Episode 43. Recognition(1)
One.
The moment the surroundings became dark, I moved.
When everyone was confused by the darkness, I was the first to move forward without panicking at all.
As for the monsters that came out of the educational gate, they were all common monsters.
The educational gate was a gate that only showed monsters that were easy for students to catch, such as orcs, goblins, and skeletons.
There was a reason why teacher Yoo Hye-ran told us to catch a lot of monsters or to kill boss monsters and defeat them.
It was just like the game.
In general, when you earn points in a game, do you give more points for killing regular mobs, or do you give more points for killing boss mobs?
Naturally, the latter received more points.
In other words, in this gate strategy, the person who catches the boss mob first can get the most points.
In that case, whoever started early had the advantage.
Sigh.
I looked around.
Besides me, there were other people who moved as soon as the surroundings became dark.
‘After all, the main character is the main character.’
The guy chasing after me, with his shining golden eyes flashing, was none other than Yoon Mir.
So we moved quickly in a short period of time to increase the distance between us and the other students.
Pot-!
When the light turned on, Yunmir and I, who had already reached a place where other students could not see, moved in different directions.
What was a little unexpected about this was that there was a counter-fight going on, so I thought Yunmir would attack first to stop me.
But Yunmir moved in the opposite direction from me.
What he meant was a Yoon Mir style way of saying that the game would be won by clearing the gate fairly, and I understood what he was saying.
‘I’m sorry, but you should have attacked me first.’
I clenched my fists as I saw monsters starting to appear as soon as the lights turned on.
If it were a normal person, he would have jumped into that group of monsters and moved forward, taking out the monsters one by one.
But I was not an ordinary person, but a regressor.
I knew how to defeat monsters quickly and efficiently.
I tightly clenched my fist and activated the ‘strongest gauntlet’ on my hand.
Then the black cotton gloves transformed into gauntlets.
With a click, a silver gauntlet appeared, and I smiled and muttered as I looked at it.
“Do you know how many gates I closed?”
The moment the muttering ended, I started hitting the pillars standing in the middle of the gate with my fists instead of the monster.
2.
Yoo Ah-ram picked up his smartphone.
The ‘Awakening High School Freshmen’ channel became famous because a video posted recently became a huge hit.
Then, subscribers wanted more from Yoo Ah-ram.
When Yoo Ah-ram said that she would like to continue uploading various aspects of Gakseong High School’s daily life, she planned to do her best to meet the expectations of subscribers.
The talent she had was perfect for filming, so even if there were a lot of monsters, she was able to avoid them all.
‘Come to think of it… … .’
It wasn’t scary anymore.
Even though I saw the monsters I was so scared of in person, my body did not tremble.
Yoo Ah-ram quickly typed a message and looked for Lee Si-woo.
“Hello, I’m Yoo Ah-ram, a freshman at Gakseong High School! “Today, I’m going to film the performance evaluation taking place at Awakening High School!”
But Lee Si-woo was nowhere to be seen.
What subscribers want is to see awakened people showing outstanding performance.
Yu-Ram Yoo, who thought so, used his characteristic of being a spectator to quickly understand the needs of subscribers, and turned the camera angle to point where the attention was focused.
At that moment, a rumbling sound was heard from far away.
“… “What is happening?”
In particular, there was a loud sound coming from only that place.
When I looked around, Yunmir wasn’t around either.
When Yoo Ah-ram realized that fact, he thought that was a place where he could get good images.
“Let’s go!”
Yoo Ah-ram, who used his talent ‘Swift’ to run while stepping on the heads of monsters, was literally the wind itself.
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-Chwiiik!
As the pillar collapsed, the monster literally began to be crushed to death.
[Acquire performance evaluation points.]
When I saw the notification window that popped up every time I defeated one or two monsters, I realized that Awakening High had put a lot of effort into the effects.
In a world where status windows have disappeared, an effect that gives the effect of a status window has been added to the gate.
Points earned each time a monster is defeated.
This point was the score of the performance evaluation.
I began to advance, destroying the pillars erected throughout the gate.
This was more efficient than catching monsters one by one.
‘How far has Yunmir gone?’
If he used Yonginhwa, most of these monsters could be taken out in one hit.
Even if you only used Dragon Fear, the monsters wouldn’t be able to move, and catching such monsters was as easy as stepping on an ant to death.
Knowing that fact, I impatiently ran towards the room where the boss monster was.
‘Anyway, it’s strange.’
Bae Jin-soo had clearly said that the Rebellions branch leader would visit Awakening High School in the near future.
There was no better time to raid the school than during the performance evaluation, and I had a feeling that the Rebellions would definitely be targeting this performance evaluation.
But nothing has happened yet.
‘Then the place where they carried out their trick was… … .’
It was a boss room where there would be a boss monster.
If Rebellions had pulled a trick, there was a high possibility that they had pulled a trick on the boss monster.
“Siwoo!!”
Then I heard a voice calling me.
It was Yoo Ah-ram’s voice.
Before I knew it, Yoo Ah-ram was quickly running towards me.
And following Yoo Ah-ram, Selina, Hwang Da-bin, Ji Tae-hoon, and Jeong Joo-won were wading through the tsunami of monsters.
When I glanced around, I saw that our class, Class 5, was moving forward faster than the other classes.
The awakened people in the other class were unable to move easily when they saw the ‘real’ monster they were facing for the first time.
‘As expected, they are the main characters of Part 2, so they are amazing.’
I shouted while thinking that.
“Everyone, don’t worry about the regular mobs and run to the boss room!”
At those words, Selina and Hwang Da-bin were the first to start running forward, avoiding the regular mobs.
As expected, the kids I often hung out with seemed to trust what I said.
My colleagues had also arrived, and now was the start of the full-scale competition.
3.
“That guy is really grade F… … .”
“Yes, that’s right.”
The man who was watching the performance evaluation of first-year students at Gakseong High School on the screen held out a document.
“This is a kid who became famous after appearing on Gaktube. “I asked Jinsu Bae to investigate.”
Shim Tae-gyu, the seventh branch manager of Rebellions who accepted the document handed out by the man, looked unimpressed when he saw Lee Si-woo’s specifications on the document.
“Anyway, it means we weren’t able to recruit him in the end.”
“yes. sorry. Since we are still students, we have many shortcomings compared to the real awakened people in our organization.”
Shim Tae-gyu chuckled at those words.
“Well, I plan on raising him to be a spy. I don’t think it’s suitable for this job. But failure is just an excuse. “It’s not for nothing that we’re called a contract company with a 99% success rate, right?”
The man nodded at Shim Tae-gyu’s words and looked at the screen.
“So, to announce our appearance, I personally took care of the boss monster’s room.”
At those words, the corners of Shim Tae-gyu’s mouth rose.
“Sounds like fun. “Let’s show the world that Rebellions is alive and well.”
At Shim Tae-gyu’s words, the man quietly lowered his head.
4.
Huh, huh.
I was out of breath.
In preparation for a possible attack by the Rebellions, I arrived in front of the boss room without using much of the talent I had set aside.
Still, since the start was a little early, I thought I would get to the boss room first.
But in the end, Yunmir and I arrived in front of the boss room at the same time.
“It’s fast.”
“You are.”
I looked at Kang Ha-rin, Oh Jun-woo, and Won Won-hoon, who were standing with Yoon Mir.
While I was able to reach the boss room by defeating monsters with my classmates, Mir Yoon seemed to have received help from Ha-rin Kang, Jun-woo Oh, and Won Won-hoon.
I looked at my colleagues who came here with me.
Without them, I would have had to use quite a bit of the talent I had.
No matter how much he used the power of the gauntlet to knock down only the pillars, he couldn’t deal with so many monsters alone without using any of his talents.
‘Thanks to you, I was able to not use any combination talents at all.’
I thought of the three A-level combination talents I acquired yesterday.
A talent obtained by combining buffs and kendo, ‘Wind Path’.
‘Messenger’ obtained by combining buffs and Hwaryeong.
The ‘Path of Fire’ obtained by combining Hwaryeong and Kendo.
They were all powerful offensive talents prepared to defeat boss monsters.
No matter what boss monster was beyond this door, these combination talents were enough to deal with it.
According to the gate strategy rules, the person who arrives at the boss room first has the right to hunt the boss monster.
Obviously in this case they arrived at the same time.
“We should go in together.”
Yunmir twitched his eyebrows at my words.
“I do not care. “I’m going to catch the boss monster anyway.”
I smiled at those words. As expected, he was the main character of this worldview.
“Tsk, I can’t help it.”
Kang Ha-rin muttered while glaring at Hwang Da-bin.
I felt myself laughing at the thought of fighting alongside the guys I had fought against during the anti-war war.
Anyway, these members will all fight together later when the apocalypse strikes again.
I looked back at my colleagues.
“Is it okay if I do as Yunmir says?”
“It’s not a good idea to fight with them… … .”
“I can’t help it.”
“I agree.”
Ji Tae-hoon, who was standing next to Selina, spoke after Selina’s words.
“… I agree too. “For boss monster raids, the more party members you have, the better.”
“With this member, the clear probability is 99.9%.”
Even Jeong Joo-won gave a hint of agreement, and I looked back at Yoon Mir.
“Shall we go right in?”
Maybe the monster that would appear in this boss room might not be the monster that appeared during the performance evaluation that I knew.
But it didn’t matter.
It seemed like this member could defeat any monster that came out.
Perhaps Rebellions also didn’t expect the students to join forces.
If so, this was an opportunity.
A chance to f*ck the Rebellions.
I looked at Yunmir opening the door to the boss room.
It’s been a month since I entered school, but I’m now able to walk side by side with Yoon Mir.
This time, I will definitely see the ending with everyone here.
To do that… … .
First of all, I had to defeat the boss monster here.
