Chapter 64: 64

Act 10

After the first test, Su-hyeun took a break until the next test . Actually, he was not particularly tired, physically or mentally, so it wasn’t exactly taking a break . The next test was the same . Kim Hyun-soo, who dubiously doubted the malfunction of the device, had no choice but to admit it .

“…He is a monster . ”

The word “monster” came from the mouth of Kim Hyun-soo, who oversaw the evaluation of the S-Rank awakeners . After all, the other S-Rank awakeners he had met so far were monsters as well . Among them, some of them had become stronger years after the S-Rank reexamination .

But by far, Kim Hyun-soo had never seen anyone who gave him as much shock as Su-hyeun .

The device for measuring magic and physical ability was made to be able to check the stats of the awakener accurately . Su-hyeun’s stats were not much different from other S-Rank awakeners . The difference was his ability to handle his own skills .

“He finished his first test in 20 minutes… . And his ability to control magic…”

When people had the same Magic Grade, Factor, and physical ability, the most important ability for determining their ranking was magic control . It was about how that person could efficiently and accurately use the same amount of magic . Even with the same amount of magic, the efficiency was very different depending on who used it . The factor that determined that ability was experience and talent .

Soon, the last test began . There were hundreds of thousands of floating slabs of stones all over the huge void . They were slates that were very difficult to break . In fact, they had strength similar to that of bulletproof glass . So, it was impossible to break them without any effort, even considering how good of an awakener he was . The final test was about how fast Su-hyeun was and how many the slabs he could crush . He had to crush them without skill or physical abilities — he could only use magic .

Swish—

Crack—

The magic shot from Su-hyeun’s hand penetrated the slabs . The slab with a hole in the center was split in all directions and soon shattered and fell to the floor .

the general examiner thought .

It was amazing that he noticed it in such a short time, but there was something more surprising .

He broke the stones too quickly . The examiners could not even count the number of broken slabs . The deputy examiner, who set a timer, shouted, “10 minutes have passed! Stop!”

Crack—

Crash—

The last slab broke . Su-hyeun turned his body away from where he was standing . He blinked his eyes a couple of times and loosened his concentration, which had been raised to its limit .

“How did it go?” he asked .

“Well…”

It was not a matter of whether he was passed or not . The number of slabs on the floor was far beyond the minimum number for acceptance even if they estimated it roughly . The problem was the record .

Because the stones were broken so quickly, they could not count how many slabs were broken .

“What are you doing? Count them quickly! ”

“Yes, yes!”

At Kim Hyun-soo’s nagging, the other examiners began counting the remaining slabs . After about five minutes, the record came out .

“The remaining slabs are 1,450! The destroyed slabs are 1,550!”

“What? One thousand and five hundred…?”

Kim Hyun-soo quickly looked at the previously held records . Of course, the person who destroyed the largest number of slabs was Park Ji-yeon, who had been tested relatively recently . All of the slabs she had destroyed were just over five hundred .

Kim Hyun-soo thought .

Su-hyeun’s Magic Level and Factor did not differ much from when the other S-Rank awakeners took the test for their first time . His physical ability was much less than them . In terms of condition, he was not better than other S-Rank awakeners . The difference was his ability to use those things . Above all, Kim Hyun-soo, who checked Su-hyeun’s magic control with his own eyes, got shocked . He could not believe his eyes .

“Are the examinations done?” Su-hyeun asked .

“Oh? Yes . Y-yes . They are all done . ”

Kim Hyun-soo urgently finished the test record for Su-hyeun . He added the records one by one . He finally saw all the records at once . The result was something incredible .

he thought .

In any case, further tests would be meaningless . Kim Hyun-soo closed the recording paper and said, “Congratulations on passing . ”

***

It took about an hour for the S-Rank awakener registration card to be issued . Su-hyeun waited for the registration card along with the other party .

“I knew it was going to happen… . But I feel a little weird that you are becoming an S-Rank . ”

“Why?”

“Because you are the sixth . It symbolizes the best awakener, and it also means you are a world-wide revel awakener . ”

Hak-joon felt strange and unfamiliar that he was sitting next to the new S-Rank awakener . He felt that way especially more because he had thought Su-hyeun was a C-Rank awakener just until recently .

“You won’t take long, either,” Su-hyeun said to Hak-joon .

“Me? No way . ”

“You could get an A-Rank awakener card if you made up your mind right now, couldn’t you?”

Hak-joon’s eyes widened at Su-hyeun’s question . Hak-joon had shown only his ability as much as a B-Rank awakener could do . He did the same for the outbreak last time in Anyang . He had prepared himself his own way . When he could surely defeat Jung Dong-yeong, he thought he could trade his life and the cure for Yun-seon . But…

“How do you know?”

“I can just tell . ”

“Wow . That sounds a little rude…”

Yun-seon pinched Hak-joon’s thigh . ”Mind your manners . ”

“O-okay . ” Hak-joon thought he should be careful and opened his mouth slowly to say, “That…How did you know?”

“As I said, I can just tell . ”

“Only with the concentration of magic?”

“More than that…I am sure you can tell as well when you meet weaker awakeners than yourself . You know about that person’s level or how much magic concentration that person has, something like that . It is something cannot be hidden even if you try . ”

“That makes sense . ”

“It’s the basic of the basics . If your plan was trying to hide your growth and hit Jung Dong-yeong’s back, it was pretty dangerous . ”

Su-hyeun read his point . Hak-joon’s eyes were shaking . If Su-hyeun’s words were true, Jung Dong-yeong, who became an A-Rank awakener a long time ago, may have been aware of Hak-joon’s level .

“If Jung Dong-yeong knew that I was waiting for revenge…”

Perhaps not long afterward, something big possibly could happen .

Hak-joon got chills and his face turned pale . Yun-seon held his hand tight .

“It is over . It is okay,” Yun-seon said .

“…Yes, you are right . ”

Even though he answered like that, his deathly pale face did not return to normal . The thought that Yun-seon might have died by his own mistake was more terrible than anything else for him .

Su-hyeun thought .

He had thought he should talk about it soon, but it didn’t seem like the right time . Like the saying out of the frying pan into the fire, if he figured out there was a bigger problem called Dump Guild behind Jung Dong-yeong, Hak-joon might have felt scared . The conversation was cut off for a while . Soon, Kim Hyun-soo brought the new registration card .

“Here is your new awakener registration card,” he said .

It was a gold-colored, shiny card .

On the card, Su-hyeun’s name was carved . It seemed quite sophisticated for the short time they had worked on it .

“Don’t think we worked half-heartedly because we made it too quick . A registration card is for showing off anyway, isn’t it?”

“I don’t care . ”

Su-hyeun took out the wallet he had put in his pocket and put his registration card inside . He should have looked at the front and back with surprise, but he didn’t . Kim Hyun-soo clicked his tongue at Su-hyeun’s lack of enthusiasm .

Kim Hyun-soo thought .

“What can he do with it?” Hak-joon asked .

Rather, the more curious one was Hak-joon . As if he was waiting for the question, Kim Hyun-soo responded with a proud expression .

“Anything . ”

“Anything, like what?” Hak-joon asked again .

“If you have any dungeons you want to go to, you have the highest priority in the dungeons registered with the Authority . Not only can you borrow money from the bank, but you can also…”

Kim Hyun-soo, who explained the benefits and rights of the S-rank awakeners, became louder as he spoke . Of course, there was no information that Su-hyeun was curious about .

“Let me ask you something . ”Su-hyeun cut Kim Hyun-soo’s words in the middle and asked, “Have there ever been any cases where you guys gave overseas support?”

Kim Hyun-soo thought for a moment and nodded . “Overseas…Yes, we do that often . ”

“What about America?” Su-hyeun asked .

“No, we have never done that . There are so many strong awakeners and their incidence of the dungeons is not that high . Actually, the US is sending awakeners to other countries . ”

In the United States, a system of training awakeners professionally had been quickly implemented compared to Korea . As a matter of fact, Korea’s awakener training system itself was taken from the United States, so it was natural that the level of awakeners was higher in the United States .

“Why? Do you have any American awakeners you want to meet?” Kim Hyun-soo asked .

“Not a person…”

But he did have one dungeon had in his mind .

Su-hyeun thought .

He didn’t want to talk about the details . Su-hyeun only wanted to know one thing .

“What if I want to attack a particular dungeon that appeared in America?”

If it would be difficult, he planned to even use a dark route . But if he could use the privilege of S-Rank, he would like to do so .

“I think it would be possible,” Kim Hyun-soo said .

“Really?”

“The criteria for S-Rank awakeners is the same in every country in the world, so you are S-Rank in any country you go to . There’s no reason for the Americans to turn down your help, but I am not sure if you will get a satisfying dividend rate after the attack . ”

“I don’t care . ”

He didn’t do it because of money anyway . The dungeon attack itself was his purpose, and he could make plenty of money from now on anyway .

Su-hyeun thought .

As it turned out, the time that he had spent for the reexamination was not a waste . It was about time Su-hyeun sighed of relief .

“Mr . Su-hyeun! Where are you? Please, pick up your phone!”

The voice of Lee Ju-ho came from the hallway outside the room . Lee Ju-ho had gone out to see the situation outside . His voice sounded pretty urgent .

The problem was that he had turned his phone on silence mode because he didn’t want it to interfere with the exam . Su-hyeun left the room scratching his head with a sorry heart .