Power Master

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Marx and Marx, Knights of the Elphanus Kingdom, were currently in the Punitive Force outpost in charge of testing volunteers.

“Play with the doll. There's a weapon next to it. Use it if you want to use it. ”

Marx said as the volunteer enters the tent.

“Yes?”

According to Marx, the candidate reacts with a look on his face about what it means. Marx frowned slightly at the candidate's remarks.

“The doll in front of him. ”

“Oh, yeah. ”

Marks nods and looks at the doll as if the volunteer knew. Soon he swung his sword at the doll.

Puck!

Soon, the volunteer's sword blazed against the doll's side. Of course, Marx, the examiner, was not looking at it. What Marx is looking at is a square panel on his desk.

‘9700’

Immediately after the volunteer hit the doll, the square plate had a number of 9700. When Marx saw the numbers, he sighed briefly, followed by a look at the volunteers.

“Whew, no. ”

“Yes?”

According to Marx, the candidate reappears. Marx frowns slightly, as he did before, on the candidate's remarks.

“Get out.”

“... ”

Is it because he failed? The volunteer frowns and leaves the tent, unlike what Marx was saying before.

“Ha, this is crazy. ”

The volunteer leaves, and Marx mutters in annoyed expression. Marx wasn't always this irritated.

At first, Marx was also in charge of the volunteer exams with a smile. However, over time, I was annoyed and accumulated at the level of volunteers who made me frown.

Particularly, some volunteers complained about why they were rejected and what they were denied, causing anger to build up beyond annoyance.

“Rejected.”

“Passed.”

However, as time went on, Marx was able to dissociate when the endless accumulation of annoyance and anger reached its limit. Of course, it was not a complete dissociation. Anger disappears completely, but in the case of irritation, a little remains and is being vented out into the voice.

“Next come in. ”

According to Marx, the next volunteer enters the tent.

"Knuckles?"

Marx tilts his head when he sees the volunteer. Most of the candidates who have taken the exam so far have used swords, axes, spears, etc. However, the volunteer had unusually underused knuckles.

‘Well, you'll see. ’

Marx told a volunteer who stopped walking in front of the doll.

“Attack as hard as you can. We have one shot at this. If you need a weapon, you can use the one next to it. ”

The volunteer listens to Marx and turns his head to look at the weapons display. Marks frowns slightly as he looks at the volunteers looking at the shelf and remains slightly annoyed.

“If you're not going to use your weapon, hit it quickly. There's a lot of people waiting. ”

I didn't see it myself, but I heard from the soldier that there were still a lot of volunteers left. Moreover, this test was not a test that had to be prepared for a long time. The volunteer reaches out to the doll. Marx turns his head to look at the square panel on his desk as the volunteer reaches out.

Boom!

‘...? ’

However, after everything that had happened, Marx was forced to turn his head again. I heard a huge noise in my ears. Marx reflectively turns his head to see where the dolls and volunteers are a source of sound.

Huh?

Marx was embarrassed to find out where the noise came from.

‘Ey, doll. ’

You see the volunteer, but you don't see the doll that needs to be in front of him.

No way.

Suddenly, Marx looks back at the position where the doll was and the volunteer.

That noise? ’

Perhaps the doll's disappearance had something to do with the resounding noise just now. No, it was definitely relevant. There was only one thing that was relevant here.

"The doll exploded."

It was clear that the doll was exploding.

“You know...”

Marx says nothing, and the volunteer opens his mouth.

“Did I pass? ”

“Please wait a moment. ”

Is it because of some crazy attack? Marx's half-words have been changed to honorable words. Marx asks you to wait a moment and turns his head to check the square plate on his desk.

“...? ”

Marx was embarrassed to see the square.

Is this broken? ’

The square plate on your desk is broken. A square plate made of very hard material that wouldn't break even if it were priced directly was smashed by the force coming through the doll.

"What the hell..."

Marx looks at the volunteer with a look of nonsense. Then I thought, swallowing my nose.

‘How do I rank? ’

Passing is not all the same. Among the winners, the grades are divided according to the test results.

A close alliance will be awarded to applicants who exceed the passing point. And a decent level of volunteer will be awarded a silver badge. Last but not least, we give the gold to a really great volunteer.

This is more than gold.

I was concerned. Of course, what Marx was thinking about was not what grade he was awarding in gold, silver, or the east. The candidate was already above the gold standard.

Should I give it to him?

What Marx was thinking about was whether or not he would give him the highest rank hand, which is right on top of the gold and can only be paid once.

“You know...”

While thinking about it, the volunteer opened his mouth again.

"Yes!"

Marx opens his mouth to the volunteer's voice, expressing his determination.

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- To Delay: I'm done!

He whispered in his ear as he came out of the tent. Shortly after coming out of the tent, a whisper arrives from the delay.

- Did you pass?

- To Delay: Yes! What about you?

- I haven't even taken the test yet. But there are only two people in front of me, and I think I'll be able to take it soon because I finished the exam so quickly!

- I'll be right there!

After whispering in my ear, I moved my steps to the wizards' lines.

- Delay: it's my turn!

As I was walking, I heard a whisper in my ear. After a quicker test than I thought, I thought there would be a delay when I arrived.

“It's a manifesto!”

As expected. As soon as I got to the line, I saw the delay in waving toward myself, and the light smiled and approached the delay.

“Did you pass?”

From the look on his face, he would have accepted.

“Yes! Ta-da! ”

The delay in asking questions reached out my hand.

"Gold"?

The hand of the delay is gripped with a golden square hand. The gold was clear from the color. However, he had to tilt his head when he saw the delayed gold card.

Delay is gold? ’

I didn't understand why the delay was carrying the gold.

I thought I got the same thing that I did.

The delay is not weak. Very strong. That is why he thought he would be delayed by the same hand as the grade he had received.

“You won the gold, too, right? ”

“Huh? I...”

After questioning the delay, he opened his inventory and took out his hand. No, I tried to take it out.

“Hey, check it out. It's gold!”

“Oh, my gosh. Are you a ranker?”

“Maybe it's because it's gold, right? It's a new one after all.”

Nearby users began to brawl when they saw the delay in gold. Myeonghu listened to the murmurs of the users and thought.

I don't think we should take it out.

The hand that he currently possessed was one step above the gold. If you remove the hand from the current situation, more attention would be drawn.

In the end, he closed his inventory without taking out his hand. Then he looked at the delay and said,

“Let's get out of here. ”

“Yes!”

The delay also nodded as if he knew from their reactions. After a delay, he left the Punitive Force outpost and began to move without destination.

“But did you win the gold? ”

I asked for a delay as I moved.

“No, I'm not a gold card. ”

After answering the question of delay, he turned his head and looked around once. Fortunately, all the users around me are on their way, but I don't see any users who are interested.

After I thought I could take it out, I opened my inventory. He then took out the hand he received while passing the test and showed it to the delay.

“I got this. ”

“...? ”

The delay was forced to tilt his head when he saw Namhui's hand. He had a very dark black hand.

“The Black Hand is said to be a level above the Gold Hand. ”

He said, putting black sheets back into his inventory for delayed reactions.

“Wasn't the gold medal over? ”

The delay asked with a embarrassing voice.

“I thought the gold rush was over, but I had this. But from what I've heard, it doesn't seem to be any different from the gold. ”

“I see.”

At the end of the sentence, a delay nodded. Then he turned to the conversation and said,

“So you're going hunting now? ”

“In order to do that, we need to accumulate points quickly. ”

I was defeated because I passed. However, receiving the hand did not mean it was over. The trial at the Punitive Force support center was the first trial. That is, there was a secondary test. And the second test was to score points on the hand through hunting. As he responded to the delay, he opened the quest window to confirm the quest he received at the test ground.

< Collect Points! >

You have passed the First Trial to support the Elphanus Punitive Force. The Second Trial is about collecting points. Collect points from a Hand that has passed the First Trial and that Hand to go to the Second Trial and complete it. (Capturing monsters in the Kingdom of Elphanus will automatically accumulate points in your Hand. Catching powerful monsters increases your points.)

14 Days left

Quest reward: passed the second test.??? (Depends on the points accumulated on the Hand and the time the quest was completed)

You don't have to hunt for 14 days. ’

I didn't know what the quest reward was. However, I didn't think the Punitive Force Quest and not the Punitive Force Quest would have a very good reward. I wanted to collect points quickly to complete the quest.

“How many points do I need to collect? ”

He closed the quest window and asked for a delay. The minimum points to be collected were not all hands equal.

“You have to collect at least 20,000 points. Otherwise, they say he'll be demoted to silver. What about you?"

Delays were answered after clarification, followed by clarification. He opened his inventory for questions about delays to check the item information on the Black Hand.

< Black Hand [Rare] >

The Black Hand is the highest ranking hand you receive if you pass the first test to support the Punitive Force. You must collect at least 40,000 points to qualify for the 2nd Exam. If you fail to qualify for the 40,000 points, you will be demoted to the Gold Hand.

Current cumulative points: 0

“I'm 40,000 points. ”

The Black Hand had to collect 40,000 points, doubled in gold.

‘How many points are you going to give me? ’

It was about how many points the monster gave you. If you give points 1 and 2, you have to catch 20,000 to 40,000. It took 20,000 to 40,000 horses a long time to catch.

“The stronger the monster, the more points they give. Should we focus on the monsters at Goreb's Hunting Ground? ”

After closing his inventory, he told Delay.

“Yes!”

The delay nods as if to agree. However, after thinking about it, I tilted my head and asked Myungwoo.

“But do you know where to hunt? ”

“No."

Brightness shook his head. It was the first time in the kingdom of Elphanus. Of course, there was no way of knowing where to hunt.

“If you go to the Plaza, there will be people selling maps. Let's stop by and buy a map. ”

Of course, there was no way. There must have been users in the Great Plaza selling maps of the Kingdom of ElPanas. You can buy a map from those users, then locate the hunting grounds and move on.

“Yes.”

The delay nodded again as if he understood what he was saying. After walking without a destination and without a place to go, the trails and delays led to the plaza.

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If you're slow in storytelling, you'll have to battle in quantity!

Please be patient.

Once I've adapted, I'll challenge you twice a day, not for years.

And I think I'm going to write a new one.

In fact, it's not new, it's published before, but it stopped publishing without completing it.

It's a fantasy novel, and I'm thinking of making some major edits and putting it into play, so I'm probably going to start in two weeks or three weeks.

Of course, this will not affect your association with Power Masters! Power Masters come first.

Have a nice day, everyone.