Chapter 294 Companions Part 2 (2/2)

Following the reatsword, the thick clouds that covered the sky split cleanly, signaling the beginning of the war

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Zetta, Planet Khron, Universal government territory

A few months had passed since the 'Army and Explorer Preparatory Academy' had been founded, and today, was the day of one of most important, as well as the first of the many tests to which the raduate

The test consisted in a series of obstacle courses and proble exercises which the students had to solve any way they could The way they decided to solve these probleroup they belonged, and the ranking within the Patriot Academy

The entire planet had been reserved for this test, and in order to keep an eye on the tens of thousands of students that were going to participate in it, hundreds of members of the ar, and evaluating

One of these observers, was Krit, and ever since the beginning of this test, he had been keeping his eyes glued on a single one of these young warriors One that ever since the very beginning of the test, instead of for with the others, had separated froroup and had solved one proble on hi alone at the finishi+ng line of the test, while the e teah the tests by using their nuence

”His behavior has been that of an exemplary soldier He is more fit to the army” Said a heavily armored cultivator that suddenly appeared next to the sniper His tone was serious, and it was clear that he was trying to convince the explorer that Jerigh, the person who had just finished the entire course by himself, was more fit to be part of the army, than to be an explorer

”His talent will never be wasted obeying to commands The explorers will have hih He had been thoroughly impressed by him, and his talent in cultivation could not only be compared to that of the candidate elites that the various factions were allowed to keep, but he appeared to be above thest these tens of thousands of people there were a few that truly reseh was one of the him join the army, was simply absurd

At the end of the test, those ere able to complete the course were split into three levels Those who followed orders and allowed themselves to be lead by the ones they believed to be more capable than they were, people that took the roles of leaders of their groups, and lead thee themselves, and refused to collaborate with others

The first two ranks were reserved for people with the temperament of soldiers and officers, while the third level, was reserved for people who had the temperament of explorer However the test was far from over

Only minutes after the last of the students had either failed or succeeded in their test, a ranking list of the students had been filled in with the names of the participants But whileto the levels reserved for the ar list had been filled with those who had demonstrated to have the quality of explorers

This action had enraged many of the participants for a sih, as the first person to co list, did not belong to the top ten, but a few of the 'explorers' that were ranked in the top hundred were ast the last to finish the entire test, and ed to finish before them

”Why aren't we even in the top hundred?”

”This is unfair, for?”

”You never said that for tearoup leaders coroups they lead, as well as the rest of the cultivators who felt wronged by the decisions of the testers, joined in in expressing their discontent

Krit, which was in charge of the entire acadeht in front of the massive slab of stone where the hundred naes ”Very well, if you want a higher ranking, you are free to challenge any of those in the top hundred”

As soon as Krit finished speaking, the majority of the cultivators backed away Not because they did not wish to be in the top hundred of such a prestigious academy, but because they were aware of their lack of pohen compared to the leaders of the teams they had joined, not to ed to finish the entire test by themselves

Kirt quickly noticed that only a few had found the courage to coh one more tiroup, and you can choose any one of theive the last hit keeps the rank, while the rest are ranked right after How does that sound?”

Suddenly, the eyes of hundreds of cultivators h