Became an Academy Penetrating Spearman

28. Skill Test (3)

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After all, hunting bandits was the correct answer.

‘I never thought there would be a reward like this.’

35 Fame for 16 points.

I came to take a skill test and was able to get a very salty reward.

‘I never thought I would get points for each executive.’

Do other monsters get points by defeating executives?

No, most likely not.

When I caught Red Half Moon Bear, it came out that I just defeated Red Half Moon Bear.

It wasn’t a sentence that said he was defeated with a proper name attached to the back like a bandit.

‘Then an enemy with intelligence like a bandit? Or maybe it only applies to enemies with proper nouns…. Good.’

If you see bandits in the future, let’s catch them.

It’s sure to be a good way to earn points.

However, at that time, let’s adjust the amount of magic power appropriately and use the chant.

I didn’t expect that even I would be swept away by the shock wave as the range of power of the superb song, which was written with the maximum amount of mana, was wider than I thought.

There was no damage, but I couldn’t help but fly backwards.

‘This is like a game.’

Other bandits in charge of the shockwave were immediately blown away somewhere or died, but I, the user, was not damaged except for flying behind me.

In addition, it was troublesome to pick up the bandits’ hoods that were blown away by the shock wave.

Anyway, since we finished the bandit extermination that doubled as a skill test, we descended the mountain immediately.

And as a result of thinking about where to invest the points obtained by opening the status window on the way back to Valendia

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Name: Sihan Lee

Gender: Male

Ability

Stamina: 9

Strength: 7

Agility: 9

mana: 12

Luck:3

Fame:46

Retained points: 7

Possessed Skills: Penetration (EX), Spearmanship Mastery (MAX), Stunning Spear (F)

Title: Bandit Hunter. AoE Provocateur, Bandit Exterminator

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I invested 3 in Stamina, 3 in Strength, 3 in Agility, and 5 in Magic.

Physical strength will be needed in the future, so I remembered that strength was a bit difficult when flipping Half Moon Bear, and the higher the agility, the better the synergy with spearmanship mastery, so 3.

And knowing the convenience and usefulness of the song, he boldly invested 5 in mana.

The remaining points were saved as insurance.

While checking the status window, something suddenly bothered me.

‘What’s the difference between a bandit hunter and an exterminator?’

There is no change in catching bandits anyway.

If I had to argue, it’s just that the Eradicator looks stronger.

To confirm, I focused my consciousness on the bandit exterminator.

[Bandit annihilator: A person who has completely destroyed a gang of bandits. An object of fear to bandits. It is an object of hope for ordinary citizens.]

‘Will this be applied as described?’

Even if you think it’s just plain text, there’s a high possibility that some effect will appear if you specify something directly like this when you think of penetration or spearmanship mastery.

If the next bandit I saw for the first time was afraid as soon as he met me, that means the effect was applied as per this description.

As I moved while thinking about this and that, the sunset was setting when I arrived in Valendia.

“Time limit! You’ve returned safely!”

Upon seeing me, Mr. Rick greeted me with relief.

“Yes.”

“Yes. I’m so glad.”

Mr. Rick is happy every time I come back, but this time his reaction was more intense than usual.

“Did something happen?”

“Actually, I heard from people coming to Valendia. They said that there was a tremendous sound, like an explosion, from the mountain where Belkendan hides out. Some people said that something fell from the sky onto the mountain. That’s why I was worried. Did.”

‘Ah.’

It was because of me.

“I’m so glad you came back safely. So, did you catch the bandit leader again?”

“Yes, I also caught a bandit officer.”

“Yes. You deserve to be admitted to the academy. But then you’d better not come to Valendia for a while. Now that you’ve captured two officers, it’s certain that the bandits will be targeting you for the time being. You might get attacked while passing by.”

Mr. Rick really cared about me and gave me his advice.

He is a really nice person.

But Rick doesn’t have to worry about that.

“Thanks for the advice, but you shouldn’t worry about that.”

“Hey, Shihan. No matter how much you believe in your skills, you shouldn’t be arrogant. If Belken, the leader of Team Belken, or their officers attack you all at once…”

“Because Belkendan has been destroyed.”

“Yeah. As long as Belkendan hasn’t been annihilated… What? Annihilation?”

Mr. Rick flicked his eyes and tapped his ear.

“Ha, I’m still young. Sorry, what did I just say?”

“Belkendan has been destroyed.”

“My ears weren’t wrong. That… what the hell do you mean by annihilation? Why did you say Belkendan was annihilated?”

“I destroyed it. I have proof.”

It was the first time I had destroyed a gang of bandits, and it would be hard to believe even if I said I defeated the bandits by myself, so I brought the evidence.

I took out a bundle from my inventory.

“Is that…?”

“It’s Belken’s neck.”

“Bee, Belken’s mother, neck!?”

The other day, when I took out the faces of the bandits in front of Daisy, I was very frightened, so I wrapped my neck in a more mild cloth.

“Mr. Rick, do you know Belken’s face?”

“Yes, yes. A notorious bastard like Belken is wanted.”

“Check it out.”

“Woe, OK?! Am I?”

“You don’t have to do it if you’re uncomfortable with it.”

Mr. Rick was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth.

“No, check.”

“I’ll hold it, just untie the knot.”

Mr. Rick untied the bundle and checked the contents.

“…Sir! I really am Belken. Did you really destroy Belkendan, Shihan?”

“Yes. I took care of all the 6 officers who were with me. I only have Belken’s neck, but I took both of them.”

“Yes. Ha, ha ha ha…”

Mr. Rick said to me after tying the knot again.

“I thought he was a great guy, but no way… I thought he would destroy even the bandits that were bothering him like that. A new hero was born.”

“Can you say you’re a hero because you wiped out the bandits?”

Hero.

Even in the main story of Rupan, the main character was called that.

However, it was only mentioned after defeating the main boss of the story once while resolving a case that appears only in the main story.

But at the highest level, you have to catch the bandit boss, who is the upper class of trash mobs, and become a hero.

It was nice to be called a hero, but it didn’t feel real.

“…Yeah. It’s like that for you. But.”

Mr. Rick put his hand on my shoulder.

“You’re a hero, Shihan, at least to those who suffered from the bandits.”

‘Mr. Rick.’

You made me float like this.

Did Rick, who laughed at me when we first met, really existed?

Actually, I thought I might have misunderstood it on my own.

“Thank you.”

I put the bundle back in my inventory and went back to Valendia and headed to the adventurer’s guild.

If it’s a bandit’s equipment, you can exchange it for money at the blacksmith’s or Cat’s Co.

‘If possible, I wanted to exchange the magic stone I caught last time at Cats.’

However, at that time, the guild had already accepted the request to catch the Half Moon Bear, so the guild exchanged magic stones as evidence.

I would have gotten more money if I treated it as if I hadn’t done the request and got a refund right away from the Cats store.

‘If that’s the case, results won’t accumulate.’

As the story progresses naturally in Rupan, the story progresses in the way that the main character is a veteran who has completed any difficult request.

Thanks to its reputation, it gains the trust of high-ranking people in each country from the beginning, and sometimes the story progresses with a personal request.

Considering such a situation, it is important to not only think about money, but to complete the adventurer’s guild’s quests one by one to build up performance and reputation.

‘I need to find out more, but even though I went to the academy, I needed performance due to the setting.’

Just as I showed Rick when I arrived at the guild, I showed Daisy the Belken head as evidence along with the report that I had destroyed the Belken bandits.

“Huh… Now, please wait! Guildmaster!”

After Daisy called the guild leader of the adventurer’s guild.

A stout-looking man with a beard came out.

“I am Dolan, the guild leader of the Valendia branch. Can you come inside for a moment?”

‘This is how it looks.’

Dolan.

An NPC that often appears during event quests.

All I did was dress an ordinary middle-aged NPC in an adventurer-style outfit by turning the NPC modeling around.

What was in front of me was not that kind of default NPC design, so it was really different.

“Okay.”

After entering the guild and being guided to a place like a counseling room, I sat down on the sofa.

The head of the Dolant Guild, who was sitting across from me, asked me.

“May I ask why you took his head apart?”

“I thought bringing just the two would not be sufficient evidence.”

“…Hmm, I see. Are there other necks besides Belken’s?”

“I didn’t bring any other heads because I thought Belken’s head was enough.”

“That’s fortunate. It’s difficult for us to deal with it even if we brought several bandit heads. Are there any other evidence besides Belken’s head that the bandits were destroyed?”

“There is loot rather than evidence.”

On the table in front of the sofa, I took out the hoods of the bandit executives, bandit elites, and mountain bamboo soldiers caught today.

“The hoods of the bandits caught today.”

Looking at the hood on the table, Dolan’s eyes changed.

“…It’s amazing. To think that you could really destroy a gang of bandits in one day. Thank you. You’re doing something that other adventurers don’t want to do. To completely destroy that.”

“Is bandit extermination not that popular?”

“That’s right. Unlike monsters, bandits want to retaliate. Besides, they’re cunning, so they just went wild enough not to form a subjugation party.

Besides, Belken. This guy’s skill was on par with that of a knight, so there were no adventurers who rushed out. That’s what you solved today. Thank you so much.”

“If you appreciate that much, you can expect sincerity.”

“Sincerely… Yes, I will do as long as I can. Which one do you want?”

“I want my story to spread far and wide.”

“Your story?”

“Yes. How good the destruction of the bandits I was able to do was good for the people. How much of a nuisance bandits were, so that they spread well, not just here in Valendia, but elsewhere.”

At my words, the head of the Dolan guild gave a puzzled expression.

“Your story will spread quickly without us stepping out. Is that what you want?”

“Yes. There is a distinct difference in the quality of credibility between just spreading rumors and spreading the story directly in the adventurer’s guild. If the adventurer’s guild speaks directly, the academy will be able to recognize it as well.”

In other words, it is different from a performance certificate from an accredited institution.

Besides, if this story spreads to the academy as well, there will be more gacha cadets who will acknowledge my skills or show interest.

You can also do promotional activities and get achievements recognized by the academy. It can be said that killing two birds with one stone is a win-win situation.

“Ah. Ha. hahahaha! That’s right! It was like that. Come to think of it, you were a cadet who entered the academy this time, right? I see.”

Tak! The head of the Doland guild, who knelt down, showed a beguiling smile, revealing his teeth.

“I’ll spread your fame myself. A competent divinity has appeared in the academy!”

“Thank you very much, Dolant Guild Leader.”

[Achievement: Obtained Divinity of Title Academy.]

[Achievement Reward: 3 points, Fame 10]

To get a title as soon as it is confirmed.

My trust in the Dolan Guild leader has risen greatly within me.