"Lucky you" Looking at his new sworn enemy with envy. His eyes were wrinkling and his brow furrowing.
"Haha, you get one too Longly, I put in a good word for you as well." Marks smile got bigger as he saw Mr. Longlys face go from hating him to tears withing 5 seconds.
"Oh my gosh Mr. Longly I would kiss you right now if I wouldn't be fired or killed immediately!" he looked at Mark's face who was his old friend and they both had a good laugh.
Mark looked at the students with a good feeling in his gut ready to show off the two reasons why they both got raises. "Okay with the two students who passed even before we began i9 want you both to come up here."
Eram and the girl both walked up and proceeded to introduce themselves. "My name is Eram"
"And my name is uhm uhh Kalla" she wavered as she was still shaken up from earlier.
Mark looked at the two students and said" I want all to do what you did earlier to demonstrate to the class why you guys were born with true talent" After he said that Kalla went pale but still made the sphere around her. Mr Longly went as pai as Kallal knowing that if Eram was injured or worse he would lose his bonus and might even lose his job.
"Is this want you to want Mark?" Eram said with a slight smile and stuck just his hand in the sphere this time and just like last time it fell with a plop but this time he barely flinched.
"Extremely impressive Eram, now I want you to pick up your arm and I want you to reattach it and show what you're doing to to class." Eram complied and everyone gasped in shock at how he just did that. "See class this is what talent looks like, and unfortunately no amount of effort will help you catch up. I know this is hard for you to understand since you are so young but I'll give you a free lesson. Most explorers die, only about 20 percent can live till their natural death the rest get packed up in boxes that never get to see the light of day."
The students looked around feeling down but one student found the courage to ask a question out of curiosity. "I mean I just saw what happened but I still don't get it what are their abilities and why are they so grand?" unable to accept being looked down on like that.
"Well first of all start with Kalla. She can create a dimensional rift around herself that has an auto attack function to destroy anything that can potentially harm her causing spacial splits to cut up whatever gets in its range." after he said that a few students stopped looking so dejected " Next we have Eram here with something even more unique and special, I am not going to give you a full in-depth analysis but I can tell you he has heightened senses, heightened regeneration, and the ability to mutate his body any way he sees fit. I won't tell you the downsides of their abilities, or how to beat them in case any of you pass through high school and decide you want to kill them to take their spoils but I can tell you that the costs way outweigh the benefits."
After he said that he was ready to continue with his talk and his tests. " okay let's not get held up on this forever, both pass obviously but you both are not last so let's continue." He then pointed at the next student
The student said his name and then used his ability and his eyes lit up and then he stopped to describe his ability "I can use a form of heat vision and x-ray to see through objects though I am not too good at it currently" he looked down feeling like he wasn't going to pass but much to his surprise the teacher said something otherwise.
"You pass i want you to try to look through me or at least into my body"
The boy's mouth dropped because he couldn't see through the scout and was confused "What happened I can't see through you!"
Smiling Mark said back "Your ability is good but don't rely on it too much once you understand how it works then you realize why you couldn't see me. I can't tell you more than that or it may inhibit your growth."
The boy understood but more importantly, he was relieved he passed. Mark then looked at the next student and didn't even have to point before they got up and went to the front to begin their presentation.
The young girl stated her name and even briefly explained her ability before demonstrating it. She also assumed she would fail but much to her surprise she passed. She really couldn't understand why she passed. She dared to ask "My ability simply makes a small wisp of is its even smaller than hers" She pointed at the first person who failed which made her feel even more dejected" Why did I pass if she failed."
"Because yours had what she didn't not only does your wisp move and act it does it on its own you have a special core which gives it a mind of its own where hers does not, Next."
The next boy had all the confidence in the world about his ability and was usually the class clown due to his charisma so he was confident he would be more special than that of the measly and weak Eram "I am the great! …"
"Failed. You failed please save yourself the embarrassment…please." Mark looked at him with pity and his hands were covering his face. The boy looked at him frozen in shock then fell back down to his desk with a thud his face muddied with tears.
'This guy is a moron why did he stand up like that its making me feel icky' Eram thought with secondhand embarrassment.
The boy got back up with fury "Why… why did I fail? I am the greatest people look at me with awe and love no one ever turns me down!" the boy yelled.
"Because you have a charisma-based core it works only on humans do you think you can fight a soul-being by showing it a grin and giving it a thumbs up…. Before you even answer that it's no the answer is no."
The boy then started acting even more dramatically "Ugh the great Meln was destined for greatness and was shot down by a mere commoner this isn't fair my life is over he shattered my hopes and dreams there's nothing left for me to do but to become a sewer rat!" the tears kept coming down his face.
The teacher then started to laugh at the biggest pain in his side for the past year Meln "Hey kid don't worry Mark makes it sound like your life is over but it's not this country would love to hire you for something that will pay you a fortune we will talk after class."
Mark smiled as well" Next." the next student got up and went to the front but alas, it was another fail.
And just like the number of school boards that were called for 13 students passed and 17 failed. The class was a mess some students were weeping tears of joy and some students were crying like their parents had just died.
"With that class over I want everyone who failed to go home and have a wonderful day to come back tomorrow with your parents to find one of the basic high schools, Everyone else please get with mark on what to do next."
All the failed students slowly moped home some crying some yelling from anger. The other students who passed stuck around to hear what Mark had to say and to see what they had to do.
"So I have 1 job board and they consist of 4 different Mega colleges and they have the basic info on them." he handed each one a stack of papers with the info on each of the schools on the paper and then continued." Tomorrow we head to college they are all boarding schools so you will have to stay with your parents for about six months before they can come to visit you again and then at the 9th and 12th-month mark they can see you again so make sure to say all the parting words you can, It was nice meeting you guys see you tomorrow." After he said that all of the students said their goodbyes and couldn't wait to see him the next day.