Chapter 376: 376: Death is Commonplace
'Hmm... these students might be more nervous than I think.' Martha could not help but sigh.
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'Should I tell them the rules in advance? Well, that might help them prepare for the upcoming trial. And the rules are not in the game itself, but in the overall regulations of the game.'
Martha looked at the student who asked, 'What is her name again?'
'Oh right, Patricia. She's the one that took last place in the exam.'
'Even though this girl always stays up late in the classroom to study. And I even saw her once in the library, reading really hard about subjects that she was weak at. I wonder why she could not get higher scores. Why is she always in the last place during exams? Is it really true that no matter what you do, if you're not born for it, you won't excel even though you're working hard?'
Martha felt disappointed at the reality. Since she could see that Patricia was a hard worker than everyone in the classroom.
"Well, the rules are quite simple. First of all, no killing is allowed. You guys, you students, would battle other students, students of schools, teams of elites selected by the teachers. Cream of the crops of this generation. The battle would take place in different settings and on a variety of terrain. There might be terrain such as the forest of Gobta, where goblins thrive.
As you know, goblins are a bunch of shitty creatures."
"Goblins rapes women. In this year, they raped thousands of women in the city of San Fernando. They are a troublesome menace that needs to be eradicated. Marta banged the table with his fist. One could see frustration evident in her expression. The student's expression became grim at the mention of goblins."
Caleb couldn't help but whistle. 'That went dark quickly.'
"Yup, teacher. I agree with that. Those goblins should be annihilated. I don't know why the Genetic Warrior Association doesn't do anything to them. We need to do some kind of action. Those goblins, just because they are weak, they should not be left alone. They are a troublesome bunch that targets us women. Although they are weak, they're even more of a problem than those higher-ranked creatures." One of Caleb's classmates said indignantly.
On the other hand, Mei, beside Caleb, was also agitated.
Caleb noticed this and could not help but become curious. "Mei, did you encounter goblins before or something? Why do you have such a reaction?" Caleb asked.
Hearing this, Fatty also turned his head to May and perked up his ears. He was quite curious as well.
The goblins are one of the most hated monsters from the perspective of humans. Goblins, reproduce so fast that they're like the version of mosquitoes in the insect category. They are greedy, vicious, and lustful, really disgusting creatures.
Mei clenched her fist as she began to tell her story.
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"When I was young, I had a team of guards accompany me to the forest of Gobta. One thing led to another. We encountered a team of goblins and hob-goblins."
"We fought hard at that time. Well, hard because there was a hobgoblin, which was the evolution of, the second evolution form of goblins. They're at least the peak of Sprout level."
"At that time, I'm not a genetic warrior yet. I'm just an ordinary girl with some combat experience, which wasn't significant enough, and a little bit of training that my family had me go through. So you can see that I can decently wield weapons at the time." Mei took a deep breath as she started to recall the nightmare that she had seen when she was young. It was a memory that was buried in her subconscious that she didn't really want to recall.
Seeing Mei's reaction, Caleb and Fatty look at each other with a knowing expression on their face. They decided not to butt in and just let Mei say her piece while they listened quietly. They could see that the experience that Mei had gone through, or what she had seen when she was young, had left a long-lasting mark on her mind.
'I did not expect this talented young lady to experience such a horrible thing. Actually, I haven't heard it yet, so I don't know if it's really that horrible.' Caleb thought inwardly, 'Well, horrible thing?'
'If we talk about horrible or unpleasant things, maybe I've already won trophies or broken records a hundred times by now. After all, no one is qualified to say that they've gone through worse things than me.'
Caleb chuckled in his mind.
After all, he can be considered the champion of life and death. He died thousands of times, experienced thousands of dumb ways to die, experienced torture, died in the explosion of a car, or avalanche, got stabbed in the heart, chest, and head, fell in high buildings, got poisoned, got eradicated by an evil entity, you name it. He even exploded like a tomato due to his own ability. Are there worse than those?' Caleb suddenly realized that he had come so far. Now he was powerful enough not to die in the initial phase of his world.
He can now survive on his own. The progress that he achieved with his hard work coupled with his fusion talent now gave him the capital to say that he was at least considered a true powerhouse. Not to mention, he can now fight his grandfather while he is in the transcendent realm with his new transformation form.
"Well, as you know, I had a team of guards with me, right? They are also awakening realm and the strongest was also at the peak of the awakening realm. So it's not really a desperate fight, but it was indeed a struggle. Two of my guards died in a fight between demon beasts and genetic warriors of the same rank. Death is a commonplace."
Mei with a steady voice, but one could feel that it was, she was uncomfortable talking about it.