You Have Been Invited to the Auction House of the Gods - Chapter 99

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99

 

 

 

Lee Seo-rin threw her punch in time with Zhang Qingye’s commands.

 

“Huu…”

 

Before she knew it, beads of sweat had formed on her forehead.

 

When she saw the announcement that they had to attend martial arts classes, she couldn’t understand it.

 

There was no connection between porter duties and martial arts.

 

It wasn’t just Lee Seo-rin who felt this way.

 

Most of the guild members who saw the announcement had similar reactions.

 

But when they read that it was an instruction from the Vice Guild Master, everyone seemed to accept it.

 

They didn’t know what it was, but there must be something to it.

 

The guild members’ faith in the Vice Guild Master was close to religious devotion.

 

The conclusion they came to was that it was health exercises.

 

Given Asin’s nature, there was a lot of physically demanding work.

 

So they thought it was a course to help relieve bodily tension and use muscles properly.

 

None of the guild members expected this orthodox martial arts training to continue.

 

What era was this to be learning martial arts?

Even though this was a world where hunters existed in dungeons,

martial arts was nothing more or less than physical and mental cultivation.

 

If martial arts were possible like in martial arts novels, China would have already become a hegemonic power.

 

Still, no one voiced any complaints.

 

Why?

Because it was the Vice Guild Master’s instruction.

There wasn’t really any other reason.

 

If he instructed something, it was normal to follow it first and ask questions later.

 

If he told them to die… well, they’d probably think about it for a moment at least.

They weren’t quite at that level of fanaticism yet.

 

They only learned after arriving here that the instructor for this class was Zhang Qingye, China’s S-rank Hunter.

 

To be precise, no one knew his identity until he came forward to the platform and introduced himself.

 

Some people thought he was just some buff gym bro uncle who came as an instructor.

 

Before they knew it, all the guild members were absorbed in the martial arts class that had started this way.

 

Because the class was fun?

As if.

Why else would isolation and loneliness be words associated with exercise?

Especially if it was Zhang Qingye’s orthodox martial arts training…

 

But whatever magic the Vice Guild Master had cast,

every time they continued training, their progress was updated in real-time on the system window before their eyes.

 

To call it just a carrot disguised as fantasy…

 

[Posture imbalance.]

[This movement will not be counted.]

[Please proceed again.]

 

If their posture was even slightly wrong, feedback came immediately like this.

 

Moreover, there were actual effects too.

 

‘My body feels refreshed.’

 

Her lower abdomen felt warm, and with each movement, it felt like blocked blood vessels were being cleared.

 

As she immersed herself in training like this, before she knew it, a message window appeared in front of Lee Seo-rin indicating that her training was complete.

 

[Three Disasters Fist Technique 1st Form]

[Martial form training has been completed.]

 

Her body felt refreshed, but something felt lacking.

 

As if sensing her disappointment, an additional training message appeared.

 

[Would you like to switch to individual training curriculum?]

[Yes/No]

 

Chiron had a personality that never ignored the passion of trainees who wanted to work hard.

 

It was like the heart of a professor looking at a freshman college student who comes to ask questions after class ends.

 

‘Should I do a bit more before leaving?’

 

So as not to disturb the guild members who were still training, she moved to a corner.

 

‘This should be about right.’

 

Finding a suitable spot, she pressed the ‘Yes’ button.

 

Until that moment, she had no idea.

That the martial arts training she was supposed to do today was already finished.

And the meaning of additional training.

The training manual provides lessons tailored to each trainee’s characteristics.

Lee Seo-rin was no exception.

 

[Personal lesson will commence.]

[Moving to training ground.]

 

With a feeling of being pulled somewhere, she lost consciousness.

 

***

 

[Analyzing trainee’s condition.]

[Searching for suitable curriculum.]

[Three Disasters Fist Technique martial forms training]

[Unsuitable]

[Allocated quota already completed.]

[Re-searching.]

[Awakened ability ‘Danger Detection’ discovered]

[Suitable curriculum will be provided.]

[Setting up training ground]

[3…]

[2…]

[1…]

 

Her vision gradually brightened and Lee Seo-rin’s sight became clear.

 

The place where she stood was a straight cave.

 

‘Where… is this?’

 

[Training will begin.]

[Objective: Reach the end of cave]

 

‘Wasn’t this supposed to be martial arts training?’

 

Her confusion was brief as the sound of wind being split reached her ears.

 

Swoosh―!

 

An arrow grazed her cheek and embedded itself in the ground.

 

Lee Seo-rin reflexively ducked down.

 

“What is this?”

 

Nothing was visible in her field of vision.

 

But immediately, a clear chill ran down her spine.

 

The moment she felt that sensation, she immediately kicked off the ground and ran.

 

Soon after, an arrow embedded itself where she had been standing.

 

Danger Detection.

 

Lee Seo-rin realized that the current situation was training designed to hone her ability.

 

Like a veteran Porter who had survived in dungeons, she quickly assessed her objective.

 

Now was not the time to lament.

 

‘I just need to get out of the cave, right?’

 

She tied her hair back.

 

‘Fortunately, there’s only one path.’

 

Lee Seo-rin ran quickly while keeping her body low.

 

The sound of air being split came continuously from behind her.

 

‘Left side.’

 

She twisted her body according to the detected sensation.

Arrows rained down over the spot she had dodged away from.

 

[Evasion successful.]

 

Since entering Ashin, she had many more occasions to use Danger Detection.

Whether it was emergency supply runs or resource recovery work, it was the same.

Now she had team members who listened to her words,

And the reliability of her Danger Detection ability had increased.

 

So much so that guilds even started paying extra fees to receive her Danger Detection services.

 

So dodging arrows like this was now a piece of cake for her.

 

But there was one thing Lee Seo-rin didn’t know.

 

The better she performed, the more the difficulty was adjusted in real-time.

 

Praise for doing well in the training manual meant the Professor’s positive “Well, look at that?”

 

And that led to the sequence of “Let’s see how well you handle this too.”

 

[Difficulty is increasing.]

[Additional threats are being generated.]

 

The clever thing about the Training Manual was

that it didn’t just blindly increase the difficulty.

 

Even when breathless to the point of exhaustion, it remained somehow manageable.

The challenges were precisely calibrated to push to the limit without crossing the line of impossibility.

 

And the Training Manual’s judgment was accurate.

 

Her Danger Detection ability had grown by one level.

 

Lee Seo-rin saw a momentary vision.

 

Her stepping foot being pierced by a spear shooting up from below.

 

“…!”

 

She flinched in surprise and tried to react immediately.

But stopping her foot already committed to the step in mid-air was difficult.

As a last resort, she chose to fall backward.

 

And precisely where she was about to step, a spear shot up.

 

“Haa…”

 

Her running rhythm was broken.

She quickly tried to regulate her breathing.

But as if refusing to give her that time, Danger Detection activated once again.

 

She quickly rolled her body to the side.

 

Arrows poured down where she had been lying.

 

“Fine, you want to play it that way?”

 

Lee Seo-rin immediately kicked off and got up.

 

She began running again.

 

***

 

As Lee Seo-rin’s ability blossomed, detecting threats became easier.

 

At first, the future overlapping with her vision was confusing, but humans are creatures of adaptation, aren’t they?

 

Moreover, Lee Seo-rin’s adaptability was exceptional, having seen all sorts of things from rock bottom.

 

How long had she been running like that?

 

Her breathing had stabilized.

 

And finally, the end of this training seemed to be in sight.

 

‘It’s light.’

 

In the distance, the cave exit with light streaming in appeared.

 

And at the same time,

 

[Difficulty is increasing.]

[Additional obstacles are being generated.]

 

Once again, the difficulty increased.

 

“This time it’s stones?”

 

Though no changes had occurred yet, she saw it.

A giant boulder rolling from behind as if retreat was not an option.

 

And at this speed, she also saw her future of being crushed by that boulder.

 

Lee Seo-rin gritted her teeth and kicked off the ground.

 

The cave that had seemed endless gradually grew brighter.

 

The brighter it became, the more the difficulty continued to rise.

Arrows flew, rusty spears shot up from all directions.

Now even boulders were rolling, shaking the ground.

 

Her ability, which had evolved from Danger Detection to Danger Precognition, rang alarm bells incessantly in her head.

 

She ran at full speed to escape the dangerous endings approaching her.

 

And the moment she kicked off the ground toward the cave entrance,

 

[Personal training is ending.]

 

As if it had all been an illusion, everything disappeared.

 

“Huff, huff…”

 

Lee Seo-rin lay on the ground, gasping for breath.

 

But before her, numerous messages appeared.

 

“The training’s over… you should give me time to catch my breath.”

 

After checking the messages, she bolted upright from where she sat.

 

“What… is this?”

 

It was different from the previous training messages.

 

[External interference detected.]

[Danger. Danger. Danger.]

 

A message that repeated with blaring red warning sounds.

 

And at that moment,

she clutched her head and collapsed right there.

 

Hundreds, thousands of futures poured into her mind.

 

It was pain so intense that she couldn’t even scream.

Blood flowed down from Lee Seo-rin’s eyes.

 

[Failed to prevent external interference.]

[Activating Tamper Proofing protocol.]

[Trainee’s mind will be protected.]

 

With that as the last message, she lost consciousness.

 

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