"Nice!"
"Beautiful!"
"Great footwork!"
As their classmates cheered below, Lu Weina and Lin Aotian immediately looked toward the vice principal.
He was smiling at them, seemingly pleased.
That gave them confidence, and they looked down at Luo Kewang with open provocation.
The Luo Family was powerful, but it did not control everything.
If they earned the vice principal's favor, the Luo Family would not dare move against them openly.
Just as that thought crossed their minds, the vice principal walked over, much to their delight.
"Not bad. You two have excellent footwork. You should be able to place well in this hunt."
That was how the world treated its protagonists.
All a protagonist had to do was stand out a little to draw attention, even from people who might become obstacles.
A supporting character, however, could shine as brightly as they liked and still amount to little in anyone's eyes.
At the vice principal's praise, Lin Aotian and Lu Weina nodded excitedly.
"It's all thanks to our instructors."
"Thank you for the praise, Principal Qian."
The vice principal's name was Qian Chimu, a level-four War God.
He had been killing members of the Demon Race in the Rift Land and had only returned recently to oversee the academy's event.
These students were humanity's future, after all. He could not let certain people do as they pleased.
With that in mind, Principal Qian smiled at the two before him while discreetly watching Luo Kewang below.
Luo Kewang noticed Vice Principal Qian's gaze, but he did not care.
In his previous life, Qian Chimu had backed Lin Aotian and Lu Weina early on. After Luo Kewang fell out with Lin Aotian, Qian Chimu's presence had kept him from sending his family's experts after them.
That was why he had no desire to