21. Warrior
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Doyoon and Sophie headed to the classroom for each position. Starting today, Doyoon will take the same martial arts class as her.
“Oh, it’s Han Do-yoon.”
“yes? why is he here Wasn’t that his spear class?”
buzz buzz.
Do-yoon’s surroundings became noisy. It was to be expected. Doyoon just looked ahead and walked.
After the tournament, the gaze towards Doyoon has changed a lot.
The cadets whispered as they saw the two walking side by side.
“I heard that he is coming to our class, so will the top and bottom seats all be in our class?”
“A senior is not just a senior. I watched his match, but he really wasn’t kidding.”
Except for a few of the upper ranks who were jealous of Do-yun, most of them were in an atmosphere that rather welcomed Do-yun’s growth and success.
In the cradle where many races gathered, many cadets felt the wall of talent and were frustrated.
To them, Doyoon, who was born as a human and even though he was crippled, came to them as an idol and hope.
Of course, there was a sense that Sophie had induced such an atmosphere by using the students under her command.
“If this is the case, Sophie’s clique, which was already the strongest, ate the top and bottom seats.”
“That’s not it, Han Do-yoon ate Sophie’s clique. Can’t you just see the picture? They are husband and wife.”
In addition, Sophie was the first to greet Do-yoon after she came down from the ring, thereby making her position as Do-yoon’s woman in front of everyone.
Thorn must have disappeared, and there was no one in the cradle who doubted the relationship between Doyoon and Sophie.
There were not a few women who had unrequited love for Do-yoon, but they did not dare to dare to attack Sophie. Both in terms of skill and power, Sophie was stronger than any other woman in the cradle.
And, among the cadets, misunderstandings about earthlings kept piling up.
“Han Do-yoon is from the dimension of Earth? What are you doing there, and a monster like that comes out?”
“Is there anything special, where people live is all the same. It’s a place without mana, so what do you want?”
“You really don’t think? Didn’t you see the steel plate smashed on the mana test day? It’s about that much without mana, but of course it must be a terrible world of the jungle.”
“Or it could just be the world of superhumans.”
“Isn’t it just that Han Do-yoon is exceptionally strong? He said he was a swordsman on Earth.”
“…Sword Saint? What do you mean?”
Rumors continued to grow in size, biting tail after tail.
Unlike the instructor, who had been watching the cadets for a long time, the cadets had no background knowledge about the dimension of Earth.
In addition to Han Do-yoon, there were a few earthlings in this rider, but they were so minority and did not attract attention, so few cadets knew that they were earthlings. In the eyes of the natural races, earthlings and humans from other dimensions were just weaklings who looked the same.
Of course, Do-yoon, who has a natural sense, heard all these whispers. However, Doyoon tried to ignore it.
Although his face flushed a little, he couldn’t help it.
If Sophie moves the faction, she may be able to subdue the rumors. But she didn’t mean to. She was enjoying this flow of raising Doyoon’s reputation.
And above all, she was also misunderstanding that the place called Earth was the dimension of superhumans.
The two soon arrived at the gymnasium for class.
“Welcome, Cadet Han Do-yoon! A warm welcome! hahahaha ha!”
The martial arts instructor welcomed Doyoon with a big smile.
All the instructors in other classes envied the martial arts instructor. Usually, it’s a martial arts class that suffers from a shortage of talent, but in this jockey, both the top and bottom seats were in his class.
Above all, the chief was a boss monster killer.
‘Han Do-yoon. He is definitely the boss monster killer.’
Hwang Bo-jun, a fighter who was a boss monster killer, and Salamander, a spiritist. These two were the teacher of the current union’s strongest hero, King Seong, and the father of the Lion King, respectively.
Boss monster killers have been the strongest warriors since the generation of great heroes, and they have also nurtured the strongest warriors. In other words, they were like pillars of unity.
And then, the boss monster killer reappeared after decades.
The large guilds burned their enthusiasm. However, small and medium-sized guilds were worried that a war might break out. Not exaggerating, it was really worth it for the boss monster killer.
However, the type of resource called human resources had a special nature, so it could not be obtained by force alone. Even the guilds didn’t know this.
Instead of an armed war of spears and knives, they prepared a war of money by flipping coins. Soon, a bloody competition will begin on the terms of the contract to recruit Han Do-yoon.
‘And, I have to stay alert in the meantime.’
The martial arts instructor made my heart tense in many ways.
He was one of the instructors who were spawned by the World Tree, an influential large guild that would take Doyun.
He promised that he would make sure Doyoon could sign a contract with World Tree, and that he would make sure that Doyoon could get the best conditions possible.
Of course, he will respect Doyoon’s will first. It just means that he will work hard as a mediator between the guild and talent.
But it wasn’t all good things.
‘…Now it’s going to be annoying in earnest.’
Recently, the atmosphere at the cradle was unusual. Centered on the instructors of the large guild, the tension of the scout war was felt in the air little by little.
Because of that, he was already rotting his head in many ways.
“Hmm, hmm!”
“…Have you come again?”
The tiger said it would come, too, and the martial arts instructor felt an unwelcome presence behind his back.
It was a swordsmanship instructor and spearmanship instructor who persistently visited each time.
Perhaps they knew that they were ashamed of themselves, and avoided the martial arts instructor’s eyes.
“That… Wait, I want to talk to Cadet Doyoon…”
“Cadet Doyun said he had nothing to say. You heard it with your own mouth.”
“Because then and now may be different…”
“ha…”
The martial arts instructor sighed and touched his forehead.
It could have been rude behavior in front of the senior instructors, but they didn’t say anything and just cleared their throats and stood still. They also knew they were doing something shameless.
These two couldn’t abandon their attachment to the treasure named Han Do-yoon, and visited him every time.
I asked the cadets in the other class, and these days, they finish class 5 minutes early every day. It was pitiful.
“Please go back.”
“Don’t do that… In your class, the top and bottom seats are side by side. Don’t be greedy, give me a little concession. yes?”
“I have no interest in the other cadets! I’ll just talk to Cadet Han Do-yoon for a second, wait!”
“profit…!”
It was always the same rappertoire. The martial arts instructor couldn’t stand the heat in his head when he heard that sound.
“Sounds like greed…! Martial arts classes have been plagued by a talent drought so far! Then, this time, the jackpot hit just once, greed!? How can you say such a thing without batting an eye! They really do too much!”
“Ah, no, no matter how you do it, taking all the top and bottom seats is over the line, you man! There is even cadet Han Do-yoon!”
“You don’t even have the right to say that! Cadet Han Do-yoon’s first choice was spearmanship, but who kicked that luck? Seemingly blinded by greed, he must have seduced me to throw away the martial arts and learn the spear properly!”
“Yeah, how did you…!”
“Yes, you are out. In the first place, Cadet Han Do-yoon uses a sword and fist, but a spear? Are you doing a comedy?”
“Come back, too!”
“Hey, you son of a bitch! On the day of the competition, even seeing that swordsmanship, can you say that! It was a swordsmanship that I had never seen before in my life! Let’s rot that talent in martial arts class!? Cadet Han Do-yoon must come to swordsmanship class!”
“I’m a cadet who has nothing more to learn no matter where I go, so what…!”
The commotion that started again drew the eyes of the cadets toward the entrance. Since it was repeated every time, the cadets thought it would be like that now.
It was the same with Doyoon. He sighed and focused even on Sophie’s movements.
“yes!”
Sophie let out a strange elation and stretched out her strong legs.
Kwajik!
A flawless high kick. The scarecrow’s head was smashed.
‘As expected, it was good to feed Sophie even if it was embarrassing.’
Doyoon was very satisfied with the effect of Seongsaengdan on Sophie’s movements. It was an achievement well worth the effort.
Sophie’s kicks were agility level 4 and boasted sharpness like an awl, but the power contained in them was somewhat disappointing.
This disadvantage was further highlighted due to the shackles of level 1 physical strength. Since his physical strength was low, the link between stats was poor, and his strength, his agility, was not able to demonstrate his strength.
However, after reaching the 4th level of physical strength, these disadvantages were greatly compensated. His high physical strength complemented his strength, and his agility was further highlighted.
Considering Sophie’s style, even if her strength, which was currently level 2, reached level 5, she wouldn’t have achieved this much. Seongsaengdan, the physical elixir, was a very well-timed and wonderful opportunity for Sophie.
Now, if she learns a little from Do-yoon, she will be able to serve as a worthy apostle outside.
Doyoon now took her eyes off Sophie and looked at the status windows of the rest of the martial arts cadets.
But then, the commotion at the entrance grew even louder.
“Stop, senior…!”
“yes? what. What about your class, are you here?”
An instructor ran into the gymnasium. He was an assistant instructor who was a junior of the martial arts instructor.
“The list of guild leaders participating in the inspection has been released!”
“Oh, yes? But did you come running like this to tell me that? I would have gone and looked.”
“That, that… on the roster…”
The assistant instructor took the scroll out of her pocket and showed it to the instructors. The three scanned the list from top to bottom.
“Oh… that’s really gorgeous. There are a lot of nobles with heavy hips. Even at the Kingdom Summit, attendance wasn’t that good.”
“More than that, the specials at the bottom!”
“Uniqueness?”
The eyes of the three instructors followed the assistant instructor’s fingers down.
When they read the words, their eyes widened and they cried out in astonishment.
“This, what the fuck…!”
“what! Why is this nobleman here!”
The swordsmanship instructor grabbed his forehead and muttered in vain.
“Huh… Kingdom bastards, they convened all the guild leaders and scolded them for information security agreements and whatnot, but nothing was real…”
“…In this case, a talent hunter, he should be considered competent.”
Doyoon, who was listening to all of their stories with a keen sense, caught his eye.
Sophie asked Do-yoon if she hadn’t heard the details, showing only interest in the commotion.
“Did something happen?”
“Yes. It is very interesting.”
“uh? Can you hear anything from this street?”
Wow… I have really good ears. Earthlings are different too… she thought.
Doyun strengthened his hearing in earnest through mana and listened to their stories.
“No, why did that nobleman come here? Do the kingdom bastards really not stop this?”
“If you make a cause, it will be enough.”
“To make! What justification is there for a person who is the equivalent of a hero from a neighboring country to interfere with the cradle of a foreign country!”
The two-letter word stuck in Doyoon’s ear.
‘Warrior.’
It seems that I will be able to meet the warriors for the first time soon.