The Black Market Chapter 99 - Exam

Day of the first exam, inside the Earth Alliance Academy.

"My lord, are you here to spectate the student's exam?" Santharus asked a silver-haired man who was wearing a noble-looking silver wolf mask.

The latter smiled and shook his head.

"Spectate? You could say so, but I just want to get some fresh air. And maybe I will visit a class or two." 

Santharus became nervous all of sudden. If Cale will go inside the S-Class section, his students will be pressured or unfocused which might affect their overall scores.

The masked Cale glanced at Santharus, his expression indiscernible. 

"Santharus, our students must learn to withstand pressure. And we are not training some random students here. Have more trust in your students. You have been teaching them for more than a month, do you not trust them?"

Santharus hastily bowed his head. 

"I apologize, my lord. You are indeed right, our students must learn to withstand pressure."

Cale waved his hands and continued walking.

"You may go to your class, Santharus."

"Yes, my lord." Santharus gave Cale one last bow of respect before he walked towards a different direction.

Cale then went inside the P-Class section to check his friend, Trevor. It has been quite some time since he had spoken with his friend. 

He heard from Demetrio that Trevor had long since broken through towards the initial stage of the King-Class level. And he was now a professor of the academy.

The increase in his strength was horrifying, but Cale wasn't surprised. Trevor was one of the best soldiers of the Alliance in his past life, but he wasn't able to fully bloom because they were ambushed by the demi-humans.

"Knock! Knock! Knock! Knock!"

The door opened and a man in his early twenties can be seen with a surprised expression. His raven black hair was short, while his dark brown eyes glimmered following his dumbstruck look.

"Ah, Wolf King?"

"Hello, Professor Trevor. How is your class doing so far?" Cale smiled while going inside the P-Class section's room. He ignored the dumbfounded Trevor and scrutinized his students. 

Most of them were already at the E-Class level despite their young age. Although they were one of the bottom-ranked sections, their strength could still not be underestimated.

There was also this particular student in this class that was too lazy to practice and study. If Cale, haven't seen his background, he would have added him inside the S-Class or Class section. 

His name was Ace Malcolm,  a student from the United Kingdom. His talent in martial arts was on par with Situ Kui's, and his marksmanship was on the same level as Roan. But he scored low during the written exam. 

Cale even labeled him as one of the top students of the academy, but the young man was very lazy, thus Cale added him in the P-Class section instead.

Trevor nervously glanced at Wolf King and his students. 

'Did one of my students violated the academy's rules?' He thought to himself.

Wolf King glanced briefly at Trevor before he tapped his shoulder. 

"Don't be anxious Professor Trevor. I am merely doing an inspection in your class." He smiled brightly before moving towards the exit.

After Wolf King left, Trevor heaved a sigh of relief. But his students were still tongue-tied. They never would have thought that the legendary Wolf King would actually visit their P-Class section.

Cale smiled after going out of the room. 

'Trevor is slowly gaining confidence in himself. The Trevor that I knew is almost back.

Hmm, the Written Exam will begin in thirty minutes. I still have time to visit two more sections.'

Thirty minutes later, the first exam of the Earth Alliance Academy began.

The first was the Written Exam. All the students had two hours to answer a one hundred item test. Although it was a multiple-choice questionnaire, if the students did not study, they would have a hard time answering anything.

The next exam was the Martial Arts Exam. All the students will be sent to the virtual world and inside that virtual world, many aliens with the same strength levels as them would spawn. And their task was to kill as much of those aliens in two hours before they surrendered or before they were killed.

The last exam was the Sharpshooting Exam. The same thing will happen, the students will be sent to the virtual world to kill aliens with the same strength levels as them. But the difference was that, during the Sharpshooting Exam, the aliens would also be equipped with weapons.

The exam continued without any problems and the students were fairly confident about their results. 

"I didn't know that Wolf King will actually visit our section. It's my first time seeing him and it feels like I'm looking at an ordinary man with no martial arts background." 

"Of course! Wolf King's strength already far exceeded the realm of normal humans. Have you forgotten what Professor Santharus told us? He told us that several months ago, Wolf King had already reached the Divine-Class level."

"Amazing! I wonder what kind of reward will he give to the top scorer?" 

"We will know when the time comes. It's not a long wait anyway. The academy will announce the top scorer tomorrow, and by then we will know what the reward is."

Roan who was listening to his classmates' conversation clenched his fist. He was confident about his score, but that was also the same for Situ Kui. And there was even his roommate, Levi Stoklasa.

Recalling the exasperated look of his genius friend, Roan could not help but chuckle. 

"What are you laughing at?"  Roan heard a familiar voice which made him smile brightly. He turned around and saw Krystal's pouting face. Her left hand was on her h.i.p.s while her right hand was pointing at him.

Roan grind before grabbing her outstretched right hand which made her hastily take back her arm.

"Hello, Krystal. How is your exam?" He asked while looking at her tenderly.

Krystal blushed and turned her head away.

"Humph! That's none of your business."

"It will be, someday." He said cheekily after he chuckled.

"What did you say?!" 

"Nothing. Nothing."

A few hours later, on the terrace of Cale's room. Everything was dark, except for the city lights which looked extremely beautiful during the night. A man with long black hair can be seen standing while looking at the night sky. His facial expression was complicated as if greatly burdened by something. He then glanced at his side.

"How was it?" He spoke as if he was talking with someone, but no one was there.

"My lord, all of them were killed. And all their gold was taken away as well. None were left behind except for their dead bodies." A voice answered from the shadows.

Cale's eyebrows creased heavily.

"Now, even Shannon Williams was killed. With my weapons, they should be able to fight a weaker army. But how come they were all killed? Even their gold was taken away. Was it them?"

Cale's frown became even more prominent and he stayed silent for a few moments before he shook his head and produced a heavy sigh.

Chapter end