19
Seo Hyun-woo looks around while wearing a combat uniform.
The staff of the battle suit development team were brought together to assist with the wearing and performance testing of the battle suit.
Tests have already been carried out on several hunters, but they haven’t made much progress yet.
So this time, he raised the level a little and chose himself as a test subject.
‘First of all, the development team is looking down on me a bit. Although they are called the strongest in the school in Miterichi, you still think of them as students. No matter how high you hit it, they’ll probably treat you like a Blue Hunter.’
Blue Hunter was just one level higher than Red Hunter, the lowest level.
Of course, the development team has been selecting the Red Hunters as test subjects so far, and it was the first time that they chose a target equal to the Blue Hunter.
But that didn’t change the fact that the development team was mistaken.
‘If you are the manager of Miterichi, you must have at least the same skills as the Blue Hunter. If you set it to the maximum, you can hit even a mid-level Green Hunter. Me and the vice president can take it one step at a time.’
After the blue hunter, there was the yellow hunter, then the green hunter, and beyond the green hunter there was the purple hunter.
In other words, the skills of Seo Hyun-woo and the vice president were between the least yellow hunter and the greatest purple hunter.
Even Yellow Hunter could be seen as a very useful manpower in dungeon subjugation.
‘Of course, this includes potential and growth potential, and if you consider subjugation experience and combat sense, there are many variables. Roughly speaking, if I set the average, I think my current skill level is similar to that of Green Hunter.’
If we simply looked at the grade, it would have to be considered higher than Jinha Kang after completing Miterichi.
However, it was literally just a grade, and not all hunters had the ability to match the grade.
Besides, if you were not a team leader or higher, even after completing Miterichi, you had no choice but to start as an apprentice hunter.
‘It’s no use if I tell you in advance. As the development team does, the performance tests are conducted based on solid research data and test records that have been carried out so far. In addition, in the current state of the battle suit, it is difficult to even surpass the Blue Hunter.’
Seo Hyun-woo looks at the opponent in front of him with a grim expression on his face.
He was the wearer of the battle suit that he would fight against and the leader of the battle suit development team in Hanhon Industry.
The interesting part was that, without being forced by anyone, he voluntarily became the subject of a performance test.
‘The development team leader is quite young. And as a non-Awakened, they want to have the same power as the Awoken. That’s why I’m putting all my energy into the development of the battle suit.’
The head of the battle suit development team had the president of Hanhon Industries as his father.
In addition, he was smart enough to graduate from the relevant university and immediately participated in the development of the battle suit.
He was risking his life in a battle suit with a dream that even non-awakened people could become like the awakened.
‘The development team leader lost his sister to the hunters. All were sentenced to death, but the development team leader couldn’t escape his anger and sadness. That’s why I’m obsessed with battle suits. Like my sister did, I’d like to prevent a catastrophe in which non-Awakened people are killed by the Awakened.’
Seo Hyun-woo had no intention of having a little sympathy for the development team leader.
Ambiguous emotions will cloud your judgment.
I just kept thinking about how to make good use of the development team leader.
‘Is it better to go with the current flow while dealing with it in moderation, or is it better to push hard and give a shock? The former can go safely, and the latter leaves no room for speeding up the development of the battle suit, even at the risk.’
Seo Hyun-woo relaxes lightly, recalling the content related to the battle suit.
Obviously, it was written that the original Seo Hyun-woo took a moderate amount of time to show the minimum courtesy.
Since then, little has been said about the performance test of the battle suit, but in the future, a battle suit that can generate power equal to that of the Red Hunter has not been commercialized.
‘Perhaps he continued to participate in performance tests to maintain relations with the Hanhorn industry. I don’t know what the outcome would have been each time, but the fact that Seo Hyun-woo’s existence contributed to the development of the battle suit doesn’t change. From here on, I’m going to have to take care of myself.’
As soon as the battle suits are installed, the development team members quickly leave their seats.
At the same time, a blue light leaked from the center of the battle suit, and the engine sound began to reverberate.
The development team leader wearing a battle suit approaches Seo Hyun-woo, pouring artificial mechanical sounds everywhere.
“First, I would like to express my gratitude to Seo Hyun-woo. The student council in Miterich understands that there is a lot of work to be done. Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule.”
“It’s not bad to get away from everyday life like this sometimes. I was getting tired of just looking at the monitor.”
Seo Hyun-woo answered comfortably with a smile.
The battle suit made of a heavy alloy continued to produce a menacing mechanical sound.
However, in reality, only the appearance was plausible, and the performance itself was not very good.
Therefore, even the Red Hunter was not able to properly deal with it.
“Thank you for your consideration. Are you ready?”
“Yes. I’ve copied the enhancement-type abilities in advance as desired. In the case of reinforcement-type abilities, there is no big difference no matter who you target. But if you have a different skill set, it will be a little different.”
“Isn’t it possible that he copied the abilities of the head of the reinforcement department?”
“Honestly, it doesn’t really matter, but I’ve been copying the enchantment-type abilities of regular members. You can only do physical strengthening and material strengthening normally.”
Seo Hyun-woo said that and slowly backed away.
Having confirmed the first impression of the battle suit at least roughly, from now on, I had to focus on carefully controlling the power.
It was good to extend the time as much as possible, and the development team leader had to not get hurt.
However, the exoskeleton of the battle suit was processed with manastone, so it would not be damaged by any attack.
“As I said before, I have more skills than a Red Hunter. Even though I am still a student, I think that is certain.”
“I am fully aware of it. You are the student council president of Miterichi. You just have to hope the battle suit doesn’t break. With a 99% chance, we will hold out.”
The development team leader makes a light joke and completely closes the helmet’s face.
At the same time, the engine sound gets louder and the blue light in the center is drawn along the long line.
It meant raising the power of the battle suit to the maximum.
“Let’s test the power first. Please respond well to my attack.”
“Ready.”
In response to Seo Hyun-woo’s answer, the development team leader seemed to be stepping forward slowly, but then he started running.
Then, extend your right arm behind you and pull your shoulder as hard as you can.
Seo Hyun-woo looked at him and put blue magic into his right fist.
‘By controlling the power…’
Boom, woong.
A mixture of shock and strange sounds reverberates inside the test room.
Seo Hyun-woo’s fists were in contact with the fists of the battle suit, repulsing each other’s magic.
However, the fist of the battle suit is quickly pushed back, and it is thrown away completely.
“…stop working! The battle suit has stopped working!”
“What? You only hit one fist?”
“What about the safe system?”
“Even the safe system doesn’t work!”
“Dismantle the battle suit first!”
The development team members who were watching over the monitor quickly enter the test room.
Seo Hyun-woo immediately stepped back and turned his gaze toward the battle suit.
The blue light emanating from the center of the battle suit was slowly disappearing.
Besides, the battle suit was not moving at all while taking an awkward posture.
‘… Did you give me too much power? I paid some attention to myself, but this is how things go.’
***
‘Ha… you looked so blunt. It stopped working with just one attack.’
Lee Min-seong, the team leader of the battle suit development team, smiles and looks embarrassed.
The battle suit had just stopped working, so I couldn’t move in this state.
If at least the safe system had worked, he would have easily escaped from the battle suit.
‘The radio is off. It would take quite some time to dismantle it in this state.’
Lee Min-seong feels his breathing is suffocating and holds his breath as much as possible.
As the battle suit stopped working, the oxygen supply would not have been able to do its job.
I prepared for the unexpected situation in advance, and tested it, but did I know that this kind of problem would occur?
‘Seo Hyun-woo didn’t throw his fists with all his might. The amount of magic power wasn’t that great either. But this is how it happened. It was never like this when I was dealing with the Red Hunter.’
Lee Min-seong sighs as he hears the helmet being dismantled.
I thought it had a basic form in its own way, but it doesn’t mean anything.
Of course, accepting the fact that Seo Hyun-woo is the student council president of Miterichi too lightly was probably one of the biggest mistakes.
‘With a 1% chance, I couldn’t last even 10 seconds. Oh, I hate the number 1 so much.’
Lee Min-seong again became obsessive and began to deny the number 1.
1% was too low a probability, 10% was no different than 1%.
A 100% probability could not actually exist, so I hated it even more.
Weiying, tug-of-war.
“The dismantling of the helmet face has been completed!”
“Captain, are you okay?”
“Oh, it’s fine. Had it been a little later, there would have been a 99% chance of suffocation.”
Lee Min-seong clears his breath and immediately checks the situation.
The development team was by his side and dismantling the battle suit.
And beyond that, Seo Hyun-woo was looking at him with a grim expression on his face.
“I was distracted. I didn’t expect it to be so easy.”
“I think I made a big mistake. You wouldn’t be able to test performance this way.”
“Oh, no. This is purely our fault. He must have been reassured because he had endured well against the Red Hunters.”
“Are you hurt anywhere?”
“Fortunately, there is a 99% chance that you will be safe.”
Seo Hyun-woo smiles and answers instead.
Immigration was quite obsessed with the word 99%.
If 99% were mentioned, it also meant that immigration was feeling very good, or that there were no problems.
‘It’s also strange. There’s no way the battle suit will stop working with just this kind of attack. In the original content, it was written that they dealt with him in moderation.’
Seo Hyun-woo is puzzled, but at least a little guesses the reason.
Just because the original Seo Hyun-woo dealt with him moderately did not mean that the performance test went well.
Because not everyone’s standards are the same.
‘Right. He probably didn’t want to reveal the truth. There is something called pride in the single marriage industry. Maybe the battle suit was too weak, so I was embarrassed to tell the truth.’
Seo Hyun-woo draws a tentative conclusion and frowns.
This was one of the problems caused by not being the main character.
The original content did not explain it in detail, so there was a possibility that it could be misunderstood in any form.
In particular, if individual subjectivity was revealed as in this case, the meaning would inevitably be distorted.
‘Seo Hyun-woo is definitely strong, but it looks like he’s strong. To turn the battle suit that endured against the Red Hunters into scrap metal at once. If you’re strong enough, can’t you take the role of the main character instead of Kang Jin-ha?’