Weapon seller in the world of magic

”Still a probie,” Sungjun replied with a straight face. ”I haven’t been awarded a codename yet.”

”Probie?” She tilted her head in confusion as it appeared to be a new term for her.

”Probationary agent... a new recruit still in the training phase,” Sungjun clarified to her before he asked her position.

His reply surprised the girl. She pointed her finger at him and hurled an insult, ”You aren’t even an official. Only a mere intern? You really have some guts to talk to me this way, boy. And by the way, who is that bastard who allowed you to share a room with me?”

A normal guy in his position wouldn’t take an insult to his face when he wasn’t even acquainted with the other party, but Sungjun didn’t take it to his head and instead, he let out a chuckle in response, ”Well, that bastard is Lieutenant Commander Cheng. You can go ahead and punish that lowly being for the mistake, but before that, at least, introduce yourself, Your Highness.”

Sun Xiao felt as if she were being mocked by him. She flared up in anger once again. But with no justification to hit him, she forced herself to calm down and answered, or more like bragging about herself with hands on her back, ”Sun Xiao, Title: Scarlet Flames, 22 years old; Rank-A with three years of experience in the field. Just so you know, I was a part of team SKY for 1 year, and I had a near 100% success rate last year. So, you should really know your place and stay here as if you don’t exist, alright?”

”...” Sungjun really felt the urge to laugh out loud, seeing how immature she is. In the end, he played along with her, giving an elaborate gentleman bow, ”Yes, Your Highness. Now, if you don’t mind, I would like to take a rest.”

”Hmpf, go on.” She went back to her bed and continued to sleep.

Sungjun shook his head with a smile and sat on the bed in a lotus position.

’Mana Condensation’

”Before we go into this dungeon, I need to master this technique.”

Shutting his eyes, Sungjun concentrated on his surroundings. ”Okay, let’s see... Hmm... two hundred meters? That seems right for the starters...”

He heightened his senses to atleast two hundred meters above, reaching the world outside the facility. Outside, there was nothing but a barren desert, stretching for dozens of miles in every direction.

From there, he started absorbing the natural energy. The absorbed energy entered his body, and then he simultaneously refined it into mana, slowly but steadily increasing his reserves.

As the distance is quite far and he is still a beginner, it took several minutes for a little bit of natural energy to even reach him, much less be absorbed into his body.

After several tries, he finally absorbed a minute amount of energy and proceeded with refining it.

Surprisingly, it was quickly refined in a smooth manner, just like how butter melts in hot oil.

As soon as the natural energy entered his body, he observed that his own mana energy rushed towards the invading objects and absorbed them instead of trying to repel them as a part of a defensive mechanism. ”Perhaps it is due to the high compatibility,” thought Sungjun.

Whatever the case, Sungjun was satisfied with the outcome and continued with Mana condensation, a high-ranking technique he accidentally found in a dungeon. It became smoother and smoother every time he received near-death injuries.

Just like that, several hours passed, and dawn arrived. Sungjun was immersed in his training.

As soon as the girl woke up in the morning after her 12 hours of sleep, she spotted her roommate. She rubbed her eyes and took a clear look at him again with her eyes wide open, ”What was that?”

A faint glow of red aura formed a thin layer over his body.

A few hours later, the red aura around his skin turned blue, and he finally opened his eyes with a smile on his face. ”The number of mana particles has reached more than 100,000. I didn’t expect that it would take this quickly to achieve it. It looks like I can alter my fate, after all. I don’t lack in strength, compared to those S-rankers, but the only thing that is separating us is the number of Mana particles. I have a long way to go, but it is fine. I’m still young.”

After finishing his brushing and bathing, Sungjun left for the reception counter to call for Colonel Hamid to get into the training room. As for Sun Xiao, she had long gone by the time he opened his eyes. He doesn’t know where she went, and neither does he care. After all, this lodging is only temporary.

But then again, he still didn’t find out the reason for the dorm’s existence. Because of Sun Xiao’s personality, he couldn’t ask for the details and kept quiet. Now that he was curious, he asked the receptionist directly. As she would know his details, he thought she would be patient in explaining them to him.

Fortunately, luck is on his side, and she informed him that, rather than a home, this dorm is more like a detention facility for the hunters, working for the government, who messed up during the mission more than once and indirectly caused casualties. All the people in the dorm were under observation. As for the staff members, they live in another dorm located somewhere else.

”So, that girl was kicked out of Team SKY?” Sungjun remembered his conversation with his roommate. He proceeded to enquire more about her.

The receptionist was quite cooperative. She went through the database and informed him of the basic details about her. Sungjun realized that his assumption was right.

He then asked, ”Was she on a mission right now?”

”No, as I told you before, the people here are under observation. No one is allowed to take a mission until they receive a pass from a colonel or higher officer. She must be in a training room or must have been summoned by a superior. I don’t know...”

Maybe Sarah was also interested in Sungjun. She tried to flirt with him a little bit and even was successful in getting his number, but unfortunately for her, the whereabouts of his smartphone are unknown, probably at the bottom of the sea when it slipped during the last mission, and Sungjun wouldn’t bother to recover his phone number either way. He wasn’t interested in contacting any of Han Sungjun’s acquaintances or family, yet.

After a while, Colonel Hamid made a visit to the dorm and escorted him to a special training chamber.

”Thank you.” Sungjun gave a salute before clicking on the button, which opened the metallic door.

A dark red barrier appeared before him. Seeing the surprised look on the young man’s face, Colonel Hamid suddenly started explaining the history of the chamber, ”You must have learned of the first hunters in the academy. These chambers were created with the help of our legendary Hunter Codenamed ’Graviton,’ the only Hunter in the history of our Alsacian Federation who is categorized as SSS rank to date. Back in the 50s and 60s, we didn’t have the necessary technology to create this. So, three decades were spent only studying his body. It wasn’t until a few years ago that we finally managed to get a breakthrough and built an enclosed room where gravity can be controlled manually. At the current stage, we have 12 of these gravity chambers in this facility, and only qualified cadets can enter this place. If you are given access, that itself states your potential.”

Sungjun only smiled in silence, giving a nod of understanding.

As the colonel left the place, leaving Sungjun to his own devices, the latter continued to stare at the barrier. A look of surprise was spotted on his face as his gaze penetrated through the barrier to watch what was going on inside.

There was a fight going on between a middle-aged fellow and a teenage-looking girl. The latter was none other than Sun Xiao, who was in the midst of a spar against an opponent whose fists transformed into stone, an Earth element Body transformation skill. As for Sun Xiao, she was wearing some purple glows and had a whip made of flames in her hand.

”Let’s see what this chamber does...”

Sungjun then stepped inside the barrier, and in an instant, he felt an enormous amount of pressure, almost forcing him to kneel.

Realization dawned upon him. ”So, this is the modified gravitational pressure, huh. Judging by the pressure, I guess around 7 times?”