Chapter 64 The Weakest (4)
Dier’s team passed Frontier’s test.
Aten was the first to notice this. Because she kept watching the exit on the left.
‘Finally, the first pass!’
I was worried that Frontier would injure the students too much and could not pass, but the students who did do not appear to have any serious injuries.
A few bruises were noticeable, but as long as it was a skill test, any person in charge would cause enough scars.
But it seemed that he was completely exhausted, and the steps of all five were heavy. Aten’s eyes could see him sighing when he saw the 3rd stage door.
Maybe it’s a sigh from the anxiety that ‘step 2 was so difficult, can you pass step 3?’
‘Will you come to me?’
Aten waited for them with a little pounding heart.
As Frontier dropped all students in Stage 2, fewer students were enrolled in Stage 3 than originally expected.
Therefore, there were many people who were not only Aten but also other 3rd-level personnel waiting without testing.
‘If you come, let’s talk and ask about Frontier.’
It’s not just freshmen who don’t know much about Frontier.
Even people who are relatively close, such as Aten and Cybel, don’t know much about Frontier.
In particular, Selena is the only one who knows about Frontier’s actions during winter break. Others were more interested in the Frontier, whose mana had grown incomparably more than before.
Winter is incomparably harsher than summer.
Another frontier towards the barrier. Elodie, who abruptly refused to work at the horse tower and explored the dungeons in the center of the continent, Aster, who worked as a professional intern and closed training at the same time.
What the three of them got during the vacation and returned home was already of interest to the whole of Constell, not just the sophomores.
Perhaps, it is highly probable that the Dier team that has just fought is the one who knows the current Frontier skills best. If you ask them, you might be able to catch a change in Frontier.
… … Of course, it was Aten’s wish.
“ah.”
Unfortunately, Dier’s team went to another test site. The tattered gait was the back of a person who had already intuited failure.
“I’m sorry.”
Meanwhile, another team entered Aten’s testing ground. Aten got up from the chair he was using while resting and met them.
“Welcome to Stage 3.”
Let’s put the work of Frontier on later.
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Now is the time to focus on your work.* * *
“what… … ?”
Dier pressed the last button and looked back. I checked the other team members.
A mission in which the buttons of the five worlds are pressed sequentially, and all five people must hold down the buttons.
The hands of everyone on the team were pressing the button exactly.
Pielot, Homas, Roxy, and the Nether were all fine, although breathing a little rough. They all looked at each other with puzzled expressions on their faces.
“congratulation. Step 4 passed. Everyone is doing well.”
Runia, who is in charge of the stage 4 test, applauded and praised them.
“Uh, is it a pass?”
“yes. In particular, Pielot’s movements are exceptional. as I heard It’s surprising that you’re already using Aurors. Even among the second-year combat students, there are a lot of guys who aren’t good at it.”
“… … thank you.”
Pielot replied somewhat dryly. It wasn’t that he was ignoring the old man’s words. As he had the ambition to prove his skills in this test, he was honestly happy with the compliments from the testers.
If only I could be honest.
“Hey, old man.”
Roxy, who was next to him, spoke carefully.
“yes?”
“Did the test difficulty decrease while we run the test? Were there any injured students?”
“yes? No, there is nothing like that?”
Even at Lunia’s words, the team members had a shaky face.
Luna tilted her head.
“Do you think I did?”
“… … .”
“I heard that these freshmen are quite confident. Especially Pielot von Livanche. Why are you underestimating yourself from what you’ve been told?”
“Is that so?”
“okay. you guys did well I did my best, and I didn’t care or take care of myself.”
Rooney tapped the team members on the shoulder.
Yes. They passed step 4.
He forcibly passed the 2nd stage of Frontier, which seemed impregnable, and went into the 3rd stage, afraid of how difficult the next tests were.
After being harshly scolded by Frontier, the team members who were already accustomed to planning a strategy around Dier easily passed the 3rd stage.
Until then, they thought so.
─Step 3 is the rest period!
The duration of steps 1 and 2 is not that long, so the task was to solve the relatively easy step 3 while managing the stamina consumed by those two tests. Even though Constell seems to have a cold side, he is secretly considerate of his students!
However, after passing the 4th stage, the feeling became strange. It was definitely a bit more difficult than step 3. The skills of the seniors in charge were also excellent.
However, it was a 5:1 fight in the first place, and having to hold down all five buttons meant that Lunia had to look at all five buttons.
Dier, who quickly caught the difficulty, managed to confuse Lunia’s eyes by messing up the timing at the end of the game.
“Okay, the next step is five. Congratulations, Aster and Elodie. One of the two will surely meet.”
“… … thank you.”
They exited the stage 4 test side by side with their heads still unanswered.
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Next was the waiting room. There was no one else in the waiting room but them. It meant that fewer people passed step 4.“… … okay.”
Dier opened his mouth as if suddenly remembered.
“yes?”
“To be a team of five, of course, is a five-on-one fight.”
“Well, yes.”
“So, it is normal for the mission to be structured so that the upperclassmen have an advantage.”
Steps 3 and 4 were the same. Stage 3, like the simplified version of Stage 1, had several obstacles flying in, and the team had to move forward avoiding them. Of course, the upperclassman was a hindrance to that. Step 4 already had to lose power in that each had to hold down a different button.
“… … Of course, the easier the mission, the better we are. No matter how senior you are, it’s a 5 to 1 battle. It’s not a fight where you risk each other’s lives and hurt each other. You just need to complete the mission. Of course, the five have a long advantage.”
“What do you want to say?”
“Only for the second stage, the mission was rather advantageous for us.”
Everyone’s expressions changed at Dier’s words.
The conditions of the 2nd stage mission. Touch the key hanging high. ‘Cause whatever it is, it’s good
“… … It’s stage 2, isn’t it? The mission has to get progressively more difficult.”
said the nether, who was listening.
“Yes, yes! The mission is getting more and more difficult! While going from stage 2 to stage 4!”
“… … ?”
Others questioned Dier’s excited voice. Why are you so excited?
Seeing this, Pielot sighed and said.
“So, what this guy is saying is that the reason our sensible difficulty is strange is not because of the mission.”
“What?”
“At the time, we didn’t realize it because we were doing our best, but think about it. The mission is successful as long as you ‘touch’ the key on the wall no matter what you do. Who can’t do that? No matter who is in front of us, there are five of us.”
“… … But we had a really hard time.”
“okay. Because the person in charge of the test was ‘sloth’. No one can achieve such a mission. Right after we broke Stage 2, I thought this was Constell’s level, but if you think about it, it’s nonsense. A skill like ‘sloth’ can’t be that common.”
Inside Pielot, there was a repulsive mentality that said, ‘I can’t be that weak’ due to the high self-esteem inside him, but the content itself was not wrong.
Dier nodded his head.
“… … In other words, such a mission can only be done by Sloth-senpai.”
“… … Was it a mission only for that senior?”
“It probably wasn’t like that at first, but it became like that as I kept adjusting the difficulty level.”
Everyone nodded as if they understood Dier’s words.
And in the meantime, there was one more development of an idea, although Diego didn’t say anything.
‘If I had known that Sloth-senpai was that strong, Constell wouldn’t have placed Sloth in the second stage.’
From Dier’s experience, he hadn’t knocked on the door of level 5 yet, but there must have been a chance for level 5 as well.
‘When I first met Sloth-senpai in the second stage, that in itself was not surprising. Although sloth was famous, there was no perception that he was incredibly strong. In other words, the views and evaluations of indolence between the entire Constell and freshmen are almost the same.’
Constell didn’t check all of Frontier’s levels. So, I put it in step 2.
Constell evaluates the level of students through multiple tests and training. So there are plenty of places and opportunities to show off your strength. Still, the frontier is in the second stage. This must have been intentional by Frontier.
‘If it was his intention that he was placed in the second stage, of course, he would have moved according to his setting of ‘the second stage manager’ during the test.’
As Dier’s thoughts progressed, his eyes gradually became clearer. Sparkling thoughts touch his eyes, and his pounding heart grows.
‘So that is, at that time, Sloth-senpai didn’t use any energy at all, and the ‘second stage’ that he assumed by himself… … !’
beep-
Then I heard a call for the next person.
Dier woke up from a brief thought.
“… … Come in.”
“You want me to come in?”
“Ahead.”
“no. why me?”
Team members were hesitant to come forward.
There are two doors in front of them. Coincidentally, both are empty, so wherever you go is fine.
It is unknown who is waiting for each at the door. Aster and Elodie. One of them is inside the left door, and the other is inside the right door.
jerk.
Then, Dier stepped forward.
He dreamed of meeting Aster from the moment he took this skill test. Constell’s best prospect, with his talent and talent, he looked forward to seeing some inspiration. A strong longing led him to Constell.
But now it’s a little different.
For him now, whether the person behind the door is Aster or Elodie is not a very important issue.
Right now, I just clear stage 5 with my team. No matter who the opponent is, if he does his best, the results will follow.
“Okay, let’s pass step 5!”
Dier shouted loudly.
* * *
dump.
Step 5, the last gateway to the skill test.
They met with Elodie de Inies Lischae.
“Good work.”
Elodie looked down at the Dier team and said calmly.
“Good job, sup… … .”
Dier tried to answer faithfully even with his head stretched out, but words could not come out.
It was a complete defeat. I clearly realized the difference in skill.
The five-step test was simple. Time limit 5 minutes. Inside, the team must touch Elodie’s head or torso. Elodie’s clothes are enchanted with sensing magic, which automatically makes a loud noise when touched.
But no one touched Elodie’s hair. He couldn’t even touch Elodie’s fingers, let alone his torso.
‘still.’
However, in the midst of a disastrous defeat, Dier’s body warmed up somehow.
“thank god.”
That enthusiasm came out as a voice.
“After all, Constell is strong!”
Everyone heard that voice. The team members who stared blankly at Dier for a moment immediately lowered their shoulders and sighed.
“That’s why you lost, you idiot.”
“I lost so cool that it makes no sense.”
Elodie looked around the team members who were having such a conversation. There are a lot of teams that creaked and conflicted even if they had their own skills as they came here, but here they seemed to have blended well.
Elodi walked to Pielot first among them.
“Pielot von Livanche.”
“Yes, yes.”
“It’s great to use an auror, but you can’t move with momentum. Especially when moving as a team, if sudden actions occur frequently, the team members become anxious.”
“… … Yes.”
“When you were training in your family, did you not easily pass by using Auror secretly?”
“Ugh.”
“Smoking a joke is not a matter for me to get involved in, but the more I smoke, the better my ability to smoke. You have to be careful about that.”
Pielot nodded. In front of such an overwhelming difference, there was no sound.
Close combat is basically the area of inspection. For a wizard, this room is not that spacious. Nevertheless, Elodie’s inaction did not waver.
“And Roxy.”
“yes!”
In that way, Elodie informed each one of the shortcomings and areas for improvement. Whether in magic or combat, their extensive knowledge and eyes pinpointed their problems, and the explanations were easy to understand.
Everyone who heard them nodded in admiration. Because this is possible, it was placed in Tier 5, and the same goes for Aster.
“And, Dier.”
“… … yes.”
Elodie approached Diego, who was still out of breath.
“You have a good head. And I like to fight with my head.”
“… … .”
Dier couldn’t answer and kept his mouth shut.
To be honest, it wasn’t a pleasant word for Dier to say, ‘I have a good brain’.
He knows his own weaknesses. The eyes are good, but the body cannot respond to what the eyes see.
He is good at hiding his presence, but even when he reaches his eyes, it is not enough to tear the tough skin of a monster.
His use of his head was the result of a person who did not have anything to take a step forward somehow, and it meant nothing other than that.
“Why do you think you lost?”
“… … Is your senior strong?”
“lie.”
“… … .”
“I could have answered you better.”
Elodie squatted and brought her close to Dier’s eyes. Dier got up with his body outstretched. He lowered his eyes and said.
“… … I like rock-paper-scissors fights.”
“Hey.”
“The rock-paper-scissors fight is, of course, a game of probability, but no one ever just puts out rocks. If you keep doing that, no one can win. Why?”
“Because everyone knows that he only makes rocks.”
At Elodie’s answer, Diego nodded.
“Then it’s not a game of probability. I like to know the information and tendencies of such opponents in advance, and to read and fight the opponent’s psychology in the process. But there are times when that kind of fight itself doesn’t work.”
Of course, rock-paper-scissors can only be established within the rules of the rock-paper-scissors.
“If the opponent’s scissors beat not only mine but also rocks, how would you fight? That’s my lose. The strongest card I have, can’t beat Elodie’s weaker card.”
Elodie heard Dier’s words and looked into those eyes for a moment.
… … yes, too.
He’s different from Frontier.
“You are a nicer kid.”
“yes?”
“I think he’s the nicest of all the smart guys.”
what is this? Is the compliment right?
“But you are wrong. That’s not your loss.”
“No?”
“I’m telling you because I just heard the rock-paper-scissors example, but there is one more condition to win the rock-paper-scissors. Do you know what?”
At Elodie’s words, Dier tilted his head. Is there such a way?
“They don’t pay anything.”
“… … yes?”
“No matter how strong your opponent’s rock-paper-scissors, what’s the use if you don’t pay? If you don’t, you lose, of course, and if you don’t, you lose by foul.”
“Oh, no, but it’s usually mine, right? of course.”
“Ahahaha. That’s because it’s rock-paper-scissors.”
“… … ah.”
Dier made a sound as if he had guessed something at those words.
Elodie narrowed her eyes and smiled.
—I remember seeing that smile.
“Hiding my cards, cheating numbers, exaggerating or reducing effects. Acting as if you were weaker than anyone else in the world, and bluffing as if you were immortal. Sometimes you really do that and you shrink your opponent. If you really want to play rock-paper-scissors, you should.”
I remember seeing that smile.
There was a sense of dread in this tone.
So Dier knew.
“… … senior.”
“yes?”
“That’s not the story of the senior, is it?”
At those words, Elodie’s eyes widened a little. Soon, a smile lingered in his eyes.
“It was you. The guy who passed Stage 2 on the far left.”
“yes?”
“Have you met Frontier?”
“… … yes.”
“You passed the test, did you feel like you won?”
“… … .”
Dier shook his head.
Heh heh, Elodie laughed like a naughty boy. Dier was surprised to see that.
“It’s also different from Frontier. He only thinks inside and his words and actions are completely different. Shame on you.”
“… … oh.”
“Are you going to learn that too?”
“If it helps you get stronger, yo.”
At those words, Elodie’s hand stroked Dier’s head. Dier’s face flushed with embarrassment and embarrassment.
“I do not recommend copying Frontier.”
“Is that so?”
Diego asks. Elodie responded with a slightly lonely face.
“There is no way for people to go.”