Soon the day of admission arrived as Sean went towards the Academy to take his entrance test. Two days ago Sean advanced to the third level as a Warrior and has changed his original plan to get into class D to class C or even Class B. Once he entered the Academy, Sean saw a huge line of students who stood outside the Academy arena where the test took place. There was a big board explaining the number of tests and how to clear them.
Test 1 was talent test where the bloodline, level of the student and talent is checked. Test 2 is a test on combat. To get placed in a particular class depends on the number of points obtained from these test. Points were allocated based on bloodline power, talent and level for the first test i.e higher the talent, bloodline and level better the points will be awarded. Points earned from test 2 depends on the ranking achieved from combat i.e higher the ranking from combat tournament higher will be the points.
Soon the test began and the students entered one by one to take the test 1. Every now and then there would be students who has bloodline which was taken in the same way it was taken when Awakening Ceremony took place in the clan while talent test which is a new kind of test which can only be taken in an Academy. This is because talent test requires a Talent stone which is expensive to make and is also huge. Further there are restrictions placed by the Kingdom in having a talent stone such that apart from the Royal Family and top 5 large clans no one else could buy or make a talent stone. It was a huge stone with seven different markings from bottom to top and as a person touches it, lights starts shining from bottom and increases to top where the bottom stage means Poor talent and top most stage meant Monster talent.
The most noticeable were a cute girl who had a high bloodline limit coming from a large clan and a few more boys and girls having a mid-tier bloodline.
Soon it was Sean's turn in taking the test. Same as the previous time he took the test there was no blood line ability. Then Sean went and placed his hand on the talent stone. A light shone from the talent stone as it scanned the body of Sean and soon five out of seven stages in the stone lit up one by one and stopped at fifth stage. The examiner who saw his talent was quite surprised as despite many people having bloodline limit only the medium and large clans would have a high level of talent. Sean too was surprised to see his talent being classified as good as this would explain his sudden improvement in his recent level up of Warrior. He had his own theory regarding his talent which he believes to have risen because of his physical enhancement due to gene serums injections he had taken. Then finally his level was found out to be 3rd level warrior as the judges marked his points and moved on to the next candidate.
There were not many students in the arena watching this test as the combat test is much more interesting and it starts in the afternoon. However unknown to all the Student President Carmella and Vice president Lucy were watching from their office as it had a direct view of the arena. "This boy Sean has a very good talent though he does not have a bloodline and has already increased his power to level 3 from the last time we saw him. The cute girl who went fifth in line to take the test has a high level bloodline and is from Merlin clan. Though the Merlin clan is a mage clan there are also those without an aptitude to magic, but this girl has high aptitude to train as a warrior and there are a few more girls from medium level family who have decent power for us to recruit" said Lucy as Carmella nodded while saying "The most important test is the combat test. Let's check how they perform and then prepare to approach them". Then Lucy asked Carmella the information she obtained from her guards about Sean for which Carmella said "Nothing special, he comes from a small family in Shell city and his brother studies in this Academy. His brother has pretty good talent for him to reach level 5 during his third year without any bloodline while his sister is in Arcadia Academy as she has a mid tier bloodline. As for the Shadows whom I set to observe him from the dark, no special information was noted". Lucy nodded and went to order their lunch and book two seats in the front row of stands where the combat tournament will take place.
Meanwhile Rutherford was sitting in an inn along with his lackeys when another lackey entered through the door and said "Young Master, the first test is now completed. I have booked our seats in the front row".
"Were there any notable students among the newcomers?" asked Rutherford for which the lackey nodded his head and said "There was a girl from Merlin family having high grade bloodline and few more boys from medium sized clan and large clans having mid grade to high grade bloodline, especially two boys, one called Roman Pierce from Pierce family of the capital and Sirius Blackwood from the Blackwood family".
Rutherford who heard this nodded while asking the lost of students from medium sized clans as he could only manipulate and recruit them. After getting the list he asked his lackeys to get ready to move out after lunch to the Arena to see the combat test.
Wendell and Sherry were seated in the arena from the morning to see Sean's first test. Wendell was shocked to see Sean lighting five stages in the talent stone and to have also become a third level warrior already. He knew the talent test, as when he took it he was only capable of lighting three stages being an average talent. At first when he joined the Academy he was only a level 2 warrior, however because of his hardwork, he was able to train upto level 4 without having much hope in becoming a level 5 anytime soon. He was lucky enough to have obtained the purple-vein stone during a mission that helped him to advance to level 5, though his Foundation has become a bit unstable he was content that he could become a level 5 at the age of 15 while having a bit of hope to advance to level 6. Now seeing his brother having a good talent he knew that given the years he could become a level 6 warrior, he was both happy and worried. Happy, because his brother could raise his family's strength and could help in fully dominating the Shell city and worried because he might stand out and inevitably get destroyed after all in the past there were records of more geniuses who fell than those who rose. It was bane for a person with little to no background to stand out as that would lead to his downfall. However Wendell soon dismissed this line of thinking as he knew that Sean only had a good talent and not something higher while he does not even have a bloodline while thinking 'In any case I will talk to him once the test is complete, to ask him to not stand out.'
During the lunch Wendell and Sherry came to cafeteria, booked a table and waited for Sean who came in a bit late and joined them in the table. During the meal Wendell explained the entire combat tournament structure. Every year a total of 128 students are allowed to take a test and many students start their registration at least 3 months before the test. Wendell helped in registering for Sean when the registration was opened. "The combat test has a total of 4 rounds followed by Quarter-final, Semi-finals and Finals. Try to get within top 50 and you will be able to get into class B or Class C. In combat exam, because this is only an entrance test no weapons are allowed. Only hand to hand combat is allowed. Try to use our clan Martial skills to fight the opponent and once you get in the Academy you can choose a better Martial skill" said Wendell as he ate the food while Sean just nodded his head while thinking 'Me an Ex-Special forces soldier have to fight a bunch of kids in hand to hand combat. Despite these kids having better Martial skills and Warrior level, with my own Warrior level training and gene enhancement and Military combat which I learned from the system this exam is going to be a walk in the park even though I never learned my clan Martial skills. Furthermore I also have memories of my past life where I had learned MMA and Krav-Maga in addition to Military combat, I almost feel sorry for these kids who probably have zero experience in real life combat. However I won't let my guard down nor will I reveal my skills. I'll finish my opponents both clean and fast.' Soon the time for Combat exam arrived as Sean moved towards the place where the participants gathered while Wendell and Sherry wished him good luck while moving to the stands in the arena.