Chapter 3 The first round of testing

After seeing what looked like a docile domestic cat suddenly transform into a lion with a red tongue, the arena suddenly fell silent, and Bell took the opportunity to sneak back into the crowd.

Torily walked over slowly, glanced around the crowd, and saw that there was no more noise, so she immediately returned to her original appearance, "Hehe, you don't need to be too nervous, it's just that too loud voices will make me very irritable, so please be quiet!, Bell! Stop!" The spearhead was suddenly pointed at Bell.

"Uh...... Lady Torrey ...... "Bell was stunned, and felt very uncomfortable, as if a hand had grabbed his heart, stopping it from beating, and slowing down the flow of blood in his body.

Tori slowly approached, "What happened just now, why are you late? You know I have the right to disqualify you from the test!"

"To...... Sister Toli, I'm ...... Me...... Hey...... Just want to tame a bloody ...... Blood Horse ...... Here you go!" Bell barely made a sound like pinching his neck and playing a clarinet.

"Really?" Tori said curiously, "That Blood Flame Horse is not something you can submit right now!"

Bell suddenly felt his chest loosen, so his legs fell to the ground weakly, and he gasped: "Although...... I can't tame that guy, but I have to find a way to feel it...... Thank you, Sister Tori, for your years of teaching. But I really didn't expect that... That monster horse would have fully evolved in battle, and then chased after me like it had been stabbed in the ass,......! Belch...... Brother Cook!" Bell suddenly remembered Cook who was sad at the gate of the college.

"I'm too lazy to listen to your nonsense!If it weren't for the special requirements of the association now, I really want to cancel your test qualification!" Tori ignored him and turned around and said, " Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce myself again, my name is Bet Torly, usually you should have done wilderness survival training with me, but today I am your examiner, no matter what your purpose is to become a knight, you must have extraordinary will and ability, in the academy, we may be able to ensure your safety to a certain extent, but after you really embark on this path, you will have to face a more difficult environment, there is no mercy on that road, only the law of the jungle, although there is a very rich reward, but you will lose your life at any time, you all understand?”

"Understood!" After all, they are all excellent students of the academy, and they quickly adapt to it.

"Good!" Torrey nodded with satisfaction, "Everyone present is an outstanding powerhouse in the academy, I believe you have already learned about the academy's knight qualification test, and the location of our first test is in the Baicao Forest!"

"Eh, are you going to such a far place?" After knowing the test location, everyone couldn't help but ask questions.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" the coercion that had just disappeared struck again.

"No!" everyone said in unison again.

"Well, this qualification test is a little different than before, but," Tori yawned, "I can't explain to you why the test was so far away, anyway, that's what the Dean meant." Next, you need to follow my instructions, divide into groups of five, divide into groups of ten, and execute immediately!"

As soon as the words fell, although everyone didn't understand the reason, they still immediately took action and found someone to form a team.

"Hey, Brother Garay, let's go together!" Bell waved and shouted through the crowd like a lemur after hearing their respective teams, not remembering the way he was out of breath.

"You guy, I don't believe in this kind of nonsense about evolved monster horses, what kind of bargain did you pick up just now?" A young man with golden hair, combed back hair, and a handsome face walked over with a big sword on his back.

"It's true that something strange happened this time, but if you can really tame such a fierce horse, the ghost gave it to Tori!" Bell pursed his lips, looking a little dissatisfied. But when he felt another cold gaze coming from a distance, he had to scratch his head and be honest.

"Cut, don't say it!" The golden-haired young man's name was Hapgare, eighteen years old, and he was a swordsman. Because when he entered school, he always carried a broad-edged sword on his back, so he naturally entered the kendo class to study, and then became the leader of the kendo class. At first, he and Bell often competed, but after communication, the two gradually discovered that they had the same hobbies, such as stealing the combat skills in the academy, playing tricks on the old dean together, fighting with a gang of thieves in the tavern, and watching female students take a bath... These two can be said to have a similar smell, and they immediately became fox friends and dogs. So this time, both hope to be able to pass the qualification test and move forward together on the road to making a lot of money.

"Yo yo ~ Sister Dona from the Department of Magic, Sister Sophia, two beautiful young ladies, this test is very harsh~ Brother, I am a famous repeater, the arrow of true love has been loaded, do you want me to protect you?" Another young man who looked like a fool walked towards the two young girls.

"It's Brother Fred!" said one of the girls dressed in black and wearing a wizard's hat, "Of course you can't ask for someone to protect you!, but you don't need the arrow of true love or anything, you still shoot the arrow of anger at others, so as to reduce some obstacles!"

"No, no, no, dear Miss Sophia, I'm not an aggressive person, how can I shoot an arrow of rage?

"That's exactly what I want! My poison skills have also hit a bottleneck recently, and if I can't control it carelessly, I will poison the people around me, and I'm worried that no one else will want to team up with me!Since you're so sincere, let's go together!" Sophia still looked like a weird elf, and Dona pursed her lips and smiled.

"Uh...... Next time, next time, hey, hey, hey!" Fred was bored with himself, and turned his attention to the other girls.

"I still need a group of five, this level of testing, Lao Tzu can complete it alone, look at my muscles, beating happily!" a tall, brute muscular student roared alone.

"It's probably because your brain can't hold too much water, so it's all running into your body!" said another student on the side, this person is less than 1.6 meters tall, and although his eyes are lazy, he exudes a cold aura, as if the temperature will drop if he gets close to him.

"Little Galle, believe it or not, Lao Tzu twisted your little body into a worm to go fishing?!"

"Bono, this fat on your body is just enough to satisfy the cannibals in my family's captivity!" Galle's hand instantly added a short knife.

"Ahem, Bono, Galle, two little brothers, Tory is waiting for you, no one wants to see her angry end, I advise you to team up obediently!" said a fair-skinned, curly-haired, bespectacled student holding a book on magic.

"Hmph, Takuha, don't be nosy!" Bono looked a little unimpressed, but walked away.

............

With various episodes, it didn't take long for the teams to be formed. Bell, Garley didn't know what rhetoric he used, but he formed a team with Dona and Sophia of the magic department, and the remaining one was Amu from the beast taming department, because Bell has always been worried about the Warcraft horse, so he plans to ask him for the skills of taming the Warcraft.

"Have you all decided?" Tori sat lazily on the ground and said slowly, "I've memorized the combination of you guys, and I can't go back on the way! The first round is to test the knights' teamwork skills, and now I order you to find a way to meet at the entrance of the Hundred Grass Forest, and the five members of each group must all go to Qi Oh! By the way, I'll give you three days at most, and if you don't arrive by then, you won't need it......! Let me think about it, then the first six groups of people will advance to the next round! This is not very difficult as the first round of testing, right? That's the rule, everyone, I'll go first!" With that, Torrey stood up, patted her ass, and slowly left the arena, leaving only a group of cadets standing in the center of the arena.

"This ...... This is the knightly qualification test that stumped so many good players?"

"Aren't there any hints?"

"It's just going to a place to meet, what tips do you need?

"But I heard that there are a lot of demonic beasts at the entrance of the Hundred Grass Forest!"

“......”

"What's the point of hesitating about such a simple request?" Bono grabbed his hair fiercely and yelled, "You guys discuss it slowly here, Lao Tzu doesn't have time to accompany you!" After speaking, he left with the other four students who had just been forcibly "captured" by him.

"Again, instead of arguing here, let's get out of here first. A student from the Department of Magic chimed in.

"It's a bit confusing, but it's only three days to go that long way, so it's time to get on the road quickly!" agreed, another student.

Everyone was no longer entangled, and instead of thinking about breaking their heads, it was better to act immediately, so they left the academy with their companions one after another.

"I think three days is enough to go to the Hundred Grass Forest!" said Garay as he walked.

"Well...... "Bell mused, "there really isn't a problem with the time to get there, it should be easy." But if you arrive first, it always feels a little strange, because this is not a short-distance journey, and the probability of long-distance events will be much greater, and it has little to do with our own strength. If we take the train and the train hits something on the way, is that also a lack of strength?"

"I also feel that the qualification test should not be so simple, there are several ways to go to the Hundred Grass Forest, but there is always one that is the fastest. If it's just a long way, everyone will definitely choose the fastest way to get there, and why does the school go there to test it?" said a student with a round hat and a squirrel standing on his shoulder, that is, Amu of the Animal Taming Department.

"Perhaps, the academy is testing our ability to respond to emergencies?" Dona said.

"Oh, whatever it's going to test, we'll know when we're on the road!" Sophia pouted.

"Let's analyze it before we act, Sister Sophia," Bell took the opportunity to touch Sophia's head," Ladies and gentlemen, I have calculated that there are about more than 1,000 kilometers from here to Baicao Forest, and there are generally three ways to use it, the first is to take the train, although it is convenient and does not need to consume our physical strength, but we cannot directly reach Baicao Forest, we can only go to Rivre City, the provincial capital of Lake Province, and the train from here to Livre City is only one at noon every day, because there are many stops on the way, so the time to arrive there should be about tomorrow evening; there are many monsters in Baicao Forest, if we travel at night, the risk factor will be relatively large according to our strength, so it is recommended to set off early in the morning of the third day。 ”

"But I've heard that if you go from Riverville, it's hard to get to the Hundred Grass Forest without a local guide, and there's a lot of bandits...... Amu said, stuffing a cookie for the squirrel.

"Yes, that's true. Bell continued, "The second way is to take a carriage from here and follow the caravan that is going to pass there, although it will be slower than the train, but it can go straight through, and it will be much shorter than the train to go around many cities, and if it goes well, it should be there at noon on the third day, but it ......."

"Then we must be able to find a caravan to go there immediately. And if you follow the caravan, you may encounter a gang of thieves on the way. But it's okay to meet you!" Garley pulled out his broadblade and swung it again.

"So there's a third way, we can take a boat directly by water to the west of the Hundred Grass Forest, and then go around the other side, and the time is about the third day. Bell continued.

"But the western part of the Hundred Grass Forest is a haunt of large demonic beasts, and even during the day, there will be people in danger!" Amu turned his head and said.

"You know the Hundred Grass Forest very well, Amu. Dona said.

"Of course, I'm a beast trainer, so I often study the locations where monsters are infested!" Amu paused and said, "Having said so much, which method do we choose to set off?"

"The dean was able to give us three days, and he must have had his purpose, and the academy would definitely have taken into account these three methods, and they understood the time required for each method and the difficulties of each. So I don't think there's a way to take a shortcut, and no matter which way you get to the Grass Forest, I'm willing to bet that the time it takes to get there won't be much different. Bell said patiently.

"What do you mean?" said Sophia, a little impatient.

"I'm still going to choose the first way, considering that the next few rounds will have to go through battles, taking the train is the most physically economical, and when we get there, let's find a way to find a local guide!" Bell finally concluded.

"We chose to take the train, and the dean, and everyone else, would think so, because it was the most convenient way to do it at the moment. Amu said.

"Could it be that River's side is the key to victory?" said Garay, frowning.

"Not necessarily!" Bell said slowly, looking at the crowd, "If everyone thinks so, maybe... What the train is going to crash into!"