Chapter 34：The unfortunate fate of someone from the weakest and unpopular academy... (1/2)

Yman noticed some other trainees on the distance. They were watching at them. Based on their looks, he surmised that they were senior trainees. Although he was wondering that there were only a few senior students in this academy.

Every row of trainees there was an instructor facing them. Watching them while managing their actions.

If any of the trainees made any unnecessary movements they could be easily be caught and be punished.

So every one of them was too careful not to make any slight movement that could be caught the instructor's attention.

They were standing straight with both hands straight down on their sides. Everyone's attention must focus only on the person on stage.

Only the gulping sounds of their drying throats were slightly discernible. Everyone was having mixtures of feelings. They were excited and nervous at the same time.

After introducing himself to the fledgling trainees, Instructor Stone De Guz Man greeted the new batch of fledglings. They were the new freshmen of this academy.

In the distance, some senior trainees were watching the scene. This was the same scene at their time when they first came to this academy. Every one of them had the ambition of being the one to raise this academy's reputation.

That they would be the ones to lead this academy to victory. That they were fated to become the great leader of this academy.

But reality slapped them very hard on their faces after they experienced the crushing defeat in the official stage of academy contest.

They were out in the preliminary round of the contest. The gap in strength was too high. The other academy was just too strong. And they have better facilities compared to this academy. They could not even complete their quests because the other trainees from the different academies would hunt in their territory. And they could just flee, run with their tails.

How could they able to get stronger when the other academies had stronger senior trainees who accompanied their fledglings to hunt in this academy's own hunting ground?

In this repeated fate of defeat, when the official match had begun, they had lower levels compared to the magicians from the other academies.

All those senior trainees who would be going to graduate in this academy could only sigh in regrets. After they graduated here, it would be hard for them to find decent jobs in the future. In this era where only looks and strength were matters, a loser like them had no place in these two worlds.

And, those who graduated from the strong and popular academy would have a better future ahead of them. For sure many companies or guilds would flock to recruit them.

This was the reality of these two worlds. Well, those losers who graduated from the weak and unpopular academy had a future of becoming a canon-fodder. They could join the subjugation mission to reclaim some lands that were fallen to the monster on the Outerworld.

Or they could stay here and joined the adventurers guild to support themselves. Being an adventurer could help them gained money to become rich, but their life would always be in danger. Since high reward mission means high difficulty. And if no mission, it also means no work, so no pay.

Unlike the seeker association on the Outerworld where their salary was set for monthly even if there was no mission. And also, in the seeker association, many benefits were given. For example life insurance, medical, health, and much other insurance. But in adventurer's guild, no insurance you would get even if you died.

This was the unfairness of this new era. Where looks and strength only matters.

If you're wondering why looks were also mattered. That was because any good looking individual could use it to their advantage.