Hunter Academy: Revenge of the Weakest novel Chapter 78

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Chapter 78 Chapter 18.7 - Small but not small help

"This is really crazy," I mumbled to myself, looking at my hand. "Just as I thought, learning from her is the best choice I made."

SWOOSH

Looking at the mana threads in my hand, I could easily say this. It was as if I could finally feel the mana around me without the intervention of my [Lunar Enigma] trait.

Of course, this was just the basics, but even this was a good improvement considering how Astron was before.

I came from a world without mana, and the previous Astron also never felt mana, even if he was an awakened person; thus, this prowess was good.

"Then, I should continue my training."

With those thoughts, I grabbed my bow and started training once again.

"Activate Stage Two."

<Understood.>

As the Artificial Intelligence of the academy training room replied, I raised my bow.

SWOOSH

And began.

*******

Emily sat in her small, dimly lit room, her chestnut hair cascading untamed over her shoulders.

Her tired, sapphire eyes were fixed on the laptop screen before her, its soft glow casting fleeting shadows in the otherwise simple and sparsely furnished space.

She was looking at the notice she put on the bulletin board.

"Still no replies, huh?"

She mumbled to herself. Of course, she also knew how bad their situation was and how unpromising it looked from the notice. But she didn't have a choice.

RING

At that moment, a call came from her bracelet. Opening up, she saw it was a call from her father.

With a weary sigh, she accepted the call with her father, whose anxious voice echoed from the device. He was probably calling her after the message she left yesterday. She knew he was busy too, so she didn't say anything.

<Emily. How is it? Could you find any suitable hunters?>

"Yes, father. I asked a friend from the Academy, and he accepted my request."

"His rank is not that high, but I saw his talent with my own eyes. I think if I fought with him right now, he would beat me."

"Yes. He is a Hartley."

<Hartley? That Hartley Family? Hey, Emily! Are you crazy?>

"Why?"

<Don't you know that calling a member of the Hartley Family is risky for a small guild like us? What are you going to do if something happens to him there?>

"Father, of course, I know all of those. But do you think I can find someone like him when his reputation has yet to bloom once again? And he is a good person. I am certain that he won't make a big issue out of it."

<Emily. You know there isn't any good person in this world.>

"I know. But we are desperate, and you know it as well. The dungeon we are challenging is impossible for us to clear right now since your-"

<…..>

"Since that time. So, we need every manpower we get, or we will lose the right to own this last dungeon. You know local guilds are already pressuring us; this is our last chance. You know, the money we got from selling our stocks is already spent on equipment for our guild members."

"I don't know who it is, but I am very grateful to them for giving us this last chance. Even if we can't make it, I will quit the academy and repay them back."

<Sigh….I am sorry that you need to shoulder this responsibility. I am a fai->

"Don't say that, father. It wasn't your fault. It is all because of that traitorous bastard."

<…..>

"I swear, once I get a hold of him, I am going to kill him."

<Okay, okay, calm down, dear.>

"…..I am calm…..Anyway, Father, take care of yourself."

"I will after everything is finished."

<Then, take care.>

<DING. DING. DING.>

As Emily ended the call, she closed her bracelet and threw herself onto her bed.

"This is our last chance. I need to make sure everything is okay."

And with a determined expression, she opened her laptop and started working on the dungeon and planning.

It was her and her father's guild's last chance, and she was not going to miss it.

******

"Junior, you are doing a lot better than yesterday."

I was inside the Elemental Chamber, looking at the senior who became my mentor on just a random day.

"I see," I replied. Certainly, after training with my bow and dagger without using my traits, I can say that my mana control improved.

And yesterday, I also realized one more thing. The reason why Firearms were not that well-received inside the Hunter community.

While I was training with my bow, I also tried to use my gun for a second. Since my bracelet wasn't detectable, I could carry my gun wherever I went, which is normally prohibited.

I tried to coat my gun and my bullets with mana in order to improve their efficiency like I did while using [Lunar Enigma].

And there, I realized it was impossible to do that.

Neither was I able to improve the efficiency of the gun by coating it with mana or the bullets. The moment the bullet was fired, the enhancement disappeared, and the gun worked as it normally would.

This was the difference between [Lunar Enigma] and using normal mana, and this also shows the importance of the [Traits].

"Your mana control had already reached a certain threshold. At this point, I can easily say that you finally met the requirements of being a hunter."

Those words were slightly cruel, but they are simply true. I was now on the same track with other people.

But I could see a faint smile on Maya's face as if she rather enjoyed me being on a low level. But it might also be a misunderstanding, though I doubt it.

"Anyway, the important thing is you're on the right track now, Junior. But remember, raw mana control is not the only thing important for us hunters."

With that, she guided me to the next phase of my 'training.' "We can now start one of the most important things for us—manipulation of elemental attributes." She stopped for a second and looked into my eyes.