Inside the testing center of the academy
The process of testing was ongoing at a rapid speed. As parents along with their children went through the entrance the same was happening at the exit too. Although the academy kept the testing result secret to others by doing inside a room, the faces of the parents and especially the children couldn't hide it. Some came out happily , while others with a gloomy face thinking of the only way left for their children , to join them at border camp.
Ruhi and Amogha went inside the room as they reached the testing center. Maya also joined them as Amogha called for her.
" My queen greetings " , the people inside made a bow seeing Amogha.
" Princess Ruhi you can come here " , the person in-charge of the testing procedure spoke as they were all informed about the arrival of the King Maurya's daughter.
Even though Ruhi could have joined directly to the academy , Maurya had made the testing process compulsory for anyone and everyone , even for his daughter.
" Ice ability " , Ruhi said as she stepped towards the white crystal placing her hand on top of it , a drop of blood dripped from her finger to the white crystal . The tester present there used his ability to identify the awakened ability.
Everyone knew their abilities , but this process was to verify it once again. So more than ten to fifteen testers from all the kingdoms had come to academy to earn money. And academy used them in their selection process.
" Ice ability verified , it is showing signs of aggression . Princess the chances are more towards the attack type" , the tester spoke.
" Please go to the next room princess" the person in-charge there spoke.
Amogha and Maya stayed back as from the next process , only the children were allowed to take the test alone.
The next room was huge connected by fifteen entrances , each one from a different tester. Children were coming through it at regular intervals.
" All the fighting type ability users gather to the right , the support type ability users gather to the left" , the voice was continuosly heard in large room.
Ruhi went to the right where already lines had been formed. She picked a line and went straight towards it.
Soon her turn was up , she entered a rectangular tent.
" You have two minutes to show me your ability and another one minute to aim for those moving puppets. Points will be awarded to you on your performance. The more points the better chance in getting a seat in 1000." , the female spoke without a break as she had said these same words a thousand times since morning.
The academy used seperate tests based on the student's ability. If it was a attack type, the test would be to attack puppets. If a defensive type, the test would be to defend against puppet attacks. These tests were concluded on who got the highest points.
While in the support type the academy people decided seeing the potential whether it was worth training in the academy. So it took more time.
" I understand " , Ruhi nodded as she closed her eyes concentrating to flow the aura inside the body towards her hand. After roughly about thirty seconds a thick ice shard formed in air.
The female nodded noting down the time , " Your one minute to aim for those puppets begins now"
Ruhi instead of attacking in the given time , closed her eyes and concentrated even more. The ice shard broke into peices becoming thinner and thinner , but in turn got sharper and sharper on it's edges.
This took thirty seconds , and another fifteen seconds were used by Ruhi to use all her aura stored in the body to have enough momentum for the ice shards. Noticing she was reaching her limit , Ruhi let the ice shards move the moment the moving puppets were together in a straight line.
The seven ice shards moved one after another hitting the same spot. Three puppets got a hole while the fourth one had a dent on it.
Ruhi quickly sat on the ground feeling tired , but looking at her efforts she was satisfied.
" You got a total of 390 points. 10 points for execution of your attack aiming all at once instead of one by one. Impressive , so that brings it to 400 points".
The points assigned for each test was simple.
The first test which was to show their ability in two minutes had 120 points assigned. Each second the student took had a point deducted.
Ruhi did it in thirty seconds to have the remaining 90 points as 30 points got deducted from the 120 points.
The second test had many puppets , each puppet was worth 100 points.
Ruhi damaged three puppets to gain 300 points.
The last 10 points was upto the one conducting the test as an extra points . The way Ruhi used her attack had maximum damage output. This gained her the extra points.
Ruhi went out of the tent as another entered. She was handed over a cookie to recover her strength.
The cookie may appear normal but the ingredients used inside were really expensive. They were handed over as snacks to everyone to recover their strength for next test which only the academy could pull it off with their money.
Ruhi went over to next room where chairs were laid out throughout from one corner to another. She took one of the seat , eating the cookie.
' Not bad , the one I ate in home tastes better' Ruhi thought glancing around.
Many children of her age were also eating the cookie as they just finished the previous test.
After five minutes as the room filled up to it's capacity.
" This test will be about knowledge. You have thirty minutes to finish this. The more you answer the more points you can gain. Now begin" , a male spoke starting the countdown of time.
A paper appeared in front of all. Everyone started to answer the questions they knew the answer of.
Ruhi seemed fine with the questions as most of them were of Kingdom Rashtrakuta, and she had learnt about it quite well in the palace
The test finished as the thirty minutes came to end. The room became empty soon to be filled again.
The same continued for the whole afternoon.
The results of the top 1000 students were out by evening...
1. Binod Sharma987 points
2. Rona Gowda 983 points
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7. Ruhi Rashtrakut 969 points
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1000. Alia 736 points
The top 1000 students had now officially become the students of the academy.
The selected students along with their parents were provided rooms in the dorm to stay in the academy for the night.
In the next morning, there would be an welcoming ceremony for the newcomers.
While for those who got rejected a carriage was stationed near the gate of the academy. TO THE BORDER CAMP
A sign was placed in front of it. The rejected ones were given two choices, one get on the carriage other leave the academy.
90 % of the rejected ones got on the carriage thinking they still had the chance.
" Nearly two thousand children are currently inside the carriage " the person of the academy submitted the report to higher ups.
He was the one who had come to warn Ruhi when she used her communication device to call Maurya inside the academy.
" You seem to be in a good mood. What happened? " Another male person spoke.
They both were given the task of taking the carriage to the border camp and return.
" I told you right , I saw king Maurya in the communication device and the king spoke to me how lucky of me. I am sure the king was in the border camp. If the king is still there, I can see him personally while reporting the news of the carriage" , he spoke feeling happy on his own luck.
" Then even I get to meet the King. Ok let's not delay further . We'll get there in two hours before the sky turns dark. ", the other male spoke.
Both of them went inside the carriage.
Soon the carriage lifted off the ground slowly to the sky gaining speed seeming like a black dot further away it went.
The destination to where it went
TO THE BORDER CAMP
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Border camp unveiling in the next chapter.
Mahi seems to be getting off his long sleep.
Let's start another arc in the story.