Prodigy
It's been 10 minutes since the mana test began.
-Attendee 0236: Daniel Borneo, Mana: F+, Combat Capability: F
-Clap! -Clap -Clap
"Ohh! another talented child appeared"
"To think that a five-year-old is capable of killing a goblin, Amazing!"
"I heard he came from the Borneo Family which is famous for their mana quantity"
"We should sponsor his family. In the future, he is guaranteed to reach rank"
While scouts from various guilds were busy observing and evaluating, a man with pure silver hair that looked like in his mid-twenties is silently observing.
The overbearing aura he exudes left people in fear and awe.
"Hey isn't that the Silver Archmage?"
"Shh... be quiet, we don't want to annoy him"
Hearing the useless chatter the man clicked his tongue, he then asks the woman sitting beside him
"Sophia, when will our daughter and son-in-law come?"
"Be patient Kayne, you've asked for the fourth time already!" (Sophia)
"Ugh... this is taking so long....." (Kayne)
Seeing him whining Sophia inwardly sighed
"At least you're luckier than Kyle, I heard he begged Lina to let him participate" (Sophia)
"Well it's understandable, he can't even leave and see his son" (Kayne)
Remembering the face of his best friend, Kayne made a pitying face. Right now Emperor Kyle is stuck in Allenoiyr the continent of Elves for diplomatic reasons.
"I guess we are lucky that those two aren't lonely with us aren't around" (Sophia)
Sophia at first is worried that Laila might get lonely without her parents around, but those worries vanished after seeing how close her relationship with Rayford was.
"Yeah... I heard that our daughter is close with the prince" (Kayne)
"They aren't only close but already act like husband and wife.... Mina told me that they rarely separate" (Sophia)
"They are still kids, when they grow up they will naturally be more aware of each other especially Laila since she is a female" (Kayne)
"I guess so..." (Sophia)
As human grows up, they will naturally be more aware of the opposite sex, but children haven't developed such an awareness yet, and because of that there are fewer boundaries between gender.
"But are you sure they have
"I can't believe it either when Lina told me that, but after seeing it myself I have no choice but to believe it" (Sophia)
"What did you see?" (Kayne)
Sophia began to tell Kayne about their activity.
Kayne, upon hearing the story was naturally dumbfounded.
"So they beat Anna and Mina in sparring?" (Kayne)
"According to Anna, she and Mina was handicapped and dropped her rank to
"That's just absurd, how is that even possible? Detecting Anna is already abnormal but detecting Mina is not something that should be possible for two five-years-old" (Kayne)
Hearing that two five-year-old children could detect Mina, a
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A/N: A little note: Anna and Mina are the MC and FMC personal maids that act as their attendants.
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"Sigh... Just see it for yourself when you get the chance" (Sophia)
"I hope the time passes quicker" (Kayne)
After around five minutes...
-Attendee 323 Rosaline Ignis and Attendee 324 Lapiz Aequor.
-Please proceed to the testing area
Hearing the announcement, the crowd became noisy
"Isn't that the eldest daughter of the Ignis Duchy and the Aequor duchy?"
"I heard that the two are genius with the best talent in history"
Because many people murmur, Kayne's interest was piqued.
"Oh? Looks like an interesting one came" (Kayne)
"It's the children from Ignis and Aequor, I heard they are very talented" (Sophia)
"Let's see how talented they are" (Kayne)
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Walking towards the white orb installed in the middle of the podium. Rosaline and Lapiz concentrate their mana at the same time.
With their mana fully concentrated, they both touch their respective orb.
The orb starts to shine brightly
The fire started flickering around Rosaline while water start to form around Lapiz.
The orb then starts to project the test result
-Attendee 323: Rosaline Ignis, Mana:
-Attendee 324: Lapiz Aequor, Mana:
As the result appeared on the hologram, the crowd went silent. No one could what they had just seen, even the tester was dead silent.
Breaking the atmosphere, Rosaline spoke
"We would like to do the combat test" (Rosaline)
"Eh... Ah... Ehem! Please enter the virtual room to proceed with the combat test"
After entering the virtual reality, they both choose the opponent
-Monster [Ogre] Rating:
The two immediately chose an ogre to be their opponent. As soon as the ogre spotted Rosaline, it rushed forward while swinging its club.
Staring at the ogre in front of her Rosaline hold out her sword.
Remembering what she saw in the sparring video she closed her eyes.
Even after repeating and slowing down the video several times, Rosaline failed to see what technique the prince used, and because of that, she gave up... Instead, she analyzed the movement of Laila.
Remembering her elegant yet efficient movement, she felt awe for the first time in her life.
Even though she didn't understand the essence of her movement, she could feel the depth of each movement.
Slowly her eyes emit an orange hue and her fire envelope her sword.
Inspired by Laila, she moved her sword elegantly.
Like a true genius, she was able to grasp a small portion of her movement and make it her own.
[Sword Technique:
In one stroke, the rushing ogre screamed in pain and goes berserk.
-Graaa!!!
Letting out a war cry, the ogre's skin turned red. With its strength enhanced, it swung its club more aggressively than before.
Seeing the trajectory of the attack, Rosaline smoothly dodges the attack.
Even though the ogre's movement became faster, her eyes became sharper, she thoroughly analyzed the club's trajectory and dodge accordingly.
Her movement itself resemble a dance that was elegant yet aggressive. People watching the scene were left in awe, the figure of Rosaline dancing around accompanied by waves of fire was like that of a fairy.
With every step, the fire burns more fiercely.
Every time she dodges an attack, she swung her flaming sword accurately and elegantly.
After 3 minutes the ogre's head was successfully cut.
On the other side...
Holding her rapier, water starts to gather around.
Like Rosaline, she also succeeded in creating a new technique.
[Sword Technique:
If Rosaline's
Like how water molds according to its medium, Lapiz moves around like water, elegantly dodging the ogre's attacks.
With every step, water began to gather densely around her rapier. Rain start to appear and grew fiercer as time goes.
after only ten seconds the ground around was completely muddy
-Argghhh!!!!
The ogre furiously swung its club with high momentum.
While dodging like a ghost, she concentrates her attack around the ogre's feet making it lose its balance.
-Thud!
As the ogre fell on its feet, Lapiz was already five meters in mid-air on top of it.
"Undine!" (Lapiz)
"On it!" (Undine)
All the water produced from the fight flooded the area slightly.
Unlike Rosaline, Lapiz doesn't have that much firepower on her own and has very low stamina. But with the help of Undine's blessing, the water around her increases her strength and speed. This completely negated all of her weaknesses.
With the momentum from gravity, she swung her rapier coated in water.
The trajectory of her rapier created a smooth blue curve that successfully cut the ogre's head.
"haa... haa... haa..." (Lapiz)
Slowly catching her breath, she sheathed her rapier.
The two magnificent performances left the crowd silent. At that time everyone thought they are undoubtedly the strongest genius in this era, but they have no idea that another genius far stronger than them still exist.
Watching everything from start to finish, Laila smiled and then turned her gaze toward Rayford.
"So... what do you think?" (Laila)
"..." (Rayford)
At Laila's words, Rayford silently evaluated them...