341 – Control (3)

Time passed steadily. As time passed, the academy became increasingly busier.

There are stories about rookies emerging from freshman sparring, but there are also stories about adjusting to new classes.

Once the orientation is over, regular classes start next week.

And second-year students are students who must begin practical training soon. Of course, classes are bound to be intense.

Theory is as difficult as theory, and practice is as difficult as practice. Nothing was easy.

Perhaps because of this, some students were unable to keep up with the progress, and some became frustrated.

But it’s natural. This is United Academy, the best educational institution in the world.

It is a place where the greatest talents from around the world come together. This is where talent diverges.

Or put in an effort that surpasses your talent. You can only move up if one of the two is completely met.

“Whoa…Whoa…”

Practice time, not theory. One male student was breathing heavily.

I don’t know if it was due to intense activity or simply tension, but I was sweating.

Although it’s spring, it’s not as hot as summer, and my clothes are all soaked with sweat.

However, the student had no time to worry about his sweat-soaked clothes. The priority is to overcome this situation now.

‘Damn. That’s why I said we’d do maintenance…!’

Second year students tend to take a lot of practical training, half theory and half practical. Field experiential learning is also included.

And the theme of this practice is shift of offense and defense. Dividing the team into two teams, each in charge of attack and defense.

The characteristic is that the attack and defense change in certain cycles and situations. The defending team can receive various benefits when in occupied territory.

Therefore, the attacking team must inflict as much damage to the opponent as possible during the attack period, and the defending team must defend to the death.

If you only look at this, you will say that it is a really simple and ignorant method. However, it is the most important strategy in war.

The end point of an offensive is a word that refers to the point at which the ability to maintain an offensive ends.

No matter how powerful an army is, it will eventually run out of power unless it is replenished.

The moment you adjust it incorrectly, a powerful army can be swept away as if it were hit by a tsunami.

‘There’s already that monster on the other side…’

The student thought of Shivar, who could be said to be power itself. In a situation like this, I can’t help but think of it.

When I first heard about the practice, I thought it was really unreasonable. Because he was someone for whom the expression ‘overwhelming’ was appropriate.

At the time of the first year exam, wasn’t the test taken in a way that was similar to a decisive battle rather than direct participation?

The current practice is not a decisive battle weapon, but I participated as just a student. The balance is bound to collapse.

‘Fortunately, there are conditions that can cover up the irregularity…’

However, professors are already adept at controlling balance. They silenced the complaints by offering certain conditions.

The weak and strong teams in this exercise are clearly divided, and the scores vary depending on each condition.

Points are distributed depending on how much the weak team reduces the strength of the strong team.

On the other hand, it is important for a strong team to definitely defeat a weak team, but they must also make adjustments so that no one from their team is eliminated.

Simply put, a weak team is low risk, high return, and a strong team is high risk, high return.

Above all, objective power is strong. Since ancient times, tactical strategy is more important than power in war.

It was a worthwhile exercise because smart people like Karas and Dan Ye-rin were pushed into the weak team.

There are countless histories of the military of countries evaluated as weak chewing up military powerhouses.

-Chizijik

[Group B, please respond. Is everyone okay?]

When I was able to catch my breath to some extent, a beautiful woman’s voice came out from within my arms.

This is Dan Ye-rin, the student who is the commander of the medicine team and has the authority to make the final decision. Karas stepped forward as an on-site commander.

Originally, it would have been normal for Dan Ye-rin to be the field commander and Karas to be the commander, but it turned out to be the opposite.

The reason is because of Karas. This idiot came forward, saying he wanted to destroy Shivar with ‘tactics’.

‘We’re the ones screwed.’

The student smiled wryly and took out her communication bead.

“Team B has all dispersed except me, the team leader. We are currently returning.”

[Scattered… I understand. Where is the tiger?]

Tiger is a title referring to Shivar. I thought it was a really fitting title.

Like a tiger in the mountains, he reigned as the top predator even if he walked alone.

The student recalled the previous incident as best as he could and then reported quietly.

“The last location I saw was… A lake. I was ambushed alone in the lake.”

[It’s an ambush at the lake… That’s strange. There is no place to set up an ambush?]

Dan Ye-rin said in a strange voice. The area where the lake is is an open terrain, so there is no place to hide.

However, Shivar’s eccentricities always exceed expectations. The student laughed and reported exactly what she saw.

“I was lurking in the lake.”

[······Inside the lake? ]

“It suddenly popped out. For a moment, I thought it was a monster.”

The memory is still vivid. The lake is a resting place and a place to pass by to supply drinking water.

Not only was he not suitable for battle, but he was too far away from the strong team’s camp, so he was caught off guard.

‘No. It’s hard to even call it careless, right?’

Some crazy guy. Would you ever think of hiding in a lake for nearly an hour?

It didn’t even breathe underwater or use a pipe. Even the professor probably didn’t expect this.

The good news is that Karas used her abilities well. We were able to overcome the crisis thanks to appropriate improvisation.

[I get it. Then, so that you can return quickly.]

“That…”

-Jerbeok

The student was about to answer. The sound of footsteps reached his ears

It was a faint noise, but it clearly caught my ear because of the tension.

[What is happening?]

“··· ···”

[··· ···]

Did Dan Ye-rin, beyond the communication bead, sense that something was unusual?

Even though the communication was connected, I kept my mouth shut when I didn’t get an answer.

– Jeopuk. Jeez. Jeopuk.

The sound of footsteps is clear in a tense situation. The male student remembered where he was.

A cabin located near the lake. It is hiding in a well-constructed shelter that can be called a home.

Someone entered the shelter. The student waited with bated breath.

“Is there anyone?”

“!!!”

A man’s voice can be heard softly. As soon as the student heard that voice, he felt the hairs on his entire body and his stand on end.

It is a tiger (Shivar). It feels like I’m in a situation where I’m lost alone in the mountains and encounter a huge tiger.

However, the student seemed to have some decent skills and tapped the connected communication bead with his finger.

Morse code is one of the signals that can be transmitted instead of words. If you tap the communication bead, a signal will come from over there.

“Um…”

“··· ···”

Currently, the student is hiding in his room. He covered his mouth and held his breath.

My heart was pounding like crazy, and cold sweat was flowing like rain.

He was overcome with fear.

There is no student who can win in a one-on-one fight with Sivar. In other words, the moment it gets caught, it’s over.

‘Please. Please. Please.’

I wish it would go back like this. The student prayed and prayed.

You could ask why Shivar was so nervous as he wasn’t killing people, but he couldn’t help it because of the perception.

Above all, the situation created a sense of fear. From the student’s perspective, even the sound of breathing loudly could be heard.

-Rat!

“Huh? Why is it locked?”

“!!!”

Sibar hesitated as he opened the door where the student was. At the same time, the student’s eyes opened wide.

I locked the door just in case. It is a natural behavior in human psychology.

And a normal person would have just gone back and finished it. If you are a normal person.

But Shivar is far from an ordinary person. Above all, he has already noticed it for a long time.

“There are footprints on the floor.”

“Huh…!”

Because there were clear footprints on the floor. The student took a deep breath as Sivar muttered to himself.

He has already been caught a long time ago. The student rolled her eyes and looked for a way to survive.

-Quaang!

That is, until a large ax blade pierced the center of the door.

“Kyaaa!!!”

The student screamed as the ax blade pierced the door. It is a scream that is as girlish as that of a woman.

A fear that turns even strong men into delicate girls. The student crawled to the corner of the room.

-Quang! Bang!

Meanwhile, the ax had almost completely destroyed the door. Perhaps due to force control, only the center was drilled.

As if he thought this was enough, Sivar put away his ax and stuck his face out in the center of the gaping door.

Afterwards, he looked at the student huddled in the corner of the room in fear and spoke with a characteristic expressionless expression.

“Hello?”

“Kyaaa!! Kyaaa!!”

I was even more scared because I greeted him calmly.

******

Meanwhile, at the same time, the weak team’s headquarters.

[Kyaaa!! Wow!! Go away! Go away! Ahhh!!!]

“··· ···”

-Plop!

The communication bead connection was lost. All that was left behind was a terrible scream.

Dan Ye-rin watched the disconnected communication bead with a puzzled expression. I didn’t understand what was going on.

‘······Is it that scary? ‘That’s strange.’

Normally, it would be one of the clichés of horror movies.

‘What he’s doing is extremely cute.’

Dan Ye-rin was immune.

*****

“Wow. Is that a person?”

“It’s not some kind of fish…”

“Not even a fish could do that.”

A place where professors gather. Marlboro couldn’t help but be impressed by Sivar’s another eccentric act.

The same was true for other professors except Marlboro, and most of them responded that this was completely unexpected.

As expected, Sibar’s eccentricity was amazing in many ways. I held my breath in the lake for over 30 minutes.

No matter how strong you are, it is difficult to hold your breath for more than 30 minutes. Even animals are difficult.

The only thing that is possible is fish, but since fish has a different structure, it can be overlooked.

“How on earth did they do that? I want to learn that too.”

“If nothing else, Sivar seems to specialize in special operations forces.”

“It’s not a special forces unit, it’s just force itself.”

But Shivar is not a fish. He is clearly both a mammal and a person.

It was a situation that I did not understand, but the professors just assumed it was so and moved on. Since it’s civil, let’s move on.

“······That’s the student, right?”

“If you’re asking about the species, then it’s definitely a person. They also tested it at the hospital.”

“No. What the hell…”

Of course, it is a new world for Dis, who is seeing Sibar’s eccentricities for the first time. Dis stared at the situation board with a bewildered expression.

I participated in an observation to examine the behavior of Sivar, who would become my teaching assistant. Of course, he politely asked for understanding.

And from the beginning, a difficult adventure unfolded. Sibar lurked inside the lake and made a surprise attack.

It’s a balance issue, it’s a mess, and there are just so many things that don’t make sense. It was impossible to predict.

“We also tried our best. If there was a power that we knew could not be prevented, we cleverly prevented it from being used.”

“··· ···”

“But now I don’t know what to do and it’s a pain. Are you really going to use him as a teaching assistant?”

Marlboro asked seriously. Are you really going to use the unpredictable Shivar as a teaching assistant?

Dis also sighed and thought about this. He went beyond expectations.

Is it really possible to control it? Even if you put a leash on him and drive a stake into him, he will drag the whole stake.

“Or how about using Shivar students as targets?”

While Dis was pondering, Godin expressed his opinion. The professors looked at him at that opinion.

“Let’s use it as a target?”

“Yes. In the last exam, it was treated as something similar to a decisive battle weapon, right? If you take on the role of a first-year assistant, you will use something similar to that.”

“Can the teaching assistant do that too?”

“It can be done. Instead, the difference in skill level must be sharp.”

“I don’t think it’s a very good idea.”

Marlboro was negative. Then, it is not uncommon for people to get hurt.

Ah. By the way, I’m talking about first graders, not Sivar. Among the first years, there would be no one who would hurt Shivar. I can guarantee this.

While various opinions were being exchanged among the professors, Dis was thinking alone and looked at the situation board.

Screens showing the scene in real time. Although Sibar’s misfortune occurred, the situation between the two camps was similar.

“······Hey, Marlboro.”

“Why?”

“I have a question…”

“What are you curious about?”

Marlboro raised one eye at her. I don’t know why, but I felt anxious.

Is this the right diss to follow? She made a curious expression and then quietly opened her mouth.

“Is he scared of anything?”

“Are you scared?”

“I think I need a reliable means. Anyway, do you have it?”

“Um…”

Marlboro thought about it and then she smiled and answered.

“If you have an accident, just report it to the president. It will be better.”

Suddenly, she gave me a sure means of control.