I Became The Academy’s Narrow-Eyes

Chapter 28: The Midst of Chaos

The room where the examiners in charge of the swordsmanship section of the academy entrance exam gathered.

The examiners sat in their seats and looked at the screens that appeared in front of them.

They were screens that showed the real-time scenes of the participants who were in the middle of the third exam.

“Tsk tsk tsk, sigh. I knew it would be like this.”

“Oh? If you avoid it like that- ah…”

“What? Don’t go there, it’s a trap.”

The examiners’ hands and mouths were busy.

They scored their assigned participants in their own ways.

The content of the third exam was dungeon exploration.

The dungeon was a straight-line structure consisting of corridors with traps and obstacles, and rooms with combat opponents.

Each corridor and room was combined into one gate.

The criteria for determining the exam score were how many gates they broke through, and how much contribution they made in the process.

“Group 4 is annihilated as soon as they enter the second gate corridor. They must have relaxed their tension after suppressing the combat opponent. Or maybe, their concentration is only that much. Well, whatever, except for number 211, they’re all screwed.”

“Oh my, these guys are hopeless.”

“Annihilated by the third gate combat opponent? Hmm…”

“Hehe, they barely passed the second exam.”

Therefore, the examiners did not devote much attention and time to the participants who failed at relatively low gates.

There was relatively little to score at first, and they did not feel the need to spend time and find scoring points.

Their interest naturally flowed to the more outstanding participants.

To the more outstanding participants among those assigned to them.

“Hmm, it seems to be roughly organized.”

“Let’s see~”

Furthermore, to the more outstanding participants assigned to other examiners.

At the point where most of the participants were eliminated or their limits were clear.

The examiners’ attention was focused on specific participants who had exceptional skills that could be counted on one hand.

They left their seats and went behind the examiner who was assigned to those participants and watched their scenes together.

The examiners were divided into two groups.

“Oh, you’re here?”

“Yes, I got caught up with these promising ones. They were eliminated at Gate 4, but they showed great potential. I had to make sure to assess them all, so it took a bit longer. How many gates have you assessed so far?”

“Hehe, don’t be surprised when you see it.”

“Let’s see- no way. The sixth gate…!?”

“Why are you so late?”

“You missed Drin Lebringer’s fifth gate, you missed a life opportunity.”

“Oh dear…”

“No matter how I look at it, it’s not a freshman level.”

“That rumor wasn’t for nothing.”

One was a group watching group 1 with Drin Lebringer.

“How many gates is Kasha Hanahan on now? Drin Lebringer is on the sixth gate.”

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“What!? The same as Drin Lebringer?”

“Didn’t you hear that? Kasha Hanahan beat Drin Lebringer in the second exam and took first place in the record.”

“Well, I heard, but… I didn’t expect it to be like this.”

“Hmm, but still. Definitely. Compared to Drin Lebringer, it’s a bit lacking- rather than lacking, it’s a bit regrettable.”

“Considering the level of their team members, Drin Lebringer does seem to have an advantage.”

“Well, yeah.”

“Heh, this reminds me of my Academy entrance test days. If I had met teammates like Drin and Kasha back then—”

“When was that exactly, Professor Torun?”

“Hehehe.”

Drin Lebringer.

Kasha Hanahan.

The examiners determined that at this point, it was better to focus solely on them rather than observe other participants.

“Huh?”

At that moment, Yuron, who had been part of the group, glanced toward a corner of the waiting room.

It was Instructor Herion.

He was still diligently filling out the papers while keeping an eye on the participants he was responsible for.

Yuron approached Herion and asked, “Instructor Herion, would you like to take a break from watching Drin Lebringer and Kasha Hanaan?”

In response, Herion fixed his gaze on the screen without looking away and replied, “I haven’t finished scoring yet because there are still some groups left.”

“Oh, I see.”

‘You’re so diligent.’

Yuron chuckled and muttered to himself, knowing Herion was famous for his diligence.

If he was this diligent, he would surely assess even the participants eliminated at Gate 1 with care. The participants currently being scored probably hadn’t been eliminated before Gates 4 or 5.

Yuron’s attention followed Herion’s gaze, and he, too, stared at the screens, his expression turning serious.

“…!?”

Suddenly, Yuron widened his eyes.

He leaned in closer and concentrated on the screen, furrowing his brow as he muttered in disbelief, “7th Gate?”

It was a higher progress rate than Drin and Kasha.

“It can’t be…”

Yuron confirmed with his own eyes through the screen just how unimaginable the skills and talents of Drin and Kasha were compared to other participants.

But now, someone was surpassing them.

Someone from their generation, from the same age group, might be capable of that.

Yuron looked at the faces of the participants on the screen with a serious expression.

“Ah.”

Then he nodded as if he understood.

Agion.

He alone was not inferior to Drin and Kasha.

But the rest of his teammates.

Adella and Melhen.

They were each skilled enough to play a central role in their respective teams if they were assigned to different teams.

Those two participants, who were already rated next to Kasha and Drin, being in the same team with Agion.

“That’s a great group composition, isn’t it? With this composition, it’s definitely-”

It wasn’t an impossible story that Drin and Kasha, who formed a group with ordinary participants, fell behind.

And-

“If they keep this momentum, they might even reach the 8th gate?”

Drin and Kasha seemed to be unable to go beyond the seventh gate.

That was the unanimous opinion of the examiners who watched Drin and Kasha’s scenes.

Yuron also agreed with that opinion.

He looked at the scene of team 13 with Agion and judged that they might be able to go beyond the seventh gate.

Yuron thought about it.

What if team 13 really goes beyond the seventh gate and reaches the eighth gate?

In that case, the members of team 13- especially Agioon, will have more opportunities to show more achievements than Drin and Kasha.

It was an opportunity to gain even more bonus points when compared to Drin and Kasha.

“Ugh…”

Yuron sensed something unsettling.

The top of the academy entrance exam.

No one doubted that either Drin or Kasha would take it, but it might be taken by another participant after all.

An unexpected turn of events was about to occur.

“Yuron, Herion. What are you looking at, huh?”

“Hmm? What is everyone doing here?”

“They said they’re currently at the 7th gate.”

The examiners who felt something was amiss began to observe team 13 one by one.

The newly formed third group continued to grow in numbers, and the two existing groups became smaller and smaller.

“Ah…!”

A moment later, sighs erupted from the second group of examiners.

It was the moment when Kasha Hanahan failed to pass the 7th gate.

“Hmm?”

“What the-”

They were interrupted by a group of people gathered to watch team 13.

Next, sighs erupted from the first group of examiners.

It was the moment when Drin Lebringer was also eliminated after failing to make it past the 7th gate.

They, too, naturally joined to watch team 13.

And just like that.

All the examiners who were convinced that either team 1 or team 2 would be the last to remain focused their attention on team 13..

“Melhen, he is better than I thought.”

“That’s right. It seems they’ve agreed to let him take the front line – he’s performing the front line role cleanly.”

“He looks like he wouldn’t listen to anything, but surprisingly…”

“Well, if you look at it that way, Adella is even more surprising.”

“Adella of the Espien, right? Man, she’s got a big ego-”

“That’s right. But how did she manage to support and cooperate so well without crossing the line?”

team 13 was demonstrating their capabilities in areas that team 1 and team 2 hadn’t reached and had not shown before.

Of course, the examiners were aware of it.

It wasn’t because they were more talented than Drin and Kasha.

It was simply because they were fortunate enough to have superior team members.

The examiners were well aware of this fact.

“That guy, Agion… was he this good?”

“That’s right.”

“It seems like he’s still improving… right?”

They were aware of this.

Despite the constant external stimulation, team 13’s performance broke through the barriers they had previously set, impacting the evaluation.

Agion Morci.

Currently, he was receiving more active support from better team members, Adella and Melhen, compared to Drin and Kasha’s team members.

However, it was also an undeniable fact that he was showing superior performance compared to Drin and Kasha.

“Ahh…!”

Soon, sighs erupted among the examiners.

Compared to the previous two, the sighs were much deeper.

The 9th gate, which was two levels higher than 1st and 2nd teams when compared to them, was team 13’s final record, and it was unquestionably the best result in the 3rd test.

Soon after, after completing the scoring, Herion shook his head.

The moment the test was over, the first thing on his mind was his bet with Sinia.

It was a bet to guess which participant Sinea was interested in among the six participants, including Agion Morshi.

Herion thought of a name without hesitation.

He was confident.

The possessor of the talent that Sinea had her eye on.

And the top scorer of this test.

“Agion Morci.”

Herion stood up from his seat.

Then he looked around.

Searching for Sinia, who was probably in the middle of the crowd.

“…Hmm?”

Strange.

Sinia was not in the crowd.

Herion broke away from the group and looked around the room.

Then, he found Sinia.

Sinia was sitting alone in the corner.

With excitement, Herion approached her, eager to talk about Agion Morci.

“Instructor Sinia. Agion Morci. He’s the participant you’ve been eyeing, right?”

But Sinia’s reaction was strange.

She hadn’t even realized Herion had approached and was focused on one thing.

She was staring at the screen with a very curious look on her face.

“Hmm…?”

Herion thought it was strange to see Sinia like that.

The Sinia he knew was not someone who would be so diligent in her role as an instructor.

Especially not when she was in charge of participant of such extraordinary talent as Drin Lebringer, Kasha Hanahan, and Agion Morci.

“Huh? Oh.”

She belatedly noticed Herion and smiled.

“When did you come? How’s everything going over there?”

“It’s Agion Morci.”

“Hmm? Oh, that bet?”

“Agion Morci – he came in first place, surpassed Drin Lebringer and Kasha Hanahan.”

“Surpassed Drin Lebringer and Kasha Hanahan? Wasn’t Agion too favorable under those conditions?”

The moment Herion was about to show the data he had recorded…

“Well, whatever. Why don’t you take a look at this?”

Sinia pointed at the screen.

“I’m in the middle of watching the 10th gate assault.”