6. First lesson (2)

Gym 1 turned dead silent as if someone poured cold water.

The words full of obvious spite towards me continued:

"I thought he had something great, because he received 300 item cards. But it's just level 1 shit skill."

It was the voice of the 1st year class 2 student.

I was a bit surprised when I saw his face.

'Isn't it the extra who would get into an argument with Ju Su-hyeok and then wipe the floor?'

He was one of the students of 1st year class 2 who at the end of the 1st year reflected on his insignificant achievements and then became friends with Ju Su-hyeok. But he turned into the possessing devil Enemy and turned Ju Su-hyeok mentality into dust.

Right now the guy picking a fight with me was that extra character.

⟨Reading 'Bang Yunseop' character data.⟩

[Name] Bang Yunseop

[Title] Eungwang School 1st year class 2

[Blessing] Certain Sa tribe[1] member's cheer 'That shit-head is your charm'

[Gwangrim] (inactive)

[Status] Normal

[Overall ability] Lv. 13

[Skills]

Nunchuck Lv. 3

Shout Lv. 1

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'It's the same as the extra NPC's data I saw in the setting book.'

After Ju Su-hyeok created black history in the game…

Bang Yunseop picked a fight with him.

Ju Su-hyeok, who was embarrassed before the person he liked, was in a bad mood.

He didn't let go Bang Yunseop easy even a little.

'Though it was a user controlling Ju Su-hyeok who gave Bang Yunseop a taste of defeat.'

Bang Yunseop was grinded from his bone marrow to the very soul during his spar with Ju Su-hyeok and was completely annihilated.

That would've happened on the next solo combat practice of the 1st year class 2 next week.

'Because Ju Su-hyeok's black history disappeared, he didn't show any gaps, so then the target switched to Unknown Supernova?'

I made my name, Jo Uisin, known as Unknown Supernova.

However, I belong to the 1st year's problem class 0.

In addition, my combat skill is level 1.

I would seem famous and easy enough.

'Does he think he could be treated like a tough guy if he said a word to that Unknown Supernova before he overpowered him?'

Only today they had a joint lesson with class 0.

If he was aiming for me, he had to pick up the fight with me today.

Seems like the target really switched from Ju Su-hyeok to me.

"Bang Yunseop, are you perhaps talking to me right now?"

Bang Yunseop stiffened when I accurately called his name.

He wanted to talk shit, but he wouldn't want to be pinpointed by me.

He acted cowardly and hid in the crowd, but when his name was called he was noticeably flustered.

However, Bang Yunseop bluffed and shouted:

"Ye–Yeah! Did I say something wrong? It's shit."

The gym started to stir.

Others would never have thought that such a fool would enter the most prestigious highschool in Korea.

Sadly, there was something called 'Fool Conservation Law'.

Once the group gathers, there certainly exists a fool.

Beginning with Ham Geun-hyeong, I saw other teachers' faces harden.

'How to do it?'

Bang Yunseop.

Ju Su-hyeok.

The combat practice.

Use of Everything.

The future events.

I came up with a good move.

Before Ham Geun-hyeong could say a word, I raised my hand.

"Do you plan for students to spar with each other today? Please, let me and Bang Yunseop take the first fight."

The surroundings became very noisy at my words.

I added in a quiet voice, so only Ham Geun-hyeong could hear me.

"I'll show a good example if I fight with Bang Yunseop."

Ham Geun-hyeong stared at me thoughtfully.

"Jo Uisin, do you mean you know the significance of today's lesson?"

"Yes."

Ham Geun-hyeong kept staring at me as if assessing.

A few seconds passed.

Ham Geun-hyeong grinned.

"Good luck, Jo Uisin."

Seeing Ham Geun-hyeong and my short conversation, Kim Sinrok and No Yeong-mi nodded slightly as if they roughly guessed the situation.

When the three teachers gestured that they would allow this fight, the people around went 'Ooo!' and broke into shouts.

"That is Unknown Supernova Jo Uisin?"

"Is what teacher Ham Geun-hyeong said true? Jo Uisin has 'Use of Everything' skill?"

"I saw it on TV in the TOP 5 of the rarest skills you wish you had. It seems true seeing the number of cards."

The students started to predict the result of the fight between me and Bang Yunseop.

"Bang Yunseop is an idiot but the level of his combat skill is a bit high… I don't know."

"Unknown Supernova level is 1. The overall statistics seem the same. No matter how many weapon items you can use, the side with higher skill level has the advantage."

"Wanna bet? I bet ten thousand won on Bang Yunseop."

I had no idea who started it, but the gym turned loud with the buzz about betting.

Soon someone took the lead and opened a hologram with the connection code to the betting app.

"3 thousand won on Bang Yunseop."

"15 thousand won on Bang Yunseop."

"40 thousand won on Jo Uisin."

"100 thousand won on Bang Yunseop! Good luck dude!"

Everybody shared the code around and transferred the money they put in.

Even when Ju Su-hyeok and An Dain sparred, the atmosphere didn't boil to this degree.

The teachers didn't participate in betting, but neither did they stop students and just watched.

They knew what the result would be.

But that result could be used as a lesson.

'At this degree, it wouldn't be treated as gambling, but a brief entertainment. It's okay even if they don't stop them. It would also be a good experience for students.'

The amount of money students betted gradually started to grow bigger.

But bets were mainly placed on Bang Yunseop, so the betting wasn't working out well.

"1 million won on Jo Uisin."

The gym went quiet when a character with an overwhelming bet appeared.

It was Yu Sang-hun.

Come to think about it, Yu Sang-hun was in 1st year class 1.

But I couldn't greet him because I came to the gym late and got into a conversation with Ju Su-hyeok.

"Don't you know when you see Jo Uisin's expression? If you hate losing money, do it moderately."

Yu Sang-hun looked at me with a meaningful smile and immediately opened a hologram and transferred the money.

Yu Sang-hun's unhesitant attitude caused people to stir again.

"This guy is a survivor of the same group as Unknown Supernova."

"He was tied in the trap by Son Meatjig during the incident…"

"Then he knows Unknown Supernova the best. I'm worried."

Beside me, Hwang Jiho agonized over an opened hologram with an account full of zeros as if his hands were itchy.

"If I put 10 million won."

"…If the amount is too large, you're gonna be charged for gambling, so go ahead."

"What about that."

'What about that' again.

I stopped Hwang Jiho.

Hwang Jiho grumbled with childish dissatisfaction, but as I actively stopped him, he soon closed his mouth.

Even now, the bets seemed to grow enough, so I wanted to stop the number from changing.

Though the players received a slightly lenient treatment in the app with Player Special Law, so I thought this degree would be okay.

"What, that number… It's not…"

Bang Yunseop proceeded with a snobbish attitude that he would pick a fight, relieve some stress and raise his position a little.

I guess he feared the bet grew too much.

'Why did you pick the fight if you would make this type of face?'

Did he come up with something good at that moment?

Suddenly Bang Yunseop expression changed, and he shouted loudly:

"Let's limit weapons to one during the spar! Gwangrims are also prohibited!"

Here and there bewildered sighs came out at Bang Yunseop's nasty suggestion.

'What a coward.'

Bang Yunseop's Nunchuck skill was level 3.

My Use of Everything skill was level 1.

Overall statistics' level was 13 for both of us.

I can't win if you calculate by skill level.

Additionally, I'll be at a disadvantage if even Gwangrims are prohibited.

'No problem.'

There was no need to think.

"Okay."

When I readily agreed, Bang Yunseop made a triumphant expression as if he already won.

At my answer, the majority of people gave up putting money on me.

I took out a card from the inventory window and materialized it.

"We'll fight according to your conditions, but in exchange, for a year the defeated will serve the other party as a bread shuttle… no, he'll become an errand boy. How is it?"

The item I took out was the R rarity 'Fire Pincers of Promise'.

It was one of the items I bought before school started.

After using Fire Pincers of Promise, if the promise is broken, every nail will be pulled out by fire-hot pincers.

Even if you broke the promise, the rarity was low, so it only pulled out nails at most.

It would be terribly painful and sickening, but for Players it wasn't even worthy of using a recovery item on.

'It's enough for a coward like Bang Yunseop.'

Probably no one would want to voluntarily experience pulling out their every nail with fire pincers.

"The bread shuttle match!"

"Unknown Supernova comes out strong!"

At my suggestion, the 1st years became even more excited.

"Fire Pincers of Promise…!"

Bang Yunseop mumbled with a nervous face.

It was a very famous item, so Bang Yunseop recognized it straight away when he saw it.

"Did you think I'll freak out and run? Okay, let's do that!"

Swish-crack—.

When Bang Yunseop finished his full bluffing attempt, the Fire Pincers of Promise suddenly stood ablaze and disappeared in the air.

All of my and Bang Yunseop's nails in a moment turned red before they returned to their original color.

The bread shuttle match was established.

***

Only three people betted on me.

Yu Sang-hun, Ju Su-hyeok and Kim Yuri.

I understood Yu Sang-hun, but I was surprised that Ju Su-hyeok and Kim Yuri were betting on me.

Ju Su-hyeok saw Yu Sang-hun bet 1 million won and put the same amount.

Ju Su-hyeok was a great-grandson of the head of the Ju-oh conglomerate, one of the four conglomerates of Korea.

As he completely lacked a sense of money, he would just follow Yu Sang-hun on that.

And Yu Sang-hun said he was told to buy me and Jang Namuk a meal every time we met to play because his parents give him a lot of pocket money, so he bet 1 million.

'Kim Yuri's bet was unexpected.'

Kim Yuri didn't seem to be the type who would participate in such a gamble, but I guess she was loyal towards the class official of her own class.

The total amount bet on me was 2,05 million won.

The total amount bet on Bang Yunseop was 2,478 million won.

There were people like An Dain and our class' Hwang Jiho and Han Yi, who didn't participate in betting, but even so, it was quite a big amount.

"Okay, two people in their seats."

"Woooow!"

100 students sitting in gym 1's audience seats cheered.

Using device hologram expansion mode, a big betting app screen opened in the air, sparkling brightly.

[Bread Shuttle Match]

[Unknown Supernova Jo Uisin VS Unknown Challenger Bang Yunseop]

I was curious what guy entered the phrase in the betting app.

Additionally, they played Rocky's OST 'Going The Distance', raising the mood.

Could this masterpiece be used as BGM for something so idiotic like a betting fight and bread shuttle match?

"At my signal, materialize the item card and start the spar."

The judge was the homeroom teacher of the 1st year class 1, Kim Sinrok.

I belonged to class 0 and Bang Yunseop to class 2, so Kim Sinrok, who was the homeroom teacher of class 1 and had a neutral stance, was the best choice for the judge.

I picked one of the 300 cards and took my place.

Thud, thud.

I and Bang Yunseop stood facing each other in approximately 10m distance.

BMG changed from 'Going The Distance' to 'Gonna Fly Now'.

"Okay, prepare."

"Whooooa!"

"Go Bang Yunseop!"

"Bang Yunseop, become a fool victor!"

Bang Yunseop made an expression as if he was dying from happiness, thinking about his rising position and the hero treatment he will receive in the future.

Kim Sinrok raised his hand in the signal.

"Start!"

The item card in Bang Yunseop's hand changed into a nunchuck.

"Uuuaaa!"

Holding the nunchuck, Bang Yunseop shouted and ran at me.

I also materialized the item card.

The moment I grabbed the materialized weapon, I heard a system notification.

⟨Skill 'Use of Everything' activated.⟩

"Wait, shit, isn't that a magic weapon?"

I heard a voice full of horror from the audience.

That's right.

I swung the R rank basic earth attribute magic weapon 'Earth Wizard Apprentice's Rod'.

As a result of the Use of Everything skill, the magic spells, the mana operation formulas and their effects naturally appeared in my mind.

"It's magic!"

"Why! Why!"

Even among Players there are very few magic users.

Unlike Yeom Junyeol's Fire Art[2] or Sawol Seeum's Wind Art, the magic abilities needed magic weapons.

Reciting spells composed in a particular language and operating mana through the magic formulas.

Magic wasn't an inborn instinct, but the result of restrained reason and research.

'Magic is different from other abilities. Rather than ability, it's closer to mathematics.'

In addition, the skill acquisition and level rising difficulty corresponded to the highest grade.

If magic wasn't assigned by a magic related Jin or higher being, magic was considered impossible to use.

'It was even very rarely mentioned in this world's textbooks' appendix. But if it's someone who played the game, they will naturally understand magic because among the skills playable characters use is magic.'

A magic weapon was also a weapon.

I, who had the skill to use every weapon, naturally could also use magic.

"Terracia Ico!"

Crack! Crack—!

I finished recitation of the short spell and the earth magic went straight for Bang Yunseop's eyes.

Bang Yunseop hurriedly swung the nunchuck, but the speed of activated magic was impossible to follow.

Level 1 magic wasn't particularly powerful, but it was enough to seal the sight and damage the eyes.

"Ack! My…My eyes!"

The lump of earth hit Bang Yunseop's face and eyes, and his body twisted in pain.

I narrowed the distance between me and Bang Yunseop in a moment and slammed the rod in the back of his head.

Bang!

With the loud sound of the impact, Bang Yunseop let out a scream.

The overpowering ended with this.

However…

'Won't I regret it if I hit you only once?'

I took one more swing towards Bang Yunseop who was about to collapse on the gym's floor.

Don't they say you should love your enemy first? [3]

Originally, the enemy needs to be beaten more for the medicine to taste good.

BANG!

"Kugh!"

In good faith, I slammed the rod in the right place again and Bang Yunseop was completely knocked down.

After I stomped on the back of Bang Yunseop who collapsed on the floor and pointed the rod at him, I looked up at judging Kim Sinrok.

Kim Sinrok raised his hand high and shouted:

"Jo Uisin wins!"

At Kim Sinrok's declaration, the gym filled with shouts.

"Whooaaa!"

"Amazing! It was the first time I saw magic in reality!"

"Ah…. the magic weapon… there was that?"

"What a fraud skill."

"Ack! My 100 thousand won!"

Bang Yunseop's name was erased from the betting app's screen.

Instead, 'Unknown Supernova Jo Uisin wins!' in big letters floated.

"Shii… You damn bastard. Using magic?… You cowardly bastard….!"

Bang Yunseop said with his red eyes dripping with tears.

Before I could say anything, Ham Geun-hyeong asked:

"Bang Yunseop, do you really think Jo Uisin is a coward as you said?"

Bang Yunseop shut his mouth at Ham Geun-hyeong's question.

"Don't you think it's cowardly to curse someone when hidden within the crowd or limit the weapon's usage of someone who possesses the skill to use everything?"

Ham Geun-hyeong didn't look angry or shocked.

It was just a natural attitude of the teacher explaining something to a student.

"Do you still don't know why we, the teachers, allowed this sparring?"

Ham Geun-hyeong continued the restless attack.

Bang Yunseop hesitated and couldn't answer. He only bowed his head and rubbed his eyes.

Other students also became quiet.

The guy who hosted the betting also seemed to notice.

BMG and the hologram immediately disappeared.

"Everyone who entered the Eungwang School has a talent and can work hard. Each of you have pride and belief in themselves. However, sometimes it can turn into poison. The Players have to face the unknown with vigilance and humility."

The vigilance and humility when facing the unknown.

This was the virtue which the teachers wanted to instill into the outstanding students of the prestigious highschool from the first lesson.

If not for my and Bang Yunseop's matter, they would probably want to teach it by showing An Dain and Ju Su-hyeok spar on a completely different level.

'But it failed in the game because Ju Su-hyeok created black history before An Dain.'

Ham Geun-hyeong's words continued.

"The 'Naejangsan National Park's Temple's Incident' and 'Seokchon Lake's Tragedy' from a few years ago. It's a well-known fact that the Enemies which wiped out the high-ranking teams weren't high rank or had high overall statistics."

A heavy silence hung among the students who just now realized the teachers' intention.

"A moment of carelessness can be a matter of life and death for a Player. Even more, can you be careless when facing the Unknown Supernova who is not only a possessor of the SSR rank 'Use of Everything' skill, but also subjugated the R+ rank wanted Enemy almost naked?"

Because Ham Geun-hyeong had an extremely fierce impression, even his quiet voice only made students nervous.

Ham Geun-hyeong slowly looked around the students who were excited moments ago.

Dozens of students bowed their heads to avoid his gaze.

Betting their money on Bang Yunseop was like saying they underestimate me. Many would be pricked by it.

At last, Ham Geun-hyeong added.

"Bang Yunseop. You fairly… no, you cowardly lost against Jo Uisin, even after putting restrictions on him. Take responsibility for your words and follow Jo Uisin's commands for 1 year. That's all."

Silence continued.

It seemed the mood sank even more because the excitement moments ago was so great.

'Should I step out and change the mood?'

When I had a thought like this…

Clap! Clap! Clap!

"Great job, Jo Uisin!"

Yu Sang-hun applauded me and shouted.

Then, after Yu Sang-hun, Ju Su-hyeok and 3 people of the 1st year class 0 started to clap.

Finally the other students read the room and followed with applause.

Woooow—!

The moment I turned around, the sound of clapping and cheering filled the entire gym.

A few people even spoke up to me as I passed them.

"I blew money, but received an expensive lesson. Great magic spectacle, Unknown Supernova."

"Jo Uisin, use some other magic next time!"

By the time the cheers and applause stopped.

Bang Yunseop, who was lying on the floor, stood up. He completely cleared the soil from his eyes and stopped crying.

He glared at his nails and me with a mortified face.

Bread shuttle acquired.

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[1] Sa tribe – 'Sa' from chinese character meaning 'snake'.

[2] Fire Art – I called it Fire technique before. I'll call them 'arts' from now on to remain consistent.

[3] Don't they say you should love your enemy first? – original Korean proverb: Give an annoying guy (or ugly kid) one more rice cake. It means you are supposed to treat people you don't like well…

Translator's note: This is the only novel that made me care about an annoying mob character like Bang Yunseop… The kid is crying! I want to pet him and comfort him a bit, this idiot ㅠㅠ