pride, as well as a practitioner of the art of shamelessness!
Those were the words of my close friend, the Greatest Swordsman in the Eastern KingdomSword God, Gawain.
As I relished in my thoughts, Edward left the stage and Klaus continued his announcement.
We will now begin the Scholars round!
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The Scholars round elapsed and, as expected, only the Upper Class and Middle-Class students were able to qualify.
I had no doubts on the matter since they were obviously the ones with the greater talents in the art of Scholarship.
Anabelle was an exception, a rare gem to be found in the Lower Class, but I doubted anyone would be stupid enough to falsify their skills in order to intentionally be placed in a Lower Class.
After the Scholars round, the Second Years took the stage.
Their baffles were fiercer than ours for the most part.
Since they also had a number of talented students, the Spells and skills they displayed far outstripped the performance we showed.
I had already realized, since yesterday, that there was a wide margin between the abilities of the First Years and Second Years.
Of course, after watching and watching, I arrived at the conclusion that I would be able to defeat any of themwhether in Martial Arts or Magic!
Scholarship was no question at all, so I didnt even bother comparing myself with the noobs of the craft.
The skill and experience of our seniors were not the only things that were different about their round and ours.
The battle and results of their contest were incredibly one-sided! It was almost too painful to watch!
The Magic Division, Martial Arts Division, and even the Scholarship Division!
The matches were either won by the Upper-Class students, or those of the Middle Class!
It made me nearly feel pity for my Lower Class seniorshow they were put down despite their miserable efforts at victory.
It was a painful reminder of the difference in status between those of higher rank, and the bottom-feeders.
In the end, of the eight who advanced to the Semi-Finals in the Magic Division, all five of the Upper Class were present, and three Middle Class were included.
Of the Martial Artists, one Middle Class, and one Upper-Class student made it through.
The same also applied to the Scholar Division.
The only reason the Middle-Class Students were even present was because all the number of the Upper Class had been exhausted.
Their spot was more of a consolatory prize and not the actual thing.
As if that wasnt enough, the matches got even more brutal once it was time for the Third Years to compete.
I had never seen such a one-sided battle in Ainzlark Academysuch great disparity between talent! Even though I could sense great hard work coming from the side of the Lower Class and even Middle Class, the Upper ones still dominated!
Of course, those known as the Elite Ten were not to participate in the matches until the final day, but still to think this was how large the margin was!
It made me extremely sick to my stomach and anger began appearing in my eyes.
This something is fundamentally wrong about this!
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