Just as Benjamin and the others were trying to sort more clues out of the information they already had, Jack's side welcomed a rare stretch of peace.
After finding Xi Ya, the two of them were escorted out of the forest by the military.
Only over the following few days did Jack slowly piece together the horrific state of the trial from the soldiers.
Because of the Descent Faction's scheme, only twenty percent of the students in the entire forest had survived.
The military had also paid a terrible price while dealing with the beast tide and the infiltrating enemies.
In the end, the military relied on the massive sacrifices of the garrison troops to forcibly push the beast tide back beyond the defensive line.
The death toll from that battle was enough to make anyone's heart turn cold.
Even though they had been lucky enough to survive, Jack and Xi Ya still felt chills run through them when they saw the students' grief-stricken parents.
Still, it wasn't all bad news. Because of their performance in the trial, Jack and Gavin were specially recruited by the military.
For two ordinary students without any special background, this was practically a meteoric rise.
Once they entered the military, resources, training, and enhancement potions were all opened up to them.
On top of that, with the benefits Jack obtained from the system, his strength began to soar at a speed that even he found alarming.
Gavin had already been a genius capable of reaching Level 5 Apprentice with only a small amount of resources. After entering the military, he flourished just as much.
The two were assigned to train together. In just a few months, they had made a name for themselves among the recruits and came to be known as the "Twin