Chapter 066: Challenge 1
Cesare arrived at the dean's office and saw that both Cedro and the temporary professors were seated properly. He apologized, "Sorry, I'm late."
"It's okay, please sit down." Kedero said in a gentle voice.
Cesare pulled up a chair and sat across from him. "What do you think, Dean?"
Kedero said in a low voice, "This match is called a friendly match, but in reality, it's a challenge. The Professors' Guild is the judge. If we win, we only gain the qualifications to be professors, which is our duty. But if we lose, it means that the teaching quality of our Civilian Academy is poor. How vicious."
How could Cesare not know?
He spat, his brows furrowed deeper than a mountain road. "They're both referees and contestants, how can we compete?! And the Professors' Guild is backed by Imperial College. They're clearly jealous of the Commoners' College's growing prosperity, stealing their limelight. Why the need for such pretense?"
The implication is that the Professors' Guild will definitely create obstacles.
Kede Luo smiled helplessly, "It's a pity that bystanders don't know. People will just think that the professors at the Civilian College don't have any teaching certificates at all."
Medea, Matthew, and Mario all remained silent. They had made rapid progress recently, but against the Professors' Guild, determined to find fault, what chance did they have of success?
"How about turning it down?" they suggested cautiously. "We could have the Lord find a professor at another academy, and we can slowly take the qualification exams later. Losing this time would be too risky."
"I can't refuse." Kede Luo shook his head. "The qualification to apply for the certificate is always in their hands. Can you ensure that you can get it in the future? And aren't you afraid that they will turn around and accuse us of not daring to fight?"
"Then let's compete. The Civilian Academy may not lose."
A cold voice came from the door.
Everyone looked and saw that it was Lin Muqiu walking towards them.
Their breath caught, "Isn't this too hasty?!"
Lin Muqiu chuckled, "What I mean is, we can send an invitation to the Imperial Capital College and have a friendly match with them."
Everyone: ???
The way to defeat the challenger is to challenge other gyms?
Cesare frowned, "Lin Muqiu, you'll only make things worse. If you lose, won't everyone know..."
"What I want is for everyone to know." Lin Muqiu interrupted him, "When we compete with the Imperial Capital Academy, the referees will not only be the professors' guild members, but the entire continent's townspeople."
Competing with Royal Capital College is more eye-catching and can attract more public attention than winning a teacher's certificate.
In that case, even if the professors' guild wanted to create obstacles, they would have to consider whether it could work under the public eye.
Cesare and the others fell into deep thought.
Yes, inviting the imperial capital to a competition is undoubtedly a way to shift the conflict and scare the enemy.
If we win, we will gain the reputation of being the strongest university in the continent, use the power of others to put pressure on the professors' guild, and the professor qualification certificate will surely be obtained smoothly.
If they lose, it is understandable. After all, the Civilian Academy has only been in operation for a short time, so it is normal for them to lose. As long as they demonstrate their style and level, the people of the mainland will definitely support them and put pressure on them through public opinion.
It would be even better if the Imperial Capital did not respond to the challenge. They could then publicize to their heart's content that the Civilian Academy was so powerful that the Imperial Capital Academy had to avoid it.
It turns out that the key to solving the problem is to fight back using the Professor Guild's methods!
Everyone was startled, and when they looked at Lin Muqiu's face with a gentle smile, they couldn't help but shudder.
Lin Muqiu is always like a magic needle that stabilizes the sea. Normally, she will gently guard the seabed, but if anyone dares to disturb her sweet dream, the seabed will inevitably be stirred up by huge waves.
But does she really trust them to be able to overpower the Imperial Capital?
Everyone choked up.
I am so touched!
The next second, they heard Lin Muqiu's voice coming over faintly, "How great is it that we can also get some free advertising?"
Everyone: ???
:) To be honest, are you sure this is not your purpose?
*
Imperial Capital, Professor Guild.
The members of the Professors' Guild idly ate watermelon-flavored ice jelly and asked, "Do you think Ankang Town will accept the challenge?"
Another person laughed and said, "How could they possibly accept the challenge? These people are just a makeshift team, how could they have such confidence?!"
After he finished speaking, the system in front of him flashed. A glance revealed that several temporary professors in Ankang Town had withdrawn their applications for judicial arbitration and professorship qualifications.
He tutted his words and picked up the magic scroll containing the statistical list to show everyone, "What do you think? I told you! Ankang Town is not promising!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the wall in front of him suddenly froze into frost, and like ink falling with a fierce brush, it suddenly formed words. The difference from before was that this time the font was not square, but like cursive script, with a fierce and decisive momentum.
Standing prominently above is the invitation from Ankang Town to the Imperial Capital College for a "friendly match."
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is an application, but in fact it is a notification:
[The Commoner Academy sincerely invites the Noble Academy to participate in a friendly match with us. The match will be held in the Imperial Capital in one month.
Since the main venue is the Imperial Capital, please pay for the travel expenses, food expenses, and labor delay fees for Ankang Town.
As a referee, please be sure to attend. The Civilian Academy has long wanted to learn from you.
Everyone: “…” Fuck!
This is the first time I see someone challenging them and asking them for money!
What’s more, the other party actually learned their methods and deliberately made trouble!
Just as they were about to frown and wipe it off, they shuddered at the same time, goosebumps stood up, and their whole bodies felt cold.
It was at this moment that they realized that even though it was summer, the temperature in the house had dropped to minus 20 degrees Celsius!
“Crack—”
The statistical lists and ice powder in their hands were frozen into ice cubes, which broke into pieces layer by layer and pierced their feet like icicles.
"Ah!" They screamed, squatted down and covered their feet, trembling with pain.
Fear washed over me.
Lin Muqiu was warning them about the injustice and showing them that she really had the ability to kill people from a thousand miles away as easily as taking something out of her pocket.
The most crucial thing is that Lin Muqiu's trick of shifting the blame to others may not guarantee that the Royal Capital Academy will not blame them for causing the trouble.
But... this is clearly authorized by the Imperial Capital College!
Everyone present regretted offending Lin Muqiu and the Civilian Academy.
*
At the same time, whether it was the Civilian College, the Imperial College, or the Imperial Casino Center, they all received this declaration of war.
This is another excitement in the casino after the beast tide:
"Oh my god! Ankang Town is amazing! I told you it would just get better and better!"
"Nonsense, the Imperial Capital is the most powerful! Are you planning to bet on Ankang Town? Are you crazy?!"
"You're the one with the problem! The key is that Ankang Town is truly impressive right now. With the data simulation training room, their students are making incredible progress! Honestly, those people will do anything to climb up the ladder if they can grab an olive branch. Their endurance is countless times greater than ours."
"Bah, you've all been brainwashed!"
"Have you forgotten how you bet everything on the Imperial Capital and ended up losing everything? I've learned my lesson, and this time I'm betting on Ankang Town! They've taken the initiative to declare war, so they must be confident!"
"Yes, yes, I heard that too. It was the Professors' Guild that refused to approve the teachers from Ankang Town, so the Civilian Academy declared war! Everyone knows that the Professors' Guild is backed by the Imperial Capital Academy. It's obvious that the Imperial Capital Academy was the first to start the fight!"
"So Ankang Town's statement is equivalent to saying they won't punish the dog, but only punish its master?"
When everyone present heard this, they all burst into laughter.
But it is quite descriptive: Imperial College is often referred to by commoners as the "Aristocratic College" because only aristocrats can afford to attend. Commoner College, on the other hand, accepts both commoners and aristocrats, so...
Is the Noble Academy getting anxious now, so it asked the Professors Guild to make things difficult for the Commoner Academy?
As expected, those whose sore spots were touched were furious. "I really don't understand. Are you all idiots? That's why you went to Ankang Town for a trip! It's fine if you went there, but you were all brainwashed by Ankang Town?"
"You're the idiot!" A group of people rushed up and beat up the man who challenged Ankang Town in the corner.
No matter who they bet on to win in the end, there are indeed many people who have been to Ankang Town.
Not to mention that many of them are university students from the Noble Academy! They are now relying on the affordable food in Ankang Town to survive. If the Commoner Academy is gone, they can't imagine what will happen!
In the end, countless people hesitated, considering which side had a greater chance of winning.
One is an old brand with the best students and foundation, and the other is a rising star who shows off all kinds of fancy moves. It seems that in terms of teaching...their chances of winning are similar?
Many people do not realize that in their hearts, Ankang Town can even be compared with the imperial capital.
No one doesn't admire the strong.
In the end, the ratio between Yahuangdu and Ankang Town reached 6:4 before it barely stopped, and was heading towards 5:5.
*
In the dean's office, Lin Muqiu, who was watching this scene through an ice screen, felt very sorry.
It seems that I can no longer get rich overnight by gambling on ratios. What a loss.
But it’s not bad, the public opinion has spread.
Just as she was expressing her feelings, her system received news from the Imperial Capital:
[Imperial Capital College accepts the challenge.]
The rules of the competition are as follows:
Competition between professors:
Each professor and dean from each team forms their own team and competes against the other team. The first person to capture the flag gets five points, the second four, and so on... At the end, the total points of the professors are calculated, and the team with the highest score wins.
Competition among students:
At that time, students will be randomly selected from three of the following disciplines: smelting and forging, magic, swordsmanship, medicine, farming, and animal taming. The competition will be best-of-three. Both teams must confirm the students for each competition in advance, and once confirmed, no changes can be made.
She played the system notification sound for everyone to hear, and the huge dean's office was silent.
The Imperial City had already taken advantage of the venue by setting up the competition. Cesare never expected that the Imperial City would be so shameless as to try to be clever with the rules.
For example, limiting the competition to "professors and the principal" might seem fair, but it actually excludes Lin Muqiu, their strongest competitor. And if the professors' competition doesn't involve a skill-based competition, opting for a capture-the-flag system instead, wouldn't that ultimately become a contest of force?
In other words, this is an underestimation of his and Kedero's fighting power!
But recently, he and Kedero have reconciled their past grudges and have recognized each other's character!
"Fuck them! Fight them!" Cesare slammed the table and stood up, veins popping out on his forehead. "I've never lost a match!"
After saying that, he pursed his lips, as if thinking of something, and added softly, "Except for the beast tide."
Everyone present: "..."
Ah, you don’t have to be so honest?
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