chapter 11
The Wolf in the Greenhouse (2)
Professor Yujong Won is an eccentric educator.
From asking for my name every time I’ve been in class for almost a year, to the personality of saying what I have to say without paying attention to a certain family even at the age of 30, young for a professor.
There were even gossip going around among the students of the training academy that they either had their own convictions or that it was clear that they were idiots.
Since he doesn’t have a personality that will change just because a transfer student comes in, he continues to ask questions without giving in to the value of the name of the HT group.
“Let’s just assume. What would you do if you had to fight a wizard? The level is the same, the distance is 50 meters.”
“… … .”
“I know I haven’t had a lot of experience yet. You can say whatever comes to your mind.”
At this, Lee Yong-soo must have been offended by the eyes on me- he kept silent for a while and then began to speak.
“Is it an open space?”
“Well, great point. The surrounding environment also matters. Then, Goo Do-beom, this time it’s your turn to answer. Where are you going to attack?”
As the question suddenly took a turn, the sharp-eyed boy on the other side of the room answered bluntly.
“I’ll do it roughly by the river, well.”
He said that face value is more important than practicality, like an aspiring hero. Lee Yong-soo inadvertently spits out a sneer. The professor shakes his head with the two students in sight.
“What is the attack method?”
“I will do it with a fire wheel.”
“The wheel of fire. good. Even if you have the advantage of a first strike, let the first order be completed. This makes me curious about how the other person will respond.”
Even if it is virtual, the confrontation between people with special abilities is always a topic that arouses the interest of the public. The classmates in the classroom were also focusing on the three-way conversation.
Suddenly, a sluggish answer came back.
“I avoid it.”
“how?”
“As much as you can.”
“Lee Yong-soo, if you want to make a claim, you have to include persuasive logic.”
“… I know that Hwa-ryun has a slow projection speed. There won’t be no damage, but if it’s not magic that releases at high speed, it won’t allow a straight hit.”
Soon, mumbled mumbles flowed from the lecture hall.
Although Professor Won Yoo-jong did not have a successful career as a person with special abilities, thanks to his theoretical knowledge, he is more knowledgeable than anyone else.
They lined up the criteria for judgment, such as the throwing speed of the [Fire Ring] and the caster’s grade, and quickly concluded the calculation.
“great. Now… Is it over?”
“Yes.”
However, from the student’s point of view, it was difficult to understand the situation, so he added a comment in a calm tone.
that the fight is already over.
“This is because the battlefield becomes the domain of melee dealers from the moment you avoid the fire wheel. It is worth recalling that the distance was only 50 meters. How much leeway will there be until the next order? For reference, melee heroes take less than 6 seconds to cover 100 meters.”
“… Can’t I directly manifest my abilities without a spell?”
“yes. Assuming that the two of them are 7th grade or lower, it would be hard to see an attack through instant activation as a valid blow. I don’t know if there’s an artifact prepared in advance, but it should be seen as opposition for opposition’s sake. Most of all, unless it’s a fatal blow, it’s a melee job… Or you can’t stop the monster.”
not that it isn’t
One of Gu Do-beom’s gang tries to refute, but the picture of the wizard winning is not easily drawn in the students’ heads.
I just think that there seems to be a reason for the mass media and sponsors to sing songs about close occupations.
“So, I repeat once again, try not to run into melee dealers. From the beginning of the semester until now, only thirteen people have been disciplined due to conflicts between students. I don’t think it’s a bad thing to choose superiority or inferiority, but… … .”
On the other hand, the stance of Gu Do-beom, who suddenly became defeated in a virtual confrontation, was a little different.
I laughed off the rumors that my Awakener test score was close to perfect and that the HT group would support me properly, but it was difficult for me to shake my own position.
‘It’s the same as belonging to a 10th generation family, but what’s so good about it?’
It is all the more so when you consider the efforts made to gather followers from March to September and to attract them to the same class.
Even my teammates are busy glancing at each other, and it looks like they’re about to crack the kingdom’s system.
Considering the expectations from the NTY group and the change in rankings at the end of the semester, it’s strange that he’s just watching.
If you bow your head, you will pass, but if not… I was thinking of establishing a hierarchy by any means.
* * *
immediately after class.
Even though the bell announcing lunchtime rang, I couldn’t go to the cafeteria and was caught by my classmates.
“Can you give me your cell phone number?”
“… … ”
“I don’t mean to bother you. There’s nothing wrong with being friendly, right? When we receive group assignments, we can help each other-”
If the professor’s intention was to express the voice not to fight in his own way, in the end, he bought the attention of his peers.
What a mess.
It’s not a bad thing because I was given the opportunity to look at ‘short-term fellow candidates’, but I didn’t like the horse pattern that mobilized all kinds of rhetoric because I wasn’t on the side of an extrovert by nature.
Since more than half of the first year course has already been completed, and seeing all three or four or five people flocking together, it is clear that a fixed member has been decided.
In the end, it was the intention to see the liver.
“Would you like to have lunch with us?”
“… no.”
“… uh, well yes.”
I don’t know if I’d rather openly offered to join the team, but I couldn’t accept halfway offers, so I refused one after another for a while.
As soon as I was about to get up from my seat, a very honest word came rolling in from the back of my head.
“Hey, let’s talk for a minute.”
“… … .”
I didn’t want this kind of honesty.
I sighed deeply as I checked the wizards and their group behind the desk.
The name… Did you say you were a criminal?
There was a babble of hostility that hadn’t fully matured in the fiercely staring eyes.
“You don’t even want to talk back? Since the professor sucks it up, it seems like something went wrong, but there’s nothing to be proud of. After all, that person is just a guy who fell down trying to become a hero.”
“… … .”
“And fighting in real life is different from talking in words.”
yes.
I guess so.
“For those who have just awakened, if you entered the training academy, you should bow down properly and train your personal abilities-”
While continuing to say the right thing, it would be nice if you realized your situation as well, that the moment you approached this close, you were already dead.
However, for some reason, I feel unwilling to confront the bloody energy of my youth, so I choose to accept it obediently.
“Thanks for the advice.”
Literally translated, it meant that your poop was really thick.
It was an answer that suggested the best compromise in my own way, but as expected, it did not meet the expectations of the other person, so the eyes narrowed even more.
“… Be careful with your words. It’s not that I don’t fight because I’m afraid of punishment.”
“… … .”
But in reality, I took that discipline to heart.
Having an accident from the first day is difficult by any means.
Therefore, I immediately packed up a pad, a booklet, and writing utensils, which were nothing to carry, and tried to get out of the problematic place.
“Look at that bastard running away.”
“Was it too hard for the new kid?”
“No, good job. I gave a little scare to the guy who didn’t even know the subject, what.”
Probably, if it hadn’t been for the outburst of ridicule, it would have ended like that.
“Looks like you’re going to find your mother?”
For an instant, the footsteps stopped at the door.
I slowly turn around.
In the meantime, the people around them were standing back on one side of the lecture hall, and in the middle, a group of four people were teasing cheap snouts.
Until just now, I tried to get over it by pretending to be in moderation, but I crossed the line too much.
… You shouldn’t have talked about your parents.
However, the emotions I recognized are far from seething anger. Rather, it is the feeling of annoyance creeping up from the depths of the heart.
yes.
In some ways, it was close to frustrating.
The message from the goddess who doesn’t know when it will start again, or the exposure to a new environment after coming inside the barrier. In addition, even after hearing a vulgar remark, I went to the point where I weighed the aftermath of my subsequent actions.
The beginning was a mistake made by fools, but after the return, it felt like the pockets of patience that had been struggling to endure had burst together.
And so.
Shameful feelings soon… sublimated into malice
“… you are out.”
“But-“
“If you fall, get out. Many-to-one is expulsion regardless of the reason.”
“No, you want to fight now? here?”
In the midst of this, the idiots are making useless noises as if they were alerted only then.
Took-!
I tossed the luggage I was clutching onto the floor and walked out at normal speed, neither slow nor fast.
Considering the distance from the door to the target, even if you hit it a lot, it’s 5 meters.
There was no need to rush, as it was within reach of the nose if it fell.
“Stop it? If you’re going to fight, go to the arena-“
“If you make an accident in the classroom, things will get bigger! Hey!”
Soon, those who couldn’t overcome the pressure and nervousness were at a loss as to what to do.
Perhaps the position of captain was different, but Gu Do-beom raised his leather gloves studded with colorful jewels instead of clumsily teasing his snout.
“I lift up the perch of death. Undiminished flame, reveal yourself!”
[Creation]
Quarrr!
despite the brief time.
As I spat out the abbreviated spell, dozens of flames spread out like whips at once.
As a result, the people around me hurriedly ran away, but I rushed forward as if I had waited.
Kick your feet off the floor, but wrap your arms around your head so that only fatal injuries can be avoided. It was determined to take a certain level of damage.
Titty Dick!
just as expected.
Under the guise of a theory class, I couldn’t wear the gauntlet, but the armor inside the uniform was enough to accomplish my purpose.
I pass through the flames at once, step on a couple of tiered desks like a stone bridge, and jump up.
The damage was only part of the hair and burns to the back of the hand and the nape of the neck that were not covered by the protective gear. At first glance, the surface of the back of the hand seemed to be dark red, but I ignored it for now.
“… ah.”
Because the other person is going to be more sick than me.
Immediately after extending his right fist in succession, Do-beom Gu tries to avoid it by leaning his upper body backwards with reflexes uncharacteristic of a wizard.
It’s a really unreasonable thing to do.
snap!
I grabbed him by the collar with my right hand and fixed it, then immediately swung my left hand and struck it as if brushing at his chin.
It was emotionally intense, but I couldn’t kill it, so I destroyed my ability by shaking my brain.
And in this series of processes, I didn’t use much of my abilities.
Because it wasn’t worth it.
However, since the culprit, who had not completely lost consciousness, fluttered his hands- he himself combined [Muscle Tissue Control] based on three or four abilities.
Supporting his armpits with both hands, he uses his physical strength for an instant to push the idiots next to him.
“… uh? Ugh! for a moment-“
puck! Kwa Dang Tang!
It was an unavoidable brawl.