Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

"So, what are you going to do now? Since you forfeited in the alchemic test, it meant that you have given up the chance to take part in the final test. Aunt Tania will be back. How will you explain it to her? I'm sure that you're going to be doomed! She did her best to get you the chance to take the assessment, and then she will discover that you were eliminated this way," Sharon said as she walked up to Zachary as if adding salt to his wounds. However, though she was acting a bit cold, she was actually amazed at what Zachary had done. He chose to save a stranger's life over something that could potentially give him an unlimited opportunity.

"Even if Master Tania was here, she would have supported my actions," Zachary answered confidently.

"Really? Even though you're going to lose this huge chance?" Sharon asked, thinking otherwise. After all, she knew her aunt to be a rational and cold person.

Zachary didn't utter a word and simply shrugged as he let out a faint smile. Although he also thought that it was such a huge loss to forfeit in the assessment after all the efforts that he had poured into it, he didn't regret deciding to save the life of the little girl.

At the same time, Zachary saving the dying girl didn't really have much impact on the alchemic test. In fact, at this moment, the test was about to conclude. There w

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going on? It's highly unlikely that the sect leader would make an obvious mistake!"

They didn't understand if he was just mistaken on the number of participants or he was deliberately changing the rules for this year's assessment.

"The last person to participate in the final test is—" A second later, Kendrick suddenly uttered an unexpected name. "Hodge Long!"

The moment Zachary heard that his name was mentioned, he was actually stunned for a second. He didn't know if he just misheard it, but after a brief while, he revealed a faint smile, thinking that the world still worked fine. 'Well, it seemed that good things happen to good people,' he thought.

The people who heard this almost had the same reaction as Zachary. They were flabbergasted and thought that the sect leader might have been mistaken. After all, it was clear that the young man had been disqualified earlier for not finishing the alchemic test. Especially for those who had finished the test and were eliminated, they found Kendrick's announcement very unfair.

"How could it be him? Didn't he give up the test earlier?"

"That's right! It makes no sense that he got the chance to participate in the final test."

"This is unfair. We are more deserving of that spot!"

Soon enough, those who had been eliminated in the last test began to express their protest.