CH 24

To make matters worse, after this period of study, Rode figured out the unknown text.

On the blue star, it read:

[Icy Blue]

[Status: about to extinguish]

[Star Energy: Resurrection of Spirits]

[Injected: Soulless]

Find the original at "pawread dot com".

[Quantifiable: Unavailable]

[Position: Dim Fire]

[Intensity: Thirteen]

[Description: We still need to love with our lives, even if the world is cruel.]

On the obelisk, it read:

Erosion has begun, and stronger nightmares are coming. The next invasion will occur after thirty-three sunsets.

Warning: Crossing the River of Eternal Death may cause unknown changes.

After reading this text, Rode felt very uneasy.

As he guessed, the invasion did not end, and even stronger monsters would arrive after thirty-three days.

But what was even more terrifying was the next paragraph.

The River of Eternal Death sounded like something terrible, and they had to cross it.

But who would cross it? How would they cross it?

The information did not say.

The sentence "unknown changes may occur during the invasion" made Rode the most uneasy.

He had no strength to fight against the previous invading monsters, and he only managed to kill them with the help of the golden light.

Now that the golden light had been used up, a stronger monster could kill him in minutes.

And the fact that unknown changes may occur, was it because they wanted him dead faster?

Rode knew that the biggest crisis had come after he arrived in this world.

If he followed the normal progress, he would definitely not survive for thirty-three days.

The crisis was far from over.

"The battle class is about to begin, and I need to learn the fighting methods and improve my combat ability as soon as possible."

Rode thought to himself.

"I also need to enhance my strength. The second star must not go out."

But still, the problem remained. Where could he plunder the detached spirits?

It was impossible to do so within the academy.

He had to find a way out of the academy.

However, the security of the Kimberly Academy was very strict. Even powerful people like the officials of the Internal Affairs Adjudication Department could not easily take students out.

After many inquiries, Rode learned that the easiest way for him was to obtain the "Kimberly Star" medal.

The "Kimberly Star" was an award established by the Kimberly Academy to commend the "most improved" students. It was awarded once a month and had three levels, with rich rewards.

Rode had to get the first level to have the freedom to enter and leave the academy.

This was not an easy task. There were only three places for the first level of the "Kimberly Star," one for each of the three branches.

Each branch had ten departments, each department had ten groups, and each group had about twenty people.

That is to say, only one person out of nearly two thousand people in a branch could get it.

It was equivalent to being the first in the whole grade.

But Rode was not afraid because the selection method for the "Kimberly Star" was very favorable to him.

The academic staff would specifically record the students' previous data and compare it with the current data. The greater the span, the higher the score.

And the first data for new students was their data from the entrance test.

This was why Rode had a huge advantage.

-He ignited the second flame.

Few new students could ignite the second flame within a month, even though excellent students like Kassan had two flames, or even three flames in their entrance test, their improvement was far inferior to his.

This was also the original intention of the establishment of the "Kimberly Star," to encourage and help ordinary students, and give as many people as possible the chance.

Ordinary students rarely had such great improvements every month, and the winners were almost always different every month.However, because Rode's goal was very high and he wanted to get the first-level medal, the advantage of just having fire seeds and spiritual energy was not enough.

He also needed the approval and recommendation of all the teachers.

The teachers could also grade, accounting for 25% of the total score.

Therefore, Rode became the most outstanding student in the third academy during this time. He was the most active in class, everywhere grabbing the limelight, flattering the teachers, and competing with other students. Because of this, he and Kassan were given the nickname "dog couple," which quickly became popular throughout the academy.

Of course, this nickname was mostly teasing, and few people really envied them.

But Hablin, the leader of the second group in the second department of the third academy, was an exception.

He was very unhappy, especially when he saw that country bumpkin jumping around and performing enthusiastically in many large classes and the tenth department in one classroom recently.

What was even more annoying was that the young lady of the Mibol family seemed to have some interest in that country bumpkin.

Since the establishment of the Thalorian royal city, it has been a thousand years. Both the Mibol and Manolobana families belong to ancient and noble families and are known as the upper-class aristocrats chosen by fire.

Hablin's father, one of the four chief judges of the Internal Affairs Tribunal, Manolobana Gula, had long had the intention of forming an alliance.

Although the head of the Mibol family had not responded clearly, he had not explicitly refused either.

Hablin was very fond of Kassan's beauty and pride and had already regarded her as his fiancée.

Although Kassan was not enthusiastic about him.

Therefore, when he saw the two of them whispering intimately, the whole vinegar jar exploded.

Later, the news he got from his follower made him furious. The two of them lived in adjacent dormitories, visiting each other every day without any scruples. He even heard them discussing having children, and it seemed that Rode asked Kassan to have a child for him, but Kassan did not agree.

The rumors within the tenth department also showed that their relationship was not simple.

Thinking that he was sleeping alone in the dormitory while they might have been rolling around on the same bed every day, Hablin felt that his soul was about to be burned out.

Therefore, on another rest day, when his father came to the academy to see him, he complained to his father and asked him to teach that country bumpkin a lesson, not allowing him to get the "Kimberly Star," and transfer Kassan from the tenth department to the second department in the second group, and even change her dormitory to his adjacent room.

Hablin's father was a tall and thin middle-aged man with a serious and cold face like iron because he always wore an iron mask.

When he heard Hablin's complaints and carefully inquired about the information of the country bumpkin named Rode in his son's mouth, he sneered.

"Hablin, don't worry, he will soon be dead and gone."

Hablin did not fully understand his father's words and shouted excitedly, "Great! When that happens, I will hug Kassan's waist and kiss her in front of him to see what kind of expression that country bumpkin will have! Haha!"

The man with the iron mask smiled coldly and did not correct his son's mistake.

Before leaving, he gave Hablin a spirit raven messenger, asking him to report Rode's situation and movements at any time.

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Kimberly Academy, Third Division.

Sixth student dormitory building.

Third floor.

A middle-aged man with blond hair listened with joy and worry as his beloved daughter talked endlessly about her fresh and interesting academy life, but he did not realize that five out of ten sentences were related to a guy named Rode.

After a long time, the middle-aged man sighed.

"Kassan, please write more letters to home when you have time. I am very interested in this young man. Let's talk more about him."

Kassan answered joyfully, "Okay, dad.""Hmm?"

Rode, who was anxiously watching the blue stars getting dimmer, suddenly looked up.

"Who's calling me?"