hotmtlnovel Chapter 129: Newborn Calves Are Not Afraid of Tigers
Chapter 129: Newborn Calves Are Not Afraid of Tigers
Everyone was stupefied for a few moments before all four deans suddenly stood up from their seats, obviously shaken by the news, especially Dean Snowcrest, the warrior course dean.
"Where?! Where is Crowley?!" Dean Snowcrest disappeared from the stage and suddenly reappeared in front of the staff member, looking all worked up as he gripped the staff member's shoulders with a little too much force.
Naturally, Maia and Shirley also reappeared beside the staff member, looking just as worked up as the dean was if not more.
"Where?! Where's big brother?!"
"Where is Crowley?!"
The staff member started to feel dizzy, evidently overwhelmed by the presence of three well-known people in the academy namely: Dean Snowcrest, Maia Crowley, and Shirley Locke.
Fortunately, the staff member's suffering was short-lived as a voice familiar to the dean, Maia, and Shirley, sounded from behind the crowd.
"D-Dean Snowcrest, Maia, Shirley...I'm back..." Shye said awkwardly as he tried to maintain a straight face. He wanted to cry and hug his little sister and his girlfriend but this wasn't the right time to do it.
Maia and Shirley couldn't care less though as they immediately threw themselves into his embrace.
"Big brother...Uuuuhh...It's good that you're back...It's good that you're back..."
"Crowley...I was so worried..."
Shye didn't even notice the envious looks of the first-year students, especially the top-ranked first-year students who grew more arrogant after almost one year of training inside the academy.
They felt stronger than ever to the point that they thought they could take on this so-called legend, Shye Crowley and at least fight him to a draw.
'Just like that, he's chosen as a representative? You've gotta be fucking around with me!' Tyson inwardly thought as he gnashed his teeth and clenched his fists in anger.
He saw how his senior, Shirley, worked her way up the rankings so he couldn't accept that some random guy who returned after pathetically getting trapped inside a labyrinth deserved to represent the academy.
With indignation and fury written all over his face, Tyson stepped forward and said in a loud voice:
"Your Excellency, If I may be so presumptuous, we, the freshmen students, refuse to accept such an arrangement. If some random guy who comes back after a long absence from the academy can become a representative just like that, then what's the point of climbing the rankings?"
"If Senior Crowley wants to represent the academy, shouldn't he at least prove to us freshmen that he is reliable?"
Naturally, the deans, the instructors, the representatives, and the other students on the smarter side immediately realized what this guy was aiming for.
Siegfried, who took a liking to this guy's talent but disliked his arrogance almost bursted out laughing upon realizing what the youngster's plan was.
However, he wanted to see his rival's progress as well so he kept his mouth shut and watched the proceedings with intrigue.
The deans also felt that they needed to see Crowley's progress over the past year so they were willing to let this kid challenge him.
This way, not only would they see Shye's prowess, but they would also be able to curb the arrogance of this freshman student as early as now, not needing to wait before the guy becomes a third-year student before doing so.
Thus, Dean Privett pretended to not notice the youngster's plan and asked:
"Oh? Tyson Lee, first-year warrior course student, correct? Tell us, in what way can Crowley prove himself to the freshmen students?"
Seeing that the developments were going the way he wanted them to, Tyson smiled and replied:
"Simple, let me, the overall first-ranked freshman, fight him in a duel!"