The Sky Parade arrived just one day after Myrilia Royal Academy. Their group was led by Tang Chutian who was a member of the royal family of Tang kingdom. The person leading the University of Sousion group was their vice principal Rechard Hammingford, an individual with High A rank combat ability. Tang Chutian on the other hand had strength only equivalent to a B rank but their group had 3 members with A rank strength and 5 with B rank strength. So overall they had the most number of high level combatants if S rankers are taken out of the picture.

University of Sousion had 2 people at A rank including their vice principal and 3 B rank individuals. The host, Riplanica Higher Institution had decided to go all out in this expedition as they were also supplying 3 A rankers and 10 B rankers. So from an outsider's perspective, the overall strength of the collaborative group consisted of an S ranker, 9 A rankers and 21 B rankers. It was quite a strong team with ten ability to conquer almost any dungeon.

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The discussion among the top brass of all the academy was hosted inside the meeting room of the principal of the Riplanica Higher Institution. First the institution told the others more about the dungeon. According to them, most of the opponents found inside were constructs like golems, puppets etc. There were also ghosts and ferocious spirits present in some special areas. The institution told them that they were not able to explore much so the information was limited.

As for their plan, they said that the constructs were weak to physical damage but resistant against magical attacks. On the other hand, the ghosts and the ferocious spirits were almost immune to physical attacks but instead magic dealt a lot of damage to it.

So, the team they made had almost equal numbers of warriors and mages. Other than them there were a lot of traps in the dungeon and the principal of the institution was an expert in this field so he was going to take care of most of the traps but he also warned others that some of the traps were very well hidden so he might be unable to find them. So they should all be careful.

After informing everyone about those things, the final topic of the discussion was to find a suitable leader who would be in charge of everyone as a whole. Everyone except Elena had thought that the principal of Riplanica Higher Institution would push himself as the leader as the dungeon was basically in his territory. But astonishingly, he nominated Elena as the expedition leader not himself. Every other teacher from the institution also supported Elena. This made the other two organisations surprised but they soon got rid of it.

The Sky Parade Academy nominated their leader, Tang Chutian as the leader. University of Sousion had the weakest group overall so at first they had decided to not vote for anyone and let others decide the leader but they obviously did not want Elena leading them as she was from an enemy nation. So they also supported Tang Chutian to lead them. Sky Parade Academy also had quite strong high end strength.

This made the situation equal for both sides. Elena knew why the Riplanica Higher Institution wanted her to be the leader. And actually she did not mind taking that position. But she wanted to put a bit of pressure on the Riplanica Higher Institution and to enjoy a good show.

So, she acted like a generous and humble person and told everyone that she didn't mind Tang Chutian as the leader as his royal charisma and experience might come in handy. This gave a good impression of Elena to the group from Sky Parade Academy and gave a lot of stress to the members of Riplanica Higher Institution.

The members of Riplanica Higher Institution wanted Elena to be the leader for various reasons. One main reason among them was if they wanted to clear the academy with minimum casualty then it was must for Elena to lead them. The Tang nation was quite far from Myrilia kingdom and Danclesiv kingdom had a very biased view about anyone from Myrilia Kingdom so they were not aware of Elena's true capabilities.

But the Riplanica Republic was a nation of merchants. And information was life blood for them. So they had investigated quite a lot about Elena and her unprecedented rise to S rank finding that her strength and leading ability was top notch. The only reason Alessia was not as well known as she would have been at any other time because she got overshadowed by Elena's insane achievements. That was why they badly wanted Elena to lead them as that would allow them to reach the end of the dungeon with most safety.

So, the principal of Riplanica Higher Institution had no other to brute force this topic to have Elena as the leader. So gave many justifications as to why Elena should be the leader. He also had facts on his side as she was the only S ranker among them. But the Sky Parade Academy was adamant about having the member of the royal dynasty as the leader. After several hours of constant back and forth the principal whose name was Astin Revenok, was able to make two other groups to recognise Elena as the leader. He had to sing the praises of Elena for a few hours and had to even give some examples, some threats and some benefits to them. Only for one reason, that was to be under Elena's command in the expedition.

The group from Sky Parade Academy already had a good impression of Elena and the prestige of a S rank was really great. After knowing about Elena's achievements from Astin, they became less resistant to get led by Elena and finally accepted it after getting some extra benefit from Astin. As for Rechard, he had no other way but to submit as three other groups had already accepted Elena so he also had to do so begrudgingly or he might not be able to even enter the dungeon.

After enjoying the show and laughing at the troubled Astin she gracefully and humbly accepted the role of leader and promised to do her best to protect the students from any harm. Then the meeting came to an end and everyone went back to their own camp to discuss more about the situation with other members.

Elena did the same and came back to their accommodation and had a little meeting to let them know what happened. The students were naturally happy to know that their headmistress would become the overall leader. Then she told the students that the expedition would start from mid morning time (about 10 AM) and told them to get ready before that perfectly in both body and mind.

Elena then dismissed the students and had another meet with the Azure Legion and gave them some instructions.

"Marina, you're going to take the lead in this expedition. Alessia is in charge of protecting the students from any mishap. You should also keep an eye on other institutions' students too but prioritize the safety of our own.

And it is a very good opportunity for Nina and Shia to finally reach over level 250 and A rank. Nina will take care of the puppets and golems with sneak attacks and Shia will be in charge against the spirits and ghosts

Best of luck to everyone for tomorrow. Get some rest and be on your top form. Now. Dismissed!"

Then Alessia's party and Elena both went to rest.

And that was how the final day before the expedition ended.

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