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Chapter 182 - Test in the emerald forest. (5)

After I had cleared everything and equipped me with my new sword and bow, the earth element warrior woke up, in a flailing panic. It's funny that his first reaction to struggling is not to use his aura or elemental energy to defend or break free, it looks like he hasn't had very rigorous training or just doesn't have the personality of a defensive warrior.

A defensive warrior must always protect himself, even if he doesn't know where he is or what situation he finds himself in, his first move is to defend himself. During the time I spent with Torris traveling or in the emerald forest during the survival test, he was always ready to defend himself, even sleeping with his shield and when he woke up his first action was to protect himself with the shield.

Being a shield warrior makes it seem like they are pretty paranoid people, but it has a very specific purpose, a shield warrior has to have such reflexes because if he loses consciousness or gets confused during combat he would die, the shield warriors who will develop reflexes Defensives have a much better chance of defending themselves when attacked when they are in unfavorable situations like these.

Defending a group is a very dangerous position, not only is he putting himself in front of the hits that can easily kill him if he doesn't protect himself in the right way, he is also making him the favorite target of mental and curse element mages. Breaking the mind or weakening the defending fighter's body can break a group's formation, and breaking a group's formation is the easiest way to kill a group with multiple fighters and mages.

"What....where am I?"

The chubby one writhed tied to the trunk of the tree that he would easily be able to break with his aura.

"Had a good nap?"

"You!

He seems to recognize me, I may have tried to be a little anonymous at the institute, but I had my moments of fame. Looks like some of the older students know me.

"Looks like you know me, don't worry our conversation will be quick."

"You are the idiot who was penalized by the headmistress, Ulfric!"

"It's Ulric."

I could be wrong before; the idiot doesn't even know my name he only recognized me because of the headmistress.

"Not Ulfric?"

"Serious? You think I don't know my own name.

"Because I'm tied up!? What did you do to me!?"

"Stop screaming, I just hit you lightly, you're too weak, but the reason I'm still here is because I have some questions for you. Have you found any other students within the matrix or have you seen something that caught your attention in some of the matrices?"

"I won't tell you anything!"

Looks like he's not just an idiot, he's a stubborn, clueless idiot.

"I may not be able to kill you, but nothing stopped me from torturing you. I'll start by breaking some bones in your body, then if you keep quiet, I'll start using my knife to cut parts of your body."

The fat man turned a few shades whiter, and began to shiver slightly.

"I speak! I speak! Please don't hit me."

I don't know if I'm glad he broke it already, but he's a little too pathetic. He shouldn't be a defensive warrior; how can he have the courage to block enemy attacks if he's afraid of being beaten for min now?

"Answer my previous questions."

"I haven't seen anyone but you, we only spent two hours at the matrix and it's very big. I also didn't see anything different in any place! I barely survived the four-array tests, please don't kill me."

There's something wrong here! Why did he say two hours? I may not be absolutely sure how many hours will elapse since the test starts, but I'm sure it was more than two hours.

"Two hours? How do you know that there will only be two hours of testing?"

"I'm sure it's only been two hours, why would I lie to you? I have always been able to measure the time accurately, since I was a child, it will only be two hours, I'm sure!"

Is he messing with me? Or is it the matrix that is confusing me? It wouldn't be hard for the matrix to confuse me with illusory effects, the mana and elemental energy in the air and quite complex, I can't easily identify the energies tangled up like that. It is possible that I am under the effect of an illusory matrix and it has confused my senses making me feel that time has passed much more quickly.

Or maybe it's the fat one who's been the target of an illusory matrix, as he's so sure it's only two hours?

"How are you sure it will only be two hours?"

"Well, it's shameful and I'd rather not talk about it."

"Speak!" I release my murderous intent to intimidate the fat one.

"It's because I'm not hungry yet, I can tell how much time has passed by my hunger level!"

That's my ridicule, but it makes sense. An illusory matrix used in the test is capable of fooling a person's mind not their body, only high-level spells can completely fool a student, but I doubt that such a large-level matrix acts to completely manipulate the students.

The fat man may be right, although I already had lunch it wasn't because I was already hungry but more so I could prepare myself to go without eating for the rest of the day, I thought it would be better if I already eat and take it out of it. my list, with my stomach full i will have no problem going through several matrices in a short time, only with quick breaks to catch my breath is now drinking the water i have.

But if the fat one is right there is a matrix messing with my mind in a subtle way, I can see why the director would put a matrix like that in the forest, I already thought I spent about four hours in the forest, if this continued normally, I would probably feel that I'm stuck in the forest all day, but it's only really been half a day.

That would make most students feel a lot more anxious during the test, maybe this fat guy helped me in the end, I can even forgive him for insulting me before.

"You're really weak and I don't feel any danger from you, how did you manage to pass the first test?"

"I am not weak! If I hadn't tied it up, I'd show you which one of us is the weak one!"

This guy is really stupid, he's tied up by the rope he brought himself, but he behaves like he's tied up by a special rope. I won't waste any more time with this idiot.

"Did you notice anything different in the matrices you went through before?"

"No, but even if I knew I n... I'll tell you everything, I'm not hiding anything, I swear on my family name!"

Shameless fat, he was going to play brave, but if I remember I can beat him up.

"Good luck testing the test.

I won't waste my time with this idiot anymore, I have to get out of the maze in order to escape my pursuers and get a dispensation for the other parts of the deadly test. I may be being forced to start the test without even a piece of equipment but my gloves, but I'm not going to miss the chance to try to claim the principal's previous promise, I just hope I'm not getting into even more trouble by getting a good grade during the test.

"Hey! Untie me before you leave! It's returned my sword and backpack, you thief!"

I better leave before I get really pissed off at this idiot is the real hurt, because he's already deserving a good spanking, maybe his celeb takes a hit with some slaps and they'd eat to think before talking nonsense.

I go through the rune matrix portal and go to my next challenge and leave behind a fat man screaming for me to let go, he's really worthless or a great actor because his screams really give me his anguish and despair. Does he really think he's stuck in that tree trunk? It's an ordinary tree trunk and an ordinary rope that he brought himself to the test, and it's ridiculous to think he hasn't realized he can just let go.

As I pass through the matrix, I find myself in another clearing with trees and grass, nothing that catches my eye, so it looks like I'll have to wait for the origami to look like my instructions. As I look up, an origami in the shape of a crow flies towards me and unfolds when reaching min.

'Congratulation's idiot! You just lost a spot on your team! Your team drops from ten people to nine, I hope you better treat the next competitors you find or you'll have to face the next part of the test without even a member of your team!'

'Before I forget I will explain to you the current test rule, you were chosen as one of the team leaders during the test, congratulations on being the captain of the black team. You must recruit the other participants by exploring the rune matrix maze, you only have ten attempts, with each failure your team will have one less person.'

'Current recruitment odds count: 9"

"You won't have a challenge in this matrix, you can go through it directly. See how good a referee I am, I'm even giving you time to lash out."

Damn it, whoever and whoever is writing these messages will suffer my wrath when I discover his identity, revenge is a dish best served cold.

"Even if I had known this before, I wouldn't have recruited that useless fat man! I'd rather have one less member than an idiot like that on my team!"

I know it's a little childish, but I won't let this idiot think he managed to harm me by hiding this min rule.