Academy Silver Gatekeeper - Academy Silver Gatekeeper chapter 82

82 – When to change – 1

“Student Hyunwoo Lee. I have a question for you.”

“Yes, Judge.”

“Before I hear the answer, I have something to tell you. The question I’m going to ask now is not to ask a person named Lee Hyun-woo. You can think of it as asking a student at the academy.”

Suddenly, I wondered what Hyeonu Lee was thinking.

I know that he is different from the other students at the academy.

Effort, effort, and effort like a ‘protagonist’. I know I don’t really care about anything else.

Even so, that guy is also an academy student after all.

What I want to hear now is not the opinion of training ghost Lee Hyeon-woo.

It could be said that it was the opinion of a bronze-level student attending the academy.

“How is student Hyunwoo Lee? That I’m being judged so closely.”

“That’s good… .”

“I told you. I’m not asking Lee Hyeon-woo, I’m asking a student.”

Lee Hyeon-woo is the only person who can ask such open-minded questions.

There is also Kim Soo-hyun, but she will only say good things if it were me, except for that.

Other than that, Ganghana and Judasom are neither bronze nor silver, so they are excluded as well.

On the other hand, Lee Hyeon-woo is a person who can be viewed relatively calmly no matter what.

As a bonus, he’s the main character, and he’s also a guy with an upright heart, so you can trust him.

“Mmm.”

He seems to have figured out exactly what kind of answer I was looking for.

Lee Hyun-woo, who drool for a while, thought about something before answering.

“I have nothing to do with it, but it is true that being a bronze student is burdensome.”

“Is that so too?”

“The judges aren’t trying to beat you, they’re just asking you to meet your standards at least a little bit.”

He nodded his head broadly in the sense that he was correct in response to Lee Hyeonu’s question.

Every time students misunderstand that part, it’s really sad and sad.

This is a part that has already been notified of the review regulations.

You don’t have to win against the judges in front of you.

Even if you lose, you just have to show something impressive.

Although what the judges want is immediate sharpness.

Because there is also a hidden anticipation that can become sharper later.

“But, Judge. For students, even that can be burdensome.”

“If it’s burdensome, it’s probably because of my performance so far, right?”

“Yes. Dealing with monsters and fighting villains. It’s already burdensome with that alone, but fighting Elder this time. I don’t care, but other students won’t.”

How on earth do you satisfy those who survive after fighting the Elder?

No matter what you do, in the eyes of the judges, it will be just a kid’s joke.

Although some students, like himself, may ignite a greater spark of fighting spirit.

Another student said that the flame that was barely saving could die even more.

Lee Hyun-woo answered my question wholeheartedly, as if he was worried about it.

“As expected.”

I understand. I expected that, of course.

It’s not that they’re trying to go to the Platinum level, they’re only going to the Silver level.

It must be frustrating to have a strange examiner come and judge meticulously.

Even if your skills are idiotic, you can somehow break them down and curse at them.

But everyone now knows that I’m no ordinary guy because of my fight with the Elder.

From the point of view of the students, the judge has now become an obstacle that is too difficult to overcome.

“Examiner. It is not that there is no solution at all.”

“Yes. It’s simple, actually. Proof that you can do anything too. That should do.”

Whether you are a Bronze student or an original Silver student.

Someone picks up one and says, ‘You passed the exam! Promotion success!’ You can do it.

If you suggest such a possibility, people’s thoughts will change right away.

“But from my point of view, the examiner doesn’t seem to be that soft-spoken.”

It was Lee Hyun-woo who had a pretty accurate understanding of me.

As expected, even if he is a bit bizarre, the main character is the main character.

“You must be worried in many ways. I wish I could be more helpful, but in fact, I’m just a guy who enjoys this evaluation itself, so I don’t think it’s hard to give you any more useful advice.”

With that said, Lee Hyun-woo said that he had to go quickly and swing his sword before his sweat cooled down any further.

I quickly turned around and started running frantically toward the gymnasium.

If that’s enough, I wonder if the characteristic of being a training ghost is more suitable than a hard-working genius.

If you can do that and still not grow, that’s just because you don’t have talent.

“It’s harder than that… .”

At first, I believed that if I proved my skills, everything would be fine.

But when that happened, I was faced with an even more troublesome situation.

What’s wrong with people like you!

No matter how much it is for students, aren’t the hurdles too high!

If it comes out like this, I have nothing to say from my point of view.

To prove that wasn’t the case, I eventually had to upgrade it to silver little by little.

“Examiner. I’ll check… I want to see it.”

After a while, Lee Hyeon-woo disappeared toward the gymnasium.

A male student cautiously comes to the front and asks for an examination.

I am a student who has visited several times. I remember being good at it too.

And every time I watched the screening, I felt that I was growing little by little.

So will you send me silver? If you are asked.

The answer is, well. There are many loopholes to send it that easily.

“It’s always the same. All you have to do is show them what you have prepared.”

The male student of the Mutu system nodded and took a posture.

Then, after watching for a while, he narrowed the distance inward and aimed at the outside of the torso.

It’s not a bad body blow. The magic is also pretty neat.

The speed is okay, and although I haven’t been hit, it seems to have quite a bit of power.

Shall we avoid it for a moment? I thought.

It’s fast, but not so much that it can’t be avoided. Rather slow by my standards.

But I chose to block his punches with my arm instead.

‘This is an examination. If that’s the case, you should definitely feel that you’re being looked after for your skills rather than showing off your strength.’

As soon as the attack is blocked, he stretches his leg inward and aims for the knee.

Aiming at a very vulnerable joint, your judgment is pretty good.

However, what if it exposes your weaknesses?

“100 million.”

When I lightly tapped the uvula, the male student reflexively backed away.

He was so focused on his attack that he didn’t even notice my counterattack.

“The response is good. However, before responding, you have to look at the other person’s behavior.”

“sorry. I’m so excited… .”

“Let’s try again. from scratch, again. Don’t get excited. coolly.”

Changed the route slightly. When I said I would give advice, the original evaluation had already been completed.

But from now on, I did it right away after exchanging airlift once.

It’s as if this isn’t a screening, it’s a sparring to get feedback.

“Whoop!”

Punch, not like the first time. This time, a male student who starts with a high kick.

You may have thought it was a good fake in your opinion.

However, it was all revealed in the fact that the central axis was already different.

‘I’ll have to tell them to pay attention to where they put their feet next time.’

Next, the angle and speed of the kick.

As I said before, this student’s kicks are less complete than punches.

His hands are average, but his kicks are below average.

It is said that more than half of the martial arts are hand-to-hand.

Because it’s much more comfortable than using your feet, and it’s also easier to apply magic.

It seems that this student also continued to train for punches, and recently moved into the kicking part.

“Kuk!”

Quadang-!

Thanks to this, even the slightest touch like this often causes the core to collapse.

“Anyway, I need to train more on the kicking part.”

“Yeah, I think so too. I’ve only done it once… sorry.”

“I am not going to apologize. Trying to make a change like this is also very good.”

When the male student bowed his head and withdrew, this time the female student applied for an examination.

Since then, students have continued to come, but most of them have been regular students since the beginning.

Cases where I work hard in silence, regardless of my popularity or my skills.

Maybe even now I’m not dissatisfied with being here.

On the contrary, I think it might be a good opportunity and keep coming back.

Perhaps those students will survive the later cataclysmic times.

The drops of sweat shed today are equivalent to the drops of blood shed in the future.

In the near future, wouldn’t it be okay to go and train at that time?

‘Sounds without hesitation.’

Due to runaway gates and stronger monsters, the number of people with special abilities plummets.

Thanks to this, not only graduates, but also students who are currently enrolled are being hired.

Time to train well in that situation? there could be

Only those who have polished themselves beforehand will survive and fight.

‘Did I have to cosplay as a real prophet?’

A plan I had thought about before but gave up because it didn’t make sense.

However, the future situation was not good enough to remind me again.

“Hey, hello. Judge.”

I turned my head at the voice calling my name.

At first, I thought it was another bronze or silver grade student.

But what about me who saw your face? and let out a sigh.

“Student, the other day… Isn’t that the student from our first squad?”

“Yes. You remember.”

A female student standing with a sword smiles and nods.

This is a student who belonged to the 1st squad of the 5th team that I was in charge of during the academy practice not too long ago.

In other words, that girl is a gold rank, not a bronze or silver rank.

“What are you doing here all of a sudden?”

“Uh, maybe. It’s a silver level test. I am… Can’t I get it?”

After thinking about what to say for a while, I replied.

“I can’t.”

“ah.”

“Because the student in front of me is at the gold level.”

I don’t know what I would have done if I had been a professor at the academy.

But now I am here not as a professor, but as a dispatched government official.

The act I was allowed to do is a screening up to the silver level.

Conducting another screening against more students is clearly an act of overreaching.

Even if Ma Hak-jun is fine, if someone else makes a problem, it gets pretty tiring.

“Also… I can’t. Well then… .”

“Assuming you get it, then.”

However, if there is no way at all, that is not the case again.

“What if I say I’m not good?”

“You have to do the same. I will return my current rank and go to Bronze.”

“It wouldn’t be something to say so easily.”

“It is, but… . Earlier, I watched the students watching. Even though it seems like an examination… Also, in a way, it seemed to tell me what to do in real life and what my current strengths and weaknesses are.”

When I nodded, the female student continued.

“Me too… I want to get something new.”

“okay. Let’s do it then, Judge.”

“Yes?”

“If you want to be judged, you have to be.”

“uh… You said no a while ago… ?”

It was. Said so. When this is known, words will surely come out.

But right there, I was able to see the benefits of being famous.

The country even attaches A-level talent as bodyguards.

What this means is that it is a subject of special national interest.

Fame is what you use when you’re like this. Whatever you say, cover it from above.