Your aura color is dull! Shouldnt you have been working harder on your aura?
Youre calling this garbage, mana!? Its just blue garbage!
You should be ashad of yourself for attending the Academy like this!
My body froze at the sight of the supervisor, Kwak Chun-sik, chasing the kids away while spouting venomous words.
No, why is he here?
But it didnt take long for to organize my thoughts.
Didnt I already tell him that if he works as an instructor at the academy, he can live in the city without attracting the attention of the Association?
Apparently, after the investigation into the Villain Alliance was over, he had taken a job as an instructor at the academy to avoid returning to Gangwon Province.
If thats the case, at least give a call.
I forgot to tell you that I had the first class today.
As I thought about it, I started to rember all the little things I had forgotten to tell him.
Is he doing this on purpose, to get back at ?
Okay, okay, okay. Do you want to asure?
Isnt asuring supposed to be done by a machine, not an old man?
Yes, you son of a bitch. How many other people in Korea can evaluate aura and mana like ?
Thats right.
Even if he and the machine did the evaluation, people would still believe Kwak Chun-siks words, not the machines.
But you seem to be giving the other kids too much trouble.
Hey, this is all for their own good, Im purposely giving them a push to try harder. Anyway, what does a young man knowtsk tsk.
Oh, yeah.
From the way he talked, he must have given them fair marks.
Now, wait for the others. If youre going to do it, do it, if youre not, co back later.
I will.
I realize this is no different than being judged on my violin playing in front of Paganini, but Ive been practicing, so I think I can do sothing Im not embarrassed about.
I raise my hand as the aura begins to mold shapes: a square, a hexahedron, a sphere.
As I move the aura around, shaping it as Ive always done whenever I have ti, I hear a few gasps of admiration.
It was understandable, since rolling aura with such precision in the palm of ones hand is not sothing that is easy to see.
Well, at least youve been practicing hard.
I dont want to make a mistake and ruin your reputation.
Hahahaha, thats right, youre my disciple so Ill let you off the hook.
Saying that, he scribbled sothing on the evaluation sheet.
Youve certainly mastered the basics. The others should be half as good as youBy the way, are you still wearing that?
You an that pink bracelet on my wrist.
Yeah, Im wearing it under my shirt for now.
Well, youll be able to take it off soon enough, thanks to your effort.
Thanks.
Okay. Ill see you later. Next!
With that, I walked away from the place where the mana and aura were being assessed, and when I saw that no one was around, I imdiately took off the tireso pink bracelet.
Now thats liberating.
Not creepy in the slightest, just exhilarating.
I can give this back later.
He said hed see later, so Id give it to him then.
The next stop was the defense testing area, where Bear Grizzly, the guy whod grabbed the microphone in the first place, was conducting the evaluation.
Oh.
As if on cue, I see Jin-woo taking the defense test.
The defense test was fairly straightforward, with Bear Grizzly throwing blows at the students with controlled force, and the students blocking his blows.
Jin-woo Bevalt, are you ready?
Yes, Instructorco on!
At that mont, a combat knife swung out of his hand with a short chant and stabbed into Jin-woos thigh.
Now, in the normal course of events, he would have been able to defend himself with aura or magic, or parry the instructors attack.
But.
Huh?
Jin-woo only shifts his leg slightly as if to say, If you try to stab , Ill stab you and parries the knife as it flies toward his thigh.
At the sa ti, Jin-woo thrusts his own dagger toward the nape of Bears neck but the dagger stops in front of his throat.
Jin-woo Bevalt this?
Bear asks, sounding genuinely confused, as if he doesnt know whats going on.
Well, of course it is.
I dont know anybody who would just accept that on a bar exam.
In a way, hes the teacher who attacked the defenseless student but Jin-woos response was even worse.
I learned it from that crazy ntor of mine. She said that giving out flesh and taking bones is also a form of defense. Isnt that right?
Hadnt he also said that he had been taught in training to avoid blood vessels and vital muscles?
If you look closely, Jin-woos leg doesnt actually look like its been stabbed, and it doesnt even bleed much.
And your ntor isHan Yeo-eun?
Yeah.
Jin-woo Bevalthas been through a lot.
There was a pitying look in his eyes.
He sheathed his sword and pulled out a potion from his belt, sprinkling it on Jin-woos wounds before patting him on the back.
Offense is also a ans of defense. Your ability to catch your opponent off guard and strike while minimizing your own damage is admirable!
Instructor!
Yes, go ahead now. Later, youll learn how to move your guts and get stabbed in the stomach.
Yes?
Next.
No, instructor. Youre kidding, for real?
Next!
Co to think of it, Bear Grizzly had been a colleague of Han Yeo-euns in the past, right? Thats why he seed to feel a little sorrier for Jin-woo.
Eugene Han.
Hello, instructor.
Im very curious to see what kind of attacks you can block. Id like to test you, and Id like to do it with full force.
Full force, of course.
I smirked at his question and straightened up.
This is the kind of thing CS really enjoys.
Here we go!
At that mont, a different sound than the one hed used to test the other students rang out.
His knife ca in, aiming for my liver and a terrifying green aura pulsated around the blade.
I imdiately summoned aura on both my hands and wrapped them in [Midas Gloves], then swung my fist to block the first blow but in the anti, a kick ca in for my stomach.
If I get hit by that my intestines might be ruptured so apply a layer of aura on my abdon to block the attack and countered his attack with an equal amount of aura.
Instructor Bear paw remained in front of so I imdiately grabbed it but it was still Instructor Bear, and he wasnt going to go down easily, swinging the dagger he hadnt let go of yet and aiming for my back.
Even though I wasnt looking, I could feel the chilling foreboding approaching all too well but I didnt react.
I was confident that his attack would not penetrate [DisPater] and as if to prove it.
Giggle giggle giggle
A sound like a knife scraping against a steel plate resounded.
It was then that the instructor and I fell to the ground together.
Just as I was about to turn this into a muddy fight, he imdiately released his grip and raised his arms above his head.
Cadet Eugene Han has already surpassed the level of an ordinary hero.
Youre being flattering. If the instructor had stabbed with the intention of killing , it would have been quite dangerous at the end.
Besidestheres no way Bear, who went by the alias The Real Grizzly, would have let get away with it if Id gone straight into the dogfight.
Defense and skill. Excellent. Ill give you a good score.
Thank you instructor.
I pick myself up off the ground and offer him a hand to help him to his feet.
At the sa ti, a new window pops up in front of .
[Hidden achievent earned!]
[Achievent: I dont even blink!]
[You succeeded in defeating Bear Grizzlys in the defense test!]
[Bear is impressed by your talent!]
[Special rewards are given!]
[Your physical endurance increases!]
CS was partly about savoring these little achievents and rewards.
I didnt realize it now, but the ga had gotten to the point where I could take an aura attack and not even bat an eye at a normal human attack, so it was almost like I was taking an elixir that boosted my defense.
There she is.
As I headed to the next test, Power, I saw Marie, who had created a puppet three tis her size, reaching out and barking commands at the puppet as if she were a trainer.
Marie doll clenched both hands and slamd them down on the impact reader as if it were a hamr.
At the sa ti, a loud sound rang out from the machine and a colorful effect burst out.
[7683! GOOD!]
Thats a good score. If were talking about the summoners lee attack power, it should be able to match the lee Awakeners.
Thank you!
Fifth place. Thats got to make the other guys sick to their stomachs. Okay, go.
Okay!
As Marie left, I looked behind her to see that there was a leaderboard with the nas of all the students who had been here so far.
In the ga, it just popped up, but here it was handwritten.
[1st. Choi Yeon 9,417 points]
[2nd. Jung Hoon Chung 8,759 points]
[3rd. Jin-woo Bevalt 8,644 points]
[4th. Ahn Byung-hoon 8,018 points]
[5th. Marie Nate 7,683 points]
[6th.]
Oh.
Looks like a lot of students took this test.
Lets seeThe first place has 9,417 points?
With average play, it would have been normal for her to be in the low 8,000s and barely pass 9,000, but with 9,417 points, her growth has been faster than ever.
I feel like I should be more serious about getting stronger.
But.
I feel bad for Choi Yeon.
Unfortunately, I have so business here too.
There were two hidden achievents in the Academys first physical fitness test, and they were Defense and Strength.
Next!
I hear the instructors voice from inside, and I step forward, pulling my shotgun from my cube.
Ill do it.
Eugene Han, are you going to asurewith that?
Yes.
The registration for [Billy the Kids Shotgun] had been completed in the morning.
I had nothing to hide, so I nodded and stood in front of the machine.
Do you know how to do this?
Isnt it just a matter of hitting that part with full power?
Sa principle as the hamr machine in the arcade.
It was one of my favorite asures because it was relatively simple.
Thats all you need to know. Lets get started when youre ready.
Trudging over to the machine, I charged my shotgun with aura and pointed it at the power ter.
Here we go.
The target rose at the sa ti as my declaration.
Its half a second from the first impact before the machine recognizes it.
-Boom, boom, boom!
The ugly sound of gunfire shook the asuring center, and I felt a trendous amount of impact in my hand.
In the short ti I had pulled the trigger, the recoil had been transmitted to my body.
And the result.
[11073! Perfect!!]
An unprecedented chanical sound resounded.
[Hidden achievent earned!]
[Achievent: With Overwhelming Strength!]
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