I Got an Ex-Class Omnipotent System - Chapter 7

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Episode 7

Chapter 7: Rival? (3)

The trainees’ breakfast time.

The instructors also needed to have breakfast, but they were all summoned without being able to eat due to one agenda item.

Led by Hwang Hana, the head instructor of Seoul Hunter Training Center, all six instructors including Choe Phil, who was in charge of physical training, had gathered. Since it was Choe Phil, not Hwang Hana, who had summoned them, no one voiced any complaints.

Contrary to his appearance, Choe Phil was a healer assigned by the Hunter Association and received quite a lot of respect. Among the instructors gathered here, there wasn’t a single one who hadn’t received Choe Phil’s help at the Black Gate.

It wasn’t because they didn’t voice complaints due to his intimidating muscles that bulged as if they would tear his instructor uniform, making him look rough and imposing.

Crack, snap—!

Flinch!

Probably not.

Anyway, while several instructors were flinching at Choe Phil’s otherworldly muscles, Choe Phil stepped forward in front of the gathered instructors and spoke.

“First, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to gather here following my suggestion.”

True to form, contrary to his appearance, his gentlemanly demeanor made several instructors secretly sigh in relief and focus on Choe Phil’s words.

The reason Choe Phil had gathered them was simple.

“Normally, at most five trainees would be admitted, but currently Seoul Hunter Training Center has an exceptional 10 trainees enrolled. Therefore, I request that we operate two teams of 5 members each.”

At his polite explanation, several instructors tilted their heads.

Though there were 10 trainees, it was still just 10 people.

It was a number that the instructors could teach all at once without any problems, so several expressed doubts, but Hwang Hana, who had already experienced the trainees, had no choice but to nod.

“You’re trying to foster competition.”

“Yes, exactly. Even during this morning’s training, a competitive structure formed between the five who enrolled a few hours earlier and the five who enrolled later. They seemed to be dividing into factions led by trainee Dohyun and trainee Jiyuchan respectively.”

At Hwang Hana’s words, Choe Phil immediately nodded in agreement.

All the instructors who heard this story nodded their heads.

Since ancient times, competition had been a medium that made each other stronger.

However, several instructors were still expressing doubts.

Jiyuchan was understandable since they had heard about him, but Dohyun?

It was a name they were hearing for the first time.

More precisely, they had seen it in the documents, but since there was nothing outstanding about him, they were puzzled.

Then one of the instructors asked a question, still seeming doubtful.

“Does trainee Dohyun have competitiveness comparable to cadet Jiyuchan? From what I saw in the documents, he doesn’t seem much different from the other cadets.”

It was instructor Kim Arum, a short female instructor in charge of morning information education that would follow immediately after breakfast.

Her doubt seemed to align with other instructors’ questions, as several instructors were nodding in agreement.

Competition only works if there’s actual competitiveness, doesn’t it?

So they asked Choe Phil about that aspect, but the answer came from elsewhere.

“I think he’s competitive enough. Trainee Jiyuchan also seemed to be conscious of trainee Dohyun.”

“Ah, if the head instructor says so, then it must be certain.”

At Hwang Hana’s words, instructor Kim Arum was startled and nodded in response.

Actually, instructor Kim Arum had been an instructor longer. No, if you only counted experience, there was no one here with less experience than Hwang Hana.

Both as an instructor and as a hunter.

However, there was no one in this place with better skills than Hwang Hana, so when such words came from head instructor Hwang Hana’s mouth, their doubts couldn’t help but disappear.

In the hunter industry, nothing ranked higher than skill.

Surviving longer might have meaning, but even that didn’t apply to the other instructors who were C-rank or below.

In comparison, wasn’t Hwang Hana the person who reached B-rank areas fastest in Korea?

Although according to Korean Hunter Training Center records, she had dropped from 1st to 2nd place two months ago, there was still no one who had reached B-rank areas faster than her.

So her statements had to carry weight.

Moreover.

“I also agree with head instructor Hwang Hana’s opinion. In the morning physical training, trainee Dohyun surpassed trainee Jiyuchan and showed the most excellent physical ability.”

Choe Phil’s statement couldn’t help but stir up the instructors.

Jiyuchan had lost.

Among those gathered here, there wasn’t anyone who hadn’t seen the documents of all 10 people.

“What?! Jiyuchan lost?”

“Huh? Jiyuchan’s physical abilities were actually record-breaking scores.”

“Wasn’t Dohyun too low compared to him? It might sound bad to say this, but I think his physical abilities were even lower than the female cadets?”

“Yes, exactly.”

“Huh?”

Everyone looked surprised and began opening the Dohyun section of the documents they had brought and started writing various things again.

It was that shocking.

Even Hwang Hana, who had recommended Dohyun, was equally surprised.

‘Already surpassed Jiyuchan?’

She had thought it was amazing that he learned basic techniques just by reading books, but since physical abilities were hard to overturn with just luck or genius alone, she thought Jiyuchan would be superior for a few days.

But to overturn that from the first morning.

Feeling this, Hwang Hana unconsciously looked at Dohyun’s documents and muttered to herself.

‘What exactly is his identity?’

To learn basic techniques and basic magic at once just by reading books, and to have his physical abilities improved at once too – he was the kind of person that couldn’t be understood with common sense.

If even Hwang Hana thought so, what about the other instructors?

Everyone got excited and started chattering about the appearance of a new game-changer.

Since they were teaching trainees at the Hunter Training Center, they too were people enthusiastic about education, so they discussed how to be more effective.

“Then we’ll divide them into teams and have them compete.”

“Hmm, a point system would be convenient.”

“Changing from the existing ranking system to a team point system is no big deal.”

“We should go with that approach starting from the very next class.”

“Competition sounds thrilling.”

Watching the very excited instructors, Hwang Hana somehow dared to guess that this batch might record unprecedented results.

Indeed, what would happen from the very first day.

* * *

And so, Classroom 201.

The moment the instructor entered, Dohyun couldn’t help but be flustered.

It wasn’t because they suddenly announced forming teams.

It was because of her status window.

‘Can a civilian be an instructor?’

That’s what he thought at first, but soon after hearing Kim Arum introduce herself, he could understand.

“Hello. I am Dr. Kim Arum from Black Forest Ecology, and I will be in charge of your information education for the next month.”

A doctorate in Black Gate ecology.

It was certainly sufficient qualifications to be an instructor.

It was a bit disappointing that she wasn’t a Hunter and couldn’t acquire skills.

Same with obtaining AP.

Well, since he was just attending classes, it probably didn’t matter much, so he didn’t worry about it.

Meanwhile, Kim Arum introduced herself and simultaneously spoke to the trainees.

“First, let me announce something before the lecture. To get straight to the point, since there are many people, we will divide you into teams.”

“Teams?”

“Oh, is it a group project?”

Some trainees’ faces turned pale upon hearing this, as if they had bad memories, but their expressions began to turn strange at Kim Arum’s words.

“Yes, teams. You’ll be in groups of five, and during your month-long stay at the Training Facility, all educational processes—not just my lectures but all training—will be evaluated by teams. It’s a merit system where well-performing teams receive higher scores.”

Everyone was bewildered by the sudden announcement, but their expressions became strange.

As if this was exactly what they had hoped for, or rather as if they liked it, since they were already sitting together in groups, that atmosphere became even more apparent.

Kim Arum also couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly seeing this.

The atmosphere was already formed—it was real.

‘And it’s quite a tense atmosphere too? Trainee Jiyuchan is showing a similar reaction. But…’

Kim Arum thought Jiyuchan’s burning reaction was very good, but conversely, Dohyun’s side was ambiguous.

Dohyun showed no emotions other than bewilderment.

At the same time, he was scratching his head as if things had become bothersome.

‘Is he uncomfortable with group activities?’

Whether he liked it or not, within the Black Gate, they absolutely had to move as parties.

Party training was also one of the roles of this Training Facility.

Kim Arum then called out names to stoke the fire further.

“Trainees Kwon Eunchae, Kim Yunjeong, Dongwook Park, Jiyuchan, and Han Junseo will be Team 1, and trainees Guminah, Yongchan Kim, Yesul Park, Dohyun, and Jeongminwoo—these five will be Team 2.”

It was a quite intentional team arrangement, designed to spark subtle competition by placing Dohyun’s team, who arrived first, as Team 2.

Indeed.

“Ah, we came first but we’re Team 2?”

“Shouldn’t teams be decided by order of admission?”

“Exactly.”

“Hmm, that’s a bit much.”

“…?”

Except for the puzzled Dohyun, all of Team 2 voiced their complaints.

However, in response to Team 2’s reaction, Team 1 looked at them as if they were being ridiculous.

“Huh? We awakened first though?”

“Right, if you think about it, aren’t we the seniors?”

“Exactly, the instructor assigned us fairly~.”

“You’re objecting to the instructor’s decision?”

“…”

Similarly, Jiyuchan didn’t say anything either, but unlike Dohyun, he seemed quite satisfied.

At the trainees’ reactions, Kim Arum smiled as if everything was going according to plan, then pretended to mediate while actually stoking the fire further by bringing up an idea.

“Hmm, the opposition is stronger than expected. How about we do this instead?”

At Kim Arum’s sudden suggestion, everyone looked at her and focused on her words.

Indeed, an effective way to grab attention.

Once everyone was focused like that, Kim Arum spoke as if making a proposal to them.

“There’s a saying in the Hunter world that skill comes first. After this lecture ends, we’ll have a quiz, and how about the team that answers the most questions correctly gets to be Team 1?”

Normally, this would be something everyone would dread.

With the average age exceeding mid-twenties, who would like suddenly having lectures and quizzes?

Without exception, everyone would hate it.

But if it was framed this way?

“Good. Skill comes first.”

“We need to show them what’s what.”

“We need to show them what awakening first means~!”

“Hehe, exactly.”

“…Fine.”

Team 1 spoke as if this was great, and Jiyuchan spoke calmly.

“Ha, we came first and read the Record Room first too, and that difference is huge.”

“Exactly.”

“We need to show them what we’re made of.”

“Let’s show them for sure.”

“…?”

Team 2 members spoke as if this worked out perfectly, while Dohyun was just bewildered by the situation.

When everyone’s opinion aligned like that, Kim Arum smiled to herself as if everything was going according to plan and began the lecture.

“Well then, since it’s the first day, I should explain about the Black Gates.”

As Kim Arum explained about the Black Gates, she taught them one of the most fundamental rules of the Black Gates.

Starting with common knowledge that even ordinary people knew.

“As you know, you can enter Black Gates from anywhere you can see them if you want to, but you can never enter alone. The party system commonly seen in games also applies to Black Gates.”

The party system within Black Gates was quite a famous topic among hunters. While you couldn’t actually see a system interface, it referred to the rule that prevented solo entry and allowed those who wanted to enter together to do so as a group.

The minimum number was 3 people, and the maximum party size was 5.

“So dividing into teams like this will be useful when you’re dispatched to Black Gates after training, right?”

Though it was a sudden situation, all the trainees focused intently on Kim Arum’s lecture as if they couldn’t afford to miss out on Team 1.

Dohyun was being half-hearted about it, but he was secretly worried.

‘I’m not confident about the test….’

Well, being on Team 2 would be fine too, but seeing how passionately the other team members were burning with enthusiasm, he didn’t want to be a burden, so he decided to focus as much as possible.

However.

“When you enter a Black Gate with your party like that, the first area you appear in is fixed at F-rank. From there, when you gradually reach the end of the F-rank area, you enter the dungeon and get promoted….”

It was more boring than he thought.

What should he do about this?

As Dohyun was thinking this and forcing himself to absorb the lecture content that wasn’t registering well, something appeared before his eyes.

Looking at the short two-line message, Dohyun got the illusion that Analysis was speaking to him like this.

Is the test difficult? Then I’ll help you.

At Analysis’s truly generous attitude, Dohyun thought with sincere gratitude.

‘Thank you, Analysis.’

The lecture went on for a full 2 hours, and the result was.

“Hahaha! Dohyun is the best!”

“A perfect score!?”

“This can’t be!?”

“Wait! What did Yuchan score?!”

“…I got one wrong.”

“Ah….”

It was Dohyun’s overwhelming victory.

And so Dohyun’s team became Team 1.

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