Cataclysm King

Chapter 455 S-level trial evaluation, generous rewards

 This day.

At the Royal Academy of Airel at the foot of the Taita Mountains, various luxurious carriages stopped at the entrance of the academy.

Today is the day for registration, and young nobles from various territories in the southern continent are arriving at the academy one after another.

Not early or late.

A purple carriage pulled by a Grunt stopped at the gate of the academy.

Young Master Sack got off the carriage.

At the rear of the motorcade, Ji Xun and a group of reserve knights followed closely behind. They wore brand-new armor and robes and held the purple dragon cross flag of the Langdon family.

Travel patterns like this are bound to cause a sensation in other cities.

But here, the entrance is full of such scenes of guards surrounding young masters and young ladies going to school.

Today is the day for the new students of the Royal Academy to enter, and it is also the first day for those little nobles to start their academic life.

The students were all young, around thirteen or fourteen years old, and their luxurious clothes and family crests showed their high status.

The nobles in the Southern Continent are numerous and complex, but the class divisions are also very clear.

Ji Xun also had a detailed understanding of the noble heraldry of the Southern Continent.

The details of the pattern on the coat of arms reveal all the information. The patterns on the coat of arms of direct line, collateral line, and descendants are all marked in detail.

Ji Xun just glanced at them and recognized the identities of many students.

Roy, the seventy-third prince of the Black Dragon Kingdom, Princess Sophia of the Red Dragon Kingdom, Prince Seike of the Silver Dragon royal family, the seventeenth princess of the Grand Duke Raphael's family, and the twentieth-ranked grandson of the Grand Duke of Frost Mountain.

Top nobles who are rarely seen in ordinary times are everywhere here.

Although the empire is very large, the social circle of the noble class is still small.

Many minor nobles have known each other for a long time.

After Sac got off the carriage, he met several acquaintances and started chatting while walking.

"Hey, Sack, I heard that you were assassinated? What happened?"

"Small problem. Just some blind guys."

"Have you heard about the [Curse God Card]? A few guys in the academy heard about it and were lucky enough to get it. I heard that you can use that thing with unlimited spells. Do you think it is really that magical?"

"Didn't that guy Ike just detect that the purity of the blue dragon blood is very high this year? Will he come to the academy this year? Why didn't you see it?"

"Hey, I heard that the unlucky guy broke a leg when he went hunting and is recovering from his injuries at home."

"Hey, I don't know why. I heard that there seem to be a lot of rewards on the black market targeting royal students."

"It's probably some ambitious people who are causing trouble again. Recently, the Holy See has promulgated the Development Act, and many down-and-out nobles have appeared or are rebel dragons. I always feel that there seems to be more chaos in the major territories recently."

"Didn't it say that the main force of the Dragon Rebel Army fled to the Old Continent?"

"Who knows. Hey, have you heard that there are pagans making trouble in some remote places in the north, saying they are 'vampires', and the Holy See has even organized a conquest army."

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Ji Xun followed the team.

As he walked, he also listened carefully to the chatter among the young masters.

These young masters and ladies have their own family intelligence networks and often know a lot of information that cannot be obtained through other channels.

Every nobleman brought some reserve knights like Ji Xun.

The higher the title, the more you bring.

Therefore, the academy recruits a lot of people in each session.

The group of people walked all the way into the academy.

Airel Royal Academy is built on a mountain, with the towering Titan Mountains at its back.

At the foot of the mountain, there are green trees, and most of the white Gothic-style dome buildings are hidden in the forest.

The style here is similar to that of Djinn City, with various huge buildings everywhere.

There is a wide avenue leading to the depths of the academy.

On both sides are neatly manicured magic gardens, in which grow a variety of exotic plants rarely seen in the outside world.

Some leaves are like wind chimes, swaying gently in the wind, making pleasant ringing sounds; some flowers bloom at specific moments, releasing an invigorating fragrance; and some are like living vines, which are some tree monsters. .

Ji Xun looked at it and was amazed in his heart.

It's really a magical world.

After walking for a while, you can see the 100-meter-high statues of human knights standing on both sides of the road.

Looking further, a huge building with windows inlaid with stained glass burst into view.

That is the library of the Royal Academy.

The most spectacular building in the entire college.

There is a square in front of the library the size of several football fields. In the center of the square stands a huge white stone statue of a three-headed evil dragon that is 100 meters high.

Before Ji Xun came, he heard that there was a magical dragon **** statue in the academy.

But when he first saw the three-headed dragon sculpture, he was still shocked: "The statues actually have such exaggerated dragon power."

The artistic content of the statue is very high, and the carving is also very exquisite.

The whole statue is so lifelike that it doesn't feel like a dead thing, but like a living dragon that has been petrified.

There was a look of disdain in the dragon's eyes, as if he could see a most powerful man's contempt for the creatures in the world.

Majesty, cruelty, power, cunning.

The characteristics of the dragon are vividly depicted on the sculpture.

The first time I saw it, I felt a strong visual impact and inner shock to Ji Xun.

This statue was not carved randomly.

It’s the dragon **** who has many titles such as ‘Colossus of Despair and Eternity’, ‘Lord of the Forgotten Kingdom’, ‘Creator of All Dragon Clan’, ‘Shaper of Dragon Civilization’, etc.!

The supreme being of the Airel Empire!

Real dragons have long lifespans, often living for thousands of years.

The lifespan of a god-level dragon is beyond the comprehension of ordinary humans.

This dragon **** is said to have lived for at least tens of thousands of years.

Just looking at this statue, a heavy sense of history and mystery comes to my face.

Every student who saw the Dragon God statue couldn't help but stop protecting his chest and salute.

This is the shock of dragon power originating from the bloodline level, and it would be difficult for a dragonborn to withstand it.

This was one of the most important reasons why Ji Xun didn't dare to use his body to come in.

There are various magical barriers and traps hidden in every corner of the academy, which can easily be exposed to outsiders inadvertently.

Not long after, a group of students put on the classic aristocratic red and black uniforms and gathered in the spacious auditorium.

The interior of the academy is also somewhat similar to the school in Ji Xun's previous life. Portraits of outstanding teachers from past generations are hung on the walls.

However, the ones that can be hung on the wall are at least the top level card masters of the eighth and ninth levels.

And most of them are still alive.

This is the foundation of Ariel Royal Academy.

Here, students can have access to the best extraordinary resources in the world, and there are also real top experts who can guide their path of practice.

Ji Xun looked at the portraits of those strong men and had many thoughts.

My sixth level is already considered top-notch in Donghuang.

But here, it's not worth mentioning.

This place not only continues the inheritance left by the Talenka Master Civilization, but also the inheritance of the dragon civilization and various ancient civilizations hidden deep in the Warcraft Forest.

In Ji Xun's eyes, this is a super extradimensional space where all kinds of treasures are concentrated.

The risks are huge, but so are the rewards!

The procedures for the opening ceremony for new students at Royal College are almost fixed every year.

That means getting to know the senior management of the college, testing your qualifications, dividing them into classes, and assigning tutors.

The dean is a kind-hearted old man, a genuine ninth-level powerhouse.

The old man showed his face and gave a speech about academics without borders and praising the great Dragon God.

Then there were speeches from the top leaders of the five major academies: warrior, mage, priest, assassin, and mysterious academy.

Those who are qualified to sit in front of the rostrum in the auditorium are all Sac's formal students with high noble status.

Ji Xun and these reserve knights gathered into a square formation at the rear.

The little nobles were bored, but Ji Xun listened with great interest.

The contents of the speeches given by the senior leaders of these colleges sounded like empty talk to the ears of the young students.

But in Ji Xun's current state, if he took a closer look, he would find all kinds of wise sayings.

Those top experts used the simplest language to express what they saw in the extraordinary and supreme realm.

This was not the first time that Ji Xun felt this sense of enlightenment after being pointed out by others.

But this was the first time I encountered so many super masters giving instructions at the same time, and it felt like putting food in your mouth.

It feels great.

It was already a few hours after the various procedures of the opening ceremony were completed.

Then there is the final process, which is to allocate class tutors and resources based on the entrance test of new students.

Because the entrance test is different every year, the rewards are also different.

Before this, no one knew what to expect.

The little nobles didn't take it seriously. After all, the family's training resources were sufficient, and no matter what the academy rewarded, it was dispensable to them.

But for the preparatory knights, this may be the closest opportunity they have to get close to top-level training resources.

On the stage, a bearded instructor was reading the trial assessment report card.

The reserve knights in the audience also listened carefully.

"The seventh reserve knight team of the Black Dragon Royal Family, the trial evaluation is A, and the reward is A-level extraordinary resources."

"The Thirteenth Preparatory Knight Team of the Red Dragon Royal Family, the trial evaluation is A+, and the reward is A+ grade resources."

"Duke Simon's first reserve knight team, trial evaluation B+"

"The 9th Earl of Sith Pre-Guards, Trial Evaluation C"

"Guards of Count Gordo, trial evaluation D, failed, fined for one semester, research funding halved" "."

There are thousands of scattered guard teams of all kinds.

But in general, the higher the title, the stronger the guard usually is and the higher the trial evaluation it gets.

It is said to be a trial evaluation, but in reality it is more like a ranking of the strength of the guard group.

Although the nobles don't care about the rewards, the young masters and ladies will be very happy to hear that their own escorts are rated much better than others, especially the nobles with the same title.

In the square formation, Ji Xun also listened carefully to the names of the teams.

He habitually writes down the intelligence of everyone around him. If there is a future conflict, these can be used as real references for deductions.

However, those on the stage were still thinking about it, and suddenly everyone in the audience seemed to have heard something incredible, and they all fell silent.

"The sixteenth team of Duke Langdon's knights, with a trial evaluation of S, will reward you with a booklet of the basic secrets of the fifty-two magic mysteries!"

As soon as these words came out, the huge auditorium fell silent.

Not everyone had heard about Thacker's assassination.

And even if they have heard about it, not everyone knows what exactly happened.

The Langdon family and the college are deliberately keeping the entire assassination secret.

So when they heard this "S" comment, everyone's expressions were the same as their thoughts, they were all shocked and speechless.

The entrance test is a ranking of strength, which is recognized by everyone.

But usually, the royal legion guards of the three kingdoms will have the best test results.

Just like this year, the three royal reserve knight teams of Red Dragon, Black Dragon and Silver Dragon received almost all "A+" evaluations.

This has been the case for thousands of years in the past, with very few exceptions.

But just now.

What did you hear?

An inconspicuous team from Duke Langdon's Mansion actually received an S-level evaluation from the trial?

There is absolutely nothing fishy about the Royal Academy's assessment. It is a comprehensive evaluation by the academy instructors based on the trial situation.

This also means that the Langdon family's team performed better than the three royal teams in the trial, and received the only "S-level evaluation" in the freshman trial that has not appeared in at least the past ten years. ?

Of course, the most excited people after hearing the news were a certain five-person team.

Gang Duoduo, Seri, Gale, Zhuo Sha, and Ji Xun.

David was a slave, not entitled to rewards, neither happy nor sad.

Even Ji Xun was surprised.

He was not surprised that the previous trial had a high rating.

Being able to survive in that situation after being pinned down by a second-level assassin requires both luck and strength. It is almost impossible for other teams to do it.

Even the three royal families.

What surprised him was, were the awards from the Royal Academy so luxurious?

He actually took out the Fifty-Two Magical Mysterious Techniques as a reward?

Although I know that this is the academy's way of encouraging students to study hard, but the priceless magical mystical method is just a reward?

As far as Ji Xun knew, it was very difficult for even veteran students to obtain the magical mysteries. They often had to be among the best in various assessments to have a chance.

Anyone who can receive this kind of reward will become a famous person in the future.

Now they have passed a freshman trial and were rewarded to some low-level knights?

Although it is an introductory tip, it still feels a bit too luxurious.

Ji Xun always felt that this sudden increase in assessment rewards may have a lot to do with the recent strange situation in the southern continent.

However, this thought only passed through my mind for a moment, and I quickly accepted it calmly.

He came to the Royal Academy for those extraordinary resources.

Ji Xun is also curious about what kind of magical and mysterious magic he can get.

The opening ceremony, which was originally as boring as previous years, caused quite a stir due to the sudden S-level trial evaluation.

Not only the young masters and ladies of various duke palaces are jealous, but also the princesses and princes of the three royal families feel that they have lost face.

But after the whispers that followed, everyone also figured something out.

The situation of the Langdon family is indeed different this year. The Duke's Palace established a principality in the Old Continent and attracted many talents.

A few freaks suddenly appeared and seemed to understand.

Probably in order to further stimulate the competitive psychology of the new students so that the future teaching staff would be more motivated to learn, the hospital announced the reward plan in front of everyone.

It's all multiple choice.

Let the five people in the team make their own choices.

The reward Gang Duoduo received was the exclusive magical magic of the [Ace of Spades-Black Knight] series, known as the "infinite barrier" that can be invulnerable to all kinds of armor.

The reward Seri received was the exclusive magical magic "Super Element Perception" of the elemental controller sequence.

The reward Gale received was the exclusive magical magic "Virtual Flash" of the Assassin sequence.

The reward that Zhuosha received was the exclusive magical magic of the priest sequence "Resurrection and Evil Sacrifice".

There is also Ji Xun. His original character design was the Wisdom Path [Plum Blossom 5 - Polymath] sequence, but the magic and mystery of this sequence in the hospital were missing.

He chose another one, the "Gluttony" breathing method!

This was not the secret technique that Ji Xun had learned before.

Gong Wu had said before that the secret method of gluttony he knew was only a part of the inheritance, and it was only a basic introduction to the elemental breathing.

The other part about the absorption of laws is in the Southern Continent, which is the part of the Royal Academy collection!

Ji Xun's previous goal for himself was to obtain the Gluttony Breathing Technique of his other half.

I didn't expect to touch it so easily.

This breathing method is also highly consistent with his polymath sequence.

Five magic books were sent out at once, making those who were also reserve knights in the audience extremely jealous.

The Fifty-Two Magic Mysteries can be said to be the ultimate reward that ordinary knight students can get in the Royal Academy.

No one expected that this year’s rewards would be so generous.

Even within the Preparatory Knights of Duke Langdon's Palace, everyone is extremely envious.

Seeing the mediocre Ji Xun and the five people standing on the podium to receive their awards, jealous eyes glanced at the five people's faces like needles pricking them.

Even the extremely thick-skinned dwarf Gang Duoduo felt on pins and needles.

Ji Xun looked normal. Since he had received such great benefits, it was understandable that he would be a little jealous.

And he also guessed that this was deliberately arranged by the hospital.

However, at this moment, someone in the audience finally couldn't help it anymore. Many people stood up and said: "We are not convinced! Why can they get an S rating! Our team is not worse than them. If it is the same trial, we can do it too." !”

Ji Xun glanced at it. He had deliberately noted down the person who spoke, and he happened to know him.

It is none other than the 13th Reserve Knights of the Red Dragon Royal Family, who received an "A+" rating this year.

Someone started, and soon one after another stood up to protest.

"Yes! We are not convinced!"

"We are not convinced either! How come they can get the magic mysticism! Although we have an A-level evaluation, our strength is definitely not worse than them!"

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It's not entirely because of jealousy, some of them are enemies of the Langdon family and they are deliberately targeting them.

More importantly, the assessment does have some misleading aspects.

The assessment content will change every year, and the content of each team's trial will be different. Just like the college entrance examination papers in Ji Xun's previous life, the questions were divided into different areas. They were not the same set of questions, so it was normal to have objections.

The Royal Academy's assessment evaluation has a high proportion of "subjective points".

However, based on comprehensive considerations, no one would question the college instructor.

According to the custom of previous years, no one said anything about the normal ranking of noble titles.

But this year, a trainee knight from the Langdon family suddenly overpowered the three kingdoms. This is unacceptable.

A wave of protests broke out in the audience.

The five members of the Langdon family also became the target of public criticism on stage.

Except for Ji Xun, the other four were all panicking.

Seeing that it was about to become impossible to end, another instructor from the college came out to smooth things over: "How about... let's solve it according to the rules of the college?"

Everyone agreed with this statement.

The Dragonborn's method of dealing with conflicts and disputes is very simple and crude, that is, using force to resolve them.

Duels are the most common means of resolving conflicts among the nobles in the Southern Continent.

The Royal Academy still has this tradition.

Ji Xun's five people are just a team, and of course they can't compete with these hundreds of teams.

Finally, we decided to have a friendly exchange between the S team of the Langdon family and the A+ team of the Red Dragon royal family.

Ji Xun and the other five were also helpless.

Although I don’t want to agree.

But the academy has said that regardless of winning or losing, the original rewards will remain the same.

If they win, the reward will be increased.

And if the red dragon wins, it will also get an S rating.

Ji Xun also didn't expect that a new student would encounter such trouble on the first day of school.

But looking at the rich rewards from the academy, he suddenly felt that it would be good to show his face.

If you lose, you will definitely make money without losing money.

If you win, wouldn't the extra reward be more delicious?

Anyway, they are just trainee guards, and they can accept winning or losing;

The one who can withstand the most pressure is Young Sack.

(End of chapter)