After the messenger from Riplanica Higher Institution left Elena got busy selecting the students for the upcoming dungeon expedition. Leonard didn't give Elena any exact number for the students but hinted at her to bring as much as she could. But Elena didn't plan on bringing many students with her.

She knew about their plans and also had confidence that she would be able to protect all of them. But a high ranking dungeon was tough for a reason. Just staying inside the environment of a high ranking dungeon could have adverse effects on the mental health of the students. So she could only allow students with strong willpower to join her.

There were quite a few students in the Royal Academy with strong willpower. So, she had to narrow down the list. After thinking about it for some time she ended up choosing a total of 15 students. She planned to take all 8 quarter-finalists of the recent tournament along with 7 more good seedlings from senior years.

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The next day Elena made a campus wide announcement about the collaboration work with three other top educational institutions from different nations and also told everyone that the top 8 from the recent tournament would be getting a chance to join her inside the dungeon as an extra reward. She also told them that if any of them were unwilling to join this dungeon expedition they were free to reject it.

As for 7 other spots, she decided to create a special structure to test a student's willpower. The seven highest scorers would get the chance to join her for the dungeon dive. She also said that if any of the high scorers were unwilling to go they could also reject the offer and she would gift them something special instead of the chance to do the dungeon dive with her.

She clarified that the students would not be in charge of clearing the dungeon. They would only be there to learn from strong dungeon divers. Elena also took full responsibility for the students safety. The treasures that they would get inside the dungeon were all for their taking too.

Actually, none of the students even thought of giving up their chance to watch Elena in action. When they heard that they would get a chance to watch Elena fighting up close and personal, everyone became hyped to score the highest inside the structure Elena created. Some students also became very jealous of the top 8 newcomers as they were getting a free pass to join Elena.

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After about a week, all the fifteen candidates that would join Elena for the dungeon expedition had been chosen. They were - Colette, Lucian, Shuri, Andric, Octavia, Gabriel, Rose, Tiove, Quinn Talon (a 3rd year student), Rondo Cross (a 5th year student), Hans (a second year student), Demiliona Extris (a 3rd year student), Uoni (a 4th year student), Prescilia (a 4th year student) and Fiona Belle (a 5th year student).

They had scored the highest among all other students and Elena was also very happy with their willpower. Among them Uoni had the highest score. Actually he was known as a failure in the academy as his growth speed was slowest among his batch. But now everyone was in awe as his scored the highest inside the willpower measuring structure called "Hall of Ascension".

Rondo Cross was a well known genius of the academy and he was without a doubt an expert archer. He also had magical eyes with special and useful effects. He was the heir of a viscount family but his strength made his one of the most influential senior students inside the academy.

Quinn Talon was the daughter of a very rich merchant. But from her childhood she was very fond of battles. So after growing up a little she became a battle maniac. She was without a doubt the strongest student among the third year students. Her expertise with a rare seen weapon called naginata was insane.

And her only rival was Demiliona Extris. She was the second daughter of Count Extris. Her talent in magecraft was astonishing. She was also the student to master alchemy the fastest. The type of magic she could use and her other professions were all not very effective for combat but she was still the second strongest student in the 3rd year's batch.

Hans was a very average commoner student. Before this tournament he was almost unknown even among his peers. His looks, his results, his performance, his growth everything was very normal. Only after this test did others come to know that this ordinary looking guy had an extraordinary willpower.

If Uoni was the trash of the 4th year then Prescilia was the treasure, especially among the commoners. She had a very average background but she was the only commoner in the 4th year to go toe to toe with the noble students. She was an idol for poor and commoner students. But she was not strong. Actually in a battle 10 out of 10 times she would lose. But she was not a fighter, she was a healer. And her healing abilities were unbelievable. She could be compared with the top-notch healers even tho she was only in her teens.

Rondo Cross was one of the most influential among the 5th year students but the title of "the most influential student among the fifth year" definitely belonged to Fiona Belle. She was the daughter of the Marquis Lucian Belle and also the most beautiful student in the academy. She had a rare and extremely strong constitution called the "Bright Darkness Constitution". This constitution allowed her to use both light and dark elemental magic with a very huge precision. In terms of both knowledge and combat capability she was on the top of the academy.

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Alongside these 15 students and her, Elena decided to bring the "Azure Legion" with her. The dungeon they were going to face had a perfect difficulty level for Marina, Nina and Shia to grow. Elena could also use this chance to give her cute little adventurer sisters a bit more training.

The Azure Legion had already given advice to the students who had joined the newly created adventurer course. Now they were given the main duty to get the 15 chosen students ready for dungeon dive with teaching for the adventurer course as side duty.

Elena also had personally talked with all the students who were going and even tho she didn't mention the true danger of this expedition to then she had given them hints that the expedition would be very dangerous. But even after getting this warning from her all the students were still very determined to accompany Elena for the dungeon dive. Seeing their determination Elena became happy and decided to give all of them useful and valuable advice and experience in this journey.

And that was how the students of Myrilia Royal Academy got ready for the upcoming dungeon expedition, which was actually a sacrifice collection expedition.

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