Just like that, the next day of the Trial of Razor Edge arrived. Attie, the Kitty Cat Maid, woke up exceptionally early. She yawned as she walked into her office. She flipped open the score book on her desk, narrowed her eyes, and began to assess the condition of the students, grading their performance last night.
Grading their performance last night in the morning? That didn't sound very logical. However, from the students' expressions in the morning, one could easily tell whether they had a good night or not. Had they battled with the Jawflower all night? Or had they been attacked by other nocturnal beasts? All of these could be seen from the students' behavior in the morning.
For example, the Baldie Squad and the Iron Rose Squad, who had slept well the night before, were now in high spirits, looking for their respective mission targets. On the other hand, Li Xiao, who was supposed to have found a powerful backer, was not in the best of spirits.
Attie was a little curious. As the candidate for the Platinum Necklace of the Warrior Academy, Lee had also received some attention from her. Seeing his dispirited appearance early in the morning, and the place where he appeared was not in the bear's den that he had occupied yesterday, but on a stone spike that was suspended in the air. It seemed that he had slept on this spike the night before.
This was very strange. This was his fourth time participating in the Trial of Razor Edge, and he could be considered a veteran. How could he have made such a mistake that would result in a point deduction? Besides, did he not find a place to stay and eat last night? What happened in the end?
Out of curiosity, Attie clicked on Lee's screen. She flicked the screen back, and the scene on the screen quickly rewound to what happened that night.
It turned out that there were two first-year students in Lee's squad, whom he had kindly taken in. Perhaps they had just entered Da Xue and had not fully adapted to the environment, and they did not know anything about the female dormitory or the Jawflower. When they heard the strange noises in the night, they raised their torches to check it out.
In the end, the Super Demonized Tyrant Jawflower discovered their campsite and pounced on it.
In the face of the strengthened Jawflower, the students could not withstand it at all. Lee was not surprised. He had been tricked by his useless teammates, and he could not protect his teammates under the ferocious attacks of the Jawflower. In the end, he had no choice but to abandon his teammates and escape alone. He ended up sleeping on top of a rock spike.
It was common knowledge that the educational philosophy of universities had always emphasized teamwork rather than individual heroism. It was even more so in the Trial of Blades. Although it was not compulsory for students to form teams, after forming a team, they would be awarded bonus points for teamwork. If they performed well and carried the whole team, they would be awarded even more bonus points! The final evaluation he would receive would be much higher than if he worked alone.
Naturally, Lee, who wanted to compete for the platinum necklace, knew these scoring principles. That was why he brought the first-year students with him, planning to let them be his bonus points. He had done the same in the past Trial of Blades, and it was because of this extra high score that he was qualified to compete for the platinum necklace.
Of course, this was not a bad thing. The strong helped the weak, and the top students helped the poor. This was what the Da Xue encouraged. Otherwise, they would not have provided extra points for this. However, this time, Lee had probably ignored the variable brought by the Jawflower this year. The useless teammates he had chosen were not chosen in advance like in previous years, but had been found at the last minute.
However, this time, he could not bring them along, and they ran away alone …
Since there were bonus points for leading a team, then abandoning one's teammates in the face of danger would naturally result in a loss of points, and a significant one at that. It was almost impossible for Lee to get a high score in the Trial of Razor Edge, unless he could complete all the quests like Attie.
This also meant that he would not be able to compete for the platinum necklace.
Attie, who had discovered his unjust behavior, would choose to ignore it and not deduct points for it. This way, if he could complete the trial alone later, he would still have a certain level of competitiveness. Therefore, the key question was how Attie would choose. Would she let the Warrior Academy, the only competitor for the necklace, go? Or would she be impartial and impartial?
In the office, a smile appeared on Attie's face. She mercilessly deducted Lee's points, which was equivalent to personally wiping out the possibility of the Warrior Academy competing for the platinum necklace.
However, she looked indifferent and muttered to herself, "He ran away alone when he encountered a situation? How could someone like him have the nerve to confess to Mia? Mia, that guy, is the first to stand in front of others when he's in danger … "
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a familiar voice coming from outside the office. "Huh? What danger? "Following the voice, Mia pushed the door open and walked in.
"Huh? Why are you in my office today? Don't you have to invigilate the exam? " Attie asked curiously. She looked at Mia again and continued to ask, "And why are you dressed like this?"
Mia was not wearing her usual professor's uniform that had a long skirt and a high slit that perfectly showed off her legs. Instead, she was wearing the oldest professor's uniform in the University. It was the kind of robe that covered the whole body, making it look as if the person was covered in a bucket. This extremely conservative style of uniform was Baiyi's favorite but Mia, who had always loved to show off her beauty, hated it. Who would have thought that she would actually wear it today?
"It's because I have to invigilate the exam, that's why I'm dressed like this …" Mia said helplessly as she walked into the office like a walking wooden bucket. "If I dress like this, the students will be distracted, won't they? They might be fine in class, but I think it's better to make them pay more attention when invigilating the exam. "
Just like what she said, she was wearing a new uniform when she was invigilating the exam last year. Due to the irregular cut of the robe, it might only be faintly visible during class, but once she sat on the podium to invigilate the exam, her legs in white stockings would be revealed to the fullest … This inevitably made the boys uneasy and they would always look up at her from time to time during the exam …
As a result, Mia's performance in the classroom was not ideal. She had realized this, and this year, she had taken the initiative to wear the ugly but safe bucket robe.
"You're really considerate of them, aren't you?" Attie said with a bitter smile after listening to Mia's explanation.
"There's still some time before the exam, so I thought I'd drop by to see you," Mia continued. "How's your exam going?"
"Well, that's it." Attie pursed her lips and gestured for Mia to look at the monitor. "But this year, according to the Hitman Headmaster's request, we've added some variables, and it's really different from previous years …"
Baiyi had been discussing with the Hitman Headmaster about the difficulty of the Trial of Razor Edge. The trial might seem moderately difficult at first glance, but once the students got used to it, especially with proper teamwork, the difficulty would plummet. This was especially true since the trial had been held for so many years, and the students had more or less familiarized themselves with the terrain. They knew where the dangers were, where the safest places were, what tasty foods were, and what was difficult to deal with. If the trial continued on like this, it would become a Razor Edge Excursion.
Another problem was that, without the guidance of the seniors, it would be too dangerous for the freshmen. The difficulty level was unreasonable. If it were not for the fact that suitable realms were hard to find, and the fact that the monitoring spells were too troublesome, Baiyi would have asked the Hitman Headmaster to do this in a smaller realm, or he would have called a halt to the Trial of Razor Edge altogether.
The Hitman Headmaster had his own opinions on the matter. Although he did not call a halt to the Trial of Razor Edge, he was still trying to increase the difficulty. First, he adjusted the difficulty of the missions for students of different years, then he imposed strict restrictions on the consumables, and adjusted the scoring rules. It had some effect, but it was not obvious enough.
This year, however, the Hitman Headmaster decided to make an even bigger change. He threw in three monsters that the students could not hope to defeat — the Super Violent Jawflower, the Super Cruel Cactus, and the Super Mutated Bloodthirsty Watermelon — to mess up the situation at Razor Edge.
The experience that the students had accumulated over the years might have come in handy, but not in every situation. For example, Lee, who tried to drive like he always did, only to fail miserably. On the contrary, only the students who did not blindly follow the experience of others and made adjustments according to the situation would be able to score high in the Trial of Razor Edge.
For example, the Iron Rose Squad, which still had a first-year student with them, was doing quite well. The bronze-skinned girl was doing quite well. Their original campsite was unfortunately in the path of the Jawflower's patrol. As a girl, she had a good understanding of the Jawflower, the guardian of her dormitory. Not only did she manage to escape from the Jawflower's clutches, but she also managed to find a new campsite in the middle of the night, where she settled her teammates down.
The next day, their misfortune continued, and they ran into the Super Cruel Cactus.
It was obviously a very dangerous situation, but Iron Rose used her understanding of the cactus' habits and knew that it was much more principled than the Jawflower. She chose to calmly lead the team to retreat in an orderly manner. Little by little, they led the cactus to the nest of a drake. With the help of the drake, they managed to distract the cactus and successfully escape.
After they escaped, they cleverly took a detour and returned to collect some spoils of war from the ravaged drake. Coincidentally, they helped one of their team members complete the main mission.
This series of calm, rational, and intelligent actions won Attie high praise. It was a stark contrast to Lee.
After listening to Attie's explanation, Mia could not help but sigh. "This girl is so much like you! She's also the type who takes care of others. Are all you dark-skinned girls so gentle? "
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