The test had already begun, and 30 minutes had already passed. All the participants were focusing on the sheet that appeared in front of them, some considered cheating but they couldn't do a thing with the mages eyes upon them .
This was once in a year thing and to jeopardize it was out of consideration.
The theoretical evaluation was very tough and complicated for those who didn't revise anything from the program they studied, that's why people who just graduated from the school had a better chance than those old participants.
In those early minutes a lot of participants lost their right to continue the test because they wrote down some wrong answers and wanted to change them forcibly, which made the sheet burn automatically after attempts like that.
The look of panic in their eyes was priceless, they wanted to cheat the system but with their low abilities they failed and caused their exclusion.
The questions were a mix of all the subjects they studied at school and they weren't necessarily very hard, therefore anyone who attended the school regularly and studied hard could answer it at a minimum effort.
But that wasn't the case with everyone, Richard was sweating from the beginning because he was afraid of writing the wrong answer while Samuel was very comfortable writing his answers.
Hundred and fifty seven participants already failed the test because they tried to change their answers, while the rest of them were waiting for the result impatiently.
Ethyl was sitting confidently and writing down her answers comfortably as if she was the queen in that place, she was just sitting there with no worries .
As the mage said there were a hundred questions about the four subjects, which meant there were 20 questions for each subject, a brief direct question about literature, history, botany and alchemy.
For most participants, alchemy was the hardest among them but it was manageable to most of them.
When the test ended those who got less than half of the questions done, and who got less than half of the questions right got their papers burned in front of them and therefore eliminated.
After that all who had their papers in front of them felt a bit of relief and that's when the responsible for the evaluation said:" Well, the rest of you passed "
He didn't say anything, he was acting all arrogant and he didn't even want to look at them. He just said that because he had to and left the huge hall .
Richard started to look around him with a big smile on his face while counting all the people he knew who passed the test.
He was not fully happy but he felt like most of the burden got erased from his shoulders because if they were too severe and raised the criteria he would have lost like those who did.
Three hundred participants was the total of those who went for the second evaluation.
They didn't even get some time to rest and just when they finished the first test , some higher mages led them to a huge field for the practical exam.
The rain was still pouring but they didn't cancel the test, delay it, or even take it to another place.
Ethyl created a shield that looked like a huge green leaf to protect her from getting soaked, after all she just wore her favorite dress for the test..
The higher mages lined up at a covered bureau and started to call every contestant with their code number for the practical exam.
The mage responsible for the test said to them at the start:" Using magic is not enough and you know that, if you don't use at least 2 elements of magic just leave without even getting evaluated"
Right there, the total of a hundred person lost the evaluation,the responsible said when he got the total of 200 people staying in front of him:" Now, there is a bunch of spells that you need to do, basic spells that everyone should do, after that you have to pass in that room, it will give you your exact amount of divine energy that your body could handle, this test will give you basically your ranking among all the mages, not just a random not specific ranking, this ranking is going to tell you even if you should level up when you go to Emperium"
The spells required on the test are shifting spells( to animals, other persons,things), fighting spells, healing spells, summoning spells(for divine energy, holy animals,fighting tools), spell mixed with two types of elements from the user's choice.
The test was not that difficult and Ethyl finished it faster because she mastered the practical part of magic. Richard had a lot of difficulty especially with mixing both of the elements but eventually he made it as well as Samuel and a lot of their colleagues.
The practical exam took a long time to finish, almost 8 hours.And for Ethyl who passed with the first participants she felt very bored while waiting for the end of the process.
She shifted a cute animal just to mess with the mages interpretation of her, she didn't want them to think of as a threat and compare her to Lucas , she had to lose some points just to stay within the range of other participants.
The only thing Ethyl feared was to get the results of her divine energy measurement, she already had her measurement before and she knew what to anticipate…
Those mages would eradicate her if they knew her ranking.
She had to do something about it but thinking about it right now was not helpful and she was too nervous to make a good decision.
Sure, she was prepared but no one told her that they were going to measure divine energy specifically.
She had to level up but that was not sure at this point.
"Calm down little girl, give me a part of your skin and i will help you pass the measurement room"