Transcension Academy Chapter 2 – Insane Ads (1)

December 31st, 2022

“Ugh! be careful!”
Hearing an urgent cry from somewhere, Seo-joon hurriedly turned his head. And Seo-joon could see that something huge was falling toward him.
“Ugh..!”
Seo-joon was startled and tried to move out of the way, but a monster carcass strapped to his back impeded him.
BANG!
In the end, Seo-joon could not avoid it and was crushed by the fallen object.
“Keuk…!”
Seo-joon couldn’t breathe as if his breath was being squeezed by the weight that was pressing down on his body.
“Hey! Are you alright inside?”
“Here! There’s someone in there!”
Aware of the accident, workers around him hurriedly ran to the scene. As the workers were asking if everyone was okay as Seo-joon lay within a monster carcass.
However, Seo-joon wanted to get rid of this as soon as possible while they were talking about it.
“Don’t just stand around, everyone gets out of the way! I have to lift the carcass!”
Fortunately, thanks to someone’s quick action, Seo-joon was able to be freed from the pressure that weighed on him.
“Haaaaah…! Kwaaaaagh…!”
But as soon as the heavyweight that weighed down his body was gone, a terrible pain overcame him.
Seo-joon moved his legs slowly in the pain, and fortunately, he felt a sense of movement.
“What is it? What’s going on?”
A nervous voice came from somewhere.
The foreman, Kim Tae-soo. An eccentric half-bald man in his late 40s.
Seo-joon couldn’t move his body because of the terrible pain, but he could recognize the owner of the voice.
“What are you all doing right now?”
Kim Tae-soo approached this way with a stride. Then, looking at Seo-joon, who was suffering from the accident, he asked the people around him.
“Why is he on the floor?”
“Chief, that’s…”
The workers explained that, since it was impossible to move large monsters’ corpses with human power, heavy equipment was used.
However, the heavy equipment malfunctioned and the monster’s carcass fell on Seo-joon, who happened to be under the machine.
In another word, it was an accident.
Kim Tae-soo sighed with a disapproving expression.
“Mr. Ha…”
Then, after examining the monster’s carcass in the heavy equipment, he continued.
“Was there any damage to the monster’s corpse?”
“Fortunately, there are no problems. But it looks like this guy is badly injured…”
In an instant, Kim Tae-soo frowned and shouted.
“What nonsense are you talking about? Who is hurt?”
“Yeah? This friend here…”
“Ugh! What does he say?”
Kim Tae-soo twitched his eyebrows once and said.
“He wasn’t hurt, he must have trip have fallen by himself.”
“Yes…?”
Leaving the dumbfounded faces behind, Kim Tae-soon calmly continued.
“Do you know what kind of monster that is? It’s like a 5-star monster! 5 stars! Tens of thousands of dollars for that body. ”
“But…”
“But, but, but, do you know that there are one or two companies rushing to transport that one? Winning deals is also war. War. I won this because my nephew is a C-class professional hunter and a member of the raid team here. You all know The Golden Flash Lee Jung-min.”
“Ah… yes…”
“By the way, if they hear that there was an accident at our company. What will happen to my nephew and me?”
Kim Tae-soo coughed and looked away.
“Kuhmm, anyway, everyone knows what I’m talking about, right?”
He was beating around the bush, but in the end, he was trying to cover up this accident.
“But a person was injured…”
“Uh-huh, this person is still alive! If we lose this deal, you guys will be out of a job! Do I really have to spell it out for you?”
“…”
“…”
The workers stop voicing out and kept their mouths shut.
Most of the people who transported the monster carcasses are day laborers who are paid on a daily basis.
Without work, they would have to worry about making bills for day-to-day life right away.
Kim Tae-soo nodded in satisfaction at the faces of those people and shouted.
“Now! Some of you just move him over to the side and everyone continues to do what they were doing.”
Inside a container box made on site.
Seo-joon lay on the bed inside the container box and moved his body slightly.
Every time he moved, he had a tingling pain, but it was clearly better than before.
“Fortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any major problems.”
At this point, he didn’t feel the need to go to the hospital.
He was thinking if he could feel better after a little rest, then there is no need to go and spend money.
It was just then that Seo-joon breathed a sigh of relief.
Click.
“Seo-joon, are you inside?”
The door of the container box opened and a warm-looking man in his mid-to-late 40s with a thick, bushy beard came in. He is Seok Man-cheol, fellow workers call him Hairy Boy.
Seo-joon became close to him while transporting the monsters’ carcasses.
“Mr. Man-cheol? What are you doing here?”
In fact, he wasn’t just close to him, but he was someone Seo-joon thought of as family.
“What the fuck is it? I came because I was worried. bastard.”
Man-cheol grumbled once and sat down on the bed where Seo-joon was lying.
Then, he glanced at Seo-joon and opened his mouth again.
“What did the chief say?”
“This···”
Instead of answering, Seo-joon handed him a small envelope in his arms.
Man-cheol took the envelope without saying anything and peeped inside.
“2 million won (USD$1600)? Fuck that. This is not even enough to pay for a drink.”
“What kind of alcohol are you drinking that costs more than 2 million won (USD$1600)?
“Yes, there is, boy. It’s a world only for grown-ups that you don’t know much about.”
*TL: he is referring to drinking in a nightclub.
Man-cheol folded the envelope and returned it to Seo-joon.
“You almost died this time. I’m sorry, it’s not enough even if I apologize, but it’s only 2 million won(USD$1600) for treatment…”
“No, pops.”
Seo-joon cut off Man-cheol and opened his mouth.
“You don’t have to make a fuss about it. I’m not seriously injured. And you know. I… I have nowhere else to work other than here.”
“…Dammit. Why don’t you find a job in another place? Jobs are everywhere in the world.”
“Hahaha.”
Seo-joon smiled lightly, but Man-cheol knew the meaning of that laugh.
Because Mancheol knew about Seo-joon’s difficult circumstances.
Carrying monster carcasses was a part-time job that was quite tiring, but the pay was decent.
Of course, it was not good compared to professional jobs, but this job is perfect for people who don’t have paper qualification and doesn’t know how to do anything else.
More than anyone else, Seo-joon himself would not want to make a fuss about the incident.
Moreover, Seo-joon was unable to say anything to Kim Tae-soo’s threat to move on quietly. He couldn’t do anything about it.
Man-cheol knows that too, so he didn’t bring up the matter anymore.
“Anyway, Kim Tae-soo, that bastard. The day will come when he will have to pay the piper.”
Man-cheol pulled out a cigarette from his chest and asked. Then he looked at Seo-jun for a moment, then took out another cigarette and handed it to Seo-jun.
“Take one?”
“Nope. You know I don’t smoke.”
“I know. I suggested it because you looked like death.”
Seo-joon raised his hand and touched his face. However, realizing that he couldn’t recognize the expression he was making, he quickly lowered his hand.
“More than that pops. This is indoors.”
“What do you know? Dammit.”
Man-cheol brought the fire from the lighter to the cigarette next to his mouth and lit it.
“So how is your body. Are you okay?”
“After a little rest, I feel much better. I don’t think there’s anything wrong.”
“Go to the hospital anyway. Don’t be pennywise and pound foolish just to save some money.”
“It’s okay. A little more rest and I will be all better. You know I am an awakener.”
Man-cheol looked at Seo-joon’ with an absurd expression.
“When did an awakener’s bones make of iron?”
“It’s not like that, but I’m stronger than normal people.
“Kid, I’m proud to be a natural awakener too.”
Fuuuu, thick cigarette smoke came out of Man-cheol’s mouth.
“So, how much you managed to save from this damm job?”
“I’m almost done.”
“Are you really going to try, to become a Hunter?”
“Yeah.”
Man-cheol stared blankly at Seo-joon’s face as he answered without hesitation.
A face was so full of optimism. No matter how gloomy he was, whenever he talked about Hunter, Seo-joon would smile.
Man-cheol had a lot to say when he saw it.
Do you know what the competition rate for the Hunter exam is these days?
In the first place, what kind of job risking your life to earn money?
Above all, isn’t it a waste to spend all the hard-earned money on the academy?
However, Man-cheol soon brushed off his thoughts.
‘Maybe I’m old too.’
Compared to himself, Seo-joon was infinitely young. He’s been out of luck, but it’s still too early to force the harsh reality on Seo-joon.
‘Maybe it’s an excuse I made up to run away.’
In the first place, he didn’t know that he didn’t need to put up with societal expectations.
Because that’s what a dream is.
Man-cheol just smiled and smiled.
“If there is anything you need my help with, let me know. ”
“Really? Then… how about the 2 million won(USD$1600) liquor?”
Whoa, Mancheol blew out thick cigarette smoke once again.
“Yes, I will tell you about the 2 million won (USD$1600) adult world, so work hard. And if you become a famous hunter, don’t you dare to pretend you don’t know me.”
“Absolutely, not! I will have you process the monster carcasses I caught when I’m a hunter.”
“Oh…that’s good. Then can I touch the dragon carcasses too?”
“Only dragons? I’ll let you play football with the lich skull.”
Seo-joon and Man-cheol giggled like that for a while.
Returning home, Seo-joon’ simply washed up and lay down.
Although the house was only a single room, smaller than a gosiwon (shoebox apartment), the comfort of familiarity was no less than that of a 3000sq-feet house.
For a moment, the pain rushed through my leg as if electricity had been pierced through it.
“Ugh! It’s like this again. I should have gone to the hospital.”
However, Seo-joon quickly shook his head.
If I go to the hospital, they say that they will check this and that, the cost of the test alone is just too expensive.
At the point where every penny counts, he didn’t want to spend anything.
“Well, I will be fine.”
Above all, Seo-joon’ was an awakened person. Awakeners’ natural healing power was 4-5 times that of normal people, so unless it was a big problem, they would recover quickly.
“How much have I saved…?”
Seo-joon checked his account by holding up his smartphone.
[Account balance: 35,560,000 ￦ (USD$28156.41)]

“If I add up to the 200,000 won(USD$160) per day and the 2 million won (USD$1600) I received today… I’m really close to 40 million won (USD$31672.00)!”
Seo-joon looked at the screen reflected on the screen and grabbed his trembling chest.
Academy tuition is 40 million won (USD$31672.00).
Of course, even considering the tuition for one year, the academy that Seo-joon wanted to go to was quite expensive.
However, considering that the tuition fees for famous academies start at 100 million won(USD$79180.00), it was not that expensive.
Instead, the level of care is different, but it is an amount that ordinary people like Seo-joon’ cannot afford.
Needless to say, the academy had former S-class and A-class hunters as instructors.
That is why ‘Arc Academy’ was chosen by Seo-joon’.
The instructor evaluation was good, and the student management and the rate of passing students every year were quite good.
“I can go to school in a month now, so if I think about the start date of the class… I can go register right after work tomorrow!”
Seo-joon’ could not hide his pounding heart. It was nine years. The time it took for him to dream of becoming a pro hunter and save money for academy tuition.
Of course, he didn’t have to attend an academy to become a Hunter.
Sometimes, there were people who did not go to the academy and passed the pro-hunter exam by self-study.
But that’s just the circumstances of the very few who are full of talent. For most people, including Seo-joon’ this was not the case.
“Finally···!”
To be honest, I wanted to save a little more money and go to a better academy.
However, Seo-joon’s age is 27.
He was still young, but it was time for him to start something.
“Finally, let’s see if there is a better academy.”
However, the beginning is always exciting.
Seo-joon went into each and every post related to his academy and checked the contents.
[Let’s prepare for passing in advance with Hunter Mill in November!]
[The potential of being ranked #1 in the shortest period of time, Ale Academy proves it as the final successful student.]
[Passing solution only for you. Gaon Academy makes your dreams a reality. ]
Most of them were academies that Seo-joon couldn’t go to, but he still felt a kind of vicarious satisfaction just by watching them.
.
.
“My eyes are sore. I should go to sleep now.”
Looking at the time, it was past 11 o’clock.
Time to go to bed to go back to work tomorrow.
That’s when I was about to turn off my smartphone.
[Transcension Academy]
The name of the academy, which I had never seen before, seemed to pass by.
“Academy for transcendentalists?”
Was there even a Hunter Academy like this?