"Welcome~~"
The moment Noah and Malik went into the ministry of hunting building, they were greeted by a sweet welcome of the staff at the counter.
Malik took out the number plate to show her before she even started questioning.
"Oh~, please wait there for a while before the exam starts"
she pointed the same waiting place from before.
Malik nodded.
This time,a lot of examinees had not arrived just yet so there were some free chairs to sit. But Noah felt something was different compared to yesterday.
Guess it is a little early huh.
"It seems we came a little early" Malik said it out loud.
Is this guy able to read my mind?
Noah wondered with kind of observing eyes.
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"Hey~~, you guys are early"
Lucy's voice filled with cheerfulness came from behind. She came close to Noah and Malik and sat down beside Noah's seat.
"I am looking forward to today's exam. No matter who my enemies are, I will beat the shit out of them"
She fisted her palms tightly and said excitedly.
She is as enthusiastic as ever.
"Wow, you are as lively as ever as, daughter of Yostar family"
Malik said in a impressed expression.
Is this guy for real? He is literally reading my thoughts.
The chatterings became louder as the numbers of examinees arrived increased.
But suddenly, everything became quiet and all the attentions and gazes aimed toward the door when a girl who was wearing a circle shaped glasses.
That was Casmine Fedrek.
She walked toward the waiting place slowly and nervously. She noticed the change in atmosphere and that made her more clumsy and nervous.
"That is the girl who almost beat a S ranker"
"I want to be in the same team with her today"
"Haha"
"Ack!"
Casmine tripped with her own legs and fell down with the face to the floor.
"..."
"..."
"..."
. . . . . .
That stopped all the chatterings. Everyone was not moving an inch and looking at her.
"Ouch"
She got up and hold her bleeding nose. She then remembered that she was in front of everyone, she became embarrassed and her face turned into scarlet color.
She the sighed and prepared to move forward.
Crack.
She step onto something and broke it when she took a step forward to walk.
Everyone including Casmine's attentions aimed toward that.
That was her glasses which fell out when Casmine tripped.
One of the lens was broken because of her step.
Casmine made a face which seemed like she was going to cry at any moment after she saw that.
"Sniff-sniff"
She then wiped her teary eyes with her right hand and picked up the glasses with the other hand.
After that, she walked toward the seats with looking forward and sat on one of them.
"...."
"Quite a character she gets huh?" Lucy said with a sour face.
"Well, everyone's attentions for her makes it worse" Malik said.
"It is true that she had a chance against Balor but.." Lucy said and looked at Noah.
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"She surely is strong and her magic skills are good. But that last spell of hers was the only one that might have a chance to win against Balor. And she couldn't control it yet that it also got herself involved in danger. The true monster is Noah. He overwhelmed an A ranker and almost killed him"
Lucy thought while making a smirk.
"Hey"
"Hey" Malik woke up Lucy who was lost in her own thoughts.
"What?" Lucy asked irritatedly.
"They are coming" Malik said as he pointed to the people coming to the waiting room with white sheets in their hands.
It was Balor accompanied by two other hunters.
He seemed to be already completely healed. What was different from yesterday was that, he was in full plate enormous sparkling armor instead of ordinary staff uniform.
That just meant that today's exam would be more dangerous for both the examiness and overseers.
Now that I think about it, all the other examinees are also wearing their respective armors. The waiting room was embellished with the colorfulness of armors and weapons. That was the course of different feeling Noah got when he got here.
"Ahem ahem"
Balor made a sound to get the attention of the crowd.
"Now we will announce the team memebers for each team"
He spread the white paper in the hand and announced in a loud voice.
"But before that, let me introduce the hunters who were standing beside me. They are going to be the assistant overseers for phase 3 exam."
The other two hunters who came together with Balor nodded their heads to greet.
"This is Miss. Serafina Evander. She is a S rank shooting type hunter of the ministry"
Balor said as he pointed to person on his right side.
Serafina Evander nodded in agreement with a smile. She was a beautiful woman with blonde long hair. She seemed to be about 25 years old. On the forehead, there was a golden headband with the scarlet jewel attached in the middle. She was also in an armor upon the red swimsuit like cloth which is easy to move while wearing. At the back, a bow was attached and the arrow sheath filled with arrows were hanging on the left side of the waist. On the right side, there was a short hunting knife.
She is clearly the agility type shooter.
"On my left is the caster Cyfrin. He is also a S ranker" Balor introduced to the other hunter.
"Hello"
Cyfrin said while waveing his right hand a little. He have dark blue hair falling on the shoulders. He was not wearing armor but a type of cloth with a cape on the back magician commonly wears and a thick book was hanging at the waist. But his seemed more diligent and looked expensive. He had the eyes which clearly said that it was boring to be there. Even though he was trying to hide it, the slowness in his talking style and the dead eyes which were not smiling even though the lips were trying to smile showed that he was not really happy to be here.
"Wow, there will be three S rankers overseeing the exam?"
"Just how dangerous phase 3 is?"
"W-well, I am kinda scared"
"Haha"
Apparently, there are ten S rank hunter in the ministry of hunting so three of them came to oversee the exam is a rare matter.
Balor overheard that and he said
"There is nothing to worry about that. They are here just to stop the unnecessary bloodshed. To do that, we decided that we need the power of three S ranker. The exam will be.."
Thud.Thud.
Footsteps approaching the waiting rooms interrupted the conversation.
It came into the room.
All the attention turned toward it.
"Hello~~"
That was Blaze Rowan. The moment he noticed that everyone was looking at him. He greeted in a mocking manner and annoying high-pitched tone.
"Ugh"
The moment Lucy saw the face of him, she made a grimaced face and sticked her tongue out.
Just how much does she hate him.
"Why are you late?"
Balor said in an annoyed and upset voice.
"I had some business to take care of"
"What kind of business made you late for the important hunter exam. Even if you were the lord of Brklin, you are the hunter examinee who have to be on time"
Balor raised his voice.
"Even if that is the case, the overseer who was almost killed by a third rate magician examinee like you don't have the right to lecture me"
Blaze countered and glared at Casmine.
Almost killed? He was totally fine though.
"Go stand in line with the others"
Blaze walked toward the crowd.
"Don't you think you are better than me just because he is weaK"
Blaze scowled at Casmine who was looking at him awkwardly.
Casmine lowered her head because of that and she seemed really uncomfortable.
"Don't you go picking a fight just because she is doing better than you"
Lucy suddenly butted in because she could no longer stand it.
"Hmph. I will tear apart that loud mouth of yours later "
Blaze looked at Lucy in a face full of fury and hatred.
"..."
They really hate each other a lot.
"Okay I will continue the announcement. I won't repeat myself so listen carefully" Balor swallowed his anger and said.
The other two hunters did not say a thing but the expression they were making were not so good. They were supressing their angers and killing intents so much that they might really shred him apart if it wasn't for the exam.
"Phase 3 exam will be capture the flag game between two teams. But winning the game does not mean you pass the exam. We will grade you individually by looking at how well you perform during the game. So even if you are in a strong team and win the game because of that, you still have the chance to fail. Please keep that in mind."
"What!?"
"Then what are we supposed to do if we got into the same team as those who can take on the whole enemy team. Does that mean we automatically fail?"
Some of the examinees complained.
"That is for you to figure out"
It means you have to cooperate with the team members and contribute on what is need and what is best for the team. That is why this is a team battle. Those who can't understand that and failed to work together with their teams will fail this exam.
"Okay first group is..."
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