The entry test (3)

"I really need to reconsider my decision-making matters for the future."

Ivo grumbled to himself. He really couldn't sleep last night. His head was constantly sending pain so he couldn't sleep at all.

So to pass the time and distract him from the pain. Ivo performs simple drills using techniques he has accumulated during his time as a player.

It was neither a special technique nor a forbidden technique. Just an ordinary mana circulation technique without any advantages.

At first he thought it would take him at least one to two hours. After that he would feel exhausted after circulating mana throughout the body.

But he was wrong. 18 hours, That was the time he had spent performing the mana circulation technique. When he opened his eyes it was already the next morning.

His body condition was worse than he thought. The sudden appearance of his talent was really weighing on his body right now. His brain must continue to work in receiving stimuli that are continuously sent by his senses.

"The problem is this." Ivo opened the information panel and looked at the talent.

'Perfect mana sense' Even I've never gotten a talent of this level. The most I've attained from mana sense is intermediate level. Even as an experienced player with extensive knowledge, the possessor of 'Perfect mana sense' was extremely rare and one of those talents that was impossible to obtain.

"There are many rare talents, but 'Perfect mana sense' is very special" the reason Ivo chose this talent was not because of its rarity. That was because he had personally seen how the owner of this talent fought.

If he had to speak his mind back then, he would say that the battle was a disaster. Even to this day the battle is still imprinted in his head.

"At that time, the scenery of the battlefield changed into a frozen world. There is only ice and snow as far as the eye can see." He didn't know how the battle ended because while observing the battle he immediately died just because of the frozen world's effect that instantly froze his body. In an instant he fell to pieces and immediately logged out of the game..

"There is a price to be paid." Ivo muttered silently accepting his current situation.

It wasn't like he didn't have a way to deal with it, but right now he simply couldn't do it.

…

"Should be here." He looked again at the white card in his hand.

[Exam location:

Tower of knowledge area.

A-1 Building. room no.1]

White Snow Academy is divided into 5 regions according to each where the tower stands as the center.

Ivo looked around. There was nothing different from his memories.

There were a lot of people already gathered. If roughly calculated there are more than 1000 registrants. All from a variety of different backgrounds.

Still, most of them are ordinary people.

Not only registrars are here. There were lots of observers from different organizations. They enrolled their descendant into the white snow academy. It wasn't that they weren't capable of educating and training their children. They had their own goals by enrolling their children into the white snow academy. So there's no need to worry too much.

While observing the people around him, Ivo walked into the A-1 building where the test was being conducted.

This time he wasn't with Raven, apart from being in a different room he was very busy growing his connections at the academy. Even those who are spoken to are great people in the future.

Ivo looked around and sat down at one of the empty tables. He took out the necessary stationery which of course was given by Raven.

"The exam will start in about 1 hour, what should I do now?" Ivo looked around. There are lots of people who read his book. Some people are very easy to recognize because they have seen it more than a hundred times. Especially the girl with silver hair he met yesterday. He sat down next to her.

'I might not have paid much attention yesterday, but she is really beautiful.' Ivo couldn't take his eyes off her for a few moments.

"Hmmm?" He tilted his head as if wondering if something was wrong.

Ivo came to his senses and shook his head. He averted his gaze from the girl. He glanced to his right.

Beside him were a dazzling silver haired girl and a blonde haired girl with blue eyes. Her beauty radiated from both of them, making some people often turn their eyes towards the two of them.

'Somehow I can feel hostility directed towards me.' Several looks of envy and hostility could be felt even I could feel a heart of fearlessness responding to their hostility.

Hey if you're jealous of what this thing is about why didn't you take this place earlier.

Ivo ignored them. To be honest he didn't really care about the first exam because he had already passed it dozens of times plus Ivo often got perfect scores on this exam.

After waiting for an hour, the supervisor in charge of supervising the exam finally came. In an instant everyone immediately entered the book that had been read.

"Alright I don't want any cheating to occur during this exam. Those who were caught cheating they would be immediately thwarted. When you're done, hand it over to the front and leave this room."

The overseer cast his magic. In an instant I sensed that someone was watching me directly. Moreover with [perfect mana sense] this feeling becomes even more uncomfortable.

The overseer threw the exam papers into the air and all the papers fell to each of the examinees. Each examinee receives approximately 100 test papers of which around 30 sheets contain questions.

Of course all of these questions are essay questions. The value of each examinee will be determined by the writing process. So even if someone only answers the final result without including the process, the value of the question will not be counted. This was why the difficulty level of starting at the academy was so high regardless of the many tragedies that would occur in the future.

Ivo looked at his test paper. The material tested focuses on magic calculations with the most difficult material, namely magic algorithms.

"30 minutes, I can finish it in 30 minutes."

…

After 30 minutes

when the participants are still working on exam questions. Ivo stood up and handed all of his test papers over to the proctor.

"I am done"

In an instant everyone stopped writing answers and looked at Ivo. They all showed faces of astonishment and even the supervisor also looked at Ivo with a strange look.

"Are you sure? I will remind you again that the score for this test will take up 30% of the total score. I will remind you again that you better go back to check your exam paper again before you regret it."

"I'm sure" He said it.

Hearing that, the proctor took the exam papers and started checking them one by one. at first he wore an indifferent face, but after he finished reading all of his answers the supervisor frowned. He immediately raised his magic power and directed a magic circle in front of Ivo.

"Say, you're not cheating right?" the overseer asked in an interested tone.

Ivo immediately took 3 steps back and took some distance from the magic circle. As if sensing danger, the buff Heart of fearlessness instantly rose to its maximum level to offset the incoming magic pressure.

The class atmosphere immediately became gloomy. Not only was Ivo suffering from the pressure of the magic power but all of the examinees were also affected. They glared at Ivo and wanted to swear at him, but couldn't because the overseer was still out front.

Ivo felt the most pressure of all. Even though there is support from the heart of fearlessness, it doesn't help much.

This is purely an ability gap that cannot be overcome at this time.

He tried to answer with all his might. "Haahhh…haahhh…No"

"...? Interesting. You actually have 'it'." The overseer looked at Ivo with renewed eyes.

"I thought you were just an ordinary brat without any background. Turns out I was wrong."

He placed the test paper on his desk. As if no longer interested in it.

"Go, you can continue with the exam." the overseer told him to leave quickly.

"Thank you sir." Ivo immediately left the room quickly.

He really didn't want to stay there any longer.

***

"Damn who the hell is he"

"Ugh…this hurts…"

"Wow…"

Almost everyone in the room groaned in pain. The magical pressure residing in the room was not something an ordinary person could handle. Even if they previously received special training, it wasn't at this level.

Rachel looked beside her. There was one person who was unaffected by magical pressure. Even so, her gaze could not be averted from the empty space next to him.

"...?!" Rachel was surprised by his behavior.

After a while, she returned to working on the problem in front of him. Her hands gripped pen tightly and speed up her writing.

Seeing this Rachel was speechless. A person like Veronica loses her calmness.

"I still have to finish the exam." Rachel looked back at the questions in front of her

He tried to continue to write but his hands kept shaking uncontrollably. Not only him who experienced something like that, almost all other applicants also experienced the same thing.

"Sir, can this pressure be relieved, we can't do the exam like this." a girl asked carefully.

Many nodded in agreement at this suggestion, but only cold replies were heard.

"out."

The girl was confused by the answer she heard. "Uh… Sorry?"

"Either you can't hear it, or you are deaf. I said get out." The overseer didn't even glance at the girl. He took out a book and started reading it.

"B-but sir…" Before she could respond, she was sent flying through the window and into a nearby tree. Her hand was twisted and milky white bones were sticking out where they should be.

She lost her consciousness. Red blood flowing out from her body.

Seeing this, everyone fell silent. No one dared to speak again after that.

They could only continue with the exam. At least that's what they have to do for now.