Silent cataclysm continued
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CHAPTER 4 CONTINUED
Excitement buzzing through the air.
Today was the Ranking test where each student would fight the legendary frog king simulation to determine their power level.
The ranking were simple.
.Normal class-for students with average abilities.
. Power class-for the elites.
. Top 10-the strongest of the strong.
Jihoon as always, stayed at the back of the line, hands in his pockets. He wasn't interested in this.
He already knew how this was going to go.
One by one, students entered the battle chamber to face the frog king.
Some fought bravely and got into power class. Others barely survived and were sent to normal class.
The it was jihoon turn.
The room fell silent.
Carmen smirked, let's see how the weakling does.
Jihoon sighed and walked into the chamber.
The holographic frog king materialized - a massive towering beast with emerald skin and glowing yellow eyes it had defeated some of the strongest students before.
But the moment it saw jihoon...
It's eyes widened in horror
It froze trembling.
And then -
PLEASE FORGIVE ME! "
The mighty frog king.. Dropped to its knees and bowed.
The instructors watching the test blinked." huh? "
The students out side gasped. What's happening?"
The frog king was begging.
I REMEMBER YOU! " it wailed. The KICK THE NOODLES PLEASE MERCY.
Jihoon groened. This i***t remembers.
The instructors were confused. This had never happened before.
You.. You have to fight one of them stammered. The system requires it.
Jihoon sighed. He didn't want to do this.
But rules were rules.
So he did the bare minimum.
He raised his fist.. And gave the frog king a light punch.
The entire system overloaded.
ALERT?! ALERT! SYSTEM ERROR?!
The battle simulation exploded. The frog king vanished.
A new message appeared on the screen.
NEW RECORD. UNDEFINABLE. RANK.???
The room outside went dead silent.
The instructors? Speechless. The students? Jaw on the flow Carmen? Absolutely stunned.
Someone whispered. Who the hell is this guy.
Jihoon meanwhile, dusted off his hands and walked out like nothing happened
CHAPTER 5
TRUTH BEHIND THE SYSTEM
After jihoon shattered the ranking test the Academy went into chaos.
The Frog King trial that had existed for centuries it was never meant to be beaten this easily.
The instructors whispered among themselves.
The system broke.
It's never recorded an undefined rank before.
We need to alert the headmaster.
Something went wrong meanwhile outside the chamber.
Carmen was tearing at jhoon like he was a ghost.
She wasn't the only one.
Student who marked jihoon before when now looking at him with a mix of Fear and owe.
But Jihoon.
Completely unbothered.
He just put his hands in his pockets and walked away like nothing happened.
That's when a voice called out.
Hey... wait up.
Jihoon stopped. it was Carmen.
The same Carmen who used to call a movie the same Carmen who bullied him on the first day now her voice was different less morking more desperate Carmen scratched her head listen Uh. I might have been wrong about you.
ji-hoon stayed silent.
Carmen hesitated then grinned your kind cool.
ji-hoon just Blinked I don't care.
Carmen flinched dude what's your problem?
Jihoon didn't answer instead he just turned away and walked off completely ignoring her.
Carman clenched her fist what does this guy have no reaction? no emotion? nothing?
She didn't understand it.
But one thing was clear.
She wanted to understand.
MEANWHILE AT THE HEADMASTERS OFFICE
It's happening again.
The headmaster of star Academy a young handsome guy with a piercing Golden Eye set in his office staring at the error report.
The ranking system had been designed for a reason.
It wasn't just about measuring power.
It was hiding something.
The last time the system broke was when starborn energy was detected.
Jihoon Park had broken the system.
Which meant only one thing.
Jihoon was at the center of it.
THE FORGOTTEN HERO
The doors to the headmasters office opened.
Jihoon stepped inside his face as blank as ever he had been summoned.
Behind the massive desk sat Xiao linfeng.
The man was tall broad shoulders with streaks of silver in his hair, His piercing eyes lockedonto jinhoon the moment he entered.
For a long time the headmaster said nothing he just did stared.
The he took a deep breath and spoke.
I finally found you.
Jihoon didn't react he simply stood there waiting.
XiaoLinFeng leaned forward his voice carrying a strange mix of gratitude and regret.
You... you don't know how long I've been searching for you.
Jihoon tilted his head slightly.
Why..?
The headmaster let out a small chuckle.
Because I was never the hero.
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