Chapter 75. Survival missions (9)
“Wait a minute!”
Dante stopped the ballpark in an urgent voice.
Dante and Danji, Jun Mori.
All three thought it was a trap, but for different reasons.
First, I thought that the club site was a trap dug by looters. It’s a very common tactic to lure people into looting as young girls or pregnant women.
The reason Junmori thought it was a trap was because of the smell. While the girl’s appearance was very scruffy, she didn’t smell at all.
Finally, the reason why Dante was suspicious. It was because of the defense pattern covering the girl’s body. Even if you don’t have to check how many lines there are, it’s at least grade A.
‘I made an incredibly complex pattern with a very small amount of mana. That’s two layers.’
What does this mean?
I didn’t even have to think deeply.
Dante asked the girl a question in English.
“Hey Kid. Who wants to dress up like that?”
“Are you lame? It’s not. You look like a bum. You really look like a bum.”
The team members were taken aback by the girl’s fluent English skills.
Dio asked.
“what? What?”
The club also put the knife aimed at the girl’s neck again. I noticed it only after the tip of the knife touched my throat. The fact that there is a defense magic.
“you. Can’t you speak Korean?”
Gudanji asked in English and the girl answered in English too.
“The only thing I can do is practice.”
“… … .”
“Jia Han Choinnim told me to tell you this. Guerrilla Mission Success! 300 bonus points!”
I really have nothing to say.
Freesia covered her face and sat down.
“Oh really. Was this also a mission? Are you crazy? ha… … I really want to quit.”
Three instructors walked from afar.
“Dante Prime. Take this.”
The gorilla instructor gave Dante five green apples.
“… … .”
Dante silently accepted the apology.
No bonus points, no sweet apples. I wasn’t happy at all.
Irritability welled up as the tension eased.
All the team members were mentally exhausted. In the meantime, testing. Are professors really evil?
‘Even the devil won’t do this!’
The students sat cross-legged on the floor of the building where the Revolution team was gathered.
“Let’s talk for a minute.”
“I don’t like it.”
“Did you really have to do this?”
“How dare a lowly trainee talk to the instructors?”
The gorilla’s expression changed at the students’ complaints.
“Sit down when you say nice things. If you keep counting, I’ll take it as meaning that I miss PT #8… … .”
“Have you been sitting since before?”
“Say it soon. Brother Gorilla.”
“i love you.”
Threatening with PT #8 here.
After all, the gorilla must be an asshole.
The gorilla asked in a soft voice unlike before.
“How did you find out so quickly? I think the makeup was done properly.”
Kudanji and Jun Mori explained thoroughly. Dante also evaded it because of the smell.
The gorilla nodded.
Kudanjia is a very peculiar case because he was born as a tramp. The smell needed to be supplemented.
The gorilla looked at the girl and asked.
“Zelma. Is that okay?”
“of course. Even if you see me like this, I’m a pro!”
like evil people
Thanks to that, the teams behind us will suffer even more.
Still, talking to the gorilla and eating a crunchy apple made me feel a lot better.
Now was the time to wake up.
The instructors comforted and encouraged the students.
“Guys. Don’t overdo it and try to make it perfect. score? Of course it will be important. But more importantly, it is to clearly understand the purpose of this practice.”
For the purpose of practice… …
It was a vague talk.
The children simply nodded their heads.
“Thank you for your apology!”
“I really enjoyed the meal! Instructor!”
Quickly finish tagging at checkpoints.
The Revolution team unpacked at the closed school today. There is a river just across the road.
Definitely better indoors than outdoors. Less worries about bugs and monsters.
Dio moved his wrist as if he were swinging a magic wand.
“[Clean (S)]! If you have the same magic, it would be great.”
Dante called the team together.
“I’ll clean up later and sit down for a while.”
The children sat on the military commander’s chair.
A cloud of dust rose from the floor.
“I’ve been thinking about it. this is just my opinion I want to know your opinion. Why don’t we just pass our mana stone mission?”
It is impossible to use mana stones as they are. It was literally a mission that had nothing to do with survival, just to get points.
“Instead, I want to learn how to hunt and cook properly with Gudanji. What do you think?”
Unexpectedly, Junmori was the first to raise his hand.
“I agree.”
Wake up at 6 am.
Travel time is 5-6 hours a day.
Then there are five hours left before sunset.
To find the mana stone without a hint, the three members of the expedition had to search for hours in the rugged mountains.
Next, Dio raised his hand.
“I don’t think there will ever be a team that gets this perfect score. To be honest, there are hardly any teams that finish the race.”
Jun Mori felt the same way. So I raised my hand
If you can complete the race, how about SkyTeam?
However, the SkyTeam members Jun Mori knew would never do anything like grooming monsters.
If he couldn’t cook, it meant he would have to starve, so he wouldn’t last long.
‘Maybe I’ve already given up.’
Freesia also raised her hand.
“I wanted to talk about it from the very beginning, but I couldn’t because I was sorry. If I gave up the mana stones, the day would be much more leisurely, wouldn’t it?”
Finally, the club also raised its hand.
“I have a hard time hunting, cooking, and mana stones every day. I think it would be nice to do it together. I can teach you well.”
“okay! Then, let’s shake off the dust here first and unpack. Can we light a fire in the middle?”
There were traces of someone staying in the classroom before. It probably didn’t last long.
lighthearted
After abandoning one mission, I couldn’t feel that comfortable.
Doing a given task perfectly and getting points is important, of course. However, for this mission, I wanted to prioritize it elsewhere.
A sick body can be treated, but what about mental health?
After this mission, two or three people were on the verge of being hospitalized in a mental hospital. In order to safely endure the remaining 25 days, it was necessary to relieve the mental pressure.
Dante said ‘Tak’ and robbed the sleeping bag.
“And we got 300 bonus points earlier. That’s just the mana stone mission score.”
Junmori nodded his head broadly.
“that’s right. I think there are quite a few teams that fall into the trap.”
In fact, professors also predicted that the guerrilla mission success rate would be around 20%. what now I’m at a loss for words at the much slower progress than expected.
Freed from the pressure of the mana stone mission, the children slowly adapted to the environment outside the base.
Dip your feet in the sea and dip your fingertips in the seawater to taste it. Catch and observe about 10 species of monsters that live in the river.
When darkness fell, they enjoyed board games while sharing hot green tea.
After about 10 days, there were changes in the physical condition of the team members.
‘Has everyone’s mana pain increased?’
There was a clear difference from the first day of practice. The average amount of mana per person has increased slightly, and the concentration has also increased.
‘The body must have responded to changes in the environment.’
Just like when you are stressed, a hormone called cortisol is secreted.
Even Dante did not know the exact reason.
Among the team members, Claudio’s change was the most noticeable.
“I think I know a little bit now. Should I say that I can feel where the mana is and where the monsters are?”
Junmori raised his index finger.
“I was afraid of a world that stood still. So I wanted to find something that moves within it. Then I realized Falling raindrops or flowing river water. Not only that, but mana is alive and moving even in dead trees. The world outside the base that I thought was dead was actually alive. So it’s not scary anymore.”
“hmm… … I think it happened because I was just concentrating on pooping because I was afraid that a moth would appear?”
“… … .”
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The children had time to meditate every day before going to sleep.
Mother nature that embraces mana arises in a warm and quiet breath. The five senses, which have become extremely sensitive, embrace Mana.
It may be because of their mood, but the children actually felt as if they were absorbing minute mana particles mixed in the air.
So, the 12th day of practice.
Dante’s group arrived in Seoul.
When I arrived in Seoul, I naturally thought of BS.
‘ah… … I want to go to the bunker and rest for a few days. Also drink lemon tea.’
BS would have loved it if I went with all my teammates. Dante felt sorry for the reality that he couldn’t even contact him because he didn’t have a cell phone.
“Shall we spend two nights in Seoul? Don’t move tomorrow and take a break. how is it?”
We traveled 70 km every day. It was time to take a break for once.
I especially liked the complex.
“Here is my hometown. I know best!”
Gudanji stayed in Seoul for 10 years. It was a place where painful and happy memories remained intact.
On the second day in Seoul, I looked around Seoul along the old club complex. I climbed the 9th apartment complex where Gudanji was born, the burnt-down palace, and Namsan Mountain, which I visited with BS.
Day 28 of practice.
The children met the other teams for the first time since practice began. From Gimhae, the starting point.
“what. There are so many teams that arrived before us?”
“what. Did you guys come all the way here after taking all the checkpoints?”
There were four teams left in Gimhae.
From what I heard, they said that they only lasted a month in Gimhae. It wasn’t all nonsense.
“A week? I couldn’t cross the Nakdong River. I was about to give up, but I was stuck. Still, I thought there might be something to learn.”
Most of them were low-ranking students with low mana. But no one gave up. Twenty people encouraged each other and endured until now.
The 29th day of practice, Busan.
The Revolution Team finished the race with Gearco.
The school prepared a high-end private jet with a shower room.
Practice ended just like that.
* * *
On the way back to Agras.
The faces of the professors who were in charge of freshmen were dark.
a headache comes
Jia Han sighed as she clutched her forehead.
“How did this happen?”
“Iknow, right. I think this freshman might be the weakest ever. I had high expectations just by looking at the entrance grades… … .”
Out of 280 players, only one team finished.
Less than 100 students survived until the end.
There were 3 middle school students who gave up during this practice, and 0 senior students. But did 187 freshmen give up after practicing in the safest district?
It was a situation that Han Ji-ah could not understand at all.
“Even though they are my students, I feel like giving up. Of the 187 students, 100 students gave up within three days. Do you think it makes sense?”
“I am also very disappointed. Giving up after three days You didn’t even make the slightest effort.”
“When I go back, I want to be nice to Professor Bibiano.”
Whenever Professor Bibiano made a vulgar remark, Jia Han always stood on the side of the student.
But this mission is too serious.
“What could be the reason? Kids who are so obsessed with grades. Why did you give up so easily?”
“The sense of mission is almost gone. There are many children who only think of being superhuman as a job. What can I do? The times go by like this.”
“you’re right. In the last 20 to 30 years, monster invasions have decreased noticeably. It seems that the public perception is slowly changing.”
just 30 years ago.
Even when the professors were students, ‘Superman’ reminded me of a fierce battlefield.
But these days, kids think of wealth, fame, and floating islands first when they think of superhumans.
Jia Han opened her mouth again.
“The public can think so. Because the monsters appearing on Earth have almost disappeared. I don’t know how much sacrifice it takes to conquer an S-class planet. But kids who will soon become superhumans can’t do that. Something’s wrong. It can’t go on like this.”
“Will our teaching change your mind?”
“It won’t be easy, but you have to try.”
“so. Is there any better way?”
At the question, Jia Han showed a meaningful smile.
“This exercise was mental strength training. Those who didn’t get anything thanks to giving up early must pay the price.”