Demonic Academy

The **Demonic Academy** (마도관) is a place where all the children, ranging in age from 14 to 19 years old, in every family and clan in the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult are trained to become elite warriors. The academy only opens once every ten years, lasts for 4 years and consists of 6 stages exam that can only be taken once. In this academy, all previous statuses or privileges of the students, including the Vice-Lord candidates, are void, and only by gaining strength will one succeed.

## History

The Sword Demon built the academy in this location to protect the Detention Center and the Sealed Demon Cave so that no clan could think to monopolize the inheritance left by Ancestor Cheon Ma. The academy had two goals, the first was to find the true successor to Cheon Ma's legacy and revive the original Sword Force of the Heavenly Demon and the second was to find the true apprentice that could succeed the will of the Sword Demon.

## Demonic Academy Director

The Demonic Academy Director (마도관주) or Chief is a position only given to the Guardian Family, as they were tasked by the Sword Demon to do it. and in order to find a successor to the epiphany of the Heavenly Demon Patriarch as well as the the willthe of Sword Demon.

## Martial Instructors

The Martial Instructor (무공 교두) are the ones in charge of the education, training, and management of the cadets in the academy. The academy was assumed to have 36 martial instructors who are at least at Expert Prowess.

## Facilities (시설)

#### **Main Hall**

The main hall is where the important offices and facilities are located.

* Director's Office
* Grand Martial Training Ground
* Martial Instructor Dormitory

#### **Studying Facilities (비급 서재)**

These are the facilities that are needed for the education of the cadets that are admitted to the Demonic Academy.

* Precious Library

#### **Training Facilities (연공 시설)**

These are facilities that the cadets can use in order to train their martial arts or meditate to improve their cultivation.

* Individual Training Facility
* Expert Individual Training Facility
* Isolation Training Facility

#### **Support Facilities (지원 시설)**

These are facilities that the cadets use in their daily lives inside the academy. It also includes facilities that cater to the necessities of the cadets, such as their food, health, or weapons they might need.

* Demonic Academy Cadet Dormitory
* Demonic Academy Smithy
* Demonic Academy Infirmary
* Demonic Academy Cafeteria
* Demonic Academy Armory
* Demonic Academy Supply Room

#### **Special Facilities (특수 시설)**

These are facilities that have a special usage for the academy that was only used for specific reasons such as giving punishment or for exam purposes.

* Detention Center
* Sealed Demon Cave

## Step-by-Step Exam (단계별 시험)

Exams that are conducted in the Demonic Academy are decided by the higher-ups of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, which includes the Lord and the Council Elders. The cadets can only take the exam once, and failure means automatic expulsion from the academy.

#### **First Test (1단계 시험)**

The first test of the Demonic Academy is for the cadets to survive the sound wave attack of the Sound Clan Elder.

#### **Second Test (2단계 시험)**

The second test is for the cadets to establish a hierarchy in their group and evaluate their knowledge and skills, as well as the application of their tactics in utilizing Battle Formations and Strategies for Team Battle.

#### **Third Test (3단계 시험)**

The third test is just like the second in that it is a group exam. Cadets will fight a Martial Instructor to get a yellow name tag in order to form a group and practice the Seven Demon Sword Formation, and their mastery of the said martial art will be tested by the Martial Instructors.

#### **Fourth Test (4단계 시험)**

The fourth test requires a cadet to reach Expert Prowess, in order to challenge and defeat a Martial Instructor.

#### **Fifth Test (5단계 시험)**

The fifth test requires the cadets to be at the Master level in order to successfully pass the traps in the Sealed Demon Cave.

#### **Sixth Test (6단계 시험)**

The sixth test requires a cadet to reach Grandmaster level in order to challenge and defeat the finest Martial Arts Masters in the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, which are the Council Elder.

## Benefits

The Demonic Academy provides benefits for passing the exam (시험통과 혜택) which includes:

#### **Black Dragon Medicine Ball**

The cadets are given Black Dragon Medicine Ball every time they pass an exam in the academy.

#### **Martial Arts Manual**

Mastial Arts is the essence of entering the academy, and cadets were given the opportunity to learn and memorize the martial arts they need that was stored in the Precious Library.

#### **Ranks and Position**

Privileges were removed once a cadet enters the Demonic Academy, be it from the Six Clans. So after passing the exam, cadets were given a rank and a medal that proves their identity.

#### **Cold Iron**

This was only given to the cadets that passed the fifth test, as the material is rare.

## References:

1. ↑ https://www.webnovel.com/book/nano-machine-(retranslated-version)\_11660247905469805/entering-the-academy-(2)\_38745280165757463
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.webnovel.com/book/nano-machine-(retranslated-version)\_11660247905469805/entering-the-academy-(3)\_38745284209078343
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 https://namu.wiki/w/%EC%B2%9C%EB%A7%88%EC%8B%A0%EA%B5%90(%EB%82%98%EB%85%B8%20%EB%A7%88%EC%8B%A0)/%EC%84%A4%EC%A0%95#s-4.5