Chapter 572 – Reversal (2)
The remaining three friends also agreed to a match with the students from Class Q who had gone to Olympus.
So, even though we were on summer vacation, we were summoned by Professor Jeon Yeon-nam.
Other than me, the three of us are living in the dormitory at Global Academy, so it wasn’t difficult to come.
If I have the time, I can get there right away through Shadow Dive.
“In a week from now, we will go to Olympus and spar. It is not important whether we win or lose, but if we can win, it would be better.”
It’s a sparring that happened to happen for the sake of Julian Loa’s quest, with no special interests at stake.
“I know very well that you all made very rapid growth in the first semester. In particular, it is safe to say that Yu Xian is beyond his standard.”
When the professor said something that lifted me up, three people looked at me slightly.
I actively approached the three people and received help, and as a result, I was able to gain the strength I had aimed for.
“So, this time, I think it would be okay for Yu Xian to help the three students grow.”
“Huh? Me?”
“Now that we have absorbed the strengths of the three, we can maximize their strengths or make up for their weaknesses. We can continue to spar in wheel-to-wheel combat.”
The professor who said that left the stage and put a protective shield on us.
“I take the first step.”
Vulcan expressed his will by clashing his fists covered in gray steel.
“Okay. I’ll cut you down when I lose strength.”
“Just you and I can decide.”
As Asui and Roanna took a step back, I suddenly found myself fighting three people in a row, starting with Vulcan.
Vulcan’s gray fist flies in before you can properly organize the situation.
After avoiding the attack by lightly moving his upper body, he retreated and created several shadow daggers and fired them.
Kaang!
Vulcan, who struck down all the daggers in one blow, spoke in an excited voice.
“Xian. Seriously, come.”
“Yes. I am going with all my heart.”
Black and white twin wheels.
We know very well that only then can we become disciplined.
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After preparing for a week, we moved to a dungeon near Olympus.
I heard that there is no warp gate directly connected from Utopia to Olympus, so you have to walk a bit.
We came here with several professors, including Professor Jeon Yeon-nam, and were able to immediately find out where Olympus was.
“It’s floating in the sky.”
Like Utopia, it was not difficult for ordinary people to know where it was, but it was just floating in the sky for anyone to see.
There was a pillar of pure white light in the center of a huge land mass floating at a height that made me think it might be affecting the airplane.
I think I can probably go up there.
“There’s no need to walk.”
One professor created a warp gate by drawing his hand in the air.
“Did you make it go straight up?”
“No, down there. Let’s go.”
The professors who were not particularly suspicious went in first, and we followed them.
We immediately gathered under the white pillar of light and entered the pillar of light, starting with the professor, just as we entered the warp gate.
I thought I was going to climb up the pillar, but when I saw it disappear completely, it seemed like it was connected straight up.
“It’s amazing. Is it possible to connect space like this? Was it made like this because of the Earth’s revolution and rotation? How…”
As Roanna tried to analyze the magic in the pillar of light, Asui patted her on the back.
“Let’s do the research later, and then we can go in.”
“I think it can be applied to defense…”
Asui pulled Roanna, who had no intention of going in, and she entered the pillar of light with Vulcan.
When I came out of the pillar of light, another world unfolded.
If Utopia is a space full of buildings similar to a modern city, this one seemed to have been built in a Greek style.
‘And it’s wide.’
I realized that Olympus was bigger from the inside than it looked from the outside.
The person in charge here, Geyse Hale, must also have powers close to that of a transcendental person, so it seems he is capable of distorting space.
“Everyone from Utopia, welcome to Olympus.”
A young man with black hair, wearing a black cape that reached his waist, bowed slightly to us and gave a very stylish greeting by rotating his hand and placing it below his waist.
“I, the alter ego of the master of Olympus, Gease Hale, will serve you.”
“May I ask where the person who invited me is?”
“The main body is preparing for the battle that will follow. I would like to guide the four students from Utopia first. Would that be okay?”
With those words, another clone appeared next to Gaze Hale’s clone.
The appearance was exactly the same, but I could see that the cloak he was wearing was a little shorter.
‘Is it possible to distinguish the main body by the length of that cloak?’
“Go away. I won’t play around with you.”
Professor Jeon Yeon-nam spoke to the four of us, and we walked along with the newly appeared alter ego.
The alter ego of Gaze Hale, who was leading us to what appeared to be a huge stadium, looked slightly back at us who followed in silence and said.
“No matter what the outcome is today, it’s okay to move from Utopia to Olympus at any time.”
“It’s okay. I have a different personality.”
I thought of Mai Hoshino, who went to Olympus and was active in the entertainment industry.
I have not forgotten that I encouraged Seoyeon, a woman capable of mind manipulation, to break up with us.
At that time, Seoyeon and I, who had weakened our mental strength, must have been thinking of recruiting one of us to Olympus.
‘Maybe not. There is a high possibility.’
“It’s a tendency. Isn’t it just patience? You four have outstanding strength. Among students of the same age, you are at the top at the academy. Isn’t there a need to separate them into Class Q? Everyone knows their skills.”〈 Br〉
If Utopia’s principal, Edward Marshall, had extraordinary powers, he chose to separate them from the public.
Normal people who gave up their abilities, status window abilities, status window abilities, and quest abilities were separated.
Gaze Hale is trying to mix it up.
I still left the status window abilities in the space called Olympus, but I was thinking about coloring them like paint soaking into pure white drawing paper.
And they were trying to make it clear that there was a big difference in power between those with status window abilities.
In a world filled with status window abilities, those who reign supreme are the strongest among them, so they either belong to Olympus or are ruled by it.
‘The tendencies are different.’
There is no explanation other than that.
“When it comes to refining your skills, there is no great meaning in dividing the superiors and inferiors. It is enough to be able to recognize that you are making progress.”
Vulcan said after listening to Gaze Hale.
“But wouldn’t it be nice if we could win?”
“It would be nice if we could win. But the wall doesn’t always answer.”
“Well, it would be difficult if you could feel happiness by comparing yourself to someone else.”
Asui nodded her head as if agreeing with Vulcan’s words, and Roanna didn’t say anything.
When we arrived at the huge stadium, Gays Hale turned to us and said,
“You definitely have different tendencies.”
After smiling while raising the corners of her mouth wide, she became mana and dispersed, as if to remind her not to forget that she was an alter ego.
“It looks like they are guiding you to the stadium. Let’s go in.”
Roanna took the lead and the three of us followed into the stadium and arrived immediately in what looked like a player’s waiting room.
I don’t know if I arrived right away because the space was mixed up or if it was originally structured like this.
“1, 2, 3, should we decide the order in which we go out? Xian, you’re stuck at number 4.”
“I understand. If Julian Loa is the fourth, then you will randomly face the three of Avon Jack, Tae Won-ho, and Gam Shin-heung?”
I remembered the motivation for entering school, having not seen her face for nearly a year.
Avon Jack, the fire wizard, Tae Won-ho, who focuses on shooting with firearms, Gam Shin-heung, a martial artist who boasts lightning-fast speed, and Julian Loa, the knight of light whom I must fight.
“I don’t care when I go out.”
When asked that the order must be decided, Vulcan responded.
“No matter who the opponent is, how about Vulcan and Asui go first, since their tactics won’t change much?”
“Vulcan was the first, I was the second? Roanna was the third. I think we can guess something about that as well.”
Asui nodded her head and said to Roanna’s suggestion.
“Probably Gam Shin-heung, Tae Won-ho, and Avon Jack in that order.”
Roanna seemed to predict roughly how the order would be arranged in Olympus.
If they fight like that, I think the second match between Asui fighting at close range and Taewonho fighting at long range will be a bit unbalanced, but it’ll be okay.
“Because those guys will be different from then too.”
“The person who has changed the most says that.”
“That’s right. Of course, we strengthened our weaknesses.”
As I was answering the two people’s words with an awkward smile, Roanna manipulated the panel and wrote her name.
Then, the name of the person each person was dealing with was immediately revealed, and it was exactly as Roanna had predicted.
The game started 10 minutes later, and just when I thought I would have to wait a bit, the broadcast started on the large monitor in the waiting room.
“Olympus vs. Utopia! This historic match begins for the first time with a fight between questing talents who lived in the same classroom a year ago!”
“They said they were going to broadcast it, but did they really bring in commentators and casters?”
The female caster spoke brightly.
I think I’ve seen him on the internet as a famous foreign MC, but it was quite surprising that he cast an ordinary person as a caster.
“Commentator, what is the difference between quest abilities and regular status window abilities?!”
“Questioners have special powers. Like quests in common games, they can grow instantly by meeting certain conditions. So, it can be said that the eight students who will compete in this match have already surpassed the student level. “
“Then can we say it is a battle between the two forces?”
“I think this is an extended interpretation since they are students who are strong but still lacking in experience. However, we can expect flashiness that is difficult to show at the level of ordinary students.”
“Is that so? There is still time left until the game starts, so let’s take time to look back at the performance of the Olympus students whose data has been released!”
And then a VCR that seemed to have been prepared a long time ago started on the large monitor.
‘These guys were acting like heroes.’