“Big, big, big… … !”
This place, where Cassena shouted with her eyes shining, was the dragon pit. It is a huge dome-shaped stadium built in the north district of the school.
“Are you really taking the exam here?!”
If you look closely, you can’t be a child. It was a place where I couldn’t help but feel new as a Lane, and that would be the case.
“Confucius.”
Wasn’t this the place where I had a confrontation with Tsaihak’s late exponent Logan at the beginning of the semester?
However, there weren’t that many people at the time. It wasn’t that tense, and the stands weren’t full like that.
“Oh, Logan! Did you prepare well for the exam?”
“Mhahahaha, if I say it twice, it’s nagging. Even Confucius should be afraid of the sword.”
As I laugh and talk like that, I feel a stinging gaze. When I turned around, Cassena was staring at me with a look that wanted an explanation.
“This is Logan. It is the late exponent of the Tchaihak School.”
“Fa, Eight Great Factions?”
“yes. There’s no such thing as too limiting. Because he taught me the jujutsu technique and helped the lady immensely. Just say thank you.”
I can’t say what kind of help it was because it was Hamgu-ryeong, but… … However, Cassena turned her head slightly embarrassed as if she immediately understood the meaning.
“Thank you… … .”
However, whether or not Logan said that greeting, he was still glaring at Cassena. To be precise, Cassena’s leg.
“It’s not that I don’t have enough body fat, I have legs that don’t exist at all… … You can’t even be a wizard with legs like that.”
“???”
“You’d better eat this Magic-Protein to fill up your body fat.”
Then, he handed the flask hanging from his pocket to Cassena. Cassena accepted it without knowing why.
“But the most important thing is exercise! If you feel like exercising, come to the gym with Confucius!”
“Oh, ow!”
Cassena was suppressed by Logan’s spirit, and screamed at him without understanding the story. Hmm, since both of them have simple personalities, it seemed like we could get close quickly.
“This is the last time I can afford to grin like that, Lane Ludwig.”
While thinking so, clay suddenly fell from the sky and landed on the ground. There were as many as five. And I see tiny feet trampling them flat in turn.
“I will definitely trample you in this final exam. Like these clays!”
As expected, it would be rather disappointing if this guy didn’t come out of this place.
“I’ve been curious about it for a long time, where do you always get that clay?”
“Of course, the lady has her attendant buy it from the suburban stationery store. For this moment to talk with Confucius. Alas, what a sorrowful sincerity!”
Gertrude Panton interrupted the conversation in an exaggerated theatrical tone. Christa, her face reddened, immediately grabbed Gertrude by the collar.
“Oh, what does that matter! It matters that I have declared war on you now!”
The descendants of Sega were laughing so happily, but the expressions of the talented 8 vs. 16 players who were looking sideways at this place were not so bright.
‘Huh, descendants of Sega.’
‘I’ll take this opportunity and press it.’
‘Three of Sega’s prey that can be smashed!’
A few minutes later, at 10 o’clock, the center of the dragon pit rose like a tower. Above it was the greatest wizard of the present age, waving his long leather coat overbearingly.
Madelia Page.
In the midst of everyone’s breathless silence, she raised an intimidating voice towards the students.
“Dragon’s Plain is not just a place for final exams since ancient times. It’s more like a fighting arena where life and death are decided.”
“?!”
“Why? This is because it is a place where the magical knowledge, experience, and power of imagination accumulated by the cadets collide with those of the other party, break, and bleed!”
It was definitely what he said. Christa nodded at the president’s words.
‘The final exam is a time to show everything a student has accumulated during the first semester.’
You can’t just work hard. that’s the structure You have to be good enough to overwhelm others.
“There are only 30 gemstones that can shine in this fighting arena! Of those 30, only one who maintained his peak until graduation gets the honor of having his name engraved here at the graduation ceremony!”
The walls of the tower were actually engraved with magic inscriptions. From the 1st senior graduates to the 1385th senior graduates.
[Isol Page]
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[Riot Warden]
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[Scalge Ludwig]
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[Madelia Page]
[Kavan Ludwig]
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[Doran Slade]
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[Kyle]
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[Lunen Differche]
As expected, my grandfather and father were also top graduates.
A strange feeling of tension prevailed.
Is it that you can only meet Rista if you have your name engraved on it?
“Sheesh… … .”
From the stands, Elin Ludwig looked at the slate wistfully. If it wasn’t for that hateful Kyle guy, my name would have been there.
‘But if you… … .’
And that gaze turned to the black-haired boy standing in the middle of the students. To her dearly beloved nephew. smile soon
“Compete. And prove it! And after 3 years, engrave your names on it! On this stone slate that has a thousand years of history, and will cherish a new thousand years!”
The cadets, who were 100 times more courageous at Madelia’s famous speech, burst into cheers one by one. Enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.
“Cadets except for Group A, please exit!”
“Only group A remains, the other cadets go this way!”
And the teaching assistants began to lead the cadets busily.
In the final exam preliminaries, the first to be tested is Group A of the top 30 students.
While Groups B, D, C, E, and F are tested all at once, only Group A is tested individually in this way.
‘It may seem unfavorable to show others first, but this is also a test given to those who are ahead.’
Watching Lane move to the designated spot inside the dragon plasma, Brim Ludwig swallowed a tense breath.
‘Embrace the weight happily. Just like your father did.’
* * *
At each position where the cadets of Group A were assigned, a portable stool was placed, and on top of it was a hundred sheets of parchment with outstanding magical power.
In order to use the site as wide as possible, the seats for the cadets were prepared so close that they would face each other in pairs.
The cadet next to Lane in the back seat was Hubert, who was in the same class and the late leader of the Rowfinham school.
“Oh, Hubert! Let’s work hard together.”
“Are you provoking me?”
Since Hubert had never been on good terms with Lane since the first meeting, he reacted sharply to this greeting.
“It’s not like that, but you won’t let go when you play nasty pranks like at the beginning of the semester? I’m serious right now.”
A chilling pressure runs down your spine. But that’s all for now… … .
I’ve always been waiting for this moment.
Only the moment when I stick to this guy head-on and smash it for sure. I never thought that opportunity would come so quickly.
“hmm?”
Resolutely, I glanced back, but unwillingly, the shape of the magic square that Lane was drawing on the parchment for demonstration caught my eye.
“A square… … Are you thinking of making a scroll with earth-type magic?”
“uh. I mean, I remember making something that got good reviews before I came to school. I think it will work well this time too.”
Hubert looked at the magic square once more and narrowed his eyes because he couldn’t understand.
‘Are you thinking of giving up the senior position?’
Or is it that he has almost no academic background and does not know the essence of this test at all? If you mess up like this, you won’t even be able to pass the preliminaries, right?
[Attention, I will explain the preliminary screening from now on.]
Deputy Professor Kyle’s voice resonated clearly and distinctly in the hall through amplification magic.
[First of all, let’s start with the definition of scrolling and go back. Scrolls are not ‘things’ that can only be created by high-ranking wizards. It’s a ‘duty’ that the highest level wizards have to make.]
It’s a change of thinking, so you can definitely see it that way.
[As all of you cadets know, Emitsa Page, the founder of magic in the past, spoke of the duties of a wizard.]
I don’t know why, but it seemed as if I could hear the voice that the dean’s lady used to repeat over and over again in Rin’s days.
– A wizard must rule the wind and bring down rain to enrich people’s livelihoods, and create peace by directing fire and raising soil.
I never considered this teaching so seriously in my childhood, but hmm… … It’s kind of boiling.
[This test is a test that can definitely evaluate your discretion, who will later become the leader of the new era.]
Through this test, you will be able to evaluate how much the cadets care about the people’s livelihood. And the evaluation will be made more objectively. That would be too.
[Introducing the judges of this exam.]
Lane had to blink in surprise. The judges walking into the hall… … many. There were too many of them.
From those wearing noble apparel to those wearing old traveler’s cloaks.
Innumerable people were entering the hall, not at the level of men and women of all ages, but without discrimination, even the nobles and the lowly.
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[From courtiers serving the electorate to village chiefs representing small villages, I have given these people the right to purchase a total of three of your scrolls as needed.]
As expected ＜Delayten＞, even this method is meticulous and I like it. Christa Warden confidently crossed her arms and smiled.
‘It’s similar to the existing scroll scoring method, but it penetrates more to the core.’
At other magic schools, the evaluation is ultimately done by the teachers.
But what about this?
It can be seen as a screening that raised the effectiveness of the scroll sales index to the limit by allowing actual buyers to make their own selections.
[The judges who came this far only take what they think is really necessary in real life. I believe that you and the students will understand the meaning well.]
As Kyle snapped his fingers, a halo of light spread through the air, unfolding into a string of illusions. Each one had a cadet’s name written on it, but the number 0 was also written on it.
[And here! Only the top five students who sell the most scrolls will qualify for the main tournament!]
Here, questions may arise for those who have not attended magic school.
“But isn’t it only magicians of the rank of Glados (4 stars) who can make scrolls? How are these new chicks able to make scrolls?”
Raida Eijin, the young crown prince and current crown prince of the Eijin royal family, who can be said to be the super guest of this exam. This year, a 16-year-old boy raised the question to the court baek accompanying him.
“Your Highness, do you see the paper over there?”
“Um, sure.”
“These are scrolls on which President Madelia and Head Professor Marhena have magical seals.”
In other words, that paper already has no magic squares, but it is said that it is a completed scroll. It takes two Glados mages about a year to prepare a number like this.
“Tch, yes, they are chick wizards. What great magic he uses.”
“The first year of ＜Deleiten＞ is called the Golden Horseman. It will definitely be a fun pastime and a good study at the same time.”
When Ryda narrowed her eyes as if in doubt, Professor Kyle, who had finished the explanation, stretched out his hand and exclaimed enthusiastically.
[Test time is 90 minutes! So start testing right now! Start calculating!]