Chapter 61
Emma Pov:
What does he mean, I haven't seen anything bad going on. "Well, what did you see?," Meshu asks him.
"I saw Mr. Ashville here, and that man over there, with their children. They were passing gold under the counter, probably for higher ranks. But that does not always decide the power of the person, they just want money. Mainly because B ranks are given some money when they sign up and other things," Jake says.
When in the world did he see that happening! An when I look at the people they shrink back now that its out. Meshu grabs the three, sends a man to get the guild master, and sits down. The guild master comes out, it is a elf with Brown hair. His hair is down to his waist, he has black eyes, and a wand on his belt.
He looks around and gets on a knee and says, "I am sorry for your treatment so far, your highness's." At that everyone realizes who the people next to us are. They all bow realizing what had just transpired.
"Well then, I will be taking these guys, to the jail for the time being. They will only be in there for a day or so as they have to attend the announcement. But they will be thinking about their actions, as for the Receptionist, I don't know what his punishment is. It will be decided later, the same for Ashville who insulted his highness," Meshu says. At that he leaves with the three in his custody to the Jail.
"Well then, if you will all follow me, we will start the tests for those taking them. The ones who are not are welcome to watch, we have seating and food for you. Note that we only have six of you taking the test, so mind that," He says and we follow.
We come out into a arena styled area with stands around it. I sit down with Aaron and Hannah and Jake as the others go to the contestant seating. Looking down you also have the other contestants, or test takers seated as well. There seems to be around about twenty of them.
One by one, they are called up to take the test. Most of the ones I see get D rank or below, around about two people actually got C rank. If that is how it is for older people, what will it be for Hunter, Henry, and Theo. Sure they may have had instructors, but they are still kids.
Theo gets called so he enters the ring, the person he is fighting, is a B class adventurer. From the looks of things every single Procter can do Magic, swordsmanship, and brawling. Seems that they wanted to make sure they had the best defense against someone.
"The round will last fifteen minutes, I can stop it early if it doesn't seem safe. What is your preferred choice of combat, Theo?," The Procter asks him.
"I would say, Magic Swordsman," Theo says drawing his sword. The proctor nods and does the same, they get into fighting stance as another Proctor commences the test.
There are a few things that are judged in tests, Endurance, Strength, and Ability. Endurance is tested by how long you last and if you use spells, how many you can use. Strength is tested by how long it takes to recover, like getting up, it is also tested when in hand to hand combat.
From the looks of things, Theo is Mediocre in Magic swordsmanship. He can't do a lot of spells, but he is efficient, even for his age. Once the test is done he bows and he is given D rank, a great achievement for his age. That is two ranks higher than the lowest, but it is still a Iron card.
Then another kid gets called up, his name is Audrin Shyer, he is a Blonde Beast-kin Panther. He isn't that muscular, but I wonder how he will do in the arena. From they way he has talked he is Arrogant and self obsessed. He does the test and acts like he is the best and will injure the proctor.
He does almost as good as Theo, saying, "You should just put me straight into C-class." Man is he a handful. Then he makes a mistake and is beaten. All talk and no show of course, one of the people nearby tells him good job, but he just yells back, "D was a given!."
"Hunter," The Proctor calls out signaling my brother to go up. Hunter gets up and walks down, he doesn't have on any weapons as we weren't prepared for this. "If you need a weapon, they are over there," The Proctor says.
"No need, I've got my own," He says casually.
"What do you mean, you have nothing on y—," He doesn't finish as Hunter pulls a sword and shield from his Item box, a circular handheld ball. "What style of Combat?," The Proctor asks getting straight to the question.
"I am good in any, though I normally brawl, I do use a sword and shield," Hunter answered. Looking around everyone was surprised that he had an Item box, Except Jake.
"Then, let the fight commence!," A proctor calls signaling the start of the match.