Arcane Academy: The Divine Extraction Legacy

Chapter 250 Assessments

Leonore frowned and blinked, confused by the result.

She suddenly felt nervous after realizing that she didnʼt just fail, but Vale also noticed her actions!

ʼNo… He shouldnʼt have noticed it. My Spell is undetectable. I tried it on the guards outside the Academy. None of them noticed this Appraisal Spell at all.ʼ Leonore thought as she tried to comfort herself.

She quickly shifted her attention back to her friends to avoid Valeʼs eyes. She was hoping that Vale had just glanced at her by chance.

Unfortunately, she still couldnʼt help but feel that something was off. She didnʼt know how she failed since she felt the activation of her Spell. She also felt some of her Dark Energy being used in that brief moment.

ʼNot good… Heʼs still staring at him. He really noticed me.ʼ

Leonore tried to ignore Valeʼs burning gaze behind her, but in the end, she realized that she should just apologize to not make the matter worse.

She tried showing her most pitiful face as she turned to Vale.

However, this time, Vale looked at her with a mocking smile.

Seeing that Leonore didnʼt know what to do and was probably panicking inside, he mouthed: ”Nice try.”

Leonore felt a surge of anger and intrigue, and she didnʼt know if it was hate or attraction. She knew that this person was someone she had to be careful of, and maybe someone she wanted to challenge.

Luckily, even though Vale may have been offended by her actions, it wasnʼt to the point that heʼd forget that they were classmates.

Leonore planned to apologize at this point, but some students entered the classroom, interrupting her.

They were Lisa, Chad, and Aubrey. They immediately surrounded Vale as soon as they noticed him sitting alone at the back row.

She could no longer apologize in this situation, so she planned to do it after class.

It didnʼt take long before Professor Shirley entered the classroom and looked around.

Nothing changed in Class 2 since they will only be separated in their fourth year when they selected their Dark Arts Specialization.

”Since everyoneʼs here… Letʼs start the assessment.”

As soon as she said this, everyone immediately paid attention since they were looking forward to this very moment.

They wanted to show off how much they had gotten stronger within a year. Furthermore, many of them are confident that they have exceeded Valeʼs Spirit Strands.

Although all these people spent a huge sum of money to increase their Spirit, that was nothing compared to the satisfaction theyʼll get once they confirm that theyʼre better than the last yearʼs best student.

”Heh… I guess everyoneʼs excited to get tested. However, there are changes in this yearʼs assessment. We need to find suitable students to attend the Twelve Academies Competition once you all advance to the fourth year. So as early as now, the professors will be taking note of your achievements to consider your participation.” Professor Shirley said with a smile.

”Ahh? What kind of changes is that, Professor?” Neil asked in excitement. The idea of participating in the Twelve Academies Competition stimulated his desire to achieve a good result in todayʼs assessment.

”I hope itʼs not about having better Mystical Artifacts.”

”Perhaps itʼs an additional exam?”

”Idiot… Itʼs probably something related to the Competition…”

The students started guessing, so Professor Shirley stopped them by revealing the added assessment.

”We will now be testing your Power Strands and Life Strands. Normally, this is done during your fifth year in the Academy. After all, your Power and Life Strands will not increase that much until you reach your third year or fourth year. However, in last weekʼs conference with the Headmaster, we voted to add these assessments today at the Academyʼs expense.”

As Professor Shirley said this, she thought that her students would get excited. After all, they must be curious about their own power and life strands.

However, to her dismay, her student had a stiff smile on their faces as they seemed to have felt betrayed after the revelation.

”Professor… Weʼre just in our second year. I donʼt think I can even produce a single power strand. As for our life strand, thereʼs nothing special there either.” Alvin Vendel commented. He hadnʼt prepared himself aside from his Spirit Strands after all.

Felicia immediately spoke after hearing his words.

”No way. As long as you consumed the Darkness Possession successfully, it already gives you a couple of Power Strands.”

”Ugh! Thatʼs still not that much. Weʼre not Knights or Combat Warriors anyway.” Blair also added.

”True… I donʼt think we need to keep track of our Power Strand as Spell Casters. We should just focus on our Spirit Strand.”

”That includes the Life Strands. All of us should have about the same since we are of similar age. I donʼt think itʼs that important.”

”Idiots… This is free! Whatʼs with this so many complaints?!”

As they voiced out their opinions, Dalton Stranway scolded his classmate.

This time, Dalton was already comfortable with his classmates, so he could comment like that.

Although he sounded so aggressive with what he said, his classmates who werenʼt appreciating the new assessment recalled the requirement for the Power and Life Strand Assessment.

Their eyes lit up, and they asked the Professor.

”Does it mean that we will get the Power Converging Crystal for free? It will not be taken back?!”

”I heard that the Life Converging Crystal is worth 2 Contribution Points! Can we really have it?” Reid asked in excitement.

Finally, Professor Shirley heard the response that she wanted to hear. It was a good thing that Dalton scolded them for her. After all, these crystals can only be used by one person!

Once you triggered these crystals, they would no longer respond to other Practitioners! This was a huge expense for the Academy!

”Thatʼs right… Here are the crystals.” Professor Shirley said as she took out two pouches of crystals.

Thud. Thud.

One of the pouches contained Red Crystals, which were known as Life Converging Crystals. The other pouch, on the other hand, included Green Crystals or the Power Converging Crystals.

”Alright, who wants to go first?”  Professor Shirley asked as she looked at everyone.

Surprisingly, as soon as she asked for a volunteer, everyone unconsciously looked at Vale. Some were subtle, but many of them just immediately looked behind as if they were telling Vale to volunteer first.