Episode 182 Week 9 Midterm Exam (6)
I had a dream.
I was lying on the grass, blankly staring at the sky, when a gray, fluffy cat appeared out of nowhere.
That extremely sleepy expression somehow feels familiar.
“… … .”
A cat came right up to me and tapped my head, cheek, and shoulder with its front paw.
But when I continued to look up at the sky and didn’t react, he jumped on my chest and curled up into a ball.
It’s as if this is my assigned seat.
As I continued to watch the clouds floating in the sky, I suddenly opened my eyes and saw the ceiling of a cave.
‘It was a dream after all.’
It doesn’t seem to have any special meaning, so you could just dismiss it as a dog dream, or rather a cat dream.
But when I lowered my gaze a little, a scene similar to a cat dream unfolded before my eyes.
A calligrapher sleeping with her head against my chest.
I also attached the sleeping bag tightly to my sleeping bag.
“What is he doing here?”
The cave is big, so why did you come all the way here?
I gently shook the calligrapher’s sleeping bag.
“Hey, Mr. Seo. Wake up.”
“… … .”
“Mr. Seo. It’s morning.”
“5 minutes… … .”
Does that mean you want to sleep for 5 more minutes?
If you leave it like this, 50 minutes will pass in an instant.
First of all, I thought I should wake up first, so I laid down Seo Ye-in who was sleeping with her head against my chest, and then lifted the sleeping bag and moved it to the side.
I felt it when I carried it on my back yesterday, it’s as light as a feather.
“… … ?”
But as soon as she left me, the calligrapher opened her eyes wide.
It’s closer to having my eyes closed, as if I’m still half-asleep. If I were to express it in numbers, it would be about 0.2 degrees of awakening.
In that state, he gently pulls me towards him.
“More… … .”
“It’s time to wake up. Eat.”
I broke the last remaining fruit into small pieces and fed it to him one by one. He started chewing on it little by little and opened his eyes about 0.4 times.
Only after opening her eyes 0.6 times did Seo Ye-in get up and start to tidy up her place.
As we walked out of the cave, each holding a calorie bar, the calligrapher asked us a question.
“Where are you going?”
“To get supplies.”
Just like yesterday, we are moving quickly to secure supplies.
We circled the lake and continued walking until we reached our destination.
And he looked up at the sky and said:
“I’ll be here soon.”
“jet.”
– Whaaaa …
A jet plane appears in the sky above the uninhabited island as if it had been waiting for those words.
It circles through the air, scatters supply boxes, and disappears.
One of them was descending directly in front of us with a parachute attached.
‘One thing is definitely certain.’
Knowing the time and place will allow you to get at least one box to start, and you won’t bump into other participants along the way.
The others were either still asleep or had only just begun to move after seeing the jet.
This supply box was small in size, and contained a flute crudely carved from an animal skull.
[Goblin Flute]
An item that summons goblins within a certain range while sleeping.
Although it is a one-time use item, it has a very powerful effect.
He put the flute in his subspace backpack and reached out to the calligrapher.
“Let’s go and see the next box.”
“Jump.”
– Boom!
They quickly moved to the next location, holding hands.
As I was running and repeatedly jumping long distances using Windforce, I saw a supply box on the other side of my vision.
As we approached, slowing down a bit, we stopped at the same time and exchanged a few words.
“It’s a trap.”
“pitfall.”
Although the lid is closed, there are faint traces of someone having been around the box.
Other people may be fooled, but Nana’s keen eye for calligraphy cannot be fooled.
If they deliberately pretended not to touch it, it is very likely that they set a trap.
The calligrapher silently pointed to a spot in front of the box, and I picked up a large rock and threw it there.
– Whirlwind!
As soon as the boulder touches the ground, vines begin to engulf the area.
As expected, it was a trap.
And what suddenly popped out from hiding in the bushes was,
“We got you, you bastards!”
Shin Byeong-cheol, holding a chopstick-like tool in each hand, and Go Hyeon-woo, holding a golden magic sword.
However, he stops halfway through because what he finds in the trap is not a person but a large rock.
Then, as he looks around, his eyes meet the calligrapher’s, who is aiming a gun at him.
The magic gun spewed out blue fire.
– Doo doo doo doo!
“Hey hey hey! Time, time! Let’s talk about it, talk about it!”
Shin Byeong-cheol turned his back and ran away in a hurry.
As Go Hyun-woo took a position to protect Shin Byeong-cheol and quickly swung his sword,
– Chae chae chae chae!
The magic bullets break apart and scatter.
While continuing to fire magic bullets, Go Hyun-woo sent out a few lines of black energy, but I used Windforce and Dark Cloud to blow them away.
Meanwhile, Go Hyun-woo also hid with his back against a tree.
“Haha, I don’t know if I should say I’m lucky or unlucky to see you both on the midterms.”
“Let’s do both. Since we’ve met like this, why don’t we try it out?”
“I would also like to do the same, but unfortunately the circumstances are not favorable.”
Go Hyun-woo then just shows off his magic sword.
Even though it has quite a high durability and an auto-repair function, the blade has already developed a dent.
It appears to have been damaged as the calligrapher’s magic bullets were fired one by one.
If the battle continues like this, there is a good chance that it will be destroyed.
“Right now, I have no other weapon to use besides this sword.”
“Because two items are the rule. It must be a handicap for you. What about the other one?”
“I chose the ballpoint pen that Kim Hyung made for me.”
A sturdy ballpoint pen.
This item is made by combining a sturdy clip and a perpetual motion ballpoint pen, and has an option to help increase weapon durability.
I plan to use the sorcerer’s sword sparingly without breaking it.
“What did you get in the supply box?”
“It’s something called a twin GPS.”
Go Hyun-woo put away his magic sword and took out two terminals the size of his palm.
It is a GPS device that can confirm each other’s location.
“How did that come out?”
“Brother Kim, do you know what it’s used for?”
“To put it simply, it’s a collaboration item.”
More precisely, it is an item used for cooperation with ‘other teams’.
Midterms are basically conducted in pairs, but there is no rule that says you have to just fight with other teams.
They can cooperate sufficiently according to each other’s interests, and this twin GPS is used for the two teams to identify each other’s location.
Go Hyun-woo nodded his head.
“I was wondering if there was a need to go separately from the new type, but it turns out there was such a purpose.”
“A pair should always stick together.”
It’s best to keep a team of at least two people, as you never know when or where a battle will break out.
Go Hyun-woo and Shin Byeong-cheol came out from behind a tree and approached us.
And with the passing of a pair of twin GPSs, an implicit alliance was formed.
“What about Crystal?”
“I somehow managed to get one. At dawn.”
Shin Byeong-cheol took out a green crystal and showed it to me while answering the question.
Not charged.
I suggested, showing Red Crystal No. 2.
“We can go charging together. The more people who guard it, the better.”
“Oh, genius.”
Yesterday, while I was charging, the calligrapher had to chase away all the other teams that were rushing in.
On the other hand, if there are four people in total, one person can charge while the other three watch the surroundings.
Stability is greatly improved.
So we all walked together to the sanctuary.
A towering tower like a lighthouse.
It is about four stories tall, slightly taller than a mill.
I pointed to the top and asked the calligrapher.
“How about that? Is it too high?”
“are you okay.”
This height is okay.
As we ascended with Windforce, the calligrapher took up a position on the roof of the tower and hid there.
I then nodded to Shin Byeong-cheol.
“Charge first. We’ll guard it.”
“Oh my, thank you. Then I will accept it.”
Shin Byeong-cheol runs straight into the tower.
I felt like I was climbing the stairs with great effort.
– Woof—
A strong light began to emanate from the top of the tower.
That means someone is charging the crystal, so enemies will soon swarm from all directions.
Go Hyun-woo and I hid and waited at the crossroads where they might come from.
The first guests were a male and female pair, the male student a heavily armored warrior and the female student a healing magician.
Judging by the way he keeps approaching the top while being on guard, it looks like he’s been in this situation a few times.
As they had guessed, a blue light flashed at the top of the tower,
“Ugh!”
– Thud!
A heavily armored warrior raised his shield to block an incoming sniper shot.
His body staggered momentarily from the shock, but he soon regained his composure as if nothing had happened.
I guess the healing wizard wants to look good to the female student.
“One musketeer is down. Let’s go and get him.”
– Crunch!
But it was the female students who were caught first.
Go Hyun-woo, who had been lying in wait, cut off his sword in one breath.
The female student who collapsed was released from the dungeon.
“There were two more.”
“This… this… this…!”
-Whew—
A whirlwind gathered around the armored male student with his mouth wide open.
A male student who instinctively puts up a shield and uses defensive skills.
The entire body is covered in blue mana, further strengthening the defense.
It has a fairly decent reaction speed, and its skill level is estimated to be between D- and C-class.
‘But that’s not enough.’
– Boom!
“Oh my.”
The heavily armored warrior’s back bent like a shrimp as the compressed air exploded.
He looked at me with eyes full of distrust.
As if asking how his defenses were breached so easily.
How could he know?
The fact that this simple-looking wind magic has an ‘ignore defense’ effect.
A mediocre defense mechanism can easily penetrate and cause damage like now.
Go Hyun-woo’s magic sword was swung at him, who had his weaknesses exposed.
– Crunch!
Both of them disappeared, rendered incapacitated, but nothing remained in their place.
It seems like he didn’t have any items at all.
I’ll leave at least one calorie bar.
I exchanged glances with Go Hyun-woo.
“Let’s welcome the next guest.”
“Ambush can be fun in its own way.”
As I waited, hiding in the bushes, the next guest appeared.
Two male students.
They have ‘I am Muinyo’ written on their faces and each holds a sword in their hand.
They too approached cautiously, but the difference was that they quickly noticed the ambush.
We stared at the bushes we were hiding in, and then suddenly he fired his sword.
– Wedge!
We had no choice but to get out of the bushes to avoid the black smoke.
But then one of the unmanned figures looked at me and his gaze became intense.
“Kim Ho from Class 3.”
“Do you know me?”
I don’t know you?
He had a smile as deep as his eyes on his lips.
“I was looking for it and found it in a place like this.”
“Why did you come looking for me?”
He just smiled and didn’t answer.
Then four more unmanned figures appeared behind him.
Seeing that they were all carrying swords, I had an inkling of something.
“You’re from the fencing club.”
