Before the Advanced Trial begins, the Jury led by Master Saliya must check whether the assistants recruited by each Trialist meet the requirements of the rules, in principle, the level of the helper can be lower than that of the Trialist himself, but not higher than the Trialist, and cannot be an arcane spellcaster.

The original intention of this rule was to avoid unfair competition, and if a trialist's assistant was too strong, the trialist would not even need to make a move on his own to win all the way, and the victory obtained in this way would obviously lack gold content, which would defeat the original purpose of the advanced trial.

There is an empirical algorithm for grading grades, and Roland has observed that this algorithm is not entirely fair. For example, the career level he himself reported is level 10 "Destiny Samurai" part-time level 3 "Hand of God", which seems to be completely in line with the rules at first glance, and Master Saizeriya did not object, but his profession is much stronger than regular professions such as warriors, thieves, and barbarians, not to mention the bonus of the special template of "Goddess of Destiny Elector", so there is no pressure to beat a professional of the same level. None of these non-professional factors that affect strength are taken into account by the jury as a compromise to avoid tedious and controversial calculations, or does the jury believe that connections are also part of strength and that trialists who can invite powerful assistants are more valuable to cultivate?

Roland couldn't guess and didn't want to think deeply, after all, he himself was a beneficiary of such loose rules.

Roland was the first to pass the assistant test, and it was Platon's turn to show off his mysterious pet and trial assistant in public.

"Come out, Paine."

At Platon's order, the Pico spirit suspended above his left shoulder reluctantly lifted the "Advanced Invisibility Technique" and appeared in front of everyone.

"Master Saria, Paine is a Picker and a level 7 ranger." Pradon reports to the examiner about the details of his assistant.

Roland quickly calculated, if according to the level adjustment rules in the game, Pik Spirit was born with 4 class levels, plus 7 ranger levels, a total of only 11 levels. Pradon himself was a level 14 protector, and a level 11 assistant was too weak for him, losing at the starting line in the competition with other trialists.

If Platon was a rookie who was participating in the Advanced Trials for the first time, and had a peaceful mentality of "focusing on participation", it would be forgivable for him to make such a choice, but he had already suffered four consecutive defeats in the Advanced Trials over the years, and this trial was almost his last chance to obtain the Archmage profession, how could he be willing to lose at the starting line?

From this, it is not difficult for Roland to come up with a guess - Platon's assistant Paine is not an ordinary Picker. Legend has it that one out of every 10 Pik Essences will be gifted and good at performing the 8-ring Confusion Control Arcane "Ao Tu Dance", and the strength of this genius Pik Jing is 2 levels higher than that of ordinary Pik Essence. If Paine had the hidden skill "Otto Dance", his equivalent class level would not be 11, but 13, which would make sense as Platon's assistant.

Roland didn't know if the judges had seen Paine's secret, but Master Saliya just took a deep look at the little Pico, then nodded his head and passed the test, without making any comments.

Apparently relieved, Pradon retreated into the ranks of the Trialists, Paine on his shoulder regaining his invisibility, seemingly disliking revealing his whereabouts in front of the halls. As Nikita whispered to Roland, "That sneaky little guy looks more like a thief than a ranger." ”

Yefim's trial assistant "Astral Ranger" Astrid also has the Ranger profession, and his style is diametrically opposed to that of Pikjing Paine, who generously accepts the onlookers and frankly reveals that he is a "Astral Apostle" and a Level 6 Ranger.

Roland quickly calculated according to the rules in the game, the level adjustment of the adult "Astral Apostle" is +8, and then counting the level 6 ranger, it happens to be level 14 like Yefim, and it is perfectly stuck at the level limit allowed by the rules.

The judges' algorithm for calculating the rank appeared to be similar to Roland's, and Saizeriya whispered to her colleagues for two minutes before finally passing Astrid's assistant by a vote of 6 to 2.

Yefim and Astrid were visibly relieved, and they could see that they both knew that this level was a bit hanging.

Of the eight referees, two voted against Andrey and Kosygin. Andrei is undoubtedly the strongest of the eight chiefs, and the old man Kosygin, as a quasi-legendary prophecy school archmage, is recognized as the most poisonous of the eight chiefs, and these two voted against it, which means that things are not simple.

"Yefim's female angel, is her real strength higher than her superficial level?" Nikita asked Roland with a "telepathic connection".

"That's a lot higher!" Roland replied.

The data of "level" is actually very confusing, and if you only guess the strength of a person through his level, it is inevitable to make a big mistake. Roland himself is a typical example of a mismatch between rank and strength, and his hidden strength comes mainly from the voter template, while Astrid is another type of real combat power that is far higher than the level on paper.

To measure the true combat power of a creature, the "challenge level" is more convincing than the "class level". Generally speaking, a creature's challenge level is always the same or lower than the class level, but the "Astral Apostle" is a rare exception, born with 8 class levels, but what is the challenge level?

Level 14!

14 challenge levels plus 6 levels of the Ranger class, for a total challenge level of 20!

"Astrid's equivalent class level is 14, yes, but her true strength is comparable to that of a quasi-legendary powerhouse, which is more complicated to be exact, but your father and Mage Kosygin obviously saw her secret, so they voted against it." Roland explained to Nikita in a low voice.

"It's a pity that the other six masters didn't see Astrid's hidden strength, and voted to let her pass, cheapening Yefim." Nikita grumbled.

Roland smiled and shook her hand, persuading her to be calm: "Hidden strength is also part of strength, if everyone is not allowed to have secrets, what kind of trials are there to do, just calculate everyone's combat power data, and directly send the advanced Upanishads to the person with the highest data on paper?" Astrid has hidden strength, I also have hidden strength, in fact, all trialists and their assistants have more or less a few killer moves, since everyone has hidden strength, it is equivalent to returning to the same starting line. ”

"Makes sense!" Miss Mage smiled with relief.