Chapter 321 The Deployment Exam Begins!
Those at the table stood up with Lyrian. By that time, many of the students in the canteen had begun leaving.
"We won't see each other for a while... so, I suppose a parting promise will be appropriate, right?" Geld said, addressing everyone. Eyes darted around, as Lyrian spoke amid the silence.
"No... not now. We still have an exam we have to ace. Afterward, we will say our goodbyes." He smiled, as everyone nodded in agreement, "Let's get back now."
And with that, they shortly arrived at the training grounds once again. After everyone lined up perfectly to form a human box, Rerth stepped forward from his line of teachers.
"Follow me! We are heading to the transportation terminal, or whatever you wanna call it..." He began walking toward the entrance of the building, as the three other teachers walked with him.
The students didn't wait and followed along as well. After arriving at the teleportation station after a short walk, Rerth and the other teachers went up the small flight of stairs.
After they got onto the transportation platform, they faced the students.
"You must understand how large this exam is! Many eyes are looking at you! There is no one in this world taking such an exam right now, but you!" He began to yell, as several camera orbs began entering the large room and covering all corners.
'Is it being broadcasted?' Lyrian mused, and as if Rerth read his mind, he immediately exclaimed, "This exam will be broadcast far and wide for all to see! Of course, your main viewers will be those of the three kingdoms! Put on a show for them!"
These words lit an exhilarating fire of ambition within the heart of every student. As they took in big, confident breaths, they prepared to take on this exam with all their might.
"Remember, you will all be working together to find the inheritance left by the great magus: Orion, and will conquer it for the world to see! Once you pass, you will be deployed out into the world the very next day!"
Rerth paused, allowing this to settle in for many students.
"Now... I may have missed a bunch of shit that I had to say, but who gives a crap!? Are you ready for this exam!"
Rerth shouted into the crowd and was immediately replied to with a roar of excited and confident kids who couldn't wait to start.
"Then so be it! Get on here, all of you!"
With this, Rerth and the other teachers stepped down, and the students took their spots. The teachers looked at them all with smiles, all except for Gator. Rerth smiled wide along with the other two teachers, proud of what he was seeing.
After this, Rerth turned his head to the side, snapping his fingers once at the person behind the stall to the left.
As soon as they saw this signal, they activated something in their workstation. The floor beneath Lyrian and the others suddenly began to reverberate. The ring around them on the floor gleamed in a bright blue color for only a moment before...
*ZAP*
Lyrian felt as though he had only blinked, but when he reopened his eyes, everything in his vision was completely different.
Instead of the inside of the transportation room, he looked at an underground room of sorts.
The walls were made of smoothed-down stone, which was still slightly bumpy and had some rough curved spots in it.
The room was about 250 by 250 feet in size and housed all of the students in the middle.
A few stone pillars also existed in the room, making it look even more man-made than before.
As students looked around in awe, they noticed several smaller pathways jutting out on all sides of the room. They were only able to see this thanks to the amber crystals and Manathryll shards which were spread around on the ceiling and on the walls.
"Oh? Manathyrll?"
Lyrian immediately took out another spear that he had and began chipping away at the ore.
Other students looked at him slightly confused before they moved on and observed the room some more.
Outside of the exam, there were quite literally hundreds of millions of people chiming into the exam. It was as if they were watching television or something. This exam was giant—an international event.
As they eagerly watched the exam begin, they were just as confused as the students in the exam, when they saw Lyrian attacking the Manathryll as his first action.
Back in Anaviotis, a fair amount of teachers sat down in the examination room, along with other examiners.
Julius, Rerth, and Granweid purposefully sat together. Beside them was Edward—an acquaintance of Julius' who was a fellow teacher, and also Jall's Silandra.
Rerth couldn't help but break out into a laugh as he saw Lyrian. Julius and Granweid smirked as well.
"What a weird kid! Hahaha! I see him going far in life... really far."
Rerth's eyes seemed to be glowing as he stared at his mana orb. Julius peered over at him, 'So... he sees it as huh? The new age.'
There was no doubt about it. Rerth could see it far and well, and the look in his eyes said it all.
Returning to the exam, Alten walked over to Lyrian and began to speak, "Hey, don't you think we should get going here?" Alten looked around, slightly hesitant to do anything weird.
He knew there were a bunch of hidden 'cameras' or whatever everywhere.
"We are being watched by everyone... you know. Plus, don't you wanna get to that room first?"
Lyrian grabbed the piece of Manathryll and swiftly stored it. After the three months, his storage was a good bit higher now, since he had used up a solid chunk of his elixirs and potions.
Still, he imagined there were enough to last him a while longer.
"Huh? There's no need to rush. All we have to do is find that inheritance, right?"
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