Main building, Abalax World Academy.
“Phew. Finally made it.” Dennis said and slumped on the bench in the classroom.
Ralph took out his tablet and started working on some puzzles to pass the time until an instructor arrived to teach them.
Lith was surfing the web and catching up on the latest news about anime in this world. It’s been thirteen years since Lith reincarnated and he wanted to know what new anime was releasing and how the fandom of the anime he liked was doing.
Sel walked into the classroom after a few minutes wearing white shirt, blue pants, black heels and her light brown hair was tied in a bun. Standing in front of the blackboard she said
“Let’s start with today’s class.”
Clap! Clap!
Sel clapped her hands twice and after the crisp clapping sound was gone, all the 200 students present in the classroom found themselves standing on a grassy plain. They’ve been teleported!
“Today’s class will be about military warfare and strategic planning. The rules are simple. The class will be divided into teams. You can choose the number of participants in one team yourself. You can go solo too if you want or duo.
The teams will be given numbered flags. From number 1 to whatever number of teams has formed. You all can choose any place to either hide or hunt or make a camp and by the end of 4 hours, the team with the highest points would win.
To collect points, it’s very simple. Just capture the flag of the enemy team and keep it with you until the end of 4 hours. The number of points varies for each flag.
Team A and B may not have the same points for their flags. The points of the flag would rise if there are more members in that and the points of the flag would also rise if there are strong members in the team.
You got it?” Sel explained and asked in the end.
“YES, MA’AM!” the students shouted in unison, clearly excited for the capture the flag game.
“Good. But there are some changes. The toppers, Lith, Ralph and Dennis, won’t be present in one team. In fact, they won’t be joining any team. According to the rules, the toppers have to go solo.
The flag points of these three will also be higher as compared to teams. Lith would have the highest number of flag points and capturing his would lead to a team’s automatic victory.
But, the three will have their total points at the end of the game multiplied by three times, given that they haven’t lost their flag. The same goes with anyone who goes solo. Your points would be multiplied by 3 times.
Now, I’ll begin the lecture on military warfare and strategic planning and first give you the basics. The game will start after an hour.
So, let’s begin…”
Sel said and started giving a lecture. Students with Earth affinity helped in making chairs and all the 200 students got one for themselves. They sat on it, listening to Sel’s lecture.
Whatever Sel was teaching was too basic for the trio. Lith was educated by his battle maniac sister from a very young age and was almost at the advanced level. He was at a level where he could command at least a 1000 people, attack and win against a small town in any continent.
Ralph, since a very young age, didn’t follow in the footsteps of his mother. His mother had a harem consisting of people of the same gender as her and there were various ladies of many different races in it. Ralph on the other hand, didn’t even have an ounce of lust in him.
He was a serious and studious type of person. He liked things that would require brainstorming and riddles and puzzles were his favourite. Therefore, books weren’t an exception and he had a vast knowledge of many different things which included military warfare and strategic planning. He was intermediate level in this subject and could easily command ateast 300-500 people and win against a small village.
Dennis was forced to learn and practice with weapons everyday from a young age. The reason being, he was the heir of the Dracula Clan of the Vampires. An Emperor rank clan. His mother, father as well as his friend, Cecilia, all forced him to do such stuff.
But he protested a lot and was against it because he wanted to play and explore around. His family gave him permission to do so on the condition that he needed to practice and study for at least 8 hours a day. Dennis agreed with it and thus, from years of training, he too had surpassed the basics and was at an intermediate level, just like Ralph.
The only problem was, Dennis wasn’t good at strategic planning. He was the opposite of Ralph. He didn’t like brainstorming and preferred to use his fist as much as possible. Thus, he may not be able to defeat even a small village with troops but he could do it with his own strength some day.
Among the three, Lith could be said to be an all rounder, having both brawn and brain. Ralph could be said to have the brain and Dennis could be said to have brawn.
The lecture got over after an hour and teams started forming. Lith, Ralph and Dennis were given three black flags with number 1, 2 and 3 written in white in a big font on it.
Among the 197 other students present, there were 10 teams with 10 members. 6 teams with 5 members. 7 people went solo and the rest of the 60 people were spread in teams of 3s and 4s.
The 7 people who went solo were the students present in the top 10. Therefore, the top 10 students of class A-1 were going solo.
After handing out the flags, Sel looked at the 200 students present and said
“…2…”
“…1…
Bang!
“GO!”