The Undying Magician - Book 5 - Chapter 31
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Nathan
Year 2851 | Month 5 | Day 11
While doing my experiments and research, I go ahead and leave the livestream running in the corner of my lab. Just to keep an eye on the other trial takers while they’re continuing their trial.
And what I find while doing that is pretty useful.
For one, about a third of the trial takers have already turned in their prey for the trial. Leaving the Toxic Frosts in the process.
Meanwhile another third of the trial takers are straight up dead. Leaving just one third left remaining in the Toxic Frosts.
And of that last third, about two thirds of them are teaming up in pairs and trios to hunt bigger prey.
Some of them even already have their prey hunted and ready but are just finishing up fulfilling their blood contract with their temporary allies to get their allies prey as well.
All in all, the second trial is starting to wrap up. And from what I’ve seen, only two other people have dragons, with one person having something nearly comparable to dragons in the form of a giant.
Literally just a beast in the form of a giant human.
Not really sure how something like that formed.
I kind of want to study it, but also don’t. Since it probably won’t help my research much.
Anyway, after spending five more days in my lab researching, experimenting, and training my mana arcs, the last of the Class S magicians finish their trials. At which point all of us trial takers are called out to a single ship hovering a little outside of the Toxic Frosts with a single raised platform as a stage at the front.
And at the very center of the platform, I find Crimson standing with his hands held behind his back and a lazy smile on his face.
Once all of us are gathered in front of the stage, with all the livestream drones flying around at every possible angle, Crimson begins speaking, “The winners are pretty much already known through the broadcasts, so I won’t bore all of you.”
He snaps his fingers, following which a holographic screen appears behind him with ten names. No doubt the people moving onto the third trial.
And, of course, my name is at the very top of those names.
Honestly, that is slightly surprising. Mostly because I was expecting the top three or top four. Not the top position.
After all, I only took on the dragon when it was significantly weakened already. Whereas the other two people who hunted a dragon did it themselves.
Then again, they did it in a group of three. So they fought the dragons three versus one.
As if in response to my thoughts, Crimson states, “Regardless of how the fights came to be how they did, if more than one individual submitted the same beast, whoever defeated it with the least help gained more points for the beast.”
Yeah. And while I did kill mine after it was weakened already, the other three killed theirs while working together at once.
When I fought mine, I was all by myself without anyone helping me.
There is a pretty big difference between attacking something weakened alone and attacking something with two magicians just as strong as you are alongside you.
And none of the people here seem to be against how it was scored. Except some of the people who didn’t make the ten, that is.
But none of them have any problems with me. They just have problems with the ones ranked ninth and tenth.
Specifically because some of the ones in a team of five magicians got in the top ten while others didn’t.
Their complaints don’t get very loud though. Especially not when Crimson spreads his mana pressure over the area with a lazy smile on his face.
Everyone gets quiet real fast after that.
“Now,” Crimson says without dropping his lazy smile. “Onto the third trial.”
Silence fills the ship even from the magicians working for the tower managing things and flying said ship. Only for said silence to break when Crimson continues, “The third trial will be a simple and yet complex one. Since there are only ten trial takers remaining, we are able to do something like this. Something we normally don’t do publicly.”
The silence returns as he pauses and looks around at the curious and rather tense faces.
Something they don’t normally do publicly…
That doesn’t sound all that appealing so far.
“The trials every year involve both practical and personal tests for the trial takers, and so far both the first and second trials have been personal tests,” Crimson finally continues again, breaking the silence. “So how about we move onto a practical trials now?”
He then snaps his fingers, making several words appear on the screen that the ten of us who passed the second trial immediately look at. Meanwhile the rest of the trial takers who failed the second trial just continue focusing on each other, the ones that passed, or Crimson. With half of them curiously glancing at the screen despite not being part of the trials anymore.
Since it doesn’t matter if they see it or not. What with it being livestreamed.
As for the words on the screen?
It says, ‘Assault Trial.’
“The trial will involve you assaulting a specific designated target organization that is considered evil by society and needs to be wiped out for the good of their continent,” Crimson declares. “Every trial taker will have a different organization assigned to them, and they will be allowed to take whatever measures they wish to clear the trial. Including their own resources and their personal forces.”
All of the magicians go silent at that as everyone no doubt begins making plans to move their forces.
“Only the first eight trial takers who pass the trial will move onto the fourth trial,” Crimson declares, making me narrow my eyes a little. “And if a trial taker has not completed their trial within three months of it beginning, they will also fail.”
So this trial will be eliminating a minimum of two trial takers, with no maximum on the number it will eliminate.
“Lastly, there are no limits on what measures a magician may take to pass the trial,” Crimson says with his lazy smile turning into a grin. “And the trial begins now. Your targets are being sent to you now via your terminals.”
Everyone immediately begins to move with more than a little surprise at the sudden start. With each one checking their terminals.
And I’m not an exception as I check my own terminal.
All to find my target listed as the Blacklight Group.
Well this is going to be interesting.
