I was satisfied with our results. We were the only team with eight hundred points, showing that we could hunt.
The event was pretty stale, with the next three hours being somewhat the same. The monsters were all at the same level, and there were fights between each contestant. However, there was no major fight.
Our second year had gotten second. They were doing well in the tournament. While they weren't doing as well as us, they were still producing results.
As for our third year, they were disappointing, to say the very least. They were part of the weaker years, barely getting eight, almost losing to Team Estia and Team Everest.
And finally, our fourth-year students. Again, they were performing below average than what they had previously done from last year's event.
Luckily they did average for this event. Landing fifth place, they had earned us a decent amount of points.
"Let's begin the next competition!"
"Power Test! A fairly simple event!"
"Each team would send a person to compete in this event!"
"There will be a dummy to test our one's magic strength!"
"The winner will be the one who does the most damage!"
It was simple, as the announcer had said. There was only one way to win a competition like this. And that was to be stronger than the rest.
"I will be going."
I said, deciding that it would be me to go in. No one from my team could object. While we were at the lead in points, they knew I would take first place in a test like this.
"Are you sure?"
"We need the momentum of being first."
Since we are at the lead, I would like to stay there. But, while we were still first, any mistake would make us lose our lead.
I then picked myself to be at the event. I was going up as the representative of my team. Nine other teams had chosen their team.
Most of them were captains since this was the power test. The atmosphere was tense since everyone was glaring at one another.
Team Everest had a midget named Amy. She was the girl who used explosions for her magic. But, unlike the others, she was cowering in fear, scared of this tension.
While Team Igarde had Ruby, she wasn't a captain. But her strength was strong enough to become one. Like most of us, she had a glare.
Team Uthua had Crystal. She has the most strength, so it wasn't surprising that she was here. While she tried her best to look tough, she looked funny.
For Team Evergreen, they got Lisa. Lisa is an elf and the captain of Team Evergreen. She was interested in the reactions of everyone and couldn't help but smile.
And Team Grandelle had Bianca, their leader. Bianca was looking at everyone but was especially glaring at Ruby.
Finally, we got Team Echela, Chelsa. Chelsa, who was here, was glaring at me. Sheesh, she needs to get off me.
These were the only people that I knew coming in here. With me included, half of the captains were here. The rest were here to throw away points.
Since I was here, I went up to Ruby. I couldn't help but be interested in how it has been. It's been a month since I last saw her.
"It's been a while. How are you doing?"
Ruby couldn't help but click her tongue when she saw me. She looked pretty pissed when she saw me.
"Did you let that Rabbit bitch win our final fight?"
"Rebecca? Yeah, I let her win."
After all, appearing too strong in a foreign was troublesome. And I preferred not to take the risk of being troubled by it.
Ruby couldn't help but grit her teeth, hearing me confirm what she thought was true. But she had to accept it.
We were silent, with nothing to say. Before this could be awkward, the announcer had begun to talk.
"First up, we have Team Etheal!"
Camile wasn't in, so I had no interest in this person from her team. Furthermore, Camile didn't have magic relating to strength, so her coming here would be wrong.
The members of Team Etheal had to go up the target. The target was a much more realistic doll than the one in our training area.
With her magic prepared to hit the doll, she sent in most of her mana. Her magic was darkness—a common attribute for a demon.
Making the darkness the shape of a dragon, she sent it in and did 3% of a third-rank mage. That was honestly decent.
"We have the power of a third-rank magician to start it off. Will our next contestant be able to overcome it?"
We could hear the voice of the announcer. It looked like the voice coming from her wouldn't be muted. This event didn't need much concentration.
"After Team Etheal, we have Team Estia."
From the looks of it, the announcer would probably send in the least significant people to do their test first.
By doing this, they could eliminate the weaker people first and have the highest-scoring go last. This was used so they could create a much more dramatic end.
Team Estia, who was chosen, had someone named Patty. With her being called up, she went in to do her best.
They were sending stronger mana than the previous constant. The person from Estia had sent in a ball made of sharp vines.
It was much stronger than I had imagined. Doing 10 percent of a third ranker was higher than the one from Etheal.
"Another amazing performance! Will the power keep rising, or will it lower!"
That would cause pressure on the person called next. And next would be someone from Avaris. Rebecca didn't have powerful magic, so she didn't want to go in.
I didn't know who was representing Avaris. From the looks of it, the one who went had been an exchange student, so the chances of the meeting were impossible.
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