Hunter Academy’s Battle God

EunAh narrowed her eyes at SiWoo with his arms crossed and Sakura standing beside him.

"I knew it. How you went to Japan every weekend was a bit weird."

Sakura seemed proud of her guess. "That's right~! Be it a bow or a gun, he should've been able to shoot it in Korea~ but he kept coming to Japan!"

Sakura looked at SiWoo and began laughing while covering her mouth like a fox.

"Th-that's… because your dojo is good for concentration. There are a lot of people…" The more SiWoo gave excuses, the more Sakura laughed at him.

"Hmm~ really?"

"Hey, they’re all looking at us, so let me go…"

"Huh? You lost the bet. Are you not going to fulfill your promise? I'm going to stay like this the entire day."

Sakura rubbed her face against his arm.

EunAh looked at them in disgust. "Stop joking. Are you going to try to act shy now?"

"Right? SiWoo really isn't honest with himself. That's one of his cute points." Sakura dealt with EunAh's attacks very well, but she sighed when she saw Sumire. "Although it's been a while, Sumire doesn't seem awkward. Is it because of Isshin…?"

As Isshin's name suddenly came out, Sumire tilted her head in confusion.

Sakura made a bothered expression. "That guy… likes to watch videos of you with a tragic look on his face.”

"Isshin watches my videos?"

"Yes. From the Jewel Island incident from K Channel to the ones that were taken at the International Competition… If you meet him, at least kindly say hi to him. Of course, that will still make him even more pitiful…"

When she heard Sakura's story, Amy waggled her eyebrows and gave Sumire a mischievous look.

"Fufu, as expected of you, Sumire. Just like me, you're no joke."

"Isn't Isshin just worried about me? After all, we used to be in the same party." She took a glimpse at YuSung and smiled. "Of course, now… I'm in YuSung’s party."

Sumire looked at YuSung with eyes full of trust and faith.

Sakura sighed. 'It's over. Isshin, give up.' Sakura knew that Sumire had fallen for YuSung from her eyes alone. 'That's why you should've treated her well while she was still in Japan…'

No matter how much he regretted it, the train had already left the station. Sumire was smiling very happily at YuSung.

"But… Adela, where are you going to stay until we go to the Tower?"

EunAh noticed something strange when she heard the question. "You changed to Bianca Academy, so you have nowhere to stay, right?"

Adela had no lodging there, so where was she going to stay?

"That's okay," Adela nonchalantly replied as if she already had a place to stay. Then, she looked at YuSung. "I'm not expecting individual lodging. I don't mind staying with someone else."

It seemed like she wanted to stay with him during her time in Korea.

"Why are you saying that while looking at YuSung?! Members of the opposite gender staying in the same lodging? That's weird!"

EunAh wasn't going to allow it. She'd learned that boys and girls had to stay in separate rooms since she was little, so their staying in the same room was unthinkable for her.

"There's nothing strange or uncomfortable about it. Didn't student Sumire do that before as well? Also… I don't mind sleeping on the bed or the floor."

Even if Adela said she was okay, EunAh shook her head. "Hey! That's not the problem!"

"Then what's the issue?"

EunAh fell into thought at Adela's question. For some reason, she began blushing. "Th-that's…" Unlike her usual tone, she spoke in a quiet voice.

Adela seemed confused, and YuSung was making an innocent expression.

EunAh couldn't explain why that was an issue.

While EunAh was making a troubled expression, Sumire raised her hand. "Then how about you stay in my room? I'm also a Seven, so my room is quite big."

"I don't mind."

That's how Adela's lodging was decided.

EunAh finally sighed and nodded. "Good. If it's Sumire, I'm sure it will be okay."

It seemed like EunAh was okay with Sumire and Adela sharing a dormitory.

As the situation was resolved, YuSung once again opened his mouth. "There’s also this artifact that I’m trying to figure out how to use…”

Swoosh.

He took out a giant piece of dragon skull/

"What's this…?"

"Everyone, put your Pockets close to it. Identification was done by the Association, so you should be able to check its information."

Unique

Information - Bellan Gorge's ruler, Blue Dragon Sios's skull. It ended up losing its life to Sardonyx.

Details - A dragon's bone. This is the skull, which contains a portion of the strength the dragon had while it was alive.

※ Blue Dragon Sios's strength is as follows:

* Mana Resistance

(If you turn it into defensive hunter equipment, it can intensify a mana barrier's effect and be used as an ingredient for making anti-magic defensive equipment.)

* Water Trait Affinity

(You can give the strength of a high-ranking water spirit to a piece of certain equipment.)

* Mana Quick Recharge

(If you shape it into jewel form, you can maintain a lot of mana.)

- Magic Jewel's Mana Recovery Rate 50%

- Dragon Bone's Mana Recovery Rate 80%

* Mana Mastery

(If you shape it into jewel form, you can greatly increase the proficiency and accuracy of skills that use mana.)

As expected of a unique ingredient, the skull’s effects were mind-blowing.

"As expected of a dragon… That valuable anti-magic comes as a basic option." SiWoo was truly surprised.

"All of these effects are great. I've never heard about proficiency and accuracy options." EunAh seemed to be focused on the effects that would bolster her weaknesses.

"If it's water affinity… Although it's not direct, my ice abilities could also improve." Adela had seen many artifacts under Arden, but even she was surprised by it.

"Woah…" Sumire exclaimed in surprise from a distance.

"I wonder how much something like this goes for." SiWoo asked.

EunAh, who had knowledge of how expensive artifacts were, said, "The minimum should be five million. It's expensive, but it isn't something you can buy with money."

"Even among unique-rank items, dragon bones are rare, so it's something most hunters would covet."

As Adela, who was hugging the egg, nodded, Sakura touched the bone with a surprised expression on her face.

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"Woah, this is that expensive?"

"Eek! F-five million?!"

That was enough money to buy 724,637 packages of 1kg frying powder at 6.90 USD a piece with money left over.

EunAh laughed at Sumire's reaction.

"There's no need to be so surprised. Things like this go for a premium, and if the competition gets fierce, that much is nothing. Five million is the minimum price."

"Hearing the price, I feel like I'm becoming stronger just by touching it…" SiWoo followed Sakura and touched it.

Adela also showed interest. "If the skull is this big… the full body should be bigger than a building."

EunAh was surprised by the fact that the dragon bone, which was harder than a diamond, was so light that she could pick it up with one hand. "Isn't this quite light despite being so big? If I use some strength, I can pick it up with one hand."

It was surprising to see the thin EunAh grab a skull that was bigger than her with one hand.

"Woah…"

Sumire also seemed interested in the skull. She got up and slowly walked toward the desk.

"Woah, it's really light," SiWoo said.

"Hey, Amy, you touch it too." EunAh spoke over him.

"Me? O-okay. I'm curious…"

The dragon skull had remained inactive thus far.

'Is it really that light?' As Sumire extended her hand…

Tap.

Paf! Swoosh!

Purple particles spread and started to flow into her hand.

BZZT!

At the same time, mana began resonating, and Laplace's pattern began shining.

"Huh?"

Sumire realized that something had gone wrong, and the others in the room suddenly looked serious.

"H-huh?"

But what was happening was real life. As evidence of that, a hologram appeared before Sumire.

[Using ‘Animate Dead’.]

[1st Authority: Animate Dead]

[Effect: You can animate the dead and create a spirit familiar.]

Sumire had subconsciously used the power of Animate Dead, which allowed her to turn the dead into a familiar spirit.

She’d touched the dragon skull as she did it, so the resulting undead monster was far from normal.

[Contract Finished]

[Familiar Spirit: Bone Dragon]

[Progress Rate until summoned 5%…]

After making a contract with the strongest undead, instead of appearing happy, Sumire was about to tear up.

"I… I'm sorry, YuSung… Hicc… I… I'll pay you back, no matter how!" She said with hiccups.