Chapter 21

Nick left the commission office and followed the man to his room. The people in that office were strange. But he remembered their appearance well, in the future he would ask about them. When he walked through the academy, he did not notice many students, and those he noticed were above level one hundred. Which led him to think that this was a building for senior students. Having reached his room, Nick decided to meditate and accumulate more mana and life force in his sword. Syria and Benedict lived relatively close to him and also went about their business. Nick could not fall asleep for a long time and brightened up his thoughts about the future.

The next morning, Maria wake up him in and helped him quickly get ready for his first class. She even cooked his favorite food for him, fried meat with lots of tomatoes and fried potatoes. In a good mood, he went to the room he needed. On the card that they handed him, you could see where his classes were and what time they would start. Nick almost suspected that the digital era had begun in this world. Entering the room, he saw about 30 people and a teacher, he came almost the last one and took the first suitable seat. Looking at the people and evaluating them, he was glad to see that everyone here had a [Rare] class. Some were without a second class, some had another. But among the entire class, only 4 people had two [Rare] classes. Five minutes later, Liam entered with another student with blue hair. And so he counted 32 students, a teacher and his assistant. Seeing that everyone had gathered, the Teacher decided to start their lesson.

"Welcome to the Royal Academy, I am Elton Lauren and this is my assistant Heather Dinar. I don't have any status blocking skills so feel free to evaluate me."

Nick didn't need to be told twice.

Name: Elton Lauren 189 years old

Race: Human [Uncommon] Lvl 200

Class: Great Arcane Mage [Special] Lvl 400

Class: Elite of Hand Combat [Special] Lvl 300

Name: Heather Dinar 50 years old

Race: Mana-Tuned Human [Rare] Lvl 200

Class: Arcane Mage [Rare] Lvl 200

Class: Soul Mage [Rare] Lvl 200

"Perhaps some of you are wondering why you will be trained by the Great Mage in your first year. And I will answer you, you were all gathered today to be taught and prepared for the future war against demons. You are the elite class of this year of study. That is why everything turned out this way. But in order to begin our training, it is important to be of a higher level, but today our lesson will not be about that. Demons are our future enemies, the church has the strongest prejudice and hatred towards them. Soon they plan to invade our world, in order to stop this threat, it is important to be able to work in a team. After all, adult demons will be at least at my level. Therefore, your first lesson will be about how to survive in a group against monsters."

Nick thought he was misheard at first. Looking around, he realized that was far from true. Some were happy with the situation, some were horrified, and some, like him, couldn't understand what the new teacher had said. At the front row of tables, a blond guy raised his hand and the teacher happily invited him out.

"Forgive me Mr. Elton, but don't you think it's stupid, if one of us dies you will be severely punished for it."

"Yes, my prince. You will be right, so each of you will wear a ring that, in case of emergency, will immediately teleport you to the healers. And if necessary, they will put your soul back into your body. So do not worry, I will immediately interrupt your questions about all the unnecessary little things. You will be sent to a place full of bloodthirsty monsters of the [Rare] level at every step. And they will send you not for one day, but let's say for an indefinite period. I will also take away from you all the equipment that you did not create yourself, or not higher than the [Uncommon] level. And if you still think that I am joking, you will have to realize something." The next thing Elton said did not please the absolute majority of children.

"I don't care who you are, what family you are from, or what lineage you represent. Don't even try to scare your classmates with this. You will all pass this selection without exception, if it makes you feel better, then Archmage Ronan and the Commander-in-Chief of Humanity are responsible for all of this. So if you, my prince, strongly disagree with their actions, I can only allow you to talk about it with his majesty.

Everyone in the room was stunned, if Nick and Liam had experienced this kind of treatment in the past, most of the kids had not. Nick was happy about it like a child, he had almost forgotten the situation he was in. And something told him that his main problem would not be monsters.

"Okay, we'll leave your introduction for later. Now come with me to the portal. All the equipment you need has already been prepared for you."

Nick liked this turn of events, but most of his classmates whined about how all of their mana was stored in other items that couldn't be used in this test. But Nick was calm, he made the sword himself and no one would take it away from him. Approaching Liam, he greeted him and the girl next to him.

"Hey Liam, how are you? How was training with the family?"

"Hello Dylan, nice to see you. Training went well, but nothing special. This is Norn Bruxon by the way, she's from another noble house that uses water magic."

Nick looked at her more closely and couldn't form a first impression. She was tall for her age, had blue hair and blue eyes. She was quite cute in appearance, Nick couldn't immediately decide whether he liked her or not. So she received the benefit of the doubt from him.

"Yes, nice to meet you, I'm Dylan Ghostblade."

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"Nice to meet you Dylan." She replied with more of a smile than he thought necessary and he immediately decided that he didn't like her. Deciding not to focus on it Nick continued talking to Liam.

"So how do you feel about us being thrown into an unknown place?"

"You know, Dylan, maybe it's for the best. We've gotten too used to the benefits of civilization. And as a Mage, I'd be more of a burden in the group in such an environment."

"Yeah, you're right about that. We didn't put much into the mana regeneration stat. It'll be tough, but I think that's the whole point. Aside from teamwork, we'll learn everything. I hope the prince won't be our leader."

"Why? Did he displease you in some way?"

"No, that's not the point. It's just that if the leader is not the one who is the best leader, but simply the one who inherits this status, things could get really bad. Although perhaps the prince would be taught how to properly lead people. It would be interesting to watch."

"I don't feel the same feelings as you, it will be a big headache."

While Nick and Liam were talking, they just came to the teleportation gates. They were guarded by the same royal guards and the same space mage.

"Viranes, greetings. We need a teleporter without a gate on the other side, I have a spatial anchor for you." Elton said and took out a metal dodecahedron with runes engraved on it.

"Okay, the portal will open in five minutes."

"Okay, respected students on the other side, you will give us your equipment and receive new ones in return. Also, I will not be happy to tell you that from then on, you will be on your own."

Nick was even happier about this, he was of course sure that they would be constantly watched and some sort of evaluation would be conducted. No one would stop him from doing whatever he wanted. But other people were not happy about this at all. Nick even saw how one boy almost burst into tears. He decided to evaluate him, since he did not believe at all that someone would treat it like that without even seeing it. In general, Nick thought that he was overacting.

Name: Seth Knightley 15 years old

Race: Human [Uncommon] Lvl 48

Class: Shadow Construct Mage [Rare] Lvl 2

Class: Not selected

Nick could understand why he was so worried, his magic would be one of the weakest for fighting monsters, but he could hide. With this thought, Nick realized that some mages would be almost useless. If he could now understand the guy, then Norn was really getting on his nerves now. She was openly hitting on Liam. If you skip all her broken delirium, it was all about how hard it would be for her without her favorite staff, in which she had accumulated all her mana. She strongly appealed to pity and used all her charisma characteristics so that Liam would begin to calm her down. Nick listened to her conversation with Liam.

"Liam, I'm so scared. What if some monster eats me?"

A little more and she would have burst into tears too. Nick really hoped that Liam would not take her words seriously. But how wrong he was.

"Don't be afraid, this is unlikely to happen. After all, not everyone here is a magician and there will be someone to protect us."

In his mind, Nick had already cursed his friend, he at least hoped that Liam thought of her as a child who just needed help. But Nick still decided to talk to him about it alone.

The portal opened and Elton led them through the portal.

"Come in and do it quickly. We have a schedule."

On the other side, Nick could see a couple of stone houses and a solid wild forest. When Eton said that it would be bad, Nick did not count on a wild forest, but this was to be expected. When everyone passed through the portal, Elton spoke again.

"These houses contain your provisions for the next two weeks and your new equipment. There is armor in your size, various weapons and staves with cores of different elements. But before that, you must remove everything that is higher than [Uncommon] rank and give it to me. You can change clothes in the house in turns, but I would start to get out of the habit of doing this. If someone bites your head off while you are alone, you will definitely have to go to a mind healer afterwards. And if someone keeps an item that they should not have made, you will be severely punished. And believe me, you do not want to be punished."

Elton was a serious man and Nick believed him. He was also sure that the Great Magician did not throw words to the wind. But of course he would like to see how someone would be punished. Being either the smartest or the bravest, Nick approached Elton first.

"Hello, respected Teacher Elton, I am Dylan Ghostblade. To avoid any misunderstandings, I made this wooden sword myself."

Nick pulled his wooden sword out of its sheath. Elton first looked at Nick and then assessed his weapon.

"Indeed, hand over everything you have except this sword and knives."

"Of course sir."

Nick, without further objection, took the sheath with the Phantom Blade from his belt and handed it to Elton, he also took off all the amulets and bracelets he had. Activating the spatial ring, he carefully put all the unnecessary things there, in addition to the uniform.

"I'll be right back sir."

"I won't keep you."

Ignoring Nick entered the building and chose the largest backpack for himself, looking at the racks with weapons, he thought about whether he needed another sword or not. A spare sword would be very nice, but he did not know how to fight with two swords yet, and if he did not use it, it would only hinder him. Therefore, Nick limited himself to 10 more throwing knives, in addition to the 6 that he had. This was certainly a hell of a lot, but he knew that he would definitely lose a couple. Among the equipment except for leather armor there was nothing, it was clear. No matter how superhuman you are, you will not be able to move normally in the wild forest in full steel armor. Having chosen a suitable set for himself, he went to change. He immediately folded the clothes in his spacious ring and left the building already as a real adventurer. In leather armor hung with throwing knives, with a sword on his belt and with a large backpack. Approaching Elton, he handed him the ring without further ado.

"Well done Dylan, I hope you pass this test with the same dignity. And all of you, hurry up and change your clothes! I'm not going to wait here for you until tomorrow. You still have to go and kill one nasty monster today. So, march!"

Now Nick could see how some ran like headless chickens. This made him laugh, but he tried with all his might to hold it in and not get involved in an unnecessary conflict. Another ten minutes passed in this way, during which Nick managed to overcome himself and not laugh at people. Elton immediately built them up.

"Line up in three rows of ten people. Now I'll explain to you, your task for today is to finish off the Cursed Ent [Rare] Lvl 40. I don't care about your excuses, that you're all level one and so on. How to do it is up to you, the only thing I care about is that you don't burn the forest to hell. The Ent is located to the north, about 15 kilometers. Heather and I are moving away from here, see you soon!"

So Elton and his Assistant flew away with the help of the flight spell. There was complete silence among the group, this brought a big smile to Nick's face.