< Chapter 14: Killing Two Birds with One Stone (3) >
Yu Hwa left as soon as she handed the item.
She said she had another interview at 9 o’clock.
She must be really annoyed.
Being a guild master is not sothing anyone can do.
I thought that as I opened the suitcase that Yu Hwa gave .
“…Wow. Look at that.”
The Gauntlet of the Fierce Tiger, which literally reminded of a fierce tiger, with its exquisite blend of yellow and black, captivated my eyes.
The Gauntlet of the Fierce Tiger, nad after the tiger tribe, which had outstanding destructive power and agility among the beastn, had a perfect balance of attack and defense, as befitting an ancient artifact.
Of course, only beastn could wear it, and it was an [Ancient Artifact/B Rank] item, which was among the upper-middle class of ancient artifacts.
The Blessing of the World Tree was also this rank.
The physical ability adjustnt was also similar to the Blessing of the World Tree.
It had special options such as [Roar of the Beast] and [Wildness].
I don’t rember the exact values of the other options.
[Ancient Artifact/B Rank] and [Normal/S Rank] had similar performance, so it could be said that it was a better item than the sword, [Key of the Six Worlds/S Rank], that Pi Jin Ho showed as an example before.
Anyway, it was just an aweso item.
…Even though I can only use it for a minute.
“…Shi― Ahem.”
I almost swore without knowing.
But I can get one of the beastn’s traits with this.
Let’s think positively.
I’m the winner in the future.
No, I don’t even have to go to the future.
Who knows?
I might get a great racial trait like [Blessing of the Water King], which was common among the elite warriors of the beastn,
or [Bloodline], which was possessed by the cat tribe tricksters.
“….Should I just wear it now?”
If I get it, it’s really a life-changing thing.
Screw the status window or whatever!
That’s what I could shout out.
“No. No. Calm down.”
I sohow overca my desire.
There are more than 10 beastn traits that I can rember.
Among them, there are also strange traits like [Sensitive Sll].
If I wear the Gauntlet of the Fierce Tiger right here and get a useless trait like [Sensitive Sll], I might be seized by a suicidal impulse.
And I can’t always carry this huge gauntlet as insurance either.
I don’t know if there is an inventory or a subspace in this world, but there isn’t.
I can’t always carry this huge suitcase either.
It’s not suitable for insurance in many ways.
Then what should I do with this Gauntlet of the Fierce Tiger?
“The answer is the creative economy.”
I just need to put in an ancient artifact and get an ancient artifact out.
I have the knowledge of the novel.
Of course, I know where the ancient ruins are and where ancient artifacts are hidden.
The problem was that I had no ans to raid those ruins.
How could an F-rank or sothing break through a dungeon made for a munchkin protagonist?
But now it’s different.
I have the Gauntlet of the Fierce Tiger.
A gauntlet that gives power comparable to a B-rank superhuman for a minute.
With this gauntlet’s power, I can raid the ruins near Seoul, ‘The Golden Rest’.
I can do it.
And then I use the ancient artifact I got from there to raid another ruin.
And repeat this infinitely.
Then my traits will increase like crazy.
“Perfect.”
It’s a perfect plan.
* * *
I decided to postpone the exploration of the ruins. No, I had no choice but to postpone it.
It takes at least a day to explore the ruins.
It’s impossible on weekdays because of classes.
I had to choose a weekend day to explore the ruins.
So I set the exploration day to Saturday, three days later.
“I’ll make a quick announcent and then start the class.”
Before the Wednesday class started, Pi Jin-ho said he had an announcent to make.
“You all know this, but next Monday, the ranking battle will begin.”
It looks like the ranking battle is finally starting.
“The first ranking calculation was done using a simulator. We used the ability test data and the data from the last confrontation.”
The instructor’s words sparked complaints from the surroundings.
“What?”
“I did it very casually then!”
“Where did that co from?”
Pi Jin-ho smirked as he heard those complaints.
“This is just the result of running a simulation. You’ll eventually find your place, so don’t complain too much.”
It was a reasonable argunt.
Those who rose by luck would eventually find their place and go down.
“Then announce the ranking calculation results.”
Along with Pi Jin-ho’s words, the rankings appeared on each tablet PC.
“Wow!”
“Whoa!”
At that mont, exclamations burst out from here and there.
“The first place in the entire first year is cadet Shin Ji-ah. She achieved an overwhelming victory in the confrontation simulator against all students.”
[1st Shin Ji-ah]
Shin Ji-ah’s na was in the top row.
“Ah, and we have one more first place in our class.”
At the bottom row, there was a familiar na.
“Kang Seo-yul. Congratulations. You’re the first from the back.”
[498th Kang Seo-yul]
My na.
“…Should I be happy?”
I made a nervous expression.
“Cadet Kang Seo-yul’s skill with the bow and dagger is excellent. But in the end, that absurdly low ability score held him back.”
As expected, it was as expected.
“I analyzed the data from when you fought with Cadet Choi Ji-hoon, and the result was that with your current strength, you can hardly inflict any damage on cadets with durability C or higher. That’s why you lost in all the simulations. The fact that your stamina is F rank also contributed.”
Every word hit my bones.
“Hehe.”
“I can fight him with my eyes closed.”
Oh yeah.
Keep them closed.
I’ll pierce your crotch.
“How can the two top students be so different?”
“Why~ They’re both first place.”
The sympathetic eyes of the surrounding cadets turned to .
“······.”
Gogogo-
At that mont, Shin Ji-ah’s fierce gaze turned to the cadets around her.
“Ahem.”
Everyone quietly turned their heads at that cold gaze.
As the eyes that were directed at disappeared, Shin Ji-ah smiled brightly and looked at .
Her expression was like a puppy asking for praise, saying ‘Did I do well? Please tell I did well!’
I couldn’t help but smile.
‘Thank you.’
I mouthed my gratitude, and Shin Ji-ah smiled even more.
To be honest, I wasn’t hurt by the other students’ eyes.
I would have done the sa thing if I were them.
They were all innocent people who admired superhumans, so there was no blatant criticism either.
Rather, it made more determined.
They’ll see how it feels to be beaten by an all-F ranker in the ranking battle.
They’ll say ‘Ah. I shouldn’t have wagged my tongue then~’
They’re all dead.
“That’s a good look.”
Instructor Pi Jin-ho looked at and smiled as if he was amused.
“?”
Why is he looking at like that?
“Then I’ll announce the schedule for the ranking battle as the last thing.”
The screen of the tablet PC changed.
I skimd through the ranking battle plan that was set up for next Monday.
Where am I?
I could find my na right away.
That’s because my na was.
[Monday, April 27, 2021, 12:30 p.m.]
[498th Kang Seo-yul VS 497th Kim Min-hyuk]
At the top row.
…Am I the first?
* * *
After the Wednesday class.
I was training in the personal training room.
It was more accurate to call it an experint than training.
Squeak!
The sound of an arrow piercing the air rang out and stuck in the doll’s forehead.
[Training is over.]
In the end, the voice of the training ground AI rang out.
[Maximum range 2,472m. Accuracy 100%. Comprehensive evaluation score 10/10]
The racial trait ‘Guardian of the Bow’ of the elf race seems to work normally when holding a bow.
It greatly increases the bow proficiency and gives correction when moving.
“Then next….”
It’s ti to test ‘Wind’s Path’.
I took out a dagger from my waist and held it. At that mont, the world tree tattoo turned red.
“As expected.”
As expected, Wind’s Path seems to be a trait that only activates when holding a dagger.
I expected that because all the elves who had this trait in the novel used daggers.
Now that I know the activation condition, it’s ti to check the power.
“I’ll change the training mode.”
[Please select a training mode.]
“Monster extermination mode.”
[Changing to monster extermination mode.]
With that, the appearance of the training room began to change.
[Please set the type and number of monsters.]
“Blood wolf one.”
A blue light slowly condensed and began to change into a wolf of 1 ter in size.
“Its teeth are like knives.”
Blood wolf.
They are the most common monsters in Seoul, and they are canine monsters that roam in groups of at least 5 to 10. They’re not that strong.
[Do you want to start training?]
“Ah, before that, can you lower the durability to E rank?”
[Durability rank E. Applied.]
“Okay. Then start.”
At that mont, life returned to the blood wolf’s dull pupils.
“Grrr!”
Saliva dripped down.
Is that fake?
It’s really real.
I won’t die if I get bitten, right?
I made such a silly thought and held the sword not too strongly.
Zing-
At that mont, distortion occurred in my sight again.
The scene I saw when I fought with Choi Ji-hoon.
I didn’t know what it was then because I was flustered, but now I know.
I’m reading ‘Wind’s Path’ right now.
“Grrr!”
With the beast’s roar, the wind split left and right.
The blood wolf changed its direction as it charged.
Judging by the movent of the wind, it’s not very fast.
Whooong-
At that mont, a wind blew.
An unnatural wind that was different from the natural one.
It showed the way I should go in the red.
This is Wind’s Path.
It reads the wind and determines the best movent, and suggests a response in an instant.
I moved my body and dagger one by one along the red path.
Pwoooook!
It was only three steps of movent.
It was only one stab.
[Critical hit. Target death confird.]
[Training is over.]
That light action led the blood wolf to death in one blow.
“…Really?”
Of course, I set the durability to E.
I wouldn’t have been able to pierce the blood wolf’s skin with my strength, so it was an inevitable choice.
Anyway, the important thing is that I killed a blood wolf with all its abilities intact except for durability in one blow.
Wind’s Path is really amazing.
There is a penalty that it only activates when holding a dagger,
but it’s worth considering with this performance.
[Do you want to continue training?]
“No. Take a break.”
[Transitioning to standby mode.]
I collapsed on the floor.
“Ah. I’m out of breath.”
Is there any way to improve this poor stamina?
I recited today’s experint results while catching my breath.
The trait ‘Guardian of the Bow’ obtained from [Blessing of the World Tree] is a racial trait that greatly increases bow proficiency and gives correction when moving when holding a bow.
The trait ‘Wind’s Path’ obtained from [Tranquility of the Forest] is a kind of dagger skill that allows you to read Wind’s Path when holding a dagger.
And there was one more thing I learned.
‘The color of the tattoo changes when the second trait activates.’
From green to red.
Not only that.
If you look closely, the shape of the tattoo has changed a little.
If the previous tattoo looked like a withered tree, now it has more leaves and looks more lush.
It must be changing little by little every ti I acquire a trait of the sa race.
For now, I figured out about the traits.
Then it’s ti to experint with my abilities.
I opened the box Shin Ji-ah gave .
What will happen if I hold a normal item that doesn’t have a racial restriction for a long ti?
It was an experint to find out.
To be honest, it seed like nothing would happen.
It’s obvious that an error will pop up and end after a minute.
There’s nothing to gain from a normal item.
Even if the item has a high strength limit, it won’t increase my strength.
Of course, it would be aweso if that happened….
“There’s no way.”
I gave up my expectations and took out any item from the box.
A necklace with fancy decorations.
“Can you run a tir?”
[Tir is running.]
[00: 01]
Now I just have to wait for a minute.
If an error pops up, I’ll be ready to throw it away.
[00: 53]
I waited for the ti, ready for the pain.
[00: 59]
And now I’m ready to throw away the item―
[01: 10]
Huh?
“······?”
But contrary to my expectations, nothing happened surprisingly.
[02: 11]
I decided to keep holding it just in case.
The ti might be different.
[10: 38]
After 10 minutes passed.
[20: 21]
Even after 20 minutes passed, the item was still quiet.
I suddenly thought of this.
‘Is there no user ti limit for normal items?’
I stared at the necklace in my hand.
…Really?
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