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I got into school for nothing - 189

I got into school for nothing (189)

Lesson 37. Let Me Rest, It's Vacation - 4

Kang Eunyoung gazed at Ban Yuwon and spoke.

“You were planning to broadcast on Earth too, weren’t you?”

“Well, I can’t just leave the channel idle for two months.”

Though he said this, if all the myths had remained on Earth, the Rebellion channel would have undoubtedly gone on a two-month hiatus.

However, the Earth he returned to had not only undergone dimensional evolution but all information related to the Tower of Babel’s conquest had been removed, so he had no reason to hesitate in uploading videos.

“But you’re saying my sister shouldn’t be exposed on the channel, right?”

“...Truth be told, I didn’t even want her to be active like that.”

To attract viewers, a strong and charismatic individual was necessary.

He hated to admit it, but Ban Yumi was a monumental icon, one who had once made the entire nation glue themselves to their TVs to cheer her on.

While her fencing skills were exceptional, it would have been impossible without her beauty.

Ban Yuwon was confident that her beauty would appeal to people worldwide—no, to beings across all dimensions.

‘So, I was planning to feature my sister as the main character for this video series...’

She said his sister couldn’t be exposed in the videos.

By this point, Ban Yuwon had almost entirely guessed the circumstances.

“Alright, I’ll do that.”

“Aren’t you going to ask why?”

“If it’s a reason I need to know now, then I’ll listen.”

At Ban Yuwon’s words, Kang Eunyoung’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Son, you’ve changed a lot. You’ve become an adult.”

“Not yet.”

If he were truly an adult, he would have been able to handle both his mother and his sister more skillfully.

Since he couldn’t, Ban Yuwon was ultimately just a half-wit.

“When you need my help, tell me right away, Mom.”

“Oh, you say the strangest things. As long as things continue like this, I couldn’t ask for more.”

Kang Eunyoung chuckled and patted his shoulder.

But to him, his mother’s true feelings were clearly visible, concept by concept—.

Once again, he could say nothing for now, only shrugging his shoulders.

* * *

Dungeons appear frequently in worlds with high Mana levels, and the higher the Mana density, the greater their difficulty.

Since dungeons themselves are masses of Mana, leaving them unattended means more and more high-difficulty dungeons will appear.

And when too many dungeons gather within a certain area, a resonance occurs, leading to an infection wave that results in the terrifying phenomenon known as a “monster wave.”

Even Union Academy, which gathers the finest talents from all worlds, emphasized the seriousness of monster waves during a school-wide special activity, so it’s safe to say that the greatest enemy of Mana civilization is definitely not dimension pirates or Constellations, but infection waves.

“The G-rank dungeon that appeared in Korea is in the center of Gangnam’s downtown area.”

“So, a dungeon accomplished what no one else could: it brought down Gangnam’s housing prices.”

Ban Yuwon was Ban Yuwon for immediately thinking of that when a dungeon appeared in Gangnam, but Ban Yumi’s reply was an even greater masterpiece.

“Grandfather Ban tried to scoop it all up when prices hit rock bottom, but due to government regulations, he only managed to get a little.”

“So he *did* manage to get some...”

He thought his grandfather was truly amazing for betting on the G-rank dungeon without hesitation, confident it could be conquered.

“Are there no dungeon details?”

“None. No one who’s gone in has come out.”

Then what’s the point of this briefing?

As if reading Ban Yuwon’s incredulous thoughts, the senior member with impressive long, straight hair—Kang Miyeon—grinned and said.

“People value formality, you see. We need to show that we’re a tightly-knit group working together for everyone to be satisfied.”

“I think we need to establish a course of action.”

Yu Jina, the youngest of the group (though only by a year) and with a small, squirrel-like build, cautiously raised her hand and spoke.

“I can’t endure inside there, you see. But if I don’t go, it won’t look good, so I have to enter with everyone, but...”

“Then why not be a porter? There aren’t many people who’d volunteer to be a porter in a G-rank dungeon, after all.”

At Lee Hyunji’s casually tossed remark, Ban Yuwon tilted his head, asking, “A porter?”

“Is something like that necessary?”

“Then are you going into the dungeon naked, you idiot?”

A true older sister never misses a chance to tease her younger brother.

Ban Yumi swiftly jabbed at Ban Yuwon, but he dodged it with a spectacular duck and counterattacked.

“I have an Inventory, you know.”

“Oh.”

An Inventory, a unique sub-dimensional storage connected to an individual.

As long as he possessed it—a space he’d filled with various things yet showed no signs of being full—there was no need for a porter.

All the executives of Oculus Ruber present fell silent.

Ban Yuwon grinned, thrusting his face closer to his sister.

“So, who’s the idiot now?”

“Sh-shut up... It’s strange to assume such a thing, which only appears in fantasy.”

“Even though you watched all our channel’s videos.”

“I’ve always wondered every time I watched the videos, but not all Union Academy students have that Inventory, do they?”

At Yu Jina’s question, Ban Yuwon turned to Rucell and asked.

“How many had it?”

“Hmm, Mira unnie and the Student Council President definitely had it. Oh, and Aire too.”

“Now that you mention it, I think I heard that it’s given to the top 5% by the time they reach their graduating year.”

“Wow.”

The fact that Ban Yuwon possessed an Inventory was proof that he wasn’t just the best on Earth, but also one of the most talented individuals at Union Academy.

And what made it possible was Eve.

Indeed, with Eve and his other vassals, he was achieving consecutive feats impossible for a freshman, proving that the professors who granted him an Inventory had not been mistaken in their judgment.

“Anyway, you’re saying all four executives, including my sister, are entering the dungeon?”

“Regardless of the truth, we can’t give the impression that we’re leaving everything to you. Besides, Miyeon and I are probably capable of performing well even in a G-rank dungeon.”

“Ban Yumi, aren’t you being too much?”

Lee Hyunji, naturally insulted, cried out, but no one paid her any mind.

Guild Master Ban Yumi was Level 50, and Sub-Master Kang Miyeon was Level 43.

In contrast, Lee Hyunji and Yu Jina were in their late 30s and possessed no unique Authorities, so they had no right to complain about being treated as dead weight.

“Miyeon’s unique Authority is excellent for defense, so you and Jina should stay hidden behind Miyeon.”

“What’s Miyeon unnie’s unique Authority?”

“Huh? That’s—.”

“Ooh...”

Kang Miyeon suddenly let out an exclamation.

Though she shook her head, claiming it was nothing as everyone’s gaze turned to her, only Lee Hyunji realized the reason and grinned.

“It feels good when a handsome guy calls you ‘unnie,’ doesn’t it? Hmm?”

“Shh.”

Kang Miyeon clamped a hand over Lee Hyunji’s mouth, then cleared her throat with a “hmm” and spoke.

“My Authority is nothing special. It’s called ‘Unforgettable Trace’.”

“An ‘Unforgettable Trace’... how poetic.”

“Yeah, but the ability itself is quite straightforward. It’s an Authority that allows me to materialize the trajectory of my movements.”

“For example,” Kang Miyeon said, then drew her hand vertically through the air.

The trajectory traced by her hand glowed and flickered blue, forming a gentle curve.

Ban Yuwon admired how the curve temporarily became a concept and sustained itself.

The concept her movement contained... destructive power, reflecting speed and force, remained, meaning simply touching it would cause damage.

“It certainly seems good for defense.”

“Since I can control it, it’s quite useful for offense too.”

“Pfft—I told you she does things like video game ultimate moves by herself!”

At that moment, Lee Hyunji, who had barely escaped Kang Miyeon’s restraint, added to the explanation.

Apparently, she can also instantly send sharp, crescent-shaped trajectories, created by wildly swinging her sword, to bombard enemies.

What, that’s a real ultimate move!

“But it’s pathetic compared to Yumi’s Authority.”

“That’s an unfair comparison, Miyeon unnie.”

“If you really think about it, Yoomingming suits a boss monster more than a playable character.”

“Wanna die to a boss monster?”

As Ban Yumi sprang to her feet, Yu Jina and Lee Hyunji shrieked and fled.

With the heartwarming sight of slender beauties playfully teasing each other before him, Ban Yuwon thought to himself.

“This won’t do. Let’s do some reinforcement before we go.”

“Reinforcement?”

Ban Yumi’s movements instantly halted.

“Yeah, I’ll reinforce you directly, Unnie. For the others... let’s reinforce their weapons and armor. Then, a G-rank dungeon should be manageable somehow.”

“Ban Yuwon, what do you mean by reinforcing directly? Ah, are you perhaps going to directly inject Mana like before?”

“Directly inject Mana? Wait, could you explain that in a bit more detail? What do you do, how do you directly inject it? Huh? With what? In what way?”

“Hyunji unnie, stop fantasizing!”

“It’ll be faster if I just show you.”

Ban Yuwon pulled out a Code Core, which he used to store various concepts, from his Inventory.

Once he accumulated ‘Life’ beyond a certain level, absorbing concepts like ‘Life’ or ‘Body’ from those significantly weaker than himself no longer changed his ‘depth.’ However, he didn’t simply discard them but diligently collected them, dividing them among several Code Cores.

For example, the ‘Life’ he amassed in large quantities from dungeons outside Union Academy by deploying his vassals could only be used to grow up to a depth of 100, so he put all of it into one core. Then he gathered ‘Life’ that could grow up to a depth of 200 into another core...

He had created several cores in this manner, and the one he pulled out now contained core concepts that allowed for growth even beyond a depth of 500.

“Ban Yumi, come over here.”

“Always getting cheeky.”

Ban Yumi grumbled but approached him nonetheless.

Ignoring the guild executives watching with keen interest, he extracted a large amount of ‘Life,’ Mana, and ‘Body’ from the core (souls were only used when creating vassals) and injected them into Ban Yumi.

Just as when he first granted her Mana, it was absorbed without the slightest resistance.

“...Huh?”

It was too significant a change to ignore.

Ban Yumi seemed to feel the concepts dissolving into her body in real-time; she closed her eyes, concentrating, then suddenly opened them wide in shock.

“I just reached Level 60?!”

“What?!”

“Her level went up by 10? Really?”

“What is that, how...?”

“It’s probably not just that. Her stats likely increased even more.”

“Yeah...”

Is Level 60 the limit, then? Ban Yuwon clicked his tongue and put the core back into his embrace.

If he completely emptied the concepts in the core, further growth would be possible, but the efficiency would drop too drastically.

If there were concepts to waste like that, it would be better to save them in preparation for new vassals he might create in the future.

“Wow.”

“That’s insane...”

“Ah, the reason I can directly raise my sister’s level is because she’s my family. My Authority can’t be used on targets with whom I don’t have a deep connection.”

“That’s why it’s possible for me too.”

As he kindly explained to the executives, who were looking between him and Ban Yumi, too shy to ask themselves and wearing extremely envious expressions, Rucell took it upon herself to add to the explanation.

Having roughly grasped the situation, they bit their lips, looking back and forth between Ban Yuwon and his sister with expressions that were a mix of shock and envy.

“Wow, even though I kept hearing how amazing he was, it didn’t feel real... Yuwon... is truly amazing...”

“He’s Earth’s representative, unnie. He wouldn’t be one for no reason...”

“Because the connection... is deep.”

Lee Hyunji and Yu Jina simply continued to marvel, but... Kang Miyeon, who was looking at Ban Yumi with strange eyes, seemed to be thinking something different.

At that moment, a thought suddenly struck Ban Yuwon as well.

From the moment Ban Yuwon awakened his abilities, he could interfere with the concepts within Ban Yumi’s body without any problems.

At the time, he thought it was because they were family, but deducing from his mother’s words, the two of them were probably...

Considering the circumstances that later allowed him to interfere with the concepts within Rucell’s body, perhaps...

Ban Yuwon stopped his thoughts there.

He couldn’t handle anything more than that, not yet.

“Ahem, anyway.”

Ban Yuwon cleared his throat, changing the atmosphere in the silent situation where everyone had lost their words, and said.

“Since you cleared an F-rank dungeon at Level 50, a G-rank should be no problem at Level 60. As I said before, I can’t directly raise the levels of others, so instead, we’ll reinforce their weapons and armor.”

“You’d do that much? We have nothing to give you in return...”

“I can give a gift like that to my sister’s friends. It’s nothing too grand.”

Ban Yuwon winked and said.

“So, what kind of swords do the three of you use?”

“I thought you’d say you’d make us rapiers since we’re fencers.”

“After seeing my sister, do you think I’d say something like that?”

Modern fencing isn’t a sword art that primarily uses rapiers, and even if it were, fencing, having evolved as a sport, could hardly be effective against monsters.

Indeed, Ban Yumi’s sparring sessions mainly featured extremely practical swordplay, perfected under Dokgo Yeon’s influence. As such, the executives of Oculus Ruber, fighting in the same guild as her, wouldn’t insist on fencing unless they were fools.

Finishing what he thought was an excellent analysis, he turned to look at them, but for some reason, Lee Hyunji’s face flushed red, and she turned her head, avoiding his gaze.

“I use a rapier, though...”

“No, it’s a rapier in the end?!”

“It just feels like it would be strong for thrusting...!”

“Honestly, I’ve never fought while being picky about weapon types.”

Yu Jina, stepping forward instead of Lee Hyunji, said with a wry smile.

“Earth doesn’t yet have the technology to mass-produce artifacts like Union Academy. Modern technology and the technology to create magical equipment are entirely different, you see.”

“It’s the same for Union Academy. Ban Yuwon is the only one who can mass-produce artifacts.”

“Anyway, we mostly use whatever drops in dungeons, and if that’s the case... you know, right? I even learned dagger-wielding anew because a dagger I got from an F-rank dungeon was so good.”

“Right, me too.”

True warriors of the battlefield, who used whatever weapons they could get their hands on without discrimination, were here.

“Still, if we’re making new ones, a longsword would be good. With a reasonably wide blade, usable with two hands... a bastard sword?”

“Oh, me too!”

“A bastard sword, safe choice.”

Ban Yuwon’s Executioner’s Longsword was also a bastard sword, and to add, all twenty-five swords that made up the Stormrain Sword were bastard swords.

Easy to use, and powerful.

There was no reason not to use them.

“So, Hyunji unnie gets a rapier, and Jina unnie and Ban Yumi get bastard swords.”

“Tsk.”

“Ah, this...”

“...?”

Ban Yuwon, slightly intimidated by the varied reactions he received simply for listing the types of weapons he would make, took half a step back from them.

However, they were no longer in a state to care about that.

“Now I kind of understand Yumi’s feelings. If someone like Yuwon called me ‘unnie’ and clung to me, I think I’d become a siscon right away...!”

“Honestly, I’m a bit envious. I want to be an ‘unnie’ too...”

So it was because he called them ‘unnie’?

Ban Yuwon shrugged, thinking of Yumina ‘unnie’ who had sent him to Earth.

Perhaps it’s a similar principle to how men want pretty women to call them ‘oppa’.

‘It’s a huge relief that my illusions about women were shattered long ago.’

Honestly, it was a bit jarring, but it’s not like he’d wear out from saying it, so he might as well call them whatever they wanted.

Ban Yuwon ignored Ban Yumi, who was glaring at her comrades with fierce, axe-like eyes, and turned his gaze to Kang Miyeon.

“What about Miyeon unnie?”

“Hmm... I’ll take a greatsword. My physical abilities are already reinforced, so holding and swinging it won’t be an issue, and for drawing massive trajectories, nothing beats a greatsword.”

“Oh, then we won’t need to make one specifically for you, Unnie. I ‘just so happen’ to have one left over.”

“‘Just so happen’?”

“Yes. I got something even better recently, so I no longer need the old one. But that doesn’t mean it’s of poor quality. After all...”

It’s a Relic.

Not just Kang Miyeon, but everyone present gaped as they saw the greatsword Ban Yuwon pulled from his Inventory.

Anyone capable of wielding Mana could sense the extraordinary aura emanating from the greatsword.

The group, overwhelmed by the greatsword, thought at the same time.

No, if *this* is no longer needed, then what on earth is the new greatsword he just acquired...?