chapter 3
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“…”
“…”
At the same time, let the woman look at me, and it was only for a moment that our eyes met.
swish.
As she coldly avoided her gaze, I was stunned for a moment.
‘why…’
Is this woman on the same line as me? How can you really do that?
I definitely got out of the gym and headed straight to the testing room.
In order to receive the application number as quickly as possible. But I didn’t know how that woman was in the same group as me.
A car I didn’t understand at all.
“There is a gravitational field like the basic physical fitness test in the testing area. Everyone, please go to your seat and stand right there.”
As the supervisor at the entrance spoke coldly, the other people who had hesitated soon began to seek their seats.
So while they were all looking for their seats, one side of their heart was just uncomfortable.
‘f*ck… .’
As I looked at the exam hall that caught my eye, I felt a fluttering feeling.
Now in the armed forces test center, the three people who can each be called the instructors of the academy were looking at us with a distance from each other.
And the candidate reveals his/her own characteristics against them, and shows his/her characteristics against the scarecrow in sight.
That’s out of 10 candidates including me right now. It was common to pick the best one.
There are times when you choose multiple people, but I know that you tend to only look at the ones with the best grades.
I thought it would be best to get high grades in this entrance exam and be placed in a high class.
From the start, she looked messy with that blue haired girl.
“Then, candidate number 491, please come to the center first. We will start testing immediately after introducing our characteristics.”
When the supervisor’s voice rang, one of the first people stepped forward.
jerk.
A man with the number 491 on one side of his chest walks clumsily as if he was very nervous. As soon as I saw it, I felt that it wasn’t even worth seeing.
“My trait is that, Strength, and my trait level is 2. I can show a little stronger power with my natural strength… .”
When he seemed to be explaining himself in a clumsy way, the supervisor immediately hung up.
“Strength characteristic level 2. That’s the end of the introduction and let’s get right into testing. After that, all other test takers will be given only 3 seconds in common, so you can attack the scarecrow according to the signal.”
At the cold supervisor’s words, the man approached the scarecrow with a nervous expression.
“start.”
subsequent tests.
Perhaps to show off his strength, he wields a huge long sword and slashes a scarecrow made of iron.
Chaeeng!
Chaeeng!
There was a fairly strong pounding sound, followed by a fierce attack that could be called an onslaught.
A car that I wanted to feel like I was putting all my energy into it.
“stop. So far.”
At the supervisor’s words, the man stopped.
“Candidate No. 491 can go straight out of the exit.”
There is no notification as to whether the result of the test is pass or fail.
It just introduces the traits and ends with a 3-second skill exercise before heading out to the exit.
“Come on, thank you!”
As the last man who shouted loudly before leaving the exit disappeared, there was still silence inside.
“…”
“…”
The sound of swallowing saliva was heard multiple times nearby.
The first entrance exam I had encountered without prior information was so cruel.
The entrance exam, which appeals to the examiners, who are instructors, about one’s characteristics for just a few seconds, and decides one’s life, ends in vain.
So 492 times. From 493 to 495, the number in front of me… … .
After the short test, they all headed for the exit with weak strides.
In the meantime, the proctor has carried out the test coldly, and the examiner who evaluated us has yet to say a word to the test takers.
“Then, candidate 496. I will come forward and introduce the characteristics and then proceed with the test.”
As my turn approached, I confidently moved forward.
jerk. jerk.
Unlike previous timid test takers, I had to show my differences.
“It’s a 3rd level spear talent.”
And like the previous test takers, I didn’t give detailed explanations to appeal to me.
I said only the attribute level.
Because that was enough.
“…Level 3?”
When a woman with red hair in the test tube opened her mouth for the first time after the test, my face turned red.
The woman with red hair who showed interest in me now is called Carly.
He was one of the high-ranking officers who performed so well on the battlefield that even the nickname ‘Blood Dawn’ existed.
Now that I’m taking a break from the academy and giving lectures, I also knew what kind of words that woman liked.
That’s the word ‘effort’.
Of course, it’s not a big word in this worldview that values innate characteristics, but it was different for a woman named Kali.
She was a woman who had an unbelievable uniqueness, but also placed an extraordinarily important emphasis on effort.
“Yes. It is level 3.”
“Did you put a lot of effort into it?”
As expected, when Carly spoke of hard work, I nodded with a smile that was as sympathetic as possible.
“Even if characteristics are given. Isn’t it the best you can do?”
A knight who later became famous. When I used the words ‘Bezel’ said during the entrance exam, as expected, Carly burst into laughter.
A look that everyone liked.
“great. I like the answer too. Proceed right away.”
At the words of the examiner, not the supervisor, Carly, I felt hope inflated. The scarecrow headed forward.
Shrek.
He took out the iron spear he had on his back and took a position right away.
“…”
He calmed his breath slowly.
Only candidates who have spoken directly to the examiner are not controlled by the examiner.
So, until I get my posture right and show off my skills. It was a benefit, not a benefit.
‘Let’s play the strongest move.’
I naturally remembered the ‘Ichi’ that I had gained by ascending to level 3 spears.
The characteristics are seemingly simple, though. It was never simple.
Everyone in this world instinctively realizes how to use that trait the moment it is given to you.
If it has flame-type characteristics, it is enough to show fire right away without any conception.
Above all, there was an absolute difference between the 2nd and 3rd level of the trait.
From level 3, you will be able to understand the concept of ‘mana’ naturally.
Whoa!
The blue light that gathered at the tip of my spear was extremely small as my mana level was low.
But that alone made a huge difference.
Even the difference in destructive power, durability, and movement caused by a weapon containing mana.
The moment I raised my spear while staring at the scarecrow’s head.
ㅡ!
He took a step forward and twisted his back.
Quang!
The shot spear blade hit the left side of the scarecrow’s head.
…!
The spear that had been thrown out without even having time to maintain breathing was retrieved.
The two hands holding the spear trembled incessantly as they struck the scarecrow made of iron, but I struggled to keep my composure.
The attack is the beginning,
The end is the retrieval of weapons.
As if it had begun, it had to end. It was because I thought that it would make a good impression if it was finished well.
“…”
When I looked at the examiners like that, I could feel Carly showing interest in me.
Of course, the other two examiners gave me a stern look, but I wanted something for that.
At least.
“you. name is?”
Because I could be sure that I had made a good impression on that examiner named Calli, who was smiling now.
“It is called Hancheonseong.”
“… Hancheonseong.”
In this world, she couldn’t look so pretty when she said her name over and over again, which would be foreign.
In fact, Carly’s smiling face with one corner of her mouth rolled up was quite beautiful.
“You are quite excited.”
“thank you!”
When I answered with the loudest voice I could make, I looked at Kali, who smiled, and slowly bit my body as it was.
“…Wow.”
Looking at the next candidate looking at me in amazement, I did not head for the exit.
After the test was over, everyone went to the exit at the proctor’s cold words, but the test taker had the right to watch other test takers take the test.
And my gaze like that is natural.
“……”
The eyes of the woman with blue hair who looked at me met again.
A woman with unusual characteristics, such as wielding a sword and strong winds. There’s no doubt that I’m going to pass right now because of Carly’s appearance.
Because it was not enough that the examiner spoke directly to him, and he even told me a kind of slang saying that he was “expected”.
But on the contrary.
‘Please do it in moderation.’
I also knew that I would not be appreciated more than a woman with blue hair.
Originally, this world was characterized by characteristics.
It’s a world where we live with dirty bloodlines and traits.
Since the spear is a characteristic of the common grade, I could see the discrimination against the grade just by looking at the two other examiners who gave me sullen glances.
So, I was just hoping that that blue-haired woman could do it in moderation so that I could be placed in a higher class.
“Then, candidate 497. I will come forward and introduce the characteristics and then proceed with the test.”
As I listened to the supervisor’s voice, I sat quietly.
And it was necessary to know specifically what kind of name characteristics it had.
…
Like the previous test takers, from 497 to 499, they headed to the exit in a very normal way, and soon the woman’s turn came.
“The 500 candidates. I will come forward and introduce the characteristics and then proceed with the test.”
At the supervisor’s words, the blue-haired woman slowly moved forward.
“…”
Then, while I was still in the exam room, I looked at me strangely.
It was cold as before… but something felt different.
swish.
Then she turned her head and slowly opened her mouth.