Chapter 848 Moments Before The Tournament

848 Moments Before The Tournament

[A Few Days Later]

"Alright, everyone... how are you feeling?"

The five Class1-A students within the dedicated training hall stared at the man who asked the question—their temporary instructor—and as much as they wanted to respond immediately, they had to take a few breaths.

O'jog had been working them to the bone ever since he became their instructor, and all of it was for the special event that was coming up soon.

... Very soon.

"The preliminaries for the Academy Tournament Event is tomorrow. I have to know if you're all ready." He pushed once again, his cheerful face seemingly oblivious of the plight of the five Newts in front of him.

They were all within a blank white room that was just used for intensive training. This had been their schedule for days now, and they practically spent all their time practicing and learning all kinds of things from O'jog.

He wasn't the strongest for nothing.

Due to his position, however, he was very harsh on them.

"You have to win, okay? Failure isn't an option!" He would always say anytime he pushed them, completely numb to the pain they felt.

Perhaps this was what they needed... but it was hella painful.

"Haa... haa..."

"Y-yeah... we're ready."

"Yep..."

Slowly, the five students rose to their feet and arranged themselves in a straight line as they presented themselves to their Instructor.

Mi'ja. Ad'oni, Cyn'dy, R'ai, and Luc'ia: all determined to win.

"Good... good."

O'jog's lip spread over his face as he proudly looked at his students. "As you know, this year's event will be much different from the previous ones."

This was due to the overall smaller number of students participating in it. Rather than even calling it the Inter-Class Exchange, it had been rebranded into the Academy Tournament Event.

"I have the Roster here with me, so I guess your positions and opponents have been decided." O'jog brought out a tablet and looked at it with an amused smile.

He could definitely sense the palpable tension that his students had, but he couldn't help but get a little from feeling the unease and anxiety that seeped into each Newt.

He had already told Cyn'dy that they needed to focus on the Prelims and so they couldn't hang out as much anymore. Of course, he spent all of this free time with Lucielle, but it seemed she took his counsel and remained extremely focused.

'I've never seen her so serious about school stuff.'

It wasn't just her, either.

Adonis and Mi'ja were also having the most honest looks of determination, and it was clear that they all wanted to win very badly.

'I suppose we're all going to give it our all.'

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The day finally arrived.

The auditorium seats were filled up by Dragons—old and young—who had come from all sorts of places to witness this special event of the Imperial Dragon Academy.

Since this Tournament was open to the public—as a special way to entice more people to apply to the Academy, since they were very short on students—the crowd of Dragons that occupied the seats felt unreal.

Thousands upon thousands of them watched the massive stage beneath them—almost like the place was a colosseum, or a gladiator ring.

Then, once a bright light echoed from beneath the stage and all of the participating students, as well as the Tournament Officials, appeared due to Teleportation Magic, everyone in the audience went crazy.

"WOHOOOOOOO!!!"

A lot of them had to be friends and families of respective students, so they had to give their hardest cheer possible.

One of the officials suddenly rose above the platform, flapping his wings powerfully as he activated Sound Magic and addressed everyone presently in the massive hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen... we shall now begin the Tournament Preliminaries!"

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