The Soldier's Unsurpassable Honor novel Chapter 2635

That was not something Fane wanted to see happening.

He let out a sigh as he looked at Claude and Benedict next to him. The two of them had regretful looks on their faces. It seemed like they did not know the secret behind the truth of the war.

Fane turned to look at Mr. Zayne. Even though Mr. Zayne did his best to compose himself, Fane still managed to see a hint of curiosity in his eyes. It seemed like Mr. Zayne was out of the loop, too.

The higher-ups kept everything tightly under wraps, much like a secretive massive chessboard. If the two forces were really at the stage of being such irreconcilable enemies, the secrets should not have been guarded so strictly.

The only reason left, then, was that the secret involved incredible benefits for either side. Fane became even more confused as he thought about it, feeling like there were far too many things hidden from everyone.

As Fane was deep in his thoughts, Master Forrest had his subordinates bring in the tools required for the tournament. There were a total of six condensation cards, and each card had 2000 pill runes within.

Not a single rune in them was complete. Some lacked 80 percent, while some lacked half.

Fane immediately knew what the first match would entail the moment he saw it. It was like the test that Fane had gone through in the Elder Hall back then. The six of them would all have to fill up 2000 pill runes.

Just like Fane had thought, Master Forrest, acting as the host of the tournament, started to read out the rules as he pointed at the six cards, "Everyone should be familiar with the first match today. You should have gone through this test plenty of times back at your respective places.

"The requirements for the match are more or less the same as what you've experienced. The six of you will have a condensation card each. There are two thousand pill runes that are incomplete within them.

Fane raised an eyebrow as he looked at the condensation cards. He had to say that he did not blame Benedict for losing his confidence. He had gone through the same test in the Elder Hall before, but it had been far easier.

Even though the pill runes were incomplete that time as well, the degree was just half or 60-percent at most. At the very least, they could figure out what the original rune looked like from the parts that remained.

A pill rune that only had 20-percent was only left with a corner. The difficulty was raised several times. Even very skilled seventh-grade alchemists were not necessarily able to figure out what the original rune looked like just from 20-percent of the rune, let alone with limited time.

Due to how young they were, they had not been seventh-grade alchemists for that long. They were very talented but lacked the time put into the craft.