I Became an Academy Genius Swordsman

Episode 26. rival(2)

Episode 26

One

“How are you all?”

Kim Yohan greets you with a smile. As expected from yesterday’s encounter, he entered the academy. A soft tone contrasting with a sharp impression creates a mysterious atmosphere.

clap clap clap-

Yohan sits in an empty seat while receiving applause from the cadets. Siu frowned. It was because he had to sit next to him among the many seats.

“hello?”

Say hello to Siwoo in a bright voice. Siwoo nodded slightly and turned his head to the other side.

“Has everyone had a good rest? Rest is just as important as training. More important than that is to draw clear boundaries between rest and training. From today, I hope you will devote yourself to training again.”

Kangmin shouted loudly. The cadets looked sad, but that was all.

“And being able to accurately recognize where you are is a huge help in training. We will disclose the score set according to the reconnaissance mission performance rate. The selection criteria are located in the library of the intranet of the academy, so check them out.”

This time, there was a hint of dislike. A short booing was heard from somewhere.

Soon, the score, total score, and rank according to the evaluation items appeared on the hologram along with the cadet identification number. Since all students participated, it was difficult to find their identification number.

“The report card was also sent by e-mail.”

Siwoo quickly connected to his mailbox.

[20XX_1st year_1st_Practical input_reconnaissance ver.]

When I clicked on the attached file, the individual report card details and the overall leaderboard appeared.

In the individual report card, the evaluation items, the score, and the reason for receiving the score were written in detail. After reading the reason, he quickly checked only the score and ranking.

The condition of the quest was to be in the top 10%.

[Coordination A- 86/100] (19/1,011)

[Mission Comprehension A- 87/100] (21/1,011)

[Combat Judgment A+ 99/100] (1/1,011)

[Use of Anomalous Abilities A+ 99/100] (1/1,011)

[Concentrated Defense A 92/100] (4/1,011)

[Dispersion Attack Ability A+ 98/100] (1/1,011)

[Battle Sustainability A+ 97/100] (1/1,011)

[Combat Support Ability B+ 81/100] (91/1,011)

[Leadership A+ 97/100] (1/48) *Limited to Squad Leader/Sub-Captain

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[total score 1,917/2,000]

[Comprehensive ranking 1/1,011]

“oh… … .”

he let out a small groan. I expected to be in the top ranks, but I didn’t know that I would be in first place. On the last day, I skipped it completely, so I thought my score would be pretty bad… … .

There was an instructor’s feedback section at the bottom, but the content was very poor compared to the large section.

[Beware of pride.]

Siu laughed. Siwoo, who knows the great powers that are secretly working in the world, had a hard time doing that even if he wanted to.

It was then.

“oh. First place. How great?”

Surprised, Siwoo hurriedly covered the screen of his smartphone.

“Ah, sorry. I just want you to see.”

Even he couldn’t detect the rolling of his eyes. And isn’t it basic etiquette not to look at individual grades?

just what it looks like I could clearly see that he was stretching his neck. And where is that, the tone and face of the person saying he’s sorry?

Siwoo looked at him disapprovingly.

However, John brazenly started a snowball fight on the subject of violating manners first.

Siwoo wondered what was wrong with this bastard.

He’s not the kind of person who’s going to make such a childish argument in the first place. A character who is cold-blooded rather than warm, more cruel than benevolent.

If there is something you don’t like, it’s more like Kim Yo-han to quietly call out and deal with it.

This is definitely an action that deviate from the original ego and is a variable.

Therefore, it can be said that it is the right thing to think about the cause of the variable and try to solve it. Siwoo, who paints the big picture of the future, had to do that.

However, Siwoo confidently responded to Yohan’s dispute.

The two men’s gazes collided in the air, sparks flew.

“Do you think you open your eyes like that?”

what are you talking about

“I’ve been told since I was little that I have pretty eyes.”

whatever.

“It is true. You can make it into a jewel.”

Do you pluck your eyes?

“That jewel must be very expensive.”

Did you try

A fierce battle of nerves suddenly erupted. It was only that the sword was not drawn, but it was no different from a manual fight.

However, Siwoo was at a disadvantage the more he fought.

Kim Yohan is the main character of this world. Even if you can’t be close, you should at least maintain a good relationship.

To restore the twisted relationship, the things he had to sacrifice later were too great.

If I could make a rational decision, I would have to stop this childish argument immediately, but Siu had no intention of doing that.

He was very, very, very twisted by Kim Yohan. To the extent that it is indescribable.

The reason is Maehwagum.

His sword, which was infinitely charming only to himself, reacted to him at the training ground yesterday. Siwoo definitely heard the unique sword that ordinary people couldn’t hear.

Well, I know that the protection of a sword is loved by all swords, and the more powerful a weapon is, the more severe it is.

what about that?

What you know is what you know, and what is twisted is twisted.

It was the same with Kim Yo-han.

He was very much teased by Siu for exactly the same reason. However, in terms of size, Kim Yo-han was much bigger, and this was because of the humming dragon.

I don’t know what he was thinking, but unlike the Maehwa Sword, which was calmly next to the master, Yohan’s dragon was still ringing the sword.

I want to be held in that person’s hand.

I want to be swung by that person’s hand.

And Siwoo noticed this.

One corner of Siwoo’s mouth went up to his ear.

“What do you think of twin swordsmanship?”

Even while asking what the other person thinks, the gaze is elsewhere. John hid the dragon with his body while clicking his tongue.

“No, what do you think?”

Siu, who had no interest in double swordsmanship or anything like that, asked excitedly. Seeing Siwoo’s disdainful expression and repeated questions, Yohan finally stood up from his seat.

It was no different from a GG declaration, and Siwoo spoke to Yohan, who was about to go to a dead end.

“I’m messing around. Tell me to die.”

2

The war of nerves with Kim Yo-han continued throughout the day. Most of the time, Siu was the victor, because Yohan’s sword continued to cry.

John’s face gradually deteriorated, but he did not stop fighting. Si-woo also did not avoid the fight, considering that bastard to be cruel.

Of course, the cadets couldn’t understand their warfare. Even if they had a talent for swordsmanship, they couldn’t hear it except in special cases like Siu and Yohan.

Siwoo once thought about how to make up his mind and reach out to Yonga. Even though he was spraying swords, it seemed that if he stretched out his hand, he would fly away.

The automatic ejection of the dragon’s ego weapon surface and the air control function must be installed by default.

If I cast ‘Your sword was strong (ridicule)’ while holding a dragon who abandoned its owner, wouldn’t the dragon vomit blood?

However, I thought that if that happened, our relationship would be irreversibly damaged, so I stopped imagining it for fun.

“I have to solve it.”

Siwoo is guessing why he is fighting so much. Probably for the same reasons as you.

The problem is that it cannot be resolved through dialogue. If the language had worked, there would not have been childish quarrels and fights.

“I don’t know~”

It won’t be resolved right away anyway, so it’s right to focus on what needs to be done now.

Siwoo is currently at the customs clearance portal in Gwanak-gu. It was after applying to go out to the academy.

The city is full of lights and noise.

A giant hologram projected from the roof of a building and a self-driving drone taxi. Magic that is more mysterious than science, magic that is superior to any energy source makes all of this possible.

Thanks to this, the vibrancy of the city is 24/7.

However, when there is light, there is a shadow.

In the back of a dark alley in Gwanak-gu, a third-class commercial district, there are manpower offices lined up. The commonly known sources of income for manpower offices are moneylenders and commissions from handymen.

However, in reality, their main source of income is the illegal magic stone trade. Some even do contract work.

They claim to be a human resources office, but in reality they are gangsters and thugs. Covered some people and packaged it pretty.

Seojin Manpower Center, Gwanak Lower Awakened Labor Union, Socialization Vocational Training Center… … Although the names are different, they are all human resource offices.

There are as many as 10 manpower offices in one alley alone. If you add up just the phone number left behind, it’s well over 20.

Even this one alley is no different from a criminal’s den.

“It’s buzzing.”

In Gwanak-gu, these alleys are spread throughout the city. There are manpower offices in every corner, just like blood vessels branching out from the heart.

It even exists openly in the alley next to the police station.

However, people are not wary when they see people going in and out of human resources offices.

The police don’t bother catching them either.

There are two main reasons. The first is that it is useless anyway.

Even if you catch it, it’s only for that moment. Eventually, new staffing offices will be built in their place or existing offices will expand.

Second, they are the economic and social pillars of the city.

No level 3 commercial district does not have a human resource office, but none is as large and systematically developed as Gwanak-gu.

A huge amount of manastones come in from different districts every day and countless transactions are made, and huge profits from the auction of manastones crafted by excellent manastone craftsmen.

Some of the proceeds go into the pockets of civil servants and police officers, while others go to high-ranking government officials and bullets for soldiers.

Maybe the police station building and the police car over there were built with their money?

It’s a corrupt society, but Siwoo thought so. The reason he came here is not that different from them.

This was what Siwoo thought as he opened the door of the shabby manpower station. It was such a door that you wouldn’t even know it was a door unless you looked closely.

kiik-

Contrary to the exterior, the interior was clean.

The creaky wood tiles were well-oiled, and the old wallpaper didn’t have a speck of mold. In a building that seems to collapse soon, it seems that this is enough to manage hard.

Since there was no one waiting, I went straight to the desk. A boy more like a child than a boy was guarding the desk.

“What are you here for?”

“I’m here to see the warden.”

“Did you promise?”

“no.”

“Then I cannot meet you.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“yes.”

“Then let’s do it now, what?”

“yes?”

Siwoo said while glancing at the name tag on the boy’s chest.

“Chief Andersen, would you like to make an appointment?”

3

While playing the game, there are NPCs that only arouse curiosity about what role they play.

Even if you talk ‘… … An NPC who only talks ‘.

NPCs whose lines change every time, but all of them are useless.

An NPC you can’t even talk to.

The boy in front of him, Andersen, was an appropriate NPC.

At low levels, you can’t even talk to them, and Lv. From the age of 20, he does not reply even when spoken to, and from the mid-to-late half, he only speaks incomprehensible words.

Andersen’s identity is revealed in the second half. Along with the fact that all the cryptic lines he has done so far are double lines.

The boy’s true identity is a monster.

To be precise, it is a prison where monsters are imprisoned.

episode. Andersen is the character who dies announcing the beginning of the destruction of the city.

One of the many victims of a demon worshiping group called the Apostate, and the only test subject that luckily escaped.

Siu doesn’t know how he escaped.

“Who are you?”

The boy asked with an expressionless face. The answer to that question has already been prepared.

“well.”

“yes?”

Siwoo is not going to specify who he is. all the way forward

Disguising one’s identity is to deceive others and take advantage. However, Andersen will not immediately believe that he is disguising his identity, and there is no benefit to Siu by deceiving him.

His purpose is to get Andersen to raise capital and prevent a huge episode that occurred later.

“Find out who I am… … .”

In fact, it is very difficult to find out. Deliberately letting her hair down and even wearing a mask was not to create an atmosphere, but to hide her true identity.

Siu jumped up and walked slowly through the office. With his hands behind his back and making the sound of his shoes.

There’s no particular reason, it’s just to catch the weight.

Originally, this is not the content, but the atmosphere and initiative.

“You want to make a deal with me.”

“You came all of a sudden and said that, so I don’t know what to say.”

There is nothing wrong with the child’s words. If an assailant wearing a Hahoe mask suddenly came and offered a deal, everyone would react like that.

Rather, the child’s response is surprising.

‘It’s in stock.’

Pretending to have a calm conversation, he is quietly appreciating Siwoo’s skills. The delicate magical power control was so stealthy that an ordinary awakened person would not notice it, and he kept a certain distance from him with his hands behind his back.

He’s already prepared for an ambush.

‘It’s quite a bit.’

The corner of Siwoo’s mouth went up at the reaction that exceeded expectations.

The office was just an excuse to deceive one’s identity, and if it was normal, one would have walked past without even knowing it was there, let alone opened the shabby door.

Even Andersen himself would not have expected that the door would open. Siwoo was probably the first person to open the door.

However, instead of panicking, the guy calmly responded to him, and even though he was vigilant even though his identity was exposed, he induces his guard.

Aside from talent and skill, his judgment alone was the best I’ve ever seen. And there’s no way that a person with this kind of judgment would be less capable.

While organizing Andersen’s evaluation, he also thought that he was good at wearing a mask.

‘This is why the atmosphere is important.’

Why is Andersen, who has shrewd judgment, listening to the assailant?

It’s true that he didn’t grasp his skills properly, but isn’t it because of his cheap weight? Hahoetal must have played a big part in this.

It was true that conversations are driven by momentum, not logic.

Time dragged on by this point, and Siwoo opened his mouth.

“I will let your family escape. Of course, there will be no pursuit of the renegade.”

“───!!!”

“If only you would do a few favors of mine.”

“… … It’s hard to trust your words right away, but I’ll listen to that request for now.”

Usually it should be the other way around. After proving trust, the request should follow, but it was reversed.

It means that what Siwoo says is absurd, but that he will listen to it in the end is a disprove of the boy’s situation.

They must worry about the families they left behind from the defectors.

“I will tell you in advance, I am not lying. If you listen to the first request, we will bring about a meaningful change.”

“What is that first request?”

If you throw a bait, he has no choice but to bite.

“Consolidate nearby manpower offices.”

“… yes?”

“It doesn’t matter whether it is belonging or alliance. Just be the chief. Grow your power like that. Until the wind instrument is in one hand.”