The Soldier's Unsurpassable Honor novel Chapter 2553

"Who knows what Elder Eliot is thinking. We all know how he is. Just think about those pill runes on the card earlier. Eighty percent of them were pill runes that we normally wouldn't use at all.

"They were complicated runes that only seventhgrade alchemists use. I've never even seen them before, let alone be able to fill it up."

"My results will be horrible this time, I don't even have to think about it. I just don't know if there's anyone who'll do worse than me. It would be humiliating if I end up being called out alone to be scolded!"

"Being scolded would be letting you off easy. Don't forget how Elder Eliot is. If the results are especially bad, he'll just pull you out and berate and punish you publicly. You won't just need to be fined spirit crystals, you'll even be forced to stand in a corner facing the wall!"

All those words were naturally heard by Rudy. After hearing what everyone had to say, Rudy felt incredibly bad. He was going green with regret. He should not have participated in the test.

He had never attended a single class and had only just become a sixth-grade alchemist. He did not have the chance to practice condensing nine hundred pill runes for that long, but his limits were already being tested.

Even though the condensing card had nine hundred pill runes as well, only a fifth of those pill runes was the easier sort. He was not able to do anything about the rest of them.

The more Rudy thought about it, the more frustrated he got. He scratched his ears, wanting nothing more than to just leave right then. Yet, he was worried that the situation would get a lot worse if Elder Eliot came back and realized that he was no longer there.

What could have been just a scolding might turn into a punishment several times worse. That was what he did not want to happen. He really wanted to talk to Fane, but looking at Fane's calm expression, his mood soured. He no longer wanted to say anything.