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

027. Teacher Jan

Cook struggled to come to his senses in the shaking cockpit of the giant soldier. When the shaking finally stopped, he was relieved that he had not lost his mind and quickly raised the giant soldier.

What on earth happened?

Cook gritted his teeth and glared at Gilbert’s colossal soldier who had shown a ridiculous maneuver.

Cook, who was talented, never once thought that he was inferior to Gilbert.

Cook, who stayed behind to defend the base in the entrance mock battle, did not get to face Gilbert directly with the Giant God Soldier, but he thought that if they had a proper fight, he would never be defeated by his piloting skills.

The reason we nominated Gilbert for this practice and made it a 1:1 structure was because of that confidence.

In fact, just a moment ago, Cooke was pushing ‘that bastard Gilbert.’ The surprise attack carried out while hiding in a structure at the beginning of the training worked well, and Gilbert’s giant soldier repeatedly failed to match Cooke’s own piloting skills.

As expected, Stupid Gilbert’s skills were poor, and he was unable to properly respond to his furious attacks. Even though he stood out in the entrance exam mock battle with his outstanding piloting skills and out-of-guard strategies, he was definitely not his opponent.

Gilbert, who lost the victory, ultimately chose to run away. The appearance was so shabby and unsightly that it was just Gilbert himself. It was so bad that he even thought about whether he, a male writer, would have such thoughts towards a nobleman of the count family.

Cook, who was excitedly following Gilbert as he ran away with the heavy giant soldier, tried to end the practice successfully by stabbing the iron sword in. After practice, he had the illusion that all the attention and glory would come back to him.

But for some reason, Gilbert, who was running away, suddenly turned around and showed off a three-dimensional maneuver that was jaw-dropping just by looking at him. At best, he wondered how he could pull off such a move using a general-purpose colossus weapon, but he had no time to think about such things.

Gilbert, who had just woken up and approached him at high speed, hit him with his shoulder. Cooke, who was unable to respond properly to the sudden headbutt, fell helplessly once again.

He hit his head on the cockpit and lost the control stick from his hands. He somehow recovered his dizzy mind and looked ahead to see Gilbert’s giant soldier standing vaguely in front of him.

You damn bastard!

On the other hand, it was no one but Cooke himself who was rolling on the floor. He slammed down on the control stick, clenched his teeth so hard, and roughly grabbed the control stick and raised the giant soldier. He rationalized that he was just letting his guard down, but he could not hide the sense of shame and humiliation that rose up from the bottom of his heart.

[This is ridiculous!]

With a cry of anger, Cook began swinging his iron sword. Perhaps because he lost his temper due to anger, his swordsmanship did not have any formality. As if venting his anger, vertical, horizontal, and diagonal cuts attacked Gilbert irregularly.

But Gilbert was not one to fall victim to such haphazard swordsmanship. He easily avoided the diagonal slash from left to right by stepping back. Gilbert, who moved only as much as necessary with fine control, did not miss the gaps created by Teacher Yan with his large movements.

Boom!

The giant soldier struck the side near the empty cockpit with his large fist. Master Yan’s giant spirit soldier fell again with a louder sound than when it hit him with his shoulder. Since he couldn’t get up easily this time, it looks like he hit his head hard on the inner wall of the cockpit.

As Gilbert looked at Teacher Yan lying motionless, he realized that it was time to finish. It must have been about ten minutes since the practice began, but there were many cadets waiting for the practice.

The stolen item was already in his hand, and the opponent’s giant soldier was neutralized. If he leaves this place, the practice will naturally end.

Gilbert, who thought there was no need to waste time, returned to his seat where he had started practicing, leaving Mr. Yan lying down.

[End of practice. Both cadets did a good job.]

With the announcement announcing the end of practice, I saw Teacher Yan, who had collapsed, get up. Gilbert returned to the hangar after saying a small thank you to him for being such a great teaching aid this time. When I came out of the giant bottle with the deodorization items that had been placed in one corner of the cockpit, I saw Professor Alexander with a satisfied expression on his face.

“Excellent job, Cadet Gilbert. The capture of the target using the Colossus’ autonomous functions was impressive.”

“That’s too much praise.”

It could be said that this was his first boss battle, but he wasn’t so easy as losing to Teacher Yan. At that point, it was possible to win even without unlocking the characteristic skills.

“Cadets, keep in mind the practice that Cadet Gilbert just showed. In reality, there are people who do dangerous things like Cadet Gilbert on the battlefield.”

One such person was Professor Alexander himself, but he did not make it known.

“Do the cadets remember what Professor Bon said in the first class?”

“You said that the Giant God Soldier is not omnipotent.”

“That’s right. The reason why Professor Bon said such a thing must have been confirmed through the eyes of the cadets a while ago. Cadet Gilbert acquired the stolen items without boarding the Colossus. It can be seen as a strategy that took advantage of a psychological weakness. .”

Gilbert bravely faced the pouring gaze of the cadets. It was just that Lily’s tearful gaze seemed a little painful. He scrapped her plan to have her as her companion, but he couldn’t help but feel sick to her stomach.

Afterwards, a dead Cook with black eyes appeared in the hangar. As Gilbert expected, he hit his head hard against the cockpit wall and, embarrassingly, lost consciousness for a moment. Although it lasted less than a minute, the practice ended in that time, and the victory went to Gilbert.

He chewed his lip when he realized that all the attention he deserved was focused on Gilbert. He felt angry and resentful and wanted to swear, but when this situation came up, his mind actually calmed down.

Inside Demeia Academy, identity was not officially asked. The principle was to treat each other as equal cadets, and on the surface, everyone was following that rule. However, they were just like representatives of the family. Completely ignoring social status was something that a high-ranking noble family could do, but not something that a baron with moderate power like Cooke could do.

Cook, who somehow suppressed his negative emotions, quietly stood behind the cadets who lined up with him.

“Cook.”

I turned my head when I heard his name being called.

“Shall I help you?”

Cook looked at him blankly as he smiled softly just by looking at him. He seemed to know what he meant without even asking.

As Cooke’s head slowly nodded, the man’s smile became a little deeper.

***

Gilbert, who got off to a good start in the main story, was able to obtain a pretty sweet reward with the help of Teacher Yan. Thanks to the continuous activation of the three-dimensional mobility skill, Somersault Kick was added to the binding skill, and the authority ability increased slightly. In addition, his reputation value also increased slightly, but it was not a significant figure because he was so infamous.

Still, it was welcome that I had acquired one more binding skill and that my authority stat had increased. Because it was very important to obtain general skills in a situation where it was difficult to unlock characteristic skills.

After roughly confirming what he had achieved, the place he headed to was, of course, the training room. It’s a place I usually go when I have time, but this time it had a purpose. It was to put into practice the thoughts I had before going to obtain the Lion King’s Mana Practice.

Becoming Brianna Tefeo Malchirav’s immediate disciple was exactly that.

Becoming Professor Brianna’s previous student was a kind of sub-quest, and in order to receive this sub-quest, you had to meet quite stringent conditions. First of all, you had to achieve the minimum ability level required by Professor Brianna, known as a sword genius, to be able to do at least a few weeks of side quests.

The values were over 50 in force ability, over 70 in physical ability, and over 50 in magic ability. Usually, even if you consider the specifications of the protagonist in the early part, none of the abilities exceeded 50, so this was a quest created with the mid-to-late part in mind.

The problem is that even if you achieve the required ability level, you can still receive the quest, but when you actually perform the quest, you will be amazed at the level of difficulty.

First of all, the first obstacle was to obtain permission from the princess knight Seraphina. Although Professor Brianna is a professor at the academy, she was originally the princess’s swordsmanship teacher. Because accepting anyone’s immediate past as a disciple could be an act of insulting the princess, who was her classmate, Serafina’s permission was needed first.

In fact, it would have been easy to get Seraphina’s permission if she had been impressed by her greed for talent, but then there was the problem. Her recognition through sparring with Professor Brianna was the core and most difficult part of this quest.

When Gilbert was a newbie, the number of times he tried to become her previous student reached as many as a thousand times.

I was rejected 300 times because my body looked perfect but I didn’t show any talent for the sword, 500 times I was rejected because I looked talented but not outstanding, and 200 times I was rejected because I was lacking something.

It was a notorious sub-quest that bothered Gilbert in the beginning to the point that if he hadn’t taken on the challenge because he was really tempted, he would have done it long ago.

But now that it has become rotten, raising the ability level through hard work has become a problem. When it comes to efficiency, the sooner she becomes her student, the better, so she always works hard on her abilities when doing tactical combat.

Fortunately, Gilbert has currently achieved the minimum abilities required by the quest, except for the magical ability. Even his magical ability, which was still low, was 49 due to his intense training.

A situation where the sub-quest condition is achieved by raising only 1.

Gilbert practiced mana using Lionheart and demonstrated a high degree of concentration. He felt like he was going to rise to the last remaining 1, so he was working harder and harder than ever. Eventually, with the feeling that the blockage was being opened, Mana began to run with her entire body.

[Magic power has increased.]

Gilbert finally smiled at his improved abilities.