The Second Salvation Myth of a Retired Returning Hero

2. mana test

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“Today we conduct a mana affinity test!”

After breakfast, I entered the first class of the second week.

“Everyone, you must have heard the basic explanation about mana in the first week! From Week 2, before you start building mana into your heart, you will have time to figure out your mana affinity!”

Doyoon opened the status window while listening to the instructor’s explanation.

[Mana Injury]

I was born in a place without mana, and I have lived my whole life in a place without mana. Only dust accumulated in your bloodstream, clogged it and hardened it. Your body can’t take in mana.

‘It’s difficult.’

A chronic acquired trait that hinders the apostles from Earth, mana crippling.

Because of this, earthlings have to struggle for the first few months to break through blood vessels. Depending on your aptitude, this work may take up to a year.

Of course, this does not apply to Doyoon, who was called a warrior in his previous life. Even among his insignificant talents, the only talent for mana control was unmatched.

As soon as Doyoon entered the cradle, he focused on piercing blood vessels in the dorm every night.

While it may take months or a year for others, about three weeks was enough for him.

However.

‘I still need two more weeks.’

The [Mana Injury] attribute did not disappear from the status window. His blood vessels are still blocked.

For the past week, all I had to do was pierce the aorta and vena cava, which stretch from the heart to the head, legs, and arms.

It can be said that the speed has been increased from now on, so it can be said that it has made a lot of progress, but all the detailed bloodlines are still blocked.

Do-yoon’s body can’t accept mana yet.

However, fortunately, the instructor’s words reassured Do-yoon.

“By the way, today’s test will not be reflected in Yoram’s grades, so don’t worry! Don’t be burdened by worrying about your grades or the gaze of the instructors, and focus on figuring out your own mana aptitude!”

As the instructor said, there were a lot more instructors than usual gathered in the playground here.

Seeing that there is even the dean, who is in charge of the cradle, it seems that all of the cradle’s instructors have gathered except for the essential resident personnel.

A class in the name of knowing one’s mana aptitude to help determine the direction of growth.

But in reality, it was a job for scouts to find out who the promising talent was.

Among them, the archery instructor and ranger instructor, who knew the existence of the boss monster killer, watched the cadets with their eyes wide open.

‘I will definitely find out in this test!’

They were frantic to somehow find the boss monster killer before the other instructors.

Yoram’s classes last for 8 weeks, and formal recruiting must take place after the yoram is over.

Right now, only these two know about the existence of the boss monster killer, but with time, everyone in the cradle will know.

And the guilds that support these two are small and medium-sized guilds that cannot bring boss monster killers in the recruiting war.

However.

‘If you find the boss monster killer early and pass that information on to a large guild… your life will change!’

Huge bonuses will fall, and as a professional scout, you will be guaranteed a high position in the guild.

A boss monster killer is a treasure among treasures worth that much.

The instructor who had been talking so far left, and the spearmanship instructor in charge of the test stepped in.

“Testing is simple! You will come out one by one from now on and receive a certain amount of mana from the instructor. In that state, just hit this magic steel plate here.

The instructor in charge of the test pointed to the blue steel plate next to him.

“Then, the color of the steel plate will change according to the amount of impact delivered to the steel plate, and the degree of color change shows how well your body has been strengthened, that is, how well your body can accept mana.”

It’s a really simple, intuitive test. Therefore, the results come out immediately on the spot, and the cadets themselves and all instructors can check the results.

I haven’t allowed him to ask questions yet, but one stupid cadet raised his hand. The instructor frowned. Anyway, if you let go of the military discipline for a moment, you’ll be damned.

But an important position with all the instructors, including the dean. There is no time to punish each one and hold on to the military discipline.

“Before testing, these questions always come up. ‘How do you differentiate between a case where the body was strengthened well due to high mana affinity and a case where the strength was strong in the first place and the steel plate was hit hard?’”

At those words, the cadet who raised his hand gently lowered his arm.

“Don’t worry. A man’s fist fortified with a little mana is stronger than an orc’s fist with full combat training. In other words, there may be some errors as you worry, but it will be meaningless in front of the reinforcement caused by mana.”

That is why such a large-scale test was conducted only for magic power. Generally, mana is treated as the most important of the five stats.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that the strength stat is completely useless. Strength is also a very important factor in combat power.

However, the cadets in front of me were only level 1 or 2 at most.

Levels 8 and 9 are the difference between heaven and earth, but the difference between level 1 and level 2 doesn’t mean much. Only 2 levels can’t make a meaningful error.

At least, it can be seen that the words of the instructor are used.

Of course, the instructors were completely unaware of the fact that Han Do-yoon’s power was level 5, and that he used fighting techniques as a secondary weapon.

“Do you have a question?”

Most of the cadets did not raise their hands, as if they were nervous in front of so many instructors.

In the midst of silence, only one raised his hand proudly.

2m tall, mottled black spot pattern, formidable impression, golden nose tour that shines from under the nose.

It was the Minotaur, Thorn.

“What if I break the steel plate?”

He looked at the instructor with a rough voice and a rough tone.

At his question, some instructors smiled and some laughed. The former was pleased with the new apostle’s overflowing passion and ambition, and the latter was laughed at by the newbie’s ignorance.

This question is also a regular question that comes up every year.

The instructor who took the question from the podium was the former. He threw a simple joke to relieve the stiff atmosphere.

“If you break that thing, I can give you a kiss.”

At that, the relatively young instructors couldn’t help but burst into laughter. Thorn, who suddenly became a laughing stock, frowned.

“This is a joke, if someone seriously breaks the grater…”

He thought for a moment. It won’t happen anyway, so it doesn’t matter what you say.

Since you’ve been rolling too much for a while, should you cheer up?

“I will drop any classes you want from now on. Even the morning canter that you hate so much.”

At those words, the eyes of the cadets who had been sitting silently lit up.

To them, this test was just a public punch show to flaunt in front of the female cadets.

But now it has become a coveted goal that must be passed.

‘You’re skipping class?’

The reason why Doyoon showed interest was not a childish thought to skip the morning walk.

‘If I skip class, I can spur the work of piercing blood vessels.’

Power came into his fist.

It is a different story for Do-yoon to hide Enoch and to build up a name value as an apostle.

No matter how active Doyoon is, no one can think that the great hero who died 100 years ago has returned to life.

In his previous life, Enoch was always surrounded by righteous and courageous people. All of them were inspired by Doyun’s heroic story.

To make friends, to build influence, you need reputation.

And building high grades in the cradle will be the first step.

To this end, piercing blood vessels was a top priority task that had to be completed as soon as possible.

“Now then, come out one by one from the front and receive a certain amount of mana from the instructor.”

The archery instructor stepped forward. His eyes for the boss monster killer were as passionate as the cadets.

I ate breakfast in a hurry for now, asked the person in charge, and tried my hand to take on the role of infusing mana.

If it was about the level of a boss monster killer, the potential for mana would certainly be at the level of a monster. The two previous boss mob killers were like that too.

He looked closely at the first order of cadets, placing a hand on their back and blowing mana into them.

‘no.’

You can tell as soon as you put mana into it. Most of the mana did not enter the bloodstream and bounced out into the air. This guy is dull.

“Oh oh…! My body is full of power!”

But this newbie, who doesn’t know his subject, shrugged his shoulders, drunk with energy he had never felt before, and glanced at the female cadets in the back.

Muscles all over the body tingle. It is a tremendous power that seems to be able to do anything.

He appealed to the female cadets for his masculinity by breaking the grater, and went forward with a smirk at the thought of skipping the morning canter like a beggar.

“Let it begin.”

“Yes!”

With a loud reply, he pulled back his fist. It was a poor posture, with only the elbows sticking out with the shoulders and back fixed.

“Aagh!”

But drunk on his own manliness, he threw his fists with a screaming spirit.

The moment his fist meets the blue steel plate.

width.

“Huh, billion!?”

There was a shocking sound that was so absurdly weak. his body staggered.

“Uh, huh? Oh, no… why is this…”

It’s a poor hand taste than a swing. But what about a perfect, manly punch that will go down in history? He was greatly perplexed.

“The steel plate is a special steel plate that ‘absorbs’ an impact and changes color. That’s why you can’t even dream of polka dots.”

The instructor, who explained with arms folded, looked at the steel plate. The blue steel plate was dyed a very, very pale pink.

The watching instructors clicked their tongues. Poor motor nerves, poor mana talent. it’s dull

“next!”

“Hey, this is a mistake! No matter how you look at it, it felt strange! one more time…”

“next!”

So, one by one, we went through the test.

Seeing this, Doyoon measured the strength by examining the steel plate and his fist.

‘A special steel plate often used for training ground tiles. But the purity is low.’

Unlike the other cadets, Doyoon is a soul who has lived in this world for over a hundred years. Of course, I was able to recognize the identity of that special steel plate at a glance.

Doyoon clenched his fists and raised his strength.

‘At that level, it would be a bit difficult without mana…’

However, it is too wasteful to give up the right to skip class.

‘Should I use Hecleos’ skills?’

Doyoon opened the status window. The toughness stat representing the body’s defensive power is level 4. Can this keep up with that ignorant technology?

Hecleos was one of Doyoon’s most trusted colleagues during the time of the hero Enoch Roosevolnik.

He was ignorant and fought with only his own body without weapons, and people called him Kwon Hwang (拳皇).

As tough as its founder, Hecleus’s style of martial arts that puts a tremendous load on the body

As far as Doyoon knew, Hwang Kwon himself was the only one who could perfectly withstand the recoil of the technique.

Even Enoch, who was in a perfected state, stopped at the line of mimicking while enduring some reaction at an important moment.

‘I don’t know how strong level 4 is.’

But the trouble didn’t last long.

According to the instructors, the stamina stat doesn’t just mean endurance, it’s a broader concept that includes regenerative ability.

And Do-yoon’s physical ability is level 7, an unreasonable figure for a cadet.

Perhaps this stamina stat will withstand the recoil of a single use.

‘…Could no one recognize me?’

Doyoon looked around. Among the instructors, no one looks old enough to witness the skills of Hecleos, who was active 100 years ago.

While Enoch was gone, the possibility that his martial law was spread to the world was ruled out.

Several rounds of meeting and being together with him in a previous life. In the meantime, Hecleos desperately wanted a disciple, but there were no talents who could handle the insane martial law.

Thanks to this, he had to suck his fingers, envying the sword emperor’s love for his disciple, even until the fight with the demon king.

So, if Doyoon uses Kwon Hwang’s Kwonbeop once, no one will recognize it.

‘Let’s write.’

I made up my mind and clenched my fists.

Doyoon’s arm muscles swelled up with a domineering aura.