Chapter 620 -620: The Undisputed Number One
What Scarlett Jennings said wasn’t wrong, and Gregory Xander nodded in agreement,
“Indeed.”
Their words immediately doused Ashton Todd’s originally excited mood with a bucket of cold water.
His heart instantly felt like it had fallen into a pit.
As they were speaking, several academy deans, along with the youth leading the Mystic Regulation Office team, finally arrived and took their seats. Soon, the person in charge gestured for the four student groups to take the stage, and then formally announced the final results of the academy competition.
As usual, the Capital Metropolitan dean acted as the spokesperson,
“In this third match, rather than calling it a competition, I believe it was a rare test for the students of our Mystical Sect. I have seen all your performances and am gratified to say that you have shown us old folks the future of the Mystical Sect.
Especially those from Sea City Academy who were at the center of the Myriad Corpses Formation. Because of your fearless perseverance, a greater catastrophe was averted.
You truly upheld the righteous path we Mystical Sect members should persist in, and everyone here is proud of you.”
As soon as the Capital Metropolitan dean finished speaking, the audience erupted in a burst of applause.
Even those from North City, Capital Metropolitan City, and even the Spritelife Group joined in the applause.
Though some did so rather reluctantly.
And a few weren’t even sure why they were clapping, but since everyone else was, they went along.
Surrounded by applause, for the first time, Ashton Todd and the others experienced the feeling of being overwhelmed by unexpected favor.
However, before they could express their joy, the North City dean suddenly stepped forward on stage, gesturing for silence, and continued from where the Capital Metropolitan dean left off, but with a change in tone,
“However, a competition has its rules.”
He glanced at Scarlett Jennings and her group, saying,
“According to the competition rules, you were to assist the Security Bureau personnel in recovering the stolen corpses. In the third match, the other three groups clearly retrieved and returned the corpses from the other three array points outside the Myriad Corpses Formation.
While the achievements of the Sea City Group cannot be denied, we cannot ignore the outcome determination. Therefore, according to the competition regulations, the Sea City Group’s mission failed in this round, and they cannot receive the corresponding points.”
The moment the North City dean said this, everyone was first stunned, and the next second, everyone exploded in outrage.
“Why?!”
“It’s unfair!”
“The corpse responsible for the Sea City Group turned into an Undying Bone, who could have retrieved it?!”
“You can’t just say that, retrieving the assigned corpses was determined by drawing lots for each group. The result now is only that the Sea City Group was indeed unlucky.”
“Rules are dead, but people are alive! Who could have anticipated the corpse would be refined into an Undying Bone? You can’t negate their efforts just because they were unlucky! Who would want to take on difficult tasks in the future if this is the case?”
The audience was filled with indignation, and Donovan Jennings, who was specially allowed to be present to watch the judging results of the academy competition, unconsciously narrowed his eyes. His peach blossom eyes scanned lightly over the flamboyantly dressed elder on stage, his gaze carrying an indescribable chill.
It wasn’t just the people present; at this time, other students and members of the Mystical Sect, who were watching the broadcast at the Spiritual Affairs Department, also showed evident displeasure.
Seeing the discontent growing louder on the scene, the Sea City dean finally stepped forward and kicked the back of the North City dean’s calf.
The North City dean remained as steady as a mountain but still turned his head discontentedly to berate,
“What are you doing?! These are my new pants!”
They were all messed up!
With a wave of his hand, a specially cut little paperman with hollowed flowers flew out from his sleeve.
The little paperman landed on his calf and then dutifully patted the dust off his pants.
The Sea City dean glanced at him, coldly snorted.
Who’s the one deliberately causing trouble here.
Snatching the microphone from the North City dean’s hand, the Sea City dean announced to everyone,
“Although according to the competition rules, the Sea City Group cannot receive the corresponding points for this round of the competition, in light of the Sea City Group not only successfully preventing the living corpses from spreading but also successfully eliminating the Evil Master who stole the corpses and set up the Myriad Corpses Formation…
After final deliberation by the academy and various parties, it has been decided to award the Sea City Group six additional bonus points, totaling one hundred points.”
As soon as this score was announced, the venue boiled over again.
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