I Obtained a Mythic Item - Chapter 48

Episode 48 Physical Fitness Test (2)

“Then, let’s start the physical fitness test in earnest.”

just before the test begins. A magic cadet raised her hand as if asking a question.

Kim Seok-gi happily nodded.

The cadet who got up from his seat hesitated and asked.

“A test like that would be much more advantageous to the martial arts cadets… wouldn’t this be against fairness?”

The magic cadets, who wanted to ask the same question, nodded.

Jaehyun looked around.

The other side where the magic cadets, including himself, are. I see the martial arts cadets sitting in rows.

This physical fitness test is part of a joint evaluation conducted without distinction between magic and martial arts.

Therefore, the magic world and the martial arts world take classes together.

Thanks to this, it was a clear fact that there was a high possibility that the points would be monopolized by the martial arts side, although they did not enter their respective grades.

However, Gu Jain never raised a problem with this.

To him, magical cadets are less valuable than martial cadets. As a Gujain, there is no need to prepare an advantage for them.

Jaehyun crossed his arms and looked at the faces of the magic cadets and Kim Seokgi.

‘Well, it’s a question that cadets who have just entered Milles Academy would be able to ask. Martial arts are physically superior to magicians in several ways.

It is common sense that testing in the same line is not correct. …… but.’

“haha. everyone. I think you are making a big mistake now.”

Kim Seok-gi’s eyes turned quite sharp, and soon a high-pressure voice came out.

“Raiders are monster hunters. It’s a dangerous job that requires entering dungeons and working in the field. Miles is a place that turns you into a great killing machine.”

Of course, Kim Seok-gi’s words were not without a little exaggeration.

But the effect was certain. The word lethal weapon itself gave them a great sense of fear.

Kim Yoo-jung and Seo E-na are also in a state where their faces are quite stiff.

However, Jaehyun didn’t show anything special and focused on the words that followed.

In Kim Seok-ki’s eyes, boredom was young.

“Do you think monsters will look at your weakness? Do you think you will stop the sword that comes from the magical world?

no. No Demonic Master cares about that at all.”

‘It’s not wrong.’

Instructor Kim Seok-gi’s words were not wrong, even if there were some leaps.

In past dungeons, Jaehyun saw countless people who believed only in their magic and died due to lack of physical ability.

Even at that time, the martial arts world had already declined and the magic world had risen.

Even so, those who died in the early days had an overwhelmingly high percentage of magic-type raiders.

Wizard. They are weak when they are one.

It is true that they have overwhelming power when many gather, but that alone cannot guarantee survival in the dungeon.

Therefore, Jae-hyun before returning also participated in the A-class dungeon in the name of protecting them.

“All evaluations at Milles Academy are focused on whether or not you can properly defeat the Witchbeast. So I’m going to stop taking questions like this now. It’s a stupid question.”

The face of the cadet who asked about Kim Seok-ki’s affairs was red.

But it is also true that it is difficult to say anything more. In short, it was more accurate to say that he couldn’t throw up.

Jaehyun knew.

The act of entering a dungeon to hunt monsters and furthermore entering a field already infested with monsters is almost half of an act of suicide.

It is very difficult to survive the process, and the current grumbling doesn’t work at all.

Even those who have been faithfully taking elite courses at other schools are dying in droves in dungeons and fields.

Kim Seok-ki is also a man who has already crossed the line several times as a professional radar.

At least, it should be seen that there is little room for error in his words about combat. No matter how much he was Gu Jain’s henchman, that was the same.

“All evaluations are fair. The standard of this fairness is not you, but Miles Academy and dungeons and fields. And the strength of the Witchbeast is what determines it.”

Those who did not expect such an unexpected situation sighed.

The martial arts cadets laughed at the magic cadets, and the magic cadets did not hide their displeasure.

A strange war of nerves between each other filled the facility here.

Jaehyun looked at them and thought.

There will be dozens of more conflicts between the martial arts world and the magic world.

For example, the upcoming event ‘Milles School Festival’ or the academy’s interpersonal sparring or something like that.

The martial arts cadets are now implicitly ignoring the cadets of the magic cadets.

The magic world is in a state where they are quite discouraged.

But none of that means anything.

The magic world comes to mind in the future.

It means that the martial arts are thrown to the bottom and only the top ranks survive.

Jaehyun giggled and raised his middle finger at the martial arts cadet who was pointing his finger at the magic cadets.

‘Look at just five years. All of you guys are making a difference in life.’

For some reason, it sounded like something I was saying to my past self, which made me feel a little uncomfortable, but I tried to ignore it because it had nothing to do with it now.

while thinking. Instructor Kim Seok-gi said while warming up lightly with a timer.

“Then we start with the first test. All depart at once. Everyone can follow me and run, and I will differentiate the results according to the number of laps done.”

Kim Seok-gi taught them simple basic gymnastics and then started running.

The cadets followed him with puzzled expressions. I can’t do it, I have to do something, something like that.

However, Jaehyun had been eagerly waiting for this moment.

Currently, his endurance is at the top of the academy.

Among the martial arts cadets, few would reach the same level as Jaehyun.

Ahn Ho-yeon or Cha Yu-won may be able to catch up, but it is by no means an overwhelming difference.

‘Things that were ridiculed as magic. I need to kill it once.’

It was a philosophical purpose.

If the war of nerves between martial arts and magic continues, there will be setbacks in dungeon experiences and field attacks.

If that happens, many people will die in the events that follow, regardless of whether they are martial or magical.

In some sense, it is necessary to keep their spirits low.

One lap, two laps, three laps… the twentieth lap. More than half of the magic cadets were knocked out. A few martial arts cadets, who were on the weak side of stamina, also dropped out.

Jaehyun, on the other hand, was perfectly fine.

It can be seen that the fact that he was physically excellent because he originally intended to be a martial artist, that he raised his stamina in advance, and that his passive skills were perfect also had an effect.

And let’s go beyond the long-awaited 50 laps. From this point on, martial arts cadets also began to drop out en masse.

All of the magic cadets had already been eliminated, leaving only Jaehyun.

Seo Na-na and Kim Yoo-jung were eliminated in the 26th and 35th stages, respectively.

As expected, in terms of basic stamina, Kim Yoo-jung seemed to be a little higher than Seo In-na.

Seeing the martial arts cadets running alongside him, Jaehyun let out a fishy laugh.

‘These bastards never want to lose. I need to tell them what it feels like to lose to the magic world that they looked down on so much.’

So it goes over 70 laps again.

Even Ahn Ho-yeon and Cha Yu-won let out a rough breath as if their stamina was starting to drop.

Jaehyun’s lungs were a little numb, but it was still tolerable.

“Eighty turns!”

Jaehyun bit his lip.

Instructor Kim Seok-gi, who was running in front, showed no sign of exhaustion yet.

‘As expected, Instructor Kim Seok-gi. It is worth recognizing as much as one skill.’

Originally, Instructor Kim Seok-gi was the top-ranked non-fighting radar among A-class.

Among the instructors, the elite among the elite who are counted among the three fingers. It was at a level where I couldn’t dare to look at it as a representation of the present.

“Ninety turns!”

On the 90th lap, Cha Yoo-won fell off.

Now, only Ahn Ho-yeon and Min Jae-hyun are left.

‘……As expected, it’s amazing. I didn’t expect you to run all the way here.’

Ahn Ho-yeon gritted his teeth as he watched Jae-hyun keep pace with him.

‘It’s a rehearsal in the magic world… But being able to run like this must mean that you’ve built your body through tremendous training. I’ll never be able to compete with someone like me. I lost even then.’

On that day, Ahn Ho-yeon was cleanly defeated by Jae-hyun in ‘Freshman Hunt’.

They tasted lethargic defeat without being able to establish a starting point even once.

‘Huh……’

If he had hit at least one blow, he wouldn’t have felt such a deep sense of defeat.

However, he couldn’t do anything and was helplessly attacked by Jaehyun.

Not only that.

What upsets him more than anything is that his mental power is insignificant.

The mental manipulation-type magic that paralyzed Ahn Ho-yeon’s intelligence at the time is a magic that can be easily resisted by those with a strong mentality.

Of course, I don’t know who cast such a spell on me.

but. What if it was a reproduction?

If he used the same magic on Jaehyun. Could Jaehyun be enchanted like himself?

‘No way.’

Ahn Ho-yeon laughed and sped up, overtaking Jae-hyun.

Meanwhile, Jaehyun’s feet started to slow down little by little.

Jaehyun, who had already completed 97 rounds, felt the inherent limits of the magic world.

The muscles started to cramp.

Currently, Jae-hyun’s martial arts talent is almost at the bottom level, except for the fact that he inherited his passive.

After overworking the muscles for such a long time, it was natural that the muscles themselves would have problems regardless of endurance.

‘shit. If I knew it would be like this, I would have taken at least a minimum of strength and agility…….’

Endurance is already not low compared to Ahn Ho-yeon and Cha Yoo-won. Almost equal or slightly superior.

However, Jaehyun did not invest any stats in strength.

Thanks to this, despite having high endurance, it is not able to produce maximum efficiency.

‘The more the strength stat is taken, the more the muscle’s exercise performance improves. Right now, my endurance is at the top level, but my body can’t stand it because I lack strength. shit. My thoughts were short.’

Strength is the growth and operation of muscles, basic physical damage, and agility is a stat required to slow down the basic speed and movement of enemies.

Jaehyun didn’t touch these two stats yet, he was only shooting magic and endurance.

Since < Chain of Lightning > or < Sacrifice > consumed a lot of mana, mana was essential, and endurance was also a key to fast leveling, so it was unavoidable.

“Haa…….”

In the end, Jaehyun’s pace, which was busy running, stopped first.

Ahn Ho-yeon ran exactly two more laps after that and stopped.

After Kim Seok-gi stopped running, he immediately shouted at the cadets.

“No. 1 Ahn Ho-yeon. One hundred rounds. Second place is Min Jae-hyun. Ninety-nine laps.”

Jaehyun took a deep breath, returned, drank some water, and lowered his head.

Kim Yoo-jung, who came to the side before I knew it, begged me to tell her the secret, asking how she could run so far.

But he just hung his head in silence for a long time.

There was only one thought in his mind.

‘……I lost.’

At the moment, just before the return, the image of himself, helplessly losing his comrades, began to overlap.

At the end of countless deaths, the past hours of weighing the lives of his colleagues and himself at every moment suddenly tightened Jae-hyun’s heart.

Of course, Jaehyun not only won the most outstanding ranking as a magician, but also succeeded in achieving an overwhelming 2nd place overall.

However, he was not at all satisfied with his record.

‘Currently, An Ho-yeon is at the level of D-rank among martial arts. I knew I was still lacking, but to lose to a cadet who wasn’t even an instructor… shit.’

Jaehyun clenched his fists tightly, let out a short breath, and then lifted his head.

Seo In-na’s pupils who were looking at him trembled. Creepy sensation.

Jaehyun’s left eye seemed to burn with a golden light for an instant.

‘It’s the first time I’ve seen Jaehyun make an expression like that… I can’t believe it.’

Seo Ina gulped and looked at Jaehyun, who was looking at Ahn Hoyeon with bloody eyes.

Ahn Ho-yeon and Min Jae-hyun.

Sparks flew from the eyes of the two people who met for a short moment.

Seo Ina looked at Jaehyun with a shocked expression on his face.

She trembled slightly.

‘……Is Jaehyun angry because he couldn’t win first place, not because he was tired?’