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Chapter 40: The king

Everyone started following after the butler without lagging behind. Ed, Hayato, and Emilia also moved along and situated themselves in the middle of the group of people. It was always a better idea to be in the middle, not the end and not the beginning. After leaving the hall, the group of people moved in a straight hall that they could barely see the end of, however after getting to the end the butler spoke to the group.

"Everyone we're meeting his highness, Uther Scale Pendragon. Please be on your best attitudes" Ed finally heard the name of the kingdom's king. It was the same as the legendary king of Britain of his previous world other than the Scale part.

The doors opened and the group took a look at a hall that was spacious and had as many decorations as it could hold. At the end of it, an elderly man sat on a throne room while a young girl was standing next to him. After the group got to the middle of the room they stood still and bowed down in front of him. They all followed the proper etiquette since they were now representing their countries; they were also of lower status compared to the king in front of them.

Scale kingdom was very famous for its military power and its exploits. The guild system seemed to work very well for them and they had good relationships with most neighboring countries. It was foolish to try and pick a fight with such a county.

After looking at the group of people for a while, the king finally spoke.

"You can be at ease. Now then everyone! Will you all follow me to the courtyard hahahahaha!" Everyone was thinking why would the king bring them to the throne hall if he was going to take them to the castle's courtyard anyway? But after hearing his laugh they knew it was a silly joke of his.

The group could only follow quietly.

After getting to the courtyard they found a circular magic looking diagram. It was big enough to be able to hold all of them.

"Now then everyone, get in!" The king spoke and went to the center.

Ed was kind of wary and asked the system what the diagram meant.

[The magic circle should be a group teleporting device] After hearing the system Ed kind of figured out what was happening. The academy was not in the capital. It was in an entirely different place that no one knew about.

He got on the circle and after everyone was on, it activated and they were surrounded by blinding light which they couldn't help but cover their eyes while it lasted. Soon, they felt their bodies jolt and the light disappeared. Everyone other than Ed was feeling sick, he was spared since he was used to using space magic's short teleport. He was also prepared since he knew the function of the circle.

"Welcome to your academy everyone!" The king spread his hands to further increase the hype of the academy. It was on top of a hill surrounded by forests and deserts from all directions. No one knew the exact location of the academy but they knew it should still be on their continent.

"Now then without further delay! Everyone that is present should make about 99 people. Adding my daughter it should be 100 people" The young girl who was standing next to him suddenly moved and joined the group of people.

"You will all take a test that will determine the class you'll be joining. There are 5 classes: A to E from highest to lowest. Obviously, the test results determine your position" The king now had his hands behind his back while he was tracing up and down and speaking. "The test will be divided into three parts. A magic, physical and intellectual exam. Each of these exams will be overseen by people who excel in their respective fields so no one can object to the results!" After the king spoke he moved away from his spot and a man took his place instead.

"I'm the general of Scale kingdom. No need to know my name, for now, I'll be in charge of the physical exam so follow me" The man had a build that was comparable to Leonard. He seemed like he would excel in hand to hand combat so it was fitting to be the overseer of the physical exam.

After walking for a bit they were now in front of a punching machine. Ed looked like he was struck by lightning while also feeling a bit thankful. He wouldn't have to fight anyone but the thought that an exam would be decided by punching power felt too familiar to him.

"Everyone will come forward and hit this machine. You cannot use QI or you will be given a 0 without discussion. Your performance will decide how you will be ranked in school so remember not to hold back" The general explained how the exam would be rolling and stepped back. He pointed at the person in the very front and told him to come forward.

'So we won't be going in an alphabetical order. Lucky me' Ed was still in the middle of the group and was glad there were so many people in front of him. This way, he would know how much to hold back since he wouldn't want to attract any attention. Although people came here to represent their country, Ed didn't want to be any part of it, he was known to be a crown prince that lost his qualification to the throne because of how weak he was so it would be stupid to show off his power when he's supposed to be weak.

The young man, who was called to the front and without any questions asked, punched the machine as hard as he could and a mist was formed on the ball on top of the machine. It was showing the results of the test this way. A number was formed and everyone was curious how much it was.

The man's score was shown after no longer than 1 second but it felt longer for those who were present. His score was 1250. No one knew if it was considered strong or not but they would be finding out after the second person goes up.


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Shigun Shigun

Second chapter! Enjoy.

Chapter 41: The tests

Ed inspected the man who had just gone up and saw that he was a King Establishment level 4. It's supposed to be quite the powerful level to be at when he wasn't even 20 years old. Ed also inspected some of the strong looking people and every one of them had a higher cultivation than him. What surprised him, though was that Hayato was as strong as him.

He had expected him to be stronger but apparently not. 'I shouldn't judge him by his cultivation. I was able to kill higher cultivation beings, although I needed Raikou's help' Ed knew cultivation didn't guarantee victory so he wouldn't judge anyone by cultivation alone.

One after the other kept going up against the machine; almost everyone had a score of 1000 or more. Soon enough a man from the beast race came up and punched the machine with all his power, his score reached 2000.

Everyone was shocked since they didn't exactly know why there was such a difference between them. 'I guess that should be their body's natural strength' Ed, however, could easily guess the reason. Since the group of beast people was not too spread out, they passed right after each other. A woman from their group challenged the machine and got 2500 as a score which scared everyone including Ed.

Soon enough it was Ed's turn to challenge the machine so he went up while rolling his sleeves. He took a basic karate stance which was not familiar in this world and used the Seiken punch he had seen on the TV before. No one expected anything from Ed, however; he was using his KI control to hide his true power from everyone.

He had been maintaining it at Knight Establishment level 2, a power level that was considered weak in this group of people. After striking the machine Ed's score was 999. 'Missed it by one…' Ed had planned to get a perfect 1000 but lost by 1 point. He was now dead last in the ranking by power. However what everyone else didn't know was that the ability to control one's power this well surpassed them all by far.

Emilia, who was next to him, went and hit the machine with a palm strike rather than a punch. Her score was 1100. Rather close to Ed's. Hayato went up as well and hit the machine with a normal looking punch and got 1095. Ed guessed the two of them were hiding their strength as well since he felt what they were capable of was much higher.

The group of people kept coming up to the machine and it was the turn of the noble from earlier. "Make sure you get a good look my, Aragon Norris, true power!" He seemed to like attention and spotlight. He went up to the machine and struck using a martial art Ed was not familiar with. His score was 2100. He was the only one among them who could catch up and surpass the power of the beast people.

Although he was not the best person among them, he had the power to back up whatever he wanted to do. He was a King establishment level 5, a step away from Earth establishment.

After another group of people, it was now the Oni race's turn. They went one by one and scored averagely at around 1200-1500. Not too different from humans. Everyone finished their test and no one scored lower than Ed. This attracted attention but at least not the kind he wanted to avoid.

"Very well then! The next exam will start at this moment. Bring out the second machine!" The general shouted and asked for a second machine. Ed guessed the second test would roll out in the same way as the first one.

After finishing their preparations, the test started and the general started explaining how it would roll out.

"This machine this time will be measuring your magic and QI performance. You will be asked to use any type of magic you're confident in so you there are no limitations. Now begin!" Again the person from before went up and started chanting.

"Ice spear!" The man conjured 3 spears and they were sent towards the machine. After hitting it a number started showing up. This time he got 1500.

People kept going up and the scores were very close to each other. The beat people's turn came and they were able to use some simple magic. Their score wasn't as astonishing as in their performance earlier.

The highest scorer from before got up and looked at the general. "I can't use magic. Can I just punch this thing with Qi?" She was straight up looking for a fist fight with the machine.

"That's not possible. We're checking your ability to use QI as magic, everyone is able to use QI to strengthen themselves at some point in their cultivation life" The general declined her request and she simply got a zero in her test.

Another group of people finished their test and it was Ed's turn again. He went up and felt embarrassed since he needed to say something like everyone else. "Fire Arrow" He used a familiar magic and conjured 2 arrows that went and attacked the machine. His score this time was a perfect 1000, Ed resisted throwing his fist into the sky.

Emilia and Hayato took their turns next and used wind and lightning magic respectively. Emilia got 1200 while Hayato got 1150. They seemed to be holding back again.

After a while, it was Norris's turn again and he used fire magic but this time it was a fireball that was large. His score was 1900 almost the same as his earlier one.

The Oni race got their turn and they used every type of element in their magic. Every one of them had a score over 2000.

The second test was now over and Ed was not the last. Somehow the beast woman from earlier kept looking at him as if he was the reason she was last, but he chose to ignore her even while feeling the chills.

"Good job everyone. Now follow me we'll be taking the third test somewhere else" The general spoke and started walking somewhere else, they all had to follow him.


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Shigun Shigun

Third chapter! Enjoy

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