Chapter 434 - 139: Just a Task From the Beautiful Instructor (Part 2)

Chapter 434: Chapter 139: Just a Task From the Beautiful Instructor (Part 2)

Once the announcement was made, the students from the three major academies immediately got busy.

Over at Hurst Academy, Master Lianna held Avril’s hand, her expression serious as she warned, "Avril, I know you’re very strong now, but you absolutely cannot overreach. The yellow zone is your limit. Do not, under any circumstances, set foot in the red zone. Understand?"

"Hold on, Master Lianna." The Holy Knight master, Casper, suddenly spoke up, interrupting her. "Before you rush to make plans, maybe... uh... we should hear what Lynch has planned first."

"What?" Lianna was taken aback.

Master Gwen of the Elemental System also nodded, his tone gentle. "Three years ago, during our academy’s final exams, Lynch’s strategy was flawless, and his performance was absolutely astonishing. Now that he’s spent so much time on the border, his practical combat experience is extensive. We really should hear his thoughts."

He paused, looked at Lynch with a hint of anticipation in his eyes, and said, "Lynch, what do you think... about having some of our other top students work with you to help you secure first place on the overall leaderboard? I’m worried the students from the Imperial Capital Academy will target you. With other excellent students coordinating with you, not only would you be safer, but your chances of taking first place would also be much higher."

"You know Hurst’s situation. But as long as we get first place overall, it won’t matter what schemes or plots the Imperial Capital Academy comes up with. We can have the other students cooperate with you, give all their points to you..."

As soon as he said this, the other masters nodded one after another.

Even Master Lianna, who held the strongest reservations about Lynch, gritted her teeth and declared for the sake of the bigger picture, "For the honor and future of the academy, some sacrifices are unavoidable... Avril, you can coordinate with Lynch..."

Faced with the masters’ readiness to "heroically sacrifice" their students, Lynch couldn’t help but smile faintly.

’This is just how people are. Without external pressure, internal conflicts often abound.’

’But once there’s enough external pressure, they’ll easily unite, unafraid of even making sacrifices.’

But he, Lynch, had no intention of leeching off his classmates to take first place in this so-called joint examination.

"There’s no need to give your points to me." Lynch cleared his throat twice, drawing everyone’s attention, before speaking slowly. "Considering that the students from the Imperial Capital Academy will definitely make a move against us during the assessment, Masters, I have a preliminary idea..."

Then, he began to lay out his plan.

"First, to avoid being picked off one by one, I don’t recommend the senior graduating candidates act alone. My suggestion is to form about a dozen teams centered around our dozen or so Necromancer candidates, operating as team units. Each team should be equipped with a corresponding number of Holy Knights, Warriors, Elemental Mages, and Priests to form a complete combat unit."

"Well..." Master Lianna hesitated. "Although this year’s graduating Necromancers have decent overall strength thanks to Master Annabella’s strict supervision, and Eliot and Maurice are already official Tier One Necromancers, which is enough to form two teams... the rest are just apprentices, still a little bit lacking. I’m afraid they’re not ready to be the core of a team..."

"No matter," Lynch said with a smile. "I’ve brought a small gift for my fellow students."

With that, he waved his hand.

HUMMM~~

The Death Banner unfurled abruptly, and a spatial vortex appeared beside him. From within, more than a dozen Black Corpses, pitch-black and rippling with knotted muscles, walked out in an orderly fashion.

Their auras were powerful, and intense Soul Fire danced in their eye sockets. They were all at least at Tier One Peak, and two of them had even reached Tier Two!

"Th-This is...?!"

Everyone was stunned.

The apprentices from the Undead System, in particular, were practically drooling.

Maurice pointed at the Black Corpses, stammering, "Big Brother Lynch, th-these... they can’t be!?"

He was considered one of the more successful students among the Necromancers, yet even now, he had only managed to raise a single Tier One Black Corpse, and only by pinching every penny and practically bankrupting himself.

But these dozen or so Black Corpses before him each emanated an aura that made his heart pound!

"Don’t look so pathetic." Lynch shot him a glare, then began to distribute them. "These two Tier Two ones—Eliot, Maurice, you each get one. The rest of you can divide the Tier One Peak ones among yourselves."

The students from the Undead System were first ecstatic, then hesitant. "Big Brother Lynch, this... this is too valuable. We..."

"As per tradition, I’ll still have to charge you." Lynch waved his hand, cutting off their tearful gratitude. "The Tier Two Black Corpses, I’ll sell them to you for six thousand Gold Coins each. The Tier One Peak Black Corpses, four thousand Gold Coins each. Furthermore, the base materials for these Tier One Peak corpses were all Tier Two, so with proper nurturing, they can reach Tier Three in the future. Consider it a discount."

When he said this, everyone was stunned for a moment, then became even more grateful.

The price seemed steep, but raising a Black Corpse wasn’t simple. First, you needed good base material, and suitable Tier Two corpses were already extremely rare. Then, each step of the refinement process—from zombification to its final, advanced form—consumed enormous resources and time.

The price Lynch was offering was basically the cost price; you could even say he was practically giving them away!

"Thank you, Big Brother Lynch!"

"Big Brother is awesome!"

"We’ll definitely do our best and won’t bring shame to you, Big Brother!"

The faces of the Undead System students were all flushed red with excitement.

With this batch of Black Corpses as a foundation, they were instantly filled with confidence, even daring to venture into the red zone.

Seeing this, the masters no longer had any misgivings and immediately agreed to form small battle groups centered on the Undead System students to maximize efficiency.