Episode 106

Dungeon, ‘Cradle of the Golem’.

The gates were connected by a huge labyrinthine structure made of straight stone.

“It must be difficult to do it alone from the beginning, right?”

“I need to find out the monster level first.”

Students gathered in twos and threes to form teams. However, there were also students who did not.

“I will challenge myself.”

“Oh, me too.”

“indeed! I thought the same!”

Ko Min-soo, Lee No-ah, and Pyo Su-ho refused their friends’ requests to join the team.

“In the end, you have to see if you can pull it off on your own.”

“I don’t think I would have given you a task that I couldn’t handle.”

“Now is… It is comfortable to be alone!”

The reasons were different, but the three decided to act separately anyway. Song Dae-beom wrinkled his nose and turned his head.

“What are you going to do? Wouldn’t we be better off going as a team?”

The subjects of the question were Yoo Hwa-rin and Joo Da-hyeon.

It will be different from before as each of them did their own special training during the vacation, but since they have already trained as a team, it will be easy to get along.

“agree.”

“Well… I’d love to do that too. The things I learned in the special training have not been badged on my body yet.”

Yuhwarin wanted to protect her friends, and Judahyun started special training near the end of vacation, so she wasn’t confident yet.

So, the three of them decided to team up again.

“Are all decisions made?”

“Oh yes!”

When asked by a guild member from Sura-do who came in with him, Ju Da-hyun answered as the representative. Although she was not elected separately, all the students in the special class were implicitly treating her as class president.

It was because she was not inferior to others because of her personality or background.

“Then let me explain just once. Everyone, please listen carefully.”

Everyone paid attention to those words.

“After going through each passage, you will come to a stone chamber. This place has already been cleared of monsters, so there is no threat. You have to make the golem you want to deal with yourself. The way… .”

What the guild members wanted to talk about was not how to attack, but how to use it. Although it was a dungeon, the purpose of this place was training.

After the explanation, the students shook their heads.

“Then, I will leave. I will do my best.”

Together with him, the guild members chose one passage and proceeded. It was only then that the special class students realized it.

‘It’s really just us dealing with each other.’

‘I thought they would secretly come and take a look, but they didn’t.’

You entered the dungeon without a guardian.

As soon as I realized that fact, my whole body went into a state of tension.

“Everyone be careful! In case of danger, come back right away! I will prepare a lot of potions!”

Min So-yul said to his friends walking down the aisle. Although she had no reason to follow this training.

‘It’s a thesis, so I can look at it later.’

I had to stay at the academy anyway, so there was nothing to do but read papers. It was better to hang out with friends at least a little.

* * *

The students thought that the teachers had really left them without any safeguards, but the reality was different.

‘The kids who formed the team can be relieved.’

Eruah hid in the shadows and went back and forth through the aisles to check on the students. It was because Kang Tae-min ordered that before the outside class.

-There is no need to overdo it, Lua. Just do what you do best.

Previously, these words would have been taken lightly, but after that day, Irua began to pay attention to Kang Taemin’s words.

‘I’m sure you were worried about me this time too, right?’

Suddenly, my mouth was freed.

Because she was in the shadows and no one was around, she didn’t have to manage her expression.

‘No, you have to be faithful to your duties. next… .’

Kang Tae-min was sparring with Jung Jun-hyeok for the price of renting the dungeon. Because of this, supervising the students became her responsibility.

Irua moved rooms. The battle was already in full swing there.

The giant golem and Go Min-su were fist bumping into each other.

‘I heard that formed golems are affected by mana, but that’s true.’

Drive cores are embedded in the walls of each stone chamber. Students choose one of them to raise and infuse mana.

When a sufficient amount of mana is injected, the drive core builds a body by itself and goes into battle.

‘I can understand why Surado maintains this dungeon, since he decides the level of the golem himself.’

The level of the golem depends on the amount of mana injected. In other words, it was a training ground where the stronger the opponent, the weaker he became.

‘I heard that he received special training separately from Noah, so he really changed.’

Go Min-soo’s reflexes became sharper than before. He reacted swiftly to even the slightest movement of the golem and evaded the attack.

‘Type 3 (第三形), breaking ground (激波掌).’

Golem instantly attached to Golem, Ko Min-soo used the technique he learned from Jung Jun-hyeok.

When the young aura touched the golem’s body, it shook as if it were being sucked in.

Eventually, the huge golem’s torso was cut off for an instant, and a roar erupted.

‘Wow… .’

Irua couldn’t help but be amazed.

True to the name of the violent waves, it was thanks to the wave of aura that crashed into the golem.

‘Even Noah can’t be careless. I’m sure that’s not the only thing I’ve learned.’

Eruah moved her seat, feeling both the heart of an older sister who wants her younger brother to be well and a proud heart as a burden.

‘It’s hard to tell from the outside, but… .’

There was no dramatic change in Lee Noah like Ko Min-soo. What he learned from Jung Joon-hyeok was martial arts.

‘Still, his movements have become really nimble.’

Not only his main weapon, his sword, but also his legs and even his bare arms resisted the golem’s attacks. There was even a unique recovery ability, so there was no hesitation in using the body.

‘It’s best not to get hit, but I can recover quickly even if I get hit.’

As her younger sister grew, she moved in with pure joy.

“Hey, it’s surprisingly easy, isn’t it?”

“It’s because there are three. I guess I’m just getting used to it.”

“Three golems, are you going to challenge?”

In the stone chamber of Dahyun Joo’s team, they had no choice but to watch from afar. The spirit Yuhwarin summoned lit up the narrow stone chamber, so there were few shadows.

‘Because of the explosion caused by Daebeom, the shadows disappear and appear.’

When the shadow disappears, she jumps out and throws it away. Only then would it be revealed that he was secretly watching.

-The belief that someone will save them makes students weak.

There was also Kang Tae-min’s order not to step out unless it was really an emergency, so he couldn’t be caught.

‘Lastly, Suho… .’

Iruah watched the passage leading to Pyosuho’s room and shook her head.

– Suho is fine. please let me be alone There is nothing dangerous about Suho.

At first, he wondered if it was discrimination against exchange students, but he knew better that Kang Tae-min was not that kind of person.

‘He must have been thinking about something.’

Since Pyo Soo-ho was also a member of the special class, Kang Tae-min must have felt a sense of responsibility.

No way, she hadn’t even dreamed that the Pyo-su-ho was a demon.

‘At this rate, friendly matches won’t be a problem.’

With a satisfied heart, Eruah decided to watch the students’ training.

* * *

A few days later, Gimpo International Airport.

“It’s a friendly match, but we’re not here to get close to the opponent.”

Said Nikolai Antonovich, an instructor representing the Moscow State Academy, in a low voice.

The students selected for this friendly match were three, not all five. No matter how friendly it is, it was because there was a concern that the opponent’s power would be exposed.

“Do not relax with the mindset that you have entered enemy territory.”

“ancient!”

“All right.”

Unlike the other two, Alexei answered with a sour expression. Nikolai didn’t like the attitude, but he just frowned.

‘Tsk, I can’t help it.’

Alexei is the strongest among the representatives, and he was comparable to the academy instructors as well as active hunters.

In addition, his skills in handling the spirits of snow and ice were excellent, so he was a helpful student in many ways at the academy.

‘If this guy doesn’t cooperate, the cost of capturing monsters will increase… .’

In particular, Moscow Academy’s training focused on practice, and they were spending a lot of money to capture monsters on purpose.

In such a situation, Alexei was a person who was no different from the treasure of the Moscow academy.

“OMG… .”

“Such crazy weather… !”

After checking in, students came out of the airport and hung out their tongues in the dizzying heat.

Nikolai didn’t just say anything, but he was frightened by the steaming heat.

“Alexei, let us cool off too!”

“Ah, shamefully… !”

Alexei, on the other hand, was enjoying the coolness with a snow fox on his shoulder. Even the murderous heat in Korea was powerless against the spirit’s power.

“… That’s not pretty.”

The other two students frowned at Alexei’s answer. Even among the same students, Alexei was known as an outlier.

‘Beauty or cute, anyway… .’

‘All Awoken are handsome and beautiful, but how did this child’s aesthetic standards change?’

In the meantime, Nikolai found the van he had reserved in advance. Thanks to that, there was no need to say anything more pitiful to Alexei.

The vehicle carrying four people quickly headed toward the city center. As soon as he left his luggage at the hotel, Nikolai took the students to Noblesse Academy.

“Uh… Can’t you let me take a shower?”

Nikolai wanted to, too, but he couldn’t.

“The opposing instructor, Kang Tae-min, is one of the strongest in Korea. If something happens that gets caught, there is a risk that it will turn into a diplomatic problem.”

The strongest person was treated appropriately according to the responsibility they shouldered. It was the same even in foreign countries.

Wasn’t this friendly match also the form requested by the Moscow Academy and accepted by Kang Tae-min?

“So no matter what the graduates say, you better be polite.”

“Yes, I understand.”

There was a nationalistic aspect to the academic tradition of the Moscow Academy.

With the cataclysm, it became a world where individual strength was valued, so the trend was that the physically superior Slavs were better than other peoples.

Nikolai glanced back at the students and said,

“Well, I decided to translate, so just keep smiling and there will be no problem.”

“hehehe, I see.”

“First of all, winning is a priority. It’s only noisy when a defeated dog barks.”

Alexei still had a sullen look on his face.

‘… It’s not beautiful either.’

The taxi carrying the four people eventually stopped in front of the academy. Perhaps because we arrived earlier than expected, there was no one in front of the school gate.

It wasn’t until Nikolai made a request to the administrative staff that Rosalyn and Kang Tae-min came out to greet them.

“Oh, come on! You arrived earlier than expected!”

“You worked hard in the heat.”

“Ugh, the weather in Korea is rather hot, right? Let’s go straight to the training ground!”

With Rosalyn’s words, everyone moved to the training ground. Since the Russian national team arrived a little early, there were still students who were training.

Three students who were selected as members of the friendly match recognized Kang Tae-min and approached him.

“Song Dae-beom, Joo Da-hyeon, and Yoo Hwa-rin are students.”

“Yes, this is Ivan, Tanya, and Alexei.”

Students on both sides exchanged eye greetings. Before long, Ivan and Tanya said with smiles on their faces.

“Ha, you mean to fight these kids?”

“Looking at the training right now, they look like complete novices, don’t they?”

Song Dae-beom blinked at the quick Russian words and whispered.

“Hey, Joo Dahyun. Have you ever learned Russian?”

“… Why am I learning that?”

“No. Those kids are laughing, but they’re talking about something.”

Before long, Nikolai smiled and turned his gaze to Song Dae-beom.

“I am very much looking forward to this match. I hope it will be a good match.”

Alexei wrinkled his nose at the situation, but did not dare to open his mouth.

Ivan and Tanya laughed even more brightly as if they were having fun.

“Looking at these bastards, aren’t they the ones who competed in Korean competitions?”

“It would be obvious if you only played with a dummy like that. There is a difference between playing with dolls and playing in real life.”

Before the start, the Russian national team watched the Youth Hunter Championship video to analyze the opposing team.

However, since the team match was canceled, there was no way for them to know the skills of these three.

“They say that they can’t afford to be vigilant to have developed their skills in such a good environment. Definitely a nice facility.”

Nikolai once again presented an interpretation that went through a filter. Rosalyn and all the students think so too.

“That is strange.”

Taemin Kang said with a smile.

Then what came out of his mouth.

“Is the Russian language I learned different from the language spoken in Russia these days?”

He was fluent in Russian.

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