Chapter 4.

Eight students were gathered in a big room on the highest floor of dorm 1 . They were all sitting in an arrogant delinquent-like manner, laughing loudly at even the smallest things . Occasionally, they stole stealthy glances at the one who called them over . But the person in question remained silent as though he couldn’t care less .

“Oh right, Jonghak, isn’t there a gun user in your class?”

One man asked him . He was a generic good-looking guy with an amiable smile . Shin Jonghak opened his eyes narrowly and stared back at him .

“… Um, I just heard it from somewhere . Did I hear wrong?”

“I don’t know . I’m not interested in trash . ”

“R-Right . I’m not really interested either, but I was just curious who the fool was, haha . ”

“Hanjun, you sure are curious about the strangest things~”

A captivating voice cut through . Jin Hanjun turned his head and saw a long-haired girl smiling charmingly . It was Yoo Yeonha . Feeling his heart beating, the flustered Jin Hanjun blurted out .

“O-Oh, Yeonha . Y-You know, I was always like that . ”

“What was his name? Chundong? Chunbun? It was a pretty old-fashioned name . Anyways, don’t pay too much attention to him . ”

“But he sure was pathetic . Why did that son of a bitch come all the way to Cube if he was going to choose a gun?”

The foul language came from Kim Horak . Bulky muscles, an intimidating expression, and a large physique . Even with just one glance, it was easy to see that he specialized in close ranged combat .

Jin Hanjun asked Kim Horak, “You know him?”

“I’m in Jonghak’s class, idiot . I’m going to destroy him in combat training . I’ll disable him and chase him out . ”

Everyone knew Cube’s schedule . There were classes five days a week and combat training three days a week .

Classes referred to comprehensive magic power training and physical training, while combat training referred to battles, monster hunts, rescue missions, and more .

“I’ll destroy that son of a…”

“Don’t waste your time . ”

With a single sentence, Shin Jonghak cut down the coarse locker room talk . Kim Horak, who was growling just a moment ago, fell silent .

“Even if you win against someone so low rank, you’ll be the one losing points . It’s better to challenge higher ranked cadets who you can win against for sure . For example…”

“Chae Nayun, try fighting her . I’m sure you’ll win . ”

Yoo Yeonha cut in . Shin Jonghak narrowed his eyes and glared at her, but Yoo Yeonha continued unfazed .

“Fist against bow . It’s easy . ”

“… Huh? Ah, yeah, I can win . But…”

Challenging her was difficult .

However, he swallowed his words, wanting to look good in front of Yoo Yeonha .

“But?”

“… It would be too pitiful . You know, my opponents often end up half-dead . ”

“There’s nothing wrong with that . ”

“… Huh?”

“Stop . ”

Shin Jonghak stopped their conversation .

Though Yoo Yeonha was displeased, she feigned indifference . She quietly suppressed the unpleasant feeling rising from the corner of her heart .

‘Shin Jonghak liked Chae Nayun . I’m not so stupid as to be jealous . I just found the situation funny . ’ Yoo Yeonha consoled herself .

“I’m leaving now . It’s almost ten . ”

At Cube, male and female students were only allowed to interact until 22:00 . After giving a bright smile to mask her hurt feelings, Yoo Yeonha stood up .

“Oh, good night . ”

“Good night, Yeonha!”

“See you later!”

All the male cadets other than Shin Jonghak saw her off to the door .

**

Five minutes away from dorm 1 was a training facility called the ‘Novice Fitness Center . ’ This 1000 square meter facility was filled with magical devices and equipment for exercise and training . The amount of money needed to construct such an environment would be well over a hundred million won, but there was barely anyone using the facility .

But just because the training facility was empty, it didn’t mean the future of Heroes was bleak .

While cadets were would-be Heroes that would come to receive the admiration and envy of billions of people, they were still teenagers . Simply put, there weren’t many high schoolers willing to go out of their way to train on the first day .

“I knew you’d be here . ”

But an exception always existed . Even Hero Academy had a pervert who enjoyed training from the first day . Kim Suho, who was drenched in sweat and wrestling with an exercise equipment, widened his eyes at the sudden voice .

“Chae Nayun? You’re also here to train?”

“Yeah, but I won’t be as barbaric as you . ”

With a wry smile, Chae Nayun pointed at the gravitation room . Seeing the terrifying cylindrical room, Kim Suho frowned .

“That’s a tough one . I can never last long in there . ”

Kim Suho wiped his sweat with a towel he brought .

“It’s not like you can’t, you just don’t need to . I’m an archer, so I need to train in there . Plus, it’s not that hard . I’ve been doing it since I was 8 . ”

“8 years old?”

“Yep . I have one in my house . ”

“… Aha . ”

Setting up a gravitation room cost several hundreds of millions of won at least . From what Chae Nayun said, it could be inferred that she came from a very wealthy background .

Just like Shin Jonghak, Chae Nayun was a fourth generation chaebol . But rather than a twisted superiority complex, she carried a righteous sense of rivalry . She believed she could surpass her rivals through hard-work and self-cultivation . But in front of the monster standing in front of her, her belief always seemed to waver .

“…Oh, right . There’s another sharpshooter in our class now . ”

Kim Suho mentioned, to which Chae Nayun tilted her head curiously .

“…Sharpshooter? Oh, that Chudong or whatever guy?”

“Uh, yeah, him… What’s up with that look? Do you not like him?”

Like Kim Suho pointed out, Chae Nayun’s face was stiffening frighteningly .

“He’s not a sharpshooter . Guns can only shoot up to a kilometer at best . I still don’t understand why that Dongchu guy picked a gun . ”

His name had unknowingly changed from Chudong to Dongchu, but Kim Suho wasn’t so foolish as to point out her mistake .

“I think he gave up . Maybe there was trouble at home or something . SInce being a Cube cadet won’t stay on your records if you leave early, he’s probably just going to stay for a while . ”

“Gave up? Don’t say something like that so easily . ”

“…Who are you to tell me what and what not to do?”

For a moment, slight anger emerged from Chae Nayun’s eyes . Kim Suho’s teaching tone didn’t sit well with her, who saw him as her rival .

“…Kuhum . Sorry . ”

“Anyways, if you don’t want to lose, keep working hard . I’m going . ”

“Yeah, see you later . ”

“Please, I’m right next doors…”

Chae Nayun smirked and went into the gravitation room .

The gravitation room multiplied the gravity by a certain factor, thus increasing the pressure on one’s bloodstream . Training in this cylindrical room required one to operate magic power under heavy gravity, and it was easily one of the most painful training methods .

For Kim Suho, just looking at the room made him shudder . Seeing Chae Nayun walk into it nonchalantly, he could only shake his head .

**

Inside Kim Chundong’s room, I held my breath while looking at a laptop screen .

I still couldn’t understand what I was seeing . I could see it, but my brain refused to process what was in front of me . It just seemed too absurd .

“…What is this?”

After a long silence, I blurted out with a trembling voice .

===[Synchronizing… 70% Complete]===

1 . Kim Chundong

[Current SP: 54]

▷Stats

*Variable Stats

[Strength 4]

[Stamina 4 . 3]

[Speed 4]

[Perception 5]

[Vitality 4]

[Magic power 3 . 5]

*Invariable Stats

[Intelligence – 4/10]

[Perseverance – 4/10]

[Luck – 4/10]

[Charm – 4/10]

▷Gift…???

▷Arts…???

…???

…???

…

…

…Supplement… Setting Chart…

===[Synchronizing… 70% Complete]===

“…What is this?”

This window on the monitor, this format, I recognized it . It was the format of my settings book . But without a doubt, I had never written or even thought of a setting like this .

This incomprehensible phenomenon made me sweat . My hands and feet trembled, and my heart began to pound .

This strange object, just who sent it to me, for what purpose, and for what reason?

At that moment…

The laptop screen turned off .

From the black laptop screen, a face was being reflected . It wasn’t Kim Chundong’s question mark, but my face, Kim Hajin’s face .

Without giving me a chance to be shocked, the laptop turned back on and words began to appear on the laptop screen .

[Kim Chundong, synchronization with Kim Hajin complete . ]

[All status reset . ]

[Unique Authority, ‘Setting Intervention’, acquired . ]

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