Chapter 178: Reaching an End of a Vicious Test (1/2)
Chapter 178: Reaching an End of a Vicious Test
“Chi-Hyun,” squatting with his barbell like every other day, Chi-Woo asked, “What does it mean for a person’s physical ability level to be rank C?”
Chi-Hyun, as training with him, snorted
“…A rank C is a rank C,” Chi-Hyun answered and let out a long sigh “Why are you suddenly asking me that?”
“Just ‘cause I was curious”
“Hlanced at his brother Besides mental fortitude, all of Chi-Woo’s physical abilities were rank D on average It see about when his abilities were going to increase in rank Then there was no reason for hirowth system is a form of absolute measure It’s a standard that’s applied to all without exception, and the one who decided on the standard is, of course, the Celestial Real a deep breath, “For exa to different standards”
“Like what…fro system, but let’s say rank F to rank S to ine that a o froician council about it and got a response saying that they needed to know at least 15 spells out of the 30 spells an E rank was expected to know” In other words, the ician needed to learn 15 spells to becorowth system
“Ah, that’s why it’s absolute…”
“Yes, the standard that the growth systems expect you to reach to rise in rank is absolutely fixed”
“Does that mean different species would have co ranks?”
“Yes A species especially gifted in strength can be born at rank B”
“Then what about us…?”
“We are hus,” Chi-Hyun responded, “We can rank up our physical abilities with training, but there’s a limit for us, like all species Our maximum limit is considerably low”
“Maxiot up and slowly breathed Then he put down the barbell and wiped his sweat away “No ifted they are, there’s no changing the fact that they are human, and there’s a bar they cannot exceed Thus, notrains, it’s impossible for them to uproot a mountain and throw it That is the maximum limit of each species”
Chi-Hyun brushed his hands and storeat a C rank is…you knoent to a uess how much power an ordinary person would be able to a themselves their whole lives without any sort of ?”
Chi-Woo shook his head
“If that person corowth systeaped open slightly To think a person could train their whole lives and be stuck at rank C It really hit him then what he had achieved It also meant that he should’ve only been able to reach rank C even if he trained all his life norrowth system comes into the picture,” Chi-Hyun answered Chi-Woo’s question before he voiced it “The growth syste certain requirements, and as a result, turns a hero into a superhulad to hear that a growth system had been established on Liber; with it, there was a way for each species to surpass their limit
“Of course, there are other rowth system”
“Natural talent?”
“Likea natural talent most important?”
Chi-Hyun slowly stroked his chin and said firmly, “No”
“It’s not?” Chi-Woo’s eyes widened
“Of course, natural talent does affect one’s growth I ad to surpass the liless”
Chi-Woo didn’t seem to understand Thus, Chi-Hyun continued
“Talent dictates speed”
“Go on”
“Say a kid showed exceptional talent in e of five That kid uess so…?”
“But calculus is soet to high school even if it takes a bit reed to this
“Just because the young child learned faster than others, who could guarantee that they would reach a greater height than anyone else?”
“That’s…” It was then Chi-Woo realized what his brother was saying
“You could say natural talent deterrowth But what decides how ress and how far they can surpass their species’ limit is one’s dormant potential”
Chi-woo’s eyes widened further The terenius in their hometoould meet crowds of students on the same level if they enrolled in Seoul National University And hoould they compare with students from universities all over the world? What about the whole universe? One’s talent became less unique and special the wider the scope of coures who could be called genius when coalaxy Thus, heroes who had worked for a long time soon realized one truth: that with the exception of the very few, natural talent would soon become overshadowed Thus, when people of similar talents competed, their hidden potential differentiated theressed, but they soon reached their limits; and when they couldn’t surpass their linant On the other hand, those born with exceedingly high potential had no lio further than anyone else without hitting a wall as long as they continued to move forward—like it was always supposed to be that way Such individuals weren’t known as ‘geniuses’, but called ‘monsters’ or ‘Gods’ with fear and awe
“…I went on a tangent” Chi-Hyun lifted his shoulders He had planned just to teach his brother about rank C and ended up giving a whole lecture “Well, I think I answered your question well enough…” He glanced at his brother “There’s no need for you to be so fixated about only training Utilizing the growth system is also an option How about—”
“No!” Chi-Woo jumped out of his seat and shook his head “ I won’t”
“Why not?”
“Well, because it would be a waste, wouldn’t it?” Chi-Woo sreat my potential is, so I want to save as many merits as possible Maybe I can raisealone and push it further up with the syste this, Chi-Hyun realized that his brother had coan to wonder if he had revealed so he shouldn’t have In the end, Chi-Hyun watched as Chi-Woo did squats with the barbell and sardless of talent, even Chi-Hyun didn’t know the limit of Chi-Woo’s potential
Time passed like an endless stream One month blurred into two, then three The entire ti Chi-Hyun further He thought Chi-Woo would surely whine all the ti and showered hiht Chi-Woo would call it quits once
And yet Chi-Woo repeated the sa astray or doing things sloppily He didn’t appear anxious, nor did he act out Like a far for harvest, he quietly sowed seeds under the scorching sun His effort was neither excessive nor lacking, but perfect
Of course, fro was still torturous and hard He would be lying if he said it wasn’t boring But after talking with his brother and Philip, Chi-Woo had a change ofa person could only reach after training all their lives, it seeht now, and too self-centered of hiress just because he worked hard for a couple of months Moreover, Philip had sworn to him that the day Chi-Woo walked out of this place, he would be a different person The harder the trial he faced was, the greater the reould be
He did keep getting reality checks when seeing that his physical abilities ree at all In his fostering list, the nurade his inherent abilities was decreasing day by day, especially for Golden Ratio; not only had he reverted the necessary inal count, but the nu even lower It was like what his brother had said—data didn’t lie, and his user infor it, Chi-Woo was beginning to find joy in this place tailored for hi
While Chi-Woo was absorbed in his training, Chi-Hyun left a couple of times to finish unresolved business or replenish their supplies before they ran out And one day, after finishi+ng his breakfast and war up, Chi-Woo saw Chi-Hyun come back with a few people
“Mr Ru A tis were overjoyed to see Chi-Woo, and Hawa nodded at him when she met Chi-Woo’s eyes
“Well…I was just curious what you were up to these days,” she said ht out Chi-Hyun to ask how Chi-Woo was doing, he brought her and the Ru siblings here to see Chi-Woo for the last time, but I was still worried I didn’t expect you to be receiving training from Sir Choi Chi-Hyun privately,” Ru As
“As expected of you, Senior Even the legend acknowledged you,” Ru Hiana said
eneral situation It seemed his brother had come up with a suitable explanation for other people ’</e have you been receiving here?” Ru Hiana’s eyes sparkled as she asked It see about the training Chi-Woo was getting under the legend’s guidance
“It’s just basic training,” Chi-Woo said while stretching “I was about to start before you guys came Do you want to do it with me?”
“We can do that?” Ru Hiana exclaimed Chi-Woo turned to his brother
“Um…It doesn’t matter, but this space is…” Chi-Hyun was about to say ‘This space was ed to s his words He couldn’t reveal Chi-Woo’s real name, but he didn’t want to address Chi-Woo impolitely as ‘you’ in front of his close companions, either—er brother In the end, Chi-Hyun thought he had no choice but to call Chi-Woo by his fake name
“Chichi…” Chi-Hyun’s face stiffened mid-sentence, and he turned away
However, Chi-Woo clearly saw the corners of Chi-Hyun’s mouth twitch as he stared resolutely into the distance Chi-Woo narrowed his eyes at Chi-Hyun for a while and sighed
“It doesn’t matter to me You etting trained by the faend Any hero would be interested, so Ru Hiana and Ru Aerly volunteered Hawa also joined in However, the number of trainees soon decreased in half The first person to drop out was Hawa She endlessly ran towards the peak of the ue Her face was soaked in sweat as she looked up at the three figures reat frustration
Ru Hiana didn’t get that er than Hawa, but was unable to decrease her distance from Chi-Woo and Ru A her hands against the ground, she stared at Chi-Woo and Ru Amuh as they moved further away
“Huff! Huff!”
“Huff! Puff!”