NOVEL NEXT chapter 44
44. midterm exam (3)
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“With this… the end!”
At the same time as Falco’s cry, one of the other students was swept away by his wind magic.
At the same time, Luka, who approached with a lightning-like movement, quickly retrieved all the necklaces.
Ah, it happened in such a short amount of time that I couldn’t even make a sound.
“Okay, jump out!”
Then, as Grid checks the crowd of screaming students and Trisha deploys a protective shield, Luca picks up the slow-footed Falco and retreats.
It was a perfect operation.
“Nice work, boys! ”
As soon as we retreated to safety, Trisha jumped up and clapped.
In fact, it was clear that the current situation was not lacking no matter how much praise was given.
“More than 9 necklaces, this must be a perfect score in the midterm exam for freshmen!”
Most of them were students in groups of three or four, but it was clear that each battle was a struggle.
They are students of the Imperial Academy Elfante. There aren’t any guys who can easily give you a necklace.
“That certainly is.”
Falco grinned and checked the map.
A map of the Great Plains given to all students. Not only did it simply show the landmarks, but it also served as a function of showing the ranking of the ‘honor students’ who collected the most necklaces.
‘we are…’
All four of them are easily in the perfect score range among hundreds of freshmen.
Rather, it is surprising that they are not overwhelmingly number one.
3rd place.
even with such a score.
“…”
What I heard when I entered school was absolutely not a lie.
Falco smiled and scanned the name of the person above them.
The person in second place…
‘Fenolleipek? Was there such a person…?’
Every freshman who deserves good grades knows this. However, even for such a Falco, this was a completely new name.
There.
“…Wait a minute. Is this person alone?”
“What?”
The content that Falco brought out made a bunch of friends gather around.
“You collected 15 necklaces by yourself without forming a group? What are you doing?”
“Why are these monsters infesting our classmates…”
Trisha from the side gave out such a voice, but Falco smiled and brushed it off.
Well, even if it’s 3rd place, a perfect score is guaranteed. You don’t have to be depressed.
Rather, who is number one, so that 15 necklaces are number two?
‘Ah, it’s Elijah Jo.’
A bitter smile appeared on Falco’s face when he saw that.
Doud Campbell, Elijah Krissanax, and Yuria Greyhoundzer.
It is also a group of candidates for the next hero.
Among those famous freshmen, he deserves the first grade in the military.
And the number…
“…”
Falco blinked for a moment.
“Wait a minute, isn’t this broken?”
“why?”
Friends huddled around again checked the numbers.
And, everyone immediately understood why Falco had said that.
because.
“…More than 100?”
“…”
Everyone was at a loss for words at the same time.
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In fact, even when we first got together, there was a voice among the students asking if this was too much.
No matter how bad the other party is, isn’t it nothing more than a group lynching when more than 100 people gather against only three people.
And maybe.
Everyone must be sharing the same thoughts now.
oh we are cocky
Did you think that with just 100 people?
“…!”
Perhaps the fact that Elijah and Yuria pulled out their swords and swung them did not have any particular intention.
There was an opponent attacking this way, so it must have been nothing more than a counterattack.
However, the result.
first second.
The moment the sword is pulled out, a reaction is already coming from the surroundings. Wind pressure rages. Like a typhoon, objects in all directions are swept away at once.
then 2 seconds.
Things in the place where the path of the sword connects are swept away by that ruthless torrent one after another. The faces of the students who intuitively realized how much power this has had turn blue.
last 3 seconds.
Two swords collide with students approaching nearby.
at the same time.
The whole landscape was ‘torn away’.
-!
-!!
-!!!!!
the ground turns over Rocks in the path of the sword were also finely ground, trees were uprooted and scattered into the sky, and all the students rushing at them were thrown into the vicinity.
And it doesn’t stop there.
The long physical energy swept away the students who were preparing to cast spells or blessings from behind. It’s not as much as the vanguard that flew into the sky, but all of them fall down like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.
“…”
“…”
Silence hung all around.
What does this mean?
Even some knights who have trained their body-strengthening martial arts to the limit cannot create a scene like this.
To create a typhoon by swinging a sword, that kind of thing can only be found in fairy tales or myths at best!
Even, that’s all.
The result of two people ‘swinging the sword once’.
Those who were swept away were also those involved, but Yuria and Elijah’s mouths also opened wide at the same time.
“…this, what is this…?”
[…]
Even these two are shocked at the power of the power they wielded. It’s not like I’m used to it.
No one knows, but even Yuria, who has sliced a lot of people, and Elijah, who has participated in the subjugation of demons.
So, naturally.
It would be natural for everyone’s attention to be focused on the only ‘calm’ person here.
“Not bad.”
And when those words came out of the mouth of Dowd Campbell, who was smiling round and round.
Goosebumps welled up behind everyone’s backs.
Everyone knew intuitively.
All of these grotesque scenes were directed by this man ‘alone’.
“…”
I heard that you are an aspiring student of the Divinity Faculty.
Of course, there are cases where priests with exceptional abilities can cast an incredible level of strengthening effect on their colleagues through divine protection, but it was enough to cause this phenomenon.
What level are you talking about?
“…surrender.”
It must have been a very natural process for those words to mumble out of someone’s mouth.
What are they currently fighting against?
100 people, 200 people.
Because I realized deep down in my bones that it was not something I could handle.
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First, some information.
The fact that the duration of the Image World skill is shorter than expected.
In the end, the condition for using the skill is to use my divine power to summon Caliban, the spirit body, so with my tiny amount of ability, I can only maintain it for one or two attacks at most.
Of course, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s terribly powerful.
‘Actually, isn’t it too strong?’
Even I, who shared the buff, thought so.
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Just now, the students exposed for the first time by Elijah and Yuria’s attack would have turned into minced meat if I hadn’t used Ultrima to cast a shield linked to the Penance skill.
I knew that the majority of stat buffs go in by multiplying the basic stat by the skill multiplier, but isn’t this too much to do?
Considering that the body-related stats of these two currently go back and forth between B and C, it is even more so.
‘Since I’m all stat F, I can’t even draw half of half of the skill performance.’
He sighs and shakes his head.
‘I have to upload it.’
Stats are among the most difficult abilities to raise, even by the standards of old people. I didn’t put it off and put it off thinking I had to do it until now.
Fortunately, there is definitely an opportunity to elevate them sooner or later. Even if the midterm exam is over right now, this and that will come out.
‘Well, right now…’
I got something other than that.
Manipulate the window again.
[I raised a lot of records in battle with the buff I put on ‘party member’! ]
[‘AP (Assist Points)’ will be paid! ]
[ You can increase the proficiency of the desired attribute through AP! ]
right.
Sera has a system called AP. Even if I don’t fight myself and just help my party members, I can put experience into my talent this way.
And just now, the two guys who received my buff slashed 100 humans in one shot.
What level of AP did you get from it?
[ Attribute: Breathing – Increases the proficiency of floats. ]
[ Attribute: Gaepoong mastery increases. ]
[The proficiency of the two attributes has improved! ]
[The grade of the two attributes will be promoted from ‘Basic’ to ‘General’! ]
[!Information!]
[ Confirm achievement of all conditions. ]
[The two traits are merged! ]
↓↓↓↓
[ Attribute: Dysenteric Wind ] [ Rating: Basic ]
[ Mastery: 0% ]
[If you block the opponent’s attack with ‘Bounce’ at the right timing, you can return a significant portion of the damage to the opponent. ]
…that this process can be done all at once.
It is a satisfactory achievement. Right now, this alone means that my combat power has increased considerably.
As I was thinking about that, I heard the sound of someone groaning and putting something down.
“…Wow.”
When Elijah saw the sack full of necklaces, he spat out that sound.
All these were left behind by those who surrendered earlier.
“How many replacement points will I get if I take this?”
“It won’t be a score issue.”
I smiled and listened to what he said.
If you get a high score in the midterm exam, of course, this kind of reward will drop in Sera’s main story.
3 is the top rank, 10 is the top rank, and 20 is the best ever.
However.
If the player decides and collects more than 100 numbers like this, there is another hidden reward that can be obtained there.
In the Faculty of Manufacturing, which mainly makes weapons and all kinds of equipment.
‘It’s just that, those bastards.’
I’m about to have to airlift the stuff I need to clear Chapter 2 from there. This is a pretty impressive achievement.
“By the way, sir.”
Elijah crossed his arms and swung in front of me.
It’s a sulky look. Do you have something to say
“Did you do something strange again without telling me?”
“…uh. right.”
At Elijah’s words, Yuria also pauses and looks at me.
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Judging by the way her eyes wandered here and there, it was clear that she was paying a lot of attention to the words she had just said.
“There were a lot of people watching. Yes? Will the rumors spread?”
“…right.”
“Teacher. Do you remember the last time you apologized to me and said you’d do anything you want?”
“…”
It seems that it was.
Previously, when I went in with the back world and farmed Ectoplasm, this guy was very angry, so I made a promise.
But why are you saying that all of a sudden?
anxiously.
“Then I have two wish rights now, right?”
Seeing my expression, Elijah smiled mischievously and said so.
The expression was like that, but thanks to that, my anxiety was doubled.
“…what do you want me to do?”
“secret. I won’t do it twice, I’ll do it with one two request. Is that okay?”
Elijah, tongue-tied, giggled as he said that.
“I’ll tell you after the midterm exams, so please take good care of me then.”
“…After?”
At that time, I wondered if there was something like that.
Suddenly, something my family butler said earlier came to mind.
-Aren’t there other events happening soon due to timing? It will also make it easier to find a partner. I heard that the head of the household also met the hostess there…
…no.
please try that
If that’s true, I’ll have to drag this guy to our estate.
As I was breaking out in a cold sweat, Yuria sneakily raised her hand.
[I…]
“yes? why?”
[…I don’t think it would be strange if you just declared yourself the owner.]
“…”
[That might be better…?]
Elijah and I met eyes.
It was a tacit agreement not to pay attention to the letters floating on the side.
The boy coughed and opened his mouth.
“Anyway, sir. Are you acquainted with Marquis Kendride?”
“…? no?”
Marquess Kendride is the person in charge of Elijah’s adoptive father position.
One of the best paladins on the continent. Is there an opportunity to use it as a fellow character later in the game?
I remember her as a character whose unique ability to sustain combat was a combination of trained combat skills and high-level divine abilities.
“For things like that, the fighting method is very similar to that one.”
“okay?”
“Yes. He’s good at close combat, but he’s good at dealing with blessings, and knows how to hit everything in the right place. If Marquis himself saw it, he would be quite interested, right?”
“…tell me you don’t need it.”
Gideon and the Margrave of Kendride are famous among the great nobility for being close to each other.
If it hadn’t been for the intervention of the imperial family, it would have been enough to go through several wars long ago.
And, although it’s not formal with Gideon right now, it’s a quickie, but it’s a ‘teacher-teacher relationship’ anyway. You have to see your face on a regular basis.
The moment you get entangled with Marquis Kendride, it’s certain that a real mess will happen.
‘I wonder if Gideon is doing well.’
Right now, under my direction, he must be concentrating on training, shutting himself away somewhere.
If you go around there once… the growth at that time will be quite worth seeing. really.
“…Honestly, it’s already noticeable, but it seems like a matter of time.”
I try to ignore Elijah who mumbles like that and look ahead.
“Oh, we have arrived.”
A small stone building surrounded by blue hemispheres.
It is a sanctuary that announces the end of the midterm exam.
If you go inside and submit the necklace, the event is over.
‘…There’s no way it will end as it is.’
I look in front of you with a wry smile.
Considering the experience I’ve had so far, there’s no way it could end so peacefully inside me.
Midterms were always the starting point for something to happen in Sera. There were no exceptions.
“Why don’t you go in and stay still?”
“…no, let’s go.”
Of course, I still have to go.
Thinking so, I approached the sanctuary. As I pushed through the heavy stone door with my body, inside.
“…for a moment.”
Elijah said that in a panicked voice.
“What, what is this? Is this a test too? No, but what nonsense…!”
Because, inside, there was a person who was covered in blood all over.
It’s a terrible mockery. It’s almost as if someone deliberately tortured her.
“…”
and.
“…!”
As soon as I confirm ‘who’ this is, I feel my heart shrink.
This is someone I know. Unfortunately.
Why are you unhappy?
Because there was a person near me right now who should never have seen this person like this.
When I look around, YuRia is blankly staring at me.
blankly. continue.
without any light in the pupils.
As if the whole mind had collapsed.
“…sister?”
Then, instead of ‘letters’, an endlessly empty ‘voice’ flowed from Yuria at the same time.
A window popped up in front of me.
[ Main Quest ]〖 Chapter 2 – The Boy King 〗
[ Stop the runaway of the exorcism possessing the ‘curse of severance’! ]
[If ‘Lucien Greyhounder’ or ‘Yuria Greyhounder’ dies, it will fail! ]
[ Reward: 1 Echo of Sanctification ]
[ Reward: 1 Evil Seed ]
okay.
Then yes, fuck.
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