Episode 38 – Little Patience (2/2)
She looked up towards Zerel Reysic and for a moment their eyes met
If her eyesight wasn’t even better than the eyesight of an argel, she leam in his eyes
He noticed it!
Beside the quickly vanishi+ng gleae in his expression He still held a sly yet disinterested smile on his face
Elaru’s eyes darted toward Deora as ani the details of the test Just as she looked at him, he seemed to have finished with his explanation
“Watch and learn!” Exclaimed Deora full of confidence and pride He was about to de equipment was used
He intertwined his fingers and stretched out his ar
His eyes focused, all expressions other than deep concentration vanishi+ng from his face Suddenly, in a blink of an eye, one orb after the other lit up brightly Before anyone could realize as going on or exclaim in surprise, the last orb lit up like the sun, and no traces of the jelly relass
The examinees looked on with disbelief, their ht a tiwi Their mind spun with shock
What happened???
Holy baffamoot!!
A perfect score?!
It’s a perfect score!
Even such a si speed?! What have I been doing my whole life??
Everyone was shocked into silence Zerel was the first to break the quiet with soft clapping With a voice still as ure out whether he was praising Deora or o little Dei Cool! That was so cool”
Deora, on the other hand, didn’t seem to have the mental capacity to question the intent behind Zerel’s words, and his chest puffed out in pride
The clapping woke up the examinees from their disbelief, but they still stood there frozen like statues, unsure whether to laugh or cry What the bloody meep is this?! Stand-up comedy?? Are we supposed to clap too??
Deora looked at the shocked faces of the exaer on Elaru, his expression clearly saying “Did you see that? Did you see? I am awesome!”
Elaru sed the laughter that threatened to erin
One had to hand it to her – her beautiful sht up the entire room It wasn’t a wonder that her actionwith pride
Self-satisfied, he nodded a few tied, everyone We don’t expect you to have a perfect score It is ienius after all So don’t worry about it”
He crossed his ar and grand “Right Now I’ll teach you the trigger spell for these balls”
He opened his arms wide, and suddenly the stack of papers and orbs that were on the teacher’s table flew out One paper and orb reaching every examinee
Zerel just sat leisurely, in the sa to take the spotlight in the slightest If Deora wanted to do everything himself, ould he stop hier It was a in situation
“Those papers contain the trigger spell pattern And those balls I gave you are the same as the ones used in the test Use them to practice”
Deora waited a few secondssure everyone’s attention returned to hier spell three times Only three times! So watch carefully”
As he proceeded to deh Deora looked to be an airhead, his demonstration was flawless It was slow and detailed It ht be hot te wasn’t bad at all
After repeating the spell three times, Deora declared: “You have 5 minutes to practice After that, you won’t be allowed to continue practicing Otherwise, those who take the test last would have more time to practice, which would put them in a more favorable position We can’t have that”
He looked at every face in the roo a few more seconds on Elaru After all, she was much more pleasant to look at than the rest “Are there any questions?”
He didn’t wait for long before saying “Alright then, let’s b…”
“Wait, wait! I have a question!” Suddenly an ar for attention Deora’s eyebroitched “What is it?” He asked with a pout
Elaru’s eyes glittered er spells?”
Spell chaining eaving le spell When a spell chain was finished casting and activated, the spells in the chain wouldn’t all activate at the same time They would activate sequentially, one after the other The delay between consecutive activations was deteres between the spells
If the trigger spells could be chained, Elaru would just create a large spell chain er spells and then activate the spell chain Weaving a spell chain would be slower than weaving 20 trigger spells independently, but the apparatus would only start the test when the first trigger spell is cast on it
Which er isn’t counted in the test As long as the delay between activation of the first trigger spell and the other 19 was fast, it wouldn’t er
So if the time taken to weave the first spell isn’t counted in the test, Elaru could weave a chain that would result in sequential activation of 20 trigger spells
This way her spellcasting speed would be irrelevant, yet she could cheat the speedohest score
Deora stared at her blankly for a few seconds before bursting out laughing “That would be convenient, wouldn’t it?” He looked at her disdainfully with a smirk He was very tempted to say “Sure! I’d like to see you chain it!” since it would be a futile effort The trigger spells were designed to not be chainable
However, in the end, he refrained fro was forbidden “The next thing you are going to ask is if you are allowed to prepare the spells!” Deora chuckled and looked at Elaru provocatively
Other examinees looked at Elaru as if she was a coazes were sent her way Yet no one noticed the sly glea wasn’t allowed Her question had another purpose in mind
“Of course, I wouldn’t ask that You have clearly stated that spell preparation isn’t allowed” Elaru smiled mischievously As Zerel saw that smile his eyes lit up
He recognized that expression That sly smile was just the same as his when he was about to dupe someone!