The next day, at 5:30 Ray was already in examination hall number 16, there were a lot of people here, in total there were around 3000 people in this hall only, according to what Aaron had said, every year there are about 200 people accepted into the academy, considering this is Hall number 16, there have to at least 15 other halls this packed or even more than this. Ray was getting quite nervous, his past experiences are for naught, he has basically no advantages so he is just as nervous as anyone else.
When the clock hit 6, the doors closed and with that the examination were starting.
"Congratulations for passing the first hurdle, not being late, Our school does not tolerate those who do not follow the rules, if you were tasked to go on a rescue mission and you are late to arrive, you might be able to retrieve the corpse of the one you were supposed to keep alive. Always remember, if you want to join this Academy, you must be at the very least on time." The examiner looked at the examinees before continuing "As you all know there are too many applicants, so we will do 3 tests too thin people out, naturally we won't force you to leave if you pass the tests and even if you all fail, we won't accept any, understood?"
"The first test is simple, stay standing for 30 minutes, if any of you fall down, you fail. those who remain standing will pass, the test starts now." after he finished speaking he threw what looked to be a fire ball into the air before it expanded and let out heat, the heat it generated easily exceeded 50 degrees.
'dammit, if the heat stays like this, I will pass out before the test is even finished.' Ray tried to stay as still as possible to not overheat himself even further. Many others were doing the same thing but to no success, 1 minute into the exam and about a thousand people passed out, who were all taken out the examination hall by the examiners.
5 minutes into the test and Ray could barely stay on his feet 'how is anyone supposed to pass this, this is impossible with just our body , wait... what if I coat myself in mana?' Ray tried that and instantly felt much better 'I see, so the heat he is generating is not mana, it is just hot air which can easily be blocked at this degree by a simple mana coating. if he used mana in the heat, we would probably all be roasted in a matter of seconds. Powerful, this man is very powerful.' Ray couldn't help but admire the examiner. People kept falling one by one and when the time hit 30 minutes there were only 206 remaining, from a total of 4600+ examinees, only 206 remained. and there are 2 more tests.
"Alright, since you all can coat yourself with Mana, it means you are good enough to walk this path, but that is not all that is needed, there is more to a mage than simple coating of mana, the next test will be about your body, take a 10 minute break and we'll start then."
While everyone was resting and try to regain some of their energy spent, someone approached Ray.
"You have a very special attribute, may I ask what it is?" A girl came towards him, she had green hair with green eyes, wearing a dark green robe, on her head there were to ears that looked like those of Rabbits, this was Ray's first time seeing someone with Rabbits ears.
"You are?" Ray kept looking at her ears, even an old man can admire bunny ears.
"My apologies, I am Ria Augus."
"Well Ms. Augus, if I asked you to let me touch your ears out of nowhere, would you agree?" Ray continued to stare at her ears.
"Touch my ears? I..I.... I'm sorry but that I can not do, our ears are very.... very... uhm..my apologies, I'll be taking my leave." Ria left as fast as she came, the examiner seeing the interaction couldn't help but laugh.
"Kid, touching a Beast tribes ear from a different gender means are willing to be your partner, you asking to touch them is the same as proposing to her, hahahahaha." Ray upon hearing this couldn't help but slap himself in the face 'I should have read some books about the beast tribe, so I just proposed to a 10 year old bunny girl without even knowing, this can't happen again, otherwise I'll be going around looking like an idiot. First thing we need to do is learn about other races and their cultures.'
After 10 minutes passed, the examiner started the second test. "This test is very, very simple, just hit the machine with all your strength, each of you has 3 tries and the highest number counts, those that score below 100 will be disqualified. if anyone reaches 200 or higher then he or she will be exempt from taking the final test. You may choose one weapon provided by use to take the test with or take it bare handed. no let's start with Mr. Po, please come up to the stage.
The examiner called Mr.Po went to take a Hammer out of the armory, stood close to the machine, lifted the hammer high up, bent a bit backwards then slammed it at the machine "BANG"
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"BANG"
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"BANG"
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everyone was speechless, even the examiner looked surprised, the hammer had nothing to do with the score shown, if you drop the hammer on the machine it only provides 10 fitness score, even if that was taking out, his score was still 254, a monster in the physical department. "Good, come stand behind me and wait for the end of the examination. Next, Ms. Augus, please take the stage."
The Bunny girl took out a sword from the armory, it looked more like a rapier than a genuine sword, but she it fitted her petite body. She went up to the machine and tried a casual thrust at the machine.
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a very surprising number considering her body and weapon choice.
once more she did a casual thrust but she seemed to be using a technique with it.
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Ray was speachless, the difference between both strikes was huge. naturally he was not aware that she used a technique, the examiner however did 'So she is from the main family, looks like we have a princess with us, and to imagine that kid proposed to her, hahaha'
Ria once more prepared to strike, but this time she looked serious and she put all her strength into it.
"BANG"
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everyone was dumbfounded, this fitness would definitely kill a tier 2 beast if she lands it. Ray just looked at her dazed 'Do I have a death wish, if she ever tries to get revenge against me, am so fucked, thank god I didn't grab her ears, or i would really die.'
after her were many who failed and some who barely qualified, Ray once more understood that he and Ria were on different levels.
"Next, Mr. Pires"
A young man who looked very handsome, he too was from the beast tribe, his ears and tail looked like those of a tiger. he went up to the machine bare handed and hit it.
"BANG!"
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While the remaining people were once more dazed, the tiger boy just went to stand with the others who had more than 200 score.
'A princess and a Prince of the beast tribe, also someone from the giant bloodline, this year looks to be fun."
after a while it was Ray's turn to go up. he took a dagger from the armory and went to the machine. He first did a casual strike
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seeing the score he could only wryly smile 'What am I expecting, putting myself on the same level as those monsters.'
He then went full power on his second strike
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He seemed slightly disappointed, he was however not aware that the other 2 used techniques and that the first one Mr. Pio was from the giant bloodline. in terms of raw strength he was not far off, while still behind, but not by much.
For the third strike he decided to use the Skill Lucy thought him, the name of it is Moon Dance, she had made it herself, while nowhere near complete, she still thought Ray some of the easy to use techniques. 'Let's see the strength of Moon Dance.'
he readied his dagger before circulating the mana according to the skill, before long he rushed at it. When the examiner first saw it his eyes went wide 'Is he related to Lucy? Did she really teach him, she must have high expectations if she gave her S class skill away."
"BANG"
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Ray was very happy and satisfied with the skill 'truly a magnificent one, if I can change it to my own body and complete it to fit my body, the strength I can apply will increase even further, to think that Lucy made this skill on her own, she truly is a genius with very few rivals.' Others were also surprised by what they saw, especially Ria Augus, she did not expect the boy that proposed to her to have such a skill, which was almost as good as her family's skill.
After a bit the tests concluded, from the initial 206 people only 18 remained 4 of which had no need to pass the 3rd test, by the time the 3rd test was over only 10 people passed the exams.