Chapter 123 - Killing The Ogre (1/2)

Lars and Chloe jumped down and joined the battle. Thanks to Evan's initiative, the situation had moved on and they had finally stopped running from the monsters.

After looking around the battlefield, Evan thought to himself, <Hmm, I didn't expect those two to decide to jump down, too. I think they know very well that they're taking a big risk by doing something like that.>

Chloe and Lars thought they were among the strongest in this challenge, their main competitors being Evan and Enni. Nevertheless, they had attacked the monsters, even though they knew that Evan and Enni could stay upstairs and just watch them fight.

Of course, Chloe and Lars had their own opinions on this, they knew what they were going for. Evan was surprised at their decision.

Whoosh.

Unexpectedly for Evan, Enni jumped down after Lars and Chloe. Besides Evan, she was the only one without a team. She could have continued to stand on top, but the girl still decided to attack the monsters.

Evan was faced with a dilemma: he could join the others or watch them fight.

<This Ogre is almost dead, but the others are just around the corner... what should I do?> Evan didn't worry that the other participants could be seriously injured, he didn't care.

The only question he cared about was <Will I be able to kill the final monster alone?>

While Evan was thinking, the teachers in the arena were discussing the situation. They were encouraged by such a drastic change in the battlefield.

”AHAHAHAHAHA, this guy has surprised me once again. He started throwing other contestants into the water, it's absurd! AHAHAHAHAHA.”

The man in the silver mantle was very pleased with Evan's actions. They were bold and unpredictable, he had rarely seen anything like it.

”Well, he's certainly good, but those two decided to jump down themselves. They figured they'd better help the others, so they could definitely make it to the finals. They decided not to take the risk, but to act now. The ability to make the right decisions is more important than most other things.” The girl in the silver mantle calmly said.

”Uh, who says it's the right decision? We don't even know what kind of monster will be at the end yet. They are wasting their strength now, maybe then they won't even be able to land a single blow. I think it's better to make others fight and leave your strength for the fight with the stronger opponents.” Said the man in the silver mantle.

As in the case with the participants of this trial, the teachers' opinions differed sharply from one another. Each of them was right on one side. Moreover, as that man said, neither the students nor the teachers had knew yet what the monster would be at the end.

This was so that they would evaluate the students' actions without knowing what would happen next. If the teachers were aware of what the monster would be at the end, they would immediately know who acted right and who didn't. But, that assessment would have been unfair: it's always easy to speak knowing the course of events ahead of time.

The monsters for this test had been prepared by the selected older students. Both students and teachers thought these monsters were weak, so the older students risked nothing.

While the other teachers were arguing, Draven turned to Arabella, ”Tell me, are you interested in anyone? You never take on students unless they've been at the Academy for at least a few years.”

Arabella was the head of the Academy of Magic - ”The Last Moon”, it was incredibly prestigious to become her student. It was the best reward for every student at the Academy. Arabella had students, but they were all the older students. She saw no point in personally tutoring someone who had just entered the Academy.

”No, you know me, maybe one of them will interest me later. What about you? Don't you want to take someone as a student? I think this guy is quite capable and suits your spirit.” Arabella said calmly, looking at Evan.

Draven shook his head, ”I don't know, I didn't really want to take anyone as an apprentice yet, but perhaps I will change my mind.”