Chapter 211: An Ominous Feeling (3)
‘Yoo Ahyoung…’
Of course, she was my number one recruitment target.
Although she had no class job yet and her attribute hadn’t even blossomed, she certainly had the merit. The talent level of her strength was heroic, and her stamina was legendary.
I didn’t feel like her disposition would suffice as a front liner, but I knew it would be possible if I brought her to Blue and trained her intensively.
‘Although she is a little passive…’
As the number of trainees was large, their dispositions were also very diverse. If I categorized it largely, there were about three.
Most of the attack teams belonged to this side.
Because they were the ones who were most aware of what they should do and what would happen from now on, these kinds of humans seem to try to do everything on their own. Besides lectures and set training, they divided their time and moved actively.
In terms of proportion, this had the highest percentage. They worked hard in lectures and education, and they worried about the future, but they did not show much effort after training or education time was over.
Lastly, we had the garbage that was not worth mentioning. They had no enthusiasm, no achievement, and were the garbage scum of the education center.
We could say that most of them would end up in the slums or would just worry about making a living after their education was over.
‘Hmm…’
To be precise, Yoo Ahyoung was a character lying between the second and third.
Although she seemed like she was of the third type, she had strangely been catching up in terms of progress. Her training performance wasn’t bad, as if she was determined to show that her strength stat was legendary.
Honestly, if she weren’t talented, I wouldn’t have paid much attention to her.
‘But because she has talent…’
It was important to have talent in any way possible for Blue’s sake.
A year had passed while living at Kim Hyunsung’s party. While looking at many characters’ talent levels and status window, a thought had begun to manifest itself in my head.
Surprisingly, finding people with legendary talent levels was a common occurrence.
It was natural to feel that way.
Park Deokgu and I were the only ones who didn’t have such natural talents within Kim Hyunsung’s party, and the people I met and saw each time always had something special to them. If it wasn’t their talent level, it was their special attribute or class. Therefore, my standards had naturally risen.
However, after arriving at the education center, I noticed that there weren’t many people with legendary-grade talents.
‘Come to think of it, Cho Hyejin herself didn’t have a legendary-grade talent.’
Even if one had heroic-grade stats, they could be strong enough. There was a difference between the heroic or lower-grade level and the heroic or higher-grade. However, the heroic-grade meant that you could at least up your stats to 90.
‘If I think that way, I am not bad, either.’
Anyway, the important thing was that she was a talented person.
Although she lacked enthusiasm, I want to compliment her just for following me without falling behind during training or class. Perhaps the environment surrounding her helped to some extent. In Class C, she was in a strangely lonely position.
‘It’s probably because of me.’
Jealousy made a person ugly, after all.
She wouldn’t have been much noticed except for her big chest until I spoke to her, so it would be natural for her to garner everyone’s resentment.
While I mulled this over in my head, I heard Sun Hee-young calling out to me.
“I think the recruitment is almost certain.”
“Ah, are you talking about Yoo Ahyoung?”
“No, the other one.”
“Lee Chang-ryul?”
“Yes. Hyunsung-ssi also seemed to have decided that. Of course, he was a little doubtful at first, but…”
“Come to think of it, didn’t you say that he had a battle with Ye-ri?”
“Yes. The result was a little good. She said she liked the fact that he was seeking to be an assassin, and she said he was a natural in battle.”
“Did you watch it, too?”
“Yes. They needed a witness, and they had to prepare if anything happened… I’m not sure about the battles of the melee soldiers, but it seemed desperate. As soon as they started, he threw the sand he had in his hand, and he didn’t hesitate in attacking a vital spot. Ye-ri was a little disconcerted, too. It seemed that he had been hiding a stinger in his mouth, so I think that’s why he was wearing a mask… Anyway, he was impressive.”
“Ahhh…”
Besides Yoo Ahyoung, if there were someone I thought would be recruited, it would be Lee Chang-ryul, the archer.
‘I felt like his talent levels were not that good.’
His agility stat was heroic or higher, strength stat heroic or lower, intelligence heroic or higher.
The rest of his stats, however, were bad. Nevertheless, I used one of the priority bargaining powers on this guy because he had trained himself to specialize in close combat.
It was impressive that he had decided to become an assassin, the top class of archers.
It always helped for one to have a solid goal. However, I didn’t know if his battle ability was excellent or not because I had not seen it myself…
‘He must have guts. It’s no different from revealing his true nature while the Guild Master was watching.’
Throwing sand to test the opponent and solve the battle with all sorts of undercover tactics was a very difficult idea for ordinary people to do.
It felt like we not only tested him. He had tested us, as well.
‘This is my style. What do you think?’
That was what he wanted to say.
Of course, Kim Hyunsung was not the type who cared about that. Rather, it was enough for him to see that he was a natural in combat, so he naturally had a good affinity with Lee Chang-ryul.
Though he hadn’t yet signed a formal contract, he was already considered as a guild member.
I heard that he had a meal with Kim Hyunsung, so it was basically the same as confirming the contract.
“It worked out well.”
“Yes. So now you have three priority tickets left?”
“Yes. In fact, there are no other people who stand out so much other than the two, so for now, they are on hold…”
“Considering that the demonstration is coming soon…”
“I am definitely worried.”
This recruitment was for the creation of the second Blue Guild party. However, the problem lay in how to compose a party besides Yoo Ahyoung and Lee Chang-ryul.
Assuming that Ahn Ki-mo, who was classified as a combat clergyman, could also be included in the second party, the front line would be solid at first, but the rear position would be too poor if it remained this way.
‘I can’t just pick a random recruit.’
I cared more about quality than quantity.
As it was a request from the lovely returner, I had to keep thinking about what kind of party I would make. It didn’t mean that I couldn’t look for people with potential at all, but there were a lot of people who made me think, ‘Should I recruit them?’
Coming to the Blue was like saying that one could get overwhelming support, so I had to be cautious even when it came to sparing the resources.
This was the reason Sun Hee-young and I had been busy recently. Jung Hayan, meanwhile, was blissfully unaware of how the guild’s politics worked.
“Hee-young-ssi, I want to read the document of the attack group once again… Ah. Actually, you can read it first.”
“No. No. You can read it. I’m going, anyway… I have something to do today.”
“Okay.”
Sun Hee-young, who handed over the papers she was reading, bowed slightly and then left.
After saying goodbye, I also started skimming through the document, which contained a brief profile and stats of the attack team. Though I had checked them with my Mind’s Eye, I also needed an indicator of how much growth had been achieved during their time here.
As I turned to the next page, a little familiar name stood out.
Han Sora.
Naturally, I didn’t pay much attention to her after I talked to Hayan about her.
‘Her grades are better than I thought. She’s able to catch up, too…’
It appeared that she wasn’t as useless as I had first thought. I had spoken a little bit harshly at the time, but this woman seemed to have something in her, seeing as she belonged to the attack team. She would end up reaching the limit, but as the ratio of usable wizards was small, she was a talent that medium-sized or large guilds would want to take.
The Red Mercenary seemed to be observing her secretly, but I did not stop them.
This was because, as I did with Ito Souta and Lee Seol-ho, I knew it wasn’t necessary to have a scuffle with this woman.
‘She will fall eventually, anyway…’
It was then that, suddenly, a loud sound resonated from outside.
“You can come in.”
The door slowly opened, revealing a familiar face.
“What the hell?”
I couldn’t help but utter this aloud. It turned out to be Han Sora, who was smiling slightly, looking at me.
‘Speak of the devil…’
It was pretty unsightly to see her looking so confident.
I didn’t know what she was thinking, but she seemed rather expectant.
“Are you curious about why I can be here?”
I was not very curious. There was only one reason a trainee could be here.
“Have you had an interview with the Red Mercenary?”
“Correct.”
“It’s a place where trainees can’t come in. I think it would be better for you to go out.”
I shook my head at her. However, she persisted in staying.
“I came because I wanted to say, or rather, suggest something. I guess it can be called a deal. Ah! Of course, I would like to apologize for the rude behavior from before.”
“… “
As soon as I closed my finger, Juliana began to come to mind. I saw Han Sora flinching.
“It would be better not to threaten me. Isn’t it useless anyway? Wasn’t it a rule that instructors can’t touch the trainees?”
“It’s not absolute. Therefore, it would be better to go back to where you came from quietly.”
“This is something that can help you out.”
“Whooo…”
“I want to join the Blue guild.”
‘I don’t care.’
“Actually, I’ve thought about a lot of possibilities, but I don’t think it’s bad to start with Blue. If you offer to recruit me on good terms, I am willing to enter.”
I don’t know what kind of confidence she was high on, but she was plainly ridiculous. Did she really think I would just agree and offer her a contract?
“I don’t think it’s a bad offer for the Blue Guild, either. Wizard human resources are a little precious, right?”
“You are not qualified. And a transaction can only be established when there is something to exchange with each other. The word ‘deal’ is my favorite word, but anyone can see that you have nothing for me.”
“I don’t know. I’m not sure which of us is not qualified… You think you are something just because you are in the arms of Instructor Jung Hayan.”
‘Crazy bitch.’
“And you are completely wrong. I’m here to make a deal, and this is pretty appealing to you, too, right?”
“What can you give me?”
“Your reputation. And everything.”
“What bullshit.”
At my reply, Han Sora began tearing off her clothes. Though I was able to get a good look in, I didn’t understand why she was doing that.
‘She’s really going nuts…’
When I first visited Cha Hee-ra, I didn’t know if Cha Hee-ra felt this way, but I really couldn’t discern this punk.
“I think the conversation will get a little better now… What do you think?”
Was her best plan really to get involved in a sex scandal?
‘Should I kill her?’
It would be a little annoying, but I was confident enough to get around it.
Anyway, the other person was a trainee who had nothing, and I had the power to manipulate the public’s opinion. Of course, I couldn’t easily cover the fact that an instructor killed the trainee when the demonstration was just about to come, but her face annoyed me so much that I could not stand it.
Just in time, someone knocked on the door, and a familiar voice echoed.
“Oppa? Can I come in?”
Jung Hayan appeared with good timing. No, it wasn’t good timing. Rather, she might have calculated it. She had used her brain pretty well.
Meanwhile, Han Sora looked triumphant.
“Soon, instructor Jung Hayan will come in. Are you okay with that?”
Once Jung Hayan came in, it would be her, not me, who would be in danger.
“You don’t want to lose everything you’ve built up, right? It won’t be very good for you to get caught in such a scandal. If you get into problems with Instructor Jung Hayan, it would not be good…”
“You crazy bitch.”
“Thank you for the praise, instructor. I hear that a lot.”
I felt like she didn’t even know what I meant. I suddenly felt exhausted.
‘What am I going to do with this child?’
“Whooo…”
“You don’t have to worry. If you take care of the contract, this won’t happen again.”
“There will be a cloak in the desk closet next to you. Just put it on and head out quietly. Then nothing will happen.”
“What?”
“You’re just a stupid bitch who thinks she’s so smart. I would only feel pathetic if I decide to toy with you. Just go out… Then you can still be saved.”
“Can I really just go out? You will regret it. Can’t you hear the voice of Instructor Jung Hayan outside?”
“Talking to you pisses me off. Just get out. I’m busy.”
“I definitely gave you a chance.”
“I also gave you a chance. The choice is yours.”
I saw her tightly biting her lips. Evidently, she thought I was bluffing.
However, in the end, she didn’t wear the cloak, as I had instructed her to do. She didn’t seem to realize that I had said it for her sake.
‘I also don’t want to see Hayan crying…’
I wasn’t such a shitty person.
Thus, it was a spectacle to see her open the door after ignoring my command.
“Ah… Oppa!”
What Jung Hayan encountered would be Han Sora, who was almost half-naked.
“Uh…”
It had been a long time since last I saw Jung Hayan with such a distorted expression.