Therefore, in order to ensure fairness, Emerald made a unified adjustment to this illusion, which is to give all the girls overwhelming combat power in the illusion. They don't have to worry about being unable to defeat the thieves, as long as they can distinguish between the thieves and passersby.
The assessment begins. In the illusion, the girls travel to the future, to the days when they are already guarding the seal.
After giving them a few days in the illusion to get used to their work and life, all sorts of random passersby began to appear.
Lost adventurers, injured gatherers, passing merchants, curious children... all these people look quite innocent, and it's hard to believe they are thieves.
But Emery had already told them about the exam content beforehand, so the girls could only brace themselves and try to communicate with these people, looking for their weaknesses.
During conversations, ponder the logical flaws in their statements, observe their expressions and clothing to find suspicious points, and even pretend to be unsuspecting to lure them into making the first move.
The girls participating in the assessment used various methods to deal with the random passersby who appeared in the system.
Since it's a test question, there must be an answer. The thieves hidden among these passersby all have flaws to some extent, and the girls can theoretically discover them if they observe carefully and think seriously.
This is how the girls who participated in the assessment in the traditional way all did it.
Even though Emerald revealed the exam content beforehand and told the girls how to pass, this exam still had the lowest pass rate ever.
Because no matter how talented these girls are, they are still too young, and they are no match for the cunning adults when it comes to treachery.
More importantly, the thieves don't just come in waves; they can fail countless times, while the girls only have one chance.
As time passed within the illusion, more and more girls, unable to kill all the passersby directly, were deceived by thieves disguised as passersby while handling emergency situations. Ultimately, they either died in the illusion after being attacked, or their guardian seal was broken by the thieves, resulting in failure of the test.
Those thieves not only disguised themselves as innocent passersby to gain the girls' trust, but also launched surprise attacks when the girls were off guard.
Several pairs of young girls were caught off guard and attacked by thieves while enjoying intimate moments with their partners at night, and failed their "test" in bed together.
With less than two-thirds of the assessment time remaining, more than half of the girls had already failed the assessment.
Fortunately, passing 5 out of 7 tests is considered a success; otherwise, this test alone would have sent many girls home.
Of course, in every assessment, there are those who perform poorly and those who perform well, even the fifth assessment with the lowest pass rate is no exception.
There was a pair of partners from the Tianyun Empire who performed very well.
It wasn't the group with the sword-wielding girl. Although the sword-wielding girl performed well, she could use her martial artist's intuition to judge whether passersby had malicious intent, and she was right about killing most of them. But it was only barely passable, and she was still some distance from performing well.
The two girls from the Tianyun Empire who truly stood out were twin sisters. Judging from their clothing and demeanor, it was clear that they came from an ancient and powerful family within the Tianyun Empire.
The older twin sister is named Jiang Xue, and the younger sister is named Jiang Yu. They are both wearing brocade dresses and look charming and cute.
Unlike the sword-wielding girl who kills people without thinking, they don't try to figure out who the thief is and who the innocent is, like the other girls do.
They adopted a fixed procedure: apart from killing any thieves who came to ambush them, anyone entering the sealed area had to go through the procedure.
The first step in the process is to persuade and warn people to leave.
Whether they are lost adventurers, injured gatherers, or passing merchants, as long as they enter the sealed area where the sisters are located, the sisters will first loudly warn them and urge them to leave, no matter what their reasons are.
If passersby heed the advice and leave, that's fine. But if they ignore the advice and continue to approach the seal, the two sisters will decisively take action.
They don't kill people immediately, but injure them first, rendering them unable to move, and then confiscate their weapons and seal their spiritual power.
After subduing all the passersby, the two sisters interrogated them separately while searching their belongings for clues.
In this situation, the probability of the thief being exposed is undoubtedly much higher, and once the sisters find evidence to prove the thief's identity, they will not hesitate to execute him.
Of course, if those arrested passersby were truly in trouble, the Jiang sisters, Yu and Xue, would not indiscriminately kill innocent people, but would instead offer assistance.
For truly lost adventurers, the sisters would tell them the way to the nearest town, then leave them outside the sealed area to fend for themselves.
The same applies to injured gatherers; the two sisters will heal them after interrogation and then simply throw them outside the sealed area.
In this way, by using this process of first knocking people down and controlling them before interrogating and screening them, Jiang Xue and Jiang Yu really managed to avoid killing a single innocent passerby or letting a single thief go free. In terms of the result, they got a perfect score.
Although beating people up without distinguishing right from wrong is somewhat reckless, it is a very good approach considering their age and the responsibilities they bear.
At least Amelite was very satisfied with the Jiang sisters, Jiang Xue and Jiang Yu, and treated them as outstanding talents, just like Avani, Chiara, and Shirakawa In.
After the fifth assessment, quite a few people were eliminated early, and finally, there were cases where two partners were eliminated together.
Of course, the worst off are the single people. Since they barely scored any points in the first and second assessments, failing the next one means they will be eliminated early. Almost all the single people have been wiped out, with less than 10 remaining.
Of these 10 single people, the probability of all of them making it to the end is very low; most of them will be eliminated in the last two rounds of assessment.
In response, Emery kindly reminded them of something:
“You guys are actually quite good, but there’s only one of you... You can go back and find a girlfriend and try again next time. I should be recruiting new disciples every year.”
Of course, although it's a disadvantage for single people to participate in Amelie's admissions assessment, there's still a good chance that two single people can stay.
It was none other than Avani, a girl from a wild tribe, and Shirakawa In, a girl from the Upper Cherry Kingdom, who had both performed exceptionally well in the previous two assessments.
Avani also passed the fifth test, and in a very unique way.
Unlike the other girls who either tried to identify the thief or killed them all, Avani chose to believe everything the passersby said, even though she knew that there were thieves hiding among them.
Having been able to hunt in the jungle for days on end since childhood, Avani's vigilance was far superior to that of other girls. She could even launch a counterattack instinctively in her sleep, killing all the thieves who tried to ambush her.
Not only that, Avani also made good use of her hunting experience to set up many traps within dozens of meters around the seal... All the thieves who tried to secretly break the seal either fell into the traps and were killed by the spikes, or were finished off by Avani who came after hearing the news.
The reason Awani didn't get a perfect score as high as Jiang Xue and Jiang Yu was because she set up too many traps, which were too clever and killed several passersby who were just curious. As a result, she lost some points when calculating her score.
Shirakawa In performed only so-so in this assessment. She used the direct problem-solving method chosen by most of the girls, but she was smarter and had the decisiveness to kill the innocent rather than let the guilty go free. So although she also accidentally killed some innocent passersby, she managed to save herself and the seal. Her final score was just over the passing mark.
As the one who set the test, Emery naturally knew the content of the remaining two tests. She believed that Shirakawa In should be able to pass the sixth test, and it wouldn't matter if Avani failed... because just like the first test was a freebie for those with partners, the last test was also a freebie for single people.
Chapter 390 My sister is invincible!
The second-to-last assessment, which was also the sixth assessment, began after the girls had rested for about 30 minutes.
This time, the assessment will still take place inside the magic tower, but it will no longer involve entering an illusion.
Emerald asked the girls to sit down around her. Those with partners sat close together on a cushion, while the single girls sat on their own.
"The content of this assessment is very simple; it is to test your willpower in the face of erosion."
After the girls had all sat down around her, Emerald smiled and spoke, but as she spoke, a terrifying witch's radiance flickered in her bright golden right eye:
"I will use a soul-level magical attack to simulate the demonic tide of consciousness invasion you will face when you strengthen the seal... All you have to do is persevere and not lose your minds. There are no restrictions on the method, as long as you can hold on until the time runs out. Do you all understand?"
"Understood."
The girls almost unanimously answered that the assessment rules were indeed easy to understand.
"Now that you understand, my assessment will begin!"
Amelie smiled again, seemingly very gently, making the girls feel as if they were basking in a spring breeze.
In a split second, an invisible wave swept across the entire area, and the girls felt as if they had been thrown into a furnace or fallen into an ice cave.
My limbs were so cold they were shivering, my hands and feet were icy and numb, almost losing all feeling, but my heart was burning with the opposite heat. All sorts of desires surged into my brain like a volcanic eruption, uncontrollable.
"Hahahaha... Kill! Kill, kill, kill, kill! As long as we kill you all, Xiaoming and I will definitely be selected, hahahaha!"
The first one to succumb to the corrosive attack and nearly go mad was the sword-wielding girl with a strong murderous aura. At this moment, her longsword was already drawn and about to stab another pair of girls next to her.
With Emerald watching, the longsword certainly couldn't actually hurt anyone, but when Emerald intervened to stop the girl with the sword, the girl with the sword would definitely fail this test.
So the partner of the girl who had been acting very shy, the girl she called Xiaoming, decisively made her move.
Instead of grabbing or grabbing the sword-wielding girl, she pulled out a hardcover book thicker than a large brick, raised it with both hands, and smashed it down on the back of the girl's head.
"Calm down! You idiot!"
Snapped!
With a crisp sound, the girl holding the sword was instantly knocked off balance and staggered. Naturally, the sword in her hand failed to injure anyone, and her bloodshot eyes regained some of their rationality.
She didn't blame her partner; she just touched the spot on her head where she'd been hit and grinned sheepishly.
"Xiao Ming, why did you hit me again? I..."
"I'm going to beat you up, you idiot!"
Before the girl with the sword could speak, Xiao Ming pulled her back to her original position and snatched the sword from her hand, throwing it aside.
"Have some willpower! Stop killing all the time! If you can't control yourself, you'll be sleeping alone tonight!"
"No, Xiaoming... I'll listen to you, okay?"
The girl with the sword softened considerably. She suppressed the surging killing intent in her heart, sat down again, and continued to undergo the assessment.
Just by looking at her sweating forehead and the bulging veins in her temples, you could tell that she was struggling to hold back and could lose control again at any moment.
This corrosive power has a strong ability to induce and ignite the darkness within people's hearts. Although the other girls are not as vicious as the girl with the sword, many of them have also lost control and been manipulated by their instincts under the corrosive power.
"Sister...stick...stick! Stick together! Quickly stick together with me! I want to merge myself into your body, and become one with you...hurry!"
This is caused by the corrosive force, and it's desperately clinging to its partner.
Her partner was also struggling to hold on, constantly trying to hug her, but he could see that something was wrong with her, so he could only resist while calling out to her, trying to wake her up.
"Quack! I'm so hungry! I want to eat dumplings!"
"Croak! What's that? It's a foot! It smells so good! I'll eat it!"
There are also girls who, blinded by hunger and drooling, grab their partner's black-stockinged feet and try to stuff them into their mouths, even biting them as if they really want to eat them.
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! You bit me so hard! You idiot!"
Her partner was in so much pain that tears streamed down her face. She tried to pull her foot away but couldn't. All she could do was raise her hand and slap the drooling foodie girl, using the pain to bring her back to her senses.
Other girls, driven by jealousy, have become completely obsessive and possessive, attacking their partners like madwomen.
"Why are you talking to other girls, sister?"
"Sister, why can't you just look at me?"
"I'll stab you to death, I ......"
Of course, there are also those who, influenced by laziness, completely give up resisting the erosion and lazily sprawl out on their partners:
"Honey, let's not try so hard... Trying is too tiring. If we run out of money in the future, we can go work in a brothel together. We can make money while lying down, and it'll be very comfortable..."
In short, under the corrosive influence simulated by Emeryte's soul attack, many girls began to gradually lose control.
Some of them were lucky enough to be awakened by their partners or by their own fright, but some were more unlucky and their loss of control triggered a chain reaction of their partners' downfall, resulting in both of them being eliminated.
For example, the pair of sisters who wanted to merge with their older sister ended up falling into despair after failing to awaken her. They ended up embracing each other and trying to activate the fusion magic, but were instead sent to a dark room on the next floor by Emery to sober up, and thus failed the test.
Even those girls who haven't failed yet are almost all struggling to hold on.
Especially when their partner has already fallen for them, some girls not only have to fight against their own negative desires, but also protect themselves from being devoured by their partner, which is very difficult.
And single people in this situation are certainly having an even harder time.
Apart from Avani and Shirakawa In, who are both very talented girls, the rest of the single girls are all on the verge of failure. They are all scratching and clawing at themselves with red eyes, and some are drooling and giggling. They don't have much rationality left.
Just when the girls were about to fail the test on a large scale, someone finally showed them a viable path through their actions.
It was Xiao Ming, the partner of the girl with the sword.
Xiao Ming was in the best condition during this assessment. Whether she was naturally less driven by desires or had some secret to controlling her mind, she was not greatly affected by the corruption. However, her partner left her feeling very helpless.
After taking away the sword from the girl with the sword and threatening her, she did manage to hold on for a while longer and did not lose her mind during the simulated erosion.
However, the sword-wielding girl's resistance to corrosion was ultimately too low. Soon after, her eyes turned bloodshot again, and she screamed that she wanted to strangle everyone else to ensure that she passed the test.
This time, the girl with the sword lost control quite seriously. Having practiced martial arts, she was also stubborn. Xiao Ming hit her several times with a hard-covered book that was as hard as a brick, but she still couldn't bring her back to her senses.
Just as Xiaoming was about to be eliminated along with her partner due to their lack of performance, she suddenly took a deep breath, made up her mind, and then hugged the girl with the sword tightly:
"I will share the killing intent in your heart!"
After saying that, Xiaoming kissed him, not caring that there were many people watching around them.
At first, the girl with the sword struggled desperately, even scratching wildly on Xiaoming's back, tearing Xiaoming's clothes and leaving bloody scratches on her back.
Xiao Ming, however, did not relax and continued to kiss her partner tightly... Finally, the blood red in the sword-wielding girl's eyes faded once again, and she regained consciousness.
"...Waaaaah, Xiaoming, I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry!"
Once she regained consciousness, the girl with the sword cried out in regret and wanted to kneel down and apologize.
Xiao Ming stopped her and even shouted at her:
"Don't talk! Don't overthink! Keep kissing me! Use all the energy you have when you're making love every night!"
"Okay... good!"
The girl with the sword was obedient and docile, and disregarding the crowd watching, she casually kissed Xiaoming.
As their actions became more intimate, both of their desires clearly increased. However, this increased desire actually offset much of the sword-wielding girl's murderous intent, making her state more stable.
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