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Chapter 286: This Time, Lanchi Has Taken a Liking to a Treasure
Chapter 286: This Time, Lanchi Has Taken a Liking to a Treasure
The feed to the backstage area seemed to have its audio cut off.
The entire assessment area fell into a deafening silence.
Then, a chorus of shocked, excited, and almost frenzied cheers pierced through the walls, reverberating throughout the assessment building, causing Gloria's scalp to tingle as she watched from outside the screens.
Gloria was now convinced that the new saint was a natural-born showman.
Even though the Dominating Heaven Sect had not yet publicly announced their new Heaven's Chosen, allowing people to recognize their chosen one, the man already proclaimed his presence so ostentatiously within the Protoss Royal Magic Academy. He piqued everyone's expectations, only to fail miserably or even get torn to pieces at the critical moment, which would undoubtedly embarrass the Dominating Heaven Sect.
With a bounty of 130,000 merit points on his head, even Gloria would feel intimidated.
It was enough to make all the students go berserk.
Any student the saint encountered within the barrier would become an enemy who would stop at nothing to take him down.
From now on, except for classrooms where powerful teachers presided over the rules, the usual rule protection might not be very effective! Many students would likely take the opportunity to break the rules and go after Zestila for the bounty.
After all, the most that would happen for breaking the rules was punishment from the teachers or a deduction of a few hundred merit points.
Compared to 130,000 merit points, the cost was negligible.
It was worth gambling for them, and they would not hesitate to break the rules at a critical moment to hunt down Zestila.
Moreover, there was another standard mechanism in the bounty system—
"[The bounty will increase by 1% for each additional student that the targeted student causes to be eliminated from the assessment.]"
Whether or not the other students had any hostile intentions, once the targeted student directly or indirectly caused serious injuries to other students within the range, preventing them from continuing the assessment, the injured students would be sealed and their life status would be blocked by the barrier. They would then be collected by the teachers, and the total bounty would also increase.
Although the students had signed a detailed safety risk acknowledgment form upon enrollment, the school did not want any fatalities during the monthly assessment, which was still considered a scholastic activity.
Usually, a formidable targeted student would only increase the bounty by a few points for each additional opponent they defeated.
However, due to the exaggerated base number, the Dominating Heaven Sect's saint would cause the bounty to increase by thousands with each person he defeated!
Even if the saint could handle a few or even a dozen students along the way, the long twelve-hour period would be a grueling battle of attrition. He would face more and more formidable enemies as time went on!
"His desire to win or lose is not strong in itself, and I don't expect him to achieve much under the school's rules. However, if he can protect the employer, Zestila, until the assessment ends, in whatever way possible, he will have exceeded my expectations."
Sigrid remained unmoved and spoke calmly, clear about the role of her saint.
After all, this was an away game, and there were many limitations.
"..."
Gloria refrained from making any more judgments and watched silently.
As a direct subordinate, she shouldn't question the bishop's choice of the saint.
However, she still felt that the Dominating Heaven Sect was too biased in their love for this saint.
She couldn't fathom how a mere fourth-rank saint could possibly survive for twelve hours and make it to the end of the assessment.
...
At the same time, on the other side of the Protoss Royal Magic Academy's southern assessment area.
It was nine o'clock in the morning, ten minutes before the official start of the assessment.
In the corridor of the first floor of a deep black building, the magic pattern of underworld plants on the carpet changed from time to time, swallowing up the sound of footsteps and shrouding the corridor in an enigmatic depth.
Every few steps, the portraits and mirrors on the walls alternated, their gazes following the passing students, silently witnessing everything that transpired within the ancient academy.
Having observed the surroundings during the previous preparation time, Lanchi seemed to have a good understanding of the building's structure, and now they were quickly approaching their target classroom.
The dim light cast their shadows on the cold, hard marble walls, elongating and shortening as they progressed. Finally, Lanchi slowed his pace and came to a halt before a door.
In the distant corridor behind the two of them, several ghostly shadows had already stealthily caught up.
Currently, all students were restrained by the barrier and unable to engage in combat. This constraint would only be lifted once it was nine o'clock.
For those who had their eyes on Zestila, approaching her rashly was not a wise decision.
It would be better to let others make the first move.
"Teacher." Zestila called out softly, not saying anything further.
Anxiety had been building within her, and as a mere second-rank student, the pressure she felt was overwhelming.
The only person she could truly rely on was her teacher.
"Rest assured, I'm starting to get a feel for my old self again." Lanchi replied with a light laugh, full of confidence.
Hearing this, Zestila felt a little more at ease.
The cat boss hiding in the shadows, however, had a slightly accelerated heartbeat.
Although he had never personally witnessed Lanchi's unrestrained displays at the school, Hubao often chatted with Tata about how Lanchi, once freed from moral constraints, would perform crazy acts of sacrifice that even he believed would earn him praise from the Goddess herself.
Zestila glanced at the door in front of them.
The sign on the classroom door didn't reveal the specific assessment content, and they could only speculate about the broad subject area based on their observations along the way.
"This should be the Beast Cultivation discipline. Teacher, are you familiar with this?" Zestila asked, a hint of worry in her voice.
It was a rather obscure category.
Although the beasts found in cities nowadays were domesticated, their origin in the Demon World still elicited a significant amount of aversion from many Protoss.
And they were extremely dangerous.
"We Demon Worlders have an innate advantage in this area. It's no problem," Lanchi replied confidently.
"Okay." Zestila felt that ever since Lanchi had arrived in this assessment area, even his self-perception had unconsciously changed.
"Zestila, cover me." Lanchi stepped into the doorway, moving forward and standing in the door jamb. With a set plan in mind, he swiftly picked up a carving knife and a brush from the portable card-making tool kit as if he had done this many times before.
Zestila nodded and shifted her position slightly, moving to the side and keeping watch toward the distant corridor entrance.
Lanchi quickly modified the symbols on the sign.
"Done." With that, Lanchi pushed open the door and walked in.
Although it was a rough job, his skill was so extraordinarily proficient that it was almost absurd, making it hard to detect any issues at first glance.
Zestila, just before following Lanchi into the classroom, took a keen look at the sign.
The identification on the door had been altered from 【Beast Cultivation - Difficulty Three】 to 【Culinary Arts - Difficulty One】.
Zestila: "?"
...Headache...lying down, and then starting the simulation
(ω`)
(End of Chapter)
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