Chapter 73 Assessments Reward (1/2)

”The first ranked student with 338 points, Smiling Wizard” When Alice announced the first ranked student, a commotion broke out.

”No, it was impossible! This must be a mistake” Pollack shout loudly. He denied the fact that Auron was ranked higher.

”So, you think, I made a mistake?” Alice tone get higher.

When Pollack heard Alice's tone, he realized he made a mistake. ”No, teacher. I just wondering how he can become number 1. Maybe, we can learn something from him” Pollack tried to arrange his word carefully so it didn't offend Alice.

”If he got 338 points, then, based on his level, he should get into round 7. How did he do that?” One of the student that also could not accept the result asked with careful tone.

”Yes, as you mentioned, he got into round 7 and defeated one out of the three enemies in round 7” Alice confirmed the speculation going on.

”All of you knew that your opponent had the same class. You also fight in the same field, the forest. The only difference was your level and your opponent's level.” Alice started to explain.

”As you all can guess, Smiling Wizard defeated the opponent at round 5 that all of you find difficult to fight.”

”And let me tell you first my intention on this fight. I knew some of you had realized that this batch's assessment was more difficult than the batch before. It was intentional. There was something I want to assess from this assessment. And that thing was, your close combat fight.”

”Why? Because my mission given from the academy was to raise your close combat capability. And to raise your close combat capability, I need to know how your capability right now.”

”From the data that we compiled from several years in the war zone. 90% mage was died from being forced into closed combat. Only 10% could survived from being forced into close combat. However, don't be to happy first. From that 10%, only 10% could survived by relying on his own strength. The rest, they were lucky that they could get quick help from other people. Which mean, only 1% of the mage that could survived from relying his own strength. Luck is a strength, but we don't want you to rely on it. That was why, we tried to raise this 1%.”

”And that was what the academy tasked me to do. As you know, I am one out of many mage that mainly fight in close-mid range combat. This was the reason they chose me to teach you.”

”And as you can guess from explanation, Smiling Wizard close combat capability was high enough to face the assessment. Although, he still also had some luck factor in it. But, I believe, his close combat capability surpass all of you here.”