"Alright, purchase an application form from over there for five Romon gold coins. Fill it out and hand it over to me!"

Hearing him say this, Fike was stunned once again.

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He had initially imagined that the true price of this application form would be around 500 to 1,000 gold coins.

He did not expect it to only cost 5.

Fike defeatedly took out the application form that he had bought from Tautou, filling it out before handing it over to that person.

The man took the form and glanced at it briefly.

"Fike, right? Go over there and stand with those people. I'll give you the next instructions later."

The man pointed at a small straw shed not far away, where a large group of people had gathered.

Fike thanked him briefly before walking straight toward the straw shed as he sized up the group of people.

He estimated that there were about a hundred here.

"Have you heard? A Demon Prince-tier Exotic Beast's corpse was found in Miracle Forest south of Romon."

"Yeah, yeah, I heard about it a while back. How long has it been? Why are you guys still talking about this?"

"This is big news. I heard that a Demon Prince-tier Exotic Beast's strength is enough to wipe out an entire city. I wonder which pro killed it?"

"Exactly. I think it must have been the demon-slaying pro Mike who killed it! He's probably the only one in Miracle who can do that!"

"Come on, bro. Do you even know what a Demon Prince-tier Exotic Beast is? Didn't Mike disappear after killing an Overlord-tier Exotic Beast?"

Fike looked at the group of people who were discussing enthusiastically.

As he overheard their conversation, he couldn't help but think to himself.

'It's a good thing that I'm here in front of this group wearing Fike's face.

'If I were to reveal my true form, wouldn't that simply invite trouble again?'

"Oh right, have you guys heard? There's apparently a new senior in Yogmo Academy who's a beautiful female assassin."

"Yes, yes, yes, I've heard about it long ago. They said she's really hot!"

Hearing this, the image of Sertia floated up in Fike's mind.

"I wonder how she's doing now."

Truthfully, ever since they had parted in Miracle Forest, he'd been missing her a little.

It has been almost a month since they had separated.

A companion who had gone through a life or death situation with him, the somewhat brash young girl had left quite a deep impression on Fike.

As the group finished up their heated discussion, the person standing at the foot of the mountain suddenly spoke.

"Those over there who've registered, come over here!"

The crowd swarmed toward him like a swarm of bees.

"If you want to become students of Yogmo Academy, you will have to go through many tests, the first of which will be the mountain you see behind me.

"This mountain is called the Sealing Mountain. From the name, you should have been able to guess its peculiarity. Once you step foot onto this mountain, you will not be able to use your skills."

Hearing this, the crowd could not help but look at each other.

"Listen carefully. I don't care what method you use. As long as you can climb this mountain, you will have passed this first test.

"Also, please remember that the higher you get up the mountain, the stronger the spell restrictions you will be subjected to. If any accidents were to befall you during the climb, Yogmo Academy will not be responsible.

"Alright, you may set off now!"

The group began to climb the mountain as a bell sounded in the distance.

Fike noticed that around five or six people had already chosen to leave after hearing the person's words.

"They left just like that? Looks like they really didn't have confidence," Fike muttured.

A blonde haired boy beside him overheard this, and said to Fike.

"Don't get too confident. This is my fifth time climbing this mountain! You may not think much of it now, but by the time you get halfway up the mountain, you'll know the true force of this Sealing Mountain."

Seeing the blonde boy enthusiastically giving him a hint, Fike let down his guard and replied.

"Why are you so obsessed with Yogmo Academy?"

"Because I want to change everything in this world of Miracle. I don't want to see our cities remain as chess pieces in the hands of those damn palaces."

The blond youth spoke with determination.

"My name is Seigne. I'm a natural born Muggle."

"Muggle? That's the kind that doesn't have magic power and can't select a profession?"

"You're right. That's why I want to study in the political department of Yogmo Academy. I hope to be a great politician in the future."

Seigne suddenly lowered his head and spoke his next words angrily.

"If I had supreme power in my hands, I would completely eliminate the Royal Palace."

Fike continued to ask.

"Why do you hate the Royal Palace so much?"

Seigne's fists were clenched as he replied.

"The Royal Palace is everywhere in the capital of our country, Rovidius. They've already taken control of the kingdom's regime, and are soon to overthrow it."

...

Listening to Seigne's recount, Fike's understanding of the palace deepened.

At the same time, his knowledge about the world of Miracle expanded as well.

The place where he was currently located, the Royal City of Romon, was the second largest city and the capital of the Lieluo Empire. It had been established by Prince Romon when the Empire first came to be.

With the power that they controlled, the Royal Palace has continuously been encroaching into the territories of the Lieluo Empire, and now even controlled its political lifeline.

This Royal City of Romon was the only pure land remaining in the whole of the Empire that was free.

This was due to its independent army, thick and heavy city walls, and the large population here.

Furthermore, the Yogmo Academy was also located here, so the Royal Palace would not dare to take the city lightly.

...

As they were talking, Fike found that they had already reached the halfway point of the Sealing Mountain.

Their speed was gradually slowing.

Fike also noticed that Seigne's condition was getting weaker and weaker.

Because of his Muggle attributes, he was having more trouble than most adventurers.

Even so, he resolutely tried to hold his body together, taking each step with difficulty.

Eventually, some of the people in front of Fike came to a halt. And others even fell due to exhaustion.

However, a simple spell restriction was nothing to Fike.

He knew in his heart that most of these people would be around level 70 to level 80.

Most of their class medals would still be below bronze quality.

Among them, even silvers and golds would have been considered dragons and phoenixes.

Although he did not feel any burdens or constraints from the climb, Fike did not want to leave these people behind and rush ahead to be the first to reach the summit.

He knew that he could no longer afford to be in the limelight.

As such, he simply wanted to blend in with the others and look like any ordinary climber.