The black-haired girl had lost. Did that mean Tia, and Iona had won?
The thought crossed Viscount Xuefeng's mind. It seemed to be just as he'd expected.
After all, she was Viscount Callen's daughter and had studied at the Royal Academy in White Cliff City. No matter how you looked at it, the other academies couldn't compare.
Scholar Heide, on the other hand, fell silent after hearing the news. He had actually hoped Sylutia would win. He simply liked the black-haired girl's personality more, and Iona wasn't very close to him.
Waiting was always a little boring, but when the last few students came into view, the people at the camp still grew excited.
The students who had returned from the trial earlier hadn't left. After spending the night there, everyone was waiting for the results today.
"Who do you think it'll be?"
"It should be Miss Iona. Her strength is practically in a league of its own," someone guessed.
"But even for Miss Iona, completing the third objective would be incredibly difficult," someone else remarked.
"If Miss Iona didn't complete the third objective, they'll have to choose from the few people who completed the second."
"Then Solin, Mick, and Baron still have a pretty good chance."
"Forget Solin. He came back yesterday. You didn't know because he was badly poisoned and sent straight back to Scorched Stone City to recover."
"What? Solin was eliminated just like that?" someone said regretfully. Solin had a good reputation among the commoner students, after all.
"What about the others? Have Mick and Baron come back?"
"Baron only returned last night. He's probably still asleep in his tent," someone said, shaking their head.
"Judging by how dejected he looked, he probably didn't complete the second objective."
"So now we can only wait to see