Chapter 376 : Evaluation Results
Chapter 376: Evaluation Results
“Janna, when did you comprehend the fourth [Law Fragment]? How come I never knew about it?”
Just as Janna returned to her original seat from the [Eris Magic Mirror], she received a telepathic inquiry from Vivian.
“On the same day you awakened the bloodline of the [Cochin King Serpent].”
As Janna said, in order to enhance Vivian’s bloodline potential, she had assisted Vivian’s father, Hellman Rose, in conducting a [Blood Exchange Ritual] within the Extreme Cold Secret Realm.
And on the very day that ritual succeeded, the [Law of Withering]—which Janna had failed to comprehend despite long attempts in the Extreme Cold Secret Realm—was finally realized at the very moment she carried the unconscious Vivian out of the realm, completing her comprehension of the [Law Fragment].
“That means it was a few months ago.”
“Janna, congratulations. Looks like before long, the White Ballet Shoes Club will be holding another farewell party for you.”
Before Vivian could finish speaking, Hugh-Stone, who sat in front of Janna, turned his head and lowered his voice to offer his envious congratulations.
“I believe everyone will achieve victory.”
“Let’s hope so—”
“Next, Hugh-Stone.”
Hearing the summons of Anthony-Rook, Hugh-Stone silently gestured a victory sign at Janna before striding quickly toward the [Eris Magic Mirror] to undergo the preliminary evaluation.
“Janna, did you notice that ever since you completed your evaluation, the gazes of the other two academies’ wizards haven’t left you?”
“I noticed.”
Just as Vivian said, ever since Janna completed her evaluation and returned to her seat, the eyes of Lucia-Heigel and Elder Rook had never left her.
To be more precise, not just those two—at that very moment, every wizard apprentice from Blackbone Grove and Mist Tower had their gazes fixed upon Janna like searchlights.
Even though several others had already completed their evaluations in the meantime, those gazes never lessened.
“Next, Soro-Flare.”
The evaluations progressed rapidly, with nearly one person tested every forty seconds. In less than half an hour, more than half of White Coral Academy’s wizard apprentices had already finished their talent assessments.
“Vivian Rose.”
At last, it was Vivian’s turn among the final few. Hearing her name called, she calmly stepped forward to the [Eris Magic Mirror] and began her talent test.
“[Cochin King Serpent] bloodline—your bloodline development is quite good. Keep working hard.”
At the very instant Vivian successfully passed through the [Eris Magic Mirror], a frost-white giant serpent, its forehead set with an ice-blue gem, appeared vividly within the mirror’s surface.
Upon seeing this image, even Anthony-Rook, who rarely showed such reactions, nodded slightly and offered Vivian rare encouragement.
“Did you hear that? Headmaster Anthony praised me too!”
Back in her seat, Vivian’s first move was to boast to Janna through telepathy.
After all, up to this point, besides Janna and the third-year Lowe-Silverfox, Vivian was the third apprentice to receive praise from Anthony-Rook.
“Congratulations. You’re finally going to shine.”
Sensing Vivian’s elation, Janna sincerely offered her praise.
“It’s still far from shining, but once the final exams are over, I’ll be entering another round of closed-door cultivation. Before the White Tower Trial, I must raise my bloodline development even further!”
As the beloved daughter of an official wizard father, and as the wealthy heiress of the Rose Family, Vivian lacked neither money, nor resources, nor bloodline advantages—yet she still worked this hard. It was indeed no easy thing.
Even her only shortcoming in [Wizard Talents] had been remedied—and even turned into a strength—through Hellman Rose’s [Blood Exchange Ritual].
Thus, whenever Janna heard Vivian say she envied her, she couldn’t help but feel a pang of emotion.
For what Vivian possessed—wasn’t that something Janna herself also envied?
The overall progress of the preliminary evaluations was swift. In about two hours, all third-tier wizard apprentices from the three major academies had completed their talent assessments one by one.
This time, besides Janna, there was also a male apprentice from Blackbone Grove named Jose-Gold who revealed a [Law Fragment].
Moreover, the [Law Fragment] he mastered happened to perfectly match his B-level [Diamond Affinity] talent—namely, [Density Manipulation].
“The preliminary evaluations are now fully concluded. The list of those who passed the first round will be delivered individually to the successful candidates.”
As those words fell, light and shadow shifted—the [Eris Magic Mirror], which had stood in the center of the Combat Training Field, vanished as though erased by an invisible rubber, disappearing completely before anyone could react.
“I heard the first-round results won’t be released for at least half a month. If you count the White Tower’s screening, it’ll probably be at the end of the year.”
Hearing Vivian’s words, Janna nodded slightly. Despite having been the apprentice who stole all the attention in this evaluation, she wasn’t worried about her results.
After all, according to Dordogne-White Tower’s past practice, apprentices who possessed a [Law Fragment] were guaranteed direct admission.
What she had to concern herself with next was not the results, but the matter of resource distribution among apprentices once she entered the White Tower.
Splash—
Just as when they arrived, Lucia-Heigel and Elder Rook bid farewell to Anthony-Rook and then led their respective academies’ apprentices out of the barrier.
As the crowd moved, the barrier that shrouded the Combat Training Field rippled with water-like waves.
“I didn’t expect that besides concealing sight, this barrier also functions as a long-distance teleportation gate.”
Following the White Coral Academy group, Janna stepped out of the barrier—only to find that the apprentices from Blackbone Grove and Mist Tower did not exit the same way. Instead, they vanished directly within the barrier itself.
After a brief moment of surprise, Janna quickly realized that this temporary barrier was in fact a teleportation array connecting Blackbone Grove and Mist Tower.
“For something so ingenious, besides Headmaster Anthony, it could only be Professor Uta.”
She had already experienced Anthony-Rook’s teleportation witchcraft during the journey to Blackbone Grove for the Three-School Joint Examination.
Based on the [Death Realm] she glimpsed during that teleportation, Janna deduced that Anthony-Rook’s mastery of teleportation relied on his exquisite control over his [Law Domain].
“Student Janna, please stay.”