4. Temporary Champion Promotion Test (5)
live.
Creatures capable of handling this extrasensory aura are rare.
Basically, a demon whose desire to kill is inscribed in its instinct.
And, a human who has been involved in murder many times.
It’s not something that Vivian, who has lived a life of meekness, can handle.
However, it seems that Vivian, who is glaring at Felix now, somehow feels murderous.
I know it’s an illusion, but it’s creepy.
It’s more so because it’s compared to his usual appearance.
“B, Vivian?”
Vivian passed by ignoring me.
She stood in front of the fallen Felix, beyond the ice window.
“You, you dare to do this… !”
Felix fights to the end even after falling down.
That’s great, that too.
-Kwakwak!
The ice spear that fell from the sky completely trapped Felix in a circle.
Felix looked at the ice spears surrounding him, then jumped in and grabbed Vivian by the collar.
“You are… ! Aww!”
Vivian grabbed his wrist and twisted it.
I didn’t have the skills like Kati, but I just broke it with brute force.
Now that she has gained weight and strength, Vivian is a completely ordinary superman.
An ordinary person like Felix was not a person that could be touched without proper armament.
“hey.”
I thought I heard it wrong, but it was what Vivian said.
His voice is low and cold.
“Hey, hey… ?”
“Whoa… . do it in moderation I’m going to endure it as long as I don’t kill him because of Ian.”
“This, this… !”
As Felix was about to say something, a large block of ice fell on top of him.
It was the Ice Spear summoned by Vivian.
Trapped in the ice spear and holding his wrist, there was no way he could escape.
“Ugh, aaagh-!”
Felix let out a terrified scream.
The ice that fell fiercely collided with him and shattered noisily.
It was hollow ice from the start.
Vivian had adjusted the density to scare Felix.
“I won’t warn you twice.”
Vivian let go of her wrist.
Felix sat down and breathed heavily.
“You, you, your crab… !”
“Baby, fuck. I’m not listening to you.”
Fortunately, this wasn’t Vivian.
Marie, who had been watching from afar, approached.
“I can’t even say thank you for helping me when I almost died, what the fuck is this?”
“Marie you… ! Dare to be a guild senior… !”
“Senior is shit. Have you ever thought of your senior? If you fall behind here, I’ll acknowledge you as a life senior who died before me. How do you want to go back?”
“What, what… .”
The first time I saw it, I had a bit of a fierce impression, but I didn’t expect even my personality to be like this… .
He’s the kind of person who even cursed at Felix while waiting.
Well. Interesting?
“Anyway, other managers usually steal kids who raise them well, pass them in, and insist that they have good performance. Are you all covered? The other day, you took a kid who wasn’t superhuman and gave up after giving up, and you’re doing well?”
“Don’t frame me! I’m always using my skills… .”
“You sound like a skill. I heard that they stole it with the power of the rank of the kids who are most likely to pass. In addition, the tone and expression follow Penny. Aren’t you ashamed, really?”
I guess there were a lot of things piled up.
Considering Felix’s personality, that’s understandable.
“Yeah, how did you… .”
“What’s up? This isn’t the first time I’ve fucked you in the face, and I chewed on you a lot from behind. Aren’t I famous for that? Why do you pretend you don’t know? Are you an idiot who only believes what you want to believe?”
“Do you think you will be safe in the guild?”
“What if it’s okay? What are you going to do? Why, ah, stab me like you did to Ian earlier? Try it, stab it, huh? Do you want to poke here?”
Then Marie picked up the fallen dagger and gave it to Felix.
He even put his own neck on the tip of the sword.
“Here it is, stab it. Just stab and kill. huh? Why not?”
“Mi, crazy bitch… !”
Felix freaked out and dropped his sword.
To be honest, I was also surprised.
what is that girl… Are you a former warrior?
Or at least superhuman?
I guess it’s not like that, given the surprise of the wannabes she brought.
“You will definitely regret it… .”
“Sorry for yourself. Aren’t you sorry for them?”
Marie pointed to the party Felix had brought.
The four of them were dumbfounded by Felix’s rudeness and only noticed.
“Me and my kids, yes, I’m late, so I came to the same test site as that monstrous wizard. But what about them? You didn’t want to see the aspirants you missed in the past do well, so you forcibly brought them here to take a picture. If you don’t listen, I’ll pay you a penalty and kick you out of the training center. You threatened their manager, too. no?”
“… … .”
“You should really feel sorry for them, you. These are kids who would have passed if they went to another exam center.”
“… … .”
Felix couldn’t say anything and just gritted his teeth.
When he tries to spit out some nonsense again.
said one of the inquirers Felix had brought along.
“Felix. now stop… Let’s go.”
“What? you… .”
Other aspirants had similar reactions.
It’s like an aspiring person rather appeases and leads the manager.
The only thing that isn’t normal is Felix.
It’s so much fun.
Felix looked around at the crowd with a look of resentment, then jumped up and stomped out.
Exactly, I was about to leave.
Vivian’s ice spear was blocking the area.
He escaped between the ice spears in a very nasty and desperate way, and then ran away.
Four of his aspirants rushed over and apologized.
“sorry… .”
“Ugh. I don’t think you did anything wrong.”
“that is… . It’s true that when I heard about a person named Vivian, I thought it was worth a try.”
When I glanced at Vivian, there was no such eerie expression on her face.
There was no sign of displeasure or intimidation at the words of these aspirants.
People have grown a lot since then.
“So, isn’t it true that there was coercion?”
“It is, but… .”
“You apologize for everything. It’s okay, so let’s go. It would be noisy. Apologize to Vivian instead of me.”
“Yes, I am very sorry… .”
Vivian smiled slightly and nodded.
“That and. Ian-nim, it was really amazing and nice to meet you!”
“yes? do you know me?”
“yes! If you’re a fan of the first party, you should definitely know!”
Vivian, who was standing next to her, nodded with a satisfied smile.
why do you like me more
“I don’t know why you’re here, but I’m sorry anyway! Vivian-sama, that, congratulations on passing the test!”
“thanks.”
Busyly apologizing, the four wannabes hurried out.
“Ian?”
Next it was Marie’s turn.
“But is it really Ian?”
“Unless there’s one more named Ian.”
“Well, that’s right. It’s Marie.”
Marie held out her hand.
They shook hands and said hello again.
“This is Ian.”
“There are a lot of idiots in the guild. Please understand.”
“Well, I knew. But they seem to belong to the same guild, aren’t they colleagues?”
“A colleague?”
Marie frowned.
Even if it’s a bug, it’s a chewed expression.
“A colleague with such a vomit-like asshole?”
what is this talk
somewhere familiar
Shouldn’t it be the choice of words, not the tone… .
“I’d rather marry a slime than to be treated like a colleague.”
remembered
Using his own analogy is just like Mercy.
It’s much more direct than Mercy, but the texture is a bit similar.
“I thought you would hate me that much. The word colleague is rude.”
“Well, it could be because you didn’t know what kind of person that person was. Be careful not to run into him in the future. It’s like very rotten cow dung.”
It is certainly.
Excess similar to Mercy.
“By the way, are you a former warrior? Or are you superhuman?”
“yes? no. why?”
“… What about the knife?”
“Ah, is that it? I don’t have the guts to stab him.”
I know Felix has no guts.
I also know that this Mari woman’s guts are not normal.
No matter how confident you are, what do ordinary people… .
“I’ve heard rumors that it’s dangerous.”
“Felix? Well, it’s not like that bastard never took it by force. But it’s always when it’s judged that it’s advantageous, or it’s not doing anything. It was rumored by exaggerating the fact that Ji scared me a few times and stole it. I’m trying to look dangerous on purpose.”
Was that what Taylor told you about?
“Anyway I… .”
Marie, who was about to say something, lifted her tiptoe, looked behind me, and pointed with her chin.
Looking back, I saw Vivian with her head down, looking hesitantly.
“Vivian? what are you doing?”
“Ah, that… . I’m afraid I’ll get in the way… .”
Hindrance?
Does it mean that I want to be by her side, but I’m staying far away because I’m afraid it’ll interfere with my conversation with Marie?
“What… . Just come.”
She returned to her usual timid Vivian.
The spirit of boldly bursting King Slime and threatening Felix was nowhere to be found.
She cautiously approached my side.
Marie said it too.
“Where did you find these talents? You’re the one who built the ice tower at the training center, right?”
Vivian shyly nodded.
Ice tower, did you even get a nickname like that?
“Well, Vivian followed well. It must be true that I taught you well.”
“I like that you are honest. Felix doesn’t like this type of person… .”
“I guess that’s the level of human discernment.”
Marie giggled at the answer.
If you just curse at Felix, you can see that he is genuinely happy.
Vivian, who noticed, immediately apologized to Marie.
“I-I’m sorry… .”
“yes? what about me? why?”
“That’s me, um… .”
I think I know what you’re trying to say.
It’s not a very good story, but should I stop it?
Marie crosses her arms and stares at Vivian.
“Vivian.”
“yes?”
“That is deception.”
“Yes Yes?”
“It’s no different from deception to feel sorry for someone who has done well and failed.”
Excessive humility is no different from arrogance.
Vivian’s face brightened when she understood the meaning.
“So don’t apologize. Unless you’re trying to embarrass me and my aspirants.”
“Yes, yes, sorry… .”
“Huh? Didn’t you apologize?”
“Hup!”
Vivian covered her mouth with both hands.
Marie took a step closer to Vivian with her arms crossed.
She is shorter than Vivian, so she can look into Vivian’s face even when her head is down.
Marie, who was staring at Vivian, smiled.
“cute.”
“Hey?!”
He’s obviously smaller than Vivian, but it feels like he’s looking down from above.
“Anyway, I heard you worked hard for a long time, congratulations. It was also nice to see that Felix bastard fall down.”
“Next time, Marie will have good results.”
I greeted Vivian on behalf of Vivien, who had shut her mouth and stiffened.
“You have to try. Oh, by the way, when I leave, I’ll spread the word about what happened today. That big slime, and even the one that Felix was so scared of.”
A warrior’s reputation is not simply made with skill.
You can receive more help by spreading word here and there and getting on top of people’s cubes, and the warrior himself can feel a greater sense of accomplishment.
“Anyway, nice to meet you, Vivian and Ian!”
Marie greeted them as if tossing them and turned around.
As he walks away, he can be heard talking to his aspirants.
“Hey, you kids. What did you do? Why are your expressions like this? Make an impression, you can do better next time.”
“Still, we… .”
“Whatever. It’s true that I didn’t see the exam hall properly because I was a little late, but that doesn’t mean I couldn’t do it, so don’t beat yourself up. Got it?”
What is it, that yokdere… .
It’s because the way of speaking or vocabulary is rough, but the mind is too correct.
It’s the most normal human being I’ve seen recently, and it’s even confusing.
Watching her walk away, Vivian looked up at me.
“why?”
“Something resembles Ian.”
“… Have I ever cursed at Vivian?”
“No, not that. Something, expression, appearance, um… .”
I quietly thought of Mary’s face.
somewhere a bit… .
Tired and annoyed by everything, it was the expression on such a day.
… I don’t want to understand it, but it seems to be right.
“Honestly, he resembles Mercy more than me.”
“yes?! Aww, that’s nonsense.”
Vivian doesn’t seem to be aware of Mercy’s talk yet.
“Oh, Vivian. The knives that ordinary people use are fine even if they are stabbed.”
“Ah, that’s right… . Well, I even broke the sword with my bare hands… .”
It’s not that I don’t know Vivian’s feelings.
There was no need to worry too much, so I had to tell him.
“Well, actually, the magic went out without my knowledge… . Should I say I couldn’t stand it? .”
“I know what you mean. I just want you to know in the future.”
“yes… .”
“But how much did you worry about me, the magic would have gone out unconsciously?”
“… … .”
“Are you curious?”
“… … .”
face will explode
I should stop playing.
*
As soon as I left the dungeon, the waiting guide immediately noticed and approached me.
“Congratulations. After two days, you will be issued a temporary warrior license.”
“yes… !”
Vivian shook her head.
It’s a temporary warrior’s license that I so longed for, so it’s worth looking forward to.
“The magic stone will be delivered right away… .”
Stop talking and look at the magic stone in Vivian’s hand.
Its size is different from the magic stones mined in normal test sites.
It’s much bigger than grabbing a big slime and coming out.
“Have you ever met an entity larger than Big Slime?”
I did the answer.
“yes. It was about 3 or 4 times bigger than a normal big slime. He split his body to make green slimes, and the slimes he created moved as if they were being directed by the giant slime.”
Beside her, Vivian nodded.
As if this is the first time he’s heard of it, the receptionist touches his chin and rolls his eyes.
Even if you want to ask if it’s a lie, this magic stone the size of a watermelon in front of you is definitely not unusual.
“The guild will investigate the results separately. Maybe Maseok… .”
You probably want to take the magic stone right away.
It’s the first time I’ve seen a low-level magic stone this big, so I’m sure you want to analyze it.
But Vivian had a sad look on her face.
In principle, magic stones obtained from the temporary test site must be delivered, but a deadline is given.
It’s not a very meaningful deadline, it’s given here and there to brag about.
It was to widely publicize the hero’s feat and value.
In the past, the empire provided a separate department to receive deliveries, but now it seems that the manager’s guild is replacing them.
Instead of Vivian, I stepped in.
“I will deliver it when I receive the license.”
“all right.”
The guide immediately called someone to search the inside of the dungeon.
Only then did Mercy and Kati, who had been waiting from afar, approach.
“Congratulations! I knew you would succeed!”
Mercy was all excited and shouted, but Kati didn’t say anything.
“Hehehe… . Thank you.”
“But was the magic stone originally this big? Isn’t this almost the size of an ogre’s head?”
“Because a huge slime came out. That’s why the magic stone must be big.”
“Oh my… . Whatever it is, it’s sure to work out!”
Mercy nodded and smiled as if it went well.
“So that’s what the mole-like human expression was like rolling in the harpy dung field earlier?”
“Oh, the former manager of Vivian?”
“Yes. While I was waiting, he passed by with a face like a stone from a pickaxe.”
“It’s a shame I couldn’t see that face.”
I would have been very angry.
It was broken in a good way by the wannabe he abandoned and treated as incompetent.
As we went to the carriage we called, Vivian whispered next to us.
“I think Ian is right.”
“What?”
“With Marie and Mercy… It resembles you.”
“Look. Because it is.”
I whispered so that Mercy, who was walking ahead, could not hear.
Vivian, who was looking at Mercy’s back with a sidelong glance, nodded her head broadly as if to be sure.
*
As soon as she got into the carriage, Vivian collapsed as if fainting.
Although my skills have improved, it is true that I am still clumsy.
He also spent more mana than necessary.
“Are you going straight home?”
Mercy asked as if it were natural, but the destination was not there.
“no.”
“then?”
“Let’s go to Agnes Monastery.”
If you want to brag, you have to let the people you want to show off the most.
I also have something to figure out about my next destination.
Was it McDerline Abbey? I’m not sure if I’ll go there.
Mercy grinned, as if understanding my intentions.
The carriage ran straight towards Agnes Monastery.