All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 49

“Okay. Then, for the remaining time…”

Ian thought for a moment, then turned his body.

“I should meditate. Kirke, find a hiding place.”

Ian said lightly and moved into the darkness.

* * *

On the last day of the survival exam, Ian went to the base of Class B, which he had heard about from Haryun.

Haryun was relieved to see that he was safe.

“Ian! Are you okay?!”

“I’m fine.”

“But have you heard the rumor?”

He subtly pulled Ian aside and spoke in a small voice.

“Instructor Hastings, Instructor Romentle, and Instructor Villadi have gone missing. They disappeared on the day the survival exam started…”

“When did you hear that?”

“I heard it from an Edith Hunter, one of the trackers we caught yesterday. They went out together at night and haven’t returned.”

“Did you do it?”

Graegin, who had approached, asked quietly, and Ian smiled. He could tell that it was a yes.

“Okay. Good job. But what about the necklaces? If you didn’t collect them separately, take this.”

“I caught a few.”

He counted the necklaces in Ian’s bag and shook his head.

“That’s not enough. Class A is really making a move now, you know?”

Graegin opened his bag.

His bag contained several necklaces of trackers and students.

“Take them all.”

“What about you?”

“I’m not interested in the rankings. Anyway, I’m in 1st place, though the written exam is a tie. I won’t be demoted.”

“That’s still not enough, is it? Take mine too.”

Haryun also noticed the situation and put a few tracker necklaces into Ian’s bag.

“At this rate, you might be able to aim for individual victory, right?”

He smiled and said leisurely.

“Remember, this Haryun is the one who made your victory possible.”

Graegin chuckled at those words.

“Was I just playing around? I gave you more, you know?”

Ignoring his words, Haryun put his arm around Ian’s shoulder.

“Friend, I hope you’ll remember this.”

“Okay.”

At that time, the students who had gone out exploring returned.

“Hey, Class A completely wiped out Class C and Class D, you know?”

“Ah, really?”

“It looks like we’ll get more points from Class A than we thought. It’s not enough at the current level.”

As Park Bare said with a sullen face, Ian grabbed his sword.

“It’s a shame to miss out on 1st place in the survival exam after coming this far, right?”

“That’s right. If we win here, we’ll be 1st place in all the exams.”

“Then Plan B. Let’s start.”

Turning his body and walking, behind him, the Class B students smiled and naturally followed.

The survival exam requires returning to the academy by dusk on the day after the exam ends for the score to be recognized.

Therefore, the most intense battle begins as the exam end time approaches.

This is because students who have lost their necklaces but have not given up are determined to wait at the academy entrance.

“Everyone gather!!”

Among the students who had their necklaces taken, those who could fight grabbed their weapons.

Leading them was Acewin, the representative of Class C.

“Our goal is Class A!!”

How can we just leave those who raided us on the last day and took all our necklaces?

Especially if the opponent is someone who ambushed and defeated you.

“They’re coming!!”

The Class A students were coming down the road.

One of the students who had been attacked by them shouted, and Acewin raised his weapon.

“Seiren!!”

“May the sun shine its power upon you!!”

Seiren also belonged to the side that had their necklaces stolen in yesterday’s raid.

Perhaps because he was quite angry about it, he deliberately cast all the blessings.

And it wasn’t just them who were angry.

“Cheating bastards!! Moving as a team!! It makes the purpose of the survival exam meaningless!!”

Of course, Class A is not the only one moving as a team, but what does that matter?

It is important to immediately reveal hostility towards Class A.

While everyone was burning with fighting spirit, the handsome boy at the head of the Class A students smiled and raised his fist.

“Haha!! Come at me! You bastards!! Aqua!!”

The intermediate water spirit is summoned.

The blue water spirit in the form of a fairy smiled brightly and settled on the gauntlet of the blue-haired pretty boy, Fidas, the representative of Class A.

“Euryah!!”

With him, who clenched his fist tightly, at the head, the Class A students ran.

“I’ll crush you!! Fidas!!”

Fidas, who manifested aura along with the power of the spirit.

Acewin, who received blessings and drew out aura.

The moment the two experts collided, Class A and those who had their necklaces stolen clashed.

A brawl broke out.

This is the most interesting scene of the Heroic Feat Festival.

To watch this, some invited powerhouses were out at the academy entrance.

What could be more fun than watching the fight of the weak?

The powerhouses, watching the young students fight, wore warm smiles.

At the same time, they were all wondering.

“By the way, where did Class B go?”

Class B, the biggest dark horse of this Heroic Feat Festival, had not yet shown itself.

While everyone was wondering, the fight was heading towards its end.

“Herina!! Now’s the time!!”

Fidas, who was fighting with Acewin and scattering the power of the water spirit Aqua, shouted.

At his signal, Herina, the magician of Class A, chanted a spell.

“Wind, ice, here…”

“Damn it!! Stop her from using magic!!”

Because Fidas was rampaging with the power of Aqua, this area was already soaked.

In that situation, Herina was trying to use ice magic.

What would happen if everyone got caught in that magic while wet?

Those who could use bows or magic attacked her.

However, the Class A students around her desperately protected her, and.

“Ice Age!!”

Eventually, the magic was completed.

The moment frost formed on the bodies of the fighting students, Acewin resisted by drawing up aura.

“Keuk…!”

But he couldn’t hold out any longer and eventually knelt on one knee.

Acewin, with frost on his face, hair, and body, gritted his teeth.

Fidas, who was also frozen, trembled and held up an artifact.

“Phew! Warm Bodies!”

As if he had been aiming for this from the beginning, all the Class A students in the range of the magic also used artifacts to escape the cold.

“Achoo! Achoo! Sniffle. Hey, Acewin, why are you coming at me so seriously? Achoo!! It’s scary.”

“Ugh… you… you bastard…”

“Even if we hand over the Heroic Feat Festival victory to Class B… Sniffle. We have to salvage the survival exam and individual victory at least…”

“Hey!! Fidas! Watch out!”

The Class A student next to him was flustered and pulled Fidas.

-Papat!!

Three arrows were stuck in the spot where he had been just a moment ago.

When Fidas, who was almost hit by the arrows, turned his head, those who had been hiding their bodies with grass in the forest area, which he thought was empty, walked out.

“Haha, this camouflage that Ian taught us is better than I thought.”

“It was agonizing to stay still, though.”

From that group, a boy with dark black hair walks out.

Holding a sword in one hand and a white cat on his shoulder, he pointed his sword at the flustered Class A.

“Wipe them out.”

“Damn it!! Class B bastards?!”

Fidas shouted in disbelief at their attack.

“You bastards!! How were you hiding?!”

“We put up a barrier and camouflaged ourselves! You bastard! We have four magicians!!”

They couldn’t put up a barrier that completely hid their appearance because they didn’t have ley lines [naturally occurring lines of energy that can enhance magical abilities], but they could hide their presence to some extent.

On top of that, as Ian suggested, they properly camouflaged themselves with grass, mud, and charcoal, so no one noticed that they were hiding.

“Damn it!! Everyone!! Get inside quickly!!”

Fidas shouted urgently.

Class A currently has the most necklaces, so if they just get inside, they win.

The moment Fidas summoned Aqua and tried to force his way through with the students, Ian had already taken his place on the path.

-Kwagwagwagwak!!

As he swung his sword greatly, a long and deep line was created on the road.

Seeing that, Fidas smiled and clenched his fist.

“…Is this the first time I’m fighting you?”

“Yeah.”

Fidas, who lightly clenched and then opened his fist, slowly lowered his stance.

Aqua, reading his tension, gathered water energy.

As Ian, who was watching it, spoke, Fidas ran with all his might and shouted.

“Please be gentle!!”

Myae and Aqua, and Ian and Fidas.

The final battle that decorates the finale of the Heroic Feat Festival began as the representatives of each class clashed with each other.

“Haa… Haa…”

He somehow managed to hold on, but he couldn’t handle it anymore.

As Fidas, who had been knocked away by Ian’s back kick, knelt down and panted, Acewin stood up with a pleased expression.

“Hahaha!! Ian! I’m still here. I’ll challenge you again!”

While the two were fighting, Acewin, who had escaped the cold, grabbed his weapon.

As he ran with a smile, Ian threw a punch.

-Pow!!

He simply knocked him out and assessed the situation.

The fight between Class B and Class A was almost over.

“Damn it!! Class B bastards!! Just you wait!”

The victory was completely tilted towards Class B.

Ian, who was watching it, turned his body.

“Myamya~.”

Myae, who had reverse-summoned Aqua, returned to Ian.

The moment Myae, who was soaked, shook his body and climbed onto his shoulder, one of the Class A students who was standing until the end knelt down.

“Keuk… Damn it.”

Blanche, who was aiming a spear at his head, grinned.

“Want to try more?”

“…Damn it!!”

He burst into anger and handed over the necklace.

Blanche, who received it, waved his hand lightly.

“Ian!! It’s over here! Take the necklace!!”

The Class B students were not disappointed to give the necklace to Ian.

Blanche smiled at Ian, who had obtained all the necklaces that Class A had at once.

“Congratulations, individual winner.”

“You’re welcome.”

Ian, who was the first to return to the academy while many people were watching, raised his bag.

“Please check the score.”

Starting with him, the Class B students hand over the bags containing the necklaces.

Hound, who checked the stacked bags, chuckled.

“Victory. Congratulations.”

He didn’t need to count to know that the victory of this Heroic Feat Festival belonged to Class B, and that the individual winner was Ian.

“Thank you.”

With that word, all the exams of the long Heroic Feat Festival came to an end.