Into the World of Manwha (Eleceed Fanfic)

Chapter 24

I watched at Jeongsu walked towards the line, bloody and beaten. Maybe I should've vouched for him to continue showing off, he just happened to get paired with the stronger ones unfortunately. But, his time passed. "Next!!" Giwook yelled, making me jump in place. I slightly glared at him from the side, huffing out a light sigh. His voice is so loud, continuously scaring me every time he yells while I'm thinking. "I'll go!" A red haired boy, not as red at Kains hair though, stepped up. I blinked. I tried to remember who he was as Giwook addressed another awakened student standing in line, "Jihye Lee, you go" he demanded the blonde short haired girl to step up. "...yes sir," she walked into the inner circle arena as if she didn't want to bother with this test while the red haired one was rather giddy about it. "Gangwoo Choi, you're not going to hit me with that strength of yours, are you?" She brushed some of her bob cut hair behind her ear, playing cutesy as Gangwoo laughed, amused.

"I don't want to, but I don't have a choice," he responded. I grimaced while listening to their conversation. In the comic, it didn't sound this cringy. Maybe because I wasn't watching to re-enacted in real life, but her moving her body to the side and pancaking her hands to set her face on it while making a pouty look sure as hell did it for me. I cleared my throat, looking away because of how...hard it was to watch. "Go easy on me~" "of course. It'd be too cruel of me to hit you with all my might" they continued to talk. But then the beeping countdown had begun.

On the last beep, Gangwoo stepped forward allowing Jihye to flinch in response. I watched every bit of it, wondering how this part went again. "Just don't move if you want this to hurt less!" He had a creepy smile showing all his teeth, leaving quite the impression on me. But then, unexpectedly, he started to float up in the air while covered in a transparent bubble, slightly distorting around the edges. My mouth went agape, seeing another power besides Jiwoos' fast speed, Wooins unpredictable energy, Subins ice creations, and Jisuks wind. "Huh!? Wh-what the heck!??" Gangwoo looked around, confused as Jihye raised her arms up, making Gangwoo float even higher in the air. "Hey! Put me down right now!!" He yelled at her. She had a happy smile on her face. So happy, she seemed like she just earned the biggest treat of her life while lifting Gangwoo even higher and higher, practically touching the ceiling. Mind you, this building itself seemed to tower almost 4 stories high. Maybe higher? I'm not too sure but the height he was at, I can say, wasn't something to laugh at. A regular human could die from where he was.

"Dammit!!!" Gangwoo started moving around, trying to get out of whatever thing Jihye captured him in when she casually spoke, "Stop struggling and stay still. What if my arms get weak and drop you?". I glanced at her, watching how her eyes looked very amused. He let his guard down and now, he was stuck. "What!?" He yelled, looking down from where he was. Gulping at the height. I, too, gulped. The last time I was that high was when I saved Raon from falling off a cliff, taking the impact of the ground with multiple broken bones in the process. Although I healed in no time, the pain was excruciating. I almost wished the fall had killed me instead. "Holy-" Jeongsu shivered at the sight as everyone else stared, shocked at what's playing out before them. The only one who hardly had a reaction was Giwook, he stood there, watching quite calmly while observing what Jihye just tactfully accomplished.

"Hey Jihye, you're not going to drop me from this height, right?" Gangwoo smiled nervously, trying to somehow ease up the situation. "I'm sorry, I don't have a choice. But don't worry too much, for an awakened one like you, falling from this height won't kill you" she repeated what Gangwoo said to her in the beginning. Hearing her, I nodded my head in agreement. It's true, as a just awakened one, falling from that height didn't kill me, rather I fell a little higher than where Giwook was but still, I can say it wasn't fun in the slightest. I turned my head to look at Jiwoo and Wooin, to see how they were reacting when I ended up making eye contact with Giwook who's brow was raised. I paused, eyes widening a little when he squinted his eyes. Did he see me agree with Jihye? "Ah- my father, I once saw him throw an awakened one down that height as training...all of them survived so...haha-" I made up anything. It's not a very good excuse, but it was all I could come up with. No one can question Kain about his fathers training methods if he's as influential as I think he is.