Chapter 266

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Chapter 266: Value and Position

With Lolth being so persistent and having the important task of "supervision" as a reasonable excuse, Tina had no choice but to let Lolth go to the kitchen by herself.

After Lolth left, Tina looked at the group of mercenaries and was surprised to find that they were all slowly raising their heads, looking at each other with confused and lost expressions.

Although the mercenaries were afraid to disobey Lolth’s order of "no communication" because of her earlier decisiveness and authority, it was clear that they really needed to talk now.

Indeed, these mercenaries had a literacy rate of one hundred percent, and some of them had quite a good education, especially those from higher-level mercenary groups.

For example, the leader of the Blood Bone group looks like a tough guy, but he often reads essays from the Seven Kingdoms. The whole Gilding Mercenary Group’s team-building activity is to go listen to the Minstrel sing. The leader of the ace team writes extremely romantic anonymous sonnets for various strong male warriors every day.

But they looked at the parchment scroll in their hands and felt very confused.

Even though everyone could understand every word written by the succubus, they could also clearly know the meaning of the questions and options.

However, they did not understand what the succubus’s true intention was.

This situation can be simply summed up as: they understood, but did not fully comprehend.

They originally guessed that the succubus wanted to ask about South Sotua or the Holy Alliance, but was just using a different way to ask for information.

But now it seems that this is not the case.

After looking at each other and seeing that most people seemed just as puzzled as they were, the group of mercenaries, under the invisible pressure from Tina standing there, eventually had no choice but to grit their teeth and continue working on the questions.

"Multiple Choice Section: Please select the option that best fits your feelings; you cannot choose the same option more than once."

"Question 1: When you are alone, how do you feel?"

A. "Very good and enjoy it" B. "Fairly good" C. "Preferable and acceptable" D. "Different but acceptable" E. "Fairly poor" F. "Very bad and hard to bear"

"Question 2: When you are able to teach others, what do you tend to teach?"

A. "Theoretical subjects" B. "Practical skills"

"Question 3: In team collaboration, what role do you see yourself in?"

A. "Leader’s role" B. "Mediator’s role" C. "Outsider’s role" D. "Executor’s role" E. "Follower’s role" F. "Creator’s role"

…

There are a total of twenty multiple-choice questions like these.

After the twenty multiple-choice questions, there are ten true or false questions.

"True or False Section: Please rate your level of support for the actions described in each statement on a scale from 1 to 10. A score of 1 means you completely disagree and do not support it at all, 5 means you are neutral, and 10 means you very much support and agree with it. Please also provide your reasoning in the space provided after each question."

"Question One: A person who is starving and close to death steals a piece of bread."

"Question Two: A person who is starving and close to death kills a stranger and takes his money."

"Question Three: A poor person steals a piece of bread for a family member who is starving and close to death."

"Question Four: A poor person kills a stranger and takes his money for a family member who is starving and close to death."

"Question Five: A person who is starving and close to death kills his friend and takes his money."

"Question Six: A person who is just a little hungry steals a piece of bread."

"Question Seven: A person who is starving and close to death is stealing bread when a passing Superoperator kills him."

"Question Eight: A person who is starving and close to death is stealing bread when the town sheriff kills him."

"Question Nine: A Superoperator who was just a little hungry stole a piece of bread. After being discovered by another passing Superoperator who tried to kill him, he turned around and killed the other one."

"Question Ten: A Superoperator who was just a little hungry stole a piece of bread and was punished with fifteen days in prison."

Many mercenaries were starting to feel a little dizzy here, and Lolth did not expect her exam paper to have an illegal magical attack effect on these mercenaries—after all, while twenty multiple-choice questions and ten judgment questions were just a warm-up for many who had endured the torment of standardized testing, for these Superoperators who specialized in wrestling with monsters, fighting with Superoperators, and exploring dungeons with torches, anything other than task lists, tavern menus, or casino chips felt very difficult to understand.

So, in this situation, with the fluctuations of the magic device, they truly had no time to cheat; most people chose according to their true thoughts.

But that was not the end.

After this, Lolth even prepared two essay questions.

"Please answer according to the question requirements, write your answer and reasons, with at least three hundred words for each question."

"Question One: The Magic Circle Dilemma."

A mad ancient mage captured six innocent civilians and placed them inside a magic circle. One was fixed in one magical pathway, while the other five were fixed in another magical pathway. At the other end of the magic circle was a charging magical beast, a giant horned bull, which would trample and kill the five people in a few minutes. The mage told you that if you pressed a magical button outside the magic circle, you could divert the magical beast into another pathway, but in return, another person would die because of the bull. You cannot break the magic circle or influence what happens inside; you can only choose whether to press the button.

"What choice will you make? Please tell your answer and reason below. Also, consider this: if the crazy mage turns the magical button into something you can push to save five people by sacrificing a civilian who has been magically altered to withstand the charge of a magical beast, but that pushed person will still die from a rampaging bull, what would you choose? Please give your answer and reasoning as well."

"Question Two: The Sinking Ship Dilemma."

"You are on a small boat at sea with a strong and honest human Superoperator, a royal member from South Sotua, an old man who can create magic potions to save many lives, a little girl, a spy who knows secrets of the enemy country South Sotua, and a friend you met on a previous adventure. Now the boat is sinking, and someone must be thrown overboard to save the rest. They all agree that you will decide who should be thrown off. What is the order in which you would throw them? Please answer and provide your reasons for each person’s position."