Chapter 265

The arena we arrived at after Professor Rubys was like an indoor gym.

There is a space for rest, and there are people who are busy moving around and carrying medicines and bandages. It was very systematic and strange, so I was staring at it blankly, and then Professor Rubys quietly spoke to me.

“It’s a look you can’t see in the Empire. Originally, I didn’t even have it, but it came into being from the beginning of the war.”

It must have been a culture that was not there from the beginning. However, since it was added, there was nothing bad about it, so good things were good.

“Looking at the potion, it seems like they put a lot of effort into it.”

“They said that various temples, starting with the Holy Light Cross, are helping. Thanks to that, it’s convenient to be able to take classes without worrying about injuries.”

After all, what you learn here is a skill to kill something, whether it’s killing a monster or a person, so it’s true that reducing the risk of injury is a good thing... Why is this man talking about it?

In the short 10 minutes that I came here, I was plagued with so many questions and figured out that Professor Rubys wasn’t really a sociopath or lacking in emotion. He’s just a bit clumsy and often shows extreme efficiency, but he’s a teacher who wants students to learn more and grow into talented people.

I don’t know why such a person came to Isthel, one of the few elves in the country, and is working as a professor. I don’t even know what he was doing before, but his personality itself didn’t seem bad.

However, the problem is that as an elf, he tried to understand the human concept of time, so he had a sense that seemed to match at first glance, but was vastly out of sync. I wonder how Ashlie would react if I told her that she saw an elf moving as if she were being chased by every minute and every second.

“In my class, it is basic for students to use all the means they have to sparring. So I hope you will deal with them in the same way.”

“Are there many students learning magic and swordsmanship at the same time?”

“There are not many enemies. There are battle mages, and there are also aspiring magic knights. They prepare magic tools and sometimes use non-lethal memorization.”

Is it a real brute force battle royale? After checking my face for a moment to see if my expression had become mysterious without my knowledge at Professor Luvis’s explanation, he shrugged his shoulders and added an explanation.

“It’s the difference between an empire and a kingdom. Empires nurture talents of the distant future, but kingdoms want talents that can be used right after graduation. It’s more effective than digging a single well.”

It’s not that only geniuses come to the academy, and there are a limited number of talented people who can see the end of one field anyway, so there’s no reason to teach only that. It might be better than making them hold on to things that don’t work like injecting education.

“Actually, it’s on the side of performance. You’ll see novel students when you deal with them, so you can look forward to it.”

I’m looking forward to it because a very old person says that. If I could make a two-hundred-year-old elf say that he was novel, I wonder if that alone would be his talent.

“How many classes are there?”

“There are 30 students in each grade. Only students who stand out in practical skills can apply for this course, so I’d like to say that it’s an acceptable level of skill, but... It’s highly likely that you won’t be angry.”

“You think you rate me quite highly.”

“Because there are more reasons to rate it highly than there are reasons not to do it.”

“You seem to have a short knowledge base, so let me tell you two good things. First, if there is a personnel adjustment in your group that you don’t understand, and the superior or commanding person above you is a better person than you, you won’t know with your limited insight. It is the surest way to make the past less embarrassing. I was hired as a part-time lecturer because Professor Rubys himself requested it.”

Of course, it’s a different story when an incompetent person is over your head. Regardless of whether that person is truly incompetent. Eldmia shrugged and said it as if it were a joke, but most of the students couldn’t laugh at the joke.

“So you’re saying you can do it?”

“Second. I do it because I can do it. Remember it well. It is the biggest reason why I was able to be acquitted without any penalty even though I killed a nobleman in the middle of the capital and razed the temporary detention center to the ground.”

Contrary to the answer that still led to a calm attitude, the content was bloody. At that moment, even the student who asked the question couldn’t help but be shocked. However, Eldmia, as if the answer did not really mean much, slowly got up from her seat and went up to the arena to continue her explanation.

“It’s a practical subject, so I don’t need to say anything anymore. I’ll deal with you sequentially from 30th to 1st. Come up on your own. Leica, prepare an hourglass.”

Who is Leica? While the eyes of the students wandered in the air, Eldmia’s dog, which moved around, tactfully bit into the hourglass placed on the chair at the end of the arena and looked at him. It was cute enough, but the situation they were in right now was so shocking that the students didn’t have time to feel something in that action.

“It’s a three-minute hourglass. The time I can give each of you in this class is up to three minutes. I’m sure you’ll take care of it, but I don’t have that kind of experience in my life, so it’s not easy to adjust. Even if you drop out quickly, don’t be discouraged. so that.”

Because the vast majority of students felt that words that were no different from obvious provocation came out of Eldmia’s mouth.

“...It’s called Babeli.”

Even though he had the lowest grades in the actual subject, when the male student, who was not bad at all, gritting his teeth, stepped up to the arena, Eldmia tilted his head sideways and replied.

“I don’t need a full name. I’ll remember the name I need.”

Babeli drew her sword, determined to remain calm rather than angry. Then, in response to the sound of ‘tap’ as Laika overturned the hourglass, she applied her aura as quickly as she could and burrowed into Eldmia’s arms. However, as soon as I confirmed that Eldmia did not take it seriously and followed her eyes, I felt that something was wrong.

“You won’t be eliminated soon.”

Eldmia’s shoulder, which dug in reverse without pulling out the sword, hit Babeli’s stomach, and at the same time, his hand was wrapped around him in an instant, blocking Babeli’s arms holding the sword. Babelli, who believed that she could withstand a fair amount of shock because she was wearing an aura, had to fall backwards after receiving a strong impact on her face without a chance to be surprised by the shock that stifled her breath.

“Because the level is so low, there is no need to worry about adjusting the power.”

It was only after hearing Eldmia’s voice in his ears that Babeli realized that not only had his sword been taken away, but also that he had been hit in the face by Eldmia’s elbows and was sprawled on the floor. It was a movement that wasn’t that fast, but being unilaterally suppressed like this? Didn’t even feel aura?

– Chaeng-Geurang!

Eldmia stopped all kinds of thoughts from passing through my head. He threw the stolen sword back in front of Babeli. But Babeli had no time to feel humiliated at the fact that the sword had been taken away and that the sword had been thrown back.

“again.”

Barbelli swallowed hard and gripped her sword, fearful of what might happen to her in the remaining 2 minutes and 50 seconds.

And as if Eldmia’s voice was an order, he jumped in once more.