The meeting room that was in the Astechic kingdom.
"You must have felt it too, this dark energy is unmistakably the demon lord. Looks like they've recovered." Philip spoke in front of the nine people sitting in front of the king.
This was a meeting convened by Philip which was attended by the nine people of the Astechic royal council. Albert the hero, Tesla the mechanic, Zhuge Li the sleeping dragon, Nobunaga the deadly samurai, Robin the eagle eye, Violet the doctor of heaven, Elkov the fist of fire, Key the poisonous butterfly, and Indra the blue lightning. They were the heroes who participated in defending the human territory during the war decades ago from the Demon King's invasion.
"There's no mistaking this is demon king energy" Zhuge li narrowed his eyes.
"If they start invading again, I doubt we can stop them," Tesla added.
"Well anyways, we have to stay prepared, we won't get any help from that group anymore" Zhuge li.
They had several conversations until they came to a decision.
The main Astechic empire began recruiting talented people to become soldiers, on the direct orders of the king Philip.
Talented people will be selected based on the exam given.
Many young people are excited and take part in the selection.
This selection will be supervised directly by the board.
The day of selection finally came, countless people began to gather in front of the royal square, registering to become soldiers.
"Out of the thousands of participants who took part in the selection, it seems that only a few are very talented." Elkov clenched his fists.
The first test was mana control, a device specially made by Tesla to measure how well people could control mana, and it was converted into numbers.
People who get a score of 30 and below will not qualify, and conversely people who exceed the number 30 will qualify for the next selection.
One by one names began to be called.
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"Next, Chrono from Chova city" A moderator named Huo called out.
Seen a teenager who was about 16 years old went up to the altar provided.
"Put your hand on this device" Hou ordered.
Chrono put his hand on the device and numbers started to appear on the screen, starting from zero and increasing rapidly, until at 68 the number started to rise slowly and stopped at 71.
The other participants were surprised, how could they not, the highest number that appeared before was only 36, and he got double the number.
Huo recorded the results and ordered Chrono to the second altar and await the next test.
Of the thousands of people who took part in the selection, only about 200 people made it through to the second selection.
" Chrono 71 Points, Ranmaru 67 Points, Erkov 66 Points The council agreed that they don't need to take the second exam, and headed straight for the third altar" Huo informed.
Because of the Points they earned, the councils wouldn't doubt their ability to realize mana. Seeing that Ranmaru is the son of Nobunaga the deadly samurai, and Erkov the son of Elkov the fist of fire, it is undeniable that they are talented people.
"The second test is mana realization, this test will test whether you can realize the mana in your body" Huo while showing an example, he closed his eyes and clenched his palms, a moment later the surrounding wind energy gathered in his palms, and threw them on the dummy that has been prepared.
This dummy is also the result of Tesla the mechanic, will also test the strength of the projection which is generated by converting it into numeric form.
"Do as I did, the dummy will show the strength of your attacks, as before, those who scored 30 and below would be declared ineligible and vice versa." Huo gave an interaction.
Of the 200 people who took part in the second selection, only 50 of them were able to give a score above 30.
Switch to the third altar.
"This is the last test, you will spar with the troops in front of you." Huo pointed at the line of troops who were also standing on the altar.
They are allowed to choose one of the armies for them to fight.
"This test will test your skills in dealing with enemies as well as your skills in using weapons and using them as a medium to release mana"
"You guys are welcome to choose your own weapons." Huo pointed at the dozens of weapons that were neatly stored under the altar.
they began to choose their respective weapons.
"Elry's first contestant" Huo called out.
A woman goes up to the altar and is invited to choose an opponent.
After choosing, they start the sparring.
Elry is one of the female participants who arrived at the third test, she uses a sword as her weapon, and chooses an opponent who also uses a sword.
"Start!!" Huo started the battle.