The eyelids are abnormally heavy, and the moment I always want to open them, I am dispelled by the slight hot touch from the eyelids, and after several struggles, I still let this lazy inferior root be ruthlessly uprooted.

Philosophers often say that the first thing one must do every day is to open and open both sides from sleep. This thin organic fibrous tissue shields us from everything from the outside, allowing us to be silent in the dark, allowing the mind to think quietly, precipitate, and finally open the door to the dream we have been longing for for a long time. However, in the end, we found that what had just happened was nothing more than an empty dream.

"Eh" Kevin turned over and lay on the bed in a large font, even if the alarm clock rang a few times, he still didn't want to leave this comfort zone, he was not a philosopher, just an ordinary little person, as long as he could eat and sleep enough every day.

When the alarm clock rang for the sixth time, Kevin finally realized something, and he did what the philosopher said that the first thing one must do every day is to open his eyes.

Kevin grabbed the alarm clock, and when he looked at the numbers on it with worried eyes, his heavy brain suddenly felt like an enlightenment.

"Ahh

His screams filled the room, even though he was the only one in the room. The clock showed that the time was already 8:15, but today was an important day for him.

"Damn, I shouldn't have gone drinking with that winter kid last night!"

Kevin muttered as he neatly dressed up his equipment, then washed up at a wind-like pace, and threw himself out of the door without even taking care of breakfast.

"If I'm late, I won't kill this kid!" Kevin thought to himself, rummaging through the document bag in his hand, which contained the works and materials he had prepared for this promotion exam. The small test tube in the corner of the document bag contains a touch of blue filament, which is the work handed in this time, psionic polymer, two forms.

On the continent of Ancient Hornist, where Kevin lives, children can begin to receive military and cultural education when they are ten years old, and the main content is nothing more than combat skills, alchemy theory, elementary spirituality, blacksmithing outline, and drug refining theory, all of which are superficial theories.

Until the age of 15, parents will choose the direction of their child's future development according to their children's wishes and interests, and the abilities shown in theoretical learning. It all starts when you become a knight who believes in the dogma of the gods, or a spiritual envoy who mobilizes psionic energy to control the enemy, a spiritual alchemist who wields a hundred machines to become a divine refining technician, or a pharmacist who saves people from danger.

The promotion exam, which can be taken by those who are over 17 years old in the mainland, does not require you to pass the theoretical courses you have studied before, and it is held every year. According to historical records, this age is defined because the first leader of the Silver Flame Knights, Lady Marlene, was the first person to pass the promotion exam at the age of 17.

Students who pass the advancement exam can directly enter their organization and contribute to the country. But don't think that the promotion exam is easy, some people have never passed the exam even if they are old.

Fortunately, Concord Street, where Kevin is located, is not far from the center, and it only takes a trot to come to the foot of the ancient clock tower. Every time he sees this bell tower, Kevin feels a deep sense of shock and an inexplicable familiarity.

This ancient bell tower was built in 585 years of the old dynasty, the Xuanmeng Dynasty. It was built to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Silver Flame Knights. After hundreds of years of wind and rain, there have been many cracks in the building, although there are repairs every year, but it has never escaped the test of time. The towers on all sides of the bell tower are engraved with the historical achievements and outstanding heroic deeds of the Silver Flame Knights, and the names of each captain are engraved on the wall due north, which is directly opposite the royal city of the royal city, the floating heavenly city. At the top of the bell tower is a lifelike silver phoenix statue with eyes made of blood-inked diamond crystals in the eye sockets looking down on the sky.

But Kevin didn't care too much about appreciation, because he was almost late, and he knew that the officers who had entered the gate of the teaching academy in front of him were about to close.

"Wait, wait," Kevin shouted, but the officers didn't seem to react and continued to close the door in the middle.

Seeing that the gate was about to close, Dong, who was standing not far from it, nervously looked at the big bell hanging on the ancient bell tower in the distance.

"Could it be that I poured too hard last night and overslept, what can I do now!"

Winter paced back and forth, watching the door finally close tightly, and couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and suddenly a familiar voice appeared behind him.

"If I can't catch up, how can you stay with me?"

When Dong heard Kevin's voice, he thought it was his auditory hallucination at first, but he immediately turned around and Kevin was looking at him with a playful smile.

At this time, Dong breathed a long sigh of relief, and his tense body suddenly relaxed.

"It scared me, I thought you wouldn't be able to catch up!"

"I almost couldn't catch up, if I hadn't run fast, I would have been stopped outside!" Kevin crossed his hands and looked at the closed door with deep eyes.

"What's going on with that gust of wind just now, why do I feel like someone is passing through!" One of the guards asked his companion.

"You think too much, how can anyone pass by, we have to close the door on time, and there are many candidates who are late for the promotion exam every year, no fuss!"

The officer who took the lead saw that everything was in order, recorded it on the report in his hand, and led a few people behind him into the area of the teaching academy through the side door.

The Eve Bal Academy, the host of the annual promotion exams, is located on the west side of the central square of the Intramuras, connected to the Knights of the Silver Flame and the Royal Institute of Industry. The name of the academy is in honor of the 31st king of the Xuanmeng Dynasty, the last and greatest martial emperor in history, Balor; Eve Barr. And the place where Kevin is going to take the exam is the college's mechanical research building.

"Fortunately, it was just in time, otherwise it would have been a year later!" Winter said with a palpitation, and walked quickly with Kevin to the overpass leading to the mechanical research building in front of him.

"You also said that I will settle accounts with you after the exam." Kevin said in a slightly heavier tone, "How much did we drink last night?" ”

Dong thought for a moment, then looked sideways at Kevin and smiled, "It should be half a bucket!" ”

When Kevin heard this, he immediately stopped and shouted, "Half, half, half, half? ”

Suddenly, shouts rang out through the aisles under the overpass, and many people in the classrooms waiting for the promotion exam poked their heads out to look at us.

"What's all the fuss, I drank a third of that half bucket!"

Kevin and Dong quickened their pace and walked across the overpass, but Kevin's black head looked at Dong and asked, "Did I say anything wrong?" ”

When Dong heard this, he suddenly smiled weirdly at Kevin: "Hey, hey, I don't know about this!" ”

Kevin made a gesture and wanted to throw Dong over his shoulder, but he was really good last night, and he actually ran to drink, although it was to wish a smooth promotion exam today to have a drink or two, but this drink is too much!

"Don't worry, you drank too much and burped a few times and lay down, it took me a lot of effort to carry you back yesterday, fortunately Aunt Penny didn't come to look for you, otherwise something would have happened!"

"I said man, don't do these things next time, or you won't wake up next time, and it's not good if you miss something!"

The two of them crossed the bridge and walked briskly down the spiraling staircase in the middle of the research building. The walls of the corridor are covered with historical materials related to the establishment of the research building and some important discoveries. In addition, the outstanding works or talents of each promotion exam will have exclusive photos hung on it for later generations to observe.

Kevin is already an intermediate-level Divine Refining Technician, as long as he passes this exam, he will be promoted to a high-level Divine Refining Scholar, and has a state-funded special manufacturing workshop, but everything still has to wait for the exam to pass.

Walking up the spiral staircase, the two came to the waiting room on the fifth floor, and Dong told him the number of the classroom where Kevin's exam was located, and then went to the sixth floor to take the forger promotion exam.

"Classroom 5a-6, it should be this one." Kevin corrected the door number and walked into the classroom from behind, and the whole person breathed a sigh of relief for the time being, looking at the bulletin board before it was his turn.

Kevin took out the materials in the document bag one by one, only to find the dark yellow sandalwood box in the small hidden pocket inside. Kevin looked at the string of words written on the surface of the box.

"For love, your most beautiful gift!"

Opening the box, the necklace that had been repaired, the moon-eye obsidian inlaid with the winged eagle's eye sockets on it rejuvenated him, and Kevin couldn't help but think of the girl who came to repair the chain in the shop that day, the amazing beauty under the veil, but there was a sense of familiarity like a friend who hadn't seen him for many years.

Kevin looked sideways out of the window, and from here he could see another area of the Academy, that was the promotion assessment venue for the knights and spirit envoys, and after a moment in the Creed Arena, the two teams wearing red and blue uniforms slowly walked out of the side, splitting both sides of the arena, and it seemed that their promotion exam did not start so soon.

At this time, the assessor on the stage called out Kevin's name, and after confirming the arrival, he asked him to prepare the materials and works, and it was his turn next. There were no surprises in the presentation of the work for the promotion exam, but Kevin was kept by the examiner after the promotion exam, first praising the shock of his work and asking some questions about the manufacturing process, but Kevin omitted the part of the matter.

After coming out of the classroom, Dong was already waiting in the corridor, seeing that he looked relaxed, it was estimated that the promotion exam should be nine out of ten.

"How's it going, is it going well?"

"The philosopher said that if you don't die in a big disaster, there will be a blessing in the future, that is, I was asked a few questions about the manufacturing process, seeing that you are so relaxed, I guess there is no problem."

Dong patted his chest and smiled confidently: "Of course, when those examiners saw the works I took out, their eyes lit up, and they asked me if I would like to leave the works in the showroom for exhibition!" ”

"Since it is said that this is on the ground, it is estimated that it is nine times out of ten, so I can finally relax in the next few days." Kevin stretched and looked at the arena not far away. At this time, the red and blue teams approached the center of the arena, as if greeting each other.

"What, you want to see it too?" Dong asked with interest as he looked at me.

"Anyway, it's still early, and the assessment of the knight and the spirit envoy is the strictest of all the assessments, so it is estimated that there will be no next time if you miss it."

Dong suddenly pushed Kevin's shoulder and said with a smile: "If you want to see it, just say it, why are you talking so much nonsense, let's go!" ”

Kevin smiled helplessly, looking at the arena in the distance, always feeling like something was going to happen today.

The Creed Arena is the largest of the three major parts of the Eve Bal Academy, and is usually provided as a training venue for members of the Silver Flame Knights, and is not open to students. Of course, the annual promotion exam, candidates who participate in the promotion of knights and spirit envoys will be assessed here, and other candidates are also open to spectators.

With the development of science and technology in the mainland, the configuration of the arena has also been constantly updated, from the ordinary combat skill assessment in the ancient era, to the illusory war beast assessment in modern times, and then to the current all-phantom spirit array blessing frightened by the full simulation assessment, it can be said that each era is constantly improving, in order to achieve complete integration with actual combat.

"It is said that this year's assessment has invested the latest technology, and added the recognition of candidates' mental forms in a fully realistic environment to generate random events, which is said to test the candidates' adaptability."

Winter took Kevin to the side of the arena stand and sat down, and the candidates gathered in the center of the arena had completed their respective greeting etiquette, and then typed the number of people to be assessed and the names of the candidates on the psionic screen.

The rules of the exam are that each game is divided into two teams, red and blue, respectively, in the field to compete for the flag and hunt the task of hunting war beasts, and finally according to the points obtained, the top five candidates of the two teams are selected as the promotion. Candidates who make the final promotion will participate in the final promotion trial to determine whether they can pass the promotion assessment.

"It looks like their promotion exam is much more complicated than expected." Kevin looked at the rules of the screen, thinking about something with his hands folded.

"Of course, because candidates who pass this advanced promotion will be directly promoted to the Silver Flame Knights and the Spirit Whisper Library, and you also know how many people in these two organizations want to enter the dream." Dong looked at the list of the two teams, and suddenly exclaimed, "I'm really lucky that today, this group is the last qualifier, and I can actually see the eldest lady of the Venus family playing!" ”

Winter points to one of the RED team names, indicating: Evan; Freya; Venus.

"I wonder which one of the red teams is her?" Dong looked at the center of the venue excitedly, and at this time, a faint light curtain shrouded the venue, and the scenery in the venue gradually changed.

The venue for this assessment is the battle for the sand dunes, this scene will only appear in the western region of the ancient Honeyster continent, it is a relatively rare scene, and it is rumored that at the end of the west, there is a place called the Reverse Wheel Cliff, where there is a chaotic evil dragon recorded in the books and sealed by the twin gods, of course, it is best not to mention it outside, because this monster that has brought the catastrophe of destruction to the continent is a name that is listed as a taboo.