Chapter 123: United We Stand (1/2)
Chapter 123: United We Stand
Translator: Double_LEditor: Tehrn
Samantha saw Martyrus as her role model for his effort and willpower to transform a B-Ranked academy into the famous and strong Bernabeu of today. Martyrus greatest advantage was his ability to discover the potentials among students, which even Samantha had to admit being inferior in this field.
”I’m impressed, I didn’t expect you would do this,” Martyrus said as he skimmed through the proposal of Samantha’s alliance plan, which he had no reason to turn down.
”Principal Martyrus, I graduated from Capth too, and I know how dangerous they are, which is why we cannot depend on luck at all. My idea is that each of us selects twenty students and have all of them train together, then we select the best ten students to challenge Capth, regardless of Bernabeu or Ayrlarng. No matter if we win or if we lose in the end, I believe both our academies will be able to learn something new from the collaboration!”
Martyrus sighed as he was convinced by Samantha, ”If only I had given up my desire for fame and fortune at the very beginning, maybe Bernabeu might have been even stronger. Okay, let’s do it your way; however, the usual training will be ineffective for these geniuses; for instance, previously I sent Apache to receive his training at the Spatial Anti-Smuggling Bureau, but now it’s impossible to send everyone there to be trained. Also, there’s another problem, students might be able to increase their experiences in real battles, but the lack of systematic guidances and advice will hold them back on learning to the utmost extent.”
”No worries Principal Martyrus, I’ve already found a solution for that. Right now, all we need is a good venue, if everything goes smoothly, we might be able to use the experimental base of the FFC.”
”...You mean FFC’s Paradise Island?”
”Indeed, since the island has comprehensive equipment and a realistic environment, it will be the best training field for the candidates.” Samantha nodded.
”Very well, if you can successfully obtain Paradise Island as the training base, I’ll lead a team by myself and provide you our full support. I’ll leave you to gather the team of trainers and instructors and feel free to pick anyone from Bernabeu!” Martyrus said as he pounded the table. For the first time, he saw a ray of hope to win against an S-Ranked academy.
He was tired of getting bullied by S-Ranked academies throughout the years even though they managed to learn a lot from each defeat, but no one liked to be bullied every time, so of course, he would seize every single chance of vanquishing S-ranked academies.
”I’m glad you will be leading the team yourself, Principal Martyrus!” Samantha nodded and continued, ”If we could provide well-directed training courses, I’m sure the students will be able to create a miracle!”
”To be honest, it was actually Wang Tong that got me interested in your proposal. If he isn’t included, the possibility of winning against Capth will be less than 10% even if we combined our forces. Wang Ben, Apache, and the others might look like the aces in our team, but their levels are only normal and not even outstanding if compared to the No.1’s of Capth.”
”You seemed to be quite interested in Wang Tong, he was only lucky for his victory against Apache.”
Martyrus shook his head, ”There’s no such thing as coincidence, I’ve always been proud of my judgment, yet I still made a mistake by misjudging Wang Tong before the tournament. Trust me, our dream of defeating Capth will definitely come true if we can unlock all of his potentials!”
”I have to tell you, Principal Martyrus, this kid is a menace, and you’ll see what I mean when you get to meet him in person. Wang Tong always do things his way, and I simply can’t do anything to fix him, sometimes it even gives me a lot of troubles to talk sense into him.”
Martyrus smiled, ”Yet you managed to shape him well, didn’t you? At least he obeys your orders, and he has given his best performances during the tournament against us. I’m sure Bernabeu would have won if it wasn’t because of Wang Tong’s great effort.”
Samantha forced a smile as she heard what Martyrus said, of course, she wouldn’t tell him that she traded her first date with this punk for the victory against Bernabeu. Somehow Samantha’s heart pounded faster when she thought about Wang Tong. She was pleased to see Wang Tong moving on from their complicated relationship, yet she was a bit frustrated, for some reason she felt like her charm was too little as she saw Wang Tong got over that quickly. Nevertheless, it was normal for people to have a little contradictions from time to time.
”Leave it to me, this kid is destined to become someone unique!” Clearly, Martyrus had a deep interest in Wang Tong, he was always proud of his ability to discover talents, now that he had unearthed a piece of a hidden gem, he was all fired up. In fact, Martyrus would agree to collab with Samantha no matter what was the deal, as long as there was a chance for him to train Wang Tong.
The two principals finally came to an agreement, Martyrus would be preparing the plans for certain special training, while Samantha would be in charge of contacting the personnel of Paradise Island. Most importantly, they could not rely completely on Bernabeu; it would be impossible for Bernabeu to send out most of their teachers to take part in this special training. Both students and teachers were important in this collaboration training because they would be facing the challenges from Capth very soon, and since Samantha was also a former student of Capth, she knew how strong their opponents would be. Hence only the best elites amongst students and teachers were fit to be recruited in this training. It would depend on Samantha’s interpersonal relationships in order to hire the best trainers and instructors for their training program because she understood the fact that it would require an excellent blacksmith to forge a piece of good metal into a razor sharp blade!
Samantha already had a list of qualified candidates; however, they were all problematic characters; nevertheless, Samantha loved doing things the unusual way, given by the fact that she was going to vanquish the academy she graduated from! In fact, she was already all excited by just imagining the process!
On the other hand, Wang Tong’s plan of forming a study group was well received from the others. Since they were all training on their own after school, it would be better if they were to do it together.
Wang Ben and Hu Yangxuan would emphasize on METAL Combat training. Meanwhile, even though Ma Xiaoru was the successor of the Tactics of the Enchantress, the chances of her becoming a METAL Fighter would be small judging from her current situation. However, with Wang Tong’s study group, she would be able to enhance her Battlecraft combat skills while practicing her Tactics of the Enchantress; moreover, with the help from her tactics, her training would have great improvements.
Carl, Kyaero, Tita, and the rest were showing great enthusiasm too, actually, some times ago they had been thinking about gathering everyone for a group training, but they were unable to do so due to their weak appeal.
”Let’s appoint a team captain, shall we? It’ll be easier for the captain to gather everyone in the future,” Carl said, he was the most excited one and also the weakest one in the group. Everyone in the group had their own expertise, except him.
Everyone looked at each other, wondering who shall be the captain.
”I nominate Wang Tong!” Zhou Sisi broke the silence. Clearly, Ma Xiaoru, Wang Tong, Wang Ben, and Hu Yangxuan were the ones qualified of becoming the captain since the others were weaker compared to the quartet.
”I second Zhou Sisi’s nomination!” Of course, Carl would agree since he was also a student of F-Class.
”Me too!” Tita and the rest seemed to have a good impression on Wang Tong because he was the only one that cared about them when they failed, which was why they thought that he was qualified to be the captain because he wasn’t someone who would only care about himself.