EP.5 Class Assignment Test (1)
Aamon Caligus.
I know this guy as much as Yuri Clementine.
A typical strong-weak character.
Corruption or reform.
He has two routes with different roles.
He was a character with a story close to a third-grade villain when corrupted, but when he undergoes a self-change, he becomes a reliable colleague as a tanker with strong defense.
Of course, his unique grumbling doesn’t change even after he gets nicer.
“…I don’t think the opponent is easy.”
I said, fiddling with the sword around my waist.
Of all things, I have to deal with the Earth magic which has a high physical defense.
We don’t really match.
If I were a wizard, you could twist your body and win.
“Well… Aamon is simple, so he can easily fall for provocation, and he can be careless, so it’s worth a try if you try to look for a chance.”
“I’ll have to do my best.”
Yuri also gave me advice as if she knew that we weren’t a match.
“…Monstero. 10 people who were called, step forward.”
After being called, I followed the instructor’s words and stepped up.
While walking, I can see a group of people who took the test earlier returning to their seats.
Among them was Aizel.
Except for Aizel, the other nine seem to be far away from her, as if she’s scary.
“Good luck with your test.”
Aizel walked leisurely, whispering in a low voice that others cannot hear as she passed by me.
“…”
I don’t know why, but it seemed right that she was paying attention to me.
One thing is certain: Aizel, who I’ve seen countless times in the game, is different from Aizel now.
How much information in the game that I remember is right and how much is wrong?
What has she been through to show this attitude?
Thanks to Aizel’s unpredictable move, my mind is confused.
But I didn’t stop moving.
I had to step forward.
Except for Aizel, it was still going as I expected.
Ten cadets, including myself, stood in front of the instructor.
After confirming our appearance, the instructor continued the same explanation as before.
“This test is a death match for people to decide who would kill and who would be killed in a space created by illusionary magic. As we saw earlier, dying in it does not actually kill you.”
As I was facing the instructor’s stern eyes right in front of me, the tension began to creep up.
Aamon’s giant figure standing next to me was enough to make me nervous.
“So don’t be afraid and show the best you can.” From the start of the examination, think of the others as an enemy to kill and not the same academy cadets.”
“Use your ability to survive for a long time or destroy all your enemies. The instructors will keep an eye on all your actions and score points. That’s it.”
After completing the important explanation, the instructor activated the magic circle that was prepared on the floor of the test site.
Soon, the dimensional door opened on the floor and swallowed all 10 cadets, including me.
Eventually, my consciousness.
It started fading.
***
As soon as I came to my senses, I stood up, and it was a place full of grass and trees.
‘Is the topography a forest?’
As I looked up, countless stars were shining.
The sound of grass bugs was heard around, and the fragrant smell of grass stimulated my nose.
This is all fantasy stuff?
The environment was so vivid that I got goosebumps.
‘He must be an archmage at this point.’
This illusionary magic was none other than Juliut’s ability, the principal of the academy.
The cool wind blows and the hair flutters.
‘I can’t hear any loud noise yet.’
It seems that there’s no battle yet.
I think everyone must be awake at a similar time and make judgments about the situation.
However, due to the tradition of the test, it’s highly likely that it is not far away.
I should go check somewhere else.
In this situation, the person who moves first and finds the enemy first will have a better benefit.
‘But.’
Quickly pull out the sword and strike the flying object after me.
ㅡClash!!
An arrow of ice touches my sword and breaks into powder.
‘…That’s the one I found first.’
It was an attack that was close to a raid without even hearing a sound, but thanks to my “Excellent Sense” skill, I was able to manage to respond.
I checked the direction of the ice arrow.
I can see a cadet with a surprised look on the tree that was there.
Is that a wizard who mainly deals with freezing magic?
The level didn’t seem too high, so it was perfect for the first opponent.
‘I was worried about meeting Amon from the beginning.’
Jackpot.
I still rushed at the brat who was preparing for the next spell without moving.
The opponent was on a tall tree, about three stories high, but when I reached level 10, I was able to reach it with just one leap.
“Ice Arrow!”
At the same time as I rushed at him, another ice arrow flew out, but I easily hit it.
And a light leap after infusing mana into the body.
“This crazy…”
He was completely bewildered because I didn’t think he would jump up this height at once.
The moment I tried to cut down the guy standing on the branch with a stupid face in the air.
There were several half-transparent red circles on his body.
I instinctively cut down the waist where the biggest circle of the many red circles was.
ㅡCrack!
“Cough!!”
Soon, a groan of pain is heard, and his body, which has been halved, quickly becomes ashes and disappears.
There was no blood spatter.
It was the influence of illusionary magic.
‘The red circles I saw just now…’
‘Is it the effect of the ‘Weakness Detection’ skill?’
‘I need to find out more.’
Battle is more enjoyable than I thought.
That’s because I thought my knowledge and efforts were not wasted.
I was smiling faintly in the dark forest with a sword in my hand.
***
ㅡCrush!!
Lower my posture and rush at great speed to cut down the enemy in front of me.
The opponent, who couldn’t even scream and split in half, became ash and was blown away by the wind.
The opponent who just collapsed used a two-handed sword.
I wanted to see how far I could reach with my Ghost Slayer Technique without the ‘Spectralsword’, but…
This excessive mana operation ended most of the battles as quickly as possible because I thought my body wouldn’t hold out until the end of the test.
This is the fourth person.
After several battles, I was able to understand more about Weakness Detection Skills.
As I guessed, the red circle meant the opponent’s weak point.
Any solid object was cut as smoothly as if cutting tofu when the red circle passed by.
‘The important thing is…’
Weak point was not limited to the opponent’s body or weapon.
The effect of the maximum skill level for Weakness Detection was not to that extent.
‘Magic has its weak point, too.’
I could find a clue to Aamon’s relative law here.
Fortunately, I realized this without meeting Aamon.
I didn’t know why magic also made red circles. It wasn’t a skill that worked with this principle in the game.
‘Simply because the skill level is at its maximum? Or is it influenced by the blindfold?’
As it’s a legend-grade item, there may be more hidden effects.
High-grade items often have such things.
The fact that I can see ahead right now should have been seen as a hidden effect of the blindfold.
…Of course, I might sound greedy to hope for more effect here.
As I was thinking about taking a break.
I can feel a movement behind me.
Hearing footsteps, this person must be quite big.
“What are you?”
I could hear him speak up as he saw me.
‘Speak of the devil.’
I turned back and looked at him.
“What do you want? Are you an idiot? Can’t you see anything…?”
“…”
The guy who had a rude mouth, Aamon Caligus.
A giant body that seems around two meters tall
On his arms, a huge gantry of rock stands out.
Aamon’s basic attack is a hit using a gauntlet created by Earth magic called “Earth Gauntlet.”
Depending on the situation, Earth magic such as ‘Rock Face’ or ‘Stone Shower’ may be used.
Earth magic with great physical defense.
On the other hand, there was no magic damage to my attack.
He put a nasty grin while looking at the sword in my hand.
But likewise, I couldn’t lose my smile after I checked his figure.
The red circle was clearly visible from his gauntlet.
‘Either falling down or becoming a new man.’
It’ll be better to act nicely, right?
I slowly approached him one step at a time.
***
The teachers gathered to watch the class assignment test.
Most of the instructors were focusing on the transmission screen.
The grading was also done, but the atmosphere of the test was ripe as there were many fun things happening from the instructor’s point of view.
“They finally met.”
“Aamon Caligus, four. Zetto, four. Now that there are only two left, is the winner of this fight the first place?”
Aamon Caligus’ performance from the point of view of the instructors was a category within expectation
The leader, who gathered all four element families, thought the results would be obvious in a way.
However, the appearance of “unstandard genius” Aizel made instructors excited.
Then came a cadet named Zetto.
He wasn’t from a famous family, nor was he famous on the continent by showing off his skills early.
New face.
He wasn’t the only one who caught the eye of the instructors.
“That Zetto kid. Where did he come from?”
“I don’t know where he’s from. Besides, there’s not much in the document. He doesn’t have a lot of information. How did he get into school?”
“With dark black hair… And looking at that sword that he’s using, I think he’s from the East.”
At this time, an interesting answer from an instructor who was well versed in swordsmanship follows.
“The East… Come to think of it, I happened to drop by the East. I heard that they purposely block the view and train when teaching swordsmanship.”
“What? So you’re saying Zetto’s not blind?”
“I don’t think so. They also do that for a better sense. I was told that there was no hands-on experience.”
Even if they don’t know about other things, they must agree with his words about swordsmanship.
Instructors didn’t readily acknowledge the existence of Zetto.
“Then, at that young age, that blind kid can dispel magic with his sword.”
“Raina, that was obviously a coincidence! You’ve got it wrong. How can you dispel with a sword…?”
Dispel
The act of interfering with the magic on display and destroying it structurally.
Originally, dispel was supposed to be another kind of magic that invalidated the opponent’s magic.
Zetto had previously dispelled magic with a sword when dealing with a cadet who uses magic.
But the instructors all thought it was a coincidence.
Except for Raina, who was confident in dispel.
ㅡOh, my God. Fuck!! What is this?!
As the instructors were having a conversation, someone suddenly cursed out of the transmission screen.
The main character of that swearing was none other than Aamon, who was fighting Zetto.
“The Gauntlet… is gone…?”
The instructor’s mouth, who was denying Raina’s opinion just now, was wide open.
As it was a gathering of instructors who had experienced many battles, they had no choice but to admit it this time.
It wasn’t physically that the Gauntlet was broken.
The Gauntlet disappeared as soon as it touched the sword.
It’s gone.
Aamon’s ‘Earth Gauntlet’.
Aamon’s Earth magic.
It was clear that Zetto’s sword dug into the structural part of the Earth Gauntlet and dispatched it.
Raina looked at the instructor whose mouth was open and shouted.
“I told you that brat is weird?! He broke the spell with a sword!!!”
