Extra Demon: Sacred Academy of Light

Monday [Imperial Calendar, Year 2801, First Month, Day 15]

[Event 2: Hunt or Be Hunted?]

[Event Description: The event will take place in various regions of the "Half-World" forest. This event will involve all other classes, though in separate forest areas. It will be an individual event. Each student will be teleported to a specific location, with a distance of over 100 kilometers between each student, making it nearly impossible to encounter another participant.

Certain restrictions will also apply.]

[Key Points: The event has a time limit of up to 5 days. However, each student is responsible for deciding when to end their trial. This event will be conducted with support from the Imperial Magic Tower staff, and it will be in real-time, with potential life-threatening risks and all that entails, such as eating, drinking, and other basic needs.

Students are advised not to become overconfident or careless.]

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[Survival: Although there is a high risk of death for students, the staff from the magic tower will provide each one with a regression stone. This stone has the power to teleport the student back to the designated classroom.]

[Alliances: Alliances are not allowed.]

[Rules: Do not die. Students may bring a piece of armor of their choice, as well as their own weapon or magic staff. Enchanted armor and weapons are not allowed. Additionally, they cannot bring any extra items that would aid in hunting or survival. The team responsible for verifying these requirements will be present at the time of teleportation.

Violating any of these rules will result in automatic disqualification.]

[Victory Conditions: Each student will be teleported to a specific linguistic zone within a 30-kilometer radius forest area. They cannot exceed this limit, as they are confined within a dome. The event will feature two hunters trapped in the forest. The rule is simple: kill or be killed. Each student will face a real, mutated, low-ranking demon captured alive.]

[Defeat Conditions: If a student finds themselves in danger or at significant risk of death, they are advised to activate the regression stone.

However, doing so will result in disqualification, and the demon they were fighting will be randomly teleported to one of their classmates, turning the battle into a two-on-one and decreasing their classmate's chances of survival, thus increasing the pressure on them.]

[Points: If the student successfully kills the demon, they will earn 100 points; however, if they fail, 100 points will be deducted from the entire class.]

The large screen in front of us displayed all the information about the second event and everything we needed to know.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Everyone took a sharp breath as they looked at the victory conditions, realizing they would truly have to fight a real mutated demon. Mutated demons look nearly human, with the difference of small horns on their heads. These types of demons are typically nobles, and as nobles, they are much stronger than ordinary demons.

Moreover, some of them possess demonic bloodlines — in other words, unique abilities specific to them, like a transformation, which makes them even more dangerous. However, they are also the ones most active in the human world, which is why these cases happen. They are captured, and those from the magic tower handle them. Right now, they've "loaned" them to us...

since they're of no further use to them after conducting many "legal" experiments, and they simply dispose of them in the end.

So... just imagine these noble demons, treated with the utmost respect in their world, feared and adored by the lower class, thinking it would be a good idea to come to the human world for fun, massacring small villages on the empire's outskirts, amusing themselves with the women, killing children... practically in paradise...

until they were captured, treated worse than animals, experimented on, forced to abandon their pride as nobles, living like rats... only to end up discarded as trash in a field to serve as training for some kids! It doesn't get any lower than this! They've hit the bottom of dignity...

"The demons are in a very bad mood," the professor's cold voice pulled everyone out of their thoughts. "Believe me when I say they are far more eager to kill than you are. Show no mercy, no pity, no compassion. Every demon you're about to face has killed many innocent people. Humanity is not needed against those monsters..." The professor then fell silent.

"To kill a monster, you must become one." Her quiet words generated a heavy pressure on all the students... some clenched their fists tightly but were trembling... they were afraid. As I mentioned before, they are just kids, and the idea of killing is terrifying, especially with their own hands. But the thought of their lives being on the line makes it twice as intense and horrifying...

"Do not hesitate; adapt. If you can't do that, it's better you leave the academy and become farmers, where you'll undoubtedly be far better off than here," she said coldly, with no hint of tact.

"The points system is simple for anyone who didn't understand. A straightforward example: if three students manage to defeat the demon assigned to them, they will add 300 points to the class. However, if one student fails and chooses to withdraw, 100 points will be deducted from the class. So...

300 - 100 = 200, easy to understand, right?" the professor said with a hint of annoyance, explaining something so logical. "Some of you, the strongest in the class, may think this is unfair, and unfortunately, I have to agree. Carrying the dead weight of your classmates on your shoulders must be very frustrating, but..." she shrugged, "that's just how it is; one person alone cannot win a war."

"With nothing else to add... the event officially begins. The magic tower staff will now enter to show you how to use the regression stone. After that, each of you will select your choice of armor from the catalog. As mentioned, the weapon is your choice. Finally, each of you will be taken separately to a small room, where you'll be teleported." With those words, the professor's figure disappeared.