Needless to say, Kim Joohyuk's personality wasn't exactly "good" by anyone's standards.
To be precise, the world he had endured forced him to live a harsh life that would compel even the kindest soul to discard their gentle nature in the end.
However, that didn't mean Kim Joohyuk's personality was utter trash.
He still upheld what needed to be upheld.
In short, no matter how rough his personality was, he wasn't a psychopath who would curse at a stranger the moment he met them.
Right, he certainly wasn't…
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Title: How would you rate Kim Joohyuk's psychopath level?
Author: Laurenti
Is it true that he took Rank 1 in the Entrance Ranking Battle and then cursed out all the other guilds that offered him contracts, chasing them away? Isn't he practically crazy?
Even those high-nosed foreign guilds gaining shares in Korea lately came to offer him deals, and he apparently just cursed straight at their faces too lol.
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Comments (92)
Otorirak: Lolololol There's a video of it too. He made a super pissed face and yelled, "Hey you bastards!" I laughed so hard.
└ WatchedByS-ClassConstellation: Fr lol. Honestly acknowledged.
└ SoftRiceCake: But honestly, seeing him curse like that, doesn't he have character issues? Agreed?
└ Lieutenant◆: You have character issues?
Uncomfortable: But honestly, Kim Joohyuk seems a bit rude tbh. No matter how angry he gets, cursing is a bit much, isn't it? Especially when everyone is watching, for a young brat to do that lol.
└ SwordInSheath: Guild Scout, welcome~
└ ThreeNoHits: Why the long face?
└ Uncomfortable: Fuck, the freshman brat is just annoying lol.
└ Heporira: Wanna write a malicious comment?
└ Dingyo: Sounds good, write one for me.
ArinNoona: But what guts does that Kim Joohyuk guy have to curse at scouts? He's gonna try to make a living as a contractor after graduating Valhalla anyway, isn't it a loss to be on bad terms with guilds? Rumors will spread everywhere.
└ Jogudang: Honestly, if he has skill, acknowledged. Seeing how he crushed the other Five Great Families with just skill, wherever he goes, they'll probably accept his bullshit.
└ MinorS-Class: But honestly, I was dumbfounded when Arin Noona got wrecked. Yoo So-yeon didn't even come out lol so I didn't even know she was there.
└ MeatballEyes: But anyway, cursing was wrong. Young punk—
└ A10000: Boomer welcome~
SaveMe: Lately, there's been a huge influx of foreign guilds and it was annoying as hell, so this is great lol. These bastards have been acting up too much recently.
└ Juyaaaang: Agreed. Ever since the 'Savior of Bright Light' granted the Blessing of Communication to the whole world 10 years ago, language barriers disappeared without translation, so foreign guilds have been running wilder.
└ Aggressive: Lol true education for foreign guilds acknowledged. .... .. .
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Besides these, there was a massive number of other comments.
However, if Kim Joohyuk saw these posts, he could refute them without batting an eye.
Those bastards deserved to be cursed at.
Clearly, when he first took Rank 1 at Valhalla and stepped out of the hall into the swarming crowd, Kim Joohyuk had politely declined.
And he did so in a loud voice that everyone could hear.
But who completely ignored Kim Joohyuk's voice and clung to him persistently just because he was a student? It was exactly those scouts.
So, the fact that curses eventually burst out because he couldn't hold back anymore was absolutely not Kim Joohyuk's fault.
If anyone was at fault, it was the scouts.
However, thanks to that.
[Welcome to Valhalla. This Valhalla, with its 100 years of glorious history—]
At Valhalla's entrance ceremony, which was currently starting, Kim Joohyuk was attracting attention in many ways.
But even so, Kim Joohyuk didn't think this incident was a big mistake.
[Find the memories within the Armament.]
[Valhalla Constellation's Room, Basement Level 3, 5th Room on the Right]
[■■■ ■■■■■ ■■■■■ ■■ ■]
[■■■■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■ ■■ ■■■]
'Grab it quickly and bounce.'
He had no intention of spending a fulfilling school life anyway.
There was nothing to learn in the first place, so what would he do here?
The only reason he entered Valhalla was to investigate that phrase about finding memories inside an armament, something that clearly seemed linked to his reincarnation.
'Plus, there are a few things to check on the side.'
Anyway, because of that, Kim Joohyuk didn't need to pay much attention to news about himself from the outside, so he naturally let the gazes gathering around him slide.
And.
[—With this, we will conclude the entrance ceremony.]
Kim Joohyuk officially entered Valhalla.
"Phew…."
Standing in front of the Virtual Combat Simulation Room that Valhalla boasted of, a man looked at his students.
Kim Yi-gun, who was once an executive of the Choi Jin Guild and had built considerable recognition in society before transferring to Valhalla as an operations instructor and teacher. He sighed as he looked around at the personnel assigned to his class.
'…Why is the class assignment like this?'
Kim Yi-gun seriously found it absurd enough that he wanted to see the Valhalla Vice Principal who made this class roster.
Of course, he knew that Valhalla's class assignments were generated completely randomly to prevent the Five Great Families from subtly intervening.
However, even so, shouldn't this have been fixed a little?
'No, how are there three children from the Five Great Families gathered in this one class?'
Kim Yi-gun frowned, checking his attendance sheet and the faces with a look of genuine disbelief.
Right in front of him was Yoo So-yeon of the Yoo Shin Family. Next to her was Choi Ah-rin of the Choi Jin Family, and in the middle stood Oh Se-hyuk of the Oh Seon Family with a sullen expression.
But what cracked Kim Yi-gun's mental state more than anything else was:
'Kim Joohyuk, why is that guy here too?'
It was that Kim Joohyuk, the epicenter of the hottest controversy these days, was staring straight at him from the very back.
'Ah… this is ruined.'
Alternating his gaze between the Five Great Families and Kim Joohyuk, Kim Yi-gun instinctively realized that this year was doomed.
After all, fundamentally, he was a teacher.
His duty was to control the students and safely advance them to the next grade.
But what if the students he had to control were unnecessarily high-nosed and even slightly difficult to manage?
Naturally, the one who suffered was the teacher.
'What should I do….'
Thus, Kim Yi-gun fell into thought for a moment while looking at the students.
Whether it would be better to assert dominance (suppress their spirits) or not.
Of course, if someone heard the term "assert dominance," they might ask what effect such a thing would have.
However, in this Valhalla, it was very important for the homeroom teacher to establish discipline among the students.
That way, they wouldn't stray from control, allowing the teacher to manage them. Only then could one spend a year with slightly fewer headaches.
'Especially that guy….'
Kim Yi-gun raised his gaze to look at Kim Joohyuk.
The monster who passed this academy entrance ceremony as Rank 1, appearing suddenly from who knows where.
Actually, if it were just that, he wouldn't be this tense. But seeing the personality Kim Joohyuk displayed after the ceremony ended, he instinctively realized that Kim Joohyuk's existence would definitely make him tired, so his dilemma deepened.
And the conclusion he reached.
'Assert dominance.'
No matter how much he thought about it, at this point, it seemed best to break the students' spirits just a little.
After all, the reason he called his class to this Virtual Combat Room instead of the classroom was to assert dominance.
Thinking this, he immediately pressed the button he had prepared in advance.
[Wuuuong—!]
"Wh-what!?"
The voices of flustered students.
However, Kim Yi-gun didn't panic and gripped the sword (Dao) he had brought in advance.
[Kreeeeeeek!!]
As soon as Kim Yi-gun gripped his sword, monsters began to be created simultaneously around the Virtual Combat Simulation Room.
Orcs, Goblins, Gremlins.
In terms of rank, they were monsters ranging from F-rank to C-rank, but what mattered was their numbers.
'Exactly 120.'
Honestly, if he followed his heart, he wanted to summon more, but summoning more than this would strain the system itself, so he pressed the button again to end the monster summoning.
[Krererek! Kueeeek!]
Though implemented by the system, the monsters, realistic to the extreme, rushed toward the students in the center of the room the moment the summoning ended.
"Uaaack!"
A screaming student.
However.
[Thud! Boom-boom-boom-boom!!]
The monsters, which looked like they would pounce on the students at any moment, couldn't reach them thanks to a massive hemispherical barrier.
"Wh-what is this…."
Students looked around in fear, seemingly panicked by the sudden event.
The children of the Five Great Families seemed to be in slightly better condition, but they also looked around with bewildered expressions.
Satisfied with that sight, Kim Yi-gun spoke.
"Kim Joohyuk. Come forward."
At Kim Yi-gun's words, Kim Joohyuk made a blank expression for a moment, then moved his steps to walk in front of him.
Kim Yi-gun frowned, seemingly displeased by Kim Joohyuk's calm expression, but soon spoke.
"These monsters, can you handle them alone?"
"…The monsters rushing here right now?"
"Yes."
Kim Yi-gun spoke with a serious expression, but inwardly, he was laughing.
He knew. Dealing with the monsters here right now was impossible for freshmen in the first place.
No matter how much the freshmen admitted to Valhalla were high-flyers, that was only by the standards of freshmen.
In fact, for freshmen who could count the number of times they'd seen real monsters on one hand, it would be strange not to be scared seeing this massive horde.
Therefore, he waited, certain of Kim Joohyuk's answer, but Kim Joohyuk just looked at Kim Yi-gun with a strange expression.
A moment of silence.
And soon.
Smirk.
'…He's laughing?'
Suddenly seeing Kim Joohyuk burst into a smirk while looking at his face, Kim Yi-gun frowned.
"…Seeing that laughter comes out in this situation, I guess you can handle this level of monsters alone?"
At Kim Yi-gun's words, Kim Joohyuk replied without erasing the smile from his lips.
"Right."
"Then try it."
"For free?"
"…What?"
"No, it's a bit strange. I've never heard of doing something like this on the first day of school. If we're suddenly doing this, shouldn't you bet something too, Teacher?"
"Are you suggesting a bet?"
"You understand quickly. If I handle all those monsters, what will you bet, Teacher?"
Kim Joohyuk's words.
At that, Kim Yi-gun looked at him with an incredulous expression for a moment.
No matter if he was Valhalla's Rank 1, he was just Rank 1 among freshmen.
In other words, Kim Joohyuk was promising in the contractor industry, but speaking coldly, he was still just a student overflowing with talent.
Therefore, feeling anger rising, Kim Yi-gun sneered openly.
"If you dispose of all 120 monsters here, I will do anything I can with my authority as a teacher."
"Hmm, a bit lacking. But let's deal with this much, I guess."
"Ha, very confident. You don't seem to know, but the monsters implemented in this system have no significant difference from real monsters. Getting attacked by them is the same—"
"I get it, so please lend me a weapon."
"What?"
"How am I supposed to fight without a weapon? You didn't expect me to fight them with bare hands, did you?"
Kim Joohyuk spoke confidently, cutting off Kim Yi-gun's words.
At that, Kim Yi-gun frowned and handed him the sword without a word, openly revealing his discomfort as he looked at Kim Joohyuk.
The moment everyone's gaze focused on Kim Joohyuk.
[Shing—]
The heads of the monsters began to fly through the air.
(End of Chapter 4)
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