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Chapter 764 - 764 753 The Twelve Dragon Clan Armies
Chapter 764: Chapter 753: The Twelve Dragon Clan Armies Chapter 764: Chapter 753: The Twelve Dragon Clan Armies “Have you heard? A major exam is coming up in a few days. If you excel in it, you can choose to stop attending classes.”
“For real? Passing this exam means I don’t have to attend classes anymore? I thought it was just a rumor.”
“Our Professor Gu Long assured us himself. Could he be wrong?”
An explosive piece of news spread like wildfire throughout the school building. During a ten-minute break, hundreds of adolescent dragons of all kinds were abuzz with talk. There were no divisions among them; Golden Dragons were willing to rub shoulders with Blue Dragons as they shared their thoughts. They saw a way out of their burdensome studies and were fed up with studying day and night.
In light of this exciting news, they forgot about the grudges described in their inheritance memories. There was no direct harm done to their interests. Besides, they all shared a classroom. They would face penalties if they caused a ruckus. In such situations, who would want to create tension? Would they be bored?
“Calm down everyone, the exam is definitely going to be tough. The academy won’t let us pass that easily,” a Bronze Dragon analyzed coolly.
“No matter how difficult it is it’s still an exam for us. Since it’s an exam, there’s always a possibility of passing,” a confident and academic-looking Golden Dragon said. His eyes sparkled with wisdom. “If it were an exam that they didn’t want us to pass, then the ancient dragons have no reason to hold this exam. It would just be a waste of time.”
“That’s logical. Some of us will absolutely pass this exam, but what’s the passing rate? There are 168 dragons eligible to take the exam, but there won’t only be eight slots to pass, right?”
With some dragons worrying, some expectant, and some lazy ones having given up altogether, the exam they had been pinning their hopes on to escape their trials finally began…
The exam didn’t last long, just two days straight without rest—or rather, rest for dragons wasn’t a necessity. After all, staying up days and nights on end was no big deal for dragons.
When the exam ended, the scene was filled with sorrow. The exam takers leaving the exam hall were all downcast. There were thirteen test papers. How many they completed, they had a pretty clear idea. They knew how many questions they got right and how many they guessed randomly. So, when they left the examination room, the place echoed with wails and complaints.
“This test is simply not for dragons! What is this question, ‘If you are a hundred and three years old White Dragon, facing a fully armed Dragon Hunter Squad, how would you respond’? Such a question covers geography, dragon-structure studies, humanology, and understanding of dragon-hunting weapons, all of which are pretty extensive fields of knowledge. One such question is already daunting, but then we got a load more of the same kind. They simply didn’t want us to pass!”
“Indeed! The dragon who said there will be dragons who can pass should stand up right now, I feel like knocking him down. There is no way any dragon can score 90% correct answers in such a difficult exam.”
“Hold on, if no one knows how to solve it, aren’t we on the same level? It could be possible for us to pass. The professors couldn’t possibly fail us all. If no dragon passes, wouldn’t it look bad?”
While some dragons were still optimistic, three days later, the exam results came out– all red. No one passed. The optimistic dragons’ anticipation of a passing quota didn’t happen.
“None of us passed? The headmaster and professors are too harsh. What’s the point of this exam? To humiliate us?”
“I guess it’s to make us study seriously. It’s their way of telling us that we are far from graduation.”
“This exam is probably a warning!”
…
“This looks really bad, right? Everyone failed.” Standing on the rooftop of the Bishop’s school building, Ancient Golden Dragon Laeonin sighed softly as he watched the adolescent dragons below who were checking their scores and then showing desperate expressions.
“What’s there to sigh about? We knew this was going to happen, right?” Another Ancient Dragon Giovanni replied coldly. This thirteen-set exam, which tested knowledge from all subjects, was jointly compiled by Muria and the twelve other ancient dragons.
Per Muria’s requirements, they made the test as difficult as possible. The goal was to test the limits of these adolescent dragons, with no mercy shown.
According to Muria, if they decreased the difficulty or gave students leverage in these fundamental exams, then they would be tampering with the dragons’ future and showing them considerable irresponsibility.
Upon hearing this, all the ancient dragons tried their best to prepare the most challenging test papers they could. Of course, they estimated that the students should be able to handle the difficulty level, albeit with a minor setback.
“I understand, but this looks awful. Almost two hundred dragons and not a single one passed.”
“Can’t be helped, compared to today’s education, they’ve been too lax in their previous learning process. It’s considered good if they spend one day out of ten reading books. How much knowledge can they grasp at this efficiency?”
“According to Muria’s division, this is not even the end of a school year yet, why the rush? If not this time, then the next time, sooner or later there will be a dragon who passes the test.”
“The issue of the exam paper is also a very troublesome matter. Once the questions of this test have been used, they can’t be reused next time. We have to change them.”
“Can’t be helped, this is for their better cultivation, to prevent some of these little guys from playing smart. After all, these creatures have photographic memories. After this test, there should be quite a few dragons who have memorized all the questions we put out. If we test them again with the same questions, it may not be the case that all fail, but rather, all pass. Then, it would be us who end up looking bad.”
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“Do you know why I called you all here?” As the Ancient Dragons were announcing the results of their first examination, Muria sat on the Crystal Throne within the Wind King Castle, overlooking the twelve Five-Colored Dragons that had performed outstandingly in the martial ceremony.
“We don’t know.” The distinct-looking Five-colored Dragons, seeing on the screen in front of Muria the crushed looks of the Metallic Dragons reading their failed grades in red, replied to Muria cheerfully.
“Don’t you all laugh, you’ll also take these test papers later, if you don’t pass as well, then you will join them inside.” Seeing these Five-colored Dragons taking pleasure in the misfortune of others, Muria gave them a hard reality check,
“There’s no need for this, right? I have other important matters to attend to.”
“I too have important things to do, Your Highness. I’m afraid I won’t have time to finish the exam.”
…Hearing about an examination, the dragons were finding excuses to avoid it. They all knew what would be the outcome if they took the test, seeing how even the well-studied Metallic Dragons had all failed.
“Rest assured, no matter what you do, there are other dragons to replace you. Your only task now is to complete these thirteen test papers.” Muria said with a smile, “If you fail the exam, then you should go back and retake the courses!”
“Please no, Muria, we really have matters to attend to.”
Muria watched with amusement as these dragons brought out all kinds of reasons trying to escape the examination, but in the end, they still fell into Muria’s clasp and obediently underwent a three-day examination.
Just as Muria had foreseen, all the twelve extraordinary dragons, whose combat power far exceeded what should be expected from their age, failed. This provided Muria with a reasonable excuse to send them back to the Dragon Clan Academy for remedial studies.
“Do you now understand at what level you are? Still have the face to laugh at those Metallic Dragons?” Muria looked at the twelve wilted, frost-hit Five-colored Dragons below and asked with a faint smile.
Hearing Muria’s words, the twelve unique Five-colored Dragons buried their heads deep, not daring to meet Muria’s gaze. The taunts they previously made at the Metallic Dragons had now become the greatest ridicule towards themselves.
“Alright, I have something for you to do.” Seeing the disheartened Five-Colored Dragons, Muria tapped the armrest of the throne to draw their attention, “After you enroll, establish twelve clubs under your own names.”
“What is a club? What is it for?” The dragons all looked confused.
“A club is an organized gathering established by a group of like-minded dragons.” Muria explained with a beaming smile, “The main purpose of establishing a club is to prepare for the legions you will command in the future, it’s to plant seeds.”
“Legion?” Hearing Muria suddenly mentioning them forming a legion, the twelve dragons’ spirits were all instantly lifted, all staring at Muria intently,
“Muria, you mean to let us recruit gigantic dragons to form a legion under the guise of a club.”
“Otherwise? What did I put so much effort into establishing this school for?” Muria retorted, “Isn’t it to establish a Dragon Clan Army that can work for me? Now that the school is on track, it is time to start preparing to establish the Dragon Clan Army.”
“Ah, I see. So you want us to enter the academy to form clubs in preparation for setting up the legion! The test was just an excuse, wasn’t it? Even if we had passed, you would have come up with other ways, finding excuses to send us in!”
“If you’ve guessed it, so be it, but hold it in your belly, don’t say it out!” Muria sighed, “Smart dragons tend to talk too much and get themselves killed.”