I Became the Villain’s Childhood Friend

54 – [2] Arecibo

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Arecibo is a city between western and central Puerto Rico.

At one time it was one of Puerto Rico’s major cities, but it ceased to exist at the end of the 20th century.

It is no different, because this place was chosen as the place where the ‘next-generation hunter training alliance program’ will take place.

There were many reasons why this place was chosen among many lands on the earth.

The reason for having enough space to install and maintain the World Gate.

The reason why the Charelthea branch connected to the World Gate is safe.

Dungeon Gates randomly appear on the ‘land’ near the World Gate, but because Puerto Rico is an island, its range is limited.

Even if you fail to close the dungeon gate, the reason is that it is difficult for monsters to go outside because it is an island.

In addition, political collusion and countless competition for interests made a justification for non-existence.

There was resistance, such as the expulsion of the original residents, but their actions were ignored.

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Long ago, then, and now.

Because the fear of people in this world was the limit.

The First World had to prove the supremacy of their regime in the Cold War, which lasted more than half a century.

With the miracle of the blessing of the World Tree, it was necessary to show that those who solve adverse conditions and all sorts of problems are inferior.

The city that embraced the Middle Ages, early modern times, and modern times fell under the command of the times.

A university, a military academy, a training center, and a new town were planned in the wilderness of the old era.

A place that accommodates a minimum of tens of thousands and a maximum of millions.

A place where those people exist only for the next generation of hunter aspirants.

But it wasn’t all built just in Puerto Rico.

Teasing the land was inefficient.

The World Gate installed in Arecibo and the Chareltea area.

A huge facility was also started to be built there.

So that we can train better hunters.

To be sufficiently safe from external threats.

And the next generation hunter training alliance program got a new name called ‘Palaistra Academy’.

Also, in the sense of international cooperation, Arecibo was turned into a multinational joint governance area.

Of course, as you can see from the use of the Great English, not the International Unit.

It was always nominal, and in reality the United States exercised executive power.

“Only the city was built really unnecessarily large… … .”

Naturally, the American scale was applied according to the will of the rulers.

A form that spreads up and down to the extreme, and spreads in all directions to the extent of being bizarre.

Spare seats for efficient placement and future expandability.

Buildings built of solid metal to better hold up in battle.

Horrible commercialism to make up for the city’s deficit.

“That’s right. It’s complicated and daunting, but what kind of academy design is this?”

The sky is closed by skyscrapers.

Advertisements for consumer goods companies and hunter guilds lit up everywhere.

Troops are standing everywhere in preparation for emergencies.

Cadets in neat attire walk around with their weapons on.

It was bad to look at, and bad to feel.

Even the distance between the buildings that the examinee needs to hear is a bit… … It went too far.

Even if the cadets didn’t know, the test takers weren’t the ones to consider convenience, so I had to walk a lot even though I only checked in and measured.

Bicycles, small electric vehicles, and public transportation are active, but it was on the verge of bursting, probably because there were many successful applicants.

“Everyone, please move a little bit!”

“Breath, I can’t breathe—”

“Kyaaa People will die! Please drop someone off quickly!”

“hehehe! Khehehe! Coke!”

“Everyone, please stop pushing! Everything falls over like this!”

The state of the bus right before the explosion, which cannot be seen even in Seoul, was no different from living fear.

It was said that they would split the candidates who passed the written test for two months and take a practical test, but how did this uproar come about?

In the end, Cheonmari and I had to walk all the way to the practice site.

The actual practice location was in Chareltea beyond the World Gate.

I had to walk for quite a long time and this led to a rather boring time.

As if she was bored walking without her brain, Cheonmari opened the envelope she received after taking measurements.

Several measurement result sheets came out.

She handed me one of them.

＜Basic measurement result＞

– Cheonmari (18 years old, female)

– Nationality: Korea

– Race: Far North Elf (1/2) + Earthling (1/2)

– Height: 6 ft 0 in

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– Main Weapon: Longsword

– Superpower: Blood type

– 2nd personality test: risk level

– Comprehensive measurement result: B grade (within top 40%)

“Did you push a date during the personality test?”

“no?”

“Then why are the results like this?”

“Well… … Is it because I wrote down what happened with you in the fingerprints that asked me to describe when I was in elementary school?”

Roughly, the content of fighting the enemy every day.

Roughly, the content of eating enemies and friends.

Aigoo.

“Crazy? Why are you writing that down?”

“No, they told me to write honestly, so I just wrote it without thinking. The fingerprints must have been the same, but didn’t you write them down honestly like me?”

“Of course I manipulated it and wrote it down.”

I’m not sick, of course I am.

Chunmari put on a dumbfounded expression at this confident statement.

“Ha, let’s take a look at yours.”

“Yeah, what are you looking at?”

＜Basic measurement result＞

– Kang Xian (17 years old, male)

– Nationality: Korea

– Race: Far North Elf (1/4) + Earthling (3/4)

– Height: 6 ft 2 in

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– Main Weapon: Longsword

– Super Power: Time Series

– 2nd personality test: stable level

– Comprehensive measurement result: B grade (within top 40%)

Disappointing overall results.

If Cheongma-ri ate a lot of points in the personality test, I was in a state where I ate a lot because of lack of magic power, as always.

“Crazy, crazy. It was really deliberate and manipulated.”

“If you want to avoid stopping the second personality test, of course you have to do that, right?”

“A foolish fellow.”

“Stupid black cow.”

It was a compliment to each other.

The serious and serious atmosphere was suddenly relieved.

I grinned and so did the thousand.

After that, conversations without much basis flowed one by one.

Before I knew how long I had talked about it, I arrived at the other side of the World Gate.

I felt the green and mild climate different from the far north.

There were buildings decorated with metal and bricks, not buildings focused on cold weather.

However, it is still far from the place where the most important ‘practical test’ takes place.

It’s a 30-minute walk, or a 5-minute ride by means of transportation.

Since I had walked enough so far, it seemed that there would be no problem even if I borrowed the power of transportation.

I caught a couple of steamy, tiller-looking cabs roaming the streets straight away.

The reason there were two, not one, was because the practical test locations were different.

The other side had to go to test site 3, and this side had to go to test site 5.

“Once it’s over, let’s meet in front of the world gate on the Earth side.”

“yes.”

We broke up after saying good luck on the exam.

I arrived at the test center in a shaggy taxi.

“Everyone, please line up in an orderly manner!”

“Those who intervene will be postponed to the next priority!”

“there! Go back right now!”

The line at the entrance to the exam hall was quite long.

All of them were people who came to see the performance, and they were making faces asking if it was right to wait like this.

It was around the time I didn’t know how long I’d waited.

People who seemed to be related to the academy started handing out something one by one.

“Translator Earbuds.”

It was wireless earphones or buzzes with translation magic.

I knew English, so I didn’t need it, but I put it on my ear, thinking it had a purpose.

“What the f*ck are you saying if I give you my weight in pounds?”

“Last year, there were few freshmen who seemed good to take as graduate students. What will this year be like… … .”

“Yes? Are you a weapon? The arsenal will come out about 500 yards that way, not this way.”

“I heard that there was an unknown explosion at Test Site 4, but I want to know what happened.”

“You there! I’m in the middle of an exam, so don’t be fooled and go somewhere else right now!”

Then the words that were like noise began to make sense in the jumble.

From the words of Westerners in the front and back, to the words of people who seem to be residents far away.

The world seemed less boring.

With nothing to do, I listened to the surroundings and overheard and overheard the story.

And a disparate pronunciation was heard from one side.

As I turned my head toward it, I noticed a group of blond men and women moving around busily.

I don’t know what it means because it’s small, but it seemed like the staff were trying to fix something.

According to human-learning accumulated by news, there was a 140% chance that the cadet being tested had an accident.

It must have been something like throwing the magic in the wrong place, shooting it, or driving it.

I clicked my tongue and went inside the test room after a long wait.

Officials standing at the entrance explained what I had to do from now on.

Change into practical clothes, wear hunter watch, practice test, Korean Go home.

It was really simple.

After recovering and wearing a hunter watch, they stood in line in front of the test room where the practical test was conducted.

As it was a time-consuming practical operation, it was unavoidable that people were pushed behind and lined up.

Still, the side of the test room was made of glass, probably meaning not to fall asleep.

“I just show you this.”

It could have been a game of numbers.

In addition, it even showed numerical play in real time.

“Keuheh, ghehehek, kkeuhek.”

A woman who is a dragon beast getting hit hard by a metal golem.

No, because he was beaten, his legs were caught and he was thrown around.

Defeat the golem or take as much damage as possible.

That was the crux of the practical exam battle and the part that earned a lot of points.

However, the scene in front of her eyes was close to trampling on her, telling her not to even look at that goal.

Everyone held their breath and opened their mouths at the sight that exceeded expectations.

“I didn’t do this until the golem was replaced earlier… … !”

“Is that normal?”

“No matter how you look at it, it looks like you replaced it with a higher performance golem… … .”

Whether we know this kind of psychology or not.

The golem grabbed the woman by the dragon’s tail, whirled it around like a pizza, and hurled it toward the glass wall.

“Kyaaak!”

An orange ponytail, green eyes, pale skin, four black horns, and a distorted beautiful face clung to the glass wall.

Eventually, after about a second, it fell with a flutter.

He fell to the floor with his tongue out.

Because it was completely stretched out, even the name tag on the chest was clearly visible.

[Republic of Ireland]

[Shannon Redmond]

[Main Weapon: Magic]

just plain common.

A badge for students like me.

But what is it?

For some reason, the name gave me a sense of deja vu.