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Chapter 5: Magic Training (1)

  As Xavier sat on the tallest seat, he observed the classroom in search of the instructor.

  “Where the hell is the instructor?” a male student from on the left side of the stairs complained. The student’s family, the Gherios family, used to work as Xavier’s servants until they were allowed to be promoted.

  Xavier grinned after a mischievous thought emerged in his head.

  Twenty minutes passed, but there was no sight of the teacher.

  “This is bullshit, I’m leaving.” Xavier stood up from his seat. All the students watched him as he walked down the steps delinquently with a furrowed face, two hands in his pocket, and a slightly hunched back.

  When Xavier was halfway down, a blurry figure appeared behind the glass of the classroom door.

  “The instructor?” asked a female student.

  Before he could finish going down the stairway, the wooden door slid open and revealed a pale guy with visible eyebags. He had an extremely simple, yet uncommon, hair style. Smooth, pitch-black hair that covered all of his forehead and half his eyes.

  That wasn't the instructor. The pathetic-looking guy that walked in was...

  “I am Park Min-Jun. Hope we can all be good acquaintances,” the guy bowed.

  “Why the hell are you..” Min-Jun, again, cut off Xavier amidst his rowdy speeches.

  “I just started attending after two years, so I might not remember a lot of things taught here. Treat me well.”

  Whispers and gossip in the room emerged after Min-Jun’s short introduction.

  “The guy with stinky magic.”

  “He’s the demonic guy.”

  “Isn't that the cute guy who walked around with a bloody shirt?”

  Ignoring the gossip, Min-Jun walked past Xavier and passed him a light grin when they aligned. He sat on the seat right next to the steps—which was, maybe by coincidence, beside Xavier’s seat.

  At that moment, a tall old man walked in. The old man was balding; his silver hair seemed to form a ring around his scalp. He fixed the color of his sophisticated brown suit and eyed the students. The reflective golden pin featuring a simplified bouquet of grapes on his suit shone brightly, signifying his status in the academy.

  Instructor: Archmage.

  The old man sighed. “I am your instructor for today. Call me Sir Heldrich.” His brows raised and his face held an arrogant expression. “All stand up.”

  The students stood up immediately, though some were confused. The patterns on the wooden floor and crimson carpets glowed as the instructor chanted something.

  “?? ???? ??????? ?????”

  Min-Jun’s and everyone else's hair waved and flowed due to the magic particles floating in the air.

  “Woahh…” he muttered. He was amazed—this wasn’t his first time seeing this, though.

  A girl on the top right corner of the seats slept soundly. Her hair also flew everywhere and made her look like a Medusa.

  [Transporting location to 'Academy Training Field'.]

  Particles of magic floated about, and the next thing they knew, the entirety of the room was enveloped in bright glitters of blue.

  [Location transported.]

  *

  All twenty students were teleported to a place with vast fields of grass and dirt. Everyone was in the same position they were in: two rectangular groups of students, Vervillia Xavier standing in the center, and the teacher in the front.

  They landed on yellowish, hardened dirt. The girl who did not stand up had the consequence of collapsing face-flat which turned the class to a harmony of giggles.

  “Ow!” the girl wailed as she picked herself. “Fuck! Why didn’t any bastard wake me up?!”

  No one answered her and merely stared in silence.

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  “Hey, it’s kinda your fault that you were sleeping,” Park Min-Jun suggested.

  [Divine beings are chuckling.]

  Sometimes Min-Jun forgot that divine beings exist. He thought they pose almost zero importance most of the time. All they do is watch and react.

  ‘Come to think of it, where are these beings even watching from?’

  The delinquent girl bent down to look at Min-Jun’s face more closely. “What the fuck am I supposed to do when the dumbass instructor was more than ten minutes late? Huh, bastard?”

  He didn’t reply.

  That was Choi Yeong-Ja from a family of blacksmiths. For such a pretty face, she had a vulgar mouth.

  The instructor glared at them with furrowed brows. He cleared his throat before he snapped his fingers.

  [Sir Heldrich is activating “Creature Reservation Lv. 10”!]

  [50 out of 50 creatures have been summoned.]

  [KRIEEEEEEK!]

  Rabbits and hamsters with sharp teeth and demonic red eyes, piglets that, for some reason, have bulking muscles, and baby hedgehog monsters appeared and surrounded us. They created a symphony of squeals and deafening yelps. The creatures rampaged around and suddenly started to attack the students.

  “Kyaa! The pig is ramming onto my ankles!”

  “Ow, ow, the hedgehog!”

  He kidnapped these creatures from their mothers and isolated them in the system, hence the creatures were all anxious and violent when they were finally free.

  Min-Jun glanced back at the instructor with a grim expression. The instructor was still holding his esteemed, arrogant look. Sir Heldrich grinned at him lightly.

  “I will be observing you students from here.” The instructor used air magic to levitate in the air. “Attack these creatures and show me your current skills.”

  [A new task is set by the instructor!]

  ['Massacre the monsters and leave none behind.']

  - Compensation: None.

  - Penalty: None.

  “You heard him, bastards!” The first one to start massacring the monsters was Choi Yeong-Ja, followed by the crown prince.

  “Hahahaha!” They both laughed maniacally.

  [Vervillia Xavier is using 'Flame Bullets Lv.5'!]

  [Choi Yeong-Ja is using ‘Black Flames Lv.5'!]

  Their enthusiasm encouraged others to start brutally killing the low-level creatures.

  “F-fireball!”

  “Water cannon!”

  “Summon ‘Crusader’s Sword’! Take this, piglet!”

  [KIEEEEEK! EEEEK!]

  ‘What the hell? These people are insane. What type of magic training class is this, anyway? And why are the students saying their spells out loud…’ Min-Jun thought to himself.

  Min-Jun almost chuckled.

  “Th-this is just too cruel..” He heard a voice behind him.

  He turned around to see a short, soft looking guy. The guy had jaw-length ginger hair, eyes that curved, cheeks filled with freckles… he overall looked vulnerable. He also wore the academy’s green cape uniform—it was attached with a hood. His legs were bent inward as he held a long wooden staff.

  ‘Is this guy… Nevermind.’

  If Min-Jun recalled correctly, that guy was Julian of the Folia family. The family specialized in herbal medicine for the poor and nature and water magic. They were famous doctors and artisans.

  “Why do you think it’s cruel?” Min-Jun asked him.

  Folia Julian looked at him as if he were surprised about something. “A-ah, it’s because these creatures are young and weak.. This massacre just feels wrong.”

  Min-Jun thought Julian was right to an extent; but at the end of the day, they were still monsters. If not culled soon, they will become bigger and stronger. When that happens, there will be more human deaths.

  “They’re still monsters, you know.”

  “Why aren’t you killing them, as per the instructions, then?”

  Min-Jun looked at him, dazed and not knowing how to answer. He attempted to activate a basic spell anyone can use, a fire element-based spell called “fireball,” but this thing…

  [The illness '??? Lv. ???' is blocking attempted action.]

  “Miraculum, sed tragoedia,” he tried the chant to see if it would work.

  [The illness '??? Lv. ???' is blocking attempted action.]

  As he expected. Why does he have a “???” illness, and why was it not allowing him to activate basic spells? This was really concerning.

  [A divine being is curious about your condition.]

  “Min-Jun.. do you, perhaps, have no compatibility for any type of magic?” Julian looked like a pufferfish. He was trying to be kind and hold in a laugh, but the expression he had really backfired.

  “...”

  “Sorry.”

  That didn’t help ease Min-Jun’s mood. Well, at least Julian’s self-esteem rose.

  [Task completed.]

  “Good job, students! With this, I have evaluated your current skill in magic…” Sir Heldrich looked at the students who didn’t attack the creatures. “..and personality.”

  Giggles and whispers formed once again, eyes darting towards Min-Jun, mainly.

  “Oi, fuckface. You didn’t attack, didn’t you?”

  Min-Jun regretted interacting with Choi Yeong-Ja.

  “Silence.” The instructor snapped his fingers again.

  [Sir Heldrich is activating 'Beast Summoning Lv. 5']

  Five werewolf hounds spawned in the center of the students. Those monsters are between medium and high rank. It would take a super skilled person to kill them in one hit. Knowing that, the students immediately backed away.

  “You will all take turns attacking these with your two strongest spells.”

  Chains appeared around these monsters’ ankles and wrists. Their movements were now restricted, allowing the rest of us to attack freely.

  “I will use [Appraisal] on you to see if it’s truly your strongest spell.”

  Min-Jun was doomed.

   Fin.

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