Reborn in Novel's Extra as Shadow Monarch

< Yoo Yeonha pov >

Night

At night,Yoo Yeonha was analyzing the video from the day's combat training no matter how much she tried to understand how Meliodas sword is even moved she couldn't grasp it no matter how much she slow down the video .

"He is too fast, even drones cant catch his shadow and of how did he even moved his sword."

"I don't remember seeing him in any Agent Military Academy."

The more she thought about it, the stranger this swords man's and the seemingly gunner within that time frame how did he shoot .

The black hump octopus fired a total of 59 babies. But before they could even touch the ground, they were eliminated by the sharpshooter's bullets in 3 seconds.

She received a sudden message.

[What's up?]

It was Shin Jonghak. With a grin, Yoo Yeonha tapped on the hologram keyboard.

[Analyzing the video from today~]

[Why are you doing that now?]

[I'm going to inherit a guild in the future, so I have to look for promising talents.]

[There seems to be one in your team. Others are trash.]

Yoo Yeonha snickered. He was right, but also arrogant. If it was anyone other than Shin Jonghak, she would've found such behavior detestable.

But just the fact that he was 'Shin Jonghak' turned his arrogance and impertinence into chicness.

It wasn't a logical explanation, but the reason Yoo Yeonha liked Shin Jonghak was far from logical in the first place.

[How's that sword's men guy? and that gun shooting guy?]

"Haha."

So he was curious after all. He had a pretty cute side to him as well.

[He's so strong right now you don't expect him to be Rank 500 He did all work and The gunner He's okay. He did a man's worth of work. Exactly what you'd expect from rank 934.]

In 1 seconds he take down enemy the remaining time 1 minute 2 seconds he took was to get location and finding the enemy with one strike he took it down .

And gunner 2.78 seconds. In that short amount of time, that man had shot 60 bullets and hit 59. Yoo Yeonha made a pulling motion with her index finger. Was it possible to pull the trigger 20 times in a second? Or did that handgun have an automatic firing button?

With this unanswered questions she slowly began to sleep into her own dreams without thinking to much anymore as that happened are to much for her now.

< Yoo Yeonha Pov end >

****

Next day

Before going to first class i already did my daily quest and also made kim hajin do work out and warned him saving his S.P like i said and use it when we go for Finding aether and Witch seed.

we planned it away that would increase his training efficiency so i talked to him to create a potion that helps his training efficiency is increased visible so he get more stats as we would be going the mountain by foot as for his loan i said i will lend him money 2 weeks later and we also plan to invest at stocks at the time of [March 15th, 2025. Newly found guild, 'Packhorse Master,' goes public. July 4th, 2025, they conquer the Dungeon, 'Suwon Royal Devil's Nest.]

This will definitely increase our funding as i want to create my own guild .

Wednesday's first class, 'anti-personnel training.'

This two-hour-long class simply had two cadets form a pair and spar each other.

Spars were done with training weapons, making the fight less painful and easier to grade. In this class, Kim Suho paired with me and Shin Jonghak paired with Kim Horak. and kim hajin how should i say it we both had bad luck or too lucky that we get into this muddle .

Meliodas : Hajin wish you good luck man.

Kim Hajin : why are you wishing me luck isn't it other way around your going to fight Kim Suho you need luck more than me .

Meliodas shaking his head pointed his finger at female anti-personnel combat instructor

Meliodas : you will understand it in 5 minutes good luck pal if your still alive after facing her i will give you money 1 week before so go hajin your sacrifice i will never forget it.

Kim hajin : Why are you Exaggerating like that i am going to face final boss.

Meliodas : Ok i Have to go now bye.

< Kim Suho pov >

He is late i don't know why he is late but there are only 5 minutes left i have been waiting for this spar all night intrupting.my thought's then i heared a sound when i turned back and see him he is walking leisurely towards me.

Meliodas : haha hi nice to meet you Kim Suho i never thought i would be sparring with rank one cadet it's my honour i am sorry i am late i have health problem today we only have 5 minutes please go easy on me.

Kim suho : Actually i have personally asked the instructor to have sparring match with you after seeing yesterday's combat video i wanted spar with you i have never seen someone use sword like you used.

I mean what i said i have never seen someone use sword that fast and precise yesterday when everybody talking about it i only thought it they may be Exaggerating too much or something like that but seeing it in combat video and looking at him physically may be it is real his strong he is not overly muscular but lean compact there is no opening from start of the conversation he is strong by far compared to others even i don't think i can confidently defeat him with my current strength.

Meliodas : oh!!! ahh that's just others are exaggerating about it i am not that great.

Kim Suho : well shall we start then i think only we are talking like this others are completing their spars.

Meliodas : ha ha ha if i say i am having a stomach-ache and i need to go infirmary do you believe it.

Kim Suho : hahaha you play jokes very nice you are really good at it so... lets start .

At that time female instructor has commotion occurred when we see it Kim Hajin Gnashing on female instructor hair, his strange actions turned the surroundings silent, but I didn't have the time to pay attention to something like that.

When i turned back to see Meliodas has already gone to instructor and helping Kim hajin to infirmary who is knocked unconscious on ground seeing him there i couldn't help but ask myself a Question.

Kim Suho : How did he got there without me even noticing a single movement of his is he as strong as Chae Nayun sister.

< Kim Suho pov end > 

Meliodas : Wow hajin sit at the bench i never thought you would go that wild.

Kim Hajin : she was annoying and i already said to her more than two times i am done leave me alone but i don't know if she is sadistic or something saying you can do it and all stuff that's why i bit her hair but i don't care i got at least 70 SP.

Meliodas : Well thanks to your commotion i escaped from Suho that guy deliberately asked me to be his sparring partner anyway i got the club fill up forms let's fill it. 

Kim Hajin : so you didn't even fight him at all and gone for club forms and entered last 5 minutes even then you used me as smokescreen and escaped from there i never seen any shameless guy more than you.

Great Sage { Exactly }

Meliodas : okay okay anyway it is better i don't fight him for now .

Kim Hajin : why ?? will you lose that badly i don't think so at least it would be close call that's all .

Meliodas didn't reply just checked his stats even though he doesn't go dungen and level up in this three days enough his stats are already crossed most strong students and some teaching staff at most in the school for him the one who could make him serious are not yet present.

* Status *

Name: Meliodas.

Level: 18

Job: None

Fatigue:00

Title: Wolf Slayer

HP: 2620/2620

MP: 430.5/ 430.5 (0.5 mana for every one hour)

Strength: 60

Vitality: 47

Agility: 50

Intelligence: 40

Sense : 40

Luck: Error ( Golden Rule luck can not be measured)

Charm: 9.6/10 (Golden rule charm can not be compared)

Remaining points : 14

Skills:

Passive skills : 

(? Unknown) : Max

Golden Rule : Max

Great Sage : Unique skill

Inspection Kill : Max

Muscularity : Lv. 2

Mana Absorption : Lv. 5 

Active skills :  

Rock Element control : Lv. 3 

Intimidation Lv. 1 

Sprint Lv. 3

Blessing And Buffs :

The blessings from the Grand Sorcerer, Kandiaru :

The Grand Sorcerer Kandiaru has been deeply moved by your courage, and has gifted you with a special spell. When accompanied by the blessings of Kandiaru, you'll get to enjoy a healthy and fulfilling life every day.

["Let there be a bright future laying in wait for the challenger."]

– One-time effect 'Will to Recover': All your damaged body parts will be recovered to their original state.

– Continuous effect 'Good Health and Long Life': You'll be immune to all types of diseases, poisonous substances, as well as all forms of status debuffs. During sleep, your recovery rate will increase exponentially.

[ Rasaka's steel scales: 20% Reduction to Physical damage taken ] 

Meliodas : it would be opposite i will win anyway let's fill it up all the four clubs right.

Kim Hajin : you 'tch' walking cheat , yeah all the four clubs Traveling club,hunting club, reading club, and the academics club.

Meliodas : hmm ok give it me after filling it up and here is the card 250 million won invest it carefully and give me 60% of profit. 

Kim Hajin : Ahhh why don't you rip off me not gone happen you either have 50-50 or no deal.

Meliodas : ok no deal give me the card back.

Kim Hajin : wait wait how about 55-45 what do you say.

Meliodas : just give me 60% or give me back my card .

Kim Hajin : ok ok you win cheap bastard .

Meliodas : do you want me rise the percentage or what .

Kim hajin just shut his mouth and walked back silently without making noise.

*****

Somewhere in Seoul's guild district was filled with skyscrapers .

The Korean Hunters Association is a governmental organization in Korea that oversees the hunters, gates, and guilds within the country. Its headquarters is located in the Guro district of Seoul along with it Distinguished guilds such as 'Essence of the Strait', 'Hunters guild' , ' White Tiger , 'Desolate Moon', and 'Frost Sanctuary' were located in the collectively established guild district in Seoul, making it the center for Gate , Dungeon , Djinn and monster subjugation requests, technological advances, and businesses.

But one especially brilliant building wasn't so tall. The geometric design of this building grabbed any passerby's attention. It was the building belonging to the guild 'Creator's Sacred Grace'.With cutting-edge magic engineering technology, the inside of the building was twice as large as it looked from the outside, while its mana density was always maintained above grade 3.

"The guild visit is set for the Friday two weeks later."

"Mm, understood."

the vice-leader Yun Seung-Ah took her secretary's report Currently, Yun Seung-Ah's attention was solely devoted to finding 'promising talents'.It was a widely acknowledged fact that Cube's freshman this year were exceptional. It was said that some had Gifts that could alter the guilds' rankings.

If she were to let her competitors steal them, the first place position she'd worked so hard to get would be jeopardized.Consequently, Yun Seung-Ah's eyes were glued to the guild's intranet database, which contained videos from Cube's 1st combat training.

she has seen kim Suho in ceremony from then onwards she has eyes on him even though she has received other cadets video files she didn't care about it much.

"Kim Suho really is something."

Currently on her screen was the combat training's 2nd place finisher, Kim Suho.Fighting against a monster, his sword qi stood sharply.

But his sword qi wasn't the only awe-striking scene. His sword's fluid movements made it look like his sword was water. His swordsmanship didn't resemble anyone else's, almost like a formless sword technique. With this technique, he seemed to tear apart space along with his target monster.

"Yes, he doesn't seem close to any guilds either. He can be on our priority list."

"I want to bring him in no matter what… Oh? Someone's using a gun?"

Kim Suho's video ended, and Yun Seung-Ah's eyes scanning the remaining list shined in curiosity.

"Yes. There were talks about it in the guild community."

"Was there? Sorry, I've been too busy lately."

"It was uploaded from the Cube community. He was in Racheal team, which was why it gathered so many views in the first place. According to inside information, he's quite the strange one."

"Mm… strange one, huh?"

"He wasn't using an automatic rifle and still managed to fire 60 shots in 2.78 seconds?"

It was physically impossible. Even if you were quick enough to pull the trigger 60 times, the gun wouldn't be able to endure it. In other words, a trans-physical power was at play.

"Yes. It seems he changed his weapon from a sword to a gun as soon as he entered Cube."

"…Enlightenment."

"I think so too."

Enlightenment at just 17 years old… Leaning back, Yun Seung-Ah fell in deep contemplation.Changing one's weapon after going through enlightenment.Though rare, it happened.Gifts presented cadets with individuality, but before enlightenment, it was impossible to know exactly what one's Gift was.

"..We should at least keep an eye on him. Is there a free recruiter.."

".. so what is Kim Suho rank in this training.."

" he is second ."

"Oh is Cha Hae-in 1st place it is understandable she is talented but bad luck she is fixed to Hunters Guild she is already goes into dungeon rides with her uncle Choi Jong-In she even gone for B rank dungeon right ."

" It's actually other person his name is Meliodas Rank 500 i have sent you his video first vice-president did you not watch it ."

...silent...

".....WHAT...."(￣ O ￣ )!!!

Again our protagonist has dropped bomb on others without knowing how it is going to come back at him and bite him.