It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 93

Chapter 93: At This Point, the Worldview Slowly Expands (1)

“Team Leader! 1st Promotion……! User Kyung-joon’s 1st Promotion quest has been activated!”

Kim Bu-ha shouted as he checked Kyung-joon’s monitoring screen in real-time.

“Huh……!”

Kim Bu-ha quickly covered his mouth.

He seemed to realize he shouldn’t have said anything.

Come to think of it, it hadn’t even been a month since the Fairy King started moving because of user Kyung-joon.

Also, because of Kyung-joon, the Slime Labyrinth had been completely remodeled, and the Ogopogo Raid had been canceled.

And now, on top of all that, the massive variable of a Mythical Job’s 1st Promotion was being added to the mix?

This could be a major incident that might send the team leader to Seolha Hospital with acute hypertension again!

“Huh? 1st Promotion? It’s finally appeared. I was wondering when it would.”

However, the team leader’s reaction was surprisingly calm.

As if he had already expected something like this!

“Um……Team Leader. Is your blood pressure alright?”

“Yeah, yeah. After everything I’ve been through, you think I wouldn’t have predicted even this? I’ve been keeping an eye on the 1st Promotion ever since user Kyung-joon’s level passed 100.”

“T, Team Leader……!”

Humans are creatures of adaptation and learning.

The team leader had already undergone sufficient adaptation and learning in response to Kyung-joon’s outrageous actions!

Kim Bu-ha was greatly impressed by the team leader’s foresight and proactive behavior.

The team leader, seeing Kim Bu-ha’s reaction, let out a confident chuckle.

He then took out a separate report he had written about Kyung-joon’s 1st Promotion scenario and began to read.

“First of all, the Infinite Knowledge Seeker’s 1st Promotion will take place at the Beginner’s Village library. There’s a secret room left behind by the previous Infinite Knowledge Seeker, ‘Huma’.”

“Ooh!”

Kim Bu-ha’s eyes sparkled at the team leader’s prepared explanation.

“First, we need to enter Beginner’s Village, so we’ll have to hold a ritual to temporarily lift the entry restrictions…… though I think that will probably be skipped.”

The Beginner’s Village entry restriction was originally set by the system, the God of the World.

Therefore, even if it was only for a short time, to lift it, they had to hold a ritual for the God of the World, who was in charge of the system, and receive permission.

However, Kyung-joon was the Hero of Beginner’s Village.

Thanks to the title he obtained by clearing the Contaminated Underground Villa quest, Kyung-joon was recognized as the Hero of Beginner’s Village, and the entry restriction was lifted for him.

Therefore, without the need for a ritual, he could go directly to the Beginner’s Village library and proceed with the 1st Promotion quest.

“Once he enters Beginner’s Village, all that’s left is to find the secret room hidden in the library, and it’s over.”

“That’s surprisingly simple for a Mythical Job quest.”

“Finding that secret room is a bit of a brain teaser that has nothing to do with level or stats, so it’s a bit of a pain. But other than that, you’re right, it’s nothing special.”

Of course, this was only because Kyung-joon already had the Beginner’s Village entry restriction lifted.

“Actually, the steps before that are the difficult part.”

Originally, holding the ritual to get permission from the God of the World was quite difficult in itself.

From gathering the materials for the ritual to finding a high-ranking priest with enough divine power to perform it.

It was so difficult that it didn’t seem like a 1st Promotion quest for someone in their 100s.

“User Kyung-joon is slipping through the cracks again, legally but unconventionally, like a snake.”

“You can say that again. He’s quite resourceful.”

“What’s the reward for the 1st Promotion?”

Kim Bu-ha asked the most crucial question.

“The Infinite Knowledge Seeker is both a Mythical Job and a unique class, so the name remains the same, only the promotion rank changes. There’s no specific stat reward. If anything, you can choose one mythical skill and level it up.”

Mythical Job skills were so special that their proficiency and level couldn’t be raised through ordinary means like promotion quests.

If you could raise their proficiency simply by using them repeatedly like general skills, it would completely break the game balance.

“User Kyung-joon currently has three mythical skills.”

『Infinite Reading』, which raises stats through studying.

『Just A Rather Very Intelligent System』, which assists its owner.

And lastly, 『Dimensional Study Room』, which manipulates Time Dilation.

Only the first one was Level 2, the rest were all Level 1.

“I wonder which skill he will choose.”

“Whatever he chooses, it’s going to have a tremendous effect. But the truly amazing thing is the ‘relic’ he’ll obtain there.”

The team leader said calmly, as if it was nothing special.

On the other hand, Kim Bu-ha’s eyes were filled with worry.

He was concerned about how much the surroundings would be affected by user Kyung-joon’s actions, but his biggest worry was the team leader right in front of him.

“Um… Team Leader? Are you alright?”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“Well, you see, the blood vessels in the back of your neck are bulging……”

Thump-thump!

The veins on the back of the team leader’s neck were clearly visible, as if they were about to burst.

He must be angry again, imagining the things user Kyung-joon would do in the future.

At this rate, he might end up back in Seolha Hospital with acute hypertension.

The team leader noticed Kim Bu-ha’s worried gaze.

“Ah, this? It’s fine. I can take care of it.”

Red and blue!

The team leader briefly tensed and relaxed his neck muscles.

Swoosh.

Then, by some unknown means, the bulging, red veins returned to normal.

It’s not like he’s the Hulk.

The team leader spoke casually.

“See? All good.”

“……”

Humans are creatures of adaptation and learning, they say.

Just as adaptation and learning, when repeated, lead to the evolution of a species, a law of nature……

It seemed that the team leader was also evolving into a higher being.

To think he could control his blood pressure at will……

After months of being tormented by Kyung-joon, the team leader had finally begun to transcend his humanity.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

Even after the 1st Promotion quest appeared, Kyung-joon continued his diligent studying.

He still had a long way to go before finishing the Venom Grimoire, but he wanted to at least finish the chapter he was currently on.

Kyung-joon continued to move his hands and roll his eyes as he read.

[Intelligence increased by 1 through continuous studying.]

[Intelligence increased by 1 through continuous studying.]

Studying magic wasn’t something that could be achieved just by studying theory.

While science began with mathematics and philosophy, making it more theoretical than magic in a way, magic was phenomenological from the start.

Magical beings like dragons, fairies, and demons used magic instinctively, and other races observed and systematized it, resulting in the magic of the current world.

Therefore, there was a saying in magic.

‘Don’t just talk the talk, walk the walk. Then you’ll be acknowledged.’

In other words, magic required actual practice.

[Mana increased by 1 through continuous mana consumption.]

[Skill proficiency increased through continuous magic use.]

[Advanced skill 『Spell Delay (Lv.10)』 has leveled up.]

[Skill has evolved into a Rare skill and renamed to 『Delay Magic』.]

[Advanced skill 『Spell Modification (Lv.10)』 has leveled up.]

[Skill has evolved into a Rare skill and renamed to 『Transform Magic』.]

As they evolved into Rare skills, their names changed to English.

The meanings were the same as their Advanced counterparts, but the English names made them sound stronger.

He wondered how they would appear to English-speaking foreigners.

“Phew.”

Kyung-joon closed the book after three days and stretched.

“I was quite confident, but this is really difficult. As expected of a Magic Academy professor.”

Sever’s book, Venom Grimoire.

Even for Kyung-joon, who prided himself on his knowledge of general chemistry, general physics, and magic to some extent, it was incredibly challenging to finish reading this book in 100 hours.

Still, he managed to completely read the first chapter, ‘What is Science, and What is Magic?’

“It was quite interesting, though.”

He had learned a lot.

Since Sever had worked as a professor at the Fairy-Elven Magic Academy despite being human, his experiences were deeply embedded in the book, offering valuable insights for Kyung-joon, another human.

Thanks to this, Kyung-joon was able to level up and rank up several skills by imitating and practicing what he had learned.

Especially 『Multi Mana Control: Nano』, a skill that combined Multi-Casting and fine mana control.

He hadn’t fully utilized it yet, but in theory, it allowed for control at the nanometer scale (one billionth of a meter).

Perhaps, after further study and skill mastery, he could even implement nanoscience within the game.

Of course, now that he had finished general physics and general chemistry, it was still too early for that.

<Master, shouldn’t you check the 1st Promotion quest soon?>

“Right, I was just about to.”

Kyung-joon brought up his quest window.

[What is an Infinite Knowledge Seeker…?]

▶The previous Infinite Knowledge Seeker left something for their successor somewhere in the Beginner’s Village library.

①Lift the Beginner’s Village entry restriction: Complete

②Find the hidden location in the Beginner’s Village library: In progress

③???

▶Quest Reward: 1st Promotion class change and Mythical Skill Point

▶Quest Type: Promotion

▶Quest Grade: Mythical

“Huh? One of them is already complete?”

<It seems that you’ve already fulfilled the condition thanks to the unique title ‘Hero of Beginner’s Village’.>

“Great. Then I can just go straight to the Beginner’s Village library.”

Kyung-joon told Liant that he was going to the village for a bit and set off.

“Grrr!”

As soon as he stepped outside, he spotted a brown prairie wolf.

Kyung-joon immediately pointed his finger at the wolf.

He extended his index and middle fingers to form the shape of a gun.

Closing one eye, he muttered under his breath.

“Bang!”

[Advanced skill 『Energy Shooter』]

[An energy bullet cuts through the air at incredible speed.]

The energy bullet gathered at his fingertip flew at an invisible speed, hitting the wolf’s head.

Pwang!

Only the sound of something exploding echoed quietly across the prairie; as expected, there was no scream.

“Whew.”

Kyung-joon blew on his fingertip as if he were a cowboy.

A faint, pungent scent of mana lingered in the air, and Kyung-joon smiled in satisfaction.

In reality, this was the smell of ozone, produced by the reaction of highly concentrated mana with oxygen in the air.

“Wizards mistake this ozone smell for the scent of mana.”

<Because they don’t know chemistry.>

As Teemo said, it couldn’t be helped that wizards were mistaken.

Unless they were like Sever, possessing knowledge of both magic and science, it was a truth difficult to grasp.

Since Sever was in America, or rather, in heaven, Kyung-joon was practically the only one who knew.

<By the way, the power of Energy Shooter is truly remarkable. In terms of DPS, it seems to have increased the power per mana by four times.>

This skill, 『Energy Shooter』, was born from combining the ‘compression’ skill Kyung-joon learned while building the air conditioner with Energy Bolt.

“To be precise, how many times?”

<3.87 times, up to two significant figures.>

“Hmm, about 5% lower than the theoretical result.”

<We didn’t consider air resistance or mana loss from drawing mana from your body.>

“Right. That makes sense. It shouldn’t be a big problem.”

Kyung-joon found great enjoyment in studying magic and putting it into practice.

Moreover, it was even more enjoyable because he wasn’t simply following pre-existing magic.

Kyung-joon was creating his own unique magic by utilizing his knowledge of science.

It was like reliving his childhood days of playing with clay and modeling clay in art class.

Naturally, it was far more enjoyable than simply studying.

To be honest, it was more fun than playing games, hanging out, or resting.

“Alright. This time, let’s experiment with how much we can compress Energy Shooter by combining it with Transform Magic.”

<^^7>

<Understood. I’ll prepare the measurements right away.>

And so, Kyung-joon headed towards the Beginner’s Village library, engaging in amusing magic experiments with Teemo.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

“Excuse me? A hidden room in the library? What kind of nonsense is that?”

Rei, the third librarian of the Beginner’s Village library.

She dismissed Kyung-joon’s question, “Is there a hidden room in the library?”, as absurd.

However, her denial wasn’t without basis.

“Look, there’s hardly any difference between the length of the library’s interior and the length of the building from the outside. If there were a hidden room, there would definitely be a discrepancy starting from here, right?”

“That makes sense.”

Kyung-joon nodded in agreement with Rei’s argument.

As expected of a calm, blue-haired, bespectacled character, she knew how to use her head.

Just like a detective.

“That’s amazing. You’ve done this often, haven’t you?”

“It’s just that I enjoy reading detective novels. I’m a little used to it, that’s all.”

“You were a detective?”

“Well, not to that extent…”

Rei seemed quite pleased with the compliment of being called a detective, as she awkwardly twirled her hair and blushed slightly.

However……

“If you’re a detective, then I’m a scientist.”

Kyung-joon raised one hand towards the library.

Woooong!

Mana gathered in his hand at an alarming speed.

As if he was about to blow away the entire library in front of him.

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