Chapter 4-Round 1

Boom!

Bang!

Each candidate blew their strength testing machine with their entire power.

Shortly, numbers began materializing above each candidate.

75,65,35,30,80,55....

Carla quickly glanced above her head and heaved a sigh of ease when she saw the number 51. Candidates who got below 50 as indicated earlier by the mage were eliminated.

A huge board containing the list of qualified candidates for round one appeared at the middle of the hall.

Carla spotted her name at the bottom of the list. Though it was embarrassing she didn't feel bad instead she grinned satisfaction apparent on her face.

'At least I made it to the following round.'

"A total of 1568 candidates have made it to the final round." The mage notified.

"This round is called the purge. In this round each candidate will be teleported by the system into a dungeon for 60 minutes."

"Your goal is to stay alive, as you will encounter beasts, traps, and other dangers. Note that it is not compulsory to attack beasts since all you have to do is stay alive.

The dungeon your about to enter is E-ranked. The badges given to each an everyone of you during registration would access your health and pull you out if there are any intricacies such as serious injuries."

"Those of you who do not make it to to the end of the timer will be eliminated. Good luck!"

With those final words each batch of students were teleported into the dungeon.

On arrival some candidates encountered some F-rank beast which they handled easily.

More beasts of E-rank emerged, forcing the candidates to progress forward. All this while Carla kept close to her batch partners who were emitting powerful aura's.

'I should be able to make it to the end if I stick with them.' Carla thought, but what she didn't know was the beasts were drawn to the powerful candidates, paying little attention to the fragile.

By the time she realized, the group was already surrounded by six E-ranked beasts.

A blonde girl of average height quickly unsheathed her sword "We are a group of twelve, so it's best if we strike the beasts two-to-one."

Everyone nodded in understanding as her strategy would make the battle a fair and square one.

The beasts attacked and the battle began. Twenty minutes passed, and the candidates managed to extremely injure the beasts.

While others made use of their ability, Carla used her sword to attack alongside her partner who also made use of his ability.

Few moments later all six beasts lay dead on the floor. Each candidate grabbed their treasure and split it with their partner tho it wasn't anything unique due to the low level of the beasts.

Carla glanced at her partner who stretched out his hand for a shake.

"I'm Ajax." He introduced.

"Carla" she replied briefly, returning the shake.

Ajax tossed the storage ring obtained from the beast to her.

"You keep it, I already have about a hundred of those."

Carla nodded in gratitude slipping it into her pocket.

The duo then caught up with the others resuming their journey further into the dungeon."