chapter 16
Episode 16
Park Jung-hoon suddenly remembered a line from a cartoon.
‘Wouldn’t you like to draw?’
It was a word that suited me right now. He shuddered and looked at the window rolling in front of him.
“Mr. Park?”
“Ugh… .”
It was impossible. Isn’t Kang Tae-min just the homeroom teacher of the special class?
He must have been a man who lived quietly, without saying anything, as if he had died in the previous semester.
But how?
‘Can you be stronger than me, a spearman? !’
Rather, since he was a spearman, he could see that Kang Tae-min’s skill was unusual.
It wasn’t a level I could possibly get past. That’s why it was painful.
It was because I felt that no matter what I did, I couldn’t win.
Still, I had to go on.
Isn’t there something he said?
“Wow… The spearman is slashing with a spear.”
“Isn’t this enough for Teacher Kang Tae-min to take charge of spearmanship?”
“I’m really going to embarrass myself… .”
When Park Jeong-hun went out again, the students who were watching whispered.
“But teacher Kang is really strong.”
“I turn the window around, but I can’t see anything.”
“Because I’m at that level, I guess I’m in charge of the special class.”
The students were already predicting the win or loss. The children did not pay much attention to the loser Park Jung-hoon.
Rather, admiration and analysis of Kang Tae-min’s skills were the main focus.
Park Jung-hoon didn’t know whether to be happy or sad about that fact.
‘No, what’s important to me is… .’
Park Jung-hoon bit his lip and grabbed the spear again. And with all his might, he faced Kang Tae-min again.
What was the reason he proposed this match in the first place?
‘Sir Seol is watching. I can’t give up like this!’
The desire to look good to Seol Ga-eun was his driving force.
Of course, I couldn’t cross the wall called Kang Tae-min with my mind alone.
“Big… !”
Park Jeong-hoon collapsed again. My body throbbed everywhere. He sighed and rolled his eyes slightly.
How does Seol Ga-eun see herself struggling like this?
‘… Aren’t you watching?’
Yes.
She did not pay attention to Park Jung-hoon.
-I need teacher Gaeun.
Seol Ga-eun was also a talented Awakener, and her senses were developed that much. I pretended not to hear, but I heard the entire conversation between the two of them.
And Kang Tae-min’s words continued to linger in her mind.
‘No, that’s because teacher Taemin needs me in class.’
I knew it in my head. But I couldn’t help but feel my heart pounding.
‘But aren’t you working too hard? no, not for me Because Taemin is originally strong. He seems to be working a little harder… ?’
Contrary to my thoughts, the corner of my mouth was loose. However, she couldn’t laugh openly, so she endured it, and her expression became strange.
As if sneering, only one corner of his mouth went up.
‘… Unbelievable.’
Seeing that, Park Jung-hoon’s fighting spirit was completely broken.
Subsequent appearances were not significantly different. Park Jung-hoon, who fell to the floor of the stretching, slumped as if he had gone crazy, and immediately declared surrender as soon as the 5 minutes were filled.
“Wow… .”
“I really won.”
“That was completely one-sided.”
The general class students were admiring and whispering.
“I knew it would be like this.”
“It’s a monster after all.”
On the other hand, the students in the special class reacted as expected. It was difficult for them to imagine that Kang Tae-min would lose to someone.
“thank you for your effort.”
“… Yes.”
“Then, as promised, half of the priority of class 2 will be transferred to the special class.”
Kang Tae-min did not comfort the frustrated Park Jung-hoon. He leisurely came down from the arena.
Park Jung-hoon left the training ground with the class 2 students like a dog with a tail down.
“Chu, congratulations!”
“thank you.”
To Seol Ga-eun’s congratulations, Kang Tae-min replied with a light smile.
“You seem a bit overworked today.”
“Yes?”
“My ears are red… .”
“Oh yes! hahahahaha, I guess it’s because the students in class 2 also watched it!”
Seol Ga-eun hurriedly covered her ears with her hair at Kang Tae-min’s words.
“You worked hard. See you again tomorrow.”
“Yes, teacher Taemin too! hehehe, see you tomorrow!”
“Oh, and.”
Seol Ga-eun, who was about to leave in a hurry at Kang Tae-min’s words, hesitated.
“It’s true that I need teacher Ga-eun.”
As a potion, her value could not be exchanged for anything else. At least until Min So-yul develops her talent.
“ancient… ?”
Not only Seol Ga-eun’s ears, but also her face were dyed red.
“Uh, uh… Go, thank you… .”
After answering questions, she said hello to the other students as well, and quickly left the training ground.
“Ugh, shall we go see a movie?”
“Kono Go?”
Naturally, the special class students also prepared for dismissal. However, Kang Tae-min stopped him.
“Where are you going?”
“Yes?”
“Sam… ?”
The students’ eyes twinkled. Uneasy premonitions were bound to be wrong.
“Replenishment starts now.”
Contrary to the original plan, the students did not realize the lack. So I thought he would let me know what he was lacking in person.
“There’s even half of the class, so you’ll have plenty of time.”
It was a plan to squeeze it out so that the pride that permeated with victory could be drained.
Taemin Kang smiled as he took out the Mk.2 Etiquette Injector.
* * *
The ecology of the hunter industry is not very different from other industries.
Blood ties, geography, and school ties sometimes act as more important factors than awakened abilities.
In response, Noblesse Academy established an internet community, ‘Noblie’, for exchanges among alumni.
It was intended to be a space where graduates as well as rehabilitated students were active, and they hoped to raise the status of the academy by attracting and pushing each other.
There, a video was posted on Noblie’s anonymous bulletin board.
[Today’s Regeno.avi]
The video was only 5 minutes long, but the content was enough to attract the attention of current students as well as graduates.
It was because it was a video of Kang Tae-min and Park Jung-hun fighting.
[-Those comments afterward a]
[-Oh, it’s been a while since I saw Jung Hoon.]
[-Who is Jung Hoon’s opponent?]
[-Are you a newcomer?]
There were many people who recognized Park Jung-hoon by looking at the video thumbnail. However, the atmosphere of the following comments
tongue was different.
[-what is it??]
[-What is this?]
[-Sensei Jung Hoon lost to spearmanship?]
[The window is not visible even at -0.25x speed]
[-The pop is too strong hahahahaha]
It was because I knew that Park Jung-hoon was overwhelmingly defeated after watching the video. Comments began to grow in an instant.
[-Who is that?]
[-Are there any current students?]
[-No, take a picture with a good phone.]
[-The frame is cut off, so the analysis is not possible!]
It was because I was curious about who the suspiciously strong teacher was and what level of spearmanship he used.
[-This is Taemin Kang.]
[-Kang Tae-min? special class?]
[-Student, comment down ^^]
[-Who is Taemin Kang?]
Soon after, as the comments of the current students ran, interest exploded even more.
[-That person is that black pig?]
[-What else is black pig?]
[-It’s been so long since I graduated, so I don’t know what you’re talking about.]
[-Don’t complain that it’s ripe.]
[-Why ask if you don’t believe me?]
[-spring? Are you talking badly to a senior who just graduated?]
[-Tick, my denture hunter. A three-line summary.]
Comments became a mess. A keyboard battle broke out between graduates who knew Kang Tae-min and current students.
Perhaps it was because of the sudden rush of access, the post became paralyzed for an instant. Eventually, the connection was restored.
[This video has been taken down at the request of the relevant party.]
The video has been erased.
[-Ah, teacher Jung Hoon’s sexy angle, isn’t it?]
[-Where did the student who was flirting with earlier go?]
[-Look how ugly it is when it’s ripe.]
[-The video will be deleted because it is uploaded without permission.]
The comments were still confusing, but most assumed that the video was deleted at Park Jung-hoon’s request.
But it wasn’t.
“As instructed, the video was immediately deleted.”
“Good job.”
Bae Seung-joo, a man who was observing Noblie, let out a voice mixed with laughter.
“This really suits the word nangjungjichu.”
Among the graduates of the academy, there must have been many people who took a place in the guild.
Judging from Kang Tae-min’s determined attitude, he would not have joined the guild.
‘But there’s no need to increase the number of distractions.’
The reason Bae Seung-joo took down the video was because of that. There was no reason to disclose jade to competitors.
“For the time being, report all information about Kang Tae-min directly to me.”
“Yes, I understand.”
* * *
A few days passed.
The special class had to let go of pride in order to live with Kang Tae-min’s strengthened training.
And just today.
“As you know, today is the day of the anti-class competition.”
At Cha Dong-hyuk’s words, the teachers nodded slightly nervously.
“As you all know, it is not just a school event. The association is also watching, so please pay special attention.”
The class competition was an important event at the beginning of the semester.
But it wasn’t just a school problem. As a result of this competition, the aspect of the ‘strategy practice’ class related to the association was decided.
Soon, a foreigner in a black suit entered the classroom. It was a Hunter dispatched by the Association to ensure fair progress in the competition.
“nice to meet you. Today’s referee is Dixon Cooper.”
He greeted the teachers in fluent Korean. The teachers were also greeted with a light nod.
“Thank you for the welcome. Unfortunately, I have something to tell you.”
“Delivery details?”
“At the Association?”
At Dixon’s words, some teachers drew question marks on their faces.
“Yes. The previous method was to catch a pile of goblins, but this time we decided to change the target on the same day for a fairer competition.”
“… Yes?”
“You change the subject?”
The sudden news made the teachers wide-eyed. Among them, only Kang Tae-min calmly looked at Dixon.
Dixon felt something uncomfortable in that gaze, but soon he lowered his head with an awkward smile.
“Yes, detailed explanations will be notified to the students on site as well.”
“Then let’s all move.”
Cha Dong-hyeok received the word, and everyone moved to the training ground together.
The training ground was already filled with representatives from each class and students gathered to cheer.
Dixon adjusted his dressing and headed for the center where all could see.
He finished his greetings and explained the change.
“what!?”
“Aren’t you a goblin?”
“OMG… ?”
“Then all the hard work you trained for was nothing?”
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Like the teachers, the students were visibly embarrassed. However, the turmoil quickly subsided under the control of the teachers.
“I will do my best so that there will be no regrets.”
Dixon then exchanged greetings lightly with the representatives of each class. The greeting, which was quite formal, changed in front of one person.
“Ah, Miss Joo Dahyun.”
One of the representatives of class 1 and the next successor of the giant guild ‘Spiral’, Ju Da-hyun, was hiding.
Dahyun Joo was just glaring at Dixon with cold eyes.
<Don’t look at me that way. Because I just listened to my grandfather’s request.>
Dixon conveyed his intentions with my awakening ability, ‘telepathy’. Joo Da-hyun flinched and clenched his fists tightly.
<You know better than anyone, right? The fact that Grandpa has special expectations for Miss Dahyun.>
Dixon spoke of fairness, but in reality he was a broker selling the association’s information in this way.
She sold the information of this competition to the Spiral Guild, and she must have been training for this test subject in the company building.
<That expectation, I will continue to help you live up to it. If you have my information, you won’t have to worry about seniors until graduation.>
Zhu Da-hyeon’s grandfather, Zhu Taiji, was a master of spearmanship called Changhuang.
‘If only I had been stronger… .’
She also learned spearmanship, but still felt inadequate. When I entered the academy, the reason I got into class 1 was because of my grandfather’s influence rather than my skills.
<Dahyeon-yang is doing her best. It’s not a sin to use the information you have. Don’t forget the academy’s motto, ‘Skill supremacy’. It’s not against the school rules.>
Dixon shook hands with Joo Da-hyun with a benevolent smile.
“I wish you good luck.”
Joo Da-hyun rather got goosebumps at the innocent smile. How can the outside and the inside be different?
<So don’t worry, just trust me. Then, I hope for a good relationship in the future.>
Joo Da-hyun bit her lip as she watched Dixon pass by with a smirk on her face.
Still, she couldn’t blame Dixon.
‘I, I can’t disappoint everyone.’
Grandpa had already bought information from Dixon. That was an undeniable fact. I had to be number one here somehow.
‘best… Yes, this is the best for now.’
Then, her gaze turned to the side where the teachers gathered, especially Kang Tae-min.
‘… It would have been better if Kang Tae-min was a spearman.’
Joo Da-hyun watched the video posted on Noblely. Although he could not directly observe his spearmanship, anyone could tell that he was superior to Park Jeong-hun.
‘It doesn’t seem like anyone else will notice.’
Park Jung-hoon knew that she was Changhwang’s granddaughter and acted passively. She couldn’t help but feel dissatisfied.
“Now then, I will reveal the long-awaited test subject.”
Her thoughts were soon interrupted by Dixon’s voice. But soon interest returned.
She already knew which monsters to deal with.
“The monster you will be dealing with is an Orc! Rankings are determined by the most kills within the time limit!”
“Are you an orc?”
“It’s completely different from goblins… ?!”
“Wow… It’s ruined.”
The voices of the other class representatives were frustrated. Everyone except Joo Da-hyun was like that.
I definitely should have.
“Five? Orc?”
“You’re lucky.”
“Is this a blessing over the phone?”
Right next to class 1, the reaction of the special class currently recording the highest performance was strange.
‘… Lucky?’
Ju Da-hyun couldn’t understand the meaning at all.
* * *
Teachers around me whispered lowly.
“Okrani… .”
“Wouldn’t it be a bit difficult for students?”
Everyone was perplexed. But not me.
I already knew that the association would change the test subjects to orcs.
One reason.
Dixon Cooper, the Association’s terminal staff.
Because I knew his true identity.
Dixon will become a villain named ‘Black Messenger’ in the future. It stuck like a parasite inside the association and sold information about the internal situation and security hunters to interfere with the arrest of the villain.
As I researched him, I found out that the Black Messenger is not only related to villains, but also to a large guild.
One of them was today, the anti-battle match information leak.
“Dahyeon is calm.”
“It deserves it. She’s Changhwang’s granddaughter.”
I turned my gaze to the words of the teachers around me.
Resembling my grandfather, I could feel the spirit of a warrior in his sharp eyes. It was clear that the brown hair that was rolled up was to keep it from interfering with the battle.
It was because of her that I faced Changhwang. Chang-hwang and Ju Tae-ji blocked my way, lest the black messenger’s secrets would be revealed if the black messenger was caught, to be exact.
But this life is different.
“The homeroom teachers of each class, please encourage the representative.”
I stepped up to my students.
“Think of it as a match, not a match. The outcome of a battle is not a ranking, it is divided into life and death.”
The purpose of my training is not simply to train students.
The training with the goblin dummy was to prepare for the basics and the dungeon break.
After that, I only had to deal with orcs, not goblins. There was a pretext to take away their pride and increase the intensity of training, so they followed suit.
“Yes, I understand!”
“of course.”
“I won’t let you down!”
The three of them didn’t feel any concern.
That’s because he was dealing with a dummy I made, not a simple dummy.
“We will start the test according to the performance ranking. The first is the representative of the special class. These are Ko Min-soo, Song Dae-bum, and Min So-yul students!”
“King Minsu! King Minsu!”
“Song Dae-beom! Blow it all up!”
“If Soyul hurts you, you will die in my hands!”
Along with Dixon’s voice, the guys from the special class loudly cheered.
“Make sure to show the rank of the strong.”
When I laughed, the guys laughed too.