Hellhound At Supernatural Academy-Chapter 35: Obstacle Course

The competition began, and one by one, we started the obstacle course. I would be the 23rd competitor out of the 24 competitors in total. The beginning was slow, as no one managed to pass the second checkpoint with the 180-pound bag until the eighth challenger.

The obstacles leading to the first checkpoint were on a relatively flat area, though bumpy. There were some holes in the ground, but they were manageable if you watched where you were going. The worst injury you could get here was a twisted ankle.

The path to the second checkpoint was where things got tricky, requiring us to go down a steep slope while carrying 180 pounds of weight. One slip could send you tumbling down, risking serious injury. So far, only one person had managed this obstacle—a boy from class B, name Lucas Bellheart.

After clearing the second checkpoint, he went on to tackle the third, carrying 350 pounds up a slope. It was at the fourth obstacle course that his exhaustion began to show. As he struggled toward the fourth checkpoint, he was met with cheers from everyone watching. Even some of the teachers joined in, offering encouragement along the way. But just before he could reach the checkpoint, he fainted.

After that, no one came close to finishing the second obstacle course. Sarah was the 15th competitor and barely managed to clear the first checkpoint.

When Leto's turn came, he cleared the first checkpoint without even attempting the second. I noticed that he doesn't like to stand out. Even in his class, he doesn't hold any important role. He always does the bare minimum to avoid being a bother; I might be the only one who knows what he's truly capable of. Though there were some benefits of him having no friends—no one will miss him when he's gone.

Ava was the same; she only completed the first checkpoint. I was sure she could have performed better, but she was probably being lazy. One look at her, and you could tell she didn't enjoy manual labor. Even though we were living on a mountain, she somehow managed to maintain her physical appearance.

Next was my turn. I managed to clear the first three checkpoints with little effort. The fourth obstacle course was where things got tricky. It was difficult to maintain balance while ascending the slope. The challenge lay in not falling, as the loose rocks created unstable footing. I heard shouts and cheers as I made my way up to clear the fourth checkpoint, but I ignored them and stayed focused.

After successfully clearing the fourth checkpoint, I moved on to the fifth obstacle course, which involved carrying a 700-pound bag filled with boulders through a swamp. The weight of the bag wasn't the problem; it was the soft, spongy ground that made everything feel uncertain. I had to be careful with each step, testing the ground before committing my weight.

With the added weight of 700 pounds, it was nearly impossible not to sink. Eventually, it came down to how quickly I could make it out of the swamp before I became stuck. Considering this, I dashed through the swamp, bouncing off any solid surface I could find, and eventually crossed the checkpoint.

The next obstacle course was the shortest of them all, just 50 meters long. The challenge was that I had to carry 1,000 pounds while crossing a raging river. I had to exert a bit of energy to pick up the bag. The water level was right up to my chest. To reference, the last time I got my height checked, I was 185 centimeters. I felt the rocks constantly slipping beneath my feet, causing me to trip. My arms were also getting tired from the weight.

The river crashed against my face, practically waterboarding me. Regardless, I pushed through, and I could see the other students staring at me from across the river. I was so focused on getting across that I barely noticed when I crossed the checkpoint, completing the entire course.

The other students stood in awe, watching me. They couldn't believe that I had managed to complete all the obstacle courses. Some of them looked ashamed that a student from class D had outdone them.

"You did it!!" Sarah screamed, wrapping her arms around me in a hug. "That was so cool! You looked like the MC straight out of a manga!"

"Oh, thanks"

The last competitor, a tall blond boy from class A, was sitting on a chair shirtless, fanning himself while reading a magazine a teacher must have left behind. When he heard his name—Barron Werewood—he exasperatedly got up from his seat and walked over to the obstacle course.

"I wasn't planning on taking this seriously, but I can't let a commoner outdo me."

To everyone's shock and dismay, he effortlessly completed the entire obstacle course, barely breaking a sweat. While everyone seemed bewildered, his classmates didn't appear surprised at all; it almost looked as if they expected it.

When he finished all the obstacle courses, he approached me.

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"This school has seriously gone to the gutter, handing out noble points as if they were nothing. To think I actually had high expectations for this place! It's nothing but a madhouse where nobles disgrace themselves by losing to commoners."

"Enough of that, Barron," Ava said, speaking to him with an air of familiarity. "Aren't you tired of spewing the same nonsense over and over?"

"Ah, Ava, the biggest disgrace of them all. Your family must be so ashamed of you. You belong to a tier 3 noble family like mine—the highest level of prestige a family can have—and here you are, chasing after commoners like that gutter rat Liam and now this guy."

"Don't talk about my family or Liam for that matter!"

"Yes, certainly. I'm done talking. I'll demonstrate just how far the gap between nobles and commoners really is," Lucas said before walking off.

I'm not exactly sure how, but I somehow managed to make another enemy. Though I don't mind; I'd much rather have an enemy I can deal with. I'd prefer facing someone like him over Famine or any of the other four horsemen of the apocalypse.

The rest of the day went well as we managed to complete the training regimen, which included a tug-of-war contest in E1 and a weightlifting contest in G5. We successfully completed today's regimen and were now resting in preparation for tomorrow's challenge.