Book 14: Chapter 7: Intro - The First-Years Start to Move
The sixth day of the exam. We started out by making a beeline south to our first designated area of the day, B6, where I took the first-place Early Bird Bonus. After that, our second designated area was A5, which was fairly close, but we unfortunately only received the Arrival Bonus.
Following closely after at 1:00 PM was the third area, which was the random designation over in area C3. There were a couple of different ways available for us to get there. The first was to cut straight through the steep mountains of area B4. Though it wasn’t readily obvious from looking at the map, this route would probably require us to do a fair bit of rock climbing. A somewhat safer alternative to this was to move a bit further east from where we were now before going through the pass in area C4. And lastly there was the option of making a huge detour around the mountain range to area D5 and traveling north from there along the river.
“I’m guessing that most of the other groups we’re up against are going to go through C4 or take a detour down and around.”
“I think so too.”
If we could successfully navigate the slopes of A4 and B4, we’d have a very solid chance of securing the first-place Early Bird Bonus.
“While I don’t imagine that you’re in the best condition, we’re going to have to take on the risk anyway.”
“You want to take the direct path through A4 and B4, don’t you Senpai?”
Nanase had somehow managed to keep up with me so far, but there was no telling if she’d make it this time.
But apparently, she had already made up her mind about it, as she elected to follow along with me without any hesitation.