The 7th principal of Alexandros Academy, Russell Michael.

He silently watched the entrance to the Demon Forest and was worried about Joe, who hadn’t returned yet.

The sun slowly set in the west, and after a while it will be dark.

Most of the groups who went hunting had already completed their return.

If there is a group that returned with all sorts of wounds without being able to save even one decent prey.

A party that included students from the Faculty of Theology returned with a huge mutant werewolf.

Unless there is something unusual, the championship of this hunting festival will be theirs.

If not, it’s either taken over by one of the two parties that hasn’t returned yet.

Rudflicka’s party in the 3rd year of the archery club.

A party for Conrad Perdalos, a second year student at the Ministry of Magic.

If only these two parties returned in the future, this hunting festival would end immediately.

The only thing left was the awards ceremony and the after-night party the next day.

However, even after nearly three hours had passed since the hunting festival started, the two groups were still unable to return from the Demon Forest.

It was only natural that such doubts arose as to whether he had suffered a misfortune.

Accidents and dangers always accompany the academy’s final hunting festival.

It was impossible to apply death prevention magic to the entire forest, and it was close to impossible to apply death prevention only to humans, excluding monsters.

In the end, every student had to take part, risking injuries, big or small, or risking their lives.

How big monsters you can hunt is part of the test, but whether or not you know your subject well is also an evaluation criterion.

Occasionally, accidents that could not be laughed at occurred every semester.

It would have been better if he underestimated himself so much that he returned with poor results.

Every year, there were not a few cases of blindly believing in one’s own ability and recklessly taking on an adventure that could not be overcome.

Last winter’s hunting festival resulted in two deaths.

At this year’s hunting festival, there were only serious injuries and no deaths yet, but that fact made Principal Russell’s heart uneasy.

So far, the number of times the hunting festival has ended without a single death has been less than ten since the academy opened.

Sian Rudflicka.

Conrad Perdalos.

A student in the archery club who has won all four hunting festivals since admission.

A student from the Ministry of Magic who recently won a 1-on-1 match against a student from the Swords Department and has been hunting down a giant boa a while ago.

Both of them were talented enough to lose their lives now.

Of course, death comes equally to all.

Principal Russell quietly made up his mind in his heart.

Perhaps, at this hunting festival, we may have lost two or more outstanding talents.

“In the end, didn’t this hunting festival pass safely?”

Time did not stop and was approaching. I couldn’t delay any longer.

Because the rules are fair, they are valuable.

No matter how much the target was the students who were recently receiving attention, it was impossible to treat them specially.

He knew that if his closing speech didn’t start, many people would have to spend the night in front of the Demon Forest.

“From now on, the closing ceremony of the hunting festival, which includes the final evaluation of the first semester, begins… .”

It was at this point that Principal Russell, who had returned to the podium, opened his mouth and uttered the closing statement.

“What the hell is that?”

“No, does that make sense?!”

Principal Russell let out a sigh of relief at the commotion that started at the entrance to the forest.

This meant that at least one of the two Joes had returned safely.

That too, along with great prey that surprised everyone.

Principal Russell threw off his thin face and hurried down from the podium and walked towards the entrance of the Demon Forest.

With twinkling eyes like a child expecting a birthday present.

Deeddeuk, Dededeuk.

Russell’s ears snapped open at the sound of relentless scraping on the ground.

It must have been the sound of a huge game scraping on the floor.

Ujijik, jijijik.

Even a few dense branches are annoying. I even heard the sound of a huge object crushing and snapping it.

Principal Russell could not hide his joy at the sight that appeared before his eyes.

A great owl bear dragged out of the forest. Even though I was glad that the mutant was the prey this time,

Seeing the two party leaders returning side by side on a rope, Principal Russell felt even greater joy.

The fact that the academy didn’t lose both talents that it can be proud of.

“Xian students, Conrad students!”

Indeed, it was an achievement worthy of a Xi’an student who never misses the championship. The principal thought so at first and admired it.

The arrow stuck in one of the eyes of the prey was obviously hers, the archer.

It must have been brought here with the help of another party after catching a game that was too large.

“Xian students! How did you manage to hunt monsters like this!”

It was not a monster that could be caught at the student level.

The horns that were still crackling from his head and emitting magic were proving it.

Contrary to Principal Russell’s expectations, however, Xian quietly shook his head.

“We did not hunt them.”

If Xi’an’s party didn’t hunt, then who did?

Apparently, there is still a bush clover arrow stuck in the monster’s left arm.

Upon hearing that, Principal Russell immediately sprung up a different interpretation.

“Then, it was caught in collaboration with Conrad’s party!”

If you explain it that way, it makes sense.

There was no way that only three or four students at the academy could catch such a huge and dangerous monster.

For a game of this size, it was an attractive achievement enough to give a joint victory even if the two parties cooperated.

However, Xian only shook his head quietly at Principal Russell, as if this was not the correct answer.

“Me and my party members have contributed nothing to this game. Except for helping to bring the prey here.”

“Yeah?”

“Rather, I only received help from junior Konrad. We were all hit by this monster’s attack and right before we were all wiped out, he appeared and saved us and killed this monster.”

Saying that, she rolled up her sleeves and showed the principal the scar on the inside of her arm.

The scars left by the Great Owl Bear’s attack running through her veins showed that she had already passed the point of death once.

Principal Russell and the students around him who witnessed the wound were speechless for a moment.

“I just borrowed my own arrows, and Conrad’s juniors just gave the arrows magic and fired them.”

“So, this prey is all… .”

“This is an achievement made by junior Konrad. Everything from one to ten.”

As Russell’s eyes moved to Conrad beside her, the hitherto quiet man spoke for the first time.

“This is Conrad Perdalos, the party leader. Hunted a variant of the Great Owl Bear and returned.”

A faint smile was on the face of the wizard with a navy blue cloak and black hair.

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The next day there was a hunting festival with many incidents overlapping.

I relaxed until the afternoon and after changing into clean clothes.

I was wasting useless time in front of the closet thinking about the last thing.

“Indigo? Or should I go black for the first time in a while?”

Lastly, it was such a trivial concern as to what color to wear the cape.

Lately, whenever I went out, it felt like I was wearing only the navy blue cloak that Lulu gave me as a gift, in a ratio of 9:1.

Originally, the black cloak I used was when things weren’t going well. It had been a long time since it had become an outfit worn when the washed navy blue cloak was not dry.

Normally, I ran and hunted for a long time wearing a navy blue cloak yesterday, so it was better to wear a black cloak when I saw them in turn.

Of course, it was the day of the hunting festival awards ceremony, so my worries got longer.

Our party proudly won the championship, so a few hours later I was going to stand on the podium, and the image I saw there would soon become my public image.

The outfit I usually wear would probably be the navy blue cloak that Ruru gave me as a gift, so I wanted to stand on stage wearing this navy blue cloak if possible.

“Well, it will be fine.”

Black didn’t like it at all.

And, in my previous life, I wore it to my heart’s content.

Wearing the navy blue cape, which has become my new symbol, I moved to the plaza where the after-party was to be held.

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Although the hunting festival is said to take place over two days, the only thing that can be said of as the next day’s event is the after-night festival, which includes an awards ceremony.

In the final evaluation, we paid a silent tribute to the souls who lost their lives unfortunately, and selected winners up to the top 3 according to the standards of the academy.

After that, it was a way for everyone to spend the night eating and drinking and celebrating the end of the class.

The biggest advantage of this event was that it provided unlimited alcohol and meat.

“Hey, hey. There goes the winner of this semester.”

“who? The navy blue cloak over there? What a great thing you caught.”

“I’ll see you later. He brought an owl bear the size of a house. It must have been the biggest game not only in this hunting festival, but also in previous hunting festivals.”

“Again, again, exaggerate. Bring it to some previous hunting festival.”

“Because you couldn’t see it yourself.”

Listening closely to the whispers here and there, the main content was about who the winner of this hunting festival was.

Last night, I saw some students watching until the last moment when Xian and I returned.

One night was enough for rumors about who had hunted which monster to spread, as people of the same age gathered together and lived every day in a small space.

In particular, this semester’s hunting festival, as the size of the rumors was bigger, students as well as school officials and servants flocked to it, creating a more crowded crowd.

The rumors that went up and down more and more mouths were exaggerated little by little.

To do so, the size of the existing prey itself was already on a scale that could not grow any larger.

I put aside the murmur that grew a little each time I passed and moved toward the stage.

After approaching Lulu and Stella, who are very nervous in the waiting room for the winners.

I put one hand on each of the shoulders of the two people and lightly massaged each shoulder to relieve tension.

“Don’t be nervous, stay calm.”

“Ah, uh, uh, yes.”

“I understand, Senior Conrad.”

We waited quietly for our party’s name to be called, with two people barely nodding.

“Hello everyone.”

The plaza, which had been buzzing with each other’s conversations, became quiet at once with a word from the silver-haired old man.

Three people all over the world. The Archmage of the 8th Circle that there are only 5 people throughout history.

The charisma of one of them was not something that even a gray-haired old man could hide.

After giving a short speech, the academy’s principal, Russell Michael, immediately announced the winners of the hunting festival.

Fortunately, there were no victims at this hunting festival, so the silent prayer for lost lives, which had been done every time, was omitted.

This was also a possible result because I was the first to subdue that monster.

The party that caught 12 mid-level monsters was selected as the third place.

It seemed that they accurately grasped the limits of their abilities and gave high marks to the results created through diligent actions instead of unreasonable challenges.

The second place went to the group that caught the variant Warwolf, which is difficult to deal with among high-ranking witches.

Looking at the leader’s face on the podium, he was one of the people who suggested joining his party before the hunting festival.

And finally, only the moment the main character of this hunting festival is announced remains.

“Before awarding the main character of this hunting festival, I think I should first say thank you to the main character of this hunting festival.

If someone hadn’t killed this prey, our academy might have had to let go of four precious students yesterday.”

Of course, the target of saying that he didn’t know if he would send him away was referring to senior Xian’s party.

“But thanks to a combination of luck and fortune, this hunting festival ended without anyone sacrificing.

Following that, I was able to face amazing achievements that even I, who have been in the teaching profession for many years, could not have imagined.”

Right. With the sound of Principal Russell clicking his right hand once, the substance of the object hidden behind the stage, wrapped in cloth, was revealed.

As soon as the corpse of the giant beast hidden behind a wide cloth was revealed, the solemn atmosphere in the plaza was instantly filled with cheers and applause.

It was such a huge game that I couldn’t help but be enthusiastic about it.

In terms of size, it was about the size of a 20-person tent used by soldiers when encamping.

In addition, it was important that it was not just a large game, but a mutant great owl bear.

Almost a day had already passed since the final blow was struck,

The high-level anti-corruption magic that Principal Russell personally cast on him was enough to create the illusion that he was still alive.

“I send my deepest gratitude and blessings to today’s protagonists. Please give everyone a big round of applause!”

As Stella, Lulu, and I stepped onto the podium at the same time, cheers and applause were once again heard from hundreds of people.

A lot of eyes were on Stella, who was still in her first year, and Lulu, who was the first in the tech department to win the hunting festival.

As expected, the most eyes and attention flew to me as the party leader.

In an incorrectly designated evaluation match, he won against a 4th grader in the swordsmanship department without allowing a single attack.

Catching a giant boa in the Devil’s Forest.

And from yesterday’s hunting festival to returning after catching a dangerous and huge monster that no one could have even imagined.

I was absolutely certain that there would be no other student who spent this semester more intensively than I did.

“Conrad Perdalos.”

“Yeah.”

“On behalf of the party, come forward.”

He stood face-to-face in front of Principal Russell.

He smiled benevolently and handed over a plaque and a small prize in a luxurious glass box.

“May I open it?”

Principal Russell’s eyes blinked up and down once, and he carefully opened the box to see what was inside.

As soon as I saw it, I recognized its value and couldn’t hide a smile from my mouth.

Because it contained an item that was like an elixir that increased the user’s magic sensitivity several levels at once.

“It is the heart of a dragon. I brought it because I thought it was the most necessary item for you as a wizard.”

Even Principal Russell’s anti-corruption magic was enchanted so that it would have the best effect at any time.

“Thank you very much, Principal Russell.”

Each item in this little box was worth at least hundreds of gold coins.

Maybe it’s over a thousand units.

“Also, I’ll give you permission to dispose of the corpse of this mutant Great Owl Bear.”

As Principal Russell continued, the students quietly swallowed again.

Since it was such a great monster that it was given a name, it was inevitable that it would attract a lot of attention to how it would be disposed of.

I had already talked about this with Stella and Lulu, as well as with Principal Russell.

Principal Russell took over the microphone, and I began to give a brief speech to those who had their eyes on me.

“I don’t know if there will be another time in your life when you will see a Great Owl Bear in person.

Not to mention a living Great Owl Bear, even facing this monster in a dead state would be a rare experience.

To all of you who sincerely congratulated me on my win, I would like to give you a rarer experience as a reward.

For today’s afterparty, we’ll be donating the meat of this great owl bear for dinner! We wish you all a pleasant meal!”

It was such a huge roar that the square told them to leave.

It was probably an answer no one expected.

I can’t imagine saying that I would be willing to donate this great game for students.

Of course, even if I said donate, it was just a kind of pun.

What I donated was only ‘meat’, and I had already discussed with the academy officials how to dispose of the rest of the materials and leather.

That alone was enough to make this monster worth it, so the rest of the meat was readily shared.

Compared to the monster’s reputation as the Great Owl Bear, its taste was not that special compared to common livestock or monster meat.

It would take a long time to sell at a high price anyway, so using it like this was the most efficient way to use it.

““ “Conrad! Conrad! Conrad!”””

After smiling in line with everyone’s endless cheers, he and his colleagues moved down the podium.

All that was left was to enjoy the after-party.