Thousands of boats were launched from the floating island simultaneously. Some of them were occupied by students, and some by their parents who were seeing them off.
Some of the parents were weeping. The Fishing Trial was a life-and-death test. For a better rank, all the students would be competing with their best.
As a result, the trial was highly dangerous. Casualties were unavoidable even though all the teachers and the supervisors were deployed.
The best record in history was that ten percent died, thirty percent were injured, and sixty percent survived. That was the highest percentage of survival.
All the twelve-year-old kids were gathered on the boats. The village leader spoke to them from a floating boat. "Same as before, the score system will be adopted in this trial. Your score will be calculated according to the level of the fish you catch. The top thousand places will be qualified to awaken their spirits. However, remember not to aim too high. Just do your best."
