While Others Study at the Academy, He’s Trained by Gods Through His Phone! - Manhwa Recap

When dungeons appeared, hunters became way too common. With artificial awakening, anyone with enough money could become one. So, started popping up everywhere. Most of them are insanely expensive, completely unreachable for people like Kimojan. He works as a monster hauler carrying dead corpses for a living. He does this job for 9 years straight, saving every bit of money he can, just for one chance to enter a Hunter academy. That dream ends in a single moment. A hauling chain snaps and a massive monster corpse crashes down on him. He wakes up in a hospital with a shattered

leg, a huge medical bill, and his entire savings gone. Then his phone suddenly lights up and a notification appears from an academy he has never heard of before, the Transcendent Academy. The price matches the exact amount of money he has left. With nothing else to lose, Siojin signs up. The Transcendent Academy is nothing like a normal Hunter Academy. It doesn't teach dungeon tactics or ranking theory. It trains people to go beyond human limits no hunter can achieve. There are no classrooms. Everything runs through his phone and every lesson adapts to his current state. His mentor

assigns daily training that can't be skipped. The academy doesn't care if he's injured, tired, or broke. If he can move, he trains. First comes mental training, Meditation that forces his mind and body to stay calm. His body starts recovering faster than it should, which shocks his doctor. In just a few days, he's already healed and can go home and move on to physical training. Basic exercises at first, push-ups, squats, running. He has to repeat all of that every day. The academy only counts perfect movements. Sloppy reps don't exist here, but he can't just train. With

no money to live on, Seojan has to return to his old Work. Monster corpses become part of his workouts. He uses them to finish his training faster. Day by day, he becomes stronger. Seojan doesn't notice it at first, but he's already stepping out of the human range, and it comes in handy when one day, a monster corpse turns out to be alive. It roars and stands up. The gay-haired fella tells his friend to run away and save himself. Our guy realizes that his friend is going to die for sure as his heartbeat gets faster. A

normal Person could never defeat a monster and even an awakened without magic wouldn't stand a chance and a manticor is a four-star threat. Even a pro hunter would struggle. Our awakened desperately thinks of any hunters around and Seo Yun comes to his mind as she was here just a second ago. However, Kim has no time. His friend is going to die before that. Hence, he decides to save him as he believes it's now or never. Our guy grabs a metal rod and leaps towards the Manticor full strength. He tries to attack it, but it dodges

the attack, and Seojan sees this as an opportunity to get Manchiel out of there. The gay-haired fella insists on helping, but our man informs him that that's going to get both of them killed as he tells him to run. Our awakened knows that he has to do this alone and decides to buy time until the pro hunters come. Amidst his fear, when he desperately thinks what to do, the course recalls in the back of His mind, reminding him that he's the universe watching a world, wondering where it comes from and what it is. It's Sedartha's

words which suddenly let So Jun's fearful, trembling mind go still. Then Kirn's words come across his mind, telling him to let his senses be the judge, and he successfully dodges the manticor's attack. Our fellow lets his senses take over, and when he sees an opening for the attack, he wonders if he should attack, and if yes, then how. Shong is the next to guide him as he recalls his words about how to pluck a mountain is not simply about strength, but rather about force of spirit. Kim Siojin believes he can do it or he has

to do it and smashes the rod with full resilience and complete trust that it's going to work. That's what it takes to move mountains. The strength to pluck a mountain technique. At that moment, Seo Yun rushes to the scene wondering what's this noise. Our dude is staggered as he Realizes that it worked and he just defeated a manticor. Meanwhile, the progress of Chirons, Sedartha's, and Xiang's courses increases by 10, 2.6, and 13%. Seio arrives at the scene only to witness the site where our guy, not even a hunter, and that with a steel bar, kills

the monster. Seojin, on the other hand, rushes past her towards Manial, concerned if he's all right. While the gray-haired dude is blown away as to how his friend managed to do that, Our guy admits that he was worried and suggests he go to the hospital as he might be hurt. The supervisor tries to cover up the situation in front of the swordstar's granddaughter and believes there was a little mistake and all the workers are busy cheering our fellow up for his accomplishment. That's when Seo Yun realizes that she has finally found the right student. After

the work, they all leave for their home, including Seiojan, who reminds his friend to get Checked out. Our dude glimpses at his courses progress that went way up, way more than through the lessons, and admits that experience really is the best teacher. The problem is he needs to be enrolled in a hunter academy to get the temporary license for dungeon raids, and the transcendent academy doesn't count. Thus, he wonders if he should just save money and go to a real academy. As he's busy thinking about it, Seo Yun calls him out, asking him if she

Could have a moment. Our dude suspiciously looks at her and recognizes her to be the hunter from earlier, wondering what she wants from him. Seo decides to be straightforward and asks him if he will meet her grandfather. To her surprise, Seojin almost immediately refuses. Not interested. Utterly astonished, she tries to stop him while he just wants to get home and do his lessons. Seo Park has spent 31 years on this earth. And in those 31 years, no One has ever spoken to her like this. are awakened after listening to her asks her if what she

means is that she wants him to join her hunter academy that exists only in name and has no students. This makes her ponder who the hell this guy is who does weird exercises. And even though that manticor was in a weakened state close to a two-star threat, that doesn't change the fact that he still split it in half. That definitely seems like he's interested in Being a hunter. Sio claims that they have everything, including great faculties and whatnot, but is cut off when Siojan informs her that he doesn't need a hunter academy. Desperation grows in

the B-rank hunter who offers her grandfather the swordstar teaching him. However, our dude passes this offer as well when even the pro hunters would kill for this chance. The desperate hunter is determined that she can't let it end like this and proposes the Written test to which Kim states that he can do that on his own. She then offers him raids believing that he will be missing out if he isn't registered. But our dude lets out that temporary certifications can only be issued by government approved huntermies while she reveals that she is government approved and

claims that she will set it up so that he can raid as soon as he joins. This finally seems to work as Seojan stops. And when she sees this, she Declares to leave him alone if he doesn't need instructions. And the biggest clickbait, she claims to never ask him for any money at all. Our awakened believes if she rubs his back, he rubs hers and asks her what she wants in return. Sio proposes that until the Pro Hunter exam, he participates in all activities under her academyy's name, and everywhere he goes, he tells people he's

her student. Siojan finds the offer pretty good. It solves all his problems At once, and the benefits outweigh the costs, but he wonders why she's so interested in him. Park Seoian admits that she sees potential in him, and for the first time, he smiles, thinking that they can use each other and benefit. They both shake hands and have a feeling they can help each other out. The next day, Mansel calls our dude, asking him if he said something to someone about the supervisor since they have a new supervisor now. Kim, on the other hand, Recalls

yesterday's conversation with Seo Yun when he asked her for a favor to tell their company that she doesn't like their supervisor and not trust him with monsters or something. He didn't think they would fire him like that, but lies to his friend that he didn't do anything and suggests that he probably resigned in shame after that incident. Manchiel doesn't seem to believe that, but sees everybody happier. He asked him if he's on his way to the hunter academy while He has just reached there. Our dude finds Seo Yun already waiting for him with his temporary

license which she hands him. He was starting to worry, but seeing how she really did it, he's assured. He may not be a pro hunter yet, but this feels like the first real step. With that, he asks Park to tell him how to do the dungeon raid while she decides to show him instead of telling him and asks him to pick his weapon first. Turns out she already took the liberty of Reserving a dungeon in advance. They arrive at the dungeon and enter it when our awakened asks her why she's following him as he thought

she said she will leave him alone. Sio confesses that he's her only student. She can't leave him unattended on his first dungeon raid. She tells him to consider it as one-on-one tutoring for elite students. Since it's his first raid, she believes it's just a precaution. Generally, this dungeon only has cobalts, but she Suggests not to let his guard down. Cobalts are a two-star threat. This is the perfect place for a novice to mess around and get some hands-on experience. And thankfully, like the manticor, Siojan believes it's easy to pierce their shield magic. Normally, non-magical attacks

are blocked by these translucent shields. But oddly enough, our dude's non-magic attacks are working. As he slashes the cobalts with his spear and sees his courses progress Going up, it makes him feel delighted. Even though it's not as high as the manticor, it's pretty damn good for just two cobalts. And best of all, he can make money doing dungeon raids. Meanwhile, Seo Yun looks at him astonished when he suggests that they speed it up. Kim Seojin feels this is just like grinding experience in a game. Seo Yun was aware that our awakened was kind of

weird from the start, but ever since they got back from the dungeon Raid, he's just been staring at a blank screen. In her POV, the screen is blank as she wonders how many hours he has been staring at that thing. And that's not the worst of it. Without proper training and on his first raid, our fella is killing cobalts like a 10-year-old veteran. He's hauling them himself to save on fees and doing those weird exercises again. She realizes that it won't be long until her grandfather notices she has a new student. And when He sees

this, she doesn't know what will happen. It's past midnight when Seojan starts throwing tantrums that he hasn't even done one lesson. This makes Seo Yun reconsider her life choices as she wonders if she made the right choice. Meanwhile, our dude is on cloud9 after seeing his bank balance that is 9,510,01 all in one day. Hauling and processing by himself actually paid off as he finds it all worth it. However, it did take him a lot of time and he couldn't even Finish the lesson yesterday. Our dude decides to ask Manuel if he's interested in doing

the work since he's trustworthy and he feels it would be nice to stay in touch. He believes his friend could even set up his own hauling company one day. Deciding to give him a call when he gets the chance, Siojan wonders what he should do now that he finally has some cash. Crossing the zebra crossing, he contemplates if he should save it or put it to better use. Even though raiding And making money is all great, our guy is disappointed that the course progress rate isn't what he hoped. He supposes that there's got to be

a faster way to get stronger, as strong as the Monkey King. Suddenly, realization hits him that he only got a glimpse of that course since he didn't have money before. And now that he has it, he decides to purchase it without a second thought. Clicking on the purchase, the fees of the course are revealed to be 27 Billion1. This causes our poor fellow to have a mental breakdown in the middle of the road while the people passing by give him weird looks. After his sulking session, he decides to worry about that course later and decides

to look for gear. Muttering to himself, he believes he might as well be equipped right if courses are a no-go. Upon finding and opening the transcendent marketplace, it's revealed that training gear here is sold and made by successful graduates. Our pal is traumatized when he realizes that all they have is elixirs, the shield of Eegis, and the spear of longus, which are all mythical items. Even if they are replicas, they're all mythical items, and that too for training. Seojin isn't an expert, but even he can tell these items aren't run-of-the-mill. He figures that if they

are graduates, that means they're transcendents. Thus, if they're casually selling transcendent crafted items from Myth, he decides to just grab what he needs. Choosing the spear of longness, he clicks on the purchase while the karma is calculated for the appropriate price. Later, Seojun is found doing push-ups aggressively as Seo Yun asks him if something happened. Our fella continues to count as he conceds the fact that the price would be high. Even if it's a replica, it would be invaluable. He knew it would be expensive, but to be hundred million One, he's well aware that he

can never have that much money. Our awakened sulks after realizing that it's always about money in the end. He can't even do a h 100red million for the spear. He wonders how he will ever get 27 billion for the monkey king's course and size slumping. Sean calls him out asking him if he's okay and tells him about the academy tournament. Seojan seems to have heard of them, but he doesn't know the details. It is revealed that it's a Tournament of huntermies where countless huntermies compete to see where they stand. The B-rank hunter hands him some

papers and states that he can think of it as a way to rank them. She reveals that there are lots of competitions like this and the academy tournaments generally fall into division 4. If Seojin does well in the tourney, he gets a chance to advance to higher divisions and it raises the academyy's profile and official recognition. The academy spare No expense to put forth their best prospects. Our dude contemplates if she's saying all this because she wants him to represent Dream Academy. She agrees while he computes that if he takes part in the academy tournament,

his course progress might skyrocket. He sees this as another way to grind out experience. Hence, Seojan agrees and as he sees Seo looking surprised, he reminds her that was their deal anyway. He asks her what tournaments are like, And she reveals that the exact details aren't released ahead of time, but the scoring is a combination of dungeon raids and single combat among competitors. And now that our fellow thinks of it, he realizes that he's only battled with a manticor and some cobalts. He's never faced another student, but if he's going to compete, he wants to

do it right and ponders where he can find a sparring partner. Just then, he looks behind and finds Park Seun, asking her if she can spar with him. At last, she finally agrees to spar with him while our fella sees this as a good opportunity since Seo Yun is a B-class hunter. And furthermore, B-class trained under the famous sword star. Our dude has no idea where he stands, but he's actually been dying to know how strong she really is. Seo asks him if he's sure, reminding him that she's a B-class hunter. Seojan tells her to

go easy on him, and she decides to hold Back. Our guy rushes towards her, and as the B-class hunter thought, his moves are too obvious. He's fast, but his footwork is clumsy, and he telegraphs every attack with his eyes. What Seun saw in the cobalt dungeon was impressive for sure, but she believes a student is a student. She doesn't know what he's trying to do with these attacks, but she decides to end this. She counterattacks, but to her surprise, our awakened manages to block a magical strike, even Though his weapon should have flown out of

his hands. Her sword should be at his neck, and this should be over. Our guy breathes heavily and declares that it's time to not hold back. Seo Yun is confused about what's happening as she feels Seojun's attacks are faster and sharper. He's like a completely different fighter. Meanwhile, the course is recalled in our awakened head, guiding him to make his attacks obvious while mixing it up with some fake outs. It expresses that the point of making it obvious isn't to lose, but to make his opponent lose by using his half a brain against them. Our

fella goes for an obvious attack to get an obvious defense and then uses the recoil to string the next attack and that catches Seo off guard which allows him to pounce and deliver the final blow. The B- rank hunter is in shock to witness that as she unconsciously goes full force to defend herself. She wonders what the Hell that was and panics after seeing our guy smashed against a wall spewing blood. Seiojun assures that he's okay and laughs as he realizes that he's lost. Seio wonders if he actually thought he was going to win in

a fight between a B-class pro and a mere student. Meanwhile, our dude acknowledges the fact that pros are pros for a reason. For him, it definitely wasn't like fighting monsters, as he feels that he has a long way to go. Just Then, he's notified about the course progress being increased, just as he had hoped. This makes him understand that it really is about gaining experience. He wonders if they're free until the tournament and asks Seo Yun if they can keep sparring in between dungeon raids. Our dude believes sparring with her was really helpful for him.

While she ponders that she almost hurt him, yet he still wants more. He may be weird, but she now knows that he's eager to learn, So it's fine by her. And on top of that, she promised to do all she could. Thus, Seo Yun agrees and announces that the prize money is all his too if he wins. Seojin is flabbergasted to find out about the prize money. And when she mentions the prize money to be exactly 100 million one or so, our chap jolts up. Suddenly, a fierce spirit takes over him as he acts all

hyped up and asks her if they have weights or if he should just tear this concrete out. Seian is Traumatized to see her academy being destroyed while our dude starts working out with a piece of damn concrete in his hands. The B- rank hunter wonders what he's up to and he assures her that it's fine while thanking her. Two weeks later, it's the tournament day. A huge crowd is gathered as a boy makes it to the arena, finding the crowd bigger than he expected. He mutters to himself about the awakened being pretty normal, but still

finds it rare to see hunters Battle each other. He bets there are scouts here from guilds, mercenaries, and government agencies. While the people judge him, finding his character to be that of a classic exposition as they wonder if he's just going to stand there monologuing. The boy makes it to the contestant room after asking for directions and feels intimidated by seeing so many people, wondering if he has to walk through them. He glimpses at the weapons of other contestants being All fancy and their bodies, huge and confident. He's busy noticing everyone, realizing that they're the

best of the best of each academy when his eyes spot Kim Siojin, who has a dinky weapon, using a jacket for a strap, and is busy watching his phone. The boy hears other contestants gossiping about our fellow, wondering who that scrap is and from what academy, they believe he must be questioning all the life decisions that got him here. While our awakened judges That they could at least try to whisper, and nonetheless decides to focus on his lessons. The contestants make fun of him for watching a blank screen as they belittle him. However, the boy

finds our dude to be just like him. The thing that when you're new in school and pretend to look at your phone so you have something to do. The boy has gone through that pain and assumes that Seojun is all alone like him. The kindred soul of the boy reaches out to our guy and Introduces himself as Mingi Lee. Mingi Lee is a 19-year-old awakened. Seojun also introduces himself and believes that Mingi must be a high schooler since he looks young. Mingi sits beside our guy and points out Diochil Jang, a rising star from Quail

Academy, who's a typical power class, uses an axe as his main and is busy arguing with Chaolman. The hyperfocused Mingi moves on to Chelman Lee from Mint Academy, who has a unique twin dagger fighting style. While Seojin squints his eyes as he didn't ask for the information and realizes that he must be an exposition character. Our guy admits that he sure knows a lot about these people and Lee reveals that he does do a fair amount of research. As Dakiel and Chaleman are busy arguing, Jun Huan Lee from Revenant Academy shuts them up, stating that

their yapping is annoying. Everyone just goes quiet and it is revealed that Junan is the number one of his academy and of this Tournament as well. Turns out he's the winner. And even though he wasn't going to compete because it was beneath him, Mingi guessed something must have happened. With that, he asks Seojan if he's heard of Swordstar and reveals that there's a rumor that his granddaughter tried to recruit him. Our dude is blown away to hear that while Mingi continues that Jun Wuan turned her down. the Swordstar's granddaughter, and our guy can very well

imagine that. Meanwhile, Jun Huan gets frustrated that he's stuck with these low lives and kicks the trash bin out of anger. If only it weren't for his uncle's request to be moved up, he wouldn't be here. He wonders what's the point of being at the top of this trash heap, knowing no one will care if he wins. If he knew it would turn out like this, he would have just accepted Seo Yun's offer, a worthless academy. But at least she was the swordstar's granddaughter. He believes that he could Have got something out of it and

left when she became useless. Suddenly, he sees Kim Siojin piercing his eyes at him as he pers that scrub is looking at. Mingi informs our guy that Jun Huan is looking in their way while he's busy thinking that if that guy is good enough for Seo Yun to recruit, he wonders how much course progress he would make fighting him. It is announced that the first round is going to start shortly and all the contestants are requested to Get ready. Seo Jun has spent the last two weeks trying to hit 30% on Chirons and Shiangs courses.

It's not that it makes him instantly stronger, but he can feel the difference with every step. The others might be more experienced than him, but he's been closing the gap. He's confident he can take any monster and any opponent. The first round is revealed to be a dungeon maze, which blows all our dudes enthusiasm away. Round one of the tournament begins with The crowd all hyped up about it. A guy bumps into Seo Yun, who has disguised herself with a cap, yet the guy still finds her familiar. It is revealed that the first round is

a dungeon maze where attacking other players is forbidden, and the only goal is to escape. It's basically a test to see how they find their way around. And the audience believes that it's not that simple, even out of official league competition. Defeating monsters probably drops hints Or items to help escape. Hence, it's a classic test of dungeon raiding skills. They find everyone looking pretty high level out there. But seeing Jun Juan, their mind blown. One guy remarks that he's not a student, but on a whole other level, while the other doesn't know who that guy

is. They are certain that Jun Huan is going to win the whole thing. Seo Yun is busy wondering why he's here when the guy turns around and she quickly turns her head in the other Direction while blocking her face with her hands. She's aware that if she gets recognized, she won't be able to observe quietly. She hopes Siojin is okay while he's busy jabbing the wall with his spear, only to realize that he can't go through the walls. Our fellow guesses that there's nothing to do but just solve the maze and slides his arm on

the wall as he walks forth. If he had known this was going to happen, he would have looked for a thesis lesson, as he bets There must have been some maze solving tips. Thesius, mythological hero who killed the Minotaur and escaped from the labyrinth. He's walking when he meets a fork in the road and recalls everyone saying that he will eventually find an exit if he keeps one hand on a maze wall. Seojin decides to go left when he senses a strange feeling that tells him to go the other way. Our awakened contemplates if this

is the sixth sense Chiron mentioned, instinct. He nervously Steps in that direction, hoping that the instinct knows what it's doing. He finds it weird, but is distracted when an announcement is made about Soman Cho from Scar Academy being eliminated. Our fellow wonders why he hasn't fought any monsters when according to the announcements, everyone's battling monsters. Suddenly, realization hits him as he moles if instinct is protecting him from monsters too. He wonders if he gets 100% progress in metamorphosis. Will he be able to predict the future or see the enemy approaching before they move? Seojan feels

thrilled just even thinking about it. When Mingi Lee calls him out, warning him to be more careful since the monsters could be anywhere. All the excitement in our guy is gone after he sees Mingi. Wondering where he'd come from. Mingi mentions him moving with so much certainty, anxious if he knows something he doesn't. Our awakened reveals that he's just going With instinct, and this leaves the mediocre hunter astonished to find him wandering without a plan. Knowing that it's dangerous, he declares that he has a good method and demonstrates that if our guy keeps one hand

on a wall and follows it all the way, he can get out of any maze. Seo Jun, already aware of that, argues that it's going to take too long as he proclaims to keep doing his own thing. Mingi tries to look out for him by telling him that he's going to Get lost and Kim implies that there's no need for him to follow him and that makes him question why he is even following him in the first place. The norm hunter reveals that it's because he thinks they're the same as he's on his own and

saw him on his own too. Realization hits Seojan as he now gets the reason why he came up to him earlier. Meanwhile, Mingi believes it would be smarter for the weak to stick together. Our dude is in disbelief to Hear himself being called weak and guesses that he doesn't look like much. Lee decides to show him something that keeps him motivated in hard times and it turns out to be a picture of his cute sister. Our awakened agrees with him and tries to leave, but the clingy dude grabs his feet and suggests that they go

together. Even after refusing, Kim finds him to be so persistent and guesses that it's scary at his age, even as an awakened. Mingi warns him that it's Dangerous. While our dude is in a war within himself, contemplating whether he should take him or not, Seojan asks him why he's here alone when he has a sister and a family, and Lee lets him know that his family died, and now it's just him and his sister. This reminds our lad of his younger self as he goes silent while the mediocre hunter regrets sharing that as he assumes

that he made him uncomfortable. He tries to assure Kim that they're fine and it was a long time Ago. When Siojan admits that he's right, they're the same. He declares that they can stick together for now, but the prize money is his. Therefore, after this round, they will go their own ways. Mingi keeps asking him questions, being doubtful, while our guy reminds him that his job is to keep up. At last, they reach what seems like a dead end. As the mediocre hunter finally catches up, Seojan slides his hand across the wall and pushes it,

only to be welcomed by Cheers. It's announced that the first contestant has escaped the maze and a new record has been made. The audience is in disbelief, wondering who the guy is, while Seo Yun finds that it's none other than Seo Jun, who walks out nonchalantly, not having to deal with a single monster. Mingi has no idea what's going on. He bumped into Seiojun. They agreed to work together for a bit, and then the round one results were announced. With our awakened being Ranked first, Mingi at second, Jun Wuan at third, and so on. Chaos

spreads among the people as they witness the first place completing the maze in 27 minutes. They murmur if that is even possible, wondering what academy the guy is from. etc. What's more surprising is the fact that Jun Huan Lee was a shoe in for first and to not even come in second is insane. Jun Huan approaches Seojan hovering above him as he just glares at him. While our fellow recognizes the Red-haired dude, wondering what he wants from him and what's with that look. As Kim is about to say something, Jun Huan cuts him off, not

knowing what he was thinking and declares that our guy just got lucky. People laugh and insult Siojan, wishing that they had that kind of luck. Our dude decides to get back to his lessons, ignoring what people say about him. Later, it is revealed that Kim is up against the ace giant from Quail Academy, Diokiel Jang, who is Announced to respond with a brick wall in the face of fancy technique. Diokiel believes that his opponent got lucky and guesses that his luck's run out now that he's up against him. The match begins and as they're announced

to fight, Deoxiel springs towards Seojun as he claims to show him where he can stuff his luck while Kim smirks at him, ready to fight. Meanwhile, Mingi in the waiting room wonders if his friend will be okay, but seeing his opponent, he Guesses he should be concerned about himself. His opponent turns out to be John Huan, and that fact makes his body tremble. He recalls the words that he hasn't fought yet, and he's planning to lose or forfeit or give it your all. Who knows what could happen. Lee clenches his fists as he realizes that

it's not just Junan, but even Dio and Chaolman too, who are all from famousmies. He believes that nobody's like them don't stand a chance. And as he contemplates If it's too late to forfeit, he witnesses the unbelievable. It is announced that they already have a winner of the tournament that just started, and that is Kim Siojan from Dream Academy. In the waiting room, we see Jun Wuan and Mingi, who shuffles in his seat and snaps up as he proclaims that he's ready, while the red-haired dude grits his teeth out of anger. In a black flash,

we see the referee, who comes and announces the details of the Second round. It's revealed to be a one-on-one tournament, and since this is a division 4 competition, no magic weapons are allowed, but magical strength boosts are permitted. While the referees are authorized to stop the fight should any competitor be unable to continue, Siojan calculates that there are going to be 16 matches since 32 people made it past round one. As he's wondering how the brackets will turn out, a player calls out the referee and Claims to forfeit, leaving him stunned. Meanwhile, Sean takes a

sigh of relief as she almost got noticed when she called our fella out earlier. She was so shocked that she forgot herself because who thought he would come in first? Thus, the B- rank hunter decides to go back when it settles down. When she overhars the conversation at the betting window, they thought 32 people made it to round two as they question how they are already at the semi-finals. It is Revealed that everyone else forfeited. The bald dude believes it's no use since Jan Huan Lee is going to win, wondering who'd be stupid enough to

bet on anyone else. When a guy shows up with a suitcase and declares to bet 1 billion one on Kimojan, everyone there is left in utter shock, pondering if this dude is serious. They try to explain to him that our fella got lucky and that he's from some nobody school called Dream Academy. Sioan sees the guy as she Wonders who he is. On the other hand, in the waiting room, we see players forfeiting while Mingi whispers that it's actually pretty common in Division 4 since the students from the bigmies always dominate. There are even rumors

that Jun Huan doesn't hold back, contest or not. Mingi thinks it's just a division 4 turnney, not worth getting seriously hurt over. With so many strong guys here, he believes they will probably end up as speed bumps for the Big academy wins. This forfeiting is a better option. And just like that, only five remained with the first match between Seojun and Deokkill. While the second match between Jan Huan and Mingi Lee and Chaolman advances by default. Kim came in first place in round one. Therefore, he wonders if he wins one more match. Is it going

to lock up the whole tourney? Just then, he sees Mingi trembling in fear and when he asks him the reason, he questions our awakened. How come he's not nervous when the matches are starting soon? While Jun Huan is his opponent, Seojan lets out that he hasn't even fought him and yet he's already planning to lose. Mingi mentions that it's almost certain that he's going to lose while our dude tells him to just forfeit. The mediocre hunter lets him know he can't do that as well. And the referee shows up calling out Seojin and Deokol in

the stadium for the first match. Our fella stands up while He advises Mingi to forfeit or give it his all. And who knows what will happen. Lee grabs him asking him if he's not worried and Kim reveals that he's just wondering how many experience points he will get out of this. The host announces the second round of the 63rd Academy tournament and introduces the contenders, the new dungeon maze record holder and the mysterious newcomer, Kim Seiojin. Our dude feels that they're really hyping this up. Dokyol Aggressively leaps towards Seojan, landing a powerful attack, but they're

easily dodged by our guy. The host declares that it looks like it wasn't just luck that got him here. Diokiel is baffled as to what's with this guy when he's killing himself here trying to land an attack and nothing is working. The furious guy pulls out his magic infused ax and challenges him to see if he can dodge that. To his surprise, our awakened makes his ax go flying away by Using his spear. Deokall trembles and flops on the ground. The host believes that the unbelievable has happened as they already have a winner of the

match. The bulky fella is in disbelief that he was overpowered by Seo Jun and lost. While the winner is announced to be Kim Seiojun of the Dream Academy, our dude is disappointed after seeing the course's progress, wondering if that's all he gets. The whole point of this for him was to make rapid course progress. And with all the forfeits, he only gets two matches. While the remaining days for the free pass of the courses keep ticking down, our guy realizes that he won't have enough money to buy weapons and recharge his pass. And now the

only choice he has is to win the prize money. Mingi's voice breaks his trance, who's all excited about him being that strong and all. Seojan informs him that he never said he was weak to begin with. And that's when the referee comes in and Asks the contestants, Jun Huan and Mingi Lee, to move forward for match two. The arrogant dude bumps into the mediocre fella as he walks out. While he calls out Kim and reminds him of how he said they were the same. He reveals that he felt that there was something about him right

away, like a kinship or something. And seeing him beat Deoko, Mingi confesses that it made him happy as if he had won too. He admits that things never really go his way and he's not as Skilled or as strong as Seojan, but he wants to be someone his little sister can look up to. The referee calls him out as Kim wishes him good luck and declares to see him in the final. In the stadium, Mingi tries to assure himself that he can do this. Taking deep breaths when Jun Huan tells him to shut up already.

He finds everything about this guy pathetic and even more that he's part of this joke tournament. The referee declares to go over the rules Again before the match starts. While Jun Huan glares at the mediocre hunter who trembles with fear, the red-haired can tell just by even looking at him that he's nothing but a prey waiting to be devoured. And for an apex predator like him, it's overkill. He believes that Mingi doesn't know how lucky he is to even be facing him and infers that he should have been declared the winner already instead of lowering

himself to face this contemptable garbage. The Arrogant brat witnesses Mingi positioning his sword and is left shocked to see him even trying. He wonders if he thinks he stands a chance against him and asks the referee about the holdup. The ref lets him know that they will make an announcement soon when the host asks the contestant if they're ready. The match begins with Yan Huan relentlessly leaping onto Mingi like a wild predator while he tries to keep up with his attacks. Jun Huan intensely Hits the mediocre fellow with the back of his sword as he

spats that insects like him should know their place. Mingi falls to his knees as he coughs out blood and wonders if it's over. Realization hits him that he's no match for him at all, let alone thinking about winning or losing. He wanted to become someone his sister can be proud of, but he isn't good enough. Nonetheless, Mingi gets back on his feet and is determined to land one hit at least in order to Prove to himself that he can. In the end, Jun Huan Lee from the Revenant Academy is the winner, which is no surprise

at all. People mutter about him while he's standing there blankfaced with a cut on his cheek. The red-haired dude is in disbelief that a loser managed to hit him while he hears people saying that it should have been easier against a loser like that as they guess that Lee isn't such a big deal after all. Jun Huan is infuriated to be looked Down upon as he declares to forfeit. That being said, he hits Mingi and lets out that it's an insult to be here at this tournament of gutter trash and in this division of godamn

failures. The referee tries to stop him and warns him that the match is over. Hence, if he doesn't stop, he will be disqualified. Jun Huan reminds him that he's forfeited already and wonders if he's the only one disgusted by these cockroaches cosplaying as hunters. He steps on Mingi's head and crushes it with his leg when Seojan appears in front of him trying to hit him with his spear. Our dude was going to hold off till the final, but he guessed it can't wait because Junan needs to learn his lesson. Seojan tells Junan to get his

foot off Mingi's head, but he crushes it even more and asks what if he doesn't want to. Our awakened flings his spear, making him move back instantly while he checks up on Mingi. Lee makes fun of Them by calling them two peas in a pod and acts emotional. Kim lets out that something must have really gone wrong in his life that he thinks it's okay to just step on people. Jun Huan realizes that he doesn't get it and clarifies that he doesn't belong here either of them, finding it insulting. Our fellow states that they have

as much right to be here as him, but the arrogant brat finds it nonsense that they're all equal and that life is fair, etc. He questions Him if he thinks trying his best is enough, sarcastically asking him if he wants a medal for that. The audience is baffled as to what's going on and why the refs or anyone aren't putting a stop to this. Meanwhile, one of the refs argues that they have to stop them when the other one breaks it to him that the higher-ups have ordered them to hold back. Seo seems to be

concerned for Seojan while Jun Huan laughs as he asks him if he really doesn't know how the World works. He states that if he's walking and Kim gets in his way, he gets crushed and that's the natural order. He believes that's what happens to insects. And this leaves our awakened shook as he used to think the same thing. Nine long years preparing to be a pro hunter. Just hitting wall after wall. No money, nothing. No matter how hard Seojan tried, his best efforts barely kept his head above water, he got nowhere. To him, nothing's more

pathetic than Clinging to impossible dreams. Countless times he told himself to give up while he still could, wondering whether he would ever make it. He was delusional because it's terrifying to face reality. And yet, he was told this. Seojan doesn't give a damn where Jun Wuan thinks his place is and pounces towards him. The ref tries to butt in, but it's too late. While the red-haired dude sigh as he assumes that he's really lost it, an intense fight takes place between Them and Kim realizes that he's strong and now understands why they were talking him

up. He never once doubted he was going to beat Deakiel, but now he's in doubt. Our awakened shrugs the negative thoughts off knowing he can't think like that and waste time worrying. Thus, he decides to go with the flow and follow instinct. As a result, Siojun manages to hit Junan with his spear while the ref tries to stop them. The arrogant bastard knows he's the Predator. They reign supreme over any prey, but seeing Seojin's eyes piercing through him, he scoffs. He wonders how this weakling can have the eyes of a predator, but then guesses that

anyone can mimic a look. Our fellow manages to block Jun Wan's attack, and it seems that he's getting better the more they fight. The red-haired dude wonders if he's imagining it or if he's really getting better, like wrestling a cub as it turns into a lion. The last straw for Lee is the fact that Siojan fended him off. Hence, he furiously pulls out the aura sword. Seeing the aura sword, our guy is aware that he won't be able to stop this. Not without magic. The refs strictly warn Jon Huan to stop as people rush towards

them. While Siojan knows that he has to dodge this with all he's got. Even though his brain is telling him to dodge, he doesn't want to. Like dodging this would throw away everything he's worked for. At that moment, our Awakened hears Shang Yus words in the back of his mind. Shi said that one of his students asked him why he entered the enemy camp alone if the fight was already lost. That was right. It was over and there was no way out. That was the first time you felt real fear knowing that he would be

defeated. And yet he fought on just because he had to. He advised his students to attack with everything they have, even if all is lost. He believed that they could have The strength to move mountains. But without this, they would lose. At last, he declared a delusional fighting spirit is what it takes. The strength to pluck a mountain. Seojin realizes that Shang fought and lost and fought again, and that's why he became the conqueror. Lee and Kim pounce at each other with full strength, and the impact makes the stadium go blinded by the dust. Everyone

is left shook, wondering what just happened. When the dust is gone, an Exhausted Seojin is revealed along with an unconscious Jun Huan who plops to the ground. The stadium is filled with claps and cheers from the audience who chant Seojin's name. Seo can't seem to believe what she's witnessing. As she remembers two weeks ago, our dude could barely handle the magic sword attack and now he can withstand an aura sword. She's baffled as to how he got this strong when she spots the guy from the betting window who bet on Seojan. The guy Trembles with

utter shock as he can't believe his eyes. Seoan wonders what's with him and admits that she herself is surprised but he's completely shaken like some fundamental belief has been shattered. Suddenly she remembers that he bet on our guy to win. And when she looks back again the guy is nowhere to be found. Later we see Kim trudging exhaustingly across the pavement. As he sigh, remembering that he was disqualified. The manager told him that Jun Wan Lee's behavior was also out of line, but he had forfeited. While our dude interfered in the match, ignoring multiple warnings

from the referee and was in complete violation of the rules. Seojin admits that he's not wrong and it's fine with him, but he's curious about what will happen to Jan Huan. The manager reveals that he's definitely disqualified, too. Since the use of an aura sword can only mean he had deadly intent, it's possible that he may avoid Prosecution, but he will be banned from the pro hunter examination for 5 years. In the end, Chowman Lee became the winner by default. Mingi came in second, and Deokall ended up third. Our dude notes that at least his

course progress went up, especially from fighting Jun Huan. He finds it a huge gain. And now he's finally over 50% in Shang's course. Now that Seojan thinks about it, he believes that the surge in strength when he was fighting might have been from Breaking the halfway point. He's busy contemplating whether he can start a new course when a tap on his shoulder distracts him. Turns out it's Sean who's worried if he's all right or hurt. Our fella carelessly stretches as he informs her that he's pretty tough and the B rank hunter is relieved to know

that. Seojan apologizes to her that he couldn't win because he intervened, but she assures him that it's fine and there's no need for him to apologize. In Fact, she asks him if he's okay since he was really looking forward to that prize money. At that moment, realization hits our guy as he throws a tantrum about it. He's having an emotional breakdown thinking about Longinus's spear and how he still has to renew the courses. Seun is curious about what he planned on doing with the money, and Kim lets her know that there was a weapon he

had his eye on. Our awakened pulls himself together thinking it's fine because even Though he's disappointed he would have regretted it more if he hadn't intervened. He believes the money will work out itself. Suddenly Mingi shows up calling Seojan out as he tries to reach him and asks him if he's leaving. The B rank hunter ducks her hat trying to hide her identity while Mingi gathers the courage and declares that he hopes he can be like our dude someday. Kim is left speechless for a moment but then lets out that it could be tough leaving

Both of them surprised. Seojun is aware that Mingi just doesn't have what it takes to be a pro hunter in this day and age. He does believe nothing is impossible if we try hard enough, but reality tends to get in the way of dreams. Our guy mentions that there's plenty of other things he could get good at as he's still young and encourages him not to get discouraged. The mediocre fella guesses he's right and clarifies that he didn't mean to kill the mood and Just wanted to say bye after sensing the air tense. Mingi thanks

Seojan for everything and as he turns around to leave, our guy instructs him not to listen to anyone's advice about what he can or can't do. including his own. He tells him that he lacks skill and that's a fact and people will tell him he can't do it. It won't happen. But Kim reminds him that it's his life to live, not someone else's, and if he wants to do it, he should do it. And that's it. Mingi turns around a crying mess as he sobs. Seo Yun, after he leaves, confesses that our guy is full

of surprises and thinks that he's made a new fan. However, our awakened reminds her that what they need are more students, not fans, as he regrets not telling Mingi about Dream Academy. Seoan on the other hand gleams as she realizes that he said we and offers to buy Seojan a weapon for his troubles leaving him in disbelief. She tells him to think of it As a scholarship and reveals that she knows a good place through her grandfather. Our fellow agrees and warns her that he has expensive taste. Meanwhile, a guy stomps inside asking if the

master is inside. It is told to him that he's not to be interrupted during meditation, but the guy reveals it's urgent and steps inside regardless of everyone trying to stop him. Manol, the swordstar's aid, enters inside and makes his presence known to his master, who Reminds him that he made it clear he wasn't to be interrupted, asking him if he dares to disobey him. The master's aura is so incredible that Manchil can't even move. As he informs him that it's about Seo Yun, he reveals that she took part in the academy tournament and they're still

finding details about it. However, it's clear that she's got a new student and Manchell assures he can deal with it, but the master refuses and declares to see for himself who this Student is. The master turns out to be the sword star Mincchel Park. We see Jun who's almost done with his daily assignment when Seo Yun walks in on him. She glares at him while his back faces her. And as our guy turns around, he sees her and lets out that it kind of feels like she's burning a hole in the back of his head.

Sean wonders what gave him that idea and mentions how he was so excited about getting a new weapon and so picky at the workshop and decided to Get nothing in the end. Our fellow claims that he didn't want to put her out, but that's kind of hard for the B-rank hunter to digest because that surely doesn't sound like him. Seojan realizes that she knows him too well, while the reason why he didn't pick any weapon is just that he can't get those transcendent weapons out of his head. He curses the karma calculation when he remembers

that he decided to ask Seo Yun for cash instead and save up for Longinus' spear, but the price went up again. It looks like the karma calculation changes every time he tries to use a shortcut. Meanwhile, Seo Yun apologizes that she tried to do something for him and declares never to make that mistake again. Seeing him sulking, she asks him what form of magic he is using. Our awaken seems to be clueless about it when she tells him that to use magic, he has to learn magic forms. Seeing him do dungeon raids, it's Clear to

her that he knows how, and the tournament wasn't novice stuff either. But she states that he's never used it in front of her. Seojin realizes that he still hasn't learned any magic. Magic forms are the collected techniques of how to use magic. Everyone has their own methods, ranging from rudimentary to advanced. Every hunter academy teaches their own patented magic forms. Our dude remembers that one of the reasons why he was saving up to go to a famous academy Was this. He asks Seo Yun if she teaches swordstar magic here, but she refuses almost immediately, declaring

that it's expressly forbidden. Seiojun guesses if that were the case, there'd be a line out the door here. Nonetheless, the B- rank hunter offers to teach him the magic form she's created. Our fella is shocked to find that out, while Seo Yun mentions that she's always been interested in teaching methods, wondering why he sounds so surprised. Kim stutters as he confesses that's cool, but deep down he knows it's probably not at the sword stars level. Even so, he's mindful that magic forms are essential for hunters, and fighting Jun Huan made it clear to him how

big a disadvantage not knowing magic is. Our dude contemplates if he should sign up for a magic course now, as he makes calculations if he can handle the load. Siojan has a furoughed expression on her face while she wonders if it's that Surprising she'd have her own methods. In the end, she gets an idea that he is not interested and decides to leave him alone to train. Siojan asks her where she's going and she lets him know that she's got a lot to do, but our fellow knows her well enough to know she's not busy

as he makes fun of her. The B- rank hunter gets pissed off and instructs him to just lock up after she's not around. Our awakened assures her not to worry and gets back to thinking what course he Should take after she leaves. Meanwhile, Seo Yun stomps out of the academy embarrassed as she really has nothing to do. Seojun ends up choosing instructor Merlin's course about magic where he reveals that there are strict rules of cause and effect that control the world and yet there exist methods to flip and twist those rules and that is magic.

Our fella nods as he tries to understand what Merlin is saying, but he's so lost, finding it almost as bad as Sedartha's Course. When Merlin stops explaining and encourages students to try it themselves. Suddenly, a notification of a daily assignment pops up as Seojin decides to give it a try. He feels like it should be doable because of Kairen's lessons. Our guy senses the magic but is clueless as to how he should shape it. Wondering if he's approaching this wrong, he recalls Merlin's words about magic being about connecting the real world to the one in

his imagination. The Instructor tells him what he sees in his mind's eye. He has to pull it out into the world and impose his will onto reality itself. It is the awesome power of something that comes from nothing. The manifestation of magic itself, the aura. Seojan sees a magic sphere appearing as he realizes this is it. Even though the size of it is so tiny, he wonders if that counts, but Merlin refuses. Our dude is sure he will get better at it when he hears someone Calling him out. Turns out it's the sword star, who

at first is not familiar to Kim, but then he realizes who it is. The swordstar came to see this so-called student of Seo and finds him casually standing there with what is clearly a magic sphere. He thinks he may look foolish, but a normal student could never do something so remarkable. And from his experience, someone like our guy would only come to the Dream Academy for one reason, and that is to take Advantage of his granddaughter. Mitchell questions Seojan what he's doing here while he snaps and lets out that it's a pleasure to meet him.

As he introduces himself, our awakened never thought that the sword star would suddenly show up and finds it an honor to meet him as he bows out of respect. He asks Mchiel if he's here to see Seo Yun and breaks it to him that he's missed her. The old man is in disbelief to see the young man in front of him calling his teacher by her Name. He wonders how he is resisting the force he's exuding as no one but an S-class hunter could withstand it. Our fellow can't feel any force, making him ponder if

the unwavering mind training is working. Mchiel warns him to tell the truth about why he's here because with the skill he has, he can go anywhere. So why come to his granddaughter? The old man stomps towards him, demanding truth, while Seojan tries to justify himself, blurting out that he seems to have a Wrong idea about this. But Park is not ready to listen to anything as he claims to squeeze the truth out of him and slashes his sword with tremendous strength. Seojin tumbles away to save his life. Shocked and confused. Meanwhile, Seo Yun gets to

know her grandfather has stepped out as she came to meet him. She questions when he will be back, but it seems no one knows except Mr. Seo as he didn't mention. The B-rank Hunter was going to tell her Grandfather about Seojan, wondering where he went. On the other hand, Mchel approaches Seojan, asking him the reason why he's here. Seo had hoped to keep her new student a secret, but after the tournament, there was no way the word wouldn't get out. She wanted to get ahead of any issues, but she didn't know what to do. Just

then, Seo appears as he calls Seo Yun out. It's such a rare treat for him to see her here while she was just about to ask for him. The B-class hunter mentions that he came here to meet grandfather, and this makes Seo flinch. He reveals that the master went to visit her academy, and as she hears that, she rushes to leave. The worker there is curious about where she's off to in such a hurry. Meanwhile, Sean realizes that she miscalculated. She knew he would come, but wasn't expecting him to be here this soon. She sprints

towards her academy, knowing the situation is bad and how it's going to Be a disaster without her there to stop Mitchell. On the other hand, Seojan wonders what is going on as he sees a sheath in the swordstar's hand. He realizes that the attack was just a sheath and guesses that he's not trying to kill him. The old man addresses our fella as a scoundrel, asking him what game he is playing. Kim tries to explain that he's got the wrong idea, but Mchel asks him if he takes him for a fool. Witnessing Seojan, a simple

student, Manifesting magic and casually dodging his attacks. The swordstar attacks yet again, and our boy dodges again. He tries to make him listen, but it seems he doesn't want to listen to anything as he calls him a miscreant. Our dude feels jabbed as he hears that and can't really figure out what he did wrong. Mchiel declares that he's forcing him to squeeze the truth out of him, and this leaves Kim in disbelief because he's not even listening to a word he says. Our Awakened gulps and forgets that the swordstar is going to listen to anything.

He sees this as an opportunity knowing that the old man is not going for the kill because if that were the case, he would already be dead. Sky beyond the sky. No matter how high you go, someone is always higher. And that's the sword star. He's the closest thing to the ideal hunter. And now is the chance for Seojan to see how he measures up. Our guy feels thrilled as he Clenches his spear while Mchel glares at him, noticing that something's changed. Decades of hunters have crossed the Sword Stars path, and none of them could

ever look him in the eye until now. He finds Kim intimidating and wonders what he wants from Seo Yun. The conflict continues as Seojan struggles to hold off Mincchiel's attacks. He can't even sense his attacks, let alone see them. Our dude freezes up as he realizes every single attack is beyond his ability to Comprehend. He doesn't know how long he can hold out and crashes into the wall back as he attacks. The old man tells him to just answer his question and it will be over. But Seojan refuses to give up. He can't let it

end like this. He is convinced he can do more, but his tricks don't work on the swordstar as he's pushed back. Kim believes he might have a chance when he's going easy on him and snaps up, only to see Mitchell already at his face. Our awakened desperately Wishes for one chance to finish it and wonders how. He dodges the old man's attack when Merlin's words are recalled to his mind. With all he's got, he swings his spear with immense power, but the swordstar manages to dodge it. Seiojan flops to the ground when the old man

rebukes him that he showed his true colors. Our dude is utterly offended because all he's doing is defending himself. It hurts to even talk as he wonders where the hell Seo Yun is. Hearing her name again, Mitchell's rational thoughts are snipped off as he guesses that Kim has a death wish. The crazy old man approaches him as he decides to fulfill his death wish. And as he's about to land an attack, Seo Yun shows up, questioning her grandfather what the hell he is doing. Seo enters at the perfect timing, saving Seojun's ass from getting beaten

up. Our guy whines that it hurts while the grandfather taunts him that a real man wouldn't make A fuss over a few scratches. Pissed, Seojan mocks the old man in return, saying that a real man would be more reasonable to deal with, and he's met more reasonable attack dogs. Grandfather approaches to beat his ass up again, but our guy hides behind Seo Yun and squirming, he goes on to rant about how the old man attacked him for no reason, just because he's the sword star. Feeling remorse, Seo Yun stops her grandfather and apologizes to Kim

for Putting him through this. But our boy tells her to overlook it since it's just a few bruises. Poor Seun bows to him, feeling embarrassed. The atmosphere gets a bit awkward and Siojin decides to leave them both to it. The teacher even asks our boy to send any hospital bills to her. After he leaves, Seo Yun furiously glares at her grandfather and states that they need to talk. Now that they're standing face to face, words fail to come out of Seo Yuns mouth. Suddenly, her thoughts are interrupted by her grandfather, who warns her to stay

away from this boy, Seojan, claiming that he's suspicious. This takes her by surprise and yet again she struggles to make her grandfather understand. Her memories unfold before her eyes as she recalls how her grandfather has never listened to her. Not even once. Seo Yun barely managed to open her Hunter Academy before he ruined it too. While it may seem that he's too Overprotective, her grandpa came and bullied every student that came, hence they all left. She gets why her grandpa acted like this because those students might have had some ulterior motives and for that reason

she never tried to stop her students. But this once she decides to stand up for herself just as the grandfather commands Seo Yun to get rid of Seojun this instant. However, she lashes out and immediately refuses because deep down she's certain that Seojun is different and she refuses to let him go. Seo Yun fights with her grandpa and makes it clear that it's her academy so she won't be listening to him. Plus, she presumes that it's only been a month since she met Seiojun, barely enough time to be meaningful. And yet, there's something about it.

She couldn't help but admit that whenever she looks at Kim, she feels different and gets a feeling that she wants to keep doing this together. Meanwhile, the Grandfather calls Seo Jun a bastard and makes Seo Yun understand that she doesn't know anything, but she adamantly declares that she wants to find out herself, clarifying that she can't live under her grandpa's shadow forever. The silence takes over the room and Seun is hit by a realization that she said too much. She apologizes to her grandpa for shouting at him and leaves after stating that she won't be

listening to him this time. Eyes widened, the grandfather is Rendered speechless since Seo Yun had never raised her voice at him nor stood her ground like this. The scene takes us to a flashback where in a city a dungeon breach occurs and mayhem breaks out. In the midst, the grandfather learns about his son losing his life. That day, Seo Yun, his granddaughter, lost both her parents and looked at him with innocent eyes, lost and alone. That's the day the grandpa promised himself that he would make her strong, strong enough to stand On her own. He

gave her the toughest love of all, adamant that she would learn the sword no matter what. He tried to make Seun a hunter who would follow in his footsteps. But somehow his dream became too self-centered and he never really cared about what Seo Yun wanted to do. Shortly, Seo Yun expressed her desire to be a teacher and the grandfather lashed out at her since all that training went down in vain. He imposed his decision on Seo Yun and Dragged her along for 30 years even when he knew that it was driving her away from him.

Coming to the present scene, the grandfather left alone in the room sigh deeply and realizes that it's the result of his own decisions. After that, the scene flips to Kim Seiojun. And as he's strolling towards the academy, our boy gets reminded of Seo Yun's evil grandfather since he almost got beaten up yesterday. Just as he's thinking about it, the thought crosses his mind That Seo Yun manifested that it's going to happen. That's when we get to know that last night he got a call from her and she explained to Kim all about her situation and

her relationship with her grandfather and what happened to her old students. Our guy got the sense of what she'd been through and why the swordst star had acted like that. But still, Kim is mad at the fact that the swordstar beat the crap out of him like that, believing that the old man owes him an Apology. Seojan makes up his mind that this won't happen again and checks his course progress after beating the swordstar just a little bit. Our guy is happy with his progress and just as he enters the room, he's greeted by the

swordstar who awaits him, ready to beat his ass again. Kim freezes in his movements, totally taken aback, our guy then reveals everything to the old man about the agreement. But the swordstar still glares at him suspiciously, asking Kim if he's not hiding anything. The old man can't bring himself to believe that Seun isn't lying, but his latent power and strength make no sense to him for a mere student. Suspicions aside, the old man is bothered by his presence in an unexplainable way. Nonetheless, our guy asks for his leave if they're done and lets out that

he needs to start his training for the day. At that moment, the swordstar ponders that he'll be able to see what Kim is hiding if he sees him Training. Time passes and the swordstar awkwardly finds himself staring at Siojan, who's totally lost in his phone, especially since the screen is blank. He's convinced that something's not right with our boy. The old man finally snaps and questions Kim if he's meditating. Our guy responds that he's kind of meditating, and the swordstar begins nagging him, stating that it's all a discipline of the mind. But our guy miserably

ignores the old man, Making him question his existence. To grab Seojin's attention, the swordstar offers to teach him some moves directly. And it's not a surprise that this does the trick. Just as the swordstar gets his hopes up high to teach him something, Arfella straight refuses, crushing the old man's pride. Seojin bluntly tells the old man that he can't concentrate on his training when shortly Seo Yun barges into the room. She freaks out after seeing her grandfather who Impatiently whispers to her that something is off about the boy Seojin and even said that he's interested

in training with the swordstar. The old man rambles on about how he keeps staring at his phone like a maniac in the name of training. Well, Seo doesn't seem surprised and softly confesses that Kim is always like that. The swordstar is left stunned after knowing that Kim's anomaly is actually normal. After that, Seo greets her student and they both Start talking. The old man gives Kim a death stare since he speaks nonsense. Yet, his granddaughter takes everything he says with a smile. He couldn't help but notice that Seo Yun has never been so happy, wondering

if Kim amuses her. So, the old man recalls how somber Seun has been all her life, and now he couldn't stand Kim being all mushy with his precious granddaughter. Just as he's about to explode, the Swordstar's man frantically barges into the room to Report an urgent matter. The associate informs the old man that the Order of Truth have asked for him. Scoffing, the Swordstar arrogantly lets out that if it's something so important, they can come to him. But the associate reveals that Dame Kalia herself requested it, making the old man gasp in disbelief. The associate

nervously opens up that Damecalia has requested Seiojan's presence, which leaves everyone by surprise. The old man suspects Seojan And thinks that he was with the Order of truth this whole time because there's no way someone like Damecalia knows him. Our guy is mad at the personal attack and responds that he doesn't know either. In the meantime, Seo Yun recalls seeing a suspicious hooded man at the tournament and speculates that he might be involved in this. Even so, the old man doesn't get why Dame herself got involved, and Seo Yun corroborates with Mr. Seo if there

was anything about a Member of the order at the tournament. In the corner, Seojin scratches his head in bafflement and asks if it's important to go since it's a hassle. But Seo Yun frantically yells at him and reveals that the Order of Truth, especially the seven apostles, are held in the highest esteem by the nation. Damecalia is expected to be the next apostle of purity. To be called by someone of her position is unthinkable. But Kim's dumbass hesitates since he doesn't want To meet a foreigner he's never heard of and instead use that time for

training. That's when Mr. Seio murmurs about Dame Kalia being truly amazing. The sword star wonders how and the associate unfolds that she predicted that Seiojan would decline the invitation. Hence, she prepared an offer in that case. The luring offer is that Dame decides to give Kimojan 100 million1 just for showing up. Low key, our guy feels like he's hit the jackpot since it was Exactly the amount he was looking for. It is then revealed to us that the order of truth is a religious group that literally worships the truth. It is led by a man

shrouded in mystery known as the exalted voice. It consists of seven apostles. Humility, kindness, mercy, temperance, diligence, purity, and patience. Their word is the truth and thus the word of God. A 100 years ago, the order was nothing more than a cult. That age was known as the great Cataclysm when countless heroes joined forces with them. Their influence grew as they brought peace to humanity, especially with their crowning achievement that was defeating Berserk the Terrible. Berserk was a monster that appeared in the final days of the Great Cataclysm. It was eventually defeated by the Exalted

Voice and the Seven Apostles, the key figures that finally ended the Great Cataclysm. The scene then flips to the present day in a hotel On the outskirts of Soul. Our guy feels like the place is kind of underwhelming for mysterious cult figures. Nonetheless, the sword star states his motive for coming here. And the hooded man immediately recognizes that it's Seo Jun. Our guy wonders if Seo Yun's hooded guy from the tournament is involved. They must be offering him prize money or picking a big number to tempt him, but it still doesn't explain what he's called

for. The speculations rise as Kim Reckons that they know something about him or Transcendent Academy for that matter. Restless to see Dame Calia to see what this is all about. With that, they are escorted into a room and get to know that Dame will arrive shortly. The old man hates waiting as he knew this would happen while our guy assumed that the swordstar must be close to Dame. But while it seemed like the old man and Dame had a history, the fact is that he'd never met her before. This leaves Siojan slackjawed while the swordstar

admits that they've been in touch but never met in person. He reveals that he did meet the apostle of purity during the great cataclysm, but never the successors. Our guy is shocked to discover that the old man was active during the great cataclysm. Kim then expresses his curiosity and asks the swordstar if he's met the exalted voice before. The old man reveals that the only time the exalted voice showed his Face was during the battle with Berserk, but he never met him, just saw him at a distance. Promptly, they are interrupted as the door opens

and the swordstar greets the apostle of purity, Dame Kalia, who shimmers like no other. The swordstar expresses how she summoned him here and made him wait. Mitchell complains that Kalia summoned him and has him wait while she believes cleansing the mind and body while awaiting the word of God takes a while, Hoping he doesn't mind. This pisses him off as he wonders how she can say that with a straight face. Calli bows as she introduces herself as a faithful believer in the order of truth and reveals that her duty is to spread the word of

God and walk the path of purity. Seojin stands up to introduce himself as well, but is cut off by her, who already knows his name. She thanks him for coming all this way while our fellow wonders how she even knows him. Kalia Gets the gist that there's some misunderstanding and decides to clear it before they continue. She mentions our dude taking part in the academy tournament a while back and claims that one of their believers saw him and spoke of him so highly that she thought she might trouble him for a small visit. Our awakened

doubts if that's the whole story and feels that it wasn't necessary to call him here for that. The dame conveys that she was about to elaborate And takes a seat before she starts the conversation. It is revealed that they have to investigate one particular dungeon with her and this makes the short-tempered Mchel question why he would. Kalia lets out that he knows better than her that it's not over and the sword star is confused as to what she means when she unveils that an anomaly was found in a dungeon in Korea. Mchel finds it ridiculous

as he is certain they finished it off. He's cut Off when she states that the Order of Truth feels it should be investigated. The swordstar gives off a furrowed expression as he realizes that's why she came to Korea and wonders if by chance this will solidify her position as the successor. Kalia laughs and admits that nothing gets by him while he reminds her that this is no laughing matter. The dame gets to the point and asks him if he will help her when the old man asks her what's in it for him. She supposes It

would be impolite for her to make any offer considering that the swordstar wants for nothing. Although she mentions that she's heard his granddaughter runs a hunter academy and suggests the order of truth could help. However, her words are cut off when Mchel emits intense force on them. Seojan feels his body going numb as he realizes he could kill someone with this force. The sword star warns that if her granddaughter is to be involved again, he will not let it be. The dame apologizes for acting rudely as the old man boils in anger and confesses that

she doesn't have much else to offer him. Therefore, she decides to settle it this way and offers him any future favor he wants, whatever it is. The old man finds it laughable to trust that she will keep her word when Kalia suggests she can swear by the order of truth itself if he wishes. Mchel lets out that he doubts if it would be enough to secure her as the next apostle, but it Doesn't matter to her because if she's right about the danger, she knows he can't just let it go. At last, he finally agrees

to help her if she swears the oath of truth. That being done, Kalia turns towards Seojan as she decides to get to the point. She informs him that the Order of Truth would like to sponsor him while he reveals that he's already affiliated with an academy. It is told that our guy doesn't need to leave his academy, but he will find There are things his academy can't take care of, and the Order of Truth can. Kim wonders what he has to do in return, but it's notified to him that there are no conditions attached and

they just want to start a relationship with him. Our fella asks her what will happen if he refuses and the dame believes it can't be helped. Then Seojan can't digest the fact that there are no conditions since there's always a catch. He admits that he's not convinced and declares that if She answers one question truthfully, he will consider it. Upon getting an approval, he asks her if she's heard of transcendent, but then stops midway. He realizes there's no point in asking like this because he wouldn't be able to tell if she's being honest, but he

has to test her somehow. Thus, he pulls out his phone and shoves it in front of her face. Arfella questions her about what she sees on the phone screen right now. It seems to be Sedartha on the screen, But Kalia doesn't understand what he's asking. He repeats his question while she finds it strange. In the end, Seojan lets out that it's fine if she doesn't want to answer, but Kalia speaks up, claiming that it's blank. She declares that the screen is blank and wonders if that answers his question. Our fella agrees and she asks him

if he will consider their sponsorship or not. Kim refuses as he states that he's not interested. Later, we see Kalia standing Alone when Kalus walks in and reports that they couldn't find the anomaly. She asks him if he's sure of what he saw while he swears on the oath of truth that he's certain. The Dame is busy thinking about Seojan. She didn't find anything special about him. Other than that, he's maybe slightly more than a regular student. She was taken aback when he shoved his screen at her, but she doesn't know what is bothering her

about it all. Kalus asks her if he Should report this to the other apostles, and she refuses, suggesting that they wait and see as they need to see about the anomaly in the dungeon. She wonders what happened to the other heroes when Kalus reveals that he's contacted everyone except the Soul Star and the Dark Star since they're still missing. Meanwhile, Mitchell asks Kim the reason why he declined Kalia's offer. Our dude simply says that it bothered him. He doesn't know about the Order of truth, but it's clear to him that the dame has nothing to

do with the Transcendent Academy. He doesn't feel comfortable owing anyone anything, especially when it's not clear what they get out of it. The sword star wonders how come his deal with Seo Yun doesn't bother him and he lets out that no one's as honest as her. However, Seojin is curious about what a dungeon anomaly is. As he asks him, it is revealed that it means the magic field has become Distorted. If the waves in a dungeon's magic field become twisted, it changes the dungeon from what it was at first. These distortions have a number of

ripple effects and can lead to a spike in the dungeon's threat level, or it can cause a rift, letting everything spill out. Kim didn't even know that could happen and Mchel lets him know that it's rare these days, but it was common during the Great Cataclysm. This makes our fellow worried as he wonders when Dame Kalia said it was over. However, the swordstar cuts him off as he tells him not to worry about it. He is convinced she's wrong and the Great Cataclysm is over. Seeing him go the other way, Seojan asks him where he's

going as they're almost at the academy. When he's told that it's none of his business, the old man before leaving declares that he will be leaving him with Seo Yun for now and warns him if he tries something funny, he will regret It. Kim wonders if he's growing on him and it's informed to him that he's being observed. Our dude giggles as he tells the old man that not being honest about his feelings is what keeps him and Seo Yun apart. This pisses Mitchell off while Seojan quickly runs away. He declares to get better in

case they butt heads again as he enters the academy. Seo upon seeing him asks him about the whereabouts of her grandfather as she thought they were together. Our awakened Lets her know that he left but she's concerned if he had anything to say. He assures her that he said nothing to worry about. However, she isn't satisfied and apologizes as she's aware that her grandfather can be a real pain sometimes and she should have warned him. Kim makes her realize that he means well, but just doesn't know how to express it and confesses that they have

to help him together. While in the worst case, he will have to take a few more Hits for her. This makes Sein blush and she thanks him while the situation gets awkward for them. The B-rank hunter asks him if he needs the money and our dude agrees, wondering how she knows. Now that he thinks about it, money is kind of a problem. He used Kalia's money to pay off the rest of his debts, but his free pass is running out and he needs weapons and courses. Seo reveals that she did some research while he was

gone and informs him about a dungeon clearing Contest. Seojan wonders what a dungeon clearing contest is and it is revealed that it's a contest to clear out dungeons that haven't been raided. And it is to encourage people to raid dungeons that don't have great payouts. This makes sense to our dude because during the Great Cataclysm, many of the awakened fought out of a sense of duty or belief. But pro hunters are now more motivated by profit. Seioen notifies him that neglected dungeons tend to be lower Level and a hassle to raid. And those neglected dungeons

eventually create rifts where the monsters spill out into the world. Even lower level monsters are plenty dangerous to the public. There used to be a civil service corps for these dungeons, but it was a waste of resources to send such highlevel pros to deal with the problem. And so the government came up with the dungeon clearing contest. Seo lets Seojin know that many uncleared dungeons can be Dealt with at the student level and there are more than enough students to get the work done and the element of competition between themies. And voila, our dude finds

this idea so smart while she asks him what he thinks about it. Recalling the first prize to be 300 million one and since it involves dungeon raids, Kim realizes that he will be able to level up in his course as well as it's a win-win situation. He agrees to do it and Seo Yun is happy Knowing he would be interested as she decides to sign him up right away. Our guy acknowledges the fact that she knew exactly what he needed without him even asking and it's clear she put a lot of thought into finding this.

It occurs to him that since it's a competition, anything could happen. Hence, he shouldn't be taking this lightly. As he starts with his courses right away and seeing him, Sean realizes that he's already hard at work doing god knows What. Seojan decides to win for sure this time and wonders what the rules of the contest are. It is unveiled that the contest runs for one week. At the start, the government reveals the designated dungeons. Then the participants reserve the dungeons they want to raid through the app. Reserve dungeons must be cleared within 10 hours and

they can only reserve one dungeon at a time, otherwise they will automatically be cancelled. Sio states that it's all About clearing as many dungeons as quickly as he can. And our dudees that speed is the key. He finds this a dilemma while the B rank hunter is curious as to how come. Kim explains that they raid dungeons and haul the corpses away, but speed is their key. When Seo Yun cuts him off, reminding him that they don't haul the corpses as she told him that the raids aren't profitable. Suddenly, it hits her as she wonders

if he were going to try and make Money on the corpses again. Seojan asks her if the rules forbid it while she finds it ridiculous, knowing it's not even worth it. But our awakened believes it all adds up since he can't just leave money on the table. The B- rank hunter implies that he focuses on the prize money and he does find the prize money important. Hence, he's not going to obsess over the small things unless he has an idea. Our guy goes through what the rules exactly say. A few days later, It's the day

of the contest and Kim's hard work is paying off as his progress has gone up a lot, though not for Kairen and Merlin's courses. The big changes happen every 10% or so. Therefore, he wonders if he maybe needs a different approach. Seo asks him if he's installed the app, and he lets her know that he double-cheed everything yesterday. However, she's concerned if he hasn't called someone for help and asks him if he's sure they're not lost. Seiojan Assures her that the guy he called for help has an amazing sense of direction. He claims that he's

the sword star of finding his way around and he's a lot sweeter than he looks. Just then, Mansel arrives as our dude calls out his name loudly. While he tells him to pipe it down or the whole neighborhood will hear, Kim was afraid he'd be running late, but he's early and the bulky man asks him if he thought he would give him a chance to ride him for being late and Wonders what he wants him to do now. A few days ago, our guy called Manol and offered to work together. He told him that he

wanted him to haul monsters away for this contest while also acting as his driver. Siojan claims to pay him, of course, and lets him know that he will haul the corpses, but he would process them since it's so timeconuming. Manial doesn't find it a bad idea, but he's concerned if he will just be in our dude's way. Kim appreciates the thought, But assures him that he will be a great help. Processing a monster's corpse profitably requires skill. If he's not involved, Siojan wouldn't have to worry about it. Nonetheless, the dungeon clearing contest begins as they

part ways from Seo Yun. Our fella asks his friend if he's heard of the contest rules while he ensures him that he remembers everything he explained. In the car, Seojun reveals the key to winning is raiding the most dungeons. And since it all comes down to speed, there are two factors to keep in mind. First is how fast he can finish the raid, and second is how fast he can get to dungeons. And since most of the dungeons are only one star or twostar threat, Kim is not worried, even though the layout could vary wildly.

Thus, the only thing left is how fast they get to the dungeons. Our guy hands Manchiel his phone and reveals that it's every dungeon in the contest and where they're Located. Therefore, he wants him to figure out the fastest route between each one. The bulky dude is left astonished, but is told that he's faster and more accurate than any GPS. Thus, he instructs him to buckle up and speed up the truck. Meanwhile, Sujun Go, the supervisor of a dungeon, waits for the contestant Kim Seo Jun from the Dream Academy to clear the dungeon. Assuming that

he's a random student from a not so famous academy, she believes it will Probably take him an hour. Sujin sees the guy who came along with the contestant as she was afraid they were going to try and break rules, but she guesses nothing's wrong with someone waiting outside. The gate opens and as Go stands up to check if something's wrong. Siojan pops his head out of the gate and informs Manel that he's ready. Sujin interrupts, reminding him that it's strictly prohibited for someone to assist during a raid. Our guy lets her Know that he's done

with the raid. And when the supervisor doesn't believe it, she steps inside only to find that he was telling the truth. Sujin is in utter disbelief since it's only been 10 minutes since he entered the dungeon. And when she sees him carrying a monster's corpse, she asks him what he's doing. Kim assures her not to worry about this and starts with his daily assignment. When he's done, he asks Manel how long he thinks it will take. And considering the fact that there's not a lot worth salvaging, he estimates it's probably 15 seconds. Arfella tells him

to go ahead as he decides to keep hauling the bodies. Sujan stops him as she asks him if he's cutting a monster's corpse, and Seojan wonders if that's a problem. She absolutely finds it a problem, admitting that it's weird. Knowing it's not a real problem, our dude continues hauling the corpses while Manol processes them. They both scurry Away as soon as they're done. Off to their next destination, which is a bit far, but gets them in a better position for the next one. Sujun Go stands there clueless about what's happening. While they both drive away,

happy that they killed two birds with one stone. We see another supervisor enjoying sitting out in the sun instead of being stuck in front of a computer all day. He wishes he could just stay like this, wondering when the next contestant will arrive. At That moment, Siojans and Manchiel's truck zooms there and screeches to a halt. They both move quickly while our fella finishes the monsters off in one go. The supervisor witnesses Manol cutting up the monster corpses and Kim working out with the corpses. And as soon as they're done, they leave for the next

dungeon and speed away in their truck. Meanwhile, the supervisor just sits there not knowing what's going on. In the dungeon management team, the Department of Public Administration and Safety, the report on today's dungeon clearing contest is finished. One of the members decides to take a look in the report and sees Soon Lee, member of the East Academy, who cleared 16 dungeons and is amazed as he believes that 16 dungeons will put her in the top spot. However, he's left confused when he sees her in second place with 16 dungeons and wonders if someone managed to

get 17. Witnessing player Kim Siojan in the First place with 32 dungeons. He's left dumbfounded. He calls out Mr. Kim, the one who wrote the report, and believes there's a mistake in it, showing him the first place with 32 raids. He's certain that's impossible in a day. Kim reveals that he also thought it was suspicious, but he checked with everyone, and it's all above board. The guy is still processing when it is disclosed that they moved between dungeons with amazing precision. And what's more is that the Dungeon supervisors reported each raid took only 10 minutes.

This leaves him in absolute shambles as he wonders if he's even listening to himself. He admits that they may be low-level dungeons, but it would still take any student at least 30 minutes. Thus, he comes to a conclusion and asks his subordinates if they're sure that it's a student or that they didn't get help, but one of them already looked into it, and there doesn't seem to be any cheating Involved. The guy asks the academy from where the student is, and Kim lets him know that it's the Dream Academy, a small hunter academy in Yunpong

District in Seoul. Just then realizes that it's an academy run by the swordstar's granddaughter and that's how they connect the dots. Wondering if the swordstar is involved as Kim decides to look into it. Meanwhile, Soon of the East Academy is told that she's not in first place. She apologizes, but Sokman Lee, former A-class hunter, father of Soon, and head of the East Academy, doesn't think her apology is enough because if she does not win first place, it will look very bad for the academy. Lee claims to work harder, but she's asked if she can do

32 dungeons. So calculates that if she clears each dungeon in under 10 minutes, maybe she can. But even so, with travel time, it would still be impossible. He believes it's possible if someone lends her a Hand. And when she tries to say something, he tells her to keep doing what she's doing, and he will take care of the rest. Soon sees him looking pleased and wonders if he was just looking for an excuse to cheat. While he asks her if anything is bothering her and suggests she not overthink it, because getting ahead is the only

thing that matters to him in this world. The only goal for him is to win and get ahead while the how is unimportant. Chokeman asks his daughter if she's thinking about Jins Su. And even though she refuses, he reminds her that he was a fool and she isn't. Soon leaves after reassuring her father as memories of her conversations with her brother recall in her mind. He used to tell her that in order to be a pro hunter, her heart must be pure and uncompromised. While she used to tell him that no one thinks like that

anymore and people become pro- hunters to make money, he claimed to Become a pro hunter that really inspires people. and she warned him not to say things like that out loud or she will die out of embarrassment. Shrugging off those memories, Soon reminds herself that he's dead and bitterly tells him to get out of her face. Later, we see Soojin and Manol finally done with their task. As our guy compliments his friend that he did great today, while the bulky guy asks him if they got to do this for another week, Kim didn't know he

was Such a whiner, and he justifies himself by asking him if he knows how hard it is to drive and plan a route at the same time. Seojin admits that's true, but informs him that he might not mind once he hears how much they made. Turns out, subtracting the fees and taxes, they've earned about 7.8 million1. Hence, dividing it 50/50, they both get 3.9 million each. Mansel argues that our dude should make it 7030 rather than 50/50 with 70% being his since he's the Rating and hauling. Kim reminds him that he's doing all the processing,

plus finding the fastest routes, and asks him if he knows how important that is. The bulky guy suggests that 80/20 would be fine too, but decides to take the 30 and clarifies that he's not coming out tomorrow if that's not the deal. Seojan accepts the deal and informs him that 30% of 78 million1 would be 2 million 340,0001. And rounding off, he suggests that they Make it an easy 2.5 million1. Manial interrupts that he can't mess with the deal like that while our guy forces him to just take it since he wouldn't make any of

this without him and implies that he thinks of it as gas money. Our awakened wonders why he doesn't seem shocked at all about the dungeon raids while he also doesn't look surprised by how the raids are going. That's when the bulky dude confesses that he saw him fight in the tournament. This confession Catches Seojan with utter shock and disbelief as he asks him why he didn't tell him that he came. However, Manual just thinks it would distract him. Kim admires him knowing he's always been like that. He acts tough, but he's the biggest softy. In

the last, our guy was all alone, parents gone, struggling to pay off debt, and Manchiel took care of him, becoming his biggest supporter. Siojan suggests that he should start his own hauling company and declares that he Would get all his contracts for sure. The bulky fella asks him with what money he should and wonders if he's already got that much work. Our boy lets him know that he meant later, not now, while he complains that he got him excited over nothing and decides to talk about it after he makes it. It's been two days since

the dungeon clearing contest started and Siojan is raiding the dungeons and hauling the corpses like a routine as one of the supervisors calls Them the dungeon purggers. Manchell wonders if it's a bad thing and the supervisor clarifies that's what people are calling them. They say that they not just raid dungeons, they purge them. The supervisor admits that he didn't believe at first after seeing it in real life. He's mind-blown. Nonetheless, he tells them that he didn't mean anything by it and they should just keep doing their thing. The results show Siojan with 73 dungeons in

the first place as he Believes it should be an easy win at this rate. Meanwhile, Manchil is having a hard time as he supposes the contest would have to be rigged if this isn't enough to win. Kim knew it was a good idea to call him and tries to motivate him that only 5 days are left and they can do this. The bulky fellow wonders if he ever takes a damn break while he swears if they win they will have a big night out and it will be his treat. Manel agrees and declares that it

should Be someplace super expensive. Seojin instructs him to bring Suon, his daughter, out as well since he hasn't seen her in ages. They both enjoy their victory as our dude has a good feeling about this and is convinced at this rate they can't lose. It's day three of the dungeon clearing contest when Manol hands Kim the phone to show him that all the dungeons near them are reserved. There's not a single dungeon available nearby and the nearest one is an hour Away. Seojan finds it a pretty wild coincidence that only the dungeons around him just

happen to get reserved. Manial smells something fishy and feels like someone's got their finger on the scale. Our guy doesn't know for sure, hence he decides to just clear the dungeons they can, but the same thing happened with the next dungeon and the next. And in the end, they were only able to raid 10 more dungeons than the second place contestant. Kim finds the Situation weird and Manchil thinks it's obvious that this is Soon Lee's doing, who is the number two contestant. Sioan suggests that they see who reserved which dungeons through the app, but that's

not enough to prove wrongdoing. Nonetheless, she decides to put in a complaint to the organizers for now. Our dude is still in the lead, but it's only been three days, and if it keeps going like this, he supposes he will end up losing. Thus, he apologizes to Manol as He guesses that they have to stop their side hustle until they widen the gap. While the bulky fella assures him that winning is more important. However, he lets Kim know no matter how fast he raids, the distances are going to be a problem. Even though he's trying

his best, with this interference, it would be a problem. Just then, an idea pops into Siojun's head as he ponders what would happen if they tried it. Later, we see a group of people gathered near a Dungeon, and a guy instructs them to reserve every dungeon around Kimiojun if he reserves one. The people tediously inform him that they're keeping an eye out for that, knowing that they just have to do what they did yesterday. The others gossip about our fella, wondering how he's able to raid dungeons like that, while some don't care as long as

they're getting paid. Right at that instant, the guy calls all of them out and announces that Kim has just reserved A dungeon. He reminds everyone to reserve all the dungeons within an hour's drive, just like yesterday, and instructs them to split it up over 10 minutes since it will look suspicious if they all go at the same time. Everyone gets to work, but it seems that something's wrong as they all start murmuring. Not sure if this is a good idea. Turns out Seojan has booked a dungeon right next to Soon. They realize if they book

all the dungeons in the Area, Soon won't be able to raid either. Some suggest that they cancel their reservations after Lee finishes her raid, but the rules say that they can't cancel for 10 hours after reserving a dungeon. They have to finish the raid, but they never intended to raid those dungeons in the first place. During this time, Soon finishes raiding a dungeon and steps out as she instructs her driver to move on to the next one. The driver is shocked to see that she's done Already since it's only been 15 minutes. Lee wonders why

he isn't getting the car moving, and it is revealed to her that all the nearby dungeons are booked, thus, he doesn't know where to go. The ranking of day four brings to light that Kim Seojun is ranked first with 98 dungeons, while Soyon ranked second with 73 dungeons. Realization hits Sokman that our dude has got them. At first, he wasn't sure if it was a coincidence, but it's clear now that Siojan is reserving Dungeons right next to them, blocking off the dungeons around him is now hurting them, too. He grasps that at this rate, Soon

will never get ahead of him. Lee figured Siojan would notice, but he never thought he would respond like that. Nonetheless, he assures his daughter not to worry as he has other ideas and instructs her to just keep doing what she's doing. It's day five of the dungeon clearing contest and it seems that Siojun eventually runs into Soon. The supervisor warns the contestants that they're not allowed to fight because any violation is instant disqualification. Kim assures him that he's not here to fight, but to clear a dungeon he reserved over there. Lee realizes who the man

is, and he asks her if an honest competition wouldn't be better. Siojan acknowledges the fact that they're competing, but thinks it should be with a spirit of goodwill. Soon asks him if he's implying she's not Honest, and he laughs it off, conveying that she just doesn't need to take it that way. Our guy leaves while Lee grows bitter as the memory of her brother resurfaces. She strongly believes there's no goodwill. Not in this world. In her perspective, humankind is an inherently selfish beast who's always looking for an angle. They act in their benefit and only

in their own interest. There's no room for goodwill in that process. With that, she decides to get Over with the dungeon. And as she steps outside after clearing it, she's welcomed by the sight of Seojan working out and Manchil cutting up monster corpses. The supervisor watches them in awe as he realizes that the rumors were indeed true. Kim, upon seeing Soyen, can't help but notice that she cleared the dungeon faster than he expected. He inquires whether she intends to take the corpses, and if not, whether she objects to them doing so. Lee tells our guy

to Do what he wants, and he thanks her. Seeing him working out with the monster corpses, she asks him why he's doing that and he contemplates if she's asking about the exercises or the processing. Nonetheless, he reveals that it's obviously for money. Soon turns around to leave, feeling that she's wasting her time. She reminds herself that there's no room for goodwill in this world and that there are no hunters who work out of the goodness of their heart. In this Age, she believes anyone and their mother can be a hunter. It's just a job. Meanwhile,

the swordstar, whilst fighting the monster, questions Kalia, who told him it was a six-star dungeon. He asks her why there is a 10-star monster here, and she informs him that it was measured to be a six-star dungeon, and supposes this drake must be here because of the anomaly. Mitchell scoffs as he's aware that anomalies don't happen like this, and feels that The order of truth is up to something, just like 30 years ago. Kalia admits that she understands how he feels and swears that the order of truth had nothing to do with that. The old

man isn't convinced when Jim and Jong, the Demon Stars disciple, advises them to stop fighting. As she's trying to figure out what has happened, the Sword Star shuts her up and wonders why she's even here and wears the Demon Star. Jimn, addressing him as Grandpa, reveals that Her master's health isn't great. This offends the Swordstar as he asks her who she's calling a grandpa. Being pretty sure they're the same age. The Demon Stars disciple gasps as she muses, "How dare he?" trying to suppress her anger. Nonetheless, she reveals that the magic wavelengths of the Drake

are definitely off. But as the sword star said, this isn't just some anomaly. Jong asks Mchel if anything seemed off when he fought the monster, but he refuses, finding Nothing special other than it being just a typical 10star monster. She asks him if he's bragging right now, while he insists that it's not a simple anomaly. Jimn agrees that this isn't a simple matter since there haven't been monsters like this since the fall of Berserk the Terrible. Kalia asks her about the possibility of this happening in other dungeons. And while Jimn thinks it's low, she can't

be certain. She believes this definitely needs more investigation And decides to inform the head of association to go through verified dungeons and recalibrate the lower levels. On the other hand, we see the dungeon supervisors amazed to see all those dungeon gates. The guy states that it's rare, but sometimes they will find two dungeons right next to each other. However, he's never witnessed three until now. It turns out that the Easy Academy is playing dirty to win the contest. They're making people act like They reserved that dungeon when it's supposed to be the dungeon raids. The

same thing happened three times and this pissed both of our fellas off. They kick up a storm in the academy as Manchiel speculates how it can be the same story each time. He exclaims that the organizers at this point have to be in cahoots while Siojan comprehends that their opponents have found a new trick since they got around their first scheme. Our guy is still ranked first With 89 dungeons and it seems that Soon is catching up to him with 87 dungeons. Sio gets all fired up upon hearing that and claims she won't let this

stand and even name drops her grandfather if she has to. Thereafter, an announcement is made that if a reserved dungeon is raised by another contestant, the raid count may be transferred at the discretion of the dungeon supervisor. Seeing that it's working, our team feels encouraged and Kim believes they can Recover after yesterday's setback. He's sure no one can stand in their way. That is until a broken car blocks their path. The owner insists the car has broken down, but when asked to move it, he confesses that his keys are missing. The rankings of day four

reveal that Siojan has fallen behind Soon, who catches up with him by raiding 111 dungeons. Siojan breaks it to Kim and Manchiel that everyone's denied knowing Soyan Lee. Although the head of the dungeon Management team promised to investigate, our duo clearly don't have the luxury of time. Acknowledging their lack of time, the B-rank Hunter discloses that Seakman Lee is the head of Soyon Lee's academy, who's a retired A-class hunter, one of the few her grandfather actually paid any attention to. Manol assumes that he must be something if the sword star respects him while Seo clarifies

he didn't respect him but just had to keep an eye on him because he was such a Smooth talker and so wellconnected. The bulky fella guesses that he must be able to pull off these schemes and Seo Yun doubts that even if it's investigated they will turn up anything and by then it will be way too late. She suggests that they include her grandfather but Seojin doesn't think involving him is a good idea and she agrees although she can't even reach him right now. Manial urges that they do something since they can't just let our

guy lose. Seo Yun Apologizes to Seo Jun, confessing that she just doesn't know how to help him. However, Kim points out that she's been nothing but helpful to him and wonders what she's talking about because they've only gotten this far because of her. He acknowledges the fact that it would have already been over if it weren't for everything she's done. Manel totally agrees with him and lets her know that she's done all she can. The rest is up to them. He meant Seojan to be exact. Knowing that he's got something for them, he tells Kim

not to just sit there while Seo Yun is all worried and our guy just smirks in response. Later, we see Sokman Lee lashing out at his manager, questioning why they're losing again. The manager is intimidated as he informs that Seojan is now waiting till he's right next to a dungeon before reserving. Hence, there's no way for them to know where exactly he's going. Lee desperately instructs him to stop Him, get ahead of him, or just do something about it. But it is notified to him that our dude is taking only 5 minutes to reserve and

finish a raid. Skeman urges him to bribe the supervisors and the manager admits that while he's unsure if it was the academyy's influence, the dungeon management team is currently watching the supervisors. This leaves the head of the East Academy in utter disbelief as he wonders how some random academy got The dungeon management team out to observe. Slamming the table, he demands the name of the academy and the manager uncovers that there's a rumor that the academy belongs to the swordstar's granddaughter. This leaves Sokman shocked while the manager clarifies that they can do nothing under the

circumstances. The stubborn A-rank hunter scoffs as he tells him to get over them or do anything. For him, East Academy winning is what matters as he Hollers at him that if they lose, it's on all their heads. The rankings of the contest after that varied from Kim and Soon ranking second or first. And on the last day of the contest, both the contestants have the same number of dungeon raids. In the contest organizer's conference room, we see the administrator in shock while Seo Yun and the East Academyy's manager are busy arguing. She asks how a

cheater can be declared the winner, while the opponent Retors, asking how she dares accuse them of cheating. They claim it's not their fault that their contestant ran into unexpected problems. The administrator interrupts their argument and announces that they've decided there will be no tie. And since there's no evidence of cheating, Soon will not be disqualified. With that, he declares that they have a suggestion. Afterwards, Yonguk Shin, the dungeon management team leader, sees contestant Siojin and Soon arrive at the Location. Young Suk decides to explain the rules of the tiebreaker to determine the final winner. There

are three dungeons, and the rules are said to be simple. The contestants have to pick any one of these three dungeons, and the person who finishes first gets to clear the third and become the winner. Seo Jun is curious if it isn't enough to just clear the first dungeon in order to win. Shin lets him know that they tried to see if any of the dungeons were Connected, but they couldn't find anything. But they also don't want to leave a dungeoned, and it made sense to them that the winner should clear one more dungeon anyway.

He reveals that all the dungeons are two stars, so there's no difference in threat level. Thus, they can decide which dungeon to raid first. Kim asks Soon if she minds if he picks first, and it's fine by her, hence he takes one on the right. While she picks the one on the left, and before Entering inside, she informs our dude not to be too disappointed. Seojin contemplates what she means when the administrator counts to three and declares the start of the raid. Our fella is confused why she said that, but then decides not to worry

about it since he got to win this. After a while, we find him bewildered about what's going on since he thought it would be a cobalt dungeon. But he hasn't seen, let alone heard, a single cobalt. Even if it Weren't cobalts, he should have seen something by now. It's been more than 5 minutes. Just then, he hears a terrifying sound and realizes that it's not a cobalt, but a manticor who pounces at him out of nowhere. Our awakened is conscious that it's a four-star monster and is not sure if they measured the dungeon wrong. The

monster leaps at him and he takes it down and scurries towards the exit gate. He took it down fast, but he's worried that he's way Behind his normal clearing time. Kim knows if Soon got a normal twostar dungeon, she must have been out already. Popping out of the dungeon, he exclaims that there was a manticor inside. The administrator is confused, wondering what a four-star monster was doing inside a two-star dungeon. Seojin tells him to go and take a look himself when Shinn asks him if he's trying to say he took down a manticor. Kim reveals

that he did and demands a rematch as he finds It unfair. Young Suk understands his request but finds it unnecessary to change the contest at this point. Putting in that contestant Lee hasn't come out yet either. Our dude is surprised to hear that, finding that strange. Meanwhile, Soon has stepped inside a long time ago and hasn't encountered anything yet. However, we see a scary monster behind her that she's unaware of. Shin reveals that Soon is still inside and questions if our guy Is sure he wants a rematch despite his win. He claims to look into

it and informs Seojan that all he has to do is clear the last dungeon and he wins. Meanwhile, our guy senses that something's wrong. He thought for sure that Soon was responsible for his dungeon level being wrong. But if it wasn't her doing, there's a possibility her dungeon is wrong, too. Just then, Mr. Kim panics as he catches the magic waveform reader acting funny. It Measures three stars and now four. Shinn asks him if he's sure, wondering if it's broken. The conversation Siojin had with the sword star about a dungeon anomaly comes back to him.

While the dungeon contest administrators are worried because the waveform reader has never been off before, not in the 20 years they've been working, our guy recalls being told that dungeon anomalies don't happen anymore, though they were frequent during the Great Cataclysm. The Supervisors decide to call the pro hunters to investigate. And as they turn around to inform Kim that they're going to have to finish the contest later, he's nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, we see Soon thinking back about her brother, the one she thinks was a pushover, soft, and a fool. She recalls placing a

band-aid on Jins Sus face as he cried in pain while she asked him why he keeps defying their father. He told her he can't cheat to win. No Matter what he says, he can't do that and advised her that in order to become a pro hunter, her heart must be pure and uncompromised. So would get so mad at him and tell him that people call him a pushover and a fool. She used to try to persuade him into cheating like everyone else and would make an effort to make him realize that it's the age of

pro hunters now and all his previous heroes are old or dead. but he wouldn't budge and would say that they're always around And if not he claimed to be one. He knew it was hard for her to believe, but he assured her that someday she will find them, someone who isn't looking for an angle, someone who doesn't need a reason. After that, Soon found her very determined brother dead, and her father always believed he was stupid, but he never imagined him to go like that to protect someone he didn't even know. Sokman advised her daughter

not to be this foolish ever, and Soyon never Wanted to be like her brother. She didn't want to make the same mistakes as him. In the present, we see Soyon in rough shape as she faces a six-star monster, Malakazra. She wonders if this is the battle of good and evil that Jyn Su was always on about. The monster roars, but she finds it laughable, reminding herself that good and evil don't exist in this world, muttering that at least she won't die a fool like her brother. She embraces her death. Just then, Siojan bursts onto the

scene, standing between her and the roaring monster. Soon asks him what he's doing while he barely holds against Malikazra and asks her to move or run if she can while he buys her time. However, she's in utter disbelief, wondering why he's here, just why. Kim can barely get his attacks out and leaps as he calls it out, grabbing its attention. It attacks him while he dodges, knowing that one hit from it and he's a goner. Our dude Senses the pattern of its attack and supposes if he keeps attacking, maybe he can lure it in. But

the six-star monster attacks him, piercing his horns through Seojin's shoulder, who realizes that the monster is smarter than he thought and doesn't know how much time they've got. Our awakened asks Soon if she can move yet, while she can't seem to find the reason why he's doing this, she asks him why he would come here to save her and what would he get out of it because this Has nothing to do with him. Lee tells him to just raid the last dungeon and be done with it, letting him know that this doesn't make him some

sort of big shot. As she reminds him that he's in it for the money, too. Seo Jun agrees with her because he doesn't know about her, but he sure needs money. At that point, Soon tells him to just go and win. She knows that he's aware of what she's been doing to win and asks him if he thinks she's going to be thankful to him all of a Sudden. Kim refuses as he confesses that she's a cheater and is sure it's not her first time. He's not forgetting that. However, he infers that doesn't mean she

deserves to die. In that moment, Jins Su's words recall in Soon's head that someday someone will be her hero. and Kim turns out to be there to save her because for him saving someone is worth more than any prize money. Our guy goes against the sixth ranked monster with his spear to protect Soon Lee. At that Moment, the lessons of Chiron cross his mind. The instructor taught him that instinct is within the domain of thought. It inevitably includes judgment. Simply put, it's one perceived process and then judge. Before moving, it's too late. But people take

this to mean not to think and judge at all. Hence, it's the former. Argu remembers that instinct is within the domain of thought. A powerful aura emerges and Seojan recalls what mentor Chiron told Him to let his senses be the judge in an instant and unite his thoughts and senses because it's the true transcendent instinct. With that, power surges through him when the monster vehemently attacks him. And to Kim's surprise, he can see the openings. At that point, he can feel his every muscle moving. A sudden adrenaline rush. Our guy believes that he'll be able

to hold off the monster until a pro hunter arrives. But when he glances at Soon, he Wonders how long she can hold out since her condition is bad. Kim, already on a time crunch, seems to have no choice and leaps toward the monster with the thought of taking it down this instant. He uses the strength to pluck a mountain technique and the spirit that spans the world technique and charges with his spear. But deep inside, he's certain that he won't be able to win only with these techniques. And so, Seojan activates immense magic aura that

Infolds his spear. And with a single slash, our guy manages to pierce through the goat monster, annihilating it like a freaking beast. The blood splatters everywhere, and Soon is utterly astonished by the sight, finding it impossible. Meanwhile, our hero takes a sigh of relief, and all his coursear stats go up. After that, Siojan carries Soon and thinks how embarrassing it would have been for them to die right now. Poor Soyan appears lifeless, losing One of her arms, and our guy asks if she's alive, as he's kind of worried this all was for nothing. The girl

responds that she's alive, and Kim is relieved. Moments later, they make it out of the dungeon barely alive. Our guy immediately asks for medical help since is in severe condition. While the staff panics to call an ambulance, Soon hopes that this rescue doesn't make Siojan think that he's her savior. Upon hearing this, our guy looks done with her as She's still wrong about everything. He concludes that she can think whatever she wants since he expects nothing from her. Nonetheless, the medical staff arrives. As word about the dungeon clearing contest got out, there was mass panic.

The news of a Malikazra, a six-star monster appearing in a two-ranked dungeon monster, knocked everyone breathless. Dungeon level readings had been off before, but never to this catastrophic extent. This Incident became the talk of the town and trending on the internet. The public, the association, the government all became obsessed with the incident, and naturally, this incident pointed everyone's attention toward Kim Siojan, and everyone is fascinated that a student of Dream Academy Hunter had taken down Malikazra. The scene then switches to Dame Calia who'd been summoned by the Apostle of Temperance because of the recent anomaly

in Korea. On the contrary, as Kim Seojin steals the spotlight on the internet, this news also reaches the swordstar. The old man's granddaughter excitedly informs him that the student who took care of the monster is the student at Seo Yun's Academy. But the swordstar isn't exactly thrilled to hear this and calls Seojan a scumbag. The scene then switches to the hospital where our guy slams his head on the table feeling sad about the money he'd lost. Manchel is shocked that Kim Is still thinking about the money. While our guy freaks out, thinking it's unfair since

he won the contest, but it was called a tie and he even had to split the money in half. His friend gives him a reality check and blames Kim for getting involved. Our guy comes up with an idea to do rock paper scissors with Soyan Lee for all the prize money. Or they can do the two-handed variation. Well, our guy said it sarcastically because Lee lost one of her arms in the Incident. Our greedy ass fellow weirdly stares at Manchiel, who's creeped out to see how his face gets weird when he thinks about money. While

Seojun thinks of fair games to settle this, Seo Yun barges in and witnesses them both bickering. Manchiel exasperatingly wonders why Greedy asked Kim even bothered to save Lee if he were going to be like this. As Kim also regrets this, Seo Yun is concerned about him. But Manchiel tells her not to worry as our Guy is just obsessing over losing half the prize money. That's when Sio Yun reveals that Lee forfeited and even admitted that she cheated not just for this contest, but tons of others as well. Not to mention that Lee even ratted out

her father, Stoman Lee, the head of the East Academy, and the legal proceedings have started. Rendered speechless, our guy recalls what Lee said about him being wrong, wondering what made her change her mind all of a Sudden. Seo further passes on the message Soon Lee asked her to give to our guy, stating that she still thinks Kim Seiojin is wrong, but admits that she's wrong, too. In any case, Seo Yun doesn't understand what she meant, but she's happy that Kim is now the sole champion. But there's more to it when Seo Yun announces that the

government is offering Seojin additional benefits because of the incident, including tax exemption and an additional 100 Million1. Our guy gushes with happiness, and instructor Seo Yun lets out that they're calling it extra prize money, but it's just to discourage a lawsuit. While Kim is over the moon, he also gets to know that Dream Academy has finally been promoted into division 3. Thanks to Seojan, the academy has hit the requirements and most importantly, now they can raid four-star dungeons. Seojan couldn't be happier as he felt bad for losing the prize money and the chance to Get

promoted, but it all worked out perfectly. Sio thanks Kim for making it possible while Mansel jokes around saying that he doesn't need to play games anymore. Since so much had happened, Siojin decides to give them a treat while Manel is surprised to see that the prize money really improved his cheapkate personality. Nonetheless, after all the money problems have been settled, Kim excitedly decides to do some shopping in the transcendent Marketplace. With nearly $300 million, our guy decides to pick up the Spear of Longinus for 100 million. Kim has no idea how much a new free

pass will be, and any money he saves will just raise the cost later. He knows that he'll rot if he leaves it, so he might as well go on a spending spree. With that, he begins the shopping hall and buys Aphrodite's belt and a glyer, a thread used to bind the mighty wolf Fenrirer. He believes that the longest spear is The best weapon for him. He scrolls to buy more things as the prices are almost too tempting. Seojin recalls the exciting adventures he'd gone through because of stupid karma calculations. In a blink of an eye,

the prices of the items go higher. And earlier, he had used Kalia's money to pay off the rest of his debts. What's troubling is that now that Siojan has money, all the item prices are going for a few hundred million. Assuming that there's no way They'd let these replicas go for so little. Our guy suspects that it's not just the free pass. They adjust the karma calculation the moment he buys anything and all the prices change. Still, he decides to be careful. The other problem Kim faces is that the item's effects aren't explained well. He

just has to guess based on the mythical background story of each item. He appears baffled because now it'll take him forever to research every item's Mythology, especially the lesserk known stuff. That's when Seojin's mind goes toward the users reviews and the community for transcendent students. But since our fella didn't make an account, he can't post or reply, only read. Kim curses himself for not making an account when suddenly he stumbles upon a post saying that they'll review 100 transcendent items and give personal recommendations. The post exactly hits Siojun's pain points about affecting Karma calculations. First

off, it's the shield of Eegis with a weirdass Medusa face design, which totally sucks as it turns one's enemy into stone, so there's no way to control it, which means it can turn the user into stone, too. Our guy is totally shocked by this item. imagining that even making eye contact with the Medusa face would turn him into stone, Seojin is enjoying the brutally honest reviews, convinced that the user really knows his stuff, the next item is Kabisus, and the user reveals that he wrote an entire article just to recommend this. Kibasus is basically a

magical storage sack that expands without getting heavier with image memory and time stopping powers. The user suggests that it's smart to get it early instead of waiting till karma calculations make everything expensive. Plus, it's very useful and durable since it's made with adamantium. When the user rates it 100 out of 10, it really grasps Seojun's attention and he immediately recalls that it's Hera's satchel from Greek and Roman mythology. She gave it to Hero Perseus so that he could safely keep Medusa's head after cutting it off. Nonetheless, our boy sees the karma calculation and gets to

know that he can get Kabis for 100 million one, which means he can afford it. Our guy bounces off the walls and imagines stuffing all the corpses from dungeon raids in the sack. And if he becomes homeless, he'll Be able to carry everything inside. While he thinks it's a shame that Kabisus doesn't completely get rid of the weight, he wonders if he could do squats with this. And that's when he learns that Kabisus is convenient enough to have everything inside a pocket and he can work out without cumbersome weights. It's like heaven to Seojan's ears

and he's pretty elated to get them. 3 days later, our guy finally gets the items he'd bought. The spear looks Better in person and the Kabisas gives off a unique aura. Although these items obliterated his bank account, those 400 million are a memory now. Sobbing, our boy had only hoped. But the prices of Kabis's skyrocketed from 100 million to 300 million. It appears that Karma can't stand him having anything for long, which makes him determined to make more money. In the meantime, Seo Yun is surprised to see our guy going to raids already, and our

guy clearly states that He needs to make money right away. Baffled, Seo Yunan lets out that he just got the prize money, 400 million one, and our guy bluntly confesses that it's all gone. Just then, her eyes land on the lustrous spear that looks expensive and assumes that Seojan is eager to try it out. The instructor presumes how our hunter was so wishy-washy when she offered to buy him a weapon, but nonetheless, it's none of her business how he spends his business. The scene Then flips to Siojun and Sio Yun entering a four-star dungeon. The

eerie silence takes over and the place is filled with gargoyle statues and defensively speaking, they're in the top tier of four-star monsters. Just then, our guy attacks the enemy to test the spear of Longus and plans to begin without any magic aura or techniques. He believes that even with a gargoyle's defenses, the spear of Longness should have some impact. Just as the gargoyle Frantically screams, Seiojun slices that monster in a single swish. Both of them are left speechless as they weren't expecting it would be a piece of cake. As this happens, Seo Yun presumes that

nothing takes her by surprise now that she's with Seojun, or so she thought. Our guy slices the gargoyles like a maniac, thinking of it like some kind of game. It looks more like a joke than killing monsters. Nonetheless, Kim got himself a nice pile of corpses, and now He stashes them into his cabus. Just then, Seo Yun's eyes land on his satchel and wonders how he's going to fit the corpses into that tiny bag. But to her surprise, our guy shoves those big monsters like it's a cinch. Kim finds the magic sack heavier than he

thought, even at 70% weight reduction. Meanwhile, Seo Yun, looking gobsmacked, questions Kim if he was mistakenly paid in dollars. She wonders how the hell he was able to buy these items and where he Bought them. Our guy lies through his teeth and lets her know that he picked them up at a random hunter store. He reveals that it was a little store near his house called the transcendent store. She looks at him with sparkly eyes and begs Seojun to take her there because there's no freaking way they sold him the spear for just 400 million.

But since he was lying, our boy tells her that the shops closed and the owner was going on a trip. Seo Yun analyses his Adorable face and is convinced that a face like that wouldn't lie. Well, she trusts him while Seojan low-key feels bad for lying to her. Suddenly, the dungeon begins to rumble and the danger creeps in. As Seo Yan comes forward to deal with it, our guy takes the lead and asks her to let him try something. Our guy presumes that his longgin spear was more powerful than he expected, just like how he

cut through the gargoyles like they were nothing. He thinks of Trying a technique infused with Merlin's magic. Our boy then activates the strength to pluck a mountain technique and accumulates the energy into his spear, manifesting to pierce the monster clean through. The blue aura cloaks the atmosphere and Seojan uses an aura sword using his weapon. Just like that, an army of gargoyles bursts forth and Seojan stands in the way with his spear using total annihilation. Moments later, a deadly energy cascades from the spear And strikes the monsters. That obliterating aura literally leaves the ground dismantled,

leaving Seo Yun jaw dropped. It is then revealed to us that the Holy Spirit was said to have been used on Jesus on the cross, the spear of Longus. Since Seojan bought a replica, he thought it had some defects, but to his luck, it was amazing. Some say that a true craftsman doesn't need special tools. But for our guy, he thinks it's because he's forever team Tools. Kim urges to buy more equipment now that he's found trustworthy online reviews. But the problem is the more he buys, the higher the karma price. And the more pressing

issue is that the free pass's remaining time is 25 days. And our fellow makes a weird facial expression, thinking it's time for some hardcore focus. Just as the fire of determination lights up Seojun, Seo Yun interrupts him and tells him that Jimn wants to meet him. Kim assumes that it's Her sister, but the teacher clarifies that Jimn is just someone she knows, adding that he might know her as the Demon Stars disciple. We then get to know that Demon Star selected a disciple in his final years, even acknowledging that her genius surpassed his own. Our

guy is amused to know that Jimn is already known as the next generation Demon Star. Even more shocked that Seo Yun just casually knows her. But more importantly, Seojin gets curious why the Demon Star disciple wants to meet him, and Seo opens up that she seems to have questions regarding the recent incident, the dungeon anomaly. The instructor expresses how Jimn wanted to come right away, which scares our guy even more as he imagines Jimn like an obsessed psycho who will ask him to stay away from Seo Yun. But the instructor clarifies that it's nothing like

that. And as Kim agrees to meet the Demon Star disciple, she immediately sets a date. As soon as Seo Yun messages Jimn about our guy agreeing to meet her. In the next moment, she arrives at the academy. Jim and Jang catches a glimpse of Seiojin and finally sees the guy Grandpa Swordstar loves so much. After Jimn meets our boy, she's thrown into disbelief as Seiojan turns out to be a high school student. She freaks out and bombards him with questions, asking where the hell he got that pocket. She seems to be pointing at Kabis while

our Guy is pissed off and suggests a hello would be nice. Jong unwillingly greets him and gets straight to her point. In the meantime, Seo rushes to see what the ruckus is about and grabs Jimn, who's going berserk, pleading with her to calm the down. Meanwhile, our guy goes speechless after knowing that this psycho is Jimn, the demon star disciple. Seo Yun apologizes to Kim as it was jarring and reasons that Jimn is quite persistent and once she fixates on Something, manners go out the window. Nonetheless, Seojan can't wrap his head around the fact that

a weirdo like Jung is a disciple. Well, it appears that our guy is confused because he's seen her photos on the internet and she clearly looks like someone in her 40s at least. That's when Seo Yun reveals that Jong changed her physical appearance, but generally she keeps her look from when she was younger. As Kim wonders how that's even possible, Jimn states that Only a polymorph can completely change their appearance. But this is an impression her body remembers. She's just bringing it to the surface, and not just anyone can do that. Putting everything aside, Jong

asks Seojan where the hell he got that subspace storage vessel. Jimn's twinkling eyes could tell she's obsessed with Kabis and asks about its different functions. Our guy questions Seo Yun if she knew the pocket was special, but she didn't have a clue Until he showed her. She wonders if it's that special, and Seojan soullessly answers that it's great, but isn't aware of all the details either. Upon hearing this, Jung lashes out and clarifies that this very item is beyond belief, starting her endless blabbing about the satchel. I mean, our guy looks done with this psycho.

Our guy wonders how Swordstar's blacksmith would react if he saw the spear of Longus going crazy. Jimn begs Seiojun to let her buy the Kabisus, but our guy bluntly refuses, but she even agrees to pay a billion one just for this item. Seojin is lost for words. His ears rejoice as she mentions money. Our guy tells Jong that she's yelling a lot, while Seo Yun also appears ruffled. The Demon Star disciple explains that she's not going to buy it with her own money, so she'll have to get some sponsorships together, but she claims with elacrity

that she can easily get a hundred billion since the satchel Is worth more than that. Our guy gives it a thought and recalls that at auctions even smaller items like kabisus are sold at 100 billion and someone like the demon star disciple could effortlessly get that kind of money. While Jong looks rest assured, Seiojan reckons that 100 billion could solve all his problems at once and he can even reby the kabisus after that as well as enroll in all kinds of courses. Kim giving off a melancholic vibe confesses That the item's not for sale. Sio

rhetorically lets out that he was in need of money more than anything. Meanwhile, Jong freaks out, assuming 100 billion should be plenty. Sighing, Kim takes off the kabisus and hands it to Jong, who's dying to have it. However, the moment Kabis goes into her hands, it repels by exuding a powerful energy and falls right out of her hands. Poor Jong gets an electric shock while Seojan confesses that this item can only be Used by him. It appears that specially crafted by graduates for student use only, secondary sales are strictly prohibited. Hence, no one can touch

the item, let alone buy it. Our guy desperately hopes that Jong would give up. But she gets more persistent, amused that this kabisus even makes magic fields. She gets insanely desperate to buy it from Seojan, yelling that she'll give him a billion just to tell her whom he bought it from. Our guy repeats the Same thing and states that he bought it from someone near his house, and now that guy is gone. But Jang immediately infers that it's a mandacious story, looking at him with suspicious eyes. Well, our guy ponders that at least she's backed

off, unlike a certain somebody, referring to Grandpa Swordstar. After a long debate about this damn kabisus, Jong insists that he let her study the item. She supposes that it's fine as she'll just be running Some tests and still agrees to pay. Not a billion though. Siojan wonders if that would be allowed. The item would still belong to him. Maybe it's for sure that anyone trying to use it would get shocked like just now. But still, our guy thinks of letting Jung study since he's getting paid. It sounds like a fair trade. And Jong looks at

him with sparkly eyes. After a long thought, our guy allows her to use the item for research, making her spring with joy. Seojin asks Jimn if she wishes to start research right away, but she refuses, reasoning that she doesn't have her research equipment with her. Jong informs him that she'll invite Kim to the lab soon and remembers that she's in the middle of something right now. Our guy reminds her that she was here to ask about the dungeon anomaly. Later, Seojan narrates the events to Jang. And she infers that the Nura was already in the

dungeon, but the field reader didn't Detect it before suddenly shooting up. She questions him about how he was able to kill the sixth rank monster, and Kim lets out that he got lucky. But Jung doesn't buy this and clarifies that one cannot get lucky to kill a six-star monster. Without control over magic aura, one wouldn't even scratch it. Our guy nonchalantly declares that that's where he got lucky. While in reality, Seojan knew that his strength to pluck a mountain technique wasn't Enough. If it hadn't been for Merlin's magic course, he'd be dead meat. At that

moment, a realization hits him, and he asks Jong if she'd like to hear a theory. Our guy conjectures that aura and spells are all derived from magic. So using magic is about imposing one's will onto the world until it twists to fit. This is exactly what a dungeon anomaly is. Hearing this, Jung snaps and asks him to be clear. Our boy determines that since all magic in essence is a Twisting and distortion of the world, a dungeon anomaly would also be the same thing. Merlin's always talking about how magic is twisting the laws of the

world to one's will. Therefore, if they apply that to the current situation, dungeon anomalies are an expression of someone's will. Simply put, instead of anomalies forming naturally by accident, someone is making them on purpose. After this theory, our guy feels awkward since he's been mansplaining to a wizarding genius. The Demon Star disciple gets up in astonishment and asks Seojan if he's a trained scholar of magic. But our fellow confesses that he's a pro hunter in training, which shocks Jimn even more, wondering how the hell he knows the difference between spells and aura. Well, to be

clear, it was nothing Seojan did. Merlin came up with it. Shortly, Jong, who has lost it, asks Seojin if he made the subspace storage since he's a pro hunter and a magic scholar. An Awkward silence falls over the place as they process what nonsense Jong had spouted. Jimn is completely amazed by Seojins idea, wondering how he could have possibly come up with something like that. Our fella, on the other hand, was just following the natural logic of what Merlin taught him. He didn't realize she would react like this. Kim pleads with her to let him

go, but she continues to blabber, already jumping onto the next question that is About the fundamentals of magic and aura. Knowing that the transcendent lectures are for transcendence, Siojan guesses that they transcend normal human thinking and knowledge. He keeps lecturing Jimn about it, even though he knows full well he's just a wannabe pro hunter who barely knows the difference between magic and aura. While he debates if it's okay to go on like this, just then, a thought crosses his mind. Maybe he should teach this to others and Charge tuition. Kim quickly does the math in

his head, remembering he agreed to lend out the kabisas for a fee and wonders if he could charge for his knowledge, too. Unlike the transcendent store items, our guy has gained this knowledge through work. Hence, he believes it shouldn't affect the calculations. He realizes that he would have to really absorb and understand the coursework, not just go through it since teaching isn't easy. Plus, he doesn't Really know who'd want to learn from him, a student. Jimn tells him he clearly doesn't understand much about how magic works, which he finds a bit disappointing. While our dude

was already expecting that since he had barely made it through 17.9% of the course. However, the Demon Stars disciple declares what he said earlier was spoton and that she would have to take a hard look at it. At the same time, Seo Yun enters the room and seeing Jimn leave already, she lets her know that she got them some snacks. Jimn announces that she's done here and invites them to swing by the lab later before she leaves. The B-rank hunter sulks because she bought so much food and all her favorites too. Seiojun remarks that the

demon stars disciple is an odd one, so different from how he thought she would be. And Seo Yun admits that she hears that a lot and even she often forgets she's going to be the next Demon star. Our dude finds it wild that he's now met the swordst star Kalia and the demon stars disciple. While most people would go their whole lives without meeting them, Seo realizes that they would have to finish all this themselves while claiming the pastries as hers. Kim thanks her, wondering as he eats if maybe he will even meet the exalted

voice. Later, we find him worried over the fact that he's not making enough progress. His assigned Workouts are going faster thanks to the cabus, but he's not making enough progress. Our guy was hoping to finish at least one course before the free pass ran out. And now he has two choices. Either he makes money to renew the free pass or gets his progress way up. He goes to Seun to ask something only to find her muttering to herself. She's worried that she won't be able to teach new students by herself. Hence, she has to find

an instructor. She keeps Muttering to herself until Seojun calls her name loudly, snapping her out of her trance. Feeling flustered, she asks him if he said something, and Kim is curious about what she was so lost and thought about. Seo Yun informs him that she's trying to get more students, but there's a lot to think about. Our guy agrees and realizes that she's got a lot on her mind, too. The B-rank Hunter asks him if he needs something, and he tells her that he was wondering if there were any Other competitions coming up, like the

academy tournament or the dungeon clearing contest within the next 3 weeks or so. Sioan checks it up on her phone, but doesn't see any except a mock exam at the Hunter Mill next month. Mock examination, a practice version of the Hunter examination. The annual Pro Hunter exam is only held once a year. If they fail, they have to wait another year, so the pressure is enormous. That's why manymies hold practice exams For their students. Among them, the top threemies are Huntermill, ALE, and Gaan. The mock exams held by these threemies are huge and open to

all and are considered a good indicator of performance in their real hunter exam. Seo Jun gets an idea that students at a higher level than Junan Lee will participate and there will be large scholarships given out. It could be a solution to his financial worries and his progress course, but the problem is It is next month. It will be too late for our dude's free pass period. He guesses that there's nothing he can do, but still decides to think about what else he can come up with. Later, we see our awakened, busy listening to Kirn's

lesson that claims that the technique is not perfect. It can get twisted and go wrong at any time. Under everchanging circumstances, Chiron feels that the techniques must also change. And what's needed the most in that moment, According to him, is instinct. He calls instinct a law unto itself. After hearing this, Seojun realizes he's never considered it before and can't help but admire the transcendence. Just then, Kairen mentions the mock transcendent exam and advises the students not to dwell too much on the scores, reminding them that it's just a practice exam. Kim didn't know there was

a transcendent mock exam, too. And at the same time, he gets notified from the academy about the Details of the mock exam. He wonders if there's a certificate, and it hits him that it would mean there must be criteria for passing, just like the professional hunter exam, complete with evaluators. Now that he thinks about it, that first ad he saw was for people who had passed exams for level five astral projection and level 9 swordmaster. Seojan thought it was a joke back then and now presumes there's no reason for him to take the mock exam

right now. He Thinks he's too lowle and believes it would be better to focus on making course progress. As he opens the lessons of Shang Yu, he also mentions the mock exam and recommends that he give it a go, insulting the crap out of Kim, he tells him to go and see for himself what garbage he really is. Our dude knows these lectures are pre-recorded and is confused as to how Chiron and Yu both know he has mock exams coming up. Thus, he decides to check if Sedartha and Merlin know too. And it turns out

they do as everything right now is about the mock exam. Siojan wonders why he's even surprised since it's the transcendent academy after all. He doesn't know if the mock exam is that important and decides to see what the message board says. After reading the messages, our guy finds many people on the same boat as him and it seems like everyone waits until they reach a certain level. However, Kim comes across a remark that Suggests that he takes the mock exam anyway, and even though he might not get a great score as a beginner, his course

progress will shoot up. This was enough to convince our dude as he considers giving it a go. It seems that his first attempt to take the mock transcendent exam is free. This confuses him if it would be a waste to use up the free one now. And at last, he decides to just do it. Seojun chooses combat as his area to transcend. And as it is being prepared, It is revealed that the first problem will have 15 levels. Level one is in the process of being prepared. While our guy scans his surroundings, he's confused about

how the test is going to go. Knowing that there are 15 levels, he ponders what would be the transcendent level one, a fivestar, six-star, or what kind of monster? And if level one is a five-star, he can't imagine what level 15 would be. Nonetheless, he braces himself and witnesses something pop out Of his phone only to realize that it's the first monster. The monster seems to be getting bigger and bigger, and turns out it's a big ass dragon. Level one is notified to be the dragon of ruin, Fafnir, that he has to defeat within the

allotted time of 30 minutes. Seojan thinks it's a joke and is sure they can't be serious when the monster roars and lets out flames. It seems that Seojun has failed level one in under less than a minute. Realizing that he's Beat down like a dog, he throws tantrums, wondering how the heck he is supposed to beat that. Our guy is still in disbelief that level one is a dragon. And not just any dragon, but the dragon of ruin, Fafnir. Pondering if level one is Fafnir, what will level 15 be? He supposes that it would be

a god. Kim wonders if he's going to fight a god and questions if transcendants out there are casually fighting gods. Taking a deep breath, he gets his together and is Thinking about what now. He thought the building was destroyed, but it turns out it's all in his head. Our fellow looks at his phone and it seems that he gets 10 chances, though he's not sure if 10 will be enough. Regardless, he grabs his longest spear and chooses to see what he's made of. After a while, we see concede the fact that he can't win. Trying

five times and failing all of them, he realizes that he's been beat down like a dog again and again and Again. Our man rolls on the ground in agony as he gives up. Certain that it's impossible. Sitting on a bench, he mutters under his breath, wondering whom he's kidding. Seojin doesn't think he will ever become a pro hunter, let alone a transcendent, and sulks. He wanted to at least make some progress, but he's failing too fast to do anything, hence he finds it useless. Pondering if he should cancel this and try something else. Just then,

our fella is notified About the tutorial course being available. He wonders if they give them hints on how to attack, and going into its details, it's revealed to be another one of Monkey King's courses. Kim definitely feels that there's got to be something he can learn from these tutorial courses and registers in the course. The Monkey King in the tutorial first makes sure that level one is the Dragon of Ruin and admits that it's hard, almost like a weed out course, but He states that once they get down to it, it's not that bad. The

Monkey King is the Buddha of victory. Siojan realizes that it's been a while since he last saw the Monkey King and remembers how it seemed like a joke at first. Meanwhile, the instructor mentions the first attack pattern, Fafnir's dragon breath, and reveals that's all it can do. Hence, he implies that if they can avoid the fiery attack, they're good. With that, he shows them how it's done. Continuing to Instruct them, he tells them not to bother trying to block the attack as it's not necessary, and instead he suggests they just dodge it. It's revealed that

Fafnir, after shooting out its breath, can't use the attack temporarily. Thus, at that point, he believes it might as well be any lizard. And then they just have to beat it down. Kim witnesses the Monkey King using the shooting star staff technique, form one, shooting star downward flow as the last Blow. For him, it was no big deal. And even though he admits it's a weed out test, it's still just level one. At last, the Monkey King quotes, "The harder it gets, the simpler the response." Seojin finds the tutorial utterly ridiculous. Tutorials are supposed to

teach you something, not make you lose brain cells. He wonders if they've transcended the very concept of usefulness or if he simply reached new depths of uselessness. Trying a Different course to see if they all are like this, our guy sees another dragon fighting Fafnir. Complaining that he's not a dragon, Kim wonders what the hell this is. He used his one free exam and realizes that he can't quit now. Just then he comes across a course by Ziggfrieded, the hero from the northern European legend, the Neolongan lead, wielder of the legendary sword, Balmong, and the

first dragon slayer called the Dragon Slayer because he slayed the Dragon known as the dragon of ruin, Fafnir. Our dude finds the course title appealing at least and believes if anyone knows about Fafnir, it would be this guy. Thus, he registers into the course and agrees on quitting if this doesn't work. Seed mentions the key for defeating Fafnir to be its breath and the key issue is how to dodge it. Hence, he advises his students to avoid its breath and that's the entire strategy. However, the dragon slayer is aware that His students are here because

it's not that easy. That's why he claims to teach them two things, taking Fafnir's characteristics into account. First off, he reveals that its breath is summoned along a path and when he spits it out, the fiery breath will shoot out in that direction. Even though it's a simple trick, it helps to avoid its breath just by knowing it. Seigreed had an idea that some students would struggle with this. Thus, he declares that the second Strategy is for them and that secret is gold. Later, we see Siojin walking out of a gold shop with a bar

of gold in his hands. He wonders if this is really going to work and recalls the demon slayer's words who claimed that Fafnir is greedy. Legend has it he was turned into a dragon because of his gold obsession. It doesn't have to be solid gold either. Anything that looks close as he summons his breath, it's to be thrown at him and then he will hold his Breath because he doesn't want to destroy the gold. Sief Freed is aware it's an easy trick, but as long as it works, he believes no one cares. Seojan thinks it

won't hurt to try and reminds himself that he has to throw it as he summons his breath. Our guy throws the gold when Fafnir summons his breath and it seems that it's working as the greedy dragon goes behind the gold. However, it doesn't take him long to realize that it's only goldplated as he roars Furiously. Kim is defeated recklessly, barely making a minute before he's defeated and wonders how he will ever defeat him. Seeing his course progress go up, he speculates if he should make a gold armor. Seojin is barely able to dodge Fafnir's attacks,

let alone attack it. Fafnir strides towards him and when he realizes that he has no time to dodge, he pulls out a gold bar from Kisus and throws it at it. However, the Dragon of Ruin figures out that it's Only goldplated faster than expected and leaps towards Kim. He digs out numerous gold bars and throws them in the air. Fafnir gets distracted and in the meantime Seojan uses the strength to move a mountain technique, the spirit that spans the world to land a blow on the dragon. When he's sure that he got him, he finds

Fafneer looking back at him. Realization hits Seojan like an arrow and with that he fails level one. Our dude flops on the ground as his body Aches while he thought for sure that he had him. He notices that his courses are progressing, especially Shang Yus course because of the combat. He believes that if this keeps up, he could complete one or even both of the combat courses before the free pass runs out. Seo Jun snaps up and decides to keep this going. Afterwards, we see Yun, who wonders why our man doesn't seem to be doing

dungeon raids lately. He lets her know that he didn't have time since he's Been focusing on his training more. She is confused and Kim realizes that from her perspective, he's just on his phone all day. Our Awaken takes a look at his combat ability score, which is 4.2 out of 100. Thus, his first ever mock exam ends in failure. What's worse is that he didn't get through as much course progress as he'd hoped. He realizes that he has to truly understand what he learns before the practice works. Only then does the course progress. Knowing That

the transcendent mock exams are held at 3-day intervals, he determines to use the downtime to take as many lectures as he can. 3 days later, we see the mock exam for subject two, physical strength start. On problem one, Kim is handed a wish-ranting dragon jewel, and it seems that he has to keep the dragon jewel away from Gangchi, the Amugi, for the allotted time. It is revealed that the Amugi is immune to all attacks while the time limit is 1 hour. Seojan isn't Sure if this is level one and seeing the monster roaring wildly in

his face, he realizes he's doomed. Hence, he fails level one while his course progress goes up. Our boy decides to check out subject three, adaptability. And in level one of that, he has to eliminate the Sphinx or survive the allotted time with all five senses blocked. Witnessing the Sphinx speaking, he wonders what language that is and guesses the answer to be a human being. After being defeated in that too, Kim moves to subject four, magic skill, in which he has to control Bulgasarus' appetite for the allotted time. Siojan feeds enough magic to the starving Bulgasaris,

who attempts to eat him when not enough magic is fed. After that, he tries subject five, mental fortitude, in which he has to listen to the siren song for 30 minutes. Our fellow finds it to be nice, actually, and with that, he successfully completes level one. This makes his hopes high that maybe he will Actually make it to level 15 this time. Moving on to level two, it's revealed that he has to listen to Helheim's Reququiam for 30 minutes. Hearing that, our boy's ears bleed as he cries in pain. The results of Seo Jun's mock

examination turned out to be pretty awful. He fails in combat ability, physical strength, adaptability, magic skill, mental fortitude, and basically all of them. While the two electives are not selected yet, however, the course Progress of Chiron, Sedartha, Shan Yu, and Merlin seems to have increased a lot. Kim finds completing two courses within reach and wonders what those selective courses are. He doesn't remember choosing anything during the initial exam selection. He wonders if he should just wait or if it's offered on certain days and nonetheless decides to just cross that bridge when the time comes. Later,

after 3 days, we find Seojan anxiously biting his nails when Seo walks in on him, wondering what's wrong. She's noticed him looking tense these last few days. Our guy realizes that she's here and assures her that he's fine and it's nothing to worry about, laughing it off. However, on the inside, he feels hopeless. It's been 3 days and he's heard nothing about the electives. Moreover, only 5 days are left on the free pass. Knowing he's so close to completing the courses, Kim wonders if he should just go back to Dungeon raids. He thinks it's better

than just sitting around and is determined to work super hard. When Mentor pops out from his phone, catching him by utter surprise and disbelief, Mentor asks him how he has been while he still can't believe his eyes. Seojun is furious as he asks mentor what took him so long while Seo Yun is baffled if he's talking to her and asks him if he said something. Our dude feeling embarrassed lets out that it's nothing and she Wonders if she's just imagining things. Then Kim tells her that maybe she's tired trying to laugh it off as he

informs her that he's going to step out for a bit. Mentor is being bombarded with questions when he reveals that he thought our guy would be fine without him. However, it seems that there's more to it because mentor tells him that he was just going to check his profile and be right back, but it turned out to be so miserable. Seojan is confused about What he's talking about and it seems that he's talking about his level. Silence takes over the place for a moment when mentor speaks up saying that he just had nothing he could

really do for him, not at his level. He thought it would be better to just focus on the two basic courses he recommended. Realization hits our man who consoles himself with a quote. Mentor mentions that the first free pass period is so short and he would have to be at a Certain level for any advice to be meaningful. Our guy knows that he's right and can't even be angry and still complains that he could have told him. Mentor apologizes and asks him if he's been working while he's gone. Kim reveals that he's figured out a

lot on his own through trial and error. The little assistant decides to check on his progress and his expression changes from bored to shocked. He's baffled if there's an error, wondering why it is Like this while Seojan wonders if something's wrong. Reassuring him that it's no big deal. Mentor seems confused to see it showing four courses in progress and finds the progress rates way off. That's when Siojan breaks it to him that he's taking four courses. Mentor is busy checking if the karma calculation is broken or something when he realizes what Kim said to him.

He finds it all way too shocking and is sure this can't be possible. Calling his Level miserable was being charitable, so he can't believe our man made all this progress in 3 months. He understands that they're into courses, but it should take at least three or four times as long as this. Kim assumes he was just going at a normal pace and guesses the transcendent mock exam was what really pushed it over the top. Mentor gasps when he hears that. He can't believe Seojan can take the mock exam, but it turns out he actually did.

The little Assistant believes he doesn't even need him anymore. When our boy calls him out, indicating that he has a question about the exam. He asks him how he's supposed to pick elective subjects for the mock exam, and it's revealed that he can just pick whatever he wants. However, seeing the electives being none selected, Mentor realizes that it isn't right because the exam is already in progress. Kim also mentions that he does not have an account ID for the website, wondering Why that is so. Mentor finds it impossible as he assumes that he'd have made

one when he signed up. As our dude refuses, saying that he just skipped that part, the little fella supposes he doesn't understand that it's not possible. And when it's shown to him, none of it makes sense to him as this has never happened before. He believes that he would have to ask the director about this and declares that he will be away for a bit and until then he Suggests that Seojin completes his mock exam. Mentor assures him that he will be right back this time and decides to help him with the electives so that

he will be able to select them now and in an instant he leaves before declaring that he will be back before the free pass is over. Our awakened is disappointed because he still had more questions and takes a look at his electives. Later we see Kim's courses progressing well while he has completed the strength to pluck a Mountain technique course. He's now fully certified to use the spear art. Our boy can't process that he finished a course and gives his technique a try, only to realize how effortless the strength to pluck a mountain technique has

become. Just then, he's notified if he would like to take the course epilogue. Upon enrolling in it, he's welcomed by Shang Yu, who never thought the day would come when his students finish the course. He states that now That they've finished, they will feel a bit different from when they started. the strength and technique should flow automatically, revealing that the strength to pluck a mountain technique is just a first step on the path of transcendent. He notifies that they've only just qualified to take that first step. He hopes it doesn't mean that they will rest

on their laurels and calls out a few fools who never learn. Hence, he reminds them that they've graduated from Utter trash to recycled trash. Ya believes it's worth celebrating and suggests they go forth and study the way of the spear best suited to them, instructing them to hone it and devote themselves to the true transcendent path. At last, he lets his students know that the path will be rough and they will want to give up and doubt themselves every moment. But he advises them to remember there is no right way to become a transcendent. Like

all Things in this world, it's never that simple. Hence, he suggests if they think they've chosen the right direction, then move with deliberation. How fast doesn't matter. With that, the course is now completed and we see Yun who seems to be waiting for Seo Jun. She informs him that the Hunter Mill is now accepting applications for the mock exam starting today and confirms if he's going to take part. Our guy is pleased and agrees almost immediately. His transcendent Mock exam was as bad as it could be, but it's transcendent after all. He's sure the hunter

mock exam will be a different story. With the fully certified strength to pluck a mountain technique from Xiang and the spear of Longus, he wonders what he's capable of. Sean registers him and reveals that it will be in 10 days from now when she finds him looking at her face and gets all flustered. Kim wonders how he'd fare sparring against her now, but then drops the idea. He asks her how The student recruitment is going, and she reveals that she's been worried about that. She doesn't know how her grandfather will react if she gets new

students. Siojun agrees, knowing any student might get beat up by the swordstar. Sio reveals that she can deal with her grandfather, but doesn't know what type of instructors to hire. Arfella is curious why not just teach them all herself, and she lets him know that she will be teaching, but she can't Teach everything, as every student is different and needs a personal approach. The B-rank hunter thinks it would be best to have an instructor for each field, but she can't ask just anybody, and the famous instructors would be expensive. This makes Seo Jun's ears perk

up as he wonders how much famous instructors make. It is informed to him that a really famous one can make hundreds of millions of one a month, while the top tier make billions. This Makes our boy go nuts and he announces he will do whatever it takes to help. 3 days later, Kim's total mock exam score is 29 points out of 100. While his course progress for Kiran is almost complete, he's finished with Xiang's course. He's so close to finishing Kieran's course and guesses there's still a bit of time left on his free pass. Just

then, mentor pops out of his phone and this time Siojan isn't surprised to see him. Our guy reminds Him that he said he would be back before the free pass ends. And in that time, he reveals that he finished a course and that's pretty much what happened. Mentor is speechless to hear that from him when he asks him about the thing he was looking into. The little fella announces that they have a big problem now. Mentor informs that he's looked into his info more before going to the director about his ID problems. And as Seojan

assumes it must be something big. The little Fellow reveals there wasn't anything. It turns out that they have nothing under the name Kim Seojan. This leaves our dude in utter confusion wondering what he means. Mentor clarifies to him that there's no one registered as Kim at the Transcendent Academy. Our guy contemplates if that means he's not even a member and is distraught, questioning how he was able to take courses. And that's exactly what mentor is saying. He reveals that the transcendent academy is Strictly members only. He can't take courses if he's not registered and he

doesn't get called into service, but somehow Seojin was able to. Our boy is curious about what the director said and asks him if he mentioned all this to him. However, it seems that the director also doesn't know what happened either. Kim doesn't know who the director of the transcendent academy is. But considering everyone else, he assumes he must be nearly godlike. And for someone like That to not know what was happening, it's shocking. Our awakened wonders if it is some kind of bug in the system and mentor declares that without somehow alerting the karma calculation

system itself that's impossible but the karma calculation system can't be altered. It seems that the director did say there were signs of tampering but who and how is unknown. Seojin asks him about what will happen to him wondering if he will be expelled. The little fella assures Him that he's got the wrong idea. He lets him know that it's their problem not his. It doesn't have much to do with him. Plus, they would never expel anyone because as mentor said in the beginning, once a member, always a member. Our man takes a sigh of relief

because he thought not having an account ID was just a simple error. But if it's impossible and someone's been tampering, that means this was all done on purpose for a reason. He speculates about who Might do it and why him. He feels he's a nobody, just our average pro hunter wannabe trying to get through life. Nonetheless, he confirms with mentor if he shouldn't be worried about anything and he tells him to just keep doing what he's doing. but he doesn't think they will be able to fix his account ID problem yet and apologizes for that.

It's fine with Siojan as it hasn't been a problem so far and with that they decide to get back to business. Kim lets Mentor know that his free pass is almost over and asks for any suggestions about what he should do now. Firstly, the little assistant decides to give him a brief explanation of their curriculum at the transcendent academy. It turns out to be divided into four categories: introductory, beginner, intermediate, and advanced. and Seiojin is just about out of their introductory stage. He is curious if one becomes a transcendent after completing the advanced courses. When

mentor refuses and reveals that there's tons more to learn even after the advanced courses, they end it at the advanced level because after that learning from them is meaningless. Finishing the advanced level means they've reached a point where it's better for them to forge their own path. And it seems that those who transcend say that it's much harder to go from advanced to transcendent than it is to go through the curriculum in the first Place. Hence, finishing the advanced curriculum is just the beginning. Mentor thinks it's time for Siojan to move up to beginner level

as he ensures that he's going to keep the spear as his main weapon and advises him to renew it when his free pass runs out. After that, he should look into the individual courses, showing him two courses of instructor Hercules and Jungfang. Upon completing which, he would become certified strength of the gods and ladder to the Heavens. Mentor suggests that he should register for these two courses. Kim, however, wants to know more about magic forms and spear arts. They're more intermediate level courses and that's why mentor recommends him to learn those later on. During the

beginning stages, it's better to lay down a strong foundation that he can build off of. Seeing him sound so confident, Seojan finds it reassuring. The karma calculated for the courses fees turns Out to be 2 million and 25 million for two courses respectively. Seojan almost gets a heart attack as he realizes that he needs a lot of money because of all this and the free pass. Mentor agrees that he will have to really gather karma and that brings Kim to his other question. He asks him what exactly is karma calculation and it is revealed that

it is a measure of causality, the laws of cause and effect. If the transcendent academy is a cause, the Students are its effect. It's their code, so to speak. Our guy wonders what the transcendent academy gets by this code. And the little fella lets him know that their role is simply to help students become transcendent. Seojin wonders why that is so. And this time, mentor confesses this is as far as he can go for now. The effect he can render onto him and the full effect he can explain to him as well. Hence, he tells

him to just keep transcending because The more he does, the more things will make sense to him. The little assistant cheerfully claims to support him all the way. And our fellow seems to have another question if that's the case. He's curious if there are other students besides him. And mentor assures him that there are, wondering if he can't tell by the message board. But what he's actually asking is if there are any students in reality, and even though the answer to it is a bit harder to explain, He decides to try. He discloses that of

the many realities that encompass the transcendent academy, the most students in any given reality is four. Korea's top huntermies are Hunter Mill, Ae, and Geon. Each academy specializes in different subjects, and people generally say if one wants to learn magic, go to Ae. If one wants to master weaponry, go to Geon. If one is uncertain, go to Hunter Mill. As it doesn't specialize in any subject, it doesn't lack in any Either. And to slip into the top three amongst the fierce competition between Geon and Ale shows just how respectable Hunter Mill is. It's the opening

day of the prestigious Hunter Mill Pro Hunter mock examination. Seojan is surprised to see so many people while Seo Yun guides him the way since it will get crowded soon. So they decide to move quickly. Arfella finds the atmosphere to be completely different from the tournament. Seo Yun hands the slip to The manager while Kim realizes that the tournament was only division 4. The size of this mock exam and the money involved are on another level. The scholarship prize for the highest score is 1 billion1 and the cost of a new free pass is 500

million1. Our guy barely managed to scrap together 30 million going dungeon raids. He will take the courses mentor recommended but his biggest priority is to get a new free pass and to do that he has no choice but to nail First place in the mock exam. The manager hands the slip back allowing them to go in. They hear a commotion and that's when Seojin realizes that it's way more crowded than the tournament. Seo announces that she will be leaving now and wishes good luck to her student as he thanks her. Kim stops when he sees

a fight and it turns out it's Kangch Kim from Hunter Mill Academy. The other guy makes a fuss while the manager tries to stop him and people around recognize That he's Kangch. They're shocked to see him and think it makes sense that they sent him as a sent Dolan Lee and Geon sent Dong Min. Seo Jin comes across Kangch and guesses he must be a big deal at Hunter Mill. People keep chattering about the top three when they hear someone yelling. It turns out to be a guy covered with weapons like swords, spears, arrows, and

whatnot. Kim wonders what's up with all those weapons. While the guy asks the manager to let him in, Shoving his entry form towards him. The manager tells him to wait in line, but he questions why he let Kangcha through and not him. Everyone tries to stop him, but at the end, he's dragged by the security while he continues to yell. The same manager guides the way to Seo Jun, who realizes the staff here is strict. He sees people from all over the country present here. It seems that the mock exam has commenced as the contestants

are running laps. A guy named Dosson Park is a student at a division 2 Hunter Academy. He believes he's as talented as anyone in the top tiermies like Hunter Mill, Ale and Gayon. The reason why he's only in a division 2 academy is simple. It's money. A year's tuition in the three bigmies easily passed 100 million1. Hence, he had no choice but to go to a division 2 school that would offer him a scholarship. In the East, they say it's better to be the head of a snake than the tail of the dragon. But a

Dragon's tail can take big swings at big dragons, while snakes just squirm around on the ground with other snakes. Doshan is actually here for the big tail swinging contest. And that's what this mock exam really is. He's here for guys like Seojan, assuming he's a noob. The Hunter Mill mock exam consists of five subjects from the Pro Hunter exams in addition to the written portion. Physical strength, magic skills, combat ability versus monsters, dungeon raids, And combat ability versus people. The first one is physical strength with the test subjects stamina. The test is to finish a

3 km run in under 5 minutes and repeat as necessary. Each run under 5 minutes counts as a lap and you repeat until you can't. The score is based on how many laps they can finish. Park, who's running with our dude, thought he was just a doofus at first, but he's already finished 15 laps and now they're the only ones left. Doan pushes himself To run just a little further as he just needs to beat Kim and get ahead of him with whom he's in a non-existent competition. He feels this is what it's all about.

The satisfaction of fighting for every gasp of air. When his timer beeps, indicating that it's been more than 5 minutes, he stops running. The only thing that matters to him is making it in the big leagues with the dragons, not snakes. He spots Seojan running toward him after finishing another lap, And assumes that means he's finished, too. Park extends his hand, believing it was a good fight among giants. And that's when our guy zooms right past him. For him, the challenge is a breeze while Doseion stands frozen, hands still out like he's waiting for a

high five that'll never come. Later, we see all the contestants intimidated by none other than our man who's lifting weights like it's nothing. The people are in utter disbelief to see him squatting With heavy weights and find it inhumane. Meanwhile, this test is also easier than Kim expected. Even with the daily assignment training, he couldn't imagine he would get this strong. He wonders if this is the result of finishing Shan Yus course as he feels like he can use the strength to pluck a mountain technique without even thinking. Our dude gets all thrilled when he

imagines what he would be like after finishing Hercules's course when he's like this From use. That makes him all fired up for the money. While the supervisor suggests he take a break before they move on to the next subject. It seems that mock exams aren't that important for students past a certain level. Kangcho Kim, Don Lee, and Dong Men Jin. These three contestants are taking part in the mock exam as more of a performance to show off the reputation and status of their respective huntermies. The whole exam is a matter Of pride between themies. But

it seems that the order of truth has made Kangol take part in the exam only so that he can keep an eye on Seojan. The only thing he has to do is to watch and see what he does. The order of truth had never asked Kim for anything before. The sponsorship was unconditional and if he needed anything, they'd help out. Hence, he wonders what this sudden request is and who Kim Seojan is. He'd heard the name briefly, related to the dungeon Anomaly a month ago, but when he ran into our dude in the halls, he

didn't find him special at all. However, hearing people muttering among themselves, he guesses the scores must be out. And witnessing the scoreboard with Kim Siojin in first with an average score of 100, Min Lee in second with an average score of 91 and Kangcho in third with 89. He's left staggered to see the 11point difference and the fact that he's trailing behind in third place. Kangcho wonders who's this Minol Lee because anyone skilled enough to knock him back he would have heard of. He feels infuriated to find himself lagging behind. But he assures himself that

there's no need to worry as there's always a few students who specialize in one subject. He's sure they won't get off so easy on the next one. Yet in the second subject of combat ability versus monsters, the results are pretty much the same except for Mule with 97 points And Kangcho with 94. Witnessing the result, Kim is reminded of the orders given to him by the Order of Truth and wonders if he's just supposed to stand by and do nothing. The third subject is announced to be magic skill. It seems that they will use a

shield generator and measure impact forces from attacks. The objective will be to use magic to try and break the shield. Seojan looks concerned because magic is not his strong point. He does have a basic idea Thanks to Merlin, but he never figured out how to control it properly and wonders if it will be enough. The next contestant is announced to be Doan Lee from Ale Academy. As everyone cheers for her, she uses her magic and her score shoots up to 100. Everyone mutters how she can even change how the magic manifests and claims that they

can't really beat Alay when it comes to their magic skills. Kim also witnessed her skill and it seems that he's up next. Standing there, our boy ponders if he should try to do what she did and guesses that he will give it a go. Knowing that the strength to pluck a mountain technique is now automatic, he feels he can focus more on what Merlin said about drawing magic. Activating his magic, he pounces towards the magic shield and slices it in half, leaving everyone mind-b blown and speechless. With that, Siojan's score shoots up to 100 with

him in first position. To Everyone's surprise, our guy iconically breaks the magic barrier generator into pieces thanks to his magic energy and spear. Even Siojan freezes for a second trying to process what the hell just happened. After this, the exam was suspended while they searched for another magic barrier generator. Nobody in their right mind thought the machine would get destroyed, so there wasn't a spare. But a few moments later, the test gets continued. In the meantime, the People witnessing the magic skill test begin murmuring about Kim Seun since the big threemies are getting pushed out

of rocks because of it. Seo Yun, who also happens to be there, and she manifested that people would be taken by surprise after seeing Seojan. The gossips about our guy initiate and they recall that it's the same guy who dealt with the dungeon anomaly and took down six-star Nera. They even know Siojin is from the Dream Hunter Academy. Meanwhile, Seo Yun Appears tense. And while she convinced herself that our hero could win this, she didn't expect him to take such an overwhelming lead. She's uncertain how all of this will affect the Pro Hunter exam. Even

the people started to question why he took the mock exams in the first place if he's going to win every test. One of the spectators of the test infers that the students are at an astounding level. Hence, they should adjust the difficulty of the pro exam This year. The guy decides to arrange a meeting with the president of the association. The people think it would have been better to send Hyan Lee instead of Kim Kangch who fell so far behind in the mock exam. They expect that Han would do better. They wonder if there's anyone

in the hunter mill who can compete with Seiojan. Seo glances at the scores and the guy concludes that Seojan's scores are really something else entirely. The scene then switches To our guy who's still in shock. Well, he didn't mean to end things this way and peaks at the sparkling longus spear. Siojan presumes that this holy spear used to stab Jesus on the cross. And since it passed through generations, it might have special powers, but he's utterly clueless about what those powers are because all he knows are stories and legends. He's left there to ponder if

the spear long genus has a special ability to cut through magic shields or If it might be the sheer power of the weapon itself. While he's immersed in the thought, he thinks of buying another weapon to compare when a melody pounces in his ears. Our guy notices the boy who's been running around singing without a care in the world and peaks at his weapons. Our fellow remembers who this guy is when suddenly that weirdo comes running to Siojun, calling him the superstar of the mock exam. That guy delightedly introduces himself as Minule Lee, who scored

second place. While Minuel gets a bit extra, he apologizes for coming off weird. Kim presumes that Minule is friendly and a bit overeager since that's how he seems. After that, the dungeon raid begins and our guy finally gets to see what an augmented reality dungeon is like. It's the Hunter Mill mock exam, fourth subject, the dungeon raid. And the score of this test will be determined by the time it takes to complete the raid. Meanwhile, our guy Is admiring how real the place looks when he's ambushed by a monster. It appears that they need to

deal with 10 Nuras to clear the dungeon. Just like that, the one-sided massacre begins as Siojan slashes through the giant monsters with his longgin spear like it's nothing. Being virtual, these monsters are one or two stats lower than real Mercuras, and our guy wonders if they're trying to kill them. After he deals with some of them, another one Attacks from behind. Well, things have changed after the dungeon anomaly incident. Seojin's power is on another level now, and he can feel it even though he's not fighting real Nurus. He recalls that just 3 months ago, he

was nothing, a nobody living dayto-day and just trying to survive. But now, his dreams are coming to reality. He enrolled in transcendent academy, met Seo, and his life changed for the better. While the monsters get struck Down one by one, our hero doesn't mean to brag, but a thought crosses his mind. Just maybe. Even though the journey to becoming a transcendent will be long and hard, he might just end up the world's greatest hunter. Well, indubitably, our main character is going to live under that title pretty soon. After our guy gets a perfect score, he

leaves the dungeon and finds everyone staring at him. Well, it's probably because Seojin ranked first throughout all the tests. What's weird is that two best hunters, Dongman Jinn, who ranked fourth and Don Lee, who ranked fifth, scowl at Seojan out of jealousy as they can't digest that he's the winner. Our guy senses the evil eye as the way they're glaring, but he understands that it feels rigged to them since he knows he'll win the whole thing. Seojin decides to ignore their displeased faces, but then he meets Minol Lee, whose reaction is even weirder. Ungrateful brat

Min got second Place, and he still thinks he could have done better. What a bastard he is. Mini is amazed at how Siojan destroyed him in the dungeon raid, while our guy is busy noticing Kim Kang Chiol, who looked cocky, but is strangely quiet. As excited Min already thinks they're best of friends. Our guy curiously asks him about the weapons he's carrying, wondering if he uses all of them. Min Lee then reveals that he never received formal training from anyone, so he just Got used to every weapon. Seojan lets out a gasp of disbelief because

it's shocking to hear that Minule is a self-taught hunter. Min admits that he's a self-taught hunter, and just like it sounds, he trained alone. It is known that a self-taught student is someone who's never attended an academy and learned on their own. Usually, they have no money and no talent either. But Min turns out to be an exceptional case because every once in a while someone Amazing appears. He's skilled enough from the training by himself to defeat the best prospects from the bestmies. Our guy eccentrically asks him why any academy would not take him, but

it seems to be Min's choice since he doesn't want to be tied down and says a very weird thing. He confesses that he does have a teacher, but they don't know he's their student. Abruptly, the staff barges in and alerts everyone of an unexpected problem that has arisen that leaves Everyone unsettled. It turns out that the exam judges are unable to come due to unforeseen circumstances. The staff member elaborates that instructors from Hunter Mill were originally supposed to judge the individual combat ability exam, but on the way here, a dungeon rift appeared. On top of

that, it was a 10-star dungeon, so the instructors had no choice but to intervene. The test takers panic and express their concern about what's going to happen to the Test, but they are informed that they'll have to wait since they are holding an emergency meeting regarding this matter. Kim Kang Cho on the other hand speculates that the Order of Truth is involved in creating the 10-star dungeon rift. He's uncertain about how they were able to pull this off, but one thing's clear, and that is it's well within their abilities. With the mock exam suspended, Kang

Chaol suspects that in this case, Kim Siojin will win with the Current standings. Convinced that's what the Order of Truth is after, he's kind of pissed off and to intervene in this cunning scheming, he suggests changing up the exam. Since the last subject is the individual combat, Kangcho thinks they should settle it with a tournament. The idea is liked by the other contestants, but the staff member declares that it'll be difficult to pull off given that there are too many participants in the mock exam. A Tournament to accommodate all of them would take too much

time. Plus, it would create issues with the scores and rankings. So, it is decided that they should wait for replacement judges to be found. But this doesn't settle with Kim Kang Cho as he desperately yells that they can't wait like this forever and finding a class hunters on such short notice is nearly impossible. Everyone agrees to that and Kang implies that they can hold it like an invitation and Proceed with the tournament with the ones who want to take part in it. Kangcho pressurizes everyone since the Hunter Mill is a top three academy and its

reputation is on the line. The extended delay is already getting people talking and Kangcho blames Seojun for everything. But from the audience's point of view, it looks like bad preparation by the Hunter's Mill. Since things look bad, now's the time to put on a show to distract the audience. Kangcho in his Dulu world dreams of stealing all Seojan's glory after beating him. This bastard evily schemes to steal all the spotlight from Seiojan who's already clinched the victory in the mock exam. In the meantime, Don Lee and Dong Minjin agree to the tournament. While everyone catches

on, Min gets exhilarated and asks Seojan for his opinion. All the eyes are fixated on our guy whose thoughts revolve only around money as he questions if there will be Additional prize money if he wins. Moments later, an emergency invitational tournament is announced with 15 total contestants who are all of the most promising students of the huntermies. The crowd is thrilled since the three best huntermies, Hunter Mills, Geon, and Ale are going to face each other. With addition to Siojin Kim and Minol Lee, they have put the bigmies to shame and the people are going

crazy over the reactions. Nonetheless, the tournament Begins and in the first match, Dong Men of the Gayon Hunter Academy takes the win. Just like that, the top hunters, Doan Lee with her incredible fire magic and Kang Chol with no opponents of his rank take the lead. The three top hunters all have one motive to take down Seojan Kim because he has hurt their pride. On the other hand, our guy is surprised that the prize money for the tournament has doubled. Kim already won the mock exam and if he wins the Tournament, he'll hit the jackpot

since the total prize money will be 2 billion1. He looks upon courses at the transcendent academy. He reckons that if he gets two billion and even after buying the free pass, he'll be left with 1.5 billion. The point being is that mentors recommended courses cost 2 billion and 2.5 billion1. So he plans to be on his way to get those. Seojan already assumes himself a winner and he's not worried about the elite trio Who are on his ass. But one person does get our fellow worried who could be a real challenge and that is Min

Lee. In the tournament ring, Minol Lee makes use of his weapons while Seojun grasps his trick and guesses that most contestants will top out at three weapons total. In fact, most people could only focus on one. It's hard enough as it is. Min jaw-droppingly tosses out all of his weapons. And our guy counts that he has at least eight weapons by his count or More, wondering if this cunning bastard knows how to use them. Just like that, Min iconically baffles his opponent who thought that sword was his main weapon, but actually it was bow and

arrow. The opponent doesn't fall for Min's puny trick and leaps at him with the sword. But the smirk tells it all. At that moment, Min yanks out the double swords, thrashing his opponent away with brute force. Our guy, who's been witnessing the fight, deduces that Lee's fighting Style is crude without the refinement of the top three hunters. This weapon guy isn't constrained by any form or framework, but completely free. With Min's dangerous aura and style, it's more than a street fight than a match. To be exact, it's a style that comes from zero formal hunter

education, just like our guy Seojan. That's when our guy hazards a guess that maybe this dude Minule is a student of transcendent academy. We then get to know that the Mentor mentions to Kim that of the many realities that encompass the transcendent academy, the most students in any given reality is four. Siojun suspects that Lee could be talking about the academy and recalls how he mentioned that his teacher doesn't know he's their student. All the puzzles fit perfectly and it's possible that Minule could be learning through lecture videos since instructors don't know who watches their

videos. With that, Min Lee wins the Tournament and our guy settles on his possibility. The host announces the winner and thinks it'll be a high octane match. The next contestant is the one they all have been waiting for, Kim Siojan, the winner of the mock exam. Kim's opponent turns out to be the brightest wizard who has also been noticed by the Demon Star disciple, Doan Lee from Ae Academy. The crowd goes berserk at his name. Doan Lee, one of the top hunters, is known to be a Genius. It's not an exaggeration. In fact, genius might

not be enough to describe her. And at AA, already one of the top three huntermmies, she's one of the top students. Even Jim and Jong, the genius wizard scholar and next in line to the Demon Star, has remarked on her formidable talent. It's safe to say that nothing is impossible for Don Lee. Unfortunately, she got only behind in the rankings because wizards are at a disadvantage in the Hunter Mills mock Exam. If it were AL's mock exam, it would have been a totally different story. Or so she thought. Doian's cocky ass gets humbled real quick

when she's up against our guy. As soon as our dude enters the tournament, he dodges the fire attack directed at him. Poor Doan is left in utter disbelief to see someone of her caliber. Even our guy is baffled how the he was able to do that while Doan screams in disbelief, gasping at the impossible. Since our guy Parried the spell, this leaves Dan deeply unsettled because this could mean two things. She speculates that either Kim Siojin summoned an overwhelming amount of magic to simply overpower it, or he fully knew what form of magic she summoned

and dispelled it with the exact counter. But she finds it impossible for an untrained wizard like him to understand highle magic. And even if he did, there's no way in hell he could dispel it this fast. On the contrary, Our guy is amazed by the spear's power, as all he did was give it a whirl, and it dispelled the opponent's magic like a breeze. While Siojan acknowledges unique powers the spear possesses and thinks of buying something in the 1.5 range to experiment, Doan looks hella pissed. She furiously launches relentless fire arrows, but our guy nonchalantly

disperses all of them with the longgin spear. Seojan sleeps through those attacks and eventually poor Doan goes Through an emotional breakdown, losing all hope. She loses her wits and realizes that she can't win. In the meantime, our guy keeps the spear at her neck while Doan tries to process what's happening, asking if she won. But then, she's hit by the reality and calls our guy a monster. Just then, the judges announce Siojin Kim as the winner. Later on, the match between Minol Lee and Dong Men Jin continues, and the fight is beyond everyone's expectations. They

Seem to be going neck to neck while Dong Min's cocky ass presumes that he's definitely taking the lead. But the reality was contrary to his expectations when Dong Min gets shoved back by Minule, who flaunts his hidden weapon, the Wolverine Claws. Dongman loses his at his cheap tricks, but deep down, the dude is scared as because he's unaware of what's to come. Meanwhile, Mule continues his circus of weapons and pulls out another one. And the best part Is this dude knows how to use every single one of them. Dong Men begins freaking out and wonders

when bastard Lee is going to run out of weapons since he can't keep up with his frantic pace. Just like that, while that cocky bastard is busy thinking, Mule takes the win after hitting a single blow straight onto Dong Men's gut. Dongman starts whining like a crybaby and claims that Min's dirty tricks are clearly cheating. He refuses to concede, crying that it's Unfair. The distinct murmuring in the crowd initiates as they feel like Min did cross the line. While some claim that a winner is a winner, Dongman's pride is deeply hurt after he's entitled as

a loser and he screams like a maniac. Our guy, who's been watching this whiny bastard through the screen, infers that the results would have been the same even if Minol didn't switch his weapons. That's when it occurs to Kim Kangcho that the Order of Truth is doing this Since they were not only keeping an eye on Seojan, but also Minol Lee. Kangchiel now gets it that the Order of Truth really didn't want him since their ultimate goal was to see and Min go headto-head. It looks like the finals would have come to this eventually, even

without Kangch intervening. Just then, a thought crosses his mind and he suspects that Minule is with the Order of Truth. Kangcho is convinced that it's the case. It has to be because there's no way a Self-taught nobody could take down the top students from topmies. Now the tournament comes down to the last match which is a can't miss. It's between the man of steel and iron versus the pride of hunter mill. The match is a fiery one because it's Siojan who's tossing everything thrown his way against Kim Kangiel who's burning with rage after realizing the

order of truth has been using him from the beginning. This thought fuels Kangs anger and he Desires to beat Seojan more than ever. He refuses to play the order of truth's little game. With that, the match begins and their weapons clank against each other. The ground bears a crack due to the brute force they're fighting with. As Kang Chol is shoved away, he notices Seojun's spear and reckons that he hasn't infused it with an aura sword's power, yet it's casually blocking all of his aura sword attacks. More like his aura sword attacks don't even register.

They're nothing against that spear. That's when smartass Kangcho grasps the hidden special powers of the spear, but goes beyond that. He's certain that our guy was able to score high, all thanks to that weapon. The boy then plans to avoid that weapon to be evenly matched. Having a strong desire to win, Kang relentlessly attacks him, not giving Siojan a moment to recover. His speed is admirable that he can move such an immense sword at such speed and sheer Power. The judges seem to be more focused on a dazzling display of Kang's skill. Even our guy

admits that his opponent is definitely a step above the other students he's faced. While Kim struggles to halt the attacks, Kangchill releases a great amount of aura that dismantles the ground into pieces. Our guy manages to dodge that, but he can't deny the fact that Kangcho is one of the hunter mill best, which is not even an exaggeration. After getting challenged, Seojan braces himself because he decides to give it his all. The spear emits a powerful blue aura that even makes Kangch freak out while our guy zooms at his opponent. But Kang's sword evades the

attack smoothly, though it does leave an impact. Kangch immediately realizes that something has changed. The energy up to now was more like gentle waves, and now it's like a volcanic explosion. Suddenly, the Hunter Mill dude who was just aggressive a minute Ago is now being thrown back. Our guy takes the lead, forcing his opponent to retreat. It's like the spear's powers multiply 10fold. Kangchiel struggles to stand firm, sensing that the attacks are now crude and desperate. In other words, Kimiojun is landing an obvious attack. Compared to the elegant sword technique and magic skill of Hunter's

Mill, this is just hack and slash. Our guy simply comes forward with an obvious attack. However, that one destructive blow was Enough to make Kangch retreat. Panting heavily, Kang is carried away by how Seojan's attacks were so simple yet so strong. He deduces that this isn't just the spear. Seojan is not even using the power of the aura sword to begin with. That's when it dawns on him. He dwells on the possibility our hero might be capable of wielding a sword aura. The sight of Seojan triggers a memory and Kangchiel remembers that it's just like

before. We are then brought to Kangiel's Flashback where he's manipulated by a woman who provokes him to give his all to be the top three. His hands tremble with fear and his sword breaks into half. This was the nightmare of his first meeting with Hyun Lee, who belittles him and calls him the worst. The pathetic sense of helplessness ran through him when he met her. Yanking out of it, a surge of anger rises and Kangcho gets insanely infuriated after thinking how the Order of Truth and Hyan Lee had mocked him and crushed his pride. Right

at that moment, a sudden power jolts through Kang and he frantically leaps towards Seojan. However, in that split second, our guy counterattacks and breaks his sword into pieces, making Kang bend to his knees. But it turns out the poor guy collapses and with that Seojin advances to the final. Minule smirks because he'll get to spar with Kim. The people are obsessed with Seojin's weapon and Eagerly look forward to the final match. The one between Kim Seojin and Min Lee. This long-awaited match that nobody could have predicted. The dramatic collision between the two superstars who've blazed

their way to the top past the best hunters from Ae Geon and Hunter Mill Academy. Mol expresses that he'd been waiting for this and assumes that Kim has a lot going on in his mind. On the tournament stage, our boy corroborates with Minule that he has Never been formally trained. Minule nods while Seojan reminds him that he said he had a teacher. Pretending to be a dumbass, Lee reasons that the teachers don't know that he's their student. Kim expresses curiosity and bluntly asks who's the teacher, but Minule doesn't like him being so curious. Well, Siojan

thinks there's a possibility he might know the teacher, making Lee freak out. While Minule calls him a liar, our guy presumes that he could straightforwardly Ask him about the transcendent academy. Not to mention that there's a risk. If Min doesn't turn out to be a transcendent academy student, then it'll end up in a misunderstanding. However, if this dude really enrolled in the Transcendent Academy like him, it changes everything. If it were true, it wouldn't make them colleagues like right now. They're put in direct competition. Seojin isn't certain how Min will respond, so he decides not

to show his Cards too soon. He tries to think of another way to find the truth, and so he asks Min if his teacher is who he's thinking. He could just mention their strength, like transcends imagination. This leaves Mule unsettled and he hysterically asks Seojan who the hell he is. While the inevitable matchup is just about to begin, our hero confesses that he seems to have the same question, but he makes it clear their answers won't be so straightforward. Therefore, Seojan Makes a deal. He suggests that the loser today has to answer any question the

winner asks. But Min gets concerned since it would be hard to know if the other person is telling the truth, to which Kim responds that they'll just have to go with their gut feeling. With that, the long-awaited championship final commences. Strangely, after a few seconds, none of them move from their places except for staring at each other. While it may seem that both of them are Just standing, the thing is that Min couldn't find a single opening to strike, manifesting it'll be a real challenge, Minuel pulls out his swords while Seojin braces himself because having

seen his fighting style, he knows it won't be that simple. Our guy starts with everything he's got. Just as Lee comes at him, our guy swings his spear and manages to break his swords. Seojan makes his opponent tumble like a rolling pin. Our guy doesn't give him a chance To breathe since Lee abandons his weapon and pulls back. If Kim had waited a moment longer, he might have finished it here. But Min is a tough dude to deal with because he immediately yanks out his bow and arrow. The relentless arrows are flung at Seojan, but

with the longus spear, every arrow is swished away. Min expresses great curiosity about that weapon of his and implores Kim to tell him everything about it if he wins. Our guy agrees, but first he'll have to beat Him. Min continues shifting his weapons and appears to be the happiest boy on Earth. As the fight goes on, our guy senses this weird feeling. He notices that even though Lee is trying everything and striking by the rules, he doesn't exude that killer instinct about winning. This dude is not bothered by the jeering as the people call him

a coward or say that none of his tricks are working. Still, Min looks like he doesn't have a care in this world. Abruptly, our guy questions Minule if he's trying to win, and he agrees since he has a lot of questions to ask. Siojan states that he doesn't seem like he cares either way, while Minule appears confused and claims he wants to beat him more than ever, but he also lets out that he's fine losing, too. Our guy wonders why this prickly bastard is pulling so many desperate tricks. Lee, with a smug smile on his

face, simply answers that he's trying his best to Win. But our guy doesn't understand that while Miel might think he's doing his best, in other people's eyes, he's a simpleton. That's when Lee smiles and confesses that people putting him down doesn't make him less of a person. This leaves Seojan speechless. He keeps his spear down and tells Manule not to mistake what he's doing as a sign he's not taking him seriously. The scene then shifts back to earlier where Seojan is taking instructor Sedartha's weapon. The Buddhist monk illustrates that in reality the world is not

as beautiful as they'd like to think. The law of the jungle is survival of the fittest. The very laws of nature select the strong and eliminate the weak. That's how the system works. And this is why people are hard on themselves because if one doesn't want to be eliminated, doesn't want to fall behind everyone else, then every day they must be more. During the tournament, when Minol said those words, It reminded Seojan of Sedartha's lecture. In the lecture, the young monk asks himself if he has ever escaped this way of thinking and looked upon the

world with a different point of view. The monk then narrates a story from when he walked the earth as a young monk. The following story comes from when the Buddha was a young monk known as Gautama Sedartha before he became the Buddha and was still in the midst of his search for enlightenment. One day the monk saw Young children racing each other and for whatever reason they raced repeatedly and every time the same child came in last place but for some reason he kept laughing no matter what. Watching this Sedartha got curious and approached that

boy asking him why he runs. The child responds that he likes running. The monk then questions him if running isn't hard and the kid lets out some words of wisdom saying then he just walks a bit but if he walks the monk infers that the Other kids will beat him but the kid calls it nonsense and reveals that his finish line is different from others. So there's no way they could beat him. Sedartha points at the finishing line and asks the child if that isn't the finish line, but the kid states that it might be

everyone's finishing line, but for him it's just a checkpoint. This leaves the monk in deep confusion while that child continues coming in last. Then many years later, a race was held, The biggest ever. And the story goes that small child set a magnificent record. Until then, the monk had thought of life as a sort of tower that is built through hard work and stacking accomplishments one by one. So the young monk starts working on the tower of hard work. However, reflecting on that boy's words made him realize that there was no need to finish the

tower. In fact, it's fine to let it all go. The monk thinks to himself why he never realized that Before. And that's how a small child helped a young monk make a deep realization. The point being is that they live in a competitive society. If they don't improve every day, they'll be eliminated. If they fall behind, they disappear. It's all about survival of the fittest. And that's the very reason why Kimiojan worked so hard. He wanted to grow quickly and tell himself that he wasn't falling behind. But the more our boy followed the rules of

society, the More he got anxious. And eventually he found himself obsessed with the transcendent society since he wanted to be strong. He was obsessed with the idea of working hard so that he wouldn't be eliminated in the rat race, feel left out, or be overtaken. He only focused on surviving the competition without a meaningful purpose in life. When Miel smiled and said that he didn't care about those people who put him down since it doesn't make him less of a Person, these words resonated with Seojan quite deeply and reminded him about Sedartha's lesson. At that

point, our guy finally understands the meaning of this lesson and wonders why it never occurred to him. That's when he decides to lose the spear of Lgininus and pulls out a mere spear, making Minuel wonder why he did that. Our guy warns Minuel not to mistake what he's doing as a sign that he's not taking him seriously. Min Lee gets confused and asks why he put Aside the shiny spear when he easily could have won with that. Without a doubt, if Seojan used the spear of Lgininus, he could have just destroyed everything Min threw at

him and won effortlessly. Our guy still longs to win and knows using the right weapon is its own skill. But for some reason in this match, Kim wants to do this on his own and desires to find his own value. Just how Min said that he doesn't mind people's words, Seojan states people Talking him up doesn't make him any better either. Minul is rendered speechless as if he's in awe and compliments Seojan that he's even more decent than he'd thought. That's when Min throws all of his weapons away, keeping just a dagger with him. He

confesses that this is the one thing he's learned from his teacher and he's best at it. Our guy is happy that they're on the same page. And with that, they leap towards each other, screaming To let the best person win. With Seojin giving up on his longgin spear, it appears too easy at first, but shortly, Minol Lee bombards him with relentless strikes that slightly slash his arm. Our guy feels like it's too much and knows that if he had the spear of Longinus, this would be child's play, but Lee's blows are a real threat. On

top of that, Seojan has a hard time keeping up with Min's shifting fighting style since it's confusing. The fight gets intense when Kim attempts to stop the dagger from jabbing him with his hand. Just then, his hand bleeds and he forcefully shoves Min away. Nonetheless, our hero makes peace with the idea of losing. It's as if the weight has been lifted. He no longer needs to worry about winning this fight since losing doesn't matter to him anymore. Seiojun's main motive is to give his all. Smiling, a realization hits our boy and he discovers that there

can be joy in fighting. As the sparring Continues, Min sees it clearly that Seojan has been trained in this weapon and he warns him that he hasn't seen anything yet. Min does a backflip to pull an ambush, but our guy ducks down at the right moment. Soon after, dust settles in, and Min disappears right before Kim's eyes. Our guy learns it's a vanishing technique, and this makes him wonder where Min learned such advanced techniques. He hasn't fully grasped this technique, and our guy gets alerted. He Plans to follow carefully, or else Minule will disappear from

his field of vision. This makes Kim assume this might be Lee's finishing move. And now that things are getting challenging, he decides to use Merlin's magic. As he's about to use it, a flashback unfolds when Siojan used Merlin's magic to defeat Dong Min Jinn earlier. He pauses for a moment and questions his own move. Kim ponders that he does believe in himself, but seeing Mule's free-spirited Fighting style, he suddenly realizes how rigid his fighting style had been. Our fellow then gets reminded of Merlin's lesson where he taught him that learning indeed is an amazing thing.

But when learning becomes like a habit, it can be a hurdle to one's self-expression. Because to a certain extent, learning is just absorbing what someone else has expressed. The instructor rhetorically questions how long he will passively take someone else's expression and call It his own. Right at that moment, Seojan finally fathoms that he doesn't need to use Merlin's technique, but to summon his own magic because the real essence is in originality. At some point, one can't be just satisfied with learning. And that's what inspires Seojun to find his own way since learning must become a

method. The creativity flows in and Seiojan starts all over again. He blends Merlin's knowledge, Kirn's senses, Shang Yus strength, and Buddha's Unwavering mind. A radiating aura bursts forth that exudes from Seojin himself as if he's been enlightened. He finally makes his own expression. To everyone's surprise, Kim Seojin manages to create an aura blade. The people witnessing this are left slack jawed since it's nearly impossible to pull off what our hero did. The crowd is beyond astonished since hunters with decades of training struggle to form them. Wondering how a student could do it. Seojan does Something

iconic and his spear is unfolded in the golden aura. With that, our guy strikes Minol whose wonder struck. That final attack breaks Lee's dagger and Seojin's spear ends up pointing at Min's neck and so Min loses the competition. The scene then switches to the Apostle of Purity, Dame Kalia, who gets to know that Kimiojin ultimately won the championship. She asks her associate if he noticed any anomalies and he answers that he saw Something similar but it wouldn't be called an anomaly. Kalus elaborates that switched weapons midfight and according to people he summoned an aura blade

in the middle of the match. Dame gets startled after hearing this presuming that this wasn't part of her plan. She commands Kalus to keep an eye on Siojan while she gets up to report this to the apostle. The hooded guy nervously asks Dame if this is all necessary. He lets out that Siojan is someone they need to Monitor. However, with this 10-star dungeon rift, the association is launching a full investigation. To be blunt, it's starting to disrupt everything they've planned thus far. The associate questions if they need to do all this since Seojan is just

one student. He cuts to the chase and suspiciously questions Kalia about what exactly the apostle of temperance said to her. That's when the apostle of purity loses her patience and shouts at Her associate Calcus. Calcus realizes he said too much before the apostle and apologizes. We are then taken to Kalia's flashback when she met with the Apostle of Temperance who takes a confirmation from her about the dungeon anomaly that appeared in Korea. Knowing that it was resolved too, the Apostle questions Dame about the person who dealt with it, and she reveals that it was Kim

Seiojan. However, a sense of oddity lingers in the air. Dame finds it suspicious that They already know that the dungeon anomaly was resolved, yet they still summoned her here because of it. She curiously wonders why they are asking about the one who dealt with it. At that moment, the Apostle of Temperance commands Kalia to keep an eye on Siojin. Shocked, she questions his order, and in response, the Apostle glares at her deadly and exudes a terrorizing energy that scares her. The Apostle of Temperance reminds Kalia that she has Indeed secured her position as Apostle of

Purity, but she seems to forget that she's not the Apostle yet. Kalia kneels before the Apostle and apologizes for her heedlessness. That's when the Apostle of Temperance reveals that it's not his will, throwing Dame into disbelief. She contemplates that the apostle of temperance is not only the most important member of the order of truth but one of the seven apostles the world looks up to with deep reverence. Shortly the apostle states that Kalia has been doing things on her own without the approval of elders and it's understandable in her position as a successor. However, he

clearly warns her to report anything regarding Kimiojin to him directly. One thing becomes certain. Someone is using the apostle of temperance as a messenger. In the present scene, Kalia bites her nails anxiously and comes to the conclusion that there's only one person capable of Doing this. The scene then takes us to Seo Yun, who's being a bit dramatic after Seojan wins the championship. She thinks that even if it's her last day on Earth, she'd have no regrets. While our guy asks her when the Pro Hunter exam is, she is busy flattering him and hyperbolically states

that she has created a monster. Even our guy thinks it's a bit harsh to call him a monster, but Seo admits that it's pretty accurate given that Kim even summoned a blade Aura. She wonders where he even learned that, and Siojin can't help but confess that it's pure luck. But she catches him lying again, making her pissed. Nonetheless, Seo Yun assumes that Kim is heading home, but our guy lets her know that he wants to talk with someone. As Seun asks who that is, suddenly Mini seems to be running away from someone. It appears that

a recruiter desperately chases him to take Lee into their academy while the poor guy freaks out And runs for his life. While Seo Yun and Seojun are baffled by the chaotic site, Min screams at the recruiter and refuses to go to the academy straight to their faces. Our guy notices that they're forcing Min. And even though Lee lost in the final, this gets Kim thinking that he got everyone's attention despite being self-taught and having no affiliation. Therefore, there's no doubtmies are drooling to get a piece of him. Poor Min is tangled up in the chaos

And the recruiters seem to be really dying to get him. Meanwhile, our guy doesn't understand why these people are smothering the poor fella. Lee escapes from the clingy recruiters and hides behind Kim Seiojun, claiming that he wishes to join Dream Academy. This renders everyone speechless as all the recruiters get alerted while Seo Yun, Minule, and Seojun make a break for it, hiding from the clingy bastards. While Minule takes a sigh of relief, our guy Lashes out at him for saying such a thing. Min justifies that he panicked with everyone in his face and uttered mindlessly,

but he expresses that he wants to join Dream Academy. Our guy had thought that Lee didn't want to join an academy to begin with, but Minuel clarifies that he wants to go to the same academy as Siojin. Silence falls over the room and our guy doesn't know what to think. He presumes that if Mule really wants to join, he doesn't have a Say in this since he's also a student at Dream Academy. If he protested, Seo Yun would surely listen to him. But Kim decides not to force Seo Yun like her grandfather did. Nonetheless, Seo

Yun mutters that they'll talk about this later while Seojun reminds Mol of the promise they made. Seiojan gets straight to the point to clear things up and asks Lee who his teacher is. This dude makes a pretty serious face and answers that he doesn't know. This makes our boy Hella pissed and he threatens Minule not to lie about this or else he'll beat the out of him to make him speak the truth. Poor Min freaks out and tries to make him believe that he's telling the truth. He accentuates that his teacher doesn't know that he's

their student, but Seojan doesn't believe and recalls that Lee said he learned dagger arts from his teacher. Min, losing his composure, clears up that he learned indirectly from them. sounding pretty Honest, he says that it's true that he's never been taught by anyone. Hence, it's confirmed that Minol Lee is a self-taught student. Generally, people who want to be hunters have no skills or money. But this dude is different since he lacked neither money nor skill. As simple as it sounds, he just didn't want to be tied up, so he taught himself. Min confesses that he

trained in the mountains. He didn't have anyone's instruction, but he liked it because he Didn't have to stick to a rigid academy curriculum. He then narrates that one day he was training as usual when he felt a presence. He saw someone lying in the grass unconscious and that was the first time Lee met his teacher. Min finds the guy in a bad state and it seems that he's hurt severely. He helps the guy up in order to take him to the hospital, but the guy refuses, letting out that he must stay on the mountain. Lee

tries to convince the man by telling Him that he's going to die if they don't go to the hospital right away. But the injured man stays persistent in his decision. His conviction was so strong that Min had no choice but to give up on the hospital. He decided to treat him in an abandoned house he found. And at first it was touch and go. He could have died at that moment. But as time passed, it seems his strength was returning. Lee watched over the old man for a month now, and that day he thought that

he Might wake up today. Later, he returned to the abandoned house, only to be welcomed by the sight of that old man surrounded by armed men. A guy questions the old man, asking him if someone helped him, and he refuses to admit that someone helped him as far as they're concerned. One of the men asks him if he's sure it's not the boy hiding behind a tree, referring to Min. This makes the old man go all out as he slices that guy's head off, and this catches Everyone by shock. They pounce towards him altogether in

order to kill him. Lee's hands tremble as he recalls the fight. He'd never seen anyone fight like that before in his life. Only one guy remains and declares this wasn't the plan. The old man calls them fools and orders them to leave and never return here. And with that, he disappears, too. Min had no idea what was going on, but he figured he should listen to the old man, and so he packed his stuff to take Off. That's when he found a book and thought the guy must have left it behind in a hurry. Lee

figured he would return it someday, but he never saw him again. Seojin summarizes if what he's trying to say is that the old man was his teacher, but it sounds like he never taught him a thing. Min reveals that the book turned out to be a secret manual and was all about dagger technique and vanishing arts. He embarrassingly admits that he kind of took a peek at it. Our guy Highlights when Lee said he doesn't know he's his student, and he clarifies that having seen the old man's fighting style, he realized it was clearly a

secret manual of his techniques. But the old guy doesn't know he has it or that he saw him. Min knows it's hard to believe, but he claims it's the truth. Siojan kind of had an idea it wasn't the case and guesses he isn't a transcendent academy student after all. Kim wonders if he really has no idea who the old man Is, and it seems he doesn't. The reason he took part in the mock exam was because it's so big. Lee thought maybe he'd find him. Sean, who's been listening to the whole conversation, has a feeling

that his teacher could be the Dark Star. The Dark Star, along with the Sword Star, one of the five great heroes of Korea and the one most shrouded in mystery. He's known as a master assassin and so well cloaked. There's very little public information about him except his Name. But our guy believes that Seo Yun being the swordstar's granddaughter might know a thing or two. Seojan is curious if by any chance she ever met the Dark Star, and she admits that she had a few times. She reveals when she was young, the Dark Star would

come visit her grandfather sometimes, though all they did was argue. Kim suggests that she ask the swordstar about Minion's secret manual as he must know if it's dark stars or not. Seo supposes He can if she asks him, but asks him if he's sure it's okay. The next day, we find Siojan sobbing over the price of an equipment. 500 million one. Our guy wonders what kind of academy this is because no matter how much money he makes, there's no end to it. He drops the idea of buying it, convincing himself that he doesn't need other

weapons for now. Anyway, the 1 billion one prize money for the mock exam was deposited within a day. As for Minol, he Was beyond shocked that this beautiful woman aka Seo Yun is the Swordstar's granddaughter. He begs her to help him find his teacher while she assures him that she will ask her grandfather. Our guy did hesitate to somewhat share someone else's secret manual, but the swordstar agreed to come to the academy today and share his own techniques. Kim wonders why Min is so proper with Seo, and with him, he's a bit too familiar. Nonetheless,

he decides to renew his Free pass while they're waiting. Just then, the progress of his courses is notified to be increased. It seems our dude didn't know he could make progress even without a free pass. Kirn's course, which was almost finished, is now fully completed as a result of the increased progress. Seojin is now certified with transformation, and there are no limits to his happiness after he received the completion notification. However, our awakened doesn't feel anything. When he Finished Shang Yus course, he could feel the strength to pluck mountains flowing through him. But this time,

nothing. In the martial arts magazine, they say transformation lets you reset dislocated bones or flush your body of toxins. and basically become a new person. Kim thinks that's a shame, but at least it's finished. Just then, he feels a presence near him and a chill goes down his spine. He felt like someone had a sword at his throat. Our Dude hears a voice asking him how he's able to sense him. Though Seojan doesn't seem to be able to see him, the unknown voice tells him not to be on his guard as he's not here to

hurt him. Siojin wonders who he is while the guy believes he must have been a fearsome opponent for the kid. The dots connect in our guy's head and he asks him if he's by any chance the Dark Star. Dark Star, a master assassin skilled in the vanishing arts. Turns out it's actually the Dark Star who finds Seojan very perceptive. However, one thing he doesn't get is how the hell he was able to sense his presence. And it seems that our guy doesn't know either. He wonders if this is because he finished Karen's course and got

certified in transformation. But this isn't transformation. It's more like extra sensory perception, which makes Kim ponder if he has other abilities. Deciding to check it in the course epilogue, he asks the Dark Star If he's here for Min. The dark star admits in a way he is and realization hits Kim that he did leave the secret manual on purpose. The master assassin looks kind of disappointed as he believes nothing good will come from people finding that out. Our man assures him that Minule actually knows nothing about him or that he left the manual on purpose.

This pisses the dark star off as he calls him a fool. Seojan lets him know that Minule is on his way over here And he will be here any moment now if he wanted to say hi. Knowing that he's coming here, the Dark Star reveals that they don't have much time left. And as Kim wonders what he means and why he's short on time, he discloses that he can't meet Lee and that's why he came to see him in the first place. Since there's no time, he gets to the point and questions our fella about

his relationship with the Order of Truth. Seojan lets him know that he has no Connection with the Order of Truth, though he did meet Dame Kalia once. The Dark Star mutters about Kalia, the next in line for the Apostle of Purity, and unravels that he's been tracking the Order of Truth's activities because he doesn't trust them. He knows most of the world sees them as a heroic group that ended the great cataclysm, but that's not the whole story. He mentions Berserk the Terrible, who was apparently killed by the Order of Truth. And when Kim Wonders

why'd he bring that up, the Dark Star declares that Berserk did not die. Berserk, a monster so terrifying it was like a second great cataclysm. The Great Cataclysm that only came to an end with Berserk's defeat by the Exalted Voice and the Seven Apostles. Our guy is baffled as to what he's saying, and the old man breaks it to him that Berserk could not be killed. He makes Seojan rethink, asking him if he doesn't find it odd that a monster like that was Defeated, yet no corpse was left behind. No photos or videos or recordings

at all. However chaotic the Great Cataclysm was, it doesn't make any sense to him. The Dark Star claims that Berserk disappeared, and Kim is curious why everyone think the Order of Truth saved humanity if Berserk wasn't killed. It is revealed that they did something, especially the Exalted Voice, but they didn't kill Berserk. At first, the Master Assassin only had a hunch, but an Incident a few years ago confirmed it. He asks if Kim ever wonders why the Apostle of Purity post remains vacant. The Order of Truth claimed he passed away from natural causes. Our Awakened

tries to interpret what he's saying when he cuts him off, claiming the Apostle of Purity disappeared, just like Berserk the Terrible. He calls his natural death a joke. The Seven Apostles have been around since before the Great Cataclysm. But only the Apostle of Purity died of Natural causes. Darkstar wonders if this makes sense to him and reveals how he's always thought there was a connection between the two. Hence he started looking into the order of truth to find out and he managed to find out two things. One is that the order of truth tried to

kill him and the second is that the recent 10-star dungeon rift is their handiwork and it has something to do with Siojun. Kim asks him why the order of truth is behind him but it seems he Doesn't know the exact reason but is aware that they're watching him carefully. Our guy wonders why he's telling all this to him and that's when the dark star announces that he has a favor to ask him. He instructs Seojun to take care of Min for him. Although he would prefer to do it himself, but with the Order of Truth

watching so carefully, it's impossible. It seems the Order of Truth has their own method of keeping an eye on someone. He's not Certain, but when they watch someone, it's like they can see the effects of whatever actions the person takes. They call it the sight. And since Darkstar is one of those being watched, everyone he interacts with, it leaves traces. That's why he wants Kim to act as his intermediary. Our dude gets worried and contemplates if it means he's leaving a trace on him. However, the old man reveals that he's an exception. He lets him

know the Order of Truth is watching Him, but unlike him, apparently the site doesn't work on our man. Even as they interact, they won't notice anything off. Anything he does through Kim will just seem like his own actions. Our fellow is confused why the site doesn't work on him, but the Dark Star doesn't know the answer to it. He's able to use his state of nothingness technique to escape the site, but he has no idea how he's doing it. This raises so many questions in Seojan's head as he wonders If this has anything to do

with the Transcendent Academy not having info on him. The old man supposes they're out of time and pulls out a manual. Handing it to our guy, he tells him to give it to the kid. He confides that he scribbled out in such a hurry he could only include dagger skills and vanishing arts in that book. But this manual is a more detailed record of his techniques. Kim is taken aback as he asks him how he can just trust him with this. While the old Man threatens him that the sight may not work on him, but

his blade will. The Dark Star knows that it's a burden, but requests him to take it. Handing him the manual, he reveals that those are his personal secret techniques in this manual and believes it will be useful to him as well. Seojan lets him know that he doesn't want it and infers that there's something else he could maybe give him. The old man is left stunned, wondering what's with this guy. Even S-class hunters would be banging down the door to get his secret techniques. Nonetheless, he asks him what he means by something else, and Kim

suggests a babysitting fee is in order. This causes the Dark Star to doubt his own hearing. Convinced that the request couldn't possibly have been for money from one of the five great heroes instead of the secret manual, Kim lets out that he won't do it if he doesn't pay him. And that's when he realizes he's serious. He Asks him how much he's thinking, and our man cheerfully implies that if he acts now, he will be able to get it done for just 3 billion1. One of the five great heroes loses his mind and lividly asks

him if he's out of his damn mind. Seojan tells him to hold his horses and proposes a deal. Knowing he's the only one who can do this, he reminds the old man that he set himself. It has to be someone the site can't be used on and he needs someone close to Min. Hence, he Tells him to think. If a random stranger offers him his master's super secret manual, he asks him if he thinks he's going to believe that and not be suspicious. Siojin keeps adding stuff that supports his bargain. And lastly, he confesses that

he's the one taking a risk here. He's aware that the Order of Truth will still see the results of actions and be suspicious of him. Therefore, he believes three billion is more than a fair price. At last, the Dark Star agrees and asks him if three billion will be enough. Kim approves while he low-key regrets not asking for 10 billion if he'd known this would be this easy. The old man claims he'll get him his money and just to be sure, he asks him if they're not saying 3 billion a month. Seojun refuses as he

argues that he has a conscience, but then he remembers that there are taxes too and makes sure that he's dealing with all that on his end. The Dark Star believes His conscience has already mastered his state of nothingness technique. Before leaving, he lets him know that the money will be deposited through the association. Kim asks him if he should tell Minule about him and it doesn't matter to him because, as he said, the order of truth site doesn't work on him. However, he tells him to just let Lee know to be careful who he mentions

him to. As soon as he leaves, Min arrives there. Our fellow briefs him about his Master and what he knew about the Order of Truth, but he guesses discovering his master's identity was still a shock for him. He didn't mention the babysitting fees or other things though. He lets Muel know that the Dark Star had to leave suddenly and hands him the manual. Seo Jun is relieved now that he has taken care of that and decides to buy the weapons he needs and sign up for more courses once he gets the money. Lee asks him

why he's giving this to him and Kim tells him that's because the dark star asked him to. Min suggests that he could have just kept it and this makes our dude realize that he's wondering why he didn't steal it. He doesn't know how to answer that because if he admits he's uninterested, it will look weird and he can't exactly tell him about the transcendent academy. Thus, he confesses that it's not right and it seems that was enough for Lee to make up his mind. As he announces, stareyed that he wants To attend Dream Academy with

him starting today. It seems that Kim's words touched him deeply because he finds him an even better dude than he imagined. Our man, on the other hand, is confused about what's wrong with him. Min asks him if he's going to let him join while he realizes that he's got it wrong. It seems that Min is now a part of the dream academy starting today and Seo Yun is happy to have him while Seojan who already figured she wouldn't Reject his application is done with life. At first he was a bit taken aback but he eventually

realized it will actually be good for him as well. For example, for training Min just goes through the Dark Stars secret manual and in future whenever the Dark Star asks Kim for a favor, he won't have to run around looking for Lee. In fact, our guy realizes if he keeps him around, he will get more chances to hit up the old man for money. Hence, he sees Min as his Golden goose. Sio declares that they will now be able to take part in team competitions. It appears that there are competitions for students from the same

academy. And since more people participate, the prize money is bigger, too. Kim's ears perk up as he hears the word bigger prize money. While the B-rank Hunter believes if those two work together, they could sweep up the competition. Our fellow looks at his golden goose with sparkly eyes, Welcoming him into the academy ever so warmly. 3 days after Miniel joined the Dream Academy, Seojan got 1 billion in prize money from the tournament as well as the three billion from the Dark Star. Though with two taps of his fingers, 4.5 billion disappeared from his bank account.

He purchased the courses of Hercules and Jang Sanfang. In Hercules first lesson, we see him working out and lifting a thick as heck pillar. He finds intros boring, but since it's the first Lecture, he announces to make a brief one. Hercules, also known as the greatest hero of Greek and Roman mythology. He assumes his students are coming fresh out of Kirn's course, and if not, he advises them to go and do that one first. Turns out he's one of Kirn's students. The bulky fellow lets his students know the body is the most important and essential

thing for combat focused transcendence, strength, agility, reflexes, and everything else Are intertwined. Flexing his body, he explains that he'll be teaching them strength training, specifically how to develop explosive muscular power. He seems to be aware that they might hear or think. What's the point of getting big and strong when you'll just wear yourself down? The bigger they are, the slower. The stronger they get, the slower. But that's a mistake. According to Hercules, the opposite is true. He declares that strength, agility, Reflexes, all of that comes from muscles. Seeing his built muscle bulge with power, Siojan

is amazed, and it looks like he's barely flexing, but his muscles are twice as big. The bulky instructor shows his students the lightning fast speed that comes from the explosive lower body and the terrifying thunder force that comes from the rough and tumble upper body, plus the reflexes that react to thought and instinct in lock step and endless stamina. All come From the perfect chiseled muscles that make up the entire body. With that, he flexes his entire body, leaving our boy astonished. At last, Hercules expresses that strength is the foundation of the transcendent. While Kim

guesses this is what happens when a bodybuilder becomes a transcendent. Just then, his new daily assignment is notified to him. And it turns out Siojan was afraid of Hercules's course being way harder, but its assignment is no different from Chiron's. It's the same 30 km walk, 1,000 squats, 300 push-ups and sit-ups, and 150 pull-ups. However, it states that the assignment only counts at weight greater than one ton. Our guy looks at the one ton, rubs his eyes, then looks again, contemplating if they're kidding. Kim is in utter disbelief. Convinced that they can't have meant to

hit 500 tons in the big three lifts, literally tapping the phone aggressively, he checks Jungen Fongs Course to see if it's like this too. Jang declares as they engage in the art of the sword and other techniques. How they move their feet becomes its own technique. Generally, this is referred to as footwork, but it's actually a technique that encompasses how one moves their entire body, not just the feet. Sunfang is a towist master with no clan known as the founder of Tai Chi. Seojin realizes that Hercules is like a gym bro, but this guy seems

more like those Hermits that go up a mountain and never come down. Jenang shows his students a demonstration of what they will learn, which is the way beyond emptiness technique or simply how to move through the air. He advises them to channel their inner chi energy through a single point at the very center of their soul. And with that, they will be able to step on the air itself. That's the concept they will pick up as they move through the course. But for now, they just need To keep that in mind. Kim is amazed to

realize that if he can move through the air like that, the sky is no longer a limit for him. With that, his daily assignments arrived, and he was hoping for it not to be something impossible like Hercules. Turns out, he needs to maintain a speed of 30 km for 30 seconds and fall 30 m in the air 20 times. Our fella examines the assignment and feels it's doable. He can't believe he doesn't find it that bad and guesses he's no Longer in touch with reality. Just then, someone comes looking for him and it happens to

be Suon Seio, Manch's daughter. Kim wonders what brings her here all of a sudden and how she'd know he'd be here. She reveals that back when he did the contest with her dad. She asked him about him and is wondering if he had talked to Manchil lately. Seojan lets her know that he did talk to him a bit before he took the Hunter Mill exam and is curious about what's up. Suian Confesses that she hasn't been able to get a hold of her father and was hoping he might know where he is. He is taken

a back as he inquires how long she has been unable to contact him. Sea informs him that it's been since yesterday after he went to work. Kim suggests he was probably drinking and decided to sleep it off near work. And Suan deeply hopes that's the case. At last, she admits that they fought yesterday because she told him she wanted to become a pro- Hunter. Seojin reminds her that she's not awakened and wonders if she's thinking of doing artificial awakening. That's when Suyun reveals that she got awakened about a month ago. She told Manchiel she wanted

to go to Hunter Academy instead of college, but he was dead set against it. Nonetheless, she shrugs it off and guesses that her father is probably just sleeping off a night out. Our dude low-key understands her logic, knowing that she wants to Help her father out financially. And these days, even if they went to a good school and got a decent job, there's still more money in pro hunting. But he also understands that no parent would want their children to go do something so dangerous, especially Maniel, who knows firsthand just how dangerous it can be.

Hence, he tells her to get home safe and get in touch if she needs anything. Suan wishes him good luck and lets him know that she's rooting for Him. After she leaves, Kim tries calling Manel, but he doesn't seem to pick up. He gets concerned but then guesses a day or two isn't the end of the world and decides to give it another day before he really worries. On the other hand, Kalus reports to Dame Kalia that the demon star has taken notice. The dame asks him about Kim Seojan's situation and it's revealed that the

site is still not working on him. She warns Kalus the truth about the 10star dungeon rift Can't be disclosed under any circumstances and orders him to execute the plan. Seiojun didn't know this daily assignment was coming. He could have kept some monster carcasses around as he can't go on a raid right now either. He adds the weight in the kibbus, though this wasn't what he had in mind. And when he tries to carry it, he judges that its weight is about a ton. The bag falls with a thud, and even with the strength to pluck

a mountain technique, This is too much for Kim. He believes he will have to draw on magic, too, if this is going to be possible. Nonetheless, our man decides to give it a real go and draws the magic. After a while, we see Seo Yun looking down at Kim, who lays face flat on the ground with the cabus on his back. He asks Seo Yun to help him and take this bag off him as he's dying here. The B-rank Hunter size as she bends to pick the kibbus up, wondering how much he put in. However,

the bag Doesn't budge even when she uses full strength. Thus, she draws magic to remove the bag and succeeds. She notices her hand throbbing while Siojun snaps up, guessing he was going to die like that, and thanks her. He asks Seo Yun about how tall this building is, and it's revealed to be five stories, hence 15 m. Our dude thinks it's way too short, and when she wonders why he'd ask, he confesses that he's going to jump off. He's busy mumbling to himself, Calculating if 15 m off the roof will be enough, though he's not

sure he can make it in this state, and lets her know that he's going to do a quick experiment and be right back. Seo Yun, who didn't get the chance to say or object, just stands there dumbfounded as she listens to Kim falling down again and again with thuds and screams. The B- rank hunter is convinced that he's lost it and is worried about what her new students will think when they see him. She's busy Wondering if she could even get new students like this when she hears a thud again and pretends not to know

what that is anymore. Minol, upon witnessing Siojan working out with the cabus, remarks that he just made it out to class after getting settled in and seeing our guy not functioning, he wonders what's going on. Meanwhile, Seo wishes not to be asked about it because she never understood why he gets like this. Lee wonders if she means he's Always like this and this isn't a reaction to bad medicines and she lets him know, whispering to him that was her first reaction, too. Kim, on the other hand, is starting to get worried about Manel as it's

been 4 days now. In the 10 years he's known him, he's never been out of touch for this long. Our guy believes that something's definitely wrong and decides to look into it. He notifies that he's going to step out for a bit and Seo Yun gets alarmed, assuming That he's jumping again. She reveals that they've been getting complaints because of that as someone reported zombies were jumping off the roof. They thought it was a dungeon rift. Seojin feels kind of embarrassed and assures her that he's just going to go look out for Manol. Park is

concerned about what happened to him and our fellow lets her know that he's not sure what's going on, but affirms to be back when he knows more. Our guy visits the construction Site where everyone treats him like a celebrity. One of them says he looked great at the hunter mill exam, while the other thinks 9 years of grinding is finally paying off. They wonder what brings him here and ask him if he's here to give them a contract transporting his monster corpses. Seojan lets them know that he just came to say hi and to check

up on them. They reveal that nothing's changed here, although they feel it's been much better since he got rid of That supervisor. It seems that Manchiel told them that Kim got him fired. And he realizes it's the first thing he asked Seo Yun to help with, finding it funny. He asks if any of them have seen Manol, and they start discussing among themselves when one of them declares that no one has seen him since he left with that guy. Kim wonders who's the guy, and it's unraveled that three or four days ago, a guy came

and asked for help with a monster transport gig, and Manel went with him somewhere. The others catch up and recall that he made a big offer and it seems Seak was the only one who went. Everyone thought it was suspicious because there was no affiliation or a personal request, hence something seemed fishy. They believe that kind of thing is always dangerous or shady. No matter how good the money is, it's not worth their life. Seojan is skeptical about why the bulky fellow would do it then and his fellow workers Mention his daughter going to Hunter

Academy, revealing that he was hard up for cash. Realization hits our guy and he asks them if they know which dungeon he went to, but it seems he never told them. However, they assume the association will know as they require everything be reported, raids, transport, whatever. Kim thanks them and runs off to the association where the manager tells him that they can't share private information with outside Parties. Our man tries to make him understand that someone's gone missing, but it seems that unless they get a confirmed missing report, they can't share the info. Plus, they

can't share it with just anybody. The guy apologizes and Seojan frustratedly bangs the table, not knowing what to do now. He knows that Manchil's disappearance 4 days ago after being seen with someone suspicious can't be good, but like the guy at the association said, he can't confirm Anything. He feels sick thinking about it. Seojun thinks back to his darkest moment when an accident wiped out 9 years of savings. In that bleak time, it was Manchol who came to him, checked in, and made sure he was okay. And even though he was struggling, he gave him

3 million one without hesitation. That 3 million got our boy into the transcendent academy, and it's what made him who he is now. He grits his teeth, knowing he can't just let it go, and Calls Seo Yun, asking her for a favor to set up a meeting with the swordstar right now. The next thing we know is our dude standing face to face with the sword star, who seems to know about the situation, and turns to Seojan to confirm whether he needs his assistance. However, our awakened refuses, implying that he wants him to fight him,

leaving everyone stunned at the suggestion. Kim insists that if he wins, he wants not just help, but the others full Involvement. On the contrary, if he loses, he claims he will quit the Dream Academy. Seo, completely stunned, calls him out, but he calmly presses on, clarifying that he's not claiming he could actually defeat him. He's just making a point, and he declares that if he can land just one scratch, they'll consider it a victory. He's aware that something's up. Manial has gone missing after being seen with someone suspicious, and the association won't Give him any

details for privacy reasons. But he believes that if the Sword Star, one of the greatest five heroes, got involved, the situation would be totally different. Seojin is mindful that it's a big risk. But for him, it's the only way to save his friend. Mchel finds it bold of him and instructs him on the way. Seo Yun tries to stop her grandfather. But while he walks into a room, slamming its door open, he grabs the blue dragon sword. The blue dragon sword. The legendary Sila General Eusin Kim was training on Mount Waryong. There he met his

master, Nanung, who gave him a book of military strategy and the mythical sword. This is merely a replica of the real blue dragon sword, but still, it's a masterpiece made by the most famed blacksmith in Korea. The staffer gasps as he sees his master picking up the sword he has only ever drawn once before. It only comes out when facing an enemy that must be Killed. The swordstar hasn't unchathed it since the end of the great cataclysm. Therefore, he couldn't help but ask his master what he's thinking of doing to the boy. Before he could

say anything else, Mitchell stops him, saying, "No matter how well our dude can jump, crawl, and flit around, he's still a student." And for him to challenge him, he's convinced the boy must have something up his sleeve. Hence, he believes if he wants to play, he should Give him a proper go at least once. Meanwhile, Seo tries to convince Seojin to back down, telling him that it's unnecessary. She assures him that she will just ask her grandfather to help and is sure he will agree. But Kim refuses, and even though he appreciates what she's trying

to do, he needs to do it this way for the future. Our fella supposes there's no guarantee this won't happen again. He has no idea why Manel disappeared, but it may have to do with Him. And if that's the case, he believes it will happen again. Knowing he's still not strong enough to protect those around him, he thinks of it as more of a reason to show everyone that if they mess with him, they mess with the sword. He proclaims his return after winning, while Seo Yun fails to hold him back. In a room, we

see the Sword Star and Seo Jun standing against each other at a distance. When Mitchell suggests he stop this now if he thinks he will go easy on Him because of his granddaughter, our dude, feeling kind of nervous, assures him that's not the case and just hopes he keeps his promise. The swordstar pulls out his sword as he admits that he's got spirit and points the sword at him indicating that it's his move. Seojan assumes he should be able to withstand a few moves at his current level, even against the sword star, and he leaps

toward him, knowing that he's got to give his all from the start. His Attack is blocked by Mincchiel's sword, who glares at him and strikes his sword. Kim is violently shoved backward, and before he can catch his breath, the swordstar swings his blade at him. They have a fierce battle between them, and our dude realizes that his opponent is serious. Every attack, every move, everything is meant as a death blow. And that's when Mchel unleashes his signature move, the sword dance, whose power ripples even through Seo Yun and The assistant standing nearby. The B-class hunter

is concerned for her student as she calls him out. It dawns on Seojan that the opponent before him is none other than the hero of the great cataclysm, the S-class of the S-classes. Sky beyond the sky. No matter how high one goes, there's always someone who is always higher. And that's what our guy witnesses at that very moment. While the fight frantically progresses, the swordstar remembers how Kim was a Shriveled nothing a few months ago. He already knew Seojan had vast potential but never passed what one might find in a talented student. But now that

the old man sees Seojan, he notices that as they battle, his power grows with each passing moment. Nonetheless, the grandfather is way above his league, and with a single strike, he shoves our guy with brute force. But he's low-key thrown into shock to see that Kim didn't get hurt a bit. Just then, his eyes land On the longest spear, and the old man speculates that his weapon is somehow neutralizing his sword's energy. He gets the gist that if it weren't for Siojan's weapon, this would have been long over. The old man tried his best not

to go full force, but he's triggered by Kim's strength, which makes him even more determined to crush him. The swordstar mutters that they should get serious now when abruptly, the old man's dragon sword bursts forth a destructive energy That shakes Seojin to the core. Our fella is hurt badly and realizes that he was being cocky. He trembles but still manages to get back on his feet. Meanwhile, the swordstar is convinced that Siojan is no different from other students. Even the strongest of them were no match for him. Thinking that challenging him was a damn foolish

thought, he reckons that at the end of the day, students have yet to face the real world. The old man approaches Siojan. While our guy is on his knees, unaware how far this is going to stretch. What's worse is that this isn't even the old man's full power. Suddenly, the sword strikes his sword, but in that split second, Siojan evades and leaps away. It was a close call, or else our guy would have been severely wounded. Their weapons clang against each other. And while our guy clearly struggles to keep up with his strength, he has

to admit that the swordstar's confidence is Admirable, something no one around him can even touch. And what our guy really wants from the swordstar is to become him. He deeply desires to be like him since his respect for the old man's strength is not just the power itself, but the process he went through to attain it. Seojan reflects on his actions, knowing that he was arrogant and fooling himself, that he was transcendent, that he was somehow above him. He realizes at the right time that He's infinitely weaker than the sword star. Our hero clearly sees

where he stands now. And as he soarses, he eagerly covets, not only to become like the sword, but to surpass him. Just as Seojan is dashing towards him, suddenly he senses that he can't feel his hand clutching his spear at all. His hand goes numb, and a strike of terror runs through him. The unfamiliar feeling runs deep in his vein. Yet he continues taking the steps too awkwardly. And just Like that, our guy manages to scratch his opponent regardless of how partial it is. With that, the fight comes to an end while Seo Yun comes

rushing toward Kim. Everyone is amazed that Seojan got this far against the Master Sword Star. Our guy reminds the old man to keep his promise when shortly he faints, collapsing to the floor. The scene then switches to the dungeon where we see Manchell running and panting heavily while carrying the Demon Star on his Back. The Demon Star regrets coming to the dungeon since he didn't know a rift would appear. If only he'd known, he wouldn't have brought Manchiol again. But the masculine dude tries to relax the old man and assures him that help will be

on its way. But the demon star is pretty certain that it won't happen, revealing that on the way here, he specifically asks the president of the association not to disclose this. They were meant to deal with it in secret, Not knowing that now they've shot themselves in the foot. The old man gets doubtful that they'll live through this horror. However, Manel smiles and assumes that Punk will come to save them. He's damn sure that there's one real fool who would come to their help. Later, Seojan jerks awake and is thrown into panic when he asks

Seo Yun how long he's been unconscious. Our boy freaks out since there's no point in resting right now. In the meantime, the Swordstar arrives in his room, scowlling at him. But what happens next leaves everyone in utter disbelief. The swordstar hands the blue dragon sword to Seojan, making our guy question why the hell he would give him that. The sword tells our guy not to make a big deal out of it since he's just fulfilling the promise. He elaborates that this dragon sword has his insignia on it. So if Kim shows it to everyone, they

will know that he's acting in his name. The old Man assumes that it's better for him to move freely rather than have him running around guessing his needs. He permits our guy to use the sword as he pleases and to give it back when he's done. It is then revealed to us that the Professional Hunters Association is a government agency that oversees hunters. That's also a for-profit organization established by pro- hunters to protect their interests. The first person Seojan shows the sword to is Tabium Lee, President of the Korea Professional Hunters Association. Even the president

is left to wonder what the hell the Sword Stars Blue Dragon Sword is doing here. Meanwhile, our guy is overwhelmed since he didn't expect the president of the association to meet him. He introduces himself and informs the president that there's several things he needs to find out. Tabum Lee gets reminded that it wasn't long ago the Dark Star himself came and requested 3 Billion1 deposited into Kim's account. First the dark star and now the sword star is helping Seojan making the president curious about our guy and who the hell he really is. Shortly our fellow

mentions that four days ago a man named Manch Seak followed someone into a dungeon and then disappeared. The point being that entering any dungeon must be reported to the association. Therefore, our guy hopes to know who Manchil followed and which dungeon it was. At That moment, the president freezes at the sudden revelation as if he's been caught in the act. While he hates that it has to be this case of all, the president has no choice but to spill the beans. Before he answers the questions, Tabum states that he'll need to verify if the blue

dragon sword is real. Our guy tells him to do whatever he wants because he wants a quick answer. Tabum informs Siojan that authenticity questions take precedence, but Kim can't Risk any more delays since he's worried something might go wrong in the dungeon. Just then, the president checks the dragon sword and learns that it's real. He can't avoid Seojin's question now since the sword star is in between. Soon after, our hero gets to know that the Dark Star was the one who took Manel into the dungeon. And Tabome elucidates that the Dark Star had been investigating

the 10-star dungeon rift at his request. And to keep this whole Thing quiet, the dungeon investigation was done secretly. While it may look like this guy is telling the truth, Seojan gets suspicious given the Dark Star mentioned that the 10star dungeon rift was the Order of Truth's doing. Our guy snaps since he's convinced that something is definitely off. He gets up and asks the president if he can use the blue sword as collateral for the loan. Later, Kim receives a call from Suan, who asks him if he's heard from Manchil. Our guy lets her know

that he knows where he went. While poor Suan is worried sick about her father. Seojan presumes that in the dungeon Manchiel went into, something must have gone wrong. There's uncertainty if he'll come back alive. After that, it is revealed that Suian's mother died in a dungeon rift incident 11 years ago, and it happened because she sacrificed herself to save Suan. Poor girl shatters into sobs, and our guy finally understands Why Suian wanted to become a pro hunter. She didn't want to lose anyone she cared about to monsters ever again. Kim promises her that he'll bring

Manchiel back no matter what. Our hero has no time to wait and he recalls that the president stated that the demon star and Manol went into the six-star dryad dungeon. While it may appear that the demon star is an old and sick fella, he's actually one of the five great heroes. Kim supposes that there would be A reason he hasn't managed to escape a six-star dungeon. Or in the worst case scenario, it could be a trap set by the order of truth to get rid of the demon star. He clearly knows that if anyone intervened

in this case, the Order of Truth would know using the site and stop them. Possibly no one can step in or do anything except our guy. At that moment, Kim receives 500 million1. We get to know that Kim tried to use the blue dragon sword as collateral for a loan, But the president refused and told him to stop messing around. After our guy affirmed that he's damn serious about this and wrote a quick contract, the president got embarrassed and insisted that he take the sword back. Our guy refuses to take the loan and switches it

up by giving up on the dragon sword instead for karmic reasons. He's a literal rascal when it comes to money and insists the president buy the sword for 500 million one. Even the president Freaks out and wonders why the sword star would give his sword to a lunatic like him. Even though it's a fraction of the value of the blue dragon sword he got from Seojun, it's enough to buy something from the transcendent marketplace. He believes that whatever the demon star is facing might be tough, so he better be prepared. In the meantime, Kim purchases

an iconic Gungir from the marketplace for 500 million. With that, he arrives at the dungeon and Is overwhelmed by the number of trees there. Sensing trouble already, the Dryad dungeon is a six-star monster indistinguishable from a tree and thus difficult to detect. Our guy gets more cautious since it's dangerous to walk carelessly. Plus, he can't just get stabbed by a tree. Seiojan thinks of sensing the six-star tree monster and gets hit by a subtle but distinct sense of dizziness. He knows it'll be difficult to spot it since it looks like Any other tree. Our guy

decides to test how the new gear feels and tosses the spear at the monster tree. Just as it hits the tree, it shrieks frantically and dodges the weapon. The Gungir takes a 360 turn to hit the monster again. And this time, it shreds it into pieces, leaving our guy astonished. The weapon Gungar is the spear used by Odin to tear apart the body of the first giant, Emir, to form the nine realms. Knowing that it would be powerful, our guy figures out That this replica has limits. He's convinced that this spear was definitely made by

a transcendent that even the spear of Lgininus looks ordinary. Gungir completely destroys the monster tree. According to myth, Gungir could not only find its target on its own, but would return to its wielder. Our guy gets curious if he can pull back the weapon. And after applying all his energy, the spear frantically flies straight into his hands. Kim's energy is drained out, And he discovers that he can summon the weapon back, but the magic involved is no joke. He reckons that he'll be able to use it only once in the heat of battle. The myth

even says that the spear returns on its own, but that's the limit of the replica. While Kim is certain that he'll be able to use this weapon like it's nothing and become a one-man army, suddenly a branch creeps up from behind. Just as he's muttering about selling the blue and claims that It's his best decision, he even plans to throw Gungir at the swordstar if he tries to kill him. Abruptly, Seojan is attacked by some monster trees and immediately scampers away before getting engulfed by the monsters. On the contrary, Manchil is fighting for his dear

life as he carries the Demon Star on his back and gets chased by frantic monsters who nearly catch up to them. Suddenly, Manchil tumbles and topples over while the Demon Star casts a magic Shield to save them. However, that shield doesn't last long, but he still gathers strength to hold off the monsters and commands Manchiel to run away, justifying that his days are numbered anyway. Shortly, the Demon Star coughs up blood and the shield breaks off, making him shoved away. Manchiel decides to stay with the old man and apologizes to his daughter Suan for not

making it. He shuts his eyes because death flashes before them. That's when Kimiojin comes to the rescue with his lustrous spear and tells Manchill that his daughter is worried sick about him. Manchill cries out of joy while our guy draws the monster's attention and commands him to take the demon star and run away. Kim focuses on attacking the monster's trunk. However, no matter how many times he slashes them, they keep growing. Siojan dashes away since it'll be hard to get close this way and plans to use Gungir to target the trunks one By one. While

the monsters chase him relentlessly, our guy realizes that his spear is gone and looks back only to find it on the ground. As he feels the urgent need to get it back this instant, Seojan notices that Manchell and the old man are still in danger. As the monsters are about to get Manchell, our guy halts the monsters with the longgin spear, but he feels like he's going to be torn apart at any moment. The pressure is way too much for Kim to handle, and he keeps Up with it until Manchaw and the Demon Star are

out of the danger zone. Shortly after that, our guy leaps at the monsters as they gang up on him like clingy bastards. That's when he iconically summons the Gungir while the tree monsters appear terrified by the overwhelming power of Gungir. A few hits in and now they've learned that the weapon is dangerous, trying to sneak away. Our hero smirks and the tree monsters surround Seojan so that he Can't summon Gungir. The branches were the hard part to deal with, and now it's time that he shreds these trees into pieces since Gungir isn't the only legendary

weapon at his disposal. With that, he summons the spear of Longinus to end this once and for all. Later, our guy reunites with Manchiel and the demon star. Manchial calls him a slowpoke and Siojan has to say the same to him since he disappeared like that, exposing Manchiel that he came here so he could Send off Suan to a hunter academy. Our boy scolds him and makes poor Manchiel turn red with embarrassment, telling him to mind his own business. Seojan then asks about the demon star's condition and Manchio lets out that the old man is

not in a good condition since he was already in a bad state and overdid it trying to protect him back there. Our fellow perceives that the old man is worse than bad and uses the emergency potion he carries around. Though it's Only a temporary measure, it'll help the old man speak at least. After the demon star gulps down the potion, he looks at Seo Jun and asks Manel if this is the jerk from the Hunter Academy he was talking about. The old man bombards him with questions and asks Kim how he even found them and

came to save them. The demon star then asks him what happened to the dryads. Our guy then questions the demon star why he brought Manchil to a place like this. The old man reasons That they needed someone to transport the monster corpses for study. He needed to do it alone, but with his age and diminishing strength, it was impossible to do by himself. Siojan wonders why the old man didn't use a company, and the old man thought calling a company would draw too much attention. Since they had to move in secret, he needed the minimum

number of people so no one would notice. That's when our fellow speculates that the demon star had been moving Discreetly because he was afraid of being found out by the order of truth. As the old man freezes since this is the info he kept from the president, suddenly the place begins to tremble vigorously as if it's been hit by an earthquake. A strike of terror runs through Manchual because he realizes it's the monster that put the demon star in his condition. The shriek instills fear into them and they conjecture that even if the order of

truth set a trap, They wonder what would be able to keep the demon star in this dungeon. The question lingers that what really lurks in this dungeon that even the demon star can't handle. At that moment, they witness a beast even bigger than the mountains approaching them. While Siojan guesses it's a monster from an anomaly, he wonders if that's even a monster. The old man confesses that he's never seen something like that and it's even mutated somehow. Our guy does agree that It's mutated but just in size. Otherwise, it doesn't seem any different from other

dryads. Fortunately, the good news is that the humongous didn't see them. Seojan immediately commands the demon star to stay out of sight and get out of the dungeon, but the old man lets him know of his attempted failure to escape the dungeon. And the reason behind it is even crazier. Every time they tried to get out, it could sense them and come Running toward them. That's how the demon star ended up like this. The old man evaluates that it isn't a simple mutation, and the outer shell is so strong that his magic won't penetrate. Even

if it does succeed, it just regenerates. Simply put, the demon star couldn't handle it with his magic. It's as if it's evolved specifically to get rid of a dryad's weaknesses and magnify the strengths. He admits that he's not what he used to be. He's old and sick, Waiting to die. He thinks it's embarrassing to be even called the demon star. Although he's capable of using magic to weaken the outer shell and suppress the regeneration, if only he were 5 years younger, it might have been possible to defeat it. Upon hearing this, Siojan is rather exhilarated

since the old man just needs one strong blow. And if he can weaken the monster, Kim can deliver the finishing blow. Our guy delightfully flaunts his Gungir, but old Man Mchel gives him a reality check, saying that he can make the monster weaker and not powerless. And if they fail, they won't get another chance. Deep down, Mchel is aware that he's able to talk thanks to the potion, but he's as good as dead. The old man suggests that it's better he distract the monster while the two of them escape. The old man gets curious about

the weapon while Seojan [clears throat] reveals that it's what he'll use to deliver the finishing Blow. Siojan warns the demon star to be careful because if the weapon thinks he's trying to take him, it'll reject him. Just as the old man touches the gung near, he's thrown into a frenzy after feeling the intense magnetic field coexisting without getting twisted. He screams and questions what on earth this kind of magic field is. Manol is amused to see the old man talk too much. While our guy gets reminded of Jim and Jong, who's also a maniac like

the old man, he Notices the uncanny resemblance and how their otaku mode is on when they see unique items. The demon star is totally obsessed with the spear and reveals that with Gungir, they don't even need his magic. Men's eyes sparkle and he asks Siojan where the hell he bought it. Our guy responds that the sword star bought it for him and the old man is left in disbelief since he's surprised since that arrogant old man isn't so generous. Siojan freaking inside thinks it'll be Okay if the sword star finds out he saved the demon

star by selling the blue dragon sword. After that they all head to face the level boss. Later they settle down for a strategy meeting. Our guy plans that the demon star will weaken the monster and he will use the spear to deliver the finishing blow. Seojan then asks Mchiel to show him the spell he'll be using. But even if it wears away his life force, he'll do what's needed. But our guy thinks it Won't be necessary and tells the old man to make sure he's prepared to cast the spell. So the final plan is Kim

Siojin will buy time distracting the monster. In the meantime, Minchiel will prepare the strongest spell he can muster. When the demon star unleashes the spell to weaken the monster, our guy will throw Gung near to destroy its core. However, our guy reckons that there are two main things that could go wrong. The first risk is him getting killed while trying To lure the monster. And the second risk is when the demon star unleashes the spell, the monster might notice and attack him instead of Seojan. While our boy could control the first variable, the second could

be trouble since the demon star will be helpless while casting the spell. Kim assures Manchiel that he'll do his best to keep the monster distracted, but they can't know for certain how things will play out. If worst comes to worst, it'll be up to Manial, who assures Kim that he's not planning on dying and leaving Suon behind. Manchiel jokes with Min and tells the old man that he'll have to stick with him if he wants to live. Min humbly leaves himself in his hands, saying he would never forget this. After that, they move on to

carry out the plan and find the big oaf. Seojin instructs Min and Manchiel not to come any closer since the monster could spot the demon star as he's still preparing the spell. Min gets worried about Seiojan since it will be most dangerous for him. But our guy believes that if it's riskier for him, this is the only way because he's the only one who will be able to move around easily to dodge the monster's attack. The old man agrees to follow Seojan and our boy smiles, muttering that they'll proceed as planned and thinks it's time

to get out. Manial tells him to be careful while our guy zooms at the speed of light and Confronts the giant tree monster. With a clear picture in sight, Kim realizes that this big oaf is even bigger. And what's more dangerous is the terrifying energy emanating from the beast. Kim understands why even the demon star struggled against it. Seojan distracts the beast as it follows him. And fortunately, it destroys everything it stepped on, so there are no other dryads to get in his way. Kim gets focused since one false step could get him Killed. With

that, our fellow courageously shows himself in front of the beast. catching its attention. While our guy Loki gets terrified since this could be a mistake, suddenly endless branches begin emerging and entraps Seo Jun, leaving no room for escape. He runs for his life since he didn't expect the attack to be this fierce, and he accidentally veers off toward Manchol and the demon star. As the branches frantically chase him, Kim wonders if Min's spell is ready yet. He gets intimidated and starts slashing the branches with the spear. However, he is overwhelmed by the relentless pressure as

even the air around him is rattling. At this rate, our guy was hoping to keep avoiding him, but he seems to have no choice now. Suddenly, a bright light radiates and Seojan gets the signal that the spell is ready. The demon star along with Manol arrives at the perfect time, and Kim grabs the attention of that big Lump. Kim distracts the monster by keeping him on his tail and dodges its attack as he sprints away. The massive monster lets out a piercing shriek as it lunges ferociously at him, while Seojan guides him toward the spot

they had planned. As it reaches the spot, the demon stars spell traps it in chains, preventing him from moving any further. Our guy witnesses his plan working and notices how it has slowed down while its energy's dropping. It seems that the Demon stars spell hit the mark. And now all that Kim has to do is destroy its core. The monster groans in pain and our fella is concerned if it sensed where the spell was coming from. He knows the demon star's magic will be drained and Manel is just a regular guy, not even an awakened.

And with the old man on his back, he assumes he will barely be able to dodge a couple of times. Max. Seojan aims the Gungir at its core. Supposing it's now or never, he focuses all his Strength into it. Being calm and sure, our man flings the Gungre with full strength, shattering the monster's core brutally while it collapses on the ground with a loud thud. Kim flops to the ground, exhausted, feeling dizzy as he guesses he must have put everything into the Gungir. That's why he's got nothing left. Even so, he considers himself lucky to

have brought it down, but he isn't sure he has the strength to summon the Gungir back. He runs towards Manshel and the Demon Star to check if they're okay. And it seems that the bulky fella got grazed by its attack. Our guy worriedly checks up on him, realizing that even with the monster weakened, it was too much for a normal person to avoid completely. He's relieved that it doesn't look serious and believes they will be okay with some treatment. But they need to get it checked right away. Manol assures him that it's just a flesh

wound and laughs It off, claiming that if he were 5 years younger, he could have carried both of them and kept running away from that thing for days. The demon star objects on that and it seems that being stuck here brought them both close. They decide to head out and Seojan goes back to grab his lance when the monster abruptly evokes again. Kim is certain the Gungir definitely hit its core. Baffled if the core wasn't destroyed. Shocked, he finds it impossible for it To arise again. And that's when it hits our guy as he realizes

that its core it must be two of them. The monster outrageously roars as it attacks them while Seojan and the others are clueless as to what to do now. The demon star steps in and casts a spell on the monster even though he's in a bad condition. Kim knows he's completely spent and can't hold on much longer. So, he has no choice but to destroy the second core. He looks around for the Gungir, but the tangled roots in the way make it impossible to find. He can't help but wonder if it understands the significance of

Gungir and is purposely hiding it. Although he still has the spear of longus and believes if he can just land a direct strike, it will still be possible to destroy the core. Seojan asks the demon star if he can perform the weakening spell again. and it seems that he's ready to do whatever he can. Our guy decides to distract it despite The old man's worried protests. And since there's no time to argue, he just pushes ahead with whatever they can do. With that, he dashes towards the beast, avoiding its attack carefully, being mindful that one

hit and he's dead. Kim can't help but think about the demon star who's held up against all this at his age. And even he's hit his limit. He's convinced everything depends on him now, and he cuts through the branches blocking his path as he closes in on the Core. To get the core with the spear of longness, he will need to get right up to him, but it seems he can't get any closer. Our awakened realizes that it's totally different from just luring it somewhere. Just then, his leg is caught up in a branch, and

as he's about to get attacked, the Demon Stars spell stops it. Seeing this as his chance, Seojan springs towards its core. Glancing at the chains of the Demon Stars spell, he notices them being way smaller and much Thinner than before and realizes his magic is too weak after last time. Hence, he understands the spell won't be the same. Kim catches an opening as he pounces towards it and that's when the demon stars spell chains snap broken which causes our guy to take a good hit from the tree monster and he is smashed to the ground.

He believes it would have been possible to destroy the core with the spear of longness. Hence the reason why he was trying to get close to it. However, realization hits him that it was a big mistake. The monster mercilessly shrieks and is about to attack Seojan whose body gives up on him unable to move. That's when the demon star steps in and protects him, standing in front of him like a shield. The old man knows that he's just a student, not even 30 years old. And for him to reach this level is unbelievable. It's been

ages since he's been so shaken by someone's power and is convinced that in One year's time, everyone's going to know his name. And a year after that, he can't even imagine where our boy will be. He's convinced this young man will not just be this nation's, but humanity's greatest hero. But he hasn't made it yet. And that's why the demon star feels Kim deserves to live, even at the cost of his own life. He yells at Seojan to run right now, but Seojan refuses to leave. The old man tries to convince him to leave, telling

him that He has to survive since he doesn't have much time left anyway, and advises him not to be naive and just accept this. Kim can't help but question why he didn't flee at the time or why he didn't leave them behind. He could have if he wanted to. That's why our guy is curious why even in this moment, the old man tries to sacrifice himself. Seojan manages to stand up while his body throbs with pain, but flops back to the ground. Having no energy left, he knows The Demon Star is right and that it

would be better for him to run, leaving him behind, grabbing Manol and getting out of here. And it's a terrible idea to stay and fight like this. But he's already made up his mind. He doesn't know what to do and doesn't want to run away either. That's when he suddenly remembers what Hercules said in his first lecture. Hercules, the greatest hero of Greek and Roman myth, asked his students in the first lesson about what They think strength is. He emphasized the importance of muscle strength, but that's not the strength he was talking about. Hercules was

so legendary across the world, his name has become synonymous with the very word hero. He mentioned that strength is thought of as merely physical. But if that's not the strength he's talking about, he believes that his students must be thinking about which strength he's referring to. After that, he got silent and Seojan was Confused if the lecture was over or something. That's when the greatest hero confessed that he committed an unforgivable sin. Cursed with madness by Hera, he killed his own beloved wife and child in his delirium. Overcome with guilt, he considered taking his own

life. But his great friend Thesus convinced him to seek atonement by taking on the 12 labors. 12 labors are the 12 impossible tasks known as the 12 labors. The labor consists of slaying The Namian lion, slaying the Lernian hydra, capturing the Serinian hind, capturing the Aryanththeian boar, cleaning the Aian stables, slaying the Styfian birds, capturing the Cretan bull, capturing the mares of Diamedes, stealing Hippolitus girdle, obtaining the giant Gerion's cattle, stealing the golden apples of the Hesperities, and lastly, capturing Cerberus, the guardian of Hades. As Hercules completed each task, his fame spread far and wide,

and Yet some began to mock him. What a joke, they said. They wondered how someone who killed his wife and child could ever be considered a hero. They piled thousands of reasons he could never be a hero onto him. Facing Barbs, he again questioned if he'd be better off dead. But he persisted. Persisted in dedicating his life to others, sacrificing himself to almost a foolish degree, hoping that maybe someday, far in the future, it would matter. Perhaps he believed a day Would finally come when he could forgive the person he was. And thus Hercules finished

the 12 labors and became widely hailed as a true hero. He would go on to miraculously save Olympus in the battle of Gigantomachi, the twilight era of Greek and Roman mythology. Hercules, cursed by Hera into killing his wife and child after a long journey of atonement, became the greatest hero of all time. He believed it was because of the atonement he found the strength to come this far. Hence, he advised his students if they want to become something, want to do something, people will say it's not possible. They'll shake their heads no. They'll tell countless

reasons that they cannot and will not make it. But he lets them know that none of that matters. The countless reasons they say they can't become something. The countless reasons they say they can't do something. Those countless reasons they don't need to overcome them. Instead, they need to Focus that if they want to become something, they have to find their reason to do it. That's what makes someone a hero. Hercules words are recalled in Seojin's mind as he pulls himself together. While the demon star warns him to stop and lets out that he can't win,

and he knows it. not at his level because he can't handle that monster and he's aware of it better than anyone else and Kim doesn't deny it. He can't. He knows better than anyone that He can't win. He feels the fear clinging on to him and hesitation whispering in his ear while in the background he hears the Demon Star protest and yet Hercules voice cuts through them all. There are countless reasons he can't win, countless reasons to run away. The Demon Stars lived so many lifetimes while our guy is just 28 and believes what he's

doing will seem like foolish bravado. But what may only be 28 years for the demon star is a lifetime for our Awakened. Everything he's lived for. He decides he won't abandon it in a moment of hesitation. An immense power flows through his body as he walks towards the beast. An overwhelming strength that crushes everything. Kim cuts off the branches as he moves forward and the tremendous power affects the surroundings. The demon star witnesses the scene with pure shock on his face when he notices our guy suddenly falling unconscious. Using his magic spell, he Manages to

bring them away from the place where they meet Manial. The bulky fella gets worried as he sees Seojan unconscious, and the old man indicates that his wounds are serious, but doesn't think they're life-threatening. He reveals that our dude tapped into such an overwhelming amount of power, it knocked him out. It makes sense to Manial from what they just saw, while the Demon Star confesses he was afraid. The bulky fella is confused as to what He's talking about, and assuming it's because of fighting that big tree, he expresses surprise, not knowing the Demon Star was capable

of that. The old man laughs and believes it's natural for anyone to be afraid as he himself has been threatening to die for so long. Although that's not what he meant as he reveals that he was actually afraid of what would happen to the world after he was gone. He lets Mansel know the world is not as safe as people would like to Think. So as he approached death, he started to worry because the world needed him. The bulky dude now gets why he named a disciple. And the demon star admits that Jimn did beyond

what he'd hoped and is better than anyone. Yet still, he couldn't shake that shadow of worry in his heart. and only today he realized that his fear was unnecessary because he realizes that after he's gone someone will continue to protect them. Seeing Kim Seiojin refuse to give up, The Demon Star saw a new generation of heroes and admits that it has been a long time indeed. Seojan wakes up with a jolt only to be welcomed by Maniol and the Demon Star. He finds himself in a hospital and realizes that they've made it out of the

dungeon. Our guy asks them about how they're feeling and it seems the bulky fella is doing okay. Even though the wound was pretty deep, they said it wouldn't be a problem with treatment. While the demon star also Seems to be doing well thanks to Kim's emergency potion. All he needs is some rest. Our dude is concerned for the old man when Manchiel asks him if he's okay since he's been out for half a day. He's left shocked to find that out and wonders if he's called Su Yon. The bulky man, feeling kind of shy, admits

that he did. And Kim couldn't be more relieved to find out that's resolved at least. Manchol reveals that he's called Seo Yun as well because she was really worried About him. Now that Seojan thinks about it, he told her he was off to look for Manchiol and then disappeared with her grandfather's sword to boot. The demon star remembers Seyok mentioning his daughter and now he knows her name is Suon. Manchel confesses that he was trying to make money to send her to Hunter Academy and then all this happened. Hence, he reminds the old man that

he promised four times the going rate and makes sure that he's not Thinking of reneging. The demon star assures him to pay but suggests if it's okay that he teaches his daughter. Both men are left utterly stunned while Manel can't help but question whether he's going scenile. The old man believes that he may be close to death, but he's still got his wits about him. The bulky fellow wonders if he had a head injury perhaps, but he refuses to admit that as well. He's confused by the sudden offer, asking the demon star if he's not

busy With things like he said. Admitting that he did, the old fella doesn't think it'll be necessary anymore, as he believes it's time to give the young ones a chance out there. He might have one year left to live, but won't have much to do. That's why he supposes it would be nice to teach his daughter in the remaining time he has as thanks for saving his life if she's interested in magic of course as he can't force her. The old man then calls out Seojun Because he saved his life too and offers to teach

him if he wishes as well. Our awakened refuses almost immediately and declares if he wants to give him anything he can give him money. The demon star laughs when he hears that and agrees to it. Since he owes him his life, he asks him how much he thinks his life is worth. Believing his market value should be a fair amount, he asks Kim to name a price. Our dude gets all excited and is about to announce the Price when the door bursts open, revealing a worried Seo Yun trying to calm her grandfather down, assuming there's

some kind of misunderstanding. Realization hits Seojun as he almost forgot that if he contacted Seo Yun, that meant the sword star was on his way too. A furious Miel is ready to kill the young lad, not listening to a word. While Seo Yun alerts him to run away, Kim tries to explain that it's not what he thinks. While he wonders what he Should do, jump out of the window, but then realizes that he would jump too and chase him. He thinks of chucking Gung near at him and running away but then realizes that he left

it in the dungeon as he freaks out. Just then the demon star calls the sword star out, grabbing his attention while the sword star is shocked about what he's doing there. The old man wonders about how many years it has been and yet it feels like yesterday when the five of them were young and Inseparable. Mchel agrees and is curious how he ended up here in this state. That's when he confesses that he tried to play hero and almost died. Hence, he's here haunting the hospital staff now. Shocked, the swordstar knows they all will die

eventually, but guesses it's really true. The old man admits that he's envious of him for being still so active and asks him what's his secret, urging him to share it with them. Meanwhile, Seojan whispers, asking Where Suan is, and Seo reveals that she's on her way, and she had to come first to try and stop her grandfather. The sword star assumes his buddy is just exaggerating, while he tries to make him believe that he was really almost killed. The Demon Star mentions Kim, saying if it weren't for him, he would have died for certain. Thus,

Mitchell turns his attention back to him as he waves his arms frantically, trying to explain that he had no choice. But he Cuts him off, snapping that he didn't give up his sword for it to be sold and adds that while he's let things slide in the past because of Seojan, now he feels he's gone too far. The demon star steps in, claiming that he doesn't know what's going on, but he appeals for the young man to be forgiven. Miel tells him not to get involved in this, but he insists, saying that he's sure it

wasn't without reason that Kim has done wrong by him. There must have been no choice. The Swordstar finds it odd for him to be so forgiving, and he refers to a quote saying, "As much as time takes away from them, it gives them as well." Seeing that this wasn't enough to convince the short-tempered man, the demon star is curious what the hell the young man did to make him so upset. That's when it's revealed that Siojun sold his blue dragon sword. As much as this shocks the demon star, he still asks our guy what he

said about Mchiel buying him a weapon And wonders if that's not true. That was the moment Kim realized that he's doomed. And when he witnesses the swordstar blowing up, he lets him know that he didn't sell it but left it as collateral. He ensures him that they can get it back as it wasn't even that much and believes if they go to the association right now, they'll get it. Mitchell, suppressing his anger, asks the demon star if he would still forgive him after this, and he tells him just Not to kill him since he didn't

sell the blue sword and the old man is vouching for him. The sword star declares to let him live, but that's it. He's still going to smack him. He warns him to just dodge, block, or die for all he cares. And even though it's one hit, it looks like he's going to finish our boy in one blow. Seojin tries to stop him as he declares to go and get it right now, but is told that he can go after he's hit. With that, the swordstar punches him, And to his surprise, Kim blocks his punch with

his fist. However, a loud scream escapes his mouth as he cries in pain. The swordstar is taken aback by him blocking that attack and believes his arm should be fine except his bones being shattered. Our dude snaps up as he reminds him that he only said one hit whether he dodges it or dies and he leaps out of the room saying that he's going to go for a walk. Manchiel and Seo Yun both run after him and it's just the Sword and demon star in the room now. The old man remarks that he must be

getting sentimental in his old age as he can't believe his eyes that the sword star is holding back like that. Mitchell thinks it would be a hassle if our guy died, but he still can't believe he was able to block it. And it seems that the demon star is shocked too. He knows he doesn't really hate that boy. And even though the swordstar refuses to admit that's true, the demon star is aware That he's just being like that because Seo Yunan likes him while he just pouts. Nonetheless, he changes the topic and asks him what

the hell happened there. The sword star can't believe that traces of the apostle of temperance's involvement were found at the 10-star dungeon anomaly. And on top of that, the Demon Star was investigating the Order of Truth and found a mutated monster in the dungeon. And that worthless bum, aka Siojan, saved the day. The demon star Lets out that he should have seen it himself. While Mchiel is convinced that the boy he faced just a few days ago wasn't at that level, it's true that he refuses to acknowledge what our guy is capable of. But no

matter what the old man says, he finds it hard to believe. The Demon Star thinks it's because he just doesn't trust pro hunters. In Mchiel's perspective, they're all worthless. Even the ones running around claiming to be S-class hunters, and the Old man agrees with him. In fact, any of the heroes from the Great Cataclysm would agree with them. The times changed, and so did the very idea of pro hunters. Now it's just a job, a lucrative one at that. Everyone's happy that it's been peaceful. But the Sword Star believes the world is not as safe

as everyone thinks. When all the heroes are gone and the real threats manifest, he wonders if the world will be able to fight back. He guesses maybe that's the True purpose of the Order of Truth. However, the Demon Star calls him out and lets him know that those they expect nothing from turn out to do what no one expected. Their time is passing or it may be already over. Mitchell wonders what he means while he just laughs, realizing it has been a long time. Meanwhile, Seo Yun is busy scolding Seo Jun when Su Yan arrives

there and dashes towards her father, hugging him ever so tightly as she sobs. Manchiel gets Emotional as well and thanks Kim for saving his life. Someone once said the most beautiful sight was seeing the world return to normal. Time passed and the three of them were discharged and everyone was able to get back to their lives. However, some things changed. Firstly, Suan became the Demon Stars disciple and second, the old man gave Kim 10 billion1 for saving his life. Our dude just threw out a number and he just agreed to it, stating that his life

is Not cheap. He used 500 million to get the blue dragon sword back to the swordstar, even though he almost died in the process. It wasn't planned, but because of everything that happened, Kim ended up with Gungir and the huge sum of 9.5 billion1. And on top of that, he reached 47.3% progress in Hercules's course. Minion beams with happiness to see our guy back finally. while he asks him if he weren't worried about him because he never visited. Lee lets him Know that he was super worried, but Seo Yun assured him that he was fine,

so it was like cool and claims that he had faith in our man. Figured he would shake it off like it was nothing. Seo is glad to see Kim back and asks him how he's feeling and he ensures her that he's fine. Min shows something to her, telling her that he needs this and requests if she could look into it. She assumes it would be easy and declares to get it right away. Siojun, who's busy Working out, sees them and realizes so many things have changed. But the dream academy manages to stay the same. Now

it feels like home. Later, we see our awakened listening to Hercules lecture, who talked about the strength of the gods in his last lecture. He assumes some of them may have realized what that truly is. Difficult as it may be. Every once in a while, a few students are able to get there. And referring to those of them who did, he believes they're Probably surprised by the spike in the course progress. He tells them not to be surprised as this is the strength of the god's course after all. Simply put, they're understanding what he's trying

to teach them, thus the progress. But he warns them not to assume that this means they're through with this class. Rather, it's the complete opposite. He declares that the strength of the gods is the source of all strength. And to tap into that infinite strength, they need a Strong vessel to contain it. Hence, if they haven't trained to the ultimate limit, they won't be able to withstand it. That's why he emphasizes muscles so much in this course to help turn their body into a vessel that can hold the strength of the gods. To summarize it,

Siojan supposes that he can tap into the strength of the gods, but his body can't handle it. Now that his course progress has increased, he's able to get through the daily assignments faster, leaving Him more time. Therefore, he thinks of taking another course now that he has more money. Or he contemplates if he should buy an elixir that would replenish his mana so that he'd have enough magic power to summon Gungir. He supposes he could really become a one-man army. And the transcendent marketplace is full of mana replenishing items like the milk of emptiness, peaches

of immortality, elixir, and nectar. At last, Seojin drops the idea Of buying a weapon and thinks a course would still be better. Since he's not at a level he can fully absorb an elixir right now, and even though he started Merlin's course, it's more about understanding magic than teaching magic forms. If he's to fully get use out of an elixir, it's time he learned magic forms. Our guy thinks it's better to do it now as he has to learn it eventually. Therefore, he messages mentor asking his recommendations on any courses of magic Forms. Knowing that

mentor usually takes a week to reply, he decides to wait. But to his surprise, he responds right away telling him that there are two types of magic courses: inner focus and magic forms. If Kim wants to develop control and stability, he should learn inner focus. If he wants to develop efficacy and power, he should learn magic forms. For inner focus, mentor recommends Jang Seangfang or Luong Bin. While for the magic forms, he'd suggest Arthur or Sigfrieded. Kim realizes it all changes depending on whether he's going for control or efficacy. He decides to check out their

cost. Sure that he'll be able to afford something. Afterwards, we see Yun coldly asking our dude if he needs money yet again and if he wants her to look into competitions that are coming up, Siojun, totally defeated, agrees, and that's when the B rank hunter loses it. She lashes out at him, questioning where he's spending all his money Because money, money, money is all he talks about. She wonders if he's some sort of goblin that feeds on money. Curious where it even goes. our poor fella size. Recalling that every course is 10 billion1, but he's

500 million1 short no matter what. He admits that he doesn't want to live like this either. At that moment, Seo Yun informs him about a competition coming up. On top of that, the winner gets to win 3 billion1. Kim couldn't get happier, but the joy is Short-lived when he learns that it's a team competition. The disappointment is apparent on Kim's face, and he's convinced that he's always meant to grind for money. There must be three kids from each academy. And the problem is that the dream academy only has two students at the moment. Kim Seo

Jun and Min Lee. Min can pull his own weight, but since they require three students, it's not possible for them to enter the competition. Our guy hopefully asks Seo Yun if anyone is willing to join the academy, but her face tells it all. Seojin is aware that even if they try to persuade anyone to join them, no one is going to trust them. He thinks hard to find someone they could depend on in competition that isn't already registered with another Hunter Academy. Unfortunately, he couldn't even come up with a single person who'd join them. But

then Mchel's daughter, Suan, comes to his mind. But Seo Yun freaks out and Asks Kim if he wants her to join of all people. Just as our guy is about to make a call, Seo Yun stops him and states that Mchel's daughter has already decided to study under the Demon Star. She admits that she'd love to take her in, but in reality, Suan doesn't need an academy to begin with. While Mule wonders who's this new person, our guy promises the instructor that Suan wouldn't be just for the competition. The scene then switches to the Demon

Stars residence. Our guy arrives there to meet Min Shaol and still can't believe that it's so easy to call him and set up a meeting. Shortly, Min walks out with a cane while our guy wonders if he's doing all right. As he looks at him, the demon star sarcastically asks Kim if he started missing him already since it's been a few days. Our guy thanks him for meeting again so soon and asks Min how Suan is doing. The old man proudly reveals that he's already been Teaching her elemental magic, though it's hectic. Muttering about how

determined she is to learn. Hearing this, Kim is left in disbelief as it's just been two days since she started. The reason why it shocks our guy is because in a hunter academy, the first magic is the basics of how to use magic and magic forms. And just the basic use of magic takes two to three weeks minimum. Even the old man admits that he was shocked too and almost fell over When he saw Suan figuring out how to use magic in less than a day. While Siojin is left slack jawed, Min brags about how

even Jimn took an entire day to get the hang of elemental magic. He wonders where Suan was hiding all this time and never knew it would be this fun to teach her. Meanwhile, our fellow looks totally done. The demon star finally asked him the reason he's here. Kim freaks out as he couldn't bring himself to broach the subject. Our boy mentions to Mincha that The dark star has a disciple, Minol Lee, and he's a student at Seo Yuns Academy. The old man finds it hard to believe and Seojan reveals that the dark star is avoiding

contact with his disciple to keep the order of truth from using the sight on him. Seojan also warns the demon star that the order of truth is already using the sight on him which also makes Suan a target. Plus, it's not just her. It's still not certain when the order of truth will go After the old man again. Therefore, our guy implies that since they can't use the sight on him, they can take advantage of that so that it won't be easy for the order of truth to target them. Old man Men's size and concludes

that Kim wants Suan to join the same academy and make moves together. Seojin nods and states that the time he'll get to teach Suan will be reduced, but for Demon Star and Suian's safety, they'll have to consider it. The old man thinks About it while Kim thinks of Suan as his little sister. Plus, he'd been thinking about making her join the academy anyway. Momentarily, the demon star responds that if the Dark Star is doing it, there's no need to rush things on account of his timeline, and therefore, he agrees to Siojin's idea. The old man

feels bad about not keeping Suian all to himself, but also thinks it'll be good for her to get out for training and experience everything. Later at the Hunter Academy, everyone warmly welcomes Suan. Minol Lee gets a bit eccentric and is introduced as a disciple of a dark star. Just as that simpleton is about to complete the sentence, Seojan slams his hand to shut Lee's mouth and tells Suan himself that this wideeyed kid is the dark star disciple. Poor Minule wonders why he can't say it, and our guy teases him, reasoning that it's fine when he

does it. Our guy then introduces Suan Seak as the demon stars disciple and Strictly states that there should be no funny business just because she's pretty since she's still in high school. Poor Suan gets red as she can't handle the embarrassment and asks Kim to stop treating her like a kid as she's about to graduate. Nonetheless, they come to the main subject since the three of them will be competing in a competition. Mule seems excited as always and while Suan stresses if she'll be good enough, our guy assures her that they still have Time to

train before the competition. Plus, he and Lee will do the heavy lifting for her. Lee nods and tells Suan that Seiojun is the real deal and he's not even sure if they're even necessary. Before heading in, Seo Yun reminds them that they need a team name. And strangely, everyone starts staring at our guy. It appears that everyone wants Seojan to choose a team name since he's the leader. Our guy seems a bit overwhelmed since all he wanted was just A team. He just peaks at the academy and decides to pick dream team. And surprisingly, Min

and Suyun are totally obsessed while Seo loves how it rhymes with the academy. The four of them become the source of motivation for each other and their goal is to win the competition. This moment of the unknown dream team was the formation of what would later be known as the world famous dream team. It is then revealed to us that raid battle is a competition held By private organizations instead of the government or hunters association. Simply put, they're held by large guilds. And the reason why large guilds would spend so much money on these competitions

is simple. Either for early recruitments or hunting exceptional students. While some pro hunters work alone, for the most part, they join guilds and work as teams. Therefore, during the competition, they look not just for strong individuals, but see how They work as a team. That is when they can see who has real potential and scout out talent while they're still students. That's the agenda behind the raid battles. With this in mind, the large guilds lobbyed the government and hunter government. And as the money grew, more broadcasters and other organizations came running, and thus the modern

raid battle came into being. For this reason, the participation was limited to huntermies in division 1 and two. To Conclude, with all the money and focus, the raid battle became an elite competition. In the present scene, some hunters are gossiping about a guy Sei Wu Jang and his team members, Yun Jong Park and Minjun. They can't believe that Geon Academyy's top three students are taking part in the raid battle, making it sound like an intense fight already. The hunters begin to freak out as they speculate since Gaan has leveled up their game. Then there's no

doubt that Ail and Hunter Mills Academy are going to bring their best players, too. The people even anticipate that Hunter Mills might bring out Hyun Lee. Not to mention, she's rumored to be the most talented student in the history of pro hunters. They believe that it's about time that Hyune made an appearance. While the rumor has it that she's a disciple under one of the five great heroes, some find it ridiculous since there's no way a disciple would be in a Raid battle. In the meantime, ironically, the dream team makes their entry into the competition.

Minol Lee and Suan Seok who are disciples under the dark and demon star overhear some from those guys saying that people of that status don't take on mere students as disciples. According to them, there are a lot of S-class hunters waiting for a slot. Min gets pissed and lets out that their team leader is just as famous. Seojin looks confused because Even he doesn't know he's famous. With that, the first round of the raid battle begins and every team has to defeat the sevenstar monster Arachnne. Duhan Lee, B-class hunter from Aries Guild, is very much

disappointed to see how many teams have failed only during the first round. His team member guesses that the dungeon they set up is way too high level and mentions the research that came out by Jim and Jang. The research was about mutations and it's been included in the Magic studies dungeon. Du Hian understands this must be why most of the student teams are failing, but he's scared at the thought of his guild master who asked him to recruit a lot of newcomers, but it looks like he's going to chew them out. While the guy decides

to focus on teams that win, Gayon Academyy's team clears round one. As others wait for Ale and Hunter Mills teams, another team comes out in the meantime, and that is the Dream Academy. What grasps everyone's attention is that Geon completed the round in 30 minutes. The Dream Team jaw-droppingly cleared the round in 9 minutes. Do Lee and his recruiter partner are left in disbelief and try to tell the staff that there's an error in the display time. While Doian finds it impossible for the team to complete in less than 10 minutes, the guy admits that

there was a mistake in the display and lets them know that the timer was malfunctioning. The time was 30 seconds too slow. The recruiters are rendered speechless and Siojan along with his team members come out of the dungeon. It is then revealed to us that in the dungeon they were tasked to fight against the sevenstar monster, Arachnne. Our guy is weirded out by the monster's name since the real Arachnne is an instructor of sewing skills at the transcendent academy. The big spiders surround them while Kim saves Gungir for later, but he still has the longest

Spear to kick their ass. He sees the infamously strong and elastic arachnne webbing and assumes that for his spear, they might as well be cheap thread. Suddenly, the spiders befuddlingly stop when they see Min dashing towards them. With that, Kim and Lee begin slashing the spiders, making it look like their everyday job, and Suan is amazed to see them both. It's as if the monsters are falling with barely any effort. She decides not to just stand there and Watch them fight, but use whatever she's learned to lend her members a little help. She uses elemental

magic and blue tentacles emerge from the magic circle that squeeze the spiders to death. In the present scene, Mule is obsessed with his leader work and asks Seojun how he learned all those moves. Our guy is embarrassed by Lee's remarks, who wonders how strong the captain is going to get. Kim then asks Minuel where all his weapons went, to which he responds That he got rid of them since Master Darkstar said it wasn't good to use too many weapons, but he kept the arrows and daggers. As Suan tries to say something, Seojan recalls that Minule

did not use any arrows, but only the daggers. Minule then reveals that he was trying to protect Suan. So, if he were to use arrows, he'd have to fight from a distance, and Siojan would have been on his own. In the meantime, Suan calls them out, and that's when they notice That all the teams have been staring at them. They're discussing the dream team's unbelievable finish time, and people start recognizing Siojun and Min, boys who were in the Hunter Mills mock exam. Abruptly, the tension rises when Siojan looks at Geon's academy team, whose leader Sius

eyes are burning holes in the back of Kim's head. Siu then turns back and leaves while Minol keeps bragging about how cool their captain is, making our guy pissed off. Even Suon finds them embarrassing now. The noise is cut down when the Hunter Mills Academy team completes the round in 30 minutes, claiming they're the best, and that's how a true elite looks like. But reality slaps when they're ignored miserably since no one gives a about them, and the students from Ae Academy face the same treatment. Later, round two of the raid battles begins, and this

time they need to collect the magic power crystals in the Allotted time. The dream team completes round two and four minutes and proceeds to round three, which is to eliminate the link bell artificial monsters. As round three completes in 19 seconds, they reach round four, magic crystal defense. In this round, Mule runs out of arrows as they fight against stubborn tree branches. Lee decides to stay and defend while he tells Seojan to get rid of as many enemies as possible. In the meantime, our guy leaps outward to deal With the enemy, and he conjectures that

since these monsters respawn, it's impossible to completely clear them. Just as Seojan is done slashing as many dryads as he could, he witnesses a luminous orb in the air like a full moon. He couldn't see it, but he could definitely feel it through Kiran's magic. Since he senses a tremendous amount of magic force, Siojan assumes that this orb could be the core of the entire dungeon or the thing that's Respawning the monsters. Our guy slashes the monster behind him and summons Gungar. To see if his assumptions are correct, he aims Gungir right at the core

and surprisingly the weapon goes right through it. This makes him deduce that there's no core. Our guy freaks out and wonders if he was mistaken that there was anything to begin with. While our guy is hellbent that he did feel something, he thinks of the spear of Longus and its unknown powers. He's Convinced that the spear could have powers as impressive as Gungir, but he just hasn't figured it out. smirking. Seojan decides to find it now and dashes to make a leap where the core is to strike the spear. The scene then switches to Gayan's

team who are struggling to fight the giant tree monsters. Siu asks Minjin to take the lead and eventually they complete the round in 44 minutes. While the members are happy with the outcome, Siu ponders That they made the right calls and zero mistakes. And since Hunter Mills and Al both lasted 20 minutes, they went twice as long. So in his point of view, they did as well as anyone possibly could. The dream team also makes it before Geon did. And Minuel intimidatingly says that he's not even going to try guessing the captain's power anymore. Gown

team members look at Siojun's team as they went in at the same time but came out first. Just then, they're distracted by The noise, and when they look up to the scoreboard, they're left wideeyed. Even the crowd is thrown into a frenzy when they witness Dream Team's score to be immeasurable, which is ridiculously impossible. They assume that their team somehow was able to get to the core of the dungeon. The recruiters in the crowd go absolutely crazy. Do Yan Lee stares shockingly at the scoreboard, recalling that the Hunter Mills exam was just a month ago.

He wonders how Siojan got so Powerful in such a short time span. Lee reckons that their entire world will change completely, so they have to recruit the dream team no matter what. On the other hand, the recruiters hysterically start calling their guild masters. The scene then flips to Kim Seiojan, who's on the moon after discovering the powers of the spear of Longus. He assumed that the spear was immune to magic shields, but Gungir can do that, too. He figured that there was Something else to the spear. In the dungeon, where Gungir just passed through the

core, the spear of Longinus detected the core and destroyed it. Kim wonders if the spear affects existence itself and thinks that he'll have to compare them again. During that time, Mule is narrating the dryad dungeon story to Suon. Suddenly, someone calls out Siojun's team and suspiciously questions what kind of trick they pulled. It turns out to be angry Siu Jong, who accuses them while his own team members appear shocked. Our guy realizes that Siu must be acting alone and asks the matter. Siu asks Kim if this is how he's going to play it, which makes

Miel pissed off. Kim assumes that Jong is accusing him of cheating. Deep down, Seiu admits that Siojin is indubitably an incredible guy given how he did in the Hunter Mills exam, but he believes that what Seojin did in round four is simply not possible, making him Speculate if it was Hyun Lee. Seiu shakes that thought and walks away without saying a word. Minion lashes out at him for accusing them while Jong ponders that he might not be thinking straight. He thinks he's dumb for comparing Hyun and Seojun since she's on a totally different level from

them. Meanwhile, Min keeps grumbling and Suon tells him to stop since round five is about to begin. Suan thinks that they're guaranteed to win now and our boy agrees Because they took first place in every round. While he finds it disappointing that it was this easy, someone calls out the dream team. A guy approaches them and proposes to make an offer. The guy from the organization states that if they accept it, the entire pool of 6.5 billion1 will go to them. The team gasps with disbelief, but the guy proceeds to elaborate that there's a condition.

As it's known there will be a nine-star monster in the fifth round. They're Artificially created by magic, so they won't quite be nine-star threats. But the monster will be strong enough that no student could ever hope to defeat them. The guy reveals the purpose of round five isn't to see if students can defeat the boss, but it's to see how they deal with such a formidable enemy and how clever their solutions are. All of that will play into the final score. While Minule and Suyun nod, the guy dwells on the possibility that if they Were

somehow able to defeat the boss, they'd get the highest score. But no team in the history of the raid battle has ever accomplished that. So the condition is to defeat the boss. And if the dream team fails, they'll have to give up their prize money. While it's a do or die situation, our guy asks him what happens if they refuse. The staff guy answers there won't be any penalty since it's just a proposal and they can simply go ahead, play round five, and Take the top prize. Even the staff guy shrugs and lets out that

these proposals don't come from the organization himself. This makes our guy suspect that the three bigmies are behind this, which makes sense since they shoved them out of the top ranking. And seeing how Siu reacted, it's apparent that they think the dream team is cheating. Seojin is convinced that this proposal is intended to take them down and preserve the pride of the big threemies. While our fella is Giving it a thought, Minol and Suan tell him to do as he wants. The staff member informs Siojun that the organization is hoping their team would accept the

offer. The guy coughs and annunciates that the winner of the battle is already obvious, referring to them. Our guy then delves deep into thought and measures the risk because if they win, they take 6.5 billion1, but if they lose, they lose the guaranteed 3 billion as well. Our hero makes a shocking offer instead, Like a counter proposal, and suggests sweetening the prize money and making it an even 10 billion. Seojin does not even hesitate while Mule and Suan are left astounded with their jaws dropped. As the staff member lets out a dreadful gasp, our guy

bluntly says that the current proposal isn't worth it if they consider the risk they're taking. It's like they'll make 3 billion1 doing nothing. Seojan reckons that he needs 500 million urgently, but it will be Divided into the three of them. He'll only be left with 1.5 billion1, which won't keep up with the rising karma calculation rates. But with a cunning smirk on his face, Kim increases the prize offer to 10 billion so that he'll be able to pay for the magic course and the elixir. And that's definitely worth the risk. The guy who made the

offer appears rather traumatized, probably regretting his life decisions. Later, the gossip about the dream team's Proposal spreads faster than light. The people realize that they understood what exactly was happening and think they have more than just good battle sense. Do Lee's partner wonders if the dream team will be able to pull this off, but Lee thinks that it's possible. The bald recruiter gasps since he hasn't seen Doon this optimistic before and asks what kind of monster they created this time. He thinks it might be a revenant, a nine-star undead monster. The Baldi Asks Lee's opinion

on the final boss monster, but he states that he believes the dream team can do it. Just as the bald guy thinks it seems like a stretch, the dream team enters the dungeon. Inside the ninestar monster dungeon, Minule asks the captain if he's being too greedy and asks Suan if he has always been this crazy. While Suan agrees that Brojan has always been obsessed with money, but not like this. Our guy tells them to stop the drama. Our guy reminds them that their 10 billion is on the line, so they need to grind. As they

walk deeper into the dungeon in high spirits, it gets creepy and ominous. Suddenly, the three of them witness something unexpected and horrific. On the contrary, the crowd who's watching the whole thing are thrown into absolute frenzy as they witness a jogger, a monster who's at least a 10star or even worse than that. Panicked, Doon Lee drops his tea since That monster is even going to kill them. What's more ironic is that joggers are monsters that have the ability to affect the psyche and are actually banned. Do thinks this must be a mistake and runs as

fast as he can. A 10-star monster itself isn't a huge problem. Lee is stressed out because no student has ever died by physical injury from artificially created monsters. However, he remembers the one instance when someone was killed by an artificially Created monster, and it was when a psyche monster attacked the mind. So, even if the attack is an illusion, the damage to the mind is real. And the current situation is no different. Not to mention that this jogger is a 10-star psyche monster, so there's no freaking way a student could handle it. In the dungeon,

Minule and Suan could barely bear the crushing pressure on their minds. Our guy, who's also numb, ponders that at this rate, their team will be Slaughtered. In the meantime, Doan Lee bangs open the door of the control room and screams at the operators to do something. They justify that they have already sent someone, but no one is able to get inside the dungeon. Do Yan tells them to destroy the magic core and turn off the mana supply, but the operators hesitate, thinking about the money they've spent on it. Lee quivers with anger and calls them

greedy bastards for letting kids die over a few billions. Lee literally goes on a rampage and wonders what research Jim and Jang is doing. Shortly, they notice something on the screen and a spooky bastard ghost appears in the dungeon. And while Suian and Mule are collapsed to the ground, our guy appears perfectly fine and wonders what's going on. Seojan is baffled as to what a drowger is doing here. It seems that it tries to attack their psyche and it works on Suon and Minule. Somehow it doesn't work on our Guy as he tries to snap

them out of it. Kim dashes towards the Drowger while it uses his subconscious thoughts against him, whispering them into his ear. They're all doubts and worries hidden deep inside. Seojan hears Sedartha's words reminding him not to get tied up inside himself. He told him that chance becomes fate. Fate becomes destiny while festering is merely chance strung together. As our awakened dashes towards the monster, Sedartha's course progress Boosts. The Drowger continues to use his thoughts against him, whispering that he's not changed and he has accomplished nothing on his own. This gets to Kim and he stops

with a thud when it's recalled to him that those in despair speak of the past. Those in uncertainty speak of the future. Those at peace can speak to the present. He remembers Sedartha's example of a painter who gets overly ambitious and adds color upon color to a painting. The result is a black canvas. Thus, he believes that they must clear their mind. If their mind is troubled, he suggests they look at what is present around them and be as the mountains, the waters, and the ground. Since they're a child of the same universe, they deserve

their place among them even when they can't feel it. Seojin closes the gap between him and the monster. While it continues to play with his mind, telling him that he doesn't deserve peace of mind or whatsoever. As Sedarta reminds Him that one is not defined by the great moments that people remember. One learns to be by accepting each and every moment of life. The greatness that people remember is simply giving back from all that they have taken in. If they do not accept those moments in life, he believes they will have nothing to give. If

they'd held nothing inside them, there is nothing to share. Each breath they take and each moment between them makes them who they are and gives them Strength in times of need. Kim's eyes gleam as he pounces at the drowger and he feels like all his nerves are shorting out. But the seeds of doubt and anxiety in his mind are dissolving. He's convinced nothing can shake his conviction. This is it. The unwavering mind. Sedartha's course progress shoots up while Kim using mental fortitude pierces the longness through the jogger, thanking him for the lesson. The after effect

makes all the screens go blank. Everyone is left shaken while the association head is in disbelief, wondering how the heck Kim was able to defeat Drowger. Droger, a 10-star psyche monster. Not a single one of these scouts could handle its psyche attack, and physical attacks don't work against them since Drager have no form. It took spirit techniques to clear the eight drogger dungeons in the past, but our awakened managed to clear it in one blow. Realization hits the association Head as he laughs out loud, proclaiming that he doesn't think their guild could handle him. Meanwhile,

in the contest waiting room, all the contestants are in disbelief, including Si Wu Jang. He's aware that a 10-star monster and that two artificially created tops out at eight or nine stars or Max can only be handled by A-class hunters, and past that they'd have to be S-class. He contemplates maybe if it were Hun Lee, it would have been possible, but he Realizes soon enough that no one in the world could do this. On the other hand, Seojin's body trembles, but he's glad that at least he didn't faint like with the dryad. He guesses that

is maybe because of Sedartha's course progress. Our guy barely managed 17.5% during the initial 90-day free pass, but now he's at 31.7%. He made this progress in such a short time and acknowledges that Drowger was the best teacher. Just then, Mule and Suan snap out of their trance, wondering where they are. When they see their captain all worn out, they are in utter shock as they realize that he beat the Dger by himself. They get out of there helping Siojan walk and stepping out of the dungeon. They witness many guild managers out there offering them

to join their guilds. They all hover over the dream team when the contestant supervisor rushes towards them. Wondering what in the blazes are they All doing. He reminds them that the dream team just suffered a psyche attack and they need to get them checked out right away. Shoving them aside, he makes it through the crowd while they persist in making offers. In the hospital, we see a worried Seo Yun arriving there. concerned if they all are okay. Kim assures her that they're okay while those two are just napping, informing her that they were checked out

and cleared. Seo Yun wonders what about him And he lets her know that he's fine, just a bit tired, though. She takes a sigh of relief as she hears that. It seems that she was so scared he'd really been hurt this time. The B- rank hunter is well aware that Siojun may not have taken the Pro Hunter exam yet, but he's clearly not a student anymore. Probably only a few months left till then. Sea knew this day would come. She got what she needed out of it, and that should be the end of it. She

supposes she should Be happy for him, but it seems like she's not wondering why she's feeling this way. Our guy asks her if something's wrong, and she assures him that it's nothing. At that moment, the president of the association walks in, leaving both of them taken aback as they ponder what brings him here. The president confesses that he heard about the accident and was worried. Our dude asks him if he came all the way here for the jogger. While he's only focused on Him, remembering how he got hold of the blue dragon sword, the sword

stars prized weapon that he never let anyone touch. When the dragger report came in, he thought there was a good chance Seojan was dead, but he defeated it alone. And the president now sees why the swordstar cherishes the boy. On the contrary, we see the swordstar getting goosebumps. Seeing how our guy is with the swordstar's granddaughter, whom he believes he also holds dear, the President is glad he came in person. Seo wonders if Kim knows the president of the association, and he fretfully reveals that he lent the blue dragon sword to him. The association press

asks him how he's doing, and he believes he is fine, but is curious about what the heck happened, wondering where the dragger came from, and why wasn't a revenant used. It is revealed that the dungeon's magic core was overloaded. As Jim and Jong's mutation research was Applied to this competition for the first time, this makes our guy ponder if the anomalies are created in the same way, by overloading the dungeon's magic cores to research mutations. And supposing if the anomalies can be created artificially, he contemplates if that has been the cause of the great cataclysm.

The president bows apologetically, declaring that he won't ever let this happen again. And assuming that words aren't enough, he asks our Fella, who thought they were enough coming from the president, if there's anything he wants or anything he can do. Sioan already knows what's going to happen next. And Siojan pulls out three fingers, indicating that he wants 3 billion1. And even though the president thinks that seems very reasonable, he verifies that he's really focused on money. That's when our dude breaks it to him that they're talking about 3 billion per person. This catches the pres

who Processes what he just heard as he agrees to it at last. A raid battle for the ages came to an end and the results turned out to be a display of skills easily surpassing the elite from the big threemmies. The dramatic defeat of a nine-star monster drogger created by overloading a magic core left everyone shook. Everyone from the guilds to the general public was clamoring to find out more about the dream team, the dream academy, and Kim Siojan. The guilds are Willing to do anything to get a hold of the dream team, offering them

whatever they can. And those at the center of all that attention are busy splitting and arguing over the prize money. Suan, after a lot of convincing, is ready to accept 3 million. And Minule as well. She objects that our guy and Lee did everything in the raid battle while she was just there to fill the headcount as she feels bad even taking this much. And Minule adds that he didn't do much while He took care of the last round alone and if it weren't for him, they'd be dead. Seojan thinks of them as little angels

hugging them. They weren't paying any attention to what was going on outside. Later, we see Kim calculating the original first prize of three billion, plus winning the proposal that gave them second, third, and fourth prizes, which is 3.5 billion, plus the 3.5 billion from the organizers and guilds. And finally, the 9 billion promised by the President of the association. That's 9 billionUS 3 billion each for Suon and Mule with the 9.5 billion he already had. That makes 22.5 billion1. Our dude is delighted as he now needs 4.5 billion more to take the monkey king's course.

He peaks inside Seos office asking her if the dream academy moved up to division 1. Sean lets him know that they are in division 1 now wondering why he'd ask. He realizes that means they can do six-star dungeons now. But the B-rank Hunter informs him that that would be possible only if they had a registered Aclass hunter. Siojan realizes that she's a B-class hunter, hence they can't go on those raids. Sio quickly apologizes when he stops her and reassures her that they only managed to join the last raid because of her as he tells her

not to worry about it. He steps out, feeling bad that he asked, and contemplates about what he should do now. With six-star dungeons out of Reach, there's no way to make big money. Kim ponders if he should just wait and save the 4.5 billion he needs, even if it takes a while or if he should just sign up for magic courses now. Deciding on asking Mentor about it, he messages him. And just then, Mentor pops out of the phone, scaring the living crap out of him. Our guy holds his chest while Mentor is confused as

to why he's so surprised. Kim wonders if he always has to pop out like that, and he thinks it's More fun this way. Nonetheless, the little assistant asks him why he'd contact him, and it is brought to light that he's not sure what to take next. Mentor thinks hard and wonders if he's good enough yet. And when Seojan asks him what he means, he reveals that if he gets a karmic discount, he could get both courses. It seems that a karmic discount is a discount on his karma. It's a special deal that allows him to

get a discount on the karma calculation Assigned to him. Our guy is in utter disbelief to discover that the transcendent had sales all this time. Mentor lets him know that the sales are rare though and it turns out that he can get up to 100% off. Kim gets all worked up as he learns that he could take the Monkey King's 27 billion1 course for free and decides to claim the discount right away, but the little dude flicks his fingers on his forehead, breaking it to him that they don't just give the Discounts away. Seojun is

confused as to how he gets the discount then and it's announced that the transcendent academy does have a special promotion right now. It's a promotion for outstanding students. Our dude guesses it's like a scholarship for good students and mentor lets him know that it's based on the students score in the mock exam. Getting to know that all the energy in him deflates as he realizes that his discount is based on the mock Transcendent exam like the one he failed miserably last time. Though he's learned footwork from Jang Senfang and the strength of the gods from

Hercules since then and he made huge progress in Sedartha's unwavering mind technique. Hence he's sure he'd score higher this time. However, he whimpers as he conceds that there's no way he would score high enough to rank among the outstanding students. Noticing him sulking, mentor elaborates that outstanding students Aren't judged by how high the scores are, but by how much they improve. It seems that the students are judged on how much their score improved from the previous mock exam. The discount is calculated on the percentage of improvement. Hence, if their score is 50% higher than the

previous score, they get a 50% discount. That means it doesn't matter if he gets a high score as long as he improves compared to the previous mock exam. That's the standard. Seiojan learns that all he has to do is be better than before. And mentor thinks it will be possible on his level, suggesting he give it a try. Our dude calculates that he needs 14 1/2 points more, and it would be 50%, while 17 1/2 points would be 60%. There's no way he'd pass this opportunity up and he announces that he's absolutely in. Kim got

his gold bars ready as mentor set him up for the mock exam. Thanks to last time, he now knows Fafnir goes wild for Gold and finds the sample questions so handy. The karma is calculated for application of the exam and it's 1 billion1. Seojin realizes that he has to pay a fee this time as only the first mock exam is free. Thinking hard, he calculates that if he does this, he's left with 21.5 billion1. He needs at least a 60% discount to take both courses for 10.8 billion. And if he wants the 2 billion one

elixir, he'll need at least a 70% discount. In short, He'd only have to improve on each subject by three points. Hence, he registers for the exam. And the first subject is combat ability, which has 15 problems ahead. Our man awaits Fafnir, the dragon of ruin, with the gold bar ready in his hands. The monster appears, and Seojan throws the gold bar at it, dashing towards it as he plans on attacking it while it's distracted by the gold. However, he witnesses a hydra in front of him when it was supposed to Be Fafnir. He refuses to

admit that it's a hydra and assumes that Fafnir must have gotten fat and grown nine heads, but then he glimpses at his phone, stating the problem is to defeat the nine-headed hydra within the 30 minutes allotted time. Realization hits Kim and Mentor cheers for him as he cries out that he didn't tell him the problems would be different. Mentor thought it was obvious that the problems would change, otherwise everyone would just Memorize the answers and wonders if that's why Siojan brought gold bars. Our dude complains that he should have said something when the hydra directs

its attack towards him. He fortunately dodges it and decides not to be greedy as he just needs exactly three points more. Using the stairway to heaven and the way beyond emptiness technique, he manages to dodge its attack pretty smoothly. And mentor is delighted to see the footwork, amazed because he only Recommended the course a little while ago. So far, all Kim is able to do is dodge. And as he tries to avoid the hydra's flames, it grazes him a little. But the pain that is caused is beyond what he can ever imagine. His body throbs

with pain as a painful scream escapes his mouth, making him wonder what's going on. The pain is too much to handle for Siojan that he prefers to die. And with that, level one fails. Our boy lies on the floor balling his eyes Out when Mentor reveals to him that the hydra has one of the strongest magical poisons. He says it must be pretty painful, but Siojan corrects him, saying it goes far beyond pain. And now that he thinks about it, when Kiran was poisoned by the hydra, the pain was so bad he begged to be

killed, saying he had no need for immortality. Kim mutters that death really would be better. And seeing Jung Seong Gangs course progress, he guesses that he's still a beginner if That was enough to make course progress. He believes if he keeps doing this, he can get the karma discount and build his training progress at the same time. Deciding to give it a try, his fingers freeze when he guesses he can't just quit now. Mentor clarifies that he can quit if he wants to, but doubts that he's hit the score he wanted. Siojan sobs and attempts

the second try. And since the subject is combat ability, ultimately he'll have to land damage on The hydra to get a decent score. Hence, if that's the case, he pulls out Gungir and uses the aura blade. It ends up cutting one of its necks and Kim believes if he gets the other heads one by one, he will have a chance. However, the hydra grows its neck back and our man is in utter disbelief. Thus, level one fails again with him gasping for his life, wondering how the hell he deals with that. He realizes that he's

doomed because he managed to get his previous Score of 4.2 by stabbing Fafnir. Our fella doesn't know how the scoring works, but assumes if they only measure power blows, the standard could be anything. Seeing him having a breakdown, mentor reminds him about the tutorial courses. And as Seiojan sees a beam of hope, the little dude breaks it to him that taking the tutorial course deducts from their final score. However, he believes if the tutorial courses allow him to get a high score, it would offset The penalty. Our awakened sobs again. With that, he attempts it

again and again and again. Mentor hoots, cheering for him while he cries, saying he hates him. The last attempt fails again, and subject one of the combat ability is complete. The score being calculated turns out to be 8.8. 8 points. That is 4.6 points more than the last. Kim couldn't be any happier about it. While mentor finds it amazing as he remarks that he's a different person every time He sees him. He wonders if he learned the footwork and the strength of god techniques and compliments him saying that his rate of progress is the best

he's ever seen in a student. Siojan is on cloud9 when mentor comments that he's still by far the lowest skill level he's seen. He lets him know that he didn't have to say that last part and the little fella admits that it's true. So true. Our dude wonders what the hell kind of back-handed compliment that was. Nonetheless, he believes he can do this and decides to keep this up. A few days later, we see him flop to the ground, defeated, as he admits he can't do this. 9 days ago, Seojan moved to subject two, physical

strength. In level one, he had to hold up the sky on behalf of the incarnation of Atlas for the allotted time of 1 hour. Atlas told him to keep it up until he comes back with an apple while our guy heaves a big as hell rock. His body trembles as he tries to stop Atlas and declares that it's time out, finding it impossible. Kim's words are cut off when he's squeezed under the rock. His physical strength score is 5.9 points, 2.2 points more than the last one. 6 days ago, Siojan attempted subject three adaptability. In

level one, he had to win a staring contest against the incarnation of Argos. Argos reveals that he closed his first and opened his second eye, while our dude, whose eyes are wide open with water Running out of them, is curious about how many he has. Turns out it has 100 eyes. And with that, Kim fails the test. His adaptability score is 4.2 points. That is 1.9 more than the last one. Three days ago, our awakened moves to subject four magic skill. In level one, he has to endure the mana drain of the arch lich for

the allotted time of 10 minutes. The arch lich slurps onto his magic, and it seems that he ran out of it almost immediately. Our fella Confesses that he hasn't taken a lot of magic courses yet. His magic skill score is 1.6 points. That is 0.4 four better than the last one. And now Seojan realizes that he's screwed as he's only managed to improve by 9.1 points, 11.2 points shy of his goal of 20.3. He reconfirms with mentor that if his score doesn't get at least 50% better, does that mean he won't get any discount at

all? And the little fella lets him know that he has to be more than 50% or he Doesn't get the discount. Kim realizes that he's screwed for real and he's going to lose his 1 billion for nothing. Mentor suggests that he start with today's exam, that is subject five, mental fortitude. For level one, he has to listen to the arch's reququum for 30 minutes. The arch hopes he won't be as disappointing as before as last time, and Seojun knows that he has to make points here, hence he tells himself to keep it together. It seems

that he Fortunately passed level one, but he did that last time, too. That's why he focuses on the prize. In level two, he has to shake free from the control of the demon of the nine hells in an hour's time. The demon calls our dude his puppet while he wonders what he's blabbering, cleaning his ears. With that, he passes level two as well. And moving on to level three, he has to resist the temptation of Aphrodite. Aphrodite tries to seduce him, wearing Revealing clothes when Kim asks her if she's not cold, hence passing level three

as well. Meanwhile, Mentor is in utter shock to witness what's happening. In level four, Siojan has to endure the scream of infinite hell for the allotted time of 30 minutes. The infinite hell cries out, screaming that it's all his fault when our dude asks him if he knows him. At last, level four is cleared too. And in level five, he has to resist the pleasures offered by the incarnation of The demon king Mephostophles for an hour. Kim is welcomed to the parade of seven desires. And the first one is lust, the hell of lust, a

paradise that rejects no desire. Our guy makes it through the lust. And next is greed, the hell of greed, where anything can be his. A paradise where nothing is lacking. Succeeding in controlling himself, he's moved to gluttony. The hell of gluttony. No matter how much he eats, the food never runs out. A heaven Of endless plenty. Next is sloth. The hell of sloths, where the angels smile their brightest. A paradise of endless rest and lazing. Making it through, Seojin is moved to rage. The hell of rage, where he can torture his enemies forever. A paradise

where those who seek vengeance are set free. Clearing that, he's moved to envy. The hell of envy, where all the things he was denied are his forever. a paradise where all his dreams come true. Our awakened has Impressively held out till now and decides to do it a bit longer when the last desire is unraveled to be pride. And that hits him as he fails level five and admits the last one was way harder than the rest. Siojin tries again and again and again. And when he's sure he's going to win for sure, he fails

again. With that, subject five is completed and in the end, he couldn't resist the hell of pride's pleasures. Mentor is shocked as to how the heck he even got to level Five. and our boy realizes that his unwavering mind has really improved. The little assistant with boredom wonders how much progress he could have possibly made in that time period. As Kim reveals that it's at 31.7% now he's left in utter disbelief, finding it impossible. He remembers it was at 15.5% last time and refuses to believe what Seojan is saying is true. Snatching the phone out

of his hands, mentor decides to see for himself. Witnessing it's real, he's Taken a back, clueless as to how he did that. He glimpses at the Hercules course progress that is 53.7 and doesn't know what's happening anymore. Our guy believes he got a little lucky there while mentor goes through an emotional breakdown. He can accept all the courses but the course progress for Sedartha is unbelievable because even the other transcendent students would struggle to make this progress. Just then Seojun's mental fortitude score is calculated to Be 22.8 which is literally 13 points more than the

last. And a few days later his final score turns out to be 52.2 points in total. Our guy is delighted as he realizes that he did it. He beat his target of 70% and got to 80%. And now he gets an 8% voucher discount, which means he can finally take the long- aaited monkey king's course. Seojan takes a sigh of relief as he realizes that the unwavering mind saved him. Mentor is still in incredul when he calls him and Asks him what score he needs to get to pass the exam. The little attendant reveals that

at least 60 points in every subject is required. Hence, even if his total score is high enough, if any one subject is below 60 points, he fails. While the total score for passing changes depending, usually they have to hit 90 to transcend. Hence, the total score usually has to be more than 63 points. Glancing at his score, which is 52.2 points, Kim perceives that he's not Even close. Nonetheless, he searches up the Monkey King's course while mentor is curious if he's signing up right away. And since our guy still doesn't know what magic course to

take, he's going for Monkey King's course. He wonders how much the shooting star staff technique course is and is convinced that he can afford it with an 80% discount. Deciding to check it out, he opens it only to be notified that in order to take this course, he needs to be certified in Monkey King spin, pull, and pierce. Seojin is curious if he will ever learn the shooting staff technique and decides to take the course he can, which is the basics of staff and spear. The karma of the course is calculated to be 5.4 billion1,

and this makes his hands tremble. He guesses it's better than 27 billion and registers for the course. Playing the first lesson, Kim sees no one and gets worried if there's an error. Just then, the Monkey King makes An epic entrance and apologizes for being late, revealing that the Sanjang monk reached out and he had to go see what it was about. He looks pissed, saying that he can't do anything by himself and is such a child. Meanwhile, Seojan is still in shock to see it's the Monkey King for real and that he's finally taking his

course. The instructor claims to teach the fundamentals of staff and spear, what they call spin, pull, and pierce in this Course. He believes he explained spin, pull, and pierce in the orientation, and clarifies that they are the three forms used in staff and spear arts. Hence, they're the foundation of every staff and spear technique. Assuming that some of them have forgotten about it, he decides to give them a quick demonstration since he was late anyway. Advising his students to watch carefully, he first demonstrates spin, the movement spinning away from the Body. As he spins his

spear, the surroundings are annihilated in a single spin, indicating how powerful it is. Next, there's pull, where they twist the staff back close to the body. And finally, there's pierce, focusing everything into a single point and piercing it. That is the very essence of staff and spear. Spin, pull, and pierce. The Monkey King declares that only once they truly absorb these will they be able to learn the shooting star staff Technique later, and not just the shooting star staff technique. These three concepts are essential for all staff and spear arts. Hence, keeping that in mind,

he instructs them to practice spin just as he showed them until the next lecture. With that, Seojin's daily assignment arrives in which he has to practice the Monkey King's spin a thousand times. He wonders how to do it as he did and that's when mentor mentions that the beginner Courses were all basics. Intermediate courses are where proper transcendent training begins. That's why the karma calculation gets so expensive. It's claimed to be a whole other level and mentor urges him to give it a try. Kim recalls how he did it and spins the spear the way

it was demonstrated. And as he does that, the area around him turns completely devastated. Seojin is traumatized to see that while mentor is happy, his claim was proved true. On the Other hand, we see the director of LA Academy, Hinch Cha, the director of Gaan Academy, Jins Lee, and the director of Hunter Mill Academy, Jin Hyuno, gathered at a spot as Jin Yun expresses that their status as the big threemies is in an ominous straight. He reveals that they're being called the mid three on the internet now and Jynong wonders what he expects them to

do about it. So clarifies that it's time they did something while Lee is curious what they Can do when Kimiojin has got the sword star on his side. He warns him that one false move and he will not only lose his life but the entire hunter's mill could go down. With that, he stands up in order to leave and claims to pretend he didn't hear any of this and he decides to leave too. That's when Ginan suggests an inner academy friendly. He believes it's time they had a friendly battle between themies and Hyenne wonders if

he's finally sending out Hyun Lee while He just smirks and asks her how about it. Seojin is stunned to witness the destruction caused by a single swing. He feels as if he tapped into the strength of the gods itself. Although it's pretty draining and mentor reminds him that's because it's an intermediate level course. This course assumes that he's no longer a beginner and that he has finished the courses for the strength of the gods or similar techniques. He believes that at his current level he is Going to have a tough time. Kim acknowledges the fact

that higher level courses are no joke, and wonders how he's supposed to finish the daily assignment, as he could barely do 10 of these, let alone a thousand. The little fella assures him not to worry too much and implies that if it were really impossible, he wouldn't have let him sign up. Seojin is curious if there's another way of getting through this, and that's when mentor mentions the magic Courses that he was planning to take. Since his progress on the strength of gods is going well, he suggests that if he took a magic course to

supplement it, it would make things easier. Our awakened cleans up the mess he made and determines that for stability and control he should take inner focus courses and for efficacy and power he should take magic forms where he learns aura. Mentor proposes he give a try to the sample lectures as they might help Him choose what works for him. Kim tries a sample lecture of instructor swordmaster Lu Dongbin's course. He educates his students that building inner focus is like increasing the size of a vessel. The vessel is the human body which contains what are known

as flow points. The flow points are said to be the center of focus in the body and are generally split into three. The high flow point, the middle flow point and the lower flow point. The high flow Point in immediate practice is considered the path to a higher state of consciousness. Ultimately, it's the gateway to the transcendent world. It's the point where spirit returns to nothingness and is sometimes also called the third eye, the palace of nirvana or the brain. Of the flow points, it's often considered the most important. But unfortunately, the high flow point

is beyond the scope of this course. Seojin is confused about what that means, but He thinks he gets the general feeling, guessing that Merlin's course helped after all. Assuming the high flow point is controlled by the brain, he believes it falls within the realm of the mind. The high flow point is the brain, the middle flow point is the heart, and the lower flow point is the stomach. Hence, if Lou's lecture is summarized about inner focus, the high flow point can't use inner focus as well as the middle flow point, but it's easier to build

it Up there. Therefore, inner focus is to be learned for control or magic forms for power. Kim feels that something's off and seeing a sample video of Seigreed's course, The Raging Strength of a Dragon, he finds it weird. Mentor wonders what's the problem and he reveals that he's curious about why he can't take both of these courses. Because according to Master Lou, the high flow point is within the realm of the mind. So, it means it plays a role In Sedartha's unwavering mind. And if the unwavering mind is an essential course for the transcendent process,

that means all the transcendent students are training the high flow point through Sedartha's unwavering mind. Hence, whether it's the middle flow point or lower flow point, any magic course is training two flow points at the same time. That's why our dude wonders what's stopping them from training all three. It does make sense to mentor, but he Doesn't seem sure as the deeper into a course, the fewer details he knows. Just then, Seojin's progress is notified to rise up in Merlin's course, which indicates that he's right. He's curious if none of mentors other students said anything,

and it seems they all just took the courses they felt were right for them. But since no one has said anything before, he believes it shouldn't be a problem. Kim implies that he should ask the instructors about it As he can't post something on the message board since he can't sign in. He feels he can get a clearer answer from the instructors themselves and is curious if it's not possible. The little attendant supposes it is possible, but seeing him hesitating, our guy reminds him that it's normal for students to ask questions about the course. Mentor

decides to go and ask about it. While Seojan thinks it would be nice if he could take both courses, but his problem Is money. It always comes down to money. Nonetheless, he decides to worry about it when mentor gets back and enters the building of the dream academy. It seems that Seo Yun had been waiting for him and it turns out the heads of Hunter Mill, Elay and Gaon are present there too. They express their pleasure to meet him and introduce themselves while Seojun is confused as to why the directors of the big threemies are

here. They reveal the interac academy friendly And Jin lets out that it's normally an unofficial battle exclusively between the big three, but he believes the dream academy is more than qualified to join. Now, Hane hopes that he will join them to represent the Dream Academy, and Kim glances at Seo Yun, who lets him know that she's fine with whatever he wants. He gets all excited about what kind of prize money they are talking about, but it's revealed that there's no prize money. Lee interrupts, emphasizing that It's a friendly and their goal is to encourage competitive

drive and growth among the most gifted students. Our pal asks Seo Yun if the Dream Academy gets anything out of it, and she refuses. Since it's an unofficial competition, it doesn't matter either way. Seiojan announces that he's not interested and the directors of the big threemmies are in utter disbelief. They try to convince him by telling him that it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and that Only the most gifted students are invited. He wonders what's the point when there's nothing to win. While they persistently try to convince him. Just then, Kim spots Min and asks him if

he wants to do this friendly, and he is confused about why he's not doing it. Our fellow declares that he doesn't really have time for it, and Min guesses that he's free. He contemplates if he should take part and thinks he could test out the new skills he's been Practicing. The directors are dumbfounded as they witness the site in front of them while Seojan bids them by showing zero interest in it. They all are left calling him out and trying to stop him as he continues to walk away. The directors debate what to do because

a moment ago they ask Seojan his demand in order to get him to participate. He announced a 6 billion1 prize and that's what made them have a discussion in private. Hi highlights the six billion On the line while Jynong finds no point in holding the friendly if Kim doesn't participate since they're only doing it to take him down. Chaw argues that prize money for a friendly is unheard of. Minol is baffled as to what his captain needs so much money for while he just sheds tears admitting that it's killing him too. After a while, Ginan

grabs their attention and Seojan wonders if everything settled as it looked like it was getting heated. The director of Hunter Mill admits that they wanted Kim specifically to participate in the friendly because they think it's important their students go up against him to check their pride and drive them to improve. And since he won't participate without the prize money, they are ready to offer a prize. But he reveals that there are some conditions. Later, we see Suan and Mule having an intense training session when Seojan walks in on them. Seeing how hard They're working, it

seems that the prize money was initially set at 6 billion1. Then second and third place prizes were added at 4 billion and two billion bringing the total prize money to 12 billion1. It's individual not a team competition. Hence the winner gets the entire prize money. Our dude doesn't find this out of the ordinary except for the condition Jin Hyion mentioned. He declares to set the format and rules for the friendly since the prize money will Come from them. It seems fair to Jun since they're putting up the money after all. Hence he agrees. It is

revealed that they want all the members of the dream academy to participate and both Minule and Suan agree having no problem with that. Our guy wonders if there are other conditions and Ginan lets him know that there are not but they need one more person to agree wondering what they are talking about since it's just the three of them. It suddenly hits him that There's Seun too. He's baffled as to why they drag her into this if it's an individual competition. As he calls her out and lets her know that she doesn't have to go

out of her way if she's doing this for him. The B-rank hunter assures him that he's been helping her so much and she's getting nothing in return. Therefore, she feels happy to take part. Kim wonders what she's talking about because she helps him all the time. Sean shoves him away, saying that she's fine And ensures him not to worry about her and to focus on himself. While our guy didn't get the chance to protest, he guesses he should also prepare for the friendly. He's busy pondering about mentor and just then his phone rings. It seems

to be a message from him telling him to hold off on the magic courses for now as he finds it too complicated to explain here. and informs Siojun that he has asked the director for clarity and will get back to him as soon as he hears From him. Our awakened decides to focus on his other courses for the time being. A few days later, the morning of the interac academy friendly arrives. Kim thought it was unofficial, but seeing the luxury building, it looks like a raid battle to him. Sean remarks that this isn't any friendly

and admits that they're called the big three for a reason. They spot some reporters gathered at a spot and believe they are just looking to get an official story Out. It's revealed that the first event of the friendly will be a one-on-one tournament, and this catches both Minule and Suan by surprise. Lee prays that he doesn't have to face the captain, aka Siojan, until the end and hopes to be set up with Suan instead. Words slip out of Suan's mouth, too, as she states that she doesn't want to face either of them, but then stops

midway. Min goes on about witnessing our fellow training yesterday and couldn't believe what he did with Just a single swing. Kim realizes that he got caught practicing spin, pull, and pierce while the other two continue to argue. Just then, they hear a commotion from where the reporters are, and it seems that it's Hyun Lee who just walked out. The reporters throw questions at Hyun, desperate to interview her and curious about what is different in this friendly since they're not usually shared with the public. They wonder if she will be participating or is just Here to

observe and publicize the rumors about her not participating in the events because of Kimiojan. This makes her freeze in her spot as she turns around and claims that she doesn't know him. With that, she walks away while the dream team witnesses the scene from afar. Minion mumbles about her being pretty, and Sion is baffled as to what that's got to do with anything. Lee admits she's pretty, wondering what's wrong with that, and Park clarifies that She just meant that it doesn't matter, and is curious as to how come he's never said that about her. Min

points out that she's still in high school while she gets kissed, wondering what being in high school has got to do with being pretty. They both continue to argue when things get a bit heated, and Suan ends up lashing out at him, asking what's wrong with him. Her loud roar catches the attention of people nearby and they recognize Seojan and the dream team. Confused as to what they are doing here. The reporters realize that they must be the reason why they made a press release and surround them bombarding them with questions while Suian and Minule

persist in bickering. They decide to go inside and in the Dream Academy waiting room they are reminded that no personal equipment will be permitted in the friendly. The staffer lets them know that Kim will be issued a spear Seo Yun a sword and twin daggers and archery Equipment will be given to Min. He asks Suian if she will be needing any equipment, and she believes she's good. Lee finds the gear nice, but it's not what he's used to, and it seems that Seo Yun feels the same. The Demon Stars disciple proudly remarks that only a

poor craftsman blames their tool, but Min doesn't think it's true and asks her if she's ever seen a master of their craft using shabby tools. He's curious if she thinks she's better than them Because she doesn't use equipment, and she admits that she does feel that way. Seeing Siojan, Lee speculates if he's going to be okay and is curious if he's not worried about using these. With that, they both start arguing again while Kim is concerned if his gear will be okay. Later, we see our guy up against a student from Hunter Mill, who doesn't

see him much and is confused why they'd go so far as to ban personal equipment. And on top of that, Siu Refused to take part in the friendly, and his friend thought he was scared of Hyun Lee. But it turns out he was actually afraid to face Siojan. Seeing him standing in front of him, the guy thinks of his friend as a coward, wondering why he was scared of a guy like this. Nonetheless, he sees this as a chance to show everyone who the real rookie is. The fight begins with Kim instantly leaping at his

opponent, who didn't even see him move. He's taken a Back when he's attacked as his body trembles because of the tremendous power he's facing. Seojin forces him backward with relentless pressure, giving him no chance to recover. And in an instant, he's already in front of him. Spear tip hovering dangerously close to his face. The tension causes his opponent's weapon to slip out of his hands and his spear to crack, leaving everyone stunned. It's no surprise that our dude is the winner, and it seems that he already knew his Spear wasn't strong enough. It felt weak

to him. He calls out to the faculty, requesting any sturdier spears. While his foe flops to the ground, defeated, Seojan observes the new spear provided to him, and comes to the conclusion that these things really can't handle much. He was worried the moment they handed it to him. And sure enough, three swirls later, it broke. He's busy wondering if he's going to have to replace his spear every match when he finds Su Yan and Mule gazing at him stareyed. They're absolutely impressed by their captain and reveal that everyone is going wild about him right now.

Sio Yun shows that they're already posting articles and Kim discovers that they really are writing about him versus Hyun. He admits he wasn't expecting this response and she lets him know that it's even trending and that the big guilds are now asking to sponsor the entire friendly in exchange for access to the event. Seojin Guesses it's all because of Hyun Lee and assumes that she must really be something, but he's informed that it's him. This all is for him and this catches him by surprise. Seo tells him that Hayun Lee is considered untouchable both physically

and mentally. But thanks to him, cracks are forming in that reputation as people are obviously responding. Meanwhile, Suan conveys that they're saying our dude is the new standard for untouchable. Min confesses That if he had to face him or Haun, he'd choose her in a blink of an eye, and Park proudly admits that she would choose him, and their quarrel starts yet again. Meanwhile, Jinyong is curious about Hyun's remarks upon witnessing Kim's match. It seems that she catches what the fuss is all about. The director asks her if she thinks she can beat him, and

before her response, he adds that she doesn't have to worry even if she loses. Lee cuts him off, and even though She acknowledges the fact that Kim may be good, even exceptional, she states that he's still just a student. So, the director agrees with her, clarifying that he was only expressing his concern. After she leaves, he glances at the screen and seeing Seojan with a cracked spear in his hands, it seems that he's concerned indeed. The tournament continues, and Dream Academy records win after win. Minule defeats his opponent handily as expected and Suan surprises Everyone

by advancing. Our guy being the winner of course keeps asking for new spears and admits that he's trying to be careful but since the opponents are strong it's hard for him to hold back. The staff debate on how many spears he has broken so far and it seems that he's broken nine spears in total. These are tens of millions of one each and that is already more than a hundred million one in weapons. They realize that at this rate they will be spending more on Weapons than prize money and it's not like they can just

refuse to replace them. Siojan nervously suggests that he use his own spear and they discuss it among themselves. One of them whispers that this wouldn't mean special treatment thinking this is logical while the other believes the heads will allow a change of rules. Meanwhile, our fellows just stand there awkwardly. They declare that they will have to ask their superiors and leave. Just then, Suan Enters the room looking scared and nervous. Kim wonders if she's up next and notices her body shaking with her face all white. He asks her with concern in his voice. What's wrong?

And that's when she tells him she's facing Haun Lee. There's no wonder she's scared. She's only just started training with the demon star, which makes her a huge unlikely winner. She asks him if he thinks it'll be okay, and Seojan assures her that it's not a dungeon raid or Anything. He tells her if she wins, she wins, and if she loses, she loses. And she shouldn't make a big deal out of it. But Suan is still unsure as she remembers that she barely did anything in that raid battle. It felt good to her to do

something together. They got recognition and it felt good using the abilities she'd been working on. She loved all of that, but she realizes that both her team members are so far beyond her level. Thus, Park sees this as an Opportunity to show them that she can do it too, that she can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them. And just then, her name is announced, instructing her to proceed to the tournament area. Our dude wishes her luck while she's determined to prove that she deserves her place on the team. Suian enters the arena where Hyune already awaits her

and feels intimidated by her presence. The combat begins with Lee standing unbothered while she instructs her to Come at her with everything she's got. Suan doesn't understand what she's saying and Haune clarifies that she finds this the fastest way for people to learn their place against her. Hence, she suggests that Suian take her best shots. Seeing her weapons not being prepared and her not being on her guard, Park gets pissed off. She claims to make her eat those words while Lee remarks that everyone's so unoriginal. Suan activates her magic and using nullify Senses, she pounces

at her opponent with lightning speed. Hi, who's watching the fight through a screen seems doubtful about a magic user going in close against Hyune. Out of all people, Park attacks her multiple times while she dodges all of them. Cha observes her moving like that while casting spells, even though she's just a student. And as much as she hates to admit it, she's seeing why their students are losing. A magic user's main role is to cast buff Effects for party members from a safe distance, but real fights never go to plan. She witnesses a magic user

who focuses on adaptability over theory, and Siojun is reminded of the Demon Star whose approach disappeared. Demon Star, considered the greatest magic user of the Great Cataclysm. This was exactly his fighting style. At the height of the Great Cataclysm, he brought down a reign of terror on the monsters, and thus the Demon Star was often called the war Mage. Suan delivers a powerful hit that Hyun still manages to dodge, prompting her to question if this is truly Suan's best. With that, Lee strikes her, forcing a cough of blood from her as she clutches her body

for support. As Haune assumes she is done, Park casts a spell on her, and this seems to have pissed her off. Her clothes are barely disturbed, and Lee, convinced they're not even in the same league, slaps her across the face, sending her flying Backward until she crashes into the ground with a heavy thud. This shocks everyone, including Seo Yun, Min, and Seojun. But Haun doesn't stop there. She grabs Suan by her shirt and smacks her on the face again and again. That was it for Kim as he clenches his spear, storming into the room. He

stops in his tracks when Suan tells him to, assuring him she's fine, even as another slap strikes her across the face. The referee orders Haune to let her go, and she Tosses her to the ground. Seojin rushes towards her, checking if she's okay when he hears Lee calling them nobody. Our guy couldn't hold back anymore, but Park grabs his arm, telling him not to since it's her fault for not being