by James K
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A-ifew-idays-ihas-ipassed-iand-ithe-iday-ito-iannounce-ithe-iselected-iparticipants-ifor-ithe-iTMAC-icame.-iApparently,-ithey-inoticed-ithat-ia-iname-ithey-iexpected-ito-iappear-iwas-imissing.
###-iChapter-i33-i--iParticipants-i(Part-i1)
The-ilist-iof-inames-iwho-iwill-ibe-iparticipating-iin-ithe-icompetition-iwas-inow-iposted-iin-iseveral-ibulletins-ispread-ithroughout-ithe-iacademy.-i
A-icrowd-icomposed-iof-istudents-iin-iCombat-iMagician-iclass-iand-iMana-iTechnician-iclass-iwere-ibusily-idiscussing-ithe-inews-iabout-ithe-iparticipants-ifor-ithe-iupcoming-iTMAC-iin-ifront-iof-ithe-ibulletin-ijust-ioutside-ithe-icafeteria.-i
A-igroup-iof-ifour-i2nd-iyear-istudents-iwho-iwere-iin-ithe-ilower-isection-iin-iclass-iwere-icommenting-iabout-ithe-idecision-iof-ithe-iacademy-ifor-ithe-icompetitin.
"No-ichanges-ion-ithe-i3rd-iyear-iroster-ifor-icombat-imagicians?"
An-iaverage-ilooking-imale-istudent-icommented-ion-ithe-iresult.-i
"True,-ithey're-istill-ithe-isame-iteam-iwho-iparticipated-ion-ilast-iyear-iTMAC."-i
The-iopposite-ifemale-iadded-ias-ishe-iconfirms-ithat-ithey-iwere-iindeed-ithe-isame-itean.
"Well,-isince-ithey-idid-igood-ias-ia-isecond-iyear-istudent-ibefore,-ithey-imight-iget-ibetter-iresult-ithis-iyear."
A-idifferent-imale-istudent-iwith-iash-ibrown-ihair-icommented.-iThey-iwere-iclearly-iexpecting-isome-ichanges-ion-ithe-iroster-iat-ifirst-isince-ithe-ihaven't-ireach-ithe-itop-ilast-iyear.
"I-ijust-ihope-ithat-iwe-iplace-iat-ileast-i2nd-irank-iin-ithe-ioverall-iscore-iat-ithe-icompetition."
The-ilast-ifemale-istudent-isaid-ias-ishe-ivoiced-iout-iher-ihope-ifor-iher-iacademy.-i
The-iother-ithree-inodded-iat-ithis-ibecause-ilast-iyear,-ithe-ioverall-iscore-iresult-ifor-ithe-iLeonhearts-iacademy-ionly-iallowed-ithem-ito-ireach-ithe-i4th-iplace-iin-ithe-itwelve-imagic-iacademies-icompetition.
This-itime-ia-ifirst-iyear-istudent-iin-iSun-iClass-i--iCombat-iMagicians-ineared-ithem-iand-iaskes-iabout-ithe-icompetition.-iShe-inoticed-ithat-ithe-ifour-iwere-iwearing-i2nd-iyear-iuniform-iand-ihas-ian-iemblem-ithat-iidentifies-ithem-ias-ia-istudent-iin-iSun-iClass.-iShe-icould't-ifind-ianyone-ishe-iknew-inear-ithe-ibulletin-iposted-iso-ishe-iapproached-ithe-i4-ihigher-iyear-istudent-ito-iask-isome-iquestions.
"Excuse-ime-iseniors.-iI'm-iHilda-iCalem,-ia-ifirst-iyear-istudent-iin-iSun-iClass-i--iSection-i2."
Upon-ihearing-iher-iintroduction,-ithey-iimmediately-isized-iher-iup-ias-ithey-ijust-isaw-iher-iname-iin-ithe-ibulletin.-iShe-ihas-ishort,-idark-brown-ihair-ireaching-iher-ishoulder-iand-iwears-ia-ipink-ihair-band-iover-iher-ihead.-iShe-iwore-ia-ishy-iexpression-ias-ishe-iapproached-iand-iintroduced-iherself.
"Oh,-iI've-iseen-iyour-iname-iin-ithe-ilist-iof-iparticipants!"
"Indeed,-iHilda-iCalem.-iBut-iyou-iare-ifrom-isection-i2?-iThat's-iunusual."
"Well,-imaybe-ishe-ihas-ia-ilot-iof-ipotential."
"True,-ieven-iif-ishe's-inot-ifrom-isection-i1,-ias-ilong-ias-ishe's-igood-ithen-ithat-ishould-ibe-ifine."
Hilda-ifelt-ieven-imore-iembarassed-ias-ithey-iwere-idiscussing-isomething-iabout-iher,-ishe-ijust-ireally-iwant-ito-iask-isomething.-i
"Uhmm.-iYes-iseniors,-iI'm-iselected-ias-ia-iparticipant.-iI-ijust-iwant-ito-iask-iwhere-iis-ithe-itraining-iroom-iwere-iwe-ishould-ibe-iheading-ito?"-i
She-ipolitely-iasked-isince-ishe-iweren't-iaware-iof-iits-ilocation.-i
Hilda-iactually-ifelt-iquite-inervous-iwhen-ishe-isaw-iher-iname-ion-ithe-ilist-iof-ithe-iparticipants-ifor-ithe-icompetition.-iNot-ionly-ithat,-ifor-ithe-i5-iparticipants-iselected-ifor-ithe-i1st-iyear-idivision,-ishe-iwas-ithe-ionly-ione-iin-iSection-i2-ithat-iwas-iselected-ias-ithe-iother-i4-iwere-iclassmates-iin-iSection-i1.
Apparently,-ithe-icompetition-irequires-i15-icombat-imagician-istudents,-isince-ithere-ishould-ibe-i5-istudents-ieach-iyear.-iIt-iis-iunlike-ithe-imana-itechnicians-iwhich-ionly-ineeded-i3-iparticipants-ieach-iclass-iyear.-iSo-i9-istudent-ifrom-iMoon-iClass-iwill-ibe-iparticipating.
"Oh,-iso-ithat's-iit.-iThe-itraining-iroom-iwould-inormally-ibe-iused-iby-i2nd-iand-i3rd-iyear-istudents-iso-iit's-inormal-iyou-iaren't-iaware."-i
"Well,-iSection-i1-iin-ifirst-iyear-ishould-ialso-ibe-iusing-ithat."
"You-idon't-ihave-ito-isay-ithat."
The-ifour-istudent-ihelped-iHilda-ilocate-ithe-itraining-iroom.-iIt-iwas-istill-iearly-iso-ishe-iplans-ito-ivisit-ithe-ilibrary-iafter-iconfirming-iit.
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William-iis-icurrently-iin-ithe-icafeteria-iwith-ihis-iclassmates-iGilbert,-iEricka-iand-iKazimir.-i
"I-ireally-ican't-ibelieve-ithat-iyou-iwere-iselected.-iIt-ifeels-ilike-ithere-iwas-ia-iconspiracy-ior-ibribery-ithat-ihas-ioccured."
It-iwas-iEricka-iwho-ijoked.-iShe-iwas-ireally-isuprised-iupon-iseeing-iWilliam-ias-iparticipant-iin-itheir-i2nd-iyear-iteam.-iHe-iwill-ibe-ijoined-iby-iTracy-iand-iRoss.-i
"So,-iit-iis-iwhy-iyou-iwere-irecently-iactive-iin-iour-iclass.-iYou-ihave-ibeen-ipreparing-ifor-ithis-isince-ithe-istart,-idon't-iyou?"
Gilbert-iinterrogated-iWilliam-iwho-iwere-icasually-ieating-ihis-ilunch.-iKazimir-iis-ibeside-ihim-iand-ionly-inodded-iat-ithis,-ihe-ihad-ibeen-ia-iman-iof-ifew-iwords-isince-ibefore.-i
"I-ijust-igot-ilucky.-iI-iwonder-iwhat-ihappened-ito-iMark.-iHe-ididn't-iattend-itoday's-iclass-iand-ihad-inot-ibeen-iselected."
"Indeed,-iit-imust-ibe-iawful."
William-ididn't-iexplain-ihimself-ias-ito-ihow-ihe-iwas-ichosen-isince-iit-imay-itake-itoo-ilong.-iHis-iclassmates-iwill-iknow-iit-isoon-ianyway.-iHe-iinstead-idiverted-ithe-itopic-ito-iMark-isince-ihe-iwas-iactually-iexpecting-ithat-ithis-ison-iof-iprime-iminister-iwould-iactually-ibe-iselected-idue-ito-ihis-isturdy-ifoundation-iin-iartifact-iforging.
"I-iwonder-iwhat-ihappened."
It-iwas-ithe-iquestion-ithey-iall-iwant-ito-iask.-iMark-iHalevey-ihad-iparticipated-iin-ithe-ilast-iyear-icompetition-iafter-iall,-iso-ithey-iwere-icurious-iabout-iit.-iBut-ithat's-iall,-isince-iit-iwas-inormal-ifor-ithe-iacademy-ihead-ito-iselect-idifferent-iparticipants-ias-ilong-ias-ithey-iqualify-iin-icertain-icriteria-ianyway.-i
William-iheaded-ito-ithe-ilibrary-ias-ithere's-istill-isome-itime-ibefore-ithe-imeeting.-iAlso,-ihe-iwould-ibe-ibusy-iat-ithe-istudent-icouncil-isince-ihe-iwill-ibe-iassigned-isome-itasks-irelating-ito-iTMAC-iafter-ithe-imeeting-iat-iTraining-iRoom-iA.
As-ihe-ineared-ithe-ilibrary,-ihe-iactivated-ihis-idivine-isense-ias-ia-ihabit-ibefore-ientering.-iHe-iwas-iconstantly-ipracticing-ithe-iusage-iof-ithis-iability-isince-ihe-ifound-iit-ihelpful-ifor-iobservation-iforging,-iand-icombat.-i
Upon-iactivating-iit,-iit-iactually-iwarned-ihim-iabout-ia-ipowerful-imagician-inearing-ihim.-iWilliam-iturned-ihis-ihead-iback-iand-inoticed-ia-i1st-iyear-ifemale-istudent-iapproaching-ihim-ior-imaybe-iwalking-iin-ithe-isame-idirection-ias-ihim.-i
This-ipowerful-imana-ifelt-ithe-isame-iwith-ia-ifew-iinstructors-iin-ithe-iacademy.-iHer-ilevel-iof-istrength-iis-idefinitely-inot-ilow.
But-iher-isensitivity-ion-idetection-iisn't-ithat-igood-isince-ishe-ihaven't-inoticed-ithat-iWilliam-ihad-igrasp-iher-istrength-iin-ia-imatter-iof-iseconds-iwhen-ihe-iactivated-idivine-isense.-iA-ifew-itimes-iwhen-ihe-itested-iit-ito-iinstructors,-ithey-iwill-ifeel-isomething-ihas-itried-ito-iexamine-ithem.-iAlthough-iof-icourse,-ithey-icouldn't-ilocate-iwhere-iit-iis-icoming-ifrom.
After-iWilliam-iconfirmed-ithis,-ihe-ientered-ithe-ilibrary-ito-ipass-iover-ihis-itime-ias-ihe-ineeded-iit-ito-icheck-ithe-inotifications-ifrom-ithe-iPathfinder.
[-iCongratulations-iUser!-iYou-ihave-imade-iyourself-iknown-ia-ilittle-iin-iyour-iAcademy-idue-ito-ibeing-iselected-ias-ia-iparticipant.
You-iwill-inow-ireceive-iyour-irewards.-i]
[-iYour-imana-iaffinity-ihas-iincreased.-i]
[-iYou-ihave-ireceived-ix2-iMystery-iBox.-i]
"Ohhh...-ithis-iis-igreat.-iMy-iaffinity-iincreased-iyet-iagain!"
William-ifelt-igood-ias-ihe-ifelt-isome-imore-ichanges-iin-ihis-ibody.-iHe-ithen-ichecked-iout-ithe-i2-imystery-iboxes-iand-idecided-ito-iopen-iit-inow.-i
"I-ihope-iI-icould-iget-isomethi
ng-ibetter-ithan-ithe-ilast-itime."
###-iChapter-i34-i--iParticipants-i(Part-i2)
[-iMystery-iBox.
A-ibox-icontaining-irandom-irewards.
Would-iyou-ilike-ito-iopen-iit?-i]
'Yes.'
William-ianswered-ias-ihe-iwaited-ifor-ithe-iresult.
[-iOpening...-i3..-i2..-i1..
You-ihave-ireceived-i1-iBody-iStrengthening-iPotion-i(Small)-i]
"Another-ione...-iwell,-iit's-inot-ibad.-iBut-iI-ijust-ihope-iI-ican-iget-isomething-inew-iin-ithe-inext-ibox."
William-imuttered-ias-ihe-isaw-ia-ifamiliar-ipotion.-iIt-iwas-ithe-isame-ipotion-ihe-ireceived-iwhen-ihe-isucceeded-ion-ijoining-ithe-istudent-icouncil.-iHe-ithen-iproceeded-ito-iopen-ianother-imystery-ibox.
[-iYou-ihave-ireceived-i1-iBerserk-iPotion-iRecipe.-i]
"Recipe?"-i
William-iwas-isurprised-iupon-iseeing-ithis.-iHe-iimmediately-ichecked-iit's-icontent-iand-iconfirmed-ithat-ilist-iof-iingredients-iand-imethod-ion-ihow-ito-ibrew-ithe-ipotion-iwas-iincluded.-i
He-ihad-ibeen-iwondering-ibefore-ihow-iwere-ithe-ipotions-ihe-iwas-ireceiving-ifrom-ipathfinder-iwas-imade.-iThis-ican-ihelp-ihim-ito-iunderstand-imore-iabout-iwhat-ipathfinder-ican-ido.-iIt-iseems-ithat-ithere-imay-ibe-ia-irecipe-ifor-ibody-istrengthening-ipotion-ithat-ihe-icould-ireceive-isomeday.-i
William-ikept-ithe-ipotion-iand-irecipe-ifor-inow-ias-ihe-idoesn't-ihave-iplan-ito-iconsume-ithe-ipotion-idue-ito-ithe-iknown-iside-ieffects.-iAs-ifor-ithe-irecipe,-iit-imay-itake-iquite-ia-iwhile-ibefore-ihe'll-ihave-ia-ichance-ito-iuse-iit-iso-iafter-ihe-iglanced-ion-ithe-ipaper-icontaining-ithe-irecipe,-ihe-ijust-ikept-iit-ion-ihis-ipocket.-iBut-iit-iwas-igood-ito-iknow-ithat-iit-iwas-ipossible-ito-iconcoct-ia-ipotion-iin-ithe-ifuture.
Although-iWilliam-ihas-ilearned-ia-ilot-iin-ithe-iacademy-iabout-ihow-ito-iutilize-ithe-iplants,-imaterials-iand-iother-ithings-ithat-icontains-imana,-ihe-idoesn't-ihave-iplan-ito-ibe-ian-iapothecary.-iEven-iif-ithe-ipotions-istudy-ihadn't-icompletely-iphased-iout-iin-ithis-icontinent,-itheir-iusage-iwas-iso-ilimited-iand-iunorthodox-icompared-ito-imana-iartifact-ithat-iwas-iable-ito-igive-istable-iperformance.-i
William-icontinued-ibrowsing-ithe-iinternet-ito-ibe-iaware-ion-ithe-icurrent-ievents-iof-ithis-icountry.-iApparently,-iaside-ifrom-iknowledge-iabout-imagic-iand-ilittle-ibit-iof-ihistory,-ihe-irealized-ithat-ihe-ihas-ia-ifew-iinformation-iabout-ithis-iworld-iitself.
More-ithan-ian-ihour-ipassed-iby-iand-iafter-inoticing-ithat-ithe-imeeting-iwas-iabout-istart.-iHe-istopped-ihis-ibrowsing-iand-iwent-ito-ithe-iTraining-iRoom-iA-ito-imeet-iwith-ihis-ifellow-iparticipants.
William-iactivated-ihis-iDivine-iSense-iagain-ibefore-ihe-ientered-ithe-iroom-iand-iobserved-ithe-iplace.-iHe-ifelt-ifamiliar-imana-ifluctuations-iwithin-ithe-iroom.-iIt-iis-iactually-ia-iroom-ifor-ipracticing-icombat-iso-ithere-iis-ia-ispace-iin-ithe-ileft-iside-iand-ia-ifew-iseats-iat-ithe-iother-iside.-i
There-iwere-iseveral-istudents-iin-ithe-iroom-ibut-iall-ithe-iparticipants-iselected-ihadn't-iarrived-iyet.-iThere-ishould-ibe-ia-itotal-iof-i24-istudents-ibut-ionly-i18-ihas-iarrived.-iWilliam-ilooked-iat-ithe-itime-iand-isaw-ithat-ithere's-istill-iabout-i4-iminutes-ibefore-ithe-iappointed-itime.-iAnyway,-iit-iwasn't-iunusual-ito-ihave-ilate-istudents.
William-inoticed-ithat-ithe-itwo-iseniors-ihe-iknew-ihas-ialready-iarrived.-iThey-inoticed-ihim-ias-iwell-iand-iapproached-iWilliam.
The-imale-ihas-ia-iblond-ihair,-iprominent-icheek-ibone-iand-ifair-iskin.-iThe-ifemale-ihas-ia-ishort-ibrown-ihair,-iblue-ieyes-iand-itanned-iskin.-iBoth-iof-ithem-iis-iwearing-iMoon-iClass-iuniform-ifor-i3rd-iyear.-iIt-iis-iEric-iand-iMei,-ithe-istudents-iwho-iWilliam-iassisted-ito-iprovide-iassistance-iin-ithe-iArmor-iTech-ithey-iare-iresearching.
"William,-iI'm-inot-isurprised-ithat-iyou'll-iactually-iparticipate-iin-ithe-icompetition."-i
"Right!-iWith-iyou-iparticipating-iwe-ishould-ibe-iexpecting-ibetter-iresults."
It-iwas-ifirst-iEric-iand-ifollowed-iby-iMei.-iWilliam-ialready-isaw-ithe-ilist-iof-iparticipants-iand-iwasn't-isurprised-iupon-iseeing-ithe-iduo.-iApparently,-ihe-iwasn't-ifamiliar-iwith-itheir-i3rd-icompanion-ibut-inoticed-ithat-iher-iname-iwas-iTalia-iCaseja.
William-ichatted-iwith-ithem-ia-ibit-iand-iapproached-iTracy-iand-iRoss.-iThey-iwere-ialready-iseated-iand-ireserved-ia-iseat-ifor-ihim.-i
"So,-iour-iclassmate-iis-iactually-ipopular-iwith-iour-iseniors."
Tracy-ismilingly-icommented-ias-ishe-igestured-iWilliam-ito-isit.-i
"Not-ireally,-iI-ijust-igot-ito-iknow-ithem-iweeks-iago."
William-ireplied-iand-inodded-iat-ithe-isilent-iRoss-ibeside-iher.-iRoss-ismiled-iat-ihim-iand-iacknowledged-iWilliam.-iThere's-ireally-inothing-ito-italk-ito-ibetween-ithe-itwo-ior-ithey-iboth-idon't-iknow-ihow-ito-istart-itheir-iconversation.
While-ithey-iare-iwaiting-ifor-ithe-iothers,-iWilliam-iremembered-ithe-iimpressive-imana-ifluctuations-ihe-ifelt-iprior-ito-ihis-ivisit-iat-ithe-ilibrary.-iHe-inoticed-ithat-ithe-isame-igirl-iwas-iactually-iin-ithe-iroom-iand-iseems-ito-ibe-ia-iparticipant-ias-iwell.-i
William-isaw-ithat-iher-iother-i4-icompanions-iwas-ichatting-ihappily-iwhile-ishe-iwas-ithere-iawkwardly-iseated.-iThey-idon't-iseem-ito-ibe-iclose-iwith-iher.
"Tracy,-ido-iyou-iknow-iher?"
William-icouldn't-ihelp-ibut-ibe-icurious-iabout-ithis-ifemale-istudent.-iHe-iwhispered-iat-iTracy-idescribing-iwhere-ithe-igirl-iwas-iseated-iand-iher-ipink-ihair-band.-iTracy-iimmediately-irecognized-iher-iand-ireplied-ito-iWilliam.-i
"Oh,-iyou-ihave-ia-igood-itaste.-iShe's-iHilda-iCalem,-i1st-iyear-isection-i2-iin-iSun-iClass.-iShe's-ithe-ionly-isection-i2-iparticipating-iin-ithe-icompetition-ithis-iyear.-iIsn't-ishe-iamazing?-iShe's-ia-igood-icatch."
William-iimmediately-iregretted-iasking-iTracy-iand-ithought-ithat-ihe-icould've-iwaited-iuntil-ithey-iwere-iintroduced.-iAfter-iall,-ithere's-ionly-i24-iof-ithem-iwho-iwill-ibe-iparticipating,-ihe'll-idefinitely-iknow-iher-iname-isooner.
"So-ithat's-iwhy,-iI-iwas-ijust-icurious-isince-iI-inoticed-ithat-iher-icompanions-iseems-ito-ibe-iignoring-iher-ipresence."-i
William-iignored-iTracy's-iteasing-iand-itold-iher-iwhat-ihe-inoticed.-i
"Oh,-iI-inoticed-iit-ias-iwell.-iShe-ijust-iactually-iarrived-ijust-iabout-ia-icouple-iof-iminutes-ibefore-iyou.-iHmm..-iMaybe-ibecause-ishe-ireplaced-itheir-iclassmate-ithat-ithey're-iexpecting-ito-ibe-iselected."
After-iTracy-ireplied,-ithey-inoticed-ia-igroup-iof-istudent's-iarrived-iand-ithe-igroup-iof-i24-iparticipants-iis-inow-icompleted.
About-i5-iminutes-iafter-ithe-iappointed-itime.-iA-ifamiliar-ifigure-iarrived.-iIt-iwas-ithe-iHeadmaster-iPercival-iaccompanied-iby-i5-imore-iinstructors.
All-ithe-istudents-iimmediately-istood-iup-iand-igreeted-ithe-inewly-iarrived-igroup.
"First-iof-iall,-ias-iyour-iheadmaster.-iI-icongratulate-iall-iof-iyou-ifor-ibeing-iselected-ias-ia-iparticipant-ifor-ithe-iTwelve-iMagic-iAcademies-iCompetition.
Apparently,-ithere-iare-isome-ichanges-iin-ithe-irules-ifor-ithis-iyear's-icompetition,-iso-ihere-iis-iInstructor-iJake-ito-iexplain-ithem-ito-iyou."-i
###-iChapter-i35-i--iPreparation
Instructor-iJake-iis-ia-ifull-time-iinstructor-iin-ithe-iacademy-iand-ione-iof-ithe-icombat-imagician-iexperts-istationed-ito-iteach-i3rd-iyears-ifor-isome-ipractical-icombat-itechniques.-iHe-iis-ia-iretired-iveteran-ifrom-ithe-imilitary-ithat-ihas-ifound-ijoy-iin-iteaching-ithis-ibudding-imagicians.-i
He-ihas-ia-iblack-ihair,-itanned-iskin-iwith-ia-ivery-ifine-ibuild-ithat-icould-ibe-irecognized-ieven-iif-ihe's-iwearing-ia-icoat.
Instructor-iJake-istood-iin-ifront-iof-ithe-istudents-ias-ihis-ikeen-iblack-ieyes-iswiftly-iglanced-iat-ieach-iof-ithem.-iAfter-ihaving-ia-ilook-iat-ithem,-ihe-istarted-ito-iexplain-ithe-irules-iof-ithe-icompetition.
"I-ibelieve-iyou-iare-iaware-iof-ilast-iyear's-icompetition...-ior-isome-iof-iyou."
He-ilooked-iat-ithe-i8-ifirst-iyear-istudents-ion-ithe-ilatter-ipart-iof-ihis-iwords,-ias-ithey-imay-inot-ispecifically-iaware-iof-ithe-irules-ilast-iyear.
Upon-inoticing-ithis,-ithe-ifirst-iyear-istudents-inodded-imaybe-ito-iindicate-ithat-ithey-i
know-ithe-irules-ilast-iyear-ior-iindeed-inot.-iInstructor-iJake-icontinued.
"Last-iyear,-ithe-icompetition-ifor-icombat-imagicians-iand-imana-itechnicians-iis-ia-iseparated-iround-irobin-ibetween-ithe-i12-iAcademies,-ibut-ithis-itime,-ithe-iorganisers-idecided-ito-imerge-ithe-iboth-iof-ithem."
The-istudents-ireacted-iat-ithis-ias-ithey-idoubted-iwhat-ithey've-ijust-iheard.
"Merge?-iWill-iwe-ibe-ifighting-ialongside-itechnicians?
A-ifemale-ithird-iyear-istudent-ifrom-iSun-iClass-iasked.-iShe-ihas-ia-ilong-iblack-ihair,-ipale-iskin-iand-iher-ialmond-ieyes-iwas-istaring-iback-iat-ithe-iinstructor.-iShe-iis-iVera,-ione-iof-ithe-ioutstanding-icombat-imagician-iwho-iparticipated-iin-ithe-icompetition-isince-iher-i1st-iyear.-i
"Well,-iin-ia-isense,-iyes.-iUnlike-ilike-ilast-iyear,-ithe-itwo-iclasses-iwill-ihave-ito-icooperate-inow-ito-iwin-ithe-icompetition.-iThe-icompetition-iwill-istart-iwith-imana-itechinicians-icreating-ia-imana-iartifact.-iThey-icould-ionly-iuse-ithe-iavailable-iresources-iprovided-iby-ithe-iorganisers.-iSo-ithese-imana-itechnician-ihas-ito-ihave-iwide-irange-iof-iknowledge-iin-itheir-ifield-ior-ithey-ishould-ibe-isomeone-iwho-icould-iimprovise-iwith-iwhatever-iresources-ithey-icould-iget."
The-istudents-iin-iSun-iClass-ilooked-iat-ithe-iMoon-iClass-istudents.-iThey-iseem-ito-ibe-iaware-iof-ithe-inext-iwords-iof-iintructor-iJake.-iIf-ithat-iis-iindeed-ithe-icase,-itheir-icombat-istrength-iwill-ibe-igreatly-iaffected-idepending-ion-ithe-iabilities-iof-ithe-imana-itechinicians-iwho-iwill-ibe-imaking-itheir-imana-iartifact.-iInstructor-iJake-icontinued-iin-ihis-iexplanation.
"Then-ithe-i5-icombat-imagicians-iwould-ihave-ito-iuse-ithe-iartifact-ithey-icreated.-iOf-icourse,-iyou-ishould-ibe-iaware-ithat-ithe-iselected-imana-itechnicians-ihas-ithe-icapability-ito-iprovide-iyou-isuitable-imana-iartifact.-iThey-ijust-ihave-ito-iat-ileast-ibe-iaware-iof-iyour-iquirks-ior-icampatibility-iso-ithey-icould-imake-iconsiderations-iwhen-imaking-ian-iartifact."
It-iwas-iindeed-ias-iwhat-ithey-ihave-ithought.-iThere-iwere-istill-iseveral-irules-iin-ithe-icompetition-iand-iafter-iabout-ihalf-ian-ihour-iof-iexplanation,-iInstructor-iJake-iended-ihis-ipart.