You call this magic?

"Pity."

……

After entering the barrier, Ethan found a place to sit down and entered a meditative state, preparing to modify the rules of the barrier.

The remaining seven days would be good for cultivation, but if someone intends to cause trouble for him, he doesn't mind personally ending their exam qualifications.

As for the fact that he came up with the assessment content, he would not tell anyone about it.

After all, it was a last-minute idea, so it was normal for the rules to have loopholes. Ethan was also looking forward to seeing whether they would exploit the loopholes in the rules.

Judging from the results of subsequent observations, only a fool would not use it.

Volume 3: The Death of Fulilian (Part 2): Chapter 57: My Magic, the First Strike is Invincible

At night, at the camp of the Philen team.

"That makes me feel a lot more at ease." Connie and Rabinie breathed a sigh of relief visibly.

Just now, they took off the bracelets and handed them to Philen and Yubel.

At this time, both Philen and Yubel were wearing two bracelets, one on each hand. As for Atilu, her bracelet was still on her hand. It was not only a bait, but also a safety measure, in case the mark was on her body.

This loophole is too easy to guess and too easy to exploit. It is estimated that after this night, few people will carry the bracelet, especially those magicians who know that they are relatively weak. They will definitely hand the bracelet to the powerful teammates, or even do the opposite and hide the bracelet in the hands of weak teammates, and then let them hide it quietly until the final circle shrinks.

The shrinking of the circle starting on the second day is the highlight, because the only thing they are not sure about now is whether the circle will shrink directly to the center or shrink randomly, which will determine the course of action of the candidates inside.

But anyone with a little bit of common sense would plan their actions based on the latter. The former is too simple. Wouldn't it be enough to just hide in the center without thinking? But there is a lake there, which is really inconvenient for fighting.

Basically, the first shrinking of the circle is the signal that the exam officially begins.

Although no fighting took place in the jungle that night, the scouts who were investigating each other were busy almost the entire night. The real battle had already begun from the intelligence gathering stage.

Ethan did not cast any barrier for himself. He just sat quietly on a stone, watching the many exploratory magics passing by him, without any intention of shooting them down.

As I said, if he took action, it would be a bit too bullying, but it was not his character to hide all the time, so he was also looking forward to someone coming to cause trouble for him.

If you don't kill the chicken to scare the monkey, the monkey will never know who to offend and who not to offend.

In the morning, many people got up early, immediately packed up the camp, and prepared for the long march.

Philen used invisibility magic, jumped up, and flew into the sky, with a faint magical light flashing in his eyes.

In her eyes, she could not see any magical reactions, and even those that could be easily discovered now might be traps set by others.

As expected of a first-level magician's assessment, there are few easy-to-understand people.

Finally, it was nine o'clock.

Ethan looked up and smiled.

The magic circle began to shrink.

Naturally, this circle could not shrink with the center as the center, but would start shrinking from a randomly selected point. The candidates who immediately understood this also began to act.

After determining the center point of the shrinking circle, Philen in the sky immediately conveyed the news to his teammates.

"Looks like we're out of luck. We have to start exercising on the second day." Etilu sighed. "It's not a big deal. According to the proportions, the first shrinkage won't be much. Waiting and seeing how it develops is the best option."

"Well, I think we can just take action and kill everyone else." Yu Beier played with her wand, her eyes becoming a little blurry as she thought of something. "If we do this, we won't have to worry about sneak attacks."

"Yubel, don't make unnecessary enemies." Philen said with a squinting look.

Only Philen dared to directly refute Yubel, and everyone else looked at her in fear.

After all, Yu Beier really has that ability.

"Don't worry about that. I'll take action, and they won't find out it was me who did it."

"If the number of eliminations on the last day still doesn't meet the target, we'll do it again," said Philen.

"You're still too kind, little Philen." Yubel giggled, put her hands behind her back, and jumped happily. "Well, I don't care. I'll do as you say."

Ethan originally thought they would start fighting right away, but unexpectedly, after a night of observation and testing, they could still hold back from fighting. This made Ethan feel that this group of people had a bright future.

Suddenly, Ethan looked up at the sky, where several bird-shaped monsters were circling. Judging from the vague murderous intent in their eyes, they seemed to be targeting him.

Ethan was speechless. The first people who targeted him were not humans, but a group of monsters. This made him feel both amused and helpless.

As for the monster, it was barely worthy of being killed like a chicken.

He raised his head, and there seemed to be a flash of lightning in his eyes.

In an instant, just as I was looking at the sunny and cloudless sky, a layer of thunderclouds suddenly gathered.

In order to make the next magic look more exaggerated, he directly used the [magic of changing the environment] to turn the surroundings into a thunderstorm cloud climate.

Soon, the monsters also realized that something was wrong. They seemed to be able to faintly detect the crackle of thunder and lightning in the air. Their instinct made them want to turn around and fly away immediately, but how could Ethan let them escape?

[There are many obstacles].

Their flying speed immediately slowed down, and no matter how hard they flapped their wings, they could not glide away as quickly as usual.

【Death Thunder Strike】.

Ethan pointed to the sky, and his fingertips seemed to have established a connection with the thunderclouds at that moment. A terrifying thunder exploded from the clouds, instantly engulfing several monsters. The sound was even more exaggerated than the first thunder in spring. Some candidates who had not yet woken up also woke up instantly after this sound.

Lightning is one of the fastest phenomena in nature, especially under Ethan's control, a single lightning strike is enough to kill all monsters in seconds.

The clouds dispersed and the sky returned to the state it had been a few minutes ago.

Ethan seemed very satisfied with the effect of the attack. He retracted his right hand, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

In the short term, no one would dare to approach this place casually.

……

"what is that?"

"Is it a certain candidate?"

"Mr. Duncan, stop joking. How could a candidate perform such magic?" The speaker was a young man.

Second-level magician, Lishita.

"It's hard to say. If the famous Philen and Yubel can cast such magic, I won't be surprised at all." Behind the two of them, a white-haired man who looked to be about twenty years old had his hands behind his head, his eyes seemed to be recalling something.

Level 2 magician, Weiabel.

"No, you may not know, but I've personally witnessed the magic of those two children. Their magic is powerful, but it's not lightning magic like this." The old man adjusted his glasses. "Whoever it is, the signal is clear. It's a warning to others not to approach."

Second-level magician, Duncan.

"That's interesting. The more he says that, the more I want to go and see. What should I do?" A hint of excitement curled up at the corner of Weyabelle's mouth. "My magic is invincible if I strike first."

Everyone else looked at him, as if it was true?

Weiabel's magic is very powerful, and as long as the opponent's entire body is within his sight, he can activate it, trapping the opponent directly and even preventing them from mobilizing any magic power, but the condition is that he can't even blink, so he is very strong when he has teammates.

"While it's tempting to say that, it's not necessary," Duncan calmly analyzed. "This exam encourages fighting, but ultimately, only those who can stay within the circle will pass."

"In other words, can you consider cooperation?"

"No, except for the candidates who are clearly divided into a group, no one else can be trusted."

Volume 3: The Burial of Fulilian (Part 2): Chapter 58: Three Days

Three days passed quickly after Ethan sent down the thunder.

Even the most slow-witted candidate can already understand the intention of the "examiner". This is completely simulating an actual battlefield.

Assuming that a war really breaks out with the demons, and everyone enters the dense forest under the control of the demons to complete the mission, then next, in this forest full of unknowns, each team will almost inevitably carry out a series of actions such as reconnaissance, marching, fighting, retreating, etc., and encounters with demons may happen at any time, and any place may become a battlefield where they fight to the death.

Therefore, a group of second-level magicians with better brains and practical experience, led by old man Duncan, have already applied their experience in fighting against demons to this exam.

In other words, the bracelet is intelligence and an important prop. Not only do you have to protect your own bracelet until the last day, but you also have to destroy the enemy's bracelet as much as possible. You even have to judge the "real" or "fake" attributes of the bracelet, which makes the situation more complicated.

There are many ways to complete tasks/exams. You can be like Team Philen, who doesn't take action for the time being, but quietly observes from behind and plans to reap the rewards at the end. There are also Team Ethan, who plans to rely purely on the rules, and Team Duncan, who kills people everywhere.

Team Philen used a barrier to hide everyone's traces, and rested quietly. A different person would carry the last bracelet every day, and magicians like Philen would stand on a high place and overlook all living beings. They managed to maintain peace for three days.

The Duncan team is very brutal. They are all combat masters in the team. When they encounter the enemy, they will attack without saying a word. If they can crush the enemy, they will crush it. If they cannot crush the enemy, they will observe the enemy carefully and then let Weiabell bind the decisive magician in the opponent's team, and the victory or defeat will be decided.

So far, seven groups have been kicked out of the exam.

"If you want to blame someone, just blame your bad luck for not being able to team up with me." Weiabel crushed the other person's bracelet with one foot. Looking at the other person's unwilling eyes, a cruel smile curled up at the corner of his mouth. "Why, do you really want me to kill you?"

"Those who have lost the qualifications should withdraw directly." Lishita's eyes showed no sadness or joy. This team had already lost two people, and some of them were even killed by monsters. Players of this level were not qualified to become first-level magicians at all.

They were killed by monsters even though they had teammates next to them. I don’t know how they dared to sign up for the first-level magician exam.

When the opponent has obviously lost its combat effectiveness, they will not kill them indiscriminately. After all, the opponent has no reason to fight anymore, so they can only grit their teeth and carry their teammates away.

"I think that starting from the fifth-level magician, one should take the exams step by step, rather than taking a leap and directly taking the first-level magician exam. It's really disgusting to let a group of unrealistic scoundrels sneak into the first-level magician team." Looking at their staggering backs, Lishita spoke in a calm tone, but the content of her words made others silent for a while.

"I can't refute that, but isn't this also a way to screen out the 'slackers' you're talking about?" Old Duncan glanced at Lishita. "People who can't even see their own strength clearly are very likely to die at the hands of the demons due to carelessness."

Duncan, who is considered old among humans, has seen countless fools like this.

If you enter the officialdom without understanding politics, or if you insist on stepping into danger without sufficient strength, you will die without knowing how you died.

"Of course not. As a court magician, you must have seen many magicians like this, right?" Weiabel glanced at Duncan with a sarcastic smile on his face.

"Noisy." Duncan could see that this guy was mocking him.

As the court magician of the Northern Magic Empire, he had seen many promising young people being eliminated because of their political stance.

Many of them didn't even understand why they were killed, but that's politics.

Duncan himself was quite unconventional in taking this exam, but he did have his reasons.

The Magic Empire has achieved the ultimate in the world in terms of eliminating dissidents. There is no workplace darker than the empire, but this high intensity has also cultivated a large group of battlefield killers.

If Duncan had not reached this age, or even if he had contributed less to the empire when he was young, he would have been doomed to die when he stepped into the door of the Continental Magic Association, instead of being left to his own devices by the empire like he is now.

Far away.

"Keep going," Duncan said, walking at the front of the team, his gaze becoming fierce. "There are two prerequisites for ending this match: one, we must remain within the barrier on the seventh day, and two, we must eliminate the fifteen groups as soon as possible. There are only three days left, so we must hurry."

As a powerful group, they still like to keep everything under their control.

……

"So, what are we waiting for now?" Connie munched on some fruit while staring blankly at his three teammates sitting around the campfire.

She had never imagined that her first time taking the First Level Magician Exam would be like this. She was basically just having fun, there was no tension at all, it was like a fucking outing.

For three days, all I did was count ants, read books, or find a place to practice. It was so boring that it felt like I was on vacation in my hometown.

"Didn't I tell you to wait until the last day?" Rabinie was the representative of those who gave up thinking because they couldn't figure it out. As a player with relatively high subjective initiative, she actually wanted to take the initiative, but her strength was not as good as those next to her, otherwise she would have experienced more than ten battles of varying sizes by now.

Philen and Yubel were not in a hurry, so they could only follow suit and not be anxious.

At this time, Philen's figure just fell from the sky.

Today's observation is almost over.

"Did you see anything interesting?" asked Yu Beier, who was half lying on the tree trunk.

"I saw Ethan." Fearon answered expressionlessly, his tone as flat as if he was making scrambled eggs with tomatoes tonight.

Hearing this, You Beier, who had been so lazy just now, sat up straight instantly: "What are you waiting for? Let's go."

"He told me not to look for him and just follow our own steps."

"Hey—why is that?" Yu Bei'er's face was filled with visible disappointment. "Next time we meet, I'm going to replace all his spice jars with candies!"

"Lady Fulilian will kill you, don't mess around."

"Oh, so annoying..." Yu Beier rolled on the tree trunk, flipped over and rolled down, landing steadily, "To be honest, I'm really fed up."

Although it was part of the battle, everyone except Philen was more or less impatient with just waiting.

It was fine at first, but starting from the fourth day, this irritability turned into a restless desire.

At this time, Etilu seemed to sense something and raised her head.

A drop of rain fell on her head.

"It's raining?"

Volume 3: The Death of Fulilian (Part 2): Chapter 59: The Magic That Cuts Off Everything