chapter 20
20 – Open Exam
“Get out of the way!”
“Do not stick!”
The number of applicants for the 2017 Baekwoon Academy Open Admission Test was counted at 58,731.
A lot of people gathered.
Overcrowded. Even if the head professor’s cry to start the exam rolls his eyes, it’s bigger than a typical school gate. They flocked excessively to a place that was nothing more than a door.
In the end, people became entangled, pulling each other and tying each other so that they couldn’t move forward.
“When crowds gather, they gather. Why can’t everyone get out like that? The front end will be open.”
“I see, what happened?”
These were the words uttered by the audience watching the entrance exam from the audience in the back.
In fact, there is a very special device near the entrance and main entrance of the test center where the open entrance exam is held.
It was a device that sprayed a special thread made with the blessing of Baekwoon’s chief professor, Cheonjinsa.
They are not just entangled. They are difficult to detect with the naked eye, and are connected to each other by very viscous threads.
Of all the awakened people standing here, only those with highly developed senses can grasp this truth.
As expected, there were a few students who weren’t caught.
‘I read the manga, so there’s no need for that, I knew right away.’
The threads scattered across the entrance are not red. If it was Professor Cheon Jin-sa’s red thread that connected the participants, it would be extremely rare for anyone to cut it off on their own.
But it wasn’t, so the number of participants who cut the thread on their own and broke through the crowd began to increase one by one.
Baekwoon’s entrance exam consists of a total of three stages.
And the first step, the open entrance exam, is a kind of filter. It is a slaughterhouse designed to thoroughly discourage those who have little skill and talent from challenging the high Baekwoon entrance exam again.
The stage of testing pure physical strength, durability, and agility before checking the hero’s virtues. Therefore, what was prepared before this was not something different or unique.
These were things you would normally see in an obstacle race in a creative work.
So, as long as he got all 1 grades in the hero ability test, he could pass with a pull-up. There’s nothing below that, though.
I got up and took a slow step. The next step is a little faster. Then the feet again a little faster. Accelerated continue. What level is my physical ability right now? As if challenging that limit.
I waited for people to get out, but there are still overcrowded people at the main gate. It is physically impossible to run and break through the crowd. Then?
You have to jump over it.
I took a big step and forced my calves to scream.
Just when I felt my cartilage burst, I stretched out and leaped into the sky.
Utilizing the aura within the Awakener’s body, the already excellent Awoken’s physical abilities can be raised to the next level.
However, there was a risk that a great burden was placed on the body if it was not an enhanced awakening. However, it was as if there was no such risk for him.
Muscle? Let it tear up
Cartilage? Tell me to crush
A skeleton? Do it smash
I didn’t care at all. I tested everything, but that much was restored within tens of seconds at the latest with the damn blessing.
While flying, I looked down at the front gate of Baekwoon. Many participants looked at themselves with surprised eyes. He frowned again. It didn’t feel too bad.
I fell off the high ground because I jumped a considerable height, but it didn’t hurt at all. The protection did not activate either.
‘This is the power that blossomed when I became an Awakener.’
My heart started racing.
***
Kikkik―
I opened the door and a beautiful woman with messy hair came out into the living room.
“Ugh… ….”
I was planning to sleep in again today, but the sound of the TV was so loud that I couldn’t think of any better.
The sound that came out was the relay of Baekwoon’s public entrance exam.
Three people were reflected on the screen. Among them was a cat lady whom I had seen several times.
Unlike the way he always made a fuss with Bi Eun-hyeon, he was serious in his own way.
[Participant No. 16001, Eunhyeon Bi. Entering the stage with excellent leaping power!]
[Hey, that’s cool. Jumping over Baekwoon’s front gate was an impressive self-report.]
[Participant Eunhyeon Bi was said to have been a normal person just a few weeks ago?]
[Yes.]
[This is surprising. Does that mean that his physical has already improved by that much in less than a month?]
[Perhaps he possesses the protection of the strengthening system.]
[A reasonable guess, but not sure. It was Professor Mad Genius who investigated the blessing of participant Bi Eun-hyun, but he didn’t report anything.]
[Even if it’s an enhanced class, it’s first-class. Or it’s a first-class talent. See it now. It is so easy to destroy the obstacles on the stage. It’s like I knew it beforehand!]
“Huh? Did you wake up? Did you sleep well?”
What I heard was Song Yoo-kyung’s voice.
“Yes….”
“You should come here and take a look. How could your brother be so handsome?”
Brother?
Cheon Ji-ye had never thought of it that way. She loves her like family, but it’s hard for her to be treated like a blood relative.
“Your father is going to die because he is happy now.”
“Kyaa! My son is the best! It’s a dinner party when we come back today!”
“What if I get hurt? Aren’t you worried?”
Chun Ji-ye was serious. Even 7 years ago when we first met, she was physically weaker than herself, who suffered from asthma, because she was Bi Eun-hyeon. Even if it was strong, how strong would it be?
“I’m worried, why not? But isn’t that something your brother has longed for since he was little?”
“It’s only natural that I want to cheer you on.”
The two smiled bitterly.
“Above all, your brother. It’s not number one right now, but it’s still in the lead.”
“Yes, I have become really strong.”
‘Huh?’
Leading? My head thumped at those words. No, it hurt.
There is no one who does not know what kind of place Baegun is.
A collection of elites.
No matter how hard it is on the entrance exam, it is at the forefront of places where more than 50,000 people gather every year?
Strong.
In that reality, Cheon Ji-ye felt that her high point, which was the only one against Bi Eun-hyeon, had disappeared.
In the meantime, Bi Eun-hyeon worked hard, but she never received a scholarship from school.
On the other hand, he who only ate, rested, and went to school won scholarships every time.
I’ll write a letter of recommendation, so please.
I always felt satisfied with the fact that Cheon Ji-ye was stronger than Bi Eun-hyeon.
The reason was simple.
A world where strength matters. If an ordinary person, Bi Eun-hyeon, is in danger that she cannot handle, she will try to ask for help. Because that’s how I judged it.
I wanted to protect you even more safely. It was because of that that I aspired to be a hero.
[Participant Eunhyeon Bi has now reached 50% of the stage.]
[How many people with this? Looking at the historical record, it seems to be an unrivaled number of people.]
[Obviously, the test difficulty hasn’t gone down. Prior to the start, the evaluation that it went up was dominant. Even so, the number of people who are overwhelmingly breaking the previous section record is 19!]
[That’s a lot! There are so many.]
[Maybe we are watching the explosion process of supernovae.]
Acquired Awakeners become stronger in proportion to their strength before awakening. I know that. I knew….
Is that talented person really Bi Eun-hyeon? No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t even avoid his own slow fist.
I guessed it once.
Now, the distance between him and himself who is challenging Baekun’s test.
Cheon Ji-ye was ahead, but it was a weak gap.
“… Chit.”
Chun Ji-ye went straight to her room and put on her active clothes.
“Jiyeya, where are you going!”
“Let’s play.”
“Then, let’s go eat.”
“It’s okay.”
I don’t intend to be lazy anymore.
We accept organizations within this month.
Next year, I will also enter Baekwoon.
Absolutely.
***
I think running is the exercise that best shows the essence of effort.
Those who have never run will have a hard time understanding this, but those who have run every day will probably agree.
My steps are heavy at first. It’s hard when I run, so I don’t know why I’m running. Annoyed too. Even though I’m just running, is this the way I’m running right now? Seriously consider your posture. I also think I want to write an expedient.
Many people fall away from here. These are the people who only stood at the entrance of the effort.
If you are a person who has run every day, you will now see yourself running the distance you ran yesterday with much more comfort as your muscles have developed.
At this point, the person said, “Oh, I’ve improved.” Realize. And gradually increasing the distance. These are people who are trying.
I hope people will always improve from yesterday so that they can always work hard with a pure heart. Everything has limits. Eventually, it encounters a congestion section.
What? Harder than before. I ran a long distance to the point of bursting blood again. But why? Even if you run the same distance the next day, you won’t feel comfortable at all. On the contrary, I also feel regressed.
A stage where no matter how hard you try, you can either regress or maintain the current situation.
This is the boundary where hard work and talent mesh.
I stayed in this boundary for quite some time.
Even though I recognized that I couldn’t grow any further, I tried to become stronger by running every day.
Because you believe you will be rewarded?
Now that word has become true, but I did not believe in idealism.
Effort cannot be rewarded beyond individual talent. If you worked hard and developed further, then your talent was still there.
The reason why I worked hard while running every day as an ordinary person is simple.
I want to maintain my talent to the maximum level even though I have already reached the limit.
I agree with the saying that the less talented you are, the harder you have to work.
Imagine that an athlete and an ordinary person take a break for about a year and then run again. Which one can’t run better? Even if track and field athletes take a year off, wouldn’t ordinary people still be able to run?
Under the same conditions of rest, the smaller the threshold of talent, the faster it degenerates.
Why are you saying this now?
The ability to dodge or intercept any obstacles, such as rocks, bullets, and thorns. It’s enough to watch the traps under your feet and avoid them. There was not even a sense of danger.
Didn’t I tell you that the first step is a strainer? All of this is hell, a slaughterhouse for the less capable. It was a really comfortable running race for those with some level of ability.
So I spit out these words and thought that it would be better to practice mental training even a little.
This kind of rubbish will end here.
I couldn’t feel it when I saw it in a manga, but I feel it very well when I became a human in this world.
How monsters were the participants who passed Baekwoon’s test in the original work and entered the ‘special class’.
You can tell by looking at the current situation where even though I started quickly, and even though I easily coped with the trap with the original, I was pushed behind by them.
And now, the cheetah with the best physical of Part 5 is running.
Quagaga light! A roar vibrated.
Black thunder shook the field.
There was a human figure that overtook and advanced at a speed exceeding himself.
‘Cha Yeon-hwa.’
It’s been a while since I’ve seen her, and she didn’t even wink at me.
[Oh, fast! Super fast! 1St place changes in an instant!]
[Still, there are still more than 300m to the finish line. There are also obstacles of high difficulty.]
[Well, Miss Cha Yeon-hwa, whose participation number is 4444, arrived late at the test site due to a slight accident. Despite taking such a risk, she beat all the contestants from behind and rose to first place. I think this is already over.]
The moderator’s relay can be heard from inside the exam hall.
Cha Yeon-hwa is number one? I thought differently.
In the first place, the first place in the open exam in the original work was not Cha Yeon-hwa. Throughout part 5, it was another character that formed a rivalry with Cha Yeon-hwa.
His resume is also gorgeous.
The granddaughter of the protagonist of Part 3.
Part 4 The daughter of the main character’s best friend.
Even if you only have one of the supernatural powers, a real genius who inherited the strongly handled elemental series from his grandfather and parents and manifested them all at the same time, and even has a golden spoon.
You know what’s funnier?
He doesn’t walk on his own feet. I’m not kidding, it’s real.
In the original story, 4 knights made of ice lay on their backs in a bed-shaped ice kiln, and with the power of light, they reached the finish line very comfortably in an instant.
[3M to the finish line! 2M!… ]
And to the path of light that appeared in the original manga.
Like a mouse stuck on a cow’s forehead.
[1M…… !]
I interrupted.