Tournament begins!

Time soon passed, and before anyone knew it the sun had risen signaling the start of a new day

All around the empire especially the royal capital, newspapers flew advertising the upcoming tournament

Information on each student had been published allowing various guilds and goblin houses to take advantage of this and thus began holding bets for the winner of each round

Be it close or far, even those from neighboring countries and empires already had scouts sent ready to try and recruit some talents if they could

All in all, the empire was in a completely festive mood completely different from the previous gloom of the looming war and rampant cultists

For the first time, the people of the empire had smiles on their faces as they looked forward to the future of their country performing at their best

Perhaps this is the reason the examination was still held on such a large scale despite all the problems going on within the country