Only three months

Miss Luna said, "The most important thing for you guys is your performance in the tournament that will happen at the end of pre-academy. The top 10 teams of the tournament will get multiple privileges, resources and the chance to get selected by the level 3 instructors. In the academy, these top 10 teams will decide if you can live or not." 

There was horror on everyone's face, even Drake's eyes were wide open. A buzz started. 

"What, this is not fair?" 

"I don't want my future to be decided by someone else." 

"Humans are in much higher numbers. This is bad for us." 

"Shit, that's why those Duisbergs want Chris and Sam to their side." 

"No, I can't be left out like…" 

One girl from the left side asked, "Mam what is the requirement to form a group?" Every in the class quiets down, they attentively wait for the answer. 

"There was no restriction on who could be part of the group. You need a minimum of 3 students to form a group and a maximum of 7 students that can be part of one group."

A guy sitting in the last row asked, "Is the position of the top 10 fixed?" 

"Well, it's not fixed, but the first teams to get the top 10 positions get so much out of it that it becomes very hard for others to catch up to them."

This response left them in thought. Everyone in the room realized that as long as they got one spot in the top ten teams, they would get the most out of the academy. This fired them to compete for the top position.

Miss Luna shook her at them and said, "Don't take this competition lightly. Remember, it's not about strength only. In the competition, there are many who will lose trying to be top and then there are those that may not get the top position but still win."

Most of the students looked at Miss Luna in confusion. One dwarf asked, "Mam what do you mean by that?" 

Miss Luna ignored him and tapped two times on the podium. The next moment, two stacks of paper appeared on the podium, one green and the other red.

She snapped her fingers and all the paper started flying around her and then flew to the student. Soon all the student had 2 paper on their desk, one red and the other green. 

Miss Luna said to them, "From this moment onward, forget about everything, remove everything from your mind, and just focus on increasing your strength and finding students that help you with that.

The two papers in front of you are your key to entering the competition. There are instructions written on the back of both papers on how to use them. Make sure to use them in the last week of pre-academy.

As long as you do not mess up the rules on the paper, you can do whatever else you want. You only have one class every day, so make sure to use the rest of your time productively."

One guy grumbles, "Mam one class a day is so low?"

Miss Luna stared dead in that guy's eyes and said, "As a spirit wielder, everyone has their own way. The lectures are only to give you the bare basics. There is everything in the pre-academy. Take your time to explore things and then start your own journey. Remember, many come with high potential every year, but only those who do the most work survive."

She was about to walk out when she paused and said in a casual tone, "Make sure you don't kill any student in the academy." She took a step down from the stage, and the next moment, she disappeared.

There was silence for a few seconds, and then chaos started. Students started talking among themselves trying to form groups and other things.

Drake did not care about them and examined both papers in front of him. One of them was for team formation and the other was for team participation.

The red paper is for team formation and everyone in the class can form their team. At the top of the red paper, you need to write the name of the team. Then there was 6 space to write the name of the team members and in the last, you needed to write your name as a leader.

The green form is for everyone. In this form, you need to write the name of the team you want to join. You would only be part of the team if the red form of that team also had your name.

The moment he read this line, he realized why Miss Luna said making a team was not that simple. He realized there were multiple ways for a team leader or a team member to deceive each other.

Kane asked, [You realize the trick, right?]

<Yup, there can be multiple teams who write my name, but which team I choose depends on what green paper, and the same for leader choosing person to as their member.>

[Correct and the coolest thing is there will be no official announcement of the team. haha bro academy is playing with everyone.]

He rubbed his head. After hearing everything he knew, being a part of one of the top 10 teams was a must for him.

He was not dumb to believe that the Duisberg family had no influence in the academy. Many seniors from the family were waiting there for him.

From the trend, there was no chance for them to have good intentions for him.

Kane said, [Hehe dude forget about living if we don't get in the top 10 teams.]

He shook his head and stopped thinking much about it. Looking up, he saw almost half of the class had surrounded Chris and Sam. Everyone wanted to join them. He asked in a helpless tone, <You think we can join them with my copper potential?>