It was already 12.20, I looked around the lobby. It seemed like all the participants had gathered back in the lobby. Not long after that, Alan Hugo, the supervisor who had given an initial explanation about the details of the exam, came.

  "Hello everyone, first I would like to congratulate you because you have successfully completed the first stage of the exam. By the way, is everyone gathered here? Or are there still some who are walking around?," said the supervisor.

  I looked around and saw Charles with Princess Chloe, Mr. Enzo was also there. I also saw Princess Irene in another corner, but she was alone there. I was a little surprised when I saw Princess Irene because when I wanted to see her, I realized that her gaze had been directed at me, not at the supervisor.

  "Why is Princess Irene looking at me? Have I been marked as someone who likes to pay attention to her? Is she on guard so that I don't pay attention to her?," I thought.

  "Hmmm, it seems like everyone is there, okay then we will start the second exam!," said the supervisor.

  “This second test, you are required to destroy the available targets within a certain distance. You are free to use the weapons provided and enchanted or not use weapons. For a more complete explanation, we will explain it later at the test location. The test will be held on the 3rd floor of this building, now you will be instructed to go directly to the 3rd floor and take the weapons provided according to your expertise, does anyone want to ask questions?,” asked the supervisor.

  The participants were silent as if giving an answer if no one wanted to ask.

  “Okay, if there are no questions. Now you go directly to the 3rd floor,” said the supervisor.

  We immediately rushed to the 3rd floor. Arriving on the 3rd floor, it turned out that there were not many rooms on the 3rd floor unlike on floors 1 and 2. On the 3rd floor there was only 1 large room with walls on each side that were walls outside the building. At the end of the room there was a wooden doll totaling 30 units, but every 6 doll units were separated by a line and a fairly large distance. It seemed that for this test it would be divided into 5 groups. At the other end of the room there are various weapons provided, there are swords, rapiers, great swords, guns, bows, spears, magic wands and others. This floor seems to be designed only for training.

  "Those of you who have arrived, please immediately take a weapon according to your skills for those of you who want to use a weapon," said the supervisor Alan Hugo.

  He was accompanied by 5 other supervisors but I did not see the female supervisor who supervised my room during the first exam. We immediately took our respective weapons, almost all of them wanted to use weapons, me too. I decided to take a sword because a sword is a weapon that suits me. I managed to take my weapon. I also tried to test the sword. This sword is made of iron but it is certain that this is not ordinary iron, I don't know what iron material it is made of. Although this sword is strong enough to accommodate medium to low magic, this sword is not sharp enough to be used as a weapon. Well, it's also a weapon for training, it doesn't need to be too sharp so that it is not misused by other students.

  "What weapon did you take, Rid?" Noa asked after approaching me.

  "I took a sword, because I have been taught some sword skills since I was little, what about you Noa?," I asked Noa again.

  "Oh, you use a sword, I took a spear because I sometimes like to hunt and often use a spear, so I'm used to using this weapon," Noa explained.

  "Is that so," I said.

  "For those of you who have taken your respective weapons, please gather back here because the second test will begin soon," said the supervisor.

  "It seems we are not given the opportunity to chat," I said.

  "Haha, you're right, let's gather again," said Noa.

  We immediately gathered in front of the supervisors.

  "Have you got the weapons you want to use?" asked the supervisor.

  "Yes," we all answered.

  "Okay, then let's start the second test! Do you see the wooden doll over there? For this second test, you are required to destroy the wooden doll using only 1 attack from a distance of 100 meters. You are free to use weapons without magic, magic without weapons or magic with the weapons. You are not allowed to use strengthening techniques such as Magic Boost or Power Boost, you will be detected if you use that technique and will immediately be given 0 points. There are a total of 6 wooden dolls that you can destroy in 1 attack, you will get 200 points if you succeed in destroying the 6 dolls in 1 attack. You don't need to hesitate even if you destroy the doll without a trace, the supervisor here will remake the doll with Artifact," said the supervisor.

  "Artifact huh," I thought.

  Artifact is an object that has magical power in it. Usually artifacts are used by someone when they don't have certain magical powers. For example, they said that the destroyed wooden doll would be remade using the artifact, you could say that the magic power in the artifact was the power to instantly regenerate inanimate objects, and none of the supervisors had the magic to do that. Artifacts have 2 types, single-use artifacts and multiple-use artifacts. The artifact used by the supervisor is an artifact that is used repeatedly. But an Artifact that is used repeatedly can lose its magic if the mana in the Artifact runs out. So the Artifact user must regularly put mana into the Artifact so that the magic power in the Artifact does not run out. So it's useless if someone who has certain magic uses an artifact with the same magic power. Because if they choose to use their own magic or use an Artifact, both will use their own Mana. And for single-use artifacts, as the name suggests, these artifacts will be destroyed after use. But single-use Artifacts have incredibly strong magic power and the user does not need to use Mana to use the Artifact. It is rumored that one-time use of Artifact attack magic can instantly destroy a city at once. So it is not surprising that this Artifact can only be used once, after that the Artifact will be destroyed.

  "The reason I told you not to hesitate to destroy this doll is because this wooden doll is not an ordinary wooden doll. This doll has been strengthened with low defense magic. As proof, I will try to attack the wooden doll," said the supervisor.

  The supervisor pointed his hand towards the wooden doll. Fire Ball, the supervisor shot a fireball at the wooden doll. But the wooden doll was not damaged at all, not even burned.

  "You see? Indeed, I only used low-level magic on the wooden doll. But even low-level magic can't scratch the wooden doll. That's why I said that you don't need to hesitate, just let out all your best attacks on the doll. Even if your attacks touch the walls of this building, it's okay. This building is also equipped with defense magic, so it won't be easily destroyed by your magic. Maybe," said the supervisor as if he was not sure.

  "But I suggest you don't use attacks that will tire you out quickly, because after the second test is finished, it will be continued with the third test. Do you understand? Do you have any questions?," asked the officer.

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  The participants were silent, indicating that no one would ask questions.

  ”Okay, since no one wants to ask any questions, now you line up according to your previous exam card numbers. To shorten the test, the exam will be divided into 5 groups and each group will consist of 100 participants. Group 1 will destroy the wooden doll on the left, and will be filled by participants from no. 1 to 100 in order. Group 2 will destroy the wooden doll next to it and start from no. 101 to 200 and the next group will be the same. Later when called to take the test, the numbers you have will be the same as group 1, for example in each group, the front numbers are 1, 101, 201, 301 and 401, later called with “NUMBER 1”, those of you who are at the front will immediately move forward to the position to take the test, the next numbers will be the same. Don't get the wrong group, each group has been separated based on a line," said the supervisor.

  I immediately lined up in group 2. Noa seemed to be in group 1, seeing as he was a little ahead of me in group 1, it seemed like he was number 51. After we had taken our respective positions, the 5 supervisors who accompanied supervisor Alan Hugo also went to each group to assess. It seemed like each group would be assessed by a different supervisor.

  "Have you taken your positions according to your respective numbers?" asked the supervisor.

  "Yes," we all answered.

  "If you have done the test of destroying wooden dolls, you go straight to the back, you don't have to line up neatly, it doesn't matter what's important is that you gather straight away at the back, Okay then let's start the second test!" said the supervisor.

  -

  "Number 1 please step forward," said the supervisor Alan Hugo.

  It seemed like Alan Hugo was the one who told the participants to step forward and the other 5 supervisors were assessing the participants. The participants immediately stepped forward and started launching their attacks. All five of them used their respective magic.

  Water Fist

  Wind Roar

  Multi Fire Ball

  Electro Lance

  Rock Punch

  Their attacks all hit the dolls, but not all of the dolls were destroyed, some were still intact. They were surprised because there were still dolls that were intact.

  "Why are there still dolls that are still intact?," they asked.

  Of course, the supervisor's words earlier saying not to make attacks that quickly tire them out made the participants have a dilemma. For those who still have a small mana capacity, launching attacks with a fairly high mana level will tire them out and they won't use them so that during the third test they still have enough mana to fight. Attack skills without magic also require sufficient stamina to be able to launch attacks from a distance of 100 meters. Maybe the attack they launched was actually strong enough to destroy all the puppets, but they didn't use all the mana needed for the attack. If they initially used intermediate magic but their mana usage was not enough for intermediate magic, the intermediate magic would only become low-level magic.

  "4 puppets destroyed, 120 points,"

  "5 puppets destroyed, 150 points,"

  It seemed like each puppet was given 30 points, but if all six puppets were destroyed, they would be given 200 points instead of 180 points. The number one participants who had already taken the test immediately went to the back, the destroyed puppets were immediately repaired with Artifacts.

  "Next, Number 2," said the supervisor.

  The number 2 participants stepped forward. They launched their attacks but it was still the same. No one had been able to destroy all the puppets. Numbers 3, 4, 5 and 6 stepped forward but the results were still the same.

  "Next, number 7," said the supervisor.

  The number 7 participants began to step forward. Among them was someone familiar.

  "Heh, you commoners. You can't even complete a test like this," said the person.

  Yes, that person was Javier Buston, son of the Marquess of Rovinj, Marcelo Buston. That person who had an argument with me in the cafeteria earlier. He was in group 4 which meant he was number 307

  "I'll show you the difference in power between nobles and commoners," said Javier.

  "That guy is still annoying," I thought

  They immediately launched their respective attacks.

  Flame Magic, Apply Magic Weapon, Flame Sword

  Javier covered his sword with fire magic. Then he took a stance to immediately attack the doll.

  Flame Slash

  A slash of fire cut through all the wooden dolls in front of him.

  "6 dolls destroyed, 200 points," said the supervisor.

  "You can't do that much, you guys are so weak. This is the difference in power between nobles and commoners like you," said Javier.

  It is true, there is a clear difference between nobles and commoners. Nobles have a fairly good mana capacity than commoners because of their heredity.

  "His statement is true, but it's annoying when he says it," I said

  But that doesn't mean commoners will always lose to nobles, mana capacity can be increased by training so there must be some of them who can excel over nobles.

  "Next, number 8," said the supervisor.

  The test continued, after Javier was the first to get 200 points, some of them started to get 200 points too.

  "Next, number 30," said the supervisor.

  The participants number 30 started to step forward.

  "Kyaa it's time for Prince Charles to step forward,"

  "Come on Prince, keep up your spirits,"

  "I love you, Prince," said the participants.

  "They are so noisy, they only cheer from afar, will they be like this if Charles approaches them too?," I thought.

  "Shhh please be quiet because it's still an exam," said supervisor Alan Hugo.

  Charles and the other participants immediately prepared to launch an attack. Charles prepared his sword.

  Water Magic, Apply Magic Weapon, Water Sword

  Charles then covered his sword with water magic.

  Destruction Water Slash

  A water slash hit the wooden doll. But the slash was different from the usual sword slash which only split the doll, the slash destroyed the doll without a trace.

  "Destruction huh?," I thought.

  "6 dolls destroyed, 200 points," said the supervisor.

  "Kyaahhhh Prince is so cool,"

  "I like you, Prince," said the other participants who were dominated by women.

  "Hey, I said don't be noisy or I'll make your points 0?," said supervisor Alan Hugo who seemed angry.

  "Next, number 31," said the supervisor.

  The participants began to advance, this time it was Princess Chloe's turn to advance. I was surprised by the weapon that Princess Chloe brought, a bow. I thought that Princess Chloe was a sword user like her brother. But I didn't see the arrows she brought.

  "Hey, look at that Princess Chloe,"

  "Even Princess Chloe looks beautiful when she's going to shoot arrows," they said in a low tone so as not to get angry with the supervisor Alan again.

  The participants prepared to launch an attack.

  ~ Fire Magic, Create Magic Weapon, Fire Arrows

  "She made her own arrows with her magic?!?!," all the participants looked surprised, as did I.

  Weapons made with magic are indeed not as good as those made by a forger because the durability of weapons made of magic is quickly destroyed, but the quality of attacks from weapons made of magic is not inferior to weapons made by a forger. Moreover, making weapons from magic requires a lot of mana. How much mana capacity does Princess Chloe have?

  Fire Arrows, Sixtuplets

  Princess Chloe shot 6 arrows at once in 1 draw of the bow, each of the 6 arrows hit each of the wooden dolls and immediately destroyed the wooden dolls.

  "6 dolls destroyed, 200 points," said the invigilator.

  "Princess Chloe is really amazing,"

  "Not only is she amazing, she is also very graceful. When she was about to shoot the arrow earlier, her beauty was very obvious,"

  "Apart from the Prince, Princess Chloe is also strong. The children of Her Majesty the Queen are indeed amazing," said those who praised Princess Chloe's performance.

  It was true, making magic weapons was already amazing. The children of Her Majesty the Queen were indeed not to be underestimated. Because of the excitement of Charles and Princess Chloe's performance earlier, the other participants with him seemed to ignore their existence.

  "You are really amazing, Chloe," said Charles who was in the group of participants who had already taken the test

  "You are also amazing, brother. I was a little nervous earlier," said Princess Chloe who immediately approached him

  "It's okay, the important thing is that you have completed the test well," said Charles

  "Yes, brother," said Princess Chloe

  The test was still ongoing.

  "Next, number 45," said the invigilator.

  The participants number 45 immediately went forward and in group 3 there was Princess Irene, she was holding a rapier.

  "Look at that ice princess,"

  "Princess Irene and a rapier, how charming," said those who saw Princess Irene.

  The participants and Princess Irene prepared to launch their attacks.

  Princess Irene held her rapier with 2 hands.

  ~Ice Magic, Create Magic Weapon, 6 Ice Rapiers~

  6 rapiers made of ice were created and the rapiers floated around Princess Irene.

  "What the heck, she made 6 rapiers made of ice"

  "Even though she already had a rapier and she made 6 more rapiers with magic?!," said the other participants who were surprised.

  - To be continued