On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 257

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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 257

 

Practical Training (3)

 

Extreme heat.

 

Extreme cold.

 

Each of these contrasting environments was truly realistic.

 

In the extreme heat environment, desert sand was spread out with a blazing sun beating down.

 

Right after entering, the students tried to take off their outer clothes.

 

But Ziel stopped them.

 

“It’s not a real sun, but under an actual sun, avoid exposing bare skin if possible. You’ll get burns within hours.”

 

They wouldn’t get burns immediately in this place.

 

After all, it was just artificial magic stone lighting installed, and the air temperature was raised through magic.

 

But what Ziel emphasized was real combat.

 

“I feel like I’m dying from the heat…”

 

“You won’t die.”

 

Ziel was in charge of the extreme heat environment.

 

The extreme cold environment on the opposite side was left to Gilbert and Kelvin.

 

Since Kelvin had lived as a mercenary for a long time, he was certainly capable of handling it.

 

Conversely, Ziel had experience performing assassination missions even in deserts.

 

That experience of targeting a trading company head passing through the desert while buried in sand for dozens of hours.

 

“In extreme heat environments like deserts, the most important things are water management and temperature management. Everyone open your backpacks.”

 

Following Ziel’s words, the students who opened their backpacks found one leather water pouch inside.

 

Though it was full, the following words were shocking.

 

“In actual practice, you survive with just that one.”

 

“J-just one?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“…”

 

It seemed hopeless from the start.

 

Survive a week with just one water pouch?

 

“I think this would be finished in just one day…”

 

When Ann muttered blankly, Ziel shook his head.

 

“Student Ann Peshwa, it varies by person’s build, but with that amount of water, you can generally last two days.”

 

“Two whole days?”

 

“That’s right. I’ll explain now. From now on, when you consume water, don’t drink a lot at once, but drink small amounts while extending the intervals between drinks as much as possible.”

 

First principle.

 

Water intake control.

 

“The amount of water to consume at once is about this much.”

 

“What?”

 

The amount of water Ziel mentioned was less than half of what you could hold when cupping both hands together.

 

“This is still a lot. But gradually reduce the amount and extend the intervals.”

 

It was absurd, but they had no choice but to follow.

 

Since it was Ziel saying it.

 

“I’m already getting short of breath…”

 

“Can we really survive drinking this?”

 

In extreme heat environments, everything becomes dry. Right now it was made dry through magic, but actual desert terrain would be worse than this.

 

“You have to endure to get good scores in practice. And everyone, open the front of your backpacks.”

 

What was in the front of the backpacks was a large cloth.

 

“Wrap it around your head to protect from the sun. And the other one is thermal lining to use at night.”

 

“Isn’t the desert hot, Teacher?”

 

“It becomes very cold at night. Deserts have extreme temperature differences.”

 

“Ah.”

 

Osu Island’s climate is diverse.

 

Because of a certain incident.

 

Magic experiments were conducted on Osu Island under Imperial leadership in the past, and as a side effect, the climate within Osu Island became diverse.

 

Osu Island is a place where various environments including the Arctic and desert exist simultaneously.

 

That’s why evacuation orders were issued for all residents and it was placed under Imperial management.

 

The reason for alternating between extreme cold and extreme heat environment training was also this.

 

Because they didn’t know what environment would come up in practice.

 

Perhaps it could even be a jungle, which could be considered more extreme.

 

“Can we survive?”

 

“Should I eat sand now? Won’t they excuse me from class if I have indigestion?”

 

The plausible strategy was shattered by Ziel’s single remark.

 

“If you eat sand, I’ll make you vomit, Student Lydia Rojas.”

 

“Ah.”

 

Thus survival training began.

 

Meanwhile.

 

“I’m freezing to death!”

 

“L-let’s start a f-fire first.”

 

Extreme cold survival training conducted under Gilbert and Kelvin’s leadership.

 

This place was no different from the Arctic.

 

The ground was dirt, but bone-chilling cold air continuously rose up and bitter wind blew fiercely.

 

Some students even had their runny noses freeze.

 

“Wow, look at that breath.”

 

“We really have to survive in a place like this…?”

 

Of course, the Academy would manage everything thoroughly, so there was no real danger of death.

 

The students just didn’t know this and fell into panic.

 

‘These kids are really going to do practice in places like this?’

 

The cave practice they heard about last time seemed better.

 

Even with the premise that Ruinbark would appear too!

 

If magic beasts appeared here as well, it wouldn’t be easy to endure with ordinary levels.

 

While Gilbert was pondering, Kelvin suddenly approached, grabbed one student, and shook them vigorously.

 

“If you fall asleep, you die!”

 

“Uhhhhh!”

 

One of them had been dozing off in the intense cold!

 

He was right.

 

If you fall asleep in the cold, you freeze to death.

 

‘This is no joke.’

 

At this point, the students began to get tense too.

 

Gilbert first lectured on how to start a fire together with Kelvin.

 

“Now, when starting a fire in a place like this, you need to pack the ground first. Air needs to circulate so the fire doesn’t go out. And it’s important to wedge in a log or wide stone so the fire doesn’t go out from the cold air and moisture rising from the ground. Don’t take off your gloves even if it’s frustrating.”

 

Tick, click.

 

Using magic would be simple, but using flint and steel isn’t easy.

 

Especially in such extreme environments.

 

But the person starting the fire now was a mercenary who made a name in the Western Region, called ‘Big Sword’!

 

Kelvin moved his hands a few times and succeeded in starting a fire.

 

Whoosh!

 

As flames blazed up in an instant, the students rushed over in a crowd.

 

“Fire!”

 

“It’s warm…”

 

“Wow, I’m thawing, thawing.”

 

Unlike the extreme heat environment, in extreme cold environments, starting a fire to maintain body temperature is essential.

 

The students immediately began fire starting training.

 

Of course, it wasn’t easy.

 

Their hands were frozen in the cold environment, and the process of starting a fire with flint required more precise hand movements than expected.

 

“Th-this really isn’t working.”

 

“Ugh, I want to get it lit quickly!”

 

Even top students like Delev, Quantus, and Yurio, who were assigned to the extreme cold environment group, struggled.

 

This had nothing to do with swordsmanship skills in the first place.

 

Teacher Ziel’s words about how survival required other things besides swordsmanship skills finally came to mind.

 

Click, click.

 

Then there was one student who succeeded.

 

“Oh!”

 

It was Jenesis.

 

Jenesis Dillon.

 

A student whose family background and grades weren’t particularly impressive among the second years, but she had unexpected talent.

 

“How did you light it, Jenesis?”

 

“So the way you do it is… see this flint? You strike it hard with the steel, but you have to hit it precisely. Right on this edge. Then the spark goes pop like this…”

 

Starting a fire with the contents of a tinder box definitely required technique.

 

But being able to master something that required technique in one go meant she had talent.

 

“Well, she’s doing well.”

 

Gilbert nodded at Kelvin’s words.

 

“Even if it was luck, seeing her succeed on the second try right away shows talent.”

 

You could call it manual dexterity.

 

Jenesis had that kind of skill.

 

A student who hadn’t stood out much in any of the events or classes held so far!

 

Such a student had finally found one of her strengths.

 

Of course, Jenesis just didn’t stand out ‘among the second years,’ but looking at the entire Sword School, she had excellent talent.

 

“Jenesis, teach me too!”

 

“No, how exactly do you light it?”

 

“Come over by Jenesis first! At least we won’t freeze to death!”

 

Jenesis surrounded by the other 49 friends!

 

“So you do this like this…”

 

“It’s not working even when I do what you taught me? Jenesis must have different hands.”

 

“Quantus, you broke another flint! I told you not to use mana!”

 

“No! I broke it with pure muscle strength!”

 

It was chaos, but the enthusiasm itself seemed heated.

 

That passion to learn something!

 

But if they left it like this, they’d probably freeze to death from sweating instead of making fire today.

 

“Everyone focus! I’ll teach you the technique. From now on, watch what I do and follow along! First, the tinder…”

 

Fire starting was the most basic of survival basics.

 

After everyone tried a few times, warming their hands after failures, they were succeeding to some degree.

 

“It works!”

 

“Oh, it’s fire! Fire!”

 

“Quantus! I told you not to break it!”

 

Actually, there was a simpler way to do it.

 

That very method you could use once you reached Expert rank.

 

Gilbert demonstrated.

 

“Hold your sword or dagger against this wood here, concentrate your mana as much as possible, and fire will flare up like this.”

 

Whoosh.

 

“…Why are you telling us this now?”

 

“I’m telling you now.”

 

“Ah.”

 

“You can’t do it anyway. You need to be at least Expert rank to concentrate mana like this.”

 

That casually thrown remark made the students’ motivation blaze in a different direction.

 

“What if we can! Even though we’re Walker rank, what if we can!”

 

“You can’t. For this, you need to be able to gather mana at one point as much as possible. That’s how high heat and friction occur to ignite fire like this. The temperature needed for ignition is actually very high.”

 

Kelvin chimed in agreement.

 

“You, you guys, lack, lacking skill!”

 

Unfortunately, his agreement like that made everyone feel competitive.

 

“Delev, you try it!”

 

“Alright.”

 

Of course, it couldn’t work.

 

At Walker rank level, they didn’t know how to gather mana at one point, and even if they knew, they didn’t have enough mana.

 

In other words, it was still difficult at a student’s level.

 

“Teacher, at least tell us how to gather it!”

 

“It’s simple. Just concentrate your mana. As much as possible.”

 

The method itself was simple.

 

But knowing it didn’t make it work.

 

‘Because they lack mana.’

 

“Ugh, it’s not working.”

 

“My strength is draining along with my mana.”

 

“Forget sparks, nothing’s happening at all…”

 

Gilbert nodded as if to say ‘I told you so.’

 

“I told you it wouldn’t work. You’re absolutely lacking in mana. For now.”

 

Someone reacted to those words.

 

“If we’re lacking, we just need to gather more!”

 

It was Quantus.

 

Of course, criticism flew right back.

 

“What do you mean gather! We’re just lacking, okay?”

 

“Ann, since we’re lacking, we should all combine our strength! Like combining muscles!”

 

“What is he saying now… wait.”

 

Ann pondered Quantus’s words for a moment, then brought over a spear from nearby.

 

“Everyone grab on. Delev, Celia, Yurio! And Ellie and Omardo too! Quantus, you too!”

 

“What are we doing?”

 

“You said to gather mana. We’re absolutely lacking in quantity and our mana efficiency is poor too, right?”

 

At Ann’s words, Delev seemed to realize something and immediately grabbed the spear shaft, adding:

 

“Our efficiency in gathering mana is poor, but we can increase the quantity.”

 

“You understood well. Everyone let’s try it!”

 

The training was taking a strange turn!

 

“Oh, oh. It’s gathering!”

 

“Is it working?!”

 

Mana flowing through the spear shaft held by 7 people total, gathering at the spear tip!

 

One person’s mana was definitely insufficient.

 

They were still Walker rank with poor efficiency and lacking total amount.

 

But when 7 people simultaneously channeled their mana…

 

Sizzle!

 

The spear tip heated up to high temperature-

 

Whoosh!

 

“Fire!”

 

“It worked!”

 

It actually worked.

 

Gilbert was at a loss for words and stared at Kelvin.

 

Kelvin was equally dumbfounded.

 

“…This actually works?”

 

Extreme Cold Preparation Training!

 

Originally, today’s training was supposed to focus on learning how to start fires in preparation for extreme cold and education on maintaining body temperature.

 

“Hey hey! Group up in 7s!”

 

“No way, they have a lot of top-rankers! Let’s make it 10 for us!”

 

“Should we?”

 

But instead…

 

Unexpected training results were emerging.

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