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Vol. 11 - Ch. 520 - Introduction to Interclass Battles format & Drawing a lot!

ARC 11 - Interclass battle—Dungeon Activity style!

—Interclass Battle.

An event meant to assess first year's ability they had honed from the duration of their entrance ceremony to the next half year, and typically, takes place around the December.

It resembled sports day, or athletic festival, and separated between each grade. You could say, it was a festival of sorts.

The Combat Department's event took place in the Arena.

Collection Department, Investigation Department, or Trap Disarmament Departments show off their skill in the dungeon.

As for the Production Department, their classes often don't even go above one digit or, in the worst case scenario, they merely have one class. So their challenge consisted of team battle, and victory was decided by the quality of the product created.

From our guild, Hannah and Alulu from «Production Department», and Nico and Kairi from «Support Department», would be participating in their own department's event, so there wasn't much to tell them, except the advice I could possibly give.

Combat Department's Interclass battles were done in tournament format.

The 127 first-year classes of Combat Department were pull draws which would decide their spot in one of the 16 blocks, each consisting 8 classes.

The duration for the event was 5 days and, obviously, separated by each grade. Third-years would be using the arena 1st to 3rd. Second-years would be using the arena 3rd to 5th. First-years would be using arena 5th to 7th.

Some of the arenas did overlap, but the schedule was such that they would be left unused in the given time slot due to various variables of class count and battles etc. Hence, they were being utilised for different classes in the meantime.

For example, 5th arena would be used by second-years till 1 PM, which would conclude their matches for that day, so it would be then moved for first-years.

The event for the «Combat Department» was «Base Capture»—a race against one's opponent to see who could take down each other's base first. It was in contrast to the «Capture the Castles» in the guild battle, so I was quite excited about the new format. After all, it was the battle royal style tournament, and the last standing class would be the victor.

The battle royal format also occasionally appears in the guild battle, though this usually happened when there was a vacant spot in the C-rank guild ranking, and multiple teams were vying for that spot. This event was most witnessed after the time of graduation, the month of April, when seniors graduate and guilds had to be disbanded, which obviously left the spots open.

——Following were the rules for «Base the Capture».

The main objective was, needless to say, take down the opponent's base to pave path for the victory. Meanwhile, more often than not, the main focus would shift to skirmishes between the classes.

So far, we had only fought 1vs1 format, so battle royal style would be certainly new for most, with eight classes in the same block trying to pull one up against other classes.

The time limit was four hours, and fields, mainly the obstacle terrain like mountains or ponds, would be chosen at random.

Each class would be given the right to decide the location of their base. Basically, in the given map of randomly selected fields, they would have to pinpoint one location of their liking, though once selected, it couldn't be changed.

The order, who gets to choose first, would be determined by the teams with lowest number, so our class was going to be the top batter. Then again, this was also a sort of handicap.

The map wouldn't reveal who had chosen the respective spot for their base, however as long as there's a sign that the place had been taken, the subsequent classes should be able to infer the location of previous classes' base. And as the rule goes, the base couldn't be changed once selected. We would have to

I responded with a thumbs up in response to the mysterious order of Lana, and climbed on the stage meant for class representatives.

I thought Lana finally understood my point, but then continued 'Well, not that there's anyone comparable to Zephyr in battle' and got an affirmation from the rest of the classmates. Saturn and team had only given a short nod, but it was quite funny to see them in their study-or-die getup.

"Now then, a good draw huh, a good one...... Uh, I can't even recall what would be good."

Lana did put her expectation, but I just couldn't get any idea no matter how hard I think about it. All I could do was... pray to «Sachineko-sama».

On the stage, a box with space enough for an arm to enter was there, filled with billiard ball's like balls with numbers written on them. What do they call them? Hmm... whatever.

I quietly closed my eyes.

—O' great Sachineko-sama, I once again asked for your blessing!

Then, I grabbed whatever got in my hands and pulled it out.

The number written in it was——1.

It was a fantastic draw for the Class-1. Yup, this definitely was the blessing of Sachineko-sama!

The staff swiftly confirmed that, and the next instant, Mukai-sensei fiddled with the tablet in hand, and soon, the giant screen in the air showed the name of Class-1 setting into the first block.

Wow, they sure were doing everything grandly. Now, I was getting even more hyped!

Afterward, rest of class representatives pulled their draw, and finalised the list for 16 blocks.

To reiterate, the order of tournament would be like following—

In the preliminary, eight teams of each block would be fighting in a battle royal, scrambling for points while trying to stay as the last one remaining. The top two classes of each division, overall 32 classes, would then move to the semi-final.

Again, the said 32 classes would be split into four blocks, reiterating the same battle royal events from preliminary. Following the same pattern, the top two ranking classes from each block would shift up.

At the end, we would be left with 8 teams for the grand royal battle finale. The winner of this match would get the crown to be top class.

Overall, a class who made it to the final would go through three matches.

Anyway, our opponents had been finally decided.

—First Block—«Class 1-1»«Class 1-2»«Class 1-15»«Class 1-24»«Class 1-45»«Class 1-58»«Class 1-99»«Class 1-116»

On this topic, jogging through the details of the entrance ceremony, Classes 1 to 50 had been composed of high-ranking jobs. Class 51-115 consisted of mid-ranking jobs. Class-116-127 consisted of low-ranking jobs.

With five classes consisting of high-ranking jobs in it, one could already smell the gunpowder drifting in the air!