On the 3rd day, the battle exam started. This exam is held like a tournament with a knock-out system. The pairing is random and decided by drawing lots.
All Ben's students in E-Class get paired with students from B to D-Class. It's really a coincidence that none of them get paired with A or S-Class students.
Although it won't be a problem if they are paired with A or S-Class students. Ben will be happier that way because his students will get strong opponents which means a better experience. They'll also be able to show their full power that way.
The tournament is held on an open field outside the town. There are 4 arenas to facilitate the battles of more than 100 students. For the first round, they have set a 10 minutes time limit so it won't take too long.
The school also has build barriers on each arena to avoid stray spells from hitting the audience or other arenas. The referees are from Magic Council so it will be fair.
The Kingdom's Magic School Committee takes this exam very seriously. It's because the Kingdom doesn't have many good Mages for some years.
Also, there are many problems with Dark Guilds. Now they can only place their hope on the future generation. So they need to be serious with their Magic Schools because these students will be their future pillars.
The tournament started, and one of Ben's students come up on the first group. That student is Felice who uses Requip magic. Her opponent is from C-Class which is a boy. He looks very confident and even looks down on Felice.
"I'll give you a chance to surrender now because you're a girl. If you decide to fight, then I won't show any mercy," says the boy.
".... Have you forget yesterday's result? I have a better score than you in the previous exams," says Felice.
"Hah, you might have better scores before, but fighting is different. I will show you that your class is trash, and so are your teachers. You even have a kid our age as your teacher, what a joke. He must be as weak as you guys," says the boy arrogantly.
"That words, I won't forgive it. No one can badmouth our big brother like that. I will destroy you," says Felice with an angry tone.
The boy suddenly feels a chill, but he ignores it and thinks that it's just a bluff. Felice's classmates also yell and tell Felice to beat the boy to a pulp. Ben sees this and sighs.
"Mr. Raul, it seems we need to teach them how to control their emotion," says Ben.
"Well, you're right, but I can understand their feeling. For them, you are their idol and they really look up to you. They won't accept such insult easily. Even I will be angry if you are mocked like that," says Raul.
"Come on, don't support them like that. It can be dangerous if they can't control their emotion well you know," says Ben while raising an eyebrow.
"But that boy also makes me angry, so Felice isn't wrong," says Wendy while snorting.
"Wendy, not you too," says Ben.
"Haha, alright, alright, I will tell them about it," says Raul while smiling.
The battle starts and Felice's opponent prepares his first spell. He makes a yellow magic circle and shoots a light beam at Felice. Felice doesn't make any spell and just waits for the beam.
The boy grins, but then his grins disappear when Felice dodges the beam easily. After she dodges, Felice rush toward the boy while using her magic. She just summons a long sword and runs to the boy.
The boy shoots some light beams again, but Felice can dodge them. When Felice gets very close to him, the boy uses another spell. He makes a rain of light that shoots in every direction.
Felice can easily dodge and deflect them with her sword. Then she reaches the boy and swings her sword at his neck. The referee jumps to stop the sword from cutting the boy's neck, but Felice has stop it herself before touching the referee's hand.
The boy has cold sweats running on his back and he falls on his butt. The referee announces Felice's win and Felice stores her sword again while looking down on the boy, make him shivers.
Felice walk away without saying anything. Her classmates cheer at her happily while the other class students and teachers are dumbfounded.
They thought that the previous exams' results are just bluffs. Now they need to take the E-Class seriously like they face S-Class students.
Ben praises her and it makes her happy. But then he also scold her about her rage and tell her to control her emotion. She scratches her head and giggles guiltily, but she doesn't regret it.
Then the tournament continue and Ben's students come up one by one. Now their opponents take them very seriously and not underestimating them.
Even so, the E-Class students still defeat them easily. Fighting is something that Ben often taught to them, so they have a lot of experiences. He even took them to hunt wild animals or magical creatures sometimes, which gave them real battle experience.
That's why on the first day of the battle exam, all E-Class students passed. The first day has sorted all the students into 64 students that will fight tomorrow. It is composed of all S & E-Class students, and the others are from the other classes.
Ben instructs his students to go home and rest to prepare for tomorrow's battle. They do as he says and immediately return to their home.
Team Ben also returns to their village and doesn't follow the meeting. Raul will take care of that because it's just an evaluation for today's event.
The next day, they resume the tournament of the battle exam. Now some E-Class students are paired with S-Class students. Everyone anticipates their battle because these students have become favorites in this tournament.
7 from 11 E-Class students are paired with S-Class students. They're Ron, Mina, Hans, Dito, Dan, Olive, and Yorki. While the others are fighting students from other classes.
Ben instructs his students to enjoy their battles and use all their strength. He tells them to not underestimate their opponents just because they've got high scores and won easily yesterday.
The S-Class teacher, however, gives different instructions to his students. The S-Class teacher is the buffed man who mocked Ben in the meeting before the exam.
"You guys, those E-Class trashes have taken the spotlight from you. Can you accept that?" asks the buffed teacher.
The students answer together, "No."
"That's right, you are the best students in this school. So show them that you are the best. I allow you to do everything you have to defeat them. I don't care if you injure them badly until they can't walk again. I want you to win this round," says the teacher.
The S-Class students nod and agree to do anything to win. These students have high self-esteem and think that they're the best. However, their high self-esteem doesn't come from confidence, but arrogance.
Ben can hear them clearly even though they're rather far. He is a Dragon Slayer, so his senses are strong. He can hear them even with the quite far distance between them.
"Heh, what a bunch of clowns," says Ben while smirking.
"They're very mean," says Wendy with a worried expression. She also heard what they said just now with her sharp hearing.
"What is it, Ben-nii, Wendy?" asks Yorki.
"Heh, they're looking down on you," says Ben.
Ben tells them what the S-Class guys discussed just now. The E-Class students get mad at the S-Class teacher & students.
"Calm down! Instead of being angry, you guys need to show them your power. Show them that you can win even though they use dirty tricks! But you need to control your emotions to not being baited by them! After all-" Ben can't continue his words because the students cut him off.
"Great Mages talk with action, not words," say the students while smiling widely.
Ben smile and says, "That's right, and Great Mages can control their emotion to not affect them. Show them your power and what you've learned in this School! Show them that you are greater than them! We will conquer this tournament."
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