Elite Mages’ Academy (Web Novel)

Chapter 390: The Anger Of Students

To Xiao Lin, that was something he had never known. That meant that the origin of the wormhole was of an even more distant past. As for whether humans existed on Earth during that period, or even some other lifeforms, even Silverlight could not say.

It was rare for Silverlight to come out; the woman lived like a hermit usually. She seemed intent on making the spatial ring her permanent residence. Unless she was willing, even Xiao Lin found it hard to call her out. That was why he took the chance to talk to her while she was out, since Xiao Lin was quite interested in Atlantis, and wanted to know about Earth and the cultures during that era.

Even though it was a long time ago, Silverlight still remembered everything clearly. Xiao Lin managed to tell from her words that her status was not one to be taken lightly. She mentioned the royal archives earlier; that was definitely not something ordinary folk had access to.

It was a pity that Silverlight only spared him a few words, and she quickly made to head back into the ring. Xiao Lin took the chance to ask her what happened to his black knight. The Holy Soul Sword had regretfully been destroyed, but thankfully the black knight was still around. Even if it was not useful within the academy, it was still a good trump card to have.

Silverlight’s reply was strange; she said that she was changing the black knight. As for how or what she was changing it to, she did not reveal a thing, and Xiao Lin could only let her go in frustration.

The Basic Swordsmanship tests had lasted the whole day. Xiao Lin was the first one to complete it, and it took till the afternoon before he saw the others beginning to return. Xiao Lin saw a lot of students with dejected looks on their faces when he was in the cafeteria, discussing the fact that the tests seem to be too demanding that year. Xiao Lin looked around before spotting someone familiar as he sat down with his food.

“Class Monitor Xiao!” It was the bald Zhou Feng; he was one of the group leaders that Xiao Lin had appointed. He had an astonished look when he saw Xiao Lin before quickly calming down, putting his utensils down as he said, “I’ll report on what happened in the class when I head back later.”

Xiao Lin stared for a moment. He had indeed asked Zhou Feng and Gu Xiaoyue to look after the daily needs of the class as group leaders before he left. Thanks to Gu Xiaoyue’s personality, most of the matters had definitely fallen on Zhou Feng. He had rushed back, and then faced the tests right after, so he never had the chance to look for Zhou Feng.

Xiao Lin waved it off, smiling. “There’s no rush. Tell me, how did your tests go?”

Zhou Feng mulled over Xiao Lin’s words, saying, “It was hard, but I managed to pass.”

He described how the test went. Just like Xiao Lin expected, the rest of them went up against alchemical beings as well. However, the constructs they faced were obviously not at the same level as the one Xiao Lin faced, nor were they given such a high hurdle to pass.

However, the standards were already very difficult, and there were a large number of students cursing away on the forums, some of them even prepared to make a complaint to the student union. Some students had relationships with the upperclassmen, and definitely knew about the tests from prior years. The tests in the past never had crazy toys like alchemical beings. At the most, they used virtual battles or even just had to show that their sword technique was at a good-enough level.

Xiao Lin could not help but smile bitterly when he heard that, but he believed that complaining was useless. The student union had no power over the military, and the dean, who was the only one who could do anything, remained silent, so they could only let this go.

He sighed, saying, “We can’t control the other classes, but make sure that Class Seven’s students don’t join in to cause a scene. It won’t do anything, and they could end up causing some trouble that will make things harder later on.”

“Then I’ll tell everyone on the forums later, but some students might not log on to the forums, so I’d suggest advising them in person. You’re much more persuasive than I am.”

“That’s a good idea.”

The moment one became a class monitor, the academy would start investigating that student. Every monitor’s leadership skills would be recorded in a document, and Xiao Lin did not want his document to appear unremarkable.

As Class Seven’s class monitor, Xiao Lin could not really be considered completely qualified, especially since he missed so much by being in the New World. Even now, he found it hard to recognize everyone in class. Of course, not everyone in class was completely loyal to him as well, but it was fine; he just needed to make sure that the two group leaders, Gu Xiaoyue and Zhou Feng, listened to him.

Zhou Feng was quite efficient. Not long after lunch, Xiao Lin could already see Zhou Feng’s comments on the forum. He had also made sure to use his phone or other methods to make sure everyone was online.

“The monitor is back!”

“Are you from Mars? I already saw the monitor yesterday.”

“Did the monitor bring anything back from the New World?”

“Are there any photos?”

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The class group was extremely rowdy. Xiao Lin had been worried that he would become a stranger after leaving for so long, but in truth, even he did not realize that his skill and mysterious background had turned him into someone everyone respected and admired to some degree.

After joking around, Xiao Lin quickly got to the point, asking everyone how their tests went. In truth, he could just check everyone’s skill himself, and figure out if they had passed or not from there.

The class had sixty students, and a total of 40 passed with 20 of them failing. That rate was already considered high among the first-years, but there were naturally a lot of complaints; some even wanted to go to the student union.

Xiao Lin tried to console them, emphasizing the point that the military was separate from the academy. He knew that he could not cool their anger, so he just shifted the target.

If it was not for his trip to the New World and all the information he got from Captain Yu Mei about the upper management of Dawn Academy, Xiao Lin would naturally not have known about the conflict between the dean and the military.

His move was quite brilliant, and everyone’s cursing quickly shifted to the military, which naturally removed their urge to find trouble with the student union.

During the evening on that day itself, a red notification popped up in the forums. It stated that some students had actually gone to the student union due to not passing the tests. After they found out that there was no way to change the results, they had done some stupid things, which caused the student union to decide that all of them would have their points or credits taken away.

Xiao Lin took note of it and breathed a sigh of relief when no one from Class Seven was involved. As a party stuck in the middle, Xiao Lin could more or less understand the student union’s position. The union could not interfere with the military’s decisions, but as the body that dealt with academy matters, they needed to protect their own power and image. Anyone who dared cause trouble at this time was just looking for their own deaths.