Telekinesis.
A convenient type of magic that would leave no traces on the environment.
It was magic that I liked very much and practiced a lot in case of something like this.
/SWOOSH/
The moment I saw the arrow coming to my face, I knew dodging the arrow was not possible.
Of course, it wasn't like I didn't know the arrow would come.
No, I knew.
Because there is no way I am stupid enough to forget that there was another boy that was waiting for the right time to attack.
So, I just used the telekinesis magic and redirected the arrow at one last second.
And that one change in the trajectory was enough for it to miss.
To add, the expression on his face the moment his attack was missed was a sight to see.
That dumbfounded expression.
It was something I liked very much and enjoyed seeing on other people's faces.
Though, in the end, he needed to disappear from there for the sake of my winning.
So, with the last bit of mana that was left in my hand, I chanted the same spell and made him get surrounded by the flames, burning him alive.
Since he couldn't die here anyway, and he was the last participant in this place, I didn't limit the output of my spell.
And the moment I had destroyed him, an announcement came.
"Winner of the 1st island. Callius."
The moment announcement sounded, I disappeared from the place I was standing with the feeling of spatial fluctuations around me.
And following that, I was in a place where a lot of people had already gathered while my body felt refreshed.
A place with an open field where the sky could be seen.
Though it was nothing but an illusion that was made by magic.
/HOWL/ /HOWL/
Of course, there was a huge clatter that surrounded the space.
Since it was filled with the students that just got out of the exam.
"What is this? Where am I?"
"Did I die? That pain was real."
"MY ARM, MY ARM!"
Young people all around me were looking at their bodies while making surprised expressions.
To be honest, if I didn't know how the exam worked from the game, I would also probably have been dumbfounded, just like them.
Since the thing they had experienced was something they had never done before.
Time magic was truly a convenient tool to manage such situations.
Because the flow of the time that was passing in the islands or that subspecies were faster than this waiting room, even if the time I had spent there were close to 8 hours, here it felt like 1 minute at most.
This was the reason why everyone was surprised, since for all of them, it felt like they had just died.
"ATTENTION!"
Just as everyone was talking to themselves, an intense sound filled their ears, taking everyone's attention.
/SILENCE/
Making everyone silent.
"Now, I know most of you are confused about what happened, though those who had prepared beforehand would know about it."
A man that was on the stage said while looking at the participants.
It was a man with a bulky build and formal clothes.
The aura he was spreading was filled with arrogance that came from being strong.
"I won't bother with explaining how things worked; go search it on your own."
He said while stopping for a second.
"Now, you will get a notification on your bracelets to see if you have passed the exam or not." He followed his sentence with that.
And just as he said this, suddenly, a panel appeared right before my eyes.
'No matter how many times I see this, it feels like the system itself.'
I thought.
Though the panels that were shown by the system have different types of font and color, it is still easily mistakeable.
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Name – Callius
Exam Results –
Written Exam – 1st rank – 115/115 questions answered correctly
Practical Exam – 1st rank – 127 people eliminated - Ranked 1st on the island.
Result – Passed
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The moment I looked at the panel, a smile crept upon my face.
<Ding! Quest [Main Character] is completed with rank S+.>
<Ding! Rewards are being distributed.>
<Ding! Host's Class Sorcerer of the Beginning had a huge advancement.>
<Ding! Class Sorcerer of the Beginning unlocked a new skill.>
<Five-star Skill [Silent Mage], acquired.>
Since I was expecting the quest to be completed, though I didn't have much time to look at the rewards.
Of course, there was a reason why my mana was depleted to the ground on the last fight.
Since I had eliminated 124 other people before.
And believe me; it was not an easy task.
If I didn't have a passive skill [Axiom Arc] that helped me regenerate my mana each time I had successfully eliminated a person, I wouldn't be able to last this long.
Though, of course, if I had gone with my sword, it would be easy.
In any case, just coming first and not dying on the exam itself is important, but also eliminating as many people as possible is important as well.
Arguably, it might even have a better effect, even though I don't know the details.
"Now, you must have already received the message. Those who have passed the exam will be teleported to the admission hall, and those who have failed will be teleported to the entrance you have come from."
Before I could think of anything else, the man on the stage informed everyone.
"I failed? How?"
"YES! I PASSED! I FUCKING PASSED!"
"Hick…."
"Hick…."
Looking around, I could see some people screaming with happy expressions while others were looking down at the ground with pitiful expressions.
Some of them were crying from happiness while others were crying from the sadness and feeling of failure.
In the end, it was two different sides of one coin.
Some will lose, and some will win.
Just as I had thought that suddenly I felt the spatial mana around me.
"Here we go again."
As I had mumbled that, suddenly I got teleported from the place I was standing.
This time I appeared in another hall.
Another hall that I was familiar with.
A hall that I had seen in the game pretty often.
"Student Gathering Hall."
I mumbled, seeing the engravings and the huge chandelier hanging down from the ceiling.
'Welcome to the Ark, huh?'
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