A Wild Man Has Entered the Academy - Chapter 571



571 – Hell Training (3)

Sometimes people need to be shameless. When they have to put aside all pride and humanity to achieve their goals.

I felt it deeply in the Forest of Chaos. Everything I had learned in civilization was useless.

It is common for animals to only eat the clean parts from the carcasses left behind by other animals.

Animals do things like peeing and peeing all over the place to mark their territory, patting themselves on the back when they eat, etc.

You can act shameless by realizing early on that pride doesn’t help in a crisis.

Well, after I rejoined civilization, I was trying to restrain myself from being mindful of what others thought.

If it’s a situation where I don’t have to worry about what others think, I’m willing to do what I want.

“Hey, can I have just one more bite?”

“Go and pick something up.”

In that sense, Luna is also slowly letting go of her pride and arming herself with shamelessness. That’s a good thing.

Of course, the current situation is so extreme that it could be the same if things go back to normal.

Still, it’s better than being like Grace, keeping your pride from beginning to end. Maybe someday she’ll be like that.

You might ask, what is Kara? She started out collecting bugs and hunting animals with me from the beginning.

Even for someone who grew up in the harshest of deserts, hunger is a problem that is difficult to solve.

“Can you just eat that?”

While Luna went to gather ingredients(?), Kara put a worm in her mouth and said.

Judging from the crunchy sound, it looks like it’s cooked well. Grilling is better than boiling the worms in water.

“It’s okay. I can handle it.”

“Even though you eat much more than us?”

Kara is right. Academy students are very active, so their food intake is also very high.

Even Luna, who looks delicate at the moment, eats more than three servings per meal. On days when she trains hard, she can eat up to five servings.

Even Luna is like that, so I am even worse than that, not less. What’s more, the red magic has high output.

High output means extremely strong power, which naturally leads to massive energy consumption.

“There’s also a lot to save.”

“With this?”

“Yeah. But there’s nothing coming out?”

In proportion to that, the energy absorption rate is also very good. I have never suffered from any stomach-related disease so far.

In the wild, you have to eat raw and poisonous things. But I’m fine.

A situation where even poison is chewed and digested. Everything that is digested is turned into energy.

“Hmm… I’ve heard of it. There are people with a body type that gains weight and people with a body type that doesn’t. Shivar, you’re also a person with a body type that gains weight, right?”

“huh.”

“I don’t know why, but I only ate sweet potatoes last winter, so I gained a lot of weight.”

“Sweet potatoes are delicious. I want to eat them.”

It’s almost winter, so maybe we can eat sweet potatoes? It’s the season for replenishing energy.

Just thinking about it makes my mouth water. Kara must have found me funny because she patted my head.

“I think it’s all boiled?”

“Then let’s eat.”

“Hey, I found one here!”

“Luna. That’s a weed root.”

“Can’t you eat the roots too?”

I spent the day teaching Luna what plants she could eat.

Another day passed like that, and on the fifth day, the students’ patience began to wear thin.

“I just······ want to sleep.”

“I don’t want to do anything······”

The problem is that my patience has run out and my core has been pierced. I have completely lost my will.

But the training continued without stopping. The professors naggled the students and forced them to stand up.

Such harsh training is always accompanied by complaints. A few students muttered quietly.

“Are you sure this kind of training is really effective?”

“Me too. I’m really suspicious. I don’t know about anything else, but starving······”

I looked at the grumbling students. They were so tired that they were just looking at the floor.

It seems like you still have the energy to talk even in the midst of hardship. I hope you won’t regret it later.

Academy students are basically special forces, so they are likely to face extreme situations frequently.

‘It’s human nature to get tired if you don’t eat for just one day.’

Well, that’s because my body is optimized for the wild, but the other students aren’t like that.

You can’t eat wild animals without professional knowledge, even if you have fire, which is said to be the omnipotent weapon.

You can eat most things if you cook them over fire, but there are many cases where you can’t. That’s why this kind of training is essential.

‘You’ll feel it right away as soon as you enter the third year of practice.’

The ideal and the reality are a million light years apart. Even if I tell you now, you won’t listen.

From then on, I continued to persevere and devoted myself to training. The professors looked at me with a look of surprise.

Since I eat a lot, I guess I knew I would have a hard time here. In fact, I think I’m going to die of hunger.

‘It’s not the first or second time this has happened.’

When you live in the Forest of Chaos, especially when you’re at the bottom of the food chain.

They did everything they could, like scavenging through corpses to find something to eat or looking for bugs.

But I was still hungry. There was no way to appease my hunger, and on days when I ate something wrong and got diarrhea, hell began.

It was hell of hunger, so I guess I should call it a hungry ghost. Anyway, no matter how much I ate, I was so hungry that I thought I was going crazy.

‘Even if you succeed in hunting, it was common for things to be stolen.’

When was the last time I had a meal in peace? I couldn’t even remember it well.

Hunger is familiar. But I never want to experience it again. Honestly, I want to throw it all away now.

‘You just have to endure it for a little longer.’

But I was able to endure it with the thought that even if it was difficult, it wouldn’t be any harder than when I was in the forest.

Sometimes, it was easy to find snakes or grubs buried in the ground.

“Oh! It’s a mole!”

“You want to eat a mole too?”

“I have to eat.”

“delicious?”

Occasionally, there were individuals who were plump and fat like moles. The other students were really jealous of them.

But I wasn’t satisfied with just the moles. I didn’t care about the smell at all.

‘Come to think of it, this training ground is······’

A break between intermissions. I spent that time looking for a suitable ‘burrow’.

As the weather starts to get chilly, there will be a lot of animals sleeping in their burrows. There must be something similar in this training ground.

‘I think I should go somewhere a little further away.’

After the last training session, they were practically given free time. The students were like zombies, wandering around looking for something to eat.

Occasionally, a student would lose his mind and eat dirt, but this was quite dangerous and the professor immediately stopped him.

“hmm······”

Let’s find a bigger one, I thought as I walked.

*****

“hungry······”

“Rice······I want to eat rice······”

“Give me anything······”

The students were out of their minds. Most of them were staggering as if they were undead.

Although he wasn’t so starved that his bones were visibly visible, his face had no strength at all.

The professors went around looking for the students who seemed to be suffering the most. To be honest, you won’t die if you starve for five days.

Instead, there are students who are so hungry that they eat dirt. They did the same thing just a moment ago.

“What about Shivar student?”

“Well? Weren’t you going there just now?”

While supervising the students, the professors also searched for the person of interest, Shivar.

Bedtime is approaching soon, so maintenance is essential. And then they realize that Shivar is missing.

“What? Where did you go?”

“Leaving the training ground means disqualification······”

“You’re not secretly eating something, are you?”

The professors, realizing that Shivar had disappeared, each spoke a word.

It’s not that I doubt him, it’s just because of the eccentric behavior Shivar has shown in the past.

Above all, his skills are far ahead of those of the professors. It wouldn’t be strange if he did something secretly.

“There’s nothing I can do about it even if I go out and eat.”

“I’ll ask first and then decide based on whether you answer honestly.”

“I think Shivar would answer honestly. He’s really bad at lying.”

Shivar is not good at lying. Even the professors know this.

How could I not know when you roll your eyes every time you lie?

I usually react that way when an unexpected situation arises.

So the professors left Shivar aside for a moment to look at other students.

-Kkuu …

A beast’s howl was heard from afar. The professors turned their heads.

Most of the students were too tired to listen properly, except for Kara and Luna who held on together with Shivar.

“What are you talking about?”

“There aren’t any beasts around here, right?”

“Even if there is, it’s not the time to be active because it’s winter······”

The reason the training schedule was set for winter is because of the animals’ hibernation.

If they went into hibernation, they wouldn’t even be able to hunt. Plus, they had to worry about maintaining their body temperature.

As the professors were each sharing their opinions, a figure emerged from the darkness.

-Thump. Thump. Thump. Thump.

The professors looked intently at the sound of footsteps from afar. Soon, the entire outline was revealed.

Someone was carrying something big on their shoulders. The professors looked at him and thought to themselves, “No way.”

“······Huh? Hey. What’s that?”

“what?”

“Who is bringing what?”

“what?”

Even the students who were exhausted gradually became aware of its existence. Thanks to this, all the students’ eyes were focused on one place.

And so the strange atmosphere continued, and Inyoung’s identity was revealed in the darkness.

“······Shivar? No. More than that······”

“That, that… isn’t that a bear?”

“It seems right······?”

It was Shivar. Shivar carrying a large bear on his back.

The professors looked incredulous. Why would there be a bear that needs to hibernate?

It’s not even a bear that’s withered away from the competition for food. It’s a bear that’s gotten fat and is preparing for hibernation.

But you caught this bear? How on earth did you catch it?

-thud!

When the professors’ heads became complicated, Shivar put the bear on the floor.

It was such a large object that the ground shook slightly as soon as it was placed on the ground.

Shivar opened his mouth quietly, regardless of whether or not attention was focused on him.

“Who wants to eat bear?”

“······Me!”

“Me! Me!”

“Hey, I’ll take care of the dismantling! Just one bite please…”

The savior has arrived.

“Hey, Student Shibar? What the heck is this bear······?”

“I pulled out what was in the cave.”

“forcibly?”

“yes.”

“··· ···”

The professors expressed their condolences to the bear that was hunted while it was sleeping.

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