Chapter 39 – – Hunter Ability Test –
Hunter ability test evaluation.
Twice a year. It is a nationally recognized test that is conducted approximately once in the second half of the first half of the year.
Hunters usually call the summer evaluation between July and August and the winter evaluation between December and January.
This test, in which Sung Ye-han participates, is the winter evaluation.
When the hunters applied for the evaluation, they were issued an application number and came to the evaluation center on the date corresponding to each number.
Even though the number of people was dispersed like that, when we arrived at the designated test center, countless awakened people were waiting for the test tube to be opened, each holding a swollen dream.
It makes you wonder if all the awakened people in Korea have come here.
From lower hunters to upper hunters.
The exclusive building, which was built because of the need for a special testing ground exclusively for hunters, has a straight and linear feel… A building that looks like a huge arena.
The image of the test site, which she thought until just a while ago that she had no relationship with him, formed in Seongye-han’s heart.
Ever since the academy days, I had been so envious of those who entered this test center with confidence.
But now, many people who come here will envy him.
The qualification test is basically divided into E-D-class low-awakeners who have just awakened their powers, and C-class or higher high-level awakeners who have awakened their special abilities.
Since they are separated from the entrance to the test center, those who enter the upper part enjoy the fresh look and envy of the newbies entering the lower part, and head to the test site with confidence.
Personally, it didn’t make much sense, but considering the efficiency, it was unavoidable.
It’s easier to divide the group from the beginning because it’s a group among the crowd of awakened people.
Anyway, Seong Ye-han was also the one who was envied…
So Sungye-han moved his steps into the exam hall.
And.
There was a gaze of one person recognizing him.
“Senior?!”
***
The first thing Hunter did in the test was to tell which series his special ability was.
This is because in general, the standards required for physical hunters and supernatural hunters are significantly different.
Since this standard was established at the beginning of the Gate incident and at the dawn of the Hunter, there were quite a few cases where it was sometimes unclear whether it was a supernatural or physical type, so some voices that the standard should be changed to suit the modern era, but the practice that has already been established for decades is easily there is no way it will change
That’s why a large number of hunters still choose which side they want their abilities to be roughly.
In that sense, Seong Ye-han was more about physics than intelligence.
An overwhelming increase in physical ability.
Because it is the proof of a classic physical hunter.
The ability measurement of physical hunters had many similarities with the commonly referred to physical fitness field.
The three items that make up the Awakener’s physical abilities: strength, stamina, and agility.
Strength is strength and durability.
Stamina is the ability to maintain and recover
Agility is based on reaction speed and cognitive ability.
In addition, the final rank is determined by considering the level of magic power and the amount of increase added when strengthening magic power.
Each item is rated and combined to calculate the final hunter rank.
In addition, if you are above A class, you will be evaluated for combat ability rather than simple physical ability.
Of course, if a Hunter who has just risen to A-rank and a veteran Hunter who has already rolled as an A-rank fight, the senior A-rank will win, so the win or loss itself doesn’t matter much.
If a total of 3 hunters, including the A-rank hunters who are sparring directly and the other 2 A-rank hunters who participated as judges, agree, the A-rank promotion will be decided.
Some raise questions about buying these A-class hunters or what to do if they exert any external pressure, but they are directly selected by the Hunter Association.
Regarding this, it was difficult for corruption to occur, at least in the present era, as Jung Beop-ho, the head of the Hunter Association, took direct interest in and managed it.
In addition, if an error was found in the evaluation they were in charge of later, very strong sanctions were applied, so it was rare for A-class hunters with sufficient financial resources and social treatment to fall into a harsh path.
Seong Ye-han looked at the polished metal ball in her fist.
Did she just say that she just needs to push herself as hard as she can.
There were people around them who were sweating profusely after receiving such a metal ball, holding their hands full.
No big deal.
A cool, round feel in the palm of your hand.
Seongyehan clenched her fist as it was.
Hard-
The smooth ball crumpled up in an instant to become mere pieces of metal.
“!!”
Took-
Seong Ye-han submitted the crumpled metal ball to the strength test officer, ignoring the hunter next to her who opened her mouth wide and gave her a shocked look.
She walks past the officer, who glazed over at the metal ball he handed her, and waits in line for the agility test.
The test was very simple, to put it simply, looking at a picture passing so fast, guessing what kind of picture it was and what letter was written on it, and avoiding a rubber ball fired from a machine at high speed.
The more successful the test, the faster it gets and the difficulty increases by adjusting the distance.
Sung Ye-han, who also completed this to the limit level, moved to the physical fitness test site.
The most notorious physical fitness test in the Hunter Proficiency Test.
The fitness test center was a so-called gravity room that got an idea from a cartoon that was famous in the past.
Of course, the technology actually used is to use magic to produce a similar effect, but at some point, the hunters who passed the test called it Gravity Room and the name became firm.
At the test site, which glowed in a soft blue color as if strong magical energy was working, Sung Ye-han started running like everyone else.
“Suck! Suck! Paha- suck! Suck! Paha-“
The self-denial of running without rest until collapsing under the increasing load of gravity.
Every time he runs and runs, the people who were running together disappear without his knowledge.
“Heo-eok-heo-eok-“
Finally, when even Seong Ye-han could not control his breathing and let out a rough breath, no one ran beside him.
Clothes drenched in sweat. Hot muscles.
After inheriting Shinyehwa’s stats with [Heroine Hunter], I wonder if I’ve ever pushed my physical strength to the limit.
I can’t anymore.
If you run any further, you will lose strength in your legs and you will collapse. By the time that thought came to mind, Sung Ye-han finally left the exam hall.
Male voice – male voice –
A huge crowd greeted him outside.
Those who each send a gaze of jealousy or admiration.
An illusion as if the countless lights that exist in the exam hall exist only for him.
Even though it was difficult to understand the mixed voices, there were words that clearly stuck in Seong Ye-han’s ears.
S.
The very word that means the pinnacle of hunters.
Of course, the test wasn’t over yet.
In order to aim for an A rank or higher, there was the most important sparring.
But no one here thought of him.
The difference between A and S was only one rank, but it was not simply a difference of one letter.
The easiest in the world, but difficult at the same time. It’s fair, but it’s dirty and despicable…
The so-called diljjaknu.
In a 1:1 head-to-head battle with no advantageous terrain or teammates or outside support, there was absolutely no chance that an S rank would lose to an A rank.
“It feels so damn good.”
Sung Ye-han smiled deeply as he literally watched everyone in the room paying attention to him.
Why did Shin Ye-hwa yearn so much to become an S-rank again… What was the scene in the sky that she wanted to climb again, even if it meant devoting herself to a man she didn’t even know her face?
I felt like I knew something now.
***
Huge office space.
The low-color and linear interior adds more weight to the already overbearing space.
A man sitting in a large black leather chair at a luxuriously polished black office table raised his eyebrows at a report.
“A new S rank?”
“Yes…”
The man whose deep sunken eyes gave off a somewhat heavy and shady impression, but his well-managed beard added a dignified feel, asked his subordinate standing in front of me.
“Are you sure he is the guy who was clinging to Shin Ye-hwa?”
“Yes. I checked again and again.”
“I was told that it must have been Class E trash, right?”
“That… That…”
“Then, did you find out where Shin Ye-hwa was?”
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry!!”
The body of the person standing in front of him trembled at the lowered voice of the man. The heavily bent back and the cold sweat dripping down the back of his body represented the feeling the subordinate was feeling right now.
The subordinate in front of the man had reason to say that he was unfair, but he swallowed all the words.
Whatever it was, to the man in front of me, it would be nothing but excuses and gossip.
And this man was a person who detested such samurai.
“Raise from E-class to S-class in an instant… Yes. A hunter’s special ability is always to do something out of the ordinary.”
The man continued talking as if the subordinate in front of him did not exist.
“I know that… I know that very well.”
After taking a deep breath, the man dismissed his men and turned his chair to look at the huge window behind him.
The clear sun shines down on the blue sky and the gigantic city that connects it.
An overwhelming view overlooking all the tall skyscrapers of Seoul unfolded before his eyes.
A street where tiny people, like tiny bugs, come and go.
It is a landscape where everything in the world seems to be under his feet, but he knows that this is just an illusion.
The most important thing in this world right now is not wealth or power, but pure power itself.
“I’ve been preparing for a long time… But a stern guy took it away.”
It’s very upsetting. Who wouldn’t be angry when there was a guy next to him who ate all the expensive treasures that came into his hands?
But he thought he still had a chance.
No.
Maybe it could be better
An increase in his S rank meant, in the end, that the number of treasures he could obtain increased.
“Seonyehan… A new S-class…”
Then it was understandable that the work he had commissioned had failed.
The only thing that could stand up to an S rank was the same S rank or monster…
He shook his head, thinking of another S-class who would call him soon and fuck him.
“I’ll be a little more troublesome in the future.”
Okay.
It just got a little more annoying.
Thinking so, the man turned around and went back to work as usual.
Square – square –
The sound of the pen nib scratching the paper.
Only that filled the quieter-than-usual office.
Very subtly…
Except for the sound of someone dripping sweat…
