Chapter 57
"I'll start yours training from the beginning. You couldn't avoid fighting the Ent and you handled it well, sending a worthy squad to fight him. Also, staying in this territory was a good decision. You weren't bothered by monsters, but you had to pay for it. No provisions and easy leveling up... When you met the orcs, you shouldn't have attacked them, that was the first serious mistake besides planning."
Elton continued speaking while the students listened quietly, he paused to hear objections, but when he saw none he continued.
"By killing the first orcs, you put a big target on your back. Although you should have first scouted out their territory and numbers, and not assumed that they were all stupid monsters that did not pose a danger."
The prince's face became even sadder after Elton's words. Elton naturally noticed this, but decided to leave this problem for later.
"After a brief skirmish with them, you wisely decided to leave and handled everything quite well. I won't take Dylan's serious injury into account, as it can't be foreseen and there is some danger in staying in the wild forest forever. This was your second serious mistake, one person was careless enough to get bitten by the [Plague Carrier], and everyone else didn't think that they could be in danger of getting some kind of disease due to their "high stats". Because of this, you almost failed the entire test. If any of you were about to die because of such a small thing, I would have had to bring you all to the academy."
Elton paused again to give the students time to ask questions. Kaeti raised her hand and he gave her a slight motion to speak. Kaeti stood up from her seat and cleared her throat slightly, she looked pale despite being completely healed and everyone could easily tell that she was not feeling well. After clearing her throat she spoke in an uncharacteristically quiet voice for her.
"Master Elton, I understand why we should have paid attention to the minor symptoms of the disease earlier, but why would you send us to the academy after the first activation of the ring and not do the same during the battle with the orcs."
Elton listened calmly to her question and simply answered.
"It's very simple, such a death was simply not worthy. And this would loudly speak about the fact that you are not ready for this test. Of course, you and Max managed to prevent people from dying from this at first, for which I can only applaud to you, with the amount of resources that you had, it was almost the best outcome of events, of course, the strict decision of the prince contributed to this. Since without isolation you would not have been able to do this."
Kaeti had no more questions and simply nodded to Elton, letting him know. Elton's gaze lingered on Liam as he looked around at the other students.
"After my appearance, I gave you instructions to go to the troll and you did it perfectly, winning his favor. When the troll came and cured you all, yours life began to improve and you calmly gathered resources and trained. This was yours third serious mistake, you should have left that place. You did not think at all that the orcs would be able to find you, which was fatal. When the troll left, yours doom was signed." Elton paused for a moment and continued.
"I originally thought you didn't have a chance, but some of you showed phenomenal skill in combat. I'm not one who likes to give praise, but I have to do it again. Liam, Cassandra, Dylan, Lynella, Alistair, and Ariana, please stand up." Elton said, gesturing with her hand.
Everyone who was named stood up while the others began to look at them with great interest. Most of the classmates were very confused as the prince was not among them, which was easily seen on their faces.
"I will start from the smallest merit in my opinion, to the greatest:
Ariana fought against the strongest warrior of the tribe. She also killed many orcs and 3 class owners, brilliantly managed to distract a large number to give you a chance against the shaman. She would not have been caught if the shaman had not used a sacrificial ritual, turning all the orcs into furious monsters.
Alistair, thanks to Cassandra's spell, was able to poison, according to my calculations, about 400 orcs and goblins. Thanks to his poison, you were able to gather together later. To create such a poison, under such conditions, was truly a sign of a genius alchemist, and this despite the creation of a truly tolerable artifact. I'm afraid that even those who reached level 100 in the class would not be able to repeat his feat.
Cassandra, in addition to her most powerful spell, killed 4 class owners and was not afraid to confront [Shaman] openly, managing to kill many orcs under her protection. Of course, she was subsequently killed by a summoned spirit, but this is worth a lot.
Linella contributed more to the victory over the tribe's strongest warrior, with her illusions and was able to kill him with a cursed weapon. But most importantly in my opinion, she was able to hide his death from the shaman, at least for a while.
You all didn't see the battle against the tribe's strongest warrior, but it was Liam who made the biggest contribution. His Water, Ice, and Diamond Dust magic were able to deal him colossal damage, with the support of Dylan, Linella, and Ariana. His skill really deserves special praise, but the most significant thing in the battle was the synergy that everyone present achieved. Later, I will leave the recordings of all your battles for you to see. It's up to you to decide whether to show them to your classmates.
Some of you might be wondering how Dylan got to the number one spot? Right?"
The rest of the class nodded as Dylan continued to stand there silently, remembering his actions. His face began to change slightly as he remembered how mad he had been. Elton smiled and looked at Dylan, slightly relieved that he knew what he had done.
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"I think I'll give him a little more attention since he was able to stand out so much. I won't pay attention to the battles that happened before the main clash with the orcs and will therefore move on to the beginning of the battle. Dylan was able to repel the first blow of the tribe's strongest warrior, preventing Liam from being instantly killed, and repel the next two. It would seem that this is unusual? The fact is that this orc's physical characteristics alone were 4 times higher than Dylan's. But this is actually a trifle compared to what he did next. Having received orders from the prince to divert the orcs, he did just that. But this was not enough for him and he activated the ability of the spiritual sword. A huge amount of pollen began to fly out of it, which was poisonous to everyone except him. What happened next cannot be called normal, Dylan showed a strong thirst for blood and began to kill orcs by the dozens, without any resistance. Alone, he killed about 400 orcs and stopped only because there was no one."
Teacher Elton paused and turned to Dylan.
"Dylan, I don't know where your unjustified cruelty comes from, but you should see a mind healer, this can't be normal. We'll talk about this in person later."
"Of course Master Elton." Dylan replied.
"Okay, I'll continue. When all the orcs in the immediate vicinity were killed, Dylan by miracle escaped the explosion. The shaman set his pollen curtain on fire and he managed to see the light further and immediately hid underground. Later, he waited for a convenient moment and attacked the shaman's successor. Dylan brought his techniques to the limit and was able to throw back the two orcs who were protecting her with the help of techniques and the 4th level spell "Spear of Power". At that moment, Dylan showed phenomenal skill and cut off her head with one blow."
Understanding of what happened next appeared on the faces of many people.
"Yes, the shaman was in despair and then in rage, after the death of her daughter. Dylan was already dead at that moment, as he was killed by other orcs. I hope that you will not blame Dylan for your death, since because of him the shaman began her ritual that subsequently doomed everyone. Now you can all sit down."
Dylan received many conflicting looks while standing, but he did not regret anything. In his opinion, he did everything correctly and most importantly, effectively.
"The battle that happened after the ritual was good under Evander's leadership, but it was nothing special."
"Well, if you knew everything that would happen and what exactly your comrades are capable of, you would have an incredibly small chance of winning. Of course, Evander's leadership played a big role in the number of orcs you killed and was very good, his decisions made sense despite the lack of real command experience. My next words will seem very harsh towards him, but you could have done better.. It's time to ask questions and I will be happy to answer them."
Most of the classmates either had no questions or didn't want to ask them. In general, everyone was still worried about the battle.
Max raised his hand, to which teacher Elton gave him the floor.
"Master Elton, I have no questions about the battle, but what happened to the orcs and Green later?"
"After the last activation of the ring, I killed all the orcs and visited Green, telling him that you all completed this stage of training. I also implanted various knowledge into his mind that would later will help him achieve great success."
"Thank you, Teacher Elton." Max replied and bowed slightly.
The others were in no hurry to ask questions, so Elton continued.
"I had hoped that none of you would be too upset about what happened, but I see that this is far from the case. Tomorrow, various teachers will begin a personal conversation with each of you to discuss your experiences and the various mistakes you made."
"Prince Evander, you shouldn't beat yourself up over your failures either., classes will begin soon where you can really practice leadership and command. The main idea of this training was to show you that you don't know much and reduce your self-confidence, but I never thought it would be so effective."
Teacher Elton shook his head and took out spatial rings and the students' personal belongings from his pockets.
"But I hope that you will not be so upset for long, since you all received a significant amount of points that you can later spend at your own discretion and I'm sure this will lift the spirits to all. You can take what belongs to you and return to your personal rooms, I will be here for a while so that each of you can discuss with me the issues that concern you in private."
Dylan, along with the others, took his things. Putting the ring on his finger, he went into his consciousness and examined all the items he had.
God, how I missed various potions and good equipment. Hell, I wouldn't go anywhere without a ring again, and what kind of points are these? Well, I can always ask about it later.
Activating the ring, a small portal appeared under Dylan's hand, from where he took out the card that was given to him at the academy, along with a runic amulet. Dylan called Ariana and Linella.
"Hi, do you have any contacts?"
"Of course." Linella replied, lacking her usual enthusiasm, while Ariana simply nodded.
Dylan nodded and showed his, he entered a small amount of mana and a small holographic screen appeared in front of him.
"My artifact works on a different principle, I don't have an ID, so you need to give me yours so that I can allow my search to you."
The girls were in no mood to ask how it was supposed to work and simply agreed. Dylan quickly wrote down their IDs and brought the artifact a little closer, two new devices appeared on the screen, which he added to the allowed ones.
"Thanks and good luck, I guess. I'll call you later so we can meet."
The girls answered affirmatively. Dylan walked slightly to the other side of the classroom and thought about what he should do next. He should have taken Evander's and the others' IDs, but they were in a really bad mood. Dylan didn't want to seem intrusive, in his opinion, everyone needed to calm down. He admitted that he could be blamed for many of the problems, so he decided to quietly leave the classroom.
Taking out the card, he poured mana into it, a slightly different hologram appeared, and Dylan tried to find his way to his room. A few minutes of struggling with the interface, and he was able to navigate the map.
As he walked through the academy, he assessed the various students by looking at what they were carrying in their hands. He saw a so many of interesting books and he couldn't wait to read them all. Especially the books on different classes and skills. Once he got to his room, he opened it by placing the card on the door and immediately hurried to change into his personal [Special] level academy uniform. He felt much better in it. After looking around the room, he lay down on the bed and began to plan his next steps once again.