Test

As Vali agreed to take the test of Kvasir's to show him that he is capable and has the right to be excused from the classes, Kvasir immediately took out a stack of papers which consists of around 50 pages and quickly throws it on his desk right in front of Vali.

" This is a paper compiled of some of the questions from previous graduation tests for Languages. If you can answer 80 per cent of these questions correctly within an hour, I will consider as you have passed. " Kvasir told Vali.

Although Kvasir knew each and every question is a multiple-choice type, with that much amount of questions, even those who are proficient, like some the teachers in the Academy might find it hard to answer all of the questions within an hour. But due to Vali's claim and request, also due to the fact that he is the son of Odin and Odin's request to make Valu learn and stay in the Academy for at least 5 years. So, Kvasir did not go easy on him.

Staring at the paper before him, Vali gulped down a bit of his saliva. This was not because he was scared of the test, but rather, it is because he is nervous.

" 80 per cent of the questions? Okay then I will start. " said Vali as he immediately begins to answer the questions one by one.

With his level 5 All Speak, Vali is quickly rushing through the questions. And as this paper contains only the languages spoken in the nine realms, after about 35 minutes, Vali is about to finish all of the questions.

As Kvasir saw the speed at which Vali answered the questions on the paper, he was completely stunned. He has never seen anything like that from anyone except in the case of those experts in Languages.

" Whooo... " Vali suddenly exhaled a huge breath of air, following this, he said, " I'm finished. "

" Let me check." said Kvasir. Then he took the paper and quickly go through it. Kvasir's squinted his eyes as he went through the paper. Then, his eyes suddenly widen then in surprise. The number of correct answers Vali got is unreasonable to him. Every single answer to the questions in the paper is right. This is something completely unexpected to him. This had happened because Vali is too absorbed into answering the questions and accidentally answered them all.

As Kvasir slowly calm himself down, he then said to Vali, " Follow me." After Kvasir said this he left the room right away.

Hearing what Kvasir said, Vali immediately followed him. Not long after, the two left the main building, and then Kvasir and Vali entered the building for the Blacksmith department. After entering the building for the Blacksmith department, Vali continued to follow Kvasir as he walked into one of the workshops.

" Create whatever you want that has a blade. When you finish it, I will evaluate your finished product." said Kvasir as he directed Vali to begin his smithing.

As soon as he heard this, Vali immediately turned on the furnace, then he took one of the metals from the supplies cabinet in the room and begin to heat it till the metal turned into a yellowish color.

Right as the metal turned yellow, Vali took it out from the furnace and begins to hammer it on top of an anvil. This hammering is not for him to form the shape but to fold the metal and remove impurities, after folding it for about 10 times within an hour. Vali then threw the folded metal back into the furnace to heat it up once again.

And as soon as Vali saw the metal is turning into an orange-red color, Vali took it out of the furnace and started shaping it with a hammer.

After getting the desired shape, Vali then quenches the metal to cool it down. When the metal is completely cooled down, Vali then begins to attach the handle and soon as he is done, right away, Vali then uses one of the blade sharpeners in the workshop to quickly sharpen it.

With him finishing the sharpening, Vali is done creating his product. And he had created a small curved dagger.

" Give me the blade." Kvasir said as soon as he saw Vali was done.

Staring at the dagger, Kvasir seems to be pleased with it. Then, with the dagger in his hand, Kvasir took Vali to a training ground inside the Academy and as they reach the training ground, he slashes at one of the wooden poles. Even though the dagger blade is small and short, it easily cut about 4 inches into the wooden pole.

" You passed the blacksmith test." said Kvasir as he saw the cut, then he continued, " I want you to inscribe a medium strengthening and sharpening rune on this dagger. Then give it back to me. "

As soon as he heard this, Vali immediately inscribes the two runes on the dagger and not long after, Vali is finished. So, he quickly handed the dagger back to Kvasir.

With the enhanced dagger in his hand, Kvasir then once again slashed at the same wooden pole in a different place from the previous slash. As he slashed at the pole, the enhanced dagger immediately cut through the pole. And if the pole wasn't so huge compared to the size of the dagger blade, the pole would have been cut into two.

Even though this is a tremendous feat to be done by a student of the academy, Kvasir is not surprised anymore as he has already seen what Vali is capable of. Then he turns towards Vali and says to him, " Go to the stadium and wait for me to come back. "

" Why the stadium? " Vali asked.

" The sword fighting test, do you want to fight here? " asked Kvasir.

" That's not a problem." replied Vali as it is a normal thing to do. This is because he has always fought with Hela in the palace training ground.

After thinking for a while, Kvasir then said, " Just go to the stadium and wait for me. "

Kvasir had said this as believes that somethings like the poles in theih training ground is not reinforced enough to completely survive an accidental attack from the high-rank warrior he wanted Vali to fight.

After this, the both of them left the training ground and Vali immediately went to the stadium.

Standing at one of the stages in the stadium, Vali waited for a while before he saw Kvasir walking in with a woman who is carrying a huge double-sided axe on her back. With her figure, the weapon carried by the woman that is with Kvasir is utterly unmatching. While she has a lean body, her axe is enormously huge.

Staring at the two people entering the stadium, Vali saw them talking to each other.

" This is the person who you wanted me to fight? " asked the woman.

" Yes. This is Vali and Vali, this is Runár. " said Kvasir as he introduced the two to each other. This Runár is the invigilator that Vali met during his rune magic entrance exam.

Then, after the introduction, Kvasir turned towards Vali and say, " Give me both of your swords."

Hearing this Vali is a bit surprised, but still, he handed Kvasir both of his katanas.

" Use this dagger to fight. " said Kvasir as he handed Vali the dagger that he created before during the blacksmith exam while he took Vali's sword.

" Why do I have to use a dagger?" asked Vali. If Vali had known that he is going to be using what he had created earlier in this fight, he would have made it better than it is right now.

" Nothing special." casually replied Kvasir. He had done this to stop Vali from having more chance at winning.

Since Kvasir did not want to hand his swords back to him and insist on making him use the dagger, Vali hesitantly accepts as he cursed silently under his breath, " F*cking stupid old man with this stupid dagger." But he stopped immediately as he remembered that it was him that actually created the dagger.

Seeing that Vali is holding a dagger and nothing else, Runár yelled, " Kvasir, what is the meaning of this? Are you looking down on me or do you want me to kill the child? "

" Stop asking and just fight him like that. " said Kvasir is a voice that is a bit louder than normal.

" Okay then, don't blame me if he dies." Runár grins as she said this.

" Good. Then before you two start the fight, let me tell you the rules. So listen carefully. " Kvasir said, after glancing at the two, he then continued" The rules for this fight is Vali will have to defend yourself from the attacks of Runár for five minutes or defeat her. Then, I will consider him passing the test. The two of you can use all of your strength. Just don't kill each other if you can." announced Kvasir.