Sudden test

Along the dark hallway, three hooded masked individuals walk besides each other. The one in the middle wore a distinct mask and wielding a serpent staff.

"Are the preparations ready?" The person in the middle asked.

"Yes master, tomorrow before dawn we will execute our plan." The man on his right side replied

"Good, few mages will come. But we are prepared. They too will become part of my collection" The man on the middle laughed.

He then reached unto his pocket and gave each servant beside him a ring. The two servant were honored to receive such gift.

"Master, Are you really willing to entrust us this valuable artifact?" The man on his left asked.

"I'm only letting you borrow it, The worst case that could happen tomorrow is confronting against those pesky light bearers. With this you'll be more than a match against them"

"Yes master"

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After the ceremony the new students followed the professors assigned to them by group. Isabelle is on the same group as Ishkaria so she felt relieved.

'As I thought this place is massive'

Isabelle then glanced at Ishkaria who was giggling since she caused the scene before.

After Isabelle shouted Terrorist when she saw the masked mage she encountered before. The crowd who was near her and heard her quickly looked at her in disbelief. The man who she accused as terrorist also looked at her direction.

"Bhahahaha, Isabelle, I can't" Ishkaria can't hold her laughter anymore. "You seriously mistook the greatest alchemist in the mortal realm as a terrorist hahaha"

Isabelle was merely being cautious, before they went on the journey towards Althrea Isabelle heard of the news that a masked terrorist cult is making havoc all across Vreyane, so when she met The masked professor and the things she saw behind the door she quickly assumed that he was a terrorist

Isabelle felt dejected and humiliated, the group then stopped at the large door. The professor who were guiding them began explaining.

"Due to various circumstances, we slightly changed our policy before becoming a student of Althrea"

The students began to chatter amongs each other

I've got a bad feeling about this.

"Alright quiet down. Before you could become a student, You must past the test, both written and practical, we will also measure you're elemental prowess. If you fail them all, pack your things and go home"

'Shit'

"It's alright Isabelle, Just follow my lead and all will be alright"

And in the corner of her eyes. Isabelle saw the hooded masked mage again, staring at her.

'What the heck! what did I do this time!' Then she remembered the humiliation she gave him a while ago

'Is he perhaps here to punish me?' Isabelle was panicking, Then her name was called. Due to her overthinking, she was caught off guard. Isabelle did not realized that time has passed and she was next to be tested,

'Shit. No time to prepare at all, And that man keeps on staring at me!'

"You can do this Isabelle. Just follow what I did" Ishkaria Encourages her.

"But I did not see a single thing!" Isabelle softly whispered to herself, but Ishkaria heard it.

"You What?!" Ishkaria exclaimed, then she let a small sigh "Stand in the circle and let loose your mana. Then do a simple spell you've practiced a million times before, Doesn't matter what it is."

Isabelle did exactly as what she was told. She stood in the middle and let loose her mana.

The area around her starts getting colder, and a rune words starts to appear around the circle she was standing on. The professor who was evaluating her was amazed by the rarity of her magic

'Isabelle Lauren 17

Brethlian Empire

House of Lauren

Countess'

The professor read the report card he had that has the information of the girl name Isabelle.

'So she's a Brethlian nobility from house Lauren. From what I know, the head of the family count Marcos lauren was a miner. and became rich after he found a mana stone site years ago, Her ears are shorter than that of an elf but longer than a human, what is she? a hybrid? and that strange mark on her, I've never seen it before.'

"Alright you can stop now." The professor wrote down the rune words that appeared on his note.

Isabelle stops her flow of mana then steps out of the circle

"Well I was amazed by how rare your gift is, we have never seen an Ice elemental mage before so this marks you the first. But I was also disappointed by how weak the flow of your mana is. A good bow is meaningless without an arrow."

Isabelle was overjoyed first but was completely devastated after.

Then they had few more test both practical and written. Isabelle lost her focus thus failing to do even the simplest task.

soon after, the results came.