Chapter 35 – Summer Vacation at the Academy (4)

“If you don’t have skills, it will be a bit difficult to use advanced equipment, so it would be better to have a guy who doesn’t deviate from the basics. Since it’s goblin hunting anyway, there’s no need for specially made weapons.”

Guide Torres brought a sword similar to a supply sword from the warehouse inside the workshop and gave it to me.

I took the sword out of the scabbard and felt that the blade was sharp, unlike the standard swords.

The weight is not that heavy and the length feels just right.

“Student Yu Xian probably doesn’t have armor-related skills?”

“Yes. Instead, I think light armor would be better because the skill I recently learned is a skill that provides compensation related to evasion.”

Calmness, which is the only skill I can use right now, allows me to think quickly and have time to come up with options when the opponent’s attack is difficult to handle.

It would be nice to be able to use see-through, but I thought I should get used to a new combat method rather than just recklessly increasing my defense by using heavy armor.

Yu Xian, who wore a sturdy suit and wielded a sword ignorantly while using a goblin, died during the final exam.

“That’s right. Even if the weapons are cheap, you should use the best armor.”

Is that so? It was natural that light and strong armor was more expensive than heavy and strong armor.

Since I don’t remember doing any economic activities since coming to the academy, I tried to stop Guide Torres when he went to pick up the armor, but it had already gone into the warehouse.

He will bring it according to my means.

After waiting for a while, he brought me some simple armor.

It was divided into five pieces and was a piece of armor that mainly covered the arms and shins of the upper body.

After briefly putting it on, I moved my body and felt that it was definitely light.

“It seems to be the right size. Is it easy to move around?”

“Yes. It’s okay.”

Guide Torres approached me as I was moving my body freely and suddenly punched my chest.

If I’m not mistaken, it was a very powerful attack comparable to that of an evolved zombie. As the fist approached my chest, my calmness kicked in, so I was wondering what to do and decided to just hit it.

Thump

Thinking about the speed at which the fist flew and the power it contained, a very mild shock resonated in my chest.

“It’s light armor, but it has a shock reduction effect. When you wear all five pieces, it provides a certain amount of relief to the empty areas of the armor, so there’s nothing like this for light armor. Instead, it’s weak to stabs and cuts, so it’s better to hold a weapon like that. You just have to be more careful when fighting enemies.”

“Oh! Yes, I understand. But how much does it cost to rent this?”

“I think 1.7 million gold will be enough.”

It’s been a while since I picked up gold because I forgot to spend money.

Gold, which can be said to be the currency of utopia, was a unit similar to the Korean won.

Just because we call it gold doesn’t mean we actually carry it around. We mostly use it as electronic money, so we’ve never seen the real thing.

That’s why the smartphones we received early were so important.

The additional watch I received when entering school can replace the functions of a smartphone to some extent, but I think the most important function of the watch is finding a smartphone.

“It’s more expensive than I thought. It’s a rental…”

“I’m thinking of selling it to a student Yu Xian? Isn’t 200,000 swords and 1.5 million armor cheap? If you’re renting it, I think 300,000 gold is appropriate for this kind of equipment. Considering the price, it’s better to buy it, right?”

It has some flaws in stabbing and cutting, but I like the decent impact resistance. Wouldn’t 1.5 million gold be okay?

And for 200,000 kendo, it feels like I only got the price of 1 won.

“Good. Thank you for handing it over at a low price.”

We traded right away in the workshop.

The student support money I received every month was more than 1.7 million gold, and I was able to spend this amount with great determination because I had become unfamiliar with Seoyeon and barely spent anything on dating expenses.

After quickly completing the transaction, Guide Torres brought the bag from the warehouse.

I guess the armor was originally stored here, so I unpacked it and put it in.

“You said you wanted to see handguns too, right? Let’s go to the workshop right across the street. But is it quite expensive to maintain modern firearms?”

“It would be okay to watch, right?”

Guide Torres smiled strangely at those words.

*

Across from Guide Torres’ workshop, there was a workshop with the name Gun Master.

The place I was just now was the Torres Workshop. In some ways, it can be said that he put his name on the line, and in other ways, it seems like a result of annoyance.

However, I had no idea that it was on the opposite side, but as I was following the guide, my field of vision was greatly narrowed.

As I entered the Gun Master workshop, I could slightly smell the acrid smell of gunpowder.

“Oh. Are you a guest?”

Is it fashionable for employees at equipment manufacturing plants to grow beards?

While Mr. Torres had a sparse beard because he hadn’t shaved it, this one felt like he had grown his beard properly.

“Yes. Hello. I came to take a look at the pistol.”

“The view is nice.”

Then, they started taking out several boxes from under the sale table.

When I opened the small box, two revolvers and two automatic pistols appeared.

“For first-time buyers, I recommend the one on the right. The price is cheap. If you have skills related to firearms, this one is good because it can hold more mana.”

“First of all, I don’t have any shooting skills.”

“Good. Quick choice.”

Cracking

I closed the two boxes I had opened.

So, it’s a revolver and an automatic pistol, but isn’t the automatic pistol much better? As I was thinking about it, I decided to ask an expert.

“What is the difference between the two pistols? My friend is a shooting expert and uses an automatic pistol. So I guess this one is better?”

“Of course, I sell more automatic pistols and people who use them prefer them, but revolvers also have their advantages.”

The Gun Master store owner pulled out several automatic pistol magazines and revolver bullets from below.

I think that replacing magazines all at once is more efficient than inserting them one by one.

“There is no need to explain in depth since they do not have shooting-related skills, but to briefly explain, if you can give skills to all the bullets in this magazine, you can use this. If you need to give skills to each bullet, this has a better image. It’s easy. A revolver is a gun suitable for beginners who have just acquired shooting skills to shoot one shot at a time.”

“Aha. But can’t we strengthen the gun?”

“If you’re going to beat up the enemy with a gun, you don’t know then, do you? It may be auxiliary skills like aim correction, but skills related to power have to be used on bullets that actually come into contact with the enemy.”

While saying that, he closed the lid of the box containing the revolver.

What’s left is a basic automatic pistol. Did I come to buy this?

Gun Master’s owner put two more magazines on the shelf.

“If you buy now, you get 2 bonus magazines and 1 million gold.”

It’s cheaper than I thought?

It seemed like an affordable price, perhaps because it was an automatic pistol for beginners, or because I had just bought a sword and armor for 1.7 million gold, but I wasn’t fooled and asked for one more.

“How much does it cost to fill a magazine full of bullets?”

“One magazine costs 100,000 gold, so I need to find out the price of the consumables.”

I thought about it for a moment, but then he took out a belt from the back that could hold a pistol and magazine.

“Bonus if you buy this now.”

“Let’s buy it.”

Once I opened my wallet, I decided to just use it all.

On my way out of the equipment factory with my hands full of luggage, I felt like I was coming back to reality when I left there.

I barely decided to go to the dungeon and came to look at basic equipment, but I ended up spending 2.7 million gold in one go.

It’s not like I can possess this and take it?!

Moreover, goblin hunting was not particularly profitable.

It’s a monster that most academy students experience, so it’s an enemy that’s caught too often, and there’s no room to use it unless it’s something like making reagents.

Even in the final exam, you just get rid of the body, right?

“Damn Academy.”

Look at how they give a lot of support money to students and immediately collect it back.

*

In the evening, I worked out in the fitness room to warm up to some extent as I was going to compete tomorrow.

When it came time for someone to make a lot of noise, people naturally started to leave, and since I had no intention of exercising for a long time, I followed suit.

“Xian, are you leaving already?”

Someone, Vulcan Ludric, must have come faster than I thought, so I ran into him on the way.

“Uh, okay. I came early today.”

“There was a rumor that I was going to a dungeon tomorrow, so don’t die.”

“Why the rumors?”

“They say they saw him go to the dungeon management office and then go to the equipment manufacturing shop and come out carrying a bundle of luggage. Anyone can see that he is ready to go to the dungeon. From the looks of it, isn’t this a route that someone who goes to a dungeon for the first time would do?”

That is correct.

From my perspective, it looks like a student with no dungeon experience is making a big decision to go shopping in order to go to a dungeon.

I don’t know who spread it or why, but I felt like my face was well-known because I was in class Q and the weakest member of the academy.

So, Seoyeon must have decided to break up because of my rumors.

“So what are you going to catch? Since it’s your first time, goblins?”

“I know very well.”

“Cuck … Like a practical test, don’t grab, and it’s the most efficient for you, but the viewer who sees it…”

Vulcan Ludric shook his head and said.

If you look at it objectively, it would seem that his life was barely saved thanks to the supply equipment. And that’s right.

You must realize that it is you, Yu Xian, who has to beat up the goblin due to lack of skill.

“First, I have no regrets because I chose the best method at that time. I took that advice to heart and aimed to hunt without getting hit as much as possible.”

“You have to grow up quickly, so you can compete with me and establish a proper ranking. Isn’t that right? Winning by decision isn’t fun.”

What Class Q has seen so far is that I am not worth fighting for…? .

When I think about the sparring during the final exam, it felt exactly like that.

A being like dust that just passes by without being worth harassing, but because of that dust, it tarnishes the image of Class Q.

“Just wait and see. When I grow up, you, or the entire Q class, will become someone we can’t handle.”

Haha. Try it.”

After saying that, Vulcan entered the physical training room.

Kwaaaaa!!!!!

And the tremendous sound you hear, is that the sound made when Vulcan Ludric hits the meter with all his might?

“I think I made some big mistake?”

When I realized something was wrong, a blue window appeared in front of my eyes.

『Quest』

〈Achieve combat power of 250.〉

-Upon completion: 1 possession slot added

Quest taught me how to grow quickly.

Increase possession slots and learn skills through possession. Because that’s the best way for me to grow.

But what should I do when my combat power is still at 99?

*

【Yusian】

【Level: 1】

【Combat Power: 99】

【Skills: Summer Possession (A), Establishment of Self (A+), Survival Rules (A)】

【Quest in progress (4/5)】