And, while they were at it, to give the new students a taste of how cruel the world can be.
The rules of the new student trial required them to form their own groups of five to seven people.
This would result in the formation of nearly two hundred teams.
These two hundred teams would then be placed in an unfamiliar environment to fight.
The final top three teams would be handsomely rewarded.
The annual new student trial was one of the academy's grandest and most exciting events.
After all, nothing was more exciting or got the blood pumping quite like a life-or-death battle.
Naturally, every team wanted to win, and the only way to increase their chances was to cooperate with powerful people.
And during the initial team formation, Medicine Masters were the most useless members to have.
After all, they were all just beginners. The Pills refined by new students were so bad... not even a dog would touch them.
