Chapter 13: Mission Board (1)
nSzIt was another normal day.ky50bGV
3uUlP0g“There are demonic races in our world that go under the names of demonic beasts, demonic spirits, and demi-humans. They suffer persecution–”Wg32h
xTlLThe courses at Merkarva Academy had units of credit. Excluding the mandatory courses, it was fairly relaxed.mO1aGp
ZJNMk“Now, lastly, is there anyone who can tell me about the incident that served as the turning point of demi-human persecution–”vnEBU
wuJHLv“Huaaaahm… Ah. Is the lesson over?”QwpTfU
Yy9During a boring history lesson, Jaeger opened his eyes and wiped off the drool on his face.hqgaD
dXHbxtm“You could’ve saved your own life if you slept for 5 more minutes.”4Zy60j5
ror3LUi“Huh?”Qzrcn
Hyn“Oh dear. It seems that my lesson has been very boring for you, Mr. Jaeger.”dBG
jT9mBJaeger turned his head like an old, creaking robot. At the end of his gaze was the professor of historical studies, Ronalick, giving the brightest smile in the world.FVrK
6th3x“Ugek… S, sorry.”skHNCd3
sWBo“Jaeger Hinzpeter. Come early for next week’s lesson and clean the room for everyone.”7hAK
WsGwu“Yes sir…”N38Gt
bMAGzpSaying that, Jager lowered his head while grumbling about having to do something so tedious.h5n
saJrOI opened my mouth.7UxJ
X7g“Don’t worry. I will…”5MhHwVq
B7F2d“Korin, you…? Don’t tell me…”NosG
zMZdiOf“I will be your supervisor.”aErgzR
kUvq“…Go to hell.”psdkx
gXBKAfter the lesson, Jaeger said while closing his blank and empty book.RTa80i
h2rAyE“Oi. Let’s have lunch.”8sfLFRx
UfB“What are you having?”2ieF
zFnW“Hmm~. The kimchi udon I had yesterday was alright. Is there, like, something else that’s nice and spicy?”NkGN
Bt6TVmNice and spicy?j4NLLvN
g4beg9y“I know the best place for that.”OTJazE
fmt1H1rChallenge accepted. You have a painful death ahead of you.k3wM0z
XGmd9“Oi, nerd. What are you up to now?”8IQ
kwtBv1s“Nn? I’m going to go to the library and study…”Cyz
5Ulv1q0“Let’s have some lunch first.”GU8sBa
Yl2jXPK“Uhht… W, wait…!”oLX1
LmfnThere was a scorching chicken feet restaurant in the central streets of the Academy that dropped your HP by 20% or something, wasn’t there?8QQw
k5Y1KgB“GUUUEEEEK!”uzkIxNF
RUh“I’m dying… w, water…”bQaAt
uVnTsq5“It’s more spicy if you drink water. Drink milk.”ZIaDK
hSq0“Uhhkk… I think there’s a hole in my stomach.”oqx
m56FTP“I should have had a kimchi udon…”DuQmGZb
doviDo you see this, Sir Kim Gu? This is the power of ‘Culture’ that you wanted the most.kKrMU2X
Eu1jrcX****hhTyD3R
7fxuAs soon as the afternoon classes ended, I headed to the training room. It had been 4 days since my last visit.ZtaLn
VmkZUThe past 3 to 4 days had been an introduction to the basic curriculum and an extension of the orientation.ebp
gqlc‘Ah~. It’s already Friday.’iIy8
4CUDXcFLet’s apply for a leave on the way to the dormitory today, and go outside tomorrow.WL3s
0Z498O“Training clothes, training spear and an elemental body please.”zPXl
7IvUQIn order to test the increase of my stats from the Precept, I went to the front desk, received an elemental body and woke it up.WrV
FQOCN2– Vuiinng!uBCQ
RgWP“Ohh~. He’s doing it again.”XmWyw
BglKb“Is he not tired of it yet?”6ca
pxw“He is tenacious, but that’s just being stubborn.”oNfL
FpQM2The sound of the elemental body fluttering its wings gathered the eyes of the senior students once again.Ib4x
7KB2Those blokes were all quite diligent as well. People that used their free times to train were those with a promising future.kvuiJ9
5iahI raised my spear against the elemental body without paying them any attention when a 2nd year student from the Knight Department called me.i1Y9FVN
795x4“Oi, freshman.”7vlE
W9IiN“Yes?”KQQ
2aGawaE“I saw you swinging your spear around to catch that elemental body. How about you just do something else?”Ypni62
AK6Enb“…”F6Y94G
D5rG5I didn’t say anything in response, as the 2nd year student from the Knight Department continued with a condescending look on his face.95hT
1o3Z“You’re just a Grade 5.”fxz
CmQ“Hohh…”2mY
bR2BI see. So this is that thing.fOT
YNxBTzAPeople used to pick a fight with Park Sihu quite a lot, because he started off as a Grade 5. Was I pulling the aggro now that Park Sihu wasn’t here?J5PpLu
9aste9y“Yes, well. I’m just trying to push myself.”kz2Y
RIhBwK“No, it’s never gonna work alright? Don’t waste your time and just quietly practice by yourself with your spear.”Hrto6LJ
BtiLike, what was wrong with this guy? He seemed to be the type of person to go to a funeral and complain about the menu.hHb
CJNIt was dumbfounding, but I wasn’t having any murderous intent or anything which was natural as a human, because whimsically killing people like Park Sihu was something animals would do.cZi
Bd8HfZ“Do you think you’re something great because Marie is looking after you?”pU354
6vL9“What?”06l2fu
OmcpIWhy was he talking about her all of a sudden?1Eyz1
uFr“You must be excited because of her small bit of attention but…”gydFL
pAsK“Hohhh~~”IedWX
ZQuqm“W, what?”LwHQxM
rZG“Ayyee~~”hpd
gZbEI“What are you doing all of a sudden!”TqJxCrb
1yRBzGtHe gave an irritated shout as I whispered in a soft voice which only he could hear.5nZtS
Ft5ZaOK“Do you like Senior Marie?”aBw
KHXTtR“H, huh?!”Ox6zy
no8E8His face flushed in the blink of an eye, and it was super clear at this point.pNLbN
gU5Kyah~! Those are the good times. That’s youth for ya. Let’s see, how was mine?a7BUeg
BiXXQrBoys Middle School, Boys High School, Physical Education College, Military… What? Where did my youth go?8YKh
XJldJI7And in the previous iteration, I had no time to meet anyone due to following Park Sihu around the whole time. Park Sihu was also deliberately stopping me as well…S7MK
heujDk4I see! So the reason there were no cherry blossoms in my life is all because of Park!!CexbmEm
hBYYlCURight? It’s because of that stupid Park, right? That had to be the case.fgeeo
rTKryaj“N, no?”ohJwH
HUuxiuc“It’s clearly not a no.”Lx2W5gD
px1XRn“No!”ZP4uc
w8hbJ“So do you like Senior Marie?”UbUGJIY
tGroho“I don’t!”jSwlUMQ
LLg“Do you hate Senior Marie?”lVT
Ox2BJK“Yes! I hate…?!”GHNS
h07oZer“Kane you idiot…”KHD
znIYyAnother female student in her 2nd year said while poking him with her elbow. Kane turned around from that and found someone staring at him – it was Marie.rivD
F1VoYe3Damn, where is my popcorn?Hrvhj
dXbU4Bf“U, uh… Marie?”P112
zAfj“Hmm~. I see. Kane hates me, huh.”KElBLx
ca7H8“N, no. That’s not…”veMfPjc
uSI4wm“It’s fine. It’s normal for people to hate some people, right? Guys, do you want some potatoes?”GSdJ
EQiewYS“I want some.”ZWfaZi
XM3hXfO“Me too.”LO28096
QTT7s“Ehew, Kane you retard.”2tM
bUEGnoMarie had steamed potatoes again as always, and she generously gave them away to everyone around her except for Kane.KpA
icOo“Junior. Do you want some steamed potatoes? I have sugar.”Vq95EuR
yX1“Of course. I will gratefully accept those potatoes as someone who likes Senior Marie.”XYl
coPfBgd“Right, right? And it will be bad manners to give it to someone who hates me, right?”dAi
2TajoJudging from her manner of speech, it seemed that she was somewhat aware of his feelings as well. Kane the innocent boy was the only one with a teary look on his face.ZU0yq
P56ZTd“Are you going to train with an elemental body again?”yghKso
O2mJe“Yes.”ODmxV
wHoQ1h“I’m sure you will be able to pull it off!”Hbnng
uhttffShe had a very amiable smile on her face unlike the time when she was consoling me to aim for the next chance.Svq3Ma6
qQMP“Marie. I know you’re bad at saying harsh things, but this isn’t right.”5Y3D9z
Wh2N“He’s a freshman. And he’s a Grade 5.”35UERiA
wpgZI had no idea why there was such a big crowd in front of a freshman student that was just trying to do his best, as well as why they were each saying something bad. Seemingly encouraged by the crowd behind him, the boy, Kane, also chimed in.GclDBru
YfjM“Yes! It took me a week as well! It’s not something a Grade 5 freshman can do!”QJ69e
hZlVe7“Reallyy?”FEh
uHECMarie walked up to me and whispered into my ears with a ticklish voice.hQgul
u1HHB“Junior. Do you want to earn some money together?”tZOe0tE
pu2SaI7“Huh?”Jmaw5e
UISWhy was she trusting me this much? Did she see me succeed or something?yX5yt
L8wcl“7:3?”JPF
uokoQ3“You mean 3:7 and 7 for me.”qvjqzs
v65Ubge“I have the money though?”lBN3y
LcEZC8“Then 4:6.”sQRS
ibwn“Let’s do 5:5.”kxp
HfRKfBWDeal.zSlO
PvUw5mlNod nod.6RoQR
wMS39EDAfter getting my consent, she asked Kane with a confident look on her face.mQCh
OOf6IM“Shall we have a bet then?”YeGG
2Mt4j“Huh?”v37RKqA
bv4W“I’ll bet 2 gold coins on Junior’s success!”1sK0nMm
fZR18Two gold coins… was a large sum of money which was enough to buy 400 noodles in the city, and was roughly about 2,000 dollars. Was she loaded because she was a Grade 1 Mage?rCh
l10QE“Marie…”HEJRR
N8FIo“You don’t need to go that far just to encourage a junior…”fFnFZo
rLxbEz9All the senior students gave similar responses in general, believing that Marie was doing this due to being considerate of me.KZTju
7aSHowever, she didn’t cower in the slightest and instead…9UZ
GNX“Why? Are you scared?”6Ub073
S8bOShe used an AOE taunt skill.Ojv
Sk0i5Yk“I’m betting 70 silver coins that the freshman will fail!”S2Qbcv
UFXGoQ“One gold coin from me!”qBs6lo1
k1zB0HI“30 silver coins.”LYiPo
kuBs“Do you take items?”KOxr6gG
zwbgSIt turned into a gambling den in an instant.8xcO
God6T“Good luck, Junior! My two gold coins are on you!”n6QO
0LHWe had 7.4 odds for my success. Excluding the small group of students who stood on my side and went with the high odds to aim for a huge turnaround, most students betted that I wouldn’t be able to defeat the elemental body.bMBk
2HkuWER“7 gold coins if I win, huh.”4XLxaE
uygmbGMy entire fortune right now was 40 silver coins, and the amount of support fund a Grade 5 Knight gets is 1 gold coin a month. Even though there was a lot of leeway thanks to little fees for accommodation and meals, it was always better to have more money.d8OS
48H“Time to get to work.”Qb2UQ
i4hI tapped the elemental body and made it open its wings. Like last time it began to float into the air.v5t7
tobBFLsEven though defeating it shouldn’t be a problem, what was important was the time taken, because this bet only lasted 30 minutes.3ZzI
9hZbConsidering the status points I gained by sending Sebania Duke away in peace, I should be able to pull off the basic moves of my spearmanship.eD7
ApfNw“Huu…!”P9vCN
MvxSettling my breath, I grabbed onto my spear. I pulled the aura through the dantian and made it explode in one breath.u8ECO7d
NPB｢Six Ways of the Spear｣
｢First Style, Ominous Snake.｣SN09oC
O8uHbThe spearhead slithered like a snake as it deceived the elemental body and pierced through in the blink of an eye.cFF8Zd8
qnOGf0It was one of the basic moves that dazzled the enemy with a flashy set of moves before continuing into a fierce stab. All I had to do was apply a little bit of feint and connect this to Tiger’s Gust or a Spinning Heaven—fatV
moDBJ2– Kwajik!6P2t
03R6“Uhh…”1NByg0j
vVgszSjThe bisected elemental body rolled on the ground. This was definitely outside my expectations…PCmDUi
asX“…”EW1mLIG
eUJGP“…”Rhc4JU
QSPEveryone was speechless in front of the unexpected turn of events, and even Marie seemed stunned.C5XG4
9dru“Uhhh…”ZgbD
210“What happened just then?”Qo29M
qHThTVAnd naturally, others were even more flabbergasted.LQiiOIn
GBFzsoK“Hell yeeaaah the high odds!!”st6XVcb
YujimC“That’s how you do ittt!!”DEm
Tn2IOku“Wait! Wait!”8RKJ0
SGHtkOh“Hold on! There has to be something wrong!”VdG
R4w“Of course. Of course.”fgzzfNp
uL7j“And that’s why we gamble! Why would you gamble if you’re going to go safe the whole time?”CLEXwG3
qitMY“Kuaaakk!”wTVymf
1DiThe small group of students that betted on the high odds mocked the students who went for the safe bet, and the training room turned into a pandemonium.L4xpWm
8cceTch tch. That’s why you shouldn’t gamble.VSX
pN1As they were slowly coming back to themselves, Marie walked up and handed me 8 gold coins.Ia2
emO2ss“This is for you, Junior.”eckPF2
1ggoSky“Isn’t this more than 5:5?”O5jLmx
a0z“I rounded it up.”6Bz
3FqRounding up 60 silver coins… As expected, it seemed that money was not a problem for a Grade 1 Mage like herself.Wqsz
EdNjlk3“You did it in one go! Honestly, I was quite surprised.”CyA
TcbThn“Well, it’s not that hard once you get used to it.”dB9ASLR
KLJ“Hnn~. But last time you stabbed three times to create ripples around it, didn’t you?”tOdMu
mxLjF1Q“…”DHI2T
19grd3So she did see it. She must have come back to pick up something but there was something even more stunning.vjRRTaC
q9m39z“How did you even see that?”Vr59
R9Pae“Hnn?”hI6zK
ylRYSShe saw through the Secrets of Ominous Snake? Wasn’t she a mage? What kind of ridiculous dynamic vision did she have?0zm
Tpl4S****A1387G
Mkys8OwAfter the ruckus, I tested a few more skills at the training room.y80
ixHMIn the previous iteration, I used to train while pushing myself to the brink of death. It was unavoidable because as an ungifted student like Korin Lork, I had no choice but to master tricks to survive through a story filled with Unique Grades.mgYPzq
W7PzThe reason I was able to beat those numerous Grade 1s and Unique Grade enemies was all thanks to the technique that I polished with my life on the line.tdZCjgg
daVuB2By learning the Eight Trigram[mfn]a Chinese religious motif incorporating the eight trigrams of the I Ching, arranged octagonally around a symbol denoting the balance of yin and yang, or around a mirror.[/mfn] of fists, swords, spears and staffs, I learned the eight trigram martial arts and spearmanship by myself. That foundation alone, however, was not enough to solve all the problems and the spearmanship that I thus learned from my master was the Six Ways of the Spear and the Final Move of the Sixth Style, Void.Iys
zMPEM– Kwaduk!2Nr9
JA5LThe dummy half-crumbled as I ended up dropping my spear. My palms ached as sweat drenched my body.vYJbfoF
hz7“Huu… I can barely pull off the Fifth Style for now, huh.”lN5
Yf0gBiThe foundations were there but the Sixth Style… was still too much.y5XpKL
rnMVFrom the First Style of the Ominous Snake to the Fifth Style of the Crumbling Mountain were the basic ways of a spear, but the Sixth Style was one that would kill me if I didn’t have a strong enough body to support the attack.cv6xJ
t3VJIn the previous iteration, I was only barely able to pull it off by consuming a capsule of energy – which I got after boiling the white silver seed of the lake – immediately before attacking. But even so, the risk was still quite high.37HhsS
obYXCc‘My body needs to be at the level of a Grade 1 Knight to do this without any risk.’6Rw
dz8Sixth Style of the spear was still impossible, but this was well within my expectations and the disappointment was thus very small.O8Z8bjs
VU83qIBThe real problem was with Rune magic.Iis
vC1E〚ᚺ〛- HagalazExlNw
MINrf『More mana required』50Cbx
RUPGMy mana depleted rapidly like that of a premature ejaculator and I couldn’t even use Rune magic for long. Thanks to the fulfillment of the Precept and the increase of my stat points, it did go up from 3 a day to about 10 a day but Rune magic didn’t have a good efficiency in the first place and I couldn’t do much with my current mana.0LHt
bdO‘It is definitely a merit that I can use it immediately without any enchantments but…’H67Gd
NcYSThere was a reason why it was now a dead language which was only used as support skills by a small number of people.w4id
8Rtm‘Most of those bastards also used it as support. An exception would be…’dBl
uarra9The Primal Rune – the very first rune letter and the most primal one that was used in the era of Gods. It would only appear towards the end of the Final Boss of the 2nd arc, when the King of Iron Mountain breaks out of its seal at the Academy.d9PvMm
qv6GKpHThe enemy would appear during the absence of the chairman, Eriu, who gets busy after the incident with Marie, and during then, we would have to defeat the King of Iron Mountain, get the Primal Rune and deal with the traitor as well.GWZleF
woKgoxJPrimal Rune was not a very efficient way to use magic either, and in the end, my chronically horrible amount of mana will be the problem once again.ba4Bp
U5g9x“I have to focus on increasing my stats for the time being.”tVNE
FSiGlKTRegardless of all the techniques and skills under my belt, I still had to have a strong enough body. The ordeals I had to go through because of that in the previous iteration were countless.xz8wx
DhuRuOf course, there was a method. There were the hidden pieces I would be obtaining from now on as well as the quests that were related to the Precept. I should be able to clear 4~5 of them this weekend alone.k6anK2
CuiOn the way out of the training room to dinner, I came across an unexpected person.VOQ
7OwqFa7“Uhh…”m8ozTDE
zqBU6QIThere was a girl with bob-hair wearing nun clothes who would attract the gazes of everyone within the distance of 100 meters.ZBt
Ig9fThe girl reading a thick hardcover book appeared like an image that came straight out of a painting.HKx
cBRThere was no way I wouldn’t know about her. Despite being a freshman, she was different from other characters who could enter the party from the start. She was the truly overpowered character who was only available near the end of ❰Heroic Legends of Arhan❱.6UnD
PpOPark Sihu did not seek her help in the previous iteration, but wasn’t able to kill her either. She was the living Jiangshi[mfn]A jiāngshī, also known as a Chinese hopping vampire, is a type of reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore.[/mfn] with an Unbreakable Vajra Body.xNecJEM
MK6Zlzl“…”WDAa
r9RGFogHeavenly Yaksha, Hua Ran.kSDD0Oo
rvyGKThe strongest tanker of ❰Heroic Legends of Arhan❱.LoMs
IwGfAt the same time, she was the worst time bomb of Merkarva Academy.9F5Iws
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