Chapter - 380 - Volume 16 - The meaning of survival (2).txt
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[380] Volume 16 – The Meaning of Survival (2)
"Then I am of course Shirone."
Amy, who moved to the red team, gave high fives to Shirone, Eruki, and Nade in turn and settled down.
"Sheesh, I'm so eager to jump out. That's why freshmen can't do it."
The screamer didn't like the fact that Shirone was the first to quit.
Even those who have been in the senior class for two or three years are cautious about choosing a team. In the midst of this, Shirone suddenly raised the flag of the team, which was a disrespect for the ranks and a display of himself.
'At least that guy is a little better.'
The screamer turned to Dante.
Judging from the fact that they are still thinking about it, it seems that there is something in common between No. 1 and No. 1.
There's no change in being a guy you don't like, but putting emotions first in the evaluation was a shortcut to being eliminated.
"Hey, let's join Fermi with me. I know because I did it last year. If it's Fermi, it's an unconditional victory. Of course, I won't be easy."
Bringing in Dante can isolate Syrone. Then, more team members could be recruited.
"Hmm."
Dante didn't even listen to the screamer's words.
He, who was lost in his thoughts alone, moved with his colleagues.
"let's go. I have decided."
The screamer's face contorted.
Even Dante, who was said to be the best in the kingdom in terms of talent, was joining the team with Shirone.
'What the hell? Not even kids… … .'
When Dante, Canis, and Arin crossed the line and went to the red team, I was annoyed beyond absurd.
'What happened to your hair? Do you know what survival is? The answer would have come if I had only investigated last year's results.'
In last year's survival assessment, the ratio between the red team and the blue team was a whopping 22 to 8.
As a result, the majority of choices were correct.
Of course, Fermi belonged to the 22, and he endured until the 5th stage to become the final survivor.
'it's annoying. To think I have to do this again.'
The screamer trembled.
The things you will experience in the Virtual Zone today are extreme situations that will not come out even in your dreams.
The difficulty level was prepared up to level 7, but there was no need to go there anyway.
I heard that there is only one person in the history of Alpheas Magic School who has passed the 7th level of survival.
Even that was just an unconfirmed fact.
"Oh no, yes. Become my score sacrifice. Let's go, Pony."
The screamer turned around and headed for the blue team. Pony, who had been staring at Shirone for a while, followed.
With more students choosing teams, Boyle made a decision after much deliberation and told Pandora.
"I'm going with the blue team. you pick quickly Unless you want to hear later that you only put a fork on it."
Pandora tilted her head.
"blue? Do you have any reason to be confident?"
"On my own. but i won't tell you Because I don't want to influence your judgment."
"It's okay, tell me. I won't be swayed."
Then Boyle looked around and whispered into Pandora's ear.
"As you know, survival is an event that evaluates self-denial. It's not about skill or anything like that, it's about patience."
"however?"
"I heard that there is only one person in the history of the school who has completed survival. We probably won't make it to the end either. That's why it's best to leave it to someone who specializes in this and care about the record."
"Hmm… … ."
"You know, Fermi was the last survivor for four years in a row."
"I see what you mean. But if that's the case, Shirone isn't easy either. Because it's an unlocker. The mental intensity must be considerable. In fact, I showed good grades in cognition and judgment."
Boyle let out a sad sigh.
Why did we set the difficulty level of survival assessment so high?
This is because if it is possible for even one person to endure, the confrontation itself will not be established in the first place.
If you can pass step 7 without fail, everyone will stick to that person unless you are an idiot, and the balance of the team eventually becomes 30 to 0.
Therefore, it is the same for Syrone and Fermina to be eliminated.
If so, it follows that Fermi, who has undergone a survival test for at least four years, has a much better advantage.
The fact that students from class 2 and above are heading to the blue team without any doubt also proves Boyle's thoughts.
"Well, you decide. Anyway, I'm going to Fermi."
Boyle didn't say what he thought.
It's a value judgment anyway. They share information as they have learned together from a young age, but from the moment they try to convince them, the alliance system is bound to crack.
Pandora looked at Boyle as she entered the blue team.
She was also troubled, but as expected, it was Shirone who confirmed her ability with her own eyes.
The reason most of Class Three belonged to the red team was probably because they had similar thoughts to her.
"Ah, it's either this or that anyway."
Pandora followed Boyle to the blue team.
Even though it was a senior year without blood or tears, it was she who realized the importance of allies at the same time.
'If it's 50%, let's die together.'
By the time Pandora chose the blue team, the outlines of the team were beginning to emerge.
As expected, the students who did not get high grades in the evaluation were cautious until the end.
One of them was Maya.
She had been in the senior class for a long time, so she knew that it was advantageous to stick with Fermi.
'Um, I guess… … .'
Maya turned to see Fermi. Then he said the screamer on the blue team raised his chin.
"Hey, are you sure you want to come here?"
Collie spoke sternly.
"Screamer, outside pressure is prohibited in team selection."
"I was just asking."
"Warning. If you get another warning, you are eliminated."
"Sheesh!"
The screamer clicked his tongue and turned his head. But this too was part of the calculation.
Maya is worth pushing away with a single warning.
So far, he has been in the same group as Maya in terms of strategy and tactics, so he has suffered severe loss of points.
If you become the same team here, the difference in points remains the same whether you win or lose, so you can't avoid being a team in strategy and tactics.
On the other hand, if the team split, and if he won, the gap of 40 points widened, so he was able to escape from the disgusting Maya.
'Please let's tear up here. You go to Class Three, and I go to Class One.'
Maya was depressed and moved to the red team.
Even if it wasn't external pressure, I didn't have the courage to become a team after seeing the hostile attitude of the screamer.
She approached Shirone.
Since he was the first to pick the red team, he thought it was the same as Shirone's team.
"Can you accept me?"
Shirone said with a bright smile.
"of course. Because even one person is more advantageous. And I didn't accept it, you chose our team."
Eruki and Nade stepped back left and right and gave up their seats as if to ask them to come in.
It was a strategic decision to plant a sense of belonging in her, although she was angry at the screamer's grumpiness.
'Self-denial is governed by psychology. It's important that even one person last longer.'
In the end, those with strong durability would remain, but being with a teammate could be a powerful weapon in itself.
"I want to go this way too."
Dorothy entered the red team with sleepy eyes.
Then Luman followed, and the timid Suabi also moved cautiously, keeping an eye on him.
'Oh, is this surprising?'
Nade glanced sideways at the three people who had just entered.
It is highly likely that Dorothy was the motive for the judgment that Ruman, who did not like Shirone, chose the red team.
Of course, Dorothy was almost the only person Luman was close to, but it was necessary to reconsider that Suabi, who was indecisive and indecisive, immediately joined in.
'Some in Class Two have considerable confidence in Dorothy's judgment. That means… … Is it really like Eruki said, that he's a brain type?'
With everyone choosing a team, only Eider remained.
The trouble with being the youngest was the same in this situation.
The older brothers and older sisters who were usually close were divided into two teams, so I was worried about where to put the enemies.
'Hmm, where should I go to spread rumors that I've lined up well?'
Shirone was looking at him with a kind smile.
Eider, who felt a sense of trust as a team, also jumped there with a smile.
"hmm! hmm!"
Then the screamer covered his mouth and cleared his throat.
If they received one more warning, they would be eliminated, so they had no choice but to signal with a sound.
Fortunately, Eider turned his head to see if it worked.
Collie's eyes were keenly watching the crowd, so the screamer was distracted to pass the time.
'Screamer hyung… … .'
In the senior class, the person who pampered Eider the most was the screamer.
However, he took care of him as much as he did, so he was one of those people who should never be looked down upon.
After changing his mind, Eider bowed his head to everyone on the red team, then turned and ran to the blue team.
"teacher! sorry! I will change the team."
Collie sighed.
However, it was not possible to give a warning only with a heart attack, so the procedure was eventually concluded.
Coincidentally, the members of the red team and the blue team were exactly 50-50, 15 to 15.
'Hmm, Park Bing. It's been quite a while.'
No, it was the first time since Fermi stood out in the survival test.
'Shirone's presence is that great.'
The advanced class and the senior class are completely different worlds, but the title of the kingdom's number one prospect was as strong as ever.
The title he won after defeating the former strongest Dante must have also played a role.
"Now that the team has been decided, let's enter the Virtual Zone."
As 30 people moved in groups to the center of the virtual zone, Collie followed them and explained.
"Listen, everyone. It is a life-and-death matter."
The students of Class 3, which was their first survival test, looked especially nervous.
"Virtual Zone is not 2,000 times. It means that information is not converted into anti-magic and transmitted. The runes inscribed on the floor borrow sophisticated magical engineering techniques to inject certain senses into your spirit zone as if they were real."
If the body is under the control of the mind, it is not strange that a person locked in a cold storage room at room temperature freezes to death. But this time, it was a way to hit the information directly into the spirit zone, an extremely sensitive state of mind.
"No matter how virtual it is, it can put strain on the mind. Once you enter the survival test, your brain is put into a hemisphere state by shock. Therefore, it would be impossible to consciously leave the Virtual Zone."
A dark shadow fell over Class Three's face.
"Especially from level 4 onwards, it is really dangerous, so the teachers will also check your condition through visions. However, as it is an official evaluation of the red line, you must remember that even if a dangerous situation arises, you will not be able to save it."
Collie spread her two index fingers.
"There are two ways you can get out of the Virtual Zone. First, release the Spirit Zone. Second, if you can't unlock the Spirit Zone by all means, shout 'Toako'. be sure to remember Toako."
Toako is a word that has no meaning, and was a randomly generated password for the survival test.
This is because using meaningful words leaves room for abuse in test situations.
"Teachers never respond to words that are not toako. Please save me, I give up, the Virtual Zone is strange, etc., it means that no matter what I say, I will not be able to save you."
All the students in the graduating class showed their spleen eyes.
"What I want to ask you to do is do your best, but don't be stubborn. This is just a rehearsal. Also, if you feel any abnormality after leaving the Virtual Zone, speak up immediately and receive mental treatment. Did you understand everything?"
"yes!"
The students' voices echoed through the mountains of the training ground.
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Chapter - 381 - Volume 16 - The Meaning of Survival (3) 2.txt
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[381] Volume 16 – The Meaning of Survival (3)
Collie went down the virtual zone and the 30 students were divided into red and blue teams.
Shirone took a deep breath and relaxed.
Survival evaluation is neither a person-to-person battle against people nor a strategic tactic against monsters.
There is no way to win against Mother Nature.
The pain was inevitable, and now there were 10 seconds before the pain came.
Maybe that's why some of the students who experienced last year were already bleeding from their faces.
'shit. If it wasn't for this, I would have been in my graduating class for 10 years.'
The number one event that seniors want to avoid the most.
It was a survival test.
-Transmits information to the Virtual Zone. 5 seconds waiting time. 4 seconds. 3 seconds… … .
When the woman's voice was heard, a group of people with different eyes was revealed: students closing their eyes tightly, students loosening their shoulders and necks, and students calming down with calm expressions.
Shirone also gazed straight ahead and calmed down. Then someone hit me on the arm. It was Eruki.
"I'll see you live, Shirone."
-Data transmission complete. Virtual Zone Activates the Virtual Cold Program.
Beyond Eruki's bitterly smiling face, the scenery began to shimmer.
The scenery of the virtual zone disappeared in an instant, like turning a picture book, and the top of the snowy mountain appeared.
Shirone looked around with a surprised expression.
A cold wind blew into his nose, and the snow all over the place shone with the reflection of the sunlight.
The sky is close enough to touch.
The snowy mountains that wrapped around it like a wall were revealing vivid colors as if condensed milk had been poured on the rocks.
"here… … First stage of survival?"
The situation itself was the first since the survival program was reset every time even for students of Class 2 or higher.
Eruki looked back and raised a finger.
"It starts from there."
Shirone's eyes widened as he looked back.
A gigantic smoke that I had never seen before, and that I would never see again, was coming down slowly.
It was an avalanche.
"Damn it!"
A number of students, including Boyle and Pandora, cast teleportation and flew in the opposite direction.
But some, including Shirone, just stood there.
The avalanche's approach is much slower than expected. It is pouring from great heights. Nevertheless, the fact that it looked huge meant that an unimaginable amount of eyes were pouring in.
"It's not a situation I was made to avoid… … ."
Woo woo woo woo!
A snowball of astronomical mass landed on the top, pushing the air outward.
A strong wind blew through the cheeks, and then a 300-meter-high snow storm swept the summit in 0.1 seconds.
"Keuuugh!"
Shirone gritted his teeth and regained his composure.
An avalanche that flowed faster than the torrent relentlessly pushed him off the top.
'no! Let's wake up!'
Swallowing the snow as it entered her mouth, Shirone pushed through the snow mass.
"Puha!"
The snowball was bigger than an iceberg, and it was falling down, out of sight of the ground.
At the top of the snowball, Shirone poked out his face.
"Puha! Pooh!"
I spit out everything in my mouth and opened my eyes, and the round sun was embedded in the clear sky.
After flying into the sky, Shirone inspected her surroundings while maintaining her fly magic.
One by one, students who made the same judgment as Shirone were jumping out of the falling snow.
"Shirone!"
When I turned my head to Eruki's voice, he buried his face and body in snow, pointing down and shouting.
"Get down slowly… … !"
Before he could finish his words, the snow waterfall swallowed Eruki.
Surprised Shirone's gaze turned upward. The clear sky was completely blocked by white snow.
"I'm really going crazy… … !"
A white torrent flowed where Shirone had been.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… … ."
"it hurts… … save people… … ."
Collie looked at the students rolling around the virtual zone with pity.
Starting from being swept away by an avalanche, all 30 people fell into a half-water state without exception.
'How hard is it? They are precious children.'
Winning or losing is in the hands of the final winner, but for that reason, no student gave up the evaluation easily.
As the individual achievements, not the team, are also disclosed to the association and scouts, they will try their best to survive.
'Maybe it's a situation that I don't have to go through in my life. But the world you will live in is even harsher than that. Just because it's real, life becomes hell.'
"Looks like it's already started."
Collie hurriedly untied her back and turned around.
"principal."
Alpheas, accompanied by Vice Principal Olivia, was looking at the Virtual Zone.
"Everyone went into a semi-water state. Well, it is natural."
"Doesn't even the pros hate it? It is an event that does not even adopt epitaphs with a small number of graduates."
Survival evaluation is a subject that has been talked about a lot by associations.
It's good to evaluate real-life ability, but it's because there is room for students to break before they sprout.
Even students who did not graduate are valuable talents who will become members of society in the long run. The wizarding society cannot return without a wizard who opens a magic shop, becomes a teacher, enters the police force, carries out requests from guilds, and sees complaints from administrative agencies.
Therefore, the association issued a guideline to conduct survival evaluation only for the five prestigious schools that received more than 10 graduation tickets.
Survival was an event that was not left out of the alumni reunion and became the go-to for drinking as only the chosen ones took part in it.
It would be embarrassing to go back to school days and try it again, but such feelings could also be said to be the pride of a prestigious school.
Olivia asked.
"Is this the program offered by the association this year? Is the current stage 1 'Snow Play'?"
"yes. Two minutes left. It may feel like two hours to students."
Olivia's brow narrowed displeasedly.
"However, there is not a single dropout. As a result, the ability to discriminate among low-scorers is reduced. In the future, I will have to suggest a higher level of difficulty."
Alpheas shook his head with a wry smile.
Teachers' council members seemed to be impatient to give the students even better decorations.
"Aww!"
Seeing a rock crashing right in front of her eyes, Shirone fell while covering her face with her arms.
The exhilarating pain rang through his arm bones and his nose tingled. A chunk of his snow hit him hard over his head.
It was a point that came down quite a bit from the top, so the amount of snow was not enough to crush people. Still, it was a bone-shaking shock.
'The arm, the arm is broken.'
Even though it was covered with an air shield, it fell so fast that it could not fully absorb the impact.
When he looked up from his face down on the rock, a sharp broken arm bone was sticking out of his skin.
It's a virtual world, so it will be reconstructed sooner or later, but the pain transmitted through the nerves was more irritating than reality.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!"
The place where it fell was on a bedrock protruding from the middle of the cliff.
I'd rather have this I hoped that time would pass and the first stage would end.
jump. damn
As if mocking such an idea, cracks appeared in the rock wall and began to show signs of collapse.
Shirone grabbed his broken arm and shook his shoulders.
"Hehehe, hehehe."
I laughed because it was absurd.
'Is this a regular event? Is there anything to catch someone?'
I could imagine what the students would look like if survival was adopted in the graduation exam.
Once again, all the graduates in the world felt respected.
"Okay, let's go somewhere to the end."
Shirone raised her head with eyes filled with poison.
At the same time as the rock wall broke, his body fell to the ground.
* * *
with a plop!
'what?'
Hearing the sound of falling into the water, Shirone opened his eyes.
I felt a chill that would break my spirit. Subsequently, the students were sinking, raising foam, regardless of whether they were in front or back.
'Is this the second stage?'
The process of going from stage 1 to stage 2 definitely exists, but those who entered the half-water state could not feel it.
It was to leave no room for recovery.
'Why can't I use magic?'
I couldn't get into the spirit zone. Of course, since this world was virtual, magic wasn't actually blocked.
'Let's go up first.'
Shirone struggled like a frog and headed for the surface. It seemed that she would freeze to death if she held out any longer in the water.
The moment she reached out her hand near the surface of the water, Shirone's eyes shook in shock.
couldn't go up
What he touched was a cold, hard ice wall.
'What, then how do I get out?'
A blurry shadow was visible on the ice sheet. I went up a little further and opened my eyes to see a young boy squatting down.
'I have to go out. I'm slowly suffocating.'
He pounded the ice wall with his fist as if calling for help.
After staring at him for a while, the boy nodded as if he understood and pointed somewhere.
'excuse me? Can I just go over there?'
Shirone poked in the direction with her index finger as confirmation.
The boy nodded again, and headed there as if to inform himself.
Shirone pushed off the ice wall and followed the boy. All the while, the cold water was choking him.
'It's a big deal. I can't stand it anymore.'
I want to arrive right now and breathe the air to my heart's content. But the boy's gait was terribly slow.
'hurry! hurry! Anymore… … .'
The time to hold your breath at will is over. From now on, it's just that I can't drink because there's no air.
My body trembled from the cold and the fear of death.
Finally the boy stopped walking. He looked down at Shirone and pointed to a place a couple of steps away.
'Hey there!'
Shirone choked with all his might. Even though it was only three meters away, it felt so far away.
'done! at las… … !'
Shirone held out her hand towards the exit, feeling a burst of joy.
chin.
A solid wall of ice blocked him again.
'what… … ?'
My brain went pale. Shirone looked at the boy on the ice and demanded an explanation.
Then the boy grabbed his stomach and giggled, then pressed his face to Shirone and stuck out his tongue.
Goreok!
A handful of air rose from Shirone's mouth.
'no. Let's stay calm.'
I hurriedly suppressed the rage that burned my mind.
I hated the boy who was giving medicine with his tongue in and out in a place full of fresh air. But getting angry didn't make things better.
'Teach me again. Where is the exit?'
Shirone tapped the ice wall with eager eyes.
Even after putting the person in a hurry under his feet, the boy stroked his chin as if in agony.
Shirone's head started to heat up again.
'No, no. If you lose your cool, it's over.'
The boy came to a conclusion after much thought. Then he turned to Shirone and shook his head as if he couldn't teach me.
'Control your anger. I am a wizard.'
The light of life went out in Shirone's pupils. As oxygen is not delivered to the head, the body organs begin to paralyze.
'Rage doesn't change anything. Until the moment I die… … If you don't let go of reason… … .'
gurgling!
Bubbles of air in his organs protruded out of his mouth. As much as the air escaped, cold water flowed into his stomach.
Cells seemed to freeze.
The pulse stopped, and the palms that had been touching the ice wall slowly came off.
He saw a boy smiling in his sinking eyes.
The boy stared at Shirone's face as he was being sucked into the darkness of the abyss.
Then, as if he had made up his mind, he nodded and raised his trident from an unknown source.
Aaaaaang!
The ice wall was shattered in one blow.
The sight was reflected in Shirone's dead eyes.
As the frozen nerves slowly communicated the fact to the brain, the legs shook again and the body rose little by little.
"Puhaaaaa! turn it off! Turn it off!"
Shirone, who rose to the surface, recklessly sucked in the air. There was nothing else I could think of right now.
"Huh! Huh!"
After about a minute, I finally came to my senses.
The ice sheet was peaceful, and the boy's figure had disappeared before he knew it.
"Puha! Pooh!"
Students were coming up to the surface one by one. Amy was also seen not far away.
'It passed.'
Amy took a deep breath with a look on her face as she faced death. Then, belatedly, she spotted Shirone and met her eyes.
Greeted with a smile, she blew air and let her wet hair float.
"haha!"
Shirone laughed. It's really hard to make a living.
And that was the last memory in the second stage 'Ice Prison'.
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[382] Volume 16 – The Meaning of Survival (4)
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Reading level 3.
It was a place where swampy areas spread all the way to the horizon.
At first, they all stood in the air using fly magic, but they fell into the swamp one by one after drinking poisonous gas rising from the swamp.
The reading began from then on.
The students who fell into the swamp screamed with distorted expressions so that their original faces could not be found.
I didn't know it, but it was obviously a terrible pain.
The students floating in the sky gritted their teeth and endured.
But everyone knew, that they had to go in there anyway.
The association is communicating through survival programs.
The power of Mother Nature cannot be defeated with magic. The power to survive to the end is not magic, but the wizard's will.
Students in the air started vomiting.
The students who fell into the swamp were getting hit by it, but I couldn't even think that something was already falling.
"ha."
I heard Nade's sigh. Slowly tilting his head, he turned to Shirone and said.
"See you later, Shirone."
Starting from Nade's fall, the students began to follow him one after another.
Shirone couldn't stand it any longer. A muffled voice escaped from his mouth.
"okay… … . Nade."
* * *
The students who were eliminated from survival crawled out of the virtual zone one by one.
Placing ice towels on their heads, they sat away from the device and rested.
Collie, who checked the virtual zone's instrument panel, said.
"Severe cold level 3, reading has ended. There are currently 8 survivors on the red team and 7 on the blue team."
said Olivia.
"Hmm, surprisingly, a lot of people survived, didn't they? Certainly this year's graduating class is at a high level."
"Because there are outstanding kids in Class Three, and Fermi and his friends are still there. Of course, there are no clumsy kids in Class Two."
Alpheas said.
"Step 4… … Is it 'cut off'? The weight of the match will be tilted here."
The level of difficulty presented by the Magic Association as a criterion for certified wizards was level 4.
It's because here you experience real death, not just pain.
dozens of times.
* * *
Whoa oh oh!
Listening to the sound of the wind blowing from the abyss, Shirone was in the midst of an endless fall.
If you have experienced extreme natural environments so far, the fourth stage is a mechanical space.
It was inside a huge chimney whose depth at the bottom could not be measured.
Hundreds of thousands of blades were rotating fiercely without any gap to escape, cutting the students into pieces.
Death was of an incompatible nature.
Every time a terrible and tragic emotion hit my head, the spirit zone was destroyed and the dropouts continued one after another.
Shirone bit his teeth hard.
Has it been dismembered and reconstructed about ten times? It was as if he was saying, 'Are you going to hold on like this?'
A huge blade awaits, drawing an afterimage like a tray. There is probably no way to get through it alive.
'Hold on! Hold on!'
Shirone penetrated the afterimage of the blade in an instant. However, his body had already been separated into three pieces.
What should I say about the feeling of looking at the two legs falling before the face?
There are dead people, but no one has ever died, so human language will never find an accurate expression.
Other students were in the same situation.
Stabbed by a blade protruding from the wall, she paused her fall for a moment, then shabbyly moved on to her next death when the blade dislodged.
"Huh uh uh uh!"
With her body reconstituted, Shirone inhaled the air as if a fetus in her belly had just taken its first breath.
'Ugh! Rather kill, kill!'
Anyone would have thought that when they saw dozens of drills meshing like teeth waiting like a floor.
chin!
Shirone fell there.
tutter trumpet tuck!
And in an instant, the body was ground and poured down like juice.
* * *
"cadet! shit!"
Nade wakes up in the Virtual Zone annoyed.
Eruki, Amy, and even Fermi and the others couldn't stand it and bounced off and rolled on the floor.
My head felt like it would break, and I was vomiting. It was common for them to vomit and spit out a long sigh.
"driving me crazy. Why do I always get stuck at step 4?"
Amy's expression as she wiped her lips was not good.
Maintaining the Spirit Zone even after death is impossible without a strong obsession that transcends life and death.
Seeker. religious person. killer.
Whatever it was, from now on, it was the world of those whose mental state was beyond the realm of criminals.
That's why it wasn't strange that Eruki was eliminated.
"You die when you die, what next?"
You shouldn't create something to die for in the first place. It was a stage that did not make sense to his head, which abhors uncertainty.
Jeolsa clearly met the association's expectations.
Quite a few dropouts occurred in the 4th stage, and most of them were crawling out of the virtual zone with deathly wounds.
"Oh, I'm going to die. Hey, are you okay?"
Nade approached Eruki, rubbing the back of his neck. Eruki's eyes turned to wonder as he looked back at him.
"No way, did you fall too?"
"uh. My head hurts and I am going to die."
After thinking for a moment, Eruki asked.
"why?"
"Why? What do you mean?"
It was Eruki who thought that if it was Nade, he would pass through the jeopardy easily. But as soon as he thought about something, he agreed.
'Maybe this is a natural result?'
Nade doesn't think about things after death. Perhaps it is an intentional suppression.
This is because if his spirit were to go beyond death, a normal human like now would be absolutely impossible.
"no. let's go anyway I am so dead that I am going to die."
Collie looked back at Alfeas and said.
"After 30 seconds, you will enter the 5th level of King of Kings. Shall we open the vision?"
"Hmm, King Chung… … ."
It is a world that cannot be defined by theory from now on, since it has exceeded the standard of professional magicians, 'death and death'.
It was necessary to open the vision and check the condition of the students, as it would cause fatal damage to the mind.
"I'll open the vision."
"yes. I will activate the master device."
When Collie manipulated the device, a large, concave, curved hologram appeared in the virtual zone's air.
In the graduation exam, a huge hologram appears on the ceiling from the beginning, but even with the current vision, the situation inside the program could be clearly confirmed.
– Entering the 5th stage of the virtual cold weather program, Chungwang.
"Ugh! What is that!"
When the scene of King Chung appeared in the vision, the dropouts gathered in front of the Virtual Zone frowned in horror.
All sorts of nasty bugs swarmed endlessly. The sight of hundreds of millions of insects seemed to move as if the earth was moving.
The survivors were probably suffering from being buried by bugs somewhere out there.
5th level King.
It was a place of fear, loathing, and pain to the point where I thought I'd rather die.
* * *
The sight of entangled insects incites the natural fear of humans, but this time, it wasn't just watching.
They penetrated the skin, nerves, and intestines to deliver real-life sensations.
The pain of digging into every hole in the body and eating flesh didn't just end in death.
As those who could not stand it continued to appear, the place where the insects were piled up like graves began to stir up and down.
Somebody, surrounded by worms as if smeared, jumped to his feet and began to scream and struggle.
"Aaaaaaa!"
Eider, who had collapsed in the Virtual Zone, took over the screams that erupted from the virtual world.
"… … Aaaaagh!"
Shaking his body and rolling on the floor, he struggled on his limbs and tried to crawl out somewhere.
"Ouch! Aww! Aww!"
no one helped him It's because he gets a bigger shock if he gets close to him in a state of severe shock.
Still, Eider quickly regained his stability, perhaps because his talent had passed the test.
"Heo-eok! Huh!"
At the boundary between the virtual and the real, he looked around left and right with a terrified face, and tears welled up.
"Oh, this is really scary."
"… … ."
How could it not be scary?
Those who were eliminated from the death toll saw Eider's appearance and thought it was fortunate that they ended up in the 4th stage.
On the other hand, the expression of the screamer was not good.
I don't know about other sports, but Eider has been getting good marks since last year in the survival evaluation, so he was brought into the blue team.
But as expected, this time too, he couldn't go beyond the 5th stage, and Shirone, the target to be most wary of, was still in the King of Kings.
'Shirone endures what Eider can't stand?'
Nade was thinking the same thing. While watching the Virtual Zone with an ice pack on his neck, he said to Eruki.
"Eider guy, but you went all the way to level 5, right? You're young and pretty, right?"
"No matter what, I am currently the youngest in my graduating class. Even if you don't know the skills, you must be sure that you have the talent."
The difficulty of King Chung did not compare with the cutoff. Starting with Eider, students began to drop out one after another.
Canis frowned and straightened her upper body, and after a while Arin slowly opened her eyes.
Unlike Eider, they calmly took care of their minds.
"Canis, are you okay?"
"so so. It's much harder than expected. After level 4, the spirit zone becomes too sensitive."
"There are too many bugs secreting toxic substances. It's hard to keep your mind still because it goes into your gut and shoots you."
'You sound like immobility. Crazy guys.'
It was Arin's evaluation like an expert in the spirit field, but the students who were eliminated before the death of a woman were just absurd.
With worms crawling through the intestines, it was natural that he looked crazy, since he was doing toxic substances and immobility.
But that's why it's called gyeongji.
It was a sensation that could never be understood without reaching the realm of depth that could not be measured by numbers.
'Everyone is amazing.'
While the dropouts gathered in the Virtual Zone, Maya was still staying at the resting place.
Although she was the first to drop out, her recovery was the slowest, and no one paid any attention to Maya.
The harshness of competition is understandable. But it saddened her that she didn't even consider her as a competitor.
She went to Shirone's friends. They were the only people in her senior year doing her the least favors.
"Amy, are you okay? How are you feeling?"
Hearing Maya's voice, Amy turned her head.
"huh. I think we're fine. you?"
"I'm a bit more comfortable now. Sorry. I was eliminated in the second stage."
Maya lowered her head as if she had no face. She felt sorry for not being able to live up to the expectations of Shirone, who accepted her as a team.
"are you okay. In fact, I was also very upset. Don't worry too much."
Amy rather comforted Maya. She knew what stage 2 pain was, so she couldn't be blamed.
"however… … Will Shirone be okay? It hasn't come out yet."
Amy examined the Virtual Zone. All of them were eliminated in the 5th stage, and only the last two people were lying side by side.
It was Shirone from the red team and Fermi from the blue team.
"Anyway, the balance was maintained until the end. Whoever wins over there wins."
Maya surveyed the vision floating in the air.
It was disgusting even when I saw it from a distance, but seeing the screen in front of me made me vomit again.
'How do you survive in a place like that?'
She was too scared even with the 2nd stage Ice Jade. But someone is struggling even in such a terrible place.
'If it were me, I would have just died.'
Maya couldn't bear to see the vision. But he didn't look away until the end because you were fighting with Shirone who believed in him.
"I-over there… … !"
Boyle pointed at the vision with a look of astonishment.
The bugs swayed, and Shirone slowly stood up.
"Three, my God… … ."
Maya's face turned pale.
The other students were also shocked, their mouths wide open and unable to look away from the vision.
Shirone's appearance was so great that he couldn't bear to see it with his own eyes. In some parts, the flesh was completely covered and the bones were visible, and in some parts, the skin was swollen and rotting.
Maya couldn't believe that the human mind could withstand such a thing.
Shirone, who had completely relaxed her body, had her arms drooping and her head down.
The corners of Alpheas's mouth went up at the sight of the bugs not even moving even when they tore through his skin.
"It's quite the way. It is complete immobility."
It's not that I don't feel pain or disgust. It was a dehumanized state of maintaining concentration in any situation.
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[383] Volume 16 – The Meaning of Survival (5)
trousers. trousers.
Shirone raised her head slowly at the sound of the insects crushing and approaching.
Fermi was walking with his hands in his pockets. His distorted smile had already turned more than half of his face into a skeleton.
As he consciously chewed on the bugs in his mouth, he spat out the shell, and the students watching through his vision wrinkled their brows.
"Ugh!"
It was not something I could endure even watching it on the screen.
"Fermi isn't easy either."
Collie nodded at Olivia's words.
"yes. Last year, I went up to level 5 and became the final survivor. But this time with Shirone, I don't think we can guarantee the outcome."
"Hmm… … ."
Olivia's gaze was cold.
We know that Fermi made a collusion that had nothing to do with graduation. It's just that I can't accuse it because there is no evidence.
'As expected, it's clear he's a regular eater.'
If understanding an apple as an apple is omniscience, then accepting an apple as a strawberry is the omniscience of an outsider.
Cognitive distortion to the extent of denying the facts.
If he wasn't immortal like Shirone or self-denying like Gaold, then he could only be seen as a twisted human being from the start.
puck!
Shirone's right eye exploded as if it were being crushed. Then the disgusting maggots swarmed out.
Fermi was chewing and spitting out worms as he gazed at them calmly.
Even so, the throat continued to tickle.
'Certainly not in a good mood.'
To be honest, I didn't expect it to last this long.
During his senior year, Shirone was the first person to follow him through to the end of Stage 5.
'I thought it was nothing… … .'
Even during the ghost disturbance, he was just a kid. However, within a year, he was growing at a tremendous speed and came here.
'A little more… … Shall we go?'
After stage 5, Fermido has never been seen. Since he is not obsessed with winning or losing or scoring, it is okay to stop here.
However, if the opponent was Shirone, the story was different.
It was Fermi who said that elements that interfered with business should be removed by any means.
"There will be no contest here. let's go over What awaits you next?"
After speaking, Fermi spit out the bug again.
"… … ."
Shirone just kept silent.
The moment the state of the natural body is shaken even a little, the mind is turned upside down like the sea in a storm.
puck!
Shirone's remaining eye was also blown out. And with that as the starting point, the 5th stage Chungwang ended.
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"Step 6! Enter super fever!"
Collie's voice trembled with excitement and anxiety.
It was only the second time in his long teaching career that a student had reached this point.
The depth of enlightenment has nothing to do with magic level or age. However, super fever was a dangerous stage even for practitioners.
"I-that… … ."
Shadows of flame flickered in the eyes of the students. Shirone and Fermi were facing each other in a world made only of fire.
The collars of the two people began to burn little by little, and soon they soared with a blazing fire, burning their bodies.
"Ugh… … !"
The students shook their heads in disgust.
The sight of the 3-meter-long flame completely burning people was enough to feel the heat even without entering the Virtual Zone.
If you feel pain through the nerves, fire directly stimulates the nerves, causing the threshold of pain.
What was even more terrifying was that this was a virtual world where bodies were reconstructed.
Roaring! Roaring!
The two of them were burning like candles on a candlestick. His expression didn't change, but his mind was screaming desperately.
It is not the same as transcending death. Humans are not that strong.
Pain travels through the body, and fear meshes with the mind like a cogwheel.
'It's a big deal. This is really dangerous.'
Shirone's face began to contort little by little. Even with the spirit of Geumgangtae, it was difficult to maintain composure.
What kind of life did Gaold live to be able to unleash this kind of hell?
But even that thought knew no bounds, and Chimi was swept away in terrible pain.
The students watching through the vision no longer shouted cheers.
It's painful enough to see, but what about the feelings of the people involved?
The moment I screamed for strength here, it was an instant to be driven into a psycho.
"Quack."
Fermi caught sight of Shirone shimmering through the flames. Does he dare to stand up to the end against himself?
'He's a cheeky guy.'
Stage 6 was difficult even for Fermi. If he had known it was probably this much, he would have reconsidered his judgment.
'That's why it's even more annoying.'
Now, the evaluation score was good.
All that matters is money.
Here, Shirone must be put to an end so that this year's one-year business can bear fruit normally.
"It holds up pretty well. Is this sauna okay?"
Shirone didn't have the energy to answer. Rather, this place was real, so I just wanted my body to burn quickly.
But cruelly, the body was reconstructed in real time and the nerve threshold was reset every moment.
"Why don't you just give up? It's only four weeks."
Shirone's face twisted.
At present, his mental state had reached the height of irritation. He hated everything in the world and was fed up with even being alive.
An infinite amount of resentment was accumulating to the point of leaving the spirit zone just by talking to someone.
Fermi, who is in the same space, is obviously aware of this fact. That's why it's getting on your nerves.
If so, you must respond in the same way.
"you are… … Who the hell are you?"
The students watching through the vision swallowed their saliva.
Shirone's question implied all the questions she had in her senior year.
"well? Who is it?"
Fermi was not in a normal state. However, using his own condition as a mirror, it irritated Shirone even more.
"Why did you attack Amy? why aren't you graduating? Why is a strong person like you still in school?"
"I don't know what you are talking about. I'm just enduring well because I have a better mentality than other people."
The students made a bewildered look at the conversation between the two.
Talking about your senior year while your body is on fire. All I could think of was that both of them were crazy.
'It's coming soon.'
Fermi intuited the limits. To pretend to be calm, the inner soul was running amok.
It's something that can't be tolerated frowning on arrogance. Would customers cling to seeing the signs suffer?
'Because publicity is important in business.'
Fermi, who activated the timer in his head, moved to give Shirone one last chance.
"Whatever you think, it's not true. Of course I know I get suspicious too. By the way, isn't the guy who stands out in the senior class getting beaten first anyway? That's the natural order of competition."
Shirone glared at Fermi with burning eyes.
'I know. You're using it.'
Cover up the crime in the students' competitive psychology. It was as if a guard in a bad mood that day beat up a robber according to his feelings, but no one knows.
I didn't like it, but it was an excellent strategy.
"As a graduating class senior, I will give you one piece of advice. It's not good to splash too much. If you do, you will be eliminated at the beginning."
Shirone's nose twisted. The flames that flowed from her eyes and mouth seemed to represent anger.
"Are you threatening me?"
"It's a threat. Anyhow, that's advice. 20 points is a big score. But is that more important than one more year of my senior year?"
It was a threat.
He meant that if he didn't give up here, he would drop himself in the graduation exam, just like he had done with Amy.
I know from the words of the person who was stamped by Fermi. Even Amy of the world was eliminated at the beginning without even having time to come up with a countermeasure.
No matter what event it takes, everyone will be lynched. A year of hard work will be in vain.
Conversely, if you accept the offer by donating 20 points, Fermi will surely pass you.
Because the question of whether it is more important than doing it for one more year is the same as saying that you don't have to do it for one more year.
'Give up quickly, motherF*cker. Don't interfere with business and get out of school. I'll graduate right away from you.'
Shirone clenched her fists. Heat leaked from between his clenched teeth, causing his teeth to stick together.
Poor Fermi.
'Because of a guy like you… … .'
Now I could see how hard Amy had worked for the past year and what pain she had endured to become a wizard.
Fermi blew it. It made me burst into tears all night long.
"leaving out? Do whatever you can if you can. At least I will never lose to a human like you."
Even in the heat of hell, Fermi looked down at Shirone with eyes that had lost their vitality like a corpse for a moment.
negotiations are broken
And Shirone will never become a wizard as long as she is in school.
"Okay, then look forward to it."
With those words, Fermi turned around. it was the limit
"wait. still my words… … ."
The moment Shirone opened her mouth, Fermi's figure disappeared. The Spirit Zone was unlocked.
Fermi's eyes opened in the virtual zone. The pain of super fever was still vivid, and he couldn't lift a finger.
Even in the midst of that, the timer in my head was constantly checking the time accurately.
'… … 2 seconds. 1 sec. This is the beginning.'
A guide voice was heard.
-Survival program level 7, enter the air coercion.
'It's a gift from me, Shirone.'
Having experienced step 6, Fermi guessed that even a regular eater could not survive step 7.
Also, if only one person in the history of Alpheas Magic School had passed, there was no way that Shirone would be safe.
'If you give up, that's it. But really… … ?'
Collie headed for the engine unit to turn off the Virtual Zone. Even if the team won, it was possible to challenge a higher level for individual evaluation, but at least that level was not an attack.
'It's not a step made because humans can do it. It's just a lid that sets the limits of the survival test. It has to end here.'
Colli, who put her hand on the switch in the Virtual Zone, looked back at Alfeas and said as if proclaiming.
"We will shut down the Virtual Zone."
Fermi, who got up before he knew it, pointed at the vision.
"no. Do you think you will continue?"
"what?"
Collie's head turned as if it had been broken. Shirone, reflected in the vision, was standing in the dark, unable to see anything.
Needless to say, it was the starting point of the cowardice.
'Despicable Fermi.'
For the first time, Shirone regained her composure.
The whole process so far felt like eternity, but the past was just an event that had already disappeared.
'I will never bend to a human like you.'
Shirone did not release the Spirit Zone.
Even though he became the final winner, he felt bad because he played a lethal trick until the end.
As of today, Fermi sacrificed Shirone. It was clear that at any time, he would apply pressure with his unique agitation ability.
'Then I will press Fermi.'
That was Shirone's strategy against Fermi's.
never give up the initiative If the forces are tightly balanced between the two, agitation is impossible.
Survival level 7 is definitely a risky challenge, but it was worth trying even more.
'By the way, where is this place?'
Shirone looked around.
It is strange to say that he can see darkness, but in reality, all he could see was darkness except for himself.
Cuckoo Cuckoo Cuckoo!
Vibration was felt. It was the trembling of the entire space, unable to even feel the direction.
"uh? uh huh?"
Shirone held out his hand in an ominous mood. Darkness came hard from all sides and began to oppress him.
'Is it stampede this time?'
Both arms bent toward the body. Even in such a state, the darkness continued to develop its pushing power.
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Tension was evident in the eyes of the students. The 7th stage, which I had never heard of even by rumors, was unfolding before my eyes.
"What, are you still holding on? You can't possibly die from being crushed against a wall like that, right?"
"That won't be it. Then there is nothing different from me."
Collie's face changed seriously.
Cowardice is not the same as pressure. It was a terrifying stage that could put an end to his life as a wizard.
'We must follow the opinions of students who are more than official evaluators. But Shirone, you have already won. You don't have to go that far to become a wizard. Then everything is lost.'
Collie, who could not ignore the voice of conscience, requested an unusual reconsideration even though she was an evaluation teacher.
"Principal, are we going to proceed like this? If you miss the timing, you may not be able to get out of the Virtual Zone even if you cancel it."
The students whispered at Collie's words. Is it possible that even if the device is turned off, there is no escape?
Amy asked with surprised eyes.
"You can't get out? No, even if that's the case, shouldn't you have told me in advance?"
"I didn't say I couldn't get out. She said she might not be able to get out. And information about survival programs is top secret. Our schools aren't the only ones using this program."
Currently, survival assessments are being conducted by the same program in all countries in the same time zone based on universal standard time.
Even if I knew in advance anyway, it was something I couldn't say. But to be honest, I didn't really expect to get this far.
'It's been 19 years. Watching this… … .'
In any case, since the right given to the evaluation teacher was used, what remained was Alfeas' decision.
"Where is the decision and not? the student will do Shouldn't you already know how to get out of the Virtual Zone?"
"That's right. But coercion… … ."
"The dimension is different. But isn't that why there are stages? It would be murder if you caught any student and locked him up at level 7, but Shirone beat all difficulties and reached it. Then, isn't it enough to qualify for evaluation? How can you become a wizard when you can't even judge your own life?"
At first glance, the view of education is harsh, but the students who have already overcome countless dangers and reached this position silently agreed.
"Aww!"
Shirone in the vision was pushing back the darkness with all her might. But in the end, she couldn't stand it and her body was crushed flat.
Collie let out a sigh of resignation.
'Am I going to do it in the end?'
This was the beginning of the cowardice.
* * *
'what? What happened to me?'
Shirone was stuffed into a two-dimensional square. Lost in time and height, he could not lift a finger.
'What the hell are you doing here… … .'
The square hem came up and folded like paper.
Then, the pattern of folding from left to right, top to bottom, and right to left was repeated endlessly.
It is dwindling.
It is infinitely smaller as a one-dimensional point.
It is impossible to infinitely fold real materials, but the Magic Association implemented the concept of cowardice through a virtual program.
'Ahhhhhh… … .'
A huge shock hit his head. Even in the world of Shirone, the Spirit Zone was on the brink of collapse.
Whether you are getting smaller or the world is getting bigger.
As the scale gap widened transcendentally, pressure rose in my head and my eyes rolled up.
Each time one cycle progresses, it is reduced to 1/16. infinitely smaller More than molecules, more than atoms.
'no. I can't stand this.'
The students put on a blank expression. I couldn't figure out what kind of pain it was.
Since the focus of their vision was chasing Shirone, all they could see was folding in a certain pattern.
However, even if he realized the mechanism of cowardice, the feeling of accepting it would not have been different from now.
Until you realize it, you will never realize it. That was the colossal true intention contained in the cowardice.
"Shirone!"
Amy shouted with a pale expression. Shirone's waist was bouncing around as she collapsed in the Virtual Zone.
Collie's fists clenched tightly.
'Shirone, give up! If you give up now, you can live! Release the Spirit Zone!'
The coercive program strikes into the mind the maximum gap that can be expressed in units of space.
Humans who stay on only one planet do not even have the sensory organs to feel fear of this nature.
If you progress further here, even if you turn off the device, your mind will continue to be sucked toward the first dimension, and eventually you will become a vegetative person who cannot wake up forever.
After hitting the floor with her back, Shirone's waist curved like a bow and came up.
The fact that the body, which was fine even in the first fever, is shaken so severely means that it is in a dangerous state.
"Move! We have to save Shirone!"
As Amy ran into the Virtual Zone, Nade hurriedly grabbed her arm.
"wait! If you interfere, either you or Shirone will fail!"
"doesn't care! You can take the test again next year! If Shirone goes wrong here, he will never forgive me for the rest of his life!"
Nade looked into Amy's burning eyes. she was sincere
After a moment of shaking, he turned around.
"You're right. Let's save it together."
Then, this time, Eruki stopped the two of them.
"Don't be quick to judge. It's Shirone."
"What are you talking about! If Shirone… … !"
"There is no change at all."
Amy immediately shut up. She then turned her head to where the vision was.
Still, only the scenes of the same pattern were repeated.
"A change? What is it?"
"The folding is slowing down. Although subtle."
Amy looked through her crimson eyes.
Clearly, progress has been slower than before. and… … It was getting slower.
'Aww!'
Shirone was in the state of immortal function.
It was attempting to escape the ever-deepening pit of cowardice by extending its mind into the realm of infinity.
However, if you do not expand your mind faster than the speed of shrinking, you will not be able to escape the bondage of eternity.
'It's not enough. A bigger expansion… … .'
The bonds of the mind began to loosen. If you are an ordinary Unlocker, you are already on the verge of losing your self and infiltrating everything.
But Shirone never lost herself.
mental transcendence.
When the fiction of the scale was broken and the immortal function moved out of the realm of fear, the folding phenomenon stopped in the vision.
"Stop, stop."
The students were buzzing. Then, in the reverse order of the process that had been folded up until now, the Shirone began to unfold.
"what? Why, why are you doing that?"
An even more surprising thing happened in the Virtual Zone.
The students slowly backed away. The fallen Shirone stumbled and stood up.
"How do you move? Are you in a semi-water state?"
"Look over there! vision!"
The eyes of the students turned back to the vision. Shirone in the screen was standing in the same posture as Shirone in the Virtual Zone.
With his head lowered and motionless, he raised his arms and started pushing the wall of darkness left and right.
"I-that… … !"
Collie shuddered in disbelief.
The Shirone in reality and the Shirone in the vision showed the same movement and were perfectly synchro.
Shirone slowly raised her head and opened her eyes. At the same time, the darkness of cowardice disappeared in the vision and the scenery of reality appeared.
Same place, same people.
The two sirones, real and virtual, were staring fiercely at the front with their arms outstretched.
"A coward… … I woke up on my own… … ."
-Stage 7, air raid program ended. Disable the virtual zone virtual cold system.
When the sound of the machine went silent, Shirone slowly lowered her arm and went down the virtual zone.
The students flinched and opened the way left and right.
Even the students who normally looked down on Shirone knew instinctively that they should not touch her at this moment.
It was none other than the 7th stage of the survival assessment.
While everyone's eyes were tracking Shirone's movements, Shirone stopped in front of Fermi.
"There's something I couldn't tell you because you ran away."
Fermi's eyebrows went up.
"I will definitely become a wizard. I don't care what you do, but if you get in the way of my dreams, I'll drop everything and destroy you first."
The students' faces hardened.
It was a declaration of war against Fermi and a message to everyone present.
don't disturb my dreams
In front of the life-and-death resolution to catch and defeat only one guy, everyone's heads became complicated.
'shit. Fermi alone is a headache… … .'
Anyone in senior year knows that Fermi is in some sort of control.
The reason why they can't fight back even though they know it is because the first person to be stamped will fail the graduation exam.
Of course, even now, Fermi's influence is considerable, but with the advent of Shirone, the airflow has begun to change subtly.
'The second survival assessment master in school history.'
In other words, if the survival test was taken on the graduation exam, it was possible to pass 100 percent.
'So far, I've hit the guy Fermi took. What do we do? Aren't I the only one stepping on poop because I was instigated for nothing?'
All eyes were now on Fermi. Depending on how he turns out, we'll have to reconsider.
Fermi gave a fake eye smile. Whatever he said, it was just an excuse for a loser.
'I'll step back for today.'
The students were shocked when Fermi turned away without saying a word.
It was the first time I had seen him exercise his right to remain silent, who always turned the situation in his favor.
'Damn you son of a bitch. From now on, I will consider you my number one enemy. You will regret it for the rest of your life for making me think this way.'
Fermi's face, as he receded, showed an expression of anger that no one in his senior class had ever seen.
"The final survivor, Aryan Shirone. 20 points are added to all members of the red team, and 20 points are assessed to all members of the blue team."
When Collie's declaration fell, the students returned to team versus team, not Shirone and Fermi.
"done! won! That's 20 points!"
"That's the score I got by beating Fermi! It's very cool inside! After all, my judgment is correct!"
Amy and Nade embraced each other and ran around, and Shirone also celebrated the victory by giving high fives to Eruki.
"wow… … ."
An exclamation of admiration erupted from Maya's mouth as she watched the scene from afar.
He is a veteran of his senior year, but he was the first to go head-to-head with Fermi.
But soon, her eyes sank with loneliness.
'I hope, the strong man… … .'
I had never even dreamed of going against Fermi. Of course, I wouldn't mind if I messed around.
To her, who was trying to solve the poverty of her tribe by becoming a magician even after getting caught, Shirone was a person living in another world.
"Shirone! It was amazing! I never thought I would pass the 7th level!"
"As expected, my prediction was correct! No matter how great Fermi is, he can't beat the Unlocker!"
Shirone, Shirone, Shirone.
Even the students, who were normally distant, praised Shirone's performance as a team today.
Shirone led the team to victory by climbing at least two more steps than the other participants. Thanks to that, 15 people got 20 points each, so treating them coldly on a day like this would have a negative impact on interpersonal relationships.
After comforting the blue team members as they left the training ground, Alfeas finally looked back at Shirone. It was a complicated feeling.
'Is this really the boy I used to know?'
The boy who came over the wall at the age of 12 and asked me to teach him magic has now become a student who has broken through fear.
I was happy with the student's growth, but on the other hand, I was concerned about the too rapid growth.
It was no coincidence that things from long ago overlapped in my head.
Looking at Shirone, Olivia said.
"Mind transcendence, or self-denial equivalent to it. Except in two cases, it is impossible to escape air terror on your own."
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