Volume 3 Chapter 22: 1st ce
<span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 3 Chapter 22: 1stce
<span style="font-weight:400">Keith had his sword right at Gabriel''s neck. Any closer would have nicked him. Gabriel ced his hand in the air,
<span style="font-weight:400">"I lost,"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Phew," Keith sighed as he ced his sword down.
<span style="font-weight:400">He looked at Gabriel, "I almost lost." It was a close battle between the two. Gabriel was much faster than him. If this was a long battle, Keith would have lost.
<span style="font-weight:400">Gabriel stated, "But I was the one who lost still," A loss was a loss. Keith sighed as he walked up to the well to grab some water. While he did that,
<span style="font-weight:400">"You want?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''m going to go change in my room," Gabriel stated as he returned to their room.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Gotcha," Keith didn''t mind as he wiped the sweat off his face. But while he did this, he turned to the window,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Did the two of us cause too much noise?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"No!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"You didn''t cause any trouble at all!"
<span style="font-weight:400">What was near the window were girls. It was something to be expected. The girls quickly make a break back for their rooms. Keith shook his head as he wiped the sweat off his face.
<span style="font-weight:400">...
<span style="font-weight:400">After getting the food, the two headed to the academy. The two had to check whether or not they had passed or not.
<span style="font-weight:400">"There''s already a group here," Gabrielughed.
<span style="font-weight:400">"We can wait," The two waited a bit before the board started to change! The numbers glowed. The ones in the red were those who failed. The yellow ones were those who passed.
<span style="font-weight:400">"The two of us passed," Keith high-fived Gabriel''s hand. The two numbers were glowing yellow.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Wait a minute, it''s changing again," Gabriel noticed the numbers were changing. The yellow names started to swirl around!
<span style="font-weight:400">And it was ranked!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Keith, you''re first!" Gabriel stated as he saw the numbers. What he saw was Keith''s number in the first ce!
<span style="font-weight:400">"You''re third as well," Keith noted. Keith was in first, but Gabriel wasn''t far away. He was in third ce!
<span style="font-weight:400">"You should be more surprised." Gabriel noticed how Keith was so calm about this.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I don''t really care if I''m first. As long as we pass, I''m good," What mattered was passing.
<span style="font-weight:400">Gabriel agreed to that.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Those who passed the second stage, go to the right hall!" A proctor stated.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Guess we should go," The people who passed walked towards the hall. As they were waiting, Aidiun returned,
<span style="font-weight:400">"The next test will be focused on your magic abilities. Each person will be sent to a different room." Aidiun exined. Keith turned to Gabriel,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Good luck in there,"
<span style="font-weight:400">"You too," The two went into different rooms. Keith looked around. Kinda reminds me of where the gods took me. It was a white room.
<span style="font-weight:400">Aidiun''s voice resounded the room, "The test is simple. You only need to shoot the targets down in this room." And like that, it started!
<span style="font-weight:400">The targets shot out from the ground,
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hmpf!" Keith didn''t hesitate as he quickly shot wind arrows at the targets.
<span style="font-weight:400">The targets exploded.
<span style="font-weight:400">"There are more?" Keith quickly shot at the targets. He kept doing it calmly.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Guess I just need to take them out,"
<span style="font-weight:400">...
<span style="font-weight:400">"Contestant 84 is doing great," Aidiunmented as he stared at Keith firing at the targets. He was shooting all the targets down using wind magic.
<span style="font-weight:400">"What do you expect? He''s the best!" Cadmus smiled. And I think he''s holding back too. Cadmus turned to Sohma, and thetter nodded.
<span style="font-weight:400">The two had the same thought.
<span style="font-weight:400">"And his partner is doing the same thing," Gabriel wasn''t going down either.
<span style="font-weight:400">"But the one who is doing the best is the princess," Aidiun stated as he stared at the princess destroying all the targets.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Target-wise, yes. But she isn''t doing good at the other things." Cadmus sighed. This test was more than destroying the targets.
<span style="font-weight:400">...
<span style="font-weight:400">The process took an hour before they exited the rooms. Gabriel stared at Keith, "How are you not sweating?" Gabriel had sweating down his forehead. But Keith looked fine and dandy!
<span style="font-weight:400">"I don''t know." Keith grinned. Keith had been practicing magic for a long time. This was the usual.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Others would kill you for saying that," Gabriel shook his head. The others were sweating like no tomorrow.
<span style="font-weight:400">Keith shrugged, "So the scores are going to be posted as well?" Keith wanted to find out.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I think so," Like yesterday, it should be the same day. It was a few minutes before Aidiun came out.
<span style="font-weight:400">He stated, "The scores are set here!"
<span style="font-weight:400">Everyone looked at the boards.
<span style="font-weight:400">"So they were counting the number of targets," Keith looked at the board and realized he was in the high middle of everyone here.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Princess! You took first ce!" Keith and the rest turned their heads to the two elves. So she''s the one who took out the most targets.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Wait a minute, there are more things showing!" One of the people stated. Everyone turned their heads and saw there were two other columns forming.
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