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Real Training
The afternoon session began without warning.No speech.No explanation.No time to prepare.Instructor Baek simply stood at the center of the training grounds and looked at the representatives gathered before him.Most had already recovered from the morning exercise.At least—They thought they had.Baek checked the time.Then he spoke."Run."Silence.One student blinked."...Sir?""Twenty laps."Several faces immediately changed."Twenty?!""Around the entire combat field?"Baek looked toward the student who had spoken."Would you prefer thirty?""...Twenty sounds good, sir.""Then move."The representatives immediately started running.Jiwoo sighed.Beside him, Kang Hyunwoo stretched his shoulders."I thought he said our real training starts this afternoon."Jiwoo began jogging."Maybe this is it."Hyunwoo stared at him."If twenty laps is the real training, I'm transferring."Jiwon ran past both of them."Less talking."Hyunwoo frowned."Why does your sister sound exactly like Ins
Teamwork
Morning sunlight bathed the training grounds as the representatives spread across the arena.Steel clashed.Mana burst into the air.The once quiet field quickly transformed into controlled chaos as pairs began exchanging blows under the watchful eyes of Instructor Baek.Unlike the selection matches, there were no spectators today.Only the representatives remained.Instructor Baek observed every movement without saying a word.After several minutes, he spoke."Stop."Every student immediately lowered their weapons.Baek walked to the center of the field."The National Hunter Academy Tournament is not won by individual strength alone."His eyes swept across the group."There are events where you will fight alone.""There are also events where your teammates determine whether you survive."He raised one finger."Trust."Then another."Communication."A third."Adaptability."He lowered his hand."Those three decide victory more often than talent."Silence settled over the arena.Baek p
Training Resumes
The short break came to an end.For a few brief days, Eclipse Academy had fallen unusually quiet.Now—Life had returned.Students filled the walkways once more, conversations echoing through every corridor as instructors resumed their lessons. Across the campus, the sounds of steel clashing against steel and bursts of mana filled the air.To the students, it was simply another semester continuing.None of them knew that, beneath Seoul, history had nearly repeated itself.The Hunter Association had released only a short statement regarding the recent dungeon collapse."The operation has concluded successfully. The incident was caused by an abnormal mana instability. Further information has been classified."Questions remained.Rumors spread.But rumors were all they were.The truth never reached the public.Han Jiwoo hurried through the academy gates."...I'm late."His meeting with the Hunter Association and what happened in the dungeon didn't make jiwoo sleep all night.After return
The Untouchable Lineage
While Han Jiwoo was standing alone on the observation deck watching the sunset, a completely different storm was brewing on the top floor of the Hunter Association Headquarters.Inside the Chairman’s private office—a room shielded by multi-layered mana-damping fields and military-grade encryption—deafening silence prevailed. Chairman Kwon Seonghyeok sat behind his desk, his fingers loosely intertwined. Flanking the room were the two S-rank Guild Masters, Choi Kangmin and Lee Taeyun.The casual, almost dismissive demeanor the Chairman had shown during the public meeting was entirely gone."Run a complete, unredacted background check on Han Jiwoo," Chairman Kwon commanded calmly, addressing the chief intelligence analyst standing before his desk. "Every gate entry, every hospital record, his lineage, and his immediate family tree. I want to know exactly how a normal porter suddenly triggers a dungeon core synchronization."The analyst bowed quickly, his fingers flying across a secure, h
The Chairman's Question
The conference room remained deathly silent. No one corrected the Chairman. No one questioned the heavy, clinical word he had just used.Irregularity.Jiwoo felt the physical weight of dozens of eyes pressing down on him from across the crescent table. Hunters, Association officials, government representatives—every single one of them was evaluating him, measuring him, judging whether he was a ticking time bomb or an asset to be exploited.Chairman Kwon Seonghyeok leaned back slightly in his leather chair. Unlike Kangmin or Lee, he emitted almost zero perceptible mana pressure. Yet somehow, he felt far more dangerous to deal with. Power wasn't the only weapon in this room; the Chairman possessed institutional information, and in hunter society, information could cut deeper than any blade."So," the Chairman said calmly, breaking the silence. "You are Han Jiwoo."Jiwoo offered a stiff nod. "Yes, sir."The Chairman studied him for several agonizing seconds. "A student.""Yes.""A porter
Under Watch
Morning came quietly.Too quietly.Jiwoo stood in front of the bathroom mirror inside the temporary Veilbound residence, staring at his own reflection.Nothing looked different.Black hair slightly messy.Tired eyes.An ordinary seventeen-year-old student.Yet somewhere beyond the sky, beings powerful enough to destroy worlds had apparently noticed him.The thought felt absurd.Until he remembered the servant’s eyes.“…Confirmed.”Jiwoo shut the faucet tightly.The water dripping suddenly sounded unbearably loud.A knock echoed from outside his room.“Jiwoo.”Kangmin.Jiwoo immediately straightened himself. “Coming.”When he opened the door, Kangmin stood there already dressed in fresh black combat attire, his injuries hidden beneath a long coat. Only the faint stiffness in his movements revealed how severe the battle had actually been.“We’re leaving,” Kangmin said.Jiwoo blinked. “Leaving?”“The Association wants a direct statement.”Of course they did.A dungeon disappearing entire
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