The third day of class has dawned.
I packed around 200 mana stones to distribute and checked who had completed their homework.
The first one is obviously Leo.
On class days, he seemed somewhat sluggish, not quite catching on like the others, but he succeeded the very next day. His mana manipulation was quite skillful.
I suppose he’ll finish the next homework first too, won’t he?
The second one is Candy Star.
Having transformed on the third day, her mana reaction seems to have improved, so it looks like she succeeded post-transformation.
Of course, transformation is her own ability, so whatever she does is fine.
“…The third is Beriard. This is obvious.”
He showed a strange side at the end, but since he’s adept with darkness-related magic, he probably succeeded without any trouble.
Actually, if it weren’t for Candy Star’s transformation, he would have been the second to succeed.
And then the much-anticipated last one.
“……?”
“Hehe…”
Failed.
■
“What if I can’t do it!”
“…It’s okay. It’s possible to not make it.”
Yena still hadn’t succeeded by the day of the class.
However, she has talent, and when she used “Bluering’s Eye,” mimicking the spear’s roar was quite an impressive result.
So, I was a bit hopeful she would complete the homework too, but…
‘Hmm.’
It seems like just having had a brief moment of focus wasn’t quite enough for immediate success.
“I-I wish I could’ve…”
“It’s okay. Still, with this level, there’s considerable achievement.”
Students in the academy typically get accustomed to mana transfer from as short as a day to about a month.
That’s the kind of level expected at an elite academy in the Empire where only talented individuals gather.
So, it’s not strange at all that Yena couldn’t accomplish it.
“Anyway, nice to see you all. Some of you I haven’t seen in a week, and we have new faces as well.”
Before I knew it, there were already seven people occupying the lecture hall.
Compared to the dozens I used to teach, it’s few, but let’s think of it as an elite handful.
Having many untalented ones doesn’t mean anything good will come of it.
[Lilha~]
[Lilala-lala-lala]
[Lilha]
[Oh, 3 passed]
[Who are the two?]
[New face]
[Lololololololol]
[Yena didn’t succeed?]
[Yena lololol]
[It’s about the level]
[170,000;;]
[Today’s crazy]
[Oh]
[I wonder what new and fantastic thing they’ll teach today]
[Notebook ON]
[Take a seat]
[Leo is cute]
As the lecture hall fills up, the online classroom is also buzzing with real-time activity.
Before I knew it, the viewer count had soared to 180,000.
I nodded and glanced at the three newcomers, greeting them briefly.
Oddly enough, there was a peculiar guy and girl sitting next to Redberry, the fiery mage.
They didn’t really seem like a couple, though.
“I think they’re watching us.”
“Don’t we have to introduce ourselves?”
From their tone and actions, they seemed more like siblings than a couple.
“You know you have to introduce yourselves in my class, right?”
“Yep! Yul, I’ll go first.”
“Got it.”
A cheerful guy with emerald hair confidently stepped forward.
He wore something resembling an Eastern robe and had dark blue gloves on his hands.
He was slightly taller than the girl, but there wasn’t much of a difference.
[Who are they?]
[Are they a couple?]
[Seems like it.]
[?]
[What?]
[They kind of look alike.]
[Is this a couple’s class?]
[Did they match their characters?]
“Nice to meet you! I’m ‘Myul.’ We’re from the Herkason tribe. I specialize in ‘Green Guardian.’ It means I handle a turquoise turtle.”
“…?”
“That’s enough, right?”
He nodded, wrapping up his brief introduction.
What’s with this strange mix of casual and formal speech?
I’ve seen plenty of users with penalties, but this guy felt more like an NPC than a player.
[?]
[?]
[Is he an NPC?]
[NPC]
[Can NPCs even do that?]
[Is that the flirty half-respectful speech or whatever?]
[????]
[Hahaha]
[What’s going on? Haha]
[Is he just a concept?]
[But to get in, you need to support or watch the broadcast, so he is a user, right?]
[Then is the penalty that ridiculous? Haha.]
[Penalty?]
[Is he a foreigner??]
The chat was in an uproar.
Not just the chat, but Redberry and the other students sitting nearby wore expressions of confusion.
The only one looking sane in this situation was Yul, who had his hand on his forehead.
“Um… First off, Myul is definitely a user. He supported us and sent messages in the chat.”
“That’s right. He chatted with Lady Lily and even donated 30,000 won.”
Myul confidently held up three fingers while looking at the camera.
It was clear he was indeed a user based on how he was staring at the ‘camera.’
Since we were on a roll, I decided to throw a few questions his way.
“What’s your job?”
“Job? Let me check. Ah, I see ‘Green Guardian.’ I protect the North.”
“Does each tribe have its own protector?”
“Yes, each guardian protects their area, and I guard the North, while Yul guards the West. I’m really looking forward to the class.”
“I will guard the North, and Yul will guard the West. I’m really looking forward to class.”
“……”
That’s what they say.
[LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL]
[Their tone is hilarious]
[LOL LOL LOL LOL]
[Hurry and introduce the next person]
[I want to hit their tone]
[LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL]
[But they seem really good at fighting]
[Their name is similar]
[Myul Yul Myul Yul Myul Yul]
[Next]
“Please come in first.”
“Ah! Is that so? Then I will go in. Yul, fighting!”
“Hah…”
As Myul clenched his fist, Yul shook his head and stood up.
With short snow-white hair and three black stripes etched in, their outfit was similar to Myul’s but had more white in it, and their eyes sparkled like a beast’s.
Even though they were bare-handed, there was an even stronger power felt than from Myul.
[What is this?]
[Cute, surprisingly?]
[A beastman?]
[Beastman?]
[Isn’t that a tiger stripe?]
[A short-haired female beastman, whoa]
Yul stood on the platform and bowed their head.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Yul from the Herkason Tribe, just like Myul. Please understand if Myul is a bit strange.”
“Hey! I’m not strange! Yul!”
“Shut up. It’s embarrassing.”
“Are you ignoring the North?!”
“I’m not ignoring anything, you foolish turtle.”
“This tiger!”
“Please don’t fight.”
What are they doing?
[LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL]
[These guys have great chemistry]
[Seems like they’re not dating?]
[This one seems somewhat normal]
[So funny LOL]
“As a side note, what I handle is ‘White Tiger’ (白虎). It means white tiger. So yes, I guard the West.”
“Then you are a White Guardian?”
“It’s White Guardian.”
“Hmm… I have many questions but let’s wrap it up for now.”
Honestly, I’m curious.
Users with slightly excessive settings, it’s a bit much to say it’s just a penalty.
However, discussing their identity in front of numerous people while talking about what to protect and what not to is a bit much, right?
[White Tiger?]
[It’s definitely a tiger]
[There are so many interesting jobs, LOL]
[Show us the levels!]
[Is it that if it’s a White Tiger with a green turtle?]
■
After the introduction of Redberry, the real class began.
First, last week’s homework was to move Mana back to the condensed stones that had lost Mana and then transfer that Mana back to the stick.
It’s a simple application commonly called “Teleportation,” but many students failed and had to hope for next time.
“But three people actually succeeded. That’s a great achievement.”
“You’re not serious right now, are you?”
“Still, we shouldn’t be satisfied with this, right?”
We have a long way to go, and there’s a mountain of stuff to learn.
First of all, the newly arrived Redberry, Myul, and Yul have only passed the first stage.
There’s a bit of a problem with moving on to the next stage…
“……”
But since Yena is here, it shouldn’t matter too much.
Above all, the three newcomers seem to have some talent.
[LOL]
[Yena looks extra cute today]
[Yena land…]
[???: I’m aiming for the top student.]
“Now that everyone is somewhat familiar with teleportation, let’s try something a bit harder.”
The first is ‘Understanding Mana,’ where we break the mana arrangement of the mana stone to understand mana.
The second is ‘Mana Transfer,’ which allows mana to freely inhabit here and there.
And the third is an advanced stage of ‘Teleportation.’
I stretched out my hand.
Seven beams of light extended and moved to each student, transforming into their respective weapons.
“Oh! A dagger?”
“…A hammer?”
“It’s a staff.”
“Oh! Yul! A knuckle came out!”
“Don’t be so loud.”
The students checked their familiar weapons that appeared before them.
This was exactly the kind of atmosphere typical of academy students.
The only difference was that they weren’t that impressed by the weapons?
In a way, that’s understandable.
They are rankers who have handled many great weapons, so they must have seen weapons created by such power before.
‘But these are definitely not ‘ordinary’ weapons.’
[Oh]
[What’s this time?]
[Excited]
“The weapons given to you are made from my mana, tailored to each of your abilities. They’re weapons with a very high mana conductivity.”
And then…
Boom…!
“A golem?”
“This is your assistant instructor for the class.”
A white golem emerged from the ground.
Standing about 3 meters tall, the blue gems embedded throughout its body emitted a chilling magical power.
It didn’t look particularly strong compared to an ordinary boss, but the fact that ‘I,’ the professor, summoned it was enough to raise the tension among the students.
With the previously distributed weapons and the golem in front of them.
It seems some have already started to catch on.
“This lesson will be passed by defeating the golem with the ‘weapons’ you’ve received. By the way, if you fail, the golem’s fist will fly at you.”
[Huh?]
[?]
[HAHAHAHA]
[???]
[What?]
[Oh LOL, you mean we’ll get hit.]
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