EP.2 First Rune Hunt (1)

In this world, runes are the exclusive property of holders.

Therefore, obtaining a rune means awakening as a holder.

When [Sword] is selected, the holder who uses the sword becomes.

If [Fire] is selected, it becomes a holder who uses fire magic.

Once the rune was chosen, it immediately meant the holder’s talent.

Or get a [sword] by making 2001 slashes in an upright posture…

To get a [bow] by shooting 1880 arrows in the air.

This was a hidden piece that was not known to the public.

“Songhyun… Was it?”

Born as the son of a famous kendo family, ‘Songhyeon’ was not chosen as a holder.

The overflowing desire for the sword made him swing the sword thousands of times, and his seemingly meaningless gestures created the [Sword] rune and awakened him as a holder.

In the original work, Song Hyun created the runes by himself.

It was the first holder of Hidden Peace.

Of course, that doesn’t mean other ordinary people can use this method to become a holder.

As it turns out later, Song Hyun had the talent to eventually become a holder.

Only those who possess the talent of the holder and are familiar with runes can obtain runes with this hidden piece.

This is a method that is not easily revealed over time.

At the beginning of the story, even less people know about it.

However, I, who was an avid reader of the original, had memorized all of them.

Other runes I got, such as [Bow] and [Spear].

The process is the same, only the person to be acquired is different.

It was the reason I was able to acquire 7 runes in just one month, possessing an extra.

“… … .”

But except for this special case.

The rune given to the holder is the rune obtained when awakening.

Or a rune obtained during growth or as a dungeon reward.

That kind of acquisition method is everything.

Therefore, most holders try to grow the runes given to them to the best of their ability.

No matter how ordinary a rune is, he knows that it will eventually become his bread.

The first rune given to me was [Dagger].

A basic rune that allows you to progress to an assassin-type holder.

Perhaps if I had been the same, I would have become an ordinary assassin.

7 Normal Runes obtained from Hidden Peace.

As a result, the fraud rune that just appeared in front of me.

If it wasn’t for the epic rune called [Rune Hunter].

“If you win a duel, you can bring your opponent’s runes?”

I rubbed my eyes and read the information window carefully.

Again, there is no sense of reality.

What, do you have all these scam runes?

I don’t know the criteria for a duel, but being able to bring an opponent’s rune no matter what it is is a rune with great effect.

No matter how strict the standards are, they won’t ask for a level of life-and-death that requires killing an opponent.

If so, the runes you can get with [Rune Hunter] are endless.

Rare runes with unique effects, including various normal runes.

In addition, top-class epic runes such as Park Jin-woo’s [Drops of the Investigator] and Kang Joo-yeon’s [The Unquenchable Flame].

I was able to bring all the key runes that lead the play.

“ah. I can’t bring Kang Joo-yeon.”

Unlike Park Jin-woo, who is a growth type genius.

Kang Joo-yeon is an overwhelming genius who does not miss the senior from the beginning.

There was no way that I, who was still at a normal level, could win.

To bring her runes, you have to promise very soon.

Either way, it’s definitely a rune of deceptive performance.

To have such a delusion mixed with kimchi soup is itself.

It doesn’t matter if it’s not a famous Epic Rune.

Useful rare runes or ordinary normal runes.

Whatever it was, it was important to have a way to get them.

The more runes there are, the worse it is.

“I was so lucky… .”

The reason why I, an extremely ordinary person, got this scam rune.

That was only one.

The possessor’s luck is comparable to that of a beginner.

A hidden piece of ‘how to obtain runes’ that others do not know.

It was all cleverly in my memory.

After that, I found 7 runes, and I got this scam rune.

This is something unique that has never appeared in the original novel.

As the possessor, I could only see that I was very lucky.

“What was lucky?”

A familiar voice was heard.

A style in which the hair is braided to one side and laid down hip.

A casual outfit that subtly reveals the body.

A woman with a slightly cold impression.

Kim Chae-eun, a friend next door, was there.

I became friends with her on the first day I was here.

In the academy building that was there because of the application for admission.

Kim Chae-eun has been pretending to know me first.

-uh? Are you next door?

A character I’ve never seen in <Next Rune Holder>.

Like Do Jae-hyun, she was an ordinary extra.

No, does it make sense?

What is it that this pretty girl is an extra?

But after looking in the mirror.

After checking the plausibility of Do Jae-hyun, I understood.

extra.

It was said that only handsome and pretty people do that.

The academy staff who gave me a face-to-face on the first day.

She doesn’t rather judge people by their looks.

He was a fair person with the right values… .

-I’m on my way home! Come with me!

Unlike her cold first impression, Kim Chae-eun is active.

They seem to approach people they see for the first time without hesitation.

Even with me who lives next door, we only knew each other’s faces…

He spoke quickly and made friends easily.

We went home together on the first day and became close quickly, and after that, we met a few times and ate together and became friends.

Maybe if it wasn’t for her.

It would have been difficult to find our house back then.

Come to think of it, after falling into a new world.

I didn’t even know where I lived.

“just. The one chosen as the holder.”

“tooth. That’s lucky. You’re lucky if you get an Epic Rune from the start… . Ordinary holders like us find it difficult to go out in society.”

“… That’s it.”

For a moment, I was excited and accepted it.

Lucky to have received an Epic Rune from the start…

That was me.

“What time are you going tomorrow?”

“Admission exam?”

“yes. It starts at 2 o’clock.”

Tomorrow is the holder academy entrance exam.

It’s an entrance exam, but in reality, admission has been confirmed.

It is a test to filter out those who are called holders with lies.

The most important thing in the entrance exam is to determine the class of the students.

Classification from upper class to lower class.

From the point of view of the academy, which had to focus on nurturing high-quality manpower, it was a natural thing to do.

“I still have to go there… 1 o’clock? why?”

“rice is?”

“I’m going to eat.”

“I want to eat at your house too!”

“… In addition?”

“yes! The pasta was so delicious last time.”

[Cooking] The evils of runes.

Last time I made pasta at home, Kim Chae-eun came back several times and begged me to make it again.

It looks like he was quite impressed.

It is clear that I came today to say this.

“… Are you ready for tomorrow’s exam?”

“What do you say you are preparing for the exam? You are doing it according to your usual skills. It’s an academy where you go to learn anyway.”

“I can’t beat you with words.”

I cleaned my surroundings and brought my practice gear.

This is a private training ground that you pay for a certain amount of time.

Slowly, the time ran out, and I had to return the weapons and go back.

“Then come in the morning. Around 11 o’clock.”

“Wow-”

“Buy dessert instead.”

“dessert? with what?”

“Pudding. With the taste of grapes.”

“… … .”

Kim Chae-eun’s eyes looking at me changed like a child.

Can not help it.

This taste does not change even after coming to the new world.

* * *

on the day of the entrance exam.

After shooting a light pasta mukbang at my house.

Chae-eun Kim and I were at the holder academy exam center.

“Applicant No. 311, Jaehyun Do. Come forward.”

There are two main types of entrance exams.

One is whether the holder holding the rune is really correct.

The other is what the grade of the holder is.

The former can be checked by touching the measuring instrument in the test site, and in the latter case, there are several tests to check it.

For me, who submitted the [Dagger] as a rune, light daggers, throwing techniques, and various other ability measurements were waiting for me as a test.

Tiling-

“It has been confirmed that you are the holder of the rune. Applicant Jaehyun Do has been accepted to Seoul Holder Academy. Congratulations. After that, please go to the exam room next door to select a class.”

There was no way I, who had a total of 9 runes including [Dagger], would be eliminated from the holder check.

After confirming the holder, I went straight to the grading test center and took the test.

Tiling-

Tiling-

“… … .”

Various measuring instruments reported my score in real time.

The proctor, who was sitting on one side of the examination hall, wrote down my score with an expressionless face.

“Dagger F, Throwing F… Holder overall ability E… . Do Jae-hyun applicants’ temporary class selection is for the lower class.”

The results are disastrous.

I have a lot of runes, but the runes have not grown at all, so it’s probably natural.

By the way, Kim Chae-eun’s temporary class selection is an intermediate class.

She is a wizard-type holder with [Freeze].

But surprisingly, the stats and rune levels were fine.

He told me what to do with ordinary holders like us…

In the end, he was a deceiver.

“Go to the exam center right next door. The final test, the actual battle, remains.”

The reason why rune measurement and ability measurement are ‘temporary class selection’.

This is because the class of applicants is finally selected through the final test, ‘Practical Battle’.

This competition could only be competed with applicants from a class that was temporarily selected.

In other words, it is impossible for applicants from the upper class to compete against those from the lower class.

It was a reasonable method because there was a difference in level from the start.

and… .

‘Park Jin-woo is selected for the lower class here.’

The reason I was waiting for this real battle.

The main character is Park Jin-woo.

It was because his temporary class with the epic rune of [Seeker’s Sweat] was a lower class like me.

Your first chance to test the power of [Rune Hunter]…

It came surprisingly quickly.

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