65 – Midterm Exam – 8
“Why do you have so many different ways to surprise people? “What do you want to show me next?”
When I returned to the ground, Professor Jaina, who was leisurely resting at the departure location, burst into laughter. This was because the midterm exam, which was supposed to take up to 2 nights and 3 days, was completed in only 6 hours.
Even that was the result of Elisier blatantly wasting time from about halfway through. If I had run the race at the same pace from start to finish, I would have easily finished it in under 5 hours.
The reason this was possible was largely due to the structure of the artificial dungeon.
It was too inefficient to implement a dungeon from start to finish, which took a whopping 2 nights and 3 days, so Valera and other archmages who participated in the creation chose a different method.
Illusion magic and illusion magic are all over the place, creating monsters that are impossible to catch at the student level to explicitly encourage detours, setting up all kinds of traps, and even changing the structure of the maze itself.
It was a method of drastically increasing the clearing time by making people wander around the same space for a long time.
An ordinary academy student would not have had the magic to pierce the illusion magic cast directly by the Archmage, but from their perspective, it was unfortunate that I knew the method of destroying it.
“The dungeon was damaged?”
“Okay. Because of that, Valera came and went for a while. He said he didn’t know why either.”
There was one more reason for such a violent reaction. For an unknown reason, part of Aria’s dungeon was damaged, so she had to ask Valera for help.
What was more surprising was that neither Jaina nor Valera could sense the damage caused by the light spear. I thought it was a sacred weapon and only burns what is wrong with it.
“What on earth is this? Did Ma take the place of the dungeon training professor? Should I ask for a change of position next year?”
Jayna asked why this strange thing happens only to her. She grabbed her forehead.
I was glad I didn’t know what happened inside. Two incidents occurred in succession that would have turned the entire academy upside down.
“My grades are-“
“Do you have no conscience? Whoosh, whoosh. “Because other normal kids cheat on you, you disappear quickly.”
I almost got kicked out, but after receiving a perfect score, I left Jaina, who looked dumbfounded, and went straight to Priscilla.
Priscilla was curled up in my bed, covered with a blanket, hugging my clothes and repeating that she was cold. As soon as she saw me, she hugged me and didn’t even think about leaving. .
“No, did you come all the way here looking like that?”
When we went to visit Priscilla in her club room, still hanging on her lanyard, Rosaria greeted us with a face that seemed like she didn’t know how to react.
“I had a hard time not getting caught.”
It was a shame because it was a time when there were hardly any people around, otherwise strange rumors would have spread. Rosaria’s face became even more bizarre.
I sat on Priscilla’s sofa, hugging her from the front, and explained to her what had happened in her dungeon. Starting with meeting the Demon King, and ultimately ending with him being strengthened with black energy.
Some also mentioned Gwangchang. If I explain it without that, it would sound strange.
“Black energy?”
“They say the Demon King is closer to demonic power than his own strength. “Have you never heard of it?”
Rosaria was troubled. He seemed quite taken aback by the claim that the suddenly appearing black energy enveloped the Vampire Lord’s body and made it several times stronger. She had a strong feeling that she would be trusted because she was the speaker.
Well, even if it were me, I probably wouldn’t have believed it.
“I don’t know. “I’ve never heard of it before.”
“I don’t know either. Sorry, Mira… ….”
While she was patting Priscilla, who had begun to cry, saying that she could not help, Rosaria asked again.
“Would you say that the Demon King was really possessed?”
“That’s right. “This is a total of 89 regressions, and this is the 90th.”
“Wow…… He behaved really terribly too. Well, I always died before I saw the Demon King die. No, wait. “So there are four people brought here, including you?”
“That will happen, right?”
“…… “I don’t know which bastard dragged us here, but when I see him later, I want to give him a beating.”
“Isn’t that too much for that body?”
Rosalia was startled by my words and cupped her chest with her hands.
Of course, it wasn’t properly covered. Because there was more of it sticking out than was blocked by her forearm and palm.
“Are you a pervert? “No matter how big your chest is, you can still swing your fist, right?”
“I meant that it wouldn’t really hurt if I hit him because he had no muscles in his arms and legs and was so skinny. “I don’t know what I was imagining to get that reaction.”
“… ….”
Rosaria glared at me with a look on her face that said she had been punched.
For me, it was something I said sincerely. There is no means or method to strengthen the body, and the basic physical specifications do not support it, so how can it be painful to suddenly cut it to death?
I don’t know what the other side will think.
“Well, if something like that happens, I’ll help you.”
“Yes, yes. “Thank you so much.”
Rosalia could not hide the smile that appeared on her face. Her tone of voice was not sarcastic at all.
“Anyway. “She said she had to awaken the hero, right?”
“It should happen gradually. Because something strange appeared. The more fighting power you have, the better. Do you remember what event was the awakening of Brünnhild?”
“Uh…… Academy attack? “Not the little things, but the ones that appeared in the final part of Part 1.”
“Okay. “Let’s find something else.”
With the help of Elisier, the plan to recreate the events of the original story without causing casualties was completely abandoned.
It is nonsense to recreate an incident in which the chairman disappeared, almost all the professors died, students suffered enormous casualties, and the academy was completely destroyed.
“I have a method in mind.”
“Really? What?”
“Using the religious bastards.”
Rosaria’s expression immediately became interesting.
Other students also successfully completed the dungeon practice midterm exam. It seems that the fact that it was an absolute evaluation played a significant role.
“…… Wait for a sec. How long did it take? “I just heard wrong, right?”
“Mr. Mira. What about Mira…? ….”
In the process, there was a minor incident where Brünnhild and Aria got completely bored after hearing my clear time.
A week after the midterm exam, the day to reveal the scores came. Even though you can check your grades through magic tools if you want, the students were gathered in one place.
It was in front of the central entrance on the first floor of the building where the chairman’s office was located.
The names of 1st to 10th places are embroidered in gold on a large silk cloth. Because that was how Bellium Academy announced the grades of top students.
Of course, they may refuse to disclose it, and in that case they will just leave it blank, but it is said that even in the history of the academy, which spans well over a hundred years, such students can be counted on one hand.
Receiving a single-digit grade here is something to be very proud of.
Such an act itself carries the meaning of praise.
‘Still, the idea is not too old-fashioned…… Ah, this is an old place.’
No matter how good the conditions were, I thought it was an old-fashioned idea to disclose grades like that, but I quietly came to terms with it after realizing that Bellium Academy itself was an old place.
Isn’t the chairman of the board the one who has been sitting in that position for the past 130 years? It seemed like it was worth it. The facilities were so state-of-the-art that I forgot about them for a moment.
“You’re number one.”
“I’m in second place.”
After taking the entrance exam, Aria and I exchanged words after confirming that we had taken first and second place. I heard people around me muttering, as if they were telling me to listen.
Sometimes I could hear people muttering that they were unlucky children. Because of what I had done so far, I decided to endure it calmly.
For reference, the 2nd grade 1st place and 3rd grade 1st place names were also names I knew. The first place winner in the second year was, of course, Priscilla, and the first place student in the third year only saw the extremely long name and did not even check the rest.
“…… “I lost.”
Aria muttered in a low voice, then changed her attitude and smiled.
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“Congratulations on getting first place in the midterm exam. Mr. Mira. “With this, you are one step closer to your goal.”
“How come you don’t look very disappointed?”
“Umm…… Iknow, right. I don’t really feel any regrets. Maybe, in a part of your mind, you were thinking that you wouldn’t be able to win anyway? “We were said to be first and second, but the gap was very wide.”
Aria then stood and looked around, then lifted her heel and brought her lips to my ear. I heard her lower her voice to a whisper.
“I’ve been tired of hearing people call me a genius, but I just can’t keep up with Mira. Is this a secret from Leona? “She admitted with her own mouth that she was a genius, so she was definitely going to make fun of me.”
Even though I finished speaking, the distance I had narrowed did not increase again. A hint of playfulness appeared on her face.
“By the way, Mira. You put me in second place again and you don’t seem to be disappointed. That’s a lack of delicacy when it comes to women. “I might get hurt?”
“You don’t look hurt at all?”
“Oh, did you get caught?”
Aria then smiled brightly as if the sun was shining down on her. Every time she saw something like that, she felt like she knew why Aria was the main character of Lopan.
“True. “Did you hear the news?”
“I don’t know what the news is, but you probably haven’t heard it.”
“I guess the Sword Saint came to visit today. “She said Leona would stop by the director’s office and come back.”
“Sword Saint?”
Wasn’t she busy taking care of her students?