Chapter 5: the test begins
[
𝙿𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚔
𝚊𝚗𝚔:𝚌
𝚁𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚝:𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚎
]
"No rank limit? Hmm, a limitless potential ability?"
"Anyway, time for illusion and mind manipulation immunity, although it's rare for someone to have this kind of ability but I won't risk my first place"
[𝙷𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎]
"I do? Why?is it because I experienced death?"
[𝙽𝚘, 𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝, 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚛]
"Then why?"
[𝙷𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑]
"Authority? What? I am your host! I should have the ultimate authority"
[𝙷𝚘𝚜𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚒𝚝]
"Tsk, stupid system"
"Open the market"
[
𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚣𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝
𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚍𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚛:𝟼𝟻 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜
𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗:𝟷𝟶 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜
...
..
.
]
"Hmm.. What weapon should I use?.. A spear... The king of weapons. In my past life I used to practice it as a hobby I think it's the best choice"
[
𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚣𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝
𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜
𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚣𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛:𝟸𝟶 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜
𝙸𝚛𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛:𝟹𝟶 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜
...
..
.
𝙼𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛:𝟽𝟶 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜
𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛:𝟽𝟶 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜
𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛:𝟽𝟶 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜
𝚆𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛:𝟽𝟶 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜
𝙰𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛:𝟽𝟶 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜
𝚃𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛:𝟾𝟶 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜
𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛:𝟿𝟶 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜
𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛:𝟷𝟷𝟶 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜
...
..
.
]
"A lot of spears..."
"I am a fire manipulator so the fire spear should be perfect"
I reach to click on the fore spear to see the information but my hand goes to the darkness spear by itself.
[
𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛
𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎:𝟻𝟶
𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚃𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜:
𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚜: 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝟸 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞.
𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜:𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝟸 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞.
𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔:+𝟷𝟶
𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢:+ 𝟷𝟶 𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍
]
"I didn't mean to click on it but after thinking... "
"No, let's see the fire one before choosing"
[
𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚣𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝
𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛
𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎:𝟹𝟶
𝙰𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜:
...
..
.
𝙵𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢:+𝟻 𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛
]
"Wait why is the fire affinity this poor? Hmm maybe I am more close to darkness?"
In fact that's not a bad thing because darkness is from the too elemental levels which also makes it rare.
"Buy"
[𝙳𝚒𝚗𝚐! 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢]
I summon the spear and it appears in my hand.
It's a dark black spear made of dark gold with a sharp tip.
"Cool"
I stand up and was about to start playing with it but stop myself.
"What am I doing? With my current strength I might destroy the apartment"
I unsummon the spear into the inventory again.
"I shouldn't take it out too often after all it's made of black gold it's precious it might be stolen"
[𝙷𝚘𝚜𝚝, 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝]
"Good to know"
After a week.
I have been acquiring abilities mainly to resist other abilities and also I got a regeneration ability and now I am standing at the school gate.
I take a deep breath of the school air And exhale.
"It's been a while"
I walk in and some eyes lock on me.
"Who is that? Do you know him?"
"No I didn't see him before"
"Oh my gosh! He's so handsome!
Look at that body!"
"Yeah.. "
'As a peak 2nd rank martial artist I can hear y'all clearly guys'
I continue walking and go into the examination ground.
A man standing on a floating circle speaks.
"welcome back students! Today as you know is the last crucial exam! Everyone have worked hard and time to put that to action! Everyone follow the instructor to the virtual cabins!"
An instructor comes and takes the students
To a large building near the examination grounds.
Inside the buildings two doors.
The first is a normal wooden door,
The second is a golden door with the word "VIP" carved on it.
To be a VIP student you have to pay a large sum of money as a donation and of course I am just average.
The vip students go to the golden door with smug expressions.
I really wish I could just punch those faces...
But I still can't offend their families, although they might not necessarily be martial artists' families but even if they are just big families in industries they are still too big for the current me.
I go into the wooden door and sit in a virtual cabin.
"𝐈𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝"
A robotic voice speaks.
I open my eyes again and find myself in a room with a advanced technology looking dummy in front of me.
"𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑𝟓𝟔 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲"
After the month ended we all went to the same examination ground when there was a small round crystal that determined the the ability and it's rank.
When I went to that crystal it started changing colors rapidly until it exploded.
"Ok"
I take a deep breath and activate the "steel body" (that I acquired during the month in the gym) and "fire melee mage" abilities.
Of course, I have many others but why show all my Trump cards?
Booooom.
I the dummy explodes and floating characters appear.
"𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝟑𝐑𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤!𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝟑𝐑𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤!"
"I punched too hard...."
And like that the first test ended.