chapter 6
6 – Test
The chain of earth I summoned bound the body of the bandit leader tightly.
Bound and unable to move at all, he shouted in a fit of rage.
“What are you scumbags looking at? Kill them right now.”
Even though his orders were given, the bandits couldn’t move.
It’s no wonder that he, the strongest of the thieves, was overpowered without even making a proper attack.
I didn’t think that even if all of them rushed in, they would be able to defeat the man in front of them who overpowered the captain.
“You foolish bastards, do you think you will be safe? Run if you don’t want to die!”
If he turned his back and ran away even now, he might be lucky enough to save his life.
However, they couldn’t judge properly due to the shock of the captain being overpowered and the captain’s screams.
If you don’t kill, you die.
The thieves, paralyzed by the fear of death, rushed at me.
Looking at the thieves rushing at me, I winked at Elysia.
Elysia, understanding the meaning, stepped forward and said.
“I’ll take care of the rest.”
Elysia cast her magic at the thieves running.
“Wind Cutter.”
Above Elysia’s head, five blades made of wind rose.
As Elysia beckoned, the blade of the wind flew like a shot and tore the thieves to pieces.
“Blood, blood!”
“Get out of the way!”
“Say, save me.”
I didn’t even have to watch it after that.
It was a one-sided massacre.
This was the difference between a normal person and a wizard.
The blade of wind created by Elysia took the lives of the thieves before they could do anything.
Called one of the bandits, realizing now that they had no chance of winning.
“Run away!”
As if they had been waiting for that word to come out from the beginning, the surviving thieves started running away without looking back.
At the same time, the blade of the wind continued to kill the bandits.
That’s how the battle ended.
“I missed a few.”
“It’s okay. You won’t be able to steal any more with that number anyway.”
With less than five people left, they wouldn’t be able to touch even a small guild.
“Is that so?”
“I will either starve to death or turn myself in before long.”
“Then I’m glad. By the way… ….”
Elysia asked, pointing to the leader of the thieves, who was still tied up and unable to do anything.
“What is he going to do?”
“I have to kill him.”
Even if they were saved, they were nothing more than garbage that would kill another life.
There was no reason to save him.
“Say, save me.”
A voice I didn’t want to hear flowed from his mouth.
It was disgusting to see him begging for help, not thinking about the people he had killed.
“Did you ever save someone’s life after hearing that?”
“That, that”
She knew she wouldn’t be able to answer.
“There must have been none, so die.”
“Oh no!”
“Magic Arrow.”
A transparent arrow made of magical power passed through his head.
At the same time, the earth’s chains were released, and he collapsed to the ground.
As traces of the battle, the smell of blood vibrated throughout the area.
A place where corpses are lined up and the smell of blood vibrates.
Can anyone sleep in a place like this?
“It must be difficult to sleep here, so why don’t we move?”
“Is that so?”
She didn’t even want to sleep in this place full of corpses.
So we rode Sleipni away from where the battle had taken place.
Not long after riding Sleipney, we found a suitable place to camp and set up camp.
“By the way, what did you do earlier?”
Elysia, who was thawing the cold of the night in front of the campfire, said.
I’m guessing you’re asking about the destruction of the magic the thief master used.
I had nothing to hide, so I started to explain.
“Every magic has a loophole.”
“A loophole?”
It was faster to show directly rather than talk.
“Would you like to summon Wind Cutter?”
She summoned the wind cutter without a word.
“If you focus your magic on your eyes and look at the magic, you will see a place where the magic is particularly swaying.”
As I said, she sent magic into her eyes, and she stared at the wind cutter she summoned.
After a long time, she said that she had found a loophole.
“Oh, mana is really shaking!”
“That’s the magic loophole.”
I channeled my mana through the loophole and destroyed the wind cutter as I spoke.
“And if you pour magic into the loophole like this, the magic will collapse.”
She said, unable to hide her surprised face.
“It was difficult to find, but did you recognize it at a glance and destroy it?”
“If you try, you will see it.”
You can see it if you try. That was my talent.
“It seems difficult to use it in real combat yet, but this was the first time I knew that magic could be nullified this way.”
She was genuinely amazed and amazed at the new knowledge.
“Derahn said he was going to the academy too, right?”
“She was on her way to becoming a teacher.”
“Then you will be my teacher.”
“I guess so.”
“I don’t know how to repay you for saving my life and giving me such valuable knowledge… ….”
“I just did what I was supposed to do. And it is just one of the shallow knowledge I have.”
“Even if you say that, I can’t do it because I feel uncomfortable. When I arrive at the academy, I will buy you a meal.”
“Then let’s do it.”
Late at night, we talked some more before falling asleep.
We woke up the next morning and moved to go to the academy again.
Sometimes monsters or thieves came out, but in front of me and Elysia, they weren’t a threat at all.
Has it been like that for 15 days? I was finally able to arrive at the Arsene Academy I had been aiming for.
“There was an accident, but thanks to Dr. Derian, we were able to arrive safely.”
“I haven’t become a full-time teacher yet.”
Arsene Academy is an academy where skills are everything.
It is not easy to become a teacher in such a place.
That didn’t mean I didn’t have the confidence to become a teacher.
“There is no way the teacher will fall. I bet you!”
“Thank you for just your words. I wish Miss Elysia the best of luck in her entrance exams.”
“Okay then see you later.”
“Let’s do that.”
The girl who is going to take her entrance exam After breaking up with her, I went to visit the president’s office at Arsene Academy.
All teachers at Arsene Academy are directly selected by the president.
The president always welcomed talented people and was always recruiting teachers.
On the way to the president’s office, I was able to see students from the academy as well.
These were the children who could become the students I would teach in the future.
I walked like that with my eyes on the landscape of the academy.
Not long after, I arrived in front of the building where the president’s office was located.
“Please state the purpose of your stop visit.”
A fairly high-level article blocked my way.
“I’m here to help teachers.”
“Excuse me, can you tell me your magic or sword skills?
“I am a magic user.”
The knight said without getting out of the way.
“Go back.”
“Yes?”
“You cannot become a teacher at Arsene Academy with the skills of a magic user.”
As the article said, the level of students entering the academy right away reached the end of the user.
This means that most of the students are looking at the beginning of the expert level.
“I know. Although I am a magic user, I can confidently say that I am as good as a magic master in terms of theory.”
The knight pushed me aside as if he didn’t want to hear anything more.
“Don’t be pretentious and go back.”
“Then let me take the test properly.”
After thinking about my words for a while, the article said.
“Hmm…… All right. Please wait there.”
Have ten minutes passed since the driver entered the building? He came out of the building shortly after.
“The president wants to see you. Please go in.”
“Thank you.”
From now on, I had to prove my abilities and prove that I had the talent as an instructor.
After being guided by the driver, I passed through the hallway and arrived at the door of the president’s office.
I took a deep breath and knocked on the door of the president’s office.
Then a drowsy female voice came from the room.
“Come in.”
I opened the door and entered.
“You want to take a test?”
A woman sitting in front of a desk with piles of paperwork said.
The president of Arsene Academy.
It was Atalante Arsene, the strongest wizard on the current continent.
Her red hair down to her waist gave off a soft glow, like looking at a jewel.
“This is Derahn. I would like to apply for teaching at Arnsen Academy.”
She continued talking without even looking at me.
“Let’s keep the test simple.”
“Is it simple?”
“Surprise me.”
“Yes?”
“Anything is fine. Whether it’s magic or a sword, if it surprises me, I’ll pass. Then we will let you work as a teacher at our academy.”
That was her condition.