Episode 17

As soon as the representative of the special class entered, the stage was prepared. In addition to various obstacles, magic absorption barriers were installed everywhere.

“Wow, it’s really completely blocked.”

Song Dae-beom looked around in admiration. To prevent outside intervention during the test, the barrier blocked outside sight and sound.

“You’ll see us from the outside, though.”

Min So-yul said with a slightly nervous face. Of course, it wasn’t that you couldn’t see them from the outside either.

It was a device that could only be seen from one direction, like a mirror installed in an interrogation room in a movie.

“Min So-yul.”

“Ah, here.”

When Ko Min-soo reached out his hand, Min So-yul quickly took out a potion and handed it to him.

“Oh, it’s a start.”

Piles of monsters and orcs began to appear, slightly larger than Go Min-su and armed with two-handed axes or hatchets and shields.

“Write… It tastes bitter.”

“Originally, medicine that is good for the body is bitter in the mouth.”

As Ko Min-soo licked his lips and frowned, Min So-yul shrugged and replied.

Ko Min-soo did not say anything more and immediately took action. The orc running from the front swung a two-handed ax toward him.

However, the attack did not reach Go Min-soo.

‘What’s so slow?’

Along with a booming noise, Ko Min-soo threw a hook and knocked the ax blade aside. Then, he fired a straight shot at the open chest of the orc.

With a dull thump, the dummy fell, scattering debris.

“Oh, potion sucker for sure.”

“It was made with care in preparation for today.”

Min So-yul corrected her glasses with a confident face. What she gave to Go Min-soo was a potion that doubled the strength-strengthening effect.

“… Hey, aren’t these a little weird?”

“Is it strange?”

“Movement is a little sloppy compared to training.”

It was natural.

The orc dummy that the special class faced was a reproduction of the skills and habits of a ‘real’ orc that Kang Tae-min made himself.

I couldn’t feel the difference.

“Well, isn’t that a good thing?”

Of course, the difference didn’t matter right away.

* * *

Unlike the quiet inside, the outside was very noisy.

“Ha, in one room… ?!”

“Nonsense… !”

“As expected, it’s Minsu!”

“Keuuu, this is it!”

It was thanks to the combination of the surprised students and the support of the special class.

“Is it because of the potion you took earlier?”

“Wait, isn’t this doping?”

“If it’s like this, we’ve prepared the potion too!”

But in the meantime, a disgruntled voice came out. It was the voice of the students of Class 2 who were defeated by the special class and still have resentment.

“Students who said it was doping, can you take responsibility for your words?”

Before the other teachers even stepped forward, Kang Tae-min turned to them and asked. Because it was a voice that carried mana, the commotion suddenly stopped.

Everyone’s eyes turned to Kang Tae-min.

“Among the representatives of the special class, Min So-yul is a non-combat awakened person. Does it matter if the Awoken use their abilities to contribute to the fight?”

“Yeah, but… .”

“Besides, our representative only has two Awakened combatants. Does this mean we should stop testing and replace the representative now?”

The students in Class 2 kept their mouths shut at the question. It was because, according to Kang Tae-min, the special class was not at an advantage compared to other classes.

After Kang Tae-min finished speaking, his eyes turned to the referee Dixon.

‘No, what is this… .’

Dixon, who was trying to pass the time in moderation, smiled awkwardly at his gaze.

‘It would be nice if class 1 won, but… .’

It would be a good picture if class 1 with the beneficiary Dahyun Joo wins. However, the information had already been sold, so the transaction was over.

There was no reason to make a biased judgment.

“There doesn’t seem to be any problem. The test will continue.”

At Dixon’s answer, everyone’s eyes turned to the representatives of the special class again. But in the meantime, things have changed a lot.

“Huh… .”

“Isn’t it dangerous?”

“Why do you play separately?”

Ko Min-soo was busy handling the pile in front of him, as if he didn’t care about other people. Because of that, Min So-yul and Song Dae-beom were surrounded by piles of orcs approaching from the other side.

“As expected, the special class is arbitrary.”

“You don’t even know what teamwork is.”

Despite some ridiculing reactions, this time the special class students did not object.

Rather, he was snoring at students who said such things.

The reason was immediately clear.

“what?”

“what… ?!”

Min So-yul handed the potion bottle to Song Dae-beom. Then, Song Dae-beom engraved a magic circle on the potion bottle and threw it at the crowd of orcs.

Then there was a violent explosion accompanied by a blinding flash. The dull vibration made the mana barrier tremble.

“Did you see it!?”

“This is our teamwork. This color, no, children!”

What Min So-yul handed over was a vial containing an inflammable substance. It was a strategy aimed at synergy with Song Dae-beom’s ability.

“I thought it was just a potion shuttle… !”

“You know how to make something like that?”

Only then did the other students immediately recognize the situation. At first glance, they seemed to be moving independently, but in reality they were different.

Go Min-soo raised the count while keeping the other two blind spots in his area, and the two were in a strategy to annihilate the gathered orcs at once.

“Oh My God… .”

“How long have you been training?”

“Isn’t this enough for active duty?”

The combination of the three was as natural as flowing water. The replenishment of the potion was quick, as if it had been calculated until the effect of the strength-enhancing potion had worn off.

“crazy… !”

“You’re dealing with orcs, right? Aren’t they goblins?”

The count went so fast that I couldn’t even see the exact number. However, the speed of change was enough to guess the situation.

Just like that, the time limit was exhausted and the beep beep sounded three times.

[Special Class – 97]

There was silence for a moment over the number that was then released.

“9, 97… ?”

“This crazy… .”

“The subject of the test has changed, but they say they are that good… ?”

The first to react were other class representatives. Because they had to catch up with that number.

But I couldn’t dare to break that record.

“Oh my gosh… .”

“No, teacher Taemin, what kind of training did you do?”

“My kids can’t even catch 40 goblins… !”

It wasn’t just the students who were surprised. The teachers around Kang Tae-min asked with awe.

“I thought I would fill 100, but it turned out to be a little disappointing.”

Kang Tae-min replied with a normal face, as if nothing was wrong.

Even though it was the moment of achieving an all-time record.

* * *

‘How can this… .’

Dahyun Ju bit her lip.

I thought it was because I was lucky that the special class came in first place. She also had the confidence to play an active part if she got caught up in the Dungeon Break.

But this wasn’t it.

“Wow… .”

“How do you beat that?”

The other students who came as class 1 representatives seemed to have similar sentiments. Everyone muttered with dark faces.

However, Ju Da-hyun had a more desperate reason than them.

‘Grandpa, grandpa did such a thing… !’

Her grandfather, Ju Tae-ji, bought information from Dixon. Thanks to that, he practiced countless times against orcs.

But the other two are not. Those two would have only caught goblins.

‘I, I have to do well. If I don’t come to my senses… !’

I felt a bitter taste in my mouth. It was because I unknowingly bit my lips too hard. But there was nothing like that pain.

“Dahyeon?”

“uh? Ah, yes. let’s go.”

She woke up at her friend’s call. Suddenly, their turn came.

Was it because he was so nervous that he couldn’t even hear Dixon’s voice?

All sides were blocked. The air was heavy. It was hard to breathe.

‘Calm down, I am the granddaughter of Changhwang. You must not disgrace your grandfather’s name.’

It took so much strength that the hand holding the spear turned white. Like that hand, it felt like my whole head was turning white.

‘Can I win? Need to catch 97? the three of us? How many did I catch by myself? 13? 15?’

Time did not wait for her. The test started and piles of orcs appeared.

“I am this way… .”

“I am here… .”

The voices of friends seemed far away. Ju Da-hyeon threw a spear at the target in front of him.

‘I can do it, I can do it, I can do it.’

When her grandfather broke the news, she was ashamed. I thought that my grandfather had joined hands with such a man because he was lacking in confidence.

‘No, you have to do it…’ !’

But I couldn’t take back what I had already heard. So, I was determined to be number one.

And now I was going to prove that I didn’t need that kind of help.

“Huh… Heo-eok… .”

Joo Da-hyun breathed heavily and checked the count.

[Class 1 – 7 animals]

Only 7?

There was blood in her eyes. Looking back, I saw the faces of my friends struggling.

Of course. Isn’t it the first time my friends are dealing with orcs?

‘What the hell are you doing?!’

I know in my head, but my heart is impatient. Should I be so sluggish when I have to catch 90 more in the future?

A groaning, grinding sound was heard. Joo Da-hyun immediately crossed the obstacle.

“uh? Go, thank you!”

Joo Da-hyun’s range of activities gradually increased. Friends thought she was supporting them.

But as time passed, I realized that I was wrong.

“You two, help me!”

“what?”

“I will take care of it, so help me!”

Quite the opposite.

Although their records were sluggish, the other two also had pride.

“If you do it that way, it will be rather slow!”

“Yes, Dahyun. I need to put it together once… .”

“You guys have never faced an orc before!”

“Are you there?”

Dahyun Ju gritted her teeth at the question. Even in the middle of such a scuffle, the time was reduced, and the gap with the special class remained for a long time.

‘I don’t have time to be like this…’ !’

Joo Da-hyun decided to ignore the two. Didn’t the special class set a record by being engrossed in their respective duties?

‘Faster, sooner… !’

I was confident in being fast. Her ability is ‘Enwind’, and she can use mana to create and wind wind around objects as well as her body.

Through that ability, it was possible to create a gust of wind, accelerate it, and increase the penetrating power of the spear.

But maybe it’s because I’m too impatient?

“Dahyeon, I’m in charge here… .”

When her friend stepped in front of the target pile, she was unable to reap her abilities.

I hurriedly opened the spear, but the wind that rotated along the blade became a blade and swallowed my friend.

“ah… .”

Red blood spurted out. The red liquid, never seen in training, covered his face and floor.

“Sir Gaeun!”

“Stop testing! pause!”

The barrier disappeared and the teachers rushed in. Joo Da-hyun trembled and dropped the spear.

For an instant, all senses seemed to be numb. It was such an unrealistic sight.

But that’s for a while.

“What, what!?”

“Joo Dahyun stabbed me!”

“What the hell are you thinking?!”

“oh my god… .”

Accusations and gossip filled the gaps in the voice. Eyes directed at her filled her vision. The fishy smell of blood awakened the senses.

‘No, no. I didn’t mean to… .’

I couldn’t breathe. Strangely, I remembered my grandfather’s face. It seemed that he would never be able to see those eyes that cared for him again.

Involuntarily, she backed away.

There was no sense of reality. It was like having a nightmare. I wanted to disappear like this.

At that time, the jaw was blocked by something. She turned her head in surprise.

“Don’t cry.”

Taemin Kang was there. He was looking down at him with a cold gaze.

It was only when he heard that voice that Ju Da-hyun realized that he was crying.

“You are not the one to cry. Look at reality.”

It was a very unfamiliar voice to Ju Da-hyun. No one dared to speak so coldly to the granddaughter of the Emperor Chang.

But strangely, Joo Da-hyun followed his words. The unfamiliar tone caught her consciousness.

She looked at what she had done, at the friend she had hurt.

“If you start running away, you keep running away.”

That low voice, like a milestone, gradually led her to reality. It was an anchor to her drifting heart.

“And if you run away, no one can help you.”

It was as if I had just submerged and surfaced. Ju Da-hyun did not run away.

She ran forward to check on her injured friend.

“Dahyeon-ah, were you surprised? It’s okay now.”

Seol Ga-eun said with a slightly tired smile. Because she moved the window at the end, her friend’s wounds were wide but not deep.

Seol Ga-eun treated her right away, so her friend’s condition was fine.

“Sorry… I’m so sorry… !”

Joo Da-hyun apologized in a crying voice. Then the friend shook his head.

“No, I forcibly intervened. Sorry… The record is because of me… .”

Rather, the fact that the test was stopped because of him seemed to bother him. Hearing that, Ju Da-hyun shuddered.

“no… It was wrong from the start.”

Then I took a deep breath and turned around.

“Dixon Cooper!”

When she suddenly pointed at him, Dixon was startled.

“That person told my grandfather about the test in advance!”

“what… ?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Dahyeon?”

At Ju Da-hyun’s accusation, Dixon blinked as if the accident had stopped for a moment, then shed a blank laugh.

“Muh, what! Miss Joo Dahyun, what do you mean by that all of a sudden? Was the shock too great?”

“No, my mind is clearer than ever. Let me tell you exactly. My grandfather bought that information!”

Ju Da-hyun’s words caused a stir in the hall.

“If it’s your grandfather, then you’re Changhwang, right?”

“In the Spiral Guild… ?”

“So you mean you practiced alone in the office building?”

Dixon blushed and grabbed the microphone.

“What nonsense! Guys, I am innocent!”

There was a reason he was able to come out so brazenly.

‘It was transmitted by telepathy. There’s no proof… !’

The deal was made through his abilities. There was no way I could get any evidence.

“I bet the honor of the association… .”

“You’d better be careful with that remark.”

Dixon looked back in amazement.

Just when he was approaching, Taemin Kang was holding out his smart phone to him.

“Dixon, I don’t know who you are.”

Then, a familiar voice came from the smartphone. Before long, Dixon remembered who the owner of the voice was.

“Bo, chief… ?”

How could an academy teacher make a direct phone call to the general manager?

It was something Dixon couldn’t understand at all.

<Who’s allowed a low-level like you to represent the honor of the Association?>

Bae Seung-joo’s voice was very cold.

* * *

Although there was a great uproar, the anti-class battle ended in the end.

Well, in the end, there were no major changes. In terms of performance, the special class was first, the first class was second, the second class was third, and so on.

It was because Ju Da-hyun’s infidelity was revealed, but the other students in class 1 were not guilty, so the record was recognized.

In fact, the academy must have noticed the class 1 students, no, their juniors. However, there was no protest because the record gap between the middle and lower classes and the first class was so wide.

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Later, I heard from Bae Seung-ju, that Dixon decided to be imprisoned with the confession of Joo Da-hyun and Joo Tae-ji.

After all, the granddaughter must have been more important to the old man than his honor.

Baek Seung-ju even told me the back story without me asking.

-Changhwang approached Dahyun, saying that she contacted her because she wanted to win first place. Dixon was trying to control both sides in the middle to his liking.

It seems that Dixon took advantage of the fact that it was difficult to directly check with Ju Da-hyeon because Ju Tae-ji was busy, and the pressure Ju Da-hyeon felt.

Only then did I understand the image of Joo Da-hyun that I remembered.

Before returning, Ju Da-hyun became the guild leader of the Spiral Guild as planned, but something was wrong with her.

I didn’t care about the safety of the guild members, I only focused on the results. It’s not a villain, but the number of hunters who died under her command was considerable.

I wonder if his nickname was the bloody wind tyrant.

Perhaps his personality changed that way as his interaction with Dixon continued.

Anyway, that won’t happen in this lifetime.

“therefore… .”

It wasn’t that there wasn’t much change after the anti-class battle. Even the person in front of me was like that.

“Yes.”

Ju Da-hyun, the center of this situation and the eye of the storm, answered with a determined face.

He’s not the class 1 homeroom teacher, so why am I interviewing him?

“I want to transfer to the special class… ?”

“Yes!”

Dahyun Joo wants to join the special class.

“I hate suspensions, so the period isn’t that long for something like that.”

The punishment she received was nothing compared to a one-week suspension and transfer to a special class.

“I am not doing this to avoid punishment.”

“then?”

“… I would like to have Taemin Kang as my teacher.”

It felt strange to be a teacher. Ugh, that kind of creeps me out.

“me? Why?”

“It may be a presumptuous thought, but… .”

Joo Da-hyun, who hesitated for a moment, continued as if he had made up his mind.

“Other teachers seem to care more about my background in their treatment of me.”

It was natural.

The weight of the name Changhwang’s granddaughter is not light.

“But Master, no, Master was different!”

You’re the first to treat me like this! What is this feeling?

“Besides, Master’s excellent spearmanship… ! I was really impressed.”

“What about Mr. Park?”

“I-I’m sorry, but I don’t think there is anything more to learn from Teacher Park Jung-hoon.”

There was no class 1 at the training ground declaration ceremony, but it seemed like he saw it again.

But I borrowed it from your grandfather.

“… You know that the special class curriculum is different, right?”

“Yes. I am prepared!”

I stared at Dahyun Ju for a while. Join Joo Da-hyun’s special class.

“good.”

“ah… ! Thanks, thank you very much!”

“Okay, see you in class tomorrow.”

“Yes! Master!”

Joo Da-hyun nodded with a spirit and left the interview room.

Not a bad thing.

Contrary to her expectations, however, I did not make my decision based only on Joo Da-hyun.

“Joo Da-hyun, and Joo Tae-ji and the Spiral Guild.”

These three are inextricably linked.

In other words, Ju Da-hyun’s belonging to the special class means that Changhwang and the Spiral Guild could be the backwaters of the special class.

“The preparations will be a bit easier.”

Thanks to this, it seems that the attack practice will be much easier.

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