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"

in the distance. I too looked

this moment, Jin was the center of attention. Having killed the boss monster right under everyone's eyes without the use of

from how he was supposed to

of the attention he was getting,

one. It was safe to say the Jin from the novel was no longer

Jin right now was much stronger than back in the novel.

No.

leagues above the Jin from the

wasn't the only one who

was supposed to have humiliated him during this

points as Aaron in the beginning, by killing the five-tusked Mammuth, he

face was incomparably dark, I

He had switched target.

He wanted

another change

about Jin, wanna grab

my shoulder. It was Kevin. After a bit of

as well.

go to the

"Sounds good"

unhappy with this development. No, it was quite the

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

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

'This isn't too bad...'

way, this eased some of the

...

11 P.M

a private training

"Huuu..."

was Jin's topless figure. Closing

Your father, your grandfather, the current

in this world

calm yet firm voice echoed

was his

not how they lose, it's how they react to the

back to that moment until the end

of Jin's mind continuously. It was as though his mind had been smashed by a

became completely

drown in needless thoughts. Grow up more. Get up and move, as you

to you about what others think? It's your life to live, not

the others! Your true opponent is not whoever beat you, but you

it matter if you beat every single person in the

The words stopped there.

the words his father had told him once he had locked himself inside of the training room for two months straight without stopping. It was right after the

really understand the true meaning behind those

only after the codebreaker trials that Jin truly understood what those

trails, the only thing he did was listen to Ren. Like a puppet,

how he felt during that time. It was as though he was trapped inside of a

It felt suffocating.

to no end. It

knowing this,

one guy that had humiliated and

was then that

was not Ren,

There was this seed that

this, he

Ren. It was not Ren

Jin Horton.

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