Volume 14 Chapter 27: 

Volume 14 Chapter 27: 

“Mhmm.” The two nodded to one another, understanding how to proceed in this situation. While that occurred, Tennol and the other professors were watching from afar. They used a magic tool to observe every student.  

"To think it's raining. This will make the final more difficult." This weather was not something they accounted for. However, this was perfect. It would just increase the difficulty of the final.

Each student had the bare necessities in this final. The focus was:

Survival. 

How could they do anything when they had everything on them? By taking it away, they wanted to see how much they could survive. 

Now, let's see what they're capable of. 

"Who should we check on?"

"Definitely not Keith." There was no need to check in on him. Actually, they shouldn’t check up on him. 

This test was up his alley more compared to the others. Plus, the warhorse beside him would make situations even smoother. With his cooking skills, starvation was the least he had to worry about. 

"...I don't want to see it."

"Yeah."

"For my stomach's sake."

For the instructors, it was due to their stomach. It was clear that Keith was going to be cooking his meals. They would not look at him for the sake of their stomachs and sanity. 

"We don't need to worry about Krystal as well." One instructor muttered. She and Keith were the top two. 

"No, we need to check up on her occasionally. She doesn't have the survival instincts Keith has." Specifically for tests that counted as survival, Krystal would be on the weaker end. 

"We should watch out for the Jack and Coen pair. Those two are the most interesting pairing." Jack and Coen were the two they had their eyes on. Jack was a solid student in the class, but he made some mistakes. While Coen was on the rise as he became more outspoken. It was an interesting pairing. 

Jack and Coen woke up the next day. 

“Hah.” 

“What’s the matter?” Coen tilted his head. The sigh that came out of his mouth was heavy. Another sigh came, 

“It’s really different without Keith being here.” A sweet home and hot meal that would warm his soul. That was what he was missing in his life right now. And he had to stay in this area for a week. The thought was enough to cause him to shiver. 

So sad. 

Coen shook his head, “Don't talk about it.” As someone who didn’t get any food from Keith, it was heartbreaking. However, he wasn't addicted like Jack here. 

“Anyways, I think we need to hunt some monsters now.” 

“Oh, yeah. Depending on the situation, we might need to get enough monsters.” This test seemed to be more than they had thought. To hunt down monsters was compulsory? 

What was that? Compulsory definitely didn't have another meaning. 

It had to be significant; it may even change their grades. While the two of them talked, “Oh, monsters are coming our way.” That was when they saw a couple of boars. Jack was the first to make a move and took out the monster. 

“Woah.” Coen watched before he also dashed in. He had taken out the monster next to Jack. Jack planned to ask about the next course of action. But that was when they heard something else, 

“Help!” 

“Keep running!”

“Helm!” 

Coen recognized someone in this situation. Jack and Coen had dashed before with their horse as they dashed before them. The two had taken down the monsters. Helm took a deep breath, 

“Thanks a lot, you two. I thought for sure that I was going to die.” 

"You wouldn't. But how did you all get into a situation like this?" Being hunted down by monsters on the second day, who could have expected this? 

Helm coughed as he said, “My horse and I had been running for an entire hour now. We couldn’t even find a good shelter. And when we did find one, a giant bear was waiting for us.” He couldn’t help but cry in this situation. A stroke of bad luck. 

"And they were chased by monsters." Bad luck fusing together.

“For now, you should change into other clothes.” Coen noticed how the dwarf’s body was soaked. It was clear that he was going to be the same. 

“Okay, but we got ourselves a good group here.” There was a total of seven people here. 

Jack nodded, “Then we can go hunt monsters with a group like this.” There was no need to be on the defensive...Grrrhh

One loud rumble was enough to cause everyone to freeze. 

“...We really can’t fight without an empty stomach.” Coen laughed as he suggested, “Let’s make a fire first and then regroup our strategy.”