53 – Second Place
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I tried to recall the memory of the entrance exam once again.
In the written test, all but two questions were answered correctly.
Passed the 1st Practical Attack Test, C-level upper level.
Passed the first practical defense test with a perfect score.
2Nd practical training test, suffered a lot of damage and was deducted points, but won against a B-class wizard in the shortest time.
Yui Seol, who occupies the senior position in affairs, has become more than 1.5 Times stronger, so he must have been the senior, and originally, Jun from the 10th generation Takeda family would have taken the second position.
‘He was the only son of a 10th generation family that could be used as a playable character in the game…’
Basically, the magic school story is to create and play your own character, but for newbies or annoying users, you can choose and play a character whose talent value has already been determined.
These 10 characters are unlocked one by one each time you play a new round, and the 10th character unlocked last was Takeda Jun.
Except for Yu Yi-seol, he had the highest talent among the students, his appearance was comparable to that of top celebrities, and he was a character of all-around beauty who was second in the admissions ranking to a good family.
It was no different from making the male version of Yu Yi-seol into a playable character.
‘On the contrary, the disadvantages were also clear.’
For these 10 characters, special items such as transcendence scales cannot be used, and other characters were not given one month before the entrance exam, which is mandatory.
In the case of deceased figures, after setting their talents, they complete their initial character by farming in a dungeon that fits the setting during this month, but this is impossible.
Even the personal characteristics were already decided, so there was no taste of gacha wondering what personal characteristics would come out.
Of course, even considering these penalties, it was undeniable that he was an attractive character as he was able to get a high score without using any points.
‘It’s perfect for point angling.’
In addition, unlike custom characters that start as orphans, it was very easy to make good impressions because there was a family background.
On the contrary, the downside is that with the people who are hostile to the Takeda family, you get a max of dislike from the start.
He has a kind personality and can’t stand injustice, so he was like a real protagonist.
“But why isn’t he second… Ah…!”
Once I thought about it, it was a snowball caused by my entrance exam.
Originally, Jun Takeda would compete with Rajin and confidently win with a lead rate of about 7 to 3 and rise to the second position.
However, Rajin, who should have applied for sparring with Jun Takeda, was attracted to me due to the Yui theory issue, so Jun would have sparred with his childhood friend Rena Asakura, not Rajin.
Unlike Rajin, he’s at the level of C, and against his childhood friend Lena, Jun probably wouldn’t have used his full strength.
That was the only number of cases where this could happen.
‘Why didn’t I think of this…?’
I thought too much for a month, so I couldn’t take into account all the aftermath that would occur after the sparring with Rajin.
The 5th to 10th place in the entrance ranking was what I wanted.
You might say that it would be nice to have a higher ranking, but there were some other problems that weren’t just about rankings.
Originally, because Takeda Jun is second, there is a possibility that events that should have occurred will not occur or that I will take over.
Celestial Academy is literally the best academy in the world, and being second in the academy means that aggro is attracted to the world.
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Now I had to tank the dirty tricks that the demons who acted secretly instead of the demon king, and the villains or demons who were in the same team with them were doing toward the academy chief and second.
Of course, I wasn’t just watching the two of them suffer, I tried to help them grow by giving them the right level of help, but now I’ve become the person involved.
‘If this happens, there will be problems with Jun’s awakening event…’
As he is the second most gifted guy after Yu Yi-seol, he will be a great help in future fights, but his strength is in danger of being drastically reduced.
Besides, when I, not from a prestigious family, without much fame, and as an independent, came second, my head ached over how many people would bother me.
‘Oh, douya…’
In the end, there is only one way out of this situation.
“To acquire a force worthy of fame.”
It is true that the current me is weaker than Rajin, let alone Jun Takeda, in terms of pure strength.
It would be nice to be able to pull this up right away, but the Huron training method and the Edgar style mana training method were lacking in proficiency in order to reach the next level.
So the answer is dungeons, elixirs, and artifacts, but elixirs have a cooldown, and the next dungeon that might be useful to me appears in two weeks, so all that remains are artifacts.
‘Fortunately, the artifact to boost my power is already in my hands…’
All that’s left is to go see the person who has the key item to unlock the artifact, the ring of the Imoogi.
“Ah. That’s right.”
Thinking about it, there was one thing I forgot.
As I was very busy yesterday, I forgot to share the new sub-attribute, the effect of King’s Knight.
When I used it for Rajin, my one and only follower, the list of his attributes came out as it was, but there was something strange.
‘Huh..? Does this work too?’
List of Shareable Attributes▽
Iron Man (Hero)
Increased physical training efficiency (Lv7)
Fire attribute affinity increase (Lv5)
Increase weapon skill proficiency (Lv9)
Among the list of traits that can be shared, Rajin’s personal trait, iron man, was also present.
‘I thought it would be possible, but it really exists…’
First, I checked the information to see if the effect was the same.
[Iron Man (Hero): A body that is naturally very strong and can perform any movement that can be done with the body.
Keongon(乾坤)▽
Increases strength and stamina by 2.
Full of vitality▽
The regeneration speed of the body and stamina doubles.
Iron wall▽
All damage taken is reduced by 30%.]
This is an attribute that is a collection of effects that cannot be better than this for a vanguard.
Even without any training, strength and stamina start at 3 with can, and it depends on the damage reduction and regeneration ability to make tanking easier.
As the regenerative ability is activated even during training, it allows you to grow faster based on your already high physical ability, and the ability to reduce damage is more fraudulent than it looks.
‘Because it also reduces the damage caused by poison or curses, freezing or burns.’
But this world where a guy with these characteristics should be using magic or something is wrong.
‘I must raise him to be a great knight.’
Burning up my enthusiasm, I checked other characteristics as well.
Two of the other traits I already have and one I don’t need.
I chose the iron man without looking further, and the intense pain that seemed to twist my whole body engulfed my body.
Pudeudeuk Pudeuk.
I made a sound like my bones and muscles were twisting, but I was able to endure it enough thanks to the usual Huron training. Soon after, the pain subsided and a message appeared in front of my eyes.
[Muscle strength increases by 1.]
[Stamina increases by 1.]
‘Kya..! This is life.’
Muscular strength and stamina, which had already reached quite high levels, increased significantly.
In addition to that, the effect of the iron man’s characteristics was clearly felt, as the body became stronger and felt full of vitality.
‘It was still like a cockroach, but its regenerative power has improved.’
Of course, since only half of the effect is applied, there is not a huge difference from before, but it was definitely better than without it.
After putting on the clothes and the artifacts, I went to my room to pick up Eden.
“Eden. Let’s go.”
She was reading webtoons on her phone in her room, but she turned off her screen and came out.
“Where are you going?”
“To go to the academy.”
The person I was supposed to meet was at the academy right now.
“Oh! Am I finally going too?”
“Uh. So, can you turn into a sword?”
“Yes!”
She put her sword into her scabbard and left her door.
I headed to the academy by the shortest route I knew, and unlike yesterday, I took out my phone to open the closed entrance, opened the mobile cadet card I received along with the admissions ranking, and brought it to the place where I took my pass.
It was just opened yesterday for the entrance exam, but since it is an academy that cares a lot about the safety of students, this kind of authentication was required to enter the academy.
‘But why do villains break through every time…’
It seems like they are preparing for something, but it was like a kind of comedy that Mine or Villains always break through security.
It was only later that I learned that it was thanks to the power of the demon king, but I remember often mockingly saying, ‘Is this the best academy in the world?’
‘It must have been this way, right?’
The lab of the professor I was going to meet was definitely in this direction.
The only forest that exists in Celestial Academy.
A hut that exists inside the forest.
That was her lab.
When I arrived in front of the cabin before I knew it, I heard a voice from inside the cabin.
“Who are you?”
“Instructor Roxanna, no Roxanna Yggdrasil. I’m here to make a deal with you.”
The only elf in another world.
She told her real name to her, who pretended to be a human, hiding her true identity.
The door opened and a blonde woman with wary eyes jumped out.
“You. Who are you?”
Similar to the previous one, but with different meanings.