Close towards sundown after all the contestants of class 15 gave up their papers, reluctantly.
Inside the classroom were two people, Valko and Mathew. This two had stayed back because they had to finish checking the papers and grading it.
"I know this is my first time, but are all the people in the past competition were ?" Mathew asked.
Valko shook his head slowly as he crossed off a paper and marked 'Fail' on it.
"No… not all of them. There are some people who are a bit different but most of them are like that."
Mathew nodded before his face cracked a smile, as he remembered the event, "Does the other proctors do that to… that one where you threw the reality check on them?"
Valko looked at Mathew with confusion, "Reality check… oh you mean that, no no no… well yes they do. What I did today was my own way but the others also do something similar to that to point out if someone with exceptional willpower and intelligence were in the group."
"Hmm, that is an effective method. It they win they get selected for the second exam but if they lose then not only will they get depressed but their mind will be in such a state that it will hard to refocus back on the exam." Mathew thought carefully, "Good thing I wasn't stupid enough to participate in it."
"You mean; you weren't ambitious enough."
"Same thing," Mathew waved his hand, "But do you remember that kid, the one that asked for the paper?"
Valko nodded as he crossed off another paper, one that had good grades but no mental power, "Yeah… that kid was the only one who showed some grit."
"Hmm!" Mathew nodded too, "Yes, have you seen his papers yet?"
"No, not yet." As Valko cut off another future, his hands came upon a set of papers that belonged to the one they were talking about.
'It's his paper. Let's see how he did.'
Valko thought and turned to see his paper but frowned. His frown only seemed to deepen as he turned paper after paper but only found the same thing.
The whole exam paper was left empty without even a single question being answered.
'Just what is his deal?'
Even with the willpower Henry showcased in the exam, it wasn't enough for him to pass this. He had to also pass the written exam, otherwise he was as gone as the othe-
A piece of paper fell on his desk as he turned to the last page. Looking closely on it, Valko's eyes widened momentarily before he quickly hid the small piece of paper.
"Hey, Valko. Is something wrong?" Mathew asked from the side as Valko didn't answer his callings.
"Uh, what?... No, nothing's wrong. I just… found that guy's paper."
"Oh, how did he do?" Mathew said and leaned forward to take a look. But Valko quickly shut it close and drew a circle on the main page.
"He did, that's good." Mathew didn't mind about the strange behavior Valko showed, his friend was since the time they met.
Valko on the other hand, looked at the paper on his hand. One that had a significant meaning to it.
It wasn't just any paper, but one that was designated for this kind of exam.
A cheat if you may, so that anyone could pass the first exam.
This was a deliberate design of the competition. A technique that anyone who had money could pass through the first test with breeze.
I learned about such a method from the novel. Just like me, others too used such a criminal method to bypass the first test and get to the second one.
But it was the second exam that the real test started.
There was no cheat code or paper that could help pass that one. If anyone wanted to pass the second test, they had to do it with their own skills. Find your next adventure on My Virtual Library Empire
The only reason the first test had such a method was only because the capital or more likely the army wanted to make some money. By doing this not only will they gladly participate to be proctors but also get money doing it. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by N()velFire.net
It was a win for them. Even the academy, already knowing of this method, didn't do anything to disband it. Why should they? It wasn't like any of them were going to pass through the second test anyway.
Now why am I making the second test's so important.
The second test was the Evaluation.
Such as the name, the whole tests reason was to see if someone had good enough skills. This time it wasn't about intelligent or willpower. It was all about power.
The second test was about being evaluated by an examiner… through combat.
People would fight true fighters with real experience and only get to the final test if they either make the examiner pass them or defeat the examiner themselves.
Yeah, the second test was going to be a blast. I defeated an army of assassins so one guy wouldn't make any difference to me. Who knows, maybe I might even traumatize the examiner bad enough to make myself an infamous name.
Unfortunately, though, they don't let anyone use Sigmat rings on any tests. It was used as a way to somewhat balance the scales of the test.
In another words, they really didn't want anyone to pass the final test.
"Are you fucking crazy!"
"Even I know the answer to that question was because he was impotent."
'Sigh… when will this guy shut up.'
"Why did you leave the paper completely blank!" Jacob screamed at my ear.
"How many times do I have to tell you… it was just a foolish test, I used the paper so I am going to pass no matter anyway."
"How can you be so sure?" Jacob looked at me like I was a weirdo, "What happens if the paper was just a blank, what if that beggar had tricked us into buying false stuff?"
"You mean, tricked you."
"Y- Yeah… I mean that cooould happen."
I shake my head at Jacob before looking at Alice, who was looking at something in her hand with great curiosity.
"Master… I found this under the main door."
"Show it to me." I took the thing from her hand.
It was a sliver squared card. There was some writing on the back.
"What's written on it?" Jacob asked as he looked in.
I smile, "The location for the next exam."