Within the Arena, an old man who named himself Hausmer stood in front of all the participants. He introduced himself as the current chief of the Dragon Riders Battalion of the Black Tower.
He first acknowledged the presence of the third or current Tower Lord before he completed the announcement of the rules of the assessment which made everybody excited.
The Emblem Assessment for today will only have a single method for determining their skills… and it is through duels…
A single participant only need to accept a total of 3 duels requests or issue 3 duel challenges. In short, there will be a total of 6 bouts that they could participate in.
Furthermore, they're required to accept any duels but not required to issue a challenge.
Even if you only accept 3 duels and you think that you already performed enough, you don't have to bother yourself and continue challenging three more participants to prove yourself. It would be up to you.
However, in the last part of his announcement, he mentioned three participants that must accept 10 challenges instead of three!
They were Magnus, Elena, and Alexander!
Vincent could guess that if they actually succeeded in all the 10 challenges, these three will easily become core members of the Black Tower's younger generation.
Vincent wanted to look around and see the balcony where the higher-ups are but unfortunately, his vision doesn't allow him to do so.
Soon, all the participants were sent to a small area within the arena where they could issue their challenges.
Vincent followed them with Guven as Tara and Rem were left in the stands to watch.
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"Professor Turhan… Congratulations, your research on that Mystic Eye was a huge success." Levent said as she approached the professor.
They were currently watching the proceedings of the competition from their seats within the crowd and waiting for the start of the first battles.
Turhan was then looking at the platform where the Tower Lord was but immediately shifted his gaze after hearing her.
"Well, it wasn't easy to bring a whole clan to our territory. I paid a huge price for that so getting this small success is just natural." Turhan said with confidence.
That's right, his research is about a Mystic Eye but not just any Tier 4 Mystic Eye, it was related to Tier 5 Mana Arts!
When it comes to a battle at the level of a Grand Magus, aside from their multicasting abilities, the result will be decided by their Tier 5 Mana Arts…
"Well, I didn't know that you are now using a saber as a weapon… What happened?" Turhan asked after noticing the mysterious saber she was holding.
"I started learning saber techniques since I want to expand my combat skills and knowledge. Anyway, do you think that Vincent will get at least a yellow emblem?"
Levent asked changing the subject of conversation.
"Yeah… I think so. Hmm? The battle is finally starting. I've been wondering why they're putting so much importance on those three students… I can't wait to see."
"Me too... I've been in the academy almost all the time and aside from finding these three quite impressive, I didn't see any qualities that the Tower Lord would have to trouble himself to watch this battle. I'm curious."
As she said this, she glanced at the platform where the five most powerful members of the Black Tower are currently seated.
The Tower Lord can be easily recognized with his incredibly large build almost like a Barbarian himself.
His towering figure could not be missed as well as the large wooden staff he was holding.
No one has ever been allowed to appraise that item but rumors said that the staff is a Legendary Magic Artifact that allowed the first Tower Lord to build the Black Towers.
"In the first stage, Akses versus Elena…"
"In the second stage, Jean-Claude versus Alireza"
"In the third stage, Wesley versus Vincent!"
The announcement was made as six people stood up from the resting area of the participants.
The first name to be mentioned would be the name of the one who issued the challenge followed by the one who accepted.
Vincent was surprised that someone already challenged him this early.
'Wesley… He's the 3-Star Aura Knight that Professor Turhan told me about. Perhaps he's the guy who sent those two troublemakers? No, he might be Magnus' lackey as well. They probably want me out of the competition as early as possible.'
Vincent thought as he walked to the third stage. He couldn't understand their hatred toward a 'blind' person like him.
Nevertheless, he's not planning to be beaten by someone today…
Vincent and Wesley came to the center of the third stage as the referee who seemed to be an Arch Knight was waiting for them.
"You can fight to your heart's content. I will stop the battle and save you if you're about to die or if you admitted your defeat."
The referee paused for a moment. After confirming that the two don't have any questions, he continued.
"Alright. There is no time limit in each battle but you have to remember that many eyes are watching. If you have no more questions, have ten steps back… That's enough! Start!"
As soon as he said this, he immediately jumped back to give some space to the two.
He knows that any participants in this assessment were skillful individuals. It wouldn't be surprising for them to immediately throw powerful Tier 3 Elemental Mana Arts with each other.
However, the referee immediately realized that the two competitors this time were not Mana Practitioners but Soul Cultivators!
Two 3-Star Aura Knights in the first part of the competition!
Wesley pounced and slashed his sword aiming at Vincent's neck.
Clang!
It was blocked by Vincent's dagger as he stepped back due to the force behind that strike.
Wesley wasn't impressed as he taunted Vincent.
"Hmph! You do not belong here! Only one blind student will pass the assessment today! It won't be you but it's Magnus!"
This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺