"Now what does she want from me?" Lucius said with a frown on his face, he was irritated.
Zoe revealed a smile as she looked at Lucius. Lucius got chills from her smile. He quickly turned his head away from her.
"I will watch the battle of the other candidates until the start of the second round" Lucius thought to himself. He started to watch the battles of the other candidates with the tester, Luca, Xin, and Zoe also did the same.
Like this, a few hours passed by in the blink of an eye.
A few hours later.
The test of all Divinity Seeds had been taken, now everyone was waiting for the start of the second round.
The first round lasted for around 16 hours since there were thousands of candidates.
Lucius had his eyes closed as he waited for the second round to start, a few seconds later he abruptly opened his eyes as he looked around him.
He spotted that Xin, Luca, and Zoe were just a few meters away from him. As he looked at them, rage covered Lucius' face.
"Unfortunately, due to them, I can't explore the Lifeform Creation skill. If they catch me swiping my hand in the air, they'll think I've gone crazy, and I want to avoid that." Lucius exclaimed while letting out a sigh as he looked at them.
Lucius just kept sitting as he waited for the start of the second round of the evaluation. A few minutes later, a powerful voice resounded through his ears that attracted everyone's attention.
"Everyone, now I will announce the contents of the second round of the evaluation." The powerful voice belonging to the Longan resounded through the entire place.
The moment Lucius and others heard that, they stood up immediately without wasting any time.
"It's starting" Lucius mumbled
Lucius' eyes were completely drawn towards the announcement platform where Longans was standing. He patiently waited for the Longan to reveal the contents of the second round.
"Before, I announce the contents of the second round. Anyone who hasn't passed first please leave the hall. " The power of Longan resounded through the entire place.
The golden doors that were tightly shut opened up, signaling for the candidate who failed the first round to leave.
"Please leave peacefully or else we might have to resort to force" Logan's powerful voice resounded through the entire place.
Lucius scanned the crowd around him and saw hundreds of candidates gritting their teeth but they started to leave when the guards looked at them with ice-cold eyes.
"There are a lot of candidates who have failed the first round. I think only 20 or 25 percent have passed and the rest have failed" Lucius exclaimed as he scanned the crowd.
Hundreds of people kept leaving under the watchful eyes of the guard for the next few minutes. A few minutes later, the hall had become quite empty.
There were only ¼ of the total candidates left. Lucius kept staring at the gate, when the last person who failed left, the golden doors tightly shut down.
Lucius let out a sigh and turned his attention to the Longan.
"Now that they have left, we can announce the contents of the second round. Inspector Miles will reveal the contents of the second round" Longan announced.
Longan then stepped back then Miles stepped forward. There was a round orb in his hand. He cleared his throat and continued the announcement.
Lucius' eyes were focused on them.
"The contents of the second round are fairly simple. You will have to channel mana into the orb that I am holding, if this emits a white light then you will pass the exam.
Some of you might not know the purpose of this orb or what this orb is. So to clear confusion, I will explain the purpose of this" Miles declared.
When Luscious heard that, he just nodded his head slightly.
"If he explains what this orb is then it will be very good for now since I don't know about it," Lucius remarked.
"The name of this orb is Grading orb, as the name suggests it is used to determine the grade of a person. It is a C-grade orb, it can determine the grade of a person from E to C.
As for how it works, I will also explain that. You should know that Divine energy is the energy that makes our Divinities grow stronger. We gain Divine energy by killing other life forms or doing training.
When the amount of Divine energy in our body grows to a certain level then the Divine energy in our body is used up and it increases our various stats. This process continues for dozens of times.
Before our grade increases, we go through a process called awakening. Awaking increases our stats by a few times and we also gain some special ability.
This orb checks how many times have we gone through awakening, by using this data, it gives us a grade" Miles announced
A notification flashed in his retina right after Miles announced the contents of the second round.
(The contents of the second round have been revealed. The Description of the second round of the E-grade chain, 1. Evaluation exams quest has been updated)
(.1 Evaluation exams (Second Round)
Description:
Inspector Miles has revealed the contents of the second round. You have to go near Miles when he calls your name. Place your hand on the grading orb when it tells you to do so.
Rewards: 500 exp and access to the third round.
Quest clear condition: The grading orb turns black when your mana is injected into it.
Quest failure penalty: Failure in this year's evaluation exams)
When Lucius read the notifications, he just nodded his head slightly. He turned his focus to the last lines oMiles'ses's speech, he became slightly surprised.
"I knew about Divine energy for a long time but I didn't know about the awakening part. Teacher Aaron probably didn't tell me about the awakening part since I couldn't even use mana.
Now that I think about it, the experience that I gain is probably Divine energy since when Divine energy reaches certain levels, it enhances various aspects, mirroring the process of leveling up." Lucius thought as he made a great realization.
Lucius thought about it for a few seconds and thought that it made sense. However, he soon realized something that caused him to lose all of his colors.
"Wait a moment! I didn't go through any awakening" Lucius exclaimed as he made a great realization.
A powerful voice resounded through his ears at the same time that made him even more nervous.
"We will keep this orb on that table that you see there. Those who perform the best in the last round will go first, we will call your name and you must immediately come and channel your mana into the orb" Miles declared as he pointed in a certain direction.
Lucius looked in the direction with his pale face and he spotted a few cm high rounded table with a thick red cloth on the table.
He also saw a guard coming with an orb in his hand.
"Damn it" Lucius exclaimed.
A few seconds of thinking later, Lucius shook his head.
"However, the system recognizes me as an E-grade Divinity, so maybe the orb will also recognize me as an E-grade Divinity. Sigh there is nothing I can't do but hope for the best." Lucius exclaimed with a sigh, his voice carrying sorrow and nervousness.
Lucius saw the guard keeping the orb on the table. The guard didn't leave, instead, he just stood a few cm away from the orb.
He didn't pay too much to him, instead, his and everyone's eyes were directed toward Miles who was coming down from the announcement platform.
"Why is he coming down? Will he take the exam?" Lucius thought to himself.The answer was too obvious. Miles soon came down and then he walked towards the black orb.
He kept walking until he was a few cm away from it. Then he stopped. A powerful voice resounded through the entire place, the moment he stopped.
"I will be the one who will be in charge of the second round of the evaluation. Please come forward when I will call your name
" Miles declared.
Lucius' guess had become a reality but it didn't cause any big sensation. Lucius just nodded his head, the crowd also did the same.
Miles took out a piece of paper, he read it then he called out a name.
"Xin, please come forward" Miles declared, his powerful voice resounding through the room.
Xin had passed the first round of the exams and he had landed a hit on the tester within a few seconds.