Chapter 58. The Queens Classroom (1) (2/2)
“There are soues here too”
“Well, it’s Seo Jun-Ho after all You can’t exactly compare him to other rookies He’s too famous now”
“daazine is here”
“And that’s the BBCThey already got the scoop froain”
The press conference hadn’t even started yet, but the roo ca One could write an entire article just about the different people and groups that were attending
“Haaa, he really is soo wasn’t like this”
“What?! You went to Seo Jun-Ho’s first press conference?”
“My depart upBut when I laid my eyes on Seo Jun-Ho, I felt it instantly”
“Felt what?”
At soather around them The reporter noticed this and cleared their throat before speaking “He earing pajamas, slippers, and his hair was a rat’s nest At first, I thought he was just soers at their eyes “The look in his eyes He was yawning and all, but the piercing look he had was unforgettable”
“Really? He just looked sleepy in the pictures”
“No It was a vigor that you could only feel in person Like with Ki-Hyun”
“Ahh” They understood Even when shi+n Sung-Hyun or Ki around, they commanded a powerful presence
“So I’ve personally been looking forward to this a lot” The reporter adjusted their glasses “I won’t be surprised if Seo Jun-Ho announces that he’s going to a 1-star Gate”
“What? Nah, that’s too much” Someone waved him off “Even if he’s a super rookie, he’s still a rookie A newbie”
“He only debuted 3 oes in alone, that’s suicide”
“I’hed, e, but there’s no way he’ll do that if he isn’t insane”
“Hey, it’s al roo on crackers
shi+m Deok-Gu looked at him in amazement “You really… Aren’t you nervous?”
“Not really? It’s not like it’s my first time”
Crunch, crunch
Seo Jun-Ho spoke as he continued to eat “We’re announcing two things today, right?”
“Yes We’ll do as we discussed last night” shi+o”
Cha Si-Eun escorted the two of them out When they entered the conference room, they were covered in camera flashes Seo Jun-Ho casually took a seat
“The press conference will begin now and will last for 40questions froned up beforehand on a first-come first-serve basis Most of them were ones the association had expected As such, a question he had been waiting for ca to the Cave of Trials?”
Seo Jun-Ho quickly grabbed theto set a date”
“Ooh!”
“Yeah It’s a rite of passage for all new Players”
“You can only go there once in your life It’s a waste if youand typed on their keyboards They had found soions of Tibet Its rules were different from other Gates
‘It’s a Gate that can’t be cleared and you can leave without clearing it’’
It had first appeared when the world becaame and had been around for close to 30 years now
“I’row after going to the Cave of Trials”
“Are you thinking that you’ll reach the 5th level, at the least?”
“I dunno We’ll have to see when I get there”
The Cave of Trials gave the Player a choice to ‘go’ or ‘stop’ whenever they cleared a level They could leave the Gate if they were satisfied with their rewards, or they could proceed to the next level for a chance at a better reward and the risk of losing everything
‘I got to the 9th level last time’
He had been level 30 at the tis he won had been a huge help in his journey as a Player
“Then have you thought about what Gate you’ll be going to after the Cave of Trials?”
“Of course” Seo Jun-Ho nodded without hesitation
All eyes were on hiram keyboards so they could write dohat he was about to say
“I will be going to the Winter Castle,” he said shortly
With those tords, the bustling conference room fell silent
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The reporters couldn’t even type They weren’t even sure if they heard hih there was only one Gate in the world called the Winter Castle It was one of three Uncleared Gates in the world whose difficulty was labeled as ‘Brutal’
“The Gate in Antarctica”
25 years after the Frost Queen’s defeat, the Players experienced the horrors of Antarctica once more in this 1-star Gate