Episode 81 – Transcendent Event (2)
It was the hydra’s miasma breath that seemed to pour down, but Seo-joon was not being held still.
When he first took the transcendental mock test, Seo-joon hadn’t even completed a single lecture.
But now, he had completed the lectures of Chiron and Xiang Yu, and was also listening to Jang Sam-bong’s footsteps lecture and Heracles’ lecture.
Unlike the time when Fafnir couldn’t do anything, a lot of things have changed for Seo-joon now.
“Suck!”
As Seo-joon expanded his senses, he could clearly feel the pouring poison breath.
Because of that, the eerie energy was further amplified, but Seo-joon calmed down and moved his body quickly.
Pak, Pak!
Then, along with the mysterious foot ingenuity, Seo-joon’s new model disappeared in an instant.
It was the ‘Cheonsangje (天上梯) – Neunggongheodo (凌空虛道)’ learned from none other than Jang Sam-bong.
In the orientation lecture, Jang Sam-bong defined it as a way to remove restrictions in the air.
However, the footsteps that Seo-joon actually listened to and learned were not simply to remove restrictions in the air.
To borrow Jang Sam-bong’s words, unlike other steps, it was a step that pursued the extremes of fantasy and pleasure.
In a word, it is a step that is ever-changing but also pursues speed…
Even Seo-joon didn’t fully understand the concept.
Pak, Pak!
Seo-joon repeated the phrase he learned from Jang Sam-bong and practiced his steps.
The footsteps were confused and led Seo-jun’s new model.
Aaaaaaaaaaa!!
Seojun was able to avoid the first and second miasma breath.
<Oh my God!!>
Then the mentor who was watching the scene was startled and shouted.
Then, with her eyes wide open, she muttered while looking at Seo-joon.
<When did you learn how to walk like that? It hasn’t been long since I recommended it…?>
At the same time, the mentor showed an expression of disbelief.
However, Seo-joon had no time to worry about such a mentor.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
As soon as he was able to dodge the second poison breath, the third poison breath rushed in.
Seo-joon moved the new model while repeating Jang Sam-bong’s footwork again.
Papababak!
In that way, Seo-jun was able to safely avoid the third and fourth breaths.
There are 5 breaths left.
Seo-joon continued to move his body.
However, it was not possible to completely avoid all poisonous breaths with the footwork that had not yet been completed.
In the end, Seo-joon’s shoulder was grazed by the poisonous breath that followed.
A direct hit would have ended the situation.
Fortunately, it was only a brush, so it wasn’t too much trouble…
Bugurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
“Keah!”
Suddenly, a pain arose in my shoulder, as if thousands of insects were scratching my body.
And the pain started to spread all over the body in an instant.
It felt like my whole body was rotting away and I was in pain.
“Keep it off…! Whoops!”
Seo-joon could do nothing but scream.
So little time passed.
<Step 1 failed.>
<Remaining time: 28 minutes 47 seconds.>
It was only after the notification of the failure finally came that Seo-joon was freed from the terrible pain.
“Heo-euk…! Heo-eok…!”
Seojun let out a rough breath.
Now, in Seo-joon’s head, discounts, scores, and nabbals, and nothing came to mind.
<Are you very sick?>
Then the mentor asked anxiously.
However, Seo-joon was able to answer the question only after a long time had passed.
“No, what…”
<Hydra venom hurts quite a bit, right?>
fairly?
Seo-joon was dumbfounded by the mentor’s words as if it was nothing.
It wasn’t quite painful, I felt like I was going to die… No, I just wanted to die.
To be honest, I wished someone would kill me to feel the pain.
<Hydra is a Masura that belongs to the top ranks when it comes to poison. It’s probably pretty sick.>
As Mentor said, Hydra is a monster from Greek and Roman mythology, possessing deadly venom that even the gods fear.
Seriously, when Chiron was poisoned by hydra poison, he couldn’t overcome the pain and begged me to kill him because he didn’t need anything like immortality.
“……It was worth begging.”
Seo-joon was able to fully understand Chiron’s feelings.
belt ring.
<Progress rate of Jang Sam-bong 21.8% (+2.1%)>
At that moment, the progress rate of the Jang Sam-bong lecture increased along with the smartphone notification sound.
It seemed that he had gained considerable training while avoiding the hydra’s poisonous breath.
Along with the Hercules lecture, the Jang Sam-bong lecture belongs to the beginner class.
It seemed that the progress of the lecture was going up, probably because it was still in the beginning.
In this way, it had the effect of killing two birds with one stone, being able to do causal discounts and training at the same time.
<Would you like to try again?>
<Remaining chance – 10 times.>
However, Seo-joon couldn’t press the retry button.
Seo-joon asked his mentor, just in case.
“Can’t we just stop here…?”
Then the mentor shrugged and replied.
<It doesn’t matter if you quit. But I don’t know if the score is satisfied.>
Shit.
Seojun muttered to himself.
Every time I failed, my hands trembled at the thought of having to endure the pain.
However, Seo-jun finally pressed the retry button.
Hold on.
-Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
Hearing the hydra’s roar again, Seojun picked up Gungnir, not Longinus’s spear, this time.
This subject was, after all, a ‘combat ability’ subject.
In the end, I had to damage the hydra, but the score was measured high.
Originally, I was going to do damage after dodging all the breaths.
However, having just realized from experience that this was impossible, he changed his strategy.
Seojun took advantage of the time when the hydra was fully summoned to come to Gungnir and squeezed the power of the blade.
I thought about using the divine power, but as of now, I have only been able to use the divine power once, or twice if I overdo it.
There were still many opportunities left, so for now, I only put the power of the Aura Blade.
Spaaaaaaaaa!
Soon, a vivid blue aura formed on Gungnir.
-Kyaaaaaaaaaa!
And soon after, Hydra was also fully summoned.
Seojun threw Gungnir at the leftmost head of the hydra’s nine heads.
and.
Fuhuaaaaaaagh!
The head of the hydra pierced by Gungnir exploded helplessly.
“Good!”
Definitely Gungnir was Gungnir.
In this case, all you had to do was retrieve Gungnir while avoiding the breath, and shoot each head one by one.
And if you do it that way, you might be able to catch a hydra.
Excitedly, Seo-joon took steps to retrieve Gungnir.
Right then.
gurg gurg!
Suddenly, a strange sound came from the hydra.
To be precise, it came from the exploded head, but sure enough, the head was regenerating.
“……What?”
Want something for a while.
The blown out head regenerated in an instant.
-Kyaaaaaaaa!!
And ‘Are you the one who dared to blow my head!’ As if shouting, the regenerated head let out a fierce roar at Seo-jun.
“……What do you mean?”
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
<Step 1 failed.>
<Remaining time: 29 minutes 41 seconds.>
“Keep it off!”
Seojun had to roll around like that for a long time.
“What crazy! What can I do with this…!”
After calming down to some extent, Seo-joon was able to recognize the situation.
In this case, there is a high possibility that you will not get the score you are aiming for.
That’s because the 4.2 points he got from Fafnir was the score he got by inserting the spear of Longinus into Fafnir’s body once.
I didn’t know exactly how the score was measured, but if ‘effective hit’ was the criterion, it was quite ambiguous.
When you think about how to do this.
<If you are having a hard time, you can refer to the commentary lecture.>
The mentor suddenly spoke up.
“Oh right. There was an explanation lecture.”
Seo-joon regained his temper at the mentor’s words.
Come to think of it, Fafnir also attacked with the tips he learned from Siegfried’s lectures.
Perhaps Hydra’s strategy is also in the commentary lecture.
Seo-joon went straight into the commentary lecture.
Hold on.
[Hydra is a dragon after all. (Instructor: Siegfried)]
[The head of immortality in the middle should be cooked with fire to taste. (Instructor: Hercules)]
[If you know it, Hydra is no different from Orochi. (Instructor: Susanoo)]
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As expected, there were commentary lectures by several instructors.
And in the myth, it was none other than Hercules who defeated the Hydra.
Hercules would be familiar with the characteristics of the hydra.
Seo-joon pressed Hercules’ commentary lecture.
<Oh, yes. By the way, you know that if you watch the commentary lecture, your score will be deducted, right?>
No, I tried to press it.
Suddenly, Seo-jun’s fingers hardened like a stone statue.
Even when he first took the transcendental mock test, Seo-joon’s purpose was the progress of the lecture.
That’s why I could have given away points, but not now.
Now it’s a situation where you have to get a high score somehow.
“……shit.”
I couldn’t listen to the commentary lecture.
<If you look at the commentary lecture, there is a strategy. Even if your score is reduced, you can get a high score based on that… haha, the choice is up to Seojun Kim!>
The mentor muttered with a smile on his face, as if it were not advice.
I don’t know if it’s because of my mood, but I also felt like I was doing that on purpose.
After a long thought, Seo-joon finally folded his trembling fingers.
And I pressed the retry button, not the commentary lecture.
Hold on.
-Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
Hydra’s roar that erupts without fail.
<Hwa.E.Ting! go for it! Woori Team! E.L.L!>
At the same time, the mentor shouted, “Cheer up.”
But, is that cheering me on, or is it snickering…
Above all, it was even more questionable who the hell our team was referring to.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
<Step 1 failed.>
<Remaining time: 28 minutes 32 seconds.>
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<The first subject (combat power) test is all over.>
<Tests for the following subjects will be held in 3 days.>
<Scoring score…>
When all 10 opportunities were exhausted, the test ended.
“please please···!”
And while the score was being measured, Seo-joon put his hands together and prayed earnestly.
After a while, the score came out.
<Member Kim Seo-joon’s combat power subject score is [8.8 points]>
“Yes!”
Seojun shouted with joy.
The score I received before was 4.2 points, so the score has risen by 4.6 points.
It was not possible to simply measure the growth rate by score, but if you dare to compare it, it was more than twice as much growth.
In addition, the target score was 3 points per subject, so it was also an increase of 1.6 points.
<Wow… Seojun Kim. How come you seem to be a different person every time you see it?>
Sure enough, the mentor also opened his eyes wide in surprise.
<Like footsteps, the last thing you used was divine power, right? If you look at the actual growth rate, you’re the most overwhelming of all the students I’ve been in charge of?>
At the mentor’s praise, Seo-joon felt like his shoulders shrugged.
The students in charge of the mentors were transcendentalists or those close to them anyway.
It wasn’t easy to hear that I wasn’t falling behind in comparison to them.
<Of course, the level is the most gruesome.>
“…I wish I hadn’t said the last thing.”
<Haha! But it’s true!>
Seo-joon shook his head at the mentor’s energetic reply.
The Hunter’s world and the transcendent world were literally different worlds.
In any case, the situation in which the target of 3 points was achieved in the first subject.
“Let’s just go like this.”
Seojun had no doubt that he would soon be able to listen to Jecheon Daeseong’s lecture.
but.
Things did not go as expected.
<Second Subject (Basic Physical Fitness)>
<Time limit: 1 hour.>
-Then I’ll ask you until you bring me the golden apple.
Woooooooooooooooooo!!!
“Keep it off…! Such crazy…!!”
<Seojun Kim’s basic physical fitness subject score is [5.9 points (+2.2)]>
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<The third subject. (improvise)>
-I… the first eye, closed… the second eye, open…
“How many eyes do you have?”
<Seojun Kim’s score for the Improvisation course is [4.2 points (+1.9)]>
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<The 4th Subject (Mana)>
<The Arch Lich does not take damage from any attacks.>
<Time limit: 10 minutes.>
-Success before inevitability…
Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo…
<Step 1 failed.>
<Remaining time: 9 minutes 58 seconds.>
-Is this all…
“Haha… I haven’t taken the Mana lecture yet.”
<Seojun Kim’s mana score is [1.6 points (+0.4)]>
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That’s how I finished the 4th subject.
‘Joe, I’m bored…!’
Seo-joon felt his heart sink.
The difficulty level of the mock exam was crazy compared to last time.
Besides, I couldn’t even listen to the commentary lecture, so I couldn’t do anything.
Of course, because Seo-joon had grown up, he was able to raise his score.
However, it was not the 3 points per subject that I was aiming for.
The total score so far is 9.1 points.
It was 11.2 points short of the target of 20.3 points.
Now, there were 3 subjects left, so it was safe to raise 4 points per subject in order to raise 11.2 points.
However, considering the level of difficulty… I couldn’t be sure that it was possible.
I couldn’t even guarantee 14.5 points, 50%, let alone 70%, 20.3.
Seo-joon said to the mentor with a feeling of wanting to.
“Mentor. If the grade improvement rate does not exceed 50%, can I not get the discount itself?”
<Yes. You can receive the event benefits only when it exceeds 50%.>
‘I really screwed up…!’
It was a situation where only 1 billion won, which was the fee for the mock exam, was blown away.
The fifth subject started like that.
<The fifth subject (mental)>
<Time limit: 30 minutes.>
“Hey, we have to get points here…!”
Seo-joon woke up.
If you don’t get a score here, in fact, you had to see that Jecheon Daesung’s lecture was over the water.
-I hope I won’t disappoint you this time…
oh oh oh oh…
Along with the words of the Arch Lich, a sound like a rotting soul resonated in my ears.
Others would have literally rotted their souls, but Seo-joon was not affected much.
<Step 1 Success!>
“Whoa!”
As in the last mock exam, I was able to pass the first stage without difficulty.
But this was just the beginning.
Since they failed in the second stage, the key to winning is how long they can endure.
Seo-joon took deep breaths and took control of his mentality.
And the second stage started soon.
<Time limit: 1 hour.>
-You are with me now.
At that moment, an unknown voice flowed into Seo-jun’s ear.
At the same time, Seo-jun’s body did not move as if it was bound by something.
-You can’t escape me forever…
An unidentified voice continues to be heard.
however.
“What is he saying now?”
Seo-joon shook off his possession with just one word.
– What, what ?! This can’t be like this…?
<Stage 2 Success!>
Stage 2 ended so pointlessly.
Step 3 started right away.
With the beginning of stage 3, a woman wearing a thin sheer fabric shimmered in front of Seo-jun’s eyes.
The white neckline and the hair gently flowing down it.
Is this the kind of beauty that cannot be found in the world?
She was literally the goddess of beauty.
In addition, just looking at how thin the cloth was, barely visible, made me feel dizzy.
but.
“Miss, aren’t you cold?”
To Seo-joon, she just looked like an ordinary lady.
<Step 3 Success!>
When the third step was passed without much difficulty, the mentor was greatly embarrassed and shouted.
<Eh?! what, what, what?>
“well···? Can you just stand it?”
<Oh no, what is this…>
The 4 steps that followed.
<Time limit: 30 minutes.>
– Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! help me!!
– It’s because of you!! you killed us!!
It was as if hundreds of millions of demonic spirits gathered together and shouted.
murderous intent and malice. Hate and Madness.
All the negative emotions were lumped and poured into Seo-joon.
A fatal instinct ate into Seo-jun’s mind.
and.
“Is this tolerable?”
Seojun tilted his head and murmured.
