Chapter 3 Part 3: Admission Test.

The first thing I thought was that I was in trouble.

I was weak against such sudden events.

Of course, I had never prepared for something like this.

Still, it wasn’t entirely disadvantageous.

Because I had the things my uncles and aunts had taught me.

This entrance exam was a maze-type test.

All I had to do was survive while avoiding the villain in the center of the maze.

Of course, just surviving would result in a low score.

Saving other students, uncovering some secret of the maze.

Or defeating the villain, etc., I needed to earn more points to be advantageous in my future studies.

Although the academy doesn’t rank students by grades…

Just getting the teachers’ attention itself is helpful.

I could ask for various kinds of help and receive guidance.

So, I thought it would be best to move with the intention of earning points.

“Wow, this maze is amazing.”

I laughed as I looked at the maze wall.

It looked like chairs and decorations that had grown irregularly large had become the wall.

It was surprisingly worth seeing, and I wanted to take a picture with my phone.

Of course, I wasn’t relaxed enough to do something like that.

I took a deep breath and then slowly manifested.

By revealing the physical characteristics of a creature I possessed, I could gain various effects.

It could be said to be the most basic skill of a beastman.

What I manifested here was the tongue of a snake.

I stuck my tongue out long.

The tongue, which was at least 10cm long, slowly emitted chemicals, releasing them into the surrounding air.

I waited for a moment, flicking my tongue.

Soon, I began to smell various scents.

The smell of the students’ sweat.

The smell of the chairs and decorations.

…The fishy smell of blood.

And the smell of a frightened prey, which I could instinctively recognize.

I flicked my tongue for a moment, then slowly deactivated my manifestation.

I knew the general direction, so I thought it would be good to go that way.

Originally, I should have run away from the villain, but I started lightly running towards where the villain was.

First of all, I wanted to exchange a few blows with the villain.

More than anything, I wanted to properly test my blessed body, which my uncles and aunts had praised so much.

Until now, I couldn’t use my body roughly because it could damage the excellent specimen.

But now that I’m not a test subject anymore, I can use my strength freely.

As I was thinking that and running, the wall right next to me collapsed with a loud crash.

“You idiot!”

“Ah, what!? There was no rule against breaking the maze!”

“But who in their right mind would break the wall right away!?”

“Here I am, you idiot!”

I tried to hide my laughter as I looked at Siwoo and Sia.

The two were each holding a different hwandao in their hands and fighting each other.

Then they noticed me, and they both quickly sheathed their swords and looked at me.

“Ah, hello…!”

“S-Sorry. Are you hurt?”

“…Ah.”

“You idiot! I told you not to break the wall!”

I looked at Siwoo and Sia, who were fighting again, and then clapped my hands.

Only then did they come to their senses and stop fighting.

I tried to make the most gentle expression I could and said to the two students.

“I’m Lee Yeji. Why don’t we work together for the entrance exam?”

“…I’m Kang Sia. This idiot is Kang Siwoo.”

“I’m not an idiot. And I always welcome teamwork.”

“Great. Since our interests align, shall we get going?”

“Huh? Where are we going?”

Siwoo said, looking at me.

I slowly manifested my tongue and flicked it.

Sia quickly understood my characteristic and hit Siwoo.

“She’s a snake beastman! She must have found the way with her sense of smell. Right?”

“Yes, that’s right. The way to the villain is… that way.”

“…The way to the villain?”

“Ah. Are you scared?”

I gave a sly smile.

Of course, I could see both of them reacting violently.

“Who said I was scared?! Hurry up and lead the way! We’ll defeat the villain!”

“Yeah, if that idiot acts as a meat shield, we can catch him!”

“What? Do you want to die?”

“You want to die, bro!?”

“Now, now. This way.”

I struggled to hold back my laughter, constantly flicking my tongue.

The strongest scent of the villain.

It kept breaking off and then continuing, so I needed to concentrate.

Still, it wasn’t so bad that I couldn’t find the way at all, so I kept running forward with the two of them.

How long did we run like that?

The maze disappeared, and a wide-open square appeared.

And near the square, I could see fallen students.

I looked at the fallen students.

The students seemed to be protected by some kind of strange barrier, which was probably some kind of safety device.

It means that you won’t get seriously injured even if you fail.

Sia looked around for a moment and then asked me.

“Isn’t this where the villain is?”

“…He seems to have moved from here to another place. Let’s go that way.”

“Okay, let’s hurry up and teach him a lesson!”

“Sia, you seem very confident.”

“Huh? Of course, we’re members of the martial arts family. We’re direct descendants of the famous General Gang Gam-chan.”

“That’s right, we’re so strong that we’re even called problem children in the family.”

I chuckled as I listened to Siwoo.

Problem children… that’s probably not what it means.

Sia seemed to think so too, and I saw her hit the back of Siwoo’s head.

Really, being with these two was quite fun.

Aunt Ailey was right.

When you meet a friend you get along with, every moment is enjoyable.

So I kept flicking my tongue, trying to find the villain’s location.

Fortunately, finding the villain’s location wasn’t that difficult.

For some reason, the scent kept lingering.

As if saying, catch me if you can.

So I had no choice but to catch him.

It’s irritating. When a predator shakes its tail, it’s a warning.

It can be said to be showing mercy?

But when prey shakes its tail, it’s nothing more than inviting death.

Then, finally, I succeeded in tracking down the villain’s location.

But there was one problem.

The villain was running faster than we were.

If we ran through the maze, the villain would surely move to another location.

Of course, then we would have to find where the villain was again and run…

It was clear that we wouldn’t be able to catch the villain like this.

Unless we could go in a straight line.

Wait a minute. If we can go in a straight line.

I hurriedly looked at the two students and shouted.

“Student Siwoo, Student Sia!”

“Huh?!”

“What is it!”

“If you break through the wall at 5 o’clock in a straight line, you can face the villain in time!”

“Okay, are you sure about that!?”

“Of course, Oppa! Are you ready!?”

“You match me!”

Siwoo said that and dashed out.

Sia followed Siwoo a beat later.

Siwoo charged forward vigorously and swung his hwandao greatly.

Then the wall split halfway, and Sia soon struck the wall with her hwandao and broke it.

I was amazed at the monstrous strength of the two who broke the wall in just two blows.

I heard from my aunt that that wall was as hard as concrete.

Besides, neither of them seemed tired.

Rather, they seemed to have more energy and charged forward.

So I also mustered my strength and ran forward.

Siwoo and Sia continued to break walls and move forward after that.

They even met a student along the way, but Siwoo and Sia lightly ignored the student.

After repeating the words to get out of the way, they immediately broke the wall and moved forward.

I was going to break the wall and help if something happened, but there was no need.

Siwoo and Sia broke through the last wall with great momentum and entered.

I followed them inside and witnessed something strange.

A rat beastman girl and a dog beastman girl were fighting.

But I couldn’t see the opponent those two students were fighting.

It felt like they were fighting an invisible person.

Wait a minute, an invisible person?

I remembered what my uncles and aunts had told me.

Among the teachers at Busan International Academy, there is an invisible man hero from the United States.

“Invisible Man…!”

“Who is that person? Sia, do you know him?”

“How can you not know that, you idiot!”

I sighed and stuck my tongue out long.

Meanwhile, the rat girl and the dog girl rolled on the ground and were surrounded by something like a barrier.

They probably couldn’t withstand the attack any longer and were eliminated.

That means we’ll be the target of Invisible Man’s attack soon.

So now we have to prepare for battle, but Siwoo and Sia didn’t seem ready to fight.

“I might not know, so what!?”

“Oh, yeah. It bothers me a lot, you idiot!”

“Do you really want to die!?”

“Alright, yeah. Let’s fight without ranks today?”

“Hey, can you both calm down?”

I tried my best to hold back my laughter and stopped the two students.

Fortunately, the two students stopped fighting and looked ahead.

Meanwhile, Invisible Man was standing with his arms crossed, as if he was waiting for us.

Normally, he’s an American with a suit that mixes green and yellow with yellow goggles…

Today, he seemed to be imitating a villain and wearing a suit that mixed red and white.

“Okay, we can start now, right!?”

Invisible Man shouted in a cool voice.

“I am the villain Invincible! The invincible villain! Now, here I go!”

I sighed and manifested more of the snake’s characteristics.

That person, he became invisible right away.

The announcement that he would attack was purely deception.

Honestly, how can you see that in an invisible state?

But I couldn’t give up, so I finished preparing for battle.