Chapter 97 Group Survival Test. Part-8.

Chapter 97 Group Survival Test. Part-8.

Outside the SSA, the General's Residence building, Meeting hall.

"By the way, have you increased the difficulty of the boss fight for this test to max or not?" (Raji)

Hearing Raji's question General Bismoil smiled shrewdly and said:

"Yes! I have increased the difficulty to the maximum the five groups that would activate the teleportation circle first, will be able to fight a peak A rank monster in the boss arena this time...." (General)

"Ho ho, not to mention that the group leaders will have to look after the newbies they will also have to fight a peak A rank monster, while still cooperating with other groups too, hehe, this is indeed some hell-level difficulty, as expected, you are indeed excellent in your work..." (Neo)

"Haha, you praise me too much! I am just following the orders, haha" (General)

Ignoring the weird atmosphere, Ashtel said:

"Hmm, what about the security measures? Have you taken care of them properly, we certainly don't want the same thing as 'that' one to happen again..." (Ashtel)

General Bismoil smiled while listening to Ashtel's question, after a while he said:

"There's no need to worry, we have arranged the boss arena with particular teleportation circles, these teleportation circles will teleport any student who has sustained heavy injuries out of the area." (General)

"Moreover we have invited an S-rank healer just for the sake of this test... and with me being here there's no need to worry about the safety of the students...." (General)

"Although I may seem old, these old bones are still able to move, enough to exert my peak strength at the least, haha..." (General)

Hearing him bragging about himself Raji rolled her eyes and said:

"Well, we certainly are not worried about the safety of the students with you being present there after all you have the experience of two hundred years under your belt..." (Raji)

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(Info dumps ahead.)

Awakeners are different from ordinary people they can live much longer and healthier than ordinary folks. The lifespan of someone at peak C rank or below is actually similar to an ordinary human, even though their vitality and strength are in two different dimensions.

The life span of human awakeners:

C rank or below: 90 to 120 years. (90 years represents the minimum age and 120 years represents the maximum age, these parameters only tell an averagely recorded data, this is not true for all people, some people may even die earlier or later due to various reasons.)

B rank: 120 to 150 years. (Although increasing your rank enhances your life expectancy, there are many other methods available to increase your own life expectancy in this magical world.)

A rank: 200 to 250 years. (Keep in mind that these are the life expectancy a human awakener have when they reach a certain rank. Other species have different life spans compared to humans, for example, even a C-rank elf can live for 500 hundred years.)

S rank: 400 to 500 years. (S-rank is a major milestone, at this rank, you surpass your genetic limits thus your life span increases exponentially.)

SS rank: 1000 years approx. (There's no record of an SS-ranker dying from age yet, but people estimate that it should be around 1000 years or something, it could be a hundred or two hundred years up or down depending on the individual.)

(Most SS-rankers only die due to war or fights with other SS-rankers. Another reason is that most of the older SS-rankers like to live in seclusion thus nobody knows of their exact death date.)

Since General Bismoil is about 300 years old, he could be considered to be in his fifties if put in the perspective of an ordinary human. Surprisingly, General Bismoil is actually much older than all the four SS rankers of the present generation.

Regarding the age of the SS-rankers, there's a theory in the human empire. It is widely acknowledged that most the human awakeners achieve their highest strength or potential by the age of fifty, after that enhancement of strength becomes exceedingly rare and difficult.

Most of the humans that reached SS-rank were below the age of fifty with only a few exceptions but even those exceptions were still below the age of eighty, which indicates that if a fairly talented awakener wants to reach SS-rank he will only have fifty years to do so, otherwise he will be stuck in the same rank till the end of his life.

Certainly, you can enhance your skill and damage while remaining in the same rank for a long time, but you would eventually lose the hope of ever upgrading your rank. After reaching their highest potential most people decide to polish their skills and enhance their fighting experience.

This is also the reason why it is said that:

"You should fear an old man in a profession where people die young." (I don't know whose quote this is, but I thought this was cool, so I just added it, but I give all credit to the original owner.)

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"Haha, you praise me too much... well talking about the test reminded me, would this be the only test that would be taken, or there will be some others in the future...." (General)

Hearing General Bismoil's question, Neo said:

"Hmm, well, we are planning on selecting a few strong and promising youngsters from the current test, after that, we may have to conduct one or two more tests on them, well the other ones would be secretive so.... Anyways there's no need to think about it that much, just wait and see, haha.." (Neo)

"Indeed" (Raji)

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Inside the SSA, Central area, on the teleportation Alter.

Five group leaders and their respective groups could be seen standing on the altar in the center of it.

Just when the last individual stepped on the altar, the altar started to shine brightly with the radiance of magic, the light produced by the teleportation circle was blinding so the students closed their eyes for a second and just when they closed their eyes they felt a wobbling sensation.

But the strange sensation only lasted for a few seconds before fading away, which indicated that the teleportation was successful, thus the students opened their eyes.

When they opened their eyes a monster they were not expecting to confront appeared in the middle of the vast Colosseum-like area. The structure of the place is like the Colosseum in which gladiators show their might, there are many seats all around the building for the audience to see the match.

And the area the students were standing on was the middle area, the fighting ground. In front of the students was standing a monster with five snake heads and a body like an enormous lizard, it had small wings that were incapable of flight due to their shortness.n--OVelb1n

Several newbies panicked from the sheer size of the monster.

"A-a Hydra!?"

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"wouldn't a hydra be too difficult of a monster for the students to fight, It it's very strong and very difficult to kill..." (Ashtel)

[Hydra- A very rare type of monster with five head that looks like a snake two small wings that are incapable of flight and a body like an enormous lizard. It's every head can use a different type of breath attack, moreover, it has fast regeneration, it can regenerate any body part in a very short time.]

[Magic attack's efficiency is dramatically reduced against this beast. Physical attacks seem ineffective due to its fast regeneration speed and spiritual attacks are useless against it because it has five brains and its collective spirit is incredibly strong.]

[This thing is like an unkillable and undefeatable cockroach that haunts you again and again till you are dead.]

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Authors Notes

I wasn't going to upload today but then I remembered the praise of all of you guys in the comment section I thought it would not be fair to you guys, so it would be better if you guys praise me more, it may motivate me to create an amazing chapter featuring Lia giving a hug to you, cough! I mean to Rio. (Rio is staring at me with glaring eyes.) Gulp, I-I think we shouldn't joke anymore.

But don't forget to comment. That is very important, that gives me motivation after all which helps me write better chapter for you.

Question of the day.

Which SS-ranker is your favorite?

1. Raji Croft (We like our ice queen but she is a bit careless, she shouldn't have left the academy defenseless...)

2. Ashtel Rex (A loving dad is always the greatest wish you could get, isn't it?)

3. Neo Aldif (Liking a shrewd yet strong individual has its own benefits.)

4. Jin (We like his loyalty.)

Hidden option:

5. Author (Is he even an SS-ranker, isn't he just a good old ordinary mortal???)

By the way, don't forget to use those power stones and also leave a review if you like the story. Comment your opinion about the chapter. Your support is my motivation.