Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy

It wasn’t just that I wanted to win in a duel and get runes… My mindset wasn’t like that, but I wanted to grow my senses by competing with senior Holders who graduated from the academy.

Battle with monsters as well as battle with Holders.

I had to prepare for this slowly and build up battle senses.

‘I might have to fight a villain soon.’

Even though I wanted to keep my distance from that psycho group as much as possible, now I can’t avoid a collision.

Since I got involved with Kang Juyeon, Park Jin-woo, and others and entered the mainstream, <Villain> might have noticed me.

After all, I was the one who stopped Ha Do-kwon at the forefront.

Even to prepare for that collision, I needed to duel more often with the Holders.

“Ah, not so much as breaking the seal…”

“Haha. It’s a joke, a joke. The desire to improve is always good. Have you ever fought with the team leader?”

“Yes. I was completely crushed.”

Actually, I won for the first time in a duel today.

I couldn’t beat Choi Dong-wook, a B-grade Holder, let alone Kwon Oh-joon, an A-grade Holder, in the duels I’ve had so far.

Both of them were veteran Holders who had built up quite a bit of experience in the clan, and there was no part where they didn’t overwhelm me in terms of stats and rune levels.

I’ve bumped into them several times, but I’ve never won.

Kim Seong-cheol was also a case where I barely won through variables I created such as series disposition and rune diversity, battle composition… Originally, there was an insurmountable gap of experience between him and me.

‘Other clan members… won’t fight.’

Lee Soo-mi is a Recovery-type, so it was difficult to establish a duel in the first place, and Kang Juyeon refused to duel for some reason.

-I can’t do it.

When I try to duel, I can’t shoot magic at you.

…Maybe because she’s afraid I’ll get hurt?

No matter how many times I said it was okay, it didn’t work.

I’ve been getting close lately and forgot for a moment, but originally Kang Juyeon’s stubbornness can’t be stopped by Moon Ga-eun.

So I had to postpone her duel until later.

“Haha. Everyone becomes like that after fighting with the team leader once.”

“Holder Kim Seong-cheol, have you ever fought with the team leader?”

“Of course. Now the team leader is A-grade, but just a year ago he was B-grade like me. I’m a bit ambitious for a mage-type.”

“You look different from what you say.”

“I hear that a lot.”

We exchanged silly stories while tidying up our luggage.

It’s already past time to leave work.

I had to leave before the clan tower closed.

In the meantime, Kim Seong-cheol turned his head and asked.

“Ah, if you’re free tomorrow, would you like to have a drink? I don’t think I’ve ever bought our intern one.”

At that remark, I responded with an awkward expression.

“Ah… Tomorrow might be a bit difficult.”

“Do you have an appointment?”

“Yes. It’s kind of an important promise…”

Tomorrow is the last Saturday of July.

The day to go hunting in Seoraksan field, promised to Kim Chae-eun two weeks ago.

Of course, that’s just an official excuse, and in the process we’re planning to find the ‘Stained Rock Pile’ dungeon by chance and capture it together.

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Ippotranslation

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And the next day.

I looked at Kim Chae-eun with my head propped up.

“…What kind of luggage did you pack like that?”

After taking the warp gate to Gangwon-do.

Kim Chae-eun came groaning with a big backpack all the way to the entrance of Seoraksan Field.

‘Why do you carry that bag when you have a magic bag?’

That scene was absurd.

Kim Chae-eun’s backpack had everything in it.

From various cooking utensils such as burners, pots, frying pans… To vegetables that are hard to count one by one, meat brought without distinguishing between land and sea…

All kinds of ingredients were occupying the bag.

…This isn’t hunting preparation but cooking preparation?

But Kim Chae-eun smiled brightly and said,

“There’s a safety zone in Seoraksan Field. It would be really delicious if we boil ramen there.”

Safety Zone.

One of the rest areas is often found in large fields like Seoraksan Mountain.

Normally, fields are habitats for monsters pushed out of barriers, but within those fields new magic barriers are created which are safety zones.

Of course monsters don’t come inside it and it serves as a resting place for hunters who are tired from hunting, often visit this place.

It was a device to reduce risk as much as possible in fields where there are too many monsters and their grades are high

‘You eat ramen there?’

It’s really like going hiking rather than hunting

And there’s another absurd thing

These ingredients aren’t for ramen but for barbecue?

“Miss. This isn’t ramen ingredients but barbecue ingredients?”

“We’re going to eat meat ramen! Anyway, since I’m making it, Jae-hyun just needs to eat.”

“No, no. I’ll do it. I’ll make it. Actually, I wanted to eat meat ramen too. Haha.”

I hurriedly stopped Kim Chae-eun.

I almost got into trouble for picking a fight.

I learned a lot from the ‘Welcome back party’ incident last time.

Whatever Kim Chae-eun wants to eat, I have to make it all.

…That’s the only way my stomach can be safe.

“Um… Okay! Jae-hyun’s cooking is much more delicious.”

After saying that, Kim Chae-eun put her big backpack into a small magic bag.

I can’t help but laugh at that sight.

‘…Was it a show-off bag?’

Anyway, after overcoming one crisis like that.

We were finally able to enter the entrance of Seoraksan Field.

Following Bukhansan and Inwangsan, it was the third field outside the barrier.