It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 51

Chapter 51: This Is How You Use What You’ve Learned (1)

Auction House Player Kyung-joon.

TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant happened to hear Kyung-joon’s story while looking around Player Street today.

Kyung-joon looked around Player Street once and gave his assessment.

About Player Street, which TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant had planned and cultivated.

His assessment was very accurate, as if he had peeked into TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant’s thoughts right next to him.

Impressed, TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant tried to scout Kyung-joon to his firm.

Of course, he was going to talk to him in detail and then make a careful decision.

Still, the fact that TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant, the No. 1 merchant ranker in The World, had such a thought was a very big deal.

But right after that, it was revealed that the player named Kyung-joon had saved the World’s Best firm from the Black Secret Village robbers.

To be precise, it was the carriage of World’s Best firm that traveled between Beginner’s Village and Plovdiv.

TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant was convinced when he heard this story.

Now he was not only a talented person but also a benefactor.

But that wasn’t all.

“You’re saying the baker who made that unique bread is named Kyung-joon? Are you sure?”

“Yes, it clearly said Kyung-joon (Player) on his nickname.”

“What a coincidence…….”

A few months ago, a unique bread suddenly appeared on the Player Auction House store.

The bread became a big topic among players.

TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant was the first to notice this and had been looking for the creator of the unique bread for months.

But he couldn’t find it.

He even put PhantomSherlock, the best informant in the firm, to thoroughly search for alchemist and chef rankers, but it wasn’t them.

After months of waiting and looking for the owner…….

“……Could it be that the owner was Kyung-joon all along!”

“Guild Master, do you know player Kyung-joon?”

“Of course I do. No, I don’t know him well yet, but I gave him my business card to get to know him better.”

“Gasp! Y, You mean a business card?”

TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant’s business card!

It was the business card of the No. 1 merchant ranker in The World.

The World’s Best firm, which he runs, is also ranked No. 1 among player firms.

Of course, there were many more NPC firms that were greater than that.

But to compare, it’s like this.

Large corporations run by NPCs = Overseas conglomerates

World’s Best firm = Korean conglomerates in the 1990s.

Of course, Korean conglomerates in the 1990s lacked a lot compared to Japanese or American conglomerates.

However, after 2010, 2020, and entering 2030, Korean conglomerates have grown to become world-class.

Just look at the Seolha Group.

Seolha Electronics, Seolha Life, Seolha Bio, Seolha Entertainment, and so on…….

In particular, Seolha Entertainment, which created and released The World, is the unrivaled top player in the game industry!

Just as there is the Seolha Group in reality, there is the World’s Best firm in the World.

Other players also recognized the potential of World’s Best firm and thought so.

To receive a business card from TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant, the Guild Master of such a firm, was an honor.

“Anyway, I was going to have a good talk with him because I saw potential, but this is a really big fish.”

“Should I search for his whereabouts and bring him back?”

“No, I’ve already given him my business card, so it’s fine. If he realizes the value of that business card, he’ll contact me.”

With his business card, they could talk directly through whispers without having to add each other as friends.

There are very few people among the players who don’t know World’s Best firm, so he’ll definitely contact him if he knows that he’s the Guild Master.

Knock, knock, knock.

Just then, a knock was heard at the conference room.

“Guild Master? Are you there?”

“Come in.”

▼ Froi (NPC)

Froi, one of the personal negotiators of World’s Best firm, visited the executive conference room.

“I have an important report. It’s about hiring…….”

Froi reported to TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant everything that happened today.

Everything about ‘that client’ he consulted with today, without leaving anything out.

“……What? He processed the shard perfectly without any tools with a skill I’ve never seen before?”

“Yes! That skill must be a Unique skill! Moreover, the way he used the transmute skill to combine the two shards into one and raise the grade was truly art! Art itself!”

“If that’s true, it’s truly amazing.”

“It’s not a lie! It’s true! I was so amazed while watching that I lost my words! And also…….”

Froi continued to explain the appearance of the client he saw, almost like he was praising him.

“Wait, wait.”

TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant barely calmed down Froi…….

“What was the name of the player who did that?”

“He clearly introduced himself as ‘Kyung-joon’.”

“What……?”

TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant was speechless for a moment after hearing Froi’s words.

Kyung-joon was the one who showed amazing insight at Player Street.

Kyung-joon was the one who saved the employees from the Black Secret Village raid.

Kyung-joon was the one who made the unique bread.

And Kyung-joon was the client who showed off the Unique skill and transmute skill he had never seen before?

“……Really?”

“I’m telling you it’s true!”

“Huh.”

TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant closed his eyes for a moment.

Then he soon declared in a low voice.

“Immediately scout Kyung-joon as a top executive of our firm.”

“T, Top executive?!”

It was a moment when everyone in the conference room was shocked.

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“Phew~ I haven’t been this full in a long time.”

<I’m glad you’re satisfied.>

Kyung-joon finished his work at the World’s Best firm headquarters and went to Player Street to have a big binge.

He ordered everything he wanted without looking at the price.

It was a kind of reward for himself who had only eaten hard bread in the World for a year, and had been studying and eating only bread for the past few months.

“It’s really nice to have a change of pace like this from time to time.”

<It’s not like you can stay focused just by studying all the time.>

It is often said that people have a limited attention span.

This is especially true for studying.

It was much more efficient to alternate between proper rest and studying than to just sit in a chair all day long.

[You have taken a very satisfying break.]

[Even enjoying the beautiful scenery of Geumgang Mountain is best done after a good meal!]

[Concentration and tenacity increased by 30% for a week.]

“Oh!”

The hidden characteristic of the Infinite Explorer of Vocations was activated.

Something similar happened last time when he was studying with the excellent scenery on his back in the carriage to Plovdiv.

The characteristic of improving study efficiency according to the surrounding environment.

This time, it was activated because he rested enough while eating delicious food to his heart’s content at Player Street.

Truly good learners are also amazing at resting!

Just studying hard doesn’t mean you’re good at studying.

“Wow, but this also comes as a study buff.”

Kyung-joon felt like studying even more with the improved concentration and tenacity.

“Now I need to take a proper break in between studying.”

Of course, he wasn’t going to use that as an excuse to keep playing around.

This characteristic doesn’t activate if you don’t study and just play around.

If Kyung-joon hadn’t studied hard this time and just played around, the buff would never have been activated.

“30% increase in concentration and tenacity for a week, I especially like the concentration.”

<But that won’t be the end, will it?>

“Hehe, that’s right. I haven’t made a stand yet.”

Why did Kyung-joon come all the way to Plovdiv to buy shards?

It was to make a stand where he could concentrate well!

He had to go back to Study Villa quickly, make a stand where he could concentrate well, and resume studying.

“Let’s go back quickly.”

He didn’t take a carriage on the way back and used the Warp Gate instead.

It was when Kyung-joon paid 1.5 million liyan and warped to Beginner’s Village.

“Huh? Wasn’t that guy who just entered the gate a player?”

“Huh? What?”

“No…… he’s a player, but he said he was going to Beginner’s Village.”

“What? How can a player go back to Beginner’s Village?”

“I clearly heard the staff say, ‘I’ll send you to Beginner’s Village, sir’.”

“Come on, you must have misheard. Or maybe he was an NPC, but you mistook him for a player.”

“Hmm, is that so?”

When Kyung-joon warped to Beginner’s Village, there were strange reactions from people around him, but everyone thought they saw it wrong.

Because, systematically, once you leave Beginner’s Village, you can’t go back.

Of course, Kyung-joon, who has the title 『Hero of Beginner’s Village』, was an exception.

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Kyung-joon was on his way back to Study Villa.

He was studying English vocabulary while walking.

There was no better study than studying English vocabulary while doing something else.

When he arrived in front of Study Villa, he saw a strange group of people.

“Oh my! Oh my! What are we going to do with all our luggage?!”

“Fezun! You’ll die if you go any further! Can’t you see the wolf carcasses?!”

“Ugh! All the newly signed land deeds are in there, how can I just stand here?!”

Many NPCs were gathered near Kyung-joon’s Study Villa.

Judging from their attire, they were all ordinary farmers from a fantasy world.

They were crying over their broken wagons.

Kyung-joon wondered what had happened, so he went closer and asked.

It was an NPC named Liant.

<Head of Ria Village>

▼Liant (NPC)

“Excuse me.”

“Hmm? Are you an Otherworlder?”

“Yes, are you?”

“We are immigrants moving from Ria Village to Beginner’s Village. I was the head of that village.”

“Aha. But what happened here that made everyone like this?”

“Ha, don’t even get me started. We were passing by here when suddenly a huge Energy Bolt flew in and destroyed all the wagons. See the magic towers surrounded by fences? It all came from there.”

“Ah.”

Kyung-joon flinched for a moment.

Looking closely at the broken wagons, there were indeed traces of being heavily scorched by the Energy Bolt.

“That…… I see the damage is quite extensive?”

“That’s why everyone’s crying and making a fuss. I’m glad my wagon is safe, but those guys crying over there lost all their farming tools and even their land deeds.”

Liant gestured once more towards the group of people lying on the ground crying.

“Ugh! I have a daughter and wife to feed……! Ugh!”

“Sob, sob!”

“Boo-hoo!”

Liant looked at Kyung-joon again and said,

“See? They came all the way here to immigrate, and now they’re homeless.”

“Hmm, I see.”

Kyung-joon nodded politely and turned his head for a moment.

Then he quietly asked Teemo,

“……Did the Energy Tower attack people too?”

<-_-a;;>

<I apologize. While I was away this time, I set it to judge everyone except the Master as enemies.>

“Well, considering guys like Black Secret Village, it’s a reasonable judgment……”

<I wish I could have judged the opponent’s hostility. I apologize.>

“No, it’s okay.”

It seemed that Teemo couldn’t measure even human hostility.

What Teemo could measure was literally limited to ‘measurable things’ like temperature or angle.

It was difficult to measure things like human emotions, including hostility.

Kyung-joon turned his head again and asked Liant,

“Are there any injured or dead people?”

“Fortunately, there are none. I guess it’s because they ran out of range as soon as they saw the wagon explode.”

“That’s a relief……”

Kyung-joon was truly relieved.

They might be game NPCs, but they were like real people.

Unlike players, if they died once, that was it, so if they had really died or been injured, Kyung-joon wouldn’t have been able to study in peace.

“It’s fortunate. But those people are now completely homeless. They’ve lost all their land deeds and farming tools, so there’s really nothing they can do.”

“Ugh.”

Kyung-joon felt even more prickled.

“Ha… They abandoned their village and came all the way here to escape those Black Secret Village b@stards, and this is what happens. God is too much. Who knows who built those scary magic towers.”

“Ugh.”

“There seems to be an owner in that small hut visible beyond the fence, but there’s no sign of anyone there. Even if we wanted to barge in, a terrifying Energy Bolt would fly from that magic tower if we got close, so, haa……”

“Ugh.”

Kyung-joon felt even more guilty.

Liant looked at Kyung-joon strangely.

“Hmm? Why are you acting like that? Like a thief with his hand caught in the cookie jar?”

“Haha, I must have walked too much on my journey back.”

“Hmm? Didn’t you come from the direction of Beginner’s Village?”

“Haha, I passed by that area too.”

Kyung-joon feigned ignorance.

Meanwhile, he racked his brains to find a way out of this situation.

‘Hmm…… What should I do? It’s all my fault. Should I just reveal that I’m the owner of Study Villa? And compensate for all the damages… No, no. Even though I have over 300 million liyan right now, it’s impossible to compensate for all those people’s land deeds…… Hmm…’

A tremendous scam popped into Kyung-joon’s head.

‘Ah……! Come to think of it, those people migrated to Beginner’s Village to escape the Black Secret Village guys, right?’

Having finished his thoughts, Kyung-joon said to Liant,

“I understand the situation well. This is truly an appalling situation. I will reveal the owner of that magic tower right now.”

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