18 – Hero Proficiency Test (5)
After passing the 1st and 2nd exams, he left the house proudly feeling like Prince Suyang.
I was standing at a nearby bus stop, and the author appeared shortly after.
“Did you wait long?”
“I think I waited for 100,000 years.”
“At that time, shouldn’t I say that I just came?”
“I just came too.”
“Tsk.”
The author frowned for a moment, then sighed briefly.
Then he made a slightly bright expression.
“Congratulations. Still, the 1st and 2nd cars are attached, right?”
“Huh? Uh… It stuck.”
I didn’t even say it in words, but you know it when you see it.
It is still a mysterious superpower.
If you think about it, the suit that Iron, who made me suffer, was also made by a person with supernatural powers like Ji-eun.
“Then, should I think about the hero name, practice autographs, and prepare a hero suit?”
“Isn’t it?”
“Let me know if you need help later.”
No, you must tell me.
Because he looked up at me with that kind of gaze, he nodded his head in a daze.
… I think it’s true that I’m doing something I really can’t do.
This act of not accepting the other person’s mind to some extent on the pretext that there is a monster in one’s body.
If you wrap this around yourself, it’s for the other party, but if you look at it from another direction, isn’t it fishery management?
As I realized that I was doing something completely trashy, I felt distressed looking at the author.
ㅡ How about accepting it now?
A guy like you clings to me?
ㅡ It’s hard to say someone like you.
As I was talking to the monster with a frown like that, the author was staring at me.
I think I made you worry because I kept my mouth shut.
“Senior?”
“Nothing.”
With a strange feeling of guilt that won’t go away, the weekday ended and the weekend was over.
According to the assumption that the 3rd and 4th exams were mountains, I packed my bags in preparation for the overnight stay.
Anyway, it was just preserved food, padding, and sleeping bags sold at the mart.
I packed my things and headed to the test center in time for the appointment, and a bus was ready to pick us up and move us.
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“This is candidate 123, Lee Jin-woo.”
“Um…. Ah yes. You have been confirmed.”
After I handed over my ID and test ticket to the person in charge, he told me which bus to take.
I got on the bus and stared blankly out the window.
The bus was empty, probably because I came out a little early in case something like the last time would happen.
Thirty minutes before departure, about 90% of the people boarded, and by 20 minutes, I heard that everyone had gathered.
I’ve already seen what happened to people who were late once, and I’ve been warned, but no one comes late.
The vehicle carrying us started running down the road.
I stared blankly at it and decided to close my eyes for a while.
***
When I opened my eyes to the noise, I had reached my destination before I knew it.
I hurriedly packed my things and got out of the car.
The place where the bus stopped was, as I expected, a mountain valley full of trees.
Most of the personnel were making faces of confusion, and only a few were making faces of nonchalance.
The people with calm expressions belonged to the axis with a little bit of luggage like me.
They probably seemed to have similar thoughts to me.
ㅡ The 3rd and 4th exams will be held here.
The person in charge with the microphone mentioned the exam that will be held here today.
The 3rd and 4th rounds of this hero ability test take place simultaneously and over two days.
ㅡ This test is already being graded from the moment you arrive at the test center.
As soon as the story came out, a stir arose among the test takers.
I already gave a hint from the fact that the test location mentioned a ‘province’ rather than the name of Seoul or another region.
Additional points are given to test takers who prepared for camping in the mountains in advance.
As soon as the story came out, proud expressions appeared on the faces of the test takers who had been calm.
And that was the case with me too.
ㅡ This test is conducted in groups of three.
One vest was distributed to those who did not have combat psychic powers.
It seems that the test is conducted with a combination of 2 combat-type abilities and 1 non-combat-type abilities.
ㅡ The purpose of this survival is to survive in the mountains for 2 days, and there are points added and subtracted for every action.
As the officials said, they handed out bracelets to each of us.
This bracelet seems to be a system that identifies and scores our actions on the mountain.
ㅡ A group composed of 3 people will receive a very large deduction when a non-combat ability is taken hostage or is declared dead.
After that, the person in charge continued to explain.
To make it easier to understand, it was as follows.
1. Survive 2 days in the mountains.
2. Joe is free to weave. However, it must be organized into a group of three, including one non-combat type ability.
3. Treat non-combat skills as ordinary people and protect them. However, the non-combat line is not just a burden to be protected.
4. There are additional points and deduction factors all over the mountain.
5. Gather food yourself or hide it somewhere, so look for it.
6. Conflicts with other groups may result in deduction of points.
It was about this.
As soon as the explanation was over, I looked for Eunseong, whom I had briefly chatted with during the last exam.
Because he has the ability to accelerate and has passed the test, it would be better to be a team.
Eunseong must have been looking for me as well.
“Thank you. Thanks to that, I get extra points and start.”
“No big deal. Let’s invite the other one.”
It is highly likely that selecting this non-combat type ability is also one of the very important requirements for the test.
First of all, I told them to think and protect non-combat skills like ordinary people.
If a non-combat type skill is judged to be hostage or dead, it is a very big deduction.
In other words, it is not an elimination.
The most reliable way is to just run away with non-combatants, but that’s probably not the case.
The part that isn’t just a burden to be protected is probably a hint.
There must be an advantage that can only be obtained by using the abilities of non-combat characters.
“Who should I bring?”
“… Wait a minute.”
It’s a mountain.
The weather in the mountains is fickle, and it’s April now, so the nights must be hard.
If there is a person who has been preparing for homelessness, that person should be taken to a higher priority.
Because it means that they are equipped with at least a level of situational judgment.
What else are the characteristics of the mountain?
It’s a tree.
There are many trees in the mountains.
If there are many trees, it means that the field of view is narrowed, and if so, it means that the psychic powers of the primitive ability series, not the clairvoyance ability, are actually limited.
No matter how far you can see, it will be covered by the trees.
If it’s an auxiliary ability related to the eyes, you need to find a clairvoyant.
Sound skills can also be of some help.
But I don’t know how it will help, and it seems hard to get an advantage with pinpointing in the Echoing Mountains.
In the case of psychometry, it might help.
If you come into contact with something hidden by the person in charge or supervisor in any way, you can read that memory.
However, even that ability is of no use to objects that are one day old.
This seems to fit the clairvoyance ability.
“Let’s use clairvoyance.”
Upon hearing my words, Eunseong immediately nodded and ran forward using his ability.
The vest of a non-combat type ability was written on the vest, so it seemed that he was going to kidnap it right away.
Instead of persuading with words, bring them in first.
I was the type to act ahead of my thoughts, but at times like this, I was very trustworthy.
“What?! What, what?!”
As she was suddenly dragged in, she might want something like this, but she said it.
“Sorry. I think your skills will be very useful in this test. Would you like to help us out?”
First of all, I apologize for the rudeness.
Acknowledge and praise the ability of the other person.
We need help.
After giving him such medicine, she seemed to be a little more willing to listen.
“What, what is it!”
She told her in a slightly higher voice that she had the ability she had.
“I am an acceleration player. Her name is Choi Eun-seong and she is 22 years old.”
“I am a multi-talented person with the ability to strengthen the entire body and the ability to harden the body. Her name is Jinwoo Lee and she is 23 years old.”
“I will.”
She was a bit gruff until just now, but with a very serious expression, she said she would join our team.
Kang Eun-hye, a 21-year-old clairvoyant, became a colleague!
***
As soon as we created a team and approached the person in charge, we registered our names by checking our names and activated the function of the bracelet.
Then he told me to follow the lead of another person in charge.
Anyway, the test starts immediately after the team is created, and it seems that the place where the test starts is also different.
“The bracelet has many functions.”
1. Scoring
2. Vital check
3. GPS function
It is said that there is such a function.
“So when your bracelet warns you that you are out of your designated area, you must return immediately. Leaving the designated area will be regarded as abandonment of the test.”
We engraved the words of the person in charge into our heads one by one.
“Then good luck.”
After the person in charge left, we immediately decided to drop our bags and assess the situation.
“Can we talk about it first?”
Contrary to her first impression, Eun Hye, showing a very cautious attitude, slightly raised her hand.
“Yes. What are you doing?”
“Well, I think we should camp in the mountains… Are those luggage necessary for camping?”
Ah, that’s right.
She was carrying a light rucksack, which seemed to contain at most her toiletries and a change of clothes.
We decided to unpack our luggage and check each other’s belongings first.
Eunseong and I had each brought a sleeping bag, thick padding, underwear to change into, and preservatives.
As expected, Eun-hye brought toiletries, cosmetics, and a change of clothes.
Eunhye kept an eye on us as she packed her luggage.
“Nothing to worry about. Because I knew it and recommended it.”
If she has psychic powers, that order isn’t even a deductible factor.
First, we packed up and looked around the mountain.
We had to find a place to stay for the night.
The best thing is to find a strong and spacious cave, and if it’s not possible, we had to create a decent homeless environment.
Maybe that part will also be included in the score?
“Food is… It’s a bit vague.”
The sleeping bag and padding were quite large, so I couldn’t pack much food.
If we all share it, we don’t know if we’ll be all right until tomorrow, but the problem is water.
Eunseong and I each put water in a 1.5L plastic bottle, but Eunhye had no water.
People drink about 2L of water a day, so we had to replenish drinking water.
I think I have to move quite diligently.