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Chapter 7 - Combat Training (1)

Outcall was a magic power explosion that shook the world 50 years ago. Mysterious entities like towers, dungeons, and monsters appeared after this incident. These chaotic existences destroyed the very foundation of humanity and transformed the blue planet into hell. Towers and dungeons endlessly produced monsters that devoured humans.

Humanity's science and technology lost all meaning in front of these newfound calamities. Society collapsed and the rule of law returned to law of the jungle. Survivors crumbled to their instincts and lost all human virtues.

Heroes emerged like shining stars within this hellfire. They wielded transcendental powers and corrected the chaos. The world was reconstructed just as quickly as it collapsed. They brought about miracles with gifts bestowed by the heavens. With their help, humanity regained its virtues and developed magic science and magic engineering.

Towers, dungeons, and monsters were all eventually designated as targets to destroy. However, the differences among them were great. Towers required many people and a long period of time. On the other hand, a single person could conquer a dungeon depending on its difficulty. Towers bestowed the greatest rewards that humans could never dream of.

What was the name of the tower conquered by the guild, Apostle of Saints, on August 17, 2023 and what was its reward?

"Minor questions like these don't come up often, but you should still know about the conquests of towers and dungeons."

Morning class was Post-Outcall History. The few sentences I had written turned into a 400 page textbook. We had to remember rewards from towers, names of monsters, dungeons in Korea, conquerors of towers and dungeons, and countless other facts.

I couldn't process all that information even as the author. Thankfully, it didn't pose a problem with my gift, Observation and Reading.

[On August 17, 2023, the Apostle of Saints conquered the Tower of Floods and obtained an ocean stone.]

I had nothing to worry about since I could obtain something's information whenever I looked at it.

"Huuu..."

On the other hand, the girl in front of me scratched her head and sighed. I couldn't help but laugh as I looked at the character I had created. Chae Nayun hated studying. She could've been the number one ranked female cadet, but she had to give up first place to Rachel due to written exams. Written exams were too much for her even if she gnashed her teeth in mortifying defeat.

Chae Nayun half-turned and glared at me. She must've heard me laugh. After all, sharpshooters had keen senses. I pretended to be calm and lowered my head into my notes. Chae Nayun clicked her tongue and faced forward.

The lesson continued about locations with high mana, monster behavior, djinns on the wanted list... The bell finally rang after 2 hours.

"Make sure to review your notes today. Otherwise, you'll cry on the exam."

The grey-haired professor wearing round eyeglasses left with those words.

"Argh, so annoying. Why do I have to learn all this? Written exams are so annoying."

Chae Nayun complained the moment the professor left. However, she happily looked forward to the next class.

Anti-monster combat training. As its name suggested, we would fight against monsters. The monsters were mana puppets, but their appearance and destructive power matched the real thing. They were slightly weaker than their real counterparts, but a high chance of injury still existed.

I felt scared.

"We're meeting at the field in 20 minutes!"

A loud voice rang out in the classroom. I turned towards the oval face, small gentle eyes, and muscular body that didn't quite match. He was Kim Suho's supporter, Yi Yeonghan. The instructor chose Yi Yeonghan to be class president since Kim Suho and Shin Jonghak didn't get along.