It's so hard being a hero!

"Okay, that's enough."

The female mage leading the way called for a halt, preventing Sophia from continuing the fight, as she had already obtained the information she needed.

Sophia sheathed her sword, nodded to the senior student, and then stepped aside.

The older student looked at her, opened his mouth, and finally said, "Are you really here to take the first-year exam?"

Sophia smiled but didn't explain further.

Sophia then arrived at the location of the third round of assessments. A plaque hung on the door of the room, which read "Comprehensive Assessment Room".

Pushing open the door, one enters a spacious hall with a long table in the center. Behind the table sit five examiners dressed in dark blue mage robes.

Four men and one woman, all over thirty years old, each with a gold-level badge on their chest, while the middle-aged mage sitting in the middle had a diamond-level badge.

As soon as Sophia entered the room, five pairs of eyes immediately fell on her.

"Are you Sophia?" the diamond-level teacher in the middle asked.

"Yes."

Sophia nodded neither humbly nor arrogantly.

The middle-aged teacher nodded, gesturing for her to sit down opposite him, and then opened a document on the table, which was her score sheet from the written test and practical assessment.

"Perfect score on the written test, and in actual combat, he held his own against a bronze-level wind mage for three minutes."

After the middle-aged teacher finished reading, he looked up at her with a hint of interest in his eyes.

"Are you twelve years old this year?"

"Yes."

"Alright, let's test the magic attributes first."

The middle-aged teacher put down the materials and gestured to a female examiner next to him.

The female examiner stood up, took out a fist-sized transparent crystal ball from under the table, and placed it in the center of the table.

"Place your hands on it, relax, and don't try to guide the magic; just let it flow in naturally," the female examiner said.

Sophia nodded, extended her right hand, and placed her palm on the cool surface of the crystal ball.

She closed her eyes, relaxed her body, and let the magic within her flow naturally into her palms like water.

The crystal ball first lit up slightly, and then the light began to intensify.

First red, then blue, then cyan, yellow, and finally gold, purple, and black.

Seven colors lit up in turn, intertwining, rotating, and merging inside the crystal ball, eventually transforming into a colorful halo, like a miniature rainbow nebula slowly rotating within the sphere.

The examination room fell into a deathly silence.

Their eyes were wide open, as if they had seen something incredible.

"This...this is all-elemental affinity?"

A female teacher's voice trembled slightly.

She had been teaching at Tianxing Academy for over a decade, and this was the first time she had ever seen a student with an all-elemental affinity.

The last person to possess the constitution with full elemental affinity was the current Holy Realm mage, Frey.

The middle-aged teacher, who was a diamond-level expert, also stood up, remained silent for a moment, took a deep breath, adjusted his mindset, and then slowly asked.

"What about the affinity level of each department?"

The female examiner quickly infused the crystal ball with magic and began measuring the intensity of each element one by one.

After she finished testing each series, she would report a value and record it on the table next to her.

Fire element affinity: 95.

"Water element affinity, 92".

"Wind element affinity, 93."

"Earth element affinity, 91".

"Light element affinity, 96".

"Dark element affinity, 94."

"Lightning element affinity, 90".

After she finished reading the last number, she put down the crystal ball, looked up at the middle-aged teacher, and the shock in her eyes had not subsided.

"All of them are above ninety."

Her voice was full of disbelief.

Although none of them reached the level of the Child of Elements, each of their values ​​was extremely high.

It's important to know that although Frey has all elemental affinity, her all elemental stats fluctuate greatly between 30 and 90.

The room fell silent again.

The middle-aged teacher slowly sat back in his chair, interlaced his fingers on the table, and looked at Sophia's face for a while before speaking.

"Your magical affinity is the highest I've seen in the decades I've been at Tianxing Academy. Your departments are very well-balanced, with no weaknesses."

Sophia withdrew her hand, smiled, and did not reply.

"Next, we'll test your mental strength."

After the middle-aged teacher finished speaking, he gestured to the other examiner.

The examiner stood up and took out a palm-sized silver disc from the drawer. The surface of the disc was engraved with dense patterns, and a blue crystal the size of a grain of rice was embedded in the center.

"Look at this crystal, don't look away, relax your mind, and don't resist it."

The examiner held up the silver disc in front of Sophia.

Sophia did as she was told, her gaze falling on the blue crystal.

At first nothing happened, but after about ten seconds, the patterns on the surface of the silver disc began to glow faintly, spreading outwards in concentric circles, like ripples on a lake.

The patterns spread faster and faster, and the light became brighter and brighter until the entire disc lit up, emitting a soft, silvery-white glow.

The examiner's brow twitched slightly.

He turned to look at the middle-aged teacher and whispered, "Mental strength, Silver level."

Everyone gasped again.

At the age of twelve, he possessed bronze-level strength, all-elemental affinity, and his mental power had reached silver-level.

Any one of these conditions alone would be enough to get into the first-year gifted class, and when combined, they become even more extraordinary.

The middle-aged teacher was silent for a few seconds, then nodded to the examiners.

"Alright, the overall assessment can be released now."

The examiners discussed in hushed tones for a while. The female examiner picked up a quill pen, wrote a few lines on a form, and then handed it to the middle-aged teacher.

The middle-aged teacher glanced at it, nodded, and then looked at Sophia.

"Sophia, your overall assessment result is: you are eligible to enter the first-year genius class of the Magic Academy."

His tone was full of excitement, as if he were seeing a future holy land magician.

"Your written test scores, practical performance, elemental affinity, and mental strength all meet the admission criteria for the gifted class."

Sofia was not surprised by the result, but she still nodded politely.

"Thank you, teachers."

"However, there is one more thing."

The middle-aged teacher picked up another form from the table.

“Students in the gifted program need to choose a major in their first year. Although they have to take all the basic courses in the first year, their major will determine the focus of their courses in the following two years.”

He opened the form, which was filled with a dense list of course names.

Sofia gave the answer almost without hesitation.

"I choose pharmacy."

This choice caused another awkward silence in the assessment room.

Because this was completely beyond their expectations.

Chapter 79 The Competition for the Genius Class

The examination room fell silent immediately.

The examiners looked at each other, their expressions somewhat puzzled.

The middle-aged teacher put down the form and checked it again.

"You, say it again, what do you want to choose?"

Pharmaceutics.

Sofia repeated it as well.

The middle-aged teacher froze, unsure of what to say next.

The female examiner next to her couldn't help but speak up.

"Sophia, do you know what pharmacy is all about?"

Sophia nodded.

"I know that studying herbs, the preparation and refining of potions is a supplementary subject within the field of magic."

"Since you know that, you should also know that with your talent, you could become a top mage by choosing any kind of combat magic. Why did you choose potion-making?" the female examiner asked in a tone of disappointment.

It's not that they look down on pharmacy; on the contrary, it's because pharmacy is too difficult.

Sophia smiled.

"I find pharmacy quite interesting."

"Huh? Is it... interesting?"