Chapter 11 Rank-up test.
A dignified and loud voice echoed as Jin opened his eyes to turn to the source. He saw a man in his forties with a large build and thick muscle fibers hiding behind those white shirts. The man was taller than his father; Jin estimated the man's height to be around 190 cm.
Holding a piece of paper containing his information, Jin properly addresses the man and the earlier receptionist woman, who has started fidgeting since she arrived at the Arena.
"So, Jin, is your name correct?".
"Yes?".
The man knitted his brows and alternated his gaze toward the paper, and Jin's face several times before he gave back the paper, hiding the joy of seeing an ambitious boy at that age. He purposely whispered something toward the receptionist woman, which made her flustered to her ears.
Jin saw the man tilting his head in wonder after doing something brazen in front of a kid. However, looking at the oblivious expression on the man's face, Jin's eyes opened wide, as he couldn't believe that people like that existed. 'Woah, what a dense man!'.
"Sorry, let's start the test, shall we".
With the man's instructions, he stepped into the Arena and took something from thin air. Jin's face stiffened upon witnessing someone using a storage item beside him. He looked at the thing the man took, which baffled him.
'Is that shield too huge?'. It was at least two meters in height and width for about one and a half, clad in silver metal that gleamed under the care of the sunlight.
*Clank!
The man slapped the shield as he stood in front of Jin, placing it in front of him, ready, and lowering his center of gravity.