Chapter 212: School Team Demonstration
Chapter 212: School Team Demonstration
Li Yi walked forward, bent down, and picked up the glasses. He scrutinized the cracks on the lenses, remaining silent for several seconds before asking with a forced smile, "Whose familiar messed with my glasses just now?"
Qiao Sang: "..."
What was bound to happen eventually did. Qiao Sang took a deep breath, placed her hands on the table, and stood up, admitting, "Mine."
Li Yi looked at the girl sitting in the corner, narrowing his eyes. She seemed somewhat familiar, but he wasn't sure. After putting on his glasses and taking a closer look, he froze.
Good grief, wasn't this the student that Vice Principal Qin Wen, Luo Qian, and Zheng Guoping all mentioned to him at once?
He remembered that just before the start of the school year, the Vice Principal had contacted him, saying that there was a student named Qiao Sang in his class. If he saw her playing with her mobile phone, he should turn a blind eye.
Qin Wen had called him, saying that among the new students, there was a classmate named Qiao Sang. If her academic scores were low, he shouldn't pressure her too much, as her focus might be on Beastmaster Combat Training.
Luo Qian had asked him to subtly mention the benefits of the Coordination Competition to Qiao Sang.
As for Zheng Guoping...
Li Yi vividly remembered that scene.
Zheng Guoping had come to his office early in the morning, patted his shoulder, and sighed, "Having Qiao Sang in your class is a stroke of luck for you, boy."
Luck? What kind of luck? Sacrificing a pair of glasses on the first day of school?
After a long pause, Li Yi said, "Why did you choose to sit at the back of the classroom? Aren't you worried about not being able to see the front clearly?"
Qiao Sang: "???"
...
Every year on September 1st, the returning students always looked forward to this day because there was always a spectacle to watch.
Many of the new students who were already aware of the customs at Holy Water High School also eagerly awaited the moment when they could become the talk of the school.
The School Team Demonstration.
To put it nicely, it was a chance to showcase one's strength. To put it bluntly, it was a chance to make a fool of oneself.
With so many people watching, one misstep could lead to being the subject of gossip until graduation, and might even result in losing the chance to have a boyfriend or girlfriend.
Everyone had just become Beastmasters. Why did you get selected for the School Team while I didn't? Many new students harbored this thought.
Saint Water Hall, the largest competition venue at Holy Water High School, was the usual site for grand events and competitions.
The tiered audience stands were packed with people, as the entire school gathered together.
In various classes, many students were discussing the upcoming school start ceremony.
"Did you hear? It seems we can challenge the School Team members later. If we win, can we take their place in the School Team?"
"Where did you hear that?"
"My cousin, who has a friend in the junior year at our school, told me."
"Really? How can we challenge them? If everyone takes turns, the School Team members will definitely lose."
"Apparently, there's a School Doctor in the back, ready to heal them after each match."
"Forget it, I have no chance. I bonded with a Cotton Worm."
"..."
"I spent a lot of money to get inside information. This year's School Team has three top students", a boy with a mushroom cut said solemnly to the classmates who had gathered around him, holding a piece of paper. "First is Wang Jihang, who bonded with a Bubble Chime, a Psychic familiar. You know what that means."
"Next is Lu You. His family has money, and he bonded with a Tiny Dragon. The power of Dragon Companions is well-known. If you want to win, don't pick him."
"Lastly, there's a girl named Qiao Sang, who bonded with a Fangflare." At this point, the mushroom-headed boy lowered his voice. "According to reliable sources, the latest Evolution of the Flame Listener, which caused quite a stir in our city recently, is her familiar."
"No way!" The boy on the right gasped. "She's the same age as us, right? And she only became a Beastmaster two months ago, didn't she?"
"Others have Spontaneous Awakening, so it might have been a bit earlier than two months", the mushroom-headed boy explained.
"Truly insane", the boy on the right sighed. "Our school is amazing; such talents are here with us."
At this moment, the boy on the left, who had been silent all along, asked in his duck voice, "How many Flame Listeners are there in our city now?"
The mushroom-headed boy looked exasperated. "How many do you think? There's only one Flame Listener in our entire city, no, in the entire world right now."
Wang Yiding was stunned. He had thought the girl who helped him find the Crown Cat just looked around his age, but he never imagined she was truly the same age as him...
"If you want to win, don't pick those three", the mushroom-headed boy paused and then smiled. "But if you want to gain some fame in school, wait until the other students wear out their familiars' stamina and then go up. Except for Qiao Sang's Flame Listener, you might have a chance against the other two."
A prolonged battle tests not just the familiar's energy and stamina, but also their endurance.
Endurance is the familiar's ability to sustain prolonged combat, essentially their resistance to fatigue.
A familiar's energy and stamina can be restored with Healing Skills or recovery fluids, but endurance cannot.
Familiars with weak willpower will become riddled with vulnerabilities once their endurance is depleted.
...
"Everyone, on behalf of the school leadership, I extend my warmest congratulations and sincere welcome to the new first-year students", a man in a white shirt, about 1.8 meters tall, with a scholarly air and looking around 24 years old, said as he stepped onto the stage.
"Welcome to the ranks of the noble Beastmasters, but this is just the beginning! The world is finite, but the quest of a Beastmaster is infinite!"
Behind the curtain, all the Special Recruitment Students peeked through a small gap.
Qiao Sang, looking at the man on stage, hesitated. "Is our principal really this young?"
"He's not that young", Lu You chuckled. "Guess how old he is."
Qiao Sang thought for a moment. "26?"
"Wrong", Lu You said.
"36?"
"Guess bigger, much bigger."
"96?"
Lu You: "..."
"I told you to guess bigger, not to guess he's dead", Lu You said helplessly. "He's 48 this year. He became a D-Rank Beastmaster at 20 and received the Companion's Nourishment when he was young, so he ages more slowly."
Qiao Sang was greatly surprised.
In the past, her circle was small, either at school or at home. Beastmasters who receive nourishment from their familiars can retain their youth, and seeing middle-aged or elderly people who look young was something she only saw online. This was her first time seeing a real-life example in person.
Of course, she might have encountered such people on the street, but without them mentioning it, she wouldn't have known.
"Are you nervous?" Lu You suddenly asked, looking at the thousands of students sitting outside the gap in the curtain.
"Very nervous!" Wang Jihang, touching his heart, said. "I feel like my heart rate is at 180."
"Who asked you?" Lu You turned and said exasperatedly. "I was asking Qiao Sang."
Wang Jihang: "..."
Qiao Sang paused, then said excitedly, "Nervous? No way, I can't wait to get out there."
What awaited her was not just combat, but also points!
(End of Chapter)
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