Hope

Dark clouds loomed over the skies of Colzen Academy as a seldom chilly wind blew past the desolate training fields and empty classrooms of the academy.

Today was the Representative Selection Day for the Valenzia Region's Adventurer Academy Competition but for some reason, the normally lively atmosphere was nonexistent as students unenthusiastically walked towards their designated seats in front of the Colzen Academy grand stage.

For the first time in two decades, the students kinda lost interest in the Adventurer Academy Competition.

It was understandable though as Havan Lestor's generation got brutally destroyed by the golden generation of Prociere Academy, a usually trashy academy that couldn't even achieve a top 256 finish.

Colzen Academy became a mere stepping stone for the usually garbage Prociere Academy who ultimately ended up losing to Colzen's rivals, the Shadowglade Academy, by a narrow margin, only achieving top 128 in the end.