Different from the first three exams, the fourth and most important subject, the magic test, does not involve everyone sitting in the classroom and writing papers in a harmonious manner, but a real test.
On the fifth floor of the Magic Association, in a spacious and bright room, three mages in robes sat behind a long table.
The one on the far left is Rupert. He is looking at the information sheet on the table and making notes with a pen from time to time.
The person on the far right is a slightly fat middle-aged woman with fluffy hair hanging down to her ears. She wears gold-rimmed glasses. Her robe has no wrinkles. The cuffs and three gold rims flash in the afternoon sun.
The old man sitting in the middle had no hair and his goatee was neatly combed. He held a delicate quill and raised his head slightly.
"James Patchwell, the spell you submitted is a magic water curtain mirror wall, and you did successfully cast this spell."
The old man's deep voice echoed in the empty room. The four gold coins on his sleeves made people unable to take their eyes away. This was a four-ring mage.
In fact, this is also the president and top leader of the Toronto Magic Association, Daniel Glaze, who specializes in the elemental system and has been a reviewer of magic tests for ten years.
After hearing President Daniel's words, James' originally tense nerves relaxed a little, but the next words he said made the young man's heart skip a beat.
"However, during this process, the flow of magic power was disrupted three times. Thanks to your own magic power reserves, you were able to suppress the turbulence, otherwise it would definitely fail."
President Daniel's words made James open his eyes wide. Indeed, he made some mistakes in the process of casting the spell just now. It was all because the "gift" Reiner gave them before caused James' distraction. This is indeed true. But the process of his casting just now clearly showed no flaws on the surface, but the person in front of him could actually see through it easily
"Don't underestimate the mage, little one."
President Daniel saw James' doubts. Of course he also knew that the Patchwell family had a certain foundation here, but if he was afraid of this, he might not have chosen to serve as a reviewer ten years ago.
"Get out."
With a wave of his hand, President Daniel ordered James to leave, and at the same time put points on the score sheet.
The two reviewers beside him also wrote down their scores at the same time.
This is actually very similar to the situation when reviewing an academic paper. The three reviewers have their own weights and combine the scores to give the final result.
However, having said that, the evaluation criteria for this link are also very clear.
The apprentices first submitted a piece of magic that they were ready to test, and then cast it on the spot. The judges scored based on the casting. For those who failed in spell casting, the results were obviously easy to see.
As for those who successfully cast the spell, the judges will gradually give points on the passing line based on the details of the spell cast, and finally get a relatively accurate result. This is a bit like the scoring of sports events on earth. Although subjectivity has a certain impact, it is basically The judging criteria still exist.
After James left, Dana was next in.
"Hello adults, my name is Dana Christian. The magic I am going to cast is a ring of magic, fireball."
Dana said softly with sweaty palms. She did not dare to look directly at the three judges, trying to relieve her tension.
Although she was full of confidence when chatting with Reiner in the morning, Dana was still an apprentice who had just mastered the art of casting spells, and she did not take the exam with the idea of passing it this time.
Even if a quasi-first-level mage had to engrave the spell into his soul, Dana didn't have time to prepare.
"Christine, Milly, is this the one?"
President Daniel asked the female judge next to him in a voice that Dana could not hear.
"It should be right, these are the orphans of Christine and his wife."
The mage who was replaced by Milly replied that Adol Christian and Elena Christine were somewhat famous mage in Ammonai Province. Although it had been ten years since the accident between them, Within the Toronto Magic Association, there are still many old mages who remember the two of them.
It's just that Dana's uncle, Chester Christine, doesn't have a good relationship with the Magic Association, so Dana's situation is not known to these people. Of course, people like President Daniel have a very negative relationship with the Christines. It was just a few acquaintances, and there was no such thing as taking care of the orphans of friends.
Dana didn't notice the judges' comments. After getting Rupert's permission, she raised her hand and faced a deep obsidian on the side of the room.
This is a device specially used to test the power of magic. It can withstand direct hits from standard spells below the third level and give power data. It can also absorb excess released energy. When the mage apprentice chooses offensive magic, this device will It came in handy.
"interesting."
President Daniel smiled slightly when he saw what Dana was holding.
That's a staff.
To be precise, it was a wooden stick about one-third of a yard long. There was no trace of magic on it. It was not a magic prop, just an ordinary slender wooden stick.
This was suggested by Reiner, in order to give Dana a psychological hint. As long as she holds this "staff", she can successfully cast magic.
This does not violate the rules of the assessment, but it just makes President Daniel find this little girl very interesting.
Dana closed her eyes, and the complex and beautiful spell model of Fireball emerged in her mind. Many nodes lit up one by one, shining like stars. At the same time, dazzling magic channels continued to shuttle between these nodes, gradually depicting Spell model that casts fireball.
But a spark sparkled, and a huge torrent of magic gushed out from several key spell nodes. This was not the power that would appear during the normal process of casting a fireball spell.
Dana watched helplessly as this torrent broke through the originally harmonious spell model and poured out from her fingertips through the staff.
Bang—
The huge roar almost shattered the magic-strengthened windows in the room, and a flash of light flew out from the front of the staff and directly hit the obsidian slab.
A strong wind blew up and the dust hit the three judges.
Rupert stood up, raised his hand slightly, and a transparent wind wall appeared in front of the three of them, blocking the airflow with ease.
After the dust settled, President Daniel shook his head. This was obviously not a characteristic of the fireball spell. It seemed that Dana had indeed failed to cast the spell.
"Classmate Dana Christian, I'm sorry, you... Huh?"
However, before President Daniel finished speaking, Milly pulled his sleeve and pointed to the obsidian slab.
I saw a clearly visible crack on the stone slab that could withstand direct hits from standard spells below the third level!