[Elder Werewolf Hound (5). HP Individual: 5,000,000/5,000,000]
“These beasts are quite durable–I have nurtured them for decades, and they’re used to measure your strongest attacks. A few of them here are level seventy and upper. I will grade you on how well you can inflict damage on these beasts. Once in a while, I will hold these tests and grade you to see how much you have improved.” Sir Heldrich soothed down his beard.
So the baby creature massacre was like a warm up meant for this? If he wanted a warm up for us senior-years, he should’ve used at least medium rank creatures. Just now, I technically watched a gruesome massacre of infants.
“Furthermore, just in case a student uses a magic spell over B-rank, I will set up a spherical barrier ranging twenty five feet around the beasts. Everyone, move back.”
[Sir Heldrich is activating the spell “Inverted Sphere Barrier Lv. 10”!]
“‘Inverted Sphere Barrier’ is an S-rank spell, isn’t it?” Folia Julian asked me.
.. Why is this idiot beside me?
Nonetheless, I forced myself to give a response. I turned my head back and replied dryly. “Yeah, S-rank.”
“Wow.. so he’s actually our esteemed instructor for a good reason.”
[Inverted Sphere Barrier] is a double-layer barrier made using elemental air magic that uses air pressure to its advantage. The magic outside gets pushed out but the air pressure if it tries to enter the sphere, and the magic inside gets pushed inwards.
“Once you’re done, you may have free time until everyone is finished.”
[A new task is set by the instructor!]
[“Inflict damage twice on the beasts using two of your highest ranked spells.”]
- Compensation: If high damage is done, points will be added to your grade.
- Penalty: If poor damage is done, points in your grade will be deducted.
“Alright, it seems that you are the first man in the line, Vervillia Xavier.”
Xavier nodded confidently. He entered the transparent hexagon-patterned blue sphere and started to concentrate his magic.
“Prince Xavier! Prince Xavier!” a few male students chanted.
“Aghh.. can you bastards shut the hell up? You’re all so fucking noisy,” Choi Yeong-Ja complained. The male students looked at her with blank faces and watched as she picked her ears.
This delinquent.. She has been in the academy ever since she was born.. For real. Her family of blacksmiths wanted her to go to school early because they wanted her to be the strongest and most skilled successor to their business.
When I looked closely, she actually looked quite endearing. No wonder why people found it hard to hate her. Her short, pitch-black neck length hair and curved bangs made her look like a pure, young maiden, and her sharp cat eyes drew you in.
“What? What are you staring at?”
Ah, I stared for too long. “Nothing. Sorry.”
Suddenly, the ground beneath us shook.
[Vervillia Xavier is using “Flame Bullets Lv.5”!]
Bullets of flames rushed towards the werewolves. Some bullets missed and struck the ground instead, making sand dust fly up.
[UWAAA! AWOOO!]
The beasts let out an eerie scream.
“Woahhh..”
“Yeahh! Our future king!!”
“Vervillia’s best scholar!”
Xavier’s ego tripled. He attacked the werewolves using his strongest spell with every inch of humanity’s adrenaline. “RAAAHHH!”
[Xavier is using “Celestial Blaze Burst Lv.1”!]
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A potent blend of holy magic and fiery energy formed in the air. Four bear-sized magic circles floated above Xavier’s head and brought forth multiple spheres of sacred flames that burst upon impact on the beasts, unleashing waves of scorching fire, wind, and radiant energy.
He used an A-rank and S-rank spell? This guy must have been vigorously training.
“Kyaaa!” Skirts were flying about..
Everyone covered their faces and ducked.
The instructor grinned at the sight of Xavier’s power. He had the same thought I did: Xavier would soon be one of the strongest beings on this planet.
Two out of five beasts were gravely injured.
[WUAHHHHH]
[Elder Werewolf Hound is activating “Howl of the Pack Lv.10”!]
Xavier was thrown back by the screams of the beasts. He flew across the air and landed on his group of fanboys. “Oof!”
[Elder Werewolf Hound HP: 3,333,333/5,000,000]
[Elder Werewolf Hound HP: 4,896,000/5,000,000]
[Elder Werewolf Hound HP: 5,000,000/5,000,000]
[Elder …]
[...]
“Mm. Their health has gone down by a third. Who’s next?”
A third looked way too little for the holy flames. Other students became afraid of the terrifying scream and were now afraid to volunteer. Other exceptions stood back as if they merely wanted to watch.
“I will start picking random names if no one..”
Folia Julian stepped up.
What’s a beast tamer from a family of doctors going to do? He’s supposed to inflict damage, not heal.
“What is a mere beast tamer like you going to do, Folia? Are you going to heal the beasts or something?”
Yes, that’s what I thought.
Julian walked inside the sphere with a determined look. “Indeed, I am.”
[Grr..]
“I see. If you manage to fully heal all the beasts, I’ll grade you the same as I did Xavier for this.”
[Folia Julian is activating “Canine Lover Lv.10”!]
The wolves stopped acting aggressive towards him.
As he entered, four large magic circles appeared on the floor inside the sphere.
[Folia Julian is using …]
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A large sum of time passed, but..
[Elder Werewolf Hound HP: 5,000,000/5,000,000]
[Elder Werewolf Hound HP: 5,000,000/5,000,000]
[Elder Werewolf Hound HP: 5,000,000/5,000,000]
[Elder ...]
[...]
“He..”
Julian actually restored all of their health. He walked back beside me, wiping off sweat and sighing. Quirky fucker.
“Ah.. That was a little tough,” he sighed.
I looked at him blankly. “You…?”
He’s lucky he had talent and usable magic. Julian hummed gleefully after knowing he had an A+ score for this task. Nobody volunteered after that due to the maxed out beasts’ health, though, so the instructor had to personally pick on some names.
“Groves Anastasia.”
Anastasia? I remembered her. She treated me well when I would go to class with bruises and injuries. She was kind, so I’ll make sure to repay her well.
Anastasia from the Groves family. The Groves were specialists in agriculture and aristocracy. Their main magic was the water element.
“W-water Barrage! Lake’s Rage!” Anastasia’s best attacks only afflicted one-eighth of what Xavier dealt on the beasts.
[Elder Werewolf Hound HP: 4,583,333/5,000,000]
[...]
Wait, [Lake’s Rage]? While I was holed up in my room, I read about the strongest spells of different types of magical elements. “Lake’s Rage,” if evolved, could turn into S-rank magic, “Depth of the Sea’s Wrath”. Her spell was probably around level two because It barely did anything to the beasts.
A few others came after that, but they were nowhere close to Xavier, Julian, or Anastasia. In total, the other students afflicted about half of Xavier’s attack on the beasts.
Choi Yeong-Ja, seeing the pathetic students, suddenly was motivated to show off. “Watch me.” She stretched her left arm and summoned a [Death Spear], a dark magic, Earth magic, and fire magic based weapon.
It was not unexpected that Yeong-Ja had already advanced this far, but it was still amazing. Two years ago, she used to be one of the girls who would laugh at me whenever I got picked on.
She never joined in, though, so I’ll forget about that.
“Choi Yeong-Ja. You have already been graded an A+ on this,” Sir Heldriched stopped her from entering the sphere.
“Haah? What do you mean?” she whined.
“Go back. It is now Park Min-Jun’s turn.”
I immediately looked at the instructor.
Choi Yeong-Ja glared at me as she walked back, taking noisy stomps. “Tch.”
“Hey. It’s not my fault,” I told her.
If she really attacked those beasts, she would have killed one of them instantly. Sir Heldrich wouldn’t want that—he nurtured those things for over a decade.
“What are you going to do? You have no compatibility…” Julian was beside me. I forgot about him for a moment.
I actually do have compatibility with magic, but the illness I apparently have is blocking all of my actions. I tested it a few more times with low-level magic when I waited for the other students, but the system kept saying something like, “[The illness ‘??? Lv. ???’ is blocking attempted action.]”
I was starting to become anxious.
What other spells could I use?
Do I have any other skills that could substitute for magic?
“Park Min-Jun, please enter the sphere and attack. You are the last person.”
Fuck.