‘Sang Bom has a lot to do.’
Ma Sang Bom spent most of his time training the other practitioners so having him gone would be a large obstacle to the dojo.
“Jong Bom Ah.”
“Yes Master!”
“This time you will take the youngest.”
“Okay.”
That concluded the discussion in the dojo.
The mission was entrusted to one of the Geomchis.
“The plane tickets have already been obtained and the rest will be provided at the location. It should sufficient for the trip.”
“When do I start?”
“Tomorrow.”
“What should I say to the youngest?”
“No need to tell him the truth, just be moderate and tell him its going to be Jeju Island.”
“I will be going!”
The Virtual Reality Department was famous for the challenges that they issue every year during vacation. He was not aware of this fact. Lee Hyun was busy with his semester finals for his major. Lee Hyun solved the problems furiously.
‘This is the third time. That’s a problem. The subject of the thesis on Royal Road that was written by a professor…
Aside from the subject, he did not even remember the name of the professor.
Many professors from Korea University had published several papers on Unicorn Corporation, but the thing that mattered was not the names but the content. The people that could remember that part could easily solve the problem.
‘I don’t know this. It’s been three times with the other two I couldn’t answer.’
He did not spend much time answering.
His answer was very short and it only accurately explained as much as necessary.
Lee Hyun told himself.
‘I didn’t do any of the assignments but I have good attendance. It’s not going to be bad since I impressed the professors during the MT so I must not get an F in this class!
Satisfactory enough to not receive an academic warning.
The plan was even if the grade was bad, as long as it was not an ‘F’ he wouldn’t need to retake the class.
‘I only need to graduate.’
That was the purpose that was placing him in a difficult situation!
Lee Hyun solved the test questions within the time limit.
It was the last major test and then there would be vacation.
For students, summer vacation was more than two months long.
‘In that time, I’m only going to be doing a single thing!’
He was going to play Royal Road earnestly to level up.
Lee Hyun put his writing utensils into his cheap backpack.
Then the classroom door open and Professor Ju Jong Hoon came in with his assistant.
The assistant was bringing in a lot of equipment, most of which were digital camcorders.
They were equipment that were used to shoot scenes to save as a movie!
With the development of digital media devices, the memory could record up to ten days of footage.
Professor Ju Jong Hoon walked onto the podium and said.
“It’s time for this year’s summer vacation homework.”
The students looked pedantic since they were looking forward to summer vacation after the final test.
“Oh, what a bother….”
“Another challenge? Is it going to be a challenge on some complex mathematical formula, or something like releasing something out of some sort of engine using physics?”
A lot of the students began to voice their concerns.
Lee Hyun began to worry.
‘An unexpected challenge has appeared.’
He didn’t do any assignments that were for the class. However, this assignment seemed to be extraordinarily different from the rest.
Professor Ju Jong Hoon began to demonstrate how to use the camcorder.
“You know that in order to create a cool virtual reality you need to have to know what it is like to live in reality right? This year’s challenge is to record with the camcorders how your life is during the holidays. You can go to the swimming pool, find a part time job, travel. Anything is fine. Be sure to record with your camcorders during your vacation.”
“…”
The lecture room became dead quite.
Lee Hyun noticed after a few moments.
‘Do you really not care?’
The student’s began to guess at what Professor Ju Jong Hoon was indicating.
“In order for you to know each other more, the department decided this summer vacation challenge to be required this time. You enrollment of classes for your major will be canceled should you not complete it.”
In order to graduate safely, this challenge had to be completed!
It was a very, very difficult task.
Other than going to the dojo to keep up his physical strength, Lee Hyun did not think of doing anything else outside of Royal Road.
The people around him quickly began to talk to each other.
“My family is planning to go to Phuket…so I could record there.”
“We’re planning on going to the South Sea Resort to rest.”
“I was planning on taking a modeling class so I could take it there.”
The students were already planning how they were going to spend their summer vacation. As a first year college student at the age of 20, they would not spend their first summer vacation poorly.
Then it was time for the long awaited vacation!
Weed felt like a baby chicken that was going to be fried.
“The break that I was waiting for is finally here.”
He did not need any fancy vacations.
He was going to spend his time on the Continent of Versailles to raise his level and skill masteries while exploring.
“I was going to restore the rest of the seals…”
In order to repair the Ahreupen Imperial Seal he needed to increase his skills. He needed to create masterpieces and deliberately destroy them so he can repair them.
It was a difficult skill to train since it required accurate memory and skill!
Weed had to devote his time to creating fine pieces.
“I have to gradually break it and fix them little by little.”
Restore Sculpture skill was considered a subskill. Even though it was cumbersome, the skill level would grow quickly. Weed’s goal was the intermediate level.
“By then I should be able to repair the Ahreupen Seal. But…”
Weed had an uneasy feeling in his chest and could not concentrate on his work to repair sculptures. Since it was a quest from the church about the lost artifact there was little chance of others ruining it. He had attempted to repair it once but it did not work.
“Yesterday, in town, when I was on the bus there was there a guy that was scratching a lottery ticket? Of course not. It was the guy in the bathroom with a button up jacket with a fire designed on it…”
Then he suddenly had a good idea!
“Come to think of it, it’s almost time for the Church of Freya’s protection to end isn’t it?”
Since it was going to be a few years it was supposed to feel very long, but it was only 4 months in reality.
“I’ll have to take a look….military status.”
Weed opened an information window.
Military Force of Morata Province:
Beginner Knights: 10
Average Leveclass="underline" 219
Soldiers: 1187
Average leveclass="underline" 45
Loyalty: 98%
Training: 79%
The level of knights is very low. Strict discipline is needed to keep knights from leaving. Morata’s soldiers have high loyalty but, with the exception of a few soldiers, their level is poor and they must seek the help of the police and vigilantes.
There are no siege weapons.
City Walls are in perfect condition.
The promised period of protection from the Church of Freya ends in five days.