As many first year students signed up for the event, all of the second year students were unmoved.
Although Lake's proposition sounded interesting, most of the second year students were already Mid Rank Martial Apprentice with a few barely reaching High Rank.
They also had to worry about how to gather points so that they could successfully graduate so doing something like this felt a little too risky.
If Lake really showed results in his training and the group of first years who signed up advanced at a quick pace, it wouldn't be too late to join then. At worst, they would just be on the same level as the first years which was something they could accept.
After all, Martial Arts training was only 1% talent, and 99% hard work. The requirements to become a martial artist are quite low in the first place, you just need to have a physique stronger than most humans and this can be gained through dedicated training.