The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 228

"Oh, what's this? A new recruit after a long time?"

"I know, right. It seems he hasn't taken the test yet, who said they would?"

"I don't know, I think it was Robin a little while ago."

At those words, everyone in the guild chuckled.

"That guy with the nasty personality is in charge of the test?"

"I thought it was a new recruit after a long time, but it's a shame."

"Kikik, you never know. Who knows, maybe the new recruit will miraculously pass."

"Give it up, Arthur. Even if he passes, it's obvious he'll pass in a half-crippled state."

"And a guy like that is bound to die in less than a week after going out on a request."

They chuckled like that and looked at the test site.

In the test site, a young man with strange hair, a mixture of blazing red and shining gold, and a muscular giant who looked like he could turn a stone into sand with his fist were facing each other.

Even a kid could see who would win.

"You come, you bald musclehead."

Therefore, no one expected it.

That the young man would provoke Robin first.

The red-haired young man gestured with his finger at Robin, smiling with a mischievous eye smile that made the viewer's annoyance well up.

"Kuhahaha!!!"

"Wow, Robin got one!"

The people who saw that cheered loudly and laughed at Robin.

"This arrogant bastard!!!"

Robin shouted with a face that had turned red with bulging veins and rushed at Lee Shin.

Seeing that, the people imagined the smug face of the young man with the arrogant eye smile being crushed by Robin's huge fist.

No one in this place doubted Robin's skills.

Because he was a silver-ranked veteran mercenary.

"Ooh."

"Not bad."

But unexpectedly, the young man dodged Robin's attack.

Although he looked a little precarious, he was somehow dodging.

At that, when the people were anticipating when the young man's face would be crushed.

Slap-

"Keoheok!"

The new recruit, as if to mock their thoughts, swung his palm and slapped Robin's face.

Robin, surprised by the unexpected impact, lost his balance.

As if an invisible something had whipped Robin with its tail.

Thanks to that, Robin, who had rolled on the ground grandly with a disgraceful scream, spat out the dirt in his mouth and glared at the young man as if to kill him.

He would have understood if it had been a fist.

But the young man had slapped Robin's face with his open palm, as if to tease him.

Eudeuk-

'A double nosebleed…'

As Robin just glared fiercely, the young man said in a voice full of laughter.

"What, you're not coming at me, so you've recognized me as a mercenary?"

"Hoo, alright, if you're so confident, let's go a little harder."

Robin, who had gotten up from his seat, stood still and put strength into the muscles of his whole body.

At that, the people, noticing something, were astonished.

"Hey, isn't Robin trying to use magic power right now?"

"To use magic power in a new recruit's test, he must be really angry."

"Tsk, it seems a corpse will be made today, not a cripple."

They clicked their tongues and quietly observed the situation.

Because they had no intention of getting involved in unnecessary trouble.

Everyone thought that the young man would soon fall to Robin's fist.

"Is this all?"

But the new recruit continued to dodge Robin's attacks and persistently slapped Robin's face with his palm.

The sight of the young man, who seemed to be about to be hit but wasn't, was so annoying that even the mercenaries who were watching from the side were getting annoyed.

Jjaak-!

And then, when Robin's attack tempo seemed to slow down a little, he quickly swung his palm.

Wudangtang-!

"Ugh…"

"Kekeke! Hey, Robin, what are you doing! Why are you falling and rolling around on a floor like this?"

"That guy's body is completely rusted."

"Puhaha! I knew it when I saw Robin drinking at the guild."

At that, the people, who had suspected that the young man might be a hidden master, saw Robin rolling around on the bare floor and thought that Robin had just come after drinking, and laughed at him.

And the one who was laughing the most at Robin was his opponent.

"Oh dear, bad luck. Weren't you tripped by someone's tail?"

"Ugh! Ughhh!!!"

At Lee Shin's words, Robin screamed and continued to swing his fists.

But the more he did, the wider the smile on the young man's face became.

Robin's face was already swollen to the point where its original shape was unrecognizable due to the attacks that persistently aimed only at his face.

"Wow, looking at it now, he's a complete pro."

"Hmm? What does that mean?"

One of the mercenaries who was watching their fight said.

"That guy made Robin angry on purpose to simplify his attacks."

The mercenaries who heard that muttered as if they understood.

"Ah, that's right. I thought his expression was annoying, so that was the reason."

"I thought his expression was too much, but it was all part of the plan."

"I couldn't make a face like that even if I were told to."

"I don't know what it is, but a great guy has come."

They evaluated the young man as a smart person in their minds and continued to watch their fight.

And their evaluation changed again at the end of that fight.

Slap- Slap-

"Hey, get up. If you're going to die, you have to give me that recognition or whatever before you die."

The young man, who was continuously slapping Robin's cheek with a nonchalant voice, was looked at by them with a fed-up expression.

"Wow, he's harsh. He's still hitting a guy who's lost consciousness."

"Isn't Robin going to die at this rate?"

"I don't know what it is, but a great guy has come."

"A great psycho has come."

"What was his name again?"

"Hmm, I don't know. I heard it, but I don't remember."

"Ah!"

At that moment, one of them shouted with a cry of realization.

"His name was definitely Crow."

At that, they engraved the name Crow along with the word 'crazy psycho'.

It was the moment when a hot new star appeared in the mercenary guild.

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"Wait a minute! That's enough, so stop hitting him!"

Fortunately, Lee Shin's one-sided beating could be stopped by the intervention of the receptionist who had come to see the situation.

The receptionist, who had hastily applied first aid by sprinkling water boiled with medicinal herbs on Robin's face, glared at Lee Shin.

Seuk-

"Heeik!"

But when Lee Shin slightly raised his hand, he got scared and stepped back.

Pfft-

At that, Lee Shin gave a sneer and scratched his cheek.

The receptionist, who had finally realized that he had been played, gritted his teeth but couldn't say anything.

Because the image of Lee Shin, who had been smiling fiercely and crazily slapping Robin's cheek a little while ago, was clearly engraved in his mind.

"Crow-nim… you've passed the test. Now, if you pay the fee, you can register as a mercenary right away."

"Hmm, the fee, how much is it?"

"10 silver."

Comparing it with Irin's memories, since 1 cooper was 10 won, 10 silver seemed to be worth about 100,000 won.

"Money…"

As Lee Shin dragged out his words, the receptionist looked at him with an anxious expression.

"Don't tell me… you don't have the fee?"

"That's right."

At Lee Shin's nonchalant answer, a cross-shaped vein popped out on the receptionist's forehead.

The receptionist looked at Lee Shin with eyes that said he wanted to curse at him and kick him out right away, and opened his mouth slightly, but.

"Ugh…"

Flinch-!

He saw Robin twitching like a corpse below and quietly closed his mouth again.

While he was wondering how to handle this situation, Lee Shin's mouth opened once more.

"So, is it possible to pay in kind?"

Lee Shin, who had said that, put his hand inside the [Gourmet's Mask] he was wearing and took out an elixir that he hadn't been able to use up in the fight on Earth and held it out.

"Thi, this is!"

The other mercenaries who saw what was in Lee Shin's hand also widened their eyes.

They thought 'no way, no way' in their minds, but they couldn't take their eyes off what was in Lee Shin's hand.

At that, Lee Shin said in a loud voice, as if explaining to someone.

"Wow, this is something I happened to get by chance! If you eat this, surprisingly, your energy will well up and the magic power in your body will increase! I checked by eating one, so it's definitely true!"

At Lee Shin's words, they murmured, and the receptionist, forgetting even his fear, rushed at Lee Shin and tried to shake his hand.

Of course, Lee Shin dodged it.

"Ye, yes, with this item, although it's a little short of 10 silver, I think I can somehow register you at my discretion."

Pfft-

At the very clumsy lie, a sound of air escaping came out of Lee Shin's mouth.

"Hmm~ Is that so~"

Lee Shin said that and rolled the elixir in his hand here and there.

At that moment, when Lee Shin lightly shook his hand, the number of elixirs, which had originally been one, had increased and were held between his fingers.

The eyes of the receptionist and the mercenaries who saw that were widened to their limit.

Lee Shin, who had been repeatedly increasing and decreasing the number of elixirs as if doing a magic trick.

Jjak-!

"Then I'll have to go somewhere else and sell it."

He then made all the elixirs disappear and turned his steps.

"Wa, wait!"

As Lee Shin really tried to go outside, the receptionist stepped forward and urgently stopped him.

If a situation like this, where all the mercenaries had seen it, happened, a rumor would naturally spread.

But if the branch manager found out through the spread rumor that he had missed out on such an item by telling a lie out of greed?

It was obvious that he would be cursed at by the branch manager and fired.

No, forget about being fired, if he was unlucky, he could be secretly buried in the ground.

Therefore, the receptionist desperately tried to grab Lee Shin's pants, but.

Taak-

He had to step back because he was hit by Lee Shin's fist.

"Wa, wait! No, please wait!"

The receptionist held his head in pain and opened his mouth to stop Lee Shin.

"No, but I don't have any money."

"Tha, that one, no, half of it is enough! So please stop!"

"No, I don't have any money."

"I'll take responsibility and sell it for you."

"Ah, you really don't get it, do you?"

Lee Shin bent his waist slightly, met the receptionist's eyes, and said.

"I. Don't. Have. Any. Money. Right. Now."

The receptionist, who had finally realized what Lee Shin wanted, said in a trembling voice.

"Crow-nim's registration fee… I will pay it all."

Singgeut-

At that, Lee Shin said nothing and just smiled brightly at the receptionist.

The receptionist quickly ran to where he had been and brought something.

"Now, this is a mercenary tag that proves you're a mercenary. Although it's bronze-ranked, you should be able to pass through most places with this. And…"

Taak-

Before the receptionist could finish his words, Lee Shin received the mercenary tag and checked it.

'It looks like a dog tag.'

With that impression, Lee Shin hung it around his neck and turned to go.

"Wa, wait! That medicine!"

Lee Shin said with a smile.

"Thanks to you kindly spending your money, I don't need to sell this medicine anymore. It seems it would be good to eat it later."

"Ah…"

At Lee Shin's answer, the receptionist, who had finally realized that he had been played, had a blank expression and watched Lee Shin go out of the guild.

"Did you see?"

"I saw."

And as Lee Shin left, some of the mercenaries looked at each other and smiled slyly.

-He did it so openly.

'If I hadn't done it like this, I would have just been wasting time.'

At that time, Lee Shin was walking down the street and talking with Irehgue.

"Well, I've thrown the bait, so shall we see how the situation turns out?"

While Lee Shin was walking outside with a faint smile.

Tuk-

A kid wearing rags bumped into Lee Shin.

"So, sorry!"

The kid disappeared from the spot with a scared-looking apology and went into an alley.

At that, Lee Shin stared blankly at the alley where the kid had disappeared and muttered.

"I can't believe I got pickpocketed by a kid like that in my life."