Capítulo 5: The test.

Erix paled in nervousness the very moment he heard his name.

He started moving towards the test area with Shota tailing him closely, and with two other students behind his back.

One was a black-haired boy who looked quite grumpy, and a girl with a cold expression. The girl had long red hair tied up into a ponytail that went down her waist. She wore an expensive-looking black dress with a long nape that covered her back. From her actions and expression, she seemed like the strong, talented, and confident rich type.

She was really pretty compared to most girls, which even further boosted her ego.

The test they needed to do was in this order; Strength, Agility, and lastly, Reflex.

"Okay, you four, follow me," Leo said the moment the group arrived in the test area and the group compiled.

He took them a little further into the field, though not away from the whole group. They followed Leo until they were standing not too far from multiple machines.

Leo stopped suddenly and did a 180-degree turn. He then said, "We will begin with Ambry Carto. Please step forward."

Ambry was the grumpy boy. Even with his black hair, he had no pretty features, be it in his face or body.

"Age, seventeen. Height, 1.6 meters. Ability, ice. Is it correct?" Leo read out loud his data about him as Ambry answered with 'Yes' each time he said something.

"Very well then, we will begin with the strength test and finish off with the reflex test."

Ambry quickly went where the strength machine was.

"You saw me do this once, so I believe you can do the same, right?"

"Yeah. Anyway, is the use of ability allowed?" He asked.

"Sure. You can go on and use it in every single test."

"Good." Ambry made out a fist and punched them together. Then, ice began to form around them until they were completely covered in ice.

He then stepped back a little to gather as much momentum as possible. Once he was at a good range, he swung his fist and punched the red point at the center of the machine. Upon impact, a little noise was heard.

'Wow, he looks quite strong.' Erix thought, seeing him.

The number on the machine began to skyrocket until it eventually stopped at 1001 points, showing his power level as 1001.

"What? Only one thousand and one points?!" He didn't know if it was actually loud or not, but he just wanted to annoy other people, so he shouted as much as he could.

"Please continue with the test," Leo said with concealed anger, trying hard not to react to the boy's rudeness.

"Tsk." Ambry then moved over to the next test which was the test based on agility.

In this test, Ambry needed to dodge the hologram spikes fired by drum-like machines there.

During the test, he struggled to keep up in the first few seconds before he got knocked out. He lasted for 49 seconds only.

After that, he went to the reflex test where he needed to stand in one place and dodge the hologram of spikes, unlike the agility test where he was free to run around and dodge.

For this one, he did worse than the last one. He lasted only 15 seconds.

"Good. Now you can go back to your place. Natasha Heley. Please step forward."

Natasha was the girl with the cold expression.

"Age, seventeen. Height, 1.72. Ability, fire. Is it correct?" Leo read out loud and Natasha answered with a nod.

She then went to the test area and scored 9951 power level in the strength test, lasted 4 minutes 5 seconds in the agility test, and 4 minutes in the reflex test.

Before she came back to the group, Shota whispered something in Erix's ear, "Too bad she's stiff and expressionless, else, you would have made a great couple together." He joked as Erix went red in the ear.

Seeing Erix's reaction, Shota chuckled once more and then stepped forward since it was his turn.

"Age, seventeen. Height, 1.7 meters. Ability, confidential. Is that correct?" Shota answered 'yes' to every question.

Hearing that, Erix was confused. He expected to hear an ability, not something confidential. And because of that, his little curiosity about Shota grew.

Ambry was so pissed off with his score that he couldn't keep his mouth to himself. He threw bad comments at others in the group, saying they didn't do well in their test when it was quite obvious he was saying the complete opposite.

And since the two other boys have yet to carry out their test, all of his verbal attacks went to Natasha.

He said she was bad and that she was a bitch.

Even though Natasha didn't reply, she was clearly irritated by his bad words.

At the end of Shota's test, he got a 13579 power level in strength and lasted 7 minutes in both agility and reflex tests.

Since Shota was friendly, Erix wanted to congratulate him.

"You did awes…." Erix was still talking when Ambry pushed him aside and went to Shota. He even put his hand on Shota's neck.

"You're strong, man. You know, I thought all of us would screw up this test but you proved me wrong. Whoa! Good job buddy. You won't mind if we hang out later with some flashy girls here, do you?" When Ambry said that, Erix was rubbing his arm. He had pushed him with quite some force, and it was hurting.

Looking at Ambry, Shota had a disgusted expression on his face. First, he was detestable, and second, he pushed the boy that genuinely wanted to praise him. Well, even at that, he still managed to act friendly.

"Thanks for the offer. But I will disappoint you by declining."

Saying that he put off Ambry's hand from his neck and went towards Erix. He then asked, "Are you okay? It must have hurt a lot. That bitch! First your palm and now your arm."

"No, no, it's okay. Thanks for your concern. it's a lot better now." Erix forced a smile and looked directly at Shota's face. 'Who the hell is this bitch deceiving? Wait, let's see if you will act all kind and caring after seeing my performance.'

However, they couldn't stay like that for long because Leo called for Erix next.

"Age, Seventeen. Height, 1.65. Ability, none. correct?"