Chapter 44 - On Stage Part 2 (2/2)
The little commotion was settled after Larf’s intervention.
The sinister-looking instructor regained his senses and sized up the reserved warriors who were waiting for the exam to begin.
“The reexamination will start in two minutes. Little fellas, if you guys make it, I’ll be your combat coach in the future, but before that happens, try not to get overexcited. The exam isn’t a game. I’m saying that in this exam, I cannot guarantee…”
Up until this point, the instructor seemed a little pleased. However, he paused and a gloomy smile appeared on his face.
Until he scanned all the faces of the reserved warriors, he continued, “That every one of you can walk out of the exam alive.”
Was there a life-threatening danger in the exam?
Some people in the group paled at his words. The short fellow beside Tang Ling also trembled but tightly held his fists.
Yu and Orston were not moved since they should know about the contents of the exam.
Tang Ling understood the situation but he was not affected either since he had seen many life-and-death situations himself.
“Now, I’ll give all of you a chance. You can choose to quit now.” It seemed like the frightened reaction from the group made the instructor feel haughty as his tone sounded like he was ridiculing them.
No one was willing to quit now though.
“Very well then.” The instructor slowly walked around and then said loudly, “Clear the venue and get ready.”
As his words subsided, many groups of warriors appeared from every direction of the square. They moved in in an orderly fashion, and they quickly cleared the crowded Glory Square to create a spacious ground.
Then, another group of warriors carried many iron bars into the square and started to piece the thick bars together.
The clunks were endless, making the crowd curious about what the warriors were building. A heated discussion started to rumble among them.
The format of the exam seemed to be different from the past.
This time, Larf did not care about the discussion in the crowd. Instead, he watched the warriors getting busy piecing the iron bars with an interested gaze.
A minute and a half later, a giant iron cage appeared in the center of Glory Square right in front of the giant statue of the castellan.
Only after the cage was built did everyone finally realize that the whole cage was covered with dark claret lines as though they were bloody lines.
“All of you should be honored to take the exam in front of the statue of our great castellan of Safety Sector No. 17, Lord Worf Andol. Do all of you know our Lord’s greatest achievement? A Level 3 vicious beast, a white thunder eagle, once sieged our sector, but our great castellan single-handedly shot it down. Therefore, the exam that we’ll be having here should follow the footsteps of our great castellan.”
When the iron cage appeared, the instructor in the blue uniform was thoroughly excited. He said the most words since the beginning and his eyes were gleaming with an unusual shine. “The changes in our era cannot tolerate your cowardness anymore.”
The moment his voice subsided, groups of workers appeared from behind Glory Hall and strenuously carried a dozen fully sealed cages towards the center of the square.
No one was able to catch a glimpse of the contents of the sealed cages, but judging from the various savage growls inside that shook the sky and made the land tremble, the crowd started to grow anxious.
Even an idiot knew what the sealed cages were holding. All the cages were unloaded in front of that giant iron cage without exception.
The smile on the instructor’s face grew darker. “Very well now, all of you have one last chance to quit. It’s now or never. Anyone?”
Tang Ling saw the smirk on the instructor’s face. He squinted his eyes and finally understood what the short fellow beside him was warning him earlier. He might be affected in the upcoming exam.