novelraw Chapter 184 : Promotion Examination
Chapter 184 : Promotion Examination
Murong Yoo had already been in the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult for 3 years.
During that time, Murong Yoo had diligently trained and was now acting as a respectable member of the Divine Cult.
Today was the day of the Soma Garden promotion examination.
If it were the old days, Murong Yoo would have been very nervous, but perhaps thanks to his diligent experience in the past, he was now feeling a strange excitement instead of nervousness.
When he arrived at the grand training ground where he had been taking classes, all the kindergarten students he had been with until now were gathered.
Although there were 350 of them, as if they knew the importance of today, no one was talking.
After waiting for a while, the professors appeared all at once.
"Everyone, pay attention!"
At Professor Sa Cho-hon's voice, everyone stopped what they were doing and focused.
"Today is the day when your efforts over the past 3 years will bear fruit. If you are promoted here, you will be able to enter the Soma Garden, and if you fail, you will return to your respective sects or families."
Upon hearing about the future results, the tension rose even more.
"But you don't have to be too scared. Because if you have followed our education well for the past 3 years, you will be able to be promoted. The test will be conducted in groups, and those who are called from now on will become a group and solve one mission. In the process, the test supervisor, who is also a guardian and the leader of the upper unit, will accompany you."
After that, names were called, and Murong Yoo became a group with Namgung Cheon and Paeng Yoo-ran.
"We're gathered like this again."
"I know, right."
Murong Yoo cleverly retorted to Namgung Cheon's words. Murong Yoo had become quite close with Namgung Cheon over the past 3 years.
"Please take care of me."
"Let's all get promoted together!"
Murong Yoo, who had also greeted Paeng Yoo-ran, was curious about how the promotion examination would proceed. The professor's words continued again.
"You must have all greeted your group members. From now on, you will draw a mission. There are a total of 3 missions. They are divided into high, medium, and low, and of course, if you solve a high-level mission, you will receive a higher score. For your information, the number of people who can be promoted to the Soma Garden is at most 30% of those here, so it would be good to think carefully about the difficulty when choosing a mission."
Murong Yoo immediately understood the professor's words.
If he chose a low-level mission, he would be able to succeed easily, but if the number of people who succeeded in the medium and high-level missions exceeded about 100, even if he succeeded in the low-level mission, he would not be able to be promoted in the end.
This was a fight where the later the order of choosing a mission, the more advantageous it was.
But Murong Yoo's group's mission selection order was the very first.
"I can't help it."
"I know."
Murong Yoo's group, regardless of the choices of others, chose a high-level mission as a safe bet.
And so, after everyone had finished choosing their missions, the professor's explanation continued.
"Then, the content of the mission will be told to you by your assigned teaching assistant on the spot. I hope you all return safely."
At the professor's last words, questions burst out from here and there.
"What?"
"You said it was safe."
A crack opens in front of each of them.
The high-level was red, the medium-level was blue, and the low-level was white.
The professor grinned and said.
"No one can guarantee safety on the spot. For your information, there have been deaths in every promotion examination, so survive on your own."
With those last words, everyone went into the crack.
* * *
"Nice to meet you. Welcome to the world of the 3rd martial world."
The person who was waiting on the spot was someone Murong Yoo also knew.
"Older brother?"
For the past 3 years, whenever Murong Yoo had faced difficulties in his training, he had met Nam Ji-hyuk and had asked for advice.
"Yoo, I told you we'd see each other again, right?"
To think that the words he had said 3 years ago were this.
The thought of how much foreshadowing he had laid passed through his mind.
"Now! Since you two don't know me, I'll introduce myself. I am your senior and the teaching assistant at the Soma Garden, Nam Ji-hyuk. Teaching assistant is too formal, so just call me senior."
"Yes! Senior!"
"You adapt quickly. Your name?"
"It's Namgung Cheon."
"Aha! You're the first in this class. I've heard the rumors."
"What about me?"
"Of course I know. The second in this class. They say your strength is amazing."
"Yes! Thank you!"
Murong Yoo looked at Nam Ji-hyuk with quite an expectant gaze.
"Older brother, no! Senior! What about me?"
"The student who started from the 300th place in the first evaluation and finished at the 10th place in the final, the student who has grown the most in this class, Murong Yoo. You are still lacking, so strive a little more."
Although it was a compliment that didn't sound like a compliment, Murong Yoo answered cheerfully at the encouraging words.
"Yes!"
"Then, I'll continue what I was saying. This is the 3rd martial world, as I said before. You must all be wondering about the words '3rd martial world' by now."
The three of them nodded at the same time.
Because the martial world was just the martial world, and they had never heard of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
Nam Ji-hyuk threw a question at Murong Yoo.
"You've heard about the timeline, right?"
"Yes."
"You can think of this 3rd martial world as a parallel world that is simply different from the current martial world."
The following explanation was as follows.
The 3rd martial world was a world where the Unorthodox Faction had won the fight against the Righteous Faction and the Demonic Cult.
The force that ruled this place was called the Four Kings and Ten Sects.
And what Murong Yoo had to do here was to prevent the destruction of the world from the Unorthodox Faction.
Of course, this grand task was not entrusted to children who had just graduated from kindergarten.
"Your seniors have already been dispatched here. Of course, they are doing missions on a different level from you. The mission you will be in charge of is very simple. You see that small martial arts hall over there?"
[One Thousand Martial Arts Hall]
"If you protect that place safely for seven days and nights, you will have completed the mission. Then shall we go?"
At the simpler-than-expected mission, the three of them exchanged positive glances.
When they entered the One Thousand Martial Arts Hall following Nam Ji-hyuk, the children inside greeted Nam Ji-hyuk.
"Teacher!"
'Teacher?'
Just then, a telepathic message was heard.
-I am playing the role of a teacher who teaches these children here. And I am planning to introduce you to these children as my assistants.
Murong Yoo's party nodded.
"These three here are the acquaintances of the teacher who will be looking after you for a while. Say hello."
"Yes! Hello!"
"Please take care of us!"
"Older brother! Are you strong?"
Murong Yoo's party was a little flustered at the rather lively reaction of the children.
In the midst of that, only one child was still in a corner.
Murong Yoo approached that child and greeted him.
"Hello?"
"Mind your own business."
"Huh?"
"You look weak at a glance!"
A vein popped on Murong Yoo's face. Murong Yoo naturally raised his arm to teach the child about the true education of an adult, but Nam Ji-hyuk's telepathic message was heard.
-Yoo-ya, that child recently lost his parents in a fight with the Four Kings and Ten Sects and entered the martial arts hall.
Murong Yoo lowered the arm he was raising. And he stroked the child's head.
Thud!
"Don't act friendly, it's unlucky!"
Should I just hit him?
When night came, Murong Yoo's party was exhausted.
Because the task of playing with the children was more difficult than they had thought.
Above all, it was quite strange that the children's stamina did not drop even after playing all day.
"You've had a hard time, right?"
As he was sitting on the wooden floor and staring blankly at the night sky, Nam Ji-hyuk approached. The three of them sent a resentful gaze to Nam Ji-hyuk, who had introduced them to the children and had been gone all day, and had only now appeared.
"Haha! I was also looking at my work."
To the three who still had not withdrawn their suspicious gazes, Nam Ji-hyuk continued.
"You must have a rough idea after spending a day here, but I'll explain in detail. This place is a martial arts hall on the outside, but it's a place that takes care of children who have lost their parents in the war."
The three, who had a rough idea, nodded their heads.
"We operate several places like this. Among them, if there are children with talent, we teach them martial arts and raise them. That's how we balance the righteous and the evil of this world."
Here, Murong Yoo had a question.
"Instead of doing this, can't we just beat up the Unorthodox Faction?"
Although he didn't know how strong the Unorthodox Faction here was, would it be as strong as the Divine Cult?
"Of course, that would be the easiest way, but there is a limit to the influence that can be exerted between each world. If a certain amount of influence is exerted, the causality of that world will send out a countermeasure to correct the abnormal phenomenon. If that happens, it will only increase the chaos of the world."
"Then what if the Unorthodox Faction really tries to destroy the world?"
"As long as we are here, that won't happen, but if such a thing happens, we will also dispatch a transcendent who can ignore the causality of the world."
"A transcendent?"
"Yes. Well, this world is not in that much of a crisis yet, so don't worry. Then, for seven days and nights from today, try to block the enemy's attack well. For your information, I may not be able to help you, so don't die. I'm also going to be busy."
Murong Yoo's party was able to find out the meaning of those words after a while.
* * *
Murong Yoo's party decided to stand guard and prepare for the night attack.
Fortunately, there was no attack that night.
When the day broke, Nam Ji-hyuk had gone somewhere again.
Murong Yoo's party, who were in charge of the children again, sighed. But they didn't spend their time recklessly like yesterday.
"I'll take care of them today."
Namgung Cheon opened his mouth as if he had made a big decision.
"In the meantime, you two find out about the martial arts level of this place."
It was the most important information to know to prepare for an attack.
Murong Yoo and Paeng Yoo-ran answered with a determined expression.
"Alright. Be sure to survive."
"I will not forget your sacrifice."
"Please come back as soon as possible."
The three of them exchanged intense gazes.
"Little teacher!"
"Let's play tag today!"
"No! We're going to play shadow tag!"
As the lively voices of the children were heard, Murong Yoo and Paeng Yoo-ran instinctively quickly left the martial arts hall.
Only Namgung Cheon was looking at the two people with a dazed gaze from behind.
The first place Murong Yoo and Paeng Yoo-ran headed to was an inn.
A place where various information gathers, regardless of the era.
And the One Thousand Martial Arts Hall, where Namgung Cheon was spending time alone with the children.
A child came out from between the slightly open doors.
"I'll get my revenge!"
The three of them had not yet realized the fact that anomalies always occur nearby.
* * *
The Central Plains.
"Hmm?"
One of the transcendents who was looking up at the sky discovered a small anomaly in the world line.
"I'm sorry you can't rest after coming back so soon, but you'll have to be put on the next mission right away. A request for support has come from the 8th world as a special grade. It seems to be urgent."
"I can't help it. Ah! Is the 3rd martial world okay?"
"According to the report that came up today, there are no big problems. And since Ji-hyuk went, what could happen?"
"That's also true."
The transcendent took out a picture from his bosom and looked at it.
There, a small baby who could not yet walk was embroidered.
(End of Chapter)