Chapter 334 – Tryouts (6)
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I was looking down from a mid-height building on a downtown field.
It hasn’t even been a week, but I’m kind of used to it now.
Well, even if it is impossible to memorize in detail, I am able to remember at least a building with characteristics like the building I am in now.
Since we started from a point where we didn’t even know each other’s location, it could be important if it was important to first occupy a place where we could secure a view this far.
‘Still, this is because he was filtered out.’
The guys I had dealt with before could easily spot them because they couldn’t hide their presence, but this time I couldn’t see if they were aware of the terrain.
Well, the guys who were seen openly on the street were a bit strange.
Currently, the evaluation to select 50 people is in progress. Simple one-on-one sparring.
Evaluate based on the contents of the battle. How you use the terrain, how accurate your attacks are, how much damage they do to the field, and so on.
Well, the most important thing is whether you win or lose, but since there is not enough time, not everyone can participate, so the evaluation items according to the content of the battle are inevitably important.
In fact, there is a method of selecting based on the existing rankings without the need for new measurement, but it is not reflected in the growth during the vacation, and I adopted this method after fighting in the city field.
Excluding the theoretical part, I evaluated only the actual field, so people who were different from the existing rankings came up higher than I thought.
Depending on the terrain, it works to someone’s advantage and to someone else’s disadvantage.
It’s not possible to judge who’s strong or weak simply by this, but he’ll be quite active in friendly matches.
‘I’ll have to wait and see.’
Being a melee type, I had no choice but to keep moving.
In this field, it is good to have a long-distance series to take the first shot.
In a place like a forest, it was difficult to detect even at close range, so even melee units could be ambush, but there were limited places where they could attack like that.
Even if you could hide inside the building, there were too many restrictions.
It might be a place like an alleyway, but in a place where the roads are well paved like this, you have no choice but to give the other person time to react.
Spreading the feeling, I moved to find the opponent, but nothing caught me.
‘Did you decide to hide?’
The opponent used long-range magic. They say don’t give time to wizards. Another characteristic of wizards was that the longer they prepared, the more scared they became.
As Da-eun did in the last survival evaluation, if you prepare trap magic around you in advance, the wizard is difficult even in close combat.
In other words, if you are not prepared, you are vulnerable in close combat.
That was also the reason Seo Ah-na and Da-eun, who could fight right away without any preparation, were highly evaluated.
‘Looks like they’re preparing in earnest.’
Ordinary people might not like hiding like this, but the evaluation criteria are different for current hunters.
Fighting in the most advantageous environment is the basic of a hunter.
[ Threat detected. ]
Suddenly, an arrow made of magical energy flew from behind. An attack aimed at an exquisite moment that cannot be avoided because it is moving in the air.
‘Is it the back?’
I poured magic power into the sword I was holding and struck it right away. It was an attack that came in secret, so it might have been hit right away if it hadn’t been a chatterbox.
However, with this, the position of the opponent was grasped.
I immediately started running in the direction the arrow was supposed to have landed.
Jumping in the air is difficult to adjust the position, so I jumped with my feet.
As I got closer to the building, I could clearly feel the magical energy. You locked the entrance very tightly.
Upon seeing me approach, the other person also began to use magic like mad.
The magic that flew ferociously, but compared to Seo-ah, the speed was disappointing.
‘Will I be hit by such a slow attack?’
It wasn’t a continuous attack like Seo-ah’s, so it wasn’t too hard to dodge or counter.
The bewildered face of the guy looking through the window.
Bona mana, trap magic must have been prepared on the first floor, but is there a need to go head-on?
I put on my blue mooncloth and ran straight to the window on the third floor where he was.
The moment the surroundings get dark and the moonlight shines, I arrive at the building where the guy was with the sound of breaking windows.
“Uh…Uh?”
At first, it felt like a wall, but it seems that glass windows have also been implemented.
I took one more step before he could react.
“It is against the law to come in like this!!!”
There are so many traps set at the entrance, but who’s going to go there?
I used magic belatedly, but it seems that it missed me because of the moonlight.
His magic that splits the air, his reaction was quick and his skills were good, but his opponent was bad.
“I’m sorry, but it’s in the back.”
__Kaang!!
The guy flew into the wall with a cheerful sound. I tried to reduce the shock as if I had used a shield, but that’s all.
Coughing, he collapsed.
“Gagging..”
[ “Stop. Let it go there.” ]
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“Is the skill you just used the swordsmanship you showed back then?”
“What’s wrong?”
“It must be difficult for long-distance hunters to react to hiding and moving at once.”
“Okay?”
“There is also a reason my grandfather acknowledged it.”
Park Hye-ji, who was appreciating my match, gave an impression about how long he would mention it.
It’s not a bad technique, but it won’t work on you, and so on.
Park Hye-ji has already been confirmed as a 50-man, Seo-ah and Da-eun have yet to hear the results in the field that looks the same as here.
Well, at least both would have passed, but when I sat in the bleachers, I saw Minji’s face checking the equipment with a nervous expression.
“Minji, fighting!”
“Shut up. Fool!”
Min-ji sighs deeply and moves to the waiting area, and her opponent is Kim Chul-soo, coincidentally.
I didn’t know that guy would come this far.
I felt something staring at her, so I turned her head to find Park Hye-ji looking at me with her subtle face.
“Why?”
“No. You look friendly.”
“Who. With Minji?”
“Yes. With Kang Min-ji.”
“Because we’ve been together for a year. Minji is my first year partner.”
She is also a partner in a different sense, but it’s deeper than a partner, so it can’t be called a partner.
Anyway, it’s normal to be close to Minji, who I’ve always been with since my bottom days.
“Is that so?”
“Why. Any problem?”
“No. I’m just curious. I change partners often, so I’m not very close.”
“Did you run away because of you?”
“Wh-what are you talking about? I just quit because I didn’t have enough skills.”
“Ehh?”
Well, since Da-eun’s partner also quit midway, it wasn’t too strange.
No matter how great Daehan Academy is, it’s meaningless if you can’t keep up with the classes.
In addition, the hunter is a high-risk job with good pay, isn’t it?
Whether it’s fighting monsters or villains, you have to risk your life to fight, but it’s not good to force yourself to hold on to something you can’t do.
Even if there are safety devices now, if you go out on the actual field, you will die if you make a mistake.
If you’re not good enough, it’s wise to quit.
“… Well, maybe it’s because of me. It was hard for everyone to look at me.”
As Sam-seok’s partner, it’s probably even worse for Park Hye-ji, as if I was treated as Min-ji’s shackles.
“What is that? Are you bragging about yourself?”
“Who… Who was bragging about it! I was just telling the truth. I proved my existence from the moment I entered the school.”
“Okay. It’s three seats.”
“You know the number..Rank, but you don’t know the skill!”
“Now we begin.”
Park Hye-ji’s voice rises as soon as she brings up the story of Sam-seok, which can be called Park Hye-ji’s seizure button.
It was an enviable ranking for others, but it seems that she is not for Park Hye-ji, who is in third place in her later years.
Well, since it’s Seo Ah who gets most of the attention, I wonder if Park Hye-ji has her own sad parts.
“I don’t want to talk about this, but Vice Chairman Kim Chul-soo is different from what he looks like, and his skills are good.”
“Ohh?”
“For a magician, he is one of the cadets who is recognized for his quick mobility and responsiveness.”
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that guy.
Well, I don’t actually know about everyone, so I’m not really interested in anything other than the guys around me.
“So?”
“Yes?”
I don’t know why you’re suddenly talking about Kim Chul-soo. I’m not really interested in that guy.
“No. I don’t know why you’re saying that all of a sudden. Have you ever had a change of heart?”
“Wh…What nonsense are you talking about! A person like that is biologically impossible.”
“Did you think of that?”
“If you keep doing that next to me, I can’t help it.. You! You’re going to keep saying weird things!”
No, I was asking because I wanted to see if something had changed in my mind while I hadn’t seen it.
“My guess is that the loser in this match will not have a chance of being selected. You seemed close to Miss Minji, so I just told you to prepare in your heart.”
“Certainly, Minji wins the pull-up.”
Destructive power is a certain advantage, but in this selection match, it was working as a disadvantage.
Explosions have a large power and range, so they often shock buildings unnecessarily.
Thanks to her fair share of plus-minus, she narrowly scored her chin-up.
Minah told me that if she loses this match, Minji will probably see it as difficult.
“That’s why Miss Minji is falling… “
“Nothing like that.”
“Yes?”
“Because Minji doesn’t lose.”
“… “
Kim Chul-soo or whatever, you just need to have good mobility and good skills.
If it was Minji I saw, it was clear that a guy like that would easily win.
“… “
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Just. I thought about how it would feel to have someone as trustworthy as you.”
“Why. I was sure you would win too, so don’t be sad.”
It’s hard to imagine Park Hye-ji falling here, to be honest.
“Ss…Don’t talk nonsense!”
[Park Hye-ji’s favorability has increased. ]
I can’t be very honest.
After waiting like that, the confrontation between Minji and Kim Chul-soo finally began.
