The Author's POV

Chapter 217

12 P.M

Outside of the portal gates of the dungeon trials.

—Beeep!

"...and that marks the end of the trial"

With a stopwatch in his hand, the instructor in charge of the dungeon trials announced the ending of the class. Following this, all of the students inside of the dungeon stopped whatever they were doing and exited the dungeon.

—Wooosh! —Wooosh!

It was only after ten minutes had passed that everyone had finally exited the dungeon. Doing a headcount, the instructor nodded his head and tapped on the tablet in his hands.

"Alright, that seems to be everyone...I'll quickly post the team results online"

—Ping! —Ping!

Instantly everyone's watch vibrated.

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1st Place - [Team 23]

2nd Place - [Team 15]

3rd Place - [Team 7]

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"Third place huh?"

Having just exited the portal, I suddenly felt my watch vibrate. Turning my wrist, I stared at the leaderboards. I was instantly surprised by my group standings.

Despite not having killed the boss monster, we had actually managed to secure third place.

Not bad.

"You've got third place? That's pretty good"

Arriving next to me, Kevin looked at the rankings on his watch. His team got second.

"Not as good as you. You've got second place"

"It doesn't really matter since second place doesn't really get anything"

Kevin shrugged his shoulders.

Only first placed individuals got the extra points. Second place and below only had boasting rights.

Not that it mattered, since he wasn't someone that liked to boast.

"You're right"

"By the way, when did Jin become so strong?"

Suddenly Kevin switched the topic. Recalling the moment when Jin beat the five-tusked Mammuth, Kevin's face couldn't help but become serious.

During that moment, Kevin was actually able to see Jin's last attack. Albeit only slightly, he knew that Jin right now was leagues above the Jin of the past.

"Hm, Jin?"

"Yeah, I feel like Jin has become incredibly strong somehow"

the distance. I too

under everyone's eyes without the use of any trickery, he

how he was supposed

the attention he was getting, he

this cold and indifferent one. It was safe to

Jin right now was much stronger than back in

No.

the Jin

one who

Aaron who was supposed to have humiliated him

in the beginning, by killing the five-tusked Mammuth, he left Aaron in the dust

I knew that he no longer cared

He had switched target.

wanted to repay him back

again, another

about Jin, wanna grab some

slight tap on my shoulder. It was Kevin. After a bit

I might as well. Where

to

"Sounds good"

surprise, I wasn't unhappy with this development.

became, the brighter the future was. He was after all one of the people that was supposed to defeat

last glance at Jin in the distance as I headed to the canteen

'This isn't too bad...'

a way, this eased some of the burdens

...

11 P.M

of a

"Huuu..."

topless figure. Closing his eyes, he

your grandfather, the current strongest person

world is exempt

firm voice echoed inside of

was his father's

great warriors face defeat. What matters is not how they lose, it's how they react

on, or will they look back to that moment until the end

the words rang inside of Jin's mind continuously. It was as though his mind had

became completely

yourself drown in needless thoughts. Grow up

you about what others think? It's your

what truly matters is yourself, not the

you can't beat yourself, what does it matter if you beat every single

The words stopped there.

him once he had locked himself inside of the training room for

Jin didn't really understand the true meaning

trials that Jin

only thing he did was listen to Ren. Like a puppet, he moved as Ren had

he felt during that time. It was as though he was trapped inside of a metal cage filled with

It felt suffocating.

It

knowing this, he did

to protest against the one guy that had humiliated and defeated

was then that Jin

problem was not Ren,

him from rebuking Ren's orders, yet he didn't. There was this seed that he had implanted inside of his mind that made him listen to

he finally

not Ren

Jin Horton.

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