Chapter 539: Chapter 539: Drawing Lots
The panoramic viewing area exclusive to the council.
A series of discussions were immediately held by the council members in regard to the ‘Crow Cemetery’.
They confirmed that Han Dong was using the death series black magic originating from a combination of the Fate Space and his own talent, a correct classification… They also unanimously believed that such talent would be beneficial for the Holy City.
The Holy Knight Group was in charge of the hunting competition.
Captain Olivia stared at the cemetery domain created through pure black magic.
She quickly ordered the elite knights to carry out purification operations.
They treated the knights who suffered deep contamination promptly, not allowing any individual corruption to take place.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen such a ‘mass suppression’ method. Truly an interesting new knight…”
On the branch where Han Dong crouched, a wisp of white shadow quickly climbed up and settled next to him.
“Abe, thanks for your help earlier.”
“I should be the one thanking you…Otherwise, all the points for these ten demons would have been attributed to you. Now, by distributing one demon to me, I don’t have to spend my remaining time hunting for demons, even though many points are still accumulated on you.”
“Not all the points are mine.
But, at least five of them will be credited to me…and some of the graduates who understand the situation will leave immediately to hunt in other areas.”
Han Dong shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and continued:
“Actually, I didn’t want it to be this way, being too dazzling is not necessarily a good thing.
However, under the conditions that extracity powers are not allowed, it is a bit difficult to kill ten demons…extensive physical exhaustion is not conducive to the following formal matches.
Calling for everyone to be tools seems to be the best solution.”
Under the effect of the ‘Crow Cemetery’, along with the joint bombardment of nearly a hundred graduates, the nine demons were wiped out in a short period of time.
Final points would be given according to individual contribution.
With the demons being killed off centrally in a short period of time.
The first ‘Hunting Operation’ of the formal match ended ahead of schedule, half shorter than the expected time.
The Colosseum returned to its original state.
In total, 210 graduates survived in the hunting action, and none of them suffered from deep infection.
The Vaughn siblings relied on their own ability to resist the invading pollutants. Following the purification spell released by the knights outside the arena, the pollutants in their bodies were completely eliminated.
However, the siblings were staring at Han Dong in the Colosseum from not too far away.
They felt as if they were separated by a mountain, which was hard to reach.
“Captain Curran specifically reminded us that our aim from the beginning was not to hinder him…the true aim was only for us to obtain information about this student’s abilities in advance so that ‘that person’ could compete with him in the subsequent competitions.”
However, the focus of his sister Peggy was completely different.
What she saw was not the ‘big picture’ laid out by Han Dong, but the strong power displayed by the silver-haired youth… the scene of killing a demon in one strike was not forgotten for a long time.
Observer Alonso continued to preside over the convention.
“The hunting points will not affect your final ranking in the Knight Tournament, so I will not show you the points ranking of this hunting competition, but only give you the list of the top 50 advancing.”
Not revealing the points ranking was actually a temporary decision made by the council.
The reason was simple. Han Dong’s individual points have exceeded 50% of the group’s total points.
Then Alonso waved his hand.
A relatively large ‘Star Image’ displayed the advancing list in front of everyone.
Graduates who did not see their names on the list could only sigh and leave.
Most of the graduates who left the scene would fall into a rather passive enrollment situation.
After waiting for the top fifty students to join the knight regiments, they will join the Thirteen Knight Orders in a supplementary capacity and will not enjoy any form of preferential treatment.
Han Dong, Abe, Dumps, Mia and Winry of course made it to the list.
The students who remained on the field were discussing the strange incidents that occurred in the hunting competition.
Why did the demons gather together?
Where did the mad laughter come from?
Who created the terrifying cross made of crow corpses?
As Han Dong left the scene immediately after creating the Crow Cemetery… The students who arrived later did not know about all this.
The knowledgeable Vaughn siblings had already left the scene.
“To be among the top fifty in the leaderboard shows that you all have the basic ability to conduct ‘investigations’ and have reached the minimum level of a formal knight.
The semi-finals and final rounds that follow will further evaluate your individual abilities.
The excellent graduates who end up in the top ten will have the right to choose their knight regiment and the qualification to negotiate terms of enlistment with the regiment leaders.”
Winning a spot in the top ten of the Knight Selection is the dream of every graduate.
It’s not a time of peace here, Holy City is not fair to every knight.
It was necessary and essential to select the gifted ones for special cultivation.
By providing them with more resources and development space, they can grow to the level equivalent to the Old King.
Only in this way, humans have the potential to regain their own land from the hands of the Old King and fight for freedom.
“Next, you need to carry out a draw… The slips you draw will determine your semi-final challenges.
Specifically how the semi-finals will be conducted will be explained after the draw.”
Alonso reached out and took out a prepared square box from the space, slowly floating down to the center of the colosseum.
Due to the basic knight etiquette, everyone orderly lined up to draw lots.
“Hmm… A blank piece of paper?”
The first graduate student looked at the blank white slip in his hand, not knowing what to do, wondering if he had won a jackpot.
However, the following drawn slips also had no markings or words, all blank white pieces.
Han Dong and the other four were among the last ones and drew the remaining slips.
“It seems that there is something imprinted on the inner layer of the paper… It hasn’t been activated yet.”
The Little Demon Eye could only vaguely catch sight of the vague false shadow inside the paper at 30% of its capability.
Dumps pushed his glasses, stared at the white paper in front of him, with a not-so-good look on his face, “This year’s Knight Selection rules are completely different from previous years… the semi-finals might well directly turn into the finals.”
“Dumps, you figured it out?”
With the completion of the draw by all the graduates.
Observer Alonso waved his hand, and clear marks slowly appeared on the originally blank white papers.
“Are these the marks of the Thirteen Knight Orders!?”
Alonso formally announced the semi-final method:
“You will directly challenge the formal knights from the corresponding knight orders according to your draw results… to verify your individual abilities.”