The test has begun.

The contents of the test were as follows.

Behind the academy, there is a forest that connects to the mountain range.

There are times when the forest is filled with wild beasts and monsters from the mountains.

Twice in the first half and second half.

At that time, even the villagers couldn’t work properly and had to tremble in fear of being attacked by monsters.

That’s why the academy’s test was created.

Academy cadets wiped out monsters in the name of exams at that time.

At the academy, it was nice not to have to worry about what questions to ask for each exam, and it was a good symbiotic relationship with the villagers not to worry.

“All wild animals such as wild boar and roe deer are worth 1 point. And the goblin is 2 points. Orcs 4 points. And while it may not be the case, a superior or large entity such as a troll can get up to 12 points.”

“Yes!”

Some of the academy’s students listened to the teacher’s explanation at the forest entrance.

Thousands of cadets cannot all enter the forest.

That’s why the test puts twenty teams into the forest five times a day over three days.

From 3 to 10 people per team.

Before taking the test, you give them the paperwork with the members of the team, and they assemble the teams and distribute them appropriately.

All teams score points and rank in the order in which they scored more points.

The class of the next grade will change depending on the ranking of the two tests.

So all the cadets gritted their teeth and hunted the creatures of the forest in order to pass the exam well.

The team, which included me, Selina, Mahol, and Reina, was in the last order on the last day.

Excluding our team, just five more teams entered as if someone had planned it.

The number is far less than when the 20th team entered.

However, that number of cadets could not be just right.

didn’t pay much attention.

“Inspectors are always on standby, so if you encounter a dangerous situation, you can set off this flare. Then the examiners nearby will help. Got it?”

“Yes!”

“Then, all of Team B enter!”

“enter!”

As soon as the examiner finished speaking, the cadets around them ran into the forest as if someone was chasing them from behind.

‘I wouldn’t be able to catch a lot just because I went in so early.’

Not understanding their urgency, I watched them quietly.

“Are you guys not going in?”

“I will go in.”

The examiner looked at me and said.

He was not an academy teacher, but an auditor from the royal family.

Judging that the teachers could not be trusted due to the vice principal’s work, the auditors became the examiners for this exam.

It has nothing to do with me.

Rather, they will measure more accurately, so you can take it for granted.

“Let’s go in.”

Sweeping down the handle of the sword, he looked back at his teammates and said.

***

It would have been normal for the forest to be crowded with monsters.

It was hard to find monsters after they had already been swept by Team A once.

And this situation was already expected.

No matter how many monsters descended from the mountains, there was a limit to that.

Since it had already been swept away once, I had to go further inside to find the monsters.

However, the range allowed to us was just up to the forest.

Going beyond that required the consent of the team members.

The place I’m going to is a mountain range, but there are more monsters in that mountain range than the monsters that descended into the forest.

So going inside was like suicide.

So most of them didn’t go inside.

‘There’s no need to take the risk.’

To be honest, quite a few monsters couldn’t harm our team.

I alone have a record of hunting Orc Warriors, and I am also with Mahol, who is good at assassination, and Selina, who is known to have similar talents to me.

In order for us to be dangerous, at least there had to be a higher level monster like a troll or an ogre.

Even though I know that, the reason why I don’t go inside.

‘There is a troll in the center of the mountain range.’

It was because there was a troll in it that had been sleeping for a long time like a dragon.

No matter how confident you are, trolls are hard to deal with.

Even the main character was on the verge of life and death when dealing with the troll kings.

My goal is to live, but there was no need to insist on getting a few points.

I just had to hunt in moderation, enough to reveal myself.

“Let’s go over there.”

And even if you didn’t have to go into the mountains, there were monsters.

For example, a cave or a place where there are many places to hide because it is tightly packed with trees.

“There it is.”

Arriving at a place where the bushes were thick enough to block my view, I pointed out a place to my teammates.

“It’s a goblin.”

Selina said what I pointed out in a calm tone.

Goblin.

worth 2 points.

A monster that is not dangerous as a single entity, but becomes a threat when the number increases.

I saw seven of them clustered in the middle of the tree there.

As if he had just hunted a rabbit, he was holding the rabbit’s half-cut corpse and shaking it around.

The blood splattered from the rabbit’s corpse stained the surroundings red.

“Ouch… !”

Seeing the scene, Reina vomited.

It’s the first time I’ve seen goblins, and I’ve seen rabbits torn to shreds.

Just not throwing up right away was considered a feat.

“… .”

However, I was slightly surprised by Mahol’s reaction, which was different from her.

Even though he must have seen the scattered flesh and blood for the first time, he was observing the goblins’ appearance and movements closely without a slight movement on their faces.

Then he wiggled his fingers holding the dagger.

‘Is it a talent?’

Where to aim to die at once, Mahol was thinking of the best plan while watching the goblins.

Looking at it, I thought again that it was true that I had talent.

“Then who will go first? One person has to protect Reina, so let’s make only two people move.”

At my words, Selina and Mahol looked back at each other.

“We will.”

“Ah, would you like to? Do you want to do that too?”

“Yes.”

Mahol nodded.

To be honest, I want to hunt too.

yes. It’s not bad to try once.

In addition, Selina already has a record of hunting at banquets.

I thought it would be better to give up now.

I had to take care of Reina, and it was a little too much to just tell me to wait while watching the excited Mahol.

“Then I would like to ask you a favor.”

“Yes.”

He looked at Selina and said.

In the sense of taking care of Mahol, who has no hunting experience yet.

Sensing my intentions, she nodded and cautiously approached the goblins with Mahol.

I watched it from a distance with Reina.

“If it’s too hard, you can close your eyes.”

He sat down on a rock and told her.

But she vomited and said she would look.

His brother is suffering, and he said that he shouldn’t do this at all.

The mind was unique, so I didn’t have to stop it.

Also, if you live with me in the future, you will experience this kind of thing often, so it wasn’t bad to practice in advance.

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Kieeck!

At that moment, a goblin’s scream was heard.

After a brief glance, Selina had dug in among the goblins.

Mahol did not appear to have disappeared in the meantime.

When I rolled my eyes to find him, Mahol, who was hanging from a branch above the goblins’ heads, was aiming at the goblins.

It’s amazing when you went up there.

Chew!

Selina’s sword decapitated the goblin.

As the goblin attacked from behind, he turned around and swung his sword in a straight line, cutting off the goblin’s arm.

Seeing this, I have definitely improved my skills.

The feeling itself was different from when I saw it at Count Warrug.

smooth and sharp.

yes. It was like seeing a beautiful jaguar in motion.

However, no matter how strong he became, he could not be without gaps.

She was unaware of the goblin’s attack coming into her blind spot.

A goblin with a sharp bamboo spear stabbed her in the side.

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Kieheh… !

The screaming goblin’s head fell to the ground.

It was a face that didn’t even know that he was dead.

The bamboo spear, hand, and arm that had been aiming for Selina’s side fell to the ground as if they were ground in a grinder.

“thanks.”

“no.”

Marhol climbed the tree again and took care of the goblin targeting her blind spot.

Even the knights struggled with the goblins because their behavior became more complicated when there were many of them together.

Now he died without being able to resist properly.

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Kieeck!

It wasn’t that he couldn’t escape.

Selina’s black guys didn’t allow them to escape.

When they tried to run away, they chased them to the end and blocked their way, and Mahol cut off their ankles.

Through sparring with me, the sum was properly aligned.

Maybe that’s why he did quite well against the goblins.

1 hour like that? In maybe less than 30 minutes, there were no more goblins standing on the ground.

“Good job. You did a good job too.”

“thank you.”

“Lady Selina has done everything. I was just assisting.”

At my words, Mahol trembled in humility.

At that, Selina smiles softly. It seemed that in that short time, they became very close.

After all, do kids become friends while fighting?

When you are happy to see it.

Whoa!

A scream echoed through the forest.

The friendly atmosphere darkened at the sound.

“It just… .”

It was a very familiar sound.

A sound I had heard at the banquet.

When I looked at Selina, she too was looking at me with a serious face.

And soon the screams of the cadets could be heard from all directions.

Shi, I hate it!

help me!

aaagh!

Boom, puffer puffer!

Along with screams, the sky was filled with black flares.

thump, thump thump!

And something ran this way.

Trees around them crumbled, revealing something large and green.

“under… I will turn.”

It was an orc.

Like a bodybuilder who took drugs, an orc with a physique twice as large as before.

An orc holding an ax as huge as his body looked around and screamed when he saw this.

Seeing his reddened eyes reminded me of Kaham for some reason.

At that time, the reaction of the orcs to the stimulant was exactly like this.

‘It must have smelled blood.’

The smell of goblin blood.

He smelled it and came. The cadets he met on the way were attacked and screamed.

“I deal with that.”

That’s great.

My heart was stuffy, as if I was suffering from frustration.

I wondered if that orc would satisfy my desire.

“Are you okay?”

“it’s okay. So please protect Reina.”

“… All right.”

I drew my sword.

And slowly approached the orc.

Wow!

The orc screamed and charged at me.

The steps that had been moving slowly became faster and faster, and they rushed in the same way.

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Kwaaang!

The orc’s ax and my sword collided with a roar.