Tenkomori Chapter 103.1

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Chapter 103.1. The Second Year at the Academy - Joint Exercise 1 (1)

Chapter 103.1. The Second Year at the Academy - Joint Exercise 1 (1)

A chilly breeze flowed over the autumnal hills.

I stepped on the dry grass and gazed down at the students below.

This is the grassland area southeast of Selen.

For the next three days, the second-year outdoor exercises for the latter half of the year were about to take place.

That's quite a turnout, as expected.

This time, it was a joint military exercise with the third-years.

About 120 students got divided into two units. We'll defeat the squad leaders or capture the flag set up at the main camp. The commanders selected were third-years, and the units consisted of a mix of second-years and third-years.

Today is the first day. It's for setting up camp and preparing the exercise grounds. Tomorrow would be the exercise on the grasslands, and the final day was scheduled for exercises in the forest.

As far as the eye could see, there were no signs of monsters.

We had been wary of Drepplin's ambushes, but with the decrease in sightings of Volnis, they hadn't been seen much lately.

"There you are."

Lambert climbed up the hill.

"We've been assigned to the Sobal unit. The strategy meeting is tomorrow."

"Sobal—wasn't that the count's family?"

Before departing, the two squad leaders, Count Sobal and Viscount Eghim, had exchanged greetings.

It wasn't until the day before departure that we found out which squad I got assigned to, and there could be transfers to the enemy side for the second battle.

That's what Deshind had said before the exercise.

"No matter the battlefield, initially, you fight alongside strangers. Learn the difficulty of that in this exercise."

I couldn't disagree.

While coordination would improve with familiarity, they were only battle companions twice over.

So, it would be more beneficial to accumulate unfamiliar experiences.

"The Elphimia unit is also assigned to the Sobal unit."

"That's good news."

Lambert nodded at my words.

Although offensive magic was prohibited, enhancement and healing were allowed.

With Elphimia's abundant magic power, she could enhance the entire unit by herself.

As for offensive skills, only those that increased the number of attacks like [Double Strike] were permitted; naturally, skills like [Wind Blade] were unusable.

"The Kurtos and Siglas units are in the Eghim unit. Watch out for Kurtos. His unit is not inferior to the third-years."

Kurtos had challenged Lambert when determining the representative for the second-year outdoor exercise. He was the eldest son of the Viscount's family and had caused trouble.

Afterward, he seemed to get along with Lambert and had been seen training together.

Regardless of their future status, perhaps nobles from the same family could get along.

And Siglas was the son of a baron who had been fighting goblin hordes on the front lines.

Nils from "Ranain" was also a member of this unit. Compared to the Kurtos unit, it might seem plain. But it had decent skilled individuals.

By the way, Elliott is in Lambert's unit.

"Rather than leading, I want to learn from Lord Lambert's unit."

"And is everything normal?"

"Yeah, everything's fine. With this many people gathered, monsters won't come near."

They include instructors, senior students from the 4th and 5th years, and adventurer escorts. So, there were easily over 150 people.

There were few places to hide due to the withered grass. And if anything attacked, it would get caught in the vigilance net.

At least there wouldn't be any monsters infiltrating during tomorrow's exercise.

"Then let's go. We've been ordered to explore the forest."

"Roger."

We descended the hill and joined Felix and Elliott who were waiting.

With that, we headed towards the forest.

The formation was scout me, Felix, Lambert, then Elliott.

While it's true that strong enemies are likely to appear in the southern forest, that's if we venture deep into it.

By focusing on "Presence Detection," I could sense the adventurers' vigilance network.

It seemed unlikely that we would encounter any monsters.

When I conveyed this, Lambert had a disappointed sigh and relaxed his shoulders.

Afterward, everyone strolled through the forest, chatting casually.

Lambert was aware Elliott had formed a party, and questions were flying about that.

Being the son of a merchant, Elliott was smart and not in need of money.

Perhaps he couldn't understand the desire to become an adventurer.

As Elliott explained his reasons, he casually found some Lesil mushrooms at the base of a tree.

Thankful, our dinner was now secured.

As I collected them, I noticed some nearby Lanim grass, a material for alchemical solutions.

It was a bit larger than usual, but it would do.

I subtly distanced myself from the formation and began picking out useful materials.

Recently, I couldn't keep up with gathering and sometimes had to buy materials for alchemical solutions.

Before, I'd try to limit my consumption, but now, with potions to sell to Samini, things had become much easier.

Among them, Healing Potions accompanied by blood augmentation and detoxification seemed to be popular, and there were even requests from Samini.

Also, I've been helped by Narban the blacksmith.

Since there were gaps in the containers for weapons, I got Narbano's permission to put accessories in them as well. Thanks to that, I've been able to save alchemical solutions.

Magical weapons were also selling well, and Lola, whom I introduced, was delighted with the relationship with Breos Trading Company, her family's business.