06. Midterm exam (15)

Yoon Seo-hee was lost in thought as she climbed onto the field.

How did this happen?

The curious eyes of the students gathered at her gymnasium, the stern attitude of her teacher ahead of her exams, and the existence of her guild’s leaders and half-sister full of love and hatred watching over her from the VIP room on the second floor. Even now I didn’t care much.

I quietly looked at the pure white girl in front of Yoon Seo-hee’s eyes.

The girl’s red eyes were also looking at Yoon Seo-hee.

The eyes of the two meet each other.

As usual, the girl’s expressionless eyes, not knowing what she was thinking, showed passionate emotions for a moment. It was because she saw the sword in Yoon Seo-hee’s hand.

“What is that sword? What did you originally use?”

“Uh~ I left it behind.”

Yoon Seo-hee smiles lightly as if she is embarrassed.

What Yoon Seo-hee was holding was not the ‘Geumlan’, a dedicated sword made by Kim I-jin. It was an ordinary training sword distributed by the academy.

Combat students are allowed to use all kinds of equipment and items prior to the exam. This is because it is judged that knowing how to handle high-level equipment is an important competency for hunters who will climb the tower in the future.

Of course, that’s just a flashy external justification, and in fact, like any institution in Korea, there is no money to give expensive equipment to a single student, so they gritting their teeth, saying, ‘The ability to procure equipment is one of the qualities of an excellent hunter.’ Just lay

Anyway, because of this educational atmosphere, there is no problem with using high-end equipment like Hyunwoo Lee did last semester. Of course, if her equipment is too bad, that will be a deductible factor, but as Baek Ji-soo knows, Yoon Seo-hee’s skill varies greatly depending on whether she has a main weapon or not.

Without the golden egg, Yoon Seo-hee can’t bring out her aura. She can’t show herself as the youngest S-rank Awakener evaluated by the world.

Even so, if she didn’t bring a golden egg, there are two reasons why she comes to mind.

She thought she could win even without a golden egg.

Or maybe she didn’t intend to win in the first place.

“… Oh yeah.”

Either way is humiliating. Baek Ji-soo’s eyes cooled coldly.

“Ugh….”

Yoon Seo-hee twisted the ends of her hair with a puzzled expression in her mood, which was much more subdued than usual.

‘Are you angry too?’

She could tell even if she wasn’t as sensitive to changes in her expression as Kim Yi-jin. The girl in front of her was clearly more angry than usual.

She was an inevitable choice for Yoon Seo-hee. In order to enter the Eldoras Tower as Baek Ji-soo planned, the two of them must take the top and bottom seats side by side in the midterm exam.

But if she takes out her aura and overwhelmingly beats the blank score, the winning side will be deducted for being too much, and the losing side will be deducted for showing nothing. So it was a real battle.

Baek Ji-su is not in good physical condition due to the side effects of an incomplete regression, and he has recently had to shoulder a considerable burden on his body thanks to eventful events rather than his magical power recovering over the past few months.

In addition to the penalty of one-on-one sparring between a swordsman and a wizard, she is not an expert in combat magic either. Wasn’t she only focused on assisting in the rear during the gate incident and the terrorism at the fair?

When judging from these facts, a certain amount of penalty was necessary considering Yoon Seo-hee’s ability to grow day by day.

And Yoon Seo-hee, she didn’t care at all even if she lost to Baek Ji-soo in this duel because she couldn’t use an aura.

It doesn’t matter who wins, as long as each other gets good scores, isn’t it?

She is Yoon Seo-hee From her point of view, it is a reasonable decision and the result of considering Baek Ji-soo, but on the contrary, if she is holding a golden egg, she is a judgment based on the idea that she will win. And it was evident implicitly that she was thinking of Baek Ji-soo as an object to ‘concede the game’.

In conclusion, it is clear that Yoon Seo-hee is looking down on Baek Ji-soo.

She hadn’t thought of an opponent she had to put all her strength into from the beginning.

“… ….”

A very obvious and simple conclusion.

That drove the girl to the brink of losing her reason.

It was like pouring oil on a burning house.

As the two climbed onto the field, Park Jin-hoo, who was in charge of the combat department, opened his mouth with his characteristic low, heavy voice.

“Baek Ji-soo, Class 2, 1st grade. Yoon Seo-hee from the 3rd class of the 1st year. Have you finished your quantum preparations?”

“Yes.”

Baek Ji-soo just nodded without answering.

Park Jin-hoo thought that was enough for her, and she raised one hand high to announce the start of the match.

“Start!”

The whistle echoed loudly throughout the gym. However, even after the game started, Yoon Seo-hee only stared at Baek Ji-soo, but she stood still and did not move.

It’s not because I underestimate Baek Ji-soo. Because these were the rules of the game.

It is a well-known fact that wizards are vulnerable to melee attacks, and that is why every wizard always prepares their own means to prepare for an unexpected attack. Therefore, there are almost no mages in the tower who are defenseless against attacks.

The 10 second rule for that. The minimum amount of time a mage has to concoct a means to victory.

Of course, giving 10 seconds to an academy freshman wouldn’t do anything great magic. At most, it must be at the level of preparing an offensive magic or using a defensive magic to block the blade.

However, Baek Ji-soo was different from most magical awakeners.

“―――, ―――, ――――.”

The girl’s slender fingers move gracefully and make hand signs. It is difficult to perfectly draw a variety of complex shapes with geometric shapes, but Baek Ji-soo drew different shapes with all ten fingers.

It wasn’t just that. Every time the girl opens her mouth, the words overlap and overlap, like the echo of a speaker. It was a language, but at the same time it was neither language.

The soft tongue moved softly, splitting and splitting one syllable, and each time it uttered a word, it memorized five languages at the same time. It was so fast that it sounded like a snake flicking its tongue.

“Three, my God… What is that?”

“He is in the same grade as me? Are you kidding?”

Multiple chanting in multiple prisons. Even high-speed chanting.

Everyone in the place was astonished to see the academy first year perform impossible skills even for the top hunters.

Except for Yoon Seo-hee.

With only half of the given 10 seconds spent, all the necessary magic has already been completed.

A medium-level magic spell.

Flying, overlapping shields, north wind, extortion, and many other debuffs.

A high level magic formula.

Summon multiple ice spirits.

Baek Ji-soo’s body floated in the air, and a translucent shield overlapped to protect her body.

Wheein! At the same time, strong snowflakes fluttered in the sky, and a bitter cold wind blew fiercely, freezing the floor of the arena.

[Hee~ho!]

[Hiyaho!]

It was only after turning the inside of the gym into an unseasonably midwinter that a spirit that looked like a small snowman popped up in the air. To estimate the number floating around and forming a group, there are dozens. The ice spirit seemed to be overflowing with strength because of the cold environment artificially created by Baek Ji-soo, and her body grew little by little in real time.

In contrast, Yoon Seo-hee, although she hadn’t done anything yet, felt that her shoulders were heavy and her energy was draining. Her blank count was the effect of her debuff magic on her.

And as long as Yoon Seo-hee couldn’t pull out her aura, she had no means to directly hit the spirits belonging to the spiritual body. Because Yoon Seo-hee is not a magician.

Even though he may not have been interested in direct attack magic, it does not mean that Baek Ji-soo has no means of attack. If he did, he would never have survived the last 10 years of his demise.

Baek Ji-soo’s specialty was a number fight that instantly created a battlefield that was advantageous to himself and forced disadvantages to the opponent.

Baek Ji-soo, who was floating high in the sky and gazing at the stadium while dealing with the army of spirits, looked like a snow queen.

‘Yoon Seo-hee. What are you going to do?’

Baek Ji-soo wanted to show Yoon Seo-hee what he was doing now.

This is my level. I’m not weak enough to be taken care of by you. I wanted to tell you that the arrogance of daring to look down on your comrades drove you to defeat.

Yoon Seo-hee is the antagonist who will save humanity from the clutches of the devil. That’s why Baek Ji-soo and Yoon Seo-hee had to be equal. Otherwise it makes no sense If the scale is out of balance and leans to one side… Then….

A boy’s face suddenly appeared in Baek Ji-soo’s mind and then disappeared. He himself couldn’t figure out why his face came to mind.

He said he had nothing to do with the fight, and he shook his head with difficulty.

At that moment, exactly 10 seconds had passed.

[Hi-ho!]

[Hiyaaho!]

Hundreds of icicles created by dozens of spirits. Icicles with blunt ends were fired at Yoon Seo-hee all at once.

Looking at the number that her sword alone could not handle, Yoon Seo-hee calmly and with all her might drove her sword into the ground.

Her golden eyes radiated a radiant light.

Yoon Seo-hee’s unique skills

Current manipulation

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Jjajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja!!! Waves of strong electric current spewed out from the center of the sword split the cement arena floor. Even that wasn’t enough, so huge waves of electricity were sent out in all directions, breaking all the icicles and destroying dozens of spirits.

[Hiyaaa!?!]

[Hi-hoo!!!]

Even after blowing away the spirit army, the wave that retained its momentum hit Baek Ji-soo as it was.

“Kyaaa!!”

Wow! With the sound of breaking windows, all overlapping shields were blown away.

Can you fight? Advantageous battlefield?

That kind of thing was useless in the face of overwhelming power.