After Returning, My Abilities are Infinite
chapter-16

The End of the Month Test (1)

End-of-month exam.

Theory, battle, hunting.

A test evaluating the three categories needed by hunters.

A significant event that attracts all the faculty and instructors of the Academy, as well as guild officials.

‘The event is bigger than the actual evaluation.’

Only professors and instructors participate in the actual evaluation, and only the hunting section is examined. Few students are interested in the actual evaluation.

But the end-of-month exam was different.

Here, talents that are not obvious during hunting can shine in theory and battle.

That’s why guild scouts didn’t care about other events, but they definitely participated in the Academy’s end-of-month exams.

Especially if it is the end-of-month exam of ‘Hwayeon Choin Academy,’ one of the best in the world.

‘Actually, most of the students scouted showed up in the end-of-month exams, and all of the guild’s students showed good results in the end-of-month exams.’

I was familiar with the Academy’s exams because I often participated.

‘Time will pass so quickly. I should have prepared thoroughly beforehand.’

In the past, the day of the Academy had passed very slowly, but these days, I felt that 24 hours was not enough.

‘From now on, I have no choice but to prepare as much as possible.’

It is not good to get too much attention by showing overwhelming ability.

However, it was necessary to get some attention.

That way, I can build up a network with guild officials in advance.

The disasters that will come in the future are not the scale that I can handle alone.

The most dangerous thing is the first disaster.

<Five plagues> are the main causes of the destruction of the world.

The ‘Large Overlord’ that blew my head off was the fifth plague, and the events began as if it were a tide.

Before returning, I managed to prevent all four plagues…

Now, when I decided to walk on a different path, the period of disaster may come too early.

Probably, an incident can happen while attending Academy.

In short, the bomb may be dropped before I even laid the groundwork.

My only useful network was Yoo Ji-yeon now, and Yoo Ji-yeon was still a young cadet who had poor skills to be called the right wizard.

I glanced at the notes on the desk.

‘If it flows only as planned, I could attract the attention of guild officials and professors without much difficulty in the end-of-month exam…’

I wasn’t prepared at all.

At the beginning of the actual evaluation, I had already finished preparing for the end-of-month exam.

I wasn’t satisfied because I wasn’t perfect in my standards.

Still,

‘To prevent the first plague, I know all of the knowledge, but I need help from at least a first-class hunter at this point.’

Will the powerful ones show interest to me?

I sighed.

‘How can I get close with a first-class hunter like Toray?’

Right now, Toray is a famous hunter with overwhelming power.

However, considering her inclination to get stuck in strange things, she might notice my existence…

[What are you doing alone?]

“…”

[If you’re thinking, talk out loud to yourself. Consider your audience…]

“Oh, please be quiet.”

Because of the traveler floating in the back and spitting bullshit, my head hurts more.

I thought quietly for a long time like that.

Then, I wrote something in the notebook and headed to the training ground to cool my head…

* * *

Ten targets are rolling the floor.

Targets placed on the training ground for archers and wizards, and the targets had small holes that could not be identified without careful inspection.

The hole was clearly inscribed on all ten targets, and its location was the bull’s eye.

“Five…”

It means that all of them were hit without any mistakes.

It was not unusual for someone who trained a lot to get this result.

“Did you practice a lot?” I approached him.

“Hehe, yes. I trained steadily as you taught me.”

Yoo Ji-yeon smiled brightly at my words.

It wasn’t long since I got her contact and helped her train..

No, not really train, but throwing her some advice.

I remembered how I sighed heavily when I first saw Yoo Ji-yeon casting magic.

She failed even at simple magic power distribution and magic casting.

All of them were less than the third-class wizards, and they were young children learning magic for the first time.

She couldn’t take advantage of the talent she had. She bowed my head to me and asked to be taught.

I’m a helper, and what I’m going to do is start with the basics and tell you what I know about ‘Wizard Basic Training,’ I told her.

Now, she’s a completely different level from before.

‘Can a person change so quickly?’ I asked myself.

In the past, instead of hitting the center of the bull’s eye, she missed most of the target.

Now, she’s one of the best students in the 2nd-grade magic department.

“Oh, right. I thought it would be okay if I trained alone. Look at this…” she told me excitedly.

“…”

In addition, the magic and the technique that he discovered while training alone were too elaborate and creatively structured.

‘Is this talent?’ I asked the traveler.

I didn’t have any talent for magic, and I smiled bitterly as I gave back Yoo Ji-yeon’s drink.

Since then, she has been more confident than any professor in magical magic and mana analysis.

[Don’t look like that. That girl’s talent is fine for me, but it’s not comparable to the users of Akashic Records.]

“…”

[Because you can borrow those talents or talents that are better than that, at will. It doesn’t make sense for someone who uses Akashic records to admire human talent.]

That is true. If you look at it, I’ve got a level of swordsmanship similar to that of an incumbent hunter just by training one day.

I nodded several times and watched Yoo Ji-yeon’s training.

Anyway, my full-scale training cannot be done during this time.

Since the nature of mana varies when using a link, there is a possibility that sensitive cadets or instructors can immediately sense it and reveal my ability.

“Uh, don’t do it like that,” I told Yoo Ji-yeon.

“Huh?”

Her movement was a little awkward.

“If you get the wrong base, you can get hurt, so remember what I hold now. Understand?”

“Uh, uh? Yes. Okay…”

By the way, by the time she had a firm posture, I noticed Yoo Ji-yeon’s face was red.

Why is her reaction like this?

At the same time, a reminder popped up.

[The bond with Yoo Ji-yeon increases!]

“I think you can let go now …”, she said.

“…”

I watched Yoo Ji-yeon’s abnormal behavior and thought about it while helping her train.

Is it the effect of bonding?

In doing so, I came up with some hypotheses.

Well, is it that the higher the bond, the more you feel that the person is your crush?

I frowned at the thought.

I hope it doesn’t work that way.

In the future, the majority of the hunters or five heroes I would draw were men.

Looking at how Yoo Ji-yeon reacted and imagining that the same reaction will apply to men close to 2 meters in size…

I hate to think.

I’d rather stop the five plagues alone.

[You are also a young.]

The traveler teased.

* * *

Helping Yu Ji-yeon’s training, taking formal classes, reinforcing the plan according to my memories, I also train through links…

After repeating such a cycle, the time passed quickly, and suddenly it became the end-of-month exam day.

“I think everyone knows what day it is today”, said Instructor Park Hyun-suk, as he explained to the students gathered.

Instructor Park Hyun-suk, who brought the students together, explained things about the end-of-month exam.

I’m quite confident in my hunting, not to mention theory.

I was drawing in my mind how the test would go ahead while listening to the explanations.

Then, the biggest variable would be the battle.

This is a test in the form of one-on-one battles between cadets.

In addition to the Hunting Department, there were also officers from the Combat Department who are scouting for cadets.

They looked for cadets who have no power against monsters but show great combat ability against Awakened people like them.

I looked down at the draw.

<Jung Si-woo VS Kim Hyuk-joon>

Kim Hyuk-jun.

A cadet regarded as an ace in the Combat Department.

A man who is evaluated as a very capable executive in the future.

I don’t know what the result will be.

He was an opponent with many variables, so I’m not sure of victory.

Whatever… If you win, you win, and if you lose, you lose.

There was no need to worry.

Right now, it was not fighting or hunting that would attract the attention of faculty, instructors, and other guild officials.

Only

It was the exam for the Theory section.

The subjects are Monastery and Phenomena Analysis.

Unintentionally, the subjects presented in this test were my main specialty among numerous theories.

I’m lucky and gave a little laugh.

[Why do you keep laughing alone?]

I slowly released my wrists with a smile on my face.

“Everyone, sit down and wait for the test paper to be distributed,” the professor said.

The sound of the clock’s second hand echoed clearly in the test site.