The first 100 testees were led into a hall by members of the university staff, which I recognised to be heroes as well. They were all accomplished heroes in the scene, albeit ranked lower than 'Reaper' we just met. I guess the top hero university can invite big shots to help monitor the admissions test.
"First, we will brief you on today's practical examination." said a man with a plague doctor's uniform. His hero name matched his getup, also called 'Plague Doctor'. He can produce any gas compound inside of his lungs, which he could breathe out and envelope an area with. He can breathe out anything he wants such as sleep gas, paralysis gas or smoke etc, whichever the situation calls for. Ranked at 214th so definitely famous. I'm a fan of his because his costume is cool as f*ck and pretty scary at night. I should ask for his autograph later.
"Past this door, there will be a sprawling city landscape for you to navigate. The exam will be 20 minutes long and will start as soon as the door opens. The city has already been attacked by a legion of robots, leaving building damaged and civilians injured, in urgent need of help."
"Your objectives are as follows: defeat or incapacitate as many robots as you can, or save as many civilians as you can."
"Robots are classified into 4 tiers, with the 4th tier being 30 metres tall and giving the most points when defeated."
"Civilians are just dummies as we won't use real humans. To save them, simply carry them back to entrance, which is where we are currently. Each civilian saved rewards points."
"The only rules you must follow, is to not physically harm other students as that will disqualify you immediately, and you are not allowed to prevent another student carrying a civilian, from arriving back to the entrance.
"Throughout the whole test, we would be constantly monitoring you. This is not just to keep you safe, but to grade your performances in more detail. So use this as a reminder to treat the dummies as real people and not hurl them back to the entrance."
"You have 10 minutes to mentally prepare before we commence the test, good luck."
With that, he moved away and left through a side door with the rest of the staff.
'Can't wait to get this over with'
"Umm, excuse me?"
I turned to face the person talking to me. It was a black haired girl with bangs and large brown eyes. She seemed to be 5'7 and wore
a grey tracksuit.
"What's up?" I replied.
"I just wanted to ask you if you're feeling nervous..."
I stared at this girl. She seemed to be slightly nervous as she shifted from one foot to another whilst waiting for my answer.
'Time to do a little bit of trolling' I thought.
"Nope, not nervous at all"
She widened her eyes.
"Really? And why is that?"
"It's because I have a very power ability"
That answer got her excited, as she looked at me up and down trying to guess my ability.
"No need to guess" I chuckled.
"My ability is to transform myself into a massive demon of terror"
...
"What?"
"Here let me show you"
Without warning. I casted my hallucination. From her point of view. My face bubbled as if spots were going to burst from it. My bones began to grow, popping my skin as I quickly grew in size. My skin morphed from pale white to blood red as I developed scales. Horns protruded from my head and I soon turned into a 10 foot red demon from hell, standing in front of this poor girl. I stared down at her as I exhaled steam from my nostrils.
She fell backwards and inched away from me with clear surprise and fear in her eyes. Those eyes gave me a good amount of satisfaction. I cancelled my hallucination straight away and laughed out loud.
I terrified the girl as she ran away. The whole exchange did not go unnoticed as other students watched me, not knowing what I did to scare the girl away. The girls looked at me like I was a creep but who cares. That little prank got my blood pumping and now I'm ready to take on this exam.
'I'm going to have fun'