130 Public Execution (1/2)
Lin Huang was adapting to the life in the training camp; it was similar to being held as a prisoner against his will. All communication and network signals were blocked, and they were completely disconnected from the outside world. There were surveillance cameras in every corner of the small foothold, and there were no blind spots at all. There was no privacy at all given; they were watched 24-hours a day, when they used the toilet, bathroom, and even while they slept.
Their daily routine was to wake up for breakfast from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and following that, they would be free to do as they please for the next hour. From 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., they would be killing monsters in the training tower for the entire length of eight hours. 5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. was dinner time and again, they were free to do as they pleased. After that, it was back to killing monsters in the training tower for three hours, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. They only got to rest after 11 o’clock at night.
Soon, two days had passed. It was free and easy time after breakfast, and suddenly, a tune that sounded like a ringtone was played on the loudspeaker. Half a minute later, the music stopped and a man began to speak.
”Everyone gather round the execution point in 10 minutes!”
Lin Huang thought that was odd. ”What’s going on?” he asked Xiao Mo.
”It’s public execution day today…” Xiao Mo explained softly. ”Everyone has to be there to watch it.”
”You mean executions for the three people who are ranked the lowest?” Lin Huang asked him again. He knew the rule himself but it was his first time he was going to witness an actual execution. ”Are they really going to carry out the execution in front of everyone?!” He almost yelled.
Lin Huang had read about this rule in the beginning when the training camp made them take a ranking test. They could collect points by killing monsters in the training tower.
Iron-level
Rank-1 = 1 point
Rank-2 = 2 points
Rank-3 = 4 points
Bronze-level
Rank-1 = 10 points
Rank-2 = 20 points
Rank-3 = 40 points
Silver-level
Rank-1 = 100 points,
Rank-2 = 200 points
Rank-3 = 400 points
Gold level
Rank-1 = 1,000 points
Rank-2 = 2,000 points
Rank-3 = 4,000 points
By accumulating points, they could redeem things that they wanted which included combat skills, Life Skills, equipment, food and a lot more. The ranking was refreshed daily and was sent to everyone’s Emperor’s Heart Ring through the local network. It was mentioned that those who ranked top-3 for 100 consecutive trials or broke through to gold-level during these trainings would officially become a reserve member of the Purple Crow. Meanwhile, those who ranked the in on the lowest three for 10 consecutive days would be executed in public.
”The public execution serves as a reminder to all of us,” Xiao Mo explained. Looking at everyone leaving, he urged Lin Huang, ”Let’s leave now. There will be punishments for the latecomers.”
Both of them followed the crowd to the other building in the small foothold, they arrived at an enormous ring-shaped arena. There was an empty space the size of a football field in the middle of the arena. It was surrounded by chairs, and within a glance, it could probably accommodate more than 10,000 people.
Lin Huang and Xiao Mo found themselves a seat. Soon the empty seats in the arena were almost full. It was only then that Lin Huang realized there were so many people in the training camp, more than he expected.
”So many people…”
”This isn’t considered many. There are 13 training camps in Division7. Ours is only the 11th when it comes to the number of participants,” Xiao Mo explained immediately when he heard Lin Huang’s exclamation.
”There are 13 training camps?!” Lin Huang gasped. He had thought this was the only training camp in Division7. He had definitely underestimated the organization.