Chapter 335 – Tryouts (7)
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Kim Cheol-soo was concerned about the last appearance of Park Hye-ji he saw before entering the field.
As soon as he won, he was chatting with Park Hye-ji next to her.
He was rumored to have a lot of girls, but from what he did, he might be a very ugly guy who would touch any girl.
It felt like my teeth were grinding to see such a bad guy touching Park Hye-ji.
Rumors were not so good because he was the only woman around.
‘From Kang Min-ji, Yoon Seo-ah, Lee Da-eun… There are many rumors.’
Since they’re members you usually talk to, you could say they’re close friends, but from a man’s point of view, there’s a high probability that it’s not just friendship.
Of course, the appearances of the women around Kim Si-woo are all of a high standard, aren’t they?
From Kang Min-ji, who was a partner, to senior Seo-ah Yoon, second-seat Lee Da-eun, and recently, honor student Jung Soo-ah, a healer.
All of them were only one of the few beauties in the academy.
What’s so good about a person like Kim Si-woo who judges people by their appearance, and why Park Hye-ji is there recently.
Park Hye-ji is also a person who enters the academy’s representative beauty rankings, so she seems to have entered Kim Si-woo’s radar.
It was frustrating to see Park Hye-ji, who didn’t know what kind of guy Kim Si-woo was.
While he always behaved in a businesslike manner in front of himself, in front of Kim Si-woo, he showed various faces, sometimes getting angry and laughing.
What makes a guy like that so good that women follow him around?
‘My skills aren’t that great… Aren’t they similar in appearance to me?’
Although he is Kim Si-woo, who proudly took a place in the excellent cadets he received using his position, is he not far behind compared to Park Hye-ji?
Kim Si-woo’s opponent, Kim Gwang-deok, was an opponent he could easily defeat.
He was only selected for this friendly due to good luck in Daejeon, but it was clear that if the opponent was himself, Siwoo Kim would have been dropped.
‘Whoa.. What. I can’t change what has already been decided.’
Kim Si-woo has already been confirmed, and he will be able to impress Park Hye-ji if he is selected for a friendly match and plays an active part.
If he was more active than Kim Si-woo, wouldn’t Park Hye-ji see herself differently?
In order to do that, she had to win unconditionally in this Dalian.
The results were not so good because the previous opponents had an advantage in terms of compatibility.
Thanks to this, he could say that if he loses in Dalian, the friendly match will be over.
‘Kang Min-ji. A unique ability that has completed the 2nd awakening, and has the ability to explode magical power. A physical hunter who fights with fists as melee weapons.’
A cadet who wielded a large gauntlet as both a shield and a weapon, and was one of the cadets with a good balance of offense and defense.
However, he was a cadet with one shot that was sure enough to cover his falling control, although he was a little behind in the ranks due to his lack of control.
In other words, wouldn’t it be a story that he could do it if he was wary of one shot.
‘Well… It may have changed during the vacation, but according to the current data, that’s the case.’
It is a bad habit to rely on data, and unexpected variables always arise in practice.
That’s why Kim Cheol-soo never thought to be vigilant.
In this Dalian, he had to win unconditionally.
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Instructors and faculty were sitting at tables and checking the big screen.
On the other side of the screen, Kang Min-ji and Kim Chul-soo were in the process of sparring in the field Mina Kang had created.
“Hmm. This Dalian feels almost the same.”
“I definitely feel that way. Since the field is wide, cadets who use magic tend to do preparation work first.”
“What can’t you do? Aren’t you a bit weak without preparation?”
As the instructor boasting a rugged body smiled and talked, the magical hunters on the other side glared at the instructor.
“I don’t know what you mean by weak.”
“What. Wouldn’t each have a different specialty? Magic has good destructive power and versatility, but in practice, preparation time is a hindrance.”
“That may be so, but don’t you depend on the mages whenever you have a problem? I don’t know how to do it.”
“That…That’s like that under certain circumstances. Aren’t most control-type hunters pushed back under normal circumstances?”
“Aren’t physical-type hunters being pushed aside in close combat?”
It was a frequent debate among the Awoken. Because we often fought over who was better.
In fact, there were many cases where there was a virtual confrontation between two S-class hunters, Choi Tae-soo and Choi A-rin, to see who was stronger. They weren’t really interested.
Physical-type hunters who fight using their bodies, and control-type hunters who battle by manipulating mana.
Although there were awakeners that were ambiguous enough to be simply divided into two categories, they are generally classified into physical and control classes.
It is also classified as a proximity series and a distant series, but it is used with roughly the same meaning.
“What are you talking about nonsense? We need to focus on evaluation.”
“Instructor Siyoung Kim. But that person comes first.”
“I just said the obvious. Does Instructor Kim Si-young agree?”
Instructor Kim Si-young, who seeks consent as a close-in-training hunter, burst into laughter when she saw it.
“What does that matter? Anyway, in the field, they are complementary to each other. There’s a lot you can do with only one side. Isn’t that right, Minah?”
“Well… Each one has their own role. And combat ability is individual regardless of that classification.”
“Just because Choi Tae-soo is strong, you can’t all be the same. Stop talking about useless things and focus on the evaluation.”
“… Yep. Sorry.”
“Kuhm..”
Kang Min-ah, who can be said to be the representative of the long-distance series, and Kim Si-young, who can be said to be the representative of the melee series, appeared like that, so the others had no choice but to keep their mouths shut.
Regardless of age, there is no number of people who can beat the two in terms of active service.
It is ridiculous for a person who became a professor or instructor simply through research or exams to stand in front of two people who left their names in active service.
It is said that the two who worked together with the legendary figures Choi Tae-soo and Choi A-rin are like that, but who can argue?
After such a ridiculous argument, after a while, Kang Min-ji and Kim Cheol-soo finally met on the field.
“Certainly, it feels like it takes a long time before the battle begins, perhaps because it’s larger than the existing sparring grounds.”
“It’s a choice you can’t help but make the most of your abilities…”
“Hmm?”
Kim Si-young saw Kang Min-ah with her shy face and burst into laughter inside her.
It was because everyone knew that Kang Min-ah’s younger brother was Kang Min-ji, a piece of information that everyone knew.
Well, I don’t give special treatment or manipulate scores just because I’m a younger brother, so I’m not making it a big problem.
There was no point in giving an extra point for being a younger brother without any criteria. Well, he’s doing that, but deep down, he must be cheering for his brother.
‘Let’s check how much it has changed.’
Didn’t you say that you recently defeated two villains?
‘Certainly my control ability has improved.’
Kim Si-young, who had seen Kang Min-ji fighting in the first grade evaluation, exclaimed inwardly when she saw Kang Min-ji growing up.
Indeed, her talent did not disappear anywhere, her growth was remarkable.
In her own last memory, there was a strong tendency to waste her magic power with each movement, but now she was controlling her magic power, holding it back as much as possible.
‘Am I going to explode her mana and use it as her driving force? She’s more mobile than back then, probably because she has better control.’
She had the weakness of other hunters, such as jumping in the air and limited movement when her body was in the air, but Kang Min-ji seemed to overcome it with her explosive ability.
Even in the air, she changed her direction and moved, quickly avoiding the magic Chul-soo Kim had installed.
‘It’s unfortunate that it can only move in one direction, but being able to move in the air is a sufficient advantage.’
Of course, it wasn’t without its downsides. No matter how much his controllability increased, due to the nature of his ability, it was still the same as giving a shock to nearby props and buildings whenever he used it.
“The power is certainly strong, but… The accuracy is unfortunate.”
“Cadet Kim Chul-soo probably avoids things well, but… I have no choice but to deduct points from this evaluation.”
Kim Chul-soo, who gets out of Kang Min-ji’s attack range through wind magic, and keeping a distance and continuously inserting magic were quite annoying opponents for melee hunters.
Kang Min-ji, who has a short range, had to explode in order to attack Kim Cheol-soo, and whenever the attack failed, nearby buildings began to be destroyed.
“That’s a deduction for cadet Kim Cheol-soo.”
“Whatever. Isn’t that enough to be taken into account?”
“Compared to Cadet Kang Min-ji, but it’s still a factor to be deducted.”
What can be said fortunately is that Kim Cheol-soo also puts magic in the place where Kang Min-ji used to be, and both of them are getting deductions.
If it wasn’t for the downtown area, both could be skipped regardless, but this time I couldn’t help it because of the specificity of the field.
If there is a problem, Kang Min-ji’s attack is stronger, so the deduction factor is bigger.
“Is it? But I like it because it has a refreshing taste.”
It’s okay not to cause damage to those around you, but hitting and destroying everything fit well with Kim Si-young’s sentiment.
“Still, you have to do it according to the evaluation criteria.”
“Don’t worry. I will do it fairly.”
When the trap magic inside the building was destroyed by the explosion attack, Kim Cheol-soo changed his method.
By bombarding magic from the sky.
‘And. It’s definitely effective.’
For a melee class that couldn’t fly, it was an opponent they really wanted to kill. In addition to that, it seemed to reduce variables by choosing a place with few buildings around.
Even though Kang Min-ji could use the explosion to fly away for a while, it was not enough compared to flying magic.
Kang Min-ji, who is responding well to Kim Cheol-soo’s attack with such an advantage, uses gauntlets and explosions to defend.
‘That’s why I can’t win.’
Kim Si-young looked at her monitor, expecting how Kang Min-ji would turn out.
