"Haha, am I really watching some First Year Students?" Zacram laughed, but everyone else in the room was surprised.
The rest of the staff were just shocked and they couldn't believe what had happened.
"Overpowering someone with a lightning aura, do the Greville only give birth to monsters?" The Third muttered with disbelief.
"Sigh," Xander sighed.
This made Zacram, who was standing closer to him, a bit confused.
'Is he not happy with the result?' Zacram misunderstood what Xander was thinking.
Arthur Greville's bad relationship with Xander was known to most people in the upper society, and most families were rather glad that it remained that way.
If not for that, the alliance of the three elite families in Somaria could have become a lot more troublesome for everyone else.
Xander looked at the screen as he watched Asher remove his hands from Kevin's face and turn to place the Medallion in the Stone.
Asher walked towards the grey stone structure and placed the Medallion in the cavity.
Just as he did, a rune formation was triggered and the Medallion started shining.
And just like that, an announcement came from all the members of both the teams.
<The Exam has ended>
<All students are requested to stop now>
It was Xander's voice.
Alyssa, who had been countering Eva's Barrier Magic and dodging Elena's spells, stopped using her magic and levitated down towards the ground.
The whole time, she had been using the enormous Ice Cage that was all around them to her advantage but she hadn't tried too hard.
<The Winner of this Race is Asher Greville>"What?" Elena had a shocked look on her face,
And the reaction of everyone on their team was similar to hers but not as drastic.
Apart from Elena and Eva, none of them were confident in winning because they hadn't seen Kevin use his Lightning Aura even once.
They knew that Kevin had a lightning element which made him a lot stronger, but this technique was only known to Elena and Eva, as Kevin didn't tell anyone else about it.
"Ah, we arrived a bit too late," Damian said as he saw Elena and the rest of Kevin's team.
"But it seems like we weren't even needed," Damian said as he grinned.
Alyssa went behind all of them, as she didn't want any more attention.
Her performance today was enough to show that she was worthy of Rank 3, but she was careful in not showing everything she knew, unlike when she sparred with Asher.
From the start, only Alyssa knew that Asher was a C- Rank Hunter, not a D+ Rank Hunter.
Knowing that Asher didn't reveal his true rank the whole time, Alyssa also maintained a low profile and didn't display anything too shocking for others.
Even while dealing with Elena and the others, she merely wasted time by dodging and dispelling their spells.
<Our staff members will come to assist you all so follow them>
Xander concluded his message as he declared Asher and his team the winners of this exam.
"All four of you, please complete the gradings and submit them by the end of this week," Xander said, looking at Zacram and the rest of the three Professors.
He looked at the staff team that was hurrying towards Kevin, to take him to the medical center they had already set up.
Asher, who was standing in front of the Circular Stone, turned as he looked around the rocky terrain.
"They should be in that direction," Asher muttered.
As he turned, he noticed various people that were part of the staff team that was here to manage everything.
One of them hurried towards Kevin while another approached Asher.
"Do you have any injuries?" He asked Asher,
"No," Asher replied,
"Then please follow them back to the Central Path," He told Asher.
Asher turned back as he noticed various medical professionals helping Kevin. He glanced to his side.
"Check his Mana Levels, feed a potion to him.."
"See if there are any inju..."
Asher ignored it as he went ahead.
On the way back, Asher saw Damian and the rest of his team waiting for him.
"Damn, you really won," Damian said with a smile on his face,
"Well, it doesn't feel like we helped at all though," Amelia said.
"A win is a win, I don't mind," Damian shrugged his shoulders.
"Let's go, we should receive our rewards now," Damian said as all of them turned to leave.
Arriving at the Central Camp, they spotted Xander standing there already.
Looking around, Elena and the others were already absent, which meant that they were sent back to World Academy.
Only Kevin was present here, as he was still getting treated and was still unconscious due to the overuse of Mana.
"Congratulations on Winning," Xander said.
"Thanks," Damian, Venessa, and Amelia replied at the same time.
"As you are the winning teams, you will receive the reward for it as well," Xander said, as Damian's eyes lit up.
He knew that World Academy would not gift them anything that they could get with money. After all, why would someone like Asher, Amelia, and Damian want anything they could buy themselves?
"The rewards are a visit to the Sanctuary of Mages or a request for a weapon from the Artisan's Association, and Dexter Wright, The Chairman of the Artisan's Association, would himself work on it," Xander gave them two choices to choose from.
The Sanctuary of Mages was just like the Great Library but instead of theory, it was where the research of hundreds of years of thousands of mages was present.
From a normal mage to the previous Chairman and even the research and contributions of Silvus Grandus were present in the Sanctuary of Mages.
"What really?" Damian said, looking at Xander.
"Yes, choose carefully," Xander said and he glanced briefly at Venessa who was trying to act casually.
'Damn, Uncle don't stare too long, they will notice it,' Venessa shouted in her mind.
She didn't want her connection to the Demarcus family to be exposed.
"We will ask for your response by the end of this week so think hard about what you want to choose," Xander said before he left,
Damian immediately turned and looked at Asher,
"What will you choose?" He asked.
"Sanctuary of Mages," Asher replied instantly.
"What!?" Damian said,
"We can get a weapon from Sir Dexter Wright himself," Damian said,
"You would have to wait until you become the Head of your family to even request him to make a weapon for you," Damian said.
But looking at Asher's face, Damian gave up and looked at Amelia.
"I am choosing the Sanctuary of Mages as well," She replied.
"I will choose the second option," Sam replied when Damian looked at him.
Even Venessa decided to choose a weapon as they weren't mages so going to the Sanctuary of Mages wouldn't help them at all.
At the World Academy, Elena and Eva were going back to the Rankers Dorm but both of them were quiet.
"We even tried our best," Elena muttered as she clenched her fist.
"Why can't we defeat him?" Elena said, and Eva quietly followed her.
Even Eva's mood was not good as she didn't think that they would lose after such a lead in the race.
On the other hand, Lishia was sitting with Matthew and they were getting themselves checked.
It was a mandatory procedure, and Elena and Eva had already finished it.
"You don't seem as sad as them?" Lishia struck up a conversation with Matthew.
"Hmm?" Matthew raised his head with a confused look on his face.
He didn't know why the most quiet person on the team was speaking with him. Knowing that Lishia was a princess, Matthew had assumed that she wouldn't talk to him because of his status.
After all, she rarely talked with Elena and Eva the whole time, maintaining her distance from them.
"You were the only one who didn't react much when the announcement that we lost came," She said.
"You were observing me?" Matthew said as he pointed at himself.
"...." Lishia was caught off guard by his question.
"No, I looked at everyone at that time," She corrected her words.
"That, I didn't expect to win in the first place," Matthew replied politely.
"Okay," Lishia said and their conversation ended.
The only reason Lishia struck a conversation with Matthew was because her father only told her to avoid people from elite families, but Matthew didn't come from an elite family so she was thinking of having a friendly relationship with him early on.
Knowing he was Rank 4 and above her, she knew that it was not bad to make good connections with him early on.
Matthew didn't know why the Princess of Halcyon was talking to him, when she hadn't done so the whole time from the moment he joined the team.
A few days were still left, as all the students were undergoing their Mid Term Exams.
And the invitations to Kalvas Gala were spreading among the elite families.
The Gala was going to happen soon, and many people were looking forward to attending this gala.
