Moonlight After Sunset's
Academic Examinations

"Relight sometimes makes you forget the danger, but remember that the deer can fall into the hands of crocodiles because of the peaceful river."

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After entering the forest, the gate that was directly connected to the academic was immediately closed. Dusk and the others immediately took the opposite route of the Dira group.

"We will move casually from now on." exclaimed Luna as they were already far apart from the other group.

"Why is that?" ask Zakila confused.

"We need to save some energy for now" Luna replied calmly.

"I think you're right."

Luna and Zakila chatted lightly during the journey to the starting point. Surprisingly, every road they walked felt lonely. Neither students nor any wild animals have blocked their journey.

"The calm of this forest." - Muna quietly. He felt something was wrong, but he did not know what it was.

"Maybe they are afraid so they prefer to stay away from the approach." reply Dusk while gently stroking Kun's body.

"I think you're right."

"Of course they don't exist. I deliberately told Lily to close this path so that they could only see the forest, even the monsters by themselves drifting away due to the air of Kun's existence that could not be covered completely."

"Isn't this good?" plain Zakila asked as if she did not understand the worries of her friends at all.

"Maybe it's good for now, but this situation is very awkward." exclaimed Luna after a moment of silence.

"Luna is right, this situation is very awkward. We didn't even find a monster during the trip. Surprisingly, the professors said that they released a lot of monsters in this forest two months ago" explains Muna who got the nod of Maya's head.

"It is also unlikely that they all starved to death in this forest for two months" continued Muna who was again answered nod by Maya.

"Maya, you could have a headache if you nodded too quickly." Inner Dusk held back his laughter.

"For now just focus on finding a place to rest." exclaimed Luna after paying attention to their surroundings.

"It's getting dark, it's dangerous to be outside without protection" he continued as he walked away.

The spectators who watched Dusk and his friend started to feel confused. They were astonished because Dusk and his friend were not even visited by any wild animals.

If you look at other groups of students, it is certain that they are busy hunting wild animals, even some of them are still fighting. One of the students had even lost so much mana in fighting there were even those who had run out of mana.

But strangely the Twilight side looks peaceful from the beginning into the forest until now. They did not even get hurt in the slightest or meet with any students.

The audience was suspicious that Dusk and his friend were using a special magic tool that made them invisible. It could have fooled the eyesight of other students but it didn't apply to surveillance cameras.

"They were very lucky" one of the spectators exclaimed as he heard the chatter of Dusk and the others through the recorder window in the sky.

"I think they'll get in big trouble soon. However, sometimes after calm there may be a storm." Reply to the man behind the spectator seat.

"I think you're right, it's possible that the path they chose was the path of a more dangerous monster so that other monsters dodged the path."

The audience is talking to each other with different arguments. They seem to enjoy the exam.

"How come? Even Dira alone until such distress," said Helios dislike. He had been suspicious from the beginning of the Dusk and his group.

When he saw the face of Dusk at the beginning of the exam, he already had a bad premonition. He felt that the current Dusk looked very different from his previous appearance Although his face was still beautiful, but his nature was somehow freer than before.

"I know the beauty of Empress Rose is very legendary, it can also be seen from her lineage. They look like two-sided betel nut. But still it makes me sick."

The first time Helios saw Dusk, she was already in love. But at that time, Helios felt that Dusk was only using it to escape the Duke's residence. He felt hurt and went to choose the plain and gentle Arina.

"Arina can be easier to control because of its naive nature. But somehow it feels more comfortable with Arina because she is always open compared to the closed and shy Dusk."

Helios remembered the silent and stiff face of Dusk without a smile on her face. It looks like an undead compared to a normal human. It made Helios feel disgusted. He likes soft women who are easy to handle.

"I don't like the stubbornness of his head that is always indifferent."

Helios regretted the independent nature of Dusk, he felt that the woman should obey all the wishes of men and put men first than her.

Selfish twilight always spends its time in the library reading. His hobby made Dusk clever in observing, so Helios was afraid that Dusk would later become a barrier for him to the throne of the kingdom.

"Prince?" call concubine Jina when she finds her pensive son.

The shocked Helios immediately returned to reality. He found that concubine Jina was looking at him with question marks.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Don't daydream in this place, focus. You could've been taunted from behind if you looked like an idiot."

Consort Jina's advice was only answered with a warm smile by Helios. He knew how strong his mother's desire for the position of empress and wanted her to find the throne of the kingdom.

"Yes mother" said Helios steadfastly. He then looked back at the screen where Dusk and his friend were entering the cave door.

****

The second day in the artificial forest was not very good, suddenly rain appeared and flooded the area. Dusk and his group were still inside the cave when the rain occurred.

"It's a good thing we found this place." exclaimed Zakila as the rain in the area began to bring flooding.

"Don't be too happy, we don't know what's going to break down.."

"I know, don't take it too seriously, just relax. After all, we've all prepared for a surprise attack." cut Zakila who was still angry with the friends' plans.

They just told Zakila last night about the plan. It was fortunate that Zakila had expected this from the start, so she was not too surprised.

"I'm still upset, with you guys. So let me relax." continued Zakila with an annoyed bent face.

"I'm sorry, you were still sick. If we talk about this to you, it's possible that your pain will get worse" Maya said twenty-three times.

"Yes yes, thank you for your concern." Zakila replied again and again like that.

"Leave him alone" muttered Muna who could still be heard by everyone.

Zakila only sighed in annoyance before turning her face to look at the rainwater outside.

Half a day had already passed yet the rain still continued to fall without any signs of stopping. Neither Dusk nor the other group were still hiding in their nest without wanting to get out.

"Tonight we still have stock to eat, but tomorrow we have to look for additional ingredients." exclaimed Luna when she saw the supply was starting to thin.

"I and Dusk are going to look for additional materials tomorrow. You guys stay in Goa and hide until we come back." Maya replied with a nod of her head.

It was two days and his friend was in the cave. But they still did not find a single monster that roamed around the cave area. They looked like they were having a picnic rather than doing a level-up exam.

"His comfort" said Zakila as he muffled his feet into the river water around the cave. The river was discovered while they were looking for food.

"What about our dinner today?"

"No need to worry, I've gotten more than enough for us to eat," exclaimed Muna as she glanced at the fish.

"Muna, I will check the surrounding area once again with Luna. We need to find other students to complete the scroll." exclaimed Maya while putting the bait.

"Alright," replied Muna indifferently still with her bait.

Maya who did not care about Muna's reaction went to Luna to walk around for a while.

Two days had passed but the audience still had not seen Dusk and his friend fighting. They looked relaxed even though the other students had already fallen.

"They're really lucky and it drives me crazy" one spectator shouted in frustration.

They had seen so many injured students that they had even been disqualified for giving up in the middle of the fight. There were also those who felt tired from having to fight monsters and students to snatch paper scrolls.

The academic semester exam is quite difficult. This is because only a handful of students can survive in academia, even so the results they can be extraordinary.

Academics only accept those who are strong both mentally and physically. If they fail, they have to repeat it next year and if they pass the test it will be easier than this.

One of the spectators shouted with pleasure and pride as if he had found a national treasure.

"I am too."

"I am too."

"Then I will also bet for the noble's daughter."

The spectators each place their own bets. They were very enthusiastic about the results that would be obtained when the exam was over.

On the other hand, Dusk who sat quietly at the door of the cave got unexpected news from Lily. He heard that there were some illegal hunters who came to this forest by teleportation in a place that could not be traced by the watchdog window.

"It turns out they've started moving."

"Then Miss, when will we catch up?"

"It's not yet time, there are still five more days before the exam is over."

"Very long, very bored," great-grandson Vanilla couldn't wait to see the exciting moment.

Moments later Muna and Zakila return to goa along with their catch. Fifteen minutes later, Luna and Maya return.

They then reported the situation around the cave area that remained safe even though they had traveled further than before.

"Tomorrow is the day of our first hunt" Luna exclaimed with a stern look.

"Understand."

The five of them then went inside the cave and rested after finishing their dinner.

****

The sun rose brightly today, the sound of birds catching up with each other. They were playing the melody of death before the war began.

Dusk and his friend were already preparing to hunt. Today was their third day in an artificial forest. The beginning of their journey seemed smooth until two hours after a monster came attacking the group.

"Miss I've prepared it according to your orders." Lily whispered through the inner link.

"Good."

Dusk deliberately told Lily to relax her barrier because it was time for them to exercise after two days of silence.

Two monsters they defeated. Of course it was without the intervention of Dusk at all. He just stood still and let his four friends point their talents to the public.

"All students knew that the forest was being watched by surveillance cameras and broadcast live in front of guests and spectators. So I deliberately acted inconspicuous because it would be dangerous later."

Dusk watched in silence as he watched his theme fight. There he sees Zakila who has a protective wall blocking the attacks of the monsters while Muna and Maya use their aura on their respective swords.

They then attack the monster from various directions while Luna quickly recites a teleportation spell to move Maya and Muna to increase their scope of movement.

"What a good teamwork,"

Dusk was currently on Armi's back with the bangs perched on top of his head. Miki was in front of him and Ami was behind him.

This gives rise to a funny look at Dusk. He was like a housekeeping man who was looking after his friend's personal animal.

"I just want to go home" murmured Dusk annoyed at his current position.

Two hours ago before they fought, Luna and Muna agreed not to let Dusk take part. He felt the four of them were enough to handle this.

Of course Dusk accepted it with pleasure. He did not need to hide his abilities because there are four friends who are sensitive to it.

"Yes even if they think I'm weak, at least it benefits me a lot."

"Thinking about it again made me even more upset." lirih Dusk as Miki began to climb up her body to hang on.

The day showed at 2 p.m. Now it was their turn to rest for a while and replenish mana and strength with the food they had brought.

While enjoying the food, suddenly an attack came suddenly. The attack was focused on splitting the five of them to some point.

From a distance they could see Dira and his group coming towards Dusk and his friend with a sumringah face.

"I'll finally find you." exclaimed Dira happily.

"Damn." muttered Maya who only heard Zakila.

The sound of laughter filled the place without stopping, seen Dira and Arina who were looking down on Luna and Dusk.

"I will finish you off this time, Muna," cried Tasya impatiently.

Muna simply smiled indifferently in response. Seeing that made Tasya's blood even more craze.

"You guys are so fucked up. Ckck."

" ... "

The group of Twilight could only silently look at the strange gazes of Dira and her comrade. They then looked at each other before starting to focus on Dira and Arina.

"Looking at you to keep quiet, it seems like you are really expert cowards." Mari quipped still with her evil smile.

"Your...!!"

Shouted Dusk in shock as Kun suddenly just jumped off his lap and disappeared from behind a tree.

"Damn." cried Maya began to be lured. Seeing that made Dira's group laugh more happily.

"It's funny, hahaha. How cowardly the country cat you brought," Dira sneered down at the twilight that followed Arina's laughter.

Dusk stared intently at Dira before casting an arrow spell towards her but unfortunately the arrow was successfully blocked by Mari.

"Haha. Weak ground," cried Mari but without Mari noticing a sword was pointing at her neck.

Although Mari could dodge with reflex but the tip of her cheek was scratched by the sharp aura of the sword.

"How dare you," cried Mari annoyed while smashing her shield at Maya who was then blocked by Zakila.

"Fucking twins."

"Hehehe."

Maya's laughter sounded faint due to the violent impact made by Muna to block Tasya from approaching Dusk but it was strong enough to be heard by a Mari.

"groaning."

With a single sentence coming out of Dira, a battle in that place ensued. Arina used a whip spell from the ground to block Luna's blow, while Dira who managed to break through Muna's defense directly aimed her fire sword and was ready to slash Luna's neck.

Seeing that Dusk used his wind spell to draw Luna before teleporting to his four other companions.

Dira who was aware that Luna and her partner were about to teleport instantly changed her facial expression. He looked so annoyed that he smashed his fire sword into the ground firmly.

"Damn it, they ran away."

"Sad." Grunts Mari annoyed.

"I haven't warmed up yet but they've run away." Tasya cried as upset as mari.

Angry grunts began to come out from one by one from Dira's lips. He seemed to be emotionally looking at the silver light left from the teleportation.

"This time you survived but next time do not hope," exclaimed Dira as she touched the former teleportation.

Dira then tells Arina to track down Luna's group from the former teleportation left by Dusk.

"I'll find you soon, just wait,"