Although he stood there, his heart was filled with helplessness and absurdity.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly beneath the mask.
The ‘kind’ instructions of that old woman Margarita still echoed in his ears:
‘…Go and beat those 5 old geezers’ precious students down one by one for me. No need to hold back, let them know what real “excellent teaching” looks like. Remember, it’s a crush, not a narrow victory. If you dare to let them last more than three moves under your hands, don’t even think about your vacation this year, come back and continue tutoring for me!’
Recalling this past month of a 007 ‘senior year of high school’ lifestyle, Ian shuddered violently.
Could you imagine a learning lifestyle where evening self-study ended at midnight and morning reading began immediately?
If someone hadn’t tempered his willpower through Otilia’s inhuman training, and the supreme physical reinforcement brought by the [Heart of the Platinum Dragon God], he reckoned he would have just died directly!
For the sake of his vacation and a beautiful life in another world, he had to complete that old woman’s request no matter what!
When Ian stood firm on the stage, he faced 5 distinct and sharp gazes.
A sturdy young man clad in heavy armor, holding a tower shield and a one-handed hammer, with thick, rock-like earth-yellow magic power circulating around his body—he should be a warrior;
A half-elf girl with an agile figure, green wind vortices dancing on her fingertips;
A mid-level mage with hair as red as fire, holding a staff embedded with a flame gemstone;
An ice mage with a cold expression, several small ice crystal shields floating around him;
And an assassin student whose body was shrouded in faint shadows, appearing looming and indistinct.
Well then, 5 in total, with tanks and damage dealers all present.
Fortunately, that old woman didn’t request him to directly do a one-versus-five, otherwise resolving them within three moves would really be a bit difficult.
Just at this moment, the host glanced at the magical letter in his hand that he had just received, stamped with Margarita’s unique star emblem seal.
The host’s eyes widened after taking a look, but as a professional host of the Imperial Royal Magic Academy, he still recovered from his shock very quickly.
The host cleared his throat, announcing in an excited and trembling high voice:
“Ladies and gentlemen!! Upon the proposal of Master Margarita the ‘Stargazer’ and by the decision of the 5 elders after consultation, the rules of this exhibition match have been temporarily adjusted to the closed-door disciple of Master ‘Stargazer,’ ‘Kevin Caeluslan,’ simultaneously challenging the 5 elders’ brilliant students!!! And with a time limit of 5 minutes!! The standard for loss is defined by one side completely losing combat capability or falling off the arena!”
Whoosh!
The entire audience boiled over once again. A one-versus-five? Or simultaneously challenging 5 geniuses painstakingly nurtured by legendary mentors?
Too arrogant! Too blatant!!
Too exciting!! This is exactly the kind of stuff we spectators want to watch!
While the audience below the stage boiled and cheered, in the VIP seats, the faces of the 5 white-haired or deeply-vibe-possessing legendary mentors of the academy were all a bit unnatural.
They had been ‘blackmailed’ into agreeing to this ridiculous proposal by that crazy woman Margarita using favors owed from their early years and several rare astrological prophecies, and at this moment, they could only hold their noses and watch.
No, sister, the 5 of us are at least Level 6 Legendary Grand Mages, not just any random cats or dogs, is it really good to use such an important favor on this kind of place?
Only Margarita, sitting in the specially arranged seat next to them, wore an expression of waiting to see a good show.
She had been taunted to her face by these several dogs for decades, every gathering they would use their students’ matters to show off.
This time, this old lady has also taken in a good student, let’s see how the good students you take pride in are crushed by my student later!
Oh ho ho ho ho~
Facts proved that human joys and sorrows were not interconnected.
Just like how some people shouting ‘don’t~’ was pretending to resist while inviting, while some people shouting ‘don’t’ was having a pair of 3s left in Fight the Landlord.
After listening to the host’s announcement, Ian and the other 5 genius students were all in a state of dumbfoundedness.
No, sister, if you don’t want me to take leave, just say it straight. Don’t play me like this!
“Damn it! You guy, to actually look down on us!”
The half-elf girl spoke up filled with righteous indignation, a pair of beautiful eyes glaring furiously at Ian.
Ian: “……”
“Not bad, kid, I appreciate your arrogance. But arrogance requires capability! You had better really have this capability…”
The warrior student was also staring at Ian with gritted teeth.
The other three didn’t speak, but their cold snorts and the magic power rising to the peak all displayed their anger at this time.
All 5 of them believed that Ian had actively proposed to Margarita to do a one-versus-five.
Ian: “……”
A good person should be pointed at with a gun? Did they really think he wanted to do a one-versus-five?
“Humph humph… Hahaha…”
Anyway, since he had already been pit by that old woman Margarita, he simply stopped pretending.
He also wanted to know where his current limit was, and to what extent he had reached.
Ian supported his mask with his left hand, leaning backward and laughing wildly, his right finger pointing at the 5 students opposite him.
“Hahaha, a bunch of small fry, all of you come at me together!”
Ian’s undisguised mockery and wild state instantly ignited the enthusiastic atmosphere inside and outside the arena.
Although the exhibition matches over the years featured brilliant magic, they always stopped before going too far, which was always lacking a bit of meaning.
Unexpectedly, this year’s exhibition match was actually so explosive, and the wonderful expressions on the faces of several people on the stage completely did not look like a script.
This caused the audience’s passion to rise to the peak all at once.
Following the conclusion of the pre-match trash talk, the host directly announced the start of the match!
The heavily armored warrior roared out, taking the lead, earth-yellow magic power surging around his body as his tower shield slammed fiercely into the ground.
A circular shockwave, accompanied by several sharp stone spikes, suddenly erupted from beneath Ian’s feet!
Simultaneously, the half-elf girl’s figure turned into a green afterimage, wrapping around to Ian’s flank like a ghost, the wind vortices at her fingertips condensing into several incomparably sharp wind blades that went straight for Ian’s vital points.
The red-haired mage held his staff high, blazing fireballs blanketing down like a meteor shower.
The ice mage clapped both hands together, countless ice crystal spears condensing in the air, shooting in unison with bone-chilling coldness.
And that assassin in the shadows had already blended into the ground darkness silently, waiting for an opportunity to launch a fatal strike.
5 attacks blocked all space for evasion, and though the cooperation was slightly rusty, under the overlapping power, it was enough to make an ordinary Grand Mage die on the spot.