- So you are an examiner! So young
The fairy girl covered her mouth with her hand in shock, the other did not react at all and continued to look at him. Haldar and Erald couldn't help but look at him again, and the tiger guy just snorted:
- He's probably joking
- Who said that a student cannot be an examiner? Hm?
Wistan, seeing their disbelief, asked smiling, and then clapped and their platform changed, and they entered the formation. They found themselves in the middle of a desert steppe.
The cold wind came from everywhere and pierced their bodies to the very bones. Wistan just stood there and looked at some surprised faces.
All spectators could observe what was happening in the formation, since the formation was too weak for them to limit their gaze in any way. Mostly only Haldar and Erald showed surprise. They didn't know what this formation did.
- I'll tell you for those who don't know what this formation does. This Formation transfers your consciousnesses into special bodies created from energy in the area of the formation, limiting your power to the 24th level of the Master
Wistan said cheerfully and made a blow.
Fumm!!
The blow was exactly like that of an average Level 24 Master, no more, no less. Haldar and the others also conducted several tests and after them they were sure of this.
- I will duel with each of you and test what each of you is capable of.
An overwhelming aura immediately began to emanate from Wistan. Although he now had the same level as them, this pressure did not depend on the level, but on the Spirit. Everyone immediately tensed, especially the fairy girl. Wistan smiled and called them over:
- Well, who will be the first to be against me?
- I don't think you'll be able to resist me.
The tiger guy, with a sword in his paws, was about to approach him, but suddenly a thunderous laugh sounded.
- HA-HA-HA! Don't fight ahead of time. I'll play with you guys!
Suddenly a male owl appeared not far from them. He, like them, had level 24, but the aura that emanated from him was very tyrannical.
The man began to approach them, and then approached Wistan, who was covered in cold sweat, patted him on the shoulders and said to Haldar and the others:
- Is that fair enough?
Wistan was surprised who dared to enter their formation, but when he saw this uninvited guest, he fell into a cold sweat, thinking: - Deputy Dean of Magic, Moutris!!
- Ahh, umm this is our Deputy Dean of Magic Mautris
Wistan awkwardly introduced the applicants to who this man was. For he saw their strange glances directed at him. Haldar and the others were very surprised by the appearance of this man, but afterward they immediately thought that this was the real examiner. But after Wistan introduced him, they thought in shock:
- The Deputy Dean himself!
- Ummm, Deputy Moutris... Shouldn't I be the judge in this trial? You personally... Isn't this against the rules?
Wistan asked nervously, and Moutris only patted him on the shoulders again and said arrogantly, stepping forward:
- The deans, the Vice-Rector, the Elders and the Rector are not here, so my word is law!
- Hehe, don't be nervous. For this test, I'll let you guys work together. If you guys can stand against me for five minutes, you'll pass. Even if only one of you remains standing, then you all pass
- Five against one, it will be easy
Erald grinned and whispered to Haldar, but Haldar knew that if he told them to go at 5 then he was serious.
- Do not make fast conclusions
- You guys have huge problems.
Wistan quickly approached them and shook his head sadly. They could not understand what he meant and Haldar asked him:
- Why is this? What is the level of Deputy?
- Every professor at the Academy is not just a genius, but a monster of his generation. And it's not worth talking about Deputies and above
- Deputy Moutris the Sage at peak level 205
Wistan sighed with a wry smile and patted Haldar on the shoulder. Immediately after his words, they froze in shock: - Sage!
- Hahaha, I'll give you guys some time to come up with a plan for this test, although during unexpected situations no one will give you time to come up with a plan and you'll have to think on your feet.
Moutris laughed at first, but then finished with a serious face. As he spoke, many emotions flashed across his face, and then he turned around and began to wait for them.
- Come, I'll tell you more about him.
Wistan decided to help future applicants and perhaps his future comrades. Everyone decided not to refuse unnecessary information and approached him and began to listen carefully.
- Deputy Moutris Great Battle Mage, he is strong in all schools of magic, but especially in the school of Denial, as well as in close combat. He wields the staff very skillfully and...
- Although the formation limited Deputy Moutris to level 24, his skills and knowledge are generally at a different level, so be careful. He can use magic of any rank even sage, but it will be limited to level 24 power
- Okay, now that we know who he is, we must now find out who each of us is
The fairy girl immediately spoke after Vistana's short story. Everyone looked
at each other, and then nodded because they could not work as a team to win if they did not know each other. Everyone began to introduce themselves in turn.
Haldar and Erald were the first to introduce themselves:
- I am Haldar Mazgard, level 38 of the Originator, I am a spear master, I specialize in close combat, I fight mainly with a spear, and I know a little magic and techniques
- I am Erald Mazgard, level 38 of the Progenitor, I am a Combat Master, I specialize in close combat, I fight with paws and techniques
The tiger guy stared at them in surprise. He did not expect that there would be those who were higher than him in level. He decided to take them seriously and also introduced himself:
- I am Lacus Rosar, level 36 of the Originator, I am a Weapon Master, I specialize in any range, I fight with a sword, saber, bow, kurisagama and daggers
The girls, seeing that all the guys had introduced themselves, decided not to hesitate:
- I am Lyras Bloom, 31st level of the Originator, I am a Combat Master, I specialize in close combat, I fight with deadly and fast techniques
- I'm Taisy De Bind, level 34 of the Generator, I'm a Support Mage, specialized in support, have many buffing spells and weakening spells
- She is a member of the Great Clan Bind... Is this really the same Princess?
Moutris suddenly thought after hearing her words. He quietly eavesdropped on what they were saying.
The great clan of Bind, which has the most powerful magicians and support style spells.
Wistan couldn't help but be surprised because there were several applicants from the Bind family in their academy, and they all graduated successfully and were real monsters on the battlefield.
If the support mages are not eliminated during the battle, then the situation will be sad. They immediately began discussing a plan, and within five minutes they were ready. Haldar nodded to Wistan and Wistan nodded in response and stood in the middle between them and Moutris.
- Fine. If everyone is ready, then the fifth Test... Will begin now... Let's begin!
Wistan announced the start of the Trial.
Immediately after his words, Haldar, Erald, Lyras and Lacus instantly rushed towards Moutris, who simply stood there carefree, while Taisy began to activate the spell.
The fight has begun!
Wistan, seeing how Taisy began to cast the strengthening spell without any problems, smiled slightly.
- First you need to defeat the support, and then the main attackers, and Deputy Moutris is just standing there, because if you don't remove the support, then there will be problems
- Vistan, why the hell are you smiling?
Moutris shouted angrily at Wistan, seeing him grinning. Wistan immediately made an emotionless face trying to hide it, but Moutris cannot be fooled so easily.
- I'll prescribe some special training for you in the evening.
- Not them!!!
Wistan screamed more desperately. Taisy quickly completed the spell and the light from it engulfed Haldar, Erald, Lacus and Lyras. Their strength, speed and energy increased by 32%.
Liras, accelerating, was the very first to attack Moutris. She jumped up and struck with a two-palm technique. Two powerful palms flew at Moutras, but he continued to seemingly just stand there doing nothing.
- Wow! My strength has really increased!
When Lyras used the technique, she felt that she became stronger than before. Feeling the power, she clenched her fists and decided to use another technique.
One of the main tasks of support has always been not only the strengthening of the allies, but also the weakening of enemies, as well as raising the morale and fighting spirit of the allies.
-You're still not strong enough, little lady.
Moutris looked at her and her attacks with a carefree smile, and then immediately clenched his fist and hit with a silent accelerated enhanced magic spell, which was:
- Cold breath of the north
Suddenly a strong wind appeared and quickly headed towards Lyras. Many particles of wind hit the weak points of Liras' techniques and quickly destroyed them, and then flew towards her.
The power of Moutris's magic weakened after the destruction of her attacks and Lyras was easily able to dispel his wind with a kick.
Moutris just smiled at this. Lyras frowned and immediately attacked again. According to the plan, she was supposed to retreat and wait for Haldar and Lacus, but she decided to attack herself.
At that moment, Haldar and Lacus were already approaching and were almost next to them, and then suddenly vines came out of the ground and began to entangle Moutris.
Taisy, breathing intermittently, continued to pour energy into these vines in order to reduce Moutris' speed as much as possible.
But she was suddenly horrified at the sight that for some reason her energy was quickly beginning to go somewhere. Most likely to maintain the strength of the vines.
Haldar and Lacus approached and were preparing to attack, but they suddenly stopped when they saw a small chaotic light falling from Moutris' finger.
- Haha children's fun
Moutris smiled at the approaching Haldar and Lacus, not even paying attention to Lyras and her attacks.
They suddenly sensed the danger and quickly jumped away, and the light finally touched the ground and suddenly began to expand into a sphere.
The sphere grew incredibly quickly in scale and soon Moutris was completely in it, but it did not cause him any harm, which cannot be said about the instantly seated lo
zy and Liras, who soon also fell into the sphere.
She felt that she was being burned from all sides, and was also being pulled into the center of the sphere where the pressure of chaotic fire was even greater. Moutris stood in the center, cheerfully watching her.
Liras realized that she urgently needed to escape from the sphere, otherwise if she continued to be in it, she would soon lose her life.
She didn't even think about fighting Moutris because from the last exchange she realized that she was no match for him alone.
She clenched her fists and quickly moved towards the nearest side where the sphere ended. Inside the sphere there was deserted red sand blocking the view, but she felt that the nearest exit was in that direction.
- Grandpa, I won't let you down. I'll get out!
Lyras clenched her fists and continued to walk towards the exit and pour energy into protecting her body from the chaotic storm inside Moutris's sphere.
She was trapped and felt that she was walking very slowly as the gravity of the sphere was also not weak, but with every step forward she felt that this force was weakening.
Lacus reacted quickly and realized that Lyras was in a very dire situation. He jumped closer to the sphere, and the sphere had already begun to attract him to it.
He was surprised that he was already getting damaged even standing next to her. He immediately threw the iron chain at the place where the silhouette was visible, which was slowly approaching outside the sphere.
Liras used energy to protect her body from severe damage and tried to get out of the sphere, but the force of attraction in the sphere itself was monstrous, and she only slowly moved forward and was losing hope of getting out until she saw a chain flying towards her.
With the last of her strength, she grabbed the chain tightly and left everything to its owner. Inside the sphere, everything was in deserted chaotic air, which did not allow one to clearly see what was happening inside.
Lacus, feeling that someone was pulling the chain, realized that he was in trouble. Lacus began to quickly pull the chain, but it turned out to be more difficult than he thought.
- I'm going
Lacus strained to pull the chain and suddenly it became easier to pull. He turned around and saw that Haldar had also begun to pull the chain. He looked at Haldar in surprise, to which he only shouted:
- Let's!!
As they began to quickly pull the chain, they already saw the exhausted body of Lyras approaching, and the closer they pulled it, the weaker the attraction of Mautris's sphere became. And then finally they pulled her out of the sphere.
Fumm...
Lyras immediately fell into Lacus's arms. He immediately froze. Haldar wiped the sweat and sighed calmly from the fact that they were able to pull it out, and then looked at Lacus and saw that for some reason he had frozen and did not move.
At this time, Lacus's mind and heart were in chaos. He couldn't understand what was happening to him. Haldar began to approach him, and after he approached, he leaned towards him and asked:
- Lacus, are you okay..?
Before Haldar could finish speaking, Lacus immediately thrust the exhausted Lyras into his hands.
- I am fine. Go give it to Taisy and let her take care of it while we take care of the Deputy.
Lacus immediately turned away and began to look towards Moutris, thinking:
- Damn, what's wrong with me? We need to get together!
Lacus bit his lip, and the sudden pain brought him back to his old self. Haldar, holding Lyras, nodded and quickly moved towards Taisi.
Moving away from the sphere, they went quite far. So they weren't far from Taisy. While Haldar was taking Lyras, Moutris's sphere began to decrease until it disappeared in the same place from where it appeared.
And Moutris watched them with a wry smile and could not help but shake his head. Suddenly, five large claws struck Moutrisa in the head. He took a step back and dodged.
Erald appeared in the former place of Moutris. He frowned, looking at the state of Lyras, and then turned towards Moutris and saw his cold and disappointed face.
Erald was seriously infuriated by this, and he himself attacked Moutris without even asking for support from Haldar, Taisi or Lacus, who was quite close.
Taisi, seeing this, immediately decided to help Erald and again strengthened them all, because enhancing abilities only strengthen temporarily.
Lacus slowly approached and waited for the right moment to attack until he noticed small lights all around.
- Erald, be careful!
Erald continued to attack, but Moutris easily dodged each of his attacks. His attacks had no effect at all.
Suddenly Erald stopped attacking and sensed something was wrong, as well as Lacus's cry. His instincts screamed to run! He noticed that several lights appeared around him. Remembering the sphere, he wanted to jump away, but it was too late.
- Have you played enough?
Cheerfully saying just this, Moutris clenched his fist and the closest light to Erald exploded, which led to a chain reaction.
Other lights also began to explode and Erald was almost at the epicenter of this explosion. If he had continued to attack Moutris, he would have found himself in the very center.
The explosion severely wounded Erald's hand and threw him tens of meters away. And then Lacus threw a chain at Moutris, wanting to tie him up with it.
Moutris simply let the chain wrap itself around him. Lacus began to tighten the chain to prevent him from moving.
- Do you think you can hold me back with this?
Moutris grinned
looking at Lacus and how he tries to pull her even tighter. At this time, Haldar had already given Lyras to Taysi to take care of.
Taisi, although a support mage, knew some light healing spells.
After he gave Lyras, he saw what happened to Erald and clenched his fists tightly. This examiner doesn't hold back at all and suffocates them so much. They wanted to act according to the plan, but because of Lyras everything went to pieces.
Haldar, seeing that nothing was working out, began to get irritated.
- Ahh that's annoying
His thirst for murder awoke. He quickly rushed towards Lacus who began to tighten Moutris with a chain.
- Bite it!
Haldar gripped his spear tightly and jumped at Moutris. The spear began to shine with the light of iron.
- Do you want to attack me?
Moutris snorted and turned towards Haldar.
-You're not ready yet, little bug!
Moutris extended his hand and the spell was almost ready, but Haldar was faster. The next second, Moutris was knocked over and sent flying into the air.
- Control of six mountains!
Haldar and Lacus jumped up and immediately attacked the shocked Moutris. Both of their skills hit Moutris and slammed him into the ground.
They jumped back and looked at the cloud of dust that rose where Moutris fell.
- We didn't accidentally cross the border?
Taisy asked, laughing a little, looking at the cloud of dust, but Haldar and Lacus were in no hurry to laugh, but simply stepped back and carefully watched the cloud. They knew that it wouldn't just end like that.
- Did we win?
Liras had already regained consciousness at this time and slowly raised her head and looked at the cheerful Taisy.
She wanted to get up immediately, but her wounds immediately began to burn. She quickly calmed down, and then leaned on a tree and asked Taisy, who was standing not far from her, who chuckled a little.
- Maybe
- Oh yeah!
Erald, holding his wounded hand, approached Haldar and Lacus.
- Are you okay?
- That's a scratch
Haldar showed a concerned look at Erald, but he just shook his head saying that everything was fine. And then suddenly they heard Lacus's slightly worried voice:
- .... Badly!
They immediately turned to Lacus and saw his serious gaze. They immediately looked at the cloud of dust in which a standing silhouette could already be seen. They knew who that silhouette was and that he was still not standing well.
Moutris emerging from the cloud of dust was covered in small wounds and covered in dust. Clearing his throat a little, he said briefly:
- You little ragamuffins... This job is so demanding
Everyone immediately noticed a transparent sphere around Moutris that appeared and disappeared, as well as runic writing that surrounded him and his sphere in rings.
And then suddenly they cracked and disappeared. Apparently they protected Moutris from severe damage.
He snorted and snapped his finger. A new transparent sphere and new runic writing immediately formed around him. He clicked again and small lights began to appear around him.
- We must attack him now!
Seeing Moutris' actions, Lacus immediately shouted and gave the signal to attack. Haldar and Erald immediately moved to the flanks. Moutris chuckled at their pathetic attempt to attack him.
- Thunder Strike!
Lacus used his strongest skill and struck with two swords. He was immediately followed by Haldar who struck with lightning speed with his spear, and from above Erald struck with his claws.
- Strengthening the Earth!
Taisy immediately used her remaining energy reserves and increased all of their stats by 10%, including increasing the power of all their offensive abilities.
- Haha, really, if you have nowhere to run... You must crush the enemy with all your strength. Let's! Chaotic Lights Bumrah!
Red mushrooms suddenly began to appear around Moutris, which immediately began to dissipate into small lights. Moutris blew on them like a dandelion, and they all immediately flew towards the children.
- Their joint attack is not bad. Very good, but still... This level of attack, against Deputy Moutris... I'm afraid that...
Wistan watched the battle in the distance and smiled wryly because even though these contenders were strong, it was not so easy to defeat the Old Generation.
- To defeat the old generation you need to become it
Boom! Bang!
The two attacks collided and the explosion shocked all four, but Erald and Lacus were the ones who suffered the most. Haldar and Moutris were able to defend themselves more or less to receive less damage.
Two muffled painful groans rang out in the air. Lacus was the most wounded, while Erald took second place.
Lacus was the very first to meet the explosion from their attack and was wounded to the point of insensibility. His condition was critical, but no one even paid attention to him.
Taisi was too busy with Lyras and the situation on the battlefield, and Haldar with the retreat and the state of Erald.
Due to the strong shaking, Erald had to spit out blood, which filled his entire mouth, his whole body was tingling.
And even though Haldar received the least amount of damage, because he managed to defend himself in time, he could not remain calm because of the wounds of his close friend, Erald... During those three years, they became very close as sworn brothers.
All of them were seriously injured. Hal
Daru managed to avoid a strong blow, and he was not seriously wounded, but Moutris turned out to be the most intact.
- Deputy Moutris hit the weak points of their attack and thus they suffered more from their attack. Skilled magicians can turn everything in their direction, it turns out this is true
Wistan shook his head, sympathizing with them that their opponents were one of the monsters of the Diolan Academy, who did not have the best reputation in the world.
Around Moutris shone the transparent rune armor that he created with the help of magic, and the sphere and rune writing that were previously on him were broken.
- What should we do, there's still half the time left?
Taisy bit her lip while treating Lyras, and then looked at the timer of the remaining time.
Even though her clan was the best in support, she was weak and could only use support attributes, she was not the best at healing.
She was only at the 34th level of the Progenitor's power, there were not many enhancement effects either, and therefore the girl again felt useless.
- Erald!
Haldar tremblingly held the wounded Erald in his hands and tried to bring him to his senses. Erald had already been injured before, and because of it he was unable to dodge in time, and Lacus was too close and could not physically dodge.
Moutris got bored with all this and decided it was time to end it. He sped up, seeming to need one step to get closer to Haldar.
- Baby, you still don't want to admit defeat?!
Moutris summoned an illusory hand and tried to grab them both with it. Haldar, sensing danger, immediately wanted to retreat and counterattack, but he stopped, remembering that the badly wounded Erald was still lying in his arms.
Haldar could not allow him to injure Erald in any way again. He hastily let go of Erald and wanted to take the blow on himself to stop the oncoming hand since the hand was too fast to dodge it.
- Be careful!
Erald, suddenly regaining consciousness, saw that Moutris's illusory hand was moving towards Haldar, and he immediately defended himself and attacked Moutris, not paying attention to his wounds.
- Very funny!
The illusory hand immediately knocked Erald out, causing him to spit out blood and lose consciousness. Moutris just snorted at the pathetic attempt to attack him.
Only Haldar and Taysi remained standing, and everyone else was incapable of combat.
- Erald
Haldar screamed in horror and quickly jumped, catching Erald.
Erald, uttering a short groan, lost consciousness and fell to Haldar. Blood flowed from Erald's mouth and nose. Although these were not their real bodies, in this formation they copy the original bodies and create identical ones here, and the pain they receive here is very real.
Almost subconsciously, Haldar retreated from Moutris with Erald in his arms using a fiery dash.
- Erald! Wake up!
Seeing Erald's pitiful state, Haldar's eyes filled with blood and lust for murder. A truly terrifying aura began to emanate from Haldar. He involuntarily remembered how in the past he lost everything that was dear to him because of weakness, but he is no longer weak.
Although he remembered Elam's words that you need to reveal your true strength only in situations between life and death, he could not leave it unpunished.
Haldar incredibly quickly found himself near Taisi and placed Erald next to the wounded Liras, and then, tightly grasping his spear, he stood in the direction of Moutris, who slowly approached them and laughed, looking at their pitiful situation.
- Ha ha ha. Baby, did you admit defeat? Maybe I'll let you guys pass. Ha ha ha
- Taisy, help me!
Haldar shouted furiously. A furious roar could be heard from every part of his body. His friend was brought to such a state, and he could not forgive it.
Taisy nodded seriously. She immediately began to cast many spells. Taisy saw that this was their last chance to change everything.
Biting her lip, she used her blood as an enhancement:
- Ano T Hashi Dibella!
Seeing this, Moutris stopped fifteen meters away and, grinning, beckoned Haldar with his finger, Thinking:
- Come on, little guy, show me everything you can do.
Haldar felt an incredible surge of strength and energy from Taisi's strengthening, but he had no time to be surprised. Haldar's entire mind was occupied with one thing...
KILL!
In a split second, Haldar rushed towards Moutris with lightning speed and immediately found himself next to him, to which Moutris was surprised, but his hand began to sparkle with powerful magic.
Iron Crushing Blast! Six Fangs of Annihilation!
Blood began to flow from every pore of Haldar for exceeding his limit. He used more than his body could handle and landed six direct blows on Moutris. Each of the blows was tyrannical and filled with an incredible lust for murder.
Five blows destroyed all of Moutris's defenses, and the last one hit him directly in the chest, Moutris felt incredible pain in his chest.
Lowering his head, he was horrified to discover a spear in his chest. It pierced the protection of the mage's armor and the rune sphere, completely piercing Moutris' chest.
Blood began to flow from his nose and mouth. Moutris was wounded to the point of insensibility.
Not to mention entering the academy, even during his battles with the High Ones, M
Outris had never suffered such a defeat. For a moment, something sinister flashed in Moutris's eyes, ready to flare up.
If this had only been a test, Haldar, of course, would not have acted so desperately, but Erald's loss of consciousness awakened his thirst for blood. And Moutris constantly put pressure on him, and the young man simply exploded
- This is not the end.
Moutris was furious. Although he was mortally wounded, he could still fight. His spirit couldn't allow him to lose to the brats. He decided to teach this little guy a lesson, with his right hand he grabbed the spear and with his left he hit Haldar in the chest.
At this time, Taisy noticed that the timer had expired:
- Hooray! Time is up. We won!
Of course, it was an ordinary blow without any force, Moutris simply could not just swallow this defeat without a little retribution.
Haldar was knocked aside by Moutris' blow. The young man's mouth filled with blood.
With his last attack, Haldar spent all his strength, it was already difficult to even think, let alone act. And how could he, in such a state, allow himself to be hit by Moutris?
Haldara was immediately picked up by Wistan, laughing quietly at Moutris.
Moutris pulled out his spear and threw it aside, and then sat down.
- This little bastard, why did he put so much effort into the Test! Although these are not our real bodies, in this formation everything happens and feels like in reality
"They know how to fight, if only they had been kinder I would have let them pass a long time ago." Now everyone will make fun of me
Of course, this did not mean that Moutris was a weakling. After all, he fought with applicants for academy students, afraid of truly hurting them. Although physical injuries were not transmitted through the formation, mental ones were a completely different matter.
- Deputy Moutris, are we through?
Taisy asked cheerfully and pointed to the timer.
- Hmm... Indeed... You passed everything!
Moutris replied with a wry smile and with a wave of his hand, the formation returned their consciousnesses back to their real bodies. Lacus and Erald immediately regained consciousness and began to breathe intermittently as they almost died in that formation.
It was better with Haldar and Lyras since they did not lose consciousness, but the most unharmed was Taisi who did not receive a scratch.
At this time, in the Tower of the Dean of Magic, not far from the arena where the battle took place.
- Why... Behind the clash of their attacks... It feels like there was hiding... An incredible... Killing Thirst... Such a terrible aura and hidden so well... This level is something that Moutris couldn't would do...
Valsak watched the battle in the formation and when Challenger Erald was wounded, he felt a terrible aura of murder. He thought he was imagining things, but as Haldar and Moutris' final attack collided, he felt someone in the spectator stands release another terrifying murderous aura.
- This is not good! I must hurry!
It was so monstrous and so well hidden that if it weren't for his ancient bloodline and Ancestor level 215, he wouldn't even notice.
- Deputy Moutris, have we passed the test?
Liras, standing away from the others, decided to ask. She pointed her finger at Moutris's back. He turned his head and said:
- Yes, you passed