Chapter 332: Group 14

Chapter 332: Group 14

This all explains a lot. Too bad Alith didnt get any Processing pill to candify.

Looking at it It looks less like the system made up stats to magically improve and more like it merely labeled already existing stuff like Aura. Maybe the most mysterious stat is just Health. Such a weird thing. Its counterintuitive. I think the issue is that its efficiency isnt linear.

Which makes me wonder how I could improve Pareth now Without new skills or anything, hes going to become too weak to follow me in just a filter or two at this rate. Ill see after the next trial I guess, its supposed to be different this time.

Next Sofia opened a book about Exidions history and the Imperial lineage. It was exceedingly boring and was missing all the juicy details about things like the Emperors class or anything like that. At first it was weird how the Empress wasnt mentioned anywhere, it turned out that the reason was quite simple, Empress Delivia was very young compared to the whole history of the Empire, she was only a few hundred years old. She was apparently a very talented daughter of the lower nobility and she had somehow found herself becoming the new Empress. And that was it. No detailed history about her, no physical description, no heirs, no level, not even the name or rank of her original family.

Thats all there is?

Does she never come out? Is she allergic to the sun or something? How does the author know so little?

Checking the author of the book, it was a name Sofia had never heard of. Probably a retired teacher. The book is dated from thirty years ago after all. I should ask Eternam about the Empress next time I see him, he was the one who mentioned her last time.

Her main objective for coming to the library accomplished, Sofia fell to greed, and started devouring all the books she found that looked even slightly interesting. She went through more than two hundred of them by the time she needed to leave. Night fell on this last day of the second school week, it was time for the first event of the competition. Her head full of newfound knowledge, Sofia made her way to her classroom.

She hadnt been informed of the details, only that as a new teacher she would be responsible of a group of five students. She wondered if it would be her usual class, and the answer she got as she opened the classroom door was: almost.

Waiting there were Lola, En and Shaily as usual, but the last two werent Erian and Guerand but two identical-looking human girls instead. They had long black hair tied in ponytails, and their uniforms looked normal, but were heavily enchanted compared to the other students,

[Princess - Lv. 66]

[Princess - Lv. 72]

Princess? Quite high level too. They look about sixteen I think Thinking about it, I did notice them during the opening ceremony when I was looking for everyone, though I didnt [Identify] them.

Hi everyone, I am Sofia Vakaria, the teacher assigned to you five for this event, she started, and her students greeted her as they usually did, then she looked in the direction of the human twins, I do not believe we have met, you two are?

The highest level of the twins answered, I am Topaz Drakron and this is my sister, Opal. Opal smiled and waved. Opal is unable to speak, Topaz continued, It cannot be healed so do not ask about it. Please be patient with her, shes mute, not dumb, she explained with a straight face.

That was smooth, Shaily, but pace your mana, alright? Judging from the position of my skeleton, we are Extremely far from the Academy. Now give me a second.

Sofia opened the sealed letter then stored it. Group 14, the week-long night

A- Are you not going to read it? Lola asked.

I just did. It says the name of the event is The week-long night, I will stay with you five to grade your score and protect you in case something you cannot handle crops up. I am allowed to offer some advice but no direct help. The tokens you get at the end will depend on a few things which Im not allowed to say anything about for now. At the end of the letter, it says your first task is to locate and reach The cabin. Thats all I have for you.

Can I go alone or do we need to stay as a group? En asked.

I will send a Skeleton with you if you really want to go alone. But that would cost you some tokens

En nodded, a difficult expression on her face. The girls looked at each other, still trying to organize their thoughts. Sofia jumped up and deployed her wings just above the treetops, she looked all around.

Dont see it.

She flew further up a good hundred meters and stopped, folding her wings. She took the occasion to use her newfound ability to walk on air and walked in a circle, observing the giant forest extending far beyond the horizon. Oh, I think I found it. In the distance, a singular weak source of light shone through the trees. Thats a long long walk. Sofia came back down.

Did you see anything? Shaily asked innocently.

I cant tell, Sofia answered with a smile, But you girls better get moving.

Oh, and turn off the light, Pareth. Apparently the wildlife wont be scared by our presence but were not supposed to help them at all. The fire sprite makes more than enough light, but still, lets not ruin the experience for them.

After the girls were done consulting with each other. Sofia watched as En used her flying totem to try to emulate her strategy. Youre never going to fly high enough to see it.

As expected, the small fur-covered girl shook her head after landing back down in the snow.

My turn then, Lola sighed.