The Author's POV

"It's about the multi-academy exchange"

Listening to Donna, I couldn't help but massage my forehead.

...damn, with everything that had been going on lately, I forgot all about this.

hmmm, well, more than me forgetting about this, it was more like it slipped my mind. After all, we still had a couple of more months before this event would happen.

"As most of you know, during the month of March, we will have exchange students staying at the Lock for a month in preparation for the Multi-Academy youth tournament"

"This time, the academy has decided that only students from the four great academies will participate in the exchange, as the district and regional academies have agreed to exchange with one another..."

Listening to Donna speak, I couldn't help but find my brows knitting slightly.

The four great academies.

The four other human academies that could almost rival the Lock in terms of their educational system. Though they weren't on the same level, they were the closest substitute out there.

"Lutwik academy, Theodora academy, Kuzk academy, Vellon academy..."

Those were the names of the four great academies.

The human domain had five great cities. Ashton city, Park city, Lewington city, Dromeda city, and Conviction city.

Altough each city wasn't far from each other, because of the threat coming from beasts and villains along the way, it took about five hours for a person to make it to one of those cities. With Ashton city being the reference point.

Thus, if a person from one of those cities wanted to send their child to the Lock, they would have to send them all the way to Ashton city.

As a result of this, they may not be able to see their children for a very long time...

Some people were willing to do that for the sake of their children's future, whilst some couldn't do it.

Be it for economical problems, or the fact that they couldn't part ways with their children, some just couldn't send them all the way to Ashton city to make them join the Lock.

...and that became an issue.

A lot of talents weren't being nurtured properly.

Very talented individuals that could rival some of the most talented people in the Lock were being provided with lower-end education.

This was a big problem that cost humanity a lot of talented people.

each city mayor, with the permission and sponsorship of

would be the

up an academy for the greater good of humanity. The main reason why they built their academy was to retain their talents and keep them in their city

in a

four great academies

academies that although weren't at the level of the Lock, were the closest thing

academy — Park

— Lewington

academy — Dromeda

academy — Conviction

you know that information already, that's

took out a pile of papers and placed them on the podium

there are application forms that you guys need to fill in order to apply for

exchange to the Lock, next year, during your second year, it

...Right.

March, our class will be filled with exchange students coming from

as they were either going to become Kevin's ally

be helped. There was bound to be an arrogant

like this

eyes as I listened to Donna, I glanced at

that had caught my attention

name suggests, it was a tournament between all academies in the human domain, be it four great academies, the Lock, regional, and

at the very end of each academic year, and it wasn't like the usual tournament arcs where it would be a 1v1 tournament to

...No.

breaker, Academy virtual guild wars, Abyss scavage, Tower defense, and

games was

to display the individual achievement of each student,

those boring tournament games that you would usually get in novels where it

was very different

was that it would be broadcasted

popularity was enormous. Rivaling the Olympics

precisely because of its popularity, that tensions were high

the tournament, we will select applicants based on your performances by the end of the year...and from there we will place you in the first year squad that will represent the

class, Donna brushed her ponytail to the side

we select you, you have no right to refuse. Two months prior to the tournament, you will be exempted from all classes and will be directly put under strict training from the

but notice a lot of the student's beside

...Their reaction was understandable.

they would without a doubt gain both honor and fame, and if lucky, they could catch the interest of some of the top