The academy acknowledged the danger that they were asking the students to put themselves in. Since things were not as controlled as they would be in the Elysium Tower, they first only took the students focused in classes on combat. Furthermore, they also gave the option to sit out of the event for the students.
Which, most naturally, almost no one availed.
All said and done, we were divided into many different smaller groups focused more and efficiency and team building instead of power balance. In other words, the strong were hooked with the strong, and the weak were hooked with the weak.
For this specifically, Keith, who was a retiree, and Dawn who was an active adventurer had also renewed their licenses and were coming along. Maria would have been the only one left behind due to that, but she cared little for it.
And so.
We were at the place that was going to be the last stop for all the students before being split up into groups of five each.