"By the way, have you guys prepared anything for the midterm exam?" While the three of them were enjoying their Tom Yum together, Lucian suddenly spoke up.
"Yeah." Ash replied nonchalantly.
After all, as a player of False Horizon, Ash already knew what the midterm exam would be, so he had plenty of ti to prepare for it.
However, it seed that Canis was a little different.
When he heard Lucian’s words, Dragon Slayer was so shocked that he almost coughed up his Tom Yum.
Noticing this strange reaction, Ash and Lucian couldn’t help but pay attention to him.
"...You haven’t prepared anything, right?"
"..." Canis didn’t say anything, but his expression said it all.
As a matter of course, Ash and Lucian sighed almost at the sa ti.
Dragon Slayer could be considered a character with great power, even when he was just a first year student, his power had already surpassed many people of the sa age.
It was thanks to that that he received a scholarship to Awakened Academy.
However, there was a problem, Canis was... extrely stupid, stupid to the point of being unimaginable.
He was so unintelligent that anyone who looked at his grades in class would exclaim:
"So stupid..."
And because this was an extrely important test, all students would be forced to be good at both theory and practice.
A student who was good at all aspects like that was exactly what the Academy was looking for. And of course, anyone who was not like that would have to study in a lower Class.
For example, Canis was currently in Class A, so if he failed the theory test, he would be forced to move down to Class C.
Ash and Lucian looked at each other, silently discussing their plans.
And then, they ca to a decision.
Almost simultaneously, the two of them stood up and approached Canis, who was still clueless about what the hell had just happened.
Without hesitation, Ash and Lucian imdiately grabbed Dragon Slayer by the collar, dragging him to the Academy’s library.
Preparing to cram all the necessary knowledge into his brain.
***
"Alright Canis, all of this is yours, study it all." With a gentle yet sinister smile, Ash placed a stack of books that was at least 1 ter thick on the table.
Dragon Slayer stared at the pile of books in fear. Yes, he absolutely hated studying, but Ash didn’t know the reason for this.
Even the ga developer didn’t explain his personality.
Dragon Slayer imdiately stood up and ran away, but before he could do anything, Lucian grabbed the hem of his shirt and forced him to sit down on the chair.
"Don’t run."
"B-But... I don’t like studying... Can we do sothing else?" Canis looked at the two of them with pleading eyes.
But of course, it couldn’t affect Ash and Lucian. They kept a cold face, opened a book, and placed it in front of Canis.
"Study all of this, or you’ll see what I can do." Ash threatened with a holy smile.
He looked like a demon in human form right now.
"A-Alright..." Canis flinched, forced to bury his head in his studies.
After making sure that Canis would never dare to run away without permission or after finishing his works, Ash could calmly turn to Lucian.
"Hey, let’s go train."
"Okay." Lucian didn’t ask anything and just silently followed Ash to the arena.
***
According to what he rembered, the content of the upcoming exam was to survive on a deserted island for 10 days, a place where there were many Abyssal Creatures and their highest Rank was Demon.
That place, of course, had been checked beforehand.
Furthermore, after the recent incident, Modric "Genius" Voidveil had sent many soldiers from the Royal Family to patrol that island for a week straight.
And after confirming that there were no problems on that island, he finally allowed the Academy to hold the test there.
However, in the ga, there would be an unexpected incident that happened during that test.
On the 7th day, an Unholy Wraith would suddenly appear.
But whether it would still appear even after the Royal Family had investigated the entire island, Ash had no way of knowing.
So, during this ti, he did everything he could to beco stronger, strong enough to confront an Unholy Wraith.
One of the ways Ash used to beco stronger was to spar with Lucian - one of the strongest first-year students.
Before the battle began, Ash had to take a mont to stretch, and then, he instantly gripped the wooden sword used for training, looking at his opponent with sharp eyes.
Ash was extrely serious, he was always serious in training like this because it would actually affect his life.
anwhile, Lucian just yawned tiredly, not bothering to hold his sword firmly in his hand, not considering Ash as a formidable opponent at all.
"Alright Lucian, I’ll charge forward."
"Do whatever you want, I will still beat you anyways."
The next mont, Ash used all of his strength, even his speed, to charge towards Lucian.
After many training sessions, he had definitely beco much stronger, but... Ash was still no match for Lucian.
With just a light swing of his sword, he successfully sent Ash flying backwards. Worse yet, Lucian didn’t even need to move.
But with his great fighting spirit and the achievents he had made over the past few months, Ash was still able to continue fighting.
He continued to charge towards Lucian, continuously giving him slashes that were filled with all his strength as if he wanted to cut through a sturdy rock.
The sound of the two wooden swords clashing echoed throughout the arena, and it was getting more and more intense.
However, just like always, Lucian was still able to overwhelmingly defeat him.
Ash couldn’t even hit his body once.
"Tch." Ash stood up from the ground, brushing off the dust on his uniform.
"You lost to again, Ash." Lucian sneered.
"...Alright, whatever. That’s it for today, I’m going back to the library." Ash took the wooden sword and left the arena.
anwhile, Lucian sat down on the ground, staring blankly at the sky with no intention of leaving.
He didn’t want to leave yet.
But then, a sudden cracking sound rang out next to him.
"Oh, look what we have here."
With a slightly surprised smile, Lucian looked at his wooden sword that had broken in half.
It seed that after much effort, Ash had finally reached the level where he could cut Lucian’s wooden sword in half.
"Maybe next ti I’ll have to fight him seriously."
Lucian quickly stood up, took the broken wooden sword and left the arena.
They only had 2 weeks left until the midterm exams started.
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