It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 272

Chapter 272: Planning the Player Jumping Event (2)

The details of the 『Level 100 in just one day?! Player Jumping Event!』 planned by Kyung-joon are as follows.

First, outside the Inner City.

The event will be held at a separate location in the donut-shaped Outer City.

The stated purpose is to accelerate the growth of players, which is being delayed more than expected.

Kyung-joon said, rereading the draft of the jumping event.

“There’s a lot of talk about it being too realistic and difficult. I’ve heard countless cases of people quitting the game altogether or giving up hunting after a few experiences. Especially lately, I’ve heard it’s gotten worse?”

It was true.

The World was a realistic game, as if you had actually come to a fantasy game world.

Perhaps because of that, hunting was really difficult.

Because you had to fight as if you were really fighting monsters.

Of course.

Team Leader Jo knew all this.

However…….

‘……If only I knew who to blame for this.’

The reason why the problem has been getting bigger lately is actually because of Kyung-joon.

This is because the reason why players are suffering the most from hunting is because of the mutant monsters.

With the advent of mutant monsters, other ordinary monsters were also affected, making the already difficult game even more difficult.

As you know.

Kyung-joon partially awakened the Demon King with the Demon King Pen he obtained from his 1st class change.

The Holy Cross Church, sensing this, sped things up, so Chapter 2 of the main scenario was brought forward much faster.

It’s okay up to here.

But what happened after that was a very, very big problem.

I’m not sure what Kyung-joon did in the process of purifying Zot because it wasn’t monitored…….

(The space where the Demon King is sealed is a mythical space, so the monitoring team could not monitor it.)

Anyway, right after that, a very powerful mana energy suddenly spread throughout the World.

So now all the administrators are on high alert.

“As you said, it is now difficult to find monsters below level 100 all over the World.”

Beginner hunting grounds have virtually dried up.

“That’s right. It’s all because of the mutant monsters.”

“……. “

Team Leader Jo’s eyes narrowed for a moment.

Does he even know that it’s all his fault that the mutant monsters were released?

If he doesn’t know, what kind of expression will he make when he finds out?

No.

He probably knows.

Because Kyung-joon is that kind of person…….

Ahem.

Team Leader Jo returned to the main topic.

“Anyway, under these circumstances, raising novice players and nurturing them in large numbers…… It’s a really good idea. We thought so too. But the problem is…….”

“The method?”

“……The method is a method, but first of all, is it okay to do that?”

“Are you saying that you might be against the jumping event itself?”

“Yes.”

Team Leader Jo nodded once, then spoke with a rather serious look in his eyes.

“The Holy Cross Church moved much faster than expected. As mutant monsters and otherworlders are intertwined in kingdoms everywhere, rumors are spreading that they are beings who will bring disaster to the world. There is no solid evidence, but circumstantial evidence makes it certain that it is the Holy Cross.”

“Players can’t even use mana. What a ridiculous incitement.”

“It doesn’t matter to them whether it’s true or not. They just do it. That’s the kind of existence the Holy Cross is.”

The administrator actually thought of the Holy Cross as the enemy of the players.

Because the Holy Cross would never acknowledge players.

Despite being a human-centered religion.

They will never treat players as equals.

The ability to respawn.

Humans who have this ability, which is virtually immortal.

Then it’s one of two things.

Either humans who are close to God.

Or a monster.

Here, the Holy Cross will clearly choose the latter.

The reason is simple.

This is because there should be no other beings closer to God than the Holy Cross themselves.

If something goes wrong later.

For example, but really.

If the mutant monsters are not localized like they are now, but cause a catastrophe that engulfs the entire World.

Surely the easiest existence to pass the blame on is.

An otherworlder who is not from this world.

Players.

“Shall we hit the Holy Cross?”

Kyung-joon made a shocking sound.

Team Leader Jo, momentarily taken aback by Kyung-joon’s seemingly sincere words, swallowed and said softly.

“It’s not the right time yet. Neither the administrator, the players, nor even Mr. Kyung-joon have enough power yet.”

“That’s right. To fight the Holy Cross, both I and the players need to be stronger. That’s why we’re here.”

Anyway.

Only the growth of rankers and semi-rankers is steep, and the middle players are increasingly stagnant…….

“The most dangerous thing is the decrease in numbers. Even if not all players hunt and level up, numbers are power in themselves.”

……To make matters worse, the number of new players is also steadily decreasing.

If you give up hunting, you should do production or other work while doing fantasy tourism, but even that is difficult if you have a low level and no money.

That’s why the administrator side is introducing and operating a separate sightseeing program, but so far, they’ve only managed to sign contracts with a few kingdoms.

Moreover, the current position of players in the World is effectively just an errand boy who can be used and discarded.

They connect to the World but cannot properly settle down, so they experience all sorts of hardships in the fantasy world and end up quitting the game.

“Since you’ve been operating with a focus on rankers, wouldn’t it be necessary to operate for general and novice players now?”

“Is that why you came up with this proposal……? Raising the level by force with experience potions?”

Experience potions procured from the Fairy-Elven Alliance.

They’re going to use this to boost the players’ levels first.

“But if we do that, the basic combat ability and stuff……”

“It’s okay. Most of the kids at Fael University are over level 100~200. But if you go there, most of them have never hunted before. They all leveled up by sucking on experience potions.”

The point of this project was to raise the starting level of the game from 1 to around 100 through an event.

“And read this part. This is partly borrowed from Fael University’s Combat Magic Department curriculum, and it will allow you to raise novice players much faster and stronger. At least it’s much better than just telling them to hunt monsters and level up on their own.”

“So you’re saying you’re going to train the players……?”

“Yes.”

“Good. Very good. But there is one crucial big problem. There is no suitable manpower…….”

The total number of subscribers to The World has long since exceeded 100 million.

Of course, many of them would have quit, but it’s still a lot.

“Even if we only pick those under level 100 out of these, there will be a lot, and to recruit manpower to teach them all, it will cost a lot of labor costs…….”

“It’s not manpower.”

“Yes?”

“To put it bluntly.”

Kyung-joon grinned at Team Leader Jo.

“It would be 『Monster Power』.”

“Monster Power……? What does that mean…….”

“Ah, Kyung-joon-nim. By any chance, do you mean monsters by Monster Power?”

Kim Bu-ha, who is especially quick-witted in these situations, asked back.

“Yes.”

Kyung-joon nodded his head in agreement.

‘No, leaving the training of players to monsters…… Does that even make sense?’

The moment Team Leader Jo thought it was ridiculous.

Creak.

The door opened and a spotted deer came in with three teacups on its back.

“Kkokkokkoch. Drink this.”

“……. “

“……. “

“Kkokkokkoch. Then I’ll get going. My pretties.”

Da-gak, da-gak, da-gak, da-gak.

The spotted deer left, making the sound of hooves.

Creak, thud.

Of course, it didn’t forget to close the door behind it.

“D-d-d-did that monster just speak human language……?”

“T, Team Leader…… Whoa. Besides, this tea is amazing…… Whoa.”

Kim Bu-ha kept sipping his teacup.

“Surprisingly, spotted deer are good at making tea.”

“……. “

“……. “

A situation where they couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.

And it didn’t end there.

“Shall we take a look at this too?”

Kyung-joon took out the Video Memory Stone and played it right away.

<Residents of the Study Domain>

▼Kim Elsa (Player)

The video showed a player holding a wooden panel.

The panel read:

『The World! Kim Elsa’s 24 Hours to Level 100!』

Then the panel was removed.

The video edited with Kyung-joon’s mana was played immediately.

━Euaaaag?!

━Open your eyes! Kkyu! You can’t close your eyes in a fight! Kkyuluk!

The video showed a player named Kim Elsa receiving combat training from a Whale Forest forest horned rabbit.

“Monster Power, what do you think?”

“……. “

“……. “

Kim Bu-ha and Team Leader Jo were once again dumbfounded and speechless.

“For your information, these are my residents and they will never betray me. We’ve been doing well with zero labor costs so far. We’ll have to take care of them when we have more room, but for now, we have to keep doing what we’ve been doing.”

It was an incredible word.

It neatly solved all the problems Team Leader Jo had been thinking about.

“……. “

“……. “

Once again, they were unable to speak properly.

Chuck. Chuck.

At the same time, they both raised their thumbs and gave Kyung-joon a thumbs up.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

The project Kyung-joon proposed was truly amazing.

Trained by monsters, and receiving experience potions in the form of quests.

This way, they could improve their skills and level up in a short period of time.

“This way, we don’t have to worry about running out of monsters…….”

“They won’t have to fight each other over their spots, Team Leader…….”

“Back in my day…… There were times when we asked the game company to plant squirrels, and we even had real-life fights over one spot…….”

“Team Leader…… Latte is brown sugar bubble latte…….”

Kim Bu-ha and Team Leader Jo, who were out of their minds for a while.

The two briefly exchanged strange latte conversations and then came to their senses.

Kyung-joon began to tell the rest of the story to the two who had come to their senses.

“Monsters are overflowing, and we can expand this meadow as much as we want, so there will be no problem with the progress. Besides, it doesn’t end with training, we’re going to give them actual combat experience.”

Click.

Kyung-joon resumed playing the video stone he had paused.

Once again, the video showed Kim Elsa standing with a wooden panel.

『Levels 11~20. Dungeon Experience designed for training.』

As before, the panel was removed.

━Left…… Dodge…… Jump…… Kkyuluk…… Right…… Jump…… Dodge…… Kkyuluk…….

━S, Slimeeee?!

A video of Kim Elsa, who seemed to be brainwashed by the forest horned rabbit, raiding a slime dungeon was shown.

“This is how we do field training. Of course, they’re all slimes, but we can develop them to be more diverse as we go along. Of course, according to their level. Like training, we’ll give out experience potions upon successful completion of this quest. We’ll give out more than training, so they’ll be able to level up quickly, and I’m sure people will be hooked on the fun of leveling up.”

“This is, by any chance……!”

Both Team Leader Jo and Kim Bu-ha now seemed to know what it was.

At that moment.

The door creaked open again, and a hooded figure entered.

Then, a woman’s voice was heard.

“Yeah, you spies. This is how I remodeled my slime dungeon.”

She took off her hood.

Silver bob and tanned skin.

And black pupils and pointed, short ears.

<Dungeon Master of the Study Villa>

▼Limurimu (NPC)

“Oh my…… When I heard you were going to develop slimes that could be hunted from level 1 to 100…… I thought it was the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard…… You had a plan all along?”

Limurimu glanced sideways at Kyung-joon with a fishy smile.

Kyung-joon just smiled brightly in response.

Then Kyung-joon took out a box of some sort.

This is it.

“W-w-wait a minute……! Mr. Kyung-joon! T, This will get you a lot of hate!”

This was the reason for the 『crap game』 that Yoo Seol-ha was talking about.

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