This bizarre scene made everyone present’s hearts race with fear, especially Jianai.
This was what Ailundun had said… the method that could protect everyone’s lives.
Why did it look even more cultist than the cultists themselves?
Ailundun admitted there was an element of gambling in his actions.
But… he gambled right!
The rewards from the Fate Roulette game were truly extraordinary.
Even the speed of summoning the Mother Goddess was faster than that of the High Priest.
“Go quickly and evacuate the people, Holy Maiden.”
Ailundun, covered in splattered blood and flesh, walked up to Jianai, leaned down slightly, and spoke.
“I… I understand.”
True to her title as the Church’s Holy Maiden, Jianai took a deep breath and immediately ran to the center of the altar, helping up the little boy who had already fainted.
Ailundun then proceeded to guide the other personnel to leave.
Meanwhile, the Mother Goddess was still harvesting around the altar, a terrifying, utterly deranged smile plastered on her face.
The Mother Goddess… was very satisfied with this batch of offerings.
In the blink of an eye, only a few of the dozen or so High Priests remained.
They fled frantically in different directions, but it was all destined to be futile.
The Mother Goddess flashed to their side, swung her blade down, and skewered two of them like candied hawthorns.
Time was tight.
No one knew if the Mother Goddess would go crazy again.
Jianai, carrying the little boy on her back, had already reached the entrance.
After watching everyone run a certain distance, Ailundun, standing in the center of the altar, revealed another relaxed smile.
‘This should count as completed… right?’
Clearly, while other candidates were still struggling, he had already met the conditions to clear the stage.
He found a comfortable spot to sit down and leisurely watched the Mother Goddess consume the offerings.
He looked nothing like someone taking an exam; it was more like he was on a tour.
Now, all he had to do was wait for the announcement of the exam’s end and his score.
What he didn’t know was that his actions had already caused a nuclear-level uproar outside the venue.
—
“???”
Outside the venue, in a certain room, a group of professors and teachers who had witnessed Ailundun’s operation looked at each other, the corners of their mouths twitching uncontrollably.
“Can someone tell me, who let him in?”
“A monster! He’s a monster!”
Even at the main seat above, Principal Paerwa was sitting there.
Watching everything on the screen, his eyes couldn’t help but widen.
“So, regarding this candidate named Ailundun, how should his exam results be judged? We’ve never encountered a solution like this in previous years…”
A professor couldn’t help but ask.
Several teachers immediately sighed in unison, their gazes turning towards Principal Paerwa in the main seat.
Paerwa’s smile instantly vanished.
‘You’re asking me?’
‘I just came to watch the fun.’
He coughed, his expression turning serious and solemn once more.
“Then leave it to the examiner of the exam floor he was on.”
At that moment, in the sixth floor of Exam Building No. 2.
Fuke stared intently at the scene on the screen, his eyes wide with shock, his mouth agape, unable to speak for a long time.
He naturally recognized Ailundun.
But he never expected that the first person to clear the stage would be Ailundun.
After calming down, Fuke revealed a bitter smile.
He knew the temperament of the principal and the others.
They wouldn’t know how to score Ailundun’s operation.
The final scoring work would inevitably fall on his head.
Meanwhile, at several corners of the academy, where the magic screens were located, a group of senior students had gathered.
They were discussing the “genius” they had just seen on screen.
“Holy crap, this guy is invincible.”
“I’m dying of laughter, this dude just offered the cultists as a sacrifice…”
“Hurry, go look at the screen, there’s a huge spectacle in this year’s exam.”
“Explosive news, a talent has emerged among the freshmen.”
—
In the rest area, many people gathered, most with inexplicable expressions on their faces, mysteriously discussing the genius Ailundun.
This piqued the curiosity of many passersby.
They curiously approached, wanting to know what major event had happened in the freshman exam to excite these seasoned seniors who were used to spectacles.
Soon, Ailundun’s reputation had spread within a small circle.
Many people knew that a “genius” had appeared in this year’s freshman exam.
However, due to the Keliande family’s lack of prominence, most didn’t know who Ailundun was.
They only knew that Ailundun’s operations in the secret realm were mind-blowing.
Exam Building.
Fuke sat dumbfounded in place, his gaze slightly focused.
He was pondering a major life-altering question.
Should he or should he not recruit this person into the Magitech Institute?
—
The lights at the very top center of the exam building flickered repeatedly.
The shadows reflected in the corners of the walls gradually faded, recording the departure of the candidates.
The clock ticked away.
Time passed slowly.
Many students had already returned from the secret realm to the real world one after another.
Some students looked very confident, firmly believing their performance would earn them a good score in this exam.
The main reason was still that this year’s exam was just too difficult.
Previous years involved things like beating up goblins in caves, but this year, it was getting beaten up by cultists.
Being tied up at the start was bad enough, but having no ability to resist at all, and the Holy Maiden just babbling incoherently… most people couldn’t think of a way to break the situation.
They didn’t believe anyone could actually clear such a difficult exam.
So, based on past experience, even if the final result was failure, the examiners would still give personal scores based on performance.
As candidates were leaving the venue, in a certain corner of the academy, the scents of black tea and flowers intertwined, a soft aroma drifting in the air.
Many people walked into the restaurant chatting and laughing.
The originally spacious restaurant became lively.
Ailundun was among those in the restaurant, leisurely drinking tea and enjoying his personal time.
‘Going to school soon, might never be free again. I hope the academy has fewer 8 AM classes…’
Ailundun sighed with emotion, recalling his miserable university life from his previous life.
There were truly so many 8 AM classes.
He continued drinking his tea, occasionally hearing discussions from nearby in the restaurant about the legendary candidate “Ailundun” from the afternoon.
“Did you hear? There’s a candidate named Ailundun…”
Hearing these discussions, the corner of his mouth twitched upward slightly, but he forcibly suppressed it, pretending to be an indifferent passerby.
Lost in thought, the restaurant waiter brought another cup of black tea.
The person he was waiting for had arrived.
Luofulei walked from the entrance and sat down beside him.
Watching the indifferent Ailundun, a strange expression appeared on her face.
From the moment she finished her exam and came to the restaurant, everywhere she went, she heard about the genius deeds of “Ailundun.”
She didn’t doubt whether the “Ailundun” they were talking about was the same person she knew.
That wasn’t even a question!
But she had some doubts about the content of the discussions.
Weren’t these people… being a bit too exaggerated?
She sat in silence for a moment before finally asking the question she most wanted to ask.
“What do you mean by ‘because the cultists wanted to sacrifice me, so I turned around and sacrificed the cultists’?”
—
Soon, Luofulei finally understood the whole story.
The way she looked at Ailundun became increasingly strange.
Ailundun clearly noticed.
There was even an extra hint of… wariness?
Ailundun felt something was amiss.
This was somewhat different from the situation he had envisioned.
It was possible Luofulei might lose trust in him because of this.
That wouldn’t do.
He had worked so hard to enter the academy.
The main plot was about to begin, and he was about to step onto the main stage of changing the world.
How could there be an accident here?
He paused for a moment, then quickly changed the subject with a smile.
“Leilei, so what method did you use to clear it?”
“The conventional method.”
Luofulei also ordered a cup of black tea.
She first gently stirred it twice with a spoon, added some sugar, pursed her lips, and took a sip.
“What’s the conventional method?”
Ailundun asked curiously.
“First, rescue the Holy Maiden. The Holy Maiden will guide us to complete the ritual to disrupt the sacrificial magic. After all the preparatory work is done…”
Luofulei raised her eyes to look at Ailundun, not knowing what she was thinking.
“And then?”
Ailundun pressed.
“The Holy Maiden sacrifices herself to save all of us.”
Luofulei sighed softly and gave the answer.
“I only found out after coming out that this was also the final outcome of that historical event…”
Ailundun fell silent for half a second.
So that’s how the cultist sacrificial incident in the Kingdom of Bei Long ended.
No wonder the Church’s Holy Maiden was always a respected holy position in the Kingdom of Bei Long.
The Weierdun Empire Academy choosing such an event as a historical exam question certainly had its reasons.
“Leilei, if you faced a similar situation, would you wish to have someone like the Holy Maiden by your side?”
Ailundun thought for a moment and asked with a smile.
Luofulei was stunned, clearly caught off guard by this abrupt question.
“No, I’m not in the habit of placing my hopes on others…”
She took another sip of tea, looked up at Ailundun again, not knowing what she was thinking, and calmly shook her head.
“Pity. Whether you would or not is useless. I’m a guy, can’t be a Holy Maiden. In the future, you’ll probably just have an extra knight by your side.”
Ailundun sighed with regret, propping his chin on his hand as he looked at Luofulei, a faint, almost imperceptible smile and disappointment always on his face.
“Hmm…”
Luofulei fell silent for a moment, a slight ripple stirring in her heart.
She hadn’t finished the second half of her sentence.
At least not now… doesn’t mean never in the future.
—
“I’m such a genius, even coming up with this kind of remedial method.”
“Back at his residence, Ailundun collapsed onto the bed, proudly recalling today’s performance and couldn’t help but sigh.”
‘No way? No way?’
‘Does that silly villainess protagonist really think I want to be her knight?’
“Never thought sacrificing some cultists would almost make Leilei misunderstand me…”
Ailundun couldn’t help but think.
‘These cultists are really too wicked.’