I Became an Academy Genius Swordsman

Episode 15. Monster Boundary (1)

Episode 15

One

Several days have passed since the fierce battle with the Minotaur.

In the meantime, a couple of instructors had suggested to Siwoo that he become an exclusive disciple, but he politely declined as he couldn’t get entangled somewhere.

Relations with the cadets were still bleak. I didn’t talk to him first, and he didn’t even talk to me from the other side.

However, from time to time, I could see a slight fear and reverence in his gaze. Siu didn’t care if he did or not.

2

Academy cadets are required to take a physical fitness test once a month.

The purpose of the academy was to kill monsters. To be precise, to mass-produce professional combat personnel to be put into the monster border.

Therefore, training in basic physical strength, which is the cornerstone of combat power, is essential, so it can be said that it is reasonable and reasonable.

Late in the evening, Siwoo came out to the main playground in comfortable clothes. Usually, the main playground is free at this time, but it was quite crowded today.

Everyone came to prepare for the physical fitness test. It is a strange phenomenon created by measuring physical strength, which is a common task for all cadets.

However, there were no cadets preparing for real training.

A group of cockroaches enjoying a picnic on a mat, sitting around in comfortable clothing—even though it’s still chilly, they look cool.

Benches are dozens of pairs of cockroaches stacked on top of each other.

Even cockroaches in the breeding season that keep disappearing somewhere dark… … .

Truly-

“It sucks.”

I knew it would be like this, but seeing it with my own eyes made me dizzy. To think that these things are honored as the guardians of mankind… … .

Siwoo warmed up, ignoring the moaning that came from somewhere. There was no suitable place at all… , is the place I finally found. It’s not that I can’t hear it at all, but I can ignore this level of moaning-

iron-

Wow-

“Aw, f*ck.”

got off immediately

There was a continuous thud from behind.

Siwoo stopped warming up and started running.

It feels like my eyes are rotting away from the cockroaches I see here and there… … .

I didn’t want to do that either, but I couldn’t help it.

[Event. physical strength training]

▶10 km run (124/10,000)

▶Sit up (0/1,000)

▶Push-ups (0/1,000)

▶Use inner strength X

compensation

▶100P

penalty

▶X

⁜ The ＜Physical Training＞ quest resets every day at midnight.

⁜ ＜Physical Training＞ will fail as soon as energy is used.

The reason he runs while seeing what he can’t see.

This is because of the daily recurring event quests.

It’s hard to find event quests that are purely rewarding, with no hidden penalties. If you collect 100P, which seems small right now, it will be quite a lot… … .

Most of all, it was not that difficult because I had improved physical abilities after going through semi-transformation.

After about an hour, I was able to finish all the exercises.

[＜Physical Training＞ has been completed. Compensation will be paid.]

“I’ll bring you a towel.”

It didn’t take much effort, but I was sweating quite a bit because I worked out without a break.

I tried to steal my forehead with my hand, but there was no way that would work.

The answer is to go back to the dormitory quickly, thinking that Siwoo was trying to get out of this disgusting place.

Someone came into his street.

Reach out your hand without hiding your presence. The membrane movement activates the senses and reads the opponent’s presence.

The target point is probably the shoulder.

He twists and avoids the hand and turns around.

held hands at the same time.

I couldn’t feel the intention of the attack, but it was funny to wait for the hand that suddenly stretched out when I noticed the approach.

However, Siwoo immediately regretted it.

First of all, before checking with your eyes, the hand you held was soft. also small

What does it mean in this world for a man to snatch a woman’s hand first?

However, Siwoo, who remembered the meaning of shaking off that hand, had to confirm the woman’s identity.

And I regretted it again.

“oh”

A familiar voice… … .

“Oh, hello.”

… … It was a hug villain.

She stood with a towel in her opposite hand.

“uh… hi.”

“Hey, write this over there.”

“Thank you, it’s okay.”

Siwoo immediately revealed his intention of refusal.

It’s not because he’s a hugging villain, it’s because he doesn’t like having his dirty sweat on other people’s things.

Then, gently, he let go of his hand.

In fact, the key is to quietly let go rather than reject it. Fortunately, there was no reaction. I’m trying to sneak away like that…

“This, this towel is what I used.”

… … ?

In an instant, my head was spinning.

You gave me the towel you wrote?

Siwoo looked at her with a puzzled expression.

Why are you blushing after you say that? That embarrassed look on his face really made me feel disgusting.

Siwoo was embarrassed by this situation, but at the same time, he was curious. Why did you try to give yourself the towel you wrote?

I was curious about that psychology.

“… … why?”

“Yes?”

“Why did you give me what you wrote?”

this crazy boy I swallowed the afterword.

“Because men like it… ”

“What changes… … no, i’m not it’s okay.”

The moment he cried, he was dizzy. Is this the average of men in the world? A world full of filthy perverts in a sane hideaway.

Siu shook his head and asked.

“What is your name.”

“huh? me?”

“Uh, you.”

“My name is… why.”

to avoid

The words filled his throat, but he didn’t.

I just watched in silence, she said.

“Kim Yoo-jung.”

“Oh, yes. bye.”

After those words, Siu turned around without remorse.

And quickly walked out of the seat.

Left alone, Yu-jeong let out a small sigh as she watched Si-wu quickly move away.

Then he took out his smartphone and turned on the screen. When I unlocked it, the YouTube video was paused.

The title is blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah of a woman that a man is crazy about.

Yoo-jung pressed go back even though the video was almost over.

And I pressed the [Dislike] button.

3

[Quest2. Get in the top 10% in your first real-world input.]

▶Reward

-Weapon fixed reinforcement ticket

▶Penalty

– Erosion Acceleration 3%

As I was walking on campus, a message popped up.

If you combine the second quest and the event, it is the fourth quest.

“Putting into action… … .”

The word in front of the quest name made his heart heavy.

There is only one thing in Desire that is practiced indiscriminately.

A battle on the borderline of monsters. A war in which the neck is blown away without even the minimum safety device.

However, fresh cadets will not be sent to that war. Probably patrolling the outskirts or standing guard.

Being able to produce ‘performance’ itself means that you can perform at the level of a cadet, so that’s practically the only thing.

The important thing is that the reward is a guaranteed weapon enhancement right. An enhancement ticket that raises the level of any weapon by one level sometimes forcibly blooms hidden characteristics.

Siu thought that Maehwa Sword might have such a characteristic.

It was because I reacted strongly to him first and foremost when I chose the Ego weapon. Wouldn’t there be something more extraordinary than other ego weapons?

Of course, it could be that Siwoo was in vain.

Whatever it is, it’s the beginning, so the rewards are definitely generous compared to the difficulty of the quest.

“good.”

I tried to think positively, but my anxiety didn’t completely go away. Anything can happen on the battlefield… … . It will definitely be different from training.

“it will work out somehow.”

Looking out the window all the time makes me depressed. Siu put the message away.

There are still about two weeks left until the actual match, so there is nothing to worry about right now. It doesn’t matter what you worry about.

Siu walked again and arrived at the square hall where the lecture was held.

4

bang-!

Kwagwagwagwang-!!

There is an explosion and black smoke blows along the wind. The monster exploded, its flesh scattered in all directions, and blue blood formed puddles everywhere.

However, that tenacious life force wanted to live even if it suffered, so the nasty screams heard amidst the gunpowder’s gruesome destruction were proof of that.

Even that faded as hundreds of fireballs burned her body.

A giant blue-blooded black bear, up to 20 meters in height, was killed by dozens of humans less than a tenth of its body.

Soon professional butchers were brought in and soldiers pulled back.

The battlefield became quiet as if it had never been noisy.

This place, where even silence lingers, is the borderline of monsters where hundreds of lives die every day.

It is an area that corresponds to the rear of the omnidirectional operation area, but the human damage caused by the monster does not cease.

Dying is a terrible thing in itself, but the living say it. The real horror is the silence that comes after killing all the monsters.

Although they risked their lives, the result is the death of a comrade, a wounded body, and the fact that a tomorrow like today awaits.

The pride of protecting humanity and the sense of mission as a hero diminish infinitely at that moment. Only the ghastly futility emphasizes the shabby self.

“Woo-wook-”

A soldier falls to his knees while walking. A magician with excellent grades, he begins to vomit.

Their comrades-in-arms did not appease him. They were also in danger, so just waiting was all they could do.

After a while he got up and joined the group.

Passing by the group, a man entered the battlefield where the heat had cooled.

“Loyalty!”

“Oh, you worked hard.”

Wearing a portable chair on his side, he silently receives the soldier’s salute.

“I see it every day, but it’s such a f*cking sight.”

The smell of a burnt monster, a corpse with upper and lower bodies separated around it, a soldier’s tired face, a professional butcher who mechanically dismantles a monster.

It wasn’t a nice sight by any means.

in the middle of the scene.

To be precise, after sitting on a portable chair in front of the monster’s head, he lit a cigarette.

Sew-

woo woo-

The cigarette light burned bright red.

In full view of the burned monster, the dismembered corpse, the terribly cold soldier’s face, and the monster slaughterer, he smoked a cigarette all of a sudden.

A man came up behind him.

“Captain. I have brought you a list of academy graduates this year.”

The man handed over the papers, and he reached back and accepted them.

I shook off the cigarette ash and turned over the file.

A file folder thick enough to fit in your hand.

[Details of (Level II) 96th Academy Graduates]

open the first chapter

[Lee Yong-soo]

The cadet’s growth record, self-introduction, evaluation by professors and instructors, courses completed and credits, and battlefields used in actual combat were written in detail in the graduation register.

Battalion commander two, six. twenty chapters. I flipped it over and, although it hadn’t been 10 seconds since I received it, I closed the folder.

widely-!

He handed the file back.

“I can’t even see it.”

“And this is a document that has been selected for talents suitable for our Monster Slaughter Unit.”

A man handing over another folder as if he were used to it.

The battalion commander unfolds the papers again.

There were only five cadets.

His grades are not high, and his ability is nothing special.

However, there was a fluorescent underline personally marked by the man in the battleground and growth history.

The battalion commander’s eyes slowly examined the contents.

“They are poisonous. Take them as they are.”

“Yes, I understand. Then, loyalty!”

“uh.”

“Ah, battalion commander.”

The man tried to turn and stopped.

“The freshmen who entered this year. They will come to our unit for the first actual combat.”

The face of the battalion commander, who had been calm even after seeing the face of the monster whose eyes had melted, wrinkled.

“Damn it. turn it off You can sell my name, so say no.”

“I already replied saying no, but the Chief of Security… … .”

As if expecting that reaction, the man answered right away.

“Ah, that person doesn’t retire. Even if you retire now, what good is a nobleman who will receive a good pension and eat, sticking to the field? Isn’t that right, Seok-ho?”

“I will plan to put the cadets into action on Thursday after two weeks.”

“Yes, suffer.”

“Yes, loyal.”

the man is leaving

The battalion commander remained seated.

He didn’t even get up from his seat until the monster was dismantled. Butts stretched around him.

As time passed, the sun approached the horizon and the sky turned orange.

“Commander, are you going to stay?”

A slaughterman asked, carrying a bag on his back. Since he was not a soldier but an outsider, he was able to deal with the battalion commander without much difficulty.

The battalion commander inhaled deeply the smoke from his cigarette and continued.

“It’s a pretty damn landscape. Isn’t it?”

I just said it like an empty word because I was just passing by. The slaughterman, expecting answers such as “Come soon,” “Good job,” and “Go in first,” regretted inwardly that he had spoken to him for no reason.

Ah yes. After answering that, I wanted to leave, but I remembered the buns I ate in the morning. He opened his mouth, agreeing to join the conversation.

“It doesn’t look nice.”

“What, are you saying that? Between pros.”

“It works. in fact.”

“That’s right, it’s disgusting, it’s f*cked up, and it’s true.”

“yes… … .”

It was the time when the slaughterman, who was responding moderately, was measuring the timing to withdraw.

“After seeing this sh*t, kids come here to do it themselves.”

“yes?”

“Do you know that? 80% of retired heroes who bite and suck like that in society have mental illness.”

“ah… Is that so.”

The battalion commander took out a cigarette again and lit it.

“A meat shield to stop monsters. Idolize that meat shield and wrap it up for legal compulsion. Then society calls the sick who groan and retire because their usefulness is exhausted.”

The Butcher made no further reply.

At the words of the battalion commander, who spoke lightly and calmly… … Because it was full of loneliness.

“What are they doing… … .”

He spat the cigarette on the floor, pulled out another cigarette, and put it in his mouth.

dull-

“I’d rather show them being torn limb from limb. 50% of heroes fall behind within a year, 20% of them are suicides, things like that. That way, even if the kids with only wind in their lungs are mentally armed-”

Light flashes to the sound of flint grinding. When the fire was hardly ignited, the butcher pulled out his lighter.

“Here it is.”

“Ah, thank you.”

woo woo-

Gray smoke rises again.

“Only seeing the shining side of the hero he idolized, a young blood full of vanity realizes reality the moment he stands on the battlefield. Ah, all I’ve done so far has been just play. The actual training was just heroic play.”

Whoa-

The battalion commander’s gaze at the sky while exhaling cigarette smoke.

“It’s hard to find one among so many kids that people can call a hero. There is only one hero I have ever seen.”

woo woo woo woo-

Toxic long cigarette smoke.

All the smoke dissipated and the man suddenly asked.

“Do you know what a hero is? I’ll send it to you if you answer. Otherwise I can’t go.”

“yes? hmm… … Might it be a strong ability? Maybe.”

The butcher, startled, answered whatever came to mind.

“Wrong. You can’t go today.”

“… … .”

“I’m kidding. Go quickly.”

The unexpected conversation ended just like that.

The butcher greeted him with a bewildered expression and walked away.

The man left alone smoked no more.

I just stare at the burning cigarette with dry eyes.

Then, suddenly, he opened his mouth.

“The power that causes people. Just looking at them, just being by their side should give them the strength to fight.”

The man spat out like a grumble.

“People who are placed in front of monsters are infinitely weak. A real hero is someone who has the courage to fight back even after realizing their weakness.”

His words and cigarette smoke scattered in the air.

“That’s what a hero deserves.”

He got up from his seat and rubbed a cigarette on the monster’s head.

Chii Ik – The monster’s skin was burned black, and the cigarette went out.

“I wish I could be in this jockey. such a hero.”

The corners of his lips curl up.

“Well, maybe not.”