Durkan gains attention

The day of the entrance examination and the ability test.

There are thousands of people who have passed the preliminary examination in the four colleges.

The entrance exam consisted of a simple attribute test and a written test. Durkan's results in the attribute test were somewhat unsatisfactory, but he still passed successfully.

About 500 students passed the preliminary examination at Ritterkolleg this year, the largest number among the four colleges.

It is easy for civilians to select warriors. After all, the warrior profession is the least reliant on expensive spell cards.

But based on the experience of recent years, the success rate will still be the lowest among the four colleges.

That's because the exam questions for the Knight's Academy are all about actual combat!

...

Hewenlit Magic Academy, the main building of the Knight Academy.

Durkan arrived early at the examination room on the seventh floor and waited for the examinee to take his seat.

Several large magical instruments are set up in the center of the room.

The light shines on the magical devices and reflects blurry and beautiful rays of light.

These huge magical instruments are interconnected and several dozen meters long. They are made of mithril and magic crystal. They look extremely spectacular, but they also radiate an icy aura.

It is one of the greatest masterpieces of magical technology in recent years, the man-made shadows world caster!

In this exam, the "man-made shadows" is launched to give the candidates a practical exercise!

Compared to most of the other candidates, who were anxious or whispering amongst themselves, Durkan seemed very calm.

He held his chin, frowned slightly and looked at the magical equipment in the distance.

"Hey, what are you looking at?"

Because Durkan is so handsome, he is approached from time to time, even when he is dressed normally.

"I was wondering how that thing was made."

"Haha, do not think about it. Is that something we Knight Academy aspirants should be worried about?"

Durkan nodded and ignored the examinee next to him.

Indeed, it's not something warriors should worry about.

But as a scholar, Durkan was interested.

"Dong, dong."

As if on purpose, heavy footsteps sounded in the hallway, silencing the originally noisy examination room for a moment.

The candidates' gazes gradually turned in one direction.

A figure in a dark brown military uniform came from inside the hallway. At this point, his footsteps seemed to be the only sound on the seventh floor.

As the footsteps came closer and closer, the candidates finally saw clearly that it was a middle-aged man with sharp eyebrows and eagle eyes and a serious expression on his face.

There is a terrifying scar next to his right eye, but that does not detract from his appearance, it just makes him look even more majestic.

He stopped and stood in front of the examination waiting area.

"I am your examiner, Arnold Sirlett, and I am also the professor and vice president of the Knights' Academy"

Arnold said as he looked at the candidates.

"The subject of this exam is 'Survivability'."

"...If you take the right path in the Shadow World and advance on the main line, you will not be defeated by enemies far above your own class in most cases."

"However, if an accident or mistake happens along the way, there's a good chance you will encounter an enemy strong enough to kill you on the spot."

"In this case, escape becomes the key to the rescue mission."

"No matter what happens, if you wait until the time limit of the Shadow World has expired, you can still be brought out of the Shadow World alive."

Arnold suddenly paused, his eyes sharpening.

"Just last year, an unfortunate accident occurred at the Hevenlit Academy. A level 4 shadow world malfunctioned and three students died."

"The main reason is that a certain Knight Academy student on the team is too conceited and has no real skills."

"Therefore, we will pay special attention to the candidates' qualification as 'warriors' this year."

After saying this, Arnold seemed to pay special attention to certain candidates in the waiting area.

Durkan had a feeling that he was one of them.

It was not because they had seen my preliminary test results that they were paying special attention to me, an alternative candidate!

But there's no need to be afraid. The exams at the Knight Academy were always fair and impartial, and all candidates were treated equally.

Durkan touched his head and thought.

"The exam is conducted in batches, each session lasts half an hour, and the exams are entered according to the batch."

"Each examinee's shadow world is independent. Their opponent is a random examiner or the projection of an examiner."

"Of course, the examiner's characteristics are subject to strict standards."

"This 'man-made shadows World Launcher' can transport up to 100 small shadow worlds at once, so candidates #1 through 100 will be the first group to complete the exam, and so on..."

After a brief introduction to the examination procedure, Arnold inserted a crystal into the console behind him.

Then several seemingly illusory doors appeared in front of the huge magical device!

This is the door to the void, which leads to the shadow world.

Arnold left the venue without lingering long, while other examiners began to lead the candidates into the world of shadows.

Durkan looked at his exam number.

404, it seems we will have to wait until the fifth lot.

It's a pity that I can not watch the fights of the other candidates in the examination room, so these two hours are a bit difficult.

The Knights Academy entrance examination can be observed from outside.

This is because the images in the "man-made shadows World" are transmitted to the central control room of the Alchemy Institute.

The Alchemy Institute sends them to earn money and promote the school.

...

In the conference room, a group of professors from the Knight Academy watched the battle in the shadow world.

In the image they saw, the camera focused almost exclusively on a red-haired girl.

Unlike the other candidates who hid and ran away, she faced the fourth level examiner head on!

And the fight went back and forth!

"Arnold, what do you think of this year's candidates?"

The dean, who is sitting right at the front, asks abruptly.

"There are some good ones, especially the red-haired girl Cornelia..."

Arnold on the sidelines seems to have thought of something and pauses: "But there's also one who goes too far."

"Why is it too much?"

The dean blinked, looked away from the light screen, looked at Arnold with interest and asked.

Arnold sighed, feeling quite helpless, "I remember his name is Durkan and he got perfect marks in the written exam. But in the attribute test results, his strength, magic power and physical strength are very poor. It is completely impossible to say that he has the qualifications of a warrior. He's even barely qualified to become a summoner."

"But his general characteristics meet the standards, right?"

The dean stroked his beard and seemed to find this very interesting.

This made Arnold's frown deepen.

"I have long said that our knight academy should set a threshold of strength or physical power for new students. It is you who has always insisted on leaving some opportunities for 'alternative warriors'."

After hearing Professor Arnold's words, the dean was not only not annoyed, but asked with a slight smile on his face, "Then let us make a bet if this boy can pass the exam. I want him to pass the exam for the last time." The bottle of wine that Marquis Lin gave you."

"...If I win, the admission threshold I mentioned must be credited for entering the Knight Academy in the future, is that alright?"

 "Can."

Hearing the dean's promise, Arnold stood up and walked straight out of the conference room.

"What are you going to do?"

"I am going to examine him personally."

"..." The dean was silent for a while, "This boy is a bit cheeky, please look out for your own safety."

Professor Arnold turned around in surprise.

"You are not worried about him, but you are about me?"

and what dangers can there be in the world of man-made shadows?

But the dean did not say much, he just waved his hand and asked Professor Arnold to leave.