Catastrophe Card King - Chapter 1496

Chapter 1496: Chapter 458 Term Assessment Trial_2 Chapter 1496: Chapter 458 Term Assessment Trial_2 Once is okay, but it’s always like this.

No matter the circumstance, he could conceive of reasonable, even refreshing tactics; no matter the mechanism, restriction, spell, or magic, he knew a bit about each. Particularly in theory classes, he always submitted perfect answers…

This guy perfectly embodied the outrageous aspect of the Scholar’s Professional Sequence.

Although Leonard Churchill didn’t stand out in combat, his teammates had no doubt that he must be incredibly capable.

Especially David, who felt this most deeply.

As a slave, he had no access to any educational resources, so in recent months, whenever encountering a problem in his practice, he would go to Leonard Churchill for solutions.

Even though he didn’t know how profound the guidance from Leonard Churchill really was,
he had a heart clear about Martial Arts and could comprehend the Overlord Fist.

Through his intuition in Martial Arts, he could feel that “Allen” was truly special.

He was confident that he could fight any card master of the same tier, and even if he lost, he knew where he would be defeated.

However, looking at Leonard Churchill, he always had an elusive feeling and didn’t even know how to make his move.

It was as if no matter what technique he used, his opponent would definitely know it.

This was something he could not perceive in any other peer.

…

Of course, Leonard Churchill knew that David could sense his difference.

His initial plan was to completely blend in, just soaking in the library.

Later, he found out that David was a disciple of Barre Shepherd and casually gave him some pointers.

But that was not a big issue.

The bit of “impressive” perceived by his teammates was still within a reasonable range.

And this impression was beneficial for Leonard Churchill to perform better in this assessment.

Indeed, these days were the academy’s mid-term trials.

Though called trials, they were essentially assessments.

Like exams in his previous life, this was both the most anticipated and most lamented event for the students.

Having studied in the academy for a year, it was time to validate their learnings.

The anticipation was similar to the entrance assessment, where rewards and surprises were part of the assessment, a key opportunity for the students to earn significant points.

The lament was due to the structure of the assessments potentially leading to deaths.

Every year, quite a few unfortunate or lazy individuals would die during these trials.

But this was a compulsory assessment, unavoidable for anyone.

Even princes and princesses had to participate.

This was also why Leonard Churchill didn’t spend his rare day off in the library.

Once Leonard Churchill arrived, his team of six headed toward the back mountain of the Academy.

Their formidable strength gave everyone confidence.

The team members were not worried about the upcoming trials but, instead, were eager.

On the way to the rear mountain, there were groups of freshmen headed for the trials as well, all discussing related matters.

“Hey, what do you guys think the theme for this year’s trials will be? I heard from upperclassmen that if it’s a standard adventure mode it’s fine, but if it’s a war theme, the ‘Sky-reaching Tower’ sees a lot of deaths every year.”

“Who knows… Anyway, our team isn’t very strong overall, so even if it’s a war theme, we won’t be given too difficult a trial task. But then, that means less reward and fewer points.”

“Yes. I used up my accumulated points to exchange for Secret Martial Arts Techniques and now I only have a few dozen left. I’m hoping to earn more in this assessment to exchange for access to the ‘training room’… I do hope the trials will be challenging.”

“Look, that’s the team from Duke Landon’s Mansion! All those guys have strong auras. I heard that three of them are in the top fifty in the first-year combat power rankings…”

“Hmph! They’re just rich upstarts who got lucky. If I had that ‘hundred thousand points’ and Demon God Secret Skills, I’d be equally good.”

…

Leonard Churchill and his teammates walked and naturally heard these idle talks.

But they were used to it.

Other teams might lack points, but everyone in their team, apart from David, had a stockpile of one hundred thousand points.

It’s been only a few months; there was no way to spend it all.

Garfield, blunt as Dwarves are wont to be, didn’t take those idle talks seriously but muttered while walking: “Ah… I still have loads of points, I don’t care much about the trial rewards. But I am really interested in the ‘Sky-reaching Tower trial rankings.’ Do you think our team might set a new record?”

Hearing this, Serli joked with a smile, “Who has too many points? Just exchange for some high-tier items, and tens of thousands of points will vanish. I’ve already spent several tens of thousands of points in these months…”

Sister Jessica also said, “Yeah. After advancing to High Tier later, the points needed to exchange for Extraordinary Materials will increase. It’s always better to have more points. I’m preparing the materials needed for my Second Tier Profession Transition; I checked, and many materials for the Glistening Silver card require tens of thousands of points…”

Gale, full of hope for the future, added, “If possible, I’d also like to exchange for a Legendary Devil Mark. But I saw that it costs hundreds of thousands of points… I’m now saving up.”

Garfield: “Ah? I almost forgot, our Dwarf Race doesn’t use Devil Marks… I don’t need much material. I just train in the ‘training room’ every day, there’s no way to spend it all…”

Everyone: “…”

Leonard Churchill couldn’t help but smile; the others were all boasting.

And he indeed lacked.

Others thought that his long sessions in the library’s second-floor independent reading room were sustained by the one hundred thousand points from the entrance assessment rewards.