Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 1483: Chapter 454: S-Class Trial Evaluation, Generous Rewards_2 Chapter 1483: Chapter 454: S-Class Trial Evaluation, Generous Rewards_2 Great Dragons live immensely long lives, typically several thousand years.

And the lifespan of a Divine-Level Giant Dragon is beyond the comprehension of ordinary humans.

This Dragon God, legend has it, has lived for tens of thousands of years already.

Merely gazing upon this statue, one is overwhelmed by a profound sense of history and mystery.

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Every student who beheld the statue of the Dragon God could not help but stop and perform a salute across their chest.

This was due to the bloodline-based awe of the Dragon’s Might, hard to endure for those not of Dragon Descent.

This was one of the key reasons why Leonard Churchill dared not enter in his true form.

Every corner of the academy was laced with various Magic Barriers and traps, which could easily expose an outsider inadvertently.

Before long, the students had donned the classic red and black uniforms of the nobility and gathered in the spacious great hall.

Inside the academy, there were similarities to the schools of Leonard’s previous life, with portraits of outstanding teachers from generations past adorning the walls.

However, only those who were Eighth Rank, Ninth Rank, or top-tier card masters had their portraits on the walls.

Most of them were still alive.

That was the heritage of the Ariel Royal Academy.

Here, students could access the best Transcendent resources of the current era, and be guided on their path of cultivation by truly top-tier powerhouses.

Leonard looked at the portraits of these powerhouses, deep in thought.

His own Sixth Tier status was already top-notch in the East Wilderness.

But here, it was insignificant.

Not only did this place carry on the legacy of Taren Card Master Civilizations, but it also had the Great Dragon civilization and various ancient civilizations hidden within the Magical Beast Forest.

In Leonard’s eyes, this was a super Alternate Dimension filled with all kinds of treasures.

The risks were enormous, but so were the potential rewards!

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The opening ceremony program for new students at the Royal Academy was almost the same every year.

It consisted of introductions to the academy’s senior staff, talent testing, class assignment, mentor assignment…

The headmaster was an elderly man with kind eyes, a genuine Ninth Rank powerhouse.

The old man showed his face and gave a speech of academic universalism, praising the great Dragon God in official terms.

Then came speeches from the high-level officials of the five major institutions: warriors, mages, priests, assassins, and mystics.

Only those with the identity of high-ranking nobility like Sack, the official students, had the privilege of sitting in front of the podium.

Leonard and the other Reserve Knights were assembled in square formations behind.

The young nobles listened with boredom, but Leonard found it immensely interesting.

To the young students’ ears, the content of these speeches by the academy’s senior staff sounded like empty rhetoric.

But Leonard, in his current state, savored their words, finding profound truths within.

Top-level powerhouses articulated their visions of the Transcendent realms in the simplest of languages.

It was not Leonard’s first time feeling this sense of sudden enlightenment by guidance.

But it was his first time experiencing simultaneous pointers from so many Super Tier experts–it felt like being spoon-fed.

And it felt superb.

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Several hours had passed by the end of the various ceremony proceedings.

The final process was to assign classes, mentors, and resources based on the new students’ entrance test performances.

Since the entrance trials varied every year, the rewards did too.

Before this, no one knew what they might receive.

The young nobles didn’t really care, as their family resources for cultivation were already plentiful, and whatever the academy awarded was optional for them.

But for the Reserve Knights, this could be their closest shot at top-tier cultivation resources.

On the stage, a card master with a Big Beard was reciting the trial evaluation scores.

The Reserve Knights below listened attentively.

“Black Dragon Royal Family’s Seventh Reserve Knights Team, trial evaluation A, reward A-tier Transcendent resource…”

“Red Dragon Royal Family’s Thirteenth Reserve Knights Team, trial evaluation A+, reward A+ grade resource…”

“Duke Simon’s First Reserve Knights Team, trial evaluation B+…”

“Earl Sis’s Ninth Reserve Escort Team, trial evaluation C…”

“Earl Gordo’s Escort Team, trial evaluation D, disqualified, punishment of halved research funding for one semester…”

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There were hundreds of miscellaneous escort teams in total.

But generally speaking, the higher the nobility title, the stronger the escort team’s power, and the higher the trial evaluation received.

Though called trial evaluations, these were essentially a strength ranking of the escort teams.

The nobles might disregard the small rewards, but hearing their own escort team rated far above others, especially those of equal noble rank, brought great delight to the young lords and ladies.

Leonard, too, was carefully listening to the names of those teams.

He habitually remembered the information of everyone around him; in the event of a conflict, all could serve as a real reference for deduction.

However, just as they were reading, the unexpected happened, and the listeners below fell silent in disbelief.

“Duke Landon’s Knights Sixteen Team, trial evaluation S… Reward one volume of the basics of the Fifty-two Demonic God Secret Skill!”

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Upon these words, the vast hall fell silent.

Not everyone had heard about the assassination attempt on Sack.

Even those who heard it didn’t know exactly what had happened.

The entire assassination incident was deliberately kept secret by the Landon Family and the academy staff.

So, hearing about this “S” evaluation, everyone’s expressions mirrored their thoughts, too shocked to speak.

Entrance trials were recognized by all as a display of power rankings.

But under normal circumstances, the royal guards of the three Kingdoms’ Royal Families would have the best trial results.

Just like this year, where the Red Dragon, Black Dragon, and Silver Dragon Royal Families’ Reserve Knights Teams had nearly all received “A+” evaluations.