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"

Jin in the distance. I too looked

center of attention. Having killed the boss monster right under everyone's eyes without the use of any trickery,

how he was

the attention he was

master to this cold and indifferent one. It was safe to say the Jin from the novel was

than back in

No.

the Jin from the

wasn't the only one who felt Jin's

and so did Aaron who was supposed to have humiliated him during

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

incomparably dark, I

He had switched target.

wanted to repay him

another

about Jin, wanna

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

as well.

go to the school

"Sounds good"

surprise, I wasn't unhappy with this development. No, it was quite the opposite

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

as I headed to the canteen with Kevin, I smiled

'This isn't too bad...'

this eased some of the burdens

...

11 P.M

a private training

"Huuu..."

training room, was Jin's topless figure.

defeat in their life. Your father, your grandfather, the current strongest person in

this world

firm voice echoed

his

What matters is not how they lose, it's how

the defeat and move on, or will they look back to that moment until the end of their life? Will you truly let that one defeat dictate

a morning alarm, the words rang inside of Jin's mind continuously. It was as though

mind became completely

let yourself drown in needless thoughts. Grow up more. Get up

what does it matter to you about

realize that what truly matters is yourself, not the others! Your true

does it matter

The words stopped there.

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

Jin didn't really understand the true meaning behind those

after the codebreaker trials that Jin truly

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

It was as though he was trapped inside of a metal cage filled with

It felt suffocating.

commands disgusted him to no end. It was against everything he had worked

knowing this, he

against the one guy that had humiliated and

then that

was not

didn't. There was this seed that he had

this, he finally

had subconsciously placed himself below Ren. It was not Ren that had placed him below,

Jin Horton.

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