Episode 82 Week 5 Mentoring, In-person Battle (5)
“Hey, Kim Ho.”
“Yes, senior.”
“This is crossing the line.”
“I’m sorry, senior.”
“You did that on purpose.”
“No, senior.”
“But why are you tearing it so hard?”
“As the fight intensified, I started to lose strength, senior.”
“… … .”
Dang Gyu-yeong narrowed his eyes and glared at me.
As if that way, you would be able to tell if what I’m saying is true or false.
‘It’s true.’
Since I was using the B-grade amplified overheat on the thief’s step, it was difficult for me to control it perfectly in my current state.
In addition, it was inevitable that it would take strength to remove the sticker from Dang Gyu-yeong, who was demonstrating his full potential.
Still, I was innocent except for accidentally tearing off the button, so I looked at Dang Gyu-yeong without avoiding his gaze.
“… … .”
Dang Gyu-young’s eyebrow shape changes every few seconds.
He frowned in anger and made a V shape,
It bent gently for a moment as if thinking deeply about something,
He frowns again, feeling angry.
If we were to guess Dang Gyu-young’s current state of mind, it would be like this.
Of course, we know that what just happened was an accident.
But even knowing that, I still felt a little hurt.
If you keep taking your anger out on me, I’ve already apologized to you several times.
I don’t want to appear narrow-minded now that I’m a senior.
But I’m still not too angry to let this go.
Dang Gyu-yeong, who had been thinking deeply about how angry he was, suddenly lowered his gaze.
Still clutching the torn shirt.
He said something short, as if he wanted to quickly resolve this.
“sticker.”
“yes.”
As I tore off three stickers and held them out, a shadowy hand shot up and snatched them away.
Another shadow hand pointed in the opposite direction.
“Look over there.”
“yes.”
I turned my back and started looking at the circular arena walls.
There was a rustling sound behind me, and a sigh.
I checked the quest while letting the sounds go in one ear and out the other.
[Sub Quest: Week 5 PvP Battle] (Completed)
▷Goal: Peel off stickers (3/3)
▷Reward: Mentoring Event Bonus Enhancement (Large)
[Event: 1st Mentoring](In progress…….)
[Remaining period: 27 days]
▷Grow faster with the help of a mentor.
▷Increased probability of acquiring skills/traits
▷Increased skill/trait growth rate
▷Bonus enhancement (large) applied… … .
Quest rewards increase the growth bonus of the mentoring event.
I succeeded on my first try and got a bonus enhancement (large).
Normally you would get a bonus of around 20%, now it has been greatly strengthened to over 100%.
The growth rate has more than doubled.
This mentoring session was a much-needed reward for me as I was looking to learn some powerful skills and traits.
Of course, since this is a ‘mentoring’ event, even if you receive a bonus, it cannot proceed without Dang Gyu-young’s cooperation.
I hope you feel better soon.
– Clink,
As I was thinking along the flow of consciousness, something stabbed me in the back.
It feels like a finger, and it just scratches my back here and there.
It seemed like writing was on his back.
If you guess what the letter is… … . ‘Ba?’
Next to that, he writes something else.
“Senior?”
When I turned my head over my shoulder, I saw Dang Gyu-yeong’s face, looking very upset.
He pokes my cheek with his index finger.
“Whoever turns around can look back. Look ahead, ahead.”
He presses my cheek as if his index finger is urging me on.
Since I had sinned, I put my head back and obediently turned my back to the drawing board.
Yes, feel free to use it until you feel better.
“… … .”
Dang Gyu-yeong finished writing ‘Bo’ on my back to complete ‘Idiot’, and continued writing various bad words below it, including ‘Malmi-jal’ and ‘Countryside dog’.
Only then did I hear a voice that seemed to have calmed down a bit.
“… … Turn around.”
After permission was granted, I looked back and saw that Dang Gyu-yeong was wearing a hooded sweatshirt over his shirt.
Zip it all the way up.
The two stickers on the top were hidden by the hoodie, and only the stickers on the thighs were restored to their original positions.
“You, try that again next time.”
“I’ll be careful.”
“Let’s go out.”
* * *
When I came out using the teleportation magic circle, I saw a heavy, settled current of air flowing between the three people who had gone out first.
This is because the physical and mental aftereffects of being beaten by Dang Gyu-yeong were greater than expected.
Song Cheon-hye pretended to be fine at first, but it was hard to continue like that, so she sat down quietly in the front row of the audience, and Kwak Ji-cheol took up two or three seats and lay down.
Hong Yeon-hwa suffered relatively little damage thanks to me helping her several times in times of crisis, and she stood with her arms folded in front of the stage, perhaps because she didn’t feel the need to gather in the audience.
Then, when Dang Gyu-yeong and I showed up, everyone gathered around.
Even though Dang Gyu-yeong came out wearing a hooded sweatshirt, unlike when he entered, Kwak Ji-cheol didn’t seem to notice anything strange.
I have a vague feeling that he must have worn it because it was cold.
On the other hand, Song Cheon-hye noticed something suspicious and looked at me and Dang Gyu-yeong alternately with suspicious eyes.
The weather is this nice, so it’s unlikely that he’d wear a hooded sweatshirt because he was cold, and even if he did wear one because he was cold, he probably wouldn’t have uncomfortably zipped it up to his chin.
And Hong Yeon-hwa,
“… … !”
He shivered slightly as if he had found another one there.
The gaze was directed at Dang Gyu-young’s thigh, or more precisely, the sticker attached to her thigh.
At first glance, you might not notice much of a difference, but if you look a little more closely, you’ll notice that the position of the sticker has changed very slightly.
It means that it was taken off once and then put back on again.
The look Hong Yeon-hwa gives me is most likely meaning this.
‘That guy finally did it… …!’
While each person had different thoughts,
Dang Gyu-yeong looked over the first-year students again.
And then he opened his mouth with a sigh.
“Um… … Originally, I was going to give feedback individually to each person based on their skills, as per the manual, but now I don’t think that’s important.”
Before personal feedback, the common shortcomings were too great.
Dang Gyu-yeong must have decided that it would be better to supplement it.
The downside is,
“You’re so weak in close combat. All of you. Not just weak, but disappointingly weak. Weak even considering you’re a wizard.”
“… … !”
“Think carefully about what you did when you were stuck with me just now. Did you even touch the sticker?”
“… … .”
They were momentarily outraged at the mention of their poor skills, but when Dang Gyu-yeong continued speaking, the three of them shut their mouths and remained silent.
Because I don’t think I can come up with anything to refute.
For example, let’s take Hong Yeon-hwa, who I watched from the side,
At first, they attacked with some momentum.
However, unlike the first operation, he failed to find any significant weakness in Dang Gyu-yeong, and ended up being defeated by Dang Gyu-yeong, who was counter-attacking after making meaningless checks.
At the end, when I forced him to engage in close combat, he did try to reach out for the sticker, but it was difficult to see it as a valid action since he literally just reached out.
After that, I just got beaten up unilaterally.
I don’t know exactly what Song Cheon-hye and Kwak Ji-cheol did, but I guess it wasn’t much different from Hong Yeon-hwa.
Dang Gyu-young’s criticism continued.
“If you’re going to be an all-rounder, isn’t close combat a given? Well, let’s say you’re not going to be an all-rounder and are just a regular formation magician. But you should at least have some melee countermeasures in place.”
‘That’s right.’
I nodded.
This is certainly useful advice for the chicks in front of you.
“For example, if you encounter an opponent with a strong charge or movement ability, will you be able to shake them off just by retreating? If you hold out for a little while, create an opening, and then increase the distance, you will have at least some chance.”
“… … !”
Dang Gyu-yeong only gave an example, but the three flinched as if he had specifically mentioned them.
Surely you have been in a similar scenario before.
In particular, Kwak Ji-cheol and Hong Yeon-hwa glanced at me and then hurriedly averted their gaze, even though I don’t know what memories they were recalling.
“So, let’s focus this mentoring session entirely on close combat. The goal is to get your score down to at least 200-300 just through close combat. From what I’ve seen, it’s worth a try. Everyone has a solid foundation.”
Because each of you will have more than one or two skills and characteristics learned from the Magic Tower.
Even if you just look at Hong Yeon-hwa, doesn’t she have a skill called Overheat, which is perfect for close combat?
That’s because I can’t use it properly.
If so, the direction going forward becomes clear.
“If you keep doing it until you get used to it, anything will work out.”
Fighting and fighting ignorantly to gain experience.
And the opponent will most likely be Dang Gyu-yeong.
It may be very physically taxing for them, but skill increases quickly the more you twist your body.
“And speaking of the PvP battle. I’ll give you three more chances to try. If you remove all the stickers within that time, you get 50 points, and if you don’t, you’ll get a 50 point deduction.”
What I’m saying is, if you start learning and feel like you’re starting to gain confidence, try challenging yourself.
If it breaks down, I repeat the sparring with Dang Gyu-yeong to improve my skills, and then I challenge myself again.
A score of 50 in a head-to-head match is the score you get when you win or lose two games against opponents with similar scores.
Even if it fails, the damage isn’t that great, but it’s enough to create a moderate amount of tension.
“The team and the operation… … Honestly, there’s a lot to say about this, but for now, I’ll just look at the close combat. You guys figure it out yourselves.”
* * *
Here’s a summary of this week’s schedule:
Academic schedule and personal training as usual.
I spend any remaining time on mentoring.
In our group’s case, it has been proven that we are weak in close combat, so we gain experience by repeatedly sparring one-on-one with Dang Gyu-yeong.
About 30 minutes per person per day.
“But why are you accepting mentoring?”
As soon as they were alone, Dang Gyu-yeong asked.
This week’s schedule was designed under the premise that ‘close combat is weak’.
But that story didn’t apply to me.
I already tore off all the stickers a long time ago.
In the end, he has to teach me something different, but it seems like Dang Gyu-yeong has no idea what that is.
I answered in a tone that seemed very obvious.
“Is there any other reason? I am also receiving mentoring to learn at least one more thing.”
“Is there anything you can teach me? I’m sure you’ll grow up just fine if I just leave you alone.”
“I have a lot to learn. This time, I especially need your help.”
Dang Gyu-yeong’s eyes lit up when he heard that she needed his help.
“Really? What is it?”
“I’m trying to learn one trait.”
“What characteristics?”
“It would be too long to explain everything, so I’ll just say that it’s an evasion series.”
“It’s an evasion series… … Then you will need my help.”
Since it’s a trait that I learn by avoiding things, it’s only natural that someone would attack me.
Besides, there was another reason why Dang Gyu-yeong had to be my sparring partner.
[Event: 1st Mentoring](In progress…….)
▷Bonus enhancement (large) applied… … .
Although the sub-quest reward can increase your growth speed by more than double, there is one condition attached.
You will receive ‘help’ from a mentor.
No matter what kind of training you do, you must be accompanied by a mentor to receive the bonus.
In one way or another, Dang Gyu-yeong has to be my sparring partner.
Dang Gyu-yeong said that it was a good thing that I gave him direction when he was feeling uneasy.
“Okay, let’s give it a try, okay? Get ready.”
Shadows began to ripple.
But just as the battle was about to begin, I raised my hand again and stopped Dang Gyu-yeong.
“Senior.”
“Why? What else?”
“I wish you would take off your bracelet.”
“?”
Dang Gyu-yeong blinked his eyes and raised his arm.
While showing off the C-rank limited bracelet worn for this PvP battle,
“this?”
“Yes, that’s it.”
“Do you want to do it without rank restrictions?”
“That way, your chances of getting it increase.”
“What kind of trait is that? Let me at least hear its name.”
If the acquisition condition includes ‘avoiding an attack from a third-year student with all his might’, then it can’t be a normal trait, right?
It was just as Dang Gyu-young had guessed.
I remember that when I was playing
This is because its existence itself was not well known because it had so many annoying conditions attached, and even after its existence was known, if the conditions were not met, people had to give up on learning it.
Instead, its power when learned is truly immense, and it is one of the most difficult to deal with among the countless defensive traits.
The name of this trait is.
“It is [distortion].”
“Something new has come out. What’s the effect?”
“I’ll show you after I cook it.”
“Well, then.”
Dang Gyu-yeong took his wrist off the C-rank restricted bracelet.
As the shackles are released and the skills return to their original ranks, the shadows beneath your feet become darker and darker.
“Are you sure you can avoid it?”
“So-so.”
“Okay, I got it. Do your best.”
The shadows moved greatly once,
A huge amount of shadows exploded out, incomparable to what they were before the bracelets were taken off.
– Kwaaaaaaa—!
