I Became a Genius by Running Away From the Academy

9 – Growth hides in the shadows, so no one notices (2)

“If you go out of the circle on the floor, you will be eliminated. You must wait outside the circle until the skill evaluation is over.”

At Darcy’s words, the students inadvertently looked at the large circle on the floor and thought.

‘So you’re saying you don’t have to fight that monstrous teacher as long as you cross that line?’

Anyway, this class isn’t particularly reflected in grades.

As a result, among the students who felt Darcy’s power and were frightened a little while ago, there were students who were seriously thinking about getting out of the circle.

But they soon shook their heads and ignored the temptation.

If I went outside the line without doing anything, it was obvious that even if my grades didn’t go down, I would be firmly stamped by Darcy.

There was no idiot among them who tried to undermine his image from the first day of class.

Babak-Babak-

Except for one person who has no interest in such an assessment.

At the same time as Darcy’s explanation was finished, a beautiful girl with a petite body reminiscent of her kitten walked out of her circle, shaking her long aqua-colored hair.

“Can you think of Erio to Vista as giving up?”

“Haaa…… Yes.”

Erio gave a small yawn and nodded her head.

Then he wrapped the cloak around his body like a blanket and lay down on the spot.

He could have been angry at the lack of motivation, but Darcy just let out a sigh and said nothing.

“Haaa…… I’m sleepy.”

It was partly because Erio’s eccentricity was so famous, but the fundamental reason was that she was one of the geniuses who took one of the ten brightest spots among the freshmen.

Another ideology advocated by Circle was meritocracy.

“So, is there anyone else who wants to abstain?”

Students raised their weapons at Darcy’s words.

Darcy smiled at the ample answer and looked at them as if to attack them at any time.

But all of them only noticed, and no one rushed at Darcy.

Darcy did not scold him.

Because it was better to be prudent than reckless.

“But there is a difference between being prudent and simply being scared and running away.”

Darcy released his momentum once again.

“Ooh, wow!”

“Huh!”

Then some students who couldn’t stand him rushed at Darcy.

“Courage is commendable.”

Toouk-

“But I can’t commend you for rushing in without thinking.”

Darcy moved his body lightly and walked over the legs of the students who were charging him.

Kudangtang-!

Then the students who got their feet caught fell and rolled on the floor.

“I think I ran after thinking that I had to get hurt quickly and end it, so I’ll tell you. I am not a teacher with a good personality enough to make you feel comfortable in one shot.”

f*ck-!

“Cool!”

“Ouch!”

Darcy kicked the fallen students in the stomach and sent them back to their original positions.

“In other words, I won’t let you out of the line until you all collapse from exhaustion.”

Koktak-

“If you know, quickly, bring out the strength you were sucking on and attack.”

“Damn it! Pincer! Run together!”

“Push with water, then anyone can get a shot!”

The students, who realized that there was only one road allowed to them, rushed at Darcy at once.

Looking at him, Darcy sighed.

“This is really, so clumsy that I wonder what to tell you first.”

Darcy was silent for a moment before he spoke.

“First of all, when you hear the word 1 vs 100, it is easy to think of one person fighting 100 people, but in reality it is not. When space is limited, of course the number of people who can attack is also limited.”

Shuaak-!

Darcy said while easily avoiding weapons that were swung from all four directions.

“And being outnumbered isn’t always an advantage.”

Sweet-

Darcy pierced through the students like the wind passing through the branches.

“If the linkage is not properly done, being in large numbers is not an advantage, but a shackle.”

As they moved their hands and feet lightly in that state, the students who were not paying attention fell helplessly.

“And if the opponent is small, agile, and even intelligent, the situation becomes even more desperate.”

Darcy said, looking down at the students who had tripped or been knocked over.

“Because the only thing I can do against that one person is to be thoroughly fooled.”

Don’t you think so?

At Darcy’s words, the students were speechless and gritted their teeth.

Looking at him, Darcy sighed inwardly.

‘I heard that they are called the golden generation, so I expected a little bit, but it turns out like this. It’s this much even though I’m using artifacts to limit my strength.’

There is definitely talent and skill, but that’s about it.

Most of them were chicks that didn’t even know how to fly yet.

Shuaak-!

‘Well, there are some that flap their wings, but they’re not threatening.’

Darcy recalled the list of students he checked last night, dodging the ninja sword digging into his side.

There were only three students that Darcy needed to pay attention to.

“Ehh, I can’t sleep because it’s so noisy…… “

The first one is Erio Two Vista, but she went out of line a while ago and is now dozing off.

“Is this the time for me to step out? No, heroes appear late. You’d better wait a little longer.”

The second one was Sunny Osment, but he too just stood back muttering something and didn’t come forward.

‘So, the only thing left is Fuma Shigure, this child…… ‘

Chaeeng-!

‘It’s enough to deal with one kid.’

Other normal students?

Sorry, but they weren’t even considered.

“Profit! How the hell did you not even get hit!”

“You idiot! Don’t interrupt!”

“Ugh! Some bastard hit me!”

‘Not a single kid knows how to fight.’

Shigure, who used the noisy students to hide, seemed to know how to fight a little.

But even that was barely above the passing mark in Darcy’s eyes.

Darcy’s idea of a fight wasn’t just head-on or attacking from behind.

Utilizing himself, the terrain, knowledge, the environment, enemies, allies, and everything he had was Darcy the hunter’s way of fighting.

‘I do this every first class to tell you that, but no kids understand.’

Do I make the class difficult?

Darcy recalled that question in her mind and put strength into the hand holding the sword.

Seeing Sunny Ozment glance at this place and see her trembling, it seemed that she would move in a moment.

So, I was thinking of cutting Shigure’s power in advance.

Shhh-

“Surprise is clumsy.”

“Wow!”

The moment Darcy tried to put a counter while avoiding Shigure’s surprise attack.

Chill-

Her instincts, which had saved her countless times in her fields, sounded her alarm.

Darcy hurriedly tugged at his arm and reflexively swung his sword.

Twoong-!

Then the object that was sneaking up on her, aiming for the back of her head, ricocheted off.

‘What is it, a bullet?’

Realizing that someone had shot him, Darcy opened his eyes wide in surprise.

‘No matter how weak I am from artifacts, I almost got shot?’

No, that was surprising, but what really surprised me was the skill.

The ability to read the timing when the surrounding boundaries are blurred for an attack and pull the trigger to break through a space full of students.

‘Who the hell are you?’

Darcy glanced around quickly.

However, the student who appeared to be the shooter could not be found.

And from that moment on, things changed.

The existence of the other students, who had been infinitely meaningless just a moment ago, had now turned into an obstacle holding her back.

‘It’s a problem that will end if you wipe out the kids and everything…… ‘

I couldn’t do that.

What she’s doing right now isn’t really fighting, it’s teaching.

And if she was going to test it that way, she wouldn’t have bothered to use artifacts to limit her power.

Ha-

“Could this guy even aim for something like this?”

“What? Why is the professor acting like that all of a sudden?”

“Are you trying to give us a chance because we are so bad?”

“Sheesh, that hurts my pride. Hey! Run harder!”

The marksmanship was so stealthy that even the students in the same room didn’t notice.

Twoong-!

Darcy laughed at that and struck her bullet again.

‘Who the hell are you anyway? I’m sure there weren’t any other kids in my class worth noting besides those three.’

Darcy thought about her with a small smile at the unexpectedly pleasant trivia.

Although she didn’t know anything else, she was sure of one thing.

Twoong-!

It looked like one of the freshmen, a brash little hunter, had entered.

◎ ◎ ◎

I had no intention of going out.

It was obvious that if I got caught up in that crowd with my body like this, I would end up on the floor and turn into dumplings.

That’s a donut dumpling with the inside bursting out.

‘But things go a little strangely.’

Excellence The students who seemed to be swept away were holding on to Darcy more tenaciously than expected.

Since he had just entered the circle, it seemed like the result of Darcy’s determination to show off anything and avoiding direct attacks as much as possible.

Clap-

‘But I don’t really know how that situation came about.’

The important thing was that this was an opportunity.

‘I barely raised my dagger talent level by one while dancing in the moonlight last night.’

It was already difficult to level up because of the lunatic difficulty level, but trying to wield a dagger without using the body and moving only the hand made leveling up almost hellish.

‘But there’s one way to quickly increase your weapon talent, even if you’re just clenching your hands.’

He grinned as he raised the silenced pistol.

“A fight against an enemy vastly stronger than oneself.”

I activated both talents while silently aiming at Darcy.

Surreuk-

A shadow on the floor climbed up my ankle like a snake and soon changed into a pair of black clothes.

Ugh-

As it was, I made my existence transparent as if I were melting into thin air, killing my presence.

‘I am the dust in the corner of the room from now on.’

Finally, image making was completed.

After taking a deep breath quietly, I saw an opportunity and pulled the trigger.

Taang-!

Luckily, the bullet flew through the wind towards Darcy’s head.

Twoong-!

Unfortunately, however, my bullet was blocked by her sword and ricocheted off.

‘I was aiming for the best timing, but it failed.’

But I laughed.

Because the gun felt more familiar than before I pulled the trigger.

Taang-!

I pulled the trigger once again.

[Weapon talent, firearm level goes up by one level.]

Then the message I saw last night in the deep evening flashed before my eyes.

‘I haven’t even succeeded in attacking properly, but the level has already risen.’

My fingertips trembled with thrilling excitement.

To the point where I want to speak at least with a feeling that I don’t know.

‘But I have to put up with it.’

If I tried to shoot that way, it would only hit the students holding her feet, not Darcy.

Huh? Wait for a sec?

‘Then why can’t I match the students?’

For a moment, a flash of lightning flashed in my head.

Those students and I are dealing with a common enemy, Darcy, but our goals are completely different.

If the students were fighting for pride and extra points, I was fighting to level up my weapon talent.

‘That means…… ‘

I pulled the trigger, aiming at one of the students who had been repeatedly intervening in my bullet’s trajectory from earlier.

“Ouch!”

Then he screamed and fell forward.

For reference, there were no grotesque scenes like bullets coming out of the forehead.

All of them felt pain but were not hurt thanks to the chokers worn around their necks while renting weapons.

‘That’s not what’s important.’

The guy who’s fallen now is a guy far below Darcy, but he’s still a guy far above me.

‘In other words, in a nutshell…… ‘

[Weapon talent, firearm level goes up by one level.]

I was told that it could be my great experience.

‘Enough!’

I cheered inwardly as I saw the message appear.

And quickly changed the magazine.

Now this wasn’t like a difficult test.

On the contrary.

Ssiik-

It was a bonus stage that appeared in the meaning of preparing for the future.