A car stopped in front of Astrate academy, and a man who was wearing a black formal suit came out from it.
The man had brown hair, black eyes, and a small scar on the right side of his face.
After coming out of the car the man looked at the academy with a nostalgic look, and went inside.
The name of the man who just came out is Jeffrey, an A+ rank hunter and the guild master of the crimson blade which is a gold-rank guild.
Today is the day of the practical exam of the Astrate academy so he came here to see if he can recruit a good hunter into his guild.
"You are late Jeffrey," Edward one of the teachers of the Astrate academy said when Jeffrey stepped inside.
"Are other people already here?" Jeffrey asked Edward while giving him a friendly hug.
"Yeah, just you and the people of silver star guild are not here" Edward replied returning his hug.
"There are still around thirty minutes before the exam began, so I don't think I am late," Jeffrey said after hearing Edward.
"Since you want to recruit new hunters shouldn't you come early and try to get more details about them," Edward said while rolling his eyes.
"I already have enough information, I don't think anything will change even if I come early"
Suddenly both Jeffrey and Edward looked at the door of the academy and saw another car stopped there.
From the car, a young man who looks in his mid-twenties comes out.
The man had black hair, sharp blue eyes, and a handsome face over his shoulders.
" So silver star guild sent Issac," Edward said after seeing the man.
"He is currently one of the rising young stars of the silver star guild, it is normal they will send him when we are trying to recruit youngsters," Jeffrey said.
"Hello, Guild master Jeffrey, instructor Edward" Isaac greeted them politely after coming there.
"You are already A rank hunter just like me Isaac, you don't need to act like this with me," Edward said to Issac with a chuckle.
"You were the one who taught me how to use a spear properly, so it is natural for me to call you instructor"
Edward shook his head hearing Isaac and didn't comment on it.
"Let's go, the people of other guilds are all inside," Edward said and led both of them inside.
"I heard there are some good seeding this year," Issac said while following Edward.
"Then try your best to recruit them," Edward said when he heard Isaac.
"It won't be difficult for you to recruit them since I don't think any student will refuse an offer from the silver star guild" Jeffrey also said in a slightly envious tone.
Hearing them Issac just smiled because he also knew only an idiot will refuse him.
***
In a large room, all the eighty-eight students of the fourth year were present.
The room was very big, and other than students there were eighty-eight VR pods in the room.
These VR pods were specially prepared for the practical exams of the academy. Some students can't help but look at so many VRs with astonished expressions.
The cost of even a low-grade VR is around three million credits, and just from the looks, students know that these VRs are not low-level.
Most of the students were standing in a group and were discussing with each other.
It was clear that they were already forming teams even before the start of the exam.
Some were in a group of six while some were in a group of four, very few people were standing in the team of two that was created using chits.
But surprisingly there was actually one person who was standing alone.
This loner was none other than Evan.
As for his teammate Mike, well that guy was standing with six other people.
These six were the three members of his gang and their teammates.
From time to time students were looking at Evan with amused expressions.
Some students even try to ask him to work with them because all of them saw how he easily defeated Mike.
When these students ask him to join their teams he declined them politely.
Even though he was standing alone, Evan wasn't looking nervous.
He can see many people rose from D+ rank to C rank, and some from C rank to C+ rank. But even after seeing this, he was confident that he will be fine.
Evan looked around him and noticed Valery was standing with a male student, she wasn't teaming with any other student besides the one that she got from the chit.
He also noticed Leon who was also standing with a female student, but unlike the teammate of Valery, the female teammate of Leon was a C rank hunter.
'It will be difficult to deal with these two' Evan thought when he saw Valery and Leon.
At this moment the door of the large room opened, and Elena and another male teacher entered.
After coming in, they first counted the students, and after seeing everyone was present they moved toward VR.
The name of the male teacher who come with Elena was Cole, and he is a B+ rank healer.
When both of them came they were not surprised to see many students standing in large teams, but even they were baffled seeing Evan standing alone there.
Elena who knew about the problem between him and Mike can't help but sigh for him, 'he is joining the exam for the first time, and it turned into something like this'
'Did this guy try to seduce male students using his good look, and now became an outcast' Cole on the other hand was thinking completely different thing with his unique brain.
"Alright, now that everyone is here let's begin" Cole didn't think too much about Evan and shouted after coming before VR's
"I am not going to repeat the rules since you all already knew about them, as for the rewards from the academy, you will find out about them after the end of the exam. Try your best in the exam because believe me, the rewards this time is way better than past years" Cole said and all the VR pods opened at the same time.
"Choose one VR pod and lay down, the practical exam for this year is going to start".
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