Arriving in the hall, they were met with the bustling of the students, the expression on each of them varying.
Suddenly, someone said something that drew the gaze of everyone in the hall.
Lex Vortan is here, he said in a stuttering voice. Wait, Vera Solari is also with him. How are two of the most noble families here at the academy?
Normally, the three top families of the human federation would not send their descendants to the academy, as they had more resources and masters to help them.
Unknown to them was that the reason Lex was there was because of his quest, and Vera was there because she followed him.
Éveryone quiet down, they heard a voice say from behind the hall, and a woman who floated lightly in the air came into view. She was the person in charge of the exam.
Put on the virtual helmets, the match will take place in the virtual world. As she said this, helmets fell into the hands of all the students.
As the woman handed the helmets to them, a new quest was generated for Lex.
[Quest: win the ranking match. Rewards: 20,000 points, one new skill.]
There is a better reason to win this match now, Lex muttered to himself as he placed the helmet on his head and activated it with his mana.
When he opened his eyes again, he was in the spectator seat in a coliseum-like arena along with the other students. Then, above their heads, a roulette began to roll as contestants began to get matched.
After pairing the 1024 students randomly, the first pairs were transported to the arena. Surprisingly, it was Vera against a major clan descendant.
Vera took out a sniper rifle, solar lance while creating a high platform that allowed her to view the entire arena. The opponent, on the other hand, equipped two poison attribute daggers as he dashed towards her.
Swoosh, a tearing sound was heard as the bullet pierced through his head, and he fell to the floor limply.
As expected of the descendant of one of the top clans, she easily won against a major clan's descendant.
You are very strong, Lex said to Vera as she appeared beside him. Who are you deceiving? We all know that you are the strongest of the three of us, Vera said while Lex shrugged it off.
The matches were called one after another, until it was Lex's turn. Wish me luck, he said to Vera as he was transported to the arena.
His opponent was a girl who used an assault rifle as her main weapon, with twin daggers as a secondary.
Lex took out his Lightning coil rifle and charged it with his mana, ready to shoot at any time. The girl, on the other hand, began moving away from Lex while enhancing her body with mana.
As the timer reached zero, Lex looked in the direction of the girl and fired multiple lightning bullets condensed from his mana at her. As they approached her, they were suddenly blocked by a barrier that absorbed their impacts. The girl smiled when she saw this, although the barrier broke, she could easily create another with her mana.
On the other end, Lex smiled when he saw the girl's barrier break from a single volley. That was just the weakest mode of the rifle.
He held the trigger down while channelling mana into the muzzle. With a single release, the bullet burst out of the muzzle at an astonishing speed and pierced the girl, paralysing all her muscles while tearing them from within.
Then he was transported out of the arena to his seat.