Bab 3: His Mana Bar Can't be Used Up
What? How could such a thing happen?
The surrounding students immediately focused their gazes on Fran.
It would have been better if they didn't look, but when they did, everyone's eyeballs almost fell out from shock!
Why was this kid's mana bar still not empty after entering?
Even the students who had successfully changed their profession only had 150 mana points. Even if some of them awakened earlier, they only had 200 mana points. He only had 100 mana at the start. How did he do it? He had used more than 30 skills in a row and still had mana!
Although the blue bar can only be seen by oneself, if the blue bar is about to run out, outsiders can also notice it from the pale face.
But Fran's face was still bright red. Other than his messy hair during the battle, he did not seem to show any mana consumption at all!
"I say, is this kid cheating?"
Someone mumbled, almost voicing out everyone's inner thoughts.
Fran didn't care how the outside world viewed him. After killing about twenty slimes, Fran finally encountered his first mutated monster since entering the dungeon.
It was a huge mutated longhorn beetle. The horns on its head were almost half the height of Fran's body, and the shiny black shell on its body showed his powerful defense.
As soon as it saw Fran, the mutated longhorn beetle charged at him with its horns.
If he was accidentally hit by this, he would be lying on the ground for a long time.
As for Fran, he had already been on full alert when it appeared.
Fran thought to himself the moment he saw it move.
Good!
His feet moved slightly, and the assassin's low-level skill, Dark Dagger, was instantly activated. The next second, Fran appeared behind the monster on the right. Then, Fran turned his palm, and a dagger formed by the assassination skill appeared in his hand.
Staring at the tightly closed shell in front of him, Fran's eyes narrowed, and he forcefully slashed down!
The dagger that was condensed from the skill turned into a pile of dust and disappeared the moment it touched the shell. The mutated longhorn beetle had instantly been angered by this provocative action. It immediately raised its head and let out a shrill cry, rushing towards Fran with all its might.
Fran had already expected this.
Facing the mutated longhorn beetle's anger, Fran unhurriedly continued to use his assassin skills, repeating the same actions.
The students watching from the outside were also confused by Fran's actions.
Even Haplos, who had been attracted by the scene, felt a little bored after his initial surprise dissipated. He even felt a little angry.
These students were really messing around one batch after another! However, a non-professional wanderer had actually attracted so much attention. With such talent, if he were to use it properly in his practice, he wouldn't have to mess around here now!
When everyone saw that Fran still hadn't changed his assassin skill, their previous surprise turned into ridicule.
"A person without an awakened profession actually dares to come for the assessment? What a joke! Look, he can't even deal with a single mutated longhorn beetle!"
"Moreover, he seems to have entered the instance dungeon alone. Even if he wants to die, he doesn't know how to find a good place. In a few years, we might come here for the assessment. What bad luck!"
The crowd's ridicule didn't reach Fran's ears.
After using the assassin skill to attack the mutated longhorn beetle's shell for a while, Fran finally gave up on using the skill.
"I thought I could find its weakness. As expected, the monsters in an [ A ] class instance dungeon are different."
Fran muttered, not surprised at all.
After all, if it was that easy to clear an [ A ] class instance dungeon, there wouldn't be so many students who could not clear it.
The dagger in his hand once again turned into powder under the hard shell of the longhorn beetle, and Fran subconsciously jumped back. Just as he was thinking about what skill to use, the mutated longhorn beetle, which had been stabbed randomly, finally couldn't hold back anymore.
Its originally normal eyes suddenly turned scarlet red, and the carapace on its body glowed even brighter. It was actually planning to kill Fran with a single blow!
If Fran had been an ordinary unawakened with his mana bar exhausted, he would have only been able to wait for his death. But Fran wasn't that kind of person.
Although he had not awakened his profession, he had a blue bar!
Just as the mutated longhorn beetle was about to hit Fran, he calmly took out the staff in his hand and softly said two words.
"Earth Wall."
As soon as he finished speaking, an earth wall appeared in front of everyone. Although the earth wall couldn't resist the impact of the mutated longhorn beetle, it had greatly hindered its footsteps.
Fran then waved his staff, and an icicle appeared beside him. Fran pointed his finger, and the icicles hit the mutated longhorn beetle.
"What? Why does he still have mana to cast spells?"
Some students exclaimed. Their mocking gazes instantly turned into curiosity and shock.
After all, Fran had been continuously casting skills ever since he entered. Even if they were low-level skills, the number was terrifying. A mage who had just advanced to a new class needed six seconds to cast a low-level skill, but Fran had already been inside for five minutes.
If they were released one after the other, then fifty spell skills would be required, that is, two hundred and fifty points of mana would be required!
And if they weren't wrong, that unawakened Fran only needed four seconds to cast a spell. How did he do it?!
If Fran knew what these people were thinking, he would definitely be smiling.
He had not awakened to any profession, so his four attribute abilities were still there. He had so many more agility points than those who changed their professions to mages, and those who were assessed with him had just awakened and changed their professions not long ago.
Without learning advanced skills, and without the blessing of agility points, the speed of their spell casting was naturally not as fast as him.
But of course, he wouldn't tell this group of people. And this group of people had no way of knowing.
Seeing Fran cast one spell after another, some low-ranked students couldn't help feeling envious.
This kid's blue bar really made people jealous. Even if he could not pass this assessment, he could boast to the non-awakened for the rest of his life with such an ability.
With such a commotion, Haplos' attention was naturally drawn to him again.
But when he saw that it was Fran who had caused the commotion, he was a bit dissatisfied.
"He's just a wanderer without any position, yet he doesn't know the rules!"
The reason why Haplos had chosen this secret realm as the venue for the college entrance examination was to test the students' ability to work as a team. On the battlefield, the cooperation between team members often played a crucial role.
Furthermore, the difficulty of an [ A ] class instance dungeon was not something that could be handled by a single player. In the early stages, they might be able to barely fight it out, but in the later stages, without the support of their companions, they could only wait for death.
Someone like Fran, who fought alone and made such a huge commotion in the early stages... He probably didn't take the exam to heart at all.
-- Hadiah diterima