Chapter 491 Appraisal Ceremony

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"Uuuggh… It's such a pain to wait in here!" Erika complained.

"Yeah, and the sun's so hot, I am burning all my skin…" Elizabeth said.

"Come on you girls, be more patient." Evelyn said. "Today's the entrance day so there's obviously many students. This is a nice place to find some lonely people you could recruit into our team!"

"Aren't all students assigned to their own Parties?" I asked.

"Not really, only those that came with achievements and backings are instantly added into a Party with an Instructor like me. Sometimes there are children that are not added either because they didn't register for that or simply because they are not close to anybody here…" Evelyn said.

She quickly showed us the line of students and told us that those usually gathered together with an Instructor at the side were all Parties. Most of them were full at eight, however, there were also some lonely students.

A few dozen of them belonged nowhere. If this continues they'll either be randomly distributed to other parties or be turned into a party by another instructor. I guess it must be hard for loners.

We are currently a party of six, the party must always have eight students, so I need to recruit two more. I cannot simply choose people at random, if necessary, talented students or diamonds on brute would be ideal.

After an hour, it was finally our turn to register. We first had to register in this crystal ball before being able to enter the academy's gardens and do the exams.

"I'll go first then~!"

Erika quickly stepped forward.

"Please touch the crystal ball, dear." A gentle blue haired lady greeted Erika, as she nodded and touched the crystal ball as she was told.

FLAAASH!

It shone brightly, showing her whole Status. It didn't had numbers though, showing her status through letters. I had seen this before; these letters don't actually mean their current strength but their maximum potential in each stat.

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[Name]: [Erika Goldriver]

[Race]: [Half Dryad (Human)]

[Spirit Orb Realm]: [Rank 2 (Upper Stage)]

[Talent]: [Magic Blade Princess: ★★★]

[Health Points]: [B+]

[Mana Points]: [A]

[Strength]: [A]

[Agility]: [S]

[Vitality]: [C+]

[Intelligence]: [C+]

[Dexterity]: [C+]

[Spirits (2/2)]: [Doll House (Rank 2 Upper Stage)] [Black Knight Puppet (Rank 2 Upper Stage)]

[Skills]: [Sword Mastery] [Mana Manipulation] [Magic Sword Techniques] [Kicking Techniques] [Hand to Hand Combat] [Powerful Soul] [Puppeteer] [Illusion Magic] [Dryad Physique] [Draconic Eye] [Yggdrasil's Eye] [Spirit Connection] [Throwing] [Agile Body] [Fast Movements] [Cheer] [Dance] [Charm] […]

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For the first time I was finally able to see Erika's status, and it surprised me the amount of Skills she had. The most important ones were arranged at the beginning, there was a surprising amount of the ones I had no idea that they even existed. I guess even with all I have, everyone must have their own unique set of Skills related to their Talents and Spirits.

Erika's skills went from the few one she learned through my trainings to the many others she got from her Talents as she leveled up, alongside those she acquired through her new body. However, something rather problematic showed up, her Race showed as "half-dryad (human)".

"T-This is…"

The lady that attended her was surprised.

"Ooh! Is this how my Status looks like? But shouldn't it be with numbers?" Wondered Erika. "Ah, I've got a lot of Skills… where are the Skill Levels? Also my level doesn't show!"

"T-This is… the highest technology appraising item created, further information than this cannot be deciphered…" The lady answered. "Your stats potential is impressive and you have a four star talent at that! And the amount of Skills I've never seen before… Amazing. Also, you're a half dryad? That's…"

Is she going to be discriminated or something?

"That's amazing! Being halfling of a spirit race is something very rare! Your potential is even greater." The lady smiled.

I guess not…

The other students that were behind us all saw what the lady was talking about, although they couldn't properly see the holographic window-like magic of the crystal orb, they all realized that by the amount of skills and high stats, Erika was someone incredible.

Some other teachers and instructors approached to get a better look, quickly observing and analyzing Erika's status.

"Indeed, these are many skills I've never seen before." Said a tall blonde elf teacher.

"Magic Blade Princess… It has been ages since the last one with such a Talent appeared." Said a rather overweight lady with long white hair.

"What with those eyes? Draconic Eye and Yggdrasil's Eye!" Said another.

"Err…" Erika felt slightly disgusted by everyone looking at her status like she was a product.

"Please everyone, calm down now. I know that as teachers you're interested in this girl's potential but it is strictly forbidden to intrude into a student's talent and skills aside from the superficial level!" The lady attending Erika said, the teachers quickly nodded.

"We apologize, we were merely excited."

"We are looking forward to your progress, young lady."

"Indeed, make us proud."

"S-Sure…" Erika felt slightly pressured by everyone's expectations.

"She's no Hero but she probably could become something similar."

"Someone with a Hero Talent is very rare to exist at the same time as another."

"Well yeah…"

Erika slowly walked back to us as she looked rather gloomily.

"Are you okay?" I asked worriedly.

"Yeah…" She sighed.

"Maybe I should had told them to fuck off?" I wondered.

"Ahahah, I was half expecting that but I guess you held off a little bit." Laughed Erika.

"I was trying to keep myself calm." I sighed.

"Erika your status is amazing!" Said Elizabeth.

"Yeah, it was rather big…" Chris said. "I wonder if mine could even compare…"

"Um guys, the lady's calling for the next one." Eric said.

"Then I'll be going." Said Elizabeth with a smile. "I'll surprise everyone even more, fufu."

Elizabeth was clearly wanting the same attention Erika got, as she quickly stepped forward and touched the crystal ball, her status quickly showed up.

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