Everyone was excited about the events that occurred today at the testing area. Not only one, but five new young adventures were tested as Future S Rank, causing other well-known guilds to rush to Adventurer's Guild to see if they could recruit them.
****
Leo and the others who passed the Aptitude test were waiting at the testing site as instructed, and while the others were already forming their own group, Leo sat in the corner.
After a time, a lovely lady with short brown hair approached him, made a handshake motion, and stated
"Hello, my name is Karen Green; what is yours?"
"Leon," he replied.
"An allias huh? can I sit here?" the girl asks, not waiting for Leo's approval.
Leo was calm as he stared at the examinees, unconcerned with Karen's actions.
Karen began providing information about the examinees after she sat next to Leo.
"Did you see that Blue hair guy?" she asked, pointing to a handsome man who spoke confidently like the group's leader.
"I heard he was one of the prospective S ranks who had been tested...Also, I heard he was a Saint Star Academy student who wanted to practice for an upcoming exam."
When Karen poked her index finger at him, the blue hair guy smiled and continued his conversation.
'Wow! that caused my heart to halt for a split second'
"Talking about Saint Star Academy.. There is also another S rank candidate that comes from that academy, I heard her name was Froo.. Froo.. Frostine Rík?"
Leo clipped Karen's sentences when he noticed she was having problems pronouncing the name of a classmate.
"It was Frostine Ríkruisce"
Karen was taken aback.
'Do you have a problem?'
'Leo was perplexed.
"I assumed I was just talking to myself," Lena chuckled.
Karen then continued to chatter.
*****
While Karen was chatting about the exact details of crucial examinees.
Leo had been sitting and meditating when...
"Lucky for them, they studied at Saint Star Academy," Lena enviously said.
"You can do it too," Leo said, standing up and walking away, leaving Karen dazed.
****After a while****
A guy with a large sword in his back appears and speaks commandingly.
"Follow me to the Training Ground, those of you who passed the Aptitude exam."
Everyone, including Leo, follows the Big Man to the training ground. When they arrived at a specific location, they shuddered because they saw some big guilds who came and sat in the audience area, which made them feel anxious and uneasy.
A man introduced himself to the candidate, saying, "Good Day Adventurers, I'm Gary Clinton, A Rank Adventurer your examiner for today."
"Since all of you are already fully pledged adventurers, this test only serves to determine what rank you begin with in the Guild."
'The rules in this test were simple,'
We have some adventurers here to be your sparring partner; these adventurers have varying ranks, so choose wisely, and a word of advice from me: don't aim too high because it will affect your overall results.'
'We want to know how capable you are as a fighter, your battle tactics, instincts, and, of course, your performance in a fight in this test.'
'Fight as if your life was at stake'
Gary brought out the first contestant to be ranked after outlining the rules.
"I will now summon the First Candidate to be tested."
'Frostine Ríkruisce'
A beautiful young lady stood up and walked through the crowd, attracting the attention of many men.
*****
-At the audience-
A man in a wheelchair was watching the show while checking on Frostine's status. "It definitely feels different than reading in the book," he says to himself.
=STATUS=
[Name]: Frostine Ríkruisce
[Class]: Mage
[Race] : Ice Elf
Level: 15
Int: 80
Str: 55
Agi:58
Dex:70
Stamina:60
[Talent]
[Attribute]
[Skills]
[Blessings]
Users who have this skill can change into a snow lady who has dominance over the Natural element of Ice for 15 minutes.
Note: [Queen of Winter] was being associated with winter and snowstorms, and are at the same time beautiful and serene, yet ruthless in killing..
[Side Effects]: The user will feel chilly and feeble for three days after activating this blessings.
[Legends]
******
Gary said to Frostine after emerging from his trance, "You can select what rank and class is your opponent."
"D rank [Mage]" Frostine replied in cold voice
Gary was surprised by Frostine's decision and said, "Are you sure you want to skip 2 Ranks?
Most novice adventurers will opt to battle E or F Rank foes.
In this world, an adventurer's rank was determined by their level of experience, quests they completed, dungeons they overcame, and victories in battle. All of this information was recorded.
The goal of the aptitude exam and the practical test was to assist the Guild in properly allocating the adventurer so that their skills were not squandered.
It was a challenging battle for Frostine because the D rank adventurer was an experienced combatant.
Frostine replied with a confident "Yes!" and let out a cold aura.
Gary said in a helpless tone, "Okay, You can enter the arena.
-Frostine enters the arena-
Frostine watched her opponent from her position in the middle. It was a man in his twenties wielding a staff and wore a mage robe.
The man made a brazen entrance and addressed Frostine.
I'm Rick, a Fire Mage, and I've heard that you're an Ice Mage with a S rank in aptitude, so I think you're not a match to me, young lady.
While watching the arena, the audience was chattering among themselves.
"Not only for the new recruits, but all adventurers who participate in this exam have the possibility to catch the attention of the great guilds," as a particular someone spoke to himself among the crowd.
Frostine just ignores Rick's insult while waiting for the referee's signal to begin the bout.
The referee lifts the flag and screams "Battle Start" a split second later.
Rick immediately cast a powerful Fire Magic without further ado.... [Fire breath] He exhaled a cloud of fire right onto Frostine's face.
Frostine used [Ice Wall] in response.
A tall wall of ice was generated from the ground, blocking the fire. She then cast [Ice Bullet], causing countless Ice Bullets to materialize in the air and be rammed on Rick's location. However, Rick Elementalized as he became a fire himself, so the Ice bullets passed through unharmed.
*****
Rick and Frostine were fighting to their hearts' content, exchanging countless spells despite Frostine's disadvantage due to her attribute.
The audience watched the battle in awe as fire and ice collided, resulting in the arena being covered in scorching steam.....
*******
Rick declared his victory when he noticed Frostine was low on mana. "You're Magic aren't bad, but you're no big deal to me," he said cockily while casting the spell [Firestorm].
Frostine dropped to her knees to support herself as the Firestorm approached...
She yelled with conviction, blowing the crowd's minds away.
" I will never lose again! [Queen of Winter] Activate!"
End of Chapter.