Chapter 432 - Intra-guild promotion time! And the task for ?Arc-Arcadia? is…
Two days had passed since the meeting on our plan for summer vacation. Today was wednesday.
Just as I had expected, the members that were due for home visit had already buried themselves into preparation. Though, today was the exception where they had to set aside everything. For today was the very day where the promotion of ?Arc-Arcadia? was at stake!
After classes, all ten members of ?Arc-Arcadia? had gathered at a certain place. We also had everyone's presence from ?Eden? as well, so this makes full attendance.
Alright. The time hath come! And the task for promotion was—
"Get ready everyone! The task that I had prepared for ?Arc-Arcadia? is—E-rank promotion exam!!"
"E-rank promotion exam huh."
The first reaction came from Aegis-senpai, parroting my words back. Though, there wasn't a hint of surprise on her.
"Exactly. This is the task I have prepared for intra-guild promotion. By the way, it's a 8vs5 match. Kind of irregular, but don't sweat over it, and of course, ?Arc-Arcadia? will be participating with 8 members."
And this was why I had called them here—in the ?No.7 Arena? where we had once taken our E-rank promotion exam as well.
When it comes to arenas, what else could there be a reason beside guild battle! This match would serve as both the intra-guild promotion as well as overall guild rank up! A ‘take one, get another promotion free’ bonanza!
During our match, it was ?5vs3?, but that was something we had chosen by ourselves in fact. Most of the guilds taking stairs to E-rank promotion were still fledgling, making it a tough—and sometimes impossible—to take down the Big Castle by just five of them, so there's a participation limit up to 10. Of course, this also means their opponent would get an increase in their numbers.
But with Alulu and Nico opting out, this left them with 8 members. And the one going to be their opponent was——
"By the way, your opponent would be us, ?Eden?. Go full wham and so let me see your growth from training."
" " "Whaaa!?" " "
The rows of yelp, starting from harmonic trio, erupted from sub-members one after another at my statement. Oh-ho, nice reaction.
Yup, it was completely possible to have a guild play out the role of an opponent in a rank promotion exam. If not guilds, then the role of examiner would have been of teachers. But they’re teachers. Of course they have mountains of things to attend to. Something like a small team of 3 teachers was possible, but more than that? The request would generally be handed to a student guild. I had already put in a request to be the opponent guild and glad to say we were safely picked up, yay.
Well, a matchup between parent-guild and sub-guild was actually not rare at all. If anything, it was just natural for a parent-guild to take the role of examiner. This was also a perfect chance to score some achievement and appeal to the academy like 'hey look, we're a perfect fit to be an examiner.'
It was also a test for them, and if they stood up to it and proved their worth, they would also gain the right to be the examiner and have requests come their way; like the ?Flash of Flower? guild that had been our opponent as well as examiner in D-rank promotion exam.
A guild that was a promotion exam-examiner means the academy would remember it more clearly, it would be easier to rack in achievement and the QP from rewards was just loaded. Oh, and it also helps out in employment. Plus many more things to do in guild battle—their main field, a full load of plus.
But the academy wasn't so idle as to let anyone without achievement take off their success ladder. Want a similar quest? Make sure to cough up some achievement. Well, there is no free lunch in this world after all. So this sort of internal guild battle was the perfect hotbed to gain achievement and show your worth. This was also one of the perks of having a subordinate guild that cost so many QP to maintain.
And of course, ?Eden? goal was no different. This was the chance to show we were not just a muscle-brained group, but clay that could take any shape!
"Wow, a surprising curve ball from an unexpected angle. Excuse me now, I have a special seat to secure. Can't miss the chance."
"Ah, that's not fair, Nico. Bye, and good luck y'all!"