Arad's Sword

Chapter 9 Academy Trial
A few days later, the annual trial of the Belmare Royal Academy of Magic finally started.

The location of the trial was located near Gran's Forest, a fully equipped camp that had just been built.Students who are qualified to accept the trial will start from here, without any supplies and support, for a week-long trial.

"Everyone, the annual trial is coming soon. The content of the assessment is to clean up the mutated monsters in the forest. The drops of various monsters collected are recorded as scores. The more collected, the better the score." The better, and the drops from powerful monsters will be calculated with higher scores!" Standing on a high platform, Headmaster Linde gave a final mobilization speech with a resonant voice, "After the assessment is over, the No.1 team You will be rewarded for changing jobs with the Grand Magic Circle of the Principality! The academy will provide all the materials!"

As soon as Dean Linde said this, all the testers became excited.

Although this is a tradition over the years, it is difficult for these young people full of dreams and ambitions to keep calm when they think that they have the opportunity to change jobs in the most perfect state.

However, there are also those who feel uneasy.

"The content of each assessment is different. I didn't expect our trial to be so difficult this year. The damn mutation made the monsters stronger."

"But it's also an opportunity to change jobs! Although it's a tradition to be able to use the Principality's magic circle, I didn't expect that this time the academy even provided materials. This is a real reward. If we let us prepare it ourselves, even If there is a chance to change jobs, it will take at least several months!"

The students have different expressions, some are happy, some are sad, some are ready to go, and some are calling for friends.Even Midi was slightly moved.

In the previous life, the rewards did not include materials for changing jobs. It seems that with his rebirth and his different attitude towards the surroundings, the world has also changed.This is probably the so-called butterfly effect, right?
A butterfly flapping its wings can trigger a storm on the other side of the sea.Small variables can pass through layers of influence, and eventually brew into a huge change.

Is it because of switching camps?Midi thought, and glanced not far away.

Just at this time, Fenrir Seth also turned his head, looking at Midi with the eyes of a dead person.

Then, with a smirk, he stretched out his hand and stroked his neck.

Fenrir's team lineup is also strong.

Unlike the proud Fina, the Seth family had put in a lot of effort when Fenrir entered school, sending three of the family's highly qualified family servants into the academy.In other words, from the very beginning, he brought a team that could win the championship in the trial.

Now, these domestic servants have all become 18th-level courtyard students, and they are like stars surrounding the moon, protecting Fenrir among them.Midi has no doubts that if they need it during the trial, they can lower their own level, or even their life, to help their master get good grades as much as possible.

However, in Midi's view, this is not a team at all, it's just a boy with eyes above the top and three hounds. Maybe it is indeed powerful in a head-on confrontation, but it can't cope with the ever-changing environment in the wild.

What he was more worried about was whether there would be any changes to the assassin in the memory of his previous life.

After all, the rewards for trials have changed.

What if the Seth family recruited more and stronger assassins because of his change of camp?

A sense of helplessness and urgency shrouded his heart at the same time, but he quickly adjusted and recovered.

"No matter what, since things are already happening, you shouldn't regret them. I'm already by Fina's side. What I have to do next is to actively gain strength and make up for regrets, even if everything becomes unrecognizable in the end. I will never regret it!" Midi subconsciously glanced at the left arm in the glove.

He didn't tell anyone about becoming a ghost swordsman. This is the biggest hole card. The later he is exposed, the more he can win the initiative.

"In the name of the Head of the School of Magic, I announce that the trial will begin now!" Dean Linde said loudly.

Accompanied by the sound of the melodious horn, countless students rushed towards Gran's Forest, as if what they were doing was not a battle trial, but a competitive race.

However, this is also a normal judgment.After all, in these three years, there are many tasks to be completed in the forest. Therefore, there are many areas that the students are familiar with, relatively safe and easy to hunt. Attack methods, terrain, etc., are well understood by everyone.

As long as these areas are occupied in advance, monsters can be cleaned up efficiently, which is equivalent to gaining the upper hand in the trial.

But of course Fina's group didn't move.

Fenrir's team, as well as several other elite teams with 18-level members, were also left untouched.

Not so much the aristocratic affluence or the modesty of a gentleman, but because there is no need for that.

"It's rare, Gran's Forest has also ushered in an annual situation where there are too many people and strange people, I don't know what will happen in a while?" Lilian laughed mockingly, then looked at the red-haired girl, "Miss Fina, where are we going?"

"Dong." Fina said concisely.

That's the way to the poisonous ruins deep in Gran's Forest.

Even in the face of trials, the future queen of magic bullets did not change her face and carried out her style, choosing the most difficult route as soon as she came up.This is based on self-confidence and trust in teammates.

"Midi." The red-haired girl glanced at the black-haired boy, and added, "Don't hold back, remember to speak up if you have any questions."

"Understood." Midi replied with a smile.

With these words, aside from the calmer Sigmund, Lilian, who has always been suspicious, would not refuse Midi's request for help.Although Midi reckoned that his fighting strength should surpass the two of them after possessing the Ghost Hand, the Storm Queen's careless care still made him feel warm.

This is the team. Although it is still in the running-in period, it has pure and flawless fetters.

Several other elite teams, after seeing that Fina chose the east route, did not hesitate to choose the west route to enter Gran's Forest - just kidding, they don't want to compete head-on with the Queen of Storms, even if they reach level 19 , even if they are called elites, they are nothing in front of red-haired girls.

Fenrir's eyes gleamed with malice.He was not afraid of the monsters in the poisonous ruins, and he also had a desire to compete head-on with the Queen of Storms, but when he thought of Fina's methods and the order from the Patriarch, his rationality suppressed his impulse in the end.

"Let's go in the middle!" Fenrir growled, "If you see other teams along the way, kill them all!"

As the last team entered the forest, the week-long trial officially kicked off.

"Hurry, speed, I have attracted a group of goblins!" A student shouted anxiously while running wildly.

This student is a 16th-level fighter, with a lean body and fast speed. Long-term training has allowed him to surpass the speed of ordinary people at a young age.It's just that the group of goblins in the back are not slow after the mutation, even though they can't catch up, they have been stalking them from a distance. Moreover, the endurance of the monsters is obviously much stronger than that of the pampered students. , the goblins gradually gained the upper hand.

The scorching sun shines on the goblins through the forest, reflecting the blood-stained weapons in their hands in a particularly frightening way.

"The monster has entered the encirclement, let's go!" The other three students who were lying in ambush on the tree finally appeared after the group of goblins passed by.

And the boy who was in charge of attracting monsters also stopped at this moment, turned around, and then threw the mine that ignited the fuze in his hand at the goblins.

The landmines thrown out, together with the mines that had been buried in the grass long ago, caused a violent explosion, blowing up the originally neat team of goblins to pieces.

"Go, kill them all!" Regardless of the smog, the students surrounded them and displayed their skills.

This is a relatively lucky team, familiar with the terrain and monster skills, so they made a successful ambush.

There are also some teams caught in an unfamiliar environment and struggling.Even worse, those who had beaten the monster to the brink of death were stabbed horizontally by other teams. The two teams could not settle down, and even internal fights broke out. Although no one was killed, they were wounded and had to withdraw.

In the big camp outside Gran's Forest, Head of Academy Linde sat in the central tent. Beside him sat several other principals of the academy. Those who changed jobs kept coming and going in the camp.

This is the second day of the trial.

"How's the situation?" Dean Linde looked at the extremely detailed map of Gran's Forest on the table and asked a job changer who had just returned.

"Report to Mr. Dean. So far, four teams have withdrawn in total. There have been two disputes. There are three wounded, but no serious injuries. The withdrawn teams have already been picked up. Please don't worry, sir." The job changer replied.

Dean Linde nodded slightly, and said, "So up to now, which teams have made faster progress?"

The job changer immediately replied: "Report to the head of the school, so far, the teams of Fina and Fenrir are relatively deep. Among them, Fenrir's team has entered the depths of the Grand Forest, and Fina's team has entered the deepest part of the Gran Forest. Cleared up several thunderous ruins."

"Sure enough, the 'Queen of the Storm' is leading."

"Fenrir's results are also good. It seems that the Seth family's planning over the years has also worked."

"Perhaps Fenrir will catch up from behind. Didn't it mean that there is a dandy who is only level 16 in Miss Fina's team? After a long time, he will definitely not be able to support it and will be a drag."

"You don't know something, so you're not a dude. During the assessment by Miss Fina a week ago, that student named Midi passed the flame challenge!"

The people in charge of the academy were discussing with each other.

"You go down." Dean Linde nodded to the job transferee, "I tell other people to do a good job of protection. Win or lose depends on the students' own abilities, but there must be no safety problems, especially Fenrir and Fina's team, this is related to the honor of our magic academy."

"Yes, my lord." The job changer withdrew.

The Academy of Magic has arranged many battles in the wild, but it was the first time for the students to survive a week-long wilderness trial like this without providing supplies, and it was quite risky.Although there are many civilians among these college students, most of them are the children of nobles. Once something happens, the pressure the college will face will be unimaginable.Therefore, the academy secretly arranges a large number of job changers above level 25 to monitor the entire assessment.

The main powerhouses around level 30 are sitting in the camp, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

Linde is very satisfied with this arrangement. At least, nothing has gone wrong in the past ten years.This year, although the Queen's faction and the Councilor's faction are at war, isn't it the same before?

You must be able to survive the trial safely, right?Dean Linde thought so.

　A lot of things happened at the end of the year, and I was busy with coding, so I didn’t have time to read the book reviews. I saw a lot of responses and support from old and new readers last night. ah!

　　
　
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