1. Mana Inability
Lee Do-jin held the sword in his hand.
“Please take good care of me. Do Jin-ah.”
In front of Dojin Lee was a man with a nice smile.
Jin Hyun-woo.
He was a genius who was evaluated as the most outstanding in this special high school for the awakened, .
“Hyeonu will win again anyway.”
“Of course. How does that half beat the whole?”
Lee Do-jin heard the voices of her classmates. The girl with the light blue ponytail murmured softly.
“… Half of it is only half in Athena, and you won’t be treated like a human being in the academy or on the field. You must have heard that your eyes are good enough.”
At Sou-eun’s words, her best friend Kim Min-jung laughed.
“Didn’t you always go out with Dojin in first grade?”
So Yoo-eun quietly stared at Kim Min-jung. It was just expressionless. But Kim Min-jung shrank her body like a herbivore in front of her beast.
“Sorry.”
Kim Min-jung, who had seen So-Eun express her anger for three years, was well aware of the way So-Eun expressed her anger.
That you’re angry right now.
Aka, silent anger.
It was obvious that he was building a stack of anger inside.
It is clear that they are close friends, but there was no choice but to have a thick wall between So-eun So, the youngest daughter of , One of the most prestigious guilds in Korea, and Min-jung Kim, who has no background.
So-Eun took her eyes off Kim Min-Jung and let out a deep sigh.
‘Because up until the first year, Athena’s prospect was Do-jin, not Jin Hyun-woo.’
Talent.
Lee Do-jin obviously had a natural talent for fighting.
A year ago.
Athena’s best prospect was Lee Do-jin in the first year, when most of them couldn’t unlock their magic or couldn’t control it properly.
No one could follow Dojin Lee’s movements. Superior combat sense.
Even the instructors of Athena said in unison.
Lee Do-jin will definitely become a useful hunter.
However, the brilliant star went out as soon as the second year began.
‘But I can’t handle mana at all.’
A man with no mana.
Lee Do-jin could not respond to mana at all.
No matter how hard you try mana training.
Even if you give mana, that is, an injection of purified magic stone.
Not a single handful of mana was accumulated in Lee Do-jin’s Danjeon.
‘Hunters who can’t use magic properly are useless in this world.’
No matter how good your combat sense is. Without magical powers, he cannot stand against monsters.
I didn’t choose any means and methods to awaken Lee Do-jin’s mana by force. However, even using all of Changchun’s information power, no solution came out.
‘So I threw it away.’
A bitter bitterness ran through his mouth.
So Yoo-eun focused on the battle between the two that started again.
Wedge juice!
The sparring sword held in Jin Hyeonu’s hand drew a blue trajectory and attacked.
Unlike Jin Hyun-woo, Lee Do-jin’s sword did not have an aura. Not even a handful.
Kagang!
Lee Do-jin met Jin Hyun-woo’s sword with minimal friction.
Because the longer the standoff, the more disadvantaged you are.
Lee Do-jin, who let go of Hyun-woo Jin’s sword, sharply stretched her right foot toward Hyun-woo Jin’s left thigh. It was a low kick.
“Queup!”
When the attack came at an unexpected timing, Jin Hyun-woo’s forehead crumpled.
You can’t beat Jin Hyeon-woo with the straight attack method.
Unlike Jin Hyeon-woo, who had enough spirit to put all his spirit into the sword, Lee Do-jin had to use all the methods he could mobilize.
Wedge juice! Quadduk!
Lee Do-jin’s sword, which once again penetrated the gap, was lightly blocked.
Lee Do-jin was not at all embarrassed. It’s because I didn’t intend to use this to feed effective hits in the first place.
In an instant, he twisted his right foot, which had been fixed to the ground as much as possible.
Wedge juice!
Lee Do-jin’s body rotated in an instant, and his elbow swung sharply toward Jin Hyeon-woo’s face.
Boom!
But Jin Hyun-woo grinned.
A curtain of magic spread in front of Jin Hyeonu.
Zeuong!
The veil completely offset Lee Do-jin’s elbow attack.
And it sent Do-jin Lee’s body flying backwards, causing a wave.
Chwaaagh!
Lee Do-jin did not lift his feet off the ground even as he was pushed back.
Jin Hyeon-woo ran towards Lee Do-jin, who was being pushed away.
Where you go!
The rushing sword of Hyunwoo Jin.
Lee Do-jin managed to balance himself and hit back.
Ahhh!
Lee Do-jin stared at his trembling right arm.
There was no sparring sword there.
He lost his sword due to Jin Hyun-woo’s overwhelming sword skill.
Losing the sword meant defeat as a swordsman.
Jin Hyun-woo grinned.
“As expected, Do-jin, you always have a knack for surprising people.”
Jin Hyeon-woo was surprised by Lee Do-jin’s responsiveness and martial arts, but those words could not comfort Lee Do-jin.
Dalian ended with Lee Do-jin’s defeat.
Lee Do-jin felt the eyes shooting towards him.
Lots of ridicule.
Pity of the majority.
And a few loathsome.
There was also So-Eun in the face of hatred. Lee Do-jin felt the bitter bitterness in his mouth.
Among them, I am worried about disgust.
Because there was only one legitimate hatred other than possession.
So Yoo-eun’s earnest face came to mind.
-Magic insensitivity? You can easily overcome that.
-Because you have talent. You must never give up.
-So much magic, I’ll somehow wake you up.
And the one who betrayed all those expectations is himself.
So So-Eun threw away his face and borrowed the power of his father, the Changcheon Guild Master, to even use the Mana Sensing Awakening Device, but it had no effect.
Soyoueun said with a distorted face. The tear marks were clear.
-You know that an Awakener who cannot use mana cannot become a Hunter.
In the end, So-Eun had no choice but to give up on Lee Do-Jin. Because he was the one who longed for a great hero to appear in this world more than anyone else.
It was her dream to see the Great Awakener with her own eyes, even if she couldn’t be herself.
-Sorry, I don’t think I can like you anymore. Dojin Lee.
That’s why she abandoned Lee Do-jin.
The day after an open sparring with Hyunwoo Jin.
Lee Do-jin organized her luggage in her dorm room.
There is still one year left in school. But no matter how much I thought about it, there was nothing to gain from staying here any longer.
I’ve been thinking about this for about six months.
After erasing all traces in her room, Lee Do-jin headed to the top of the school. She was where the principal’s office was located.
Standing at the door of the principal’s office, the man in the red armor suit opened his mouth.
“It’s been six months. Student Dojin Lee.”
Lee Do-jin bowed her head deeply toward her man.
“Hello. Instructor Kang Moon-hyeon.”
Kang Mun-hyun, swordsmanship instructor.
She was the one who taught Dojin Lee combat skills in first grade.
“Are you going to drop out after all?”
Kang Moon-hyeon gave a bitter smile. It seemed full of regret.
Lee Do-jin bowed her head.
“Sorry.”
“What do I have to be sorry for? The potential of student Dojin is just a waste. I will tell the principal that the student is here.”
Lee Do-jin opened the door and she went in and out of the principal’s office.
I heard a thick voice telling me to come in soon.
A gray-haired middle-aged man looked at Lee Do-jin with a kind expression.
“It’s been a while. Dojin student.”
“Yes, principal.”
“Sit down.”
Principal Yunhwan Park gestured to the chair in front of him. As Lee Do-jin sat down on the chair, the principal continued.
“Six months ago she came to drop out. Are you applying for withdrawal today?”
Lee Do-jin nodded her head.
“Yes.”
The principal let out a shallow sigh.
“I told you six months ago. For the rest of the semester, I’m struggling again and again. Even then, if you think there is nothing to learn here, I will accept your resignation.”
The principal’s eyes stared at Lee Do-jin.
“Was the result the same even after hard work?”
“Yes, I am more determined. There is nothing to be gained by remaining in Athena.”
“What you can get by staying. I have an Athena diploma. With just that, I could get a job in a fair number of guilds. Even if it’s a high-ranking guild.”
“I wouldn’t be able to work as a hunter.”
A hunter who cannot handle mana.
In this world, such a mediocre existence cannot survive.
The principal raised an eyebrow.
“If you are not a Hunter, do you think that nothing in this world is worth doing?”
Lee Do-jin shook her head slowly.
“If I could do something with just Athena’s diploma. I won’t be able to stand it. I am going out to learn something.”
Athena is basically a place that exists to train combat-type awakened people. The institution that nurtures the Awakeners in the production world only existed at the Hunter Academy, a university institution.
It wasn’t because the number of production hunters was small.
It was because the number of students dreaming of awakening in the production world from their teens was small.
Because everyone up until their teens firmly believes that they have something special.
Lee Do-jin himself believed that too. He was actually talented. However, if he couldn’t awaken his magic, that talent was of no use whatsoever.
Principal Park Yun-hwan nodded his head broadly.
“Okay. I approve of your resignation. However, whenever you want to come back, come back anytime.”
Lee Do-jin bowed his back.
“Thank you.”
**
I dreamed of becoming a swordsman.
The gate appears. Monsters are pouring in. And I was born in a world where there are hunters who can defeat those monsters.
To a world where even a swordsman’s dream wouldn’t be strange.
So I wanted to become the pinnacle of prosecutors.
But my sword, which was fairly straight, eventually broke.
In front of the name of mana alexia.
Maybe it’s time to wake up from a long dream.
After leaving the principal’s office, I immediately grabbed my luggage and left the school.
No, I was going to step out.
Someone was standing in front of the front door as if waiting for me.
It was a girl with bobbed hair.
“Are you running away? Lee Do-jin.”
“Cha Da-hye.”
Cha Da-hye.
The eldest daughter of
Taebaek, a conglomerate leading the hunter industry.
She said “Realizing that she had no talent for being a hunter, she asked if she was running away.”
Now I had neither the strength nor the reason to respond to her quarrel.
“Think freely.”
She passed her by.
“I admit it. Your fighting talent was real. I really thought I was seeing the birth of a great Awoken with my own eyes. Soyoun, it’s like he always says it like a habit. However, beings without the gift of mana are not needed in the Hunter world.”
It seems that there are still many things that are angry with me.
Even though you should have realized by now that I wasn’t even worthy of being angry.
A low voice came from behind.
“If you think you are going to starve to death, call me. At that time, my eyes were strange. If she gets down on her knees and begs for it, she might be able to make her a cleaner in Taebaek.”
First grade.
When I too believed I had a natural talent for being a hunter.
Two people reached out to support me.
So Yoo-eun and Cha Da-hye.
Then I held So-eun’s hand.
The reason was clear.
Because So Yu-eun looked more desperate.
Although they are all useless now.
It seems that Cha Da-hye wanted to confirm the words of the loser with her own eyes.
Only then did I get out of school and get on the bus heading to Seoul Station.
At the age of 18, he dropped out with one year left before graduating from Athena.
Talent.
I definitely had a fighting talent.
However, the first priority to become a hunter was not a sense of battle.
Mana.
It is not the sense of battle that can cut through the tough leather of an orc, but the magical power overlaid on the sword.
I had no talent for that magical power.
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The train stopped. The countryside, Yangcheon, is a good 3 hours away from Seoul. Here was my home
Walk on a country road for the first time in two years.
I saw the house I had promised I would never come back to.
A normal house.
When I opened the old door, a lot of dust flew.
Kikki-
And there was no one in it.
My mother said she passed away shortly after giving birth to me. I was raised by her father.
Blacksmith.
My father was a blacksmith.
A talentless blacksmith who used mana to the dust.
The masterpiece that I put my whole body into is only a C grade.
My father always told me.
“Don’t live like me. Fly high.”
Four years ago, when my father passed away.
I carved my father’s words into my bones.
Then he clenched his teeth and trained.
So, in the first year, physical strength, physical, swordsmanship, and balance. When everything became overwhelmingly number one, I had no doubt that I would be able to go a different path from my father.
2Nd grade.
My faith in myself was completely shattered.
No mana.
I had no talent for mana.
Even a speck of dust.
It was quiet at my father’s forge after a long absence.
A chill lingered in the room.
The red anvil my father used caught my eye.
I stroked the anvil once and put it down.
In the back, there was a warehouse displaying the weapons my father made himself.
Four years ago, since my father passed away.
This is the first step.
Swords, spears, and axes made by my father.
Numerous weapons were lined up. And there was something next to those weapons.
There was one twig.
Did my father use it as an ingredient?
I picked up a branch.
Suddenly, a bluish energy hovered around the tree branches.
Then it suddenly left my hand and floated up.
Fu-wook!
“What… hey?”
A tree branch pierced the left side of the heart.
No, it permeated.
It was as if the branch had penetrated my heart.
My heartbeat quickened.
Suddenly, hot energy spread from the spine.
An unknown aura enveloped the whole body.
[Mistiltein, activate.]
Does it mean his father created Mistilein?