Chapter Thirty: Morning Exercise Storm

  "Since the founding of the Oakland Magic and Warrior Academy, there has never been a case where someone was expelled. Almost everyone thinks that this woman will create a new history for the academy. By the time of the promotion exams, if she still can't find a partner among the magic students, she won't even be able to take the exam. Without an exam score, it's naturally impossible for her to continue staying in the academy."

  "Nobody is partnering with her?" Qian Jin gazed at Bi Luo, who was timidly retreating backward not far away: "Because of the scholarship?"

  "Could it be because of something else?" Luo Lin shrugged: "Magic students are even more arrogant than us, how would they be willing to be with such a poor student like you?"

  Qianjin furrowed his brow and ran around the training ground circle after circle, but his eyes never left Bi Luo's position again. Mages are different from warriors.

  Apprentices of magic cannot use any magic alone. They need a few or dozens, draw a magic array on the ground, and stand in the magic array together to push the magic forward.

  School magic students are even more unable to use magic alone, and exams require many magic students to work together in order to drive the magic.

  People with spiritual power and magical powers that barely meet the standards of a lower academy can't possibly use magic alone, losing the coordination and assistance of others...

  "Damn it...!"

  Luolin noticed that Qianjin clenched his fists and made a faint cracking sound in his joints as he spoke, and secretly suspected that it was spiritual power again. Was Qianjin too obsessed with spiritual power?

  Morning exercises always have an end time. All students of Auckland Magic and Warrior Academy stood in a neat square formation, already accustomed to it, in front of the meditation platform that had been emptied earlier, waiting for the principal's daily routine speech.

  The morning sunlight spilled onto the meditation platform and also onto Principal Fick, who had just stepped onto the platform and was steadying his footing, his slender figure silhouetted against the light.

  The crowd went through the morning exercise, listlessly waiting for the principal's speech, which was as dull as ever: "Work hard! Work hard! The future is yours!" After listening to the boring speech, they immediately rushed to the cafeteria to have a fragrant and hot breakfast.

  "Everyone, work hard! The future is yours!"

  The quiet playground echoed with Principal Fick's unchanged words for many years, everyone had already begun to prepare and wait for the principal's next sentence "dismissed", then applaud and leave.

  "Today, I..."

  Applause erupted, and everyone finally reacted, wait a minute! The principal didn't say dismiss, but wanted to say something else?

  The playground fell silent once again, and Principal Fick coughed before saying, "Today, I have some news to share with everyone. It's about the badge points! I've made a new decision!"

  Badges? Students of each grade cast their eyes on the top ten of this year, and Qianjin also received a certain amount of attention.

  Luo Lin suspiciously looked through the crowd at Principal Fick, a businessman's family upbringing, which made him realize that since this principal took the stage, his eyes had been directed towards himself, or rather, staring at Gan Jing! Could it be that what the principal was about to announce had something to do with Gan Jing?

  Qian Jin furrowed his brow, what was the principal staring at him for? Was it because he had gotten into a fight yesterday and the Dean of Studies had gone to tattle on him again?

  "What I'm announcing today is related to Qianjin." Principal Fei's thin arm pointed at Qianjin, and the students standing in front of him and around him unconsciously parted to both sides, suddenly making the space around Qianjin seem particularly large and conspicuous.

  Originally didn't know who Qianjin was a student of, now everyone knows who Qianjin is.

  "First-year warrior students, whoever can defeat Qianjin and take the badge from him, one badge is worth two badges' points."

  Principal Fei's slightly hoarse voice still echoed on the playground, and a burst of exclamations and whispers erupted from the small squad of students. Everyone's eyes were fixed on Qianjin, wanting to see what was different about this student? The usually taciturn principal had spoken more than usual today because of him, and even awarded his badge two points at once?

  Same badge, but different points! What does this mean? The top ten students had different expressions on their faces, but there was a hint of anger in each of their eyes.

  Gazing at Principal Fick, who was smiling on the stage, Qian Jin felt the angry glares of the eight people around him and secretly wondered: Was this a trick by the Dean of Studies? Among the top ten students in the same grade, if someone took away the badge in their hand, their points could be doubled. What did this represent? It represented that the person holding the badge was extremely powerful! The difficulty for others to snatch the badge was too high, so it was worth adding points! Wasn't this openly telling the other top ten students that they were no match for Qian Jin?

  "How dare you!"

  A dissatisfied roar in the crowd, Qian Jin gently rubbed his forehead, and indeed! It was just announced that someone was dissatisfied, and the Dean of Academic Affairs was too despicable. He couldn't take action himself, so he used this method to find students to avenge him.

  "What's wrong?" Principal Fick's face burst into a smile, those wrinkles squeezed together like chrysanthemums blooming: "Zelda, Fabukaras, are you not convinced? Do you think my announcement humiliated you? Well! If in the following days, you can get the emblem from Ganondorf. I will announce that whoever defeats you, the emblems taken away by you, are also worth double points. Alright, now disperse."

  The crowd had dispersed long ago in the past, but today's students did not leave immediately. Everyone clearly knew that two people had just publicly expressed their dissatisfaction, so it was very likely...

  "Come on, I, Zelda, challenge you to a duel."

  "Kaneki, I, Fujikura, challenge you to a duel!"

  A crisp and loud sound echoed in the air above the playground...

  A duel, the sound of a challenge echoed through the sky above Oakland Magic and Warrior Academy. In an instant, it stirred up the excitement of all the students, making this ordinary morning different from usual.

  Zelda, a first-year warrior at the Oakland Magic and Warrior Academy ranked sixth, and Fabukaras, ranked seventh, simultaneously thought of making a bold statement, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

  Any student who ranks in the top ten of any grade rarely sees a fight. It suddenly appeared today, how could everyone not be excited?

  Whether it was a magic student or a warrior student, whether it was an upperclassman or an underclassman, everyone's gaze fell on Qianjin, wanting to see how this first-year warrior student who was currently the most popular and ranked eighth would react.