Second round of forging
That day Sam is probably the only second grade solo combat participant that was able to relax.
Rest of the city burned with their fights. The Norse academies lamented at their beautiful city being destroyed because of the competition. The process also revealed a lot of their design flaws to the rest of the academy realm.
They need to redesign it and rebuild the whole thing.
When their coin reserves are almost drained, credit to Sam and the Hub, this is another unexpected and unwanted expense. Anyway, that's besides the point.
The next morning, Sam went to the Thor academy once again. To the forge just like they day before. The elders are already waiting for them to reveal the second competition.
After the thirty-two people that passed the exam all gathered here. Apart from the Gambler academy with two candidates, there are only a few academies that had two candidates or more.