do-jin moved his steps and stared at the arrow stuck in the center of the target.
It wasn’t exactly in the center, but it was a 10 point in archery, and it was a perfect skill.
‘Why is this kid in class 10?’
Lee Do-jin sincerely questioned.
“You look like you don’t know why I’m in class 10, captain.”
Kim Ji-hoon smiled and continued.
“… I have some fatal flaws.”
Kim Ji-hoon operated mana.
The magic that flowed through the arrow was concentrated in the arrowhead.
After a while, Lee Do-jin could only tilt his head.
An arrow that should have been shot soon is still hanging on the demonstrators.
“Aren’t you shooting?”
Kim Ji-hoon was sweating.
“This is my fatal flaw. If mana is applied to the arrow, the bowstring cannot be let go until the magic power is concentrated in the arrowhead to the maximum.”
“….”
Something doesn’t work….
Lee Do-jin swallowed his words.
Even if I try to give you some advice. I didn’t know what mechanism the archer’s magic was applied, so I had nothing to say.
It must have been about 5 minutes.
Wow!
It was only then that the arrow hit the wall with a terrible noise.
A wave of magical energy spread across the wall.
“Attack power is good.”
Lee Do-jin was able to figure out how to use Kim Ji-hoon’s power.
‘I’ll have to get into position and act as a sniper.’
I couldn’t think of a way to use it until that point.
“Bitna Choi.”
“Ugh, yes.”
Choi Bit-na awkwardly nodded at Lee Do-jin’s words.
“I want to check your strength.”
As a leader, she wanted to check the strength of her teammates, but there was no reason to refuse it.
“Okay.”
Choi Bit-na, who tied her long straight hair into her ponytail using her hair tie, picked up her spear.
Hooung!
The spear rotated and stirred in front.
It was a decent move. Again, I wondered why it was in class 10.
“What about mana?”
Choi Bit-na nodded her head at Lee Do-jin’s words and operated her mana.
A purple aura bloomed on the blade of the spear.
‘It’s uniform.’
An aura that evenly wraps around the blade.
And after aiming at the front, it fires.
Woe!
The condensed purple aura on the spear blade stirred the front without being disturbed.
Bitna Choi’s feet and spear did not stop.
A rising attack that flowed from the thrust. A spear shot sharply upward as if piercing the sky.
Then it fell neatly down again.
The purple air flow endlessly embroidered the space, drawing an endless trajectory.
The fact that Choi Bit-na is in class 10 was even more unbelievable than Kim Ji-hoon.
How to handle mana so skillfully. His spearmanship also seems to be strong, so why didn’t he use his strength in the entrance exam?
‘No way.’
In Lee Do-jin’s mind, the face of Choi Bit-na, stained with bewilderment, came to mind.
Obviously, as soon as the unprecedented 1-hour interpersonal battle was confirmed from Park Cheol-woong’s mouth, her face quickly hardened.
‘Is there a problem with the person-to-person battle?’
If it was that kind of problem that he couldn’t point a spear at a person, it was a bigger problem than Kim Ji-hoon.
Because it means that we have to be completely cut off from power for the last hour.
“Bitna Choi.”
Lee Do-jin stood in front of Choi Bit-na.
In his hand was a wooden sword.
“Dalian. Dalian in preparation for the last hour.”
Lee Do-jin wanted to check whether his prediction was right.
Choi Bit-na swallowed her saliva.
Her arms holding her spear trembled inexplicably.
“Wooden sword… will you be Either use a real sword, or no. It would be better for me to use bong, bong.”
Choi Bit-na tried to pick up her stick, but Lee Do-jin shook her head.
“You know that spearmanship and stickmanship are fundamentally different. Especially in the world of hunters who use auras.”
While a spear mainly concentrates and contains aura only on the blade, it is easy to kill monsters only when the aura is swung in the front of the rod.
It was not easy for a hunter who used only spears to suddenly adapt to the rod.
“Don’t worry. I won’t be hurt by your spear.”
Lee Do-jin said something that could seem arrogant.
But it wasn’t arrogance, it was confidence.
From Lee Do-jin’s point of view, who is engaged in sparring with Kwon Wang Hwang Bo-se-ryeong every night, the academy first year cadet’s movements did not look threatening at all.
Whether it’s class 1 or class 10.
Bitna Choi bit her lip tightly.
The blade was pointed at Lee Do-jin.
Parr….
But the spear blade still wavered helplessly.
I couldn’t get my head around it at all.
Bitna Choi’s arms trembled.
Lee Do-jin was convinced.
Choi Bit-na cannot throw her spear at people.
Jia Ryu and Jihoon Kim kept their silence.
Lee Do-jin put down her wooden sword and approached Choi Bit-na.
“I think my prediction was correct. Can you tell me about this situation?”
“… The story will be a bit long.”
“We can go to a cafe and talk.”
Lee Do-jin took out her handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat from Choi Bit-na’s forehead.
“The two of you train separately here. It won’t take long.”
Lee Do-jin took Choi Bit-na into a cafe in her academy.
Bitna Choi took a sip of a warm latte.
Lee Do-jin quenched her throat with her iced Americano and looked at Choi Bit-na.
Then she opened her mouth and spoke softly.
“You can’t stab people with a spear. Right?”
Choi Bit-na nodded her head obediently.
The brow was slightly stiff.
“Yeah, that’s right.”
