Chapter 147: Promotion Test

Chapter 147: Promotion Test



New World, Imperium City.

The golden bell on the cathedral's tower rang out.

Ding, ding, ding.

The sunlight of the summer sun cascaded over the royal castle and the city below.

It was very warm.

The people of the city had changed from their warm clothes to short-sleeved shirts and light dresses.

Since it was the wealthiest city by a large margin, everyone walking on the streets looked like they came straight from a picture in a magazine.

Handsome and pretty couples walked hand-in-hand, the cafes opened their doors, and children laughed as they played in the fountains.

The banners of the guilds flapped proudly against the wind.

Unlike in Dawnwatch, where the guilds only had one building to their name, in Imperium City, since there were so many streets and buildings, every guild had their own street.

It was their territory, per se.

The Imperium City, after all, was home to the strongest guilds and the mercenaries.

At this moment, carriages wheeled down the summer-heated streets and rolled through the entrance into a large compound with high stone walls and sand floors.

The carriages circled in the sand yard until they came to a stop in front of the massive wooden double doors with circle-shaped knobs.

The doors of the carriage swung open, and the mercenaries emerged one by one.

Digby and Adam left their carriage, and stood shoulder to shoulder. They were the only members from Crimson Hounds that came to the promotion tests.

A few gazes from other carriages went in their way, or more precisely, in Adam's direction.

The double doors creaked open by a muscular, hulking man that seemed to have been consumed by his muscles.

He glanced around at everyone present and said, "You may all enter. Keep your swords and armor in your inventory; you do not need those."

After everyone did so, they slowly walked over to the hulking man, showed their mercenary cards, and then entered the compound.

After Digby entered, Adam followed in his footsteps and showed his mercenary card to the hulking man.NewW novels updates at novelhall.com

"When was the last time you updated your card?" The hulking man asked, seeing that is still showed that Adam was only level one.

"I haven't," Adam said.

The hulking man nodded and let him enter.

It was cool inside the compound. It almost felt like they had entered a different world, completely different from outside's sweltering heat.

"Look at the mirror." The static voice said.

Adam walked over to the mirror, stopping right in front of it.

The mirror was full-body and reflected his own image back at him.

Then, the mirror's reflection started to distort, and the surface looked like there were waves rippling across it.

Then, a mirrory hand reached out from the mirror, and then head, then torso, and finally legs, until the figure was standing on two feet before him, identical in every way.

It was Adam's doppelgänger, but without his skin-the doppelgänger's skin looked like it was made out of a mirror.

"The first test, mirror fight," the static voice said. "The mirror doppelgänger has a strength of low-level Ordergiver. Its strength is what the Ordergiver should have, at minimum." The mirror doppelgänger reached out its hand, and a mirror sword appeared in its hand. It resembled the Gladius sword quite a bit.

'It can replicate my skills, but it cannot replicate my fighting style.'

"You will receive your sword now. As soon as you pick it up, the fight starts." The static voice

said.

A sword fell from the ceiling and landed before him—it was an ordinary-looking Gladius

sword.

Adam picked up the sword. He wasn't wearing any armor, as he wasn't allowed to rely on any items during the test.

As soon as he touched the sword's hilt, the mirror doppelgänger rushed forward and slashed down at him with an overhead slash.

Adam clashed his sword against the mirror blade, the clash of metal and glass ringing out

through the room.

After only a second, Adam managed to push its sword away. It was clear that he had better physical strength than a low-level Ordergiver!

The mirror doppelgänger's posture looked shaky.

Adam rushed in and stabbed his sword forward, but saw the mirror blade appear in the way;

therefore, he quickly snapped his wrist, changed the trajectory of his stab, and sliced through

the mirror doppelgänger's knee.

A crack appeared in its glass mirror knee.

His speed was also much more superior compared to the mirror dopplegänger!

Adam swung his sword again, and this time, the blade went through the mirror doppelgänger's face. It shattered into a million pieces.

"First test, successful," the static voice said.

Another door opened at the end of the room, leading deeper into the facility. "Whew..." Adam dropped the sword and left the room.