ushernet Chapter 290 Academy's Newbie Survival Event
Chapter 290 Academy's Newbie Survival Event
Five hours passed by in the blink of an eye and Big D returned, snapping Almond out of his ability production session.
"It's time. Let's go."
Almond opened his eyes, but he was no longer in the room. Instead, he found himself in the night sky.
"What the hell is that?" Almond's eyes were filled with amazement as he saw a huge theatre structure with a population of hundreds of thousands sitting and facing a giant rectangular screen in front of them 100 meters away. Discover more stories at My Virtual Library Empire
"They are the audience who wants to entertain themselves, and many of them are also parents, friends, and relatives to the thousands of participants."
"Thousands?" Almond was taken aback. "This seems to be a rather big event. What do I have to do?"
Suddenly, fireworks shot into the sky and painted it beautifully.
The giant screen suddenly displayed people, but in thousands of small segregated sections on it, each displayed a person at a different place in some kind of wilderness.
"It's time to go, and you'll know what to do once you're there. All the best. And by the way, if you want the clone ability, you'll need to get into the top 10."
Before Almond could say anything in response, Big D's tail slapped his cheek, and he found himself near a riverbank in the forest under the night sky illuminated by three hazy moons—Blue, white, and light pink.
*Clank*
A magical wristband device automatically formed in his hand, and a voice sounded in his mind, along with an image.
[Academy's Newbie Survival Event has started, and you are the 4938th Participant. Survive for 10 days, earn points, and climb ranks for better rewards. The dorms will also be allocated based on the ranking and can only be challenged to change every three months.]
[All the best, Almond Crowshade. The academy wishes you good luck.]
Almond blinked.
[Almond Crowshade]
-Points: 0
-Rank: 4938th
- Tabs -
'Item box? Seems like this wristband has spatial storage, which means we can collect things from this world, I suppose.'
Almond looked around. Everywhere were trees and greenery.
'It looks like I am in a thick jungle, but I also saw some people in different biomes on the screen right before that cat sent me here.'
Almond started walking in the direction of the river's flow.
*Shrush...*@@@@
Some bushes rustled ahead, and the area looked suspicious since it had particularly thick and big bushes.
'Espada Ad Grimveil.'
-Prana Sea: 50
-Soul Sea: 30
-Stats:
— Body Constitution: 38
— Mental Constitution: 28
— Soul Constitution: 30
— Arcane Constitution: 25
'That reminds me that I am curious about the AP of my current abilities.' Almond blinked as he watched the bulls and retreated behind a tree.
'Now then, how should I move about?' Almond looked at his Prana Sea and fell into thought.
'I still have my Soul Sea filled so I can recover my Prana Sea once fully, but after that, it'd need me an hour to recover my Soul Sea fully.'
'My mythical rank talent recovers my stamina and health, but don't recover Prana. Big D, you better be right about my innate talent adapting soon.'
On Earth, he never lacked Mana, so his powerful attacks and movements could be spammed in a way. However, most of his Primary Class was sealed, and his Mythical-rank talent wasn't speeding his soul energy recovery, which was a must to refine wild Prana into a liquified one.
Moreover, his abilities were a bit draining, so he couldn't use them all the time, which was why he only used wild Prana for some self-enchanting sequence and physically killed 32 Crimson Knives Rabbits in the past half an hour.
'As far my eyes can see, there are over a hundred bulls. Mhmmm, I guess it's time to form a strategy as well as a new sequence,' Almond grinned. 'Yep. Time to execute that idea into a proper ability.'
...
"Wait, you didn't give him the basic soul art yet?!" Madam Ruby exclaimed and frowned. "How is he going to keep up with others then? With basic soul art, he can at least recover his Prana faster."
"I also didn't give him any Prana Art yet," Big D lazily said.
"..." Madam Ruby was speechless. "Is that what you meant by pushing him?"
"He is the type that learns and blooms when pushed to limits," Big D grinned. "Some of his powers need to evolve."
Madam Ruby turned to Almond, a weak smile forming on her face. "He is going to get...fucked. I have no other way to say this. You fucked him, Master. He won't even survive the third day now."
"Now, now, hold your horses, lass. Just watch, and you will know," Big D's crystal eyes glinted as he watched Almond forming a barrier with wild Prana around him and entering a focused state.
"Abilities fueled by wild Prana aren't as strong because wild Prana can't be empowered by one's Arcane Constitution. But what if his Arcane Constitution is powerful, compared to the top participants of this event, his abilities are already strong, and he can create new abilities in jiffies, and he is someone who can wrestle away control of wild Prana from any place and make it his?"
"W-What?" Madam Ruby's eyes trembled, and she turned to Big D, her eyes intense. "Don't tell me..."
"He is an Arcane Champion, but keep this a secret for now."
Madam Ruby stood up in shock, her eyes looking at Almond turning very hot.
"I only thought his will was high compared to people his age, and send his tremendously high affinity with space and talents of sword and innate talent from memories I read, but I didn't know he was also an Arcane Champion..."
"I wish I could read his memories completely like you, Master." Madam Ruby sat down and composed herself, but the glint in her eyes didn't wane.
"You still have a long way to go before you can break Grimworld's encryptions that hide notifications and other Girmworld Tutorial-related information from people of other layers."
"Anyway, it looks like Almond finished his strategy and cooking a new magic sequence." Big D grinned as he saw Almond entering the highland filled with Infernal Crystal Bulls. "Let's see how he goes about this."