I also removed the Water Bubble and FireBall magic that I showed in my hand earlier.

  "Huh, if that was just the basic stage, then what's the real stage like?," Noa said.

  "Of course, like what I did earlier during the second exam. After you succeed in making 2 different magics at the same time, you have to combine them," I said.

  I also made a combination of Water Bubble and FireBall in my right hand. And Hot Water Ball was created. I showed it to them.

  "Combine like this, if you can make 2 different magics at once in both hands, try to combine the 2 magics in 1 hand only. In 1 hand you will have 2 mana flows, concentrate on the 2 mana flows. The mana flow used for intermediate magic such as Water Blast will be the attack impact for the magic, while the mana flow used for low-level magic such as Water Bubble will be the size and shape of the magic." I said.

  "How can water and fire come together like that?," Noa said.

  "You're amazing, Rid," Chloe said.

  "Combining magic like that, won't it use the appropriate mana for the magic. For example, Water Bubble uses 5 mana, Water Blast uses 10 mana, wouldn't it use 15 mana?," Charles asked.

  "You know, if your magic is still in the place where you first cast it like in my hand, it won't consume mana. But once it's released, it will consume mana. If you cast two different magics on two different sources, it will consume mana according to the total of the two magics you use. But if you combine two different magics, it will consume magic based on the magic that has the greatest impact. Combining Water Bubble with Water Blast will only consume mana equivalent to using Water Blast," I explained.

  "Is that so," Charles said.

  "How many types of magic do you master, Rid?," Noa asked.

  “That’s a secret,” I said.

  “I see, I was wary of you from the start and it turns out my guess was right,” Noa said.

  “I was hoping not to fight you in the third exam,” Enzo said.

  “Haha I guess so am I,” Charles said with a chuckle.

  -

  “It looks like it’ll be 3:00 p.m. soon,” Charles said.

  “I guess so, the participants have started entering this floor,” I said.

  “I can’t wait for the third exam, so I can relax right away,” Noa said.

  “Aren’t you nervous, Noa? What if your opponent is stronger,” Chloe asked.

  “If I lose because my opponent is stronger, it means I’m not cut out to enter this Academy,” Noa replied.

  “Relax Noa, your elemental magic is superior, Wind magic can be combined with any magic. Just use the method I explained earlier,” I said.

  “Just say it’s easy, Rid. But I’ve never tried it even though I can also use other elemental magic except wind,” Noa said.

  "Well, let's just practice later," I said.

  "I don't want to try it out while competing," Noa continued.

  The time showed 3:00 p.m.

  "Hello everyone, back with me, Supervisor Alan Hugo. Has everyone gathered in this Arena?" Supervisor Alan said.

  He was accompanied by the supervisor who had previously supervised my group in the first exam, if I'm not mistaken her name was Nora Kalandra.

  "Yes!," shouted another participant.

  "Okay, I think that's it, you all just sit orderly in the audience seats and wait for your turn to be called. Okay then, the third entrance exam for San Fulgen Akademiya, I declare it to begin," said Supervisor Alan.

  "As previously stated, this third test will be themed around a battle test. You and your opponents will be determined by drawing lots or randomly. The arena in the middle will be divided into 2 Arenas so that the third test process can take place quickly. First, you will start the match test simultaneously between the 2 arenas. If one of the arenas has finished, the match will immediately continue in the finished arena without waiting for the other arena that has not finished. The total points obtained for this third test are 200 points as previously stated. For participants who win, of course they will get 200 points, but these points will be reduced if the participant is exhausted due to excessive mana consumption or is injured due to being hit by an opponent's attack. For participants who lose, they will get 50 points. The conditions for this fight are that you are free to use any magic, any boost, any skill and technique, or use the weapon you used earlier. But participants are not allowed to use magic that will result in serious injury or death. Participants who do this will be immediately disqualified. For participants who are injured, supervisors who can use healing magic have been prepared around this arena. Between the arena and the audience area, protective magic has been prepared so that attacks issued by participants do not hit the audience area, do you understand?," asked Supervisor Alan.

  "Yes," said the participants.

  "Alright, I announce that the third academy entrance exam has officially started!!," said Supervisor Alan.

  The third exam began.

  -

  "The First and Second Matches will begin immediately, participants are requested to get ready because the names of the participants who will fight will be called randomly not based on the participant's exam card number," said Supervisor Alan.

  "Alright, for the first match, participants Giotto and Armand please come forward and for the second match, participants Chesna and Edvina please come forward," said Supervisor Nora.

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  The participants who were called immediately came forward. The match finally began.

  "I don't know who they are," said Noa.

  "Yes, all participants number 500 people, how come you know all of them," I said.

  "Yeah, I'm really bored because my turn is not the first, I'd rather read a book," said Noa while taking a book from her small bag.

  I just realized that Noa had been carrying a small bag containing books, because the big bag we brought for daily supplies had been left at the administration on the 1st floor. The book I had read earlier was also put in the big bag when the exam was about to start. The equipment was used for the academy later if I passed the test.

  "But the first exam was a quiz, did Noa still bring his book during the Quiz exam?," I thought.

  "What book are you reading, Noa?," I asked.

  "A book about a lot of magic, there are a lot of elemental magics in this book and how to use them," said Noa.

  "I see, I also want to read a book but I put the book in the bag I left downstairs," I said.

  "Actually I also keep a book in Storage but how can I take it out here," I said to myself.

  -

  30 minutes have passed while the match exam is still ongoing.

  "Which match is this?," Noa asked while reading a book.

  "It seems like it's the 25th match, so far the matches have been fast, there haven't been any matches that have lasted long," Charles said

  "Even so, watching a match like this is also exciting, you can see the abilities of the other participants," I said

  "Yes, that's right, Rid," Chloe said.

  "I'm not interested in matches of people I don't know," Noa said while still reading the book.

  "Is there a match you're waiting for, Noa?," Charles asked.

  "I'm waiting for your matches, but if it's about the one I'm waiting for the most, it's definitely Rid's match, he'll definitely make a scene again," Noa said.

  "Haha, I think that's true," Charles said

  "I agree," Chloe said

  "Well, we'll see later," I said.

  “By the way Chloe, why didn’t you use the arrows provided by the supervisor? I saw earlier that the participants who used bows also used the arrows provided, but you only used the bow, you prefer to make your own arrows,” I asked Chloe.

  “Hmm, I prefer making the arrows because it’s more practical. If you use ready-made arrows, you have to put the arrow on the bow first, but if you make magic arrows, you only have to pull the bowstring and when it’s pulled you just make the arrow in position and just shoot it,” Chloe explained.

  “I see, that’s true. But it also depends on the mana capacity, because channeling elemental magic into a weapon only requires a little mana compared to making an elemental weapon using magic,” I said.

  “You’re right, Rid. But I’m confident with the mana capacity I have so I don’t really need real arrows yet, but when I’m at the Academy later I might need them because if there’s a competitive exam like this again, I can’t be careless because the students who made it into the Academy are definitely not opponents to be underestimated,” Chloe said.

  "I see, okay then," I said.

  It seemed like Chloe was starting to be fluent in chatting with me and Noa, different from the first time.

  "But I haven't seen any participants using guns, huh? Even though there were guns available when choosing weapons earlier," Noa asked while reading a book.

  "How come you know even though you've been reading a book?," Charles asked.

  "The sound of the gun has its own characteristics, even though during the test I didn't pay attention and was just chatting or reading a book, if there was someone using a gun I would have known," Noa said.

  "Haha that's true," Charles said.

  "Maybe because guns aren't suitable for a test like this, as you know guns can only shoot 1 bullet even though the bullet is coated with elemental magic. In the second test, we had to destroy 6 wooden dolls at once with 1 magic. It's impossible to shoot 6 bullets at once," Chloe said.

  "Actually, it's not impossible if you use a gun," I answered.

  "What do you mean, Rid?," Chloe asked.

  “If you can use magic to create weapons in large quantities, you can just create 6 guns and each gun will automatically shoot at the doll and eventually destroy it, just like Princess Irene did earlier, but she used a rapier instead of a gun,” I explained.

  “Like Irene?,” Chloe said.

  “There are other ways besides that,” I continued.

  “Huh?,” Chloe said.

  “What I explained earlier might be a bit cheating because using a weapon made from magic, another way is to use a real gun and make the bullets from magic,” I said.

  “I told you earlier that a gun can only shoot 1 bullet, how can it shoot 1 bullet and then destroy 6 dolls at once?,” Chloe said.

  “I already explained about Magic and Mana Manipulation to you earlier,” I said.

  “You mean by making bullets but filling them with other magic?,” Chloe asked.

  "That's right, you just need to combine 2 mana streams for different magic into one. If I use a gun, I will make bullets combined with magic that has destructive power to be able to destroy the 6 dolls. No need to make bullets, you can just flow real bullets with magic directly. Have you never thought about it?," I asked.

  "Never, I've used real arrows and only flowed elements like flowing fire elements into the finished arrow and it became a Fire Arrow, but I never flowed magic into the arrow," said Chloe.

  "Haven't you ever been taught about that when learning about magic?," I asked again.

  "Never, I'm actually surprised why you know about all that, Rid? Were you taught by someone?," asked Chloe.

  "My parents left me when I was just born, I was only taught by my late grandfather. Even then, my grandfather only taught me a little. Most of it I learned by myself from the books in my grandfather's house," I answered.

  "S-Sorry Rid, if my question just now made you remember your past," Chloe said regretfully.

  "It's okay, relax, you asked because you were curious," I said.

  "O-okay," Chloe said.

  "But it seems like you will start being taught about that technique when you study at the Academy, since I already know that technique, it seems like I don't need to learn anymore, haha," I laughed.

  "Why are you so arrogant, Rid?," asked Noa who had been listening to my conversation with Chloe.

  "Since when did you listen, I thought you were busy reading a book," I said.

  "Since you started chatting with Chloe, it's impossible for me to miss your talk about that technique, there must be something I can learn," said Noa.

  "I've been listening since earlier too," said Charles.

  “Me too,” Enzo said.

  “I see, well it’s not like my conversation with Chloe is a secret,” I said.

  "Well, you guys just learn that technique, including you Chloe, that technique will definitely be very useful. Although the Fire Arrow you shoot has quite a bit of damage, it might not be very useful in the future. Add magic to your arrow, if you intend to make an arrow from magic, you just use Magic and Mana Manipulation. If you use a real arrow, you just flow the mana from the magic you created into your weapon. Imagine you are holding an arrow in your right hand, then you flow the mana from the magic you want to create into your right hand as well as if you were casting magic while you are holding the arrow. Concentrate on flowing the mana so that your mana can flow into the arrow. If the arrow has been flowed with the mana from the magic you want to create, you just shoot it at the target, done. Imagine if you want to launch the Fire Bomb magic but your location from the enemy is too far, you just put the Fire Bomb magic into the arrow, and you just shoot the arrow at the target, and the target will finally be hit. Isn't that very useful for you who are a archer, Chloe?,” I asked after explaining.

  “You’re right, I never thought about that before. Thank you Rid, for the advice. I’ll try practicing that technique from what you explained earlier,” Chloe said.

  “Thank you for the explanation, Teacher Rid,” Noa said.

  “Why am I called Teacher?,” I asked.

  “I think I’ll try it later,” Charles said.

  “Me too,” Enzo said.

  “You guys just try it slowly, no need to rush. Besides, you’ll definitely be taught again at the academy. Indeed, ordinary weapons that are infused with elements from magic will never be the same as real magic weapons. Because real magic weapons are made with elemental crystals that contain the power of the element. Their attack power and durability are certainly very different from ordinary weapons that are infused with elements from magic. Weapons that are infused with elements can only attack with basic attacks that are infused with elements. That’s why this technique can be said to be very useful.

  “By the way, Rid, what’s the name of this technique?” You explained about Magic & Mana Manipulation earlier, but there is no clear name for this technique,” ??Chloe said

  “What is the name of this technique? I call it Forging Magic,” I said.

  - To be continued