Catastrophe Card King

Chapter 1484: Chapter 454: S-Class Trial Evaluation, Generous Rewards_3 Chapter 1484: Chapter 454: S-Class Trial Evaluation, Generous Rewards_3 For hundreds of years, it had always been the same, with very few exceptions.

However, just now…

What did I hear?

A seemingly insignificant team from Duke Landon’s Mansion had actually obtained an S-rank evaluation in the trial?

The assessments at the Royal Academy are absolutely fair, as they are comprehensive evaluations based on the trial performance by the academy’s instructors.

This meant that the team from the Landon family had performed better than the three major royal family teams in the trial, achieving the only, and the first in at least the past ten years, new student trial “S-rank evaluation”?

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Of course, the most excited about this news were the members of a certain five-person team.

Garfield, Serli, Gale, Jessica, and Leonard Churchill.

David was a slave, ineligible for rewards, neither happy nor sad.

Even Leonard Churchill was surprised.

He wasn’t surprised by the previously high evaluation of the trial.

Surviving an encounter with a Second Order Assassin through a combination of luck and strength, was something other teams could hardly achieve.

Not even by the three great royal families.

What surprised him was, were the rewards from the Royal Academy so lavish?

They had actually presented the Fifty-two Demonic God Secret Skill as an award?

Though he knew it was the academy’s method of encouraging students to study hard, the incredibly valuable Demon God’s Secret Skill was simply handed out as a reward?

Churchill knew that even older students found it incredibly difficult to obtain the Demon God’s Secret Skill; it was usually attainable only by ranking at the top in various assessments.

Those who received such an award inevitably became prominent figures.

And now, it was awarded through a freshman trial, to some… lower-tier knights?

Though it was just the introductory mantra, it still felt excessively luxurious.

Churchill always felt that this sudden increase in the assessment rewards might be greatly related to the recent mysterious situation in the Southern Continent.

However, this thought was fleeting, and he quickly came to terms with it.

He had come to the Royal Academy for those transcendental resources after all.

Churchill was also curious about which Demon God’s Mysterious Technique he would receive.

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What had typically been a monotonous opening ceremony was stirred by the sudden S-rank trial evaluation.

Not only were the young lords and ladies of various Duke’s mansions envious, but the princesses and princes from the three royal families felt utterly humiliated.

However, with subsequent whispered discussions, people began to understand something.

The Landon family’s situation this year was truly different; Duke Landon’s Mansion had established a Grand Duchy in the Old Continent, attracting many talents.

Suddenly producing a few anomalies seemed understandable.

The academy probably announced the reward scheme in front of everyone to further stimulate the competitive instinct of the new students, hoping to enhance everyone’s enthusiasm for future learning.

It was a selection among multiple options.

Allowing the five team members to choose individually.

Garfield’s reward was the exclusive Demon God’s Secret Skill of the Black Spade A – Black Knight Sequence, named “Infinite Rampart,” famously impenetrable to all laws.

Serli received the exclusive Demon God’s Mysterious Technique of the Element Manipulator Sequence, “Ultra Elemental Sensing.”

Gale received the exclusive Demon God’s Secret Skill of the Black Knight Sequence, “Phantom Flash.”

Jessica received the exclusive Demon God’s Secret Skill of the Priest Sequence, “Resurrection Foul Ritual.”

And then there was Leonard Churchill, whose original role was the wisdom route, Plum Blossom 5 – Erudite Sequence, but the academy was missing the Demon God’s Secret Skill for this sequence.

He then chose another, the “Gluttony” Breathing Technique!

This was not the secret skill Churchill had previously known.

Barre Shepherd had mentioned before that his Gluttony Secret Method was only part of an inheritance, and only covered a basic introduction to elemental breathing.

The other part, about absorbing laws, was located in the Southern Continent, precisely the part preserved at the Royal Academy!

Churchill’s previous goal had been to obtain this other half of the Gluttony Breathing Technique.

He hadn’t expected it to be so easy to encounter.

This Breathing Technique and his Erudite Sequence were also a perfect match.

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Distributing five Demon God Secret Skills at once made those who were also in the Reserve Knights feel especially envious.

The Fifty-two Demon God Secret Skills could be said to be the ultimate reward that ordinary knight apprentices could receive at the Royal Academy.

No one had expected this year’s reward to be so generous.

Even within the Landon Ducal Mansion’s Preparatory Knight Order, everyone was extremely envious.

Seeing the plain-looking Leonard Churchill and his four companions standing on the podium to receive their awards, envious glares swept across their faces like needles.

Even the thick-skinned dwarf Gangduodu felt uneasy.

Leonard Churchill, however, remained composed. Since he had obtained such great benefits, it was only right to endure some jealousy.

And he guessed that the academy had arranged this on purpose.

However, at this moment, someone in the audience couldn’t hold back anymore. Several people stood up and said, “We object! Why should they receive an S rating? Our team is no worse than theirs, we could do it too if given the same trial!”

Leonard Churchill glanced at the speaker, whom he had deliberately remembered before; he recognized him.

It was none other than this year’s “A+” rated Red Dragon Royal Family’s Thirteenth Reserve Knights Team.

Once one person started, more soon stood up in protest.

“Yes! We object!”

“We object too! Why should they receive the Demon God Secret Skills? We might be A-rated, but our abilities are definitely not inferior to theirs!”

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It wasn’t entirely out of jealousy, some were from the Landon family’s adversaries, intentionally causing trouble.

What was more critical was that the assessment did indeed have some areas that could cause misunderstandings.

Each year the assessment content changed, and each team faced different trials, just like how in Leonard Churchill’s previous life, college entrance exams differed by region and were not the same set of questions; having grievances was normal.

The subjective scoring of the evaluation at the Royal Academy was very high.

But after all, it was a comprehensive evaluation, and no one questioned the academy instructors.

According to the usual practice of past years, the normal rankings by noble rank were unchallenged.

But this year, an apprentice knight from the Landon family had suddenly surpassed the three great kingdoms, which was too much for some to accept.

A tide-like wave of protest erupted among the audience.

The Landon family’s five members on stage became targets of collective hostility.

Except for Leonard Churchill, the other four were extremely nervous.

Seeing that matters were about to become uncontrollable, another instructor from the academy stepped forward to mediate, “How about… resolving this according to school rules?”

With that suggestion, everyone agreed.

The Dragon Descendants resolved conflicts in a very straightforward and brutal manner–through the use of force.

Duels were the most common way to settle disputes among the noble class in the Southern Continent.

The Royal Academy maintained such a tradition.

The team of Leonard Churchill and his four companions could not possibly fight against hundreds of other teams.

In the end, it was decided that the Landon family’s S-team would have a friendly interaction with the Red Dragon Royal Family’s A+ team.

Leonard Churchill and his team were rather helpless.

Although they didn’t want to agree, the academy stated that regardless of winning or losing, the original reward remained the same.

And if they won, the reward would be increased.

If the Red Dragon team won, they would also get an S rating.

Leonard Churchill hadn’t expected to encounter such trouble on his first day after joining the school.

But looking at the academy’s generous rewards, he suddenly felt that showing his face wasn’t so bad.