Breath of The Interferer - Chapter 17
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#17 – Breath of the Interferer_Key – 1640261
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Wow, I’m taking the aptitude test again
Shin-gi couldn’t help but be amazed while watching the match between Notts County and West Ham. Less than five minutes into the match, Notts County took the lead with Hunter’s long-range shot. Hunter’s shot, which was about to miss the goal, deflected off a defender’s body and went into the goal. Hunter, not knowing that it was an own goal, put his whole body and soul into a wonderful celebration.
In the 13th minute of the game, Gray was the first to head the ball from a corner kick. The ball hit Gray’s head and went to the other side, and Dixon hammered the ball to the floor with his head like a hammer. The ball bounced hard on the floor and grazed the keeper’s body and went into the goal.
In the 15th minute, Hunter, who had taken the ball from the opposing defender with force, attempted to shoot when the defender who had the ball taken tried to tackle him from behind. Hunter was fouled outside the penalty area, but his body was inside the penalty area when he fell. The referee gave the player who had tackled him from behind a red card and awarded a penalty kick.
Hunter made a V with two fingers after scoring the penalty. It was a sign that he had scored two goals, but the West Ham away fans jeered and swore at Hunter, who was confident of a win after 20 minutes. However, Hunter responded to the jeers and swearing from the West Ham fans by spreading out both arms and sticking out his chest.
While Hunter was being warned by the referee not to provoke the fans, Kishin quickly ended his intense contemplation. The intuition he had developed since becoming a manager was warning him that now was the time to make a substitution. Kishin trusted his intuition and boldly took off Alexandro and Hunter. Sven moved into the striker position, and Thompson, who had a wide defensive range, was brought in as a defensive midfielder.
Notts County then had to endure a West Ham onslaught. In the 75th minute, Gisin dropped Sven again and brought on a centre-back. West Ham recovered two goals but eventually lost 3-2.
After watching Kishin calmly deal with the reporters who kept nagging him about personnel changes during the post-match interview, Shingi checked Kishin’s stats again. Shingi felt puzzled when he saw that his media response was still 2.
“My interview skills have improved a lot since I first started, so why am I still at level 2?”
There is something called help in every game. If Shingi had looked at the help carefully, he would have known what it was. There are three gates for the manager stat. They are 2, 5, and 9. If it is 2, it is enough to avoid being cursed. Then, if it is 5, you can use the media, and if it is 9, you can control the media as you wish.
When Shingi shows that he is using the media, the value changes to 3, and when he can definitely gain profit through the media, the value becomes 5. Because Cham manipulated the interview article and said yes, Kishin’s interview skill has not been able to jump to 3.
There is no real difference in ability between numbers 9 and 10. The passing accuracy of a 9-passer and a 10-passer is the same. However, a 10-passer gains more from passing than a 9-passer. There is no difference in speed between a 9-speeder and a 10-speeder. 9 should already be considered a physical limitation. However, a 10-speeder knows better than a 9-speeder how to gain an advantage and gain advantage from speed.
Shin-gi made Ki-shin’s on-site command 10 in a situation where he knew nothing. If his on-site command was 9, Ki-shin would have had more difficulties to achieve his current results. However, since the value is 10, he can fully utilize his on-site command ability, such as checking the players’ conditions and helping to decide the starting lineup by playing a 10-minute game within the team on the morning of the game.
Simply put, 9 is the maximum of the ability, and 10 is the state where that ability is fully utilized. It is the same reason why a divine being with a mana capacity of 10 will not suffer any harm even if the mana runs out. If it were 9, there might have been harm, but the value of 10 has the same mana capacity, but it also prevents various dangers.
Shingi had doubts about the appearance of the god that changed when loading, and he wondered if his case was the same as that of the god. So he changed the training time that had been increased to 45 minutes back to 30 minutes. Unlike Shingi, he even wrote 45 -> 30 in his notes in a meticulous manner.
The newly created 15 minutes of free time was spent carefully, 5 minutes reading and 10 minutes playing games. As a result, Notts County achieved a crazy record of 33 wins from 33 games when the end of the year approached. The league is 15 points ahead of Luton, who have 57 points from 28 games, with 72 points from 24 games. Luton are five games ahead with 18 games left, so they only need to win 13 games to win the league.
The Magic Academy only has summer vacations. There is also a winter vacation, but during winter vacation, students must go on field training. Field training in winter is much less dangerous because monsters cannot function properly in cold places.
In the test conducted in December, Shingi received an average score of 75. With a low score of 68 and a high score of 80, he showed a very average and average performance. At first, Shingi was arrogant, but at some point, he showed an arrogant side, and many teachers were worried, but Shingi unexpectedly recorded a ‘high score’, so there was no more room for criticism.
As the last event of the year, when the aptitude test was conducted, many teachers came to the site in person. Those teachers who had no connection with the divine being came simply to wonder if the divine being’s mana affinity would come out as 9 again, but most teachers who had contact with the divine being came to see if that scoundrel really had the qualities of a great wizard.
Most students had the same mana affinity as before, with only a few getting higher values. And there were a little over twenty students whose mana affinity had dropped. Most of them had temporarily dropped their affinity due to a cold or other reasons, and there were also cases where they had gotten sick from overtraining.
By coincidence or intention, Shingi was the last one to take the test. Other students who had finished their aptitude tests were also waiting, and the upperclassmen who were taking the aptitude test the next day were also loitering around the testing room. After Shingi finished his test and until the test results came out, the testing room was so quiet that you could hear the sound of a pin dropping.
“Ah, um, this, uh, um.”
When the examiner who heard the test results was unable to open his mouth, the impatient magic training instructor grabbed the test results. Since the paper was strengthened by magic, it would not tear easily and would withstand water and fire well. The magic training instructor, who grabbed the paper without any worries, also could not open his mouth easily.
Callie, who was the teacher in charge of the first-year magic theory class and also Shingi’s homeroom teacher, received the results sheet.
“Oh my, 10.”
Callie’s voice was not loud, but it made everyone’s eardrums flutter. The flutter of the eardrums quickly turned into a heartbeat, and some teachers were excited, some were desperate, and some were doubtful.
The reason why the new test was placed last is to check whether the tester is not problematic with the data of the previous students. Most of the previous figures are consistent with those of a year ago, and some of the changes are within an understandable range, so it is difficult to doubt the accuracy of the tester.
“Excuse me, Shin Gi-ssi. Can I check it again? Of course, you don’t have to if you don’t want to.”
When asked to be examined again for the sake of caution, Shingi nodded haughtily and entered the examination machine. The examiner gave instructions on various movements in a trembling voice, and Shingi obediently followed the instructions.
The tester is a machine that measures mana affinity by detecting how mana moves within the body when various movements and postures are taken after creating a certain magic density. After this tester was created, there was a great advancement in the training of magicians. Many corruptions and irregularities in the training process of magicians were eliminated, and poor children were also given equal opportunities.
This inspection time is about three times longer than before. The longer the inspection time, the higher the accuracy. However, since the high magic power density must be maintained for a long time, the consumption of magic stones also increases, so the standard inspection time is usually 1.5 times the minimum time required for inspection.
“It’s still 10.”
The examiner opened his mouth in a calm tone. Unlike when he expected a 9 and saw a 10, he had prepared himself mentally in advance, so he didn’t panic like before. When he compared the two test results, they were exactly the same, without a single word being different.
“Shouldn’t this be called the qualities of a legendary great wizard, rather than a great wizard?”
No one could respond to Shingi’s monologue. He was a magician with 10 affinity who could accumulate mana just by breathing, and he was at the level of 10 affinity where even if he poured out magic, his mana would not run out because it would recover faster. When the news of his 10 affinity reached the students outside, some of them were so shocked that they collapsed in their seats.
“There are two tasks we have to do now. The magic density is 1, so we need to increase it. Training to increase magic density starts from the third year, but considering that Shingi entered school at the late age of 16, we need to start training as a special class starting next semester.”
“The second task is to find out what the main element of the new student is. First, check for good elements such as light and lightning, and slowly check for things like darkness and necromancy. It takes two months to check the main element, so you can check the four things mentioned above before the end of next year. If it is not one of these four, you will have no choice but to ask the British Empire for help.”
“If we ask the British Empire, they’ll use that as an excuse to ask for a lot of things. I don’t know if it’s worth it. Even if you don’t know the main element, you might be able to generate great power with just the basic four elements.”
“What if that main element is crucial in the fight against the monster? What if it is a special element that can more than double the territory of our Korean Empire? That is something we must report to the Imperial Court anyway. If we have tried hard enough and failed, we must seek help from the British Empire through the Imperial Court.”
“Then where should we send Shin Gi for this field training? As you know, Shin Gi is very confident in his abilities and has a personality that doesn’t easily catch the eye.”
“They just say he’s arrogant and presumptuous. With a mana affinity of 10, that level of personality isn’t really a flaw. He’s the third son of a Count who gets along well with other students and has the right to operate independently, but he’s not picky about people.”
“How about grouping the best kids together, sending them to a fierce battlefield with enough escort troops? I heard that new monsters have been appearing in the Jeju Island battlefield recently. How about that?”
“Jeju Island is too dangerous. No matter how many escort troops there are, Jeju Island is not a place with many variables. I think it would be better to have a more intense battle but a more stable situation.”
After careful discussion, the practical training site was decided to be Jindo. After the meeting, Kim Eun-gyeol, the headmaster of the Magic Academy who was left alone and a commoner who had been awarded the title of Honorary Marquis, muttered to himself.
“We need to quickly recover Daemado and stabilize Jeju Island so that our people can stay away from the battlefield. It’s really a headache since the royal family isn’t providing proper support. I really hope that Shingi student grows up quickly and saves the people who are struggling in hardship.”
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