Elite Mages’ Academy (Web Novel)

Chapter 566: Start Of The Examination

Under Xiao Lin’s orders, everyone reluctantly took off all their equipment and tools. The public hall had specialized storage units. Of course, some of them had tried to sneak some stuff in, but there were specialized checks before the examination. If they did not listen after a warning, they would have their credits and redemption points taken away.

Xiao Lin had even stored away his spatial ring. Since the rule was that all tools were prohibited, he naturally did not hold any delusions. That meant that he would not have a way to use his black knight, but it really did not affect much. When the monitors were notified by the student union, the president had told them so.

“This time, the examination is actually mimicking the earliest colonists. You should already know, during the earliest eras, the colonists from Earth did not have any magical equipment, so what they had to face was a completely new and foreign world.”

After ten minutes, the checks were finally finished and the examination finally started. Fifty-nine rays of white light dropped down on the hall, sending everyone into the simulated exam space. As for why there were fifty-nine rays, the ray that was missing was Wang Dalin’s. Because he used forbidden arts, his memory had been wiped and he had been forcibly sent back to Earth while Xiao Lin had gone to the Rosa Kingdom.

When Xiao Lin opened his eyes again, he was already standing in a forest. Around him were massive trees filled with leaves, and the dense leaves completely blocked out all sunlight, only allowing slivers of light to break through the spaces in between. It was very cool under the shadows of the forest, but the air was very humid. Beneath his feet were soft rotten leaves, and there were occasionally unknown bugs that would crawl past.

Xiao Lin appraised his surroundings in alert. It was very quiet, because at that moment, only he stood there. After making sure there was no danger around, he let out a sigh of relief before he smiled bitterly.

They were not given any reports before the examination. Even though he was already prepared, he never expected the examination to throw a curveball at them right at the start.

It seemed like the examination sent everyone to random locations, which meant that all 59 of them had been sent to random locations in the forest. The lucky ones would be able to gather a few people and form a group, while the unlucky ones might not even find another person until the examination ended.

The sudden change surprised everyone. The forest would definitely not be as peaceful as it looked on the surface. No one knew how much danger was hidden within. If they were alone, the chances of them dying would definitely be higher.

“Is the academy trying to tell us that luck is also a skill?” Xiao Lin cursed as he started to look around nearby.

Since the goal of the examination was only survival, Xiao Lin did not need to move needlessly. He felt like his spawn point was quite decent, and decided to stay there for a few days, getting a feel for the forest before making his next decision.

Since he did not bring anything into the exam, Xiao Lin needed to solve a lot of problems before he could think of anyone else. After looking around nearby, he quickly got some rewards. He had picked a few wild fruits that could both sate his hunger and quench his thirst.

Thanks to the Basic Normese Biology classes, Xiao Lin had a certain understanding of the common fruits on Planet Norma. That helped him avoid eating any poisonous fruits. Some Normese fruits might not even be poisonous, but thanks to the uniqueness of the world, a lot of the fruits had special effects, and could cause very bad endings if one was not careful.

After that was the problem of protection. Xiao Lin knew very well that they would not be allowed to pass through the examination peacefully, so he started to estimate his current combat ability. After losing all his weapons, there was no way for him to use his sword skills, but magic did not necessarily need a staff to use. However, most of those who specialized in magic had weak constitutions, so it could be considered fair.

“If I use my Ruin state, even if I’m empty handed, my combat abilities wouldn’t be too bad.” Xiao Lin was quite confident in his abilities, especially since he now was truly Bronze-ranked, so his abilities would be even better when he used his Ruin state.

Xiao Lin passed the first night of the examination sleeplessly, and because he was worried that it might attract wild animals, he did not use his flame magic to start a fire. He only relied on the clothes on his body to sleep, and shivered in the cold. He constantly needed to worry about any potential incidents, so he could not completely fall asleep.

During the second day, Xiao Lin started to treat that place as the center, and started to investigate the surroundings within certain limits, using some stones to use as markers.

The forest seemed a lot bigger than he had thought. When Xiao Lin was preparing to head back in the evening after investigating, he heard a frantic cry for help. Following the voice, he saw two women from his class who were trembling away, and in front of them was a black Wind Wolf.

It was a common wild animal in Planet Norma; its strength was nothing special, but it had the power of the wind element, so its combat ability was not weak. When Xiao Lin came over, the two women had probably fought it for a while; their faces and arms had a lot of wounds. They somehow found a steel rod, but it seemed that it was not that threatening to the wind wolf.

“Monitor!” Xiao Lin’s appearance caused the two girls to exclaim happily, but Xiao Lin had been approaching stealthily, and their exclamation had caused the Wind Wolf to notice. It turned around to look at Xiao Lin and with a low growl, it lunged at Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin bitterly laughed as he immediately activated his Miracle state, throwing all his attributes to Agility. The Wind Wolf was faster than anticipated, but he still managed to evade it under Miracle. After a moment he shifted his attributes to Strength, and slammed his fist right into the wind wolf’s torso without care for any form.

Boom!

The Wind Wolf’s body was sent like a cannonball a few dozen meters away. At Bronze rank, he could convert even more attributes, and the force of that punch could even reach Silver rank. However, it could only be used against an unintelligent beast like the wolf. With his full strength state, it meant that Xiao Lin’s other attributes were incredibly low.

“Monitor, be careful! It’s still not dead!” one of the women cried out.

Xiao Lin looked back and saw that the wolf had gotten up and was prepared to run. With the possibility that the wolf could be looking for other allies, and with the thought that he could improve his diet that day, he did not give that beast the chance to run. He immediately converted all his attributes to Intelligence. At his highest, it could even surpass Gu Xiaoyue’s. Xiao Lin raised his hand and sent out a Fireball. The large ball of fire immediately killed that Wind Wolf that had already managed to run a hundred meters away. It was killed in one shot.