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Chapter 291 Second Test 2



This should be fun. Oh, how he wished he had a camera or smartphone. Watching Sam and Einar struggle would have been a video more precious than a chest full of gold.

Everyone took their place a few minutes behind the line drawn. Damian was curious to see if anyone had found a way to resist the overwhelming mana different from his. It wouldn\'t be soul crushing pressure, this was still a test for young promising youths and they had to give them some leeway to succeed at least halfway.

However, Damian was proven very wrong.

The third ranker barely gave them a couple of seconds after the test began before unleashing his might. Those who had prepared mobility spells in advance moved just a few meters before collapsing on the ground, flat on their faces. No matter how powerful their spells, not a single one could move an inch. The pressure wasn\'t that great, maybe 30% a normal third ranker\'s full aura in use.

Everyone looked stupid, trying hard to resist on the floor-it was really funny. All the pretty clothes they had worn for the occasion were now dirty. Even the kids around Damian fell to their knees, even though the control of the spellsword master was so great it only affected the contestant area, and they felt like barely 10%.

In the tense silence, with participants straining to move even a finger and the crowd sweating in shared discomfort, Damian couldn\'t suppress a chuckle.

His laugh carried farther than he intended, breaking the quiet and earning him scornful glares from those nearby. Even the second-ranker staff glared at him, but the third ranker smiled instead—before breaking into an ominous, mocking laugh of his own.

"Is that all you\'ve got? Huh..? Pathetic worms..?," the man sneered. "You call yourselves geniuses? Talented prodigies of this generation? Where is your talent..? I see no talent here. None."

The mocking continued. "You may be powerful in your home regions, but here, you\'re all amateurs. To withstand a master\'s aura, you must use your own—but your feeble auras won\'t cut it. The person\'s Aura, you see, is the reflection of their soul.. Only in the battlefield, in life and death situations can one mold their soul, their aura-to harden, to evolve, to empower.. Only warriors get a soul braded with that distinct mark of courage.."Nôv(el)B\\\\jnn

"A courage shown in the face of certain death. A belief in one\'s ability, one\'s expertise, belief that these are the things that can get him or her through any situation, no matter how hopeless. Belief in oneself at the end of the line, that is courage."

He paused to let his words sink in, resting a hand fondly on his sword hilt as if remembering past battles. "Talent and lineage will only take you so far. When everything else fails, only your pure ability remains.."

Just as he prepared to continue, opening his mouth again, a groan shattered the silence.

"AGHHHH! This shit is hard!"

Two figures were moving. Sam and Einar, their bodies glowing faintly with red and purple auras, trudged forward against the pressure. Each step looked agonizing, as if they were walking through a hurricane. Yet, the sight was undeniably funny.

The third ranker fell silent, his words dying in his throat. Along with the rest of the staff, he watched in stunned amazement as Sam and Einar pushed forward, step by painful step.

His surprise soon gave way to a smile. They should have known Sam and Einar were second rankers, they must have sensory types. Real masters could sense it just by being near them, especially third rankers, who could scan entire battlefields. Damian had seen Vidalia do it, as well as other second rankers like Tristan.

Guess they must have dismissed it as Sam and Einar\'s eagerness and lack of knowledge pushing them to second rank, without them properly mastering their skills. That was not the case though. Those two were real masters, and not just any masters, the best of the best - just a tad bit lower than the transcendent seeds and high leveled second rankers. Though he wasn\'t sure about Sam, his ability was too weird and he could probably match even the transcendent seeds. Stay connected via empire

That guy sure had grown from a weak ass kid whom he had to carry through army trials to now becoming one of the most powerful individuals of his generation. He always had the talent and hardwork the kid had done more than anyone, of that Damian could testify.

Meanwhile, others struggled. Spellswords typically used their weapons as conduits for aura and mana, not for self-coating. But Einar had perfected her aura control, and Sam had clearly learned some tricks from their joint training. Being second rankers might have made it slightly easier to channel more aura, though Damian wasn\'t sure about that.

Suddenly, Damian noticed a spike in one participant\'s mana signature. It was Evrin. She was burning mana like fuel, attempting a mana-body coating technique instead of aura coating.

That might be easier compared to aura coating, but much more taxing on the body and it physically hurts. Also one always had a risk of going below 15% mana with poor control and falling uncounscios. But most of all, it was achievable with only really good mana control, which only mages at this point in levels could showcase. And their main weapon was mana itsef, if used all in just resisting aura, What was one to do when time came to fight..? Which could have been the reason the method was not used much. And people barely even knew they could protect themselves from aura with mana.

The princess sure was talented if she could pull it off. It wasn\'t a perfect coating, and she wasted a lot of mana, but she did manage to take a few steps forwad. Becoming third behind Einar and Sam. Seeing her, that silver haired noble girl also started doing the same thing, mana was not visible, unless it was really concentrated and thick in nature. So everyone else was super confused. It could look like an aura coating from one angle, if the hue of mana was visible.

She was now the fourth. However she ran out of mana soon, collapsing even before Evrin. She had used a good amount in the first test and had not recovered perfectly, while Evrin used up her second Mana Pulse Potion to boost herself.

Meanwhile, a few physically strong individuals—Lucian, the Dawnstar prince, a beastman from the empire, and others—began inching forward. The aura\'s pressure remained unrelenting, but some of the high-level physically powerful contestants who got used to it pushed through, taking small steps.

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