Chapter: 32

“I will go up to the top!”

Then the students began dividing themselves into groups. Hameng grouped them based on their personal information and the result of the test. Other than the five groups of 20, the other remaining groups had 21 people.

“Do you know why there are twenty groups?”

“Mado!”

Cadets answered ‘mado’ to Hameng’s question. This was due to the instructions on answering with ‘mado’ for any answer that required a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’. No other answers were allowed.

“Until you pass the third test, all of you will be tested on the same day and same time.”

The academy had no intention to waste money on training up to the third step which was for high-ranked warriors. Therefore, they had a set amount of time allocated for each of the tests.

“The amount you need to learn the ways of a middle-rank warrior is three weeks.”

‘Only three weeks?’

The cadets were frustrated. They were shocked by the unexpectedly quick pace.

“After three weeks, the twenty groups will battle. Ten groups will be allowed to move onto the next step.”

This meant that two hundred people were going to fail.

“This is the only and last test where you will need to work together, so if you want to compete against yourself within the group, you can happily fail the test and leave.”

Most groups were equally formed, but there were some groups with a fewer number of students from the powerful clans. Thus, they weren’t all that excited.

“This ends today’s schedule. You can return to your dorms according to your groups and rest. Starting tomorrow, you will be taught nicely by the staff that are standing in front of you right now.”

The students then turned to their instructors who were standing there expressionlessly. When they saw the staff members dragging the failed students out by clubbing them with their black clubs hanging on their waists, the students shivered.

“You are dismissed!”

“DISMISSED!”

Students then returned to their assigned dorms. However, one of the students stood in place while everyone left with exhausted expressions. It was Chun Mukeum of the Loyal Clan. Instructor Impeng, who was assigned to Mukeum’s 8th group, walked up to him, “3rd cadet. Why are you still standing there?”

Until the students passed the fourth test, they were called upon by their numbers.

“I have a question to ask, Instructor.”

“You know I won’t answer questions that are not related to training.”

“Yes, sir.”

Instructors did not know all of their students’ names and faces, but they at least knew about the princes of the six clans since they were going to be the future leaders of the cult.

“Good. What is the question?”

“I am sure that I will be the leader of my group.”

‘Hmm.’

This wasn’t announced as it was going to be decided tomorrow, but Mukeum already knew that they were going to have group leaders.

‘They don’t care about the rules.’

He knew the six clans would not keep secrets from their princes regarding the academy, but it was rather disappointing to see it in reality.