"So many people of the same age."
Walking on the vast lawn behind the school gate, Paul Achman, who grew up in a mountain village, looked left and right. He was obviously not used to the current situation. Beside him, the black-haired youth was smiling helplessly.
It had to be said that the current situation in St. Freya Academy was indeed somewhat nerve-wracking. Whether it was the scene or the people gathered, they were all too imposing.
After entering the solemn school gate, Luo Ya and the others were faced with a vast lawn plaza. The area was at least several football fields in Luo Ya's previous life, and there was even an illusion that one could not see the end of it. Everywhere in the plaza were statues of famous teachers of St. Freya Academy in the past thousand years.
Not to mention the past sages, the current Dean Antonio, the Vice Dean Campbell, the year directors of each year, and the famous Sage Mentor all had statues here.
Sage Mentor was a unique title of St. Freya Academy. It meant that they had nurtured more than a hundred outstanding graduates. A hundred outstanding graduates did not seem like a lot, but it was actually very difficult because St. Freya Academy's model was that it was easy to enter, but difficult to leave.
St. Freya Academy's entrance was actually not difficult, mainly because the tuition was expensive. However, it was very difficult to graduate from this school normally. In fact, every year there were many people who dropped out or repeated a year because of the lack of credits.
The requirements for outstanding graduates were different from ordinary ones. They needed to be proficient in both literature and martial arts, and their credits were ranked in the top hundred of the school.
Literature was needless to say, it was basically the same as the quality education in Luo Ya's previous life, but there were some aristocratic classes such as etiquette. In theory, if a graduate wanted to successfully graduate, they would need to pass at least 20 literature courses. As for martial arts, it was naturally extraordinary strength. There were more ways to obtain it, but it was roughly divided into two types.
One was the school ranking battle. This method was simple and straightforward. To put it bluntly, it was a fighting ring. Both sides would fight, and whoever was better would go up. Anyway, they were all in the school, so they would definitely not die. However, the corresponding credits given were actually not that much.
The reason was that this ranking system was very unfair, because there was no division of grades, but rather a ranking of the entire school. From this point of view, in a 4-year school, the higher the grade, the greater the advantage, and in fact, the top 100 were indeed third and fourth year students. As for why it was designed this way, Luo Ya reckoned that a large part of the reason was to let the graduates freeload off credits.
At the end of the day, the teachers of St. Freya Academy were not evil spirits. No one wanted to keep a large number of students who could not graduate, especially those who were mediocre in the aspect of supernatural powers and could not go out to do missions. Even if they exchanged their academic credits for martial sciences at a ten to one ratio, they would not be able to fill the hole. At this time, the Ranking Battle was useful.
In this kind of situation where they could make up for the extra credits at the end of the term, the juniors were generally willing to give up a spot to their seniors. Of course, it was impossible to place too high up in the rankings, because there was a ranking list for the top 20. It would be broadcasted every month, and when there were real-time changes, it would also be broadcasted to the entire school. In fact, the top 20 ranking battles, as long as it was an open battle, would always be filled with spectators. It was considered a big event in the school.
Without a doubt, the top 20 ranking battle was a great tool to increase one's reputation. It was also the goal of many youths in the school who had nowhere to vent their adolescent hormones.
Do you want to be the school's idol?
If you do, then go to the Ranking Battle!
Of course, other than these dream chasers, there was another group of people who had to fight their way up, and that was the Ringbearers.
As the school's leaders, the Ringbearers had great power, but they also needed to prove themselves with commensurate abilities. The Ranking Battle was the simplest and most straightforward way, and also the best way to deter those who intended to offend them. For example, the current ranking list, the top three were the three Ringbearers.
For the Ringbearers, the ranking list was a form of publicity, and the corresponding credits were dispensable. The second way to obtain credits in martial arts was to go out and complete missions.
St. Freya Academy was one of the places where the schools gathered, and there were all kinds of magical materials required. Old professors from the Archaeology Department led teams to explore ruins, secret realms, and the neighboring countries asked for help. All kinds of missions were endless, and the credits were generally high.
But correspondingly, going out to do missions was different from the Ranking Battle in the school. There was a certain degree of danger. Although the teachers who led the teams would do their best to avoid accidents, there would be a relatively big accident every ten years or so.
From this point of view, going out to do missions did not seem to be very cost-effective. After all, it was just school, and there was no need to take risks for credits. But in fact, many people who frequently participated in missions were not for credits, but for the growth of their supernatural powers.
As the saying went, actual combat was the fastest way to grow, and going out to do missions could be said to be a kind of actual combat with a certain degree of insurance. It could even be said that high-ranking Extraordinaires could become one's personal bodyguard. For many nobles, this was a treatment that they could not enjoy except in school.
And the knowledge learned from interacting with high-ranking Extraordinaires, as well as the insights gained from watching them fight, these were priceless treasures that would be of great help to one's future development. For these people who thirsted for improvement, going out to do missions was really high risk, but high reward.
There were actually quite a number of students who had such thoughts in the school, and there were also groups with similar thoughts, but the people who followed them were different, and that was the Ringbearers.
Among the many privileges of the Ringbearers, one of them was that they could lead their own team to go out on missions. In this kind of situation where there was no help from the school, the credits for completing missions would be greatly increased or even doubled, and the rewards and reputation of the mission would all belong to the team member.
Accumulating reputation was a very important thing for the Ringbearers, especially the heirs of the country. As for how important it was, the most representative and the most famous was the dragon-slaying incident of the Austin Empire a few hundred years ago.
Of course, although it was called a dragon, it was not the kind that only existed in myths and were active in ancient times. Instead, it was a sub-dragon that did not even have wings, and was probably at the level of Source Rank 3.
The incident should have happened more than six hundred years ago, when the human world was not completely stable yet. From time to time, monsters would come out to stir up trouble. Among them, a sub-dragon at the border of the Austin Empire was a big trouble. At that time, the second-in-line heir of the Austin Empire was the Ringbearer of St. Freya's Academy. After some investigation, he joined forces with another Ringbearer of the Austin Empire to take on the dragon-slaying mission, and after a bloody battle, they succeeded in killing the sub-dragon.
This dragon-slaying incident that did not have a mentor to lead the team shocked the whole Austin Empire at that time, and brought great fame and social resources to the prince. At that time, the members of the team were mostly descendants of the famous families of the Austin Empire. After this battle, they all persuaded their families to change their stance and support the second prince.
Regardless of their previous relationship, the great honor of dragon-slaying had united them as a whole, and in this case, it was definitely in the team's interest to have their former leader become the emperor.
Was there a stronger relationship than having slain a dragon together when they were in the same school?
Relying on the reputation of the people and the support of the team members' families, the prince successfully counterattacked in the later competition for the throne. This was the story of the famous "Dragon-Slaying Emperor" of the Austin Empire, Feimas Achman. He was an emperor for the rest of his life, and even until his death, he still enjoyed the benefits of slaying a dragon.
Such a precedent not only attracted the envy of countless people, but also made the heirs of various countries vigilant. Therefore, it could be said that the heirs of various countries were eager to get the Ring of Roses. It was fine if they could not get it, but if they did, they would definitely lead a team on a mission. In this case, the team members who followed were not only for academic credits, but also to accumulate political resources for themselves.
Under such circumstances, the number of people who went out on missions every year was still very high, and it was also the main way to provide academic credits. Of course, Luo Ya did not need to worry about this situation. After all, whether it was ranking battles or going out on missions, he could handle it with ease. However, Paul was not necessarily the same.
Luo Ya was very clear about Paul's current situation. If he remembered correctly, this big brother should have just broken through to the Source Rank 5, and his strength should not even reach the New Life Average. However, his reputation as the illegitimate son of the Achman family was that his ability to cause trouble was far superior to others.
Looking at the few students approaching with unfriendly expressions and the blonde figure in the distance, Luo Ya felt relieved.
Fortunately, everything was within his expectations.
The first act of the flag raising operation was finally done, and it was time to start work.
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
