Dozens of students are standing in the auditorium.
They were talking to each other, and each time they were called, one person was leaving the auditorium.
“Then let’s meet there.”
“yes! You should be there at least the second night!”
“… … The seniors can just go, but not us.”
“If you can’t come, you can’t come. After all, on the third day, even if you don’t want to get together, we’ll get together.”
Like everyone else, we got together and chatted.
Starting with Luna and Li, Kun, Emily, and Locke.
There.
“When will I ever be able to be at such a luxury gathering?”
“Rika should work hard too. Stop playing.”
To Ena and Rika.
It seemed that everyone he knew called everyone he knew.
I wondered if I had collected too much, but as I learned about the Red Dragon, it seemed that it was not enough, but not too much.
The Red Dragon wasn’t really the guy he was supposed to deal with.
A guy that all of us need even Astina to catch.
That also meant that there was a chance of winning, but not enough to be certain of victory.
No matter how heckling… … Even if it was a cub of a red dragon, its dignity did not die.
A dragon’s skin repels all magic and blades, and the breath it spews from its mouth can set mountains on fire.
It’s not that much because it’s Hetzling, but it was still able to deliver half of that power.
Still, it didn’t matter much.
If you know your enemy and know yourself, you are invincible.
I also thought about myself and the people around me, and studied hard about dragons.
And I thought about the operation.
I don’t know what’s going to happen, but it was a well-winned operation.
I smiled and looked around.
Come to think of it, I couldn’t see the guy who didn’t fall out when we got together like this.
“By the way, did Yuni not participate?”
There’s no way Luna didn’t ask Yuna.
Still, it was not visible.
“Ah, Yuni will come and see the situation. They say it is difficult to answer for sure.”
Is it because I belong to this group?
Actually, I thought it didn’t matter.
After all, they are fighting each other for grade level.
I turned my head and looked at Lee.
“I wonder if Yuni’s condition is bad… … .”
“You didn’t seem like that, did you? And you can’t be nervous about this. It’s an event that goes on for several days with no one watching.”
Lee shrugged.
Well, if it’s not in good shape, I’ll try to gather more.
It’s better to have people you can rely on.
Then why are you doing that?
Then the presenter’s voice rang out.
“Uni von Listonian student. Please get on the carriage.”
***
‘What should I do to get 1st place?’
Yuni had a lot of worries on her own.
His skills are good enough.
As for the theory learned in the lab and the lightning magic taught by Gracie, any of the first-year students were confident.
However, in this evaluation, even if you have excellent skills, you may not be ranked first.
You must also receive the strength of your colleagues, and you must also follow your luck.
It is strong among first-year students, but if you include second-year students, it is in the upper-intermediate level.
If one of the second-year students with strong abilities aims at Uni, it is a loss.
Not only could he not make it to the top of the rankings, but he could also fall into hell.
In this case, it might have been better to listen to Luna.
It could have been much more stable.
However, Yuni was not satisfied with this.
Kuhn and Emily belong to Rudine’s group.
Kuhn is a talented person who took third place in the first year.
If you were on the same team, you could be pushed back by Kuhn.
To be sure, I had to take a slightly different action, even if I took the risk.
‘Even if I join Luna-senpai in the second half… … We can’t get together from the beginning.’
When I was alone, I had to earn as many points as possible.
That way, you can get a higher score than Kuhn or Diak.
“Then the question is what to do from now on.”
Yuni looked up at the sky.
It is a forest full of trees.
Although it was autumn, there were many green trees, and sometimes trees with colored leaves were seen.
The smell of fallen leaves and earth surrounds the body.
Uni had arrived at the mountain where the joint training took place.
At that moment, the host from behind opened his mouth.
“Uni student. You can start practicing right away.”
“Ah, yes. … … No, I see.”
Yuni naturally responded in half-speaking, but then quickly changed her words.
The hostess smiled like such a cute Uni, and boarded the carriage.
And the wagon went down the mountain again.
‘How did you make a path in the mountain?’
Yuni looked curiously at the road leading up to the mountainside.
It was a neatly cut road.
“This is not the time to worry about that.”
Yuni shook her head.
The first graders arrived at the mountain earlier than the second graders.
The number of carriages was limited, and it was impossible to bring all the students to the mountain, so the evaluation started from the first graders who were disadvantaged.
Now that there is no sophomore year, I have to earn a lot of points.
crumble-
At that moment, a voice was heard from the grass in front of Yuni.
Yuni quickly turned her head to look at it.
‘Witch?’
Yuni looked out at the grass with a surprised face.
Then, through the grass, a small creature popped out.
“… … rabbit?”
I saw a rabbit with fluffy fur.
Yuni looked at the rabbit with an indifferent face.
And moved mana.
break-up
Static electricity rose to my head.
“There is no such thing as a rabbit in a place like this.”
That rabbit was ‘White Earth’, one of the beasts.
It was clearly shown in the Demonic Encyclopedia.
There, this mountain is inhabited by many demons.
An animal the size of a rabbit cannot survive.
White clay’s eyes turned red.
Its hair stood up, and its sharp teeth and claws were exposed.
“Creep… … .”
“Spark.”
When the magic was used, a small electric streak went out from his hand.
“Keek!”
Baekto rolled over to avoid Yuni’s magic.
Yui used her magic again on Baekto, who blew up and had a gap.
“Fireball.”
“Wow!!”
The fireball hit the white soil.
A small spark stuck to the body, and the white clay rolled around the ground.
However, it did not collapse at all.
Even though Baekto was hit by a fireball, he got up again.
“Pitching… … ! Queek!!!”
However, Baekto did not continue the battle.
The white clay made a strange noise and began to run away quickly.
‘Did you use too weak magic?’
Using the fireball was a decision not to use a lot of mana.
If you stayed in the mountain for 2 nights and 3 days, you might run out of mana.
However, it was Yuni’s mistake to allow her to escape due to lack of magic skills.
‘Should I chase you?’
Each of those monsters was a score, so I had to defeat them.
Yuni moved her legs to catch the running white soil.
However, there was no need to move much.
crumble-
“… … ?”
After chasing for a while, I heard a noise from the nearby grass.
crumble- crumble- crumble-
It wasn’t the only sound.
White-haired rabbits began to appear in the grass.
Then Yuni realized.
-White soil, individual individuals are not that strong, but they have excellent fertility. A beast that hunts in groups. When dealing with yourself, you need to be careful.
It was a horse in the Demon Encyclopedia.
Dozens of white clay surrounded Yuni.
“Cre… … Cre… … .”
The white clay made strange noises as if laughing at Yuni.
“… … Well.”
Yuni looked around indifferently.
Then he smiled mischievously.
“Did you miss one score and get multiple scores at once? This is the phone that Rudy said… … stomach? Is that so?”
Yuni waved her hand toward the sky.
A strong static electricity was generated around it, and the static electricity was collected by hand.
Yuni said with a satisfied smile.
“Chain Lightning.”
***
After I reached the mountain, I looked around.
The surroundings were quieter than expected.
It was a little bit weird.
Once I looked around.
I had to quickly decide where to go.
This evaluation will be conducted over 3 days and 2 nights.
You have to stay homeless in the mountains for 3 days and 2 nights.
Even with the threat of enemies around it… … .
Obviously, there are people who want to earn points through night attacks.
These guys have an advantage in dealing with people rather than dealing with beasts.
For example, there was Yeniel.
Yeniel, who has been an assassin, would choose that way.
So, you need to find a base.
A base where I can easily protect myself at night.
The cave was good, and the open place was good too.
If he fought fairly and fairly, he was confident whoever he was.
“More than that… … .”
I looked at the trees around me.
I could feel the mana moving on the tree.
Are the assistants supervising?
I didn’t know much in the first year, but these days, I’ve become very sensitive to mana, so I was able to notice it.
Red Dragon Hetzling is also coming out, so I thought it could be.
If even one student loses his life, there will be a riot… … .
It was time to think differently and move slowly.
“… … Rudy Astria.”
I heard a voice calling my name.
A man appeared in front of me.
“… … who are you?”
I tilted my head at the man I was seeing for the first time.
It was absurd to see a stranger approaching me calling my name as if he was waiting for me.
“The eldest son of Count Tronia. Rockefeller!”
The man proudly told his family.
But even with that said, I didn’t know him.
How many students are there in the academy and how can you remember them?
Even the guys who help the student council had a hard time remembering their names.
“So what. What is your self-introduction?”
I frowned and said.
“What… … . under… … ! okay. Even so.”
The guy who introduced himself as Rockefeller reached out to me.
“Come into our team. Rudy Astria.”
“… … What?”
“You know that it is advantageous to form a team with people close to you, right?”
Hearing that, I understood what was going on.
He seemed to understand why the surroundings were quiet.
“What if I don’t team up with you?”
Rockefeller smiled as if expecting it.
“Then we should take your score.”
When I said that, I could feel the mana around me.
Some of the mana I had felt before flashed.
It felt strange to have too much mana, but it seemed that many were lurking.
“Because I was second in my personal evaluation… … It’s going to be a good score.”
“under… … .”
Is it a way of waiting in advance where the wagon will pick you up and then surprise you if you don’t join the team?
There are limited ways to enter the mountains by wagons.
So, if you wait at that place, you can surprise students without a team.
They found gaps in the rules on their own.
It wasn’t funny.
“Hey, I have a question for you.”
“… … What?”
“What were your thoughts on being here until the end? The people who get on the wagon at the end know roughly.”
The last person to leave the academy.
It was the students who were at the top of the sophomore year, including me and Evan and Li.
“Do you think you have a chance to win?”
I don’t know if the top-ranked students compete against each other.
No one was going to fall for these bastards.
“I’m sure I’ll catch at least one more beast when I roll my hair like that.”
I moved my mana.
“Or, did you surprise me without talking to me?”
When I said that, he took a step back.
and shouted
“Everyone, attack!”
“late. This child.”
I kicked the ground with mana in my feet.
He reached in front of Rockefeller in an instant.
“First of all, you?”
I smiled and raised my hand.
The mana stones in the gloves he was wearing shone.