CHAPTER 24.2 – GROUP PROJECT (3)

On weekends, Stella Academy was closed. During that time, most students trained themselves or engaged in self-development activities such as self-study, while others spent their free time enjoying the best sports league in the magical world.

That seemed a long way away to me. I really wanted to join the League of Spirits, but my strength was too low right now, I couldn’t afford it, I don’t need to study, and there was a limit to how much stronger I could get through training.

That is why I go out on weekends. Rather than going to the Arcanium, I used the ‘Warp Hall’ to travel to another city.

Shoo Woo!!

The sensation of falling off a cliff came over me for an instant, as if I were riding a gyrodrop, and the scenery changed.

– Welcome to Darable Stadium!

A voice right in your ear. It was proof that I had successfully passed the ‘Warp Hall’.

“Uh-huh, I’m dizzy.”

I lifted my head after shaking my head and saw a massive apricot-colored barrier erected high in the sky.

Darable Stadium. It was a stage built around 100 years ago for the world’s best singer ‘Darable,’ but on the day of the first performance, black demons raided it, so it was never used as a stage and was instead used as a fortress.

Now, all of the black demons had retreated, and the monsters had gone quiet, but there were still a few monsters running around.

As I walked down from the scaffolding of the warp hall, a wizard in a robe rushed in. He nodded as he looked at my uniform coat and the golden pocket watch on my waist.

“Welcome to Darable, Wizard Baek Yu-seol!”

“I’m not yet an official wizard, but a cadet.”

“Haha, Stella’s cadets deserve the same treatment as regular wizards. This is the Stella effect.”

It was possible to use a part of the Warp Hall for free with only a Stella cadet’s pass and a Stella pocket watch which normally costs at least 100,000 credits for one use, and if it was not ‘Holy Empire territory,’ it was treated in this manner wherever it went.

In the setting, magic warriors are basically treated as ‘heroes’, and Stella was the most elite among those magic warriors. “Hey, look over there. Stella cadet.” “It’s true… I’m seeing Stella’s uniform for the first time.”

Stella’s school uniform was designed to be recognizable by anyone because the cloak, which resembles a long coat, and the five-man star mark, Stella’s symbol, were lavishly decorated in gold.

Like bragging about being Stella’s cadet. 

“This is the reason why K-University students always wear uniforms in Korea.”

With unfounded confidence, I walked with my shoulders wide open. While fluttering the hem of my coat once in a while to be cool. Somehow, it felt like my shoulders were as wide as a soccer field and I could bring 22 people and play soccer.

“Where are you going? If it’s your first time, we’ll guide you.”

“No. I’ve been here a few times.”

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve lived in Stella, and I used the Warp Hall every weekend to tour the surrounding city or go hunting.

To see if the knowledge I have applied to this world as well.

The outcome was quite positive, and it was confirmed that, while there were many changes due to the fact that it was a reality, the majority of the important elements remained the same.

As a result, I’ve spent the last few weeks attempting to hunt various mobs with the lowest level of ‘1-risk.’ It wasn’t particularly difficult. I believe it stems from my recent experience dealing with people who had murderous intent on me the other day.

Today’s target was the fire mane lizard of 2-risk. Despite having only a little more stamina and power than a normal beast, it was given a ‘2-risk’ ticket, which suggests combat magic of at least class 2 or higher due to the presence of magic defense and quick movements.

I had raised my physical attack power, and there was no problem because I was focused on speed.

‘Somewhere around here…’

 walked out of the stadium and spent a long time wandering through the swamp before the sunlight was blocked by the straight trees.

It was very dark, but the senses were acute.

A lizard about 1m in size with red skin glided past from the other side of the bush.

[the sixth sense]

Its position was clearly felt. All monsters had some mana in their body, and it couldn’t avoid my sixth sense.

Pass!! It’s moving faster. Should I use the blinking to chase them? No.  Although the instantaneous movement speed was slower than mine, the continuous movement distance was higher than mine. It’s much longer.

For now, it was better to let him think of me as prey.

It thought it had finally had its chance as I moved slowly, so it quickly turned away.

Paah!

It stepped on a tree and leaped, rushing towards my side with great speed.

However, I didn’t even look away and stretched out the terifon.

dkak!!

Keeek, Keeek….

The terifon sword was lodged precisely between its snout.

In a single blow, 2 risk monsters were killed.

“……..” 

After I killed the lizard, I didn’t move for a while.

‘Um… I think I just looked cool.’

I stretched out my sword and pierced the leaping lizard without hesitation. I must have looked like a master of martial arts.

I wanted to hold this wonderful posture for a little longer because someone might be watching, but it was harder than I thought to bear the weight of the lizard with one arm, so my arm began to shake.

Tuk Bum Bum… Tuk!

“Oh, what are you eating to make it so heavy?”

Reluctantly, I dropped the lizard on the floor and cut off its tail.

“Oh, it’s annoying.”

The monsters were sparse here, making it tricky to hunt.

‘If you go to places like Lekin Town, you’ll find stuff like this all over the place.’

However, the journey takes far too long. There were more warp halls in areas where they are not installed compared to the areas where they are. In Korea, it is referred to as KTX. It takes more time to change.

“I can’t…”

I stood up after freezing the lizard tail in a space expansion backpack.

Anyway, the hunt wasn’t particularly difficult, so it didn’t take long.

* * *

Alchemy was not the main subject in Stella. To use an analogy, it’s like having a separate sewing machine department at a painting school. Taking alchemy lectures at Stella, in other words, meant that there were many cases where alchemy was used as a major and the path of an alchemist was in mind.

As a result, Stella’s evaluation, where alchemists from the ‘Alchemy Castle’ come to evaluate their assignments, was a great opportunity for students.

“Everyone, have you prepared the ingredients?”

At Eisel’s words, the members took out the ingredients they had prepared. I also took out a frozen wooden box and opened it.

“This…….”

Frowning her brow and examining the tail of the fire-mane lizard, she had a startled expression on her face.

“It’s fresh… is it……?”

“Of course.”

I just caught it yesterday. This means that it is directly from the farm.

“……It seems that you have an eye for ingredients.”

Eisel smiled slightly as if she was pleased.

“Have you studied the recipe in advance?”

“Of course.”

“No, of course.”

“It’s good. Now, the only thing left to do is make it perfect.”

Suddenly, the front door of the classroom opened and three alchemists, Alterisha, and Professor Maizen Tyren walked in.

“Before taking the test, I would like to introduce you to the three alchemists who came from the Alchemy Castle.”

Maizen introduced them one by one, but they were all unfamiliar to me. The other students’ eyes, however, twinkled. It seems they were competent alchemists.

When he said he would begin the Maizen practice test, Easel clenched her fists. Her enthusiasm was overflowing.

However. 

That enthusiasm shattered before it even began.

“…The potion we will be making today is ‘Tyren Point Potion’. Have you all prepared the ingredients?”

The other group of students all nodded, but my group didn’t.

“Hold on, Professor.” 

“What? Eisel.”

When Eisel raised her hand, Professor Maizen responded with a very friendly voice, unlike before. Eisel felt uneasy, but she couldn’t help but ask.

“This experimental task… I knew it as a D-Vitality Potion.”

“Oh, it was. But didn’t you get the notice? I changed it to a Tyren Point Potion.”

With a sad expression on her face, Eisel’s lips quivered.

“That’s… I haven’t heard of it.” 

“Really? But I made a clear announcement. Right, everyone?”

All the other students nod their heads in agreement. Seeing that scene, I couldn’t help but get frustrated again.

‘Huh. Do you want to come out like this?’

I thought he would try something to bully me someday, but I didn’t know he would come out so boldly. Wouldn’t that result in a punishment if you get it wrong?

In fact, I remember that there was a story behind Professor Maizen Tyren’s connection with the Skalben Empire, so he couldn’t easily be touched even in school.

‘Even so, you’re just fucking out.’

This. I wasn’t particularly obsessed with grades, but the other kids were different.

Eisel was looking to build a career, and Maliwan and Kasahun were dreaming of becoming alchemists, so it wouldn’t be a good idea to look ugly from the start.

‘Is this kind of story in the original Ropan?’

When I looked at Fuleim from sideways, for some reason she was also looking at me with a puzzled face.

Maizen smiled slightly and said to Eisel.

“Student Eisel? Could it be… did you not prepare the ingredients well?”

“…..” 

“Um, that’s difficult.”

Eisel and the two boys’ complexions grew paler. The reality that they did not want to think about the most began to come closer.

“For an alchemist who has to weave the innumerable branches of possibility and craft it into a single truth, loses his purpose and confuses the ingredients.”

“Ugh…”

There was, however, nothing they could do. As a student, they had no choice but to accept any changes made by the professor.

“Probably, Group 12 is…”

Disqualified, just before the word came out.

“Is the Tyren Point Potion all I need to make?”

I took the lead first.

“…what?”

“I can just make it with these ingredients. The masterpiece that the professor is so proud of.”

I browsed the sea of ​​innumerable information floating on my copper glasses.

While playing the game, alchemy was one of my main interests, and I wrote down every little recipe.

One of my favorite recipes.

[Tyren Point Potion Type B]

Originally, this was a recipe that the future Professor Maizen was going to invent, so I didn’t intend to touch it, but now that the situation was like this, I had no choice.

If the other person came out dirty and dirty, I have had no choice but to go out the same way.

“I will make it. A potion made of a different material from yours and with better performance than yours.”

Professor Maizen’s expression slowly hardened.

Translator – The Wanderer
Editor and P/R – Sleepy Reader