Chapter 51 Safe And Sound

Chapter 51 Safe And Sound

"Karl, Dana, it is good to see you back in one piece. The mages said that they were monitoring your vital signs, and you weren't heavily injured, but we got the message that the town was overrun after we sent you. Tell me, what happened after you got there?" Sergeant Rita demanded the moment that they were far enough from the helicopter to speak somewhat normally.

"We found a pack of wild boars on the edge of town, so we hunted them and packed them up for meat, then we went to take care of the Goblins that were around town and the group that they left on patrol.

That part was easy, as it was almost all Common Grade monsters.

We had Hawk clear the ones he found looting in the town, and then we went to the government building to see if they had left us a message or something. It's not like we're sent anywhere at random, so they should have known that we were coming.

But we didn't find anything, so we assumed the mission wasn't over, and we set up a fog trap for the Goblins that would return that night. We managed to eliminate the entire Goblin Tribe by morning, and then we called these fine gentlemen for a ride home."

The Special Forces team leader smiled and nodded along, then gave Karl a gesture of approval.

"Short, succinct, but covering all the major steps of the plan. I approve, excellent summary." The soldier chuckled. Thi/s chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.co/m

"I will expect a full report by tomorrow morning. But before that, we all need to have a meeting. It appears that the Base Commander has some fine things to say about you all, and it has raised some questions here at the Academy." Sergeant Rita informed them.

The teachers from the Mage department were much happier than expected with that plan. They were around the same power level, and they would have used the same general testing method, but having an official examination done by the army would remove all questions about bias in the testing.

They were the instructors of the students in question, after all. If someone thought that they had passed too easily, it could hurt the teachers' reputations.

Sergeant Rita pointed to a building at the side of the compound. "Let's do this in the practice gym. It's set up with all sorts of protective walls so nothing gets damaged, and we don't have the whole school as an audience."

Karl shrugged, not concerned one way or the other. He knew that he could pass this test. But Dana was happy to get out of the public eye, just in case the teachers were not convinced that her magic missile was up to the standard for an Awakened Mage.

She had been holding back quite a bit all night long, but the Goblins were pretty soft targets, and they were easy to kill even with a third of her total power.

Getting away from the crowd just wasn't going to happen, Karl realized once they made it into the gym. There were viewing boxes up on the second and third floors, and with the scene that they had made, arriving with soldiers and going straight to the gym with a group of teachers, they had gathered numerous curious students that were anxious to find out what was going on.

Normally, only the senior classes would be off campus at this point in the year, so seeing two new students coming back from somewhere was gossip worthy all by itself. Seeing them coming back like this, and getting a full welcoming committee from the school that wasn't the disciplinary committee, was even more juicy of a story.

"Alright, who wants to go first?" The mage known as Keyes asked as he set up a row of glowing squares along one side of the room.

Karl stepped forward. "I will go first. I will do it alone first, then with Hawk, since we're a team, but the testing is supposed to measure the elite."