Understand humans!

"Now, in all human countries, any magician who is a little famous in the local area will come to Kribi for magic level certification. Just ten years, just another ten years! I, Aura, will bring down this generation of human magicians!"

"After thirty years, there will be no more magicians left in the human race who can fight against them!"

"My great demon clan will definitely conquer all human kingdoms!"

Aula laughed wildly in a place where no one was around, his expression both arrogant and domineering.

What? That old elf woman and the dwarf human Zanze must have thought that Aura had already surrendered long ago. She usually suppresses her personality and pretends to be well-behaved just to confuse these idiots.

As a demon, cunning and insidious, wise and patient, how could Aura give up easily?

Now that he has been trusted by humans and has been appointed to such a powerful position as the Chief Magic Examiner, humans and elves must be made aware of the price of easily handing over trust to a demon!

She, Aula, is no ordinary person.

Human magicians will be driven to the brink of extinction!

——The demons are a race that is good at seeking benefits and avoiding harm. When faced with a huge blow and unbearable pain, they will calmly analyze and decisively abandon their existing achievements. They will not blindly persist. As long as they are continuously given negative feedback, the demons will resolutely give up even the things they believed in before... In short, there are no stubborn species among the demons.

It would probably take many years for Aura to understand that there are paranoid people among humans who become more courageous as they face more setbacks, a fact that goes against the common sense of the demon race.

Chapter 24: Worse than Trash

"Lord Aura, my name is Kritobi."

It was a year later when the young man stood in front of Aura again.

He grew taller and his face became more resolute.

Aura also narrowed her eyes and stared at him for a long time before she recalled from her memory that there was such a person who had obtained the qualification of a third-level magician in her assessment.

"Please give me more advice."

"Um--"

Aura responded indifferently. What did this human mean by telling her his name? Was he trying to get close to her?

Haha, do you think I will go easy on you just because I remember your name?

Boom! ! !

"Uh?"

The stability of magic power has improved a lot. Aura remembered that during the last assessment, although Kritobi managed to hold on when the magic power was suppressed, it was because of his extraordinary magic power, not the stability caused by his microscopic control of magic power.

After being beaten and scolded by me, did your abilities actually improve?

Aura frowned slightly.

It must be that the torture she inflicted was not enough!

Shuo!!

The overwhelming magical bombardment rolled over, and after the smoke cleared, a circular, bright white shield quietly dissipated.

The moment the shield disappeared, the human magician named Critobi inside launched a counterattack. It was still the simplest offensive and defensive magic. A bright white beam of magic light flashed and hit the diamond-shaped defensive magic floating in front of Aura.

"I've obtained the qualification for a second-level magician..." Surprise appeared in Critobi's eyes. Sure enough, Lord Aura's last guidance was correct. He had to abandon all the fancy illusion, spirit, and invisibility magic and devote all his energy to practicing simple offensive and defensive magic. Only then could he achieve a casting speed of milliseconds - even the great magician could not dodge it and had to defend hastily.

"Next is the assessment challenge for a first-level magician. Please guide me..." Before he finished speaking, Aura chopped off his shield with an axe, and then swung it horizontally to smash Critobi away.

cough cough-

Critobi vomited blood, his eyes bulged, and he tried desperately to stand up and dodge.

With a swish, the axe spun back and was reflected in front of his eyes. He was too late to dodge and was knocked backwards and rolled several times.

"Idiot! Why just dodge? Can your body be faster than the enemy's attack? Your body can never move faster than your hands. Use your brain!"

"If you lower your head, will the enemy disappear, Critobi?! Raise your neck!!"

Click! !

Aura faced Kritobi's raised neck and chopped off the defensive magic through the gap in his defense.

Although she used magic to blunt the axe blade due to the restriction of "not harming humans", the blow hit Critobi's chin, and the strong shock caused his pupils to dilate and he almost lost consciousness.

[Powerless! Too powerless! Why am I so weak even though I have become much stronger, yet I am still vulnerable in front of the examiner!]

Crittobi felt deeply despair and unwillingness.

"Hey, Critobi, what are those tears? What's with that expression on your face? Can you become stronger just like this?!"

A loud shout woke Crittobi from his confusion.

By the way, Lord Aura hasn’t given up on me yet!

[It was because of Aura-sama's guidance that I was able to find my mistakes and become stronger! - As long as I get Aura-sama's guidance again, I will definitely be able to break through myself. ]

"Don't hide, Crittobi!"

The passionate encouragement cheered up the discouraged human magician.

[In a fair examination, Aura-sama takes care of the examinees’ emotions. How gentle and kind she is…]

Critobi raised his head with renewed hope, only to be met with a surging barrage of magic artillery.

"Don't hide, head towards the magic cannon!"

Gan! !

Critobi's eyes were red with anger.

Boom—a beam of magic cannon light that was twice as tall as Crittobi covered his entire body, plowing a straight gully on the ground. When the smoke cleared, Crittobi was already smoking all over, foaming at the mouth, and fell into a coma.

Naturally, there were special monks nearby who came forward and used the goddess's healing magic to heal Critobi.

Aura wiped the sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

If you are unhappy about something, just find a human to beat up and you will feel better!

hey-hey--

She glanced at Clitobius, who was surrounded by a group of monks and was surrounded by colorful lights of various healing magics, and smiled with disdain.

Humans are so stupid, they listen to anything you say and are so easy to fool.

She had only been joking in suggesting that the human stand still and take the attack, but she hadn't expected him to take it seriously and become a target.

If only all humans were as stupid as this idiot, standing in front of Aura as a target, and she would harvest them one by one. It wouldn't be long before human magicians would become extinct.

Tsk——

Aula leaned on the slender axe handle, and the heavy axe sank into the ground. Fortunately, she was a great demon. Even if she did not focus on the body, she gained terrifying strength with the blessing of magic power. She could recover as smoothly as swinging a sword.

Humanity's current defensive magic... no, even the defensive magic of the future, has very limited defense against pure physical attacks. If these human magicians want to maintain their defensive shields against Aura's giant axe, they'd better dream on for another two thousand years!

"But...recently, the new magicians seem to have become stronger..."

Thinking of this, Aura felt inexplicably melancholy.

It's really strange. Obviously, on the path of magic, as long as there are a lot of setbacks, any demon with normal IQ will give up this path and spend their time on other things that can bring more benefits.

But in humans, this intellectual thinking is not so obvious.

Are all humans stupid?

"You're getting stronger... Last time, your breath was unstable and your magic wasn't good enough. You couldn't even avoid my attack magic..."

Aura thought that Crittobi was just a microcosm of the many candidates she was in charge of. Most of the magicians who passed her assessment would be significantly stronger in the next assessment, just like Crittobi this time.

Just not as obvious as Critobi's.

"A little panicked."

Aura felt more and more uneasy. These humans did not seem to make the wise "concession" as she had expected. Instead, they were stubborn and charged towards the "impossible" again and again.

If this continues, this group of young human magicians may undergo a large-scale transformation in a short period of time...

But - so what?

"Haha. Humans have only been around for a hundred years. How can they possibly defeat my five-hundred-year-old demon race?"

"Humans are a short-lived race. It is impossible for them to reach the pinnacle of magic even if they spend their entire lives. They are nothing but trash~"

“Not even as good as a small fry! Hahaha!”

Aura's wise eyes turned, he thought everything through, and then he relaxed.

Chapter 25: What qualifications do I have to call myself her disciple?

Even if these human magicians can withstand the pressure once, can they withstand it ten times or a hundred times? ?

As long as Aura persists in the abnormally strict assessment, these humans will give up one day.

"No one can become a first-level magician in my hands, Aura."

“No one!!!”

-

On February 28th, the 31st year of the Unified Empire, the weather was fine.

"Today is a good day, suitable for challenging a first-level magician."

Clittobi covered his eyes with his hands and looked up at the sky. The bright sunlight shone on him. He was wearing a dark and elegant cloak. Compared to him who had obtained the qualification of a second-level magician five years ago, Clittobi had now become an adult.

He has become much more stable, and his youthful vigor and rebelliousness have turned into calmness and maturity.

Click——click——

The stone pillars on the four sides of the test field, which had just experienced a fierce battle, made a sound of breaking under the heavy weight, turning into dust and fragments, and collapsed. Swish! The wind blew, and the test field was already in ruins. The rows of magic cannons and the scratches of axes left deep grooves on the ground.

Only the small space where Crittobius stood remained intact.

He shook off the magic-covered robe that had withstood the attacks of Aura's magic cannon for thirty minutes, flicked off the dust, then bent over and raised his hands to take the first-level magician's certificate from Aura, who had a barely detectable bloodstain on his face.

After that, Crittobi lowered his head, half-knelt, and saluted to the examiner wearing a purple tall hat.

He has grown in height, and is no longer the little kid who had to look up slightly to look at the examiner, but in Critobi's heart, Examiner Aura will always be a tall figure, even though he was lucky enough to break through Examiner Aura's defensive magic this time and obtained from her the first-level magician certificate that many human magicians dream of.

Lord Aura, in his eyes, was still tall and respectable.

This is not determined by physical size, but by the spiritual realm.

"Thank you for your instruction, Examiner Aura."

Critobi thanked him loudly, his eyes sincere and excited.

He was the tenth first-level magician handled by Examiner Aura, and everyone was proud of being awarded the honor of a first-level magician by Examiner Aura himself.

"When did I teach you?"

However, he did not expect that his sincere thanks would only be met with disgusted and disdainful rebukes.

"Get out of here."

After saying that, the examiner with purple hair and a tall hat turned his back, his shoulders heaving, as if he could hardly hide his emotions that were about to explode.

"is teacher!"

"Don't call me that!"

"is teacher."

"you……!"

Critobi smiled softly, he knew that he must have embarrassed examiner Aura.

Over the years, these magicians who were serving as candidates had been getting along with Examiner Aura, and they knew the character of this examiner. He looked cold and cruel on the outside, but was warm and kind on the inside. Although he was extremely ruthless every time, no one was seriously injured. Although he spoke harshly every time, he always hit the nail on the head and made people think deeply.

Everyone knows that Aura is a very kind-hearted magician.

At this moment, witnessing his growth, it must be a true expression of emotion. She was afraid that her tears would be seen by all the disciples, so she turned around and cried secretly.

Examiner Aura... is so... gentle...

Critobi had no intention of embarrassing the examiner, and after seeing Aura turn his back and shrug, he quietly withdrew, leaving the private space to Aura alone.

“Woo, woo, woo, woo, woo—”