Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Entrance

Translator: 549690339

Dormitory Hall.

Just as both of them simultaneously shouted Han Dong’s English name, they immediately turned to look at each other.

“Aron’s classmate?”

Cass greeted the witch apprentice with a sunny smile and a nod.

He assumed that this female student was one of Han Dong’s acquaintances from the College of Mysticism  Nonetheless, Cass subjectively still favored the development between Han Dong and Knight Silist.

However, Mia stared at the blonde knight, who brimmed with righteousness, in utter perplexity.

“Strange  Why would he be friends with such an upright knight? Doesn’t it increase the risk of his ‘secret’ being exposed?”

As for Han Dong, he looked helpless. Despite his pleas for her to stop hounding him, she showed up at his door anyway.

“This woman ”

Nevertheless, since Cass was also in the hall, Han Dong couldn’t ask Mia to leave directly.

Just as Han Dong responded to both of them with a smile

Mia, completely disregarding what happened that day, came up and took Han Dong’s slim arm. “Let’s go  Let’s go to the Semior Knight Coliseum together and pass the preliminary rounds.”

If a young woman, both good-looking and well-proportioned, takes the initiative to get close, 100% of ordinary men would be willing.

However  Han Dong was different.

He activated a particular ability immediately, causing something strange to squirm within his right arm.

Mia, being sensitive to danger due to her spider’s acute senses, let go of his hand reflexively.

As Mia let go, Han Dong deliberately walked towards Cass.

He acted as if they were old friends who haven’t seen each other in a while.

After a friendly hug, Cass draped his strong arm over Han Dong’s shoulder and they started walking out of the dormitory, discussing what had occurred over the last three months.

Mia followed behind them, lips pursed in annoyance but heart pounding with excitement. “Wow  I never thought he’d be into this. Great!”

When the two men left the dormitory arm in arm

Cass noticed the female student following them quietly. Out of politeness, he asked Han Dong:

“That  fema , are you going to introduce her?”

“I don’t know her well, she only insists on pestering me  she’s a student of Witch-Kaylonia Mason, a freshman like me.”

“A student of the witch?!”

Cass had heard about the few big names in school.

He hurriedly turned around to wave at the female student and briefly introduced himself.

Then Cass whispered to Han Dong:

“You scoundrel, have you started dating Knight Silist yet? Are you avoiding random flirting in public now?”

“Stop talking nonsense  Vino and I are just friends.

I just simply refuse to deal with girls directly, it will affect my studies.”

“Haha! Just like me. Every time I go home, my father makes me consider a relationship with Sophia.

However, I am at a crucial stage of growth and cannot consider these matters now.

Moreover, I can’t give Sophia any assurance or promises until I become a formal knight… I believe Fiya can understand this.”

“Sophia and Koslin will participate too, right?”

“Yes  But, Fiya and Brother Koslin, even if they pass the preliminary rounds, won’t be in the same group as you. After all, they are the second-year batch, while you, Brother Aron, are part of the freshman batch.”

“There’s such a classification?” Han Dong was not very familiar with the rules related to knight training, so he planned to obtain some information from Cass.

“Yes, practice knights of five stars or less can participate in the training.

Once they pass the preliminary rounds, they are divided into the third-year group, the second-year group, and the freshman group, with varying levels of training intensity.”

“I see.”

Cass suggested to Han Dong,

“You could actually build a good relationship with this witch apprentice. Since she’s a student of the witch, she should also pass the preliminary rounds  you guys would then be in the same group.

You could cover for each other, which is pretty good.

After all, you may not be able to conveniently use some of your abilities during the training, right?”

“It’s okay  I can manage by myself.”

So, since the coliseum where the preliminary rounds were held was not too far from the dormitory area, they decided to walk there and warm up along the way.

Mia obediently followed behind, maintaining a distance of about three meters. She kept her head down, silent, and occasionally used her peripheral vision to glimpse at Han Dong.

Even Cass felt a bit awkward, attempting to bridge the gap between Han Dong and her.

Semior Knight Coliseum

An oval-shaped coliseum built predominantly from stone, retaining the features of an ancient Roman beast fighting arena.

With a length of about 201 meters, a width of approximately 149 meters, and a wall height of roughly 50 meters.

Its size ranked third among all the arenas in the Holy City.

It was the preferred venue for large-scale activities within the Knight Academy  Many knight regiments would use this arena for their training on weekdays.

It had eighteen entrances at the bottom, all sealed with steam-powered metal doors.

When Cass showed his knight certificate to enter the coliseum, his arm finally left Han Dong’s shoulder.

Cass pulled out a document stamped with the Cross Crusader’s seal and said,

“Brother Aron, this is my second round of training, so I don’t need to participate in the regular preliminary competition  I need to submit a detailed report recognized by the academy to the knight in charge of this competition.

I wanted to give you some advice, but with your skills, this preliminary competition isn’t much of a big deal.

Good luck.”

“Hmm.”

Han Dong paid no attention to Mia, who was always by his side.

After going through the related physical examination, he headed straight for the center of the coliseum.

Numerous practice knights had already gathered, awaiting the official commencement of the preliminary competition.

They were separated by the markings on the ground, which classified the knights into different grades.

The differences in classification indicated that the preliminaries would also be conducted differently for each grade.

As there was no strict requirement for participation or a limit on spots for the preliminary competition,

80% of the practice knights would come here to try their luck. Even if they didn’t pass, they could gain some experience and have a clear understanding of their own abilities.

Han Dong, a frail youth just over 1.7 meters tall, was immediately seen by strangers as being there to “light the bottom.”

‘Little Demon Eye’

It remained semi-open throughout, secretly observing these newcomers.

Among the two hundred plus freshmen, Han Dong spotted a few exceptional practice knights  their auras distinct from the typical practice knights.

“So there are indeed special practice knights, not just me.”