24 The First Practical Lesson
In the last lesson of the first day at the academy, the entire class will have to go to the dungeon in groups of two to enter a simulated temple in VR.
It's called the First Practical Lesson.
And yeah, in this world, you can actually full dive now, which means you could be transported to another world technically.
It is much more realistic than normal VR by using the latest technique with Mana.
'Imagine playing VR in a VR game.'
'It's trippy to say...'
Every member of class A-1 was in the academy's backyard, including the main cast and me.
The backyard was also near the forest.
And the VR room would be somewhere here.
"Hello, cadets."
"We met again. Haha"
That was our homeroom teacher, Takagi Kenzo.
"You all already know what we will do, right?"
"So, I'll skip the introduction and get right to the team selection section."
"The first person I choose will be the leader of the following team."
"Team 1 will comprise-"
"Takahashi Haruki."
The mentioned one was smiling confidently and came to his spot as a leader.
"Ryan Jackson."
He is the male protagonist along with Haruki.
"Alan Williams."
'Oh, this guy is interesting.'
He is Charlotte's younger brother, and gamers also know him as the technological genius of the century.
See the death flag of this world in the next three to four years?
This is the golden period of humanity before the disaster happens.
Sigh.
I think I need to use him-
Ahem, I mean I need some help from him in the future.
After a while, I was still waiting to know what my team was.
'Maybe I will be in the other half or even the last team.'
"Team 4: Volkov Katia."
'Until now, everything had happened exactly like the game.'
"Esther White."
'Hopefully, there will be no drastic change this early...'
"Amemura Ryoshu."
Huh?
What just happened?
Everybody was looking straight at me with various expressions.
Some noticed me, some didn't know me, some laughed at me, some pointed at me and gossiped.
I was truly surprised.
How come?
Why?
So... they placed me in the same team with two main female characters.
One of them was my favorite.
Princess of Russia - Volkov Katia.
And another one is Esther. Let's just say that she is not really my type.
I don't know if I should say this, but she...
She will eventually...
Sigh.
'Whatever. It hasn't happened yet.'
Some groups were looking down on our team.
I mean mostly me... Ugh, my self-esteem is hurting me really bad.
However, Katia didn't even seem to care about that.
Katia simply said,
"We should focus on the assigned task."
And afterward, she said nothing else.
In contrast to Esther, she was still grumbling.
After walking into the forest for a while, we came to the VR facilities.
Many cadets were astonished at how big it was.
"Woah!!"
"This place looks spectacular."
"Haha. Shall we go in, cadet?" smiled Takagi Kenzo.
Inside was an immense space with a lot of VR capsules.
"This is just one of the 10 VR facilities in the whole academy."
"The principal is damn rich!"
"Bro be flexing."
That's one of those rich guys in the academy.
Sigh.
'I have a love-hate relationship with that mission.''
Things got hard not because of the raw strength.
It's because of the political power.
'When I get stronger, things become much easier... but despite that, some of those guys are just... impenetrable.'
'That class placement test I already stirred the whole academy once...'
'I need to live as silently as I can from now on...'
After instructing us on our machine, he told us that,
"Now you will log in with your ID account! No password required!"
"So lie down comfortably as much as possible."
"Okay, are you guys ready now?"
A lot of students were excited about this VR facility so they just shouted,
"YES WE ARE!!!"
'They are annoying as hell.'
Sigh.
"VR Assistant."
[Yes, what could we help you with?]
"Full dive!"
→ Log in
→ Exit
"Of course, I will log in, and my ID is [2327#500]."
[Starting the program...]
[Successfully connected to the Spiral Server!]
When I finished connecting, the sudden flashbang blinded me.
After that flashbang, I opened my eyes cautiously.
"Woah. This VR technique is just like black magic!"
The other members of Team 4 soon appeared.
But instead of talking with me, they just silently went away.
They went ahead and discussed nothing with me.
I felt quite angry, but I couldn't do anything because I was still too weak.
After a while listening to them talking about their plan, a new quest appeared.
This mission objective was really simple.
[Main Quest: Defeat the Boss at the end of the Simulated Temple.
-Bonus Quests:
Contribute over 50% of the entire team.
Deal the final blow to the Boss.
-Reward:
[Random Skill Egg (E)].
200 Exp. Points.
]
Oh, I received a quest too.
Hopefully, I will get something handsome in the random skill egg.
"Hey, concentrate."
Katia announced coldly.
"Tch. Do something!"
Esther also shouted at me.
Sigh.
There was a horde of goblins in front of us.
They were in some kind of barrack.
"There are at least... 14-20 of them."
Esther counted and made an estimation.
"It's 17."
"Shut up, I didn't ask you."
"And I'm not talking with you."
"Shhh. You will be our bait."
Katia pointed at me.
"Why? I'm an archer, you know?"
"Oh, that's new."
Sigh.
"So why are you still pointing at me?"
"Because you are weak."
"That's hurt."
"Yeah, but you are still the bait."
"Okay, whatever."
I stood straight up and ran to that horde.
"Hey."
I took the bow with my arrow out from my space ring.
"You fuckers! Come here."
A lot of goblins were provoked by me.
They ran fast to my place.
'Showing off power to the main characters will not harm me, right?'
I had already fully charged my next shot.
'All I have to do... is release the arrow...'
Huff.
'Be calm.'
'I need to hide my true power... Because Esther hates me now, she will do anything to take me down.'
'And my concern is those corrupted who are born with a silver spoon in their mouth.'
I bit the bullet and shot the arrow at a tree.
The impact on the tree was so tremendous that the tree fell on the entrance of the barrack.
That action had made the goblins trapped in a place.
Afterward, Katia and Esther came out to kill all the goblins without letting them flee.
Sigh.
'My precious exp point'
After finishing fighting weak goblins, we continued our expenditure.
While Esther continuously criticized me for not only doing nothing but also being weights for them to carry, Katia simply focused on her job.
I was frustrated because of their poor attitude.
'Damn, I hate being in a team like this.'
Although I quickly regained my composure, I could still not stand it and walked away from that place.
"Hey, where the hell are you going?"
I don't react at all.
"HEY!"
When I was called back, I told them,
"I had something else to do."
"You all keep paying attention to your job and just keep going."
Esther angrily cursed back.
"That loser!"
"Esther, we don't need to care about that one. Keep going." - Katia didn't care about that problem though.
It seemed like they went on their own and didn't need my help at all.
"Sigh. Doing things on my own suits me better."
'New plan: I will contribute a part to destroy the remaining barracks to protect the other two who are looking down on the task.'
'The task was supposed to be working together and defeating the boss.'
"It's about teamwork, dumb kiddos."
Even Katia is so immature...
Tch. But that's also the reason I love her so much.
Sigh.
"Whatever. It's their choice."
"And I also still have this quest."
[Secret Side Quest: Muscle Number One (4/?)
-Content:
40 push-ups (40/40)
40 sit-ups (40/40)
40 squats (40/40)
4km run (2/4)
-Reward:
[Main Stats' Growth Boosting Potion (D)x5]
]
'I have been doing this quest daily now. But the difficulty scale is massive.'
Fortunately, that morning I did most of them.
"I just have to run for 2 more kilometers..."
Sigh.
'I will do it in the process of finishing the main quest.'
* *
While I was finding another goblins' barrack, I also took this opportunity to practice controlling mana.
It's getting better and better, yet not any closer to being my second nature thing.
"Ho. Finally."
I found the goblin barrack 10 minutes after separating from my teammates.
'And my other quest is going well too.'
[4km run (2.3/4).]
'Time to try my new sword style then, the legendary [5-Star Technique] - [Eintausend Sword Style]!!'
I crouched sneakily toward the barrack.
'Hopefully, they will not notice my footsteps.'
I went close to the first goblin that was sleeping soundly.
It was alone, maybe because it was guarding.
'First, I need to check this out first.'
I took my sword out and,
SCHWING.
Its head was cut off entirely from its body before it could even notice anything.
[You killed 1 Baby Goblin (Lv.1)!]
[You gained 4 Exp. Points!]
[1/1 Exp Points]
[You have leveled up!]
[Received an Ability Point!]
'It does not work exactly like the original game...'
'In the game, every level will give the Player a free Stat Point.'
'But in this game, it gives me an Ability Point?'
'Maybe it's because I'm not a true Player?'
'Whatever, I will take advantage of it, anyway."
"System, show my level."
[You are currently level 1!]
[Progress to the next level: 3/7 Exp Points]
"One more kill and I will level up to level 3."
"Haha. Soon I cannot level up this quickly."
"Okay, time to test my sword style in practice."
I rushed to the center of the small barrack. Every goblin in there looked at me and immediately aggroed on me.
The first fastest two goblins jumped at me.
'They must be the adult ones.'
I gathered possible Mana into the sword and then,
'Eintausend Sword Style!'
'Slash.'
"Zwei!"
Two enormous white slashes appeared in the middle of the sky and cut those two goblins' heads and some other limbs off of their bodies.
And soon after that, a fountain of blood came from those bodies and tinted the sky in a crimson red.
'Two slashes are in my capability for now.'
[You killed 2 Adult Goblins (Lv.1)!]
[You gained 16 Exp. Points!]
[7/7 Exp. Points]
[You have leveled up!]
[Received an Ability Point!]
[Received a Main Stat Point!]
"That's nice! A Main Stat point will be a big help, I will save it for future use then.'
"Next one!"
The remaining baby goblins were terrified by the scenes. However, by some kind of motivation, after a bit of hesitation, they still ran toward my place.
Huff.
'This time, I will try infusing flame mana with it.'
'Eintausend Sword Style!'
'Stab.'
"Doppelter Feuerschuss!"
Two short crimson laser projectiles shooting out from my sword drained my Stamina and Mana insanely quickly.
The first one hit the middle lane of the horde coming to me.
And the second one hit the right side.
[You killed 9 Baby Goblins (Lv.1)!]
[You gained 36 Exp. Points!]
[19/19 Exp. Points]
[You have leveled up!]
[Received an Ability Point!]
'This is the first time I killed something that has a humanoid figure.'
'Fuck!'
'I don't like blood at all.'
There were only 6 baby goblins left.
'Enough experience points for level 4, huh?'
* *
Huff.
"I'm exhausted."
Huff.
[4km run (3.4/4).]
And the mental fatigue from the time I used the new skill that I made up myself.
"Doppelter Feuerschuss, huh?"
"The name is 'fire' too."
