Episode 42 – Mana Control Exam Start! (2/2)
Was it that his examiners for all exams would be these two?
This tireeted thee cube littered dazzlingly in the sunlight To be precise, the cube wasn’t on the desk, rather, it was floating 30 cm above it
Every surface of the cube was covered by all kinds of delicate carvings in all shapes and sizes Some of them made out small patterns while soles like canals
The cube wasn’t le chunk of rock, rather it was e Rubik’s cube By rotating the pieces, the overall appearance of the carvings would change, and no one would be able to predict how the cube would look like beforehand and prepare for that configuration
Kady Ailert looked at the exaot soht already know, the second exa”
Kady pointed towards the stone cube “This is the artifact that will test your ability On its surface, you can see s are actually the spell pattern that you will be required to cast You need to fill these carvings with dense mana
However, no mana should touch or enter the cube itself This will require a lot of precision and accuracy on your part, especially because the mana resistance of mythril, which the cube is made out of, is equal to the mana resistance of air”
Examinees exclaimed in surprise Some of them had suspected the material of the cube to be mythril, but most of them had never seen mythril before
Mythril possessed the lowest mana resistance of all metals, which made it an optiic artifacts Unfortunately, it was too precious and rare which caused it to reach astronomical prices
Yet Muni would squander a large chunk ofhowheld at the same time…they had several dozens, maybe even a hundred of such cubes!
If that wasn’t extravagant, then nothing was extravagant
Kady paused, waiting for the exa “When you cover all of the carvings with densedoesn’t need to be filled with e piece of the cube
“When you cover all carvings, other than the spiral, with dense s depict exactly the trigger spell needed to activate the cube Once activated, the cube will judge the quality of your weaving”
As Kady spoke up to this point, Rau approached the cube Large tendrils of mana separated from Rau’s aura and twined thes and spread around the cube Since the cube was cos with his mana
Just by feeling the mana around the cube, one could tell that his s flawlessly
When he filled all of the carvings and reached the required density for the mana to turn into a spell, the cube suddenly reacted That one carving, in the shape of a large spiral, which he didn’t fill with low started froh the spiral until the entire spiral was glowing
Rau pointed towards the spiral and certain indentations on parts of the spiral “If the entire spiral lights up, that wouldis perfect, and you would score perfect points Otherwise, these lines mark the thresholds for each of the 25 points”
As he spoke up to this fact, the examinees finally realized what the current reaction of the cube meant
Perfect points!
He got perfect points!!
So that’s what he meant when he said speed wasn’t his forte! It’s because he is actually even better at weaving!
After several seconds of light, the cube absorbed all s and slowly diain
Kady didn’t let the crowd discuss Rau’s weaving for long She quickly moved on with the explanation: “Unlike the previous test, you don’t get the chance to practice The test starts right away, each one of you will get 5 e to activate the cube in that time, you will score 0 points on the test Any questions?”
Kady saze lingering on Kiel When she confirmed that there were no questions she finally asked: “Who wants to go first?”
When the words left her ed onto Kiel
Oy Oy Why are you all looking at me? Do you want me to take the test first this time? What does my test have to do with you? Can’t you just mind your own business?
The people continued looking at hihed and stepped forward Peer pressure…
With each step he took towards the cube, he could feel everyone’s gazes glued to hih Sost theh their heated gaze
“Surely he won’t get another 25/25?”
“Of course, he won’t Speed should be what he is good at Usually, people are either fast or can control mana well Not both”
“You are right It must be like this”
“If he had full points for speed, how high do you think he’ll get for mana control?”
“He shouldn’t be too bad 15 points perhaps”
“You’re giving him too much credit I say 13”