'Berserker'
The unique class that consumes health instead of mana when using skills, and its attack power increases as it sheds more blood during battle. Sihyun, who had only heard about the existence of Berserkers in the first year, stared at Shin Ijae with strangely twinkling eyes, who was the first Berserker he had actually seen.
"Berserker?"
"Yes."
"I don't remember seeing you when I went to see the training in another class...."
Sihyun mumbled as he tried to recall.
"Oh, due to the nature of my skills, I couldn't train with others, so I used the private training room even though I wasn't in Class A."
"Ah...."
That explained why he hadn't seen him. As Sihyun tilted his head, Shin Ijae, as if in prayer, clasped his hands together.
"So, I'm really glad to meet you!"
"Huh?"
"You're the only healer among the first-year students. Because of my class, healers and I get along the best. I did hope to meet you during the evaluation, but I didn't think it would really happen.... What should I do? I'm so happy."
Shyly, Shin Ijae smiled. Hamin chuckled, but he seemed to be lost in thought and didn't pay attention. Sihyun, feeling unfamiliar with the gaze filled with admiration, turned his head and searched for a different topic.
"What exactly is the Berserker class?"
"Oh, it's a class that fights by consuming health, so it's significantly more dangerous than other classes. It puts a lot of strain on the body. However, it has the advantage of being able to deliver powerful attacks in a short period, and if the health falls below 50%, the attacks become even stronger. If you use up all your health, you can fight for 5 minutes by consuming mana, but if your health doesn't recover within that time, you die, as far as I know."
"...."
He casually mentioned death. Not only that, he even clapped his hands, saying, "Ah, lots of blood!" It was absurd, and Sihyun blinked his eyes. In his mind, he recalled the image of Shin Ijae laughing brightly, with blood scattering like sparks. It was as unnatural as snow falling in the summer.
"Awesome, it's so cool!"
Want to partner up with me?
Haewoon, excited by something new, spoke in an enthusiastic tone. Sihyun, who became a bystander due to Hamin's attention, looked at the members in the meeting room again. Although nothing had changed, the people in front of him felt somewhat different.
One Quadruple, one Dual, Assassin, Buffer, Inspector, Sniper, Alchemist, and even a Berserker. It was a combination that could not be considered ordinary. Shivering, his body trembled once.
The members weren't bad. However, for some reason, it didn't seem like things would go smoothly.
Sihyun bit his trembling lips, feeling the impending doom.
"Really, won't you be my partner?"
"Hey, are you a folding screen?"
"Oh, it's an honor, but for me, Hajiin hyung is still..."
"Eeeng, let's at least match our synergy!"
"Don't shake the desk!"
The meeting room buzzed. Feeling the approaching ominous atmosphere, Sihyun raised his hand above the table. When he struck the table hard enough to make a sound, the room finally quieted down. Sihyun felt the concentrated gaze on him and momentarily lost the topic of the meeting, but then he regained it.
"Enough noise. Let's finish the meeting first. Now that we know the classes, we can roughly estimate the strength. We need to decide on the mission."
"Ah...."
"So, should we go for the Road, or should we kill 20 ordinary orcs?"
"Road."
"20."
"...."
Hamin and Haewoon simultaneously answered, then looked at each other with a raised eyebrow, like a decalcomania.
"20?"
"Why bother killing 20?"
"Killing the Road is inefficient!"
It was like water and oil. Looking at each other as if they couldn't understand each other, Sihyun's gaze turned to Haru, who was more interested in the dagger than the meeting. Haru, who seemed more focused on the dagger than the meeting, looked up when asked.
"What about you?"
"Um... if I have to choose, I think killing the Road would be better...."
"Oh, I want 20! It's more fun to face more opponents."
"I'm not sure yet."
When Sihyun asked Haru, both Ijae and Hajin answered. In a situation where the votes were evenly split between 2 and 2, Ye Sol and Haeyeon suggested that either was fine. Naturally, the remaining eyes turned to Sihyun.
"Sihyun, what do you think?"
With a tilt of the table, Haewoon leaned forward. Pressured by the fact that the outcome depended on his answer, a blue gaze from Hamin and Haewoon landed on him.
"What do you think would be better?"
"The higher the equal contribution, the higher the score, right? It's more comfortable to kill a few big ones and finish it."
"Isn't it harder to evenly kill 20 with eight people? It's better to just kill one big guy and be done with it."
"So, should we go for the Road? Taking the easy way out?"
"Usually, the more challenging, the more fun, right?"
"What's fun in life being hard!"
The opinions clashed. Regardless of the result, it seemed they had no intention of compromising with each other. Seeing the confused eyes of the kids who were witnessing the fight for the first time, Sihyun felt the need to mediate.
"It's difficult for eight people to evenly kill twenty. I agree on that. But how do you plan to kill the Road?"
"Divide positions and kill."
"Positions?"
"Divide into support, main damage dealers, and supplementary and support damage dealers."
Looking at the seven others, excluding himself, Hamin spoke after scrutinizing them. Sihyun, who had been blinking at the clear and straightforward words, couldn't help but let out a short sigh. For some reason, Hamin had come up with a reasonable opinion.
"If we divide positions, then Haeun, Kang Haewoon, and Hajin can be support, you and Ijae can be main attackers, and Haeyeon can be a sniper. Haru hyung and Yesol can be support damage dealers."
"Include Ban Haru and Kwon Yesol in the attack team. After all, it's cooperation, and the public achievements should be similar, right? We can take turns attacking with the four of us. While sniping, distribute the public achievements and feast on them. Kang Haewoon, focus on buffs, and since you, Shin Ijae, are a berserker, you'll be responsible for substantial public achievements. Choi Hajin is an alchemist, right? Make recovery potions and explosive potions together, and focus on both healing and dealing damage. It's easier to evenly distribute the kills among eight people rather than going all out to catch twenty."
"Oh..."
The children exclaimed at Hamin's pouring words. It was the first time they had seen Hamin speak so extensively. As the children nodded their heads in agreement to his clear guidelines, Haewoon sniffled in response.
"Our Min... knows about cooperation...!"
Hamin chuckled at Haewoon's words, who brought a tissue from somewhere and blew his nose.
"Okay, Min knows so much that I'll concede this time, huh! Let's go with the roadkill!"
"It's not a concession; you were persuaded."
"Well, that's the same thing, isn't it!"
Haewoon effortlessly accepted it.
"Do the others agree?"
Just to make sure, everyone in the conference room nodded their heads. Sihyun, with pen and paper placed in the corner of the conference room, came forward.
"So, it's decided on roadkill?"
"Yeah!"
"Let's divide the positions into support, attack, and support..."
The three positions were written prominently on a white sheet. Below them, Sihyun wrote down the names of the team members corresponding to each position.
"As Hamin mentioned, I'll go into the support team with Kang Haewoon. Since Hajin can also attack with potions, it's better for Haeun to go for protection and support with Daun. What do you think?"
"Hmm? It's fine."
"Then Hajin will go for support, and the rest of us, including Haru, will be in the attack team. To go smoothly, you guys need to take aggro. Hamin, can you tank against Road?"
Among the four, Hamin was the only one with tanking skills. As a dual-class with the roles of inspector and tanker, he was the only one capable of both tanking and dealing damage, so Sihyun asked. Hamin snorted at the question, implying, 'What do you think?'
"It's possible. But..."
"But?"
Unusually vague in his words, Sihyun asked. As Hamin's gaze settled on me, he opened his mouth after squinting his eyes.
"Orcs have low intelligence but excellent intuition. They instinctively target the person with the highest mana capacity. If that happens, the probability of getting provoked is low, and there's no help for the aggro to be distributed among the other orcs."
"...Is that so?"
If that's the case, there's nothing to be done. He should handle the other aggro well. As he seemed to be considering something, everyone strangely looked at me. Sihyun tilted his head slightly.
Why is everyone looking at me?
While pondering, in the meantime...
"Are you okay, Kang Sihyun?"
Hamin asked.
His blue eyes blinked slowly and then slightly widened. Sihyun looked over all the kids in Team B. While he had the highest mana capacity among Class A, here...
Jae Shin is a berserker. Despite having high health, he probably doesn't have much mana.
The alchemist uses mana efficiently. She can produce a lot of potions with minimal mana. There didn't seem to be a lot of mana overall. Looking at Haeun and Daun, who were average for their classes - sniper and alchemist...
"......"
A short silence followed.
Sihyun closed his eyes for a moment, then exhaled as he opened them again.
Orcs target the person with the highest mana capacity, which means the person with the most mana. And among them, the one with the most mana is me, a healer.
After facing the reality, he opened and closed his mouth twice.
"It seems I'll be the one to attract aggro."
"Yeah."
He didn't even deny it. Sihyun sighed at Hamin's flat response. Although Haru asked if I could guard him, he was in the attack team and had to attack Road. It wasn't exactly an appealing offer, so Sihyun continued his thoughts, looking at the paper.
"Will it be difficult, Gangsihyun?"
Hamin asked.
His blue eyes flickered slowly and then widened slightly. Sihyun looked over everyone in Team B again. Although he had the highest mana capacity in Class A, here...
Shin Ijae is a berserker. Despite having high health, he probably doesn't have much mana.
The alchemist uses mana efficiently. She can produce a lot of potions with minimal mana. There didn't seem to be a lot of mana overall. Looking at Haeun and Daun, who were average for their classes - sniper and alchemist...
"......"
A short silence followed.
Sihyun closed his eyes for a moment, then exhaled as he opened them again.
Orcs target the person with the highest mana capacity, which means the person with the most mana. And among them, the one with the most mana is me, a healer.
After facing the reality, he opened and closed his mouth twice.
"It seems I'll be the one to attract aggro."
"Yeah."
He didn't even deny it. Sihyun sighed at Hamin's flat response. Although Haru asked if I could guard him, he was in the attack team and had to attack Road. It wasn't exactly an appealing offer, so Sihyun continued his thoughts, looking at the paper.
"If aggro is dispersed, it will be difficult to catch them, right?"
"Yeah."
"I might not be able to focus on healing due to the aggro."
"Yeah."
"If Road doesn't get provoked by your taunt, I'll have to rush in to attack."
"Yeah."
Hamin's responses were as stiff as an automatic answering machine. With a sigh, Sihyun decided to speak frankly.
"If aggro is dispersed, it will be difficult to catch them, right?"
"Yeah."
"I might not be able to focus on healing due to the aggro."
"Yeah."
"If Road doesn't get provoked by your taunt, I'll have to rush in to attack."
"Yeah."
Hamin's responses were as stiff as an automatic answering machine. With a sigh, Sihyun decided to speak frankly.
"Do you mind using some force, Ihaemin?"
"What?"
At the sudden question, Hamin furrowed his brows. With an expression asking what nonsense he was spouting, he asked again if he could use some force. Hamin, with a puzzled expression, nodded after a moment. He seemed to be pondering, biting his lips, then sighed. Sihyun, with a resigned expression, opened his mouth.
"In that case, can you carry me and do it?"
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