I Became a Disaster-Class Sorcery Genius

Genius (Physical) (5)

'Sorcery-Institute' was an anonymous online community created by a student who had entered the Sorcery Institute, made exclusively for students of the Sorcery Institute to use.

In fact, aside from 'Sorcery-Institute', the Sorcery Institute itself had its own official website, but most students used the 'Sorcery-Institute' community instead.

There were three reasons for this. One was because 'Sorcery-Institute' guaranteed anonymity.

Another was the fun spawned by that anonymity.

The last reason was the treasure trove of information quietly lying dormant in 'Sorcery-Institute'.

Yes, information.

'Sorcery-Institute' had already been around as a community for quite a long time.

That meant countless students had come and gone, and naturally a massive amount of information had accumulated as a result.

So, every now and then, things like 'crib notes' that could be helpful to new or current students would circulate.

... Of course, only about 30% of it could be considered real information; the rest was all nonsense or plausible-sounding gibberish meant to prank freshmen.

And today.

'Sorcery-Institute' was burning with excitement due to a single hot topic.

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Title: Who else saw Kim Dojun send a desk flying with a perfect punch during today's dorm assignment test? Hit like if you did!
Author: ㅇㅇ

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Is that guy really a sorcerer? Every time I see him—be it the 3rd admission test or now—it looks less like he's using sorcery and more like he's just punching stuff, no?
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Comments 382

RealTrueFact: How does a human even send a desk flying with a shockwave, lol, is this a fantasy story?
ㄴㅇㅇ: LOL for real, right? Even in the most over-the-top fantasy, nobody would use a punch instead of sorcery to make a desk fly with a shockwave.
ㄴChillyChill: That's facts, lol

SorceryGeniusKimGyuSik: I saw it too, and it was freaking amazing. Seriously, how did he do that? Doesn't he have any friends? Anyone who's his friend, go ask him.
ㄴRotaryGun: Ahahaha, it was just... physical strength.
ㄴTinyFern: WTF, lol. Be realistic—how does a human swing a fist and make that happen, seriously?
ㄴRotaryGun: True...

MatecheCosts350: If you think about it seriously, it might be possible. Like, what if you simultaneously apply speed and rapid sorcery inscriptions to your arm and carefully layer a strengthening sorcery there? Maybe...?
ㄴGugongtan: But then your arm would explode, dumbass lol. Who the hell paints strengthening sorcery directly onto their body?
ㄴAtecheCosts350: That's true, lol, but otherwise, I'm really curious what kind of sorcery it is. There's no way it's just physical strength.
ㄴJonggom: From what I saw, maybe it's Thunder God Arts? Almost no one uses those, but the few that do always seem kind of like that, right?
ㄴThreeSecondRule: How could a student use Thunder God Arts, lol. And that's not even what Thunder God Arts is about; its main thing is acceleration, and even combining as much acceleration as possible with supporting sorcery wouldn't have that kind of destructive power, lol.
ㄴAtecheCosts350: True, but it did look similar to Thunder God Arts...

AhIDunnoIDontCare: I don't know, I think it's just Kim Dojun's physical power. Hit like if you agree?
ㄴAhDa: LOL like~
ㄴJoongDa: Like~
ㄴShipDa: gch
ㄴLogurobum: Stop with the multiple accounts!
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This was all because of the dorm assignment that took place that morning.

To be exact, it was because of the third entrance exam, thanks to which Kim Dojun had suddenly acquired the nickname 'genius sorcerer'.

Currently, about half of the 'today's hot posts' on 'Sorcery-Institute' were all about Kim Dojun. Among them were rumors about how the guild with Hundred Styles God was keeping an eye on him, or that he was already getting countless offers.

"...."

Kang Cheol-shin, watching those comments, soon turned off 'Sorcery-Institute'.

'Seriously, what's going on?'

When Kang Cheol-shin first saw Kim Dojun shatter the floating stone, two possibilities came to mind.

One was that it had been an accident caused by the Sorcery Institute's poor management of the floating stone.

The other was that Kim Dojun possessed enough talent to shatter the world's prejudices on a whim.

At that point, if he was honest, Kang Cheol-shin leaned toward the first option.

You shouldn't judge another's talents rashly, but it just didn't make sense that a mere student could break a floating stone.

And he wasn't the only one who thought so.

Vrrr—!

Kang Cheol-shin glanced at his vibrating smartphone.

On its main screen was 【21st class Lee Hojun】.

His former disciple, now a scout at Bulguk, one of Korea's four largest guilds.

"Tsk."

Kang Cheol-shin pressed the power button and silenced the call, letting out a sigh.

'Now that it's confirmed as real, they're going to start swarming.'

When Kim Dojun first shattered the floating stone, many seized the moment, hailed him as a genius sorcerer, applauded, and stirred up the media. But curiously, the sorcery world itself didn't react much.

'Because, at first, it seemed impossible.'

So they remained still, even when the media was on fire.

Most likely, although nobody said it openly, they all thought the result Kim Dojun produced was just an accident.

An accident caused by the Sorcery Institute's poor floating stone management.

Of course, since the institute would never admit to negligence, they probably just let Kim Dojun pass.

At least, that was the case until today's dorm assignment exam.

"...."

Kang Cheol-shin remembered that moment.

The moment everything was smashed the instant Kim Dojun swung his fist.

The students and instructors present all gaped at the spectacle.

As the punch flew, and the desk and the marble soared through the air, everyone stared in shock.

But not Kang Cheol-shin.

He didn't gape at the phenomenon.

While everyone else focused on the event, what Kang Cheol-shin noticed was Kim Dojun himself.

'... I couldn't feel any spiritual power.'

Sorcery consisted of two elements.

The first was a sorcery formation or seal.

The second was the spiritual power that gave it form.

Of course, depending on the sorcery, special catalysts or other additional elements might be needed, but usually, those two were basic.

That should have been the case, but in that moment when Kim Dojun used sorcery, Kang Cheol-shin didn't feel any spiritual power.

Just the spiritual power?

He hadn't seen Kim Dojun form any special seals, either.

Nor had he seen him use a sorcery formation.

Even, as the comments noted, there were too many suspicious aspects-the sheer physical force made it hard to believe it was really Thunder God Technique, and there were no signs of the necessary spells or spiritual power accompanying it.

So in his eyes, it really looked as though Kim Dojun had sent the desk flying purely with physical strength.

But Kang Cheol-shin knew.

That was impossible.

Unless one used the power of sorcery, no human could produce such force.

And so there was only one conclusion left in Kang Cheol-shin's mind.

'... He used a high-level sorcery that even I couldn't detect.'

Kang Cheol-shin let out a self-deprecating laugh without realizing it.

He wasn't overly self-confident, but he did take some pride in his career.

After all, he'd been active as a sorcerer for over 20 years.

And yet, he couldn't even detect a sorcery being used right before his eyes?

No matter how he thought about it...

"...."

Kang Cheol-shin froze without meaning to.

Something had flashed through his mind.

"... No way?"

Kang Cheol-shin drifted to the past.

Back to a time when people died almost daily due to monsters and evil spirits.

To the days even Kang Cheol-shin, then famous as an S-class sorcerer, couldn't dare look up at a certain figure—

'No.'

To a certain sorcerer whom all S-class sorcerers, himself included, revered and served.

A man who disappeared in the aftermath of the Yagrat Massacre 13 years ago—once known as the 'Dread of Sorcerers'.

The Explosion God(爆神).

"...!"

The thought gave him chills down his spine.

In retrospect, it was all too similar.

The feeling he'd had when he saw Explosion God's sorcery while working as an S-class sorcerer.

And the impression he got today, watching Kim Dojun's sorcery.

They were so similar.

"...."

Kang Cheol-shin's mind spun quickly.

Information he'd need to find immediately sorted itself in his head.

His hand was already typing in a number on his smartphone.

Drrrrrr—

The dial tone rang out.

It was usually tedious, but now it filled him with a strange sense of anticipation as he listened.

Nothing was certain yet.

But if—just if—Kang Cheol-shin's guess was right.

"... This could get really interesting."

Kang Cheol-shin couldn't help but smile, his anticipation making him look almost childish for his age.

And while he was making a phone call somewhere—

Kim Dojun, having confidently placed first in the exam, was using a top-grade single dormitory.

"Oh, well—"

Inside, planning to do some actual studying, Kim Dojun picked up 'Sorcery Theory', one of the basic textbooks at the Sorcery Institute.

After all, he really did need to study for the sake of his future.

And then—

"—ing, damn, I have no clue at all."

Confronted with all sorts of geometric patterns and unknown languages in the sorcery book, Kim Dojun swore under his breath and suddenly remembered:
"I really, really sucked at studying, didn't I."

Tap—!

Realizing this, Kim Dojun closed Sorcery Theory without hesitation.

"I give up."

At exactly 17.32 seconds after opening the book of sorcery, Kim Dojun decided to give up on studying sorcery.

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To be blunt, Shin Se-yeon disliked Kim Dojun.

Why?

There were plenty of reasons.

The first was that Kim Dojun had stolen all the spotlight she thought she deserved.

Her debut was supposed to be glamorous.

She was supposed to start by turning the floating stone red—a feat nobody else had managed.

By enrolling as the top of her year, her brilliance was supposed to continue into the dorm assignment test and make her stand out more than anyone else.

So what was her reality now?

She'd barely managed to retain her place as top on the entrance, but all the attention had gone to Kim Dojun, the one who shattered the floating stone.

And in the dorm assignment that followed, all eyes had been on him as well.

She wasn't the shining number one anymore—she was a forgettable number two.

Because of Kim Dojun.

'Second-years have that genius, Go Sejun, so I even gave up being an early entrant and delayed a year just to enroll...!'

On top of that, Shin Se-yeon had even repeated a year for the sake of a glorious spotlight!

And it had been a forced decision!

'I went all the way to Alaska and busted my ass just to repeat a year...!'

She had endured all that hardship.

For her moment in the spotlight...!

But Kim Dojun ruined it all.

A nobody she'd never even heard of, nowhere to be found in her data, had just popped out of nowhere...!

And that wasn't even the only reason she disliked Kim Dojun—there were plenty of others.

She didn't like that she was in the same class as him.

She didn't like that, of all people, he was assigned the seat right next to hers.

Yet at that moment, as Shin Se-yeon sat down for the first lesson of the day, she looked not just annoyed but completely dumbfounded.

"Hurry up and kill your dad."

Because Kim Dojun had suddenly leaned in and whispered something even more baffling into her ear.

-------------= Clacky's Corner -------------=
Dojun is fucking demonic and moronic at the same time.
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