Chapter 271: Awakening mana vision part II

"Professor Gibson, Please I would like to know how one get's eliminated?" Blake asked but for some reason it caused many to instinctively gulp.

With Blake having the greatest mana control in the school, Blake was seen as the most likely to pass the exercise even if others were to fail, meaning he was asking the question for another reason.

From Blake's history, he had been known to dislike teams because he saw them as liabilities, but that was those that weren't his close friends. Also, the commotion he had caused the previous week had increased their fear for him, causing them to come to the conclusion that he wanted to eliminate the other 9 students.

The truth was that they were right. Depending on how his team reacted in the first minutes of the exercise, Blake had plans of eliminating them.

[You know that asking that question gives everyone the wrong impression and that would cause them to attack you.] The system couldn't help but face-palm.

'What do you now want me to do about it?' Blake asked the system which didn't have a reply. It wasn't Blake's fault, but because of his reputation.

"Oh, I was coming back to it. The answer is very simple, once you pass the first line and you are pushed back, you get eliminated. Also, you can quit." Professor Gibson explained.

'That is easier than I thought.' Blake thought. Since everyone will be constantly being tested at the same time.

[It isn't as easy as you think. For the fact that there are 2 sections, it means that you would face 2 kinds of challenges, and it is common sense that the 2nd stage will be more difficult than the 1st. So since you would also receive attacks at your level, it is advisable that you eliminate them at the 1st stage.] The system said to Blake.

Once they were no longer any questions, Professor Gibson randomly selected 10 students which included quite high-ranking students like Brian, Esmeralda, and Ansgar. He gave them time to organize themselves and decide if they wanted to act as a team or go solo.

Brian and Esmeralda had decided to team up, while Ansgar and 2 other nobles had done the same, leaving the other 5 students that decided to go solo.

Once the time was over, the students stood in front of the first line before they were given the signal to begin the exercise.

"Begin!" Professor Gibson announced.

The 10 students began moving forward at moderate speed so as not to be taken by surprise, but that was when different arcane spells began attacking them.

Just like professor Gibson had said, every attack was equivalent to their strengths meaning they wouldn't be easy to deal with it.

They were combing both physical and magical prowess to dodge and block the mana spells they couldn't react to, but the attacks kept on raining on them to the point that they began finding it difficult to keep moving forward.

The students began forming mana domes to protect and give them some time to rest, but Blake could only shake his head when he saw this.

"Creating a dome only makes you a sitting duck. Now he can just bombard you with spells without bothering to aim." Blake shook his head.

[It's not as if they have much of an option. You noticed it right?] The system said.

"Yes. It makes me ask if we are meant to pass the exercise." Blake said. When the students were moving forward, Blake had noticed that the attacks were increasing in both strength and ferocity, but when they either sidestepped or moved back to avoid the attack the strength of the attack would remain the same or reduce respectively.

[I wonder what the second stage is.] The system said as he watch the students were continuously being struck with mana arrows with powerful penetrative ability.

It didn't take much time for the students to realize that standing still was a bad idea, so they began running out of their turtle shells that was except for Brian and Esmeralda.

They were leading in the race to the 2nd line and were in a mana dome reinforced by both of them, but that meant not only were they taking the damage for 2 people, but they were receiving the most attack because they were the closest to the 2nd line.

The main reason they couldn't move forward was that Esmeralda didn't have much mana or mental energy to keep moving forward. Also, Brian felt it wasn't right to ditch her now that she was weak.

"Just like I thought, teaming up is redundant." Blake said. Professor Gibson had so much control that the power of the attacks was always accurate. So teaming up was practically the same thing, but you now have to put into consideration that your teammate can't endure as much you can.

It didn't take much longer for the students to start fainting due to mana exhaustion or being stuck in a combo of arcane spells before being knocked by to the 1st line, meaning they were eliminated.

Somehow Ansgar had made it to the 19-meter mark where Esmeralda and Brian were. Unlike Brian who decided to stick with Esmeralda, Ansgar had ditched his 2 teammates which was quite unsurprising.

As he and his teammates were moving forward, Ansgar had been contributing less to things like barriers, causing them to expend more mana while he save his.

"I don't blame him for being cunning, but I blame the idiots that decide to work with someone like him." Blake wasn't surprised when he saw what Ansgar had done.

Ansgar soon went past the 19th mark and into the 10 meters stretch, but that was weird and explosive things began happening. Ansgar was being attacked, but he had no clue from what direction they came from.

The worst part was that every attack that landed on him, continuously pushed him back until he returned to the 19th mark.

"I quit!" Ansgar said in a weak tone, causing the chain of attacks to stop.