I Became a Disaster-Class Sorcery Genius

Genius (Physical) (4)

The reason Kim Dojun suddenly started saying crazy things to Han Soyeon was simple.

'Because Han Soyeon is the boss.'

Having already played Sorcery Killing Technique, Kim Dojun knew that Han Soyeon was the boss.

'To be precise, not the current Han Soyeon, but Han Soyeon after she awakens by killing all the students who bullied her.'

In the story of Sorcery Killing Technique, Han Soyeon is relentlessly bullied by certain delinquents for a year.

Then, around the one-year mark, unable to contain her rage any longer, she kills her classmates. From there, she becomes possessed by the evil spirit Kuniz, one of the main bosses of this world, turning into a vengeful spirit.

That was Han Soyeon's future.

'The problem, though, is that there's still a whole year until Han Soyeon snaps and turns.'

While Sorcery Killing Technique didn't go into great detail about Han Soyeon's backstory, it was somehow curious that she managed to endure a whole year of bullying that would make anyone else frown in disgust.

If it were Kim Dojun, he'd have not only wiped them out in no time, but would've German Suplexed those bullies from the top of the 63 Building!

Yet Han Soyeon managed to endure that bullying for an entire year!

But Kim Dojun didn't want the boss raid to be delayed for a year just because Han Soyeon held back her anger, so he devised a win-win and truly ingenious plan for both of them.

And that was—

'Egg Han Soyeon on, or rather, give her 'courage', and accelerate her boss transformation.'

Of course, some might wonder how this is a win-win.

But the faster Han Soyeon snaps and kills the students, the less she suffers from bullying. At the same time, she can awaken as a boss and rip off the heads of those who tormented her.

On top of that, by quickly defeating the boss version of Han Soyeon, Kim Dojun gets that much closer to clearing the ending in this world.

Not only is this a slick win-win where both can profit—

It's the completion of a world where no one gets hurt... well, not quite.

"If you just keep bottling it up, you're only making things harder for yourself."

"So just kill them."

"If you get rid of all of them, nobody will be able to mess with you."

"And you have the power to do that, don't you?"

"Just do it. Think about the consequences later."

Anyway, confident that this was a strategy beneficial for them both, Kim Dojun spent ten minutes instilling "courage" in Han Soyeon.

So that she could become the boss and achieve her revenge even a single day faster.

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The Sorcery Institute has produced many talents.

Not just many, but truly a lot.

For example, hundred Styles God Choi Yuron, who is called a top-tier S-rank and considered a Korean national hero, was once a student of the Sorcery Institute.

Nokami Yuri, currently known as the Silver Snow Woman in Japan, was also an alumnus of the Sorcery Institute.

Besides them, about three or four out of every ten sorcerers ranked in the Sorcery Association's national rankings belonged to the Sorcery Institute.

Even when it came to group rankings of guilds—collectives of sorcerers—the top guilds always had sorcerers from the Sorcery Institute among their members.

And—

Currently, for over fifteen years, the man sitting in the top instructor's seat at the Sorcery Institute,
the man who once shook the world as an S-rank sorcerer nicknamed 'Demon Iron',
Kang Cheol-shin, was—

"... He shattered the levitation stone, huh...."

The very existence who held the respect of all those talented men and women.

"That's right."

When Gu Do-min confirmed it again, Kang Cheol-shin opened his mouth, as if wanting to double-check.

"You're telling me he really shattered the levitation stone?"

"... I saw it with my own two eyes."

"... Well, with videos of it already circulating everywhere, it's a bit ridiculous for me to even ask at this point, isn't it."

In reality, on the computer screen in the office of Kang Cheol-shin was paused the third test video for examinee number 772.

The frozen frame was of the levitation stone smashing apart.

Even though Kang Cheol-shin himself had already confirmed it on video and seen it repeatedly on the news, he called in Gu Do-min to ask again for a singular reason.

And that was—

'It makes no sense.'

The very situation that candidate 772 created was, no matter how you looked at it, unthinkable.

"... Hmph."

For the past 15 years, Kang Cheol-shin had witnessed countless talents.

Among them were those with an innate understanding of sorcery.

Others who could somehow pull off sorcery with impossible efficiency.

Above all, there were sorcerers with monstrous levels of spiritual power.

But no matter how many natural prodigies he'd witnessed, this was a first.

"...."

Of course, Kang Cheol-shin knew it was not right to dismiss something as false simply because he'd never seen it before.

That was not the attitude befitting an educator. Besides, well into his mid-forties, he already understood some of the principles of the world.

And that was: there exist geniuses who surpass even one's wildest expectations.

Even with Choi Yuron—the current best in Korea—people had underestimated his talent and gotten their expectations shattered.

'Still, even so, this is a bit much.'

Destroying the levitation stone.

While the public said it was possible for S-rank sorcerers with enough spiritual power to do so, the truth was different.

'It takes three S-rank sorcerers working together, channeling all their spiritual power in an instant, just to do it.'

That's how high the spiritual power threshold of the levitation stone is.

Yet a mere freshman at the Sorcery Institute just smashed the levitation stone?

"...."

After a while, Kang Cheol-shin, with Gu Do-min still in front of him, shook his head.

In fact, no matter how long they talked, the answer would be the same.

'I'll just have to see it for myself.'

With that in mind, Kang Cheol-shin posed another question to Gu Do-min.

"... Is the dormitory assignment exam tomorrow?"

"It's tomorrow."

With Gu Do-min's answer—

"... Interesting."

Kang Cheol-shin muttered, an expression brewing with both curiosity and intrigue.

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The day after the entrance ceremony at the Sorcery Institute is always reserved for one of its oldest traditions: the dormitory assignment exam.

The test is simple.

Using sorcery, the student must send a bead—designed to measure distance—as far as possible.

Ranking is determined by how far they can send the bead, and based on that ranking from first to last, the students will be assigned to dorms for the semester.

From the next semester on, assignments will be based on academic performance, but since there's no such record at the start, this exam is always held at the beginning.

"All right. We'll now call each student by name, and you'll step up to the test one at a time. For this round, the head instructor of the Sorcery Institute will be personally participating in the proceedings."

With the instructor's announcement, the murmuring students all focused their gazes on Kang Cheol-shin at once.

Most of those glances were filled with admiration.

No wonder—after all, there was barely a top sorcerer in Korea who hadn't been influenced by Kang Cheol-shin.

Even S-rank sorcerers featured in the media would, without fail, mention Kang Cheol-shin's name at least once or twice.

But regardless of what everyone else was feeling, Kim Dojun was lost in thought.

'Shit, I'm screwed.'

It was perhaps an obvious issue, but Kim Dojun couldn't use sorcery.

When he destroyed the levitation stone, it was purely with physical strength.

The only time he'd been able to use sorcery was before entering the world of Sorcery Killing Technique, mashing the X button and arrow keys on a controller.

But what about the sorcery right in front of him now?

Watching the other students taking the exam, as soon as the trial began, every single one of them would curl their fingers into a sign, then form a sphere in front of them to strike the bead.

Of course, because Kim Dojun had played Sorcery Killing Technique, he knew the name of that skill.

'Sphere (구, 球)'

The name was simple and so was its effect.

All it did was convert one's spiritual power into physical force to move an object—a very basic sorcery that exerted physical power.

... Of course, even being 'basic', that didn't mean Kim Dojun could use it.

'Can't this be like a game just for the sorcery part? Like, just mash a few buttons and shout the skill name and it goes off?'

If it were just a matter of shouting a skill name while button-mashing, Kim Dojun felt he could tolerate the embarrassment in combat.

'Honestly, saying I'm screwed isn't entirely true.'

Even if he were assigned to a poor dorm, it wasn't as if something extraordinary would happen.

Kim Dojun never cared about how other people inside this game viewed him.

They could wipe out his hastily given title as a genius sorcerer in a flash and he wouldn't be affected in the slightest.

The only thing at stake here was that, if he ranked low, he'd be in a four-person dorm.

'Seriously, it's ridiculous if you think about it.'

What on earth were the folks at the Sorcery Institute thinking?

Even though they had enough rooms for singles, they insisted on this exam with some justification like, "You have to stoke competition among students for greater achievement," in order to create a hierarchy.

'I hate the idea of a four-person room.'

For Kim Dojun, the dorm issue was serious.

He hated four-person dorms.

He was already stuck in a damn game, and now they wanted to stuff him into a noisy, chaotic four-person room?

No—what he wanted was a neat and crisp single room.

After a moment of thought, Kim Dojun made up his mind.

'Screw it.'

He came to a clean conclusion.

'I'll just do something.'

Since it didn't matter what kind of sorcery he used, he decided to simply do whatever came to mind.

"Kim Dojun."

As if on cue, the instructor called his name right when he'd finished thinking, and Kim Dojun stepped onto the testing platform without hesitation.

As he got on stage, he saw a single stone lying on the desk, and beyond it, the long stretch of the sports field.

In between, Kang Cheol-shin—the famed head instructor—looked at him with a face full of curiosity, but Kim Dojun didn't care.

He might have been a character in the game, but he wasn't particularly important.

"You can start right away. Time limit is one minute."

As the instructor spoke, the timer below the desk began to tick down, sparking impatience.

Staring at the rapidly shrinking timer, Kim Dojun recalled the previous student flicking the bead with a conjured sphere after forming the sign.

'They bent their fingers into a sign, formed a sphere, and struck the bead.'

He spread his legs apart and pulled his fist back.

To anyone else, it looked less like basic sorcery and more like he was gearing up to throw a punch.

The other students' eyes all focused on him, but Kim Dojun didn't care.

After all, unable to use proper sorcery due to never having learned it, he only had one choice left.

"Hoo—"

Kim Dojun took a deep breath.

And then—

"Telekinesis!!!"

With a loud shout, Kim Dojun threw a punch.

― KWAAANG!!!!

With a massive shockwave, the desk disappeared.

"????"

Curiosity turned into confusion and then sheer shock on the faces of the students and instructors.

The desk, which appeared to have vanished, could be seen soaring through the air before crashing to the ground with a pathetic thud in the distance.

"...."

A heavy silence followed.

Even the instructor stared at Kim Dojun in disbelief.

Beep-!

He snapped back to his senses when the device signaled the distance had been recorded, and checked his tablet.

"... Kim Dojun, 692 meters...."

At the instructor's words, Kim Dojun grinned, wearing the brightest and most satisfied smile.

-------------= Clacky's Corner -------------=
Fuck this shit. Wahahahahahah.
Yeah, right. Telekinesis.
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