THE REBIRTH OF A GENIUS. CREATOR/DESTROYER

Chapter 25. Second Round Assessment

At the stage where the first round of assessment took place, everyone on the platform looked up at the stage. The stage is not empty. There was a projection of a forest-like place on the stage. This is a test site projection. Everyone here is watching the assessment. A backward place like Starwood city could not obtain this type of high-level equipment. Sam's guess is right. No one is responsible for this in Starwood City. All of the formations and Equipment in the entire academy were arranged by the royal family itself. Education throughout the western continent takes priority among other aspects. That was the reason the royal family arranged this kind of facility for the academy even in a backward country.

Inside the testing site. Sam finally stabilized from the after-effects of teleportation. Then he stood up and climbed a tall tree nearby to get a clear view of his surroundings. Sam did not see any ferocious beasts or other candidates nearby. Judging from the view, he seemed to appear in a very remote location. Sam got down, picked a direction and started walking. He cares enough.

After walking for half an hour, Sam finally got a reaction from the bronze coin in his pocket. He immediately became alert and jumped onto a nearby tree and hid behind leaves. After a few minutes, he saw a pair of people walking towards him as they spoke.

"Didn't I tell you? We're heading in the right direction. Don't we feel the reaction of our badges. There must be someone here." There was a male voice.

"I still doubt this is the right direction. I think we should have gone in the opposite direction." Said another man. After a few seconds, two people appeared in Sam's sight. They wear identical clothes. They belong to the Heart family. Sam immediately felt amused as soon as he identified their identity. Sam immediately jumped down from the tree. When the two people saw, Sam suddenly appeared in front of them, they immediately unsheathed the sword and took a fighting position.

"Who are you?" One of the two pointed his sword towards Sam and asked warily. Sam grinned wickedly and did not answer. He suddenly made his move. Sam immediately disappeared from his position just leaving after the picture and immediately went behind the person on the left. Then he directly punched the person under his ribs. The person gasped for breath as he dropped his sword and immediately fell to the ground trying to ease his pain. He was a second level Acolyte warrior and his strength was not weak in any way. But he felt himself quite weak before Sam's terrible blow.

The one on the right immediately reacted and swung his sword towards Sam, but all he hit was the shadow created by Sam. Suddenly, he felt someone stab his back. He immediately swung his sword but he hit nothing but air.

*pa*

He then stung the pain on his face. He's slapped. But when he turned towards the direction where the slap came from, he saw nothing. Then he suddenly felt someone stab his throat. When he looked down, he felt a finger pointing to his throat from behind. When he immediately reacted to catch the person, he caught nothing but air.

Suddenly, he felt a chill along his spine and he broke out in a cold sweat. Only one thought came to his mind. 'If the other party wanted him dead. He'll be a corpse.' The other party had touched him many times. But he can't even see it. Then he immediately dropped his sword and raised his hand. He gave up on this guy. This guy's a real nightmare. But he felt unwilling. He could not give up just after more than half an hour of assessment. So, he's talking.

"I surrender. We are no match for you. Can you let us go? We're from the Heart field family. If you let us go now. We'll remember this kindness." He said while looking around but he found no one. Meanwhile, the person who was knocked down earlier also stood up and took out his sword. He looked around vigilantly. They both waited for an anxious answer.

Meanwhile on the display platform. All the spectators watched the various candidates fight. Suddenly, someone from the Heart field family saw their two candidates meet and walk together. She smiles. The other people also saw him and cursed in their hearts for the Heart family fortune. Then they saw someone appear suddenly in front of the two candidates and started an attack.

"Well, what's the speed?"

"Yes, he's very fast."

"They can't even see it. He's practically playing them."

"Look at the guy giving up. Hid. So much for a noble descendant."

"I think they're negotiating."

All sorts of comments came from the audience. The head of the Heart family had a strange expression on his face as he watched his future family being played with by someone. Leonard of the Greyhound family saw this scene and began to sweat. Even he couldn't keep up with Sam's movements. All the families watched this battle with interest.

"Please leave us now. We will definitely return the favor." The candidates from the Heart family pleaded again. Suddenly, he felt a slap on his face. This time his slap was much stronger and he was instantly sent flying. After landing on the ground he vomited blood and a tooth fell from his mouth. He immediately took out a bronze token from his pocket and broke it. He immediately appeared on the viewing platform and heaved a sigh of relief.

The other person who saw the state of his friend, he immediately gave up on fighting and would also break his token. But then suddenly a hand caught his arm with great force. Then he saw the man who stopped him. He saw a handsome young man in black. His handsome face had an arrogant grin and his eyes were filled with a mischievous light. He then took out the folded paper and put it in the person's hand and said. "Bring this to your family's head." Then he let go of his embrace.

The candidates from the Heart family took the letter and instantly broke the token. He was also transported to the viewing platform. He stabilized himself and looked around. There was only one more person and that was his friend. The first two candidates who were eliminated were actually from the Heart family. This is a great shame. Then he looked towards the Heart family viewing platform and saw the gloomy expression of his family members, he lowered his head in embarrassment. Then he recalled the letter and then walked towards the viewing platform timidly. When he handed the letter to the head of the family, he almost made his trousers annoyed at the gaze of the head of the family.

The head of the family received the letter. He knew who sent the letter as he watched the entire time. He read the letter and immediately frowned after seeing the contents.

"Hello, the Head of the Heart Family. This is from a humble person who was once blessed with the presence of a representative of the Heat family in my riverside mansion. Because of sending someone to congratulate me on the same thing.the night I bought the mansion through an auction. I'm humbly asking you to accept my payment this way. Don't worry, this isn't the end. If I meet other people from your family, I will treat them very carefully. – Sam."

As soon as he read the letter, his grip on the armrest tightened. *Jepret*the armrest was broken and everyone looked at it. But he really focused on the letter and especially the words 'Ray house'. He clearly understood why the young man was playing around with his future family. But that doesn't make him any less angry. He was even more angry. A junior on the Acolyte stage slapped him in the face. She's upset. All the other noble families were watching him with curious gazes. They wanted to see what was in the letter. But the family head of the Heart family clearly had no intention of showing it and turned his attention to the projection.

"It looks like the younger generation of the Heart family is getting weaker. Just half an hour and two out of five were knocked out." Someone from the red fire family said in a mocking tone. The head of the Heart family did not reply and only looked at the projections.

Everyone also turned towards the projection. Now the battle began in many areas as the candidates got closer. A young man in particular caught the attention of the audience.

"The handsome one is a genius. If you leave now. I won't go any further." Said the young man. This is none other than Shawn. He was surrounded by three people. These candidates came from different places and formed a temporary alliance. So, they can take a little longer. When they heard his words, one of the three immediately attacked. Suddenly, Shawn made a hand seal and shouted something. Then the ground below the three candidates became soft when the three of them were struck inside.

"Don't I tell you I'm a genius? You guys aren't listening. Now, you better stop or I'll make you suffer." As soon as he finished, the three of them felt their bodies sink to the ground slowly. They immediately took their tokens and they all disappeared.

"I'm so great." Shawn spoke with a smile as he started walking again.

All the spectators on the viewing platform looked at him in admiration.

"Not bad" said one of them.

"It looks like we have some good seeds to nurture." Someone from the Starwood academy said, The others also nodded. Then a screen appeared suddenly next to the projection of the testing site.

"They finally met some beasts." Someone said. The screen is quite large and a list of names can be seen on it with some numbers next to it. Here's the ranking list. This showed the points of the candidates hunting beasts.

By the time he finished, he had 12 points beside his name. "He's not bad."

"Yes, the swordplay is good." All the spectators commented. Soon, names began to appear on the list. All of them were mostly candidates from noble families.

Sam is climbing a tall tree. He had just found the tree, which seemed to be the tallest among the trees nearby. When he finally climbed up the tree, he could see the surroundings clearly. He saw some candidates fighting with ferocious beasts. No one seems to be interested in eliminating others. Instead they were all interested in accumulating more points. Sam looked around and saw a herd of hyenas near a small hill. There seem to be a lot of them. Hyenas are red. This is a blood hyena. Sam immediately recognized them and they were all one of the cruelest animals in the wild. They grew their strength from consuming the blood of others. The package was filled with level 1 and level 2 beasts from the initial stage there was also one tier 2 middle stage. Sam felt like he had hit the jackpot seeing them. He immediately descended and used his light energy to move faster. Sam named this technique as the 'Spirit of ghosts.' Sam used his ghostly steps to approach the hill.

Just when Sam was a few meters away from the hill, he felt his dragon token react. Someone was nearby. Sam immediately moved towards the incoming signal and hid behind the tree. He looked at the group of people in deep red battle clothes. They numbered five. They were all candidates in the Crimson Fire family. Sam immediately recognized them due to the red flame emblem on their armor. He gives a wicked grin.

The five candidates were in a defensive battle formation as they scanned their surroundings warily. In the middle was a young man in battle clothes, who seemed to be the young master of the Crimson Fire family. With an evil smile came out from his hiding and stood in front of them. They all looked at him warily as the young man asked.

"You? Aren't you Freya's friend?" The young master asked. Sam was a little surprised when he looked at her, but it only lasted a little while. He just stood there and smiled silently. Seeing Sam go silent. The young master continued.

"I'm Carter from the Crimson Fire family. Freya is my cousin. Because, you are his friend, I'll let you go if, you hand over all the fire spirit stones you have." Sam still did not answer.

On the viewing platform

"This young man is in trouble."

"Yes, it was his bad luck to meet with the Crimson Fire family group. Even though he was strong, how could he win 1 vs 5."

"What are you talking about? Carter alone was enough to defeat him. Why do we have to group? Carter was already at level 4 acolyte mage. That young man will be defeated in one blow." Someone from the Crimson Fire family said. He sat on the other side of the head of the family.

"Carl, since you're so confident, why don't we just bet?" Philip said to the young man who had just spoken.

"What do you want to bet?" ask Carl.

"Five of your men will be eliminated by that man alone" said Philip.

"really? You're so confident in him? I'll take your bet then. What bet?" Carl replied in a confident tone.

"What about 5000 spirit stones?" Philip asked. Hearing that amount, everyone looked at him with interest. Even the head of the Crimson Fire Family looked at Philip. Carl hesitated to hear the large number.

"Don't be afraid now" said Philip again.

"Who is afraid? I'm coming with." Carl said and immediately saw the battle. Philip also saw the battle. And so does all the spectators.

Meanwhile near the hill.

Carter was getting impatient because Sam didn't answer. He then immediately said. "Don't blame me now."

As he says that the five of them are besieging Sam, and three of them including Carter begin to make hand seals. While the other two held their swords as they lunged towards Sam.

Sam continued to smile as three fireballs and two Swords came at him from all sides. Sam did not move at all and only circulated his spiritual energy as the Golden flames covered him and devoured the three fireballs completely. He spread out his hand at the same time and caught both hands holding the sword at the same time.

As the smoke disappeared, what the five people saw was Sam's handsome face with an evil smile without moving in the slightest.

All the spectators on the viewing platform were also stunned.

Sam slowly started to twist the hand he caught. The two soldiers loosened their swords. Both of them were at Level 2 Acolyte, but now they were like children facing adults

*printing*

The sound of cracks appeared as their hands twisted slowly. He immediately broke their hands and threw them away. They began to hold their hands and wallow in pain. Sam then slowly looked towards the other two Acolyte witches as he raised his hand.

Spiritual energy began to gather in his hands in the form of a sphere. Both of them wanted to escape when they sensed danger, but their legs suddenly felt extremely heavy. Sam then slowly looked at Carter and said slowly.

"I just went looking for a victim. But who would have thought that the prey itself would come looking for me?" sam said coldly.

"The prey?" Carter was furious.

"Yes, you are my juicy and delicious prey." Sam said coldly and as soon as he finished. The spiritual energy in his hand suddenly turned into a gigantic golden fireball as he launched it into the two mages. Both of them were sent flying as their armor and clothes turned to ashes.