Children’s pranks (2)
“The light and dark of the hero training academy.
: Apart from public envy, training academies are by no means a facility for everyone.
For example, I can point out that the school rankings are open to the public, and the ranking changes are written inside parentheses.
This is probably part of a system designed for winners (The hero’s road is not sweet, Book Publishing: Dayoung, 2016).
Statistically, the above trend was even more pronounced, with approximately 87 percent of aspiring heroes maintaining a similar rank in the first semester right before graduation.
In particular, if you look at the raid composition statistics, it becomes clear that high-rankers fall into a virtuous cycle and low-rankers fall into a vicious circle.
Based on the 2018 training academy graduation ceremony.
The ‘Linus’, which was selected as the best team, was made up of all top rankers, including the chief and second rank, while the members of the lowest rank raid, which were not courted by private companies, suffered from a continuous decline in ranking.
Of course, there are counterarguments.
Considering the original purpose of the nurturing institution, it is argued that there is no choice but to intensively nurture the cotyledons that are worthy.
However, it is also a clear reality that the suicide rate of would-be heroes is four times the average.
Can management simply through the head teacher system be the answer?
Whether it is right to neglect excessive competition and discrimination among students, the time when members of society need attention… … .」
While the range speaker announces that the fifth turn has been reached with a long beep.
Im Seol-ha, who is 16 years old this year and a sophomore in training academy, only glances at the boy standing next to her.
On the first day, he grabbed his classmates without mercy, and on the second day, he brought a pet for the first time in the school’s history… stupid
It was not a personal evaluation, but a rumor circulating in the school.
Bondi, in the first three months after going to school, everyone would go wild over my good taste, so beating the top 1st grader earned positive attention, but the act of bringing a parrot was out of the scope of understanding.
Still, it seems to be fine so far, he muttered softly, returning his gaze to the front.
Thick eyebrows and a lined jawline, etc.
Although I didn’t dare to talk to him with a strong overall impression, it was also true that he had followed the party obediently up until now.
[First aerial reconnaissance information sent. Check it through your personal device.]
And above all –
“Well, there are a lot of numbers today. There are ninety level 9 monsters, three level 8 monsters, and one level 7 monster.”
“What kind?”
“Class 9 is Acher and Seratim, Class 8 is Scalp, Class 7 is Rutilus.”
I liked that he was actively exchanging conversations with Park Gun-young, as if he was not ignoring Jo Won.
I don’t know, but if it wasn’t for Lee Yong-soo, if Seong-yeong Kim, who is located at the bottom of Team 4, would have been assigned, the humiliation she had suffered from that damn child… because I couldn’t say it.
They undercut other people’s opinions, make arbitrary decisions, and complain from start to finish.
Compared to that, this one is a nobleman.
“Does the location of the monsters keep changing?”
“yes. They also move every turn. Depending on the characteristics of the monster, if it enters the detection range, it may come after you. But I only have 1 minute… … . Can I decide from the beginning?”
“yes.”
Soon after, the boy who had been asking the question took a few steps back, and Park Gun-young, who implicitly assumed the role of leader, spoke again.
“If you go to the right, there is a river and the mountain is in front, but I think it would be better to move to the right and join the 4th group. Here, four Achers are stamped in front of the two tiles, right? Their combat power is 8, so if you’re not lucky, you might get knocked out.”
“… … .”
Right after I asked for consent in a familiar way since I had belonged to the same group several times in the past.
Toya, the tank, nodded reflexively, but Lim Seol-ha was silent. Express negative intentions by silence.
After all, it would be a choice to combine the combat power of the two teams to promote safety, but the 4th team members wouldn’t consider it a common benefit.
“… You can go left.”
“There’s an 8th grade monster approaching.”
“… … .”
“Seolha, let’s just think about arriving at the destination, huh?”
However, since the spare time was only given from 1 minute to 1 minute and 30 seconds per turn, the short head quickly bowed down and announced surrender.
rattle!
So, before the time limit expired, I pressed the button in a hurry, and the wall rotated to reveal a space where water streams flowed.
Unpleasant imaginations fit in unquestionably.
“Did you tell me? Because it comes unconditionally. Did I win the bet?”
“Oh really. Don’t you have any pride?”
three women and two men.
Exactly five pairs of contemptuous eyes flocked to her.
“Where are you going next?”
“… … .”
“Where are you going? Don’t even think about following me around like before.”
Worse still.
At the ensuing mockery, Im Seol-ha’s mood sinks somewhere underground.
“… We plan to go ahead-”
“no. we will go forward You guys go one more square to the right.”
“… Then I’ll go right next turn.”
It was okay until just now, but watching Park Geon-young bend his pride, negative emotions surged.
In the meantime, Kim Seong-yeong, who occupied the bottom of the 4th group, uses a brief spare time to vomit again with malicious remarks.
The target of the talk was Lee Yong-soo, but the purpose was to belittle the 5 trillion won members.
“You are not very lucky either. I must be late today… … . Tired of being stuck in the trash? Come early next time.”
“… … .”
And the boy… I just stared at the other person for a while, but in the end, he didn’t come up with any reply.
After a while.
The members of Team 5 performed 21 turns without exchanging a single word of conversation until about 15 minutes had passed.
Because Park Gun-young, who is relatively old, or Toya, who is not proficient in Korean, could not casually pass over being ignored by others – he had come forward silently under tacit consent.
Fortunately, except for Im Seol-ha being knocked out once, I arrived at the midway point without incident.
The party soon accepted the third aerial reconnaissance information.
“… All four teams are moving west. I think they thought Rutileus (Level 7 monster) would block the eastern mountains. Let’s go this way too.”
“… … .”
“I will avoid meeting with other teams as much as possible.”
There must have been a reason for taking on the role of leader, but the moment Park Gun-young was trying to calm himself down and read the group.
All of a sudden, an unexpected sound pops out.
“The 7th level monster is alone.”
“… what?”
“Rutilus moves alone.”
When Lee Yong-soo spit out a completed sentence for the first time after practice, a puzzled look appeared on the members’ faces.
Inevitably, a comment followed.
He himself thought that the explanation was insufficient, and it was because the parrot’s feathers had repeatedly hit the back of his head.
“It’s natural for a higher level monster to control a lower level monster, but it’s strange that no monsters are attached to it. Especially if it’s rutileus. It is a highly intelligent entity.”
“… I know that. therefore?”
“… It’s better not to move hastily until you know the exact reason.”
I am full of confidence, but it bothers me that I can’t release information that is not widely known, so after a brief hesitation, only opinions remain.
As expected, Park Gun-young’s refutation immediately returned.
“You know that Rutileus can fly, right? If you go to the eastern mountains, you might be eliminated in one fell swoop. Instead, head west and join the other teams-”
“I’ll buy it there.”
“what?”
“My seat… Well, it’s a place to die.”
Just one for a boy. I thought that it would be better if the weather changed, but first, a low voice touched me.
As the oldest, he is only twenty years old. When a suitable misunderstanding was mixed, the storehouse of patience showed the floor.
“Why is the west a place to die? Most of the monsters are centered. Rather, if you go east and narrow it down from the center, you will be eliminated before you even meet Rutilus.”
“it’s not like that. All the scalpers went west.”
“… Even if it’s a level 8 monster, there are only three of them. To that extent, by joining forces with the other groups-”
“I’ll take the ninth-level monster soon too.”
“That no one knows!”
It would have been a little better if the conversation had been relaxed, but it is a class to develop situational judgment in real battle.
When the fact that there were 8 seconds left until the end of the turn was communicated through the speaker, Park Geon-young finally lost his temper.
Of course, it only felt like youthful blood to a man with a complicated past.
Rather than feeling bad, a little… a different feeling.
“Are you going to take responsibility if you miss the timing to move west? It’s an observation class for you, but our situation is different! Even if we are eliminated, let’s go west and be eliminated together. yes?”
“Then I will move separately.”
“If the group is torn, you will be eliminated immediately!”
Soon after, he pressed the button on the west wall to buy at least some time, and a foggy room appeared.
As a result, Lee Yong-soo did not budge until the last moment when the 22nd turn ended and the doorway opened and closed.
“… … .”
“… … .”
So, all that remains is a creepy silence.
Lim Seol-ha stands with her lips wide open, hardened, and notices Park Gun-young. The red-hot face did not know how to subside.
whether fortunate or unlucky
Shortly thereafter, the tanker Toya eased the uncomfortable atmosphere by asking a question in a dry tone.
“You, right?”
“… … .”
“You say, right? name?”
At this, the boy snorted a small snort.
It wasn’t that I was laughing, it was because the question was like a Mongolian giant.
take a name
I feel better in the strange part, and the answer that follows contains information without adding or subtracting. It probably wouldn’t have been widely known, but even if someone pryed at it, it would have been able to make an appropriate excuse.
“Rutilus’ skin is bloody. I heard that it evolved in a volcanic area… It actually pulls out magma from its snout.”
“Toya, I don’t know.”
Was the sentence too long?
Former villains are much more condensed into words that even giants can understand.
“He hates rain.”
Only then did the gun return to Lim Seol-ha’s eyes, and Park Gun-young also showed an improved face than before.
“… Then outside, won’t you come out? Tracking, no?”
“yes.”
“good. Toya, got it.”
“one more.”
“… … ?”
“Before and after it rains, his personality gets dirty and he pushes away all the monsters around him. So Scalp must have moved first, and sooner or later-”
“To the west, everything goes.”
“yes. Even level 9 monsters will be pushed out.”
And just in time.
Tok, tok.
One or two drops of water fell from the hole in the ceiling on the third floor, and quickly turned into heavy rain and hit the soil floor of the practice room.
That is the conclusion.
Even if I spent a turn meaninglessly, it would never be a loss.