While Ayla’s group unironically had a pleasant experience, others can’t say the same.
Countless people already had their idea after hearing Caelum’s instruction, glancing around their surroundings with a greedy glint in their eyes. It was no surprise as many wanted to take the highest place as much as possible and show off in front of the teacher.
But being one of the top 10 students in this batch would give them an automatic spot in the prestigious and rich Blue Summer Tide. It was an honorable position that promised excellent prospects and a stable future.
Yet time and time again, humans never understood that too much of things is a deviation from Fate’s order.
A party of 30 students finally stopped at a well-hidden clearing. Their faces were marred with degrees of exhaustion, hunger, and thirst as some couldn't help but plop on the ground. They had suffered long enough to care about a little dirt.