ABO Cadets (c33+) (軍校生/在学生) by: 蝶之灵 (Chinese BL Translation)

Chapter 038: The Mech Contest

Chapter 038: The Mech Contest

(Edited)

(TN: This one was a bit longer than what I was used to and a complete headache to translate, idioms and battle scenes really suck the life out of me lol, but I will try to keep updating around every three days.)

St. Romia Military Academy's 18th mech competition finally began to spark to life, the school-wide mech contest officially began on the weekend after two days had passed.

This upcoming competition coincidently coincides with the celebration of the 600th Anniversary of the Empire. As long as one is among the top ten students of the whole school, they can participate in the National Finals to represent the school to go to the constellation of Cepheus, it is even possible to participate in the mech exhibition in the ceremonial military parade and personally see His Majesty, Trent.

In addition, all students who have obtained the qualifications to enter the National Finals have the privilege of receiving a"C-Class mech piloting qualification certificate exemption". The top three players who won the National Finals will also be awarded a mech worth more than 500,000 coins!

All of the aforementioned enticing conditions have made this year's mech competition so popular that the number of participants has skyrocketed in participation compared to previous years historical recordings. The number of students who signed up for the competition actually exceeded one thousand!

It is naturally impossible for thousands of contestants to be graded in a group competition or in a round-robin tournament. The school authorities have directly decided upon a preselection on the morning of the first day of the competition. All the contestants are numbered in succession, they are then piloted to school to provides C-Class mech training inside of a training room to pass through difficult tasks, the players who can't pass are directly eliminated!

(TN: This is called a sea election that seems to be specifically used in China, I can't really find more information on it more than its a form of public nomination by the masses.)

Throughout the morning, the preselection immediately wiped out more than half of the people and in the afternoon there were only 200 people left.

The 200 people are then divided into 20 groups to advance to the preliminary round. Each group has 10 players playing for points. The first match is limited to 15 minutes, winning was 1 point, losing meant a 1 point deduction, and a tie would mean no points exchanged. The remaining 4 people would then qualify for the next round of the competition.

The first day of the competition was as spectacular and swift as sand being sifted through in the ocean.

More than a thousand players started in the morning and after the morning preselection and the afternoon preliminary games, there were only 80 people left.

The level of these 80 people is naturally of a skillful level. The small-time amateurs have long since been cleanly washed out. More than 60 of the 80 people are students whose main field of study is the Mech Control Department. The remaining 20 are evenly divided from the Command Department or the Engineering Department.

—Lin Yuan and Caesar are naturally among the 80 people.

The tasks presented in the preselection were successfully passed, it was all a piece of cake for Lin Yuan. He practices these tasks with Caesar every day. He knows the various scenario scenes in the simulation training room by heart and he immediately receives full marks.

There were no particularly strong opponents in his group that were divided for the preliminary round. Thus, Lin Yuan was the only one in his group to win all nine of his matches with a complete victory and advance into the next round.