Not all examinees had it as easy as Erica.
The top students who entered first were sent out one after another.
Their dust-covered faces clearly showed dissatisfaction and frustration.
Some students re-entered the magic array.
But another portion of students, after coming out, began to curse loudly.
"Is this f***ing possible for anyone to pass?"
"This assessment is completely unreasonable! Why would three monsters attack simultaneously?"
"It's impossible for anyone to pass!"
They left the mage tower, cursing and swearing with the anger of failure.
Some even didn't want to try a second time.
Many observing students, seeing this scene, felt their hearts sink even further.
Some students chose to leave with them, but most remained in place, watching for subsequent people to come out.
Henie still stood in her original spot, smiling as she watched these students, completely ignoring any emotions they displayed.
Soon after, those students who went in for the second time were once again kicked out.
"Damn! I was so close! How could a mosquito suddenly burrow out?"
"You made it to the third round? I can't even get past the second!"
"That cursed bat, how can it aim so accurately!"
"I won't accept this! Let's go again!"
This group of students, equally enraged, chose to enter once more.
The same anger.
But they were utterly different from those students who left in anger.
The observing students also noticed this point, which made them curious about the world behind the teleportation array.
Thus, one student after another stepped forward to touch the array.
The time away wasn't long, but soon enough, they too would be forcibly teleported out due to failure.
And with a surge of heated anger, they cursed and swore.
"F***! How can that duck-billed mouse even use vines to tie legs?"
"Damn it, I can't even get past the first round!"
"I really don't believe this! Charge!"
There would still be some students who gave up due to the difficulty, but without exception, all these examinees' hearts were filled with a strong anger.
Either dissatisfied with the unreasonable difficulty of the assessment.
Or because of the victory that seemed within reach, yet due to one moment of carelessness, they had to start all over again.
But regardless of which point, the students' anger constantly permeated the entire mage tower.
Surrounding Henie.
......
At high noon, the base of Viktor's mage tower was crowded with reporters, packed so tightly that not even water could seep through.
The difficulty of Viktor's assessment had already spread.
Those students who gave up were swarmed by media reporters as they left, bombarded with questions.
The microphones were almost shoved up the students' noses.
"Professor Viktor's exam is extremely unreasonable!"
"That insane difficulty is clearly just making things hard for us."
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Students vented their anger into the numerous microphones before leaving.
Until now, those reporters hadn't encountered a single student who came out smiling after Viktor's assessment.
How ridiculously difficult was it?
The content of the assessment was not allowed to be leaked before it ended, so even if the media interviewed them, students couldn't reveal the content of this assessment.
Long after noon, a student walked out.
His expression was completely different from before, wearing a relieved and relaxed smile, extremely proud.
As if he had accomplished some impressive feat in this exam.
Those reporters were a bit stunned seeing this student come out smiling.
Could it be that someone passed?!
But it's just passing an exam, is it worth being this happy?
However, with ready-made news material right before their eyes, those reporters wouldn't let it slip by.
They swarmed around him, asking this and that:
"Wait a moment, student! Did you come out after passing this assessment?"
The happy student was stunned for a moment, looking around.
"Ah, are you talking to me? Um, I guess I did pass."
"Yes, yes, we've interviewed many students who came out of this mage tower, but they all failed without exception. I'd like to ask, what's your view on the difficulty of this assessment?"
The student thought for a moment.
"The difficulty? It's indeed very hard. I took about two and a half hours to barely pass."
"From my enrollment to graduation this year, I've taken four final exams in total, and this should be the most difficult assessment I've ever taken."
Those reporters' eyes immediately lit up.
They didn't expect that the person they were interviewing was actually a graduating student.
"I see you're the first student to come out smiling so far. In your opinion, if this continues, how high do you think the pass rate for this assessment will be?"
"Very high, that's all I can say," the student said with a smile.
"The difficulty of this assessment isn't the problem. What's important is whether students have the courage to try the challenge and the patience to keep repeating."
"Uh, sorry, I can't reveal the content of the assessment, so I can't say too much."
The reporter nodded understandingly and continued to ask:
"By the way, I'd like to ask about your plans after graduation. What are you thinking?"
"About that," the student said with a smile.
"I'm a member of the student council. If nothing unexpected happens, I might stay at the academy to become a lecturer."
"Ah, after all, Professor Viktor's assessment is very interesting. I quite hope to stay at the academy and have more exchanges with this professor."
He smiled and waved goodbye to the reporters, leaving with ease.
But the reporters weren't so calm after hearing his words.
A member of the student council?
Holy crap? From the student council?!
The selection criteria for the Royal Magic Academy's student council are extremely strict. While magical knowledge is indeed one aspect, strong abilities are also within the comprehensive consideration.
Even a student council member needed more than two hours to complete the assessment.
And it was just barely passing?
This... what kind of assessment is this??
......
Inside the mage tower, Erica was teleported out once again.
Looking at the teleportation array in front of her that was gradually dimming, a surge of unwillingness rose in her heart, and she stubbornly plunged in again.
Many examinees watching Erica's repeated entries and exits were a bit bewildered.
Because this was already her tenth attempt to challenge again.
"Even the top student Erica has to repeatedly challenge? This assessment can't be that difficult, right...
"I just came from another professor's exam, is it too late to leave now?"
The newly arrived examinees asked their surrounding classmates with solemn faces.
But those students just glanced at them with a belly full of resentment.
Amid the gazes of many students, they couldn't help but shudder.
"Just arrived?"
The new examinees nodded, so these people's expressions softened a bit.
"I advise you to try it yourself. After all, you can challenge unlimited times, might as well give it a try."
"Experiencing it yourself is more accurate than wild guesses here. You'll know the difficulty then."
After a student finished speaking, he stood up, patted the dust off his body, and walked towards a teleportation array.
Other students who had rested enough saw him stand up and also got up, following closely behind.
"Let's continue!"
"Damn, if I don't get past the third round today, I'm not eating dinner."
"F***, I haven't even had lunch yet!"
Amidst a chorus of curses and swears, the new examinees watched them, one by one, re-enter the teleportation array.
After they disappeared from view, these people blinked in bewilderment.
Is it... this intense?
Henie watched as the students entered one after another. Along with their heated anger-like emotions, streams of warm magic power flowed back, filling Henie's body.
Finally, a vast voice that didn't belong to Henie directly resonated in her mind.
"Such thick anger!"
"I'm facking eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating!"