161 Final Exam (2/2)

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On the next day, the six young magicians were called out to begin the final examinations.

They were again brought in the underground base of the Cloud Hawk Manor. But this time, instead of the wide room that has a small stage, they were brought deeper underground where they saw 20 rooms aligned.

”We have seen all your history, records of accomplishments or Mana Artifacts and Magic Structures you've created. You were all in satisfactory level in terms of forging artifact and developing structures. But you were all still missing something...

Master's Secret Art, the Awakening of Thunder and Lightning, had a lot of requirements before it can be practiced. In short, only a magician that was suitable to practice the arts will be accepted. If ever six of you were all suited for the Secret Arts, then we will base the selection in your completion time. So make sure to do your best in the examination. This will be the last examination so I suggest that whatever secrets you have, use them if you have the opportunity. Now go to your assigned rooms. Good luck!” Clyne Troyard said to everyone before leaving them to get inside their rooms.

The group then looked at the six rooms that has their names from the 20 rooms in the floor.

It seems that there were still floors below with the same arrangement to accomodate people in case there were more than six magicians who survived from the Slaine's Arcana activation.

They weren't sure yet what kind of examination they would have to pass but no one thought of backing out as they entered their rooms. The door automatically closes as the room's light turned on.

The room was simple with several magic arrays to keep the air conditioned. There's a bed, desk, and a simple chair.

Placed on top of the desk was a purple crystal in a glass bottle emitting a dim purple light. It was a memory crystal but it doesn't seem normal. It should be blue in color, but it's structure was surely one of memory crystals they knew.

Everyone here had already consumed three memory crystal so they were all worried to consume another one except Wallace.

Although the other five had their body enhanced, they hadn't tried consuming more than three memory crystal to try their brain's endurance.

As they thought for a while, they could only try to consume it in the end. There's nothing else in the room and they also wanted to pass the examination. There's no turning back this time.

Wallace opened the bottle and consumed the purple memory crystal. It melted on his mouth as some memories or information appeared in his mind.

They learned that this is a special memory crystal and was a private product of Magic Engineers working in this Cloud Hawk Manor. Surprisingly, the crystal wouldn't affect the limitation that the brain could handle when consuming the standard memory crystals.

All the information that will be provided next would disappear from the magician's mind after three days.

After reaching this point, a breathing technique to get into the first stage of Awakening of Lightning and Thunder came into their minds.

It was this Secret Arts that allowed them not to be limited in fire, water, earth, wind, and ice elements. This was a special method to control the lightning and thunder.

It doesn't require an Arcane Link or Mana Body but only requires an astute mind and Mana Affinity level that reaches Inducement Control.

But then, they realizes something as another surge of information came into their minds.

'Is this the method of the 6th generation Mana Artifacts?!'

Everyone had this on their minds because the content of the crystal wasn't as simple as breathing technique for the first stage of AOTL, the other half of the information they have was a different method of forging an artifact through the help of mastering the breathing technique.

'This...'

'Was the 6th gen already existing without our knowledge?'

Thinking up to this point. It somehow made sense. Each country must have surely studied further advancements of Mana Artifacts during the past century. But because of Aeolia's disappearance, further discoveries where now being held tightly.

'Does it mean that the official ”6th generation” wasn't named yet because they were all probably thinking to use it as a trump card? Sigh~ Who knows, maybe other countries even have their own version of 6th gen.'

As they all calmed their wandering thoughts, they all started to absorb the information about this new forging method.