Admission is a waste of time (38)
Lesson 9. Learning martial arts – 3
Ban Yu-won kept circulating his dizziness while washing his body and changing his clothes.
As it circulated through his body, his body got hotter and his dizziness evaporated little by little, but since the amount that would naturally recover was also that much, it was possible to circulate it indefinitely as long as he remained conscious.
‘I could increase the amount of circulating vertigo, but I’m afraid I’ll run out of magic power when I really need it, so let’s stop.’
However, circulating dizziness like this had several other additional effects besides consuming magical power and training the body.
The most representative of these was the strength of strengthening the body to a much greater extent than simply activating magical power.
In addition to the permanent training effect, it also had an excellent body strengthening effect, so I simply cheered on Teacher Dokgo Yeon.
‘And… … my five senses seem to have become much more sensitive.’
I’ve always felt that my senses become more acute when my magic powers are activated, but the dizziness was special.
No… … Rather, it seemed as if this might be Hyun-ki’s main ability rather than permanently training or temporarily strengthening the body.
In particular, the amplification effect of Mandok-an and Mancheong-i, which were originally special as part of the power called Babylonia Code, was truly great.
You can hear things you couldn’t hear before, and see things you couldn’t see before in detail.
‘Could it be that you anticipated this and taught me the Hyeonshin technique…?’
And if that’s true, then Ban Yu-won really did Dokgo Yeon a favor that couldn’t be repaid with just a small gift.
He looked at Dokgoyeon with suspicious eyes, but all he got in return was a vague smile.
Meanwhile, Light and Ruchel, who had been gulping while watching Ban Yu-won’s training, tried to act calm and greet him only after Ban Yu-won cleaned himself and put on his clothes again.
“Are you going to upload this video?”
“Are you crazy?”
“I think there will be a lot of views… … .”
Ruchel, this girl hasn’t even been in a fight, so why does her hair look darker?
Ban Yu-won had a lot to say to Ruchel, who was speaking with a red face, but Dokgo Yeon stepped in and spoke on his behalf.
“It’s not something you can tell just by looking, but try to hide the fact that you’ve been taught martial arts. … … Why are you looking at me with those eyes, beast?”
“Nothing, no.”
“I wish you could get stronger, Ban.”
No matter how much he looks at it, Ruchel can sense that the martial arts that Ban Yu-won learned are not ordinary, and is wary of Dokgo Yeon. Light, on the other hand, doesn’t think highly of the martial arts itself, as can be seen from the slip of the tongue he made to Dokgo Yeon during the entrance ceremony, and just passes it over, thinking, “It must be a good technique for the body.”
Dokgo Yeon chuckled at the contrasting attitudes of the two people and urged Ban Yu-won on.
“Then let’s find a way to get to Room 6. Even though I’ve decided to take my time on this exploration, I don’t like staying in Room 5 all day.”
“Now that I think about it, I think it’s almost time for lunch.”
“I didn’t know I could even dream until I moved to Room 6.”
“No, this isn’t the military and they have to regulate the food like this.”
Ban Yu-won, urged by his group, set out in earnest to find the final destination of this maze.
His improved eyesight took effect right here and there.
Since we can see more things at once and distinguish them in more detail, it is only natural that we can discover and analyze language concepts faster… … .
“hmm……?”
As expected, Ban Yu-won quickly found the way to Room 6 and stopped himself from leading the group there.
While the concept of a path leading from the common area they were in to Room 6 was clearly visible, another concept was faintly visible buried in the opposite wall.
Whether it was coincidence or fate, if it weren’t for my heightened eyesight due to dizziness, I wouldn’t have been able to find it.
“A shortcut… …?”
If you add the character 捷 (fast) in front of a road, it means a shortcut.
When Ban Yu-won approached the wall to check, he found that there were tiny cracks in it, and the gaps were filled with imaginary images, disguising themselves as a normal wall.
I could say with certainty that if it weren’t for his presence, no one would have discovered this.
“where.”
He sucked up all the strings of illusions.
Concepts that seemed somewhat rebellious at first were pulled out and absorbed in an instant the moment he displayed strong will.
[Absorbs 50 illusions.]
“50?! Did you turn 50?”
Of course, it was pulled out from the entire giant wall, but even so, it was still a great depth gain of 50 in one breath.
This means that the existence of the concubine was kept completely hidden.
Ban Yu-won shrugged his shoulders at Eve’s gesture of biting his forearm as he tried to insert it into the code core.
“You want this too?”
“Sishit.”
“Okay, eat lots and grow tall.”
I tried to give her all the concepts, but Eve was only able to absorb up to 20.
It seemed that the guy’s level was still low and the amount of concepts he could absorb was reaching its limit.
‘That’s not too much to ask. I learned the concept from the elite I caught last time… … I fed the division to Eve too.’
Eve, realizing that her powers were insufficient to consume all the illusory concepts, started to cry with a feverish hiss and her fighting spirit burned.
Ban Yu-won smiled bitterly, having a feeling that Eve would be more active than him in the next room, but Ruchel grabbed the arm that Eve wasn’t wrapping around.
“Half, this… … !”
The illusion collapsed and what appeared was a staircase leading upward.
Since the tower originally had no clear distinction between rooms and other rooms, and progress could only be determined by the shift that occurred, it was difficult to find a structure that so blatantly hinted at an ascent.
However, it wasn’t that there was nothing at all.
The textbook also stated that you could skip multiple rooms if you met certain conditions.
“It seems like a shortcut. Is it because the difficulty level was that high?”
“I thought about this last week, but I think our exploration is very different from a typical exploration.”
“Thanks to that, the video is popular among academy students as well.”
Honestly, if you were to film an ordinary exploration that any Academy student would have experienced, only outsiders would find it entertaining, and who in the Academy would find it entertaining?
This video of a freshman going up against monsters, traps, and elite monsters at a level that is hard to believe is the beginning of a tower, so it is getting a good response.
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More than half of them are probably thinking, ‘Wow, video editing is awesome!’
“So what are you going to do?”
Ban Yu-won turned towards the group from the stairs and asked an obvious question.
Of course, the answer I got back was also obvious.
“Of course I should go.”
“It’s nothing new that the difficulty level is increasing.”
“song.”
I saw a unanimous vote.
The group, led by Eve, who had transformed into a shield just in case, began to climb the stairs briskly.
There were a few minor attacks while climbing the stairs, but they were limited to bats that had been stuck at the back of the stairs.
“Eww!”
“Light, you’ll fall if you do that.”
“This is really pathetic. Can’t you even react to that one thing?”
And Light, without the Holy Sword, has finally been recognized as being worse than Ban Yu-won.
It seems like I was able to move my body quite well even without the Holy Sword yesterday, but when I actually entered the tower, my movements became slower and slower the further I went!
“I’ve always fought with a sword. It’s inevitable that I’m a little nervous!”
“some?”
“Ah, room 6.”
As Dokgoyeon was reacting to Light’s excuse, Ruchel suddenly muttered.
Before they knew it, the surroundings had become dark and there was nothing visible to the naked eye except the stairs they were climbing.
“It doesn’t seem like a shift has occurred?”
“This staircase itself might be a shift. What are you doing, Light? Aren’t you going to walk quickly?”
“I said I wasn’t scared!”
“Who said what?”
The stairs were still continuing, so the group continued moving without stopping.
Now even the bats don’t show up.
It felt like I was crawling into the darkness.
“Room 7.”
This time it was Light’s voice.
Even though I wasted a lot of time in Room 5, I ended up skipping two rooms in one go.
But more importantly, the stairs weren’t over yet.
“More than three rooms at once… …?”
“It might not be three.”
At Light’s voice, which was muttering in shock, Dokgo Yeon raised his head and looked up at the stairs that continued on, responding as if talking to himself.
Her smooth, deer-like neck was emphasized, and Ban Yu-won, who had been absentmindedly looking at it, quickly controlled his gaze.
“What kind of shortcut did you find, Ban Yu-won?”
“I didn’t know it would be such an amazing short cut.”
In fact, I had expected that this would be an unusual path since the depth of the illusion that was hiding this secret route was 50.
“Wasn’t it in the textbook? The shortcut is definitely a huge stroke of luck, but the difficulty of the next room increases as you skip the room.”
“I think I also saw something that said that it’s easy to expect compensation.”
“Our exploration is already difficult enough. And if we have to pay an additional price for skipping three rooms… … .”
“Then the compensation would be better.”
Dokgo Yeon laughed in response to Light’s indirect appeal to let him use the Holy Sword.
Ban Yu-won also smiled kindly and took care of her.
“It’s okay, Light. As long as you don’t get involved with any Irregulars, it’s not a big deal if you die.”
“Baaaaan… … .”
“Don’t hang on, my friend.”
Light’s obsession with the Holy Sword is very similar to Gollum’s obsession with the One Ring.
By this point, not only Ban Yu-won, but also the other members of Class 11 had an inkling that there was something wrong with his contract with the Holy Sword.
“Wouldn’t it be better if we just broke it? It’s clear that the basics aren’t rotten.”
“Stop talking nonsense… … !”
Light covers his chest in horror at the words, “I’ll break it.”
Ban Yu-won realized that it was a gesture to cover the necklace he was wearing.
‘I guess the key is that necklace.’
Not yet, but one day soon, all of his secrets will be known.
I turned my head, determined to deal with it, when I suddenly realized that the number on my pendant had increased by one.
“Room 8.”
“As expected, it’s continuing.”
“That’s ridiculous, you’re skipping four rooms?!”
Light trembles.
When he is not holding the Holy Sword, his overall mental status also declines!
As Ban Yu-won was teasing him by saying that he was as cute as a newborn fawn, Ruchel suddenly grabbed his arm tightly.
“Ruchel, you don’t have to use my arm as a means of communication… … .”
“Right next, enemy.”
Her voice was stiff and strained.
Her hair, which had now turned nearly half black, hinted at her condition.
More than anything, she clung to his body so tightly that it felt like heaven and hell were crashing down on him at the same time!
“Ruchel, sleep… … .”
“Enemy, Irregular… …! It’s just like that time!”
“Just calm down, I understand!”
“Kruk, krururuk… … !”
No matter how much I tried to calm her down with words, it was impossible.
In the end, Ban Yu-won resorted to a rather forceful means, wrapping Eve, who had turned into a chain, around Ruchel’s body, who was clinging to him and pulling at her as if she was going to tear off her arm.
“Krrr… … Huh, haaaaaah.”
Soon, Ruchel, who had lost all energy, leaned her cheek on Ban Yu-won’s shoulder and slumped down.
Ban Yu-won shook his head as he faced Light and Dokgo-yeon, who looked at him as if he were a criminal.
“No, it wasn’t my fault. I’m telling you, he really did attack me.”
“You’re mistaken, Ban Yu-won. I wasn’t looking at you, I was just fed up with that beast’s courting behavior.”
“Me too… … . I know that Ban is not the type of man to commit such a rude act.”
I feel like crying at the faith my classmates show!
“By the way, it’s Room 9, so it’s like this. Well, it’s obvious, if that’s the case.”
“yes.”
Light nodded in agreement with Dokgo Yeon’s words.
“Room 10 is a rest area.”
“That’s right. I don’t think we’ll be able to move to the rest area right away.”
There are several rules within the tower.
If I had to pick an absolute rule, it would be that ‘there is a rest area for every 10 rooms.’
There are some patterns to this rest area, such as a jackpot or a flop, but the important thing is that monsters never appear.
So, the parties of students who challenge the tower often use 10 rooms as the unit of difficulty.
“And you said that elite monsters have a high probability of appearing in Room 9.”
“Based on what we’ve experienced so far, it’s almost always true.”
“No, no.”
Ruchel, who was leaning against Ban Yu-won and catching her breath, shook her head and said.
“Irregular. Irregular.”
“If it’s the same irregularity as last time, then the constellation… …?”
also?
But what wasn’t so surprising was that I had already heard something similar in Professor Zeno’s class this Tuesday.
It is said that once a person is approached by a constellation, the probability of other constellations approaching them increases.
In other words, the Ban Yu-won group is saying that from the moment they met the constellation, they will become entangled with other constellations.
“No matter what, it’s a bit… … to be harassed by the constellations every time I come in.”
“Phew.”
Dokgo Yeon let out a big sigh and said.
“Shall we eat first?”
“Yeah, that sounds better.”
When he finds out that an imminent battle awaits him, he reacts like that. As expected, Dokgo Yeon is no ordinary person.
As Ban Yu-won opened his inventory with a bitter smile, he heard Dokgo Yeon looking back at Light and saying something.
“Light, when you enter the room, bring your sword.”
“Okay… …! Now leave it all to me!”
“It really bothers me how your attitude changes so suddenly.”
Ban Yu-won had a similar feeling to Dokgo Yeon, but since Light was noticeably dead, he decided not to deliver the finishing blow.
