chapter 29
Lee Ji-hye blocked the monster’s attack with her shield. Nails and iron collided.
gang!
The shock pushed her body backwards. The hand holding the shield trembles. It was already ten. Monsters protruding from the grass were drooling and staring at them.
Whirick!
Lee Ji-hye nervously swung her sword. The monster’s head was cut off. The body lost its strength and fell to the floor.
Kee eh!
Excited monsters roared. The crouched guys moved around the tree and circled around.
“Hey.”
Lee Ji-hye spit on the floor. Each one wasn’t that strong. If you stab it with a knife, you die. It was annoying because there were a lot of them.
The test was not an absolute evaluation that only required a standard score. It is a competition in which students compete for scores. Of course, I never had the slightest thought that I would fail the exam.
All of the talented youngsters did. The qualification test was only a gateway, not a final destination. With the support of the guild, he has received more intense training. That’s why he’s called a prospect.
There is only one thing prospects focus on the most.
How high is the score to receive public attention and debut?
That was important.
In the end, the top place was a battle between promising prospects. The more he stands out there, the more he proves his talent. It grows rapidly with the support of the guild. The first ranking will be fixed.
There was no need to prolong the time. There are only ten monsters left around.
If it was reduced to this extent, it was enough to attack in a swarm.
Lee Ji-hye smiled confidently. she took a deep breath
“Whoop!”
The chest swells greatly. Lee Ji-hye shouted.
“Come on–!!”
The forest rumbled. Reason disappears from the eyes of the monsters.
“Geek!!”
The monsters screamed and rushed at them. Lee Ji-hye swung her shield wide. The head that was cut in the corner exploded.
Kwajik!
The battle was rough. Block attacks with a shield and pierce the sword. That was all. A battle of standard warriors. Lee Ji-hye took one step at a time and built up a score.
Scratch!
The last monster fell to the floor. blood spurts out Lee Ji-hye stole the blood and sweat from her face with her shirt. A window appeared in the corner of the field of vision.
[SCORE: 0 -> 152]
[18th place]
18th place. Lee Ji-hye smiled faintly. The start was good. I was expecting a bit of a push in the beginning. As a warrior, his stamina was superior. The record will steadily narrow. Then suddenly a thought occurred to me.
‘How is Han Yoo-jung ranked?’
Lee Ji-hye bit her teeth. It’s been a month since I woke up. It completely crushed her in her first year.
‘It will strengthen the physical ability.’
There was no explanation other than that. It takes time to train your body. However, if it was the ability to strengthen the body, it was able to catch up with the time gap.
If the power of the initial awakening was about that level, the talent was not even superior, so it was at the level of playing in the sky.
Maybe just like Lee Ji-ah.
“… f*ck.”
Lee Ji-hye suppressed the feeling of inferiority that was creeping up and sat down. Now is not the time to blow up. There are many ways to attack.
Han Yoo-jung disappeared without a word when she was in the third year of middle school. It was enough to guess what a child who lost his parents would have been through for a year.
Han Yoo-jung will be in the spotlight soon. I have little experience, so even if I write this test, I will definitely come up. I had that certainty.
A gap of one year stimulates the imagination of the public. Lee Ji-hye is a middle school classmate with Han Yu-jeong. You just need to add a little bit of seasoning. Rumors like that, that they rolled their bodies during the hiatus. The lie was sure to gain credibility and take off.
Lee Ji-hye smiled bitterly. I imagined Han Yoo-jung, who would fall in the distant future. I felt my stomach sink a little. The pain in my cheeks, which had been throbbing, went away in an instant.
shudder!
Lee Ji-hye fixed her sword and shield. For now, it was time to focus on the exam. She walked through the grass.
Avoid monsters with few points,
“Keek!”
“Look!”
Only monsters that give a lot of points were selected. The score went up quickly and entered the top 10.
And Lee Ji-hye encountered a huge monster. He was a tortoise-looking guy. Giant Turtle. It was difficult to catch, but the score was very high.
There is only one way for a warrior to attack. Riding on the shell and beating it until it breaks. It will take quite some time. Still, considering the points earned, it’s an advantage.
She smiled warily.
“If I catch it, I’ll raise another rank!”
Lee Ji-hye kicked the ground and jumped. The sword gleamed in the sunlight. It was the moment when the sword and the carapace were about to collide.
So hey hey-!
I heard the ripping of the wind.
It was as if an arrow was splitting the wind, and it was as if a huge shell was flying. The roar drew closer. Lee Ji-hye turned her head and widened her eyes. In the distance, a dark red meteor was approaching at high speed.
So hey hey hey–!
“Uh… ?”
Lee Ji-hye let out a sigh without realizing it.
Quad Duck!
A huge beam of light penetrated the monster. The carapace was shattered, and fragments were splattered in all directions. The giant, unable to overcome the inertia, broke the trees and bounced back.
“Aww!”
Lee Ji-hye screamed and rolled over the floor. My head was dizzy. She groaned and shook her head.
“What, what?!”
Someone popped out of the monster’s corpse. As I was walking around in the foggy dust, I felt a strange sense of pressure.
And when you come close.
The two eyes met.
a familiar face
Lee Ji-hye cried out in shock.
“Han Yoo-jung?!”
Han Yoo-jung angrily brushed her blood-soaked hair. She glared at Lee Ji-hye with her sticky eyes.
“Are you here?”
“You, what are you! How did you just do that!”
Jihye asked, pointing a finger at her.
“It’s not that important.”
The flowing life rose like a haze.
“I told you to rip your mouth open.”
Lee Ji-hye, who sat down, crawled on the floor and stepped back. she cried and cried.
“Hey, why are you doing this all of a sudden! crazy boy! You said you were sorry for me?!”
Han Yoo-jung’s footsteps stood still. Lee Ji-hye groaned.
“You apologized for reacting so badly! Giving candy! Why do you come all the way to the exam room and insult me?!”
Han Yoo-jung pressed the corners of her lips with her index finger. she said with a cold face.
“Because I’m mad.”
“What?”
“The more you think about the things you said to your uncle, the more you get annoyed. Shouldn’t that be the reason?”
“This shit… … .”
Lee Ji-hye spit out a curse in frustration. Han Yoo-jung shoved her index finger into her mouth. His cheeks elongated like a fish caught on a hook.
“Ugh!”
There was fear in Lee Ji-hye’s eyes. Han Yoo-jung’s actions that will follow soon stimulated the imagination. It would certainly not be a lie to say that I would rip my mouth open. she trembled
At that moment, a screen appeared in front of both of them.
[warning!][warning!][warning!]
[More than necessary physical contact has been detected.]
[The candidates are asked to stop their actions and proceed with the test as soon as possible.]
[If you ignore this warning and enforce it, the examinee who breaks the rules will be penalized.]
Unrealistic message window.
It reminded me of the fact that this is a virtual reality space.
Jihye Lee, who had been trembling under the pressure of murder, regained her reason. She spat out Han Yoo-jung’s finger.
“under!”
Lee Ji-hye got up with a smirk. It looked like he was in an uptrend.
“okay? Then kill me! Let me rip your mouth open!”
“… … .”
“why? can’t you all of a sudden? If I touch you and you drop out by yourself, will you be upset and turn around?”
Lee Ji-hye grabbed the armaments that were lying around. She passed by Han Yoo-jung and whispered softly.
“A f*cking year.”
Han Yoo-jeong stared at Lee Ji-hye’s back with sunken eyes. She took the candy out of her pocket and put it in her mouth. He murmured the ball and fell into thought.
how will we do it. Defeating it will only give you a chance to retest. Kim Hyun-woo will be embarrassed. The next exam is in half a year. There is a meaningless blank period.
─There are patterns like this that cannot be avoided unless you go along a predetermined route.
Han Yoo-jung, who had been thinking hard, smiled as she remembered Kim Hyun-woo.
In the end, you just have to follow the rules.
Her body vanished like an illusion.
*
I sat at the table with the manager and had coffee. They were having a chattering conversation, and he spoke up first.
“By the way, it’s Han Yoo-jung.”
Why is Han Yoo-jung?
“Is this test challenging with experience?”
Sometimes that’s the case.
Afterwards, go to the test center and let them experience it once not to freeze.
“I came here with the intention of passing.”
Of course, I don’t think that Han Yoo-jung will fall as much as I do.
The manager scratched the nape of his neck and said.
“No, you seem to have enough talent, aren’t you in a hurry? If I had to wait half a year, I would be able to pass even in the top ranks.”
“haha.”
I drank coffee all the time.
What does this man not know?
“Yoojeong will win the gold medal.”
“yes?”
“It’s number one. Our Yoojung.”
Hearing my promise, the manager burst into laughter as if it was ridiculous.
Isn’t that funny? laugh freely
Still, I can’t help but get a little angry.
“If I can gamble with this, I want to put my whole fortune in it.”
“Then Hyeonu-san, would you like to bet with me?”
“A bet?”
“yes.”
Rubbing both hands, he asked.
“How much… ?”
“Your eyes are turning. Don’t offend each other and take it easy. lightly.”
“Then how about 200,000 won?”
The manager’s hand trembled as he pulled out his wallet.
Is 200,000 won a bit too much for an office worker?
I thought about changing the amount, but the manager confidently nodded.
“good. It’s impossible to get to first place no matter how much you think about it, so the conditions are relaxed. If Han Yu-jeong is ranked higher than Ji-hye, I’ll take the loss. call?”
“call! good.”
The manager took a yellow bill from his wallet and put it down on the table. I also placed a bill on top of it.
What kind of cake is this? Looks like I’m eating free meat.
I was thinking about making a restaurant reservation by phone with a smile, but the manager coughed and asked.
“By the way, this is Han Yoo-jung. Have you known each other since childhood? or family relationships. At first glance, he seems to be following Hyunwoo a lot.”
“Are you Yoojung? me?”
is it?
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen Yoojung face.”
“Gosh. His personality is heavenly.”
The manager ruffles my hair in response to my answer.
“Did you save the country in your previous life? I’m dying of envy Each of the hunters in charge has such a terrifying personality that they live and die.”
“Ah, Lee Ji-hye… .”
Yeah, even though I watched it for a while, he seemed tired of matching his personality.
But the manager shakes his head.
“One more problem. Wisdom is still promising and young, so I can control it, but one has a long career and has good skills, so there is no way to come out as a double.”
The manager sips his coffee with a vague look.
At his lamentation, Lee Ji-ah’s face came to mind.
I’ve never had any complaints about discomfort.
If the new manager was in charge, it would be frustrating.
“Hunters do. When you wake up, the world you see looks different. If you have talent, you will feel like the main character. People who don’t do that will turn into people who don’t.”
“Yoo-jeong didn’t say that.”
Also Lee Ji-ah.
Both were about a million light-years away from the helpers.
“So that’s why I’m so envious. Would you like to change charge with me?”
I burst into laughter at the manager’s joke.
I checked the watch. 3:30 p.m. Now it’s time for the exam to end. I texted Han Yoo-jung to come to the cafe.
“By the way, what kind of confidence do you have when you say you just woke up?”
“Did you see a tiger cub lose to a mantis?”
“Is Han Yoo-jung a tiger cub?”
“no. It’s just a metaphor.”
“… ?”
“Yoojeong is a dragon. Dragon.”
They made eye contact with the manager and smiled dryly, haha.
I thought as I looked into her confident eyes.
because i win this bastard
*
Lee Ji-hye was walking through the grass, cheering.
[score: 397]
[#19]
The rank was lower than the first. While he was wrestling with Han Yoo-jung, he was caught up by his competitors. My mind became hasty. Test results are irreversible. My ankle was caught in an unexpected place.
‘It’s been a long time since I’ve been helpful. really.’
Lee Ji-hye ruffled her hair. She looked for the monster with her red bloodshot eyes.
Kee!
Just then, the monsters crept out. Lee Ji-hye took a deep breath and shouted.
“Come on–!!”
The leaves sway at the shout, and rainwater falls. The monsters convulsed and ran. Lee Ji-hye also fixed her sword and shield.
She crouched down, preparing for the impending shock.
Hey hey!
The monster stuck out its sharp teeth. And the flash was drawn.
Scratch!
The monster’s head was cut off. Lee Ji-hye looked at the falling corpse with a puzzled face. It wasn’t what she did. I couldn’t swing my sword so quickly.
flash!
Flashes are drawn in succession. A thin beam of light passed through the monsters’ necks without interruption. The monsters all turned into corpses and fell.
Lee Ji-hye calmed the growing anxiety. I feel popular. she looked back Han Yoo-jung was walking, wiping away the blood that had been smeared on it.
“… What are you doing?”
“Once upon a time, I played an RPG game.”
Han Yoo-jung ignored Lee Ji-hye’s question and spoke to herself.
“I was hunting as a thief in the slime den, and a wizard who had completed the 2nd job change came to see me. There was rare equipment that could be dropped there.”
“… What?”
“I asked you to go because it was a hunting spot. Then the wizard ignored me and hunted. After all, the sheep is a wizard specialized in hunting, so I lost all my prey without moving.”
“What the f*ck are you talking about! f*ck!”
“What do you think I would do in the end?”
Han Yoo-jung threw a dagger. A dagger that flew quickly past Lee Ji-hye’s cheek.
“Geek!”
The monster crawling on the floor and running away screamed.
“I didn’t do anything. As for the slime den, the 2nd job change wizard was the best. I had to change channels without catching a single monster.”
“… .”
“But, I made one mistake. I used to swear before I switched channels. The wizard came after me and interrupted the hunt, and I ended up crying and shutting down the computer.”
Lee Ji-hye stared into the air with trembling eyes.
A transparent window floats in the air.
[score: 397]
[19->20th place]
The score remains the same, but the ranking has dropped. Other competitors continued to hunt. Standing still meant regression. Jihye Lee exclaimed nervously.
“So… What the hell are you doing right now?!”
“What are you doing?”
Han Yoo-jung looked into the air. window comes to mind.
[score: 533->731]
[11th place -> 7th place]
Han Yoo-jung said with a bright smile.
“steal.”
* * *