69. Finding a job is difficult here (6)
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“Wow. Finally, the receptionist without that terrible hair has arrived.”
Tired eyes scan me. It seemed like a rough estimate. Can you get a good estimate with those kind eyes?
“Are you looking for the wrong guild?”
“It’s true that I came to the Wizard’s Guild to take the test.”
“For something like that, the magical power is…Hmm. No. I’m going to see something, but I have no reason to say anything…”
I speak alone and understand myself.
The receptionist looked away, picked up the card that was lying on the bottom of the desk, and held it out to me. I took the card and examined it closely.
Is this instead of a number tag?
“The test starts in 30 minutes. Take a break in a suitable place or do other business. When the time comes, the card will give you a tingling shock. That’s the signal to come in, so you can go into that room at that time.”
“Tizzling?”
“It’s good for making test-takers come without forgetting. It is quite a spectacle to see them come in a hurry to take the test in surprise every time the signal is sent.”
Is it the subtle resentment of the truth-takers or is it just a bad temper?
…I thought you were normal! I believed it because he had a face like a civil servant who was tired of society!
Where is the place that gives signals with electric shocks!
Wizard Guild. Are there not a single sane human among the members of this guild?
There were quite a few absurd quests through the wizard guild, but I didn’t expect this.
I’m not crazy. Insane.
A guild that sends signals with electric shocks to people with serious Mohica hair.
“Isn’t it okay to just use vibration normally?”
“Then there are people who forget. Isn’t that inefficient?”
“Inefficient…”
“I have to take on the next person soon, so would you please go?”
“Before that, I have a question for you. Where can I get a test to see if I have the qualities of a mage? A friend wants to receive it.”
“That way.”
The place the staff pointed to was a corner of the lobby. Could that subtly resembling an electric torture chair be a tester? It’s a great hobby, but it’s noble. Is the person next to you checking the results?
“If you sit in that chair, you can tell within minutes if you have magical talents. Most end up like that guy over there, but…”
The receptionist was speechless. As the receptionist said, I saw frustrated people near the chairs. Are they judged to have no talent for magic? If it goes wrong, Millia might join the ranks. What will comfort you in that case?
“Teokdae students. I hope you will slowly get out of the way now. The line is long.”
“Oh, sorry.”
“Good luck. Maybe?”
Maybe what. I left the uncomfortable greeting behind and moved on to join Milia.
Millia was snooping around her chair. As I approached Milia said she clung to me.
“John, that looks so bad…”
To be honest, the torture chair, or rather, the magical power testing device, looked so grotesque that I couldn’t help it. For some reason, it looks like you’re going to get drunk or be tortured with electricity when you sit down.
“You don’t have to sit down if you don’t like it.”
“…No! I’ll sit down!”
Milia looked up at me with her determined face. Well, it looks like a torture chair, but it’s actually a chair designed for the purpose of easily finding out if you have any talent for magic, so it shouldn’t be a big deal. I crossed her arms and watched Milia sit in her chair.
As Milia sat down on her chair with a very nervous expression, a strange dark red light began to emanate from her chair. People who sat before Milia would have been blue? Tension ran across Milia’s face at the ominous color.
“This is strange…”
“Hmm… The color of magic is unusual. It doesn’t seem very talented for that kind of thing, but it should be able to use simple magic. ‘Let’s learn!’ We recommend purchasing ‘Basic Magic!'”
“They say you can use magic!”
The staff recording the results made the decision in a non-trivial voice. Still, she could use magic, so Millia got up from her chair with a happy expression and came to me.
“Congratulations.”
“Hee hee, let’s go buy a book quickly!”
“I haven’t taken the test yet.”
“I know!”
It was the time when I was looking at Milia, who was jumping around with such joy. She suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest.
“Milia. I’ll come after the test, so wait inside the guild. If you lose it here, it will be hard to find-“
“Okay!”
All right, right?
It’s not in the guild, but there must be something special.
I put my anxiety aside and headed to the test site.
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What is this?
“The test is simple. You can use as much magic as you want on that golem.”
Upon entering the examination hall, the examiner encountered explained the conditions of the test in a dry voice.
It’s too simple.
I looked at the golem, a group of rocks roughly connected to form a human shape, like a snowman. Still, it was a golem in its own way, and a blue line was drawn on the surface of the rock. Is it like a magic circle?
I don’t know what it is, but it’s a bit disappointing.
It’s a boring test compared to its geeky appearance. Of course, I didn’t want a weird test. I casually took out a shovel and stopped to pick it up, looked at the civil servant-like examiner who didn’t seem interested at all and asked.
“Can I use the tools?”
“Available. However, tools that use magic cannot be used with the magic of the testing grounds.”
I will not allow you to obtain a license through expedient methods. Compared to the test that looks lax, the work is more meticulous than I thought. I took out a small folded shovel and unfolded it, examining the golem slowly. The golem seemed to have been designed to be immobile from the beginning, but it didn’t move even though I approached it as far as I could reach with a shovel.
Shall we use the skill and hit it right away?
No. It’s okay if you’re going to do it roughly, but you shouldn’t waste the opportunity to get a license. I squatted down and tapped the floor with my shovel. I felt it from the moment I entered, but it is not an ordinary floor. It is probably made of a special material.
I’d like to break it up a bit and check it out… But can I break it?
I turned to the examiner questioningly, and the examiner glanced in my direction and opened his mouth.
“You can do anything in this exam hall. However, attacking the examiner is a reason for disqualification.”
Then let’s break down the floor first. I slammed the shovel into the ground with all my strength. The shovel blade made of bone, harder than steel, dug into the ground after several attempts. Although it was about two fingers, it was enough. I picked up a broken piece of stone and examined it closely.
The gray piece of stone doesn’t look very unusual from the outside, but I feel a kind of repulsive force in my fingers. Is it a special material made with magic?
“Production.”
The pieces of stone turned into beads the size of a baby bomb and rolled around my palm. Fortunately, the skill seems to be working.
Then it’s easy.
“Production.”
A gray pillar hit the golem’s chest. The golem staggered for a moment, then returned to her original position and stopped. It literally looks like a punching bag. Then, is it okay to keep the skill until it breaks?
“Production. Produce. Produce. Produce. Produce. Produce.”
“Quickly reusable, shows no signs of magical power, but possesses significant destructive power…”
Are you doing data inversion with Golem? I looked up at the still intact golem and crossed my arms. As usual, I set up a pillar and pounded it, but the golem was fine. It seems to absorb physical shock.
It’s definitely for a certification test, so it’s not a golem I made haphazardly.
“Does the test last until the golem is destroyed?”
“You can end it when you want to. There are very few students who have broken golems. If you hit it moderately, it will be graded on its own.”
It must have been a question that people asked a lot, and the answer came right after I finished talking.
See how he speaks in the tone of ‘Can someone like you break it?’
…Let’s break it down.
There’s nothing that can’t be broken with all the means.
Does it have to be strong to be better than Hydra?
You’ll have to change your strategy, though.
“Production.”
This time, instead of beating the golem, he set up two pillars to keep the golem’s arms from moving, and got his arms caught between them. The golem’s arm is forcibly fixed, so what’s next…
“Production. Dissolution. Produce. Dissolution. Produce. Dissolution. Produce. Dissolution. Produce.”
He frantically beats his trapped arm.
Unlike before, when the pillars were built roughly in size and mass, each one had the power to stagger the golem’s body. As the pillar, thick enough to be believed to be a pillar of a temple, mercilessly struck a rock that could be called a golem’s hand and disintegrated repeatedly, the golem’s body visibly shook and damage began to accumulate.
Even if I couldn’t do that, the 30th time was when the pillar hit the same part.
Bang!
It finally fell.
“Damage to the arm of the golem. Its power is ambiguous, but it is fine even after using magic number 32. Efficiency is great. However, the distance where magic can be used doesn’t seem too far away.”
The evaluation is subtly upward-sloping.
But I’m not going to end it here.
I went straight to the hand of the fallen golem and used the skill.
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“Production.”
The rock that used to be the golem’s hand became a sharp, wide blade that cut into the joint between rocks. Since it was a material with the same strength, the seam was noticeably widened unlike the floor material of the pillar.
The forced open seam was eager to reattach like a magnet, but I pushed the made-in golem sword deeper and hit the rock with a pole made of flooring.
“Possible interference with material whose ownership has been lost. Interesting.”
What kind of sound can you hear if you break it like this? Out of curiosity, I was more zealous about turning the golem into a boulder.
Make, break, fix, make, break, make.
After using the skill to the point where my mouth smelled sweet, I was able to put emotion into the examiner’s voice.
“Interesting magic. Do you have any plans to become a test subject?”
“Are you crazy?”
After all, this bastard wasn’t normal either!
I walked out of the exam hall with a terrifying gaze, like a lab rat, not an eye looking at an interesting talent.
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“…John, do you know what this is all about?”
Lenny sighed and pointed to the stack of letters and papers on her desk. As she glanced over, it seemed that the guilds I had tested had sent them. I forgot how many times I took the test because I went randomly for a week, but I did a lot.
“The test results are out.”
“Right. But what the hell have you done?! Why are those picky old people anxious to take you away! Do you know how annoying I am to write polite responses out of character?!”
I picked up a luxurious-looking letter that was on the desk and opened it.
[There has never been a talent like you in the history of our carpentry guild. Please…]
Is that the old man?
I threw the letter on the desk and read another letter.
[You can aim for the peak! I will support you both physically and mentally…]
“Is everyone like this?”
“Yes. I only thought about getting a few certificates. I didn’t think I’d pick it up enough to build a card tower with a license! It’s definitely a good thing, but…”
Lenny looked at the certificates stacked on one side of the desk with a complex and subtle expression. It would be difficult to carry around like this. It’s an amount that’s likely to get people’s attention saying, “What the hell is this bastard doing?”
When I counted the numbers with my eyes, it seems that all but a few passed.
“Is this enough to get a job as an escort driver?”
“Okay. First of all, it should be seen that the possibility is much greater… After. I’m going to be sick of writing rejection replies to this letter, so please leave. I’m going to die of annoyance, really…”
I left the room, leaving Lenny’s grumbling voice behind.
Now the outcome will be decided by heaven.
I stopped walking down the hallway and looked out the window at the academy.
If you become an escort knight, you will be able to interfere with events at the academy.
We can finally stand on the true starting line.
“Survival Academy…”
I will definitely survive.