Chapter 76 - An Unexpected Shock

As the competition progressed, several teams gave terrific performances to the audience.

The more popular teams became even more famous with their performances. They became the stars of the annual school professional competition.

However, the Super Whirlwinds were undoubtedly the brightest among the stars. They didn’t let the public’s expectations down. The Super Whirlwinds were the first to complete the tier-two mission in the two-star Mystic Realm efficiently.

Soon after, the Youth Force walked out of the mission area.

The teachers and students began to worry, seeing as the Super Whirlwinds and Youth Force had completed their missions.

“Why aren’t Team Mill and Team Moss out yet? Number Two and Five High teams have been out for a while now,” A girl with two ponytails said as she stared at the screen anxiously.

“Those two teams ranked first and fifth in terms of strength. You can tell from their performance that it was only a matter of time before they completed their tier-two missions,” a bespectacled boy next to the girl said.

Several students started to suspect that Team Moss and Team Mill would get eliminated as minutes ticked by.

Suddenly, a voice interrupted the audience’s suspicions, “Look! Senior Mill has come out of the tier-two mission area!”

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The atmosphere became lively again when the teachers and students in White Deer High’s viewing area saw Team Mill exit the mission area.

“Team Mill has completed its tier-two mission in the Mystic Realm’s two-star!”

“Team Mill is awesome!”

“M-Mill…”

Mill’s teacher was even more excited than the rest. She called out to Mill as she stared at the screen with tears of joy in her sparkling eyes.

Miss Aisha was in an uncomfortable mood compared to Mill’s teacher from class eight. She always worried about Moss’s safety. Miss Aisha’s heart, which was already in her throat, grew increasingly uneasy as she looked at the minutes on her watch.

Miss Aisha’s class students also looked for Team Moss, hoping they could complete their mission as soon as possible and come out of the mission area in one piece.

“Look! A team got teleported out of the bronze door!” A student from an unknown class shouted, making Miss Aisha and her students’ hearts beat nervously.

“Did Team Moss get eliminated?”

“M-Moss!” Miss Aisha couldn’t help but exclaim.

Then Miss Aisha heaved a sigh of relief when she saw a team from Number Seven High get teleported out of the bronze door.

Meanwhile, Number Seven High’s director revealed an unsightly expression in the VIP viewing area when his team got eliminated. He muttered under his breath, but no one knew what he said.

Number Eight High’s director noticed this, so he quickly comforted his friend, “Calm down, Fourth Brother. Wasn’t that your third team? Even then, they were in a two-star Mystic Realm. It might’ve been too difficult for them to handle.”

Number Seven High’s director felt better after hearing his friend’s words, but his fierce gaze didn’t diminish. He only stared at his students who got teleported out of the Mystic Realm.

White Deer High’s director became even more worried when he saw a team from Number Five High complete their tier-two mission. Considering the director’s judgment of Number Five High’s strength, Team Moss should’ve completed their tier-two mission quicker.

But Team Moss had yet to come out. Could they have…

White Deer High’s director had a bad feeling in his heart. When everyone thought that Team Moss would get eliminated, someone shouted, “Senior Moss is exiting the mission area!”

Several students instinctively looked toward the bronze door. But they still couldn’t see anyone getting teleported out of the mission area, even after a long while.

Then they looked toward the two-star Mystic Realm, and their eyes widened. They couldn’t believe what they saw next.

The students saw Team Moss exiting the two-star Mystic Realm in an orderly manner. Some students started clapping sparsely when they finally realized that Team Moss had completed their tier-two mission.

White Deer High’s viewing area was full of excited cheers. The students and teachers cheered and shouted, pushing the stadium to a higher level of liveliness.

The students expressed their excitement wantonly.

“Team Moss is simply amazing. Both of our school’s teams completed their tier-two missions! That’s not an easy thing to do.”

“Exactly! Let’s see if anyone else dares to doubt a Knight again!”

“The organizing committee sucks! I only saw a few scenes from Team Moss’s performance in the Mystic Realm! They were still getting chased by Magical Beast when the footage was cut off.”

“Yeah, I couldn’t see much of Team Moss’s performance in the Mystic Realm either. Is there a replay of their battle? I really want to watch it.”

The students of White Deer High were fuming, yet they expressed their excitement at Team Moss’s completion of their tier-two mission.

The audience felt the need to express their support for the repressed participants.

Miss Aisha’s worried heart finally relaxed when she saw Moss and his team exit the mission area.

“Phew!”

Miss Aisha heaved a long sigh of relief. She stared at Moss through the screen, feeling proud that Team Moss could complete their tier-two mission. At the same time, she silently prayed that Team Moss could finally complete the two-star Mystic Realm.

Na’er, who sat among White Deer High’s students, stood up excitedly. Tears of joy rolled down her cheeks.

Na’er was thrilled to see Team Moss. She knew how challenging a two-star Mystic Realm could be for a second-year high school student. She figured out how hard Team Mill and Team Moss had worked to persevere in the competition.

Nonetheless, Na’er was even more gratified that Team Moss had weaker classes than Team Mill. Under such circumstances, Na’er was already delighted that Team Moss could achieve such excellent results through adversity.

Na’er’s heart bloomed with triumph as he once again looked at Moss through the screen.

Meanwhile, White Deer High’s director felt the same way as he sat in the VIP viewing area.

Even though the director always worried about Team Moss’s performance during the competition, he felt gratified when he saw Team Moss confidently exit the mission area.

The director was happy with his decisions about Moss and that he had improved again. If the director weren’t in the VIP area, he would have stood up and cheered for Moss and the others.

Although the director had restrained his excitement well, he had inadvertently revealed a trace of emotion, and Taylor caught on to this.

Even though Taylor knew that White Deer High’s two teams wouldn’t pose the slightest threat to his team, a sense of unease appeared in Taylor’s heart when he noticed the director’s expression.

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Meanwhile, the gambling rings were busy because of Team Moss’s outstanding performance. The payout rates that would usually change once a day was now changing every hour.

In particular, the payout rates involving Team Moss changed even faster. A single wildcard’s appearance could change the odds of a bet.