A new trial, a new world.
To Duanmu Huai, this was nothing unusual. It was just that this mission instance... well, it was rather hard to handle.
"Why do I have to do something this boring?"
Standing on the athletic field and watching the students run laps, Duanmu Huai sighed silently.
After activating the enhancement mission, Duanmu Huai had been teleported into a new world instance. However, this world left him utterly speechless. He had originally thought it would be a world engulfed in the smoke of war, but to his surprise, he had been sent to a peaceful world!
Well, at least it looked peaceful.
The identity the system had assigned Duanmu Huai in this world was that of a physical education teacher—which was perfectly normal. Considering Duanmu Huai's age, there was no way he could be a student, so he could only be a teacher.
At present, Duanmu Huai was working as a physical education teacher at this private Komaou Academy. Of course, his physique and appearance, combined with the fact that he always wore a pair of sunglasses, made quite a few people keep their distance from him.
Duanmu Huai did not care about that, though. What he was considering now was how to complete this enhancement mission.
What Duanmu Huai could confirm was that he currently had fifteen chess pieces in total. Aside from the "king" he had already fused with, the remaining pieces were the "queen," "bishop," "knight," "rook," and "pawn."
The lowest-ranking pawn also provided the weakest enhancement.
The rook possessed powerful attack and defensive abilities.
The knight possessed the fastest speed.
The bishop possessed powerful magical power.
The queen possessed all of the above bonuses.
Leaving the pawn aside, Duanmu Huai already had three clear candidates he wanted to convert into familiars.
First