Zhao Teng and Feng Hon
Life inside the village was monotonous and boring.
There was nothing to do but watch television, train exhaustively, and play with the animals. But that was only for children and youth under sixteen.
Adults can come and go freely whenever they want.
The day before the Coming of Age Challenge, two men mounted on mighty horses and wearing steel armor arrived at the village. They were the Combat School's evaluators.
Their arrival cheered everyone in the village because this was the golden chance for the young people to improve their futures.
A big party was thrown the day before the test started.
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The next day…
The sun was shining and completely illuminating the village, the fresh wind was blowing and refreshing.
The weather was good for an adventure.
All the sixteen-year-olds were standing next to each other in a small line. They looked at the two appraisers with solemn gazes.
The adults stood a few feet away and looked at their children with expectation and concern.
The challenge was dangerous and some of them could lose their lives if they weren't careful inside the forest.
The mood was tense and serious.
"I will introduce myself again. My name is Zhao Teng and his name is Feng Hon, we are both the evaluators sent by the Combat School. An hour from now, when the sun is at its highest, the Coming of Age Challenge will begin. But before that, I will give you a bracelet and a shortlist containing some items. " Zhao Teng and Feng Hon were two men who looked twenty or twenty-two years old.
Their appearance was plain and unflattering, but the expressions on their faces were rather sloppy because they didn't want to do that kind of work. Even having entered the Combat School by the same method.
The two were also young people from the villages, but they prefer adventure to do this kind of work.
Zhao Teng opened a briefcase and seven bracelets were shown. Feng Hon handed out a paper containing some written things.
Rather than being called bracelets, the appearances looked like some sort of rectangular smartwatch.
"You can put on the bracelets. It will be calibrated to your levels and status. This will take ten minutes."
As the bracelets were on the wrist, a light flashed and they were activated.
"!!!!!" The young people felt as if some needles were piercing their wrists until they reached the bones.
"You will feel a little pain from the calibration, but it's fast"
Young people knew it was going to be a little painful because their parents had already told them about it, but the pain they imagined was not that high.
Calibration took less than ten minutes.
Some of the youth's information appeared on the bracelet's screen, but others were missing.
Name:
Level: 0
Attribute
Strength: 2
Agility: 2
Intelligence: 1
Skill
None
The name was empty because it needed to be filled in when the bracelets were activated. The information must be valid, otherwise, some problems may occur.
Country governments already have personal information on young people.
If any of them try to put in false information, they will feel a great electrical discharge and the pulse will be punctured by needles again.
Nobody wanted to feel it. So the best option is to put the real name.
Everyone's basic stats were five points distributed among the three existing stats. Strength, agility, and intelligence.
Each of the attributes gave various benefits to the being. Some benefits were unique and others were similar to other attributes.
Strength improves physical power, resistance, vitality, and regenerative power.
Agility improves reflexes and speed. At the same time, some of the regenerative power is also increased.
Intelligence improves mental power and increases the power of magical abilities. But it also slightly improves vitality.
Despite being distinct, the three attributes had effects that complement each other.
Humans had two points in strength and agility. In the case of other races, they have points in different attributes.
Everyone entered their names and waited for the system to load.
beep… beep…
The information was correct and the bracelet accepted the new owner.
"The first part is already finished. Now, I will explain about your test. The list in your hand has a total of seven items. Each of these items can be found in the forest around the village. Some of these items are dropped from creatures and others are found in random locations. Your objective is to find the number of items described. Those who manage to complete at least five items on the list are eligible to be accepted by the Combat School. if there is a tie, those with the rarest items will be accepted. You have five days to complete the challenge." Zhao Teng finished speaking and looked at the group of youths in front of him. He hoped none of them would ask any questions about the challenge.
Fortunately, no one did.
The group just focused their attention on the paper to see what kind of items they would have to collect to pass the challenge.
Some of the youths lacked equipment, so the school provided some basic armor and swords for the students to use in the challenge.
The items weren't very valuable, but they were enough to deal with the forest creatures.
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Sometime later…
The sun was already at the highest point of the day.
The village gates were ready to be opened.
"The Coming of Age Challenge has begun!!"
Creak…
The two gates were opened and a large forest of green trees was revealed in front of the group of youths.
Without hesitating, they stomp the ground and run towards the forest.
Their family members had looks of concern and expectations.