I rested on the ground of the arena, staring at the notification for a few moment, 'I'm finally... going to Eden...'
'I finally achieved a part of my dream... fuck... Seriously... I did it!'
I felt my wounds on my aching body instantly heal and my stamina quickly return as I was teleported back to that same area in front of Eden's main building. I stood up with the rest of the cadets and looked around at the familiar scenery.
'Eden has an entire system created that can allow a cadet to be transported into a realistic simulation of a tower floor depending on their needs and desires, basically allowing them to train anywhere besides when classes are in session. It's even cooler in person than I imagined..'
All the chairs that were there were gone, and the headmaster of Eden stood on the same podium as before, this time accompanied by five teachers and three Eden cadet year representatives.
'I remember watching this on a recording... when my older brother passed the entrance exam...'
Nearby, a crowd of Eden cadets and the teachers were watching us with curious looks as we all stood up watching the headmaster of Eden.
The headmaster of Eden coughed before speaking, "Congratulations, new cadets of Eden! Even though there were a few 'mistakes' that happened during the entrance exam, you, through sheer determination and blood, have survived the entrance exam and are now officially known as Eden Cadets!"
The headmaster then began his long speech about Eden, Saviors, and their achievements and history..
'...Fuck.. How long was I asleep for?... I've heard that same speech so many times... even though it was through recordings...'
I jolted myself fully awake as he finished, just in time for the introduction of the five head teachers and their classes. "Here in Eden, each cadet is placed into five classes based on their rank and registration forms, Aleph, Vav, Kaph, Ayin, and Shen. Let's start with the Shen classes, which are for F ranked cadets, and the head teacher for those classes."
The headmaster would leave the stage, walking away, and a tired, pale male teacher with long brown hair tied in a ponytail, lazily with black eyes, stepped in front of the podium and spoke, "I am Leon Romani, the head teacher for the Shen classes..."
'Leon Romani was a new teacher at Eden since last year and already has gained a nickname as 'The Devil' of Eden...'
'He doesn't seem that bad right now, though... I wonder why he's called that.'
Leon continued while looking at us with a devilish expression, "If any of you are weak and shitty F ranks, brace yourselves for absolute hell. I'll beat you until you're no longer in the Shen class.."
'Ah, that's probably why...'
Leon coughed, "Anyways, who's next? Ah, right.. Alice-" He glanced at a blonde-haired female teacher with blue eyes.
She sighed before stepping forward and took Leon's place on the podium, fixed her glasses, and then spoke, "I am Alice Bennett, the head teacher for the Ayin classes, which is for E to D ranked cadets. I pray you succeed in the Ayin classes and, or in ranking up to the Kaph classes in the future."
'I don't really know much about Alice Bennett, but from rumors, she's just a major workaholic...'
Alice quickly went off the podium and stage as a male teacher, who had long, deep navy hair and piercing yellow eyes and was wearing a pair of golden-tinted sunglasses, walked up and spoke, "I'm Xiao Yan, the head teacher for the Kaph classes, which are normally for B to C ranked cadets, but I don't really care who enters my class. If you have the motivation to grow, I'll teach you so you can become a great and strong savior who protects the world!"
'Xiao Yan, known as the Burning Lotus, a man recognized for his charming features and jokester attitude... and most likely my new head teacher if I ranked up...'
'Ah right I should check my stats after this whole thing... and find Yoon Harin... I still have a lot of questions for her...'
Xiao Yan walked over to another male teacher who had sky blue hair and deep blue eyes nearby and put his arm over their shoulder. "And if you rank up and become an A rank or maybe even an S rank, you'll meet my grumpy friend, Kaito Umezawa-"
'"Who is the head teacher for the Vav classes and the grandson of the headmaster, the king of nepo babies!" That's most likely what Xiao Yan is going to say...'
Kaito cut Xiao Yan off. "Who is the head teacher for the Vav classes and the grandson of the headmaster- You've done this bit every time, Xiao Yan... Anyway, if you're lucky enough to be put in my class, I'll teach you well, but be prepared because of this flaming idiot interrupting my lessons."
'Xiao Yan has actually done this bit for nine years since he arrived and became the head teacher for Eden the same way... Xiao Yan and Kaito Umezawa are actually childhood friends, even though their fathers were rivals.'
Kaito glanced at the teacher who sighed before walking up. Their face was hidden behind a mask, and they wore a hood over their head as they spoke in a serious tone. "My name isn't really important... just call me Ms. L. I'm the head teacher for the Aelph classes.... that's all you guys need to know... Now onto the 'passing of the capes.'"
'Ms. L, the mysterious head teacher of Eden, there are speculations about her identity. Some may say it's 'Mary Luna,' a famous idol, or 'Lana Reyes,' the popular singer... There are some speculations that she's actually a male...'
She paused in awkwardness before continuing, "Normally, the introduction of the cadet representatives of each year would be announced by the headmaster, but due to certain conditions, he cannot continue. So I will have to announce and introduce those students and initiate the 'passing of the capes,' which is an event where the cadet representatives of each year give their capes to the next one, with the first-year representative giving their cape to the new cadets with the most calamity kills during the entrance exam..."
'The headmaster's ill conditions are pretty well known. He said he's going to next year, and let Mrs. L take over... Wait, they are doing the passing of capes now?!'
'Normally they wait a day after the entrance exam and then do the passing of capes.'
She walked over to one of the representatives, who had black hair in a manbun and tired green eyes whose uniform had a lot more white than ours and included a black cape. "Let's start off with the now former third-year representative, who will be leaving after the 'Passing of the Cape' is completed, 'Adrien Garnier.'"
Some of the Eden cadets that had gathered cheered when his name was announced; they were mostly saying goodbye to him and cheering him on as a savior.
Adrien looked at bowed at the cheers and looked back at us and simply grinned, "Good luck... you're gonna need it..." He took off his cape and went over to the second year representative next to him while grinning.
'Adrien... had a pretty decent rivalry with the second year representative from what I saw on the internet...'
Ms. L watched them hesitantly as she spoke, "Next... is... uh... Zhao Jingyi, the former second year representative..."
Another group of Eden cadets cheered once her name was announced; they were wearing the third year uniforms, which had added a lot more white and silver within their design along with black and gold.
Zhao Jingyi was a short girl with long black braided pigtails and sharp red eyes who wore a red cape.
She glared at Adrien, "Hey senior, seems you can't call me shortie anymore when you're gone."
Adrien laughed, "Hahaha- Well then, shortie, I wonder how long you'll be able to keep the title of third year representative-"
'Eden cadet representatives can be challenged by cadets of the same year for their title, and Adrien has the longest streak of his title not being taken, which was around half a year...'
Zhao Jingyi simply stared at him before taking off her red cape. "I'll beat your score, just watch."
Ms. L announced the last representative, "Now the new second year representative, Natalia Volkova."
Another cheer broke out through the crowd, this time from the second years, who had a lot more crimson on their uniforms.
'Natalia, that's the woman I saw glaring down at me when I entered Eden to take the entrance exam... I thought she was a guy at first until I realized she was wearing the female uniform..'
A woman with short brown hair and blue eyes sighed before hesitantly taking off her white cape.
Ms. L, watching the last representative take off her cape, continued, "Now allow the 'Passing of the Cape' to begin..."
Adrien went behind Zhao Jingyi, put his cape on her, took a step back, waved goodbye at every cadet nearby, and quickly left.
Zhao Jingyi put her cape around Natalia and stared back at Adrien.
'I wonder who will be this year's representative? It's determined by the person who has killed the most calamities during the entrance exam, so it can't be me...'
Natalia looked down at us before jumping down from the stage, and we all shuffled to make way as she went to Arthur Corvin and went behind him, putting her cape on him.
'Oh... Well, I should have seen that coming.. He did kill the Nightmare Guardian.'
Mrs. L, after nodding at the completion of the 'passing of capes,' spoke one more time before leaving, "Well then, new cadets... Please rest for the day and tomorrow. You will be escorted by Natalia and-"
'She's probably thinking if she should allow Zhao Jingyi or one of the male teachers to show the guys to the male dorm, right?...'
She looked at one of the three male teachers before speaking, "Xiao Yan... to your respective first-year male and female dorms."
'Oh.. I was right?..'
Xiao Yan sighed before hopping down from the stage and began gathering up the guys as Natalia did the same with the girls and headed in different directions from the stage.
When we reached the male dorms, which were similar to a massive fancy hotel building, Xiao Yan began showing us the various places within the male dorms, which oddly reminded me of my childhood home.
'I wanna read about heroes and saviors now...'
The main lobby had multiple seating areas with tables, and in the back were two staircases that twisted in opposite directions leading upwards, with an elevator between them. To the right end of the lobby was a door to a massive indoor gym, and to the left, a sauna.
'Maybe it's because I have bad memories in that place... that I'm not feeling excited...'
We continued to be toured throughout the building, everyone else's eyes continued to widen, yet for some reason, I wasn't really surprised at all.
Maybe it's because I've seen this place almost a thousand times through video tours from Eden cadets, yet everyone else seemed extremely excited as the tour continued more and more.
When the tour and after many questions about the dorms had ended, we had finally ended up back in the lobby.
Xiao Yan grabbed something out of his storage cube, a bag, and tossed it at us. "Well, I did my job as tour guide for the day. I'm going to eat dumplings.. you guys can figure out which rooms and roommates you get."
Inside the bag was a bunch of keycards to the dorm rooms.
As Xiao Yan left, everyone stared at the keys for a moment and then at each other before the battle for the best rooms began.
I stood back from the battle as male cadets grabbed the keycards and made a run for it while others bartered for certain rooms. The bag was torn apart, letting keycards fall over on the ground as the battle continued.
'Ah yes, I have survived an entrance exam with deadly calamities and barely passed, and now I'm watching grown men fight over dam dorm keycards. This is my life now.'
'Yeah... I'll just wait for the fighting to die down and choose among the remaining keycards...'
After a while, the battle for keycards had become calmer and less chaotic.
'Oh, it's Arthur Corvin... I still have no idea who he is, but he did help me and Yoon Harin, I guess? So he has to be a good guy at least, and he's now this year's representative.'
'I wonder what he wants from me...'
I noticed Arthur Corvin walking up to me, holding two keycards.. "You're name is Kim Taejune, right?.."
"Yeah... Anyway, sorry, it must have felt a bit weird hearing someone you actually never spoke to screaming out your name..."
Arthur handed me one of the keycards. "Eh... Don't worry about it. Thanks to you, I got the right time to behead that monster. Anyway, become roommates with me... it's alright if you don't want to."
'You know what? Sure, why not? Even though we are probably gonna be in the same class, I could learn things from him...'
"Alright, I'm fine with being roommates with you."
Arthur handed me his other key, and noticing we were the last ones left in the lobby, we quickly headed to the elevator and went to the 6th floor and proceeded to head to our room at the end of the hall, Room #6.200