Chapter 324
Chapter 325 The Final Slot
Watching the lively scene below, Haul gave a bitter smile. “I understand,” he said quietly.
At that moment, the noise from the crowd grew even louder.
“Let go of me! I want to join the Public Relations Club! Stop holding me back p>
“Dax, we can’t lose you! Are you really giving up on our bond p>
“We trained together, built our bodies together! How can you abandon the Combat Club p>
“You can’t beat that pretty-boy George anyway. Just let it go p>
In the end, five or six Combat Club members, built like walking mountains, lifted Dax up carried him out.
The Public Relations Club election resumed.
Sophie officially stepped down.
Joanna continued her run for president.
No one challenged her. Instead, everyone chose to compete for vice president.
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Katherine joined the race too, but she lost by a wide margin to George, who had experience, money at home, and a steady way of doing things.
All the fourth-year seniors withdrew, opening up 20 new spots in the club.
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Because this election drew record attention and the students were unusually strong, the professors and internal votes added 40 more seats to the member of the Public Relations Club.
That meant the Student Council lost 40 elite candidates.
The ones left were mostly students eliminated by the Public Relations Club.
In the audience seat, Sophie’s expression was dark.
Not only hers-other seniors who had followed her and left the club also looked unhappy.
Last semester, they had spent time filming ads. The pay was decent, but when converted, it wasn’t worth nearly as many credits.
After the new term started, they had tried to shamelessly ask Joanna to carry them through a level-50 dungeon, Joanna refused, saying she needed to farm credits first.
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Not gaining anything felt worse than taking a loss.
They felt they had followed the wrong person.
Now that Joanna was at the peak of her influence, they didn’t dare provoke her or complain openly. Instead, their resentment quietly shifted toward Sophie.
“Ungrateful traitors,” Sophie cursed inwardly.
At least she had some comfort.
She had recently landed an endorsement deal as the pet food spokesperson for Titan Group.
It made her feel much better. The contract included an earn-out clause-if sales passed the target, she would get extra profit sharing. A total win.
The Public Relations Club election ended.
Right after that, the Student Council election began.
Haul had lost to Joanna earlier, but among the candidates for Student Council, none had his reputation or strength.
Without much trouble, he became Student Council president.
Soon after, Joanna received a mythic-tier skill upgrade stone from him.
Combined with the one from becoming Public Relations Club president and another she had redeemed earlier-fast-tracked thanks to Helen.
Joanna now had three Mythic-tier Skill Upgrade Stones.
It was time to plan a major upgrade.
Just as she was thinking about it, she received a notice.
Saul was summoning her to his office.
He usually guarded the Divine Battlefield and rarely stayed on campus.
Joanna had no idea why he wanted to see her.
“Did he want to talk about Alonzo and Joshua from last semester? But those department heads were already fired. If it was about that, he could’ve told me at the start of the term p>
Without overthinking it, Joanna headed to Saul’s office,
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When she arrived, six people were already there.
She glanced around. All familiar faces.
Marlon. Samantha. Haul. Dax. George.
Sophie. And herself.
Saul spoke calmly. “In three months, the Decennial Tournament will begin. Our academy has five main slots. I plan to form a combat team three months early to build teamwork and give you priority resources p>
He paused.
“There are five main positions and two backup slots. That’s seven total. But there are eight of you. One person must be eliminated. You’ll need to compete to decide who stays p>
Joanna raised an eyebrow.
Seven slots. Eight people.
The numbers fit perfectly.
Before she could ask anything, Dax spoke up. “Saul, who hasn’t arrived yet? If it’s a freshman,. “Saul, who hasn’t arrived yet? If it’s a freshman, George and I can handle it. If not,” he added, clenching fists as big as sandbags, “then George and I will fight it out p>
He had wanted to fight George for a long time.
This was perfect.
Saul smiled. “The last candidate is a third-year student from Apocalyptic Survival Dungeon Studies. The top student of her year. Her name is Anya Green. You might not recognize this name, but she’s very famous on the DD Forum. Her username is ImLurking p>
At Saul’s gesture, everyone suddenly realized something was off.
It felt as if the room had gained an extra presence.
No-someone who had always been there, but whom everyone had unconsciously ignored.
In the corner stood a girl. She had short hair, a few freckles on her cheeks, and bright brown eyes filled with excitement.
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