89 Chapter 36: Groups
The attention of the 9 who were stood up including the lady, turned to me
"Y-You... you can't feel it?" She asked
I Cast deprehendre and let my mana perception take over my instincts. Now that she had mentioned it, I could feel a large amount of magic power emanating from her, really large
… I knew I should have acted like I was struggling...
"Ah... I'm feeling it now..." I muttered
I doubt this will work against her, but there's nothing wrong with trying
"It's too late for that now, what's your name" She said with a cold tone behind her
The whole crowd's attention had been turned to me
"U-Um, It's been 5 seconds..." said one of the guys on their knees
"Did I give you permission to speak?"
The instant she had said that, light particles covered his body and he was teleported, at the same time another 2 were teleported and everyone's struggles seem to have grown stronger
I took that opportunity to act like it was starting to affect me to
I started to pant as sweat flowed down my face as my feet trembled. The reason for that was because I turned off body reinforcement and cast 5x gravity on me
This seems like it would be a good way to train
Nonetheless I seemed like I was deeply struggling, so much that it didn't feel possible to fake
"What's your name?!" She asked ignoring my display of struggle in front of her
"J-John! Ma'am!" I shouted as I bowed my head
The pressure of the gravity and not being able to reinforce my body was starting to get to me, it hasn't even been a minute and my legs felt numb
I've been doing a 10km run everyday but it doesn't look like it'll be enough
"You may all rest" She said after hearing my name
The moment she did, a relieved look was formed on everyones face as they sat down on the ground. Including victor they all needed to take a breather
I quickly did the same and deactivated gravitas, I dropped to the ground with sweat all over my s.h.i.+rt
The
"You may now fight your group. The rules are simple, attack only the ones in your group, last one standing wins. Furthermore, those who have managed to stay on their feet will already be given the reward of going to the B Cla.s.s. Are there any questions?" She asked
"Will there be separate rewards for the number of badges an individual has collected?" Victor asked
"I was about to get to that. The number of badges you have now is the final count, the top 5 highest will be taken to the alpha cla.s.s."
Top 5 highest... That would mean, it would be, Victor with 14, then the black haired kid with 14, then serena with 13, then me with 12 and lastly, Ariel with 9
"As for the ones who stayed conscious, you will be directed to C cla.s.s and the top 5 who survive in your group, you will go to B-Cla.s.s, and anyone who had a badge count over 5 will be allowed to b cla.s.s. You may now begin."
Not even a second after she had finished, the guys in the other group had already started to fight
My group however...
"I'm too tired to fight, it's been a long day, B-Cla.s.s is good enough for me" Said the purple-haired girl
"Very well, is there anyone else who also wishes to resign in this group?"
"Even I don't want to be beaten brutally by a girl in front of everyone, I'm also good with B" Said the spiky haired guy as he raised his hand
"I'm good, I'd rather not waste energy fighting her" Said the red fire mage girl as she pointed at the blue haired water mage girl
"Me too, it's been a long day, and I can't stand being in the same room as her for any longer" Retorted the blue haired water mage girl.
"..." Without saying anything the green haired boy raised his hand
"Mhm, it's been a long day, bye bye, john" Said Elora with a smile as she raised her hand
"Hm? Who is that john?" Asked Serena
"I don't recall us meeting her before..." Muttered Ariel
"Oh we made a temporary truce, ealier" I replied
"Hmm is that so..." Said Serena as she stared straight at me
"Yes, that is so. More importantly, are you two staying or resigning? There's no need to fight here, you're already going to the alpha" I said
"Well, I was planning on getting revenge against someone, but at my current level, I doubt I'd do much... So I'm also done for today, My last attack used up too much magic." Said Serena as she raised her hand
"Then I'll resign too, besides, I'll only end up slowing you down if I'm alone" Said Ariel with a saddened smile as she raised her hand
I wanted to say 'that's not true' but I couldn't, These guys were simply that strong, not something you could beat with the basics of non chant elemental wind or fire magic that they know. I could tell from their badge count, also from fighting one of them
"So is this everyone that's staying?" Asked the lady
"..." The cyan haired girl quietly raised her hand as she looked at me, her expression was neutral and unchanging, it almost appeared emotionless. I couldn't tell what she was thinking
"okay, well then, I look forward to teaching you all." Said the lady as light particles covered their bodies
"You better win, john!" Said Serena
"I believe in you!" Said Ariel
"Of course!" I replied
Just like that, they were all teleported. The ones who remained were, me, The black haired kid and victor
Win... Haha, in these conditions? That;s going to be hard. But I won't take this half-heartedly, that's for sure.