[1-200] THE EVOLUTION OF A GOBLIN TO THE PEAK

Chapter 22 - Examination

Souta could feel some sort of strange aura coming out of her. Yeah, it was really weird. It feels that was not her true appearance and she's concealing her real identity.

The girl noticed his gazed so she turned her head and looked at him in the eyes.

"What is it?" She asked with a cold tone.

"N-nothing..." Souta gulped and turned his head. He was captivated by those beautiful eyes of her. He took a deep breath to calm his nerves.

After thirty minutes, a man with short orange hair wearing a black coat entered the room. He walked straight to the table in front which was reserved for the examiner.

He placed down the bunch of paper he was carrying on the table before looking around.

"Cough... I'm John Myer your examiner in written exam." The man cleared his throat and introduced himself. "There are seventy examinees in this room so don't cause any noise as you all could overwhelm me."

Some of the examinees sighed in relief when they heard his words and tone. They were glad that he's not a strict person like the other examiner. It feels like a huge burden has been lifted off their shoulders.

"As you have known, the entrance exam has two types. The written and practical exam. You need to pass these two for you to enter the institute." John, the examiner, said while looking at every people's face inside the room. "Alright, we will start the written exam now."

John placed a stack of papers on the desk of the people in the front row. "Take one and pass the rest to your back."

The examinees started to pass the test paper around. In just a minute, all the people here were holding a test paper.

"The passing score is 70 and below that is fail so answer it carefully. You all have two hours to answer the test, that's it and good luck." John said before sitting down in the front. He was observing every examinee looking out for cheaters.

Souta turned his attention to his test paper. He read it silently.

'I don't know some of the questions but it will not hinder me.' he thought when he finished reading all the questions. He will still pass the test even though there's a question that he doesn't know the answer. After all, the passing score was 70.

Time passed by quickly and one by one the examinees finished answering their test papers. And he, Souta, was the first one who finished answering the test. Everyone looked at him but he knew that he had only answered all the questions that he knows. Why would he answer a question he doesn't know the answer? So some of the questions in his test were blank.

"Since you've all finished before the time, you can go now to take the practical exam," Jhon said as he arranged all the test papers.

The girl beside Souta stood up as soon as the examiner said those words.

Souta looked at her as she leaves the room. He then also stood up and leave the room. The others followed them and went to the place where the practical exam will be held.

The practical exam where the place were examinees going to showcase their skills and abilities.

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They were in a very wide place. Dummies for practicing close combat were neatly arranged at the corner. There were also weights and shooting targets here. This place was one of the training grounds of the Ladro Institute.

Those things that needed in training were all made from tough materials. It couldn't easily break or shatter.

Even using a yellow equipment wasn't enough to break those things here in the training ground.

The examinees were gathered in the center of the training ground. In front of them was a man wearing a black tank top. His muscles were bulging out of his clothes.

"Yo! I'm the one that's going to test you." The examiner said with a smile on his face. "I'm going to record your abilities here and check if you're really eligible for the institute."

Souta knew that as long as a person knew some skills or have enough firepower that person will pass the exam. It's a simple test to check the potential of a person.

Right now, he has three spells in his arsenal. [Ice Shot] and [Fire ball] were enough for this kind of test.

"Who wants to go first?" The examiner asked while looking at the examinees.

"Me." Souta raised his hand while walking to the front.

"Okay, as long as you've hit me that's enough. I will give you one minute." The examiner said with a smirk. He then placed an alarm.

Souta nodded and the other examinees took a distance away from the two.

"I'm going," Souta smirked and he dashed towards the examiner. He doesn't need to defeat the examiner, he just needs to showcase his abilities. He knew that even if he used his full power he wouldn't be able to defeat the examiner.

Souta opened both of his palms and casted two spells simultaneously.

[Fire ball]

[Ice shot]

The two spells went straight towards the examiner. He was surprised for a second but he quickly regained his composure. He lifted up his thick arm and waved it towards the two spells.

Bang! Bang!

The fireball and ice exploded in his arm. But it didn't leave any scratches at all.

Souta expected so he once again dashed towards the examiner using the skill [Dash].

"You are going for close combat." The examiner looked at Souta who arrived in front of him.

"Of course, after all this is my specialty," Souta said and he threw a powerful punch containing his mana.

Swooosh!!

The examiner tilted his head and avoided the punch. Then he noticed a light above him. He looked up and saw two fireballs going straight at him.

"Good!" The examiner smiled and took a deep breath. Powerful mana burst out of him. Pouring his mana, he blew the two fireballs away. He then quickly waved his arm towards Souta.

Souta bent his body barely avoiding the arm of the examiner. He kicked the ground and using his feet as a medium, he casted [Ice Shot] twice. He then opened his mouth and [Fire ball] came out.

"This level of control...?" The examiner crossed his arm before him to blocked the spells.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Souta was about to attack again when a powerful aura swept out. He then saw a fist appeared in front of him.

"You're still smiling, huh?" The examiner said as his fist was going straight to Souta's face. The shadow of his fist slowly covered Souta's smirk.

Suddenly...

Ringgggg!

A sound of alarm echoed in the whole training ground.