I Became the Golden Sun That Steals the Academy’s Aircraft

025. A story of jealousy gone wrong

When Gilbert arrived at the classroom, the lecture had just begun. Professor Alexander didn’t say much to Gilbert, who came in late. He knew very well what kind of situation Gilbert was in, as he had been told about Gilbert by Professor Horizon a week ago.

Considering that he managed to enter the classroom, it seemed that he had avoided expulsion.

‘So you won the bet with that stubborn great sage?’

Professor Alexander could not believe that the great sage, who had never once wavered his opinion, withdrew his statement. His stubbornness was based on his knowledge. He lived longer than anyone else, and the weight of knowledge he accumulated was never light.

Although the expression “Stubbornness” Was used, in reality the Great Sage always said the right thing, so most of these situations ended with the victory of the Great Sage Professor Horizon. As far as he could remember, he had never seen Professor Horizon lose in a dispute.

Except this time.

Professor Alexander briefly glanced at Gilbert, who was looking for an empty seat to sit down, and then resumed the lecture that had been interrupted.

“I’m going to start the lecture again. It’s already been a month since the cadets received a lecture from this professor on the use of giant weapons. So far, the lectures have focused on theory, but the theory that is not actually used has the potential to increase the survival rate of the cadets. “It won’t be of much help. So, starting today, the lecture on using the Giant God Soldiers will begin practical training.”

Gilbert realized that the theory lectures had been completed during the week he had been away. Since he had already mastered the necessary parts, moving on to practical training was a welcome event for him.

In Tactical Combat, the main story begins one month after entering the academy, and the first step is training in using giant soldiers. Since the game story revolves around the giant soldier, the main story had no choice but to start with the giant soldier operation practice.

“Then everyone can move to the hangar.”

Hearing Professor Alexander’s words, the cadets excitedly headed to the hangar where the giant soldier was located. Rather than theoretical lectures, which were bound to be boring, the cadets could not help but be more willing to practice using giant weapons in practice.

“Gilbert!”

Gilbert, who was heading to the hangar with a group of cadets, turned around when he heard a voice calling out to him. There, Hans and Angelina, who had been hanging out together since the entrance mock battle, were walking towards him.

“It’s Hans.”

“It’s only been a week. Where on earth have you been without telling me? I was worried when you suddenly disappeared.”

“There was some work to be done.”

“The rumor I heard is that you had an accident again… It seems surprisingly credible.”

Seeing Hans making a fuss and Angelina speaking calmly as always, I burst into laughter. When I first became possessed by Gilbert, I wondered what to do with his reputation, but fortunately, the relationship between the two people they met at the academy lasted longer than I thought, so I was able to put it to rest.

First of all, it was a waste of time to recruit Gukbap Ping Chang as a colleague, and with his current reputation, it was impossible to bring in anyone else as a colleague. Even if you could recruit him as a colleague, the main character, Ian, also needed someone to recruit as a colleague, so you couldn’t just recruit him to his side.

However, it was inefficient to have Ian as a companion, and more than anything, since he had already started to form a group within the first grade class, it was impossible to bring him into Gilbert’s party. Meanwhile, Angelina and Hans, who naturally started acting together even before the entrance exam, were like rain in a drought.

In particular, Angelina, who is quick to judge the situation and is good at commanding, and Hans, who can become a level 3 or higher knight if raised well, have the potential to grow beyond the originally named companion characters, so it was a good thing. Ian was able to gather his colleagues as Ian did, and Gilbert was able to form a force as Gilbert did.

We were able to arrive at the hangar while Gilbert briefly talked about the week he had been away.

The cadets lined up in four rows in front of Alexander, who had already arrived, and the cadets who arrived late also lined up in five rows behind them.

“It looks like everyone is here. Then, I will briefly tell you the topic of today’s lecture.”

Alexander took a board from one side of the hangar and wrote down the lecture topic in large letters in elegant handwriting.

“The core of today’s lecture is the tactical use of the Giant God Soldiers. Many people may think that the Giant God Soldiers are only used to deal with the Giant God Soldiers. Perhaps some of the cadets currently taking the lecture think that way. “

Professor Alexander looked around at the cadets who had pricked up their ears and continued speaking.

“However, the use of Giant God Soldiers is not limited to just that. The reason is simple. The best thing about using a Giant God Weapon is not to deal with the same Giant God Soldiers. Only use Giant God Soldiers to deal with regular troops. This is because there are rare methods of inflicting significant damage. Therefore, depending on the position, special missions such as destroying strategic magic weapons or striking the enemy’s rear are often adopted.”

The tactical operation of the Giant God Soldier was like that. The Giant God Soldier was a war weapon with clear limits of maneuver, and the tactical uses of such a war weapon were endless.

Even if it is a mission that cannot be solved with human strength alone, it is quite possible to solve it if you have excellent knights and excellent giant soldiers.

What Professor Alexander meant in his lecture was exactly that. It was to instill the idea that although it was right to deal with a giant god soldier, it did not mean that it would be the most efficient.

The moment you get stuck in a frame, the limit is set and you see only what you want to see.

In fact, when he was on the battlefield, it was not uncommon for him to receive special missions and lead giant soldiers alone to attack major enemy bases. Although the risk was high, when successful, it could change the unfavorable battlefield.

“To add to the story, if you are assigned a special mission like this, there are cases where the knights on board have to get off the giant soldier due to the size of the giant soldier. Using the autonomous function of the artificial spirit, the mission is completed with the support of the giant soldier. “Practice is a prime example of this.”

Strikes on bases or raids from the rear are rare, but when retrieving information as an additional mission, there are often cases where the knight has to personally disembark. The advancement of technology to produce artificial spirits has helped in planning such active operations.

As Professor Alexander was also an outstanding engineer, he was often assigned to such special missions and developed numerous majors. The battle that resulted in him losing an arm was one of many such operations.

“Today’s lecture will be conducted on the assumption that you have been assigned such a special mission. We will accept applicants first.”

Gilbert, who was quietly listening to the lecture, was finally able to realize that the main story was progressing.

Although the events that occurred were slightly different depending on the player, it was in this special mission lecture part that a character who could be said to be the first boss of the official main story appeared.

In particular, the protagonist is selected as a trainee first regardless of his grades, and due to the jealousy of Cook Jan Scott, the first boss, he becomes a training partner and faces a boss battle. The reason for jealousy varied depending on the performance of the entrance mock competition.

If he gets the best grades, he is jealous of the main character, Ian, for all sorts of strange reasons, such as because he is better than him, and if he gets worse grades, the guy whose skills are worse than he is, is popular with the face of a gisaeng brother.

Gilbert looked at Ian, who was standing with a relaxed expression, for a moment, then looked at his first boss, Cooke Jan Scott.

As expected, the first to apply was Cooke Jan Scott.

Professor Alexander gave him the right to nominate and instructed him to choose a partner to practice with.

Based on my ability to gauge Ian’s ability by directly meeting him, it didn’t seem like Ian would lose, but even if he lost, it would be a driving force for his growth, so it didn’t really matter what the outcome was.

Gilbert, who was thinking of leisurely watching the two practice, made eye contact with Cooke Jan Scott at that moment. At first, he thought he had bumped into him by chance, but the intense, glaring look in his eyes made him realize that it was no mistake.

At that moment, Gilbert sensed that something was wrong. When should he decide on a partner? Why would he have a snowball fight with himself and glare? No matter how much he thought about it, there was only one.

“I’ll do it with Cadet Gilbert Lionheart.”

“Please let Cadet Gilbert come forward.”

Gilbert clicked his tongue and stepped forward, knowing that his intuition was correct. He glanced at Ian in passing and saw that he was upset that he hadn’t been the first to do it.

He walked slowly to where Cooke Jan Scott was, stood side by side with him, and looked at Professor Alexander.

My head was spinning, but he didn’t give me time to think.

“I will give a mission to each of the two cadets. The current mock training ground has an environment for data theft as explained earlier. The two cadets can each perform the task of stealing data or preventing data theft. The situation is unique. “We have made it impossible to carry out missions with just giant god soldiers, so please keep this in mind. Do you have any questions?”

“Nothing.”

“I don’t have one either.”

Professor Alexander nodded at the two people’s answers and proceeded with the practice.

Gilbert, who was heading to the mock training ground aboard the Colossus, was taken aback by the sudden development of the situation, but he first cleared his head except for the task at hand. It happened anyway, and adapting was something he was always good at.

Gilbert, who was given the task of stealing data, assumed the position of data stealer.

He let out a long sigh-like breath and concentrated his mind.

I didn’t know why the main story was turned on me and not on the main character, Ian, but I had already experienced something that didn’t progress like a game. Rather, if you think about Cooke Jan Scott’s jealousy, it was natural that he would only be jealous of those who came first in the entrance mock competition.

Gilbert quickly pulled the control stick as he heard the sound of Professor Alexander’s mock training practice starting.