◈ Episode 012. Does it work? (1)
5 days later.
Early morning, Valhalla’s strength training room.
“Hehe… … Hehe… … .”
Kim Joo-hyuk, who was running at his best and looking at Choi Ah-rin who was spread out next to him, smiled and spoke.
“You said you trained a bit, but why do you want to die like that?”
In response to Kim Joo-hyuk’s question, Choi A-rin looked at him with a resentful expression and answered.
“you… … weird… … thing… … Sigh… … commonly… … Don’t do it like this-”
“I feel like I’m going to run out of breath while talking, so just take a breath and talk.”
Kim Joo-hyuk lightly waves his hand and sits down.
Choi A-rin took a breath for a while and then spoke with a strangely dissatisfied expression.
“You are strange. “It’s usually difficult to do this.”
“What do you mean normal? “Isn’t this what you have to do to fight monsters in the first place?”
Choi A-rin shook her head at Kim Joo-hyuk’s words.
“You can use magical power.”
“Aren’t you relying too much on magical power?”
“… … ?”
“What are you looking like you don’t understand?”
At Kim Joo-hyuk’s words, Choi A-rin seemed to be thinking about something, but then she slightly tilted her head and asked.
“Isn’t it obvious?”
“How can it be taken for granted?”
“You can use magical power to receive power from the constellations.”
“… … .”
At Choi A-rin’s words, Kim Joo-hyuk kept his mouth shut for a moment without realizing it and then nodded again.
“That’s what I thought.”
Tilt.
“what?”
Kim Joo-hyuk, who waved his hand for a moment in response to Choi Arin’s question, was once again reminded of the common sense of this world through her words and made a bewildered expression.
‘This is a world where it is taken for granted to rely on bastards who think they are constellations or something, without even thinking about developing their own power.’
No matter how much he thought about it, Kim Joo-hyuk thought that the common sense of this world was too foolish.
Of course, Kim Joo-hyuk also entered Valhalla and obtained a certain amount of information through classes inside the academy and external media, so he knew why they relied on the constellations in this way.
‘It’s fast growth… … .’
Fast growth.
To be precise, it is much easier to simply borrow and use other people’s power, without even calling it growth, so people in this world today are ignoring physical training and only raising their magical power.
And as proof, the only people in this spacious training room were Kim Joo-hyuk, Choi A-rin, and Oh Se-hyuk, who was quietly doing bench presses repeatedly in a corner.
‘That guy is smart in that respect.’
Kim Joo-hyuk turned his gaze to look at Oh Se-hyuk.
He is bench pressing with a weight that looks extremely heavy.
When they first met, Kim Joo-hyuk remembered that he was very arrogant, so when he saw that they were in the same class, I thought he would have trouble with his inferiority complex, but after being knocked down by Kim Joo-hyuk in one blow, Oh Se-hyuk did not show any signs of arrogance. did not
All I see of Kim Joo-hyuk is him always working out at the training center.
‘Well, it looks like that’s because they have physical talent in the first place.’
Even if it was because of their talent, they seemed a bit better than those who raised their magical power to borrow power from things called constellations.
From Kim Joo-hyuk’s point of view, this common sense seemed like nothing more than a vain attempt to wield power more conveniently and quickly.
‘Then what are you going to do if those constellations don’t lend you their power?’
That’s not all.
What if the fight lasts for more than a few days in a labyrinth or dungeon and all your magical power is depleted?
What if there is magic blocking in the labyrinth or dungeon in the first place?
‘It’s so damn vulnerable.’
Kim Joo-hyuk thought that and clicked his tongue, then suddenly turned his gaze to look at Choi A-rin.
“hey.”
“?”
“Why are you doing physical training?”
“… … ??”
You didn’t really open your mouth, but are you really asking this sincerely? Choi A-rin looks at him with an expression like this.
However, when Kim Joo-hyuk stared at him without saying anything, he soon spoke.
“… … “Because you told me to?”
“Is that the only reason?”
At Kim Joo-hyuk’s question, Choi A-rin’s eyes shook for a moment as if she was embarrassed, but she quickly nodded and answered.
“huh. “I said you would let me know if I do this.”
At Choi Arin’s words, Kim Joo-hyuk nodded with a strange expression and then opened his mouth as if he understood.
“First of all, today ends here.”
“… … “Aren’t you going?”
“I’m going to add one more set. Do you want to do it too?”
“… … .”
Seeing Choi A-rin’s eyes tremble for a moment at Kim Joo-hyuk’s words, he smiled and waved his hand.
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t. Besides, shouldn’t you be getting ready for school soon?”
At Kim Joo-hyuk’s words, Choi Arin nodded with a somewhat relieved expression and left the gymnasium with the words, “See you later.”
“Huuuk-huuuk-”
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Kim Joo-hyuk’s physical training started with him.
[Shouldn’t you prepare soon too?]
Kim Joo-hyuk responded to Barce’s voice, which he heard after running for a while.
‘It won’t take long anyway, so just do this and move on.’
As a result of spending a few days with Barce, Kim Joo-hyuk is now able to communicate with him just by conveying his thoughts rather than speaking vocally.
[Did you say Choi Arin? You definitely have eyes to see. I can’t believe you said that after looking at your Tao.]
‘I thought that was fascinating too, so I thought I’d tell you a little bit about it. Rather, the more I talked about this place, the more fascinating it became.’
[What are you talking about?]
‘The constellations. ‘What on earth are these bastards?’
[First of all, I am a constellation, but I have been trapped for 300 years, so I don’t know anything about the constellations.]
‘From top to bottom, it’s not helpful.’
Barce shrugged his shoulders at Kim Joo-hyuk’s bitter words.
[That can’t be helped. To begin with, it was like being locked in solitary confinement in a prison for 300 years, so what do you want?]
‘Why is the answer a bit harsh?’
[Dep… … ?]
When Kim Joo-hyuk gets a little irritated, Barce immediately collapses.
[…] … Hmm, anyway, if you take me along with the second condition, I might think of something. Isn’t that right?]
‘That’s why it hasn’t been destroyed yet.’
After hearing Kim Joo-hyuk’s words, Barce remained silent for a while and then quickly changed the topic.
[Still, it’s definitely surprising. Has it already been 5 days since that incident?]
‘What is the fifth day?’
[Those guys who cheated on you.]
‘Oh, them?’
[Honestly, I thought it would cause harm in some way, but surprisingly, there was nothing said.]
Kim Joo-hyuk chuckled and responded to Barce’s words, recalling five days ago.
‘Did I tell you? ‘I can’t do anything anyway.’
Kim Joo-hyuk has never been to school, but he saw a lot of people like that in the dirty and ugly industry 300 years ago.
They are idiots who try to suppress those who are weaker than them, but are unable to move against those who are stronger.
In addition, the mindset of never losing what you have.
At least in Kim Joo-hyuk’s opinion, Relic was a guy who didn’t deviate too much from that human image.
‘If you tell me you’ve been fooled, you’ll have a lot to lose.’
Therefore, rather than thinking about Relic, Kim Joo-hyuk was thinking about the future.
‘What kind of guy is he?’
It was safe to say that there was no reason for the Relic gang and Kim Joo-hyuk to become involved.
Nevertheless, the fact that Reric deliberately came to him and started a fight meant that someone had instigated him behind his back.
‘… … Who is it?’
However, Kim Joo-hyuk could not easily identify the people who instigated Relic.
‘… … ‘There are more than one person who cursed at me.’
After two weeks of entering Valhalla, he gradually disappeared, but at first, there were many people who came to Kim Joo-hyuk and returned after being scolded, so he couldn’t easily pinpoint someone.
‘The best thing is to ask that gangster… … .’
To be honest, the guy who instigated it was a shame, but it was too much of a hassle to mess around like that, and above all, it was a waste of time, so Kim Joo-hyuk decided to just move on.
‘Well, if I tease you, they’ll attack me again.’
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Virtual combat experience room.
Liliya, one of Valhalla’s senior instructors and a calm woman who specializes in the subject of ‘labyrinth monsters’, had a reputation as a very strict instructor to the academy students.
Unlike other instructors who give the test a little more leeway, she takes the test very thoroughly and cuts the score mercilessly.
Also, the bribes that some other instructors secretly received did not work for her.
Anyway, although she is very thorough, Liliya, who is not well-received by others for that reason, was looking at Kim Joo-hyuk, who was standing in front of her, with an expression of bewilderment.
The reason she is making an absurd expression.
It was because of the written exam she took last week.
“… … “Student Kim Joo-hyuk, are you sure you took the test correctly?”
“Are you sure you saw it correctly?”
“Even like this?”
Liliya held up a test paper with a lot of slashes in front of Kim Joo-hyuk.
And the score was written on the hatched test paper.
0 points.
However, Kim Joo-hyuk looked at his test paper and said.
“yes. “Are you sure you saw it correctly?”
At those words, Liliya closed her mouth with an expression of bewilderment.
To be honest, no matter how thorough she was, it was because this subject was very important to students, and she did not ask for a high grade on the surprise written exam.
In fact, the students’ scores were not good.
‘But that doesn’t mean 0 points… … !’
Liliya frowned and read Kim Joo-hyuk’s test paper.
What is the most effective way to deal with the labyrinth monster stone goblin?
(Put a knife on the stomach.)
You find 8 jungle goblins charging towards you in a straight labyrinth. What is the right thing to do then?
(He stabs those who run in with one blow.)
“under!”
If there had been a slightly more normal answer written other than these, Liliya would not have bothered to point it out and would have told me all the characteristics of the monsters on today’s test and even demonstrated how to deal with them.
Okay, except for this.
“… … “Are you trying to mess with me now?”
Instructor Liliya opens her mouth angrily.
Despite seeing her white eyes frown mercilessly, Kim Joo-hyuk still answered calmly.
“I wasn’t kidding.”
“… … “The most effective way to deal with a stone goblin is to stab it in the stomach?”
“yes. “Can I send you to one room?”
“… … Stone Goblin’s anti-magic power is officially ranked B+. This means that regular sword techniques don’t work. “But you’re going to put a knife in my stomach?”
“yes.”
At Kim Joo-hyuk’s answer, Liliya brushed off her white short hair as if she was dumbfounded and adjusted the remote control she was holding.
Grumble, growl, growl!
The stone goblin created with him.
After seeing the stone goblin, which did not fit the term goblin and had a height similar to that of an average adult male, Liliya immediately gestured at Kim Ju-ryeok.
“Try it.”
“yes?”
“Try it. If you can do everything written on this test, we will correct your score. Or can’t you?”
At Liliya’s words, Kim Joo-hyuk scratched his head, shrugged his shoulders, picked up a sword that was placed next to the experience room, and approached the stone goblin.
And looking at that, she frowned.
‘The keeper of the house is.’
She had also heard about Kim Joo-hyuk.
The student who is currently causing a lot of talk among Valhalla instructors is said to have caught all 120 monsters that instructor Kim Yi-gun had summoned to suppress him.
However, she did not think that Kim Joo-hyuk would catch the stone goblin by stabbing it in the stomach.
120 monsters. Kim Joo-hyuk may have caught them because he was a natural genius, but killing a stone goblin by stabbing it in the stomach made no sense.
In addition to having anti-magic power, in the case of contractors who handle swords, attacks do not work well unless the magic power is higher than that of a Class A contractor, so the stone goblin is used to deal with them with striking weapons.
I was definitely thinking that.
Sigh! Kkkkkk!
“Is it okay?”
“… … ?”
Liliya made a dumbfounded expression as she watched the stone goblin disappear with a hole in its stomach.
