I Became a Swordsmanship Instructor at the Academy

(62)

The main examiner, Kim Dae-chan, gave a brief briefing on the screening with greetings, and the bus departed immediately.

Did I just have to ride in my car?

The judges didn’t say to be quiet, but the atmosphere was quite heavy because no one was talking.

Since the test takers are ahead of the examination, there is no dialogue between the examiners even if it is said.

Still, it is fortunate that the portal to be attacked today is Mt. Gwanak, so it is not too far from the association.

After driving for about 40 minutes, we arrived at Mt. Gwanak, and after climbing the mountain for about 10 minutes, we finally arrived at the entrance of the portal.

“I’ll go right in.”

The main examiner, Kim Dae-chan, entered the front, followed by the examiners and entered the portal.

When the unique dizziness that comes with each portal entry subsides, a bright yellow sandy desert comes into view.

I’ve experienced the desert type twice, but it’s quite tricky because there are many cases where monsters hide in the sand and surprise you.

Of course, you can detect the movement of monsters by spreading qi like other terrain, but in order to spread qi into the sand, you need to increase the density of your inner air, which narrows the search range.

Moreover, since it is an A-rank 10-person portal, there will be many guys with a wide interior and strong monsters, so it will take a little time.

The look of the test taker is not good because of the difficult terrain.

Except for Kim Dae-chan, all the judges are frowning.

“As I said during the briefing, I will speak comfortably for convenience until the attack is over. Everyone gather.”

Kim Dae-chan called people and decided on a position.

Even if it’s a screening, as it’s a 10-person portal, the judges don’t just suck their fingers, they participate in battle together.

There are five applicants: two male mages, one female martial artist, one male archer, and me, a swordsman.

All of the examiners are male, except for Kim Dae-chan, the prosecutor, and Hyun-shik, the spearman.

There are five wizards and one archer, so the firepower is excellent, but the melee position is lacking.

The role assigned to me is the avant-garde.

Of course, I am not alone, there are three with one mutu and Hyunsik.

Unusually, Kim Dae-chan served as the rear guard.

Due to the nature of desert portals, there can be surprise attacks, so rearguards are important, but according to the standard, S rank Kim Dae-chan, who has the best skills, should be in the vanguard.

Is it because it’s a judge?

If Kim Dae-chan clears everything up, the evaluation will be meaningless.

After all, Daechan Kim, an S-rank hunter, will move quickly even if he is in the rear.

“Don’t move.”

As soon as he started moving at the direction of Kim Dae-chan, he spread his energy forward.

I think I walked for about 20 minutes, but I can’t even see the monster blowing its nose.

They say that level A portal monsters have some level of intelligence, but I think maybe we are waiting for them to get tired.

Even though it was a desert terrain, the strong beating made Hyunshik and Mutuga sweat profusely.

It doesn’t matter because I’m not affected by the temperature because I’ve been invincible against the cold while reaching the peak, but looking back, Kim Dae-chan seems to be fine like me, but the wizards don’t look very good.

I thought it would be better to search quickly, so I used a little more energy to extend the distance.

At about 500m, I felt a life reaction in the sand dunes on the front line, and I raised my hand and stopped everyone.

“Shin Hyuk?”

“We set our direction to the sand dunes over there. There seems to be a monster over there.”

“yes? I can’t see anything.”

“I can’t see either.”

“Leader, why did you stop?”

Daechan Kim, who was in the rear, approached.

“Kang Shin-hyeok says there seems to be a monster in the sand dune over there, but I can’t see anything… .”

“Aren’t you a prosecutor? I don’t think even a mana scan can reach the hill you see there. On what grounds?”

Didn’t Kim Dae-chan also sense it?

My name and color gave me the S rank and even the location… This is disappointing.

“Sensed by spreading mana.”

“Sensing mana? It doesn’t look like that, but you’re a bit bluffing. It looks like it will be 500m up there, but what kind of mana do you send there?”

“Are you sure? Everyone seems to be tired because the environment is the environment, so I don’t think there’s any reason to go to the hill.”

Female martial artists are sarcastic, and Hyunsik also has a negative opinion.

hahahaha… . I miss Seonhwa and Lee Seol.

The two of them would believe me even if I said they were making fermented soybeans with dung.

“Let’s go first.”

After that, I added that if there were no monsters, I would deduct points, but leader Kim Dae-chan sided with me, so I changed the direction.

“No, there is a flat area, so why are you going this way?”

“The swordsman in front of me said that there are monsters if you go this way.”

“Even if you scan mana, it won’t come out if you’re hiding in the sand. How can the swordsman do it?”

Maybe it was because the road was rough, but the wizards behind me were complaining, so my back was quite sore.

If a monster runs away, I’m afraid I’ll get scolded, but luckily, I don’t think that’s going to happen.

As the distance got closer to about 100m, the monsters found us and approached us.

Looking at the reaction now, it doesn’t seem like I purposely ran away to waste time.

“coming!”

“What is coming… uh? It was real.”

I gave a warning and drew my sword right away, and soon after, red scorpions the size of small cars surged up.

Red Giant Scorpion.

Its exoskeleton is quite hard and slightly, but it has magic resistance, so it is quite a tricky monster.

Like a scorpion, there is poison on its tail, but this poison is so terrible that if you do not receive detox magic within 10 minutes of being hit, you will die 100%.

A total of 4 guys showed up.

“Wizards prepare magic. The avant-garde deals with the ones close to each other so that they don’t get close to the wizards, and I’m in charge of the center.”

Kim Dae-chan, who had been in the rear and suddenly came to the front, gives instructions.

“Then I will take the right side.”

As soon as I answered, he rushed right in, and he raised a claw the size of a human torso and slammed it down at me.

Puff-puff-!

As I hit it down continuously, the sand scattered in all directions.

Dokdo is also poisonous, but the power seems to be quite good.

As expected, it’s an A-rank monster, so it’s fast compared to its size, but it’s not up to my standards, so avoiding it isn’t that difficult.

Certainly slower than an ogre and slightly faster than a troll?

Taking advantage of the moment when he raised the tongs again, he rushed in quickly and created a sword technique to cut his joints.

squeak.

Even after cutting the joint, which feels softer than the shell, it still feels stuck.

I tried to cut it all the way with a little more force, but the guy blew his tail and pulled himself back.

Phew-.

Wow!

It was the first time I knew that scorpions also make sounds.

Of course, I don’t know what that means, but I think I’m pretty angry.

I glanced behind me and saw that the wizards were memorizing spells diligently.

If I wait a little bit, the magic will be ready, but I remembered the advice of the vice principal that killing alone would add more points, so I rushed once again.

I tried to strike it down with my fine claws, but this time I didn’t dodge and confronted him with my sword.

Swoop- thump!

It’s not even a joint, but unlike before, the claws are cut off and fall to the floor without getting caught.

This time it’s not a sword, it’s a sword.

Then the tail flew out, but it was cut off and attached to him.

What!

The guy tried to step back in panic as if he was in pain, but he didn’t give a chance and cut his torso vertically.

It splits with a crackling sound, but since it is so large, a lot of blood splatters.

I only wiped the splashes on my face with my clothes, and looking at the other hunters, I’m fighting well, but no one has finished it like me yet.

Kim Dae-chan also cut off both claws and tail, but he has not stopped breathing yet.

It seems like they did it on purpose to test the wizards, so I don’t think we should go that way.

Among Hyunsik and the martial artist, it seems that the martial artist is struggling a little more.

There may be a difference in the experience of being a test taker and an examiner, but in the first place, martial artists themselves are not compatible with monsters with strong exoskeletons.

I don’t think I can write it yet.

I don’t like it because I remembered the sarcastic remarks earlier, but I couldn’t help but help out for trivial reasons, so I joined Mutuga’s side.

Swoop- thump!

Coincidentally, Mutu’s tail was flying off his back, so he cut it off.

With all my attention focused on Mutuga, I was able to approach him much easier than before.

“The two of you, the magic is ready, so please step back.”

The examiner in the back shouted.

It was a little disappointing that I was just about to finish, but the wizards also needed a chance to play an active part, so I pulled out without delay.

“Frost Prison!”

White frost begins to fall from the top of the giant scorpion, covering the monster in an instant and freezing it as it is.

Even though they have magic resistance, they are vulnerable to freezing magic, so they are an excellent choice.

puck-.

As Mutuga approaches and strikes with his knuckles, the ice is shattered into pieces.

At first glance, it looks like it’s done well, but in fact, that’s a deduction.

Even if they didn’t cut it to pieces, they would freeze to death.

Everything else has been sorted out.

The place where Mr. Hyeon-sik is is burned black as if he used electric shock magic, and Dae-chan Kim’s side was frozen solid with freezing magic just like ours.

The test taker is generally satisfied, but the expression of the sole archer is not good.

I think I was aiming for the monster on Hyunsik’s side, but none of them got stuck in my body.

Seeing that the arrow was about ten feet away, I wasn’t looking at it at all.

In the first place, the giant scorpion’s shell was too thick for an archer’s arrow to pierce, so it was not compatible.

“Thank you for your help. And I’m sorry about that. I didn’t think there would be a hunter who could spot monsters at such a distance… .”

The martial artist who was sarcastic earlier apologizes.

“it’s okay.”

I would have said that if I stayed still, I would go even halfway, but I might cause trouble and adversely affect the evaluation.

There were no special injuries, so we resumed the attack with only the bodies collected.

As before, I spread my skills to find the monster, and since there was a precedent, everyone seemed to believe my words, so the attack went very smoothly.

I went around for three hours and caught nearly 100 monsters.

But the sky is still blue.

From the second battle onwards, they take a break for 5 to 10 minutes after the battle, but since it is a desert with no shade, let alone an oasis, it is clear that not only the test takers but also the other judges except Kim Dae-chan are tired.

“Shin Hyuk, are there any monsters around here?”

“Ah yes. Right now, I don’t really feel anything.”

I want to finish it early, so I keep moving with my energy spread, but there is no response from life.

Considering the levels and numbers of the monsters we’ve dealt with so far, even if it’s a 10-person portal, there won’t be a few left… .

I’m supposed to treat Mr. Hong and Mr. Kim to dinner today, but I’m a little nervous that I might be late.

“I think we can get some shelter from the sun at the bottom of the hill ahead, so let’s go and get some rest.”

Looking at the place Daechan Kim pointed, the sand dune was formed very high, so there was a slight shade underneath.

As soon as the story ends, everyone ignores the formation and starts running.

It seems that the shade is not enough space for everyone to sit.

It’s not that I don’t understand the desire to rest in a cool place, but isn’t it hotter because your body heats up when you run?

Besides, they broke the formation, so I think they will get a deduction.

In the first place, I was not affected by the heat, so I didn’t have to insist on shade, and I didn’t like deductions, so I kept my speed.

A monster might suddenly appear, but people really… . uh?

It is very subtle, but I can feel the life response to the inner hole spread out in front.

People running ahead… No, wait. There is no way a human could be caught so minutely.

“People in front of you stop. Something in that direction… !”

I immediately warned with a loud voice, but it was too late.

A huge white monster emerged from the sand and rose up, swallowing the martial artist in front of him whole and disappearing into the sand again.