The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed

81 – Survival Trial

The day of the Survival Trial.

The 1st year combat team gathered in the basement of the academy’s main building.

Of the four divisions in the academy, it was a combat division boasting twice as many personnel.

Out of a total of 600 Combat Team students gathered here, only the top 4 can participate in the ‘Duel’ to determine the top grade. Just by participating in it, you can get a lot of recognition and get a good guild or job after graduation.

Being at the top of the continent’s talent pool is a guarantee of success to some extent.

As Lycan said, from the entrance of the underground multipurpose hall, each person received a survival bag and performed a physical examination using magic.

A few people who had been hiding food were caught in the inspection and were given penalty points and showed frustration. Of course, my space warehouse was an independent space between dimensions, so I couldn’t check it with magic.

After the inspection, as instructed by the unknown professor, wear a bracelet with a shock absorbing artifact and a ruby. Only then could I enter the basement auditorium.

When the day of the exam came, I became a little nervous at the sight of countless students in front of me.

Considering that Roel became a sophomore and that none of her freshman juniors had a weight in novels except for Ellie, I thought that the possibility of winning first place was good enough.

If the condition is a survival test, I should be able to get a score equal to Roel’s with my current skills.

In addition, I promised to cooperate with Lakar last night, and I already planned a way for the two of us to monopolize points safely.

As if the distribution of survival bags had ended, Lycan, a professor in charge of survival methods, appeared at the lecture hall.

“Nice to meet you! I am Lycan, the professor in charge of survival methods!”

The voice of the lycan could be heard clearly through the murmur of the surroundings, probably using magic.

“This exam is about how to survive in real situations what you have learned in theory at the academy. It is a test that you experience with your own body. As you may have heard beforehand, each of the missions and rules of the test are written in the survival bag.”

At Lycan’s words, the impatient students tried to open the survival bag, but they didn’t budge to see if the test had started and was supposed to be opened.

“It is an uninhabited island for training, but all the monsters and beasts inside are real. The Shock Absorption Artifact will keep you safe, but don’t do anything dangerous. Professors and knights are hiding all over the uninhabited island and watching you so that they can help at any time. So, don’t do anything stupid that breaks the rules.”

I met the eyes of the lycan who said that, and sneakily hid behind the back of the person in front of me.

“We will enter the uninhabited island through the large snow globe here. All you have to do is run to the place in front of you without stopping.”

As if the lycan was taking a break, she stopped talking and she gave a sudden grin.

“For reference, the starting points are all random!”

“What… ?”

“What!?”

In an instant, the underground auditorium became noisy at Lycan’s sudden remark. Perhaps she made a promise in the lycan’s explanation yesterday that she would make a group with people she was familiar with to get high grades.

However, if the starting point is random, the probability of meeting an enemy is higher than meeting the person you promised on a deserted island.

In other words, the plan that was made in advance was shaken from the beginning.

“The important thing in survival is to respond to sudden variables. Now, let’s go!”

As soon as Lycan finished speaking, the knights standing in front of the students shoved their backs and shouted loudly.

“Run! Run forward! No rest! Keep running!”

A student carrying a survival bag that looks like a double bag and a knight recklessly pushing a student into a large snow globe with terrifying momentum brought back memories of the past.

Without time to get wet, the people in front of me started running, and I also ran forward recklessly.

With the feeling of something brushing against my body, as if I had thrown my body toward the curtain, my vision changed in an instant.

Dense forests and tall, lonely mountains.

I felt the smell of the sea from afar, and my starting point seemed to be the outskirts of an uninhabited island.

First of all, as advised by Lycan, I immediately opened the survival bag and checked the contents.

Inside, there was only a manual with the rules for the test written on it, a mission table, and food for the day.

Since I didn’t intend to go on the low-scoring mission anyway, I immediately checked the survival test rules written in the manual.

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1. Fraud, blackmail, violence, theft, etc. Scoring points from opponents in any way is permitted.

2. You can exchange points with your opponent by matching bracelets.

3. The restricted area of the island is after 24 hours. It will proceed randomly from the outskirts, and you can know the restricted area through the bracelet.

4. After 24 hours. Shops run by professors will open on uninhabited islands. Various items such as food, materials, and weapons can be exchanged for points here.

5. A special event will be triggered in the last 24 hours, so be vigilant.

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After checking all the rules, I let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, as expected, the process was the same as in the novel.

The survival test is held at the same time in different spaces in the same environment for all grades in the Combat Division.

This is because it is possible to clearly distinguish the differences between grades, and juniors can see and learn how seniors conducted the test.

If it goes as planned, Roel and Illia, the second-year combat team’s assistant, rule the uninhabited island by force.

Just cut down everyone he meets, and at the end, after Roel and Ilia’s diary, Roel becomes the head of the battle department once again.

Unlike Roel, I intended to comfortably win first place in my own way. With my current stamina, I wander around aimlessly looking for people the way Roel did. Rather, the risk of being attacked in reverse due to lack of physical strength was greater.

I even possessed it, but do I really need to fight with my own body?

f*ck, I smile and for the implementation of the plan I have prepared. Walked towards the mountain.

***

When an hour passed after falling on a deserted island, Lakar was still walking towards the mountain.

Last night. Ross came to visit and promised him that if he followed him, he would be cursed and guaranteed a second place.

Even if it wasn’t the second place, Lakar, who originally intended to cooperate with Ross, readily agreed to Ross’ proposal.

Ross must have planned it in advance, and when he accepted his offer, he told me to come to the top of the mountain as soon as I reached the deserted island.

Other than that, he didn’t explain the plan, but with strong faith in Ross, Lakar eagerly moved toward the mountain.

As I was walking towards the mountain, I ran into some students, but they all seemed unwilling to fight from the start given their survival points and the shop being open on the second day.

It seemed like most of them were focusing on their individual missions rather than fighting as they went their own way, keeping watch on each other until they passed by.

If you combine your survival score and mission score, you can get an average score in the survival test with just that.

Completing individual missions gives you 200 points, but Ross told you to give up the mission, saying that it’s not worth wasting your time on missions with just that much score.

Lakar put the mission into the corner of the survival bag without any regrets from the beginning at Ross’s words, without even checking it.

Check the map on the bracelet and continue moving. We finally got to the bottom of the mountain.

La Carr looked around, but he saw no one climbing the mountain like himself.

There was no need to climb the mountain where the monsters were, and most of them seemed to be planning to settle down along a large river that could be used as drinking water coming down from the mountain.

From anyone’s point of view, there seemed to be no better place for camping.

Looking at the smoke rising in the distance, it seemed that someone else had already set up and started a fire.

Lakar put that behind him and trusted Ross to climb the mountain along the road.

Perhaps it was a landslide, but the trees collapsed at every corner, so I had to go around the mountain for a long time to get to the top.

After climbing the mountain for about two hours, Lakar was able to reach the summit.

The mountain wasn’t high, but the road to the top was really bad.

The top of the mountain was a rocky terrain where not a single tree grew, so only stones could be seen.

Lakard moved to the place, wondering if Ross had arrived first because of the smoke that looked small. As if he had just arrived, he set up a tent and saw Ross sitting in a chair grilling skewers on the stove.

“Manager.”

“Are you here? Come and sit Let’s eat first.”

Looking at Ross looking relaxed, Lakar sat down on an empty chair and quietly asked.

“What kind of plan is it now? Do you think it’s time to tell you?”

At Lakara’s question, Ross smiled as he held out a skewer with well-roasted meat on it.

As Lakar took the skewer and brought the well-roasted meat to his mouth, Ross asked abruptly.

“Lacard, do you remember what I said was the most important thing about survival?”

At Ross’s question, La Carr nodded his head. It was something that Lycan emphasized in class every time.

In order to increase the probability of survival even a little, you must build your own safe zone in any environment.

“It’s about creating a safe zone.”

Swallowing the meat in his mouth, Lakar answered. Ross licked the corners of his mouth long.

“Right. And the place we are now will be the only safe zone on a deserted island.”

At Ross’s confident voice, Lakar looked around with a puzzled expression.

The summit of a mountain with nothing but rocks is said to be a safe zone… ?

Did you read Lacar’s expression like that? Said Ross declaring with his confident smile.

“Because I will make hell under this mountain.”

For a moment, Lakar let out a sigh of relief, saying that it was good that he cooperated with Ross.

Rose today is like… It was like a huge black man plotting to rule the world….