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Chapter 47: Lanchi Starts to Misbehave
Chapter 47: Lanchi Starts to Misbehave
In the spacious classroom of the Demon Academy, the intertwining dim lights cast an eerie and mesmerizing ambiance upon the wooden floor and carpets, evoking a sense of unknown desolation. Only the crisp footsteps of the examiners reverberated through the exam hall, like wandering intentions to kill.
At the back of the exam hall, Hepburn leaned her head down, her eyes trembling slightly as her mind went blank.
She never expected that she would end up in a shadow world where she had to pretend to be a demon.
To her, it was an extreme form of punishment.
Unlike other challengers whose appearances were temporarily altered by the shadow world's backdrop to resemble demons, her disguise magic had been completely stripped away, revealing her true demon form.
This was an appearance she would rather die than let the people of the royal capital see, and Hepburn didn't even know how she could face Lanchi like this.
However, the only clear thought in her mind at the moment was—
The shadow world she and Lanchi were in was being broadcast on the screens throughout the school.
This was both a performance and an execution.
She could only strive to calm her mind and attempt to focus on the exam questions before her.
As a half-demon, Hepburn had extremely high compatibility with demon magic writings and could even use some innate demon magic.
But having grown up in the human realm as a duke's daughter, she had no idea how to answer these chaotic and obscure demon magic questions.
If even she couldn't answer them, it meant that these questions were not meant to be solved by the challengers themselves.
The way to pass this exam and leave the exam hall was obvious—
The challengers in the hall had to discern who among them could answer the questions, copy their answers, and simultaneously avoid the gaze of the two examiners.
Hepburn and Lanchi also needed to coordinate; otherwise, they might not be able to gather enough passing answers within two hours.
After all, the demon students were wary of each other. For instance, the students in the front row were especially cautious about others seeing their papers, and there might even be mischievous individuals who deliberately gave wrong answers to mislead their peers.
"Hu..."
Hepburn struggled to regulate her erratic breathing.
The only thing that gave her a slight sense of reassurance was the calm presence of Lanchi not far from her side.
He must have also understood the rules for passing this exam hall.
Of course.
However, Hepburn wasn't sure if her conjectured strategy aligned with Lanchi's, so she remained still.
Their agreement was—
Lanchi would observe their enemies, and she only needed to observe Lanchi.
...
Not far to Hepburn's right, Lanchi leaned back in his chair, gazing at the two examiners with a thoughtful expression.
The examiners were well-dressed, appearing polite and courteous on the surface, but they exuded an undeniable aura of terror.
One of them had the body of an owl with sleek, shiny black feathers and piercing red eyes that were cold and cunning. He wore a neat, classical suit adorned with intricate golden details, giving off a sense of belonging to an ancient and mysterious sect.
The other examiner, with dragon horns and scales, stood with an air of authority and strength. His eyes seemed to burn with fiery embers, and his human-like body was clad in an elegant vintage suit embroidered with complex patterns, suggesting some form of symbolic power.
They both seemed to hold relatively high positions in this school.
Although the examiners noticed Lanchi's gaze, they didn't say anything.
Lanchi's eyes conveyed honesty and transparency, as if his heart was as clear as a mirror, showing no signs of attempting to cheat. Instead, he appeared to be giving his eyes a break from writing.
More importantly, looking at the examiners was not considered communicating in any meaningful way.
While this action would indeed draw a certain level of attention from the examiners, it also increased the difficulty of cheating.
However, it wasn't entirely pointless.
Within a few minutes of observation, Lanchi had already discovered quite a few things.
For instance, the two examiners' movement routes and speeds were highly regular.
And indeed, cheating did occur in the classroom.
There were quite a few demon students in the front row who, whenever they spotted a shared blind spot in the examiners' fields of view, would take the opportunity to cheat.
Some employed simple yet precise and efficient methods, while others used magic to their advantage, each displaying their unique skills.
For instance, one of the demons in the front row seemed to have just used a mental magic spell to forcibly occupy Lanchi's vision for a moment, causing his eyesight to go dark.
After that, Lanchi felt like he had been labeled as an incompetent student. It seemed that a cheating group had formed, and upon realizing that Lanchi couldn't answer the questions, the nearby demon students made sure to not give him a chance to peek at their answers, effectively excluding him from their academic fraud.
"It's a good thing my mental fortitude and magic resistance are high enough; otherwise, being controlled by such magic would've been disgusting."
Lanchi thought to himself.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, feeling that he had gradually understood everything.
Now, it was time for him to showcase his abilities.
...
Every minute or so, a blind spot would occur in the examiners' fields of view with respect to Lanchi's position.
There was a brief second where cheating could be attempted, and it was the optimal time to act.
This rare opportunity was about to present itself again.
At this moment, two demon students in the row in front of Lanchi couldn't help but turn their bodies slightly, their hands clutching their papers as they tensed up.
Their plan was to write down the answers they knew and then take advantage of this moment to exchange papers.
All of this did not escape Lanchi's watchful gaze.
Even though their method was simple and crude, it was effective because the two demon students were smart enough not to write their names on their answer sheets.
Hepburn quietly observed Lanchi from the side.
Following Lanchi's gaze, which was like that of a predator locking onto its prey, she also noticed the movements of the two demon students in the front row.
Hepburn had to admit that Lanchi's bold choice to 'stare openly at everyone' had not only increased the examiners' attention on him but also provided him with a highly efficient means of gathering information.
For example, the moment that was about to come.
The two students in the front row were very likely to exchange papers.
As long as his reaction was quick enough...
Lanchi could use the additional function of the tool magic card, [Shadow World Recording Program], to record the information on the two papers to a certain extent during the exchange.
Then, he could view the recorded information within his field of vision.
This was a convenience and information advantage unique to the challengers!
As the blind spot appeared, the two demon students in the front row began their planned movements.
Hepburn eagerly anticipated Lanchi seizing the opportunity to grab the answers.
If they could use the two students as a springboard to copy answers from more students, perhaps they wouldn't need to stay for the full two hours and could submit their papers early.
Just as Hepburn was thinking this.
Lanchi raised his right hand.
"Teachers, they're cheating!"
His righteous and stern voice echoed throughout the classroom.
Instantly, the two invigilators turned their heads, their gazes fixing on the two demon students who were in the middle of exchanging papers, their cheating attempt thwarted.
The two accused cheaters also turned their heads instinctively, their eyes widening in disbelief as they stared at Lanchi, as if they were looking at a despicable traitor.
"You two, I saw you."
The dragon-horned demon examiner, who was closer to the cheating students, quickly strode towards the front row, while the owl-like demon examiner clicked his tongue and turned back to continue walking forward.
A cruel slaughter was about to unfold.
The piercing screams seemed to compress the air, causing the other demon students to feel suffocated.
In the next second, the only sounds left in the classroom were that of crunching bones, splattering blood, and spilling intestines.
The cheating demon students had been reduced to two corpses in mere moments!
(End of Chapter)
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