Chapter 97 – (RE) Ranking Day 1

“Hello viewers. I’m in the garden now… “

“Hello, I am currently the best academy garden in Korea… “

“Hello… “

Each was a Korean, Japanese, and American reporter.
Thanks to my language comprehension skills, I heard everything in Korean.

Originally, it was a garden where outsiders were not allowed to enter, but today it was the exact opposite of before.
Reporters from various countries flocked to the garden to air the ranking match, and the large academy site felt cramped as a large number of spectators gathered.

‘Well, it’s the best academy in Korea.’

The students of the academy wore their uniforms and walked the streets confidently with their shoulders tucked in.

“Hey, this is Laysha.”

As if Ayeong was happy to see her, she pointed to Laysha who was nearby and said.
She was being interviewed by a journalist who was now believed to be British.

It was a question that the people are looking forward to, and if you have anything to say to them.

“I will definitely achieve good results, so please look forward to it.”

Laysha looked at her camera and said with a bright smile.

“Laysha is very popular…”

Ayoung, who was walking next to me, admired Laysha.
Looking at the numerous microphones pointed at Laysha’s face, she felt sorry for her popularity.

Still, Laysha kindly answered them one by one.

“By the way, can’t you see Chloe?”

I looked around for a moment, but I couldn’t see Chloe at all.

She wanted to use the search skill, but it was forbidden to generate mana in the garden during the ranking battle.
The moment you try to use the search skill, you will be overpowered and forcibly kicked out by the hunters and guards standing guard.

In this world, which is not the real world, you must always thoroughly prepare for the demons and villains.
There will never be an easier day for them to aim for the academy than today.

‘I didn’t see anything like that in the game…’

The ranking match in the 2nd semester of the 1st year ended without incident.
But it might be different this time.

Overall, the level of the demons is still not that high.
I should be wary of the villains rather than them.

But this is an academy.
There are professors and instructors.
In addition, there were quite a few celebrities from all over the world, and there were scouts from each guild to preoccupy decent students.

‘Anyway, I’m not going to do anything stupid to terrorize the academy at this point… If there is, I want to catch the mine.’

Lately, I haven’t been able to increase my magic at all.
Of course, it is because the mine has not been found.

Currently, Riel said she would let me know as soon as information about Mine came in, but she didn’t have much success.
The effect of the last mine hunting was so good.

‘Because good is good. It’s not like they’ll just disappear anyway.’

“Excuse me…”

While I was thinking that, a woman started talking to me.
She was a woman wearing a neat suit, slightly oversized Rimrock glasses, and her hair tied up.
She was staring at the ground as if she was timid.

“Yes? Are you talking about me?”

I looked around to see if he had called me, but there was no one near me except Ayoung.
I don’t think I called Ayoung.

“Yes…”

How much stranger is it?
Even though I was standing right in front of me, my voice was drowned out by other people’s voices.

“Ki, you’re Siwoo Kim, right?”

“Yes, yes, but how do you know my name…?”

“That… Look at the student profile…”

“Student…?”

“Didn’t you turn your student profile private?”

As I tilted my head at the glasses woman’s words, Ah-young, who was standing next to me, spoke to me.

“Yeah, I think it’s the first time I’ve heard of it.”

“If you go to the academy homepage, you can see the student profiles. You think you came to see it?”

“Yes…! Here’s my business card…!”

“Oh, thank you.”

After getting the business card roughly, I was about to put it in my pocket and stopped.
Her gaze following her right hand holding her business card made her unable to put it in her pocket.

– Carpe Guild

-010 XXXXXXXX

– Guild leader Jeong Ga-hyun

“Jung Ga-hyun?”

I looked at her when I saw her name on her business card.

“Is the guild leader’s name Jeong Ga-hyun?”

And she asked her

Jeong Ga-hyun.
In the game, he was the world’s best spiritist who appeared as elemental magic appeared.

“Yes… My, my name is Jeong Ga-hyun…”

And she, Gahyeon, bowed her head as if she was embarrassed.

“Flaw.”

“Put.”

At the same time, laughter was heard from all around.
It was only a small laugh, but it was clearly audible to my ears.

And the more I heard that sound, the more Gahyeon’s head went down.

‘Are they the same person?’

As far as I can remember, Jeong Ga-hyun wasn’t such a timid person.
I think I was a bit more confident…

“Thank you. I’ll contact you later,”

I said as I put the business card she gave me into her pocket.
Of course, this is an unspoken promise.
There are many people with the same name in Korea.

“Ah yes! Thank you…!”

Jeong Ga-hyun said with a bright smile as if she was really happy, and Ah-young and I headed to the competition site to participate in the ranking match.

In between, some handed me business cards.
Of course, I didn’t accept the ones I just laughed at.

∴

The opening ceremony of the ranking match in the garden started with great success.

After the publicity video of the garden produced by the garden was broadcast on a huge screen, the students of the student council sang the school song.

3rd grade wizard students performed using splendid magic, and the opening ceremony ended with the principal’s congratulatory speech.

From the middle, there were quite a few missing parts because I was sleeping.

“An hour later. From 12:00 noon, the first year students’ ranking match begins.”

Finally, the homeroom teacher guided the audience through the ranking match schedule.
The next 20 days of ranking matches have now begun.

Anyway, I’m confirmed as 1st place.

Looking around, not a single person was out of the bleachers in the stadium the size of a playground.

‘Even though it’s a freshman ranking match, he’s very interested.’

“Siwoo. I just came to the bracket with my cube watch, did you see it?”

Ayoung asked me while looking around.
By the way, I don’t know where Laysha and Chloe are.
It’s probably in the waiting room for other students.

“No, not yet.”

I entered the message window of the cube watch and entered the message window of the garden.

A total of 5 photos.

Chapter 4 was the matchup from group 1 to group 4 of the ranking match, and the other one was the matchup of the blessing magician ranking match.

I didn’t have to worry too much about the Blessing Sorcerer’s match, so I passed it and checked the remaining 4 pictures.
And after finding the names of Ayoung, Laysha, and Chloe, I found the names of the four B-class students Laysha had talked about before.

Ayoung Group B
Laysha, Chloe Group C

And the B-ranks that Laysha said to be wary of, Kim Do-hoon, Kim Kang-hyun, Nam Seo-jin, and Lee Yu-ri were A, A, C, D, and Joe, respectively.

Rael was in Group B, but he said he would withdraw anyway, so he didn’t have to worry.

“Laysha and Chloe are in the same group.”

“Yeah, is it okay…”

As if Ayoung was worried, she looked at the hologram window floating above my cube watch and said,

“Yeah, it will be fine. There’s a loser’s respawn match.”

Even if one of the two is eliminated, there is a loser’s revival.

“What do you want to do first? Day 1 is the day of the Group A match.”

Ayeong’s match in Group B begins on the second day.
That means you can practice for another day and then compete in the rankings.

“I’m going to watch the ranking match today. Seeing how other students fight would also be very helpful.”

“It doesn’t.”

There will definitely be something to learn from other students’ combat methods.
It won’t be common to see many students competing like today.

“But you really don’t need a new ability?”

“Huh.”

Ahyoung firmly nodded her head.
I tried to make her a new ability for her ranking battle, but she stubbornly refused.

“You’ve already had enough.”

Ah-young stroked her natural pendant and her growth ring once on her neck and index finger, she said.

“Okay.”

After a while, the Group A ranking match began.

In the Group A matchup, the names of Kim Do-hoon and Kim Kang-hyun were opposite each other.
In the end, we will face off in the finals.

First war.
In front of my eyes, a class D student from class 2 and a class E student from class 6 were fighting a battle.
Overall, the E-class student was being pushed back, but perhaps thanks to his high agility stat, he avoided his attacks and continued to counterattack.

‘I evaded her sword by pulling her foot back a little, and using the opponent’s acceleration, I punched her in the stomach… And missed it.’

However, since both of them had lower agility stats than me, I was able to follow them with my eyes, and I carved their movements into my eyes.

But that alone made me feel sad.

[Do you want to create combat sense (Lv1)? Consumption value: Regular 1000 Target: Ayoung Seo]
[YES/NO]

A Tier 1 ability in the game that enhances the sense of battle whenever you experience it, either directly or indirectly.
There will be few opportunities to see as many battles in person as the academy’s ranking battles.

Ah-yeong said that she would not receive new abilities until the ranking battle was over, but she said that if she didn’t use any skills or abilities, she would be fine.

I immediately pressed YES and Ah-yeong opened her eyes in surprise to see if a notification window had appeared in front of her eyes.
This is an incubus sleeve insert.

“What’s this?”

“By the time the ranking match is over, the first year battle is over. It was a waste, so I made it in advance.”

Ah-yeong, who had her sleeves tucked in, looked at me with a little complicated eyes and asked.

“For now, it’s enough if you just raise the level and don’t use it, right?”

“Ha…”

After Ayoung let out her sigh, she looked at me.

Side.

“It’s a contract price.”

Ah-yeong’s face was a little red as she unexpectedly kissed her on the lips.
In fact, compared to the energy he got from Ayoung, it was nothing but dust, but he didn’t bother to say it.

“I can’t really dry it.”

I decided to become a jjanggu.

∴

A total of 64 students competed in perfect order.

A total of 2 sparring arenas were equipped in the competition hall as wide as a soccer field, and in the two sparring arenas, 4 students always fought for 9 hours, and a total of 62 battles were completed.

After a brief break, the Group A finals began.

On the arena, two male students were facing each other.

The two of them were talking, but there was goodwill in their eyes looking at each other to see if they were provoking the other.

‘Oh, they were both in the same class.’

Looking at them now, they seemed to be pretty close friends.

However, the count in the hologram floating in the air gradually decreased.

After each took their stance, they prepared for battle with their swords and bows held.

It was a pretty tight battle, but in the end, the winner was Kim Do-hoon, who used a two-handed sword.
Due to the environment of the training ground, which lacked geographical features, Kim Kang-hyeon could make an aura dwell in the arrowhead, but eventually allowed Kim Do-hoon to approach and lost the battle.

However, Kim Do-hoon smiled and held out his hand to Kim Kang-hyun, and Kim Kang-hyun also smiled and grabbed his hand.

“Oohhhhh!!!”

The spectacle seemed to have touched the hearts of the audience, and cheers like thunder erupted from the audience.

The two of them were talking about something, but no sound was heard, and I tried to infer the shape of their mouths by looking at the screen hanging from the ceiling of the venue, but in the end, nothing came of it.

‘The lip-reading skill seems to be useful as well.’

Not interested in their friendship at all, I was thinking about a new skill to create.