Chapter 36 – How Is That the 3rd Round?

No.
This is nonsense.
If it’s only the 3rd playthrough, I’ll never be able to get that item…

You mean you already got it?

“Seoha.”

But does Kim Joo-won not want that fact leaked out?
He came close to me and put his hand on my shoulder.
He spoke to me in a quiet voice like a whisper.

“Even if you know it, sometimes it’s better not to bring it out.”
“You…”
“I guess you know what it is.”

Kim Joo-won’s hand fell from his shoulder.

“Wouldn’t it be nice to be quiet when we meet later at 5 o’clock, Seoha?”

I was speechless at those words, and when I stayed still, Kim Joo-won tapped my arm a couple of times and turned around.
I looked at the back of the guy in a daze and woke up to the voice I heard from behind.

“What are you two doing there?”

Maybe it was because Kim Joo-won and I looked like we were standing opposite each other.
At the instructor’s voice,

“Okay, everyone is here.”

After checking to see if all the students were gathered, he opened his mouth in a very dissatisfied voice.

“Is there anyone who wants to challenge the back world first? It’s good alone or in a group of two.”

His eyes scanned the students.
Are you looking for someone who will be the first to challenge with ambition?
…It must be because of your mood that you stopped looking at me for a moment, right?

“Instructor.”

At that moment, everyone’s eyes turned to him at the sudden voice that came out of nowhere.
Kim Joo-won got up from his seat and looked straight at the instructor.

“I want to be the first to challenge myself.”

Contrary to the description in the original work, he didn’t even look at me.
He clearly communicated his intentions right away.

He was always quiet in class.
When Kim Joo-won said that, the students quietly whispered, “What’s the matter with him?”
Was the instructor satisfied with that guy’s attitude?

“Good night.”

Giving permission to Kim Joo-won without any hesitation, he soon started operating the device for realizing the virtual back world.
Soon, a gate leading to the underworld appeared next to the instructor.

“You can go in.”

When the instructor glanced at Kim Joo-won, he inhaled and exhaled lightly, and then moved toward the gate.
At that moment, I was curious.
What kind of expression is Kim Joo-won making now?

Do you have a bad look at the fact that your life is starting over again?
Or is it the rest of the worn out, accepting the current job casually.

“I’m not going to say that I have to come back unscathed.”
“…”
“Just do the best you can.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”

Kim Ju-won, standing in front of the gate, blankly stared at the open gate in front of him.
It felt like watching a scene from a novel.

A scene that symbolically depicts the regressor once again jumping into the battlefield called the Underworld.
At that time, I put a lot of effort into portraying Kim Joo-won’s psychology.
While talking bullshit about starting over…

“Entrance!”

Maybe at that time, I entered the description a little spleenly, saying that from now on is the beginning.
Because at that time, he was only playing 3 times.

…Then how many episodes are there now?

“Come on, let everyone pay attention!”

As soon as Kim Joo-won hid himself inside the gate, the instructor clapped his hands once and pointed to the screen that had come down.
In the screen that reflects the inside of the hidden world, is it an experimental object given the role at the beginning?
Kim Joo-won, filled with light-green liquid, was slowly opening his eyes.

“The name of the other side world that trainee Kim Joo-won is currently experiencing is Mad Scientist’s Laboratory.”

As he slowly began to open his eyes, did the instructor have his own expectations?
He started talking in a subtly different tone from the voice he didn’t like earlier.

“It’s a clear world after defeating the final boss, the mad scientist Calus, and the goal is quite simple and clear.”

That moment.
A flash of light seemed to cover the camera on the screen.
There was an explosion and the sound of windows shattering.
Kim Joo-won, who came to his senses, could be seen summoning a thunderbolt sword in his hand while listening to the siren sound.

“However, it may not be an easy dungeon for those of you who are still new chicks.”

Instructor’s explanation.
However, Kim Joo-won, who chose the difficult path rather than the easy path, seemed very interesting to the instructor.

“I don’t know how he learned the Awakening Weapon, but that fire moth guy over there must be the same.”

Even so, did the instructor still think that Kim Joo-won would be no different from the other students?
Kim Joo-won, who chose to break through head-on rather than infiltrate through mobility, seemed a little funny, so he called it a fire moth.
As soon as I heard that, I decided to completely ignore the instructor’s words, and started focusing on the screen.

If you listen to the words of an idiot who has not yet been able to gauge the fighting power of Kim Joo-won.
Because I felt like I was going to miss the golden opportunity to decide whether or not he was in the 3rd round.

‘Kim Joo-won…’

Originally, Kim Joo-won in the novel chose to break through this dungeon head-on in the third round.
Clear this dungeon by utilizing Seoha Lee’s abnormal mobility using his dimensional ability.
And the ampoule that came out of it is also brought to reality and shared between the two of them.

But Kim Joo-won now…

“Hmm, they fight pretty well.”

As soon as the sound of the window bursting, the siren sounded, and the lab guards immediately began to rush in.
It’s enough to surprise ordinary students who aren’t trained in the underworld.
But Kim Joo-won was surprisingly calm.

“Whoa.”

As soon as he exhaled a small breath, sparks dwelt in his lightning sword.
As soon as the guy disappeared with the remaining traces, the head of the guard in front of him ran away too easily.

“Catch!”

Side world.
Even though he is an enemy to the people of the Ning world who eat reality and live in reality.
Is that world itself their own reality?

The moment the regressor gritted his teeth and leaped forward once more.
Blood splatters, human bodies fly.
Everywhere Kim Joo-won’s lightning strikes, everyone’s eyes are etched into the sight of the countless guards dying.

“Crazy…”

I wonder if the instructor was surprised as well.
A student’s swearing was heard in everyone’s ears, but even the instructor who would have stopped it right away if it was usual.
Kim Joo-won was staring at the screen with a hardened expression, perhaps at a loss for words at the amazing combat power.

‘How is that the 3rd round?’

Not only the instructors and students, but also me.

Movement and combat power that would be impossible in the 3rd playthrough.
On top of that, I can say that the trail of the sword he wields is beautiful.
Even if I took my eyes off the movement, I wouldn’t deny it.

It’s different than the original one.
It’s not at least the 3rd round, but that crazy combat power that can be said to have regressed several times more than that.
My head hurts from the fact that much of what I know has become obsolete.

At this rate, maybe I can’t reuse even half of the knowledge I know.
If you want to stick with him later, you should be able to use that knowledge.
At least it could be somewhat equal.

‘Kim Ju-won…’

I woke up and looked at the screen again.
Still mindlessly slaughtering enemies.
In order to subdue him, he had no choice but to avoid the released specimens with appropriate movements and maximize efficiency with minimal movement.
When I saw the guy advancing, I stuck out my tongue.

It was stupid.
In the meantime, he only thought that the guy was in the 3rd round, and he had the idea that he just had to follow him.
The fact that he interfered with my magical power and released the magical power I had never felt before.
Still, he was only now realizing that he did it because he had the confidence to beat me.

‘Crazy guy.’

In that short amount of time, you’ll become as strong as me.
If it’s that kind of crazy growth, he’s not at the point of graduating from the academy.
Right now, even next year, I will have the fighting power to overwhelmingly beat the active Guardians.

Of course, the reason I want to stay by his side is to use his combat power.
Although there is no reason not to welcome that guy becoming stronger.
That said, you can’t stand by and stand by as it becomes uncontrollably strong in the future.

They say Kim Joo-won can’t abandon me right now.
If the penalty for having me is greater than the benefit you will see.
He will abandon me without mercy at any time.

“Everyone take a close look. That guy is the boss of this underworld, Calus.”

The instructor’s voice was heard.
All of the students seemed to be at a loss for words when they saw the boss in front of the central control room.
I was just staring at the screen.

Only me
He was gnashing his teeth while looking at the screen.

‘Where did that guy get the subspace pouch from?’

Movements impossible in the third round.
It was because my head was pounding because I had an item that could never be obtained with the combat power of the 3rd playthrough.

“Now, did everyone have a good look?”

Did the instructor not expect Kim Joo-won to destroy the other side of the world?
The expression on his face was evidently surprising.
I could read that he was genuinely surprised by the subtle change in his tone.

“As you can see, it’s not to the point where you can’t clear it if you jump in with a life-or-death plan.”

The moment when Kim Joo-won blew off the head of the boss, Calus.
As soon as the screen was embroidered with blood and at the same time darkened, most of the students started to mumble at the instructor’s words.
Maybe it’s not even possible.

But for most of them, you’ll only find out when you go directly into that underworld.
The reason Kim Joo-won cleared the other side of the world was because his fighting power itself was so strong that it was not suitable for a dungeon.
…I will too.

“In that sense, is there a next challenger?”

However, even knowing that fact, I had no choice but to raise my hand at the instructor’s words.
If you can’t get over it, you’ll have to follow it.
To do that.

“I will challenge you.”

Because I had to follow the path he took.

“Lee Seo-ha? Are you okay?”
“Yes. I also want to try it.”