Will of the Infinite

Chapter 11 - Written Exam

He opens the paper test and locks his eyes onto the first question. “How tall is the average Goliath.” He smirks at the question since he believes it’s easy. He might not be a supernatural but he has spent expansive volumes of time growing his knowledge on supernaturals. He answers the question with ease. “Goliaths’ height vary widely. The smallest of Goliaths can be 9 feet while the tallest can reach sizes of 100ft.” The next question is “What is one weakness that werewolves possess.” He answers quickly after reading the question. “Werewolves have a weakness to silver.” The third question is a little more developed. “Is it illegal for a vampire to take a human hostage for their blood?” He replies with his own opinion on the correct answer. “It is illegal for a human hostage to be used for their blood. However, a human citizen can be used for their human blood in whatever setting. For example, school, work and hotels.”

He continues racing through the questions and actually has a lot of fun answering them. He finishes the test then someone is revealed standing behind all of them. Tanji remarks to himself “I couldn’t hear a single thing from him! Not even his breath.” He takes his hands out of his pockets and then his eyes glow golden. The instructor is dressed in a black suit and tie. He has a muscly but lean figure as well as a fingerless glove on his right hand. He blurs down the seats, taking the tests and piling them up. He finishes at the front of the tables and people’s hair and clothes are visibly flowing. The instructor was so fast he kept wind flowing for a good few seconds.

Other men collect up next to him and take the results away. The instructor turns and says “Everyone! Walk down the sides of the tables and make your way to the Exam Bay.

Many begin walking but an egotistical vampire rushes past everyone. They leap over a group of people and roll forward at the front of the group before bouncing up to his feet. Tanji comments in awe. “Sebastian Bancroft!” He smirks at the group behind him with pride before walking to the bay.

At the bay, Tanji is hoping that he gets through. The bay is filled with seats, food, and other confectionary items. The walls are a red-brown colour of wood and the floor is covered in a more yellow-brown wood colour. On one side of the wall lays a massive tv. It’s way taller than the average person even vertically. There are many serviceman, serving the students. Many don’t actually go for the confectionary items due to the pressure of passing. 

A spontaneous beep is heard for a second or two. To follow, a message is played “The names of the people displayed on will move on to the next stage.”

Tanji looks and stares. Every examinee within the bay room glance sternly at the monitor, looking for their name. Slowly, gestures and noises of displeasure are heard across the room.

Tanji eventually finds him name displayed on the edge of the screen. He drops to his knees and whispers with emphasis “Yes!” He looks around from realisation of what he’s doing and some look in confusion. He feels slightly embarrassed but doesn’t care too much since he just passed!

Another message plays after a minute or so “All people who passed, please make your way out of the room.” The group of people who passed leave the room then another instructor is seen standing in front of the group. There stands the brother of Lucien Bancroft. Tearle Bancroft. He bows in front of everyone and says “Well done! You all passed! Now that we got all of the writing out of the way, let’s get our knuckles bloody!” The group cheer from this remark. Tearle continues. “Now, through this room is a massive hall. Many have likely seen this before. This is where the matches will begin.” The group walk through then gasps and gestures of awe can be seen and heard from the examinees.

He then says “On that tv, the next fight will be displayed. It will tell you when to fight and where to go.

Also, there are spectator glass rooms up there. Through those doors, they can be accessed through either stairs or a lift. If anyone doesn’t make it to their fight at least 5 minutes after the fight is cast to start, they immediately lose the fight. Therefore, you should be aware of the monitor’s display and the audio messages to prevent losing a match without even fighting.

The top 18 performances from you guys make it through to the next stage. You can lose all 5 matches but if your performance is of the level to pass, you can pass. Winning still is a very valuable asset to display in your performance however. You’re looking for around 3/5 matches won. Alright, everyone! The first fight will be displayed in a few seconds.” He steps back slowly and as he does so, his eyes glow blood red.

He leaps from the ground and grabs onto a large, metal hook on the pale white ceiling. He forcefully pulls and is brought up and through the ceiling. Everyone is surprised at the technology the school possesses. He lands in a room within the ceiling. The walls are cloaked in computers, keyboards, code and other things. He asks “Are we good? Turn on the AC it’s boiling in here.” One of the typists replies to his comment. “AC is now on.” White steam is released from the ceiling and it clearly cools the room. This cools the room by a good 10 - 15 degrees celsius.

The typist replies to his first query quickly. “Yes. All systems are running.” He pushes his chair from under the dark blue table before standing onto his feet. He glances over the dark monitors and nods to Tearle. He replies again. “We’re steady.” Tearle nods and comments. “Good. Get the first fight on the monitor.” He turns to a big black door that opens him to a VIP and staff spectator room. Some glass runs across the floor to give better perspective from a higher level. Lucien is present sitting in a white and puffy chair. Tearle then sits in the chair next to him. He declares “May the battles begin.”