Chapter 1435: Chapter 1147: The Examiner Arrives
The following three days saw three consecutive advancement matches, and Elsa steadily secured her victories to join the first squad. This made everyone begin to realize that, aside from Henki’s incident, another dazzling new star was on the rise. It’s just that Henki’s event had been so sudden, drawing too much attention, that when people looked back now, this female warrior seemed even more noteworthy.
The Forgotten Ones’ family made little distinction between genders, rarely differentiating in everyday life, as there was hardly any difference between the sexes. After all, combat relied on armor, not one’s own physical strength. The character Elsa was impersonating was named Aisa, a name she had specifically selected to be close to her own. The real Aisa had been frozen by Elsa in a secret room using magic. She then arrived here under the identity of Aisa.
Before Elsa became Aisa, this Aisa had no remarkable traits. Of course, being able to enter the sixth squad meant she was competent in her own right. But now, she suddenly unleashed formidable strength, advancing to the first squad through various victories. This couldn’t help but draw widespread attention.
Unlike Henki, who relied on a strange Greatsword, Aisa used a standard energy sword, and both her offense and defense were extremely systematic, almost textbook-like in manner. For this, the discussions were not as many, but rather, there was more astonishment. Some families began to secretly investigate Aisa’s background, and upon discovering that she did not belong to any significant family, immediately started to make contact, attempting to recruit her for their own family’s service. And around Aisa’s parents, some people began to appear. Regarding these newcomers, Aisa’s parents were initially quite puzzled, but upon hearing of their daughter’s exceptional performance, the first thing they did was to drive those people away.
Are you kidding me? My daughter is so outstanding, and you think our small families can recruit her? Moreover, the terms you offer are so mediocre!
In the blink of an eye, the regular army’s advancement matches began that day.
The usual advancement competition was different; after the warriors completed all matches, the best of them would still have to undergo examination by the regular army’s inspectors. Only if the examiner deemed you to be truly an excellent warrior could you advance to the regular army. If the examiner didn’t agree, no matter how capable you were, it would be useless.
Hence, the first squad’s advancement match officially began. As everyone had anticipated before the match, Elsa continued her unstoppable momentum, defeating one warrior after another.
"Examiner Sir, what do you think of this warrior named Aisa? Many people say that this child’s combat style is as standard as a textbook," the instructor asked the two examiners who had come to watch.
"Her momentum is good, but her moves are too rigid and stiff, too constrained by combat tutorials. While she might barely pass in a rookie camp, once on the battlefield, she would easily be exploited for weaknesses," one examiner commented.
"True, mechanical imitation without understanding flexibility is a major taboo in combat!" another examiner added.
"Yes, what you say makes sense," the instructor responded.
But in his heart, he was filled with disdain for these two examiners since the internal conflict of The Forgotten Ones’ family had long passed, and when the conflict ended, these two examiners probably weren’t even born yet! You two rookies coming here to talk about real combat? Don’t make me laugh! Besides, the combat tutorials were written by a group of seasoned veterans who surely have more combat experience than you, right? Who are you to make grand statements here?
Of course, while he thought this way, he dared not say it. After all, the examiner held the authority to approve or deny advancement to the regular army, and as the instructor of the first squad, it reflected well on him if several regular army soldiers came from his group.
As the battles continued one after another, Elsa won yet another victory. And with each victory, there was a thunderous cheer from the surrounding warriors.
An instructor suddenly spoke, "This is indeed the rookie camp, isn’t it? That this level of competition could elicit such cheers from them. If they were to see a regular army camp, wouldn’t they be scared witless?"
The instructor murmured a soft "Yes," and said no more. Judging by the examiner’s age, he had been in the regular army for no more than three years, just a rookie three years ago, and now that he had been in the regular army for just a few days, he dares to make such bold claims?
Finally, Elsa won her last fight and, as expected, achieved first place with an unbeaten record. Thus, she obtained the qualification to advance to the regular army, alongside another warrior who had only been defeated by her.
"You two, come over and meet the examiner quickly!" the instructor shouted.
Elsa and another warrior immediately came forward.
"So, Examiner Sir, with which warrior shall we start?" the instructor asked.
"No need to start with that one, I suppose this Aisa will do. I’ll give you a bit of guidance, and if you can learn from it, you’ll be deemed passable," one examiner said.
