62 – Short Break – 3
A few days were given between the end of the written evaluation and the start of the practical evaluation.
Of course, that didn’t mean I could only rest. Everyone was concentrating on training to make up for it in order to make up for it, and those who took good notes in order to do well in practice.
Of course, I was the same.
“It’s the first time the four of us are putting together. Everyone is ready, right?”
Jin Shi-yeon, Colombo, and Jung Shi-ho.
These are the colleagues who will go with you during the practical evaluation of this midterm exam.
I know the skills of the two except for Jung Shi-ho, but I’ve never fought like this before with the four of them, so I decided to get together and practice this time.
“The dungeon we’re going to this time is a green grade dungeon, so there’s nothing to be nervous about, but that’s the same for the other groups.”
Jin Si-yeon, who naturally became the leader, said a word. Anyway, as rankings are divided by grade, you can see that all other cadets are competitors.
“So the priority is to break through the dungeon efficiently and quickly.”
“Then?”
“Colombo. You said you have a skill to attract enemies, right?”
“Ah, yes. I have a provocation.”
As a typical tanker, he said he learned provocation, a skill to lure enemies. Jin Shi-yeon turned to Jeong Shi-ho and she shook her head.
“There is a scope, but…”
“Really? Can I see how powerful that ranger is?”
“Wait a minute…”
Jung Si-ho got up from his seat and gathered his strength by grabbing a great sword. The light gradually grew stronger on her greatsword, and when it reached full strength, she struck her blade down.
-Quaaang!!
The power is quite strong. It takes a bit to gather power through charging, but with that much power, you can finish a mook in one shot.
“How much is it without concentrating power?”
“Hmm… About half of this power?”
“Then if it’s a mook level enemy, it’s better to attack without gathering strength. If it’s above that, it’ll be enough once.”
Jin Si-yeon’s eyes were fixed on me. The lack of power will be compensated by multi-attack power increase?
“And the trap… Me and him. John. Can you do it?”
“What. Anything I can find.”
“Okay. Then let’s go that way… I’ll be in the forefront when I catch the owner of the dungeon.”
Jin Shi-yeon spoke seriously, and the three of us agreed. Anyway, Jin Shi-yeon is currently the strongest in this party, so it would be better to move around her.
“The problem is that the monsters in the dungeon may be stronger than the green grade… Is this to be counted on luck?”
“That can’t be helped. Everyone has the same risk.”
It was now well known that only weak monsters appeared in the green grade. If a monster of a higher grade comes out, you may have to give up clearing it second.
Of course, that won’t happen to us, but we can’t rule out the possibility that the dungeon clearing time will increase. Let’s pay attention to that part.
“Um… How do I do that?”
“Well… I guess I have no choice but to practice hard.
“Or should I go to Gidometa. Can I do 3,000 folds there?”
“…John…”
“To pray for such an important matter…”
“What. Why. It worked last time.”
“Let’s do our own prayers. Alright then, let’s start training. First of all, I’ll set the rank to the blue rank standard.”
Looking at last year’s records, the average time it took to break through a blue grade dungeon was two hours.
According to that, let’s use the training facilities provided in the training ground to match the sum and improve the connection skills.
“Come on! Let’s go!!”
-First monster encounter. The Blue Dragon appears.
Of course, the real Cheongrang did not appear. Only a dummy with fighting power and fighting methods similar to Cheonglang appeared.
But even so, there was no problem.
What matters is how well you can fight.
In this way, the training continued, and finally the day of the practical test came.
“As you all know, you don’t know what will happen in a dungeon. Recently, monsters stronger than the level of the dungeon often appear, so if you feel in danger, don’t overdo it and ask for help. There are a total of three test opportunities. Oh, of course, strong Even if a monster appears, you don’t have to give up unconditionally. If you break through in that state, I’ll give you an extra point. Use your wise decision.”
In the practical evaluation, the highest score is reflected through three dungeon breakthroughs. As such, there is nothing wrong with giving up once or twice.
Of course, even if you give up all three times because of poor luck, it is not a failure. From the fourth, the score will be lower, but you can enter including the instructor.
“Then shall we begin right away? Come on. Jin Si-yeon, Colombo, Jeong Si-ho, and Kim Yo-han. Come out.”
We are the first. At Yeon-ha Kim’s call, we rose from our seats.
“John! Don’t get hurt!”
“Yes. You too.”
“Ho-ho-ho! Don’t worry!”
If it’s Elizabeth, you don’t have to worry. She smiled and shook her hand. So she greeted her and went towards her dungeon, where she saw the other cadets.
Choah Yoo, Suho Cheon, and Serenia and Jihye Yoon.
Wow. The party is gorgeous. With that much, they could be number one?
“Go in.”
In front of the dungeon emitting a soft green light, Jin Si-yeon said calmly. At her words, we nodded her heads and entered the dungeon with Jin Si-yeon at the lead.
-Kaaa!!
Is it a battle as soon as you enter?!
“Oops!!”
Colombo gnashed his teeth. The first time we met was Cheongrang, not Mook. It was a monster that was hard to see in the green grade. In other words, it was a story that this dungeon was a dungeon in which the level of the monsters went up.
“How?!”
“How do you do it! Just fight!!”
I hung the Diamond Sutra on Colombo, and he smirked and ran forward. The moment the four blue wolves show their sharp teeth and try to target us.
“Where are you looking!!”
Colombo shouted as he ran out holding up a large shield. Provocation.
As soon as a skill that a tanker must learn was demonstrated, the eyes of the young men fell on Colombo.
-Keooooong!!
And the blue wolves rushing in. Sharp claws and teeth attacked Colombo, but it didn’t seem to take a big hit thanks to the sturdy equipment, shield, and diamond sutra.
“Haaa!!”
What follows is the charger. Jung Si-ho gathered his strength just once as he practiced, and in the meantime, I multiplied the attack power increase and the blessing of the Holy Spirit.
-Quaaa!!
With that alone, a shockwave of power charged once more pours down on the blues. It seemed that the provocation had been overcome by that power, but the young men turned their eyes to Jeong Si-ho.
“Suck!”
Four streams of silver light shot out with low spirits. It was Jin Si-yeon’s pottery that had been prepared.
With that alone, the blue dragons collapsed and turned to ashes, and our first battle was over quickly.
“I can do it at this level.”
I picked up the tooth of the blue wolf that had fallen on the floor. There is no particular use for Blue Lang’s teeth, so I just give them to the association to fill up points, but if I submit them as evidence, I’ll be able to let them know that I’ve caught a strong monster, so I’ll have to keep them.
“How is everyone?”
“Hmm… Worth it!”
“Me too. Wow. By the way, buffs are good. Should I learn buffs too?”
“Arthur. There are so many skills to learn…”
There is a limit to the number of skills that one person can master.
Even if you pick and choose among the skills that suit your aptitude, there are many cases where you lack skills, and it is not common to master those skills.
But you learn buffs that don’t even fit your aptitude?
The efficiency is too low.
“There are some heroes who have learned buff skills, but… They say they aren’t as effective as they thought. Of course, they’re better than nothing. In that case, they said it’s better to learn other skills. “
There are people who learned buffs as a last resort because they couldn’t get a skill that suited their aptitude, but didn’t see a great effect and ended up getting rid of the skill through toil.
In the end, it’s a matter of aptitude and stats.
It would be meaningless for a person with high strength to learn mental strength-based buffs.
“Sorry. Anyway, I don’t think there will be any problems, so let’s proceed quickly.”
We agreed to Shiho Jeong’s bright tone and moved to the dungeon.
There were strong monsters like Cheongrang and Inmyeonju that appeared in between, but they couldn’t be our opponents.
“John! How long did it take?!”
“An hour and thirty minutes now!”
“The only thing left now is the owner of the dungeon… Alright. Let’s go!!”
Since everyone has quite a bit of stamina, catching the owner of the dungeon shouldn’t be a problem.
So we bravely headed to the last room of the dungeon.
“… Huh? What is that again?”
It was a shadow in the form of a giant troll with several jewels embedded in its body.
A guy who looked obviously different from a normal troll ran berserk when he saw us, and Colombo was frightened and raised his shield.
“Catch it!! You have to grab that!!”
I shouted.
That would be a treasure troll.
Because he was the kind of guy who would always give you something good if you caught him.
“Huh?! Uh uh!”
I immediately applied the buff.
That bastard will disappear if you don’t catch it in time.
“Jin Shi-yeon!! Blow it up with the strongest one!! Colombo! Hold on somehow! Jeong Si-ho! You too!!”
“Oh, okay!!”
“Haaa!!”
The three of them move quickly at my cry. And I couldn’t stay still either. If you try to escape, you have to shoot an arrow to block it somehow.
-Kooooong!!
Is it thanks to the heated attacks of the three who even received buffs? After fighting for a long time, the moment I crouched down to escape with the Space Leap, I fired an arrow.
It’s not perfect yet, but the moment he got hit by the cancel shot, he failed to jump into space.
“Haaa!!”
It was Jin Si-yeon who stopped such a bastard. As her sword flashed, the shadow troll’s body trembled and then disappeared, with things falling in its place.
“Oh… What is it? This?”
“Look!”
One skill book, one gem. And a bag of swords.
Lastly, these were good gloves for tankers to use.
Gems are items that can get quite high points in the Hero Association. And turning…
“…This.”
“It’s clear.”
[Cheongnyu Island]
[A blade containing the energy of water.]
[Increase strength by 0.1]
[Increase HP by 0.1]
[Increase Agility by 0.1]
[Skill: Explosive wave can be used]
Water Wave is a skill that uses the power of water to deliver a powerful blow to the surrounding area. It is a very helpful skill when catching fire-type enemies, so it was used almost as a necessity in some ruins.
“Jin Si-yeon can take the sword.”
Siho Jeong spoke lightly, and Colombo agreed.
“Can I take the gloves… And bring these to the association?”
“That’s great. I didn’t have enough points for the association. Can I get new equipment with this?”
Jung Shi-ho and Colombo each brought jewelry and gloves. Then the skill book…
“…Ooh.”
[Jin’s story.]
[You can acquire Skill: Increased Magical Power when perusing.]
Wow. Do you get this here?