Ex Rank Supporting Role’s Replay in a Prestigious School

After Jo Yi-shin, Kwak Kyung-goo, and several other students left the Eungwang Global Stadium, the remaining students waited for the results to be announced.

The scores that would determine the winner were divided into three main categories.
First, the attack points.
The damage dealt by the raid team to enemies in the otherworld, as well as the contributions made by the supporters in healing their allies, were calculated and reflected in the results.

"Don't worry about the attack points."
"Will it be alright? We didn't engage much in combat before meeting the boss enemies."
"Boss enemies and floor masters have a lot of bonus points attached. Although the ruins-type otherworld doesn’t have floors, the noble families in the myth-world will be treated like floor masters. So, when we faced the boss enemies and Baekho, we probably accumulated a lot of attack points."

Hearing Park Seung-hyun’s answer, Dokgo Miro felt somewhat relieved.
According to the information exchanged with the Chinese and Japanese teams, the Korean team had fought fewer battles compared to the others.
If only the number of enemies defeated were counted, the Korean team wouldn't have accumulated many points.

"Looks like we don't have to worry about the defense points. The defense team held the gate perfectly."
"Didn’t the defense team get points for defeating enemies as well? They fought really well."
Second, the defense points.

Each country's defense team was assigned one gate and had to defend it until the attack was completed.
Defense points were earned based on the remaining durability of the gate and the number of enemies defeated by the defense team.
Thanks to the efforts of Ju Su-hyeok, Ahn Da-in, and Maeng Hyo-don, the Korean team earned full points for defense.

‘But other teams also earned full points. It would’ve been better if the mission had lasted longer. We’d have had an advantage.’
Dokgo Miro thought back to the situation right after the mission ended.
All the teams had managed to defend their gates, but only the Korean team seemed so at ease.

The Japanese team, though Renjo-in Karen held out quite well, was fighting alone, so if she had endured too long, she would have reached her limit.
‘If the raid and defense teams had been able to communicate, we might have had a more strategic approach. But no, the raid team was short on time. They had to defeat the boss enemy before the opening of the river, and Baekho was targeting us... If that had happened, we wouldn’t have gotten any attack points, and we’d have been deducted from survival points.’
Third, survival points.
In the Korea-China-Japan Youth Player Exchange, players’ basic skills learned during the training process were the main points of evaluation.

The students learned how to attack otherworlds, protect their allies from enemies, and how to survive.
Thus, attack, defense, and survival were the criteria for this evaluation.
The method of evaluating survival points was simple.

Points were given based on the number of students who survived the simulation.
‘The defense team earned full points. Our raid team was a bit shaky with Kyung-goo senior, but since he survived, we’ll probably get full points. The Chinese team was also only defeated by the external forces, so they should also get full points. I think Lu Bo-won might have been deducted points for using the forced shutdown command... The Japanese team, however, was completely wiped out.’
Although not a major factor, there were also bonus points.

These were for the maximum contributor of each category.
However, if more than one maximum contributor appeared in a category, the points would be divided between them.
But since there were two maximum contributors from the Korean team, this wasn’t an issue.

‘Then, the outcome will be decided by the attack points.’
Dokgo Miro felt like he was pre-grading the results before the official announcement.
He used to do this often back when he was trying to get into Eungwang High, focusing on grades. But once he got in, he let go of that habit.

And though no one said it out loud, it seemed like everyone else was also mentally pre-grading the results.
By the time Dokgo Miro had roughly guessed the results, the announcer's voice echoed.
[The tallying of attack, defense, and survival points, along with the reflection of bonus points, has been completed!]

Next, a hologram appeared in the center of the stadium.
In the hologram, judges were seen checking the values of the otherworld simulator, while monitoring agents in jackets with national flags observed the process.
After the judges had triple-checked the results, the scene of them recording the data was shown, but the details of what was inputted into the hologram were not revealed.

The announcer's commentary continued.
[Now, we are about to announce the results!]
Woahh!

In the center of the stadium, holograms of the flags of Korea, China, and Japan appeared along with symbols similar to each team's uniforms and a bar graph showing their points.
The Eungwang Global Stadium erupted in cheers, followed by shouts of support for their respective countries and players.
In Korea and China, the country names were shouted, but in Japan, there was a notably louder cheer for "Renren."

[All teams earned full points for defense. However, the Japanese team, who had a maximum contributor from the defense team, earned bonus points!]
The point graphs for Korea, China, and Japan all rose, with Japan's graph spiking up suddenly.
The scoreboard displayed a scene of Renjo-in Karen spreading a lotus-shaped shield to defend the gate and slicing enemies with flower petals sharp as blades.

Renjo-in Karen smiled and waved at the audience.
[Next, survival points. All defense teams survived, but... Ah, there was a player who retired from the raid team!]
As the graphs for Korea, China, and Japan rose, Japan's graph suddenly stopped.

The Japanese raid team, as Hirano Seiji had hinted, was completely wiped out.
At this, the cheer for "Renren" quieted down, and the Korean and Chinese supporters raised their voices.
Although Renjo-in Karen had earned high points as the maximum contributor, it was now overtaken.

[Finally, the moment everyone has been waiting for. The attack points will be announced now!]
On the stadium's scoreboard, the scene of the raid team starting the ruins-type otherworld simulator was displayed.
The Chinese raid team, as soon as they arrived, encountered the external forces and immediately engaged in combat.

Li Wei quickly deployed his shield, and Yao Ruichi played the Erhu, causing the enemies to fall instantly. Lu Bo-won then captured the retreating enemies with shadow threads, eliminating them completely.
In the short time it took them to defeat all enemies without missing any, even the supporters of Korea and Japan were impressed.
‘If we’re talking about stability, the Chinese team might be better than ours. It wasn’t for nothing that they wanted to tackle the otherworld in the first match.’

The introduction video for the Chinese team's mission ended with Lu Bo-won gesturing to the fallen enemies and suggesting infiltrating the enemy side.
Dokgo Miro then watched the Japanese team's video.
As expected by Jo Yi-shin, the Japanese raid team dropped outside the territory of the beastmen.

And as soon as they realized the ruins-type otherworld was a reenactment of the opening myth, they encountered an assassination plot.
Then, Hirano Seiji proposed blocking the assassin’s escape route, and Tomoaki Arahira successfully led them into a trap.
The scene also showed the masked beastmen leader smiling brightly with clear eyes, inviting the Japanese team into his domain.

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‘The Japanese team was good at improvising, but the beastmen leader was a step ahead. But that leader looks too nice, almost like a pushover. The Japanese team might let their guard down.’
Dokgo Miro thought briefly about the beastmen leader.

The beastmen leader had been in close contact with the noble leader, carefully watching the Japanese team, and it seemed like he had dealt with them after the four were taken out.
The last remaining Hirano Seiji attempted to ambush the boss enemy but fell victim to the power of Cheon Ik-san.
This helped alleviate the pressure on the Korean team.

"A ruins-type otherworld simulation based on the opening myth... If there’s another chance, I’d really like to experience it."
As Ahn Da-in watched the Korean team’s performance, she expressed regret.
It seemed like Ahn Da-in was more disappointed that she hadn’t experienced the opening myth than that she hadn’t fought as part of the raid team.

The video continued, but no major scenes were shown.
Key moments like Hwang Ho’s antics and Baekho striking Kwak Kyung-goo were omitted.
The focus was more on the raid team members fighting, so it was hard to know who they were up against, but the stunning video showcased their excellent performances.

The raid team members didn’t directly say it, but it was easy to guess who edited the video.
‘Looks like a skilled member of the noble family worked on this. They hid the noble’s appearance well. Good job. I thought we’d never try to hide our team’s antics.’
‘The nobles probably don’t want to reveal themselves just yet.’

‘Yi-shin and the nobles must know each other. I hope the strange rumors are handled well.’
Dokgo Miro, Yeom Jun-yeol, and Park Seung-hyun exchanged glances and awkwardly smiled.
The defense team, too engrossed in watching the raid team's performances, didn't notice the subtle tension in the air.

The raid team had spent weeks experiencing the opening myth, so it took a long time to calculate the attack points.
During that time, the attack point graph fluctuated subtly.
The graphs for the Chinese and Japanese teams rose frequently, but Korea’s graph hardly moved, with Jo Yi-shin barely showing up on screen.

"Where did the nameless rising star go? Where is he!"
"Show us Yi-shin!"
"We waited so long for this, and this is what we get! Ah, seriously..."

Jo Yi-shin had barely slept and couldn’t perform well, showing signs of exhaustion on his face, so Eun Ho edited it out, but many viewers were dissatisfied.
In particular, those shaking star-shaped cheer tools voiced considerable displeasure.
Amid the complaints, the video gradually neared its end, and the background music, building in intensity, reached its peak.

[The winner of the first event of the Youth Player Exchange, the random otherworld challenge, is...!]
The video transitioned to the final showdown of Cheon Ik-san.
The faces of the players and their abilities being activated flashed quickly.

Jo Yi-shin stood in the middle, stopping something, while the Korean team rushed in. Hirano Seiji launched his final attack just before retiring, Lu Bo-won pulled the shadow threads, Li Wei gathered healing flames in his hands, and finally, Dokgo Miro charged in.
At the moment that scene appeared, the Korean team’s points skyrocketed.
[Korean team!]

Waaahh!
Cheers and fireworks erupted as the scoreboard was filled with the Taegukgi and the Korean team’s profile pictures.
The results of the first match were as follows.

1st place Korea, 2nd place China, 3rd place Japan.
The results showed that Korea's attack points were overwhelmingly high, and with the bonus points for the maximum contributor, no other team could catch up.
The Korean team celebrated with high-fives, and this scene was enlarged in the hologram, floating in the center of the stadium.

Though everyone was happy, they mentioned two members who weren’t present.
"Ah, the vice-captain should be here."
"Next time, let’s make sure Yi-shin and Kyung-goo hyung don’t push themselves too hard, and we’ll celebrate together."

Maeng Hyo-don and Ju Su-hyeok’s words were met with agreement from Dokgo Miro.
‘They all know this isn’t the end.’
Dokgo Miro decided that he would aim for the maximum contributor next time.

Just as the excitement from their victory was beginning to calm down, the announcer spoke.
[Now, we will announce the second event. The representative players from Korea and Japan, please come forward!]