Chapter: 218

“Before we move onto the test, I will announce one small change in the details.”

The cadets began to mumble, concerned about unexpected change. They now realized that the change had something to do with those tied up people at the front of the stage.

“The original test was going to involve fighting instructors with the Sword Demon formation. But there will be a slight change to this.”

Hameng then snapped his fingers and the instructors brought up three large wooden boxes. They opened them up and many swords poured out from within. Those were real swords.

‘Real swords?’

‘I thought we were going to use wooden swords for the test?’

The cadets became confused and Hameng kept going.

“The test will not change. You will use the Sword Demon formation to defeat the enemy.”

‘Enemy?’

Yeowun frowned. And the words that came out of Hameng’s mouth shocked all cadets instantly.

“But- you don’t just defeat them. You have to kill your enemy.”

The cadets began to panic. They were shocked to hear that they had to kill the enemy. Hameng then shouted by forcing his internal energy out.

“SILENCE!!”

“Ugh!”

They all turned silent at once. Hameng glared and continued, “Do you see these people in front of you?”

“Mado!”

“They are criminals from Forces of Justice, and Evil.”

All the cadets were shocked. They thought something was weird when these people were brought up, but they didn’t think they were real criminals. They were more like war prisoners, but for the Demonic Cult, they were criminals.

“You will pass the test if you kill them with the Sword Demon formation. This will be your first official battle.”

The test was not a practice session anymore. It was a real fight against a real enemy and they needed to kill them. Most of the cadets only stayed within the Ten Thousand Mountains, so they never had never seen any enemies until now.

“These criminals will be let go if they defeat you, so they will try hard. Don’t be sympathetic to your enemies, or else you will die instead.”

Lee Hameng warned them. The cadets all turned grim. Of course, the thirty-six instructors were ready to jump if there was any threatening potential danger, but they didn’t tell the cadets. Otherwise, they would forget their fear.

“I- I don’t want to die...”

Jin Guuk paled because of the fear. But it wasn’t only Jin Guuk. Now the test wasn’t about if they were going to pass the test or not. It was whether they would survive or die.

“Now, we will proceed with the test. I will start with the 700th cadet, Sama Chak’s group. Come forward and retrieve your swords.”

“Mado!”

The first group to take this test was Sama Chak’s group. He had been the first person to register to be a group leader, and although he was happy when he did it back then, he and his group weren’t happy about going first.

“Go up!”

Instructors dragged up one of the tied up criminals to the middle of the training ground. Then they took off the black rag and a man with a tangled beard and pale face was revealed. There were many signs of torture on his face.

“Ah... argh...”