Subscriber of the Gods Chapter 405 - An Overwhelming Result

“There’s still a chance. Today is a step back to seize that opportunity. But… isn’t it disappointing to end the exchange festival like this? Our pride has been trampled.”

Wigen said.

“Neither you nor I knew until we experienced it firsthand. But now we know. How high the level of the Holy Empire’s academies is. Recognizing and acknowledging this fact is the beginning. We can become stronger. We can climb higher.”

The expressions of the Vogue students began to change slightly at Wigen’s sincere words.

“So we must aim for second place in this exchange festival. It’s okay if we can’t get first. We just need to show who we are, where we came from, and what we’ve been doing until now.”

The Vogue students clenched their fists.

“Freya’s students are quite skilled. It’s natural since they’ve received high-level education under Master Teacher Draxler X. But they’re tired, and so are we.”

It was their first participation in the exchange festival.

Vogue absolutely couldn’t end the exchange festival in third place.

“Let’s show them clearly who we are.”

The Vogue Academy students tightened their fists at Wigen’s words.

On the last day of the exchange festival, the real battle between the two academies began.

***

The last day was much hotter than the first.

Despite their exhaustion, the students gave their all to leave no regrets.

“This is insane.”

“At this rate… I really don’t know who will take second place.”

“Freya has a slight advantage!”

“Looks like Vogue hasn’t given up yet either!”

The three academies that had effectively become the lower ranks enjoyed watching the fierce competition between Vogue and Freya with ease of mind.

Despite everyone being tired on the last day, the students put their hearts into the exchanges to earn points.

“Even though Ivecar has already secured the win, they’re still trying so hard!”

“Wow… that’s why they can win.”

“They’ve really changed. It’s completely different from last year. Who would think it’s the same academy?”

Those who had participated in last year’s inter-academy exchange were once again amazed at Ivecar Academy’s tremendous change.

Last year, Ivecar had shown results that didn’t match their reputation at all.

Some students had worked hard, but by the last day, realizing they couldn’t get first place, they had participated half-heartedly in the exchanges.

As a result, there was no tension, and it ended up being the worst conclusion, not helping the students participating in the exchange at all.

But this year was completely different.

The representative students who led Ivecar to victory this year were still working hard.

Although they could relax a bit since their victory was practically confirmed, winning was a given for them from the start. Their real goal was to gain experience from the exchange festival, so not only the representative students but also the others were giving it their all until the end.

The ones suffering from this were Vogue and Freya, who were competing for second place.

“Damn it.”

“We should have scored points here.”

“I heard that Teacher Ethan Whiskers won the last teacher exchange yesterday too. Why are they still trying so hard!”

The Freya Academy students had heard about yesterday’s academy teacher exchange and knew the results.

The story was that Ethan had won even in the last teacher exchange, taking the victory in the teacher exchanges he participated in at this Kabak inter-academy exchange.

Ethan alone had scored over 50 points, so it could be said that he single-handedly led Ivecar to victory.

“Just take it easy already!”

And then the last student exchange began.

On Ivecar’s side, Mason was participating in the exchange, and he was quite exhausted.

“Haaah.”

It was Mason who had been driven by the sole determination not to lose to Oz. He had actually reached his limit yesterday but had managed to hold on well until today.

“I need to finish well.”

If he finished properly here, he could say he had scored about the same as Oz, so at least he couldn’t say he had lost.

“Start!”

As the last exchange began, Mason poured all his remaining strength into it.

But an unexpected turn of events occurred.

“Arggghhhh-!”

From somewhere, one of Freya Academy’s Five Stars went all out in the exchange, completely reversing the points Mason had scored.

“End!”

And with that, the last exchange ended.

“Finally, finally I did it!”

“Damn it.”

Mason clicked his tongue.

He never imagined he would give up first place like this.

“We won, we won-!”

“I thought it was going to be a tie!”

“Hahaha-!”

Ethan’s four favorite disciples, watching from the audience, smiled at Mason.

They had made a bet before the exchange festival started.

And Mason had just lost that bet.

“Uwaaaaaaahhhhh-!”

The one of Freya’s Five Stars who had snatched victory from Mason was jumping around and roaring with excitement.

If someone were to quantify his expression, it would probably be 100% happiness.

“Anyone would think he just won the whole exchange festival.”

But this was a very significant victory for Freya Academy.

It was the only case where they had beaten Ivecar and won.

“I thought Nathan would do it.”

“Nathan Whiskers? He was really something else. I’ve been keeping an eye on the magic exchanges, you know? He was truly overwhelming. But…”

A student from another academy clicked his tongue.

“Whenever he met Roanna Prochet in the finals, he kept crumbling. When monsters fight, the bigger monster wins.”

“Roanna Prochet, she’s no joke. Even the Vogue Academy kids were no match for Roanna.”

“Isn’t the magic field usually divided? She seemed to do everything.”

These were the reasons why they couldn’t help but rejoice as if they had won the whole exchange festival with just one victory.

“Arggghhhh-!”

“Come on, how long are you going to keep roaring like that?”

Mason waved his hand at the Freya Five Star who was rejoicing after beating him.

“This is enough for me. I’ve maintained my pride with this.”

Freya’s Five Star came down from the stage with a big grin.

“This is bad.”

Mason frowned deeply.

This exchange festival. Not only had he lost to Oz, but he had also finished with a runner-up position in the last exchange, ending on a sour note.

“It’s okay, this is my last exchange festival anyway. You still have a year left, so next time you can surpass the score I achieved.”

Oz patted Mason’s shoulder.

“Of course, what’s the point of going to the exchange festival without me there?”

“!”

Mason gritted his teeth at Oz’s provocation.

“They’re going to start the closing ceremony. Let’s go, Mason. The teacher will be waiting.”

***

All exchanges had ended.

“It’s over. Finally.”

“I never thought four days could feel so short.”

“Phew.”

On the first day, approximate scores were announced, but after that, the exact scores were not disclosed.

Therefore, each academy calculated their scores by summing up the points earned in the exchanges they had won.

“It’s ambiguous.”

“There were additional points too, right?”

“But there won’t be any additional points for this exchange festival.”

“Then…”

The second place had already been determined.

Freya Academy was in second place by a narrow margin, and Vogue Academy was in third.

If there were no additional points, the rankings would be decided as they were.

Just like at the opening ceremony on the first day of the exchange festival, the academies lined up in a row below the platform.

And the chief administrator director slowly walked to the front of the platform.

“Students and teachers of the six academies, you have all worked very hard. I don’t think there has ever been an exchange festival as high-level as this one among all the festivals I’ve hosted.”

He was quite beaming.

As the chief administrator director said, this exchange festival was the highest level among all the festivals he had hosted.

The level was the highest, and the passion was the highest. Above all, it was entertaining to watch.

Last year’s exchange festival had Freya Academy secure the win early, and this year Ivecar Academy had secured the win early.

But the tone of last year and this year was completely different.

“There have been many exchange festivals so far, but this is the first time that no academy has fallen into a sense of helplessness and worked hard until the end. Thank you for your passionate participation in the exchange festival.”

The chief administrator director bowed his head.

The deputy director, who was watching this, looked surprised, as if he hadn’t expected Director Scottman to bow his head.

“This year was certainly different…”

Scottman hadn’t participated in last year’s exchange festival. Only the deputy director had participated and submitted a separate report.

“Based on the report I received, I thought this year might not go well either.”

The deputy director looked at Ethan Whiskers, who was standing at the very front of Ivecar Academy.

Ethan Whiskers had made history.

From the first day to the last teacher exchange, his impact had been tremendous.

“To think that one teacher could change everything about the exchange festival.”

It was the quality of the exchange festival that the chief administrator’s office had been struggling to manage. Ethan Whiskers alone had changed the atmosphere that had been difficult to manage even with dozens or hundreds of people involved.

While the other teachers and students all looked tired, only Ethan Whiskers looked quite neat.

“To be able to stand like that after achieving such a great feat. The more I see him, the more amazing he is.”

“Before announcing the winning academy of this exchange!”

At that moment, the chief administrator director shouted loudly.

“I will announce the teacher who has achieved a feat that no one except for a teacher named Megatrean 30 years ago has achieved. Teacher Ethan Whiskers of Ivecar Academy, who won all the exchanges he participated in, please come forward!”

“Wow…”

“Won all the exchanges…”

It was truly an overwhelming achievement.

Not only the teachers but also the students looked at Ethan with admiring eyes.

Ethan had participated in various exchanges.

Starting with the duel exchange on the first day, he participated in dungeon conquests, herb identification exchanges, various magic exchanges, and even the Introduction to Entomology exchange.

He participated in more than ten exchanges and won them all.

Draxler and Wigen looked at Ethan.

The two, a master teacher of the Holy Empire and a meister teacher of the Demon Empire, frowned simultaneously as they looked at Ethan’s back.

That giant back was blocking their entire view.

Grr-.

Wigen gritted his teeth. How long had it been since he had felt despair at the difference in talent?

Draxler was feeling the same emotion.

But it was slightly different from Wigen’s feelings.

He despaired at Ethan’s talent, but on the other hand, he felt fortunate to have met Ethan.

After all, he had given a clear motivation to himself, who had been living lazily since becoming a master teacher.

“Teacher Ethan Whiskers has achieved the outstanding feat of winning all the exchanges he participated in. This is his reward.”

“Thank you, Director.”

Ethan received a small wooden box that the director handed out.

It seemed to contain a mana stone that would greatly increase mana.

‘I’ve got a snack for Lyuka. It’ll like it.’

After handing over the reward to Ethan, the administrator director called out the names of teachers who had achieved outstanding results in order and handed over their rewards.

Then the main award ceremony began.

“I will announce the rankings. First place is.”

Everyone knew without being told.

“Ivecar Academy.”

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