I Became a Genius at Gigant Academy

Abel was obsessed with observing the blade’s tail for a long time.

But there was something that awakened such Abel.

[The main quest ‘Mock Battle’ is in progress!]

[First Quest. Take on the role of leader of the Great Bladetail Mock Battle.]

[This quest is a chain quest. Completing all quests will give you a reward.]

It was the main quest that suddenly appeared.

Abel had passed the previous messages without looking at them, but he couldn’t just pass them on.

This is because the main quest is literally the core quest of the story.

Not only did it give much better rewards than normal quests, but it was also very important for the story progression.

‘If you fail, the penalty is quite large… … .’

Abel calmed down his excitement and checked his surroundings with a calm face.

Different children reacted differently.

It’s not the same kind as Abel, but Lian and Hena have hot eyes.

Daniel, June and Charlotte look nervous. And Eolin and May, who belong to neither side.

‘Eolin is calm as usual.’

From the outside, I had no idea what he was thinking.

Mei was not asleep, but was looking at the fragments of the giant with a half-dazed face.

“ruler.”

At that moment, Jacqueline clapped her hands to call attention and spoke quietly.

“Come a little closer and observe.”

At those words, Abel walked forward without hesitation. Seeing this, the other children followed suit.

As the cadets suddenly approached, the blade’s tail straightened its crouched body.

Cheerreureuk-.

A sharp metallic sound echoed as the tail dragged to the floor.

The approaching cadets hesitated.

Even though I knew I wouldn’t be able to get out, the moment I heard that sound, I instinctively felt wary.

In particular, the stiffly raised tail looked as if it could pop out through the gaps in the bars at any moment.

However, some did not stop and continued walking despite the menacing appearance.

In particular, Abel never stopped and walked straight to the barricade.

‘It’s not dangerous anyway.’

It wasn’t just courage, it was because there was certainty.

Those iron bars are not made of simple metal.

It was invisible to the naked eye, but there was a magic barrier across the entire cage.

“Krrr… … .”

It was for this reason that even when Abel saw the tail of the blade approaching right in front of him, he only let out a menacing cry and did not attack.

“Hmm.”

Abel even crossed his arms and looked closely at the tail of the blade.

This beast whose entire body was made of metal had a different charm from Gigant.

Even though it is metallic, its entire body is made up of beautiful curves, and its movements are surprisingly smooth.

‘From a certain point of view, it feels like a distant relative of Gigant… … .’

Gigant was modeled after a giant god.

It is known that the fragments of the giants are derived from the giants, although they have not been fully identified.

In a way, it can be said that they have the same source.

It’s a very interesting topic, so I could spend hours immersing myself in it if I wanted to.

However, Abel did not forget his original duty and asked Jacqueline.

“Eight people against this one?”

“That’s right. Even though it’s classified as a low class, it won’t be that easy. Of course, practice results are reflected in grades.”

Gigant training begins in earnest tomorrow.

In other words, the remaining time is only two weeks.

No matter how elite the special class was, it wouldn’t be that easy considering that they had to fight together in two weeks.

Jacqueline continued.

“Also, we are going to appoint one leader. And we plan to give extra points to those who are chosen as leaders.”

Everyone’s eyes lit up at those words.

Of course, that was the case with Abel as well.

Because the goal of the main quest was to occupy the leader position.

‘As far as I know, there shouldn’t be any big worries.’

Time will tell if even the leader selection will proceed in the same way as the original game.

“Hey, can you move to the side for a bit?”

Then, Henna tapped his arm and said.

It seems that it was obscured by obscurity, so I couldn’t see it well.

“Oh sorry.”

Since he had already done enough to observe, Abel apologized and tried to step back.

However, as soon as I was about to step out, I felt something strange.

thud-.

The sound of a heart beating violently.

Along with an unknown sense of incongruity, wild heat welled up from the depths of my chest for an instant.

Abel grabbed his chest with one hand while instinctively raised his head.

Woo woo-.

The eyes of the blade tail with red eyes were looking straight down at Abel.

Their eyes met in midair.

Its eyes were not simply looking at untouchable prey.

rather… … .

-why.

Abel took a step backwards involuntarily at the sudden voice.

“why? why?”

“what’s the matter?”

Seeing that, Henna and Daniel started talking.

Abel took a deep breath and tried to answer.

“just now… … .”

But before that, Daniel spoke quickly.

“Ah, were you startled by the sound of crying?”

Abel narrowed his brows at those words and asked again.

“crying sound?”

“huh. It’s definitely brutal. It’s the first time I’ve seen it up close.”

Daniel continued without hesitation.

I didn’t hear anything like crying. All I heard was an unknown voice.

Abel swallowed the words that had risen to the top of his throat.

He instinctively sensed that what had just happened was something he shouldn’t have said.

That’s why Abel trembled while controlling his expression.

“uh. I was surprised when I saw it up close.”

“This can be happen. After all, you are human too.”

Daniel chuckled.

Abel laughed moderately and looked at the tail of the blade again.

The blade tail was curled up on the floor like the first time, as if it had shown a strange appearance.

There was no time to think more deeply.

“The view ends here. Now, let’s start class in earnest.”

Because Jacqueline started class.

“In this lesson, we will learn what a colossus fragment is and the characteristics of this blade tail. It will be of great help to the practice after two weeks, so please pay attention.”

The heat I felt in my chest disappeared without a trace.

Abel rubbed his chest and focused on Jacqueline’s voice.

Unlike practice, you couldn’t get high grades in theory classes if you didn’t listen diligently.

“The fragments of the giant are closely related to the giant… … .”

Jacqueline’s low pitched voice went on and on.

Cadets might be bored, but I listened attentively, probably because the content was interesting.

An hour passed and the class was over.

Normally, each of them would have gone to the cafeteria or dormitory, but that was not possible today.

It was because the question of who would be the leader remained.

All eight members of the special class were elite among elites and had no intention of giving up their leader. Except for Mei, who left immediately after saying she was sleepy.

Jacqueline opened her mouth as she looked at the remaining seven cadets.

“There are two ways to determine a leader. The first is to decide on one person at the end of each discussion. But it seems that the method has already crossed the water.”

“Ah yes.”

The cadets replied shyly.

As he said, we talked for a long time after class, but in the end, we couldn’t narrow the difference of opinion.

Jacqueline told them.

“Then I have no choice but to use the second method.”

“How?”

“Aren’t you a Gigant Rider candidate?”

Looking at the cadets, Jacqueline said with a light smile.

“In that sense, combat is an old way of reconciling differences.”

At the word battle, the other cadets put on a bewildered expression.

Do you mean hit and run and fight?

Jacqueline said to those cadets.

“If you are interested, come see me by 8:00 tomorrow evening. I will give you a detailed explanation then.”

Having said that, Jacqueline quickly turned away as if she would not take any more questions.

The cadets stared blankly at the back of the building, then exited the building with doubts.

* * *

Abel was sitting in an empty lecture hall writing something down.

[Colossi are clearly enemies of mankind.

The third part of the continent is still their territory, and even with the powerful human power led by Gigant, they could not be completely defeated.

A fragment of a giant is a term referring to life forms similar to it, although it does not reach the size of a giant.

Its form ranges from something resembling a beast… … .]

square square-.

In the empty lecture hall, only the sound of a pen rubbing against paper echoed.

Abel sat at his desk and took notes for a long time, until almost an hour later he put down the pen.

“Whoa.”

He took a long breath and closed his eyes for a moment.

And yesterday after the special class was over, he remembered his body he had seen while washing.

To be precise, the unusual pattern that suddenly appeared on the chest.

‘What is it?’

It was a pattern that seemed to embody a flame.

He had no interest in looking at his body every day, but of course he would have known about it if he had a tattoo like this on his chest.

That is, it was created suddenly. And there were moments of doubt.

‘Then open it.’

When faced with a fragment of a giant.

Abel felt the heat as if a hot fire had been held in his chest. And after that, a pattern was created in the same location.

Even a fool can’t help but doubt the connection between the two.

Also, a question naturally followed.

‘Whose body is this?’

Until he received the name Abel from Vulcanus, he was called a beggar or a kid.

Originally, I had no chance to know or know the name of this body.

When he first opened his eyes, he was lying on the street, wearing clothes that looked like matting.

Of course, there was nothing that could have guessed his identity.

That’s why I thought he was just a wide-ranging tramp boy.

But what if that’s not it?

What if this monstrous tune wasn’t just a given?

Swoop.

Abel wiped his face.

It was not a question that could be resolved right now.

Still, it was certain that it was a reaction to facing the fragments of the giant, and there were many things to face with the fragments of the giant in the future.

‘If there’s something really special… … I’ll be able to feel something next time.’

It is necessary to investigate the patterns that suddenly appeared, but there is no point in continuing to worry like this.

‘I’ll go to the academy library later and look for it.’

After making that conclusion, Abel stood up with his notebook.

But then.

Someone walked into the classroom.

“Abel!”

It was Daniel.

There was also henna next to it, and she asked as she saw Abel walking with the notebook on her side.

“Were you still in the classroom?”

“I was doing some writing.”

Daniel interjected.

“and. I was hungry, so I ran right away to eat.”

“It seemed so.”

After class was over, Daniel kept asking me if I was going, so I told him to go first.

“Anyway, are you confident about that today?”

“battle?”

“huh.”

“There is nothing to judge whether you are confident or not. You haven’t even heard of exactly how to fight, have you?”

Abel had some guesses, but he hadn’t heard anything about exactly how the battle would be fought.

Daniel frowned and nodded.

“That’s right. Please explain in advance how to do it.”

“Well, you’ll know when you go. let’s go.”

“okay.”

The three of them got out of the building where the classroom was and moved again to find another building.

“It must have been this way.”

“Isn’t it over there?”

Although a bit lost, they were able to safely reach the building containing the teachers’ offices and some special facilities.

When I entered the entrance with my cadet pass, there were cadets with familiar faces standing in front of the stairs.

“Oh, come.”

They were the special class cadets.

Daniel approached without hesitation and asked.

“sorry. Looks like we’re the last ones.”

“huh. When I asked Instructor Jacqueline, she told me to come to the back of the building when everyone was gathered.”

Lian, who is tall but timid, answered Daniel’s words.

Since all eight of them had gathered, they all headed for the exit opposite the entrance they came in from.

The children who opened the door and went out soon had a surprised look on their faces.

It was because there was a completely unexpected scenery behind the building.

vast plains.

It was a much wider plain than the place used in Gigant Management class.

“Here.”

Then Jacqueline waved and shouted, and the cadets immediately walked towards it.

And saw.

Tito lined up behind Jacqueline.

Jacqueline said to the cadets, who were still looking bewildered.

“This is a simulated battlefield. Originally, it was only used from the second grade class.”

“A mock battle is… … .”

“It’s literally here, with these Titos, having a mock battle.”

Jacqueline smiled and elaborated further.

“From the Miles class, there are mock battlefields outside because of their size, but Tito class is more than enough.”

Certainly, the simulated battlefield was wide enough to open one’s mouth, but it was not enough to be used as a ‘battlefield’ by the Milles class.

It seemed full and overpowered to operate the Tito class, though.

Jacqueline continued.

“You will ride Tito and do a mock battle. And whoever gets first place becomes the leader. Simple, right?”

“What are you doing with that?”

“Oh, you didn’t tell me what to do.”

Jacqueline kindly answered Daniel’s question.

“The event is capture the flag. It’s a training that real riders often do.”

Everyone was intrigued and curious by her words.

Except for one person.

‘long time no see.’

What Abel felt was more delight than curiosity.

This simulated battlefield also appears in the game.

To be precise, it was a series of mini-games within the game, and Capture the Flag was one of them.

I was looking forward to it, but at the same time I was also worried.

‘The kids shouldn’t be so downhearted.’

I was worried that it would be a bit like if I had to fight with a team member, but I showed an overwhelming difference in ability and killed my spirits.

“Now, I’ll start by giving 10 extra points to the person designated as the leader.”

[Rewards vary depending on the overall score of the linked quest.]

However, Jacqueline’s words and the message that appeared in front of him put Abel’s worries aside.

‘It’s an act of being rude to the other person.’

Doing your best is for them.

Abel quickly completed the change of attitude.