Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy

Chapter 331

Preparation (3)

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-Do Jae-hyun does it again! The correlation between <Beltane> and the Ludenark School.

-Termen and vampires? Additional forces of Ludenark revealed by Do Jae-hyun….

-Holder Association Chairman Kwon Young-hoon, “We will begin a re-attack soon.”

Articles have started to appear in earnest.

All the information I discovered while conquering <Beltane> was revealed through the media.

You might suddenly wonder, ‘Why this now?’ but in fact, this was agreed upon in advance during discussions with Kwon Young-hoon.

The reason is simpler than you might think.

There are many complex magic traps, and the level of monsters to face is also higher.

In other words, a considerable number of high-ranking Holders are needed for the conquest.

This means that in addition to the current allied forces, additional Holders need to be gathered.

‘But there’s a possibility we can’t gather them.’

<Room of Deserters> is not a mandatory conquest dungeon.

Of course, the participation of Holders is also a matter of personal choice.

And when given freedom, Holders generally don’t step into dangerous places.

They don’t feel the need to participate because they can live well enough without it anyway.

Just look at situations like the ‘disaster monsters’.

There are far more Holders who treat it as someone else’s problem and don’t provide support than those with a sense of duty trying to save citizens.

If we were to approach them humbly to gather them, there was a possibility that the desired talents wouldn’t appear.

So after much deliberation, Kwon Young-hoon and I found a solution.

“Let’s release the information outright.”

“To the media?”

“Yes. Clans and independent Holders who haven’t been able to participate in the conquest of The Room of Deserters until now are probably swallowing their regret. While stellar Holders are participating in a conquest that will go down in Holder history, they themselves haven’t been able to participate at all. We’re targeting that point.”

In other words, instead of us reaching out, let’s make them come to us.

That was Kwon Young-hoon’s argument.

Countless Holders are needed for the conquest of <The Room of Deserters> anyway, and to utilize them, we would eventually have to share all the information I found.

So let’s release the information in advance!

Termen, vampires, the Ludenark School….

Upon hearing these names that will be etched in Holder history, Holders and smaller clans will have one thought:

-I want to carve my name into that history too!

If money couldn’t be a motivation for Holders, we could create a different kind of motivation.

That was our plan to release the information in advance, and it was executed with extensive media coverage.

‘…Experience isn’t just something you eat.’

I was impressed as I heard and executed this plan.

At first, I was thinking of sharing this information within the allied forces, trying to solve the conquest with the existing forces.

After all, we were the ones who discovered the dungeon and were the main force of the conquest.

But Kwon Young-hoon broadened that scope entirely.

If it was a problem to be solved for the future of humanity rather than individual glory, he felt there was no need to focus only on internal forces.

Probably for similar reasons, he brought in the American <Wings of Freedom> clan during the previous ‘Reality Invasion’ by the Ludenark School.

It was a display of his decisiveness and magnanimous mindset as the chairman of the Holder Association.

“And Holder Do Jae-hyun will be in charge of the actual overall command for this conquest.”

“…Pardon?”

I clearly went there to make a proposal, but Kwon Young-hoon came up with a counter-proposal.

“Do you remember the agreement made between clans last time? About the conquest of the 7th district.”

“That we would take turns to conquer?”

“That’s right. To be precise, we planned to proceed with the conquest by dividing it into one-week turns, but due to the intricacy of the conquest process, it was reduced to 5 days.”

“Then….”

“Yes. It’s now Evil Hunter’s turn, who was scheduled for the 4th conquest turn. In four days, it will be Evil Hunter’s turn.”

In other words, the vanguard for the conquest of the 7th district is <Evil Hunter>.

Since I’m the master of that clan, I’m in overall command.

That was the conclusion.

“…Then what about the other clans after 5 days?”

“From then on, a new phase begins, so we need to discuss again. The turn discussion was only a decision made because the conquest was difficult, not about what happens after the conquest progresses, right?”

Kwon Young-hoon’s words seemed like sophistry but were strangely reasonable.

Anyway, I and the <Evil Hunter> clan were put in charge of the vanguard’s overall command for the 7th district conquest.

And then.

<Mercenary Recruitment Notice / Evil Hunter>

-We are recruiting Holders to participate in the conquest of Room of Deserters.

This notice is divided into clan and individual sections, and anyone registered with the Korean Holder Association as a clan or Holder can apply. Please understand that due to the limited time before the conquest schedule, the document screening and interview process will proceed quickly. For more details, please check the Evil Hunter clan homepage and the detailed notice section below.

The full-scale preparation for the conquest has begun.

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Na Hye-rin is an A-grade Holder of the magician class in Korea.

She doesn’t belong to any clan.

She’s independent.

In fact, she wasn’t always independent from the start.

Right after graduating from the academy, she worked as a rookie in the <Royal> clan for 3 years, but then realized that clan life wasn’t for her.

So immediately after that, she left the clan and started working as an independent Holder.

Fortunately, someone skilled enough to become an A-grade Holder doesn’t starve wherever they go.

Given her characteristics as a magician class, she was often called to parties and raid groups, and Hye-rin herself had participated in countless hunts as a core dealer, leveraging her strengths.

The numerous experiences accumulated as an independent Holder.

Thanks to that, she had become a rather famous Holder in the independent circle, known to all Holders who should know her.

Now, she.

There was something she was eagerly waiting for.

“Applicant number 113?”

“Yes, that’s me!”

Na Hye-rin raised her hand enthusiastically at the voice of the waiting room staff.

It seems the last time she was this excited for an interview was when she joined <Royal> in her early 20s…

Today, in particular, she felt nervous yet joyful.

Na Hye-rin knew the reason well.

‘Vampires! A vampire conquest, no less.’

The official statement recently issued by <Evil Hunter> and Do Jae-hyun.

The Ludenark school has additional forces of Termen and vampires, and they plan to recruit mercenary Holders to conquer them.

This statement, which caused a great stir not only domestically but also internationally, naturally gave Na Hye-rin a tremendous shock.

After all, vampires were legendary monsters that Hye-rin had wanted to encounter for a long time.

‘Symbolic magic… If only I could see it just once.’

Vampires are one of the monsters that all magician class Holders aspire to.

First of all, they generally have a deep understanding of magic, and their spell casting method itself is unique.

Even at the baron level, vampires are called high-level magicians.

Moreover, they use a unique power called ‘symbol’. (In fact, symbolic magic isn’t widely known to the public, but Hye-rin found this information due to her great interest in vampires.)

It would be stranger if curious magician class Holders weren’t interested.

Anyway, an opportunity to see such vampires.

Or even a chance to hunt them.

And if things go well…

‘I might even see Holder Do Jae-hyun’s Countess Ripley!’

She might even be assigned to the same team and see his contractor.

When the news that a count-level vampire was Do Jae-hyun’s new contractor spread, you can’t imagine how shocked the Holder world was.

Especially since its tremendous power was reportedly manifested just once during the S-grade Holder evaluation… Hye-rin was dying to know what that magic was.

Anyway, to not miss such opportunities, she applied for this <Mercenary Recruitment Notice> without hesitation.

Of course, there was another reason.

[Senior Yoo Eun-seol] Apply if you get the chance. You couldn’t participate in the Waves attack team due to scheduling conflicts, right?

The legend of the independent Holder world.

A senior who was once Hye-rin’s colleague and idol.

S-grade Holder Yoo Eun-seol recommended her to apply for this mercenary recruitment.

In fact, Yoo Eun-seol had also recommended Hye-rin to join the attack team during the <Wolfenser> conquest a few months ago.

Because she knew that Hye-rin was a very skilled Holder with unique magic.

But at that time, Hye-rin couldn’t apply due to conflicts with her personal schedule.

And now this recruitment has come around again.

This time, she submitted her application without hesitation.

She was also more proactive because of that history.

Anyway, Hye-rin too had the desire to work with Do Jae-hyun, who is recently praised as ‘Korea’s best Holder’.

“Please go inside. The interview will be conducted in groups of three.”

At the guide staff’s words, Hye-rin nodded lightly and went inside.

Although she was a bit excited, she wasn’t nervous about the interview.

Hye-rin knows her skills better than anyone else.

Among the independent Holders who applied for the individual section, there was undoubtedly no one as skilled as her.

It would be strange if she didn’t pass, no matter how nervous she got.

“…?”

…That should have been the case.

Until Na Hye-rin saw the other applicants coming to sit beside her.

“Hello, Holder Do Jae-hyun. I’m Park Ji-hwan, applicant number 111, an independent Holder who applied for this mercenary recruitment.”

“Number 112, Kim Myeong-hyun.”

…No.

Why on earth are these people here?

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