President Daniel’s face immediately darkened.
This device is not cheap. The Toronto Magic Association is only equipped with two pieces. If it breaks, you will have to go to the Rainbow Tower to spend money to apply for a replacement. Thinking about this year's budget situation, President Daniel's forehead is dripping with tears. A few drops of sweat.
"Yeah, sorry."
Dana quickly bowed her head and apologized.
"What happened?"
The mage responsible for the interrogation outside poked his head in and asked, his eyes widening.
"It's just a surprise, don't make a fuss."
Even though President Daniel said this, he hurriedly stood up and walked to the obsidian slab, reaching out to touch the crack.
This crack is located on the top of the stone slab, extending from the edge to the center for less than half a yard. It has an obvious sunken feeling to the touch, but fortunately it is not deep, just a shallow one.
President Daniel cast a simple one-ring spell to test the function of the obsidian slab. The results were not too different, so it should be usable.
"so far so good."
The old man glanced at the trembling Dana, then cleared his throat and said.
"Well, it's okay. Failure to cast a spell is normal for an apprentice."
This is an accident. President Daniel naturally cannot ask Dana for compensation. Anyway, since it can still be used, it shouldn't be a problem to survive this mock exam.
I can only hope that future apprentices will use less offensive magic.
Shaking his head, President Daniel asked Dana to leave the room, return to her position, and neatly record the word "unsatisfactory" on the report card.
There were no other accidents in the next few dozen minutes of testing, until a young man walked into the room.
"Good afternoon, Master Mages, I am Reiner Inglete."
Reiner's steady steps caused all three judges to focus on him.
Rupert had already communicated with Reiner before. At this time, he suppressed the admiration in his heart, cleared his throat, and quickly turned his attention back to the information table on the table.
Milly had long heard about the deeds of this young Hohenheim Gold Cup winner. After looking up and down, her first impression was that this young man was indeed quite handsome. She wondered if he was married, otherwise her niece could give him one. Introduction introduction.
President Daniel had seen many storms and waves, and he looked calm at the moment. He confirmed Reiner's admission ticket and then asked.
"What spell are you planning to cast?"
"Fireball."
Reiner replied that he had read the examination room manual and knew that if he was casting an offensive spell, he would cast it on the obsidian slab in the room, so he turned around and faced the thick slab.
There are some scratches on the rustic stone slab, and an apparently new crack is clearly visible on the top.
It is said that this stone slab can absorb most of the power of magic, but I don't know what the principle is
Reiner put away the idea of buying an obsidian slab to study at home and raised his hand.
In an instant, the expressions of the three judges present changed slightly.
Has he successfully engraved the spell into the lake of his heart
Although such examples are not uncommon, this is the first time I have seen them in this exam. You must know that the vast majority of apprentices will only start to try to do it between the second and third mock exams. Spells are engraved into the lake of the heart for the sake of stability. There are very few people like Reiner.
Without giving the three judges any more time to think, a little flame lit up from Reiner's fingertips.
But it was not a dazzling bright yellow and crimson, but a strange blue.
"This is... ... ?"
President Daniel suddenly felt a strong uneasiness in his heart.
The icy blue fire expanded rapidly in an instant and turned into a dazzling bright fireball. The scorching wind made everyone's mouth dry, and the huge power that could be felt was gathering.
"wait... ... "
Before President Daniel's voice of dissuasion could be conveyed, a loud noise tore through the air and spread.
boom-
The magically reinforced window glass was shattered in an instant. Rupert tried to open the defense wall, but the wind had already swept through the three of them, blowing their robes into a mess.
For a moment, the entire room became a mess, which was the result of the air turbulence caused by the high temperature and the leakage of too much power.
The disgraced President Daniel raised his head, wanting to confirm Reiner's condition.
But the first thing that caught his eye was the shattered obsidian slab.
"..."
For a moment, President Daniel felt as if a hundred bison were rushing past. He quickly came to the broken obsidian slab and squatted down to check the situation.
"Uh, sorry."
Reiner shrugged. He did not expect that his fireball technique would be so powerful. Although he had roughly understood during the previous test that the hydrogen-based fireball technique was much more destructive than the ordinary standard fireball technique. , but I didn’t expect that the obsidian slab used for testing would collapse because it couldn’t bear it.
He also deliberately reduced the power when casting it, only exerting about 70% of it.
"I never thought this would happen..."
"..."
President Daniel was about to cry without tears after confirming the condition of the obsidian slab.
Reiner did successfully cast the fireball spell. The three reviewers just now clearly saw the scene of the fireball hitting the obsidian slab, but that was not a normal fireball spell. The obsidian slab that could withstand direct hits from spells below the third level actually turned around in the blink of an eye. It will be broken!
President Daniel checked the condition of the obsidian slab. There were no scorch marks from the flames on the slab. Judging from the cross-section, the cause of its shattering was the leakage of internal energy. Usually, only when the slab absorbed energy beyond its limit. That will lead to this situation.
In other words, the destructive power released by Reiner's "Fireball Technique" has exceeded the standard three-ring spell.
"The price of an obsidian slab is fifty gold coins. Taking into account the transportation and assembly costs, it is..."
President Daniel was completely immersed in calculating the losses. He muttered to himself as if nothing mattered anymore.
According to the Mage Apprentice Protection Act, apprentices do not need to bear liability for damages caused by accidents during magic tests, so Daniel has no way to ask Reiner to compensate. More importantly, this is not Reiner's spellcasting error. , and it's just that the obsidian slab can't withstand Reiner's fireball.
"President?"
Rupert shook President Daniel's shoulders, which brought the old man back to his senses from the heavy loss.
Looking at Reiner with an innocent expression, President Daniel shook his head and sighed. Crescent College has not taken a mock exam in so many years. This is the first time that he will take part in it, and it will make some big news.
"Ask them to bring over the spare obsidian slab, and the exam will continue. As for you, Rainer Ingle... "
Glancing reluctantly at the obsidian slab that had been working diligently for several years, President Daniel had mixed feelings in his heart, but he still spoke.
"You should have passed the test, get out."