Chapter 63 (2/2)

As he looked roughly, it looked like space was blocked within a certain distance to prevent Blackbirds from running away. The space was large, but it was not infinite.

“It’s perfect for hunting.”

He grabbed the spear. He could easily finish if he used the Leap and Flame skills, but he didn’t use those because this test was not for checking his magic ability. The weapons he used were swords and spears. And this test was a gateway to examine his spear-throwing ability. It was a pretty difficult test.

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The Blackbirds were fast, and they would not let him drop them down easily, of course.

“30 minutes.”

He grabbed the spear he picked up from the ground tightly. He threw it as hard as he could.

Swish—

Bam—

The spear that Su-hyeun had thrown penetrated three blackbirds. At the same time, he grabbed two spears in each hand immediately after that.

“One, two—”

Swish—

“Three.”

The four spears flew towards the blackbirds that roaming the sky.

“I guess it will take 30 minutes at most.”

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“How much time has passed?” Kim Hyun-soo, the general examiner asked.

The deputy examiner checked the time and answered, “It’s been about 15 minutes.”

“About 45 minutes left.”

“I will tell you every five minutes.”

“Tell me every ten minutes. When an hour is over, it means he failed. Then clean all the things here.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Oh, and tell the last of the examiners to set up the next devices when 20 minutes have passed. If he passes the exam, we can proceed immediately that way.”

“Yes.”

Kim Hyun-soo crossed his arms and watched Su-hyeun on the device. He was the one who was responsible for the examination of five S-rank awakeners of Korea. He also conducted the S-rank examination more than ten times. About one in four people who applied reexamination passed and became S-Rank. Three of the four had been eliminated were eliminated from this first test.

<> he thought but he could not remember exactly.

He took so long, and he was not capable of escaping from the hallucinations by himself. In the end, he had to pass the test to escape from hallucinations.

“And the fastest one was… Park Ji-yeon. She only took 40 minutes.”

Park Ji-yeon was the youngest S-Rank awakener in Korea. She had passed the reexamination faster than anyone else since she had shown an outstanding talent for a long time.

Since this hallucination test gave each examinee a different mission, it was difficult to say that somebody would be better than the other exactly. However, the content of the test itself was recorded. Kim Hyun-soo flipped the papers and looked through the records of the S-Rank awakeners.

“After Park Ji-yeon, Gwon Jae-hoon took 43 minutes. Next was Jung Yoon-ho. He took 48 minutes. And next…”

Zap—

While he was checking the records, the device suddenly started responding. Kim Hyun-soo, who was startled, covered the file and raised his head.

“What is going on?”

“I think… the built-in skill of the device is being unraveled.”

“A built-in skill. You mean hallucinations?”

“Yes, sir.”

In response to the deputy examiner, Kim Hyun-soo opened his eyes wide. Was time passing by while he was thinking about something else?

“What about time? How much time passed?”

“19 minutes, sir.”

“19 minutes?”

It was less than 20 minutes. He had a lot on his mind. Kim Hyun-soo had been seeing the same phenomenon several times. And immediately after the device’s built-in skills began to break, the test would end.

<> he thought.

Other S-rank awakeners did not differ so much in the Clear Time. It was only about five minutes apart. But suddenly, this man passed it in 20 minutes. It was a really overwhelming record.

The ether stone in the device flashed for a moment. That phenomenon meant that the device stopped working.

“Phew—”

Su-hyeun, who was staring at one spot vacantly, all of a sudden took a big breath. Su-hyeun turned his body and looked at the examiners, including Kim Hyun-soo.

“How long has it been?”

“Uh…Well…” The deputy examiner checked the time again. “You took 19 minutes 58 seconds…”

“So about 20 minutes,” Su-hyeun said as if it was insignificant.

Su-hyeun did not know about the shock of examiner Kim Hyun-soo.

“Let’s do the next one quickly. You guys are ready, right?”

He had finished so quickly that the preparations for the next test were not even done yet.