There is only one day left until Dalian, the flower of the academy midterm exam.

The midterm rankings of the members are the performance and grades of ‘Familia’.

That is why it is important for children to get high marks in club activities, so we gathered these special instructors today.

“There is no yolk in Ssanghwatang? Eh tsk tsk… … .”

“This man. This isn’t a coffee shop, so would you float the yolk in Ssanghwa Tea? Just drink Americano like me.”

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Kwak Chun-sik grumbles after being handed a pair of tea, and Choi Seon-ho clicks his tongue while looking at him.

Originally, they were two people who were no different from rivals, so seeing them sitting side by side like this was tantamount to picking stars from the sky… … Due to the academy terror incident not too long ago, they seemed to be getting along quite well now.

“Why are you eating something that is American or something that has no taste? Anyway, the old man is dyed by things these days without a bare head.”

“Doesn’t it taste good? How nice it is to have a tight head while being bitter, anyway… … This is why old-fashioned inspiration.”

“what? Old-fashioned?”

“Then are you an early adopter? Great.”

… … Are you friendly?

“Hmm. So, do you want me to help you train for tomorrow’s exam?”

Perhaps realizing that we are being watched, Choi Seon-ho, who was holding an Americano, clears his throat and looks at us.

“That’s right. After all, you two are the strongest people I know.”

Start with word of mouth.

According to my experience and statistics, both of them disliked flattery, but were weak in compliments.

If there’s any difference between the two, it’s the timing, the tone of voice, and the atmosphere.

In fact, at my words, the two of them raised their mouths, as if they didn’t like it.

“Um, what is it? Certainly, Eugene must do as you say.”

“It’s not that I don’t agree, but… … Big hum. You can’t do it alone. There are still many areas to be worked on.”

… … easy people.

“great. Let’s hear what kind of training you’re asking for help with.”

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Kwak Chun-shik asked if he had started focusing on the story, putting the cup of Ssanghwa Tea down on the table.

Is it now?

I was measuring the timing and looked at the two with an expression of regret.

“Isn’t there a saying that you can make great progress just by watching the battles and training of talented people? So this may sound a bit cautious, but… … .”

If only two people I know.

“Perhaps… … .”

A response will surely come.

“Which of the two of you is stronger?”

Let’s kill each other from now on.

* * *

The morning of the day of sparring.

The eyes of the ‘Familia’ members gathered in the class were extremely bright.

It was obvious that he couldn’t sleep easily because he saw such a scene yesterday.

Swordsman Choi Seon-ho and Auror Master Kwak Chun-shik’s confrontation.

Due to the shock at the time, the club’s training ground was almost destroyed, and Ji Soo-hyun, who was off duty, came to find out the truth of the incident, so I said everything.

‘I ran around looking at the poor scene, but when I saw the faces of the culprits, I immediately lowered my head.’

The scene where Ji Soo-hyun hangs her head in embarrassment is a truly rare scene.

Still, thanks to them, the kids were able to make quite a bit of progress.

The sparring between the two, whose emotions were so intense that they even lived, was no different from a real battle, and the subtle momentum and operations were like a miracle just to see.

“ruler. Did you know that today is the last day of the midterm exam? Hey guys.”

Ji Soo-hyun enters the class holding the attendance book with tired eyes.

After setting the roll book down on the classroom table, she took one quick look at us, then covered her mouth and let out a yawn.

“really… … i’m dying of tired oh Jinwoo Bibalt. Wake up.”

“Yes?”

Jin-woo stands up, puzzled by his name being suddenly called.

“What did you do on the strategy test?”

“Yes? Did you just clear it hard?”

“… … Is it a strategy to hit all the party members, you bastard?”

At Ji Soo-hyeon’s words, all the other children’s eyes are focused on Jin-woo.

“I cleared it though… … .”

“Yes, it’s a baby! 3 deaths and 1 seriously injured? Did you know that I was in charge of scoring strategies?”

… … Three dead and one seriously injured.

I managed to clear it somehow, but the result was practically a failure.

“If you really don’t get the top rank today, you’ll almost fail, so be prepared to die. Got it?”

“yes… … .”

“Or you die by my hand.

“… … Yep!”

The two eyes that had been bright until just now sank in an instant.

When the sullen Jin-woo sat down, Ji-soo sighed and opened her mouth again.

“As you all know, today is the day of the sparring to divide the ranks of the first year of the academy. The rankings recorded this time will go up to the school community until the next final exam, so we fight with the determination to die.”

After finishing writing the roll while talking like that, she closed the roll and said, ‘Ah.’ It makes a sound and looks at us again.

“Come to think of it, this Dalian class will be held outside the field, so get ready to go outside.”

“Yes?”

“Outside?”

“Isn’t it originally in the training room?”

I too had the same questions as the other children.

Originally, wasn’t the academy’s mid-term sparring held with students nominated by each other in the training room?

But suddenly it’s an outside field.

If it was an external field, it was definitely a field where all-out club battles were conducted in the past.

“Anyway, there are many cases where high-ranking students are continuously nominated, so I heard that this is an experimental procedure… … I don’t know the details guys! Since the president decided, why don’t you ask the president?”

After saying that, Ji Soo-hyun turned around and left the classroom.

And the little sound she hears the moment she crosses the threshold.

“Good luck on the test.”

The classroom door closed with a barely audible voice.

“Bo, Boss. What did we just hear?”

“Mr. Eugene. Instructor Ji Su-hyeon just told me to do well on the exam, so I left because I was shy, right? Right?”

“… … As the instructor in charge, you went after saying what you should have said, so why are you so surprised?”

Young-je looks at the two people who are obama and their appearance as if it is strange.

Still, it’s fortunate that Youngjae hasn’t been dyed yet, and seems to be thinking normally.

After a while, a broadcast came from the speaker on the van.

– It will be delivered from the Academy Broadcasting Room. It will be delivered from the Academy Broadcasting Room. Now, I hope that the freshmen of the 1st grade will gather in the external field of the academy. I’ll tell you once again from the broadcasting room… … .

As soon as the broadcast is heard, a commotion begins to be heard from outside the corridor.

It seems that they started moving one by one after hearing the broadcast from the other peninsula.

“ruler. Guys, let’s get our own weapons and go out soon.”

Under the guidance of the class president, Yeong-je, our class A also began to move to the outside field after a long time.

“Wow, if it’s an outside field, is it the place where you fought with the ranger club in the past? It’s been a really long time.”

Jin-woo walks ahead of me and talks with Young-je with a smile, perhaps thinking of the old days.

“Do you look confident after facing the Dalian?”

“of course. I saw something yesterday How to say… … The way I think is completely different.”

Fortunately, what happened yesterday seems to have given the children a great stimulus.

“Then, can we expect today’s grades?”

When I ask the children, the children look at me at the same time.

“I won’t fight the boss.”

“I won’t fight with Eugene.”

“Are you going to run away when the manager approaches?”

… … No, it’s sad to say this.

I didn’t intend to bet on sparring first, but I just wanted to do it because I was grumpy.

-Come on, everyone, focus! Concentrate!

At that time, the voice of Yunho Park, the head of the first year department, came from the speakers installed in the outside field.

Children begin to focus on this one by one.

– You must have been embarrassed to suddenly have everyone gather outside the field. Until last year, it was conducted in a competition room where students of different ranks were challenged.

At his words, the other children also nodded.

I knew that too, and it was clear that the other kids knew that too.

– But from today it will be different. So far, there have been many opinions on the sparring conducted during the test period, and this jockey is considered to be quite special. Under the opinion of our instructors and the President, it will be conducted in a new format starting this year.

It wasn’t that his words didn’t make sense.

I also had a lot of special kids who thought this jockey was a golden jockey.

But how does it change?

Something that didn’t exist in this game… … Is it also related to what happened earlier this time?

-This midterm exam will be conducted in a battle royale format. With the help of Instructor Ji Soo-hyun, the size of the outside field has been greatly increased and the obstacles have also been greatly increased. The field will get narrower and narrower, and only one person will survive later. The academy plans to divide the ranks in order of survival here.

“… … This is the ‘Academy Battle Royale Expansion Pack’ update.”

“yes? Boss what is it? Doesn’t it look interesting anyway?”

In an instant, I hung up on something else without even realizing it. Jin-woo, who seemed to have no idea, put it aside.

‘… … Was that why Ji Soo-yeon looked tired?’

It wasn’t that the battle royale system didn’t exist in cs. In fact, there must have been an update that conducted a ranking battle in a virtual field like that.

However, I just didn’t know that the update would happen right now.

-When entering the outer field, students will all start in a random location. The area that gradually narrows the field will appear on the ceiling panel, so make sure to check it… … Better to experience it than to explain the rest.

Having said that, Park Yun-ho looked at the entrance to the outside field, and the huge door opened and purple shimmers began to appear.

-Let’s move from class A in turn.

Guided by the instructors, we started entering the field one by one, starting with Class A.

“Battle Royale, everyone, let’s do our best.”

Young-je, the class president, went inside first.

“boss! Let’s not run into each other!”

Next comes Jinwoo.

“Well… … Do you want to become a temporary ally?”

Sae-ah, who has been working hard on a strategy, also goes inside.

After sending all the children away like that. Among Class A, I was the last to step onto the field.

The sense of space movement that I have grown accustomed to after experiencing it several times.

A momentary sense of floating covers the body, and the sight begins to reverse.

“… … Where is it?”

acrid smoke. My peculiar stinkin’.

Even the large-capacity canned food container in the corner.

“Um, is it a smoking area? It almost looks like a shopping mall… … .”

Buildings and cars filling the surroundings.

Even so, the scenery with no people in sight seemed to convey some unknown anxiety.

‘Surely, these shapes were called liminal space, perhaps?’

Well, when I looked around, I was greeted by a familiar landscape.

I was able to find out thanks

This is… … It is Yeouido.

“I’ve seen Yeouido Jiri ramen dozens of times, so are there any big worries?”

The only inconvenience is that the body does not move right now.

Judging from the fact that the whole body was wrapped in magical lines, it seemed that the instructors had inscribed spells separately.

It’s probably for waiting until the game starts.

It must have been like that in other battle royales as well.

– All students have finished entering.

The voice of the Academy’s Broadcasting Department can be heard throughout the city.

-10 seconds later. Seoul Hero Academy midterm exam. Let’s start ‘Battle Royale’.

At the same time, something rises above my head with a piercing sound.

“yes?”

[★2nd place★]

The stone tea that floated above her head emitted a bright light.

“No, what is this?”

Did the game have this feature?

It’s a function that the stone car shines brightly. What is this–

Whoa—!

And at that moment far away. A huge pillar of light connected to the sky began to appear.

A phenomenon that must have been seen by everyone around.

And there, huge letters were spinning around and showing off themselves for everyone to read.

[☆★1st place★☆]

“… … I am a nobleman.”

A forgotten fact came to mind.

That ‘Seoul Hero Academy’ is worse than I thought.

“Second place! Number two is over there!”

“The one who catches it first is the owner!”

“Come on all at once!”

exam. ‘Battle Royale’.

I think it will be the toughest test I’ve ever seen.