Conquering The Game's World

A few days have passed since the Temar Kingdom mission. Diana officially became Olivia's disciple and started learning under her.

After that dinner, Alicia and Rura's relationship also became quite close, and now they can be considered friends.

Luis has continued his training and just last night, he has increased the gravitational pressure around him from 5 times to 6 times in his daily life.

Sometimes he tries to break through his limits by increasing it to 8 or 9 times while training. However, it's still difficult for him to bear that pressure 24/7. After all, he still must attend classes in the morning.

Many students have already started choosing subjects of their choice and joined different clubs since the end of the 2 weeks was approaching close.

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Inside the Leviathan classroom, Luis was listening to the professor's lecture with interest. The lecture was about Monster habitats.

"Buddy..." Ben called him out in a low voice.

"What?" Luis asked back with a frown. He was confused as to why Ben would disturb him in the middle of the class when he hadn't done such a thing until now.

"I have a favour to ask of you." He said after some hesitation.

"Let's talk about it after class." Luis could see that what he wanted to talk about wasn't something urgent. So, he shrugged him off.

"Okay." Ben nodded and paid attention to the class.

The professor also noticed their small conversation, but he turned a blind eye to it as long as they didn't disturb his class.

Right after the class ended. Olivia entered the classroom and announced.

"Everyone, please pay attention!"

"There are two announcements that I have to make."

"First is that from tomorrow onwards, the practical classes will begin."

"!"

As soon as her words fell, the majority of the students inside the classroom showed interested expressions.

Why wouldn't they be, after all, no matter how disciplined they are in class? Most of the students still prefer practical lessons over theory.

Of course, that is also because they are still not aware of the difficulty level of Oracle Academy's practical classes.

Some students who had already guessed it didn't show much joy about it.

Luis, on the other hand, had a neutral expression on his face as he wondered if he should increase the gravitational pressure around him at the time of practical classes.

'Nah, I shouldn't do that. Otherwise, the situation will once again end up like what happened with Olav. He doesn't know about me, so he thought of me as a weak student.'

However, his classmates and professors are aware of his strength. If he performs poorly, out of a sudden. He is bound to create suspicion.

'Sigh. Guess I'll have to give up.'

Luis stopped thinking about it as he noticed Olivia was about to continue.

"The second announcement is about the month-end evaluation exam in which you will compete with the students from other classes."

As soon as her words fell, murmurs started sounding inside the classroom. The students showed various expressions. Confused, interested, eager.

Olivia continued observing them with a neutral expression and said with mana in-filled her voice.

"Quiet!"

"..."

Silence ensued throughout the entire classroom, as no one dared to make any noise after feeling the pressure she released along with her voice.

"You all will have a lot of time to discuss it later. For now, listen to me, as I am not going to repeat myself."

"The contents of the evaluation test will be revealed a week before the exam."

"You all have ten days to prepare yourself before I share the exact contents of the exam with you all."

Upon seeing their lack of reaction because of the vague information. Olivia shared another piece of information with them.

"The reward for this exam is quite generous. If you do well enough, it is even possible to gather a million merit points."

"A million?!"

"Professor, is that true?!"

Some of the students were in disbelief.

"Of course. Why would I lie about it?"

After her confirmation, the students couldn't help but get excited. In their last week inside the academy, all the students have a general idea of how important the merit points in this academy are.

Especially the ones who aren't rich. For them, obtaining expensive resources is quite difficult. No matter how good their talent is, if they aren't lucky or don't have any powerful investors.

They could never get stronger and would only waste their potential and talent.

Of course, the students with B to S grade talents have a lot of people willing to invest in them. Mainly the mid and high-tier guilds.

As for the students with lower talent than C grade could only go to low-tier guilds and, if lucky, they might be accepted by mid-tier guilds.

However, until now, it only happened on a few occasions, as even the mid-tier guilds don't want to waste their resources on individuals with lower-grade talents.

Low-tier guilds don't have many resources with them, so they can only work hard to fight for the resources.

This is where the academies play a major role in developing the students before they can be accepted by any guilds or other such organizations.

Like the Oracle Academy. With the help of the merit points system. They give the unwealthy students a chance to fight for resources while also being trained in how to fight for them.

Increasing the competition between the students and rewarding them with merit points. Will motivate them to work harder and fight for resources themselves so that they can get stronger.

So, Olivia's statement about having the opportunity to obtain a million merit points made the students very excited, and they started asking several questions.

"Professor, what's the exam about?!"

"Will it be similar to how it was in the entrance exam?!"

"Wait for me to reveal the exam contents ten days later. You will then have an entire week to prepare for the exam." With those words, Olivia left the classroom, not intending to talk with them further.

As soon as she left, the excited students couldn't help but discuss among themselves.

"Maybe it's just a written exam."

"No way, since they are trying to make the classes face off against each other. It's going to be a fight."

"If it's a fight, then we are sure to win!"

"Are you that confident in your strength?!"

"Even if I am not that strong, we have the top two students with us. How can other classes defeat us?" The student said, while gesturing in the direction of Luis and Alicia.

Another student beside him said while nodding. "Yeah, and don't forget, we also have Diana. She is also very strong."

At her mention, several students nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, she is very powerful. I'm sure she can crush ten of us together with just her punches."

"You are still underestimating her. I have seen her in the entrance exam. She was crushing those E-rank monsters and punching them like sandbags."

"For real?!"

"Yeah, you might not have noticed, but in her fight with Luis. When their punches collided, they created shockwaves."

"Holy!"

"I was so amazed by their duel. That I doubled my workout that day."

...

Their discussion about the exam was diverted towards Luis and Diana's duel. As they expressed their admiration and praises. They became more and more enthusiastic.

Right then, a question was raised among them, which made the nearby students silent and brought their focus back to the exam.

"Yes, they are very powerful and can defeat all the other classes. But will the exam be a direct fight between students? I don't think the academy will make it unfair for other classes."

These words were said by a frail-looking, brown-haired girl. She had sharp eyes, and her face could be considered beautiful if it was in Luis' previous world. Here, in this world, with the existence of heroines, the sub-heroines and the villainess. She can only be considered average in terms of appearances.

"What you said is right, Maki. The academy probably won't be so unfair. It's an exam and a competition between classes. So, they will probably test the united strength of all the classes." These words were said by a female student beside her, who had a contemplative expression on her face.

Maki nodded and spoke. "Yeah, so I think the 10 days which we have been given are to increase the unity between us. So that we can cooperate well in the exam."

"Great thinking!"

A loud praise attracted the students' attention as they turned back to look at the source.

"L-Luis!"

At the sight of Luis standing near them with a wide smile on his face. The students' because excited as well as nervous.

Maki was also surprised, as she hadn't expected Luis to come and praise her out of a sudden.

Luis, followed by Alicia, walked over towards Maki with a smile on his face and asked.

"Can I have your name, classmate?"

"I am Maki Shidou."