79 Speed Test and Perception Tes (2/2)

He jumped from one platform after another like a pouncing cheetah. He didn't even bothered dodging the projectiles and instead sliced them in half before they could even land on his body. Pearl, Mark's mother, crazily cheered him on while Leon was struck dumb by his own son's performance. This was mainly because the way on how Mark performed in the test. His movements were extremely similar to the way he fought.

Leon always knew that Mark was secretly watching him whenever he trained. Although he had to admit that he felt a great disappointment when he learned that his son failed to inherit talent, that was mainly because of the treatment Mark will have when word of it comes out. And just like he thought, even his own clan mistreated him. In order to not commit any serious crime against his own clan, he decided to focus on his work and dump his disappointments into slaying beasts that threaten the safety of his home.

This is also the reason why his wife was mad at him since he only warned them with words and did not set an example.

”Splendid performance!” Carl praised after the crew managed to pass the second test. ”Let's move on to the third test!”

One smack of his cane and the stadium returned to it's normal state. Another smack and the a thick mist started pouring out from the edges of the arena. The visibility inside went down at an alarming pace. The mist became so thick that no regular human being could see through properly.

Fortunately, a screen of light emerged on top of the arena. It followed a rectangular shape and showed the situation inside with a better visibility.

”Perception Test. Your task is to disable the dart-shooting dummies inside the arena. There will be 15 of such dummies and you have to disable all of them. The hit limit is raised to 10, and the time limit is set of 5 minutes. Go in once you're ready.” Carl sat went down the arena after telling them the instructions.

And just like before, the crew followed the previous order. Anne will go first, followed Mark, Ellen, Paul, Luna and finally, Raven.

Continuing the trend of showing off their prowess. The crew once again astonished the crowd with the results of the test.

”Anne Fiore, 3 minutes and 15 seconds, unscathed. Pass!”

The only reason why she took that amount of time is because this was the first time she had to shoot while having low visibility. She trained with stationary and moving targets as well as her movement and firing rate coordination before but never in the middle of this dense mist. Nevertheless, she still did a great job on this test.

”Mark Anderson, 2 minutes and 15 seconds, unscathed. Pass!”

Since deflecting attacks isn't considered as a hit, then Mark abused that by deflecting each attacks while slicing each dummies in a swift manner. And because he trained his swordsmanship to a high degree, he could use one sword for deflecting the attack and use the other to disable the dummies by slicing them in half.

There is a pause in between attempts since the staff had to replace the ruined dummies with new and functional ones before they could move on to the next person.

”Ellen Redcrest, 3 minutes, unscathed. Pass!”

She also did have difficulties due to the visibility, nevertheless that didn't stop her from ruining each dummies in a more aggressive manner than Mark. She sent one sword wave after another, leaving the dummies severed in half. She also didn't like dodging the darts so she just sliced them along with the ones that shot them in first place.

”Paul Gregory, 3 minutes and 32 seconds, unscathed. Pass!”

Like a true defender, Paul raised his shield and blocked the hail of darts coming his way. This time, wielding his spear, he slowly marched towards one dummy after another and pierced their chest. His shield constantly rang with clanking noises because of the darts hitting it. The force behind each shot never fazed him as he was used to enduring heavier hits compared to these. To him, it felt like he was being shot with toothpicks instead darts.

”Luna Moonsong, 2 minutes and 50 seconds, unscathed. Pass!”

Showing off her spear mastery, Luna became a fierce warrior that charged towards the dummies and teared through their numbers. While she was a tad slower than Mark, it was mainly because she has to dodge darts on the way. It was definitely surprising for someone so innocent looking like her to transform into a fearsome fighter when the situation calls for it. Just the image of slicing one dummy after another made the boys go crazy for her, even the females admired her strength and beauty. Unknown to her, she became a great inspiration towards the girls and became a role model.

”Vendrick Valorheart, 59 seconds, unscathed. Pass!”

This result was just outright insane to anyone who heard it. Even though the screen showed the whole process on how Raven achieved this, many people still find this hard to accept.

This mist is not even enough to obstruct his vision in the slightest. He could see each dummy as clear as daylight and he could even count how many projectiles are coming his way. Raven didn't use punches or weapons to disable the dummies. Instead, he picked up rocks scattered around the arena and threw them on each dummy's head. He did the staff a favor and didn't heavily damage the dummies, the force behind his throws were just enough to knock them down.

Still, his methods appeared truly bizzar for everyone who was watching.