The Academy's Barbarian-Chapter 14
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5.
Hall of the Southern Falcon.
Arriving at his destination, Ulan looked around the test site to find a supervisor who would explain the 《Monster Hunt》 test..
then.
Someone immediately spoke up.
“hey there you.”
20middle-aged woman.
It was a woman with dark green hair and bright yellow eyes. she asked curiously.
“Why are you taking off your top by yourself??”
“I'm not used to it.”
Ulan answered meekly..
Because there was nothing to hide anyway.
“Are you not used to it? getting dressed?”
“exactly.”
“No, you're not some kind of savage from the outskirts, and you're not used to wearing clothes.······.”
“right.”
“······what?”
“I'm from a barbarian tribe.”
This is also a fact that does not need to be hidden..
So I responded calmly, but the woman looked quite embarrassed. As if I didn't know that this answer would come back.
Then something came into Ulan's sight..
It was an ID hanging around the woman's neck..
[proctor]
[stella natalia]
Somehow, he looked older than a student taking the exam, he must have been the supervisor. Around the time he nodded, Stella murmured softly..
“Every year at the entrance exam, one or two strange people come out, but it's the first time I've seen a savage come to take an exam..”
Eyes filled with light curiosity.
Stella looked all over Ulan's body as if looking at a strange object..
“Rather, you came to take my test, right??”
“If it's a monster hunt, yes.”
“good. then let me explain.”
Stella grinned and turned around..
“Monster hunting is literally a test to see if you have the qualities to fight monsters. It's to see if you're talented as a monster hunter..”
Arsene Academy nurtures and produces talents in various fields such as combat, life, and art..
Magic is the most famous field, but talented people are constantly being born in swordsmanship, martial arts, and archery..
Monster hunting was one of them..
“The content of the test is simple. You just have to defeat the monster in any way. Also, the higher the risk group, the higher the grade..”
The harder it is, the better the result.
The explanation of the test ended with this..
“If you understand, take this.”
Orb that emits blue light.
It is the same marble as the one you received in the previous test, the great melee..
“Be careful not to destroy the marbles. If this is broken, regardless of how much damage was done to the monster, it will always be grade F..”
Stella pretended to slit her throat..
With the advice that it would be better to hide it in a safe place if possible.
“If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.”
“How do I get an S grade??”
“huh? I want to challenge the S rank?”
Yellow eyes slightly widened.
As if I heard something unexpected.
But that was only for a moment, Stella said with an intriguing smile..
“It's simple. If you win in 3 minutes against a 3 star monster, you're done..”
3star monster. It's weaker than a monster of the same class, but it's still not weak enough for a single student to catch it..
It's a level that you can barely defeat if you have at least three official knights..
“The grade goes down every minute the time is exceeded. By the way, no one ever got an S grade on my test..”
how is it? I will continue to challenge?
Stella looked at Ulan as if to say that..
Ulan nodded..
“that's simple.”
“Yes?”
“I will take the S grade exam.”
Stella stood in a daze for a moment at the indifferent answer, then burst into laughter..
“He's a very cool guy. Alright, then go inside. I'll summon a monster.”
At Stella's signal, the waiting assistant proctor opened the door to the exam room..
empty interior space.
The moment Ulan was about to take a step.
“One piece of advice: never relax. There are safeguards, but you never know when or how an accident will happen..”
“not note.”
“Oh, and this is just a personal curiosity..”
“······?”
“Why is your stomach glowing blue??”
Her finger pointed at Ulan's stomach..
At the same time, Ulan also looked at the ship..
A soft blue light shining through. It's not as much as before, but if you look closely, you can see a bluish light..
“Because he swallowed the marble.”
“······what?”
Stella asked back with a blank face.
Ulan told her a brief summary of what had just happened. After a while, Stella let out an absurd voice..
“No, why did you swallow it??”
“Didn't I say you're eliminated if the marbles break? So I just put it in a safe place..”
Of course, with Ulan's strength and skill, he can fight enough while protecting the orb..
but it was annoying so swallowed.
the reason was that.
“······I'll tell you one more thing for you.”
Meanwhile, Stella's face hardened like a stone. After a while, she gave her advice with a serious face..
“Arsene's entrance exam is no joke. Of course, most of them are plants in the greenhouse, but there are also dangerous guys who sometimes risk their lives in tests..”
There are casualties every year in the entrance exam..
In particular, a total of five deaths and dozens of injuries occurred last year. About half of them were bloodshed between examinees..
“So please refrain from such reckless behavior in the future. I came from the periphery to the empire, but if you don't want to get hurt in a place like this······.”
So I gave you some heartfelt advice..
But I couldn't even speak. It's because Ulan, who was silently listening to advice, put her marbles in her mouth in the first place. like eating candy.
ah, please probably not?
Stella reached out. It was to stop his actions. However, Ulan's actions were much faster than that..
gulp!
Beads going down the neck.
Blue light travels slowly down the esophagus. Light going towards the camouflage. Stella screamed with an absurd face..
“you madman! What if I swallow it again!”
“This is the safest place.”
“No, then you can go after it! If you get stabbed by a crazy guy······!”
“it's okay.”
a calm voice.
Ulan said with a twinkle in his eyes..
“I've only had one hole in my stomach in my entire life..”
One of the Lords of the Abyss.
When fighting the Giant King Largtan. Other than that, I've never had a hole in my stomach..
Right after Ulan's answer.
Stella kept her mouth shut. The sudden answer was absurd, but it was more because his eyes were unusual..
‘what kind of eyes······.’
It is not the eyes of a single student. The eyes of a seasoned warrior who has roamed the battlefield countless times. It was the calm and deep eyes like those who had gone through all the prenatal battles..
So, without knowing, I closed my mouth.
“Haha, I don't know where you're from, but you're the most unusual student I've ever seen..”
After spitting out the truthful words.
Stella made a puzzled expression..
“If you feel like dying in a fight, shout for help right away. Then I'll take it as a sign of giving up and cancel the summons..”
“thank you for the favor.”
“Thank you so much, if you understand, follow me quickly!”
at the end of an angry cry.
I went straight to the exam room. Afterwards, Stella stood on the platform, and Ulan moved to the battlefield..
The hall was quite large..
And on one side, long swords, shields, axes, hammers, spears, bows, ropes, iron nets, and so on. A variety of equipment was provided..
Ulan chose the hatchet.
I could handle all the other weapons, but this one was the most familiar. Around the time he lightly wielded the ax in each hand..
Stella's voice rang the exam hall..
“From now on, the examinee will begin the monster hunting test in Ulaanbaatar..”
As soon as the businesslike voice stopped, a huge magic circle was engraved on the floor ahead. Ulan looked at this blankly..
If you are an ordinary hunter, you will find a place to hide. I have to check what kind of monster it is and find the most effective strategy..
But Ulan was different..
‘Monsters generally have similar weaknesses.’
head or heart.
If you break one of the two, most die..
It's much easier to kill than a demon who has to cut out flesh until the nucleus comes out..
That means there's no reason to hide.
So Ulan just stared at the white magic circle. And at that moment, a huge shadow was cast over the test site..
thud! Whoops!
Heavy footsteps shaking the ground.
Soon a huge monster appeared..
A large reptile whose entire body is covered with scales. The peculiar thing was that it had two heads..
‘Double-Headed Dragon).’
Literally a two-headed dragon.
Of course, only the name is dragon..
A real dragon is much bigger and mightier than that..
To Ulan, who had actually fought a dragon, it was just a deformed lizard..
But then.
Suddenly the podium became noisy.
“Uh, why the two-headed dragon?······!”
“There seems to be a problem with the magic circle!”
“send it back quickly!”
“am trying now!”
As if embarrassed by the appearance of the double-headed dragon.
Ulan, on the other hand, was calm. Because there was only one thing he had to do here.
dig!
After kicking the ground in the blink of an eye.
Spirit dwelled in the axe. An ax that will soon become red hot. At that time, the twin-headed dragon howled as if it had noticed Ulan's approach..
“haaaaa!”
“jerk!”
Two-headed dragon revealing its ferocious teeth.
It was ready to bite Ulan at any moment..
However, this was the guy's mistake..
I just had to bite right off. Then she could have delayed Ulan's coming right under her nose, and she could have lived just a little bit longer..
he found out too late.
Fuck! Quadduk!
Strike without hesitation.
A two-headed dragon's head flew through the air by a rapidly crossing ax.
The one remaining head panicked and tried to pull the body back, but it was already too late..
Uhlan's ax was faster than that..
Awesome! sprout!
The second head fell to the floor.
The boy died gushing out dark red blood. Leaving behind the piece of meat that was no longer a double-headed dragon, Ulan turned around..
It was to check the test results.
6.
Meanwhile around that time.
Stella couldn't come to her senses..
There were two reasons.
The first reason was that the monster summoning magic circle suddenly caused a problem, and the two-headed dragon, a 5-star monster instead of a 3-star, was summoned..
5Star-class monsters are not monsters that a single student can deal with. So while Stella was canceling the summons, she tried to buy time by breaking into the test room..
to protect uhlan.
‘I thought so······.’
In the blink of an eye, the two-headed dragon fell.
By Ulan, an examinee who thought he was a target of protection, not anyone else.
woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
The floor shook as the headless two-headed dragon collapsed. The assistant supervisors, who came to their senses at the same time, opened their lips with dazed faces..
“Woo, Ulaanbaatar.”
“Time elapsed until end of test······.”
they couldn't speak.
It was natural. Because it was such an absurd result. But seeing it for myself, I didn't think there was a trick..
So the results were announced soon..
“Ulaanbaatar, 13 seconds! S grade!”
The test time is automatically measured right after the monster is summoned. In other words, the two-headed dragon was summoned and hunted within 13 seconds..
Since monster hunting was added to Arsene Academy's entrance exam, no test taker has ever achieved such a high score..
Meanwhile, after confirming the results, Ulan turned around as if he had no regrets. It was for the next exam..
But at that moment.
There was someone who suddenly stood in the way.
“you, you you!”
it was stella.
She shouted with a puzzled face, pointing at Ulan with her outstretched finger..
“What are you? No, really, what is it??!”
“Ulan Io.”
“no name! What are you doing?!”
“A warrior of the northern steppe.”
conversation does not follow.
but that didn't matter.
No matter what Ulan was doing, what Stella was going to say was already decided..
“Are you thinking of becoming a hunter??”
“no.”
“You have the talent of a monster hunter! Because I will raise you well. huh? how?!”
Stella stuck her head out..
Eyes shining like stars. It was the gaze that tried to get Ulan in any way. Ulan shook her head without averting her gaze..
“I'm not fit for a hunter.”
A hunter who does not know is good at hiding his presence, must know the forest well, and must not neglect to study his prey..
Of course Ulan can do that much..
It just doesn't fit the mood.
It's much easier to just swing an ax and break the enemy's head than to hide your presence and look for weaknesses, which is cumbersome..
So I tried to refuse, but Stella persisted..
“Superintendent, the next student······.”
“Noisy! That's important now?!”
Enough to throw away even the original supervisor.
It was worth it. For Stella, Ulan was the talent he wanted that much..
‘movement without fuss. unshakable judgment. To the extent of formidable power and skill!’
Actions that could only be accomplished with long experience, Uhlan did so easily. If this isn't talent, then what is talent??
If the hunter's skill is added here, the strongest monster hunter will be born.!
Stella was so sure.
“I won't tell you to decide right now. Instead, after you enter school later, take one of my classes. then you will want to!”
that's a lot of confidence.
Ulan smiled and replied.
“If you say that, I'll stop by.”
“is it real I promised!?”
“Got it. So get out of the way.”
“okay! Even if it's full, I'll leave 4 seats unconditionally, so do you have to come? got it?!”
When the answer came that she would go to class, Stella stepped aside from Ulan. Then waved his hand until the end.
After leaving the Hall of Falcons in the South.
Ulan looked at his next destination..
‘the last test······.’
<Magic Detection>, a special skill test in the field of magic recommended by Count Dermore. But to be honest, Ulan is a stranger to magic. To the point where I don't even know how magic works.
‘The Count said it wasn't that different from hunting the Witchbeast..’
Then the possibilities abound..
For Ulan, hunting monsters was just a little more annoying than monsters..
‘The test starts at 2pm..’
about two hours left.
While thinking about what to do.
A bell sounded in the distance. It was the bell announcing lunchtime. The moment I heard this, a forgotten memory came back..
「Let's meet in front of the fountain when the exam is over.!」
Before breaking up with Noah.
I remembered what I had promised..
I was about to lose my hunger, so let's eat first and finish the test..
Having made up his mind, Ulan turned around..
5page. entrance exam
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