Evaluation

At sunrise, people can be seen rushing towards the center of Feather Village.

There a big circular fighting platform can be seen and it is surrounded by wide wooden benches for those who wish to watch.

Not far from the platform is a long line of people. These are the ones who want to join the tournament, and at the end of the line is the registrar for the participants.

Most of the participants are at the 1st level of Gathering Mana. There are also a few at the 2nd level, and only a handful are at the 3rd level of Gathering Mana.

At the back of the line is Asrah, with the quiet Asroth standing behind her.

Asroth is observing the Mana levels of the people around him.

Asroth original level is currently concealed and people can only see that he is at the 3rd Level Gathering Mana.

He discovered another ability of the Time Stone: the concealment of Mana.

He can conceal his Mana level to any desired level, and no one can detect Asroth true Absorption level, no matter how strong the Mana warrior is.

This is because Asroth Mana comes from within the Time Stone, allowing the time stone to conceal it.

While looking around, Asroth smiled because as he expected the Mana levels of the participants were low.

If he didn't have the Time Stone, he would only be at the 2nd level of Gathering Mana now and this tournament would be difficult for him. But now, let's just not mention it.

Several minutes passed while others were nervous.

Asroth was just playing with Asrah long and smooth black hair, feeling bored.

Many people were also staring at Asrah because of her beauty, and they were glaring at Asroth.

They promised themselves that they would beat him up later.

After more than 20 minutes it was Asrah turn to register.

After being asked, Asrah promptly replied.

"Asrah, 13 years old, 7th level Gathering Mana." Asrah said to the male registrar.

Then, Asrah revealed her Mana with the strength of a 7th level Gathering to prove her statement.

"7th level!" the male evaluator exclaimed in shock.

Everyone who heard it was also surprised and immediately looked at Asrah.

They couldn't believe that this beautiful young girl was a 7th level Gathering Mana!

Meanwhile, they were at the age of 18 or even 20 years old but only at the 1st or 2nd level of Gathering Mana.

The people who heard quickly started talking among themselves.

"Only residents of Feather Village are allowed to join the tournament--"

"This is my residence paper."

The evaluator examined it carefully.

He couldn't believe it! How did they not know there was a genius living in their village!?

"H-here is your number..." he stammered.

Asrah quickly took it and stood aside to wait for Asroth.

Many people were still looking at her. They wanted to approach and introduce themselves, but they couldn't get close due to the strong Mana emanating from Asrah.

Nearby, the servant sent by the Chief was also startled out of his stupor upon hearing the evaluator's shout.

"Hurry, report this to Chief Osro!"

The village chief's servant quickly ran to deliver the shocking news.

The news about Asrah spread rapidly among the people present.

"13 years old, 7th level Gathering Mana?"

"Is this a joke?"

"It's true! I saw it with my own eyes, it is realy a 7th level!"

Asroth meanwhile, was laughing inside because of the commotion among the people.

After receiving his number, Asroth immediately approached Asrah.

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In the middle of the village, it was noisy inside the Chief's house.

"Why do we know nothing about this!?" Chief Osro shouted.

"Chief... from my investigation, they just moved to the village 5 months ago and 2 months ago when a tier 1 Magic Beast attacked our village their parents were among those who got killed. I think they are from the Crain Kingdom and that Asrah is a genius."