Isekai Journey Of The Magic Archer

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The last part of their test was pretty simple as they just had to display what was taught by their teacher during their time in this class.

It was not about showing their individual abilities or what they had learned from the other places but simply what they had learned in this specific class until now.

There was no restriction on what they could show.

They could show something that the teacher had taught them generally, something that they advised them about, something that they had learned from watching their teacher, or something that was somehow related to their classes until now.

The aim of this part of the exam was to see how much the students have learned in their time in this superior grade class and how much they had improved from the last time they had performed what they were going to show in this section.

The students did not feel as much burden with this section as they did with the PvP or with the hunting of the real creatures.

It was what they had learned and they just had to show it, just like some theory question.

It was pretty simple… or at least, that was what the normal students thought.

"The elders call the current times the Golden era… I see what they give such a grand title to such a peaceful time."

The judges who graded this section of the exam already had data on every single student that was giving this exam right now.

They were comparing their past performances and the evaluation of their teacher with the current performance that they were seeing and surely, they were surprised to see what they were witnessing in the unique spaces where the students were transported to.

"The prodigies of the golden era… quite a fitting title, I'd say."

They were seeing what the students were doing and how they were performing this task which not only tested their improvements, but in fact their level of understanding and application skills.

Showcasing what they had learned until now did not mean just doing what they had been taught what they had learned from their teacher but also how much they had observed, how much they had mastered, and what they were finally choosing to showcase in this segment where they only needed to show one of the many things that was taught to them.

It was common practice that the students would show what they could do the best among the various things that they had learned, however, that was not all one could do in this part of the exam.

"The ones who use swords aren't holding swords, those who use magic are holding weapons, those who attack are showing how to defend and those who fight with the help of their tamed creatures are fighting themselves."

"Such sights were common a few hundred years ago, but since a few centuries back, things had become dull."

"It is a refreshing experience seeing such bright children."

The judges were keeping an eye on all the students and as they could see, the ones who usually held swords, in this part of the exam, were showing not what they could do the best, but instead what they had learned they could do well aside from the things that they were already good at.

Carla was showing how she had learned Aura manipulation from her teacher, while Prince Claud was showing how he had learned to Condense and materialise his magic power into swords.

Captain Alpha was showing how he was able to incorporate various elemental spells and energies into his basic attacks while Chry was showcasing how he had learned the use of his hands to perform the complex techniques that he had only known how to use with a sword in his hands.

And just like them, the mages like Alf were showing how they had learned the basics of weapons, Quin was showing how she could now make magical weapons out of her water magic with the use of the unique creation magic that they had only learned a little about.

Deleon was using magic different from his taming and summoning magic, though he was clumsy with the spells and could not use them as well as he could use them with the help of his slimes.

Ezra was proficient with magic and a short dagger but instead of using either of them, she was showing how she had learned the magic application into the ground to disrupt the terrain around her.

It was a complex technique and required a lot of Mana and their teacher had only used this technique once and that was also to disrupt the terrain of a practice field.

It was not a demonstration but merely something he did to help the students during the practice but she had learned it after witnessing it that one time.

On the other hand, Rein was showing how she could use a scythe now– something she was already good at.

Not many people around her knew that she was also a weapon wielder and the judges were also in the dark about that matter.

Rein's appearance was disguised with the help of Celes' unique skill so there was no way for even someone like their teacher to notice the fact that she could use a weapon and that she was an Aura user until Rein showed it herself.

Until now, there was no need to show it, but she had practised with the scythe during their training time and now was the best time to show what she had learned after all the training she had done with a weapon despite being a pure mage on the paper.

The judges who saw her performances were all surprised and the fact that she was not doing everything she possibly could with her mastery over the weapon made her performance even more attractive to the judges.

She was as good as many of the weapon wielders who had practised since they were young, and that was only after a few months of her training.

The judges were quite impressed, but she knew that was not enough to get the kind of points she needed, so she went ahead and incorporated her magic into her scythe handling, something their teacher had taught to the ones who were interested in both magic and weapons.

Her performance after that point surprised them more than they had expected, and good grades were guaranteed to her after that point.

Eon knew she was going to do something like this, but it wasn't technically cheating.

She had learned many things in this class and she showed the way they were taught scythe handling and magic infusion even though her scythe handling technique was much more advanced than what was taught and her Darkness attribute magic infusion into her technique was already beyond what they were currently reaching to the students.

They were certainly learning a lot of things in this class, and what she showed was what was taught in the class and not what she had developed herself after her many fights with her grandfather and Eon.

She did everything within the rules so she was not going to receive any kind of negative grading from them.

"They are great…"

Tia used magic on not herself but in the way that was taught in the class– a kind of support magic that could directly be used as an assault magic.

Princess Luna used her ice magic in a defensive manner by creating an entire castle of ice through Vision magic, a complicated kind of magic that did not use magic circles but merely with one's will and imagination.

And Hide, as always, got bored and showed off some super complicated magic that the teacher might have only just mentioned in passing and finished his turn.

Even the other famous students performed well within their expected classes and did something that made the judges' grading process pleasant.

"Still, that boy…"

And yet, when it came to who performed the best among all the students in the last section of this exam, the judges could only look at one of the magic screens that was still playing footage of a certain black haired boy before them.

Unlike the other students, the vice captain of the Wisdom phoenix was not doing something different from what he was taught and knew the best.

He was an archer and he showed them archery.

Though of course, what he showed them was no simple form of archery.

"That right there is how the Divine archer used to be in his younger days."

"If one knows the current divine archer personally, they would not really say that. Instead, the right thing to say would be that boy being someone who could become the next divine archer."

The judges were having a debate between themselves over the boy and his actions.

There were arguments over how someone so young could ever be compared with the divine archer but those who knew the best bow wielder of this world would certainly say the boy's phenomenal archery skills resembled that great person.

The elders among the judges were surely convinced that the skills that this boy showed were worthy of being praised and thus, they fought back against the rest of the judges and were adamant on their arguments.

They were elders and they knew what they were saying so even against the protest of the younger and more talented people, at the end of the day, they had no choice but to cave in.

"It will be fun seeing what becomes of him in the following times."

They were not going to be here to watch what he archives, but now that they all knew about his existence, they were going to keep an eye on him along with the many other talents that they had seen in here.

There were even more talented people in this batch that some other judges were grading at the moment, but sadly, they were not going to meet one another or share what they had seen and witnessed in their assigned areas…