I regressed and became the Sword Ice King-Chapter 285 - - Festival 16- Class One Treasure Hunting

Treasure Hunting, as the name implies, was an event for searching for treasures of different grades.

Each grade possessed its own allocated points and the team with the most accumulated points got first place in the event.

It was one played amongst each class to spark rivalry within them, and the process of doing so had seemed to work over the years.

The treasures were divided into crude, advanced, expert, master and transcendent. Each is allocated with a different amount of points. Crude was ten, Advanced was thirty, Expert was fifty, Master was eighty and Transcendent was a hundred points.

It was an obvious matter to select the high tier treasures since they bore more allocated points than the others but the difficulty in finding them was just as high.

A themed setting explained the subspace they were sent to, taking the habitat and shape of any other form of environment.

This keeps the excitement going for the Spectators as the choice was usually made by the Academy and not the students.

It was done to keep the audience and participants unaware of the Subspace setting until the start of the event.

In the staff building, a separate room was where the Control Room of the Territorial and Sub Spaces were being monitored and controlled.

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It was a white room with an orb in the middle, on top of a floating basin of stale, black water.

On the white walls of the room were large screens showcasing the different parts of the school, the people within it and the Treasure Hunting event.

A group of staff handpicked by the Principal were found here, seven in number with specific roles to maintain the adequacy of the Spaces.

The head of this control room was Lecturer Konstantin Zi who stood in the middle of the group of seven.

The others were assigned to different screens showcasing different parts of the Academy.

In this way, they can keep watch around the academy at all times.

Konstantin felt a subtle pressure at the sight of the Subspace setting.

"This is the issue with themed settings….I can’t believe the principal would choose the Giant RainForest as their first Subspace event".

"I agree….it makes one wonder what else he has in plan".

A member of his team spoke up, a sigh exuding from his lips as he did so.

He stood in front of the screens which showcased the Giant RainForest and the participants within. Lecturer Filly Donal is an uptight man with an uptight expression.

He stood next to a female in charge of the same screens as him. Lecturer Zitani Veleha, a pink-haired fellow with a chirpy expression.

"Should we forget about the reason why the principal chose this and focus on ensuring their safety, first?" She asked as she glanced at her partner.

"We can do both. If you ask me, the students don’t even need us to ensure their safety. They’re practically capable enough".

Konstantin said with a bitter taste in his mouth as an image of a particular student flashed through his thoughts.

"Are you still upset about the assassination incident?" Zitani asked with a giggle as she glanced back at her team leader. "We were all unconscious when it happened, let’s not dwell on it".

"That’s the problem, Zitani. We’ve still not figured out the perpetrators despite being the Control Team and finding them has been even more difficult…"

Konstantin clicked his tongue in annoyance. "And all this just because they wanted to kill the Jun brat. If they were going to get through our security, they could have at least finished the job".

A tense silence hung in the air after that, his teammates keeping their thoughts to themselves.

They were aware of how badly their image had fallen for the Principal after the sudden rainstorm.

It was a climate change they had not issued by themselves or with his permission but by foreign bodies.

How these foreign bodies got into their security and control room was unknown and all clues in finding how it happened had been completely wiped clean.

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"If only…" Konstantin muttered, while his thoughts fought the urge to jump to his final conclusion.

There can only be one reason why a bunch of unknown assassins would gain access to their control room. It simply meant they had someone within the Academy, who assisted them.

Someone in the academy was helping outsiders to get into the academy and access sensitive information and places.

’We have a spy in the Academy…’

A conclusion like that would brew uncertainty within the academy, especially since it would affect all staff members, Lecturers or not.

’Hah, geez. What’s the principal planning on doing about this?’

Even if he did have a clue, he couldn’t act on it unless the Principal gave him the go-ahead.

Thus, he was in a bind, a terribly tight one.

As the group of seven focused their attention on the moving images on the screen, the participants of Class One had begun their Treasure Hunting.

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Jane led his team through the forest with measured steps through the shades.

The trees had large trunks and long leaves with tall grass that reached the knee.

Movement within the subspace was entirely limited and so was their search.

Jane had stopped his team under a branch once again as he opened up the Treasure map.

The Treasure nap wasn’t necessarily a map that showed the direction to the treasures, but rather names and images of the treasures present.

There was other information like the amount that was present and their properties.

Some treasures shined brightly when placed in dark places and some others were too distinctively crafted to hide properly.

"Before we head out again, should we break down what we know?" He asked.

His teammates glanced at each other before Alicia spoke up first.

"Well, there’s a total of fifty treasures, each a different rank". She explained.

"Other than their ranks, their numbers too were stated. Low-tier treasures will be located at large but the High tier ones won’t be so easily located….and they’re fewer". Rana added while the others nodded in agreement.

"Well, there’s that…there are potions, artefacts, weapons and armours listed here…but we have no idea how to locate them"

Jane muttered as he stared at the paper while he hummed.

A palpable silence followed until Zara spoke up.

"We do," she said. She was wearing a brown alchemy robe and witch hat that fitted well with her features.

Jane and the others turned towards her, their curiosity picked by her statement.

"You do?" Jane asked with a raised brow.

"Yes….those treasures….I can find some of them. Though, the transcendent.."

She pointed at the top of the paper where a picture of a golden pendant was drawn.

"The golden retriever. This is an equipment that appears after collecting a specific set of equipment".

Jane’s surprise had increased after her statement.

"How do you know this?" He asked.

"Well…" Zara adjusted her glasses as she gave them a wry smile. "I guess this is why the Class Monitor put me in Treasure Hunting because I study these things a lot ... as part of my Alchemy curriculum".

Jane remained silent after that while the others complimented Zara on her information.

Now, things have taken a strange turn. The initial goal of a treasure hunt was to send unsuspecting individuals into a subspace to search for treasures they usually would never find.

Though the subspace seemed large upfront, it actually wasn’t as the diameter was limited to just enough space to find them.

"Alright, in that case.….which is the quickest to get from here".

He handed the map to Zara and she received it with a nod. She glanced through it and turned around, observing the area around them.

It was a few meters away from their starting points, with large tree trunks and evergreen leaves the size of a car.

"There is one we can find".

Zara suddenly changed directions and headed out into the open, away from the shades and into the pale sunlight.

"Zara!"

Jonny screamed out as a large shriek pierced through the skies while a large shadow suddenly suffused Zara in a heartbeat.

She looked up, fear and shock flickering within her eyes as a green bird, the size of a bungalow slammed its feet on the ground and spread its wings.

Its humongous, iron beak descended towards her when a gust of mana blew out from the side of the bird’s peripheral vision.

In a moment of spur, Jane shot out like a beam of light, punching the large creature in the abdomen and surging a powerful force within his fist. A sonic boom erupted as the bird was punched away with the gust of wind, slamming into the large trees and falling to the ground with a painful shriek.

At that moment, Jane grabbed Zara by her arm and rushed back to their shade, his golden energy dissipating as their once tranquil peace returned.

Zara remained still, her gaze still flickering from the shock when Jonny walked up to her and shook her, snapping her from her thoughts while the others’ gazes remained fixed on the Giant bird.

"Wha–What was that?!" She screamed out as she held onto Jonny, panting lightly while her senses returned to her.

"A green hawk…."

Jane replied as he grabbed the map from her.

"This place doesn’t just contain treasures, Zara…it contains creatures too"