Chapter 47: Testing Talent
"Eh.. IāI?"
The short-haired boy of the party looked at the surrounding gaze in surprise and pointed at himself in disbelief. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"That's right, it's you. By the way, if you don't participate now, you will choose to give up this opportunity and wait for the next test in two years."
Hearing me say this, the short-haired boy was stunned in embarrassment.
After thinking for a while, although he swallowed his throat tremblingly, he was still walking up in the end.
"Hmm... This thing called the 'Conduction Crystal Ball' seems to only need to be injected with magic power, right? And what to do, Duxter, you guy's specific instructions on how to use it are too random."
Picking up the crystal ball that Daxter handed me earlier, I was a little embarrassed that I didn't know how to use it.
I didn't expect the magic technology of the Human Continent to develop so rapidly, and it seems that it has innovated a lot of new things.
The latest information recorded in the Book of the Dead was centuries ago, when the only way to test magical talent was to use an item called 'Adaman Ore', rather than a man-made product such as a 'Conduction Crystal'.
For a variety of reasons, there seem to be a lot of interesting ores in the other world.
For example, 'Mana Ore', which is naturally harder than steel, 'Resonance Ore', where the sub-ore vibrates when the parent ore is hit, and 'Yadaman Ore', which changes color depending on the elemental affinity of the owner.
"Eh, senior, you don't even know how to use the conduction crystal, how many years have you been in seclusion...... Well, it's to blame the juniors for not introducing it carefully."
Hearing me say this, Daxter gave a very intriguing and subtle expression.
After a pause, he put the conduction crystal on his desk, turned to the group of young people, and said:
"Since you can come here, the alchemist named Merlin has probably taught you the method of meditation in a rough way, and those who can't enter the meditative state in the room raise their hands."
After saying this, Dast glanced at the group of young people faintly.
After looking at each other in silence, they all shook their heads in tacit agreement, and it seemed that all of them could enter a state of meditation.
"It's good, that alchemist hasn't been fooled enough to get this kind of thing wrong."
After shaking his head slightly, Dast nodded as a matter of course.
"In that case, the kid who was called by the seniors just now. You place your hands on either side of the 'Conduction Crystal' and enter the meditative state, and I will be responsible for recording the time when you enter the meditative state."
"Okay, sir, Mentor Merlin said before, you just need to meditate."
The young man who was called nodded in response, and it seemed that he had already been mentally prepared.
After a nod from Daxter, the short-haired boy sat down on the vacant chair, held the conduction crystal, and closed his eyes in deep thought. There was silence around him, and the group of young people looked at him nervously at the moment.
Ding dong.
After I curiously peeled the fourth fruit, which resembled a nut, the crystal ball in front of the boy seemed to change.
With a crisp sound, a turbid earthy yellow aura appeared in the center of the crystal ball, showing a striped state and wandering in it, and after a long time of transformation, it gradually stayed at the lower end of the crystal ball.
Looking at the young man's tired panting appearance at this time, it seemed that he had undergone a very serious exertion.
I see, that's how it works.
"The time to enter meditation is thirteen minutes, the earth attribute magic talent, the mental power level is 6, and it is not qualified."
Daxter glanced at the crystal ball and said lightly.
These words were like bad news for the young man, causing his already somewhat detached body to finally fall to his knees as if he could not support it, and he knelt on the spot with a pale face.
"How, how could this be.. Brother Ralph is already so good among us that he has failed?"
Following the voice, one of the young girls in the crowd spoke in despair.
The atmosphere seemed to have frozen, and although most of them didn't say it, judging from their expressions, their thoughts were probably the same as that girl.
"Hmph, I don't know what the alchemist named Merlin told you about giving you the illusion that you could easily pass the test."
Ignoring the negative atmosphere, Dast looked at them coldly and continued:
"The road to magic is extremely bumpy, and even if a gifted person exhausts his life's energy, it is difficult to understand the full mystery of magic, and no matter how hard he tries, he will only achieve nothing. It is precisely because of this that magicians are such a noble profession. ā
After hearing this, most of the young people looked at Daxter unwillingly.
But it is estimated that they have seen the lessons of the past, and they have nothing to refute at the moment, just lowered their foreheads in disappointment.
"Think about it, why most small towns don't recruit young people with the potential to be magicians all year round. No matter how rare a magician is, it is impossible to fill it indiscriminately, and the Eastern Magic Federation will not spend, money, cultivate, raise, waste, or material-!"
After glancing at everyone indifferently, Dusty nodded in satisfaction, and then looked at me inquiringly.
"He's right, magic isn't for everyone. The test loser waits outside the hallway, next. ā
After signaling the short-haired boy to be out, my generation is ready to continue peeling nuts.
Daxter seems to have some hidden poisonous attributes, but these words are not wrong, and giving up the path that is not suitable for them is also a good decision in a way, and not everyone can become a billionaire.
"Even so......"
"What are you talking about, anyway, this time it's probably a trip for nothing, do you have an opinion on my words?!"
Hearing that someone seemed to want to object, Daxter raised his cloak in an exaggerated gesture and asked.
"Even so, Mr. Magician, you shouldn't say that everyone is a waste! We are all very serious about learning alchemy under the teaching of Mentor Merlin, Mentor Merlin will not say such things, we are all very amazing people!"
Hearing the Dust's cult remarks, a guy in the crowd couldn't seem to sit still.
Well.. I had long guessed that Serena would come out and do something.
"It may have violated the rules set by that senior, but the next tester will be me!"
"Oh, oh, you're trying to contradict me? Seniors, is that okay?".
Looking at the angry little girl and the disbelieving Dusty on her face, I was a little speechless.
Yes.. I knew something was going to happen to this guy.
Look at this posture, you really dare to agree, you really don't think your face hurts enough......
It seems that this guy accidentally dodged my generation's slap in the face before, and it was purely just luck, not some IQ problem.
Although according to the observation during this time, Serena's magical attainments are only the lowest kind of half-bucket water.
But, I didn't forget by the way, Serena is a terrifying existence that inexplicably pit my generation from the Demon Realm to the Patrick Continent.
I can't guarantee anything else, but it's still easy to pass the ordinary test of this magic academy.
"No, I can't. The old man said, come in order, otherwise it will be counted as giving up your test qualification, and the next one."
After shaking my head casually, I, as the examiner, stopped this farce that was bound to lose.