<h4>Chapter 290: Final Examination</h4>


    The Firecast is a highlyplex skill master. ording to the book, the minimum requirement for Firecast is fourth grade. The major reason for this is the fourth-gradebatant has high mastery over elements.


    However, Angus didn''t believe with his current mastery and the help of [Hellfire], he still couldn''t master Firecast. Therefore he keeps training and experimenting with various things. He feels like he missed something crucial.


    Unlike manipting fire mana from himself, manipting fire on the outside is vastly different. As time passed, the term ended without Angus getting any significant development in Firecast skill.


    The final practical examination for the special ss is sparring with the teacher. As long as the student gives a satisfactory performance and makes significant progress, they will be passed the test.


    Some teachers will also evaluate and score the student during the examination. Currently, the only one that managed to beat their teacher is Ian. Even without the help of Marko, Ian is a strongbatant in the Hybrid path.


    As soon as he synergized with Marko, his power doubled and could be on par with fourth-gradebatants. Not only that, his body speed is increased by top-notch since he has a lightning affinity.


    After catching the examination teacher off guard, Ian managed to defeat him by a close margin. Now, it is Jayna''s turn. His teacher examination is teacher Genus, a hybridbatant with the water affinity.


    Teacher Genus is not a human race but a Mer race that is often found in the Orces Kingdom. His specialty in water element attack is famous among the other teachers.


    Furthermore, he is also a hybrid path that uses magic and closebat attack in his battle. He is also one of the strongest teachers in the royal academy. Then, Jayna and teacher Genus enter the special vast circr area.


    "I hear you are good at fire mastery. I hope you do not disappoint me, Princess." said teacher Genus.


    "Don''t you will not be disappointed." replied Jayna shortly.


    After that, Vice-Principal Ellen, who works as the referee, starts the match. Teacher Genus immediately cast a spell the moment the battle started [2nd Circle - WaterBall]. At the same time, Jayna approached teacher Genus.


    Using her excellent battle sense, Jayna avoids Waterball easily while keeping her momentum. Just as she reaches a few meters from teacher Genus, Jayna finds Genus smiling as Jayna opens his arm. Without wasting any more time, teacher Genus swung his arm [Water Bullet].


    *Bam* Water Bullet travels in the blink of an eye and hits Jayna''s safety barrier. Fortunately, it needs three more attacks before Jayna is lost. At this moment, Genus didn''t stop and swing his arm again [Water Bullet].


    Learning for the previous attack, Jayna immediately rolled towards the side while releasing a [Crimson sh] for a distance. Seeing this, teacher Genus immediately stops his attack and dodges the attack.


    "Fiuhh.. what a strong fire attack. Alright, time to get serious. [Water Armor]" said teacher Genus.


    Instantly, teacher Genus''s body was enveloped by blue-colored water. Using his Water Armor, Genus begins to shoot many [Water Bullet] at Jayna. However, Jayna also didn''t fall back and managed to keep up with the [Water Bullet] while retreating.


    After a certain distance, the power of the Water Bullet diminishes, and she could easily dodge the Water Bullet.


    ''Hmm.. around ten meters, and its speed begins to slow down.'' thought Jayna.


    Suddenly, Jayna releases a series of Crimson shes towards Genus. Although it was hard, Genus still managed to dodge the attack. Before he could counter-attack, Jayna used [Fiery Burst] and appeared in front of Genus.


    Using her burning sword, she immediately shes teacher Genus mercilessly. *sh* However, teacher Genus also did not back down and countered Jayna using his own fist [Water Strike]. Unfortunately, Jayna''s fire is too destructive and triggers the Genus safety barrier.


    Ignoring this, Genus decided tounch another [Water Strike] using his other hand. *Bam* The attack force makes Jayna knock backward. With this, Genus scored two attacks while Jayna scored one attack.


    After getting her bearings, Jayna immediately dodges to the side as Genus once again throws another [Water Bullet]. At this moment, Jayna shoots a few fast Firebolts towards Genus. Genus managed to dodge easily while countering it with [Water Bullet].


    ''Fiuhh.. to think I need to use this attack, as expected the fourth-gradebatant is really at a different level.'' thought Jayna while retreating.


    Without wasting any more time, Jayna grabs her burning sword in front of her with her two hands and shes it down in Genus'' direction [Sword Art - True sh]. Before teacher Genus could react, he found his safety barrier break.


    Furthermore, more than half of the stone arena is sliced down by it. Even the ground behind teacher Genus also split into two parts. If Genus didn''t have a strong safety barrier, he might get heavily injured by Jayna''sst attack.


    ''Damn, such sword mastery!! As expected of the master Ban''s disciple.'' thought teacher Genus before sping his hand and ring up his mana.


    Feeling at the amount of mana Genus gathered, Jayna immediately sent a few [Crimson sh] toward him to interrupt his attack. Suddenly, a magic circle appears below Genus [2nd Circle - Water Torrent].


    Water Torrent sends Genus in the air. Using the water in the surrounding, Genusunched a series of [Water Bullet]. Jayna dodges the Water Bullet easily and decides to shoot a series of Crimson sh towards Genus in the air.


    At this moment, Genus shoots powerful high-pressurized water from his mouth towards Jayna [Water Jet]. Genus''s attack pierced through the [Crimson sh] easily and continued towards Jayna. Jayna immediately dodges the fast attack to the side using [Fiery Burst].


    The Water Jet is so fast that if it is not because of Jayna''s strong battle sense and uses Fiery Burst at thest moment, she may get hit by it. However, Teacher Genus is not yet done with his attack.


    While falling down to the ground, he ps his hand and releases the spell he has been silently cast for a while [3rd Circle - Torrential Sprout]. Massive watering out in front of Genusunched towards Jayna rapidly. Not only is it fast, but the scale is also quite wide.


    Leaving with no path to escape, Jayna uses [Fiery Burst] to go into the air, barely avoiding the spell. At the same time, half of the arena is covered by water.


    Seeing Jayna in the air without the path to escape, Genus once again shoots [Water Bullet] with the surrounding water. Jayna creates hot me armor to defend the attack, but the safety barrier is still triggered, which signifies Jayna''s loss.


    "Huff.. Huff… That''s a good battle." said teacher Genus while in a rough breath.


    Using high-level skills and spells multiple times really consumes his mana. Moreover, Genus needs to spare more mana since there is no water around. Water elemental skills and spells are very diverse. However, they consume more mana than others if there is no water source.


    Fortunately, he is a fourth-gradebatant that is already on the border to the fifth grade. Otherwise, he will be exhausted just after cast [Torrential Sprout].


    "Yeah, next time. It will be my win." said Jayna.


    Jayna is not as exhausted as teacher Genus because of her abundant mana and his high fire mastery. Still, she is pretty tired after the fight.


    After the teacher with earth element affinity repairs the arena, it is finally Angus''s time to fight against the teacher. Angus'' opponent is none other than the principal Antonio. The teachers judge that Angus is monstrously strong against the other teacher.


    During thebat practice, none of them could even touch Angus. They even get beaten up by his fast spellcasting and his diverse range of spells. After the repair is done, Angus and the principal Antonio, enter the arena.


    At this moment, the principal Antonio notices Angus seems to be in deep thought and ignoring him. Currently, Angus is still thinking about the Firecast skill. He feels this skill will be another breakthrough in his strength if he canpletely master it.


    However, it is difficult to do such a feat. ording to his father, Jacob could only manage partial sess in using Firecast skills. Yet, even if he only partially managed to do it, he could still reach Duke''s position with this skill.


    "Haa.. Youngster, these days." said Principal Antonio as he knows he is being ignored.


    Seeing that both of them are ready, Vice Principal Ellen begins the match. Within a split second, Angus immediately cast a few [Firebolt] to principal Antonio.


    Principal Antonio also didn''t stay still and immediately used [3rd Circle - Fly] to get away in the air. High-gradebatants could cast lower-grade spells faster with practice and enhance their brains with mana.


    Seeing the principal Antonio in the air like a buzzing fly, Angus didn''t feel perturbed by it and kept hiszy expression while pointing his finger at Principal Antonio. Suddenly, Angus releases a series of [Firebolt] towards Antonio.


    Looking at the series of [Firebolt], the principal immediately tries to dodge it. But, Angus keeps shooting non-stop like an automatic gun.