Chapter 2: The College Entrance Exam Begins
The next day came quickly.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the college entrance examination, all the students were sent to the entrance of the secret realm by the school. After that, they would announce the dungeon's difficulty level.
However, when the invigilator informed them of the instance dungeons they needed to complete this year, there was a sudden uproar.
"It's actually an [ A ] class difficulty instance dungeon! I only dare to slack around Class C in my own simulation. The heavens want me dead!"
"Isn't the difficulty this year a little too high? Wasn't it just a [ B ] class instance dungeon last year? Why did it increase so much this year?"
"It's a good thing I'm only 16 this year. If I can't pass this time, I can fight again next year!"
...
In an instant, all the students present were wailing in grief, and the scene instantly became somewhat chaotic.
Looking at the noisy scene before him, Haplos' brows tightly furrowed, and his deep eyes were filled with solemnity.
The students of the current era had suffered too little. Back in the days when they were taking the exam, not to mention A-class, even SS-class dungeons were cleared by the students perfectly. As expected...
All of a sudden, as if he had seen something, Haplos subconsciously took a few steps forward and looked at the Deputy Invigilator. His voice suddenly rose, and his tone was full of praise.
"Who is the first student to enter the instance dungeon?"
The Deputy Invigilator focused his gaze and was shocked upon discovering the answer. The first one to enter the dungeon was Fran?
After learning that they were about to enter an A-Class dungeon, Fran's first reaction was also surprise. However, he quickly calmed down.
As the only one who had yet to awaken and change his class, the other students naturally wouldn't choose to form a team with Fran. He didn't have any complaints about this.
If he were to put himself in their shoes, he would not have chosen someone who had not awakened as his companion either.
After all, being able to successfully enter a college school not only represented one's own strength, but also a considerable entrance bonus. If it was only the former, Fran might have hesitated. However, he couldn't save up to that kind of huge bonus in a short time.
Fran's eyes turned cold as he thought of his parents' increasingly thin faces and their ever-increasing pressure to pay back their debt.
Since he had already chosen to come here to participate in the assessment, no matter how difficult the instance dungeon was, he would not choose to escape.
Seeing that no one around him was willing to take the first step, Fran unhesitatingly stepped forward and walked into the dungeon first.
His action naturally attracted everyone's attention.
As the only student who had yet to awaken and change his occupation, even if the people who came here for the assessment did not know what he looked like, they had heard of his name.
Thus, when the people around them said Fran's name, almost everyone looked like they were waiting for a good show.
Amongst them, the sneer on Pegg's face was the most obvious.
"He's just a piece of trash who hasn't awakened yet. How dare he be the first to rush in? He'll probably die without even knowing how he died!"
As someone who had awakened the strength attribute early on and successfully changed his class to a swordsman, Pegg shouldn't have had any interactions with Fran.
Unfortunately, when Fran first transmigrated to this world, he accidentally offended some students, and one of them was Pegg.
He had already disliked Fran in school, and now he was gloating over his misfortune.
At this moment, on the control panel, after Haplos heard the words of the Deputy Invigilator Vera, the initial admiration in his heart was instantly replaced by disdain.
"I thought he was some outstanding student. Turns out he's just a jobless wanderer who hasn't even awakened his profession yet."
As the chief examiner, Haplos had seen too many of these incidents.
In the past years, there had been students who had not awakened. They had tried to do some sensational things during the assessment in an attempt to attract the examiners' attention.
However, if this was during normal times, perhaps the invigilator would find it interesting and have some other thoughts.
However, this was impossible for Haplos.
In the Empire, the name of the Demon King Haplos could be said to be well-known.
Even a child who had just learned to speak would immediately stop crying when his name was mentioned.
However, even though he was famous, the chief examiner of the college entrance examination every year was still Haplos. There was no other reason. If Haplos claimed to be the second fairest in the Empire, no one would dare to claim to be the first.
And so, after seeing Fran's actions, Haplos quickly looked away in boredom.
Fran didn't care about the outside world.
At this moment, all of his energy was focused on the dungeon in front of him.
The moment he entered the instance dungeon, the criteria for passing the assessment appeared on his panel.
After seeing the conditions on the interface, Fran let out a sigh of relief.
"You only need to kill 1000 monsters to pass? It seems like this [ A ] class instance dungeon is a little easier than I had imagined."
Fran muttered to himself, but he didn't dare to relax.
Soon, the first monster entered Fran's line of sight.
Perhaps it was because he had just entered the instance dungeon that the monsters that appeared were only the lowest level slimes.
The moment Fran saw the monster, he focused his mind and a small fireball appeared in front of him, hitting the slime with a "whoosh".
However, when the small fireball hit the slime, it only burned a layer of skin and flesh. It did not really hurt it.
Seeing this, Fran wasn't surprised. After all, this was only the lowest level of fireball. It could be used to warm up the fire, but the damage was a little low when used to fight monsters.
But soon, a dozen fireballs of various sizes appeared in front of Fran.
A single fireball wouldn't pose much of a threat, but if a dozen fireballs were to come crashing down at the same time, their power couldn't be underestimated.
Soon, the slime screamed and completely disappeared before everyone's eyes.
Although it didn't take Fran a short time to kill the first monster, it actually took about ten seconds.
When the crowd outside saw this, their impression of him changed.
"I thought this Fran was trash, but I didn't expect him to have some skill."
"I didn't expect a low-level skill to be used like this. I've learned something!"
Even though some people were surprised, most of the students reacted quickly.
"What's the big deal? it's just a slime. Who can't kill it?"
"He's just taking advantage of the fact that we haven't learned many advanced skills yet. I'd like to see how he'll pass the test when we encounter stronger monsters later on!"
Unexpectedly, Fran actually caused people around to talk about him, and Pegg's face turned ugly in an instant.
"Putting on a show for the crowd!"
With a cold snort, Pegg also stepped into the dungeon.
After the second student entered, the third and fourth students also began to move.
More and more students appeared on the big screens outside.
However, just as the many students waiting to take the test entered, some of the lower grade students who were staring at the big screen from outside suddenly had strange expressions on their faces.
"Hey, let me say. Did any of you pay attention to that Fran or whatever? Didn't you notice that this guy's mana bar seems to be endless?!"
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