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Chapter 1547: Chapter 472: The Ancient Giant Hand Suppressed Under the Sky-reaching Tower Chapter 1547: Chapter 472: The Ancient Giant Hand Suppressed Under the Sky-reaching Tower “And… and… I got an Air Skill Master Second Tier exclusive template–[Lancelot’s Courage] from the special treasure chest!”

David seemed very excited, as it was probably the first time he had opened a settlement box to receive such generous rewards.

Growing up poor, he had been content just being able to buy a Black Iron Quality Demon Mark on his own.

Now, not only had he drawn a Legendary Mark, but also a template that could sell for a sky-high price at the legendary auction house.

This feeling was like becoming suddenly rich, giving him an unreal sensation.

Leonard Churchill understood too.

Not everyone had experiences like his own, with more than one S-tier clearance.

For ordinary people, managing to get through an A-tier storyline even once was a tale worth boasting about for half a lifetime.

Amidst his excitement, David’s gaze turned towards Leonard.

Aside from wanting to share the joy, he was also grateful.

David was well aware that his survival up till now was entirely due to his powerful teammate.

But at the moment, his emotions were complex, filled with doubts.

Why would a teammate who pursued the Scholar Sequence use [Overlord Fist]?

And why had he seemed like a completely different person before, confronting a Third-order Vampire head-on and suddenly becoming so powerful?

Leonard, seeing that look, obviously knew what he was curious about.

But now was clearly not the time for detailed explanations.

The Red Dragon Royal Family had caused such a big commotion this time; it must be chaos outside.

Any further delay might lead to complications.

Leonard directly said to David, “Go find a chance to escape when we get out. Then head to ‘North City Road No. 33’, and don’t worry about anything else. I will explain everything to you later…”

David, knowing quite a bit of the inside story, would definitely not pass the subsequent scrutiny.

Now with the Red Dragon Royal Family stirring things up, it was the perfect opportunity to escape servitude.

Although David had countless questions, he decisively nodded, “Hmm!”

He did not know what exactly “Allen,” his teammate, was hiding, but he was not foolish and had already guessed something.

When Barre Shepherd taught him [Overlord Fist], he had asked his teacher.

The response was,
This unique Fist Method was only learned by two people in this era.

Besides him.

Then it had to be that other person, always referred to as a “genius” by his teacher.

…

The scenery around them suddenly changed.

Leonard Churchill, David, along with Garfield and Serli who were still unconscious, the four of them were back in the Sky-reaching Tower.

This soccer field-sized enclosed space was the Trial Field of the Sky-reaching Tower.

It was also the starting point for their batch of five hundred people in the Trial Group.

People continued to come out intermittently.

But there were not many left.

Not only were the students baffled, but the instructors guarding the Trial Field were immensely surprised.

Five hundred people went to partake in the trial, and scattered groups returned, looking like less than two hundred?

It was known that although the regular new student term trials had a death quota, it usually did not exceed 10%.

Yet now, fewer than half had come out alive.

And only Leonard knew, this was because the storyline had taken a last-minute twist.

Otherwise, they would have died earlier, and the people participating in this trial might have been annihilated by those vampires.

“What’s going on, our squad was still in the village fighting the night raiding bandits, how did the trial end already… I only got a few Trial Points, didn’t draw anything!”

“Yeah. Wasn’t it announced that the trial would last three days? How did it end just after one night? I was still looking for storyline clues in the village…”

“Didn’t you see the Enlightenment? It was those strong teams from the Red Dragon Royal Family who directly assaulted Black Crow Fortress, and then the storyline ended. But it’s weird, if I saw correctly, did the prompt say ‘S-tier’ storyline clearance?”

“Ah, what’s happening? Does that mean I also cleared an S-tier storyline?”

“It’s terrifying… You don’t know, we went to attack the bandits at Black Crow Fort, everything was going well, but suddenly it turned into a masquerade ball… Oh, you don’t know, those maids were incredibly beautiful, each with large breasts and fair skin… then who would have thought, they turned out to be vampires…”

“Sam, stop talking about those useless things. Tell us more about the masquerade…”

“Princess Sofia is wise! Our Baron Endton’s squad participated in the Black Crow Fort battle and mixed our way to over a thousand points. Hahaha, we’ll definitely be ranked in the top hundred this trial…”

…

The trial participants who came out had mixed reactions.

They excitedly whispered to each other, discussing this bizarre trial experience.

Almost everyone who made it out alive had no idea what had actually happened.

It had ended in confusion.

Even those who participated in the Black Crow Fort battle, Leonard guessed that they only received assembly orders and did not know the true objective of Princess Sofia and her group was the Church of Light’s Holy Item.

Among the informed, only two hundred people, just Leonard and David, knew the truth.

Because looking around, Princess Sofia had already disappeared.

…

“The academy hasn’t reacted yet, that ‘undercover’ figure must be someone high-ranking… Who could it be? The Chancellor Francis of the War and Military Academy, or the Vice Chancellor Gustave of the History and Mystery Academy?”

Leonard pondered to himself, murmuring quietly.

His connection with Princess Sofia, access to [Sky-reaching Tower] privileges, and the ability to intervene in this trial indicated it was one of those high officials.

But it didn’t matter who it was anymore.

Seeing this, Leonard somewhat understood the energy source of the [Sky-reaching Tower].

Just like in Alternate Dimension, where people from the Church of Light used the leaked Divine Material from ‘Crimson Corruption Seyadis’ to sustain the [Sun Disc].