novelraw Chapter 194: Only Obey
Chapter 194: Only Obey
But why isn't Vermilion Bird Academy using this safer method?
Why are they rushing to force us into action so urgently?
The reason behind it is quite obvious.
Su Zhan slowly contemplated.
The situation in Daxia has become even more unfavorable, and Vermilion Bird Academy is urgently hoping students will accelerate their growth.
Daxia simply can't afford to wait any longer.
Thinking this far.
Su Zhan felt a chill run down his spine.
In the classroom, the voices of complaint and questioning grew louder, almost reaching an uncontrollable level.
"Teacher Wang! This is too sudden! Many of us are only at mid-stage Dew Realm - going to the frontlines would be suicide!""That's right! Shouldn't the academy protect us and let us grow safely? Who pushes seedlings directly into the storm like this?"
"Two months! And at the most forward fortress! What if we encounter a large-scale mist creature surge?"
The voices were chaotic, filled with confusion, resentment, and fear.
On the podium.
Wang Mingyuan looked at these talented students showing panicked and uneasy expressions, listening to their resentful questioning.
He took a deep breath and suddenly slammed the podium!
"Boom!"
The loud noise instantly silenced all the commotion.
The students were startled, all looking at him in astonishment.
Wang Mingyuan's gaze swept across the room, his voice heavy: "Complaining? Feeling wronged? Thinking the academy is harming you? Let me tell you, it's not just our Vermilion Bird Academy - throughout southern Daxia, every notable Awakened academy without exception!
This summer vacation, all freshmen, and even some second-year students, will be deployed to various border fortresses in the south!"
Everyone was dumbfounded!
"Why?"
Wang Mingyuan's voice suddenly rose: "Because the situation no longer allows us to keep you sheltered in greenhouses and cultivate you slowly step by step!
Let me be frank with you!
Daxia's current situation is much more severe than you imagine!
The pressure on the southern border increases year by year, mist creature activities are becoming more frequent, and the individuals appearing are growing stronger!
The frontlines bleed every day, losing personnel every day! Our manpower is almost insufficient!
The academy wants you to grow safely more than you do! But now, time waits for no one! The mist waits for no one! The enemy waits for no one!
Sending you to the frontlines isn't sending you as cannon fodder! It's to let you transform and grow at the fastest pace through real blood and fire!
To become warriors who can truly stand on their own and protect Daxia's territory!
This isn't a request, it's an order!
The academy has high expectations for you, Daxia needs you to grow up quickly! We have no way back, and neither do you!"
The entire classroom fell silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
A suffocating sense of urgency swept through everyone's hearts.
Su Zhan silently clenched his fist - Wang Mingyuan's words confirmed his worst suspicions.
Daxia truly couldn't afford to wait any longer.
"You're at Vermilion Bird Academy, enjoying the best cultivation resources, free spirit energy chambers, monthly free cultivation resources, guidance from experienced mentors... Do you think these things fell from the sky?"
Wang Mingyuan's tone grew even heavier: "It's all of Daxia, prioritizing its already scarce resources and allocating them to you! Why?
Because we expect that after you complete your studies, you can become pillars protecting this land!
Now, the border is in emergency, war is approaching, this is exactly when we need your contribution, yet you only want to hide in greenhouses, telling me to be safe? Telling me to wait until you've grown up?"
At this moment.
Finally one student below couldn't hold back, red-eyed and stiff-necked as he retorted:
"Teacher Wang! We're not afraid of death! We just feel that going up now won't accomplish much! If we wait until we're stronger, wouldn't we be more effective? That would be the most responsible use of resources!"
Wang Mingyuan looked at that student, didn't immediately scold him, but nodded:
"Good, I believe many of you think this way, not purely afraid of battle. Then, the reasons I just mentioned - the frontlines are strained, manpower is lacking, the situation is critical, you need to transform quickly through actual combat - are these reasons sufficient?"
Wang Mingyuan scanned the entire room, his voice suddenly rising: "If you still feel it's not enough! If you still think there are better methods! Say them now!
Don't wait until you're on the battlefield to give me these excuses!
That kind of thinking won't just get you killed, it might also implicate your comrades beside you!"
The classroom fell into dead silence.
The student who had retorted opened his mouth, but ultimately couldn't say anything, dejectedly lowering his head.
Better methods?
Faced with harsh reality and the nation's urgent needs, any safe proposal seemed pale and weak.
Su Zhan also had nothing to say - he couldn't change this.
They had no choice.
Under the heavy weight of national duty that could crush any person, any family, who would dare say the word "no"?
Silence meant acceptance.
"Alright, since no one has further objections, everything will proceed according to plan."
Wang Mingyuan looked at the completely silenced students, knowing his goal had been achieved:
"One final reminder to everyone, for this mission, military law applies - desertion, fleeing from battle, those who fear combat will all be treated as deserters. What happens to deserters... you can search online yourselves. Alright, class dismissed."
After speaking.
Wang Mingyuan didn't look at any student, picked up his teaching materials from the podium, turned and strode out of the classroom.
Heavy pressure permeated the air.
At this moment.
Liu Ziming suddenly slammed the table and stood up: "Hey hey hey! Why is everyone so wilted? It's just going to the frontlines! What's the big deal? We're from Vermilion Bird Academy! We strut around the academy normally, how could we be afraid of those brainless mist creatures?
When the time comes, we'll fight our way through seven times, earn enough military merits, come back and make those old folks at the academy drop their jaws in shock!"
Although his words still contained elements of boasting.
This action finally broke the suffocating silence.
More and more people began to recover from the initial shock.
"Exactly! What's there to fear? I've been wanting to slaughter a few mist creatures to test my skills!"
"Quick, let's go check what potions and equipment we need to prepare!"
"Team up! We must form teams! Going alone is too dangerous!"
"The training chambers! Nobody compete with me for the training chambers these three days!"
...
"Complaining and fear won't solve any problems, the order has been given, we have no way back."
Xie Xi said to Su Zhan and the others: "What we can do now is seize these last three days, improve our strength as much as possible, prepare supplies, support each other at the fortress, survive, and complete the mission."
Su Zhan didn't speak, just nodded.
There was nothing to say.
The order had been given - this wasn't something they could change.
No choice.
Could only obey.
However...
The border fortress is the closest place facing the mist creatures.
And the mist creatures here... wouldn't be like those in the mist events summoned by Aberrants... those with lower realms.
It's a good place.