Nicole watched the rest of the fight with a bored expression. Except for that young girl with silver hair who managed to eliminate one goblin wolf rider and four goblins, the remaining two barely killed a goblin before being put in a critical condition.

The only one who truly impressed her was that handsome young man. He had taken down thirteen of the original eighteen goblins just with the rudimentary weapon mastery and on-spot tactics.

"That young man has a very high potential. I wonder what his class is. It surely is something very rare considering just his initial mastery of a spear type weapon. As long as he can pass the next test I should quickly approach him or that guy would also notice his potential."

She looked at the screen intently as she relayed the next set of instructions to them. Since there were only four of them and the combat itself didn't usually dragged on for ten minutes unlike the prodigious young man her other colleague still wasn't finished testing those non-combatant.

She had a bit more time on her hand.

As long as the next test was passed she had decided to poach him under everyone's nose. At that time she really wanted to see the faculty management's face who "punished" her to work here but only for her to get a brilliant student under her wings.

"Heh, it will be a sight to watch."

She snickered disdainfully as she watched the big screen with a hopeful gaze.

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Blue's group entered into the next room as the previous white room recurred in front of them again. Thinking of an earlier event, he was genuinely surprised at Karla's performance.

Just with a crossbow and a quiver of arrows she had performed excellently. For a moment he couldn't recognize if this was the same girl who moaned every night under his thrusting while refusing to leave his side for a moment throughout the day.

"Because of my performance she would probably be overshadowed from the academy's view in this group but she is actually a young prodigy. Even if the academy wouldn't show as much interest in her as me, there still needs to be some deliberate nudging from my side to get her tagged along with me."

He made plans for her as he looked at the items on the white table that was in a set of four directed for each of them. A scissor, a mug, a key and a glove.

"Here comes the deciding factor."

He said in his mind as he instantly understood the purpose of those items. The female voice came again but this time there was a bit of eagerness on her tone,

"Grab a set and then follow the instructions accordingly. Be quick now."

Sensing the voice's urgency the four chose a set hurriedly. Then further instructions came,

"Use the mug to make a scooping motion right in front of your chest area containing your heart. Then swiftly put the mug back on the table."

Everybody did as she told. Blue was alerted by the Primordial Auditor of foreign aether effect on his soul and the effects it would have on him along with the linked account of Karla being in the same situation. This time he allowed it to take effect without intervention.

As they put the mug back on the table those instantly teleported away while the urgent female voice came again,

"Turn the key in a motion as if you're unlocking a lock placed in the four directions as well as upwards and downwards of your current spot. After doing that, put the key back on the table."

"Wear the glove and make a plucking gesture above your head. Then put the glove back."

"Use the scissors and snip above your head once. Similarly put it back."

After everyone followed all the instructions diligently the room became silent as the female voice didn't appear again.

Blue had a calm expression on his face but he was calculating inside his mind.

"The four elements test, huh. So this is how awakened humans prevented Outer Area horrors from slipping in. That mug scooped the time's river water to check for any known effects that would point to the involvement of an abomination or worse the abomination themselves. The key unlocked the surrounding space of the individual and retained imprints of it on itself. It was also to find any abomination."

"The glove plucked a clover leaf of luck and the scissors snipped a string of fate above an individual's head. From an abyss spawn's viewpoint these methods are truly bothersome but it is very effective for someone of the awakened human race. Well, with the Primordial Auditor on hand I had long since checked mine, Karla and Laura's four elements so we are good on that front. These two guys and others from the group are also in the clear as no foreign effect was cast on either of us."

He patiently waited as he surmised that they would soon be leaving this containment facility. Five minutes later, a doorway similar to before appeared but this time it wasn't a dark corridor but there was an empty road ahead with high walls surrounding the facility around it and a big gate in front of them while trees and plant life grew everywhere.

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This containment facility seemed to be located inside a forest.

They exited cautiously as they breathed the fresh air after a long time. They heard footsteps coming from the other side of the gate before it stopped. The gate opened slowly and they saw a female figure.

She seemed to be in her mid twenties. Her height was medium but her plumpness was definitely not. She had an hourglass figure with breasts that seemed to be on the verge of spilling out from the white shirt's button that desperately held back the massiveness. Her black long skirt hid her juicy thighs and bubbly rear while her curvy waist seemed perfect to grab on.

Her skin was tanned on the fair side. Her ebony hair was tied in a bun. Her eyes were of green color and her eyelashes long, eyebrows slim. Her nose was sharp while her lips were thick and deep cherry red.

She looked very beautiful from a human's taste.

Watching her walk towards them slowly the group halted their steps and gazed at her vigilantly while sprouting a bit of hope. She then greeted them as she approached closer,

"Welcome students. Congratulations on passing the entrance test. You are now a student of the Outer Player Academy. My name is Nicole, a teacher from the academy assigned to conduct the entrance test of your batch. It is very nice to finally meet you all."

With her introduction the group relaxed a bit and also introduced themselves. She had a pleasant smile on her face as she talked with them but Blue noticed that her attention was elsewhere.

Particularly to himself.

"Hoh, is this the first fish caught?"

He pondered amusedly as he also talked with her while subtly praised her beauty and looks without coming off as overstepping any boundaries. Even Karla who was still stuck to his arm didn't detect any hidden intentions behind his words considering that she spent almost all day with him.

While conversing for a while she finally got to the main point,

"Blue, your performance was excellent. I wonder what class you got."

She looked at him with a favorable expression. It seemed his hidden compliments had made her mood a bit better since her fake smile turned to a genuine one.

"Well, the class is called Blight Paladin but the Guild Alliance couldn't find any record of it so I don't know much about it."

"Blight Paladin? A Paladin class variant?"

Her eyes widened a little as her smile became even more pleasant. She asked some more questions such as if he abhorred evil or not, his view on righteousness, if he ever desired to help all those in need, the skills he got and its name. When she asked about the details of the skills he finally showed a helpless smile and a reluctant face as he glanced at the other two guys.

Nicole also realized at that moment that she was a bit too hasty to ask so much on their first meeting. The details regarding one's class skills was a very personal matter so it shouldn't be asked if the other party didn't know them enough or especially in a public setting like this.

"Please don't mind it. I just couldn't help my curiosity. You should know that Paladin class is very rare among the students and there were no variants of it until you arrived today."

She showed a bit of apologetic smile and then she looked at the group before continuing,

"All of you now follow me so I could get you registered. In order to walk freely on the academy grounds you must always carry the identity card on your person or you will be in a lot of trouble if caught without it. Don't say later that you weren't aware of it. Come now."

She led them outside the gate then into a two storey building. On the first floor there was a gigantic computer with three glass showcases on the side of it. The group saw many orbs used for awakening inside it, syringes that had blood inside it and trays with a strand of hair on it. It was those from the second and third room.

Seeing their curious expression Nicole chuckled before replying,

"Hehe, those are indeed the things from your test earlier. The showcase also contains those from other groups before you arrived. Your attribute, bloodline and physique will be revealed shortly after the computer starts the analysis."

Karla then thought something and asked,

"Teacher, could it be that only after passing the entrance test will this computer start the analysis?"

Nicole looked at her with appreciation as she replied with a slight smile,

"Indeed. Since you are smart it saved me from explaining much. We will still run a test to further confirm those three factors lest they, uh… Guild Alliance was it? Lest they made a mistake on their part. You should have the recordings of the awakening ceremony done before. They should have given you a copy to hand it to the academy."

Everyone remembered at that moment and searched their backpacks. Then they gave them the recordings. Blue on the other hand also gave her some papers which earned him a puzzled look from her so he explained,

"The Guild Alliance told me to give the academy those test papers of mine. They couldn't figure out my attribute so they did some additional tests which still proved futile."

"Huh, you don't know your attribute yet?"

She looked at him strangely as a possibility flashed by her mind which made her jolt a bit. She hurriedly checked on the recordings he gave her. When she watched the illusory scenes appear above his head she took a deep breath and her body trembled. She didn't watch further as she hurriedly got all the recordings plugged into the computer and gave the command to run the analysis.

While waiting for the analysis result to come out she read the test papers with an intense gaze. The more she read the more her smile grew wider. She had an expression as if she just hit the jackpot.

Karla was low-key frightened by her expressions that kept becoming weird and while the two guys were discussing in a whisper about her odd behavior. Blue however watched her with a calm gaze while inwardly waiting for her to be hooked.

He really wanted to appraise her but at that moment his Premonition innate ability kicked in and warned him that he would have to pay a heavy price for doing it. Thus he refrained from satiating his curiosity. He had a good understanding of the system. If he had to describe it then the system was a… pervert!

Yes, just like him who liked to latch onto a powerful woman's thigh and ride on her coattails to fish for benefits this system always seemed to target women to get its motives done. Either during its evolution or unlocking menus it always generated a mission when a woman was appraised.

He wanted to take advantage of it and thus became curious to appraise Nicole, the first woman he met after arriving at the academy but his ever trusty Premonition that had been quiet for sometime halted him.

Anyways, if not now then it could be done later since she wasn't running away from him.