The Greatest Sinner

Seconds after the Ogre had armed itself with the sword of its slain comrade, Enni suddenly attacked it.

She struck the Ogre's wrist with all her might, the attack that was very powerful and, most importantly, painful. Enni's blow burned some of the skin of monster`s hand and the massive sword fell into the water. At that moment, the Ogre wasn`t able to hold the weapon.

Whoosh.

The Ogre swung its shield sharply to where Enni had just been, but the girl had already swam away to a safe distance.

"HAH, they hit it one by one with sharp and unexpected attacks. It just can't do anything."

Evan watched with pleasure, as with each passing second, Ogre's position grew worse. The young man thought that a few more attacks and the monster would be finished with. Evan would have liked to kill this monster by himself, but there was no need.

This Ogre was not the last opponent in this test, Evan needed to prepare to face the final monster. Moreover, he was thinking about how to pull it off so that he would kill the final monster and no one from the participants could prevent him.

Bam.

A flaming arrow flew into the Ogre's head. Unlike Enni's blow, it failed to burn through the monster's flesh and cause significant damage, but the monster was distracted and attacked its assailant sharply.

<It was a mistake to show himself, it`s not a good place for him>. Evan thought to himself as he watched the young man flee from the Ogre.

He tried to climb the root quickly, but that was a stupid mistake. The Ogre was slow, but every step it took was very large. It got to the young man and hit the root with its shield.

Crack.

The blow was so powerful that the root broke in two, and the young man fell into the water. The monster had no intention of stopping and immediately struck again. Its fist came down on the young man destroying parts of the root.

Whoosh.

Suddenly a Golem appeared next to the young man and carried him off the battlefield. Another contestant was eliminated from the test. Only five people remained on the battlefield: Evan, Enni, Gerda, Chloe, and Lars.

When the young man pulled out of the test, the Ogre began looking for a new opponent, but couldn`t find anyone. All, except Evan, had hidden behind the roots and they just could not be seen.

The previous young man acted rather foolishly, for if he had dived into the water, he most likely would not have been hit by the Ogre. Instead, he decided to climb the root, he underestimated the Ogre's speed, and he paid the price for it. The guy wanted to do the same thing as Evan: hiding in the water all the time was taking a lot of strength, and he decided to sit and rest on the root for some time. But because he miscalculated his capabilities he could not do what he wanted in time.

The Ogre decided to head toward Evan as he hadn`t found anyone else, but the young man paid no attention to the monster, he was immersed in his own thoughts.

< Hmm, well, it looks like , after this Ogre dies, I will have much more opponents. Funny situation >

In the third trial, most of the students had banded together, causing the strong and formidable Ogres to be killed rather quickly. Of course, it wasn't entirely voluntary, but rather forced, given Evan's actions, but the fact remains. In the third round, the contestants barely fought each other.

Step. Step. Step.

The Ogre walked slowly toward Evan, but suddenly its face contorted in pain and it dropped to one knee.

It was thanks to Chloe. She stealthily swam up to the monster and stabbed it in the knee with the sword with all her might. A deep cut would not have prevented the monster from walking, but Chloe's sword was more than just a cutting weapon because of her spell. Her sword was covered in a layer of stone, it was like an incredibly heavy club.

Her blow was strong enough to break the monster's knee, naturally it was quite difficult to move around with such a wound. The Ogre didn't even attack back, it had almost no strength left. Its body was riddled with cuts, burns, and bruises.

With each passing second, the life was slowly draining out of the monster. The Ogre tried to get up, but it was at that moment that the thread of its life was severed.

Bam.

The monster's huge carcass fell into the blood-soaked water, right in front of the root Evan was sitting on.

"That's it." Evan said calmly, looking at the corpse of the enemy, they had fought for so long.

Chloe, Enni, Lars, and Gerda breathed a sigh of relief, climbed the roots and tried to catch their breath.

Unlike Evan, they could rest only now.

While the third round hadn`t begun yet, Evan glanced at the teachers. Some were watching their battle with interest, some were bored, and some were scrupulously assessing their every action.

Evan looked over to where Draven was sitting and they met eyes.

<Hmm? Why has he decided to look at me now?> Draven thought to himself.

The next moment Evan reached into his pocket and pulled out some white, long hair that belonged to Draven.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, this guy is really just for you, he's already starting to tease you!" Arabella suddenly laughed.

She was as surprised by Evan's actions as Draven was.

Draven smiled broadly and said: "Well, I agree, I really like this guy. As you`ve suggested, I'm going to ask him to be my student."

Evan acted impertinent, showing that he had managed not only to cut Draven`s hair off during the exam, but to grab a few hairs with him, but Draven appreciated the gesture.

Arabella smiled and praised herself: "I'm always right, it`s obvious."

"That's not quite right." Suddenly Arve joined their conversation.

"What?! What do you mean?" Arabella asked perplexedly.

"I mean that you're always right. In my memory, this is the first time in months that you've been right about anything, though that's just luck." Arve replied calmly, without taking his eyes off the participants.

"It's not just luck, my intuition never fails me."

Arve didn't answer Arabella, he shifted his gaze to Draven and said: "I'm sorry, but I'm going to compete with you for Evan, I hope you don't mind."

"А? Arve, don't you have students right now?" Arabella said puzzled.

She hadn't expected Arve to be so willing to take Evan as a student, considering he had enough of them now.

Arve adjusted his glasses and said: "A good teacher will always make time for his student. I am sure I can teach Evan as well as my other students."

Draven spread his hands to the sides and simply replied, "I don't mind, after all, he`ll choose a teacher by his own. He might even choose someone else over you and me. Everyone has an equal chance here."

Arve nodded and continued to watch the participants. By the way, at that moment, the arena finally began to change and the test moved into its final phase.