299.Chapter 297 – Ranch is making a speech
Chapter 297 – Ranqi is giving a speech
“It’s almost starting.”
On the road near the plaza in front of the central building of the Proteus Royal Magic Academy, two figures approached while chatting about something, their voices occasionally resounding in the silence of the winter night.
They were dressed differently from the teachers or students, carrying an aura that did not belong here.
Under the darkness, their shadows were twisted and demonic on the earth.
“I also wonder why that Rocky McCarthy is participating in today’s entrance examination for the Protoss Royal Magic Academy.”
The visitor in the dark gray coat held a map of the academy in his hand, admiring the academy’s quaint architecture as he warped straight towards his destination.
“He was originally a tutor of a border viscount’s family, it’s normal for him to do things for that disguised identity.”
The other figure laughed and said.
All of these newcomers were quite outstanding, and had been invested into the Protoss Empire as the Church’s undercover sons, and hadn’t publicized their now Silent Cleric identities for the time being.
One of them had made both of the two Grand Clerics of the Silent Branch in the Imperial Capital’s Helom Branch care about the recent newcomers.
Rocky McCarthy.
He, unlike the other extremely well qualified Cid, could be pretty sure of its level of separation from the Church of the Goddess of Fate.
Originally there were three Grand Clerics in the Silent Knights pantheon.
Now there were only two left.
If the two of them had been in charge of that examination a week ago, they probably would have ended up like Grand Cleric Caius.
So they did the visitor’s formalities and came inside the area of the Proteus Royal Magic Academy after work this Wednesday.
General visitors from the community could only stay on campus for a limited amount of time without a special application, and they needed to follow very strict restrictions.
It was just enough to study the performance of Rocky McCarthy.
They gradually walked towards the central building of the academy and stopped there.
The only thing they didn’t expect was only when they were about to reach it, they saw that the wide plaza in front of the academy’s central building was filled with students, no matter whether it was the stone-steps path leading to the plaza or the benches on the side.
The students had different expressions, some of them acted unusually excited, occupying the best viewing position early on, constantly communicating with the students who came in pairs next to them, and some others, with a playful and teasing mindset.
Of course, there was also a group of students who were not impressed, looking on with an almost disdainful attitude, probably thinking that such an activity was too childish for their liking.
But even so, they still stayed on the road, perhaps to satisfy their curiosity, perhaps they just didn’t want to miss a single moment in this academy, or perhaps, as long as there were a lot of people, more and more people would gather even if they didn’t need a reason to do so.
Time passed by minute by minute, and as seven o’clock sharp was approaching, the square became more and more noisy.
“Someone approached the ten seats to inquire about it, but they didn’t say anything and left with a particularly bad look on their faces.”
“It’s not all of them, it’s said that Duke Miss Crowleys’ face is just normal, and it’s not necessarily bad.”
Makes it hard to infer what happened today.
Finally, with the hour hand pointing to seven o’clock sharp, whether it was anticipation, curiosity, teasing, or disdain, all emotions were suspended for the time being, and the students’ gazes were focused on the huge curtain, waiting for the upcoming picture.
Immediately afterward, the students’ expressions all became filled with confusion.
“?”
“??”
Only to see that the camera was out of candidates as it rotated through the various classrooms as was customary.
It was awfully quiet and filled with a sense of eeriness.
And the data bar on the side of the screen showed the result as no student took the test in the last class.
The number of all students participating in the assessment had inexplicably decreased by half, and those other students who were still in the assessment area unanimously chose to run to the rest area to not participate in the assessment.
Teachers were therefore given a vacation, ending this monthly assessment day early.
“Where are the people?”
“What’s going on here?”
The students on the plaza looked at each other, this kind of change made them inexplicably feel a little bad, and their expectant smiles all gradually froze on their faces.
It even made their heartbeat a bit uncomfortable.
When the camera switched to a certain classroom, there was finally a sound.
It was just an extraordinarily loud crowd, it was in a large auditorium, and someone was standing in front of a stage giving a speech. Teachers in the pews, it seems, can’t help but applaud or respond to his chants with exhilaration because of the content of the words he said earlier.
Standing in the center of the huge auditorium, with the high dome reflecting his imposing figure, he paused his speech and waited for everyone to vent their emotions.
He stood on a raised platform all to himself, behind him a majestic slate frescoed doorway as if leading straight to heaven, the lights of the auditorium transformed into a penumbral dawn that poured down upon him.
He raised his hand, signaling for silence.
Soon the auditorium became filled only with the slightest coughs and crashes.
“When we move, we must ensure that we move forward, we cannot go backwards.”
His voice seemed to carry a unique gift of power and emotional communication that penetrated the mind and resonated, and as his words resounded again, the people in the hall were drawn into a deep, intoxicating dream by his voice.
“…… Now I am asked, when will you be satisfied? No, we are not satisfied now, and we will not be satisfied until justice and righteousness are like the waves of the river and the sea, surging and rolling.”
His voice became resonant, and he raised his fisted hand
“I have a dream today, I dream of the day when the valleys rise and the mountains descend, when the bumpy and winding road becomes straight, when the holy light discloses and fills the earth.”
“Long live McCarthy!”
“Hail McCarthy!”
The entire faculty is shown standing up and raising their arms.
It was as if an invisible force had been galvanized in people’s hearts, and their faces glowed even brighter and hotter than before, as if they had been transformed into a group of warriors with a common goal and beliefs, ready to fight for the realization of their dreams.
And off screen.
The square in front of the central building.
Quiet.
The night sky, all suddenly silent.
The underclassmen’s mouths were wide open, completely unaware of what was happening.
The upperclassmen’s expressions turned into crowd-sourced charts.
Even the Grand Cleric of the Silent Branch froze in shock.
“…… Is this some kind of religious ceremony?”
The Grand Cleric’s mutterings were heard by the underclassmen on the side.
“You’re asking me? I’m just a student, I can’t evaluate it, maybe the professionals of the Church of the Resurrection can give some insight.”
The junior student shook his head and said.
Archcleric: “……”
“Indeed.”
The Archcleric nods.
They were embarrassed to say they were from the Church of the Resurrection.
Nor could they evaluate it.
This guy fortunately only has a fourth order, if he has an eighth order, then I dare not imagine what kind of evil god existence he will become in the end ……
The seniors who stood in the square with their brains near cellular apoplexy, despite not knowing the exact process, finally recognized the reality.
This guy called Rocky McCarthy was not only not hunted by anyone.
It was feared that nearly half of the students who had disappeared were all from his hand!
His bounty should have reached an unknown amount by now.
And even the teachers have been completely under his control.
Even though this school was an academy that was directly under the Imperial Education Department and never had a principal.
But in the future, I’m afraid there will only be one person who is the absolute ruler ……
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