Chapter 5: Life at cube

[Yoo yeonha Pov]

After everyone finish their combat training, we return to our classroom and I was sitting in my chair, looking at the scoreboard.

[Team 5- total time: 35 minutes 58 seconds. 9/100]

I sigh after I see my team record.

'It's not that bad to get in the top 10 and there was a individual performance that mentions earlier so I wouldn't mind.'

And then I look at the back of girl head who has brown hair, with ahoge hair in top of her head.

Chae nayun.

'I really wanted to smack the back of her head.'

My hands was about to reach towards her head but I hesitate the fact that my actions is seems childish and making her my enemy is out of the question so instead of smacking her head, I tap her shoulders to have a conversation.

"Hey nayun, how was the test?"

Chae nayun look behind and saw me," Hm?, Ah I got in 4th place."

She sighs and her ahoge hair went down "I wanted to beat shin jonghak and rachel, What a shame. What about you?"

She asks about my score and I hesitantly said about my grade.

"....I'm...9th place"

'I know her strengths are far superior than mine but at least for once, I really wanted to beat her!' I said in my mind while gripping my whip in my imagination.

"Woah, really?..9th place?!..you got 9th place with that gunman?"

She was suprised that my team got in the top 10 with a "useless" sharpshooter.

"Yeah, although the reason why we were at 9th place is because he lacked stamina and even though it was supposed to be a 10 minutes to get the monster, it ended up

Taking 30 minutes."

I sigh and massaging my temple to calm my stress.

"Well, at least you got 9th place and that gunman...he seems strong. Maybe, I underestimate him."

Chae nayun right hand is on her chin and tried to represent the one in philosophy, The thinker.

I forced myself not to laugh but I let out my chuckle and she heard it.

After that, We converse about something that we used to talk.

*

[Kim hajin pov]

After I finish the test, I went straight to the training room and trained there for hours.

It was late at night and I have been doing the daily commisions that the system given to me and it was the same quest that I got the laptop from the new author.

"97.....98...99...100!" I drop down after doing 100 push ups and now I was lying down on the ground.

"(PANT)(PANT).....this is insane...I know I shouldn't push myself too hard but I needed this to get stronger....I don't trust what that author said to that message' I was too tired to think about the future. 'Meh...I should do that after taking break for a few minutes."

I lift my tired body on the ground and Open my notifications from the system.

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[All attacks hit their target! Your gift profiency increased by 20%!]

[Luck applies! Your eyes and ears are improve than before]

[Your perception increases by 0.30]

[Luck applies! Through working out for hours without a break, Your vitality, strength and stamina increases by 1.10]

[Congratulations! You finish your daily commissions, all stats except stigma increases by 0.40]

[Luck applies! You endured a hard training for hours, The system rewards you a 1.00 Perseverance stats in your invariable stats!]

[Congratulations! You gained a new title!

"Gym rat" has been added to the title collections]

[You gained 180 SP!]

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I widened my eyes and tried to pinch my cheeks to see if I'm dreaming.

"Woah." I exclaimed in the gym since there was no one was here except me.

"Status window" I said it quietly to see my information.

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Name:Kim hajin [Current sp: 301]

Title: Gym rat

"Stats"

* Variable stats

Strength: 4.041

Stamina:4.051

Speed:4.044

Perception: 4.040

Vitality:4.122

Magic power: 3.060

Stigma:4

*invariable stats

[Intelligence - 4.097/10]

[Perseverance - 8.207/10]

[Charm - 4.135/10]

[Luck - 9.100/10]

>Gift

[Master Sharpshooter]

[Low-intermediate rank] [Spirit attribute] [Evolving - Grade 9] [Proficiency: 30%]

-Master Sharpshooter's Training

-Thousand-Mile Eyes

-Bullet Time

[Observation and Reading]

[Null attribute]

[Punisher]

[Intermediate rank] [Light and Dark attribute] [Evolving - Grade 6] [Proficiency: 0%]

- Yin and yang mana

-Punisher eyes

-Punisher wraith

Arts (0/3)

Physique (0/3)

Setting intervention [Authority]

* Using Sp, the host can modify or add settings to a non-living target.*

Stigma [Authority]

* You can freely used magic power stored inside this magic power. After use, Stigma will slowly regenrate over 24 hours even if depleted.

Current number of stigma streaks:4*

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"I can't believe it" I murmured to myself, my voice is tinged with disbelief and amazement.

"With this, I'm now a cadet with a average standards at cube...and I even got a title."

I tap the gym rat at the title to see the details.

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[Gym rat, when equip with this title, your recovery rate increases after training when you are in a gym or a training room.

You get bonus stats after you training ends if you pour your passion and soul to your training.]

[The host can equip titles and also can change it as well!]

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"Nice, It has some kind of recovery rate and it means I can recover quickly if I train hard... but how did I get a title so early? All I did was training for hours and hours and that's it."

Is it praising me or something? If what I'm thinking is right, does that mean the author is watching me through the system? Or the system itself is watching me?.

I shake my head to not overthink about situations, " Im too tired so I should get some sleep"I wipe my sweats with a towel and I drank the drink owned by cube and use my sp the same way the mc used it in the novel on the drink after he was done training.

After I'm done drinking, I went outside since the the dorm and the training grounds are far apart, I walk through the building to get in my room.

*

A few minutes later

I arrive at my room and I change my clothes in comfortable white T shirt, and blue shorts.

I yawn since I was training nonstop and it ended in late night.

"Ah, right..the instructor said that there will be personal sparring." In the novel, the real kim hajin got beat up by a female instructor and I really forget her name.

I sigh, rubbing my temple to get rid of my headache.."ok, well I'm not the kim hajin but an entity that entered the real kim hajin body.

For now, I should build up my strength but first, let's get some sleep.

After I change my clothes, I lie down on my bed and kept thinking but I sigh since I really don't know where the original kim hajin...does he not exist in this world now?

I kept thinking and thinking until I fallen asleep and hugging my pillow.

*

I spent the whole week of training, reading some books about mana since I have the attribute of light and dark and right now, we went to the sparring area where every cadet choose their opponents.

Kim suho match up with yi yeongchan, rachel match up with an extra that the novel didn't mention his name but it did mention his defeat and other characters in novel extra match up to others and now, here I am.

I'm now lying down on the floor, it's cold and it's so quiet. It's so peaceful in here...except.

"CADET KIM HAJIN, STAND UP RIGHT NOW OR MIGHT FAIL YOU!"

If it wasn't for this teacher who doesn't hesitate to throw hands at me, who's tired for the past days and I struggle to stand up but I didn't show my struggles to her.

We've been sparring for minutes and now I look like shit. I look at teacher with a tired face, I know there isn't a gun meant for training so my sparring partner is an instructor who is in charge at our sparring lessons.

I remember something in my previous life, that I complain about why the cube can't use rubber bullets for training, I was about ask that question about the instructor earlier but then I remembered that they only used medieval weapons like swords, spears et cetera cetera. Since awakened people rarely used guns, they never bothered to make another advancements for guns.

Anyway, I took my stance and lock my gaze to the instructor.

The instructor saw that I took my stance and clench her fist. She stomp on the floor and she was now right in front of me instantly.

'She's Fast!' She was about to throw her punch and the system Activated the master sharpshooter skill automatically.

[The thousand mile eyes has been activated!]

I dodge her attack by tilting my head to the left, narrowly evaded her attack and then,  She swing her left hook and I sidestep to the right, gaining some distance.

But She closes our distance in instant and she throws a barrage of punches and kicks.

I dodge to the right, left, duck,I backstep and I sidestep. She seem suprised that I can dodge all of her attacks.

Then I saw her clenching her fist, All I can see vein bulging in her arms.

She throw her punch in my face but I was waiting for this moment, my bones will broke if I tried to block her attack but I didn't need to dodge her attack right now. All I need is to parry her attack at the right time.

When she was about to hit my face, I parried her attack by pushing on the left side of her attack. Instead of hitting my face, she only hit the air of nothingness.

While I still have the chance, I uppercut her in the chin with strength and determination. It seems she recover quickly but I think she felt that punch and I know that because I can see the veins popping in her forehead and she throw another punch at me without hesitation.

I sidestep, avoided her attack and then, I grab her arm with both arms and I executed a flawless judo throw, using my instructor momentum against her as I expertly manipulated her balance, sending her crashing to the ground with a resounding thud.

I breathe heavily because how heavy she is when I perform judo throw at her. I look at the score and it was 4-1.

'Okay, maybe I shouldn't done that' there are reason why I said. One, I said that myself that I shouldn't show off right in front of others, even though It helps me getting SP but I'm not a attention seeker. I slowly show my powers in the future But not right now, there are djinns that I need to kill and to kill them, I need to be in the shadows. ' While I was looking around my surroundings, bunch of cadets kept whispering to each other and some of them amazed and some of them are in disbelief.

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[28 Sp]

[Kim suho has taken an interest in you! 100 Sp!]

[Chae nayuh was shock by your performance! 90 Sp!]

[Yoo yeonha was intrigued by your performance! 110 Sp!]

[43 Sp]

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My Sp are increasing so fast, though it helps but I just can't deal with their stares..I haven't experienced this in my previous life.

'And the second thing why I shouldn't have done that'

I slowly turning my head to the instructor who was about to stand up and made crack in her hands.

When she looks at me, she smiles wickedly.

'Hahahahahhaa, I'm in danger.'

"Cadet kim hajin, your combat experiences are good, that punch earlier was good too and that counterattack where you pin me down, your calculate this at the beginning"

She clench her both fists. 'You're wrong!, I was going with the flow and stop overestimating me, this is why misunderstanding novels are popular in my pervious life!'

"This time, I won't be holding back!" She ran towards me at terrifying rate.

"Instructor! I surrender, I don't want to fight you!...I'm too tired in the first place and too weak to fight." I tried to stop her but...

"CADET KIM HAJIN!, THERE IS NO ENEMY THAT CAN WAIT FOR YOU TO REST AND NO ENEMY THAT CAN ACCEPT FOR YOUR SURRENDER SO FIGHT LIKE LIFE DEPENDS ON YOU!" She then proceed to throw her lunch withou hesitation.

'Fuck youuuuuu, This is just sparring. Not fight to death tournament!' I dodge her attack sluggishly.

So this is the life at cube.

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Hello guys, Sorry for the late update from this novel..It's been a busy day because of exams, my final defense (you know what defense is right?) And my bunch of activities that needed for my school..and finally, It's over and thank god I finish this chapter..so I will give my all to create new chapters but I will make the words be at 1600 words or 1800 words..so please show support and your reviews on my fight scenes..is it bad or just average..or is it good...That's all, Thank you guys and have a great day!