Book 1: Chapter 35: Evaluation Part II

Book 1: Chapter 35: Evaluation Part II

Scarlet

I pull my fist back before punching directly at the chest of the dummy, making a loud crashing sound echo throughout the training hall. But despite the noise, the dummy doesnt so much as budge. Then I hear a beep from the dummy, followed by Allens voice, Do it again and again every time it beeps.

Following his directions which turn out to be more useful than I thought I repeatedly punch the dummy about five more times before a loud beep sounds from the terminal at the center of the room.

Thats enough. Now we can see your Allens voice trails off as I turn around to look at him, just to find him standing over the terminal gawking.

I should warn you, youre not a human. Not fully at least. So your capabilities will probably be higher on average compared to a regular human Guardian, Tar suddenly says, making me want to slap him for the late information.

You couldnt have told me that sooner?!

Tar somehow sends the mental equivalent of a shrug before explaining himself, It wouldnt have mattered. You wouldve just tried holding back or something, which the machine wouldve been able to detect unless you were a master at your own body. And then it wouldve required you to redo the test. Not to mention that having higher capabilities is what gets you a better place in the universities of this world.

I cant help but agree with that assessment.

Allen stays silent as I walk over to the terminal, only to turn to me with a frightened look on his face as he puts his hands on my shoulders and practically shouts, You didnt unbalance your stats, did you?!

I shake my head, No, theyre balanced.

And my answer only serves to make his fear shift to confusion. So I turn to look at the terminal to find that my stats are at about Tier B for Strength.

Oh. Yeah, guess that makes sense why hed be afraid of that possibility.

Maybe if would be better if I just went through all of the tests back to back?

Yeah, that would be better. Like tearing off a band aid right away instead of slowly peeling it. If he gets all of the surprises out of the way now, maybe the counter might just survive the day?

And with that thought in mind, I press the next capability on the screen. Constitution.

When I turn around to look at the platform, it has something that kind of sends shivers down my spine. But I still walk towards the platform either way.

After stopping right in front of the large golem one armed to the teeth with weapons I feel a refreshing feeling very much like when Allen healed me before sweep through my body. And looking down, I find a green glow to be the cause of it. One coming from the floor of the platform.

Good. So the tests do heal you in between.

Im guessing its every two tests or something?

Either way, I stare down at the golem before finding a screen coming down again.

Fight the golem.

This test doesnt bode well. Not when its one to see how much damage I can take. And especially not when this golem has blades all over its body, hammers in the place of hands, glowing eyes, even more weapons stored on its body that arent attached, and who knows how many hidden weapons it must have as well.

I dont think Im going to like this test.

And that thought is confirmed the moment the golem bursts into movement, with all of its weapons going into action, slicing straight through my clothes and skin.