Wizards begin by accessing the Inspiration panel.

Chapter 55 Mid-Year Assessment (Bonus Chapter on Tuesday)

Richard ultimately didn't take out the charred wooden staff to consult with Meiluo, nor did he sell it in the trading area. Instead, he sealed it up and buried it deep in a place near the school's headquarters!

Better safe than sorry!

For the next two months, Richard did not go on any more missions. Instead, he focused on studying, summarizing, and organizing the paid courses related to witchcraft tools, inscription techniques, and ancient wizarding languages.

Although he has an inspiration panel, without the accumulation of basic knowledge, it's like a skilled cook trying to make a meal without rice.

Therefore, for him, it is acceptable not to be proficient in a certain area of ​​knowledge, but not to be completely ignorant of it; otherwise, even having an inspiration panel would be useless.

Because he practices the Rodriguez meditation method at the master level every day, Richard's physical fitness was successfully upgraded to the knight level half a month ago.

[Attributes]: Strength 4.4, Agility 4.6, Constitution 4.3, Spirit 8.9

Tomorrow is the school's mid-year assessment for this batch of new students, and the location is the school's dueling arena!

The next morning, the arena was packed with people, all the new students standing in neat rows, waiting for the person in charge of the assessment to arrive.

A black-robed wizard led four gray-robed students into the arena on foot. Under the powerful aura of the wizard, the previously noisy formation immediately fell silent!

The black-robed wizard was an old man with white hair, but his noble air was like a fine red wine, ever-renewing.

A grey-robed apprentice with three crossed bone clubs at his chest beside him asked the black-robed wizard a question in a low voice.

After receiving the black-robed wizard's approval, he used a megaphone spell to announce, "The Ignis School's semi-annual assessment for new students is now beginning! Today, Professor Ivan, a first-level wizard known as the 'Skeleton Manipulator,' will preside over the assessment."

Immediately, the freshmen below the stage spontaneously burst into enthusiastic applause! This brought a smile to the originally serious face of the black-robed wizard, Ivan.

As the applause subsided, the third-level wizard apprentice continued, "First, according to the points list, three people failed to obtain thirty points. Now, please leave voluntarily!"

Immediately, a commotion broke out in the audience! Many students began to whisper among themselves.

"Wow! There really are people who didn't finish. That could mean expulsion!"

"Oh no, I know someone named Emerald. She's from a commoner background and has zero combat experience. Basically, no one wants to team up with her!" A student gossiped, pointing out a name.

"I've heard of one too. Apparently, he was too afraid to fight monsters and tried to gain points by participating in potion experiments, but he failed," a student said sarcastically.

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Under the watchful eyes of the new students, three of them blushed. One of the girls couldn't bear the pressure and burst into tears. She was dragged away by the second-level wizard apprentice in charge of order.

Seeing the three people being taken away, many of the freshmen present felt a sense of shared sorrow.

After all, most of them were just thirteen or fourteen-year-old boys and girls, especially those children from commoner families. Before coming to the school, they had never been exposed to combat training, and this time they all struggled to complete the school's assessment requirement of thirty points.

Unlike the sons of nobles who receive intensive knight training from a young age, some even having undergone combat training, they only need to familiarize themselves with the characteristics of monsters and be careful to complete related tasks relatively easily.

At this moment, Professor Evan, a first-level wizard known as the "Skeleton Manipulator," began to speak. After only two sentences, he completely dispelled the somewhat somber atmosphere in the audience!

The first place winner in this freshman ranking competition will receive the intermediate-level sorcery item, Banshee's Finger, as a reward!

The second place winner will receive a Shadow Power Potion as a reward!

The third place winner will receive a Wisdom Potion as a reward!

The fourth place winner will receive a reward of fifty magic stones!

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Starting from fourth place, the rewards decrease sharply and become simple magic stone rewards!

"Wow! The first-place prize... I didn't mishear, did I? It's a mid-level witchcraft item?"

"Tsk tsk! Forget about intermediate-level witchcraft tools, I've never even seen a low-level one!"

"Hey, if you get it, can I touch it for a second? Just for a second!"

"What kind of daydreams are you two having?" someone nearby sneered.

"This...this reward is too generous! You know, the second-place reward, the Shadow Power Potion, I saw it selling for two hundred magic stones in the trading area!"

"Hey, have you guys asked the older students if their rewards were this generous back then?"

The school's generous rewards completely ignited the fighting spirit of more than one hundred new students!

Richard was no exception. Needless to say, he coveted not only the first-place reward but also the second-place reward, the Shadow Power Potion!

Moreover, judging from the name of this witchcraft item, it is most likely a dark-type witchcraft item, but we don't know what its specific effects are!

While he was pondering, he inadvertently spotted William in the crowd and found that the third prince of the Kingdom of Heron looked perfectly normal.

He couldn't help but think to himself, "That's true. He's a member of the royal family; what treasures hasn't he seen? Mere witchcraft tools probably won't pique his interest much!"

At this moment, a level three wizard apprentice shouted, "The first round of the ranking competition will now begin, and the rules are as follows:"

Try to defeat the skeleton warriors summoned by Professor Evan within one minute. Successful players will receive a good rating and advance to the second round.

Those who exceed the time limit or are defeated by the Skeleton Warrior will be eliminated!

No potions, magical items, alchemical artifacts, or contracted creatures may be used during the challenge.

After the rules were explained, the black-robed wizard Ivan began to cast a skeleton summoning spell. He pointed his crystal staff lightly, and a huge inverted pentagram magic circle instantly appeared in the center of the square.

After a flash of green light, ten skeleton warriors appeared simultaneously within the magic circle.

These skeleton warriors were all fully armored, wielding two-handed greatswords, and looked very imposing!

In particular, the green soul flames leaping in the empty eye sockets exuded an aura of disregard for death, making it clear at a glance that they were not so easy to deal with!

A commotion immediately broke out in the audience. Many freshmen had never seen a formal wizard make a move before, and they were stunned by Professor Evan's performance!

"Holy crap, that's awesome! Instant Skeleton Summoning!"

"Wow, impressive! Summoning ten skeleton warriors at once? What level of mastery of magic does that require!"

"This has overturned my understanding. Didn't I hear that summoning a skeleton requires mixing one's own blood with ethereal ink and then drawing an inverted pentagram array, a very complicated process? Professor Evan can do it instantly? I'm dizzy!" A freshman who seemed to have some knowledge of summoning skeletons asked in confusion.

"I've thought it through, I'm going to learn necromancy too! That move is so cool!"

Richard was alright, having witnessed Celes's skeletal warhorse summoning spell before, so his mental fortitude was much higher than that of ordinary freshmen!

However, he was also amazed by the power of the magic of a formal wizard!

His studies over the past two months have made it very clear to him that a level two wizard apprentice can learn level zero wizardry to summon skeletons, which is completely different from manipulating bones through magic!

The former requires drawing a reverse pentagram array and consuming more than ten points of mental energy to communicate with the Netherworld and summon skeleton soldiers to cross over and have the ability to fight on their own!

The latter is merely a puppet that requires continuous mental control; no matter how skillfully it is controlled, it is still just an inanimate object!

Moreover, many second-level wizard apprentices, in order to reduce the difficulty of summoning, mix a small amount of blood essence into ethereal ink before drawing the spell circle. It is said that this can increase the success rate of casting spells by about 30%!

But Professor Evan in front of him was actually an instant-cast summoner, and he summoned ten skeleton warriors at once, which made Richard exclaim in amazement!

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