Chapter 13:

Chapter 13:

It was a shock to everyone. A gigant was flying.

“Huh?”

Karl, who had been watching from a distance, gaped. The other cadets in the class were the same. May, who had been dozing off before that, watched the two gigant, which must have weighed dozens of tons, soar through the sky. For what seemed like an eternity, the flight ended with a loud crash.

Chloe stared at her opponent and saw that it was only a first-year cadet on the gigant—a young person who had only been in school for two days.

“Hahaha, haha.”

She couldn’t help but laugh at the unreality of it all. The others were also surprised by the unreality of the scene. But Karl, being the teacher that he is, quickly regained his composure and said with a serious expression.

“Is this a dream?”

»————- ★ ————-«

Luckily, the damage was minimal. The Miles-class Gigant wasn’t flimsy enough to be shattered by a single blow to the torso, so Abel and Karl, who were inside, were unharmed.

Once the dust had settled, Abel spoke to Karl. At first glance, Karl looked confused.

“Now, you can go there...... ”

He wasn’t sure if he should reprimand or praise him as a teacher. Abel’s behavior was shocking enough to embarrass even the most experienced teacher. The behavior of a cadet who had only been in the academy for two days was utterly unbelievable.

Chloe is a cadet with a reputation for excellence among the third-year cadets who have trained and practiced extensively.

Abel hadn’t just backed off her gigant a bit; he’d blown her away. He was blown away himself, but that didn’t matter. Karl was silent for a moment, staring at Abel, and then, feeling the stares of the cadets in the distance, he spoke again.

“Was that...... Was that a vision?”

He recalled the strange movement he’d seen when he’d first approached Chloe’s craft, the explosive power he’d displayed at close range. Karl knew it was no ordinary Gigant operation. He was also a Gigant rider who had fought many battles long before becoming a teacher.

Abel answered Karl’s question casually.

“Uh, yeah. It’s something I’ve been developing recently.”

“Really?” Karl asked in disbelief.

Abel looked at Karl with a confident look. The reason why he said he developed it was because it was the most natural thing to do. Right now, it could be said that he learned it accidentally or had a family vision. But later? This wouldn’t be the last time he’d receive a skill as a quest reward. He couldn’t afford to put it in moderation every time. If he makes more excuses every time, he might get more suspicious. It’s better to go out confidently from the beginning.

‘I’m going to get a lot of suspicion at first, but it will make a lot more sense in the long run.’

It’s not unprecedented, anyway. In the first place, all visions exist because someone created them. Of course, the people who made them were often called geniuses.

Given his current situation and the future of the world, he owed it to himself to be as visible and as splendidly as possible. The world was too hard to live in if you hid your powers, or at least that’s what Abel was trying to convince himself.

“Hmm, that’s a lot” Karl gave him a skeptical look, but he didn’t tell him to lie. He knew Abel was the senior who had started the rumors about the statue.

“You mean it’s really a monster.”

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“I see. It was a bit drastic, but it was a good move. You achieved your goal by means your opponent didn’t think of. You’re not trying to cause a fume in the greenhouse, so it’s silly to criticize the radicality of the means.”

With that, Karl pulled two pieces of paper out of his pocket and handed them over. They were vouchers for one kilogram and ten kilograms of Telisium. The bottom was stamped with the official seal of the academy, which only the headmaster possessed.

“Go to the workshop and give this to them. You will receive it on the spot, use it to make anything you want or trade it for something of value. I never thought I’d have to give it away.”

Karl grimaced. A teacher’s salary wasn’t exactly cheap, but ten kilograms of Telisium was worth a lot of money.

“I bought it to make my own armor,” Karl said, holding out the paper with a shaky hand.

“I......”

“Huh?”

“Can I take it?”

“That’s great. I look forward to seeing you at the first practice.”

With that, Chloe waved and walked back toward Gigant.

“First practice.” It would be in four weeks at the earliest, but given the tight curriculum, it would pass quickly.

And Abel was looking forward to practicing his skills here. As he watched Chloe climb into the gigant, he turned to see his classmates walking away. It would be four weeks at the earliest, but given the rigorous curriculum, it would fly by. And Abel was looking forward to the practice.

Just as he was about to say to himself, “I’ll give them a break,” he spotted one of them standing in the distance.

“Abel! Let’s go!” It was Daniel.

“Uh, sure.”

He didn’t really have a reason to refuse, so he nodded and took off shakily. But Abel regretted his choice in less than five minutes. Daniel was more talkative than he expected to the point where it hurt his ears.

He said, “I swear, when you made that sudden move earlier, I thought my heart would fall out of my chest....... I remember when I first rode a gigant..... So, ah, are you listening to me?”

“—–Yes.”

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Daniel was physically fit. He had always been a hard worker, and he trained many times since he had been adopted by an earl. As such, he was confident in his own physical strength, but the Academy’s Curriculum was more than three times as demanding.

“It wasn’t just the exams,” Abel thought, biting down on his chin for good measure.

“It wasn’t until I saw the game arc that I clicked.”

He hadn’t given it much thought because it was just a few clicks in the game. He should have known from the crazy rolls on the test in real life. The Academy curriculum is more challenging than he could have ever imagined. When he showed up to the martial arts class already drained of stamina from riding the gigant, Abel rolled like crazy for nearly two hours. But even that was better than the last fitness class, because he felt like he was going to die. By the time it was over, even Daniel, that was so confident in his fitness, was a wreck.

“Whoa.”

He signed, knowing this would be his life for the rest of his days. Initially, the Gigant Rider program aims to create a superhuman, not an ordinary human. However, it wasn’t all that bad.

First, he received 11kg of telisium in his first class. He can think of dozens of things to make with just 1 kilogram, not to mention 11 kilograms. It was definitely possible to boost power significantly.

“You have to take care of your own gigant.”

Though it’s an academy, they didn’t unify the specifications of Gigant. Rather, they actively recommended upgrading it. As far as the giants were concerned, having a lot of money was considered a talent. Either that, or you were so monstrously talented that the Academy supported you.

Abel alone had already gained eleven kilograms of Telisium and was soon to receive a Miles-class gigant. This was a place like that.

‘I need to take what I can get,’ Abel said, interrupting his thoughts on the Academy to return to his original topic.

It wasn’t just the Telisium that was gained; there was income in addition to material things. Abel closed his eyes tightly to see it for himself. And then a bright light emerged from the darkness. It wasn’t just the status window but a new one floating above it. Upon completing your first day at the Academy, a new system would open up today.

[List of achievements]

[Visit every location in the Academy]

[Get your own Gigant]

[Achieve a perfect score in pracy]

[Call Karl a Gorilla]

[Make at least 5 friends]

[......].

The game achievement of this game was famous for its generous rewards. The reward given for achieving 100% was beyond imagination. Abel was excited for a reason. He scanned through the challenge with excitement and stopped at one point.

“This can be achieved tomorrow.”

The item was none other than “a first encounter with the debris of a ghost.”

[To be continued.]