Element Magic
Chapter 3: Entrance Exams
Chapter 3: Entrance Exams
Three weeks later, exactly on the day that the test for admission to the academy was held. It was said that there were only a hundred participants from ordinary society that could be accepted, in contrast to nobles who could directly enter the academy despite not passing the examination at all.
Right in front of the entrance gate of the academy, there are many participants who have worn their uniforms passing there and here. Not only that, many small merchant merchants were selling in front of the academy as well.
"Is everything you need ready, Loid?" Ask my mother from behind me.
"Of course, I haven't forgotten anything. I've even learned some useful lessons for me" I replied.
"We'll be waiting for you here, so be excited! Do not give up easily when facing the test later" said my father.
After hearing my father say, I immediately smiled and said,
"Yes! I'll finish the exam soon and show you a good result"
Then, a few minutes. The entrance is open, and all participants who wish to register go inside, including Me. I walked slowly as many people came inside. And a few minutes passed, I was finally able to enter the room to start the first exam, which was to do the problem given.
The room I occupied was very spacious, even wider than my current home. I saw the window of this room made of anti-magic glass to protect the window from magic when doing practice. Then, I looked around, and there were a lot of people taking the test, if I counted about a hundred people in the room. And now there are ten rooms that are used, I can say that there are a thousand people taking the exam.
Then not long after that came a well-dressed man before all of us, He was a watchdog who would watch over us as the test went on. From a distance I saw all over her body an unusual magic circuit, but I didn't really care about it.
And right after the exam. We were all given blank papers and papers to do, and luckily everything was easy for me. I answered everything correctly, because there were so many questions that led to the theory that I had created.
Up to the last question, "What May Be The Reincarnation Theory Created By Sage In The Past Works, And Give The Reason!". That question I know for sure is because I used reincarnation magic as well as I created the theory, but I felt that it would be dangerous to be spread out, so I answered it as I could.
"No, Because Reincarnation Magic Is Still Not Sure Whether It's Safe Or Not, And Again According to Alabara's Theory which explains that bringing to life the dead is impossible because his soul has completely vanished, if possible, all you get is a body without a soul. It was also related to reincarnation which also relied on one's soul but was revived by being reborn." Write me on the answer sheet.
That way, I'm done with everything and wait for the time to run out to gather my answers. I looked around, All the looks on people's faces became confused and their faces were pale in sweat. I don't know what happened to them so it makes them look like the undead.
After that I collected my answer paper to the supervisor and We were directed outside the room while waiting for the results of the test and determining who was entitled to continue the exam. That's why I used that time to go around outside of school and buy some food and share it with my parents.
After a few hours, the results will be announced soon, because of that a lot of other participants gathered on a board mading. But now it is still visible white paper only, and the results will be announced using magic and will appear on the white paper.
And in a matter of seconds, the writing slowly began to appear, and there were five hundred participants who passed the written exam, and I immediately searched my name one by one, and the results I did not find at all. I who felt that I did not pass the exam suddenly heard the voices of the people who were in the top ten shouting and saying
"See This! He Earned Over One Million Points!!" Right after he said that, many people immediately surrounded the top ten mading board.
"This Is Really Crazy! Who Really Is That Loid" One participant said.
Hearing my name called, made me hurry to check it, and it turns out that the first one is I with a point value of 1,681,445. And the others only earned a thousand points. I was immediately surprised because of that great value, because from the beginning it was not possible for someone to get more value than they should.
"It's possible that he's doing something fraudulent like swapping out his answer sheet and giving it his own value" said one envious participant.
"That's right, people seem to be getting kicked out for cheating soon" replies the other participant.
Before long, a new supervisor appeared and told all the passing participants to gather in the field for a moment to prepare for the next exam. Then a participant came forward and shouted to the supervisor, saying
"Sir! Someone Cheated On Previous Exams! Name's Loid! How Can He Get That Much Value?!" Shouted the supervisor.
"So you're saying that the assessment of the supervisor is wrong? Then do you know that the supervisor who oversees each room is a rank B magician? Even if cheating, it will definitely be discovered soon because the entire room has been given an active spell detector. There was even a magic tool that recorded each room, and the result was that Loid Astra Was Declared No Fraudulent Action! You Understand?!" Obviously the supervisor was long and wide.
"But! Wouldn't it be weird to get over a million points?" Said the participant again.
"Originally You Know, The one examining the answer is all the teachers teaching in the academy, that way All the Teachers Say That The Answer Is All Right! Do You Understand?! I know why you're like that, is it possible because you're ranked eleven?" Reply to the Supervisor.
"Yes!! I Should've Entered the Top Ten! Because People Cheat That I'm Not Getting The Big Ten At All, It's Not Fair" Shouted That Participant With A Face Sharpening With Anger.
"if you still insist on it, then I will immediately disqualify you immediately" Right after the supervisor of such a barkata, the participant immediately mingled with the other participants.
"Well, because of the bego, we're delaying more time" whispered the other participants.
But right after the incident, we were directed to a practice arena and each arena will be called five people to do the test, and one of the five will be declared a pass when it successfully meets expectations.
Then, a female supervisor wearing a witch hat came up to us, She used her broomstick while explaining before the five of us.
"Now is a test of practice. The test is quite simple, which is to attack the target with attack magic. If one of you manages to attack him and has better attack power than the other participants, it will pass. Therefore, you must exert your full ability to pass this exam, and only one can pass the loh!" Evidently.
"Alright, now is the time to start the test, the first is Pazur Anure" he continued
Then, the participant named Pazur advanced forward and prepared his magic to attack the target 50 meters away from him.
"God The Quiet Water, For What Has Been Given Us, For The Power You Have, Use It To Protect Peace. [Water Ball]" Pazur said to activate his spell.
'What's What's that? The spell is too long, and again the result will be very bad' I thought.
And sure enough, the water balls produced were only one-tenth of the water balls I used to create, not only that when the water balls hit the target, the result was instead wetting the target and not destroying it at all.
"Good, both in mantra and in control, it's worth 90" said the watchdog.
'Was that supervisor unable to give the correct judgment? Such a weak spell could not be used against the enemy' I thought again.
Then the test continued, and the four participants cast extremely weak magic. But the value is very high. And again that long spell should not exist, because I in the past have created books with short and powerful spells.
"Furthermore, Loid Astra" said the Supervisor who then made the four participants become shocked.
Not long after, I started hearing whispers from the four participants saying that "Look, he's not the one who cheated on the test before?","I'm sure he won't make it to the exam this time", "really, it's not appropriate for him to enter this academy".
"What are you waiting for? hurry or not I'll disqualify" said the supervisor.
Therefore I began to refocus towards that target and thought about what spells and elements would be right for me to use this time, this time, and the result is I will use the water element because of the four basic elements only the water element is safe and clearly visible.
"Well Water! [Water Ball]" I said to activate the spell.
Then a water ball that was about the size of the mattress popped out of my palm and I started to control it and move it forward and attack the target. Right after my water ball hit the target, there was a huge explosion, and it produced a huge blast of air.
Classes in the academy are divided into four, namely water class, fire class, wind class, and land class. Although I can use all four elements, but each student can only get one class. But the selection of its class depends on the elemental ball magic tool that serves to know one's element and place the class according to the element.
I walked into a very large hall, and it was seen that the other participants had gathered and sat down in the place designated by the committee and the supervisor. I sat at the back because that was all that was left, then beside me was a bright blue-haired man with pitch-black eyes like me looking very panicked. Out of curiosity, I asked him what had happened to him.
"Are you okay? I see your face is very pale" I asked the man beside me.
"Ha! Uh.... Did you ask me?" Ask back nervously.
"Yes, I'm asking you" I replied.
"I'm worried about his class selection, do you know about fifth grade?" Ask back.
"Fifth grade.... It was a class of non-elemental students, right? That's very good I think" I replied back.
"Good from where? It's an Exile Class. Compared to the Other Four Classes, Students Who Entered Non-Element Classes Were Very Weak And Their Magic Lessons were Limited!! Because That Non-Element Class Is Not Very Good." Suddenly he was angry with me.
From my memory, non-element magic should be the strongest magic compared to the four basic elements because there are so many kinds of non-element magic that are very useful, for example, the Invisible Barrier can create an invisible barrier and cannot be destroyed even though attacked with the strongest magic. There's also a Non-Element Enchant like I did back then. Therefore Non-Element Magic is the Strongest Magic.
"That's right, from my point of view, non-elements are not bad." Reply My.
"If it's not a problem for you, but I'll be in deep trouble if I get into that non-element class. My family is the best water-element magician in the city of Bergain, if I don't get into the water-class then I'll be stamped as the deformed witch in my family, let alone the color of my eyes is not blue."
It is true that the eye color is very identical to the magic element of someone, like my mother who has blue eyes, so she is able to use water magic, unlike my father who has a black eye color that is more non-elemental. It should be that whatever eye color a person can master any element, but his strength will be stronger if the color of his eyes is the same as the element. If my case is different enough, it's black because of the mixture of different colors.
"Elements should not be associated with eye color. Can't you use water magic even if your eyes are black." I said.
"That's true, but my magic is very weak and can only activate some water magic and then run out of magic energy." The reply.
"I thought you needed to practice your magic. Well...If you try it might work." I said to give him some spirit.
"Aren't you worried about what class you're going to take? When you look at the color of your eyes you're going to go to Non-Elementary Class" he said.
I smiled at him and said, "Repeat Me, Whatever class I'm going to take, I'll still be fine. After all just being in a non-elemental class won't make me weak or anything."
"You're very confident. Unlike me, I'm worried about getting into Non-Element classes. Then I'll introduce myself. My name is Molda Nearia, I wish we could be friends."
"If I, Loid Astra, know Salam" I replied, shaking his hand.
A short while later, a man who was the supervisor at the time of the first exam had appeared and stood on the stage directly opposite a hundred students. Then from behind him a lot of organizers and supervisors who stood in parallel and someone I knew brought an elemental ball magic tool. That person was the principal who gave me the recommendation.
Then the supervisor began the conversation, and said "Congratulations to all who have completed the test. Now is the time to choose their respective classes, starting from the classes of fire, water, wind, and earth. And also a Non-Element class for people who have no element at all. Therefore, I hope everyone gets into the desired class."
After that Everything was called one by one according to the absences determined by the committee, and I was in 47th place. And I waited a long time for it, but Molda was called before Me.
I saw from a distance, Molda got what kind of Non-Element class He feared, therefore during all this time He sat back to his place looking moody and reluctant to speak at all. And a few moments later, I was finally summoned and stood right in front of the magic tool.
I put my hands together as they explained to me that by laying hands and casting magic into the elemental ball the result will be the same level, as well as choosing the class. And when I put my hand on the ball, it happened some time before the ball glowed, then the ball glowed gray which means Non-element. And also written the level is Rank A. The strange thing is that the Element Ball does not detect my basic elements, whereas I can use all four basic elements until Rank S.
"Your name is Loid Astra, isn't it? I don't know if I should be happy or not, because you just got Rank A which is the Highest Rank ever. But it's a pity that you only get Non-Elements that are the lowest class" said the supervisor, who caught the attention of many people.
"What's the problem, sir?" Ask me back
"Because Non-Element is Magic that cannot be used in combat. So it was very useless to fight monsters. Especially now that the number of monsters is increasing, And What can Non-Elements do? Of course, creating something, delivering goods, or other things used as support." Evidently.
I immediately felt that the explanation was very unreasonable, because from what I knew that Non-Element Magic was the strongest magic because it could be used to fight, defend, and support. To fight can use magic related to magic enhancement, stamina enhancement, ability enhancement, and anything related to enhancement. And also can use multiplier magic, Telekinesis Magic, creation, and other things.
Survive the same, using protective magic, healing magic, Dispell, and others. If the supporting magic among others is Enchant, Creation Magic, Appraiser Magic, and so on. In essence, Non-Element Magic is the strongest magic ever compared to the four basic elements that are under other elemental magic. And again the strong Elements are also still uncertain because there are so many elements that can be created from the four basic elements.
For example, the [Lava Element] is made of a mixture of earth elements and fire elements. Even so, the mixture of earth and fire elements could also produce other elements such as [Metal Element]. And again there are still many new elements that can be mixed, and even three elements put together will produce other elements as well, for example, the element of water, fire, and even, and the wind will produce the [Thunderstorm Element] which is said to be the cataclysmic magic of a violent thunderstorm.
"Then, it doesn't matter, does it?" Reply again
"Yes, yes, you can go now. And I need to say that your class is a Non-Element Class." Prattling
Afterwards I left the stage and went down to the back seat beside Molda who started to look a little calm compared to before. Then He explained that he entered a non-element class like me but he felt a little frustrated because the water magic only reached Rank D and the non-elemental magic was Rank C. But I explained that he did not have to worry about it so He opened up a little to me.
Then I met my parents outside the academy who were enjoying the fine dining there. I called out to them while waving my hand at him and running towards the two of them. After that I explained what had happened just now, such as the writing and practice exams and also the time of the class selection. Fortunately from what I saw, the look on his face was not disappointment, but happiness.
Then from behind, the headmaster came up to me and seemed to want to talk about something. I looked back and asked Yuna about what she meant here, and she said
"You Should Be On Special Trails! Just showing the letter to the supervisor and getting accepted right away, should be easy. Then why did you take the exam? And again what the non-element, and also why don't you have water magic? Wasn't that time you fought using water magic that could even defeat Rank B's water class students easily? Or maybe, your water element magic includes Rank S, then, I have an Ancient Artifact that can detect elements up to Rank S" asked Yuna while taking out something from her space magic.
"Put your hands here to reassess, not only the basic elements, there are also other elements that can be detected by this artifact." Reciprocity.
I put my hand as described and drained my magic energy in that elemental ball. The result is that the ball glows with a variety of colors that even make my eyes a little glare. And it says [Fire Element Rank S] [Water Element Rank S] [Wind Element Rank S] [Earth Element Rank S] And the light is still continuing and it says [Ice Element Rank A] [Ice Storm Element Rank A] [Snow Element Rank A] And so on to make the artifact can no longer issue writing.
"Excellent, having 1 element can be said to be a great magician, if the 2 elements are called geniuses, and the 3 elements are said to be miracles. And the last 4 elements are even said to be magicians of god choice. If you master all the elements of the upper levels like that, I don't know what to say. I can move you to another class, but there will be a lot of problems like...." Evidently
In short, Yuna explained that it was because I got the best marks on the two exams that made all the participants think that I was cheating, or an insider's path. And again because of the effects of the class selection that only showed I used Non-Elemental magic that made people would not believe if I moved to the elemental class. If I move, then people think I'm using an insider, the principal. And that would be very bad for me, and I'd be stamped as an insider witch.
"Therefore, I advise you to enter the Non-Element, although not as good as other classes, but I will strive to improve the performance of that class. And that's all I need to say, see you on the day of the ceremony" he said and went back to the academy.
After that I decided to go home with my parents. And from what I know that school will start in two months. So I have to prepare for everything I need. And again I have to prepare for what I have to say when I meet new friends at school.
That's why I spent 2 months just learning how to talk to people. Even so, I managed to create a new non-elemental magic that was [Talk] that allowed me to speak according to what I wanted. Moreover I have tried many experiments with that magic, such as sterilizing sound from a distance, changing the sound, and so on so that now its name has changed to [Sound].
And now, it's time to start my school life in the second life. And this time I have to fix all the mistakes I've done in the past.
Seriate....
NT: What error was that? There will be an explanation in a chapter in the future.
