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nThe three of them found the battle recordings involving the top rankers of the Academy. Most of them are in their 10th year but many of them were also in the 9th and 8th year. Some special students are in their 7th Year but they can be counted in one hand.

nOver the past couple of hours, the three of them realized how clueless they are in the world of mysticism…

nThey found several unique combat methods especially those who are Ritual Experts… They were capable of forming magic circles so quickly that would allow them to summon spirits, familiars, or even a being in the underworld.

nNot knowing what they could summon out of their magic circle is extremely nerving. They have to either stop them from performing the ritual or get overwhelmed by the summoned beings.

nThere were only a few Dark Arts Practitioners who can deal with the Ritual Experts and they are surprisingly the Corruption Specialists.

nThey may not have Vale’s Spell Dispersion but they have a unique way of disintegrating the summoned creatures into nothingness…

nVale wasn’t sure if they were summoned back to the spirit world, or maybe the underworld, by these Corruption Specialists. Well, there’s also the possibility that they were just completely eradicated by their unique method.

n‘They’re interesting… Should I choose this field of study in my fourth year?’ Vale mused as he considers his future path as a Dark Arts Practitioner.

nSince the academy doesn’t have a Malefic Branch and he obviously can’t form a branch by himself, he has to study under a different branch and became a dual specialist.

nOf course, he’ll be the only one to know that he’s a dual specialist. Anyway, the Academy will not recognize his Malefic Branch any time soon.

nGrug. Grug…

nVale touched his belly as he felt hungry after a long day.

n‘Watching these battle recordings was quite draining… I should’ve brought some snacks.’ Vale sighed as he finally realized what was missing in their activity… It could’ve been a lot better if they were watching while munching some snacks!

nHe would make sure to prepare some food the next time they did this.

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nAfter eating his meal, Vale returned to his dormitory.

nHis exhaustion finally came to him as he had the urge to sleep immediately.

nHowever, as he saw his room, he recalled how the Headmaster came to pick up the corpse on his floor last night.

nRecalling how a corpse was in his room lying on the floor yesterday, Vale had no choice but to urge his body to clean the place… 𝒊𝒃𝙖.𝙘𝙢

nIt took him another half an hour to do this before he took a shower and finally slept.

nSaturday came quickly and their monthly assessment for the Millton Kingdom History class and Essential Dark Spell class came.

nThe history class is quite a simple subject filled with memorization of important events in the past.

nOn the other hand, the Essential Dark Spell class greatly focuses on various Dark Spells in their faction. This is unlike the Darkness Path under Professor Lucius where they study all the paths they could take. 𝑖𝑟𝘦.𝒸𝘰𝘮

nAnyway, the Essential Dark Spell class includes the teachings about three required Dark Spells to learn before they can even be acknowledged as a real student of the Academy. There is also one optional Dark Spell they could learn exclusively in the Academy making it a total of four Primary Dark Spells.

nVale looked at the test paper provided by their professor in the history class.

n“Hmmm?”

nVale was intrigued by the type of assessment that their professor prepared for them.

nThe monthly assessment was actually forming an essay on how they would change the mistakes of the past.

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nMarch 13, 877: The Dark Sorcerer’s Oakvalley Camp was completely wiped out because of the combined forces of the Prime Wisemen of the Rune Arts Faction and Lore Hunters of the Elemental Arts Faction. A total of 458 people died within the camp during their raid.

nThis includes 52 Third-Class Dark Magic Spellcasters, 12 Second-Class Dark Magic Spellcasters, 19 Second-Class Necromancers, 5 Third-Class Dark Alchemists, and 2 First-Class Dark Magic Spellcasters.

nThe enemies, on the other hand, have 8 First-Class Runecasters and 12 First-Class Elementalists.

nThe side of the Oakvalley Camp was completely defeated because of the enemy’s strategy. They successfully blocked the supplies of the camp, isolated them, and massacred them after three days.

nWhat could’ve been done to avoid the disaster?

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nVale read the assessment that was given to them. The matter about the Oakvalley Camp has been their topic for a short period of time within the class.

nThey studied the tactics used by the two factions to win against numerous spellcasters with their small team.

nThere were 90 spellcasters on the side of the Dark Arts Faction and only 20 on the side of the enemy team.

nAlthough those twenty were all First-Class Arcane Arts Practitioners, they shouldn’t easily win against the Oakvalley Camp with their advantageous position.

n‘This is a good assessment… I guess they want us to learn from past mistakes.’ Vale mused with interest but he saw his classmates frowning at the sight of their test paper.

n“This is too difficult… What can we do if the First-Class Spellcasters on our side can’t even formulate a way to win?”

n“This might be a tricky question, however, there must be a way to resolve this.”

n“Tsk… Finding a correct answer is difficult since the professor is merely looking for an opinion on what should’ve been done.”

n“Right… We’re only giving an opinion on how to avoid the disaster. No one would really know whether our opinion is valid since we can’t return to the past.”

n“Good thinking! Then this is easy!”

nAs Vale heard his classmates in the back row, he couldn’t help but shake his head as he thought of this exam differently.

nThe old professor is definitely looking for something in their answers and not just an opinion.

nVale analyzed the story for a little while longer before he had an idea and started answering on his paper.

n‘I don’t know if this is the correct answer but I hope it is close to the ideal answer.’

n𝑖𝘦.𝑐𝘰𝘮

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