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The seventh object was a large steel door.
Latia stretched out both arms and emitted mana.
Instantly, natural mana reacted with Latia's mana.
Sway.
The steel door swayed several times before floating into the air.
"Wow."
"As expected of Latia Meridiem."
Exclamations burst out from everywhere.
The steel door, which flew smoothly to where Latia and Davian were standing, landed gently on the ground like a feather.
Clap clap clap clap.
The watching students applauded and cheered.
"Good, well done. Now Davian, move the next object."
The eighth object was a giant rock.
Davian slowly raised both arms.
Professor Kinesis watched him.
'This one will be tough, Davian. With your mana acceleration, that rock will shatter. It takes a lot of strength to lift that thing.'
Thud, thud.
The weight of the solid rock trying to stay in place.
The power of mana trying to lift it.
As the two forces collided, small rock fragments on the surface of the rock were chipped off and floated into the air.
The giant rock only twitched in place and couldn't rise upwards easily.
'He's gradually increasing his power. Impressive. But slowly increasing power won't solve the problem. The power to lift that big rock would obviously be enough to split the rock.'
Crack. Crack.
Cracks began to appear on the rock.
'Yes. What I want from you is not telekinesis magic that simply moves objects. Accelerate mana even more! And shatter that rock! No, explode it! ...... That's what you have to do, Davian.'
Then, Davian drooped his left arm and began to operate mana with only his right arm.
Kinesis looked at Davian with a puzzled look.
'What is he doing?'
Even operating with only one arm, the power of mana Davian operated was enough to shatter the rock.
Davian slowly raised his left arm again.
He began to weave mana of a different flow than his right arm.
The mana extending from his left arm acted as a force to compress the rock from all directions.
Kinesis couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"Is that guy right now?"
His left arm compresses the rock from all directions.
So it doesn't break.
And his right arm lifts the rock.
Crack! Crack!
The sound of the rock cracking resounded from the strong force trying to lift it forcibly.
But unlike Kinesis' expectations, the rock did not explode.
The rock, which was lifted quickly, was pulled towards Davian at a rapid speed.
Thud.
The rock landed on the ground.
It was cracked everywhere, but it maintained its shape well thanks to the force compressing it from all directions.
"Your application is impressive. Well done. If you refine telekinesis magic to be more precise, you can move the rock without applying conflicting forces like now."
In fact, what Professor Kinesis wanted from Davian was not precise control.
But he decided not to reveal his true intentions yet.
'There's still plenty of time. Slowly. I'll slowly reveal the reality of telekinesis magic. Davian Naone.'
"Well, since the two students are so talented, we'll just skip the ninth object. Instead."
Kinesis waved his hand a few times as if he was annoyed.
Using telekinesis magic, he removed the ninth object, a large bronze bell, and placed two lead blocks side by side as the final gate.
It was really amazing telekinesis magic.
"These are two lead blocks of the same weight. As you know, lead is a metal with magic resistance. Magic doesn't work well on it. Davian, Latia. Move these lead blocks at the same time."
A competition was unintentionally created.
Latia forcefully stretched out both arms first.
Davian also activated telekinesis magic following her.
Although both of them were struggling, the lead blocks did not budge.
It was a moment when Kinesis, who moved that thing by waving his hand casually, looked amazing again.
At that time.
Crack.
The lower part of Davian's lead block was deeply dented.
It looked like someone had hit it with a fist with tremendous internal energy.
The watching students murmured.
"Ooh."
"Crazy."
"Did he dent the lead block? With telekinesis magic?"
"No way. Not just metal, but lead? With magic?"
"Telekinesis magic uses mana, not magic power."
"Anyway, he's a monster. I heard from a swordsmanship student that he's good with a sword now?"
"Really? He's good at swordsmanship too? Awesome."
Drrrrr!
This time it was Latia's lead block.
Although it wasn't lifted up like when Kinesis did it, Latia's lead block began to be dragged forward little by little.
"It's moving!"
"As expected of Latia!"
"To move that big lead block."
Crack! Crack!
Meanwhile, Davian's lead block was becoming more and more crushed.
Now it wasn't just being crushed, but it was even shaking and fluctuating in place.
Drrrrr.
Latia's lead block continued to be dragged.
It was almost halfway there.
"But isn't the evaluation task to lift and move it?"
"Hey, that's something only professors can do. How can you lift that big lead block? It's amazing just to drag it. As expected of Latia."
"That's true. How can anyone lift that except Professor Kinesis?"
"I don't think the teaching assistants can lift that either?"
"But how long is Davian going to keep denting the lead block?"
"It's amazing just to dent it. Can you even make a scratch on a lead block with telekinesis magic?"
"I can't."
"I admit that."
Latia's lead block had been dragged a long distance and almost reached the target point.
"Is telekinesis magic Latia's victory?"
"Davian hasn't even moved his lead block yet."
"Still, Davian is better at the four elemental magic, right?"
"What are you talking about? Latia is a level above in magic."
"That's right. And the gap will widen more and more. Davian is also majoring in swordsmanship."
At that time.
Whoosh.
Davian's lead block flew high into the sky.
"Gasp!"
"It, it flew! The lead block!"
Thud!
Davian's lead block fell precisely at the target point.
The sides were crushed and dented, and the initial appearance was completely unrecognizable.
Immediately after, Latia's lead block began to cross the line of the target point.
"Did Davian win?"
"But didn't he dent the target too much?"
"Latia couldn't even lift it and dragged it."
"Davian also just threw it instead of moving it slowly."
"Anyway, Davian came in faster."
"Everyone be quiet!"
At Professor Kinesis's words, the students' murmuring subsided.
"Good job. Davian, Latia. Both of you are amazing. Anyway, Davian came in first."
Davian turned to Latia.
He expected to see a frustrated or angry expression, but she had a surprisingly calm face.
Latia, conscious of his gaze, turned her head sharply towards Davian.
"What are you looking at?"
"No. I thought you'd be seething because it was a close call."
"Whatever. The loser lost."
"You're calm?"
"You're a freak anyway."
"That's an all-purpose word. Freak."
"No."
"It's not?"
"What do you mean all-purpose word. Wait. I'll catch up soon. Freak or whatever."
Professor Kinesis dusted off his butt and stood up.
"The practical evaluation for the telekinesis magic class ends here. That's all."
In the afternoon, a practical exam for the basic magic class was held.
All the students of the magic department gathered in the large auditorium where the entrance ceremony was held.
On the opposite side of the students, dozens of candles were lined up with their flames lit.
Professor Sirims pointed to the candles lined up horizontally.
"As announced in advance, we will have two exams. Let's start the first exam. First, come out one by one and extinguish the candles with wind elemental magic."
The first student came forward with a confident expression.
"Extinguish the fourth candle from the left."
"Excuse me?"
"If you extinguish the fourth candle from the left, you will pass. You must not extinguish any other candles."
The first student's eyes shook greatly.
"Just one? They're so close together at that distance?"
"You can go down if you can't do it. You'll get 0 points, though."
"Ah, no!"
A gust of wind rose from the student's hand.
Swoosh.
The wind elemental magic quickly crossed the auditorium.
Thud, thud.
"Gasp!"
The sharp wind elemental magic cut through about six candles.
The student went down hesitantly, looking at Professor Sirims's expression.
As if knowing this would happen, teaching assistants on the other side of the auditorium inserted new candles prepared in advance into the candlesticks.
"Next."
The second student came forward.
Whoosh.
Having seen the failure of the previous student, he sent a wind elemental magic gently.
Latia opened her mouth.
"He failed to control his power."
As Latia said, the second student's wind elemental magic did not reach the candle and disappeared in the air.
After that, nearly twenty students challenged, but no student succeeded perfectly.
The best result was extinguishing four candles at the same time.
It was Latia's turn.
After walking to the line drawn on the floor, she flicked her wrist without any special preparation posture.
Swoosh.
A sharply refined stream of wind shot towards the candle.
Whoosh.
The wind Latia sent extinguished one candle accurately and passed by.
"Ooh."
"So easily?"
"No, was it simple?"
"It's only easy for Latia, you idiot."
"She's really amazing."
Next was Davian's turn.
Like Latia, he sent wind elemental magic immediately without any special preparation.
Whoosh.
The wind extinguished only the specified candle and passed by.
"Those two are going to completely crush the midterm exam, right?"
"Isn't that obvious?"
The next turn, Luna, ended without even sending the wind to the other side of the auditorium.
Luna returned to her seat feeling dejected.
"Heeing."
"It's okay, Luna. You're a healer."
"Huh?"
Luna, surprised, looked at Latia.
'She wasn't thinking of me as annoying ......'
Latia had a haughty and cold personality.
Moreover, she had been even more prickly towards Luna because she had been deprived of the position of female student representative.
Luna did not expect such warm words of comfort to suddenly come out of Latia's mouth.
"Thank you, Latia."
"What's there to thank me for?"
Luna looked at Latia, who turned her head away, and thought.
'Latia ...... maybe she's just pretending to be cold on the outside.'
The candle extinguishing test was over.
Only Davian and Latia had perfectly extinguished only one candle.
Immediately following, the second practical evaluation of the basic magic class began.
"Create the hottest and strongest flame you can. The second evaluation is to measure the size of the magic power you have. Even if you run out of magic power and collapse, pour out everything you have."
According to the guidance of the teaching assistants and progress staff, the students stood at wide intervals.
In front of the students, there was a large steel box each.
The shape of the top is open without a lid.
"You can create flames inside it. It is a steel box with a strong fire attribute defense magic, so don't worry about anything and pour out all your magic power."
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