98 Chapter 98: Mission Accomplished (2/2)
Unfortunately, Feng Hai remarked something about his leadership skills being lacking.
”I'm sorry. I know you were aiming for the position, but I don't think you can be the captain for the representatives.”
”Can I know why?” Harrison asked calmly. He didn't seem offended, but I was sure he was bitterly disappointed inside.
”The decisions you made in Sen Lin Forest…” Feng Hai gave him a hard stare. ”I think they are questionable. Sure, you racked up a huge kill tally and scored a lot of points. But in return, your team suffered the most casualties, and you put your members in danger most of the time.” He shook his head, not exactly disgusted, but still highly critical of Harrison's choices. ”Tell me, is that what a captain should be doing? Shouldn't you place the wellbeing and safety of your members and teammates above everything else? What's the point of scoring the highest if the majority of your team gets killed?”
”I understand Instructor's point, and you are right to criticize me about that,” Harrison conceded with a nod. ”But I would like to raise that my team survived.”
”With horrible injuries. And make no mistake, you didn't survive on your own abilities.” Feng Hai glowered at the Holy Saints president. ”Teams of instructors had been following you, to ensure you didn't get accidentally killed by monsters in the forest. They had to eliminate a few stray monsters that would have gotten in your path while your team's healer was busily treating your wounded. And speaking of wounded, the injuries your members sustained weren't light.”
Compared to Theodore's injuries, the wounds Holy Saints suffered were pretty grim and severe. Theodore survived with a few serious burns, but they weren't life-threatening, and a healing spell from Pearl allowed him to walk again. Thanks to that, we didn't spend too much time exiting the forest after claiming the mission token.
However, the injuries that Holy Saints suffered were often debilitating. While Harrison usually got off lightly because of his natural skill and strength, his other members were not so fortunate. They had to spend hours staying stationary, trying to recover from their frequent, vicious battles, and their poor healer had exhausted herself.
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Ironically, the healer was from another society, and not from Holy Saints. She was the last member of their group, a survivor from one of the smaller societies who were largely eliminated by now. She still looked pale in the aftermath of the tests. I heard that she botched several of her healing spells in panic during the final test.
That might explain why she didn't look so good.
Harrison glanced at her apologetically, realizing the strain he had placed on her.
”I'm sorry.”
”Don't be sorry. Learn from your mistakes.” Feng Hai then proceeded to name the final two members. He glanced toward Black Rose.
Alicia, Miranda and the two other girls in the team, were waiting anxiously. The fifth and last member, a guy (a very lucky one, come to think of it, since he got to spend almost a week with a team of girls), was a little more relaxed.
”Alicia and Miranda. You're both in the team.”
Well, can't say I didn't expect that. Alicia was too skilled and powerful to exclude, and there was a reason why Miranda attained the rank of vice-president in Black Rose. All in all, there weren't many surprises.
”This is unfair!” Terence bellowed. ”How did I not get chosen? Why were those losers…” he glared viciously in the direction of me and Dong Fang Yue Chu. ”…selected over me instead?! There must be some mistake!”
”I assure you, there is no mistake.” Feng Hai gave him a stern look. ”I originally didn't intend to say this right here, in front of everybody, but I guess I should. Terence, your performance was the most disappointing by far. Instead of cooperating with the rest of your team, you focused on elevating your own status and succumbed to political backstabbing. Not to mention, it was due to your actions against the Amber Ape that got your teammates hurt. Even though you're outside, in a dangerous forest, trying to survive against monsters, you still have the cheek to raise dissent and undermine Harrison's authority. I don't know what you're trying to pull, but I guarantee that you won't be selected for any representative team if you continue to play those games.”
”Ah, that…that's only a misunderstanding…”
Terence turned pale, but he lowered his head and fell silent instead of arguing.
”And that's it. Congratulations to all those who have been selected as representatives. For the rest of you, you have worked extremely well and performed well…” His glance at Terence seemed to imply, ”with exceptions.” But he wisely didn't say that out. ”Even if you didn't get chosen, you should still be proud of yourselves. You survived almost a week in Sen Lin Forest and acquitted yourselves well in the face of adversary. As your instructor, I am very proud of you.”
Everyone, except Terence, puffed their chests out, or looked elated, exchanging delighted looks with each other.
So the team of representatives was basically comprised of Harrison, Cody, Lily, Alicia, Miranda, Craig, Theodore, Pearl, Dong Fang Yue Chu and me. Yay, I guess?
”It's not over yet.” Feng Hai grinned at us. ”The ten of you, had best prepare for some training from hell. I'm going to whip you into shape for this year's tournament. But before that…”
He waved his hands to dismiss us.
”Go get some rest. The training camp is over! You've all graduated and can raise your heads high!”
With that, we stepped into our one-week break after the training camp.