"Rorschach, don't you dare run away!"
"Stop! Hand over our emblems and we'll pretend that nothing happened!"
Evidently, Rorschach's plan to cover his face had some problems from the very beginning. His height and body shape had instantly exposed his identity.
But looking at the situation, they were still quite a distance away from catching up.
"You dare to tease your senior in your first year? You're too much! "
"How did he tease you?"
"He drugged me, and then touched my, my … Wuuuuuuuuuu!"
"I'm so envious … That little bastard!"
"Make him take responsibility!"
The senior brothers behind him were filled with righteous indignation. Rorschach was finally unable to remain silent.
"I didn't! You're even flatter than the gray elf teachers. I thought that you were a guy, who would want to touch you? I also want to ask you, auntie, you put your emblems in your underwear. Did you purposely seduce others … "
"As expected, it's you, Rorschach! You actually dared to tease your senior brothers and sisters! "
Alright, Rorschach's taunts were successful. The speed of his pursuers increased by quite a bit.
When a Cliff Walker got serious, and there were towering trees all around him that allowed him to glide, it would be a joke to rely on two legs to catch up to him.
But flying up and down consumed a large amount of stamina. The physically weak Rorschach had to take breaks to rest. Yet, Rorschach's position was always exposed to the pursuers. The final outcome would probably be that Rorschach wouldn't be able to shake them off, and the pursuers wouldn't be able to catch up. It would become a farce of running all the way and stopping all the way.
Nobody was an idiot. After confirming that this was the reality of the situation, the senior brothers and sisters who were filled with righteous indignation began to think for themselves.
Should they continue chasing like this and become a laughingstock, or should they think of a way to obtain some emblems? Perhaps they might even have a chance to advance.
"… It's not impossible. Look at how many of us there are, and we're all classmates from the same school. We know each other well."
"That's right. Don't bother about this traitorous little bastard. We can join forces and fight the other schools."
Sometimes, the development of the situation was indeed illogical. There was no such thing as' impossible 'on the battlefield. When a series of coincidences came together, it resulted in the strangest incident of the preliminaries.
The squadron of more than 20 people worked together. They trusted each other, cooperated with each other, and were extremely close. They became a whirlwind on the battlefield, and in the end, they successfully harvested enough points for all the small teams to appear.
Was this against the rules? No. On the contrary, the organizers of the competition even praised this kind of performance.
Anything could happen on the battlefield. It was common for opponents to ally together and hunt down the weak. This had always been part of the tournament's plans. However, most of the academies' participants were far too "honest". They believed that the rules of splitting up their schoolmates, randomly splitting them into groups, and having each group enter a different location in the forest was to prevent any unfairness from occurring due to teamwork … But actually, that was only to make teamwork more difficult.
"On the battlefield, there is only life and death. There is no such thing as fairness. Since it was a simulation of actual combat, other than the things that were explicitly prohibited, everything else was allowed. Even if there was a loophole … If you can find a loophole, it's your win. We'll just fix the rules next time. "
Some things were basically uncontrollable once they started.
Teamwork, backroom deals, and battlefield organization that were originally only present in the competition between the seniors were all played out in the newbies' simulated combat using various methods.
Deception, teamwork, betrayal. These dirty things also appeared on the battlefield. Everyone knew that there was a limit to the number of people who could qualify for the next round. Thus, after teamwork, there would naturally be mutual killing and betrayal.
However, as the organizers of the various schools, the higher-ups were very happy to see such a situation happen. Having experienced so much, they had long been disgusted with the academies' simulated combat that was so pure that it was cute. Also, the pure and cute students that were nurtured by the academies would definitely have a high death rate after they left the school.
"A Legend-ranked priest who grasped a rare Diamond-ranked job talent was deceived and killed by a group of nameless thieves in a small alley. Have these fellows gone stupid from studying too much?"
The change in the school's attitude caused the newbie competition's atmosphere to worsen even further. And, the worsen atmosphere would spread. Starting from this year's simulation, the originally pure competition became filled with a foul atmosphere.
The end result was that the lone wolves who didn't have any background were all out of luck. They were often the first to be eliminated. However, the cruel environment also nurtured true talents. Many new stars stood out because of this, but that was a story for later.
Let's forget about that for now. At least for now, Rorschach's newbie competition had ended after his pursuers gave up on him.
Although it wasn't perfect, at least it wasn't completely fruitless. However, others were rather dissatisfied.
"Originally, this was supposed to be a rehearsal for the Battle of the Gods. The Battle of the Gods will have at least one individual competition and one group competition. I'm afraid that no matter which side Rorschach is on, Rorschach will have to participate. At the very least, we need to give him some training on teamwork."
The time for the Battle of the Gods had been confirmed. It would be held one month later in the suburbs of Saul. At that time, there would be powerful figures from the Nature and Elven Gods coming to act as judges and witnesses.
Under such circumstances, it was no wonder that the Church's companions were so anxious. They were thinking of ways to give Rorschach more combat experience so that he could obtain more job abilities and increase his chances of survival.
"It's fine if it's a group competition, but for an individual competition, the worst-case scenario isn't giving up. It's that the opponent doesn't even give him a chance to say 'surrender.'"
This was something that could be done. Many competitions and Divine Duels were for the sake of the duelists' lives to begin with. Not only would the duelists have overwhelming power, but it would also be possible for the duelists to use curses to silence the duelists.
If it weren't for the fact that it wasn't suitable, Lori would have wanted Rorschach to give up on the mid-term exams and focus on preparing for the Battle of the Gods.
But at this time, an opportunity appeared in front of her.
Weaknesses in power could be made up for with external items. And in Aishi, the best weapons and equipment would probably be the current main weapon of war, magic armor.
"… Creating a magic armor that can be used by Sword Saints within one month to make up for Rorschach's physical weakness is indeed an excellent idea. In that case, it's time to spend money."
When they learned that this month's black market in Saul actually had a batch of high-level military equipment from the Mage Country in the Northlands, many Churches were eager to take action. Naturally, the Game Church was one of them.
But when another piece of news came, the Church's eagerness to take action completely transformed into a willingness to pay any price.
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