Chapter 8: The Palm Imprint
Yi Xin calmly retracted his fists, breathed a long sigh of relief, and walked out of the field without looking back.
"Nine blocks of speed, ten grids of strength, and a comprehensive score of S for physique. The big man said.
Only then did the stunned people behind them react, and the applause exploded like a tide.
"There are two hits, boy!" said the big teacher proudly behind Yi Xin, "The magic academy has been open for so long, and I can beat this test drum to the top just after entering the school, counting you, I have only seen two people!"
When Yi Xin heard this, his footsteps suddenly froze.
"Two people?"
A thought flashed through his mind: "Who is one me and the other......?" Yi Feng?"
He shook his head, shook the cocoon away, and strode forward fearlessly.
"Don't think it's easy to get to the top, if it were that easy, this broken drum should have been replaced!" the big man shouted.
After Yi Xin left, these students rushed up, all vying to show their skills.
But every time the round arm smashed on it, the pillar of light only rose by about a tenth of its height, and they all retreated dejectedly. The stronger ones only swing in the area of two to three.
"It seems that this scale is not so easy to rise to the top. Black Feather muttered to himself.
"I was able to hit a square, thank goodness. Ling Xiao tearfully said, "Otherwise, you will try?"
"Without the blessing of mana, I may really lose to Yi Xin in terms of strength, after all, since I have known him, I have seen him get up earlier and sleep later than anyone else every day. Day after day, year after year, I insisted on those boring physical trainings, and never slackened in the wind and rain. ”
Black Feather had in his mind the scene of Yi Xin constantly beating the thick trunk with his fist under the tree in his yard every morning. Over time, the bare part of the tree trunk that had peeled off the bark gradually took on a dark brown color, which was the blood stains that seeped into it every time Yi Xin swung his fist.
At dusk, his figure ran with a heavy load on his back, from the forest outside the city, all the way back to his home, every time his sweat soaked his back, and he could wring out "bang" water on his clothes.
And on those days when the rain was pouring down and the snow was blowing, he could always be seen running alone around the city wall. This kind of perseverance often makes Kuroba feel incredible.
Is it because he is the descendant of the Chiyan family? Or is it because he will inherit the position of the city lord sooner or later, so he has to bear such a heavy burden, and at a young age, he has to put in a hundred or a thousand times more effort than his peers?
Black Feather sometimes thinks so, but every time, he dispels such thoughts.
That's when Yi Xin is in a bad mood. He would come alone under the tree in the yard, his back lonely and lonely, and then, punch after punch, he would throw his fist at the trunk again and again, venting the anger in his heart that seemed to never be discharged.
Black Feather, who was standing on the sidelines, always wanted to know, but he never knew who he was angry with and why.
"The hardships he endured are unimaginable to outsiders......" Hei Yu just said lightly.
"Oh......" Ling Xiaoxian pretended to understand and nodded seriously.
Black Feather stepped forward. "Since you can't beat him in strength, let's fight for speed. ”
In the first punch, Black Feather staggered and swung his arm, his body suddenly pulled away like a curved bow, and the black magic robe was suddenly stirred by the wind and "hulala", and then his right arm shot out like an arrow, hitting the drum surface.
"Bang!"
A crisp and clean sound. The yellow pillar of light on the ruler climbs rapidly at the same speed until it reaches the peak, where the light shines.
The people on the side reacted and rubbed their eyes, but they couldn't see clearly. The punch just now was so fast that the person next to him only saw his right arm flash like a black shadow.
It's just that the second punch is slightly inferior. The red pillar of light, which symbolized the amount of power, only climbed to the eighth square, and suddenly stopped, only a little short of the edge of the ninth square.
Black Feather shook his head dissatisfied.
However, in the eyes of the students, this achievement can be regarded as unattainable.
"Ten grids of speed, eight grids of strength, and a comprehensive score of S for physique. The big man said.
"It's also S, which is the same as Yi Xin's score just now. Black Feather thought to himself.
There were more than a dozen test drums, and everyone was divided into several groups, and the speed of the test was very fast.
Ling Xiao's two fists that she swung hard landed on the drum surface lightly, and she trembled her aching finger joints, unable to look at the ruler back to the sky. Both pillars of light are only a fraction of a distance from their origin.
"Rating...... Uh...... "The big teachers are stumped.
He glanced up and down at the S, A, B, C, D, and E ratings on the scale, and after thinking about it, he said:
"There are no ratings. ”
"What?!"
Ling Xiao's tears were like being poured a basin of cold water on his head, his shoulders drooped, and his momentum was completely lost.
"Hahaha. ”
Hei Yu, who lost his friend, smiled and leaned back and smiled, and his tears were about to burst into laughter.
Ling Xiao jumped to tears in tears:
"What are you laughing at? My specialty is long-range attack, not hand-to-hand combat, what's wrong with no strength? The most important thing in a team is collaboration! Do you understand collaboration?"
Hei Yu hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no, I want to change my teammates......"
Groups of quizzes proceeded in an orderly manner.
Teacher Shi said loudly:
"Students who have completed the second test can go to the cafeteria to eat first, and take the magic theory test in the afternoon! After that, you can go back to the dormitory under the guidance of the dormitory teacher! The results of the class placement will be announced tomorrow morning, and the class will officially start tomorrow......
In the evening, Kuroba lay quietly on the big bed in the dormitory, thinking about the first day he came to the Academy of Magic.
He rested his left hand behind his head, his right hand in front of his eyes, his fingers spread out to block his view from the ceiling. In the palm of his right hand, there is a dark red birthmark, which resembles the shape of a flower, which he has had since birth. It's just that now it's overlapped by a flame-shaped seal, and it's hard to see clearly.
He remembered that he had been dreaming about it a long time ago.
In the dream, he walked in the middle of the endless desert, alone, unable to distinguish the direction. The smell of blood and decay was blowing from the dry wind around him, and his hands were stained with blood.
His tattered clothes flew up and down, his face and arms were stained scarlet with blood, and only a pair of eyes could be seen, radiating cold light in the dark night. At that time, he always had a pair of wings on his back, shaped like two sharp blades, also reddish in color.
"Killing...... Endless killing......" was the voice that lingered in his head, "kill everything that is seen in sight, kill the enemies who pounce on you, devour their flesh, suck their souls......"