chapter 5
5 – Genius Dumb (1)
‘What is it? Is it cold?’
I had that thought for a moment, but there was no chill in my body.
No, I thought it was there at first, but when I came to my senses, it disappeared before I knew it.
‘Did you get dust in your nose? And the chills…… Well, it’s strange that I didn’t get chills after watching a gore movie right in front of me a while ago.’
I noticed halfway through that it wasn’t an actual raid.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have done the crazy thing of dragging the fainting students around to test out my newly acquired trait.
‘But even if you know it’s a play, the shock of seeing a battle between a monster and a superman doesn’t go away.’
If humans were such high-powered creatures, horror movies wouldn’t have been made.
‘By the way, seeing that the test is over, Yeoju seems to have managed to notice my hint. I was in a hurry, so I wrote down only short words.’
A small sigh of relief came out.
In some cases, the main character of the original story is so incompetent that a situation arises in which the possessed person has to run instead, but fortunately I didn’t think that was necessary.
‘Anyway, the shock therapy must have worked.’
When I saw the main character on the podium, my first thought was ‘Why are there two of them?’, Then the next thing I thought was ‘Can’t we leave them like that?’.
This was especially true for the female lead.
In the basic setting of [Circle Academy], The two main characters are both geniuses.
However, the details were a bit different, such as that the male lead has a strong sense of justice and the female lead has a strong sense of improvement.
‘Because I knew that in advance, I could see that the female lead was disappointing herself after seeing her new students.’
I could roughly understand why.
It must have been disappointing because the skills of the freshmen were lower than expected.
‘However, it would be difficult to put the brakes on growth by being disappointed alone like that.’
Because the opponent she had to compete with in the future was not a freshman, but a lot of villains, mines, and beings beyond that.
I had to change Yeoju’s mind somehow.
‘So the method I came up with was to give a warning instead of a warning.’
I did it because the only thing I could do right now was to sneak up and surprise him, but it didn’t really matter.
If she gets hit by a freshman she ignores, Si-yeon Han will crack her pride and start running to repair it.
‘It was rushed, but I hope it works.’
Ah, by the way, the last dropkick wasn’t intentional.
I stumbled at the end and lost my balance, but when I came to my senses, my feet were out instead of my hands.
‘…… I really have to hide well so that my identity is not revealed.’
If I made a mistake and my identity was revealed, I could have been beaten to death by Han Si-yeon instead of the villain.
Because he had a body with an average stat of 5.
‘Let’s be careful in the future.’
With that promise, I got up from her seat.
She heard that the surprise exam was over, so she had no reason to stay here any longer.
‘Anyway, looking at it in real life, it’s a really crazy school.’
Circle has the best educational environment with a state-of-the-art education system and renowned instructors.
However, I also had a strangely outdated view that real combat is the best training, and thanks to that, I would sometimes create a real combat situation at such unexpected timing and push the students.
That was what the players call a random event and the circle students call a surprise test.
‘I don’t know who would have thought of such a crazy way that a teacher directly staged a terrorist attack and pushed a student into a crisis.’
Since it’s reenacting a villain’s terror or raid, of course there are students who get hurt and buildings completely collapse.
As a result, of course, a large amount of money was withdrawn every time it was done, but the circle didn’t care.
Since the beginning of the cataclysm, thanks to the octopus-like footsteps in various superhuman businesses, when it comes to money, it’s so much that we have to compare it to a country rather than a company.
‘Anyway, I can’t believe that there will be a random event right at the entrance ceremony, and that there will be a pattern with monsters…… ‘
No, I was thinking too lightly.
To be honest, I regretted it.
As I already said, Circle has a lot of money.
Based on the funds, numerous facilities were built inside the island, and among those facilities, there were not only convenience facilities, but also protective facilities in preparation for emergencies such as external raids.
‘So I didn’t know about later, but I thought there wouldn’t be any special raids now, in the early stages of development, but I didn’t think that my expectations would be shattered in less than a day.’
Of course, the situation just before was not a real battle, but a test prepared by the Circle.
But even considering that, I couldn’t deny that my expectation that there would be no battle for a while was wrong.
Jeobeok- Jeobeok-
I took one step at a time and quietly erased the plans I had made in my head.
And on top of that, I wrote the contents of the game and various hidden pieces.
Do you know the game information?
As I said, it doesn’t give you much of an advantage on Lunatic difficulty.
‘But it’s not big, but it’s not without any advantages.’
A small stream of water changes easily, but a large stream of water does not change its shape.
Even though minor information like that has changed, things like the basic settings for characters in the game and the location of hidden pieces haven’t changed, and the flow of the main story has remained the same.
‘So don’t be lazy and use them to get stronger as soon as possible.’
With that in mind, I called up the status window.
Not in the abbreviated form like the one I saw in the room, but in as detailed a way as possible.
[Status]
Name: Yoojin Do
Level: 1
Attributes: [Invisible Recluse (3★)], [Shadow Play (3★)]
Strength: 5
AGI: 5
Stamina: 5
INT: 5
mana: 5
Just as you said it was synchronized a while ago, a new characteristic was added to the status window.
‘The rating is 3 stars for both. It’s a bit below average.’
Actually, even the characteristics of the 3-star level were not to the extent that they were criticized for being less than mediocre.
In the first place, the characteristic itself was a kind of certificate proving that the ability fell into the realm of supernatural ability.
But the problem was that I was in the circle right now.
It’s more difficult to find someone who wasn’t ranked first in high school at a prestigious university.
Like that, it was even harder to find a student who didn’t have these characteristics in the circle.
Thanks to that, it looked like a character draw failed, but there was no problem.
‘It’s a trait, so I can get a better one later and use it.’
What? Isn’t it just a matter of finding and using growth-type traits that grow up to 10 stars, which is the limit of traits?
Those cool things are preoccupied with leading characters since they were born, so extras like me can’t be found even if they want to.
‘Our protagonist goes beyond growth-type traits and evolves his traits…… Well, it’s not important, so let’s move on.’
Anyway, the best I could do was to always find new talents in line with my stat growth.
‘Am I right now I have two attributes: a stealth-type trait that hides one’s presence, and an attribute-type trait that manipulates shadows.’
The moment the gargoyles appeared while breaking down the ceiling a while ago, I erased their presence with the [Invisible Hermit] And got out of everyone’s senses in the auditorium.
And with [Shadow Play], She wrapped her shadow like clothes to protect her body and at the same time stretched out like a club and broke the wrist of the gargoyle that was holding on to Siyeon Han.
‘This should be fine for now.’
That’s the last thing I thought about the characteristics.
Actually, originally, I would have thought about how to use these two to be more effective.
But now there’s something more eye-catching than that, so I moved on.
‘Why are there two attribute slots?’
All characters in [Circle Academy] Have only one attribute slot.
This was an absolute rule that applied regardless of whether it was a main character or an extra, so even if a new trait was acquired, it was necessary to change the trait to use a different trait.
Even a man called the swordsman uses a kitchen knife when cooking.
‘But I have two talent slots…… ‘
I don’t know why this happened, but I can say one thing for sure.
‘I’m buying this?’
A famous card magician said.
Even cards that look like trash can shine depending on how they are combined and handled.
The characteristics are the same.
For example, a broadcaster created a character of a thief with a perfect crime who doesn’t leave any evidence by using the [Clean Cleaner] Attribute.
Another broadcaster created a fighting character who uses the shockwave of landing as a weapon by using the characteristic of [Superhero Landing!].
As such, the power of these characteristics cannot be ignored.
But what if you could use two of those traits at the same time?
‘I can combine several traits as I want and use them like completely different new traits.’
If you can create synergy between traits by combining them that well, it’s safe to say that both traits are more than twice as powerful as the original ones.
‘And if that happens, I can ignore the difference in the level of the characteristics or the stats of the characters to some extent.’
This was a conviction through experience, not just a clumsy person.
In fact, just a moment ago, I melted into the scenery by hiding my presence and covering my body with a shadow, and with this lousy body, I succeeded in deceiving the senses of Si-Yeon Han, the most talented person in the grade, and giving her a shot.
Although the words ‘not yet bloomed’, ‘when I was concentrating on another lesser drake, in a surprise’, and ‘the situation was very easy to hide because it was a mess’ were sticking to it. I did.
‘Anyway, I’ll have to focus more on trait farming.’
I lowered my eyes slightly as I made that resolution.
Then I prayed to God who was somewhere for a while.
That’s right, if all I’ve seen so far is simple sugar donuts, what I’ll be looking at from now on is delicious chocolate donuts.
[Talent]
-Physical talent [-60/100]
-Magic Talent [-60/100]
Attribute talent
Fire – [-60/100]
Water – [-60/100]
Wind – [-60/100]
Sat – [-60/100]
Brain (Thunder) – [-60/100]
Thursday – [-60/100]
Gold – [-60/100]
Poison – [-60/100]
Light – [-60/100]
Cancer – [-60/100]
Hour – [-60/100]
Empty – [-60/100]
None – [-60/100]
Did my prayers work?
Thanks to that, I was able to withstand the number of -60 occupying various squares without fainting.
“…… Crazy.”
I had been thinking that this would be the case ever since I was convinced that this world seemed to be on the Lunati difficulty level after seeing all the stats were 5.
But seeing it in person was a big shock.
‘Is it 60?’
30 Is the number for genius, 60 is for genius, and 90 is the number for true genius who has been filtered out of countless geniuses.
A talent level of 100?
It literally referred to an extraordinary genius with a talent blessed by heaven.
And if you look at it that way. The figure of -60 could be said to be a genius blunt.
‘Is this the reason why I fell and my drop kick flew in the auditorium?’
It’s just a guess, but I’m pretty sure it must be because of this.
‘You have a level of talent that gets your feet twisted right away when you try to run…… ‘
I couldn’t even breathe because I was so dumbfounded.