Chapter 149
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Volume 3 + Chapter 149: The Pain, It’s Too Painful!!
“This…this…is this reasonable?”
The teachers were at a complete loss about how to handle the current situation.
Farming other examinees like mobs, this was truly unprecedented in all these years.
After all, the original intent of this monthly exam was for Laurel Academy to release magical beasts in the Ruins Forest, allowing participating students to challenge them and be assessed on various aspects.
Xia Yi’s actions clearly violated this original purpose.
Yet being able to pull this off undoubtedly demonstrated extraordinary capability, without considerable strength, how could one possibly camp the exits?
Anyone else would have been taken down by other teams long ago.
The key was she accomplished this alone, without any teammates…
Numb.
That was most teachers’ reaction.
After much deliberation, the situation proved too complex, it required a senior teacher’s authoritative decision.
Currently, the most qualified person for this was the human magic master Biden.
“Teacher Biden, should we confirm Xia Yi’s exam results—”
“NO!!!”
Biden roared.
Despite nearly fainting from rage earlier, he somehow climbed back up, displaying an almost fanatical obsession at the mere mention of “Xia Yi” that threatened to make him explode.
No one understood why a magic master of his stature would fixate on a student to this degree.
“I refuse to recognize these results!!”
Biden pointed at Xia Yi.
“Failing student! You must have cheated!! Used dishonest means to obtain all those highest-scoring magical beast badges! Otherwise how could someone like you possibly acquire so many points?”
“I didn’t cheat, Teacher Biden,” Xia Yi said. “I followed all the exam rules!”
“You…must have used money! Bought the badges from other teams!”
“Teacher Biden, where would I get that much money?” Xia Yi sighed. “I’m just an ordinary minor noble. Recently I’ve been struggling to make ends meet. How could I afford to bribe other teams? Many classmates come from families far more influential than the Lawrences.”
“This…”
Biden couldn’t refute.
Looking around, many students came from family backgrounds the Lawrences couldn’t hope to match. The idea of Xia Yi bribing them seemed implausible, others might not even glance at her petty cash.
“Teacher Biden, I told you, I obtained the badges through duels. The winner takes the badges, isn’t that fair? The exam handbook never prohibited this,” Xia Yi said.
“You claim you defeated everyone through pure skill?”
“Exactly.”
“Preposterous!!”
Hearing Xia Yi claim she’d defeated others through skill, Biden refused to believe it no matter what.
How could this slacker loli who slept through classes and skipped homework possibly have any real ability?
Biden had witnessed other students’ diligence firsthand, those with outstanding talents willing to study hard, only to lose to a failing slacker?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
I, Biden, will expose your true nature today!
Truth cannot be faked, nor fakes made true.
“Very well! Then prove to me you truly possess such capability!” Biden glared at Xia Yi.
“Teacher Biden, how should I prove it?” Xia Yi asked.
“Simply demonstrate the magic I taught you in actual combat before everyone! If you succeed, I’ll personally endorse your exam results on behalf of Laurel Academy and grant you the special reward!!”
Biden was certain Xia Yi wouldn’t accept.
Someone who never paid attention in class couldn’t possibly have learned anything now.
Today, she wouldn’t escape accountability.
Failure to perform would conclusively prove cheating!
And if cheating was confirmed, Biden wouldn’t hold back, he’d have Xia Yi expelled on the spot, her name forever nailed to Laurel Academy’s pillar of shame!
As everyone watched, Xia Yi’s response nearly made Biden explode again.
“Teacher Biden, what exactly did you teach in class again?”
“You…you!!”
Biden nearly cursed aloud, shocked by her brazen disrespect.
Yet upon reflection, he felt pleased.
Haha!
This proves she knows nothing, doesn’t it?
Which only further confirms Xia Yi must have cheated!
“If you know nothing, how could you possibly have defeated other teams?”
“Not that, Teacher Biden – I misspoke. I meant to ask which specific magic you want to test me on?” Xia Yi clarified.
Oh?
Playing dumb now?
Biden became even more convinced Xia Yi was about to embarrass herself spectacularly, so he had a sudden inspiration…
“Shadow Canopy, Storm Wall, Lightning Spear!”
He named three spells.
While students from other departments might not react, the Magic Department students were stunned.
Their current spell proficiency barely reached Dark Orb, Gust, and Lightning Arrow… The spells Biden named were several tiers higher.
Biden had indeed taught these three spells, but not a single student had mastered them, not even the Magic Department’s top performer.
At the time, he’d said “When you’ve mastered these, you’ll be ready to graduate.”
They were taught specifically to motivate Magic Department students to strive harder.
Using these three spells for assessment now was clearly setting her up to fail!
Biden declared: “If you truly defeated all teams single-handedly, you should certainly be capable of mastering magic at this level! Otherwise, you must have cheated!”
“Well…”
Xia Yi fell silent for a moment upon hearing these three spells.
“What’s wrong, failing student? Cat got your tongue?” Biden sneered.
In truth, the little princess was thinking…
These three spells…
It was way too simple!!
She’d already learned them long ago in Mr. Gran’s classes.
“I can give it a try.”
“Good!”
Biden immediately raised his staff and cast a summoning spell, conjuring a magical beast for Xia Yi to face in combat.
A manticore.
With a lion’s body covered in red fur, a scorpion’s tail, and bat-like wings, clearly not something to trifle with.
This was one of Biden’s prized summoned creatures.
Raising this manticore to obedience had cost Biden countless magic stones and crystals over the years, it was his longtime companion raised from infancy.
“Failing student, there’s still time to admit defeat,” Biden threatened. “Though we have priest instructors who can heal you, the pain will be very real.”
The other students watched curiously.
Most had been defeated by Xia Yi’s swordsmanship.
Few had seen her use magic.
Anyone with basic perception could tell this manticore was no ordinary foe, likely stronger than even the apex magical beasts released in the Ruins Forest.
How could a mage defeat such a magical creature?
Everyone felt Biden was being somewhat unfair.
But Xia Yi didn’t seem bothered.
“Thank you for your concern, Teacher Biden! I won’t disappoint you and will put on a good show!” Xia Yi replied earnestly.
“Then let’s begin!”
The crowd parted to give Xia Yi space for the demonstration.
The combat test commenced.
Go get her, old friend! Teach her a harsh lesson!
Biden gave his manticore a meaningful look.
The beast nodded slightly in understanding, it would make this presumptuous loli learn true fear!
With a thunderous roar, Biden’s longtime companion pounced toward Xia Yi.
“O great Wind God! Lend me thy power, guide the wind spirits to gather round me, creating a barrier to repel my enemies—”
Xia Yi stood her ground, chanting the spell incantation.
This was how mages worked, spellcasting required uninterrupted chanting to channel magic. Any disruption meant failure.
Haha, the failing student is done for!
Biden nearly laughed aloud, ready to celebrate.
Normally, one should cast quicker, simpler spells first to disrupt the enemy’s rhythm before preparing stronger magic, that was proper combat methodology.
But what was Xia Yi doing?
Just standing there like a wooden post with zero preparation.
Though the incantation was correct, success was impossible!
As I said, if Xia Yi isn’t expelled today, I’ll eat the blackboard!!
“Student!!”
The Combat Department’s senior instructor grew uneasy, he couldn’t bear watching a student get hurt and moved to intervene.
However…
Just as the manticore’s claws were about to strike the black-haired loli, her figure vanished.
The next instant, she landed atop the beast’s head.
This was…
Movement technique!
Her agile footwork made the manticore’s attack miss completely.
Biden froze.
Even the combat instructor was shocked, such movement skills surpassed even the Combat Department’s best students, perhaps even… surpassed them!
Seeing this from a mage was utterly astonishing!
But there was more.
Xia Yi continued chanting while employing physical techniques, using the manticore as a springboard to leap into the air where she completed her spell.
“Storm Wall!!”
A howling gale erupted, forcing everyone to shield their eyes as the furious winds obscured the scene.
The manticore became trapped within the tempest’s invisible walls, shredded by the raging winds.
“ROOOAAARRR!!”
After one final scream, the manticore was reduced to minced meat that splattered across the ground.
Complete silence fell.
A single spell had annihilated Biden’s summoned beast.
Biden stared blankly at his only longtime companion, momentarily speechless, his eyes losing all light.
Memories flooded back, their adventures together, growing stronger together, finally achieving perfect understanding…
UGHHHAAAA!!
The pain! It’s too painful!!
“Uh…it died from one spell? I still have two more to demonstrate. That was…fragile,” Xia Yi said awkwardly. “Teacher Biden, maybe summon a few more magical creatures for me to fight?”
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[Author’s Note: This chapter is a full 3k words!!]
