Chapter: 78

All students rejoiced with a shout. The past three weeks had been busy for them. These three vacation days was for the students so they could take the time to recover, but it was also for instructors who needed rest.

At the office on the first floor of the main building, there was a long meeting table with piles of documents which the instructors were shifting through. Someone came up to Lee Hameng with a pile of organized documents.

“This is the evaluation and information regarding the failed cadets through the fifth group.”

“Okay.”

Lee Hameng recieved the documents and flipped through the pages as he shook his head.

“We have a lot of failed cadets.”

“Are you talking about ones from the high-ranked clans?”

“Yeah, they lost a good chance.”

Hameng continued looking through the documents. There were a lot of individuals who would have passed easily if it wasn’t for the group testing. Even Chun Wonryou who was one of the candidates to the throne was included.

“Well, isn’t that why we’re here to do this work?”

“Haha, yeah. That’s true.”

The Demonic Academy was open for once every ten years for four years only. The academy was strictly based on competition and gave no second chances to the failed students or talented individuals. This had been an issue with various families, and after through meetings, a reasonable amount of compensation was created.

“If we strictly base everything off the original rules of the academy, we wouldn’t be doing this.”

“Yeah, but you will be hearing all those complaints from the various clans.”

The compensation was to give a fair evaluation to the invidiuals and give them proper ranks and jobs that suited their skills. Failing the second test meant that no one would be a third-grade warrior, but that was deemed to be a waste of talented individuals. Therefore, it was changed.

But why was it not announced earlier? That was because of the academy’s talent-based system. If the students found out that they would be given a fair evaluation and title worth getting even if they failed, why would they risk their lives in the competition?

The students who failed were missing out on the Black Dragon Balls and access to the libraries, but the compensation was acceptable.

“Hmph. By the way, they should be crawling over to the library by now.”

Hameng thought as he stretched for a break. And as he had guessed, the entrance to the library was crowded with over hundreds of students trying to get in.

‘There are a lot of them.’

Most were here to go up to the second floor, and Chun Yeowun was one of them. There were more at first, but half of them returned to the dorm to try another time.

‘I’ll be going to the first floor anyway.’

It was Yeowun’s first visit to the library. Most of the cadets had already used their time on the first floor, but Yeowun had used that time to do a simulation with Nano. The choice to do so was also partly because of Submeng’s advice.

‘Concentrate on learning my blade and breathing skills until you get to the second stage. That will increase your chances of moving on.’

‘Of course, Teacher. But shouldn’t I visit the library too?’

‘No. You have learned martial arts that would be on the fourth or fifth floor of the library, so don’t waste your time delving into the ones on the first floor.’

He had a point. The Butterfly Blade Dance and Breathing of Thousand Martials were some of the best martial arts placed in the upper floors of the library. Chun Yeowun heeded the advice and focused on training his skills. When he got the three-day vacation, he decided to visit the first and second floor of the library.

‘One hour.’

That was the time limit given for the first floor. It was a very short amount of time to look through books, but it didn’t matter to Yeowun.

‘I’ll scan as many as I can.’