Thousands of boats were launched from the floating island simultaneously. Some of them were occupied by students, and some by their parents who were seeing them off.
Some of the parents were weeping. The Fishing Trial was a life-and-death test. For a better rank, all the students would be competing with their best.
As a result, the trial was highly dangerous. Casualties were unavoidable even though all the teachers and the supervisors were deployed.
The best record in history was that ten percent died, thirty percent were injured, and sixty percent survived. That was the highest percentage of survival.