Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost
9. After the rain stops (4)
The Wings Hall’s simulator was composed of super-strengthened glass made with supernatural powers on the exterior and the otherworldly metal on the inside.
Under the chairman Hwang Myeong-ho’s instructions, this place was made with the highest grade equipment so the dormitory students could observe other students’ training.
This training room was said to be for the improvement of the students’ welfare and competitiveness.
In truth, Hwang-ho said the reason he built this place was because ‘it’s hard to watch training when I want to without a window’.
“Wow… Did you see him use that skill just now?”
“Yeah, amazing.”
Since morning, the dormitory students were training against virtual Enemies in that crazy money-eating simulator.
Usually targets of the observation were students possessing flashy element based battle skills, like fire, water, wind, earth, electricity.
However, today the student receiving the most attention was a freshman, ‘Unknown Supernova Jo Uisin’.
“I don’t even know the names of a few of those weapons…. Ah, that one I know. Isn’t it Urumi? It was a soft sword used in Ancient India.”
“A while ago, I saw him using Divine Fire Flying Crow and Cheonja Chongtong and exploding. Is it something they give at school?”
“No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem to be level 1.”
“It hasn’t even been a month since the school started and his skill level has risen? Crazy.”
Dormitory students conversed while observing Jo Uisin’s battle self practice through the strengthened window.
Jo Uisin spent 2 seconds per weapon attacking a virtual Enemy, after which he immediately switched the item card.
“Ah, already switched. I wanted to see how he uses a karambit more.”
“I wanted to see him throw a javelin one more time.”
The audience swallowed their regrets as Jo Uisin continued to switch weapons.
The item cards appeared at his fingertips like magic.
Be it the quick card materialization, the speed of switching the weapons or movement to activate the skill, they were all agile and sharp.
“Didn’t Jo Uisin receive 300 weapon item cards? It seems he used more than 300 weapons.”
“I guess he has a lot of personal weapons.”
Of course, that amount of weapons was the result of Jo Uisin robbing Byeon Sunhoe and Choe Pyeondeuk’s assets.
“Where did those item cards come from?”
“Isn’t it a Gwangrim or something like this?”
“Today’s morning snack is a Gwangrim.”
“When English magician Players use magic tricks with item cards, they seem to usually make this type of motion. Isn’t it a magic trick skill?”
“It seems that the magic trick technique of hiding cards in hand is called ‘palm’. Backpalm? One hand top palm? What technique is he using?”
“He seems to have already used 400 cards. How can he possibly hide 400 cards with a magic trick skill?”
Jo Uisin was just simply selecting item cards from the inventory with his Exclusive Menu skill.
In the eyes of the students who didn’t know about Exclusive Menu’s existence, the aim of this chain of actions was unknown.
“Ah, I guess this is the end now.”
“That was precisely 500.”
“Were you counting that? Oh…. Dragon Teacher! Hello!”
“Teacher-nim, hello!”
The dormitory students, who were absorbed in watching Jo Uisin’s training, reacted late.
The teacher, Yong Jegeon, who stood among the students, exchanged greetings with them.
This odd teacher, who didn’t hide he was a Jin belonging to the Yong tribe, was very popular among students.
“Dragon teacher, Dragon teacher! I heard you commute through Jonggak from the Red Lion team building.”
“Teacher Yong Jegeon-nim, are you gonna live in the dormitory from now on?”
“No. Today I came to talk with teacher Kim Sinrok-nim.”
At Yong Jegeon’s answer, the dormitory students didn’t hide their regrets.
“Ah…”
“Please move in, Dragon Teacher!”
“I’ll think about it.”
Even while smoothly answering to students, Yong Jegeon watched the 1st year student beyond the glass.
“That’s student Unknown Supernova, Jo Uisin…”
The Unknown Supernova, Jo Uisin, who finished using 500 types of weapons, was completely unaware of the situation outside the window.
Jo Uisin was distracted by the system notification audible only to his ears.
⟨Skill level of ‘Use of Everything’ raised from 2 to 3.⟩
***
During today’s morning training, the skill level of Use of Everything had raised .
My assumption that if the level was raised with only possession of the weapons, then it would raise once again when I experience using various weapons was right.
‘Ham Geun-hyeong also said something like that during the first lesson, when I sparred with Bang Yunseop.’
Currently, my overall statistics were Lv. 15.
It was two steps up from Lv. 13 at the start of school.
Additionally, my battle skill, Use Of Everything, was level 3.
It meant that ‘Jo Uisin’ himself became somewhat usable.
Even without using Player’s Trajectory, it was possible to decently fight with the Eungwang School’s students.
‘Those are fruits of training. However, it’s troublesome, because when I finished training and came out, suddenly many people wanted to talk with me.’
I circled around the topic of Exclusive Menu skill.
I excused myself without trouble in favor of letting them guess whether it’s a magic trick or Gwangrim for themselves.
“Oh, vice president.”
I took a shower in the dormitory room and stood before the elevator, so Maeng Hyodon, who was assigned to the same floor 17, walked up to me and spoke.
It looked like he was going to school, so I guessed we would go together.
“Maeng Hyodon, did you eat breakfast?”
“I ate. Today’s buttermilk croissant with mozzarella cheese was delicious.”
I thought that even today he ate soybean paste soup with rice, but I guess Maeng Hyodon unexpectedly had a Western taste.
That’s because in the dormitory cafeteria, both Korean cuisine and Western cuisine were prepared, so you could eat both.
“From Korean cuisine, the seasoned vegetables were unexpectedly delicious. Especially the stir-fried, seasoned balloon flower roots. The one seasoned with sesame oil and sesame seeds.”
Ah, so he ate both of them.
It seemed that Maeng Hyodon didn’t discriminate against Western or Korean cuisine.
“On the menu yesterday, the yam and pumpkin porridge were delicious among desserts.”
“I also ate two portions of that.”
“I ate three portions. I also ate a souffle omelet separately. Without pouring sugar powder, it was more delicious.”
Maeng Hyodon recited the menu he had eaten from the past week to today’s morning, while giving a taste review.
I thought he roughly eats everything, but I guess he ate while savoring and memorizing each one’s taste.
‘It’s incredible he memorized the exact names of each menu item.’
It seemed that Maeng Hyodon would be good at foodporn.
We headed towards the school, while cheerfully discussing the menu like this.
“Hyodon!”
I heard the voice of this world’s title hero, Ju Su-hyeok.
Turning my head around, I saw Ju Su-hyeok sprinting towards Maeng Hyodon at top speed.
Usually, when you run at such speed, your face is crushed by the wind so you get embarrassing photos, but when Ju Su-hyeok did that, it looked like a clip from the youth movie.
“You came to the Eungwang School?”
“… Yes, Ju Su-hyeok. Long time no see.”
Ju Su-hyeok stopped in front of Maeng Hyodon and extended his hand to handshake.
Those two met as rivals a few times during the finals of Pre-players youth sport competitions.
They would be more familiar with shaking hands than waving hands in greetings like this.
“I didn’t find you when I searched, so I thought you went to another school. What class are you? I’m in class 2.”
“Class 0.”
“That’s the same class as Uisin!”
As Ju Su-hyeok was seriously happy, he talked to me and Maeng Hyodon.
With Ju Su-hyeok’s high social skills, the three of us instantly exchanged device codes and created a group chat room.
‘Ju Su-hyeok boasts as much charisma as Kim Yuri.’
Maeng Hyodon, who still wasn’t accustomed to using a wearable device, was at a loss for a while about how to register the contact information.
Maeng Hyodon’s father didn’t provide even basic necessities to him.
He didn’t even have a smartphone, which was treated as outdated in this world, so he didn’t have a chance to familiarize himself with a smart device.
“When I saw you at the last competition, I regretted I didn’t ask for your home address. After you become an official Player, you can’t join sports competitions. I was worried we would never meet again. I’m glad we met at the Eungwang School.”
Official Players cannot participate in sport competitions.
But those below 17 aren’t official Players, so the youth Pre-player section is open for them.
“Let’s talk often, Maeng Hyodon!”
Maeng Hyodon grumbled that using the device was difficult, but he stared at the chat room with a stupified expression.
When Maeng Hyodon was a student, the only peer who was friendly towards him was Ju Su-hyeok, who he had met during the competition, so it would feel special.
‘Ju Su-hyeok probably saved several people before the game started. But he would be completely unaware.’
While we peacefully headed towards the 1st year classrooms, as I and Ju Su-hyeok explained to Maeng Hyodon how to use the device, that peace was broken.
“Let’s fight, Jo Uisin!”
Tsk, the wild bread shuttle Bang Yunseop popped out.
To make such a proud expression, I guess he came up with a cowardly and snobbish strategy once again.
“I even raised the level of my overall statistics. I even have the item raising magic resistance! Bring it on, Jo Uisin, you dogshiiiiit!”
Bang Yunseop was a snob like before. In addition, he was also an idiot.
‘You shouldn’t tell that to your opponents from now on. You foolish bastard.’
It didn’t seem like there would be a start signal in the spirit of fair play.
He blindly rushed at me, swinging a nunchaku.
I took out two SR item cards I ripped off Choe Pyeondeuk.
“Hey, Unknown Supernova fights the Bread Shuttle!”
“Is that the Bread Shuttle Match Round 2? Notify when you’re doing this, so we can bet!”
“Ah, can’t do. It’s already started!”
“Ah, come on. It’s so fucking far. I should illegally remodel my airboard to be manually operated…!”
Immediately, the students, who were going to school, started to flock here to watch.
There were guys who risked jumping down to watch the fight, because it was too far away, and even guys who lit up holograms to create broadcasts with devices.
Looks like it was a well-known fact that Bang Yunseop was the bread shuttle of the Unknown Supernova.
‘There is an audience, so I have to show some showmanship.’
Today’s weather was refreshing, and the wind was good.
I materialized an SR item, the ‘Rod Calling the Ancient Wind[1]’.
⟨Skill ‘Use of Everything’ activated.⟩
With the system sound, magic spells and their effects flowed out in my head.
Thanks to the level up, the repertoire of the spells I could use and their expected power increased.
I didn’t know what standard Bang Yunseop’s anti-magic item was, but let’s try to use the most powerful magic among ones that can be used within 5 seconds.
‘If it’s blocked, it will be enough to attack him a second time with the other weapon item.’
When activating magic, there were 3 casting steps that needed to be performed.
Calculating the equation of mana operation.
Move the rod following that calculation.
Change the mana flow based on that.
When that casting is finished, the caster shouts the spell composed in the promised language when activating magic.
“Escensii Venti!”
The moment my spell ended, the flow of the wind changed.
Swoooosh—!
“Uhahahaha! Magic won’t work… Eh, eh, what?!”
Gently blowing spring breeze turned wild.
The tornado soaring high into the sky pounced towards Bang Yunseop.
Wowwww—!
After the storm appeared at the end of my rod, the students going to school roared.
In contrast, Bang Yunseop, who was swept away in the disaster, screamed.
“Uaaaack!”
It seemed it slightly exceeded the magic damage Bang Yunseop’s anti-magic item could withstand. I heard the sound of an item breaking.
Crack!
I think I saw an anti-magic item breaking effect beyond the wind.
After that little light disappeared, Bang Yunseop was swept in the whirl and raised high into the sky.
He gradually became smaller.
Gradually… he was going far away.
‘Uh, too strong.’
If I let it continue like this, Bang Yunseop will die.
I canceled the magic spell.
After that, he dropped to the ground with a thud in the posture of a turned upside down frog.
Because I manipulated the wind to act like a cushion, the damage wasn’t big, but he looked ugly even today.
‘There is no need to use a second weapon item.’
Even so, let’s use it to preemptively beat him down.
I materialized the second item card I prepared, the SR rank ‘Shadow Expert’s Steel Nunchuck’ and swiftly swung it like a master, while walking towards Bang Yunseop.
It was a hand motion worthy of level 3 nunchuck skill.
Recognizing it, Bang Yunseop made an expression of terror.
“Be diligent, Bang Yunseop.”
“Crazy. You were level 1!”
“I leveled up.”
Bang Yunseop’s face filled with despair.
“If you keep going like this, you will lose to me even with nunchucks.”
“Damn…”
Bang Yunseop completely lost his fighting spirit, and he laid down on the ground.
“My eyes were blessed even today.”
“Magic is really amazing. I want to learn it too.”
“After watching the Bread Shuttle Match, I listened to an internet lecture about basic mana operation equations, but it was so hard. It’s better to just learn other battle skills.”
“Unknown Supernova, that was an amazing spectacle!”
“Bread Shuttle, try a bit harder next time.”
After the short and intense fight, the audience tossed a few words and then the students who were going to school headed there once again.
Maeng Hyodon and Ju Su-hyeok remained at the side and threw cold evaluations towards Bang Yunseop.
“Yunseop should work on his posture more.”
“When that kid shifts his weight center, something looks a bit sloppy.”
Bullying the defeated[2], confirming truths and fact violence continued.
Bang Yunseop, who turned upside down, stared at the two people with a pissed off expression.
As if he didn’t dare to mess up with top student Ju Su-hyeok, he pointed his finger at Maeng Hyodon and vented his anger.
“What are you?! You covered in shit bastard. Are you a middleschooler?”
Maeng Hyodon’s weakness was below average height and build.
But he had hard muscles from the numerous competitions and repetitively fighting Enemies.
With that build, Maeng Hyodon was a true fighting genius who was treated as Ju Su-hyeok’s rival.
‘He is like this because at the peak of his growth stage, Maeng Hyodon couldn’t have a proper meal.’
Ham Geun-hyeong said Maeng Hyodon was showing symptoms of years of vitamin deficiency, malnutrition and addiction from overuse of recovery items.
If he wasn’t a Player, he would have to be long-term hospitalized.
‘Maeng Hyodon is still in his teens and has a strong body, so I heard it’ll be okay if he improves his diet from now on, doesn’t use recovery items and goes through a rehabilitation training. I should also help from the side.’
While I sunk into short thoughts, the expressions of Maeng Hyodon and Ju Su-hyeok who heard Bang Yunseop’s words, hardened as they replied:
“Are you picking a fight with me?”
“Yunseop, what did you say about Hyodon?”
Bang Yunseop was startled by Ju Su-hyeok’s rebuke.
He, who had checked Maeng Hyodon’s name tag, spoke with a ghastly face:
“Hyodon? You’re Maeng Hyodon?”
In the game, those two had never met at the Eungwang School.
That is because, Bang Yunseop was turned into an Enemy by a Possessing Devil at the end of 1st year and died at Ju Su-hyeok’s hands in this affair, while Maeng Hyodon became a fighting slave and didn’t start to go to school until the 2nd year, after freeing himself.
“I remember now. I saw you at the taekwon nunchuck competition during middle school. You are that bastard that was smashed by me in the preliminary contest and cried.”
I guess those two met as middleschoolers.
Bang Yunseop’s face turned white like a sheet.
I see, Bang Yunseop was a victim robbed at the preliminaries during the time when Maneg Hyodon was a student and was sweeping all competitions.
Even Bang Yunseop was a talent worth coming to the Eungwang School, but I don’t think he had a chance against Maeng Hyodon.
“If you want to fight, I’ll give it to you.”
Maeng Hyodon approached Bang Yunseop up front.
But Bang Yunseop couldn’t even look up at Maeng Hyodon.
“Are you even smoking? You smell, idiot.”
Maeng Hyodon, who stood right before Bang Yunseop, frowned as he spoke.
Did you say smoking?
I took out a 50,000 won bill from the wallet and pushed it towards Bang Yunseop.
He saw the bill I pushed towards him and spat out a curse.
“Go buy bread.”
“Fuck.”
“Go buy a cake from the handmade bakery in front of the west gate. Fromage blanc Mousse cake. Take seven forks.”
At the Eungwang School’s western gate was a famous store specializing in handmade cakes, managed by the patisserie Player.
I wanted to feed foodie Maeng Hyodon outside food.
Because he was prohibited from going out to silence the media.
“Aau. It’s even further than the 3rd year snack bar!”
“Don’t like it?”
“Jo Uisin, you Enemy-like bastard!”
“If you mess with the food this time, all your nails will fall out.”
In the meantime, at the side Ju Su-hyeok was explaining Maeng Hyodon the Fire Tweezers of Promise and Bread Shuttle match.
“Go and come back before the classes start, Bang Yunseop.”
I saw him push the bike like he was about to die and disappear.
Maeng Hyodon seems to have an amazing sense of smell.
I think it would be useful to exploit Maeng Hyodon’s sense of smell when I’m beating down Bang Yunseop.
“Hey, Maeng Hyodon. Every time you find that kid smoking, send him to buy bread.”
“What, are you serious? I’ll do it.”
“Uisin, I’ll also do it.”
“Okay. I’ll be thankful.”
I would be glad if Ju Su-hyeok, who was in the same class as Bang Yunseop, would cooperate with me.
It seemed that the group chat room with the three of us, which we created moments ago, was an excellent place to share information.
Bang Yunseop in the game was a 1st tier close range combatant. Ju Su-hyeok and Maeng Hyodon appreciated it.
‘Farewell, Bang Yunseop. Why won’t you stop smoking soon?’
The cake Bang Yunseop bought and brought was eaten by Ju Su-hyeok and six students of the 1st year class 0.
Cream cheese Mousse and blueberries jam mixed well into a fantastic taste.
The party ended with high praises for the cake from the hidden foodie Maeng Hyodon and sweet lover Han Yi.
***
After classes, during the club activities.
In one of the few club rooms used by the Newspaper club, in the room used by freshmen.
Excluding me and Hwang Jiho, eight new members of the Newspaper club, each glared at their device holograms.
The first task decided for us was to write an article about an event at school.
“It must be nice. So eat it raw.[3]”
Hwang Jiho beside me made a face of childish dissatisfaction.
“Yeah, it’s nice. So I’ll eat it raw.”
The topic I chose was the Bread Shuttle Match Round 2 between me and Bang Yunseop.
Thanks to Bang Yunseop I could eat it raw.
Apart from Hwang Jiho, the other six people were suffering from the lack of topic news.
“Bread Shuttle Match Round 2… I wanted to see it with my own eyes!”
The member of the 1st year class 2 and a Playable Character in the game, Mun Saeron didn’t hide her regrets.
Mun Saeron was an informant character affiliated with the Newspaper Club, which often appeared in fiction.
She was a character who would survive until the 3rd year and became the president of the Newspaper Club.
“Are you gonna set a bet again? The song selection at that time was good.”
“Hwang Jiho thinks the same as me, right? A big match cannot happen without a bet and BGM!”
“Yeah. If possible, I also want to set off fireworks.”
“You get me, Hwang Jiho.”
Mun Saeron was apparently the rascal who took the lead in setting up a betting app during the Bread Shuttle Match Round 1.
‘Looks like Mun Saeron and Hwang Jiho get along well.’
For a moment, the conversation turned towards the Bread Shuttle Match, but then the topic changed again to the task of writing an article before us.
The freshmen members of the Newspaper Club, who introduced themselves, jokingly spoke to me and Hwang Jiho.
“I heard there will be an overflow of news topics, because April Fool’s is soon. It looks like class 0 seniors will also do something this year.”
“Aren’t you two 1st year class 0? If you’re gonna cause an incident, give us one article.”
“This year class 0 is famous as the most docile among all generations, so there won’t be anything big, right?”
The problem is that they are so docile that they don’t come to school the most among all generations.
March is ending and April is starting, but among 16 people only 6 had come to school.
‘Soon is April 1st, April Fool’s Day…’
Even at April Fool’s in the game, a key event occurred.
“Seems like making an incident is a custom among class 0. Shouldn’t we also do something, Jo Uisin?”
“Can’t.”
“Why?”
I tersely answered Hwang Jiho’s question.
“Busy.”
I think Hwang Jiho stared at my face with strangely sparkling eyes, but I pretended I didn’t know.
I planned to be very busy during April Fool’s and spend my time well.
‘Wouldn’t it be a very well spent time if I rescue people and get rid of the trash Choe Pyeondeuk left?’
Though it was a pity I couldn’t show a character worthy of class 0.
It will be a really rewarding April Fool.
*~*~*
[1] Ancient Wind – ancient could also mean ‘very blue (color)’ or ‘the gloominess, duskness after the sunset’.
[2] Bullying the defeated – It was ‘bukwonchamsi’ in raws. I think I explained it in one of the first chapters, but it was a capital punishment performed on the corpse by mutilating it. There it was literally, but here it was colloquial in meaning of kicking and defaming the defeated party.
[3] eat it raw – means to take it easy or do an easy task/slack off when others are working
Translator’s note: Wild Bang Yunseop appeared! Go Unknown Supernova!
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