Wilderness training course

A few weeks passed after I completed my mission.

I passed most of the time trying to find some new spells.

For these simple works like finding new spells, I had formed an underground society by the name, "Monarch's legion".

After a few weeks, it was time for one of the important events of this novel. The Wilderness training course.

In this course, students are sent out in wild for days. Even though most of the students die in this event, it is still mandatory to attend.

The following morning, after eating breakfast at the cafeteria, I left the academy and called for a taxi.

Since the Wilderness Training Course happens every year and is a well-known event in the city, there were hundreds of taxis already waiting outside the academy for easy access for the students.

After I got into a taxi, the driver drove straight to the East Gate without needing to say a word.

Half an hour later, I arrived at the East Gate, which was not as crowded as I had anticipated, mostly because the students had already left the city to gather outside.

After paying the taxi, I made my way towards the gates. As I got closer, I noticed a small figure standing beside the path to the Wilderness.

When I saw her cute face, I immediately approached her.

"Sorry, did you wait long?" I said to Nina, who had arrived before me.

"No," she calmly shook her head.

"Let's go, shall we?"

This event is a team event so I decided to team up with Nina and Tia Barnett since they are the only friends I have right now.

Leo didn't participate in this event. After seeing my spell that day, Leo had been constantly practicing and trying to improve himself. He took Miss Camille's help to get the permission for this.

Soon Tia also arrived and our team was completed.

The three of us approached the entrance to the Wilderness without being stopped by the guards.

After exiting the tunnel, we noticed a group of fellow students gathered near a table not far away from the entrance.

"That must be where we get our watch and recorder." Tia said as she pointed.

Sure enough, there was a teacher at the table handing out watches and recorders to the students of their academy.

The watch looked like an ordinary watch, but it didn't show the time like ordinary watches. Instead, there was the number '0' in it.

As for the recorder, it was just a small camera lens that can be clipped onto any part of their clothes, almost like a spy tool. Most students decided to clip the recorder on their tie.

"The watch will automatically count how many monsters you killed in the vicinity and convert them into points. The stronger the monster, the more points you will receive. However, keep in mind that it will only count kills up to 100 meters away, and only monsters that you killed will be counted. Don't even try to tamper with the watch because it's an automatic disqualification from the exam."

"As for the recorder, say 'Start Record' if you want to record something. If you want to end the recording, just say 'End Record'. That's all. If you already have a watch and a recorder, go over there with the rest of the students."

We gathered with the other students at the border of the green zone.

Sometime later, Headmistress Eve showed up and said to them, "The Wilderness Training Course will officially begin now! Good luck, and stay safe!"

"Ooooh!"

"Let's go!"

The students there cheered loudly before scattering towards the Wilderness in groups. Some of the students there had prepared vehicles beforehand, so they were able to travel much quicker. As for the other students, they all took out what appeared to be a skateboard without wheels and jumped onto them.

These skateboards then hovered a few inches off the ground before they began moving forward. Although they were not as fast as actual vehicles, they were still traveling at around 20 to 30 miles per hour.

These were some special mana-tech called hoverboard.

I had bought a premium hoverboard from mall yesterday for this training course.

The teachers there watched us with raised eyebrows, wondering why we were still at the starting point and messing around with hoverboards when the rest of the students were long gone.

"Where are we going to go?" Nina asked some time later.

"I'm not sure. Where can we go for the most points?" I asked.

"That would be the Labyrinth, but they're random, so we cannot rely on them for points. Other than that, we can find some monster nests. They have the most monsters there, but it's also more dangerous. Most people won't risk it because you can easily be overwhelmed."

"What about your skeletons?" I asked.

Nina patted her chest with a confident smile on her face, "Although we're only three people, our actual numbers are much higher. As a necromancer, I can summon servants to fight for us, and at my current level, I can summon 100 skeleton warriors or 10 skeleton mages."

"100 skeleton warriors? That's very impressive. I'm glad I have you as a teammate." I said with a smile. I am pretty sure that I can summon more than her but I won't break her spirit, for now.

"Let's just go deeper into the Wilderness for now." I then said.

"Okay." Nina nodded, and we began moving towards the Wilderness on our hoverboards.

After some time, we came across a F-rank monster. I quickly burned it with black flame.

After killing the monster, I looked at the watch.

"An F-Rank monster is worth a single point, huh?"

"Mhh" Nina calmly noded.

Sometime later, Tia stopped moving to fight an E-Rank monster to see how many points she would get from it.

"Wow, 5 points? That's akin to 5 F-Rank monster kills."

"D-Rank monsters will give you 20 points, and C-Rank monsters will give you 100 points. As for B-Rank monsters… If you can defeat them, they're 1,000 points each." Nina explained.

"If you want to place first in the training course, we should focus on A-Rank and B-Rank monsters." Nina said.

"Let's do just that then." I nodded.

"It would be possible with three of us." Tia nodded.

Over the next several hours, we would travel deeper into the Wilderness without stopping.

When Tia felt a litle hungry, she stopped and asked me, "I'm a little hungry. Let's take a small break."

"Okay. Do you have a tent? I have one if you don't."

"I have a tent." she immediately said.

I nodded and started to look for my tent.

I retrieved the metal box from my spatial storage, placed it on the ground, and pressed the only button on the box.

The metal box opened up a few seconds later, and a fully-prepped tent would sprout from within.

The tent was much larger than I'd anticipated, not to mention how it required no effort to set up.

"The Model CX-99 premium? That's quite expensive." Nina said.

"It was a gift, so I didn't have to pay," I lied.

After setting up the tent, I invited both of them inside.

The interior of the tent was quite large, about the size of a large mansion, there were many rooms and floors, and there was even a bathroom with a working shower and toilet.

This thing costed 5 billion dollars but now it looks like it's worth the prize.

After sealing the door, I opened up the manual and began reading through it.

The tent had many amazing features like transforming into a robot or self detonation. All these used magic to work.

Once I figured out how to activate the concealment magic, I immediately activated it.

"Alright, the concealment magic is activated, so we should be safe from monsters. Let's eat." I said to Nina and Tia, and they proceeded to take out their lunch.