"What the hell you were thinking when you enter a D-rank dungeon alone?" Elena asked Evan while glaring at him.
"I was thinking about getting cores" Evan said while laughing nervously.
"You want me to beat you up?" Elena said while smacking the head of Evan. It's been ten minutes since Evan finished telling his fake story and Elena is lecturing him for entering a D-rank dungeon alone while he was just an F-rank hunter.
"I was just joking and I enter the dungeon because I had no other choice, I can't always be stuck at F rank" Evan said while rubbing his head.
"I know what you are talking about but still didn't I tell you before you can become a theory professor in the academy even if you are not a high-rank hunter, with your knowledge of beasts it would have been very easy for you to become a professor here" Elena said.
"I know but I did not want to become a professor that's why I enter the dungeon" Evan said while shaking his head because he never wanted to become a professor.
"Forget it I am glad you didn't die there and even solved the problem of your physique" Elena said after hearing Evan.
'Actually, I almost died there' Evan said In his mind remembering how that bat almost killed him.
"The practical exam will be held next month, I can't tell you details about the exam because the staff is still discussing what kind of test we should give you guys".
"But one thing is for sure you will have to work in a team to clear this exam, since this is your last year and after graduation, you will become an official hunter, you will have to work with other hunters occasionally so you can think of it as a training for working in a team" Elena said and looked at Evan whose eyes were twitching after hearing the word team.
Elena ignored him and continued "Don't worry too much there will only be one person in your team and you don't have to find your teammate by yourself because the teams will be created randomly by the lucky draw".
After saying this Elena looked at Evan and said "I know it will be your first time working with someone, but try your best to perform good because 'the all hunter academy tournament' will be held in four months and the result of your exam will greatly affect who will represent the Astrate academy in the tournament".
"I completely forget about the tournament" Evan said when he heard Elena.
The all hunter academy tournament is the competition between the six major hunter academies.
Six major hunter academies including Astrate hunter academy will take part in this tournament.
This tournament is held every year and the students of different academies will compete against each other.
Only the students who are in their final year will take part in this competition and since this is Evan's last year he also has a chance to take part in this tournament.
The winner of the tournament will receive excellent rewards and if Evan remembered correctly last year Astrate academy came in third place in this tournament.
"Only five students from each academy can take part in this tournament and since you just recovered it will be hard for you to compete for a position but try your best" Elena said to Evan.
Evan nodded and asked "do you know why the sword class was canceled today?"
While telling his fake story Evan received a message that there will be no sword classes for the time being, although he was planning to stop going to sword classes, he was still curious why the class was suddenly canceled.
" There have been some dungeon outbreaks recently and professor Robert is currently working with hunters to surpass these dungeon outbreaks so I don't think there will be sword classes for the time being".
"Also don't go into dungeons for some time because it's strange that many dungeon outbreaks happen at the same time" Elena said to Evan in a serious voice.
"Alright I will keep that in mind" Evan said and stood up "Thanks for telling me about the exam and tournament".
"Don't worry about it, just do your best in the upcoming exam".
"I will" Evan said and left the office.
"Now that I don't have anything else to do I should go and sell everything that I got from my last mission" Evan mumbled and left the academy.
Evan took a taxi and went towards the city plaza where he can sell most of the things at a reasonable price.
'I will finally become rich after working like a fool for all those years' Evan thought while dreaming about the money he will receive after selling everything.
'I know about the price of most of the things but I don't know how much I will get for that barrier crystal and black device since those two are not new'.
Soon Evan reached at city plaza, he paid the taxi bill and went inside the building of the city plaza.
"Now where should I go, I have so many different kinds of things that I want to sell" Evan mumbled after coming inside the building.
Evan wants to sell cores, a storage ring, a crystal barrier, a black device, and even the corpse of the black ogre that he stored inside his shadow using his skill.
Evan was most surprised by the fact that time stopped for the things that he store inside his shadow. This was great news for Evan since he can store the corpses of monsters for a long time after killing them.
Suddenly Evan saw a guy in a staff dress coming towards him but just by looking at the face of the man Evan was sure that this guy is a villain.
The man who was coming towards Evan had narrow eyes, his ears were folded a little and he had a strange goat mustache, his beard was also trimmer in an irregular way and just from his face, Evan was sure that this guy is up to no good.
If Evan had to describe the man in a wuxia novel style he would say "from his folded ears it looks like this guy sold his master after poisoning him, narrow eyes that are eager to peep at his junior sister who is about to take bath, goat mustache that he is rubbing while watching his senior brother who is being eaten by some ants, strange beard trimmed in an irregular way by his junior brother when he was in his late years".
"How can I help you sir?" while Evan was evaluating the man in a strange way the man came near him and asked politely.
"How can you do this to your own master?" Evan asked absent-mindedly while still immense in his strange thoughts.
"Master? What master?" the man asked in a baffled voice after hearing Evan.
"Huh!" Evan came out from his thoughts after hearing the baffled voice of the man and saw he was looking at him strangely only now Evan realized he spoke out his mind loud cough* Evan coughed to change the topic and said "nothing I was just asking I want to sell different things so where should I go".
Although the suspicious-looking innocent man thought Evan was looking at him strangely he still nodded and said "can you tell me what you want to sell?"
Hearing the man Evan was hesitant a little because of the suspicious-looking face of the man but since he can tell that man was just a normal human he was sure that this man won't be able to do anything to him.
Evan told everything that he wanted to sell after hearing what Evan wanted to sell the man nodded and said "alright please come with me I don't know much about these items so please wait In the waiting room for some time I will quickly inform someone, who will come to attend you"
Evan nodded and followed the man, while following the man Evan realized the man is quite polite and seems to care about the customers it was just his face that make him suspicious.
'I shouldn't judge people by their appearance' Evan thought when he remembered how he created a strange picture of the man just because his face is quite strange.
'If the face of this guy is not like this I am sure with his manners and way he spoke with customers he could have easily become a manager of this place' Evan thought and looked at the man with eyes filled with pity.
When the man saw how Evan was looking at him he made a weird face and said while coughing "sir, although you are quite handsome I still prefer women".
Evan who was looking at the man with eyes filled with pity almost fell to the ground he looked at the man with his eyes wide open and asked "what the hell are you talking about?"
"The way you are looking at me, with your eyes full of affection I am too familiar with this look most of the customers that I handle here give me the same look filled with affection. What can I do I know I was born with this face that attracts everyone who looks at me but I can't let you have me since I prefer women" the man said with an apologetical smile like confronting Evan for being rejected by him.
'Is this guy gone senile? Evan was speechless after hearing what the man said,' 'I am looking at him with pity-filled eyes and this crazy bastard saying don't look at him with affection-filled eyes' the more Evan looked at the apologitcal smile of the man the higher his blood pressure rose.
Evan took out his nether steel sword and said "crazy bastard if you say anything else I swear I will kill".
When the man saw Evan taking out his sword he was scared shitless he quickly backed away and nodded while looking at Evan with wronged expression.
When Evan saw the wronged expression on the strange face of the man he tried his best not to behead him on the spot.
"Just lead the way to the waiting room and bring the person who will inspect the things I want to sell" Evan said while taking a deep breath to calm down.
The man nodded his head obediently and started walking towards the waiting room.
'Did my rejection hit him too hard' the man thought while leading the way, 'I should apologize to him properly later I don't want him to commit suicide because I rejected him'.
Evan was regretting his decision for showing pity for this bastard but how can he know this suspicious-looking innocent man will have a twisted mind 'I swear I am not going to look at anyone with pity, who knows when I will come across another lunatic' Evan swore and promised himself to never look at another human with pity.
"Please wait here for some time someone will come to assist you soon" the man said to Evan in an awkward tone after they reached the waiting room.
Evan went inside the room and sat on the expensive-looking sofa, the man didn't enter the room and said "I will send someone quickly" after saying this the man closed the door and left.
Evan sighed in relief when the lunatic left him alone but suddenly the door opened a little and he heard the voice of the man "I know it's hard to overcome a rejection but I am sure with your handsome face you will be able to find someone better than me".
Evan almost coughed out two liters of his blood when he heard what the man said "I swear if this guy appeared before me I will kill him".
Happy New Year Everyone