I’m the only magic tower owner Chapter 13

I’m the only magic tower owner episode 013

I went to school at the academy.

During the morning’s monster theory class, I dozed off for almost the entire time and didn’t wake up until lunch time.

“……Hey, Kim Yu-shin.”

Han Yun-jeong, who was walking next to me, frowned and spoke to me.

“What’s wrong with you these days? You’re usually so stubborn, but now you snore in class?”

“……Did I even snore?”

“Yes! Do you know how many times I’ve woken you up next to me?”

I scratched my head.

It’s a bit embarrassing. I’m not the type to snore, but it seems like the fatigue accumulated from clearing the ordeal exploded all at once.

“I’m sorry. I haven’t been able to sleep well these days.”

“Ha, why can’t I sleep? What do you want to do at night?”

Instead of answering, I smiled strangely. Han Yun-jeong flinched and stopped speaking, then glared at her with eyes full of contempt.

“……Miss, you’ve been so dirty since the morning.”

“You haven’t said anything yet?”

“Oh, shut up. I made you work hard in the morning, so you buy the food?”

The two of us entered the student cafeteria, ordered a reasonable menu, and sat down at the empty seats.

“What did you order?”

“Is there anything to eat here other than pork cutlet?”

“I see.”

She nodded and patted her shoulder tiredly. I sat down across from her and looked around her.

People who were spying on me in the restaurant turned their heads in surprise.

Why are they like this?

At that time, Han Yun-jeong sighed softly.

“I can clearly feel that your stock price has risen these days. At the same time, I am also tired.”

“What happened?”

“Don’t even talk about it. Kids keep coming to me because of what happened in Mana Management class. What’s the secret and how did I do it? I don’t know why they keep asking me, really.”

That’s worth knowing. Just know.

“So aren’t you curious about the secret?”

“not really.”

She replied bitterly.

“If you tell me, I won’t be able to follow you.”

Umm.

Han Yun-jeong feels like her self-esteem has decreased significantly these days.

She was the one who congratulated me on my change more sincerely than anyone else, but my feelings must be complicated because it was like a friend who had been through hardships and hardships with me at the bottom, but had to rise up alone as her unique abilities changed.

I quickly changed the topic before the mood got cold.

“I have one more thing to ask you.”

“What?”

“Did you know that you should advance in first grade?”

Go ahead.

He was the first person that came to mind the moment I heard the word potion preparation.

I’ve seen her status window with her detection ability before, and it was quite impressive, so I still remember it clearly. She predicts that her unique ability will go well with her potion preparation.

Han Yun-jeong thought for a moment and clapped her hands.

“Ah! That first-year student in the student council! Why? Are you interested?”

“I just have some personal business to attend to.”

It’s not fun. After muttering that, she leaned back against the backrest.

“Actually, I only know the name. I don’t know the details because we only exchanged greetings a few times while passing by.”

“Then there’s nothing we can do.”

“But he doesn’t have a very good reputation among women.”

“……why?”

Han Yun-jeong smiled strangely.

“It’s not a good idea to talk behind people’s backs here. Find out the rest yourself.”

* * *

After a quick meal at the student cafeteria, Yunjeong Han and I parted ways since we were in different classes.

I have some time left, so I’m walking with the intention of staying in the school library.

“Kim Yu-shin!”

I ran into a guy who was clinking and calling my name.

That tall person with a mousse and pomade hair style could be recognized even from afar.

“Oh, is that too much?”

“You sound like you’re exaggerating. Am I your friend?”

Then we’re friends, we’re the same age.

The name of this obnoxious guy is Ko Shin-wook. He is the second-year student representative and everyone just calls him ‘exaggerated’.

He has two friends behind him like henchmen, but um, sorry, I can’t remember their names.

“What.”

“……Are you feeling a bit out of sorts these days?”

Ko Shin-wook, who spat on the roadside, came closer. I think that’s the one who’s being left out.

In fact, there is a reason why Ko Shin-wook is so openly disapproving. This school was a little special.

“I’m just being rude because I’m busy. Did you sign up for the early graduation exam?”

“uh.”

“You speak frankly. Who are you to sign up for that test?”

I did something and it turned out to be because of that.

I thought it would explode at some point, but it happened faster than I expected.

“I understand that anyone is eligible to participate?”

“Even so, it’s not a good test for someone who is failing at it! How dare you apply for a subject that you’re at risk of failing, let alone graduating from?”

Early graduation exam.

It is literally an exam that allows you to pass the entire 4-year academy curriculum and immediately receive a diploma and hunter license.

The content of the exam is always set to be ‘interpersonal’. There are only five people accepted.

For this reason, it has become customary for all students to apply only to those with some level of recognition within the school.

Since the subject of the test is interpersonal competition, there is little chance that ordinary students will succeed through luck.

“To put it bluntly, what have you shown me at this school?”

Ko Shin-wook said irritably.

“Just because a useless second-year student applied for the graduation exam, pressure comes right from above! They say I’m being criticized for not managing the kids properly!”

“Are you still getting beaten up by your seniors?”

When Go Shin-wook got angry and tried to rush in, his friends behind him quickly stopped him. He kept his mouth shut, wondering if he was telling me to hold on or if he was going to leave soon. Only then did Go Shin-wook swallow his anger, pretending not to be able to control it.

… … This isn’t a cheap sitcom. Since it’s annoying, I’ll just skip straight to the point.

“Cancel the test when I say good things. What kind of person is this without qualifications…”

“Then you can try it.”

“……what?”

“Check with your own eyes whether you are qualified or not.”

Ko Shin-wook’s eyes turned red.

“Are you seriously talking right now?”

“Isn’t it cleaner for both parties that way?”

I pointed to the gym building.

“Let’s give it a try.”

* * *

Certainly, the Hunter Academy I attend is one of the strangest educational facilities on Earth.

First of all, the fact that it is an educational facility built by the ‘Korea Hunter Association President’, who is said to be the greatest idiot on earth, gives off a dangerous smell.

In fact, the purpose of its establishment is quite plausible.

In the early days of Overlay, before the concept of a hunter was fully established, young people in their 20s who were not scouted by guilds claimed to be freelancers and engaged in excessive monster hunting.

As youth mortality became a social problem, the president of the association established an academy to manage new players.

The academy not only provides training to become professional hunters, but also organizes parties of students and sends them on business trips to dungeons. In reality, it is a concept close to a ‘hunter guild’ that also serves as a school.

Well, it’s not bad up to this point. However, what is problematic is the school culture of the academy.

The omnipotence of ability.

Here, ‘skill’ is everything. Seeing as the current student council president is a first-year student, all is said and done.

Benefits and dungeon travel opportunities are provided differently depending on students’ skills, and treatment and discrimination based on skills is overly blatant.

There is even a system called ‘Duel’ in the name of clarifying the skills between students.

To put it simply, students can fight each other and take away all of the other person’s privileges and positions.

A system that blatantly encourages competition among students.

Of course, this system gave rise to numerous ills and controversies.

Reporters tried to make this issue an issue by forming negative public opinion, such as encouraging hunters to become private soldiers in a supposedly educational facility, or causing psychological deprivation in low-performing students… … .

Each time, the president of the Toray Association gave a single remark.

‘Why are you making such an uproar when it’s a school I built with my own money?’

In an era where hunters were military power, the power of the president of the association was such that it could make even a flying bird fall.

In the end, thanks to that crazy person’s unwavering stubbornness, the academy’s crazy system is still maintained to this day.

As a result, dueling has become a part of the culture among students, and guilds that want to hire students also pay attention to students’ dueling records, and now their own system has become established.

Ko Shin-wook and I also entered the gym and were warming up for that very duel.

There were more than ten sports-related facilities on the academy’s large grounds, and all of them were places where duels were possible.

“Don’t worry about it later.”

Ko Shin-wook grinned as he put on the Mana suit.

“How do you fight with the ability to see the status window?”

“You’re just crazy.”

The subordinates also said something one by one. I was ignoring all this bullshit and looking at Ko Shin-wook’s status window.

Name: Go Shin-wook

Unique Ability: Rotational Acceleration

Personal characteristics: [Fighting Lv.3] [Mobile Forces Lv.2] [Excessive Greed Lv.2]

Main stats: [Strength 48] [Magic Power 35] [Activity 29] [Stamina 25]

Special abilities: [Intimidation 2] [Resistance 1]

Total ability score: [140]

‘He has some skills.’

A person who is in charge of the second year class at an academy that focuses on universal ability. At least in the second year, he can be said to be a high-level performer.

So, if we just defeat this guy, we’ll almost completely defeat the second year students… … .

“Hey, Kim Yu-shin.”

Ko Shin-wook, wearing a full Mana suit, approached.

“I plan on risking not only my chief position, but all of my privileges and sponsorships on this duel. Shouldn’t you also risk something?”

“Okay. What should we do?”

The corner of the guy’s mouth rose.

“Tomorrow, what about the conditions of not showing up to school?”

… … Look at this guy?

He must know that I have been truant recently.

“Actually, if you lose, you’ll be expelled.”

Ko Shin-wook just chuckled and did not answer. Yes, he will do whatever he wants.

“I’m just going to get expelled from school.”

“Hahaha! Why is this kid acting like this all of a sudden? Have you really lived a full life?”

At that moment, a facility employee approached me, rubbing his sleepy eyes.

“Then you roughly reached an agreement, right?”

“yes.”

“yep.”

Naturally, violent events can occur when children fight among themselves, so duels must be observed by staff to be effective.

The large screen attached to the gym wall displayed our student ID photos and the durability of our mana suits.

The rules are simple. Whoever reduces the durability of this suit to 0 first wins.

“Both of you, increase the distance between you. Okay, stop there. You know the rules of the battle because you’ve heard them ad nauseam, right? Let’s start right away.”

An employee tampered with the signal. A buzzer sounded, signaling the start of the duel.

As the duel began, Ko Shin-wook released the joy he had been suppressing.

“Kyahaha! Now you can’t even take it out! I’ll make you regret it! Kim Yu-shin!”

What he took out was a chakram-shaped weapon with a hollow center.

As I put it on my finger and started to spin it, the rotation began to accelerate.

Kiiiiiiiing!

As the rotation became faster, a blade made of mana protruded from the chakram’s body. Now, even though the guy’s fingers were still, the weapon itself was spinning furiously.

I was standing there with my arms crossed and watching.

‘Ah. ‘Are you watching?’

-Yes, top owner. I’m watching.

Ea’s calm voice rang in my head.

Just hearing her voice was quite reassuring. It felt like we were fighting together, not alone.

‘It’s my first debut match. ‘Please analyze the other person.’

-All right. Player Go Shin-wook’s unique ability is rotational acceleration. In particular, it is a long-distance attack style that uses a special weapon made by weaving Mitora’s tendons with added rotation.

Hmm, it’s a long-distance attack style.

-Unique abilities that have been determined to be capable of combat, weapons made from by-products of monsters, and even the application of unique abilities through magical power. This is the most standard hunter style in the world.

‘How should I deal with him?’

Her voice cut off for a moment and then came again.

-question.

“Dude!”

Ko Shin-wook sent out two chakrams rotating at high speed.

I checked the direction of the projectile and deployed the shield in the air.

Wow! Empty!

The chakram that hit the shield bounced off easily and fell to the floor. A dumbfounded sound came out of the mouth of Ko Shin-wook, who was watching with his triumphant face.

-Top owner’s expected win rate is 99%. No matter how you fight, the top owner wins, so I wonder if there is a need to find a strategy.

… … haha. Was it something like that?

“W-what did you just do!”

Ko Shin-wook was embarrassed and shouted loudly.

“How did you stop it with your detection ability?”

“It’s not an ability, it’s magic.”

Ko Shin-wook’s face turned bright red, as if he thought I was teasing him.

“And the techniques you use.”

I pointed to the chakram that was stuck and spinning helplessly on the floor.

“It looks threatening on the outside, but have you taken any measures against armor?”

“……what?”

“You’ll be able to easily cut down those rank monsters you’re dealing with now, but you’ll have a hard time later when dealing with naturally strong monsters or ones wearing armor. It would be better to focus more on rotational power with the magic added to the blade.”

“now……”

Go Shin-wook was enraged and spread his arms like wings.

“Who is giving advice to whom?”

click! click! A small circular blade was caught on each finger, and it started rotating at the same time.

“receive……!”

puck! puck!

The inner mana arrows that had already been cast and flew away were lodged in Ko Shin-wook’s thighs one by one. The guy’s expression contorted in pain, and the rotating circular knife fell to the floor.

“And more than anything, the attack is so slow. Who can wait for that thing to spin around?”

“#$$#&^#%!”

Ko Shin-wook was so enraged that he even foamed at the mouth.

Well, I still understand how this guy feels. He is a second-year classmate, and his opponent is Kim Yu-shin, an inferior student who would not be surprised if he got fired from the academy at any time. He must have been so shocked as he looked down on me.

“I will somehow destroy your face!”

Ko Shin-wook took out a medium-sized chakram, gave it a slight spin, and sent it flying at a fast tempo. Of course, as the speed increased, the power decreased, and it was inevitably blocked by my shield summoned in the air.

The same goes for subsequent attacks.

Ko Shin-wook was panting and attacking, but the chakrams could not penetrate my shield and just piled up on the floor.

‘Even my second-year counterpart is easy now.’

It hasn’t been long since I experienced the nightmarish Cube.

While blocking the Mana Arrows coming at me from all directions, trying to kill me, trying to block such an obvious and slow projectile makes me yawn.

When I really pretended to yawn, his face turned red as if it was going to explode. He’s a guy worth teasing.

“Kimyushiyiyin!”

The guy finally pulled out his secret weapon. He blocked his path with a huge disk that covered his entire body and began to spin.

“Shinwook! Back! Back!”

Ko Shin-wook quickly turned his head back at his friends’ words.

I foolishly took advantage of the opportunity to block my view and quickly went to the side of the guy.

The guy who was gritting his teeth suddenly threw away the disc and jumped at me. A handful of magical energy swirled like a whirlpool in the guy’s grasp.

“Do you think you can beat me in close combat!”

puck!

My Mana Arrow, fired in the air, stuck in its heel. As I leisurely took advantage of Go Shin-wook’s loss of balance, I raised my fist wearing gauntlet magic.

“You talk too much.”

Enjoying the mixture of surprise and fear on his face, I thrust out my right arm.

Baaaaaaaaaa!

Blue sparks flew out in all directions. The guy’s ugly face was crushed like a can, and he fell to the floor with the force of the force.

Coooooo!

A loud crash sound echoed through the gym.

“Huh…”

“Shinwook!”

Ko Shin-wook stretched out, and his friends ran out making a fuss. Then I heard EA’s voice.

-warning. When using magic against people other than monsters, more careful power control is required.

… … That’s right. I thought I was able to control my strength, but the power is no joke.

As I clenched and unclenched my fists, I turned my head and looked at the facility staff.

He looked back and forth between the fallen Ko Shin-wook and me, then checked the suit gauge one last time.

Kim Yu-shin: 1,000/1,000

Shinwook Ko: 0/1, 000

“The game is over! The winner is Kim Yu-shin, a sophomore.”

Needless to say, it was a complete victory.

“……Aaagh!”

Meanwhile, Ko Shin-wook was rolling around on the floor and complaining of pain.

As I approached him slowly, he stepped back with an expression as if he had seen a ghost. I said with a grin as I squatted down in front of him.

“Then shall we settle the account?”

fantasy,