"No! You can't do it like that! Are you going to cook soup with your dual-type ability?!"
"Is it because of old man Kang? Why do you only obsess over swordsmanship? Use your magical power, you idiot!"
"Just because your main type is weapon doesn't mean your main attack has to be with a sword! Put all your focus on the sword and insert that precious flame magic at the decisive moment - there's absolutely no problem with that! Agh, frustrating!"
Just hearing this far, you might think 'They're training quite fiercely.'
But what's happening now is definitely not training. It's actual combat with monsters.
In that situation, such sharp criticisms were pouring out.
Countless monsters that just poured out from the newly created A-rank gate.
Against them, Lee Hyunwoo, Kang Hana, Yoo Dasom, and even Kim Suhyeon.
These four are teaming up to hunt monsters.
Precisely, it's a state that includes Irina in addition to those four.
But she's not fighting together - she's marking Kim Suhyeon and continuously spewing bitter words.
No interest in other team members. Storm nagging aimed only at Kim Suhyeon.
"Won't something bad happen at this rate, unnie?"
Yoo Dasom, who was observing the battle situation from the rear, voices concern.
The field is where even concentrating with all your mind isn't enough.
But Irina keeps making all sorts of bitter comments beside Kim Suhyeon like that.
If concentration breaks and some accident happens, it'll be big trouble.
'Or not? Rather, with Irina beside her, she'd eliminate them before accidents happen...'
Being worried is natural. Can't help it.
Kang Hana seemed to feel the same, nodding her head.
"I'm worried too, but if there was really going to be a problem, the Examiner would have stopped it when Irina said she'd stick with us."
"For now, Suhyeon is doing well, and let's just focus on our work. If problems arise, there are ways to formally object then."
As Kang Hana said, Kim Suhyeon is doing well despite Irina's nagging.
Far from floundering with broken concentration, she's cutting down monsters even more sharply.
"No, seriously! Are you going to cook soup with that magic? You can finish with magic! Why do you keep insisting on just swords and waste stamina? Use magical power, magical power! You have plenty!"
...In Irina's eyes, everything still seemed unsatisfactory.
At first, she had absolutely no intention of following along.
Rather, she only worried about how to go with Baek Seojin.
Then suddenly a good idea flashed through her mind.
Irina didn't miss that thought and immediately put it into action.
Playing insurance role for this team in place of Baek Seojin who's away!
Did she make that decision simply to score points with Baek Seojin?
Can't say it's not at all, but can't say that's all either.
There's no way Irina came with such good intentions.
It's not a profitable business to move with just that alone.
'You really got caught today. I'll shake you down to your soul. Time for some beating!'
The reason for coming all the way here following Kim Suhyeon's team on a precious day off.
To legally torment and harass Kim Suhyeon.
Though Kim Suhyeon is called the top prospect at the Academy, in front of Irina she's just 'rookie #1.'
Just a chick barely chasing its mother hen level.
So she can hold the justification of giving bitter words to such a chick!
"Don't be scared, just look ahead! Monsters haven't even caught up from behind yet!"
"This one's really a coward? You could have cut one more monster coming from the front in that time!"
"A-rank? Quit it! Already floundering?! Are you crazy?!"
In Irina's view, Kim Suhyeon still had many lacking parts.
Starting with constantly relegating magic to only support roles,
Reacting too sensitively to check even enemies who haven't even touched her,
To not being able to reduce stamina consumption with minimal movements!
Just because you're dual-type doesn't mean your main type must be your trump card.
Rather, you should train the supporting part to the extreme to handle it like a main attack.
Only then can you confuse enemy judgment at crucial moments and deliver fatal blows!
For exactly that reason, Irina treated Kim Suhyeon more roughly.
Can't say there's no personal feelings. If the opponent wasn't Kim Suhyeon, she wouldn't do this.
Since she's annoying, she keeps pushing with the purpose of tormenting her.
'But... what's with this girl?'
At first she'd listen quietly, but thought after time passed she wouldn't endure anymore.
Naturally she'd get angry, and even if not angry, dissatisfaction would build up and concentration would break.
If mistakes came out that way, she planned to push Kim Suhyeon more using that as excuse—
'Why is she so calm?'
Despite Irina's pouring nagging, Kim Suhyeon wasn't excited at all.
Wondering if she's enduring, she tried raising the intensity of storm nagging.
But Kim Suhyeon was still approaching combat with a peaceful appearance.
Conversely, she was correcting the parts Irina pointed out one by one.
Thanks to that, the flustered one was rather Irina.
At first glance it seems like acting purely emotionally,
But from Irina's perspective, this is also action taken after thorough calculation.
Kim Suhyeon's concentration breaking? Team members worrying about that?
Of course she knows. She's S-rank herself anyway. Technically a great senior.
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Since she's beside them anyway, they won't die even if they make some mistakes.
She tried to tamper with mentality to cause repeated mistakes.
The plan was to give advice mixed with nagging if she showed openings that way.
'Absurd. Is she old man Kang's granddaughter?'
Kim Suhyeon wasn't shaken at all, as if mocking her.
Even accepting Irina's opinions to show gradual changes.
When hearing unpleasant words, some people just close their ears and ignore them,
Unlike such people, Kim Suhyeon was accepting all criticism.
Finally unable to watch anymore, Irina stops nagging and asks a question.
Accordingly, Kim Suhyeon, who just finished cutting another monster, glances back.
"Why are you enduring?"
At Irina's question, Kim Suhyeon again swings her sword to push back a monster.
Then tilts her head once as if not understanding.
"Don't pretend not to know. You already knew, right? That I'm nagging almost provocatively. That I'm trying to break your concentration to create openings - you knew, didn't you?"
Kim Suhyeon's following answer was—
"...Ah, damn. Don't laugh. Makes me want to hit you once."
Smiling slightly as if finding Irina ridiculous.
Thanks to that, Irina, who got upset, raised her fist but couldn't hit.
Simply making someone a bit absent-minded versus physically causing harm.
These two are completely different problems. Doing that would only hurt herself.
"I don't know why you're laughing?"
"You know. To make me angry."
"I'm laughing because I'm grateful."
At Kim Suhyeon's answer, Irina's expression crumples mercilessly once again.
The difference is, this time it's colored with confusion rather than anger or annoyance.
"What are you saying... Ah, hey. In front."
Following the continuously shot advice, this time she uses magic instead of sword.
Thanks to that, monsters trying to push Kim Suhyeon with numbers began burning alive.
Since she was using sword, they seemed to try taking away the space to use that sword.
Monsters gathered that way were nothing more or less than kindling from Kim Suhyeon's perspective.
"What you've done to me so far. Though you tried to break my concentration, ultimately that content wasn't absurd or nutritionless nonsense but talking about my real problems. It was a kind of advice, wasn't it?"
Of course that's right. In Irina's view, Kim Suhyeon was still lacking.
She pointed out those lacking parts like a senior and like the top expert.
The only problem was that those criticisms weren't in a tone to help but provocative.
But Kim Suhyeon didn't get angry or harbor resentment at all.
"So I'm grateful. It's similar to the Examiner's advice but feels different. Thanks to that, I'm thoroughly absorbing the parts I was lacking!"
Saying that while giggling again, Kim Suhyeon.
Thanks to that, Irina let out a sigh as if dumbfounded.
"Good work, everyone!"
Finally succeeded in closing another gate.
Since all monsters that popped out inside were also dealt with, now we can really be at ease.
Perhaps tension slightly released, Kang Hana and Yoo Dasom sat down.
The fact is their skills are a bit lacking compared to Kim Suhyeon or Lee Hyunwoo.
Naturally, tension and fatigue from combat must be more severe.
"Isn't there anything more to tell me?"
Now Kim Suhyeon conversely asking for more nagging.
In such a situation, there's no way Irina would do more.
"I won't! I'm never following again, you thing!"
"Then so be it. Hehehe!"
"Agh! Really, isn't this completely a witch?! This bewitching thing!"
Meanwhile, Lee Hyunwoo, who was fighting beside Kim Suhyeon, approached Irina.
Then saying he also wants to receive teachings. So-called 'wants to get beaten.'
"I said I won't! Get lost!"
Of course, at Irina's yell, he had to give up with a "Kkaeng!"
'More than that, Seojin oppa...'
Irina, who was looking around, couldn't help bursting into laughter.
The very disgusting thing she experienced when first catching a Kraken.
This time Baek Seojin suffered exactly the same thing.
"Ah, damn octopus bastard. What's with spewing so much ink?"
Wounds can somehow be healed, but nothing can be done about ink.
Thanks to that, not only clothes but hair and parts of skin being dyed black was natural result.