NOVPUBIn the spacious and classic examination hall.
The Dragon Demon took out a handkerchief and elegantly wiped his hands, the expression on his face indicating great satisfaction. It was as if the slaughter was his greatest pleasure, and he quickly returned to his patrol laden with anticipation.
"Very good."
The Dragon Demon returned to his usual patrol route and, as he passed Lanci, praised him.
"Maintaining the order in the examination hall is an obligation."
Lanci nodded, giving off a class president-like aura.
Under the circumstance of Hyperion feeling the goose bumps and unable to comprehend,
Lanci didn’t hold back,
but rather, he switched into a crazed report mode.
He seemed familiar with, and even able to predict various methods of cheating, snagging any cheating demon students in the examination hall!
Though the two invigilators had blind spots, with Lanci sitting in the back row, these blind spots significantly shrunk.
Thus, the entire classroom,
now had three invigilators.
Lanci didn’t bother with his own exam paper now, rather, he concentrated on invigilating the exam.
The resentful glances the other demon students shot at Lanci were as though they could paint every type of horse in the world, except for Lanci’s horse!
...
On the clock tower of Ichrite Academy, it pointed to five o’clock. The outdoor big screen on Jera Memorial Square, which is surrounded by many teaching buildings, was showing today’s campus news and the currently challenging Shadow World.
The grand Magic Fluorescent Screen was standing in the center of the square, where many students would only sit on the steps opposite with drinks or snacks, watching and chatting when it was the night, giving off a night outdoor cinema atmosphere.
The crowd in the square was sparse at this moment.
There were mostly pedestrians on the surrounding roads, some were leisurely strolling, others about to enjoy their dinner. Some looked up briefly at the big screen, then continued their steps.
The sunset shone on the windows of the surrounding buildings, reflecting dazzling light, making the square, the open-air cinema screen and the steps all shine brightly, as if dressed up by the sunlight.
However, unlike usual, the students gathered in the square at this moment were noticeably more agitated than usual, and their quarreling had none of the leisure of an afternoon!
"What is this guy doing!"
"He doesn’t allow others to cheat just because they didn’t let him copy the answers?"
"Has he gone mad?"
Students began to shout upon witnessing Laci’s baffling actions.
Although it’s a tit-for-tat, but he won’t be able to copy answers either this way!
"This is what newcomers tend to do. They completely misunderstand the system,"
Many senior students shook their heads in anguish and sighed.
They were too arrogant, too foolish, and their luck was too bad.
The seriousness of the problem wasn’t just that two first-year newcomers ran to challenge the Shadow World on the first day of school.
The key was why they got pulled into the Fourth-Order Shadow World.
The Fourth-Order Shadow World was absolutely not the level that newcomers should be exposed to. Often, even Silver-level Challengers may feel the pressure when dealing with it.
Moreover, it was an extraordinarily dangerous Shadow World shown on the screen.
They have landed into a place full of lethal traps right at the start point, without enough time to get used to or think of countermeasures they need to start surviving.
"An accident has occurred, the teachers at Sage Academy should have called an emergency meeting already."
In front of the outdoor screen at Jera Memorial Square, more and more students gathered.
The discussions were heated.
"Isn’t this that guy called Lanci Welfort?"
Some students who were passing by and stopped to watch, frowned at the fluorescent screen, saying.
"Who? Is he famous?"
"He’s the dark horse who suddenly took the first place in the entrance exam of Sage Academy this year, but his actual strength is unclear as the information about the third round of the exam was sealed by Dean Loren personally."
"All we know is his magic power is surprisingly weak for his magic combat profession."
"Many teams have not yet decided whether to recruit him, but now, it would be a great fortune if he could just come back alive."
"If he survives this somehow, he might become famous instantly."
Once a spectacle starts, it often ferments like dough.
In just a few minutes, the stairs facing the giant open-air screen at the square were about to be filled with post-school Ichrite Academy students.
"Those two calamities are together again."
"So that’s the original look of Miss Duchess, such a dirty and evil member of the Demon Race... I wonder how that naive boy will feel when he learns the truth."
Some passing nobles sneered and left, as if completely uncaring for the two’s life and death.
...
Shadow World, Purgatory Corridor Academy.
A strong smell of blood dispersed in this extravagant classroom. The originally elegant and indulgent atmosphere was destroyed, replaced by a ruthless and murderous aura.
On many tables and chairs in the examination hall, dark red blood stains now stood out on the dark wooden surfaces. The entire classroom was immersed in a bizarre silence, with the sounds of blood dripping onto the floor and the footsteps of the invigilator reverberating slowly.
The two demon teachers patrolling the classroom were smeared with blood. Each step left a grotesque bloody footprint on the floor.
The dragon horned demon’s suit was stained red. His eyes were filled with ruthlessness and satisfaction. The owl demon, on the other hand, quietly wiped the blood from his hands, his eyes dark and emotionless.
In just a few short minutes.
The classroom had turned from an examination hall into a bloody feast of slaughter, bringing a sense of absurdity that was beyond description.
However, even though Lanci had taken up the mantle of the third invigilator, whilst not being a demon nor a human,
there were still demon students who dared to cheat!
Because, demon students who couldn’t solve the problems would die if they don’t cheat.
Only if they successfully cheated, they would have a sliver of hope.
Sometimes, Lanci would deliberately turn a blind eye.
Even when he noticed, he didn’t report the cheating demon students.
In some sense, he gave these demon students a glimmer of hope.
The two demon invigilators seemed to tacitly agree with Lanci’s actions, listening attentively at the highest speed, waiting for Lanci’s next report.
At the back of the examination room,
Hyperion had her head buried in the table, hands covering her face.
Already in a complicated state of mind, she could no longer understand Lanci’s operation.
Moreover, she felt that compared to Lanci, she was the one who acted more like a human.
But no matter what,
Even if they followed Lanci out of the exam room today, their records might be gone.
...
However,
No matter if it was the demon students in the examination hall,
or Hyperion,
or the Ichrite Academy students watching the Shadow World from outside.
They all failed to notice a subtle change in the classroom.
Although Lanci seemed to be randomly hunting down demon students who violated exam rules, there was an uneven distribution that gradually emerged unconsciously-
Whether it seemed like a matter of luck, or perhaps Lanci’s intentional or unintentional efforts, his reports always came at a time when the dragon demon invigilator was closer to the fraudulent students.
As such, in most situations, it was the dragon demon who was able to catch cheating students.
And each time, the owl demon could only watch helplessly.
Thus,
Jelousy began to emerge in the eyes of the owl demon, directed towards the dragon demon!
"..."
Lanci rested his left hand on the table, chin propped up.
The corners of his mouth trembled slightly, imperceptibly.
As if he was about to burst into laughter.
