Extra Demon: Sacred Academy of Light

"What do you all think?" Daniela finally cast a glance at her companions. If she had looked at Arthur for a few more seconds, her expression would have turned red...

"I think it's bold," Olivia raised her hand and clicked her tongue. "It's my first bath after three damn days! You can't tell me I'm going to get dirty again tomorrow!" She crossed her arms and pouted, clearly upset.

"Damn you! If the event ends tomorrow, you'll be able to leave this cursed place," she cursed Olivia silently.

"I think we have to do it!" Elias instantly agreed, eager to kill their enemies. He gripped the hilt of his sword tightly.

"I think..." Adrian stroked his chin. "I think it's not a bad idea. I don't like the feeling of always being watched…" he agreed as well.

"I think the same as the four-eyes!" Beatrice stood up, her eyes gleaming as she gazed into the darkness between the trees. "I don't like stalkers! Let's kill them all. Only that way will I finally live like a human!" Beatrice's eyes teared up as she looked at her tattered clothes. Some of her garments were poorly sewn. After all, no one had ever taught her to sew.

She didn't think it was important, but now she knew… in a forest, you can't be so naïve!

Daniela looked at Evelyn… Evelyn looked back at her, wide-eyed with cheeks puffed. She shrugged and continued what she was doing—eating. Daniela also looked at Leslie, who nodded in agreement.

Daniela let out a sigh. "I guess it's decided…" She sat back down and picked up her plate. After eating a couple of spoonfuls, she looked at Beatrice. "Any idea which direction Class 5's territory is in?" she asked, then took a sip of water.

Beatrice nodded. "Class 5's territory is right behind me." She stood up, turned around, and pointed. "Class 3's territory is to my left. That makes two classes. Class 4 is to my right, and Class 2 is behind Arthur's sword." She placed her hands on her hips, the corners of her lips curling into a playful smile.

"We, Class 1, are smack in the middle of the four classes." She finally sat down and shook her head. "They definitely did it on purpose. We're surrounded by the four classes. If they wanted to explore, there's a good chance they'd pass through here, especially since the shopping area is diagonal to us between the north and east... In short, we're basically the easiest target to eliminate."

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"Wow…" Olivia's mouth hung open at Beatrice's words. "It's like they're trying to force Class 1 to hold its ground, but they've also placed us in the worst spots so the other classes can easily target us."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"At the academy, competition is fierce between the classes, especially if you're at the top. The staff usually places Class 1 in the worst situations. If you overcome them, it means you deserve to be on top. But if you fail, you sink to the bottom, meaning you don't deserve to be in Class 1.

The academy's goal is to motivate students to compete against each other," Daniela looked sadly at her empty bowl... and at the empty pot... and the one responsible for it, sleeping peacefully on Arthur's shoulder. She quietly placed her bowl down. "From what I understand, depending on the position you end up in after this event, you'll be assigned merit points…" She lowered her gaze.

"With those points, you can acquire artifacts sold by the academy. It's like currency." She shrugged.

"So… how do we do it?" Elias asked with a frown.

"That's the thing… I don't know," Daniela chuckled a bit. "Well, I have an idea, but..." she looked skeptically at the darkness between the trees.

"There's a risk of being overheard," Adrian adjusted his glasses. "I suppose we'll have to whisper…"

—Hmmm…

Hearing a lazy groan, Daniela turned her gaze.

"Evelyn, can you generate a flame large enough?" Arthur asked gently while stroking Evelyn's cheek. She stirred a little, opened her eyes, and stared at Arthur before slowly nodding. Raising her hand, a small flame, red like magma, emerged from her palm.

The small orb of fire rose above their heads, and when it reached a height of 15 meters, she shuddered slightly, and a blanket of flames expanded to cover them like a dome.

"It's done." Evelyn looked at Arthur, as if expecting praise. He smiled and patted her head. "Well done." Evelyn purred like a cat, giving a small smile before calmly closing her eyes again.

Arthur smiled and looked at Daniela. "Now we can talk without any issues." Daniela nearly suffered a heart attack at Arthur's smile, but luckily, as a noble, she was excellent at hiding her emotions and quickly regained control. "Almost lost it," she thought to herself. Taking a deep breath, she looked at the dome of flames and nodded. "Thanks, Evelyn." Thankfully, Evelyn didn't hear her.

"It's pretty warm in here," Olivia rubbed her hands together, a smile on her lips. "I feel so cozy. It's much better than enduring the extreme cold of this place." She recalled the three days she had to endure… the temperature had dropped to -20 degrees Celsius.

"And what do you have in mind, Daniela?" Adrian asked as he sipped his tea.

Daniela thought for a moment. "I don't think it'll work. If Class 5 really has an alliance with Classes 2 and 3, we'll have a hard time…" She looked at Leslie and Evelyn. "What I was thinking was leaving Arthur alone and taking Leslie and Evelyn with us... It's quite risky, but considering it might be the last day, we have to take both of them with us…" Daniela narrowed her eyes.

"That would mean leaving Arthur alone and exposing ourselves to being the second group eliminated." She sat down. "What do you all think?"

"It's too risky, as you said. Considering it could be the last day, it's not such a crazy plan. But... if the team leader of another class knows Arthur is alone, a group might come to eliminate him. I don't think it'll work. I don't want to be the second one eliminated," Adrian disagreed instantly.

"That's the problem," Daniela already knew her plan had flaws. "The next thing I had in mind is…"