Chapter 307: Entrance Ceremony (1)


    Three dayster, it was the day of the wee ceremony.


    The entire group departed together towards the ce of the ceremony, with Prince Calisto leading the group. Only Elwha stayed behind with the excuse she was sick, although the true reason was to avoid being recognized.


    They took their invitation letters with them. They were necessary to participate in the ceremony.


    As soon as Bloed and the others left the mansion, they could feel the festive atmosphere around the city. It was as though they could not wait for the festival to start.


    Bloed saw many students going towards the ce of the ceremony, not just neers. In fact, ording to one of the bodyguards'' words, practically the entire city participated in this festival.


    ording to him, the highlight of the festival would be after the speech of the headmistress. The headmistress would announce the topic of the festival and then the clubs and neers would participate in it.


    Each year the topic was different. Sometimes it was apetition, other times a game, and sometimes a show of talents. It depended on the headmistress''s mood.


    During the festival, the clubs would do their best to show their strength and attract talented neers. In the same way, the neers would do their best to show their talent to win the recognition of the strongest clubs.


    This was the stage for both parties to show their worth.


    During thest three days, Bloed and the others had learned about most of the clubs of the city, from the strongest ones to the weakest ones. They had also investigated the different sses to find which ones they were interested in.


    After three days, the five of them had already more or less decided which sses they were going to take. Bloed''s sses were focused on mana runes, alchemy, and magic constructs; Liu Ying''s sses were mainly aboutbat, and Aya chose sses rted to stealth and assassination.


    As for Regina, she chose the same sses as Bloed. Obviously, she did not care about the sses and only wanted to spend more time with her master.


    When the group arrived at the za where the ceremony would take ce, they were astonished to find that it was fully packed with people.


    The za was around half a square kilometer, but it was so full that even walking was hard.


    Bloed estimated there were around twenty thousand people in the za at the very least, and most of them were students.


    The ce was filled with a boisterous atmosphere. Young men and women of all kinds of races and countries were mixed together, talking and whispering excitedly as they waited for the start of the ceremony.


    But all of sudden, a strong pressure descended on the crowd.


    The numerous students fell silent. The weakest ones turned pale immediately, and the strongest ones looked in the direction of the pressure with wariness.


    There, a demon young man walked onto the stage step by step, releasing his overwhelming aura with each step.


    The atmosphere in the za changed instantly. The whispering stoppedpletely, and many students involuntarily straightened up. Each student faced the young man on the stage with serious expressions.


    Seeing that, the demon young man smiled slightly and opened his mouth.


    "Nice to meet you, my name is Mu Quan, leader of the [Guarding Order], and the strongest student in this city."


    As soon as these words sounded, amotion happened in the za. The new students looked towards the demon young man with expressions of shock, and the other students put on serious expressions.


    The name Mu Quan held that much weight in this city.


    He was the current overlord among the students!


    At just twenty-two years old, he was just one step away from bing a demigod. It was said he could be one at any time.


    Moreover, he led the strongest club in the city, the [Guarding Order]. This club was something akin to the disciplinarymittee of the city.


    It was even rumored that he received direct guidance from the headmistress herself who praised his talent generously.


    Just that was enough to understand how strong and talented he was.


    When Mu Quan saw the effect his words had over the students, he nodded slightly. He then started to give a wee speech.


    The wee speech was pretty normal and boring, to be honest. Bloed and the others stopped paying attention to it after the first half.


    Instead of the speech, Bloed was more focused on the person giving it.


    The top student in the city.


    "Worthy of his title as the strongest." Bloed could not help but nod.


    He could feel Mu Quan''s aura and mana from here. It was solid and firm, like steel that had been tempered by fire over time.


    Bing a demigod in itself was hard, however, Mu Quan was about to attain that level even before turning twenty-three.


    That level of talent was astounding.


    Mu Quan''s speech was not very long. Just after five minutes, he finished it.


    After him, some teachers and important people of the academy went up to give their speeches, but to be honest, Bloed did not pay them much attention.


    But when thest person went up the stage, he could not help but widen his eyes slightly.


    An incredibly beautiful woman stood up in front of all the students, smiling slightly and emitting aforting aura that seemed to calm everybody down.


    Her caramel-colored hair and eyes gave her a kind of ethereal beauty, and the jewel on her forehead added a touch of exotess that seemed to attract all the gazes towards her.


    Moreover, her aura felt so deep that it seemed endless, like the sea itself.


    She was the headmistress of Academy City, Wave Golden.