𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟖𝟕

𝙖ẇ̇ᴇ𝐛𝘴ᴛ𝚘ʀ𝐢𝚎ṡ.ᴄȯ̇ṁ

“I don’t really understand what you’re saying. Time is almost up anyway.”

“. . . Three minutes is more than enough. I’m not satisfied with this.”

Sophia puffed her cheeks out slightly, showing her frustration at the situation.

Then, she quickly changed her expression and began to summon the enormous power she had been holding back.

Whoooosh,

Rumble, rumble.

“I’m sorry. I can’t hold back today. If you don’t want to do it, I’ll have to force you.”

The spiritual power that was almost too much to handle shook the interior of the cave, and a pressure was put on my body.

In the midst of this, Han Kang-yoon sighed and pulled out his ID tag and crushed it.

Crack!

Ding!

【Class 2-A Han Kang-yoon: Eliminated】

At that unexpected sight, Sophia stopped summoning her spiritual power with a dumbfounded expression on her face.

“W-What are you doing now?”

“I told you to stop. This is getting hard.”

“H-Hey, wait a minute. . . . . . That’s not it! I was really looking forward to this, and I even made sure the cave didn’t collapse!”

But that was Sophia’s business, and Han Kang-yoon didn’t need to fight anymore.

Of course, the winner and loser had already been decided.

“There’s only a minute left.”

“Oh, really. . . . . . You’re too much. Seriously.”

Sophia, who had been stomping her feet in frustration, suddenly froze and tilted her head.

“Huh?”

Something was definitely strange.

Han Kang-yoon’s team should have all retired with his voluntary withdrawal just now, but the message that appeared on the terminal only announced Han Kang-yoon’s elimination.

That meant that there was still a surviving member of Han Kang-yoon’s team, Yoon I-hwa.

“Huh? There were definitely three of them, from the beginning. . . . . .”

Sophia spread her fingers and tried to recall her memories, and it was then that she noticed the small smile playing on Han Kang-yoon’s lips.

“S-Surely not.”

“I’m sorry. There were actually five of us who survived, not four.”

Originally, Han Kang-yoon, the best in the team, had decided to take the treasure as a representative, but Han Kang-yoon himself had objected to it.

And even before Sophia’s group arrived at the cave, he had gotten one of his teammates out of the cave through the giant Sori-soe.

It was Go Eun-chan, the last remaining D-class student.

“Huh? But even if you did that, if the treasure was taken away. . . . . .”

Sophia looked at the tablet lying on one side of the cave with a suspicious expression as she continued speaking.

And, as if on cue, it began to melt away like wax and return to its spiritual power residue.

It was the doppelganger Holland’s spell that Han Kang-yoon had used in Spain not long ago.

“. . . . . .”

Sophia was speechless. The hidden Han Kang-yoon team members who were fully prepared for battle, and the treasure that had been thrown into the air as if it were a trifle. She naturally dropped her suspicions because of that.

“. . . Somehow, it was all intentional.”

“I figured I wouldn’t be able to win in a head-to-head fight anyway.”

“Ugh, damn it. . . . . .”

Sophia sighed and let out a long breath.

She knew his tendencies to some extent, but he was more cunning than she thought. Since the situation was already irreversible, Sophia quietly uttered just one word.

“. . . Vicious.”

Ding!

【The test is over. Here are the final results.】

【1st place: Class 2-B Yoon I-hwa Team】

▶1600P

【2nd place: Class 2-A Grace Team】

▶1130P

【3rd place: Class 2-B Gu Yong-chan Team】

▶850P

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【20th place: Class 2-C Andy Team】

▶130P

Thus, the second semester’s comprehensive exam ended with a perfect victory for Yoon I-hwa’s team, which Han Kang-yoon belonged to.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

𝚊𝔴𝔢ḃ̇𝕤𝚝𝕠𝘳ɪė̇𝘴.𝔠ᴏ𝙢

Since the comprehensive exam was over, the students’ rankings changed a few days later.

【1. Sophia Charlotte】

【2. Hwang Ji-hak】

【3. Shin So-ra】

【4. Jung Han-sol】

The top two remained unchanged, but Shin So-ra and Jung Han-sol, who had been maintaining similar grades, changed their rankings as a result of this exam.

And I, who had received the highest score, also experienced a drastic change.

【5. Han Kang-yoon】

I pushed aside Guilford, who had originally been in 5th place, and settled firmly into the top ranks, and as a result, the second-year students were all surprised, regardless of their class.

“I never thought I’d see the day that would change. . . . . .”

“The top 5 has never been broken.”

“And to think that he was a D-class student at the beginning of the year?”

No matter where I went, I heard news about me, and now there were many more students who recognized my face compared to before.

The same phenomenon was happening within Class A.

“Congratulations. To stop that Sophia, it’s something not just anyone can do. It’s truly a great achievement.”

Hwang Ji-hak, who had led his team to 3rd place in this exam, came to me the day after the results were announced and expressed his joy as if it were his own.

As a side note, it seemed that Hwang Ji-hak had deliberately avoided going to the battle zone and finished the exam after a fierce battle with Seo Ji-an, since he couldn’t find me.

“. . . How did it feel?”