chapter 15
Episode 15
The students gathered at the training ground were agitated.
“The special class and class 2 are attached?”
“Oh, I can’t stand this.”
“Hey, you train first.”
“What bitch? Will I see you too?”
The students who had come and trained earlier also stopped training and took their seats.
But most of them were in the lower middle class. There were no students from Class 1 who were at the top level, no, now in the 2nd class.
Most of the members of class 1 were the heirs of prominent guilds, so rather than the training grounds at school, they used the more powerful training grounds in my guild office building.
While the spectators gathered, the special class and class 2 immediately started selecting students.
“The order is in the order of the goblin eradication record.”
At Kang Tae-min’s words, the eyes of the students went back. The vanguard of the special class and the number 1 record is Baro.
“All right.”
It was a number of worries.
As he stepped forward, the onlookers became more animated.
“It came out… !”
“At the end of the century… !”
“I hear there are 7 scars on my chest, is it real?”
“That’s Kenshiro. Go Min-soo is close to Raoh.”
“No, what is that, 10 virtues?”
The commotion soon subsided as Ko Min-soo went to the arena. I didn’t know what kind of anger I would get if Go Min-su heard it.
Then, from the other side, a male student from class 2 came out. However, unlike the time of Go Min-soo, the heat was not great.
“… Who is he?”
“Who was it?”
“Well… .”
In the first place, it was natural to not know unless attention was focused on it like in the special class.
Even if the student who came out against Ko Min-soo was the first in class 2, it was the same.
Go Min-soo looked at his opponent with calm eyes.
“nice to meet. I’m half… .”
Then, it was the moment when the opponent tried to introduce himself. Ko Min-soo’s new model flew forward like a bullet.
“No, what… !”
“What is this… !”
Everyone, including the opponent, was terrified. A surprise attack before the self-introduction is over?
Either that or not, Ko Min-soo threw his fists, which was his specialty, one after another.
The opponent urgently drew a weapon for defense, but it was already too late. His posture was disturbed by the unexpected surprise attack, and it was because Ko Min-soo’s muscular strength was so strong.
A few times before I could hear the dull sound of banging, the opponent eventually couldn’t stand it and fell out of the field.
“OMG.”
“what’s this?”
“Aren’t you too cowardly?”
“It’s also a special class.”
“Seriously, do you want to keep first place like this?”
At the first match, which ended in an instant, the students watching and the students from Class 2 who were waiting burst into dissatisfaction.
Go Min-soo returned to his seat as if it was not a big deal.
‘No, what is this… !’
Park Jeong-hoon was at a loss for words because of his absurdity, but immediately tried to protest.
But just then.
“hahahaha… Aren’t I late?”
The training ground door opened and a familiar voice was heard. All eyes turned to it.
Seol Ga-eun laughed awkwardly and was catching her breath.
“Mr. Seol?”
“Yes, Mr. Gaeun. It’s not too late.”
Before Park Jung-hoon could react first, Kang Tae-min answered with a smile.
‘G-I’m Ga-Eun teacher… !’
Park Jung-hoon’s eyes lit up. That friendly title is still difficult for him, but isn’t Kang Tae-min doing it so easily?
“Thank you for coming.”
“No, Master Taemin. Students could get hurt by any chance, so of course they have to come.”
Seol Ga-eun answered with a bright smile and greeted Park Jung-hoon.
“Hello Mr. Park.”
“Ah, yes.”
Why is he saying that he is teacher Park and Taemin Kang is teacher Taemin?
Park Jeong-hoon didn’t think that she was having a hard time with Seol Ga-eun, too.
‘It just went well.’
Instead, the arrow of anger was directed at Kang Tae-min. He cleared his throat and said to Kang Tae-min.
“Mr. Kang, this match has some problems.”
“Is it a problem?”
“of course. No, the students didn’t even introduce each other and suddenly… .”
“Introduce? Why do you need an introduction?”
“… Yes?”
Park Jeong-hoon narrowed his eyes. Then Taemin Kang frowned and continued.
“Mr. Park, what we teach is not sports.”
Kang Tae-min’s educational policy is focused on actual combat. Children who graduate from the academy in the future will become hunters and will be thrown into a fight to the death.
“Isn’t there any reason to introduce yourself to monsters or villains?”
What does an introduction mean in such a situation? It was before Park Jung-hoon could even answer that question.
“that’s right. To protect children… Realistic education is the most important thing.”
Seol Ga-eun nodded her head in agreement. How worried she was about the students and Kang Tae-min because of the dungeon break.
“uh… After hearing and seeing it, is it like that again?”
“If even teacher Yang could say that… .”
“Well, if you meet a monster, you must be busy fighting.”
“You don’t introduce yourself when you fight Dummy, do you?”
The students who were watching also changed their attitude. Don’t two of the three teachers say it’s okay?
In addition, thanks to Bae Seung-joo’s visit in the morning, the general class students realized that they could be swept away by the dungeon break.
‘Damn it… .’
Park Jeong-hoon finally shut his mouth. If you go further here, you will only get hate hair on Seol Ga-eun, and even if you win with logic, he won’t gain anything.
So he immediately returned to his classmates and said:
“Did you hear? No introduction needed. Don’t give a damn about it, think of it as a ‘real fight’ and deal with it!”
“Yes!”
In the meantime, Kang Tae-min immediately called runner number two.
“Song Dae-beom, forward.”
“Yep!”
Next, surprisingly, was Song Dae-beom. Due to the nature of his abilities, the number of goblins he killed was as high as the number.
‘It’s a stage that everyone pays attention to. Teacher Ga-eun is here too, so I have to show her properly.’
Song Dae-beom went on stage with a big smile.
Contrary to his expectations, however, Kang Tae-min expected his defeat.
‘Song Dae-beom does Song Dae-beom, but… .’
Kang Tae-min suggested the ceremony and handed over the students’ abilities in advance to Park Jeong-hoon.
Of course, it was clear that Park Jeong-hun would have selected the students accordingly.
Go Min-soo, but he won because his skill itself was superior and he had the upper hand with a surprise attack.
“Success is important, but losing is also important. At this rate, there is a risk of being buried in pride.’
Kang Tae-min wanted students to taste bitterness. I wanted to experience setbacks and have the mindset to overcome them.
By the way.
“Yes! How does it taste, you bastards!”
Song Dae-beom won.
“Boo, it must have been an installation-type ability… !”
Park Jeong-hoon muttered with bewildered eyes. Song Dae-beom laughed out loud and came down and headed straight to Seol Ga-eun.
“Sensei Gaeun, I’m hurt here!”
“Oh, I will be very bitter. wait for a sec.”
It wasn’t even a big wound. It was just an excuse to stick with Seol Ga-eun.
However, Seol Ga-eun was worried about those wounds.
Kang Taemin touched his forehead.
‘… I didn’t expect class 2 to be this incompetent.’
It was because Park Jung-hoon’s judgment was weaker than he expected.
* * *
The training ground declaration ceremony ended a bit differently than Kang Tae-min intended.
“Wow… .”
“Still, there was a reason the association gave it a commendation.”
“Is personality and skill separate? .”
“But during practice, the special class did well.”
There are a total of 12 combat-type Awakeners in the special class. Because of this, 12 matches were made.
The result was 9 wins and 3 losses for the special class. The 2nd class won 3 wins, but it was a situation that could not be happy at all.
“Well, if we set our minds to it, we’ll do this much.”
“Two and a half is not a big deal.”
As a result, the students in the special class became even more uptight. Even the losing students rationalized that they were out of luck.
The students glanced back at Kang Tae-min. I thought that the homeroom teacher would like it because I won like this.
“Hey… What did we do wrong?”
“Oh, isn’t it?”
However, Kang Tae-min did not look happy at all. Rather, he was looking at the students with sharp eyes.
If I had heard Kang Tae-min’s thoughts, I would have been frightened.
‘In the end, I’ll have to cook it myself.’
Kang Tae-min meekly admitted his mistake. The problem was trying to borrow someone else’s hand to educate students.
He was in the midst of planning to further strengthen the intensity of special training.
“… Mr. Kang.”
Park Jung-hoon called him with a slightly suppressed voice.
Park Jung-hoon was not very happy about losing in front of Seol Ga-eun. Isn’t that also half of Kang Tae-min?
‘It can’t end like this… !’
He forced a smile and said to Kang Tae-min.
“I have a suggestion.”
“A suggestion?”
“Yes. It’s kind of like an event match. It’s a match that we prepared for, but wouldn’t it be a pity to finish it with only the students?”
“… Are you saying that Mr. Park and I are going to have a match?”
“Yes. Oh, of course, I’m not trying to fight with all my might. It is a competition purely based on technique without using any ability.”
Park Jung-hoon said that and glanced around. It was said to Kang Tae-min, but it was loud enough for everyone to hear.
“Oh, you haven’t finished yet?”
“Teachers stick together?”
“They say they only compete with skill?”
The students who were about to leave their seats joined their butts again. Park Jeong-hoon twisted the corner of his mouth.
If the plates were spread out like this, the side with the tail removed would look ugly.
“And there is one more thing I would like to suggest.”
This time it was a small voice, like a whisper. He glanced back at Seol Ga-eun.
She was healing the wounds of class 2 students.
“… If I win this match, I don’t want you to call out Mr. Seol separately.”
This was the true intention.
Taemin Kang frowned.
‘What are you talking about? Soyul alone is still not enough… .’
Seol Ga-eun’s existence was essential to Kang Tae-min, who was trying to increase the intensity of his training.
“It can’t be. I need teacher Ga-eun.”
That’s the role of the potion.
At the same time as the answer, Seol Ga-eun jumped up. Park Jeong-hoon looked at her in shock.
“Okay, the treatment is over, but uh, um. Hey, don’t move too drastically. uh, what is that next? Oh my gosh! It hurts so much!”
“Sam, are you okay? face will explode… .”
“yes? me? Are you all right?”
Seol Ga-eun took care of the student as if she was more immersed. Park Jung-hoon felt an unknown sense of incongruity.
In the meantime, Kang Tae-min opened his mouth.
“Well, if you want, do it.”
“Okay… .”
“In return, I also have a condition.”
At Kang Tae-min’s words, Park Jung-hoon closed his mouth.
“If I win, I will take over half of Class 2’s priority at the training ground.”
“half… !”
Park Jeong-hoon’s eyes wavered for a moment, but he nodded soon after.
“great. Then prepare.”
“I see.”
The two immediately moved to the other side. The corners of Park Jung-hoon’s mouth twisted.
‘I got caught.’
Park Jung-hoon was confident of his victory.
Kang Tae-min received a commendation, but isn’t it code green’s dungeon break?
‘If I compete only with pure skills, I will definitely win.’
Park Jeong-hoon knows Kang Tae-min from last semester. His change was made during the vacation period.
How much would it take to hone your skills in that short amount of time?
‘He only believes in his abilities, but I’ll make sure he realizes the subject this time.’
Park Jung-hoon smiled and held the training spear. He was the homeroom teacher of class 2 and was in charge of the spearmanship class.
“uh?”
“what?”
“OMG?”
Then the surroundings suddenly became noisy. Why did I want to look back?
“What… ?”
Kang Tae-min also held the spear. Park Jeong-hoon laughed out of absurdity.
Choosing a spear against a spearman?
‘I can’t help but look at this.’
I was thinking of dealing with him in moderation and saving face. However, since Kang Tae-min came out like that, I had to film it perfectly.
Therefore, Park Jeong-hoon spoke loudly so that Kang Tae-min could hear him across the training ground and everyone in the training ground could hear him.
“Since it’s an event match, it won’t be fun if it ends quickly, right?”
Taemin Kang turned his head.
I wanted to see that calm face distorted.
“Why don’t you go through the first five minutes without surrender or outings?”
“Oh oh!”
The surroundings suddenly became noisy. If Kang Tae-min stumbles back here, that would be a good harvest.
However, a smile was drawn on Kang Tae-min’s lips.
“That’s nice.”
Park Jeong-hoon’s eyes twitched. However, he soon smiled and entered the arena.
There was no greeting.
Kang Tae-min and Park Jung-hoon immediately charged at each other.
‘I’ve seen it somewhere, but… !’
Kang Tae-min’s posture when holding the spear was surprisingly natural. However, Park Jung-hoon did not doubt his victory.
Until the two spears collide with each other with a loud bang.
“… uh?”
Park Jung-hoon felt like he was possessed by a ghost. Kang Tae-min’s spear, which had apparently crossed his own, flew towards his wrist before he knew it.
As I reflexively turned the spear to defend myself, the spear blade stabbed into the pit of my stomach as if I had predicted it in advance.
‘Pa, fast!’
It just wasn’t fast. It was sharp and fluid.
The spear Taemin Kang wielded penetrated the gap as if he had an ego.
“What, what?!”
“saw?!”
“Something, something is happening… !”
The voices of the students who were watching rose. It was such a shocking scene.
“Big… !”
My hands got messy. It was not the opponent who was put on the defensive, but himself. Park Jeong-hoon couldn’t figure out why.
But it had to be.
There was no way that Kang Tae-min knew that before returning, he had faced Changhwang, the master of spearmanship and the number one, and remembered his spearmanship with his shape-memory ability.
“Ouch!”
A sharp, blunt spear blade stabbed him in the shoulder. Even so, his body shuddered with intense pain.
However, Kang Tae-min’s offensive did not end there.
“crazy… !”
“Is this a true story at the level of spearmanship?”
“My heart grows grand… !”
The students’ eyes turned quickly.
I never thought I would overwhelm the spearman like this.
The spear fell out of his grip with a loud bang. In front of Park Jung-hoon, who barely came to his senses.
The spear he had missed rolled back.
“Mr. Park.”
Taemin Kang said with a smile.
“Not even a minute has passed yet.”