Chapter Thirty-One: The Appointment in the Small Woods

  "Duel?" Kanji's eyebrows rose, feeling the expectant gazes from all directions, and glanced at Principal Fick who had not left yet, lightly clenched his fist and fell into thought.

  "Has something been exposed? Has the principal discovered something?" Qian Jin looked at Principal Fick with suspicion, his mind racing with all sorts of speculations: although this person was just a principal of an elementary warrior academy, he was still a principal after all. The Dry family's Kun Dou technique was even recognized by the Demon Clan. If they were to fight these two without being careful and accidentally used the Kun Dou technique, their identities would be exposed.

  Safety first! With a resolute and swift decision, he lifted his head to gaze at the two challengers, who immediately revealed cautious and solemn expressions, instinctively adopting a combat stance.

  Qianjin looked at the two of them with a smile and shook his head, "Is it necessary to be so cautious?" Under the puzzled gaze of the crowd, he walked up to the two of them and said in a low voice, "Want to fight me? Alright. Meet me at our school's small woods this afternoon after class. Keep it a secret, I don't want to fight with too many people."

  Zelda and Fabukaras looked at Ganondorf with puzzled faces. What does this mean? Why do we have to go to the small forest to fight? Isn't it all the same whether we win or lose?

  The surrounding teachers and students looked curiously at Qianjin's departing back, puzzled as to what this first-year student from the Warrior Department, currently ranked eighth, had said that could make the two stop fighting.

  "Alright, alright..." Luo Lin swung his fat arms to part the crowd and trotted over to Qian Jin's side. Under everyone's gaze, he walked shoulder to shoulder with him and asked in a low voice, "What did you tell them?"

  "I was going to tell them..." Qianjin suddenly shut his mouth, and his eyes rolled around on Luolin's body with a suspicious tone: "I suddenly remembered that you are from a merchant family, it's better not to tell you this, lest you sell me out..."

  "Classmate..." Luo Lin, under the watchful eyes of everyone, placed his chubby arm on Gan Jing's shoulder, with a pained and sorrowful expression: "You doubting my feelings for you like this really hurts me."

  Qianjin also put his arm on Roland's shoulder, with a look of great reluctance: "Classmate, I still remember that you sold my whereabouts to Colleen for three copper plates several times, which made me be chased by her and asked for a duel."

  "Classmate, those are all things of the past." Luo Lin's plump face showed no hint of shame, but instead seemed to radiate a holy light, his eyes shining like stars as he said: "Our friendship has already accumulated over time and reached an eternity like the starry sky."

  Qian Jin couldn't help but laugh in his heart as he looked at Luo Lin's almost devout expression. Others may not understand Luo Lin, but he himself had long been very familiar with him. The more Luo Lin appeared to be generous and composed, the more it showed that he was up to no good. It's just that ordinary people would feel guilty when faced with his appearance and expression.

  Qianjin had been deceived by Luo Lin several times before, and now that he saw his expression again, he immediately knew that the fat man's mercantile nature had erupted once more.

  "Classmate, your eyes are filled with distrust. This hurts me a lot..." Luo Lin shook his slightly chubby head: "I think the only way to make you feel my sincerity is to introduce my sister to you right away."

  "I can see your sincerity, so let's just forget about the thing with your sister. Dry Qi turned his head to look at the crowd that had already dispersed and whispered in Luo Lin's ear: "I'll give you a chance to make some money, but don't spread the news too far. Just let the top-ranked students know. Let's just say that this afternoon after class, I'll be fighting those two challengers in the small woods of our academy."

  Luolin's eyes lit up in an instant, his fat ears perked up continuously, as if he had heard the sound of copper plates colliding, and the merchant's keen sense of smell detected the opportunity to make money at the first moment.

  After Principal Fick's speech in the morning, plus the two first-year students from the Warrior Department who ranked sixth and seventh simultaneously challenged him, and with Gan Jing's behavior towards the school flower during the morning exercise, now whose eyes are not on Gan Jing? Even the senior students looked at Gan Jing with the same gaze. They all wanted to see what was different about this warrior student who was treated differently by Principal Fick.

  "Remember that." Gan Jing, as usual, choked Luo Lin's neck and whispered: "Classmate, too many people have gone, I won't even go. You wait to be beaten to death for compensation."

  "No problem, no problem." Luo Lin patted Gan Jing's back with his plump big hand: "You have to believe in my business instincts! If I can't even handle this small matter, how will I become the richest businessman on the continent in the future? We'll split the profits 50/50 this time!"

  "Fine, I'll give in. Just don't mention me being your brother-in-law again."

  "Classmate, I have principles! Making money is for making money, and family matters are for family. I won't let a few cents delay the great love between you and my sister."

  Luolin's firm expression showed an unutterable longing, and his dry, wordless sighs seemed to say: "Can't this chubby girl find someone else? Must she be pushed onto me?"

  At breakfast time, in the spacious dining hall, Qian Jin once again felt like a celebrity. Due to Principal Fick's relationship, even eating was being secretly observed constantly.

  Breakfast, rest, class.

  Qianjin supported his chin with one hand, straining to lift his eyelids and listening to Lecturer Huan's lesson on the podium. As a warrior, he couldn't be illiterate, even if he wouldn't participate in national strategies in the future; he still had to understand some things about being a soldier.

  Magic and Warrior Academy, unlike other categories of academies, the main purpose of cultivating students here is to send them into the army, onto the battlefield, to become a military warrior! To supply talents for the army!

  The war between humans and the demon tribe has been going on for many years. As time passed, humans came to realize one thing: that deploying warriors with certain levels of martial power into the army did not instantly unleash their greatest strength.

  The army is a special group, with its own laws, commonly known as military law. There are also other types of military knowledge, such as coordination and various environments, as well as jargon that need to be learned.

  It was discovered by those in the know that instead of waiting for warriors to enlist and learn these things, it would be better to let them learn many things about the military while still in school. This way, when they enter the military, they won't be green recruits who are completely clueless, but can quickly integrate into the military system and become units that can exert their full strength.

  Just woke up...