After a few minutes or so of waiting around, Ray from the Yaltan Wind group took a step forward, as everyone changed their attention to him and began ceasing their conversations.
"We will begin choosing the hunters now!"
Everyone stood tall, wanting to be seen as the best candidates, as the White Knight's representative stepped down from the small stone platform and began to choose seemingly random kids for the exam.
"You, in the green. You, over there in the red. You in the glasses in the back!" He continued.
As he did this, Ray began to speak once again, "Listen up! You all are wondering why there is such a big hunt with three big groups as your hosts, so here's your answer!"
On saying this, everyone quickly perked up their ears and listened intently to what Ray was saying. Ray was known to not be a very frequent speaker, but when he did speak, it seemed he always had something somewhat important to say.
"We will be entering the tundra!"
A wave of gasps and awe-filled sounds resonated from the crowd of students as they heard this. The tundra of the Tasnan Wilderlands. Apart from the actual Forbidden Area that existed within the easiest biome of the entire Tasnan Wilderlands, it was the known hardest and most treacherous starting point amongst the examinees.
This was mainly due to the weather conditions of the biome, which not only made it near impossible to survive there with basic equipment but also made it so that all creatures within the tundra would have evolved to be powerful enough to survive and even thrive there, making hunting much harder as well.
Those who started in the tundra were cursed, seeing as how 80% failed. Or at least, those were the rumors at the time. As whispers and murmurs that had started up in the crowd quieted down, Ray continued his speech.
"The reason behind this is very simple. As you all know, this exam is soon coming to a close, yet no one to our information has even gotten a glimpse of anything close to the golden-tiered creature."
As he said this, another wave of amazed sounds reverberated through, the simple words of "golden tier" sounding like some sort of fantastical myth of wonders. Safe to say that it raised an ambition within almost every kid standing there.
Lyrian and his crew on the other hand had different thoughts. Alten was actually slightly thrown off by this, 'That's right... no one knows yet. But the information will probably spread here eventually.'
Lyrian looked forward, his gaze the same as before. Currently, he held no intention of showing that he had the Yin core, as that would put it at risk. However, what intrigued him was where Ray was going with this speech.
ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm "We don't exactly know its whereabouts, but nevertheless, we have to try and find it before this exam ends!"
As he proclaimed, his voice resounding through the crowd and instilling confidence within anyone, questions began to spring up in the minds of Lyrian and the others. The tundra biome, just what did it have to do with the golden-tiered creature? Lyrian tried to piece the two together, but couldn't find how they related.
"According to my sources, there are two possible places where the creature must be! Either in the heart of the tundra biome... or in the forbidden lands! To be specific, the cave within the Flatstone Mountains."
The crowd seemed to be more and more amazed and curious as he spoke, interested in his words.
"We were meant to get some sort of intel from there, but unfortunately that intel has been cut off for some reason. We can only assume that there is nothing there."
A disappointed tone settled in, kids wondering the possibilities of what kind of information could have come if the intel wasn't cut off.
Lyrian knew what Ray was talking about, 'Intel huh? It must be Zoldith and his crew.' That's when the thought of Kang came to mind. He had let him go, and now, he was the biggest potential danger.
If Zoldith and the factions in the center were to be teammates, then they would undoubtedly be targeted. They weren't the ones who actually eliminated him, but who would believe that?
"With that possibility cut off, we have to go with our original thoughts of where it could possibly be. The most difficult natural biome within the Forbidden Wilderlands!"
This incited cheer from the crowd of kids. They were pumped to get that core. Ray finished his speech and looked around, thinking of something before a sudden voice yelled from the side.
"Wait right there!"
The kid who spoke was the third in command of the Dark Horses, the black-robed kids who had hosted the hunt that Leon joined.
As he walked there, he had 4 people behind him from the Dark Horses. "I don't know why you haven't included us, but we are going as well."
Everyone quickly changed their attention towards the Dark Horse group that had just showed up, as Ray exclaimed, "There can only be 30--" But was cut off.
"I don't care! This is the golden core you're talking about! Im going!"
A sudden wave of silence hit the crowd of students, and even stragglers nearby as they heard this.
An annoyed expression shadowed Ray's face, 'Damn it... he just had to go and break that barrier... this is what we were trying to avoid. It's why we didn't invite these fools.' He thought to himself as he looked around. What he expected to happen after this quickly took place.
A random kid walking by heard this and yelled, "Wait! That's right! Screw the hunt and the cores! I'm coming along! I don't have enough cores to pass anyways if I can get that golden-tiered one..." He started to imagine the possibilities.
"That's right!"
Kids from the crowd also began to realize, not caring if they were picked or not anymore.
"Hey! Everyone gather! It's the golden-tiered creature hunt!"
Kids began to spread the word.
"Really? Finally!"
Before long, over a hundred had gathered in front of the stone platform.
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