The Duke's Eldest Son Escaped to the Military

Ch. 19 - Lower Years' Ranking Battle (3)

"Well... We'll only know once we're there."

Jaiden grinned at them as he said those words. However, he was actually feeling quite confident. A feeling that was contrary to his self-deprecating words.

From what he had heard, the 2nd year top rankers were able to beat the 3rd years and climb up to their ranks. Although their rankings were lower than expected, it was already unofficially confirmed that they had climbed to become 3rd years.

Based on his observations, numbers 1 and 2 were similar in strength to the sophomores' number 1 so their chances of climbing to the 3rd year were high. The only problem was the other kids. From what he could see, there would be no problem for the first 30 students to rub against the 3rd year students if they tried their hardest. But the rest would probably have a harder time.

However, he was sure that the rest of the kids would still be able to advance at least once with their current strength. He had seen the unofficial ranking battles in their year and they had grown stronger. Each of their battles were so intense that their rankings had mixed up constantly. So he was sure that their hard work would definitely pay off.

"Hoo... Can I do it?"

"You have to do it."

"I can do it!"

"Yeah!"

The freshmen wrapped up their final training session for the day as they walked back to their dormitories. Each of their steps were filled with some sort of nervous excitement for the upcoming battles that they would take.

In fact, they had already stopped training hellishly since a few days ago to prevent over exhaustion. The only training that they did were light exercises and stretching so their bodies were brimming with energy. From the looks of it, every single one of them were now truly prepared for the battles that they would fight.

The next day, the children woke up energetically. Their bodies were filled with both excitement and tension as they moved about to go to the training grounds. By the time that the sun had gone up in the sky, all of the children had already gathered in the training grounds with faces that were stained with excitement and trepidation. Gathering in the training grounds early in the morning had already become their daily routine but somehow, it felt a bit strange that the more than 300 students of the freshman year had gathered together here.

"All of you will be going to the 2nd year academy today to fight in the ranking battle. I know that all of you have been preparing hard for this day so don't be nervous and fight your match without leaving any regrets."

The freshmen's professors' representative, the military science professor, gave the children an encouraging speech before turning around. When the professor left, the other professors approached the students to guide them to the 2nd year academy.

When the more than 300 freshmen students arrived in the 2nd year academy, they were greeted by the students that had already fought in the ranking battles. The gathering of people here included those who had been defeated and had their rankings lowered as well as those who had been held back.

The nervousness that they had suppressed with their excitement suddenly burst out once again. The freshmen students' faces were suddenly stained with nervousness and anxiety once again. After all, the sight of the students gathered in front of them was not only a gathering of sophomores. There were also some 3rd year students that got held back in the 2nd year academy after losing to their peers.

"Number 13."

"Yes!"

Jaiden tilted his head in confusion when his number was called first.