“What… in the world are those?”0

“Are those members of the 268th batch?”0

“You idiot, of course they're not!”0

The apprentice knights of the 270th class, staring at the monstrous figures that were casually lounging in chairs, struggled to process what they were seeing. A creeping sense of fear wrapped around them, sending shivers down their spines.0

“Can we even take on things like those in a fight?”0

“Aren’t those literally just evil beasts sitting there where our seniors belong? What the hell are evil beasts doing here?”0

“Sometimes they slip through, but… judging by the atmosphere, they’re not just any typical evil beasts.”0

No ordinary evil beast would be sitting down so confidently with their legs crossed, as if they owned the place. At the very least, the monsters before them clearly weren’t mindless beasts.0

“Is Urkan still shaking?”0

The one who was supposed to be the most reliable among them was still trembling in his boots, shaking like a leaf. It was beyond frustrating.0

“What the hell did he see to end up like this?”0

“Damn it… Damn it. Damn it!” Urkan was curled up, chewing on his nails, muttering the same words over and over. Expecting any kind of teamwork from him seemed pointless.0

“Don’t lose your nerve! The seniors can’t come here to interfere, and there are only three of those things. We have five people! That means if four of us distract them while one of us sneaks in to touch the core, we will win.”0

“Well, who’s going in?”0

Everyone spent a moment looking at each other in silence.0

“I’ll do it. I’m the fastest when it comes to speed,” a girl specializing in wind spirits said as she stretched lightly, preparing for the hundred meter dash of her life....0