Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 27
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Episode 27
The purpose of all player academies is the same.
The idea is to produce as many players as possible.
Player refers to those who have acquired a ‘class’ by completing a job change quest.
In short, the reason for the existence of the Player Academy is to ‘pass as many cadets as possible on the transfer quest.’
For this reason, the passing rate is an indicator of the academy’s ability.
The reason why the academies placed such importance on the pass rate was simple.
This is because the previous quest can only be taken once in a lifetime.
What was needed to complete the previous quest was an item called a ‘ticket’.
A ticket is an item that, when torn, allows you to move to a space where you can perform a job change quest.
There was only one way to obtain this ticket: by completing the tutorial quest in the Tutorial Zone.
There were two problems.
First, you can only do the tutorial once.
Second, tickets are bound items and cannot be transferred.
For these reasons, the previous quest became a test that could only be taken once.
That’s why academies were established, institutions that could increase the passing rate of this one-time exam through two years of education and training.
So, on days when there is a job change quest, there is bound to be a lot of tension in any academy.
Today, like KPA.
Today is D-40 until the collapse of civilization.
To take the previous quest, the KPA cadets gathered in the main auditorium.
They all had tense faces.
No, it’s more like a feeling of being a little tired rather than nervous.
In front of those students, professors including Youngsoo and the president, Gapseok, came and stood.
Gap-seok spoke to the cadets standing in a line, tense.
“As the president, I must give you some advice before you leave. Please don’t get hurt. That’s all.”
“yes!”
After hearing Gapseok’s instructions, the cadets felt a slight sense of relief seeping into their hearts.
But that leisure ended the moment Youngsoo stepped forward.
“Let’s do a final check. First, let’s start with your attire. Is everyone dressed as comfortably as possible?”
“yes!”
“Isn’t there anyone wearing armor? I’ll tell you again, the moment you enter the quest zone, the items you bring with you will stop functioning! Leave all your armor and weapons behind!”
“yes!”
“And you all remember where the classes you’re going to take are located, right?”
“yes!”
“Park Bu-hyung!”
The parents flinched.
“yes!”
“What class are you interested in?”
“I’m a dragon warrior!”
“Where is the gate for the Dragon Knight class?”
“It’s the ninth door in the three o’clock direction!”
“Okay! Sosehwa!”
“Huh? Uh, uh, yeah?”
A small female cadet standing at the corner of the line answered with startled surprise.
She was a girl whose image reminded me of a squirrel whenever I saw her.
Of course, the fun thing about the Awakened was that despite their appearance, they were stronger than Myeongcheol.
“What class do you want to take?”
“I, I, I, spirit, spirit master!”
“Where is the gate?”
“Room ten, direction, thirteenth!”
“Okay. This should be enough.”
Yeongsu’s gaze left Sehwa and looked around at all the cadets.
Youngsoo said.
“I’ll tell you one last thing. As you all know, I’m strong. I’m crazy strong. Even if everyone here were to come running with their swords, I’d probably win.”
“Professor Chun has a knack for saying the right thing in a really bad way.”
“Be quiet, Gapseok. Anyway, there must be students here who admire my strength for that reason. Even if they don’t show it.”
A few cadets nodded inwardly.
“It’s good to want to become strong like me. Aspiration is a great driving force for growth. However, no matter what, never apply to the Salvage class. You can survive even if you fail other classes’ quests, but Salvage will die.”
The cadets nodded heavily.
“… Of course I’ve said this several times before, but I’ll say it again because it’s important. Do you understand?”
“yes!”
“Okay. Everyone, take out your tickets.”
Yeah, yeah!
The cadets opened their inventories and took out their tickets.
The hands holding the tickets were shaking slightly.
Youngsoo said.
“Everyone, come in.”
Sizzle.
Ten cadets tore their tickets at the same time.
A flash of light burst out from the cut edge of the ticket.
The light instantly engulfed the cadets in flames.
And a moment later, when the flash went off.
The cadets had disappeared somewhere.
The previous quest has begun.
* * *
“Phew… … .”
The father opened his eyes in the middle of an unfamiliar space.
An infinitely expansive, pure white space.
It was exactly as Youngsoo had explained.
At that moment, a voice was heard from the air.
“You little man, choose your mission, your path. But be careful. The moment you cross the threshold, there is no turning back.”
Master!
Doors suddenly began to appear in the empty space.
Hundreds of doors and gates appeared around the parent figure.
The father recalled Youngsu’s teachings.
‘The gate location for the Dragon Knight class is three o’clock, ninth!’
The father ran in the three o’clock direction.
Indeed, the ninth door really had the words “Dragon Knight’s Door” written on it.
Take a deep breath.
The father kicked open the door and went inside.
Wow!
The scenery before my eyes changed again.
A vast expanse of brown land.
and-
Swaaaah!
Three dragon heads began to slowly circle around the statue.
Red, blue and black dragon heads.
A different voice from before was heard from the air.
“A dragon fighter is someone who uses martial arts based on the movements of a dragon. So choose. Which dragon mission appeals to you?”
The father recalled the coaching Youngsoo had done.
-Choose the red dragon head, no matter what. That’s the easiest.
-What color should I absolutely avoid?
-Black. If you don’t want to drop the quest, don’t choose black.
Phew!
As the father took hold of the red dragon head in his hands, the dragon head transformed into a pair of red gauntlets.
The father quickly put on the gauntlets.
‘The next step is obvious… … .’
Kookookookook!
Huge red stone walls lined up like dominoes, blocking the way in front of the father and son.
The voice said.
“Go ahead. I will show you what you can do.”
Instructions to advance while breaking the stone wall with your fists.
The father thought back to Youngsoo’s coaching.
-Usually, you panic and end up punching the center of the stone wall. Don’t do that.
-sure?
-If you look closely, there’s a slightly cracked part. Hit it. All stone walls have cracks in random locations, and if you hit them, you can break them much more easily.
-Can you see that…?
-That’s why we do this training.
After saying that, Youngsu trained his father by beating him mercilessly with a wooden stick.
It’s said to develop eye power.
And the effect was evident.
‘It’s visible.’
Kwajik!
As I struck the crack I had captured with my fist, the stone wall collapsed in an instant, almost to the point of being absurd.
‘… It’s really just as the professor said?!’
This is a pretty tough quest where you have to break 100 stone walls within the time limit to pass.
But thanks to Youngsoo, Buhyung found out about the loophole in the quest…
‘It’s so easy!’
Quagwagwa!
He began to run at a terrifying speed, breaking through the stone wall with great ease.
And at the same time, other cadets were also completing their quests with great success.
By using all the tricks that Youngsoo had taught me.
– Always choose the wind spirit and take on the quest. Then, blow your breath into the spirit with all your might. It will be easier to control.
-You are not required to choose only one of the given swords. Choose two and start the quest. One dagger and one longsword. This combination is the best.
-You’re an aspiring alchemist, right? When the quest starts, taste all the potions given to you. This will make the quest a little easier. Don’t worry, you won’t die.
-If you are aspiring to be a puppeteer, just remember this. If you have trouble controlling the puppet, just swing the puppet around and beat it. You can still pass the quest.
As they watched all sorts of tricks come out, the cadets asked Youngsoo.
How on earth do you know all this?
Yeongsu answered with a calm expression.
“I’ve tried everything.”
He said.
* * *
Hongryeon Academy Grand Auditorium.
Amidst the presence of numerous high-ranking officials of the Hongryeon, 30 cadets lined up holding ‘tickets’.
And the master of the red lotus, Hong Mu-jong, stepped forward.
“… That’s what it means to bear the name of Hongryeon. With all your heart and soul, with the mindset of breaking through and overcoming everything you encounter… … .”
King Mujong’s speech continued for nearly 20 minutes.
After the lecture, the staff walked around and carefully checked the condition of the cadets.
After all preparations were completed.
Squeak!
The cadets tore up their tickets.
All of Hongryeon’s students, including Ma Hyeon-woo, disappeared at once.
* * *
KPA’s auditorium.
Youngsoo and Gapseok sat on the auditorium chairs and quietly waited for the cadets.
at that time.
Flash!
There was a flash of light and a cadet appeared.
He was a cadet who had red gauntlets on both hands and was covered in gravel all over his body.
Looking at the aura slowly swirling around his fist, Youngsoo said.
“Congratulations, Yongkwonsa Park Bu-hyung.”
“thank you!”
The father’s transition to a dragon swordsman was complete.
After that, the cadets who had taken the quest began to return one after another.
“The Taoist priest has arrived.”
Kim Myeong-cheol.
“I, I, I, I became a spirit master!”
So Se-hwa.
And then right after that, Hong Jeong-hoo.
Noh Ji-an.
Jang Do-su.
Jo Ha-seong.
Heo Young-ah.
Oh Yang-ho.
Nine out of ten cadets began returning to the auditorium as full-fledged players with classes.
“…oh my god.”
Gap-seok was speechless as he watched this absurd sight.
During that time, KPA’s passing rate was barely in the 30 percent range.
But now, the passing rate has soared to 90 percent.
however-
“I don’t think Junyoung has come yet.”
“It’ll take a while. The quest to become a magician is quite difficult… … .”
At that moment.
Kiing!
Finally, the last cadet, Woo Jun-young, has returned.
“Whoaaaa!”
In a way that was out of keeping with his usual calm demeanor, Junyoung let out a loud breath that was almost like a scream.
The clothes he was wearing were practically rags, he had many wounds here and there, and his eyes were out of focus.
And the long spear he was holding was filled with a black aura.
What it means is… … .
“The magician Woo Jun-young has returned.”
I had passed that difficult magician quest.
The first 100 percent pass rate in any Korean academy.
The auditorium was instantly transformed into a festival venue.
“Wow!”
“What the hell, everyone passed… …!”
“I succeeded! I succeeded!!”
Yeongsu watched the students running around, hugging each other, with a smiling face.
* * *
“… Cadet Lee Su-ho, failed.”
Hongryeon’s staff held Suho from both sides as he returned, battered and wounded.
While being dragged out, Suho screamed and made a fuss.
“No! Please give me one more chance!! There is a way, there is a way! Hongryeon always has a way!!”
With this, out of 30 Hongryeon cadets, 11 passed and 18 failed.
A miserable passing rate of less than 40 percent.
The expression on Hong Mu-jong, the Master of the Red Lotus, gradually became more and more rotten.
“… Professor Koh Jong-yeop, what is going on?”
Jongyeop couldn’t say anything.
All he can do is wait for the last cadet who has not yet come out.
‘Ma Hyun-woo… …!’
Jongyeop desperately searched for Ma Hyeonwoo in his heart.
Ma Hyeon-woo, who will make a splendid comeback as a magician.
But at that moment, Ma Hyeon-woo was doing something completely opposite to Jong-yeop’s expectations.
“Death blesses you who have prepared yourself for the mission of death.”
Hyunwoo did not open the door to the magician’s shop.
What Hyunwoo opened was the door of ‘Salsu’.
A voice continued to flow out from the darkness.
“Lights up.”
Empty.
The dark space suddenly became bright.
This is a small, enclosed room.
however…….
“uh?”
“what?”
Ma Hyeon-woo wasn’t the only one in this space.
Because there were nine people I was seeing for the first time locked in this room together.
“Are those… the people who applied to buy it?”
“yes.”
“me too…….”
These are all people who applied for the water class.
The moment they recognized each other’s existence, the quest finally came down.
“Only one winner among these will be able to walk the path of death.”
“… … !”
“You will win the victory with the dagger placed before you.”
Ten men, ten daggers, but only one can be the winner.
So what had to be done was simple.
Sreung!
“asleep!”
“These little bastards… … !”
Killing each other until only one remains.
That was the only way it could be salvaged.