Oath

Bach had drawn a relatively late match order. After him, only three people had yet to take the assessment, including Valo.

Valo was not actually scheduled to go last. The fact that he had not taken the stage yet was an unforeseen circumstance, mainly because his opponent, Habitus, had not shown up. Valo could only wait off to the side, which was rather awkward.

Fortunately, Habitus had not stood him up in the end. Macrus was here today, after all. No matter how dissatisfied Habitus was with Gabi's arrangements, he had to show Macrus some respect. So although he was late, he eventually appeared on the training grounds.

Seeing that his opponent was a complete nobody he had never heard of, Habitus had no intention of changing clothes. He casually picked up a training sword and said to Valo, "Come on. Hurry up. I still need to go to the baths later. I hope you can at least make me sweat a little before I soak."

Valo said nothing more. Lowering his head, he picked up his trident and net, stepped onto the platform, and went over Zhang Heng's prior instructions and yesterday's full-day special training in his mind once more.

Whether he could pass the assessment now came down to this one moment.

The western room where Zhang Heng was had no windows, so he could not see what was happening outside. In truth, even if it had windows, Zhang Heng would not have looked. He had already taught Valo everything he could; all that remained was Valo's own performance and luck.

Yes, unlike the accidents Zhang Heng had deliberately engineered, Valo truly needed some luck to pass the assessment.

There was no helping it. The gap between the two was simply too great. Just as Zhang Heng