Chapter 75: – The First Letter (75)

༺ The First Letter (75) ༻

The darkness of the night had fallen, but the last vestiges of light and heat continued to linger on the ground.

It was as if countless stars had descended from the sky as the heat of civilization warmed the earth.

The light of nature was forced to relinquish its place on the earth for today. Only the moonlight remained, alone amongst the lights of civilization.

It was a sign that the hunt had ended. By this point, a crowd of onlookers had gathered in front of the forest south of the Academy.

The most exciting event of the festival was about to begin.

Despite the festival lasting for two days, the only planned event for tomorrow was the evening party in light of the participants’ hunt achievements. Nevertheless, the indisputable highlight of the hunting festival was tonight’s awards ceremony.

It was a time when the crowds scattered all throughout the academy converged in one place. Even the students running the food stalls closed and gathered as the ceremony neared.

That was the significance of reigning victorious in the hunt. You were recognized as the best in the academy and became the most sought-after student.

Around this time, rumors regarding who the winner would be began to spread.

There were hundreds of onlookers camped out and waiting in front of the forest. Rumors of the prey caught by the hunting groups spread through their mouths.

A fourth-year had supposedly slain a high-rank beast, while someone in their third year had killed dozens of intermediate-rank beasts.

The Academy was a place where talent was brought from all over the continent. Even if they didn’t measure the beasts’ grades, the eyes of the students were as capable as most hunters.

Therefore, information about the hunters, which should have been only rumors, was actually fairly reliable with only slight deviations. Despite this, students of the Academy flocked towards the awards ceremony like ants drawn to the smell of sugar.