Hidden Sanity at Villain School - Chapter 50



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(050)

“The duel evaluation will be conducted on a semester basis. Once a week, you will duel one-on-one with a first-year student. Your opponent will be chosen 100% randomly. It could be a student from your class 1, or it could be a student from class 20.”

The teaching assistant moved to the next slide as she explained.

1. Gold Wing 30%.

2. Silver Wing 30%.

3. Dong-ik (Bronze Wing) 30%.

4. Iron Wing 10%.

“You will be divided into four ranks based on your score. You all start at the Silver Rank, and once you win, you will move up to a higher rank. Conversely, once you lose, you will immediately drop to a lower rank.”

Ina spoke coldly, as if sentencing a punishment.

“Regardless of whether you win or lose, there are duel evaluation points for each match, and losing at the Gold Wing level gives you higher points than winning at the Dong-ik level. So, you should definitely try to get a high level.”

The students listened to her story breathlessly.

“Also, all students who remain in the Iron Wing class at the end of a semester will be expelled. If you are in the Iron Wing class, you must absolutely win the duel evaluation in the last week.”

Every word was shocking news.

Since 10% of the grades are lost every semester, 20% of the first year students are lost just from this duel evaluation.

The students who were saddened by the disappearance of one or two people from the group this morning gaped in shock.

From now on, instead of one or two people disappearing, one or two people may remain.

“Okay. Here’s a question. Is there a student who can explain the difference between the Great Demon Battle from the last performance evaluation and the Great Hunter Battle from this duel evaluation?”

Ina looked down at the students and asked.

chuck.

A boy with neat gray hair and glasses raised his hand.

Ina gestured to him, and Moo-hyun Jun responded exemplarily.

“In the last performance evaluation, we fought 4 vs. 1, but in this duel evaluation, we will fight 1 vs. 1. Since my teammates cannot compensate for my weaknesses, it is important to either develop my strengths or eliminate my weaknesses.”

Ina nodded slightly.

“That’s right. That’s great. In the last performance evaluation, you just had to move according to your position. The searcher just had to search, the body caster just had to block, and the elementalist or psychic just had to attack from a distance. But that’s no longer the case.”

She turned her eyes to the other student who had raised her hand.

“Student Kang Joo-hyuk. Could you answer this part as well?”

Kang Joo-hyuk nodded, lowered his hand, and spoke in a booming voice.

“Yes, Professor. In a duel, unlike a duel with a demon, you need to strike a balance between speed, firepower, and defense. Techniques that take a long time to prepare for use, techniques that are greatly affected by terrain or equipment, and techniques with obvious trajectories are of little use.”

He glanced at Yoo Sang-ah, a psychotronic in his group, and Joo Da-hyun, the nominal leader of Group 8.

“In the same context, analyzing and defending against your opponent’s abilities becomes important. No matter how powerful your supernatural abilities are, you can still be defeated by a single bullet.”

“Very good.”

Kang Joo-hyuk bowed his head at Lee Na’s gesture.

She continued speaking, looking around at the students.

“Positional dance, analysis of opponents, defense. All the important keywords are there. They are all correct. In fact, if you look into it in detail, the differences between the great demon battle, the great hunter battle, and the person-to-person battle are endless. But there is a reason why I am telling you this story.”

“… … .”

The students were silent.

Some people looked as if they knew something, while others just stared at Ina’s mouth.

“I think that through this mission evaluation, you will have felt something while performing various missions with others or alone. You should not be stuck in the moment when the four of you joined forces to fight the Minotaur. Let go of your fixed ideas and use your innate characteristics and what you learned in class in various ways. That will be the key to winning against your peers.”

“Yes, Professor!”

The students answered loudly in unison.

‘How is nothing easy?’

Sega smiled confidently, but began to worry deeply inside.

‘From now on, the devil isn’t everything. I have to practice how to fight people. I have to fight those who know more about this industry than I do, and have been living as an Awakened for longer than I have. And I have to win overwhelmingly, and prove that I am a green sprout who will one day become a superhuman.’

On the other hand, Iljinrim, who was sitting next to me, was smiling with genuine joy.

“Is it good?”

Leegyeom also smiled wickedly and turned on his smartphone, opening up a list of analyses by class and student.

“This is the taste of Shinseoul. Hehe. I’ll analyze it to the bone.”

Sega asked without realizing it.

“Are you looking forward to it?”

Iljinrim nodded as if it was natural.

“Are they all too petty to you?”

“No. Fighting with people.”

“It’s fun, isn’t it? Fighting people. Isn’t it fun to see that what I’ve prepared is more elaborate, more sophisticated, and more powerful than what he’s prepared?”

The moment Sega heard those words, he felt a strange feeling.

‘Is that so?’

Unlike usual, there was no instinctive rejection.

No, really, it seemed a little promising.

Thump. Thump.

My heart was definitely beating fast.

‘Is this the kind of fear that a sane person would naturally feel? Or is it?’

In front of me, Ina said:

“Then let’s move and continue the lesson.”

I thought as I got up from my seat.

‘Is this the thrill of losing my mind?’

* * *

Ina took the students of Class 1 to one of the large gym buildings.

“From now on, we will each train freely, check our abilities, and establish techniques to use in one-on-one combat. The assistants will be walking around, so if you have any questions, please ask them on the spot.”

At the mention of free training, 54 students dispersed in an instant.

Someone was warming up by tapping on a wooden stick alone.

Some people sat down and tapped away on their laptops, watching videos of other hunters.

Some people paired up and practiced duels.

The assistants also lent us protective vests similar to the training uniforms they wore during the Minotaur performance evaluation.

Sega was lost in thought for a while, separated from the 8 trillion members.

‘What strategy should I use?’

‘My base is body magic, but I can also use lightning magic, pyrotechnics, psychokinesis, and swordsmanship to some extent.’

‘Of all the techniques you can use now, swordsmanship is the most powerful. However, swordsmanship alone won’t be effective against long-range attacks or fire-type attacks.’

Then the teaching assistant came and spoke to me.

“What are you thinking? Student Jeong Se-ga.”

“Oh, teacher. I’m having a hard time deciding how to fight.”

“What did you say!?”

The beautiful assistant’s face suddenly distorted and she made an expression as if to say something nonsensical.

‘What is he saying now?’

It was the funniest thing she had heard this year, or in her entire life.

“yes?”

“No. The name of the Yoshi, Asterios Slayer. It doesn’t seem like something a Sega student would worry about. Didn’t you get a higher grade in the mission evaluation this time?”

“This is my first time fighting a fellow Hunter. And since I have no connection with this industry, I can’t even imagine fighting an Awakened One.”

The assistant noticed that Sega, who was more than two inches taller than her, was looking a little embarrassed, unlike his usual confident self.

‘He has this side too.’

After seeing him swing his sword around madly while exuding aura, it was a different experience to see him like a nervous 17-year-old boy.

“Come here for a moment. I know it’s not a good idea to give advice like this, but I think a student like Sega might need some shock therapy.”

She pulled Sega towards her and made him watch the other students sparring and training from a distance.

“Sega, what would you do if you were to duel that student of the Strong Body Magician?”

Sega looked at the male student who was a shaman and was pounding on the wooden crow.

‘It’s too… … crude?’

‘Your legs are stiff.’

‘Do you really need to worry so much about defense? If you’re up against two psychics, the one that’s more solid will usually win, and if you’re up against an elementalist or psychic, then charging like crazy is more important, right?’

He was a student who was considered one of the best in class 1, and although I don’t know how he will develop in the future, I think I could defeat him with just body art if we were to fight right now.

“Hmm. I think it’ll be over if I just rush in and throw a rebound jab.”

The teaching assistant pointed to the next student.

“Then what about that female student?”

She was a lightning wizard who had just started training, and her strategy was to use bio-electricity amplification to launch herself and then continue with lightning blasts.

“I can physically keep up with that speed. I won’t be able to match that friend’s specialty, lightning blast, but if I block with my sword and charge, I think I can land a decent hit. It wouldn’t be bad to use invisible telekinesis attacks at close range.”

“Then what about that boy?”

The teaching assistant pointed to the next student, the next, the next, and Sega answered without much trouble each time.

“Do you understand?”

“yes?”

“Sega, you’ve never had trouble answering questions before.”

“Are you telling me to believe in myself?”

The assistant nodded.

“Sega is likely to be in a position where he will be challenged objectively. He is already a famous person in the entire school, so he will be the number one priority for the entire student body right now.”

In fact, Sega’s name was going up and down like crazy in the internet right now.

[If I meet Jeong Se-ga or Kang Ju-hyeok this week, I will definitely start at the Dong-ik level. It might be more efficient to give up on participating and save my health.]

[Actually, it seems like elemental magicians who are good at one thing like Joo Da-hyun or Yoon Da-na can somehow be beaten. The problem is those like Jeong Se-ga who are based on a body magician and use other abilities, but they are truly invincible.]

[Huh? He can chew everything up just by using his sword, but there’s someone who uses swordsmanship, fire, lightning, telekinesis, and body magic? Huh? But you say I can fight him? I’m just a potato who uses telekinesis!]

“That means Sega students are more likely to start out with all their ability information revealed. So what should we do?”

Sega thought for a moment and then answered.

“Build up your skills to the point where you can’t win even if you know it.”

The assistant nodded at the confident voice.

‘He’s back. Look at those eyes. Are those the eyes of a 17-year-old? He looks like he’s been active for about 10 years.’

Whoever it might be, it was obvious that whoever Jeong Se-ga would face in the duel evaluation would have a hard time.

“That’s right. That’s the strategy that Sega students should adopt.”

Sega felt his mind becoming more organized.

‘Yeah. Let’s become someone who can beat anyone.’

Instead of thinking of any one student as an enemy, he began training as he usually did.

He struck wooden crows, swung his sword, blew up flames, shot lightning, and hurled iron bullets and invisible swords.

‘My magical power has definitely increased. My body feels full of strength.’

Her beautiful blue eyes sparkled with magic.

The students of Class 1 looked at the sight and thought.

‘I really hope that things don’t go this way.’

‘You’re saying that with additional abilities, you can get 80% of the output of those with that main ability? The Earth Online balance patch is ruined.’

‘I tried to spar with him, but I almost got torn to pieces.’

While Sega was practicing telekinesis on one side,

“The situation.”

A low, growling voice was heard.

Phew!

The next moment, a lump of something flew at me at incredible speed.

If it weren’t for the situation, I could have been hit in the face and fallen at that speed.

Snap!

Sega reached forward and grabbed it.

The moment I caught it, dust rose up as I saw how hard it had flown.

It was a protective vest.

“Put it on. Let’s try it on.”

Kang Joo-hyuk was standing a few steps away like a mountain, looking at him.

After that, his faction came rushing in and laughed bitterly.

Sega smiled confidently and lifted his vest.

“You? With me?”

And then he threw it back at my face in the same way.