Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 133
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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 133
85. Subjugation Force Selection Exam (2)
The subjugation force selection exam is conducted extremely strictly.
“Failed.”
“P-please give me just one more chance!”
“With that level of skill, you’d become monster food if you joined the subjugation force. Next.”
Failed candidates appearing in succession from the very start.
Different exams were being held for each branch of service applicants, and the standards were beyond imagination.
“Good heavens… how are we supposed to handle three mana orbs simultaneously?”
“Even decent Magic Department freshmen wouldn’t dream of it.”
Not only the magic branch, but also close combat branches including swordsmanship and spear arts were the same.
“Failed. Not even a scratch.”
Close combat branches mainly measured physical destructive power using special minerals.
“P-please, just once more!”
“With that kind of attack, you couldn’t even scratch monster hide. No time. Next.”
Monsters are generally close-combat types, and unlike when facing other people, strength is prioritized even more.
Above all, monsters are strong.
No matter how much the knight order protects them, the essence of ‘subjugation’ doesn’t change.
In the end, they would be deployed in actual combat, so they couldn’t take along inexperienced rookies lacking in skill.
Therefore, the underclassmen who had participated enthusiastically were now wearing long faces.
In the midst of this, Conrad finally stepped forward from the Swordsmanship Department.
“Begin when you’re ready.”
Conrad drew his sword and looked at the black ore before him.
An ore called ‘Dirium’ made of special minerals that react to mana, which gets cut when struck by a sword infused with mana.
Its hardness can be adjusted through proper processing, making it perfect for measuring physical strength like this.
“Hup!”
Slash!
And Conrad surpassed the passing standard of 3, easily cutting through the 4th one, and split the 5th Dirium about halfway, drawing cheers from the surroundings.
“As expected! That’s Conrad!”
“Amazing!”
Five pieces.
Most Swordsmanship Department students barely cut 3 or at best manage 4.
But he cut a whopping 5 pieces.
Indeed.
It was befitting of the Swordsmanship Department’s greatest talent.
‘Now it’s time to restore my honor.’
Conrad himself looked quite calm on the outside.
Did he think it was still insufficient?
Or perhaps he didn’t want to show his joy in a situation where he had suffered all kinds of humiliation.
Conrad was currently aiming for honor restoration.
Although he had no choice but to resign from the club president position, that was just temporary.
Anyway, there was no one among current Swordsmanship Department undergraduates who could match his skills.
“Our Magic Department is here too!”
“Altur! Show them properly!”
From the Magic Department, Altur stepped forward.
“Hup.”
Altur fully demonstrated the magic he had been grinding and polishing with bitter determination, floating as many as six test mana orbs.
Of course, the standards for swordsmanship and magic were slightly different, but the Magic Department students rejoiced as if they had won.
“We have more! We have six!”
“Don’t be stupid! You think floating those tiny orbs is the same as cutting Dirium?”
It looked like competition had already begun.
In the midst of this, there was one applicant receiving attention.
It was Leila.
Shing.
Leila drew her sword and quietly gazed at the Dirium ores lined up in a row-
Slash!
With a concise and precise movement, she split a whopping 4 Dirium ores.
Everyone’s mouths fell wide open.
Leila is a 1st year in the Swordsmanship Department.
Yet she had split a whopping 4 Dirium ores.
It’s normal for typical freshmen to not even cut the passing standard of 3, let alone 4.
“That’s impossible…”
“Is Termion really Termion after all?”
Amid people’s admiration, Leila rather puffed her cheeks as if dissatisfied.
“Should I have lowered the cutting point a bit more?”
Seeing her dissatisfied even after cutting 4 pieces, it seems her competitive spirit doesn’t go anywhere.
“…”
Thanks to this, Conrad felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.
The attention he had worked hard to redirect toward himself had shifted to his junior Leila from the same department.
Despite being a 1st year freshman, she had cut 4 Dirium ores.
And she’s from Termion.
It was inevitable that attention would go to her.
“The Swordsmanship Department will win this time…”
“Will they push that freshman?”
“What about the Magic Department?”
The Magic Department felt a sense of crisis, the Swordsmanship Department felt considerable bewilderment, and those unaware of the situation felt amazement.
And-
Finally.
“Now it’s Dane Sogress’s turn.”
The turn that not only students but also professors from each major had been eagerly awaiting had come.
“It’s definitely Summoning Arts. He even passed the special admission process.”
“Oh my, Professor Delfineso. It’s definitely magic. He has outstanding talent for magic, so ‘why’ Summoning Arts?”
“Did you just say ‘why’?”
Professor Denabo and Professor Delfineso growled at each other.
Both naturally thought Dane would choose their department’s exam.
Meanwhile, Professor Ingrid from the Spear Arts Department smiled slightly.
“Oh my. Did everyone forget that Dane’s father is Count Sogress?”
“Where does the Spear Arts Department get off butting in?”
“Why are you speaking like that? Is the Spear Arts Department worthless?”
The scene of grown professors, department heads no less, engaging in a power struggle was quite a spectacle.
And the reason was because of that single freshman over there.
In the midst of this, the person in question appeared.
“Dane is my disciple, so what are you all fighting about?”
It was Professor Keltas, who had been showing his face here and there frequently these days.
The very person who had just bet 300 Crown gold coins on Dane, making the unprecedented total betting amount exceed 1,000 coins.
“….”
Thanks to this, the three professors who had been growling fell into collective silence.
“Dane has the most outstanding talent for the sword. It will soon be proven.”
Professor Keltas spoke confidently and finally stepped forward for the last turn.
It was a situation everyone had been eagerly waiting for.
‘That fellow.’
While Professor Keltas smiled contentedly, Dane accepted the test sword.
“Whew.”
Then he took a deep breath and approached the dirium ore for the swordsmanship test-
Slash!
With just one cut, he split all 7 dirium ores in an instant.
It happened in a single moment.
As the horizontally cut dirium ores slid smoothly apart, revealing 7 clean cross-sections, everyone was shocked.
“Th-this is unbelievable….”
“S-seven of them?”
“Conrad barely managed to cut through 4 and a half….”
Something impossible was happening.
He even seemed to have strength left over.
There were only 7 dirium ores in total.
Yet even after cutting through all of them, he showed no signs of strain whatsoever.
“I wanted to see how many I could cut.”
Dane muttered in dissatisfaction, his voice so low that no one could hear.
“Hehehe.”
Professor Keltas smiled contentedly.
As if he had expected this all along.
Of course, inwardly he too was surprised.
‘He cut through 7? This is beyond what I imagined!’
He recalled when he had tested him with the intention of driving him to another major, how his collar had been grazed.
Indeed, he was a genius.
Thanks to this, not only the professors but even the students gaped in amazement, and the expressions of the Swordsmanship Department students were truly a sight to behold.
“What is… this….”
“I-isn’t he stronger than Senior Conrad…?”
“I-is he really a freshman? No matter what, that doesn’t make sense!”
It was almost like a cry of despair.
“D-Dane Sogress. Pass.”
It was when the examiner lightly decided Dane’s pass.
“Um, could I perhaps try something else too?”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“The other branch tests. Since they’re all finished, if it’s possible.”
“Why, why?”
The examiner was flustered.
When everyone barely managed to take one test, he wanted to take other branch tests?
“I just want to try them.”
“…But still.”
“It’s not prohibited by school rules, is it?”
“Well, that’s true, but….”
The examiner was simply dumbfounded.
‘Why would such a rule be necessary in the first place?’
Who in the world would apply for multiple branch tests like this?
It was absurd.
“Then I can do it, right?”
Dane was asking with genuine innocence, at least in the examiner’s eyes.
“It’s the last turn anyway. There’s no one else to test.”
“….”
The examiner was confused.
He hadn’t even considered the possibility of someone applying for other branch tests, but now that this fellow mentioned it, things looked different.
“What should we do?”
“Hah… there are many eyes watching this.”
Eventually, the examiner who ran to the chief supervisor obtained permission.
“Fine, let’s just watch. It’s the last turn anyway.”
“What if he passes?”
“…Should we give him branch selection rights?”
Branch assignment was the Imperial Knight Order’s responsibility.
So the chief supervisor decided simply.
“Leave that to the Imperial Knight Order and let him do as he wishes. The embarrassment is his own.”
“Understood.”
The returning examiner conveyed the chief supervisor’s opinion to Dane.
“Permission granted. However, don’t overdo it.”
“Yes, understood.”
With the examiner’s permission, Dane approached the mana orbs.
“What is he trying to do?”
“Why is he going toward the mana orbs? Wasn’t the test over?”
The spectators who had been about to disperse, thinking everything was finished, were gathering again.
The professors’ eyes also widened.
Among them, Professor Denabo’s expression was priceless.
‘As expected, even while pretending otherwise, he’s trying to win my favor.’
Professor Denabo, who desperately hoped Dane would come into his embrace, smiled contentedly.
In this atmosphere, Dane seemed to ponder for a moment before lifting all ten mana orbs from the basket into the air.
“Ooooooh!”
“My goodness, he lifted them all!”
“He seems even more skilled than Altur!”
A performance followed amid the cheers.
The mana orbs floating in the air moved to form a circle, then suddenly began spinning round and round.
What appeared was a beautiful ring of light.
Then-
Bang!
The mana orbs exploded in the air and scattered.
“….”
“…He’s a monster, isn’t he?”
“Does that even make sense….”
The people who had been cheering were so dumbfounded they muttered blankly.
The shock Altur received was beyond words.
‘That, that guy is really….’
He had felt it during lectures too, but no matter how he looked at it, he was someone he couldn’t catch up to.
Altur was now almost resigned.
“Hehehe. As expected of Dane. Hahahaha!”
It was when Professor Denabo was triumphant and held his head high.
This time Dane approached the pre-installed summoning circle, formed hand seals, and instantly summoned three summoned beasts.
5th-grade summoned beast, Gendpu.
4th-grade summoned beast, Eterak.
And there was even another Eterak on top of that.
“Krwaaaaaaak!”
“Kruuuuuuuuu!”
Thanks to the summoning circle with safety measures prepared in advance, they could only let out monstrous cries and couldn’t rampage, but their majesty was tremendous.
“Hohoho. As expected. It’s Dane after all.”
This time Professor Delfineso smiled contentedly.
“Now even summoned beasts…”
“Does he have any mana left…?”
When everyone was dazed, Dane immediately dispelled the summoning lightly. There was no reverse summoning shock thanks to the circle.
Dane now stood in front of another set of dirium ores lined up in a row…
“Now it’s the spear!”
“Good heavens, surely not?”
He picked up a spear.
The evaluation criteria for spears was ‘spear throwing’.
Simply put, how many dirium ores you could pierce by throwing it.
“Whoo.”
Dane took a deep breath and threw the spear-
Kwakwakwakwang!
An absurd result came out.
The spear shot forward in a straight line.
And the number of dirium ores that were instantly shattered in its path was…
A whopping 9.
For reference, the Spear Combat Branch provides a total of 9 dirium ores.
In other words, Dane had smashed all the dirium ores just like in the Sword Combat Branch test.
“…”
“…”
People now gave up thinking.
He had passed all four tests of the branches with the most applicants with scores that no one else could approach.
The question of whether this made sense no longer arose.
Because it was Dane Sogress.
Because he was a fellow who defied logic.
Rather, they began to accept it.
And another thought occurred to them.
‘Could he… really take first place?’
‘Then those guys who bet a total of 1,000 gold coins…’
Precisely the three people who had bet a total of 1,000 gold coins on Dane Sogress alone at the betting hall.
Arabella Sogress.
Claire Sogress.
And Keltas Redfield.
“What the hell is that…”
“Hehehe…”
The professors who had been pleased that he was taking their branch’s test were left speechless.
Who would have known he’d be good at everything.
Of course, Professor Keltas, who had been watching Dane, was wearing the brightest smile in the world.
“As expected, my student.”
Emphasizing the fact that he was ‘my student’ very much.
And here…
“…What exactly did we just witness?”
“Th-that’s what I’m saying.”
“I mean, what kind of…”
The people from the Imperial Palace were also left speechless.
And they began to worry.
Which branch should they assign this genius to?
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