Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

Chapter 331

Strength Assessment Test, this process had always been an important step to filter out any dregs who refuse to follow the instruction till the bitter end.

“Lightning Shaper’s seven participants, please come to the stage”

The seven people participating from the side of Lightning shaper’s guild, immediately stood up from their seats and walked down a path of stairs to the main stage. Following which, they were told to put their palms on a smooth black mirror.

After their results matched the criteria set for participating in this tournament, they were asked to draw a lot from a box kept near and returned to their seats.

“Sky Slashing Blade…”

“Six River’s Streax”

“Tyrant Mountain…”

Waves and waves of participants whose guilds were called out, came down to the stage for strength assessment and lot drawing. Unlike the previous tournaments where the quality of the participants would be a little low, this year’s tournament saw a drastic improvement in both the quality and quantity of the participants.

The people who were assessed were mostly around 40 years of age and their levels were above 250. Though very rare, there would be sometimes people below 40 years of age and above level 300.

As for someone below thirty years of age, there was none yet.

The result of the perusal mirror was also displayed to the audience so that they could enjoy this moment of excitement and tension.

While the participant’s level and age were the criteria for participating in the tournament, what the people really had their eyes on was the Participant’s potential and their class.

Even a completely talentless person could be groomed to have a level above 200 if one had immense wealth to buy the resources needed to level up. However, it is all useless if the potential of the person is not high since they would be meeting a ceiling they can’t break this way.

Similarly, a class represents one’s strength, it was directly related to one’s ability and power. If their class was too common, they wouldn’t be able to rise high in the rankings. What they were expecting to see was not low or medium potential or a common class but high potential with a rare class for their future heroes of the realm.

However, it did not mean that one could neglect their levels, a perfect mixture of potential, class age and level was necessary to win this tournament.

Groups after groups of participants came down to assess their strength, those who did not meet the criteria was immediately kicked amidst the jeer and laughter of the crowd.

Before long, half of the participants have already been accessed but none of them had a high potential. Moreover, 70% of these participant’s strength was centralised around level 250 all with common warrior class and low potential.

Those with medium potential and above level 300, were far and few between. A person below age 40, with a medium potential and above level 300 would already be considered a genius in any guild or even in the capital city.

However, because of the standard of this year’s tournament that had risen too drastically, the current results of the participants appeared too normal. In previous tournaments, these results could already be considered very decent and worthy of a high ranking; however now they looked all too mediocre.

“Castledor City, Adventurer’s association branch, one participant… Lucas Blackwood” the moment the name Castledor city was announced, the entire audience abruptly became quiet.

Castledor city was the territory of one of the four Dukes of their kingdom and was rather well known across all the regions. Its governor, Duke Montford was also a renowned person liked by the masses.

In fact, many people who lived in the distant north-western region, also came here to watch the tournament. For one of the four dukes to endorse a person, how could that individual be ordinary?

A young man wearing fiery red robes, walked down the stairs and entered the main stage. With the way he carried himself and the inborn noble aura that he exuded, told others that he was unlike any other participant who had come down to the stage before him.

Name- Lucas Blackwood, Age– 38, Class- Pyroblitz Magus, Level– 400, Potential- High.

The moment the result was shown to the audience, a burst of exclamation came from their mouths and their eyes widened to their limits. Those participants and geniuses of their guilds that have come before him or are yet to show up, felt a great challenge from his result and couldn’t help but become dispirited after realising the difference between them.

Finally, there was someone whose potential, class and age was in the realm of the heroes. Lucas Blackwood, someone who came from the remote north-western region and whose results shocked the entire audience.

During this entire process, Lucas was extremely calm as he drew his lot and silently returned to his seat. With Lucas’s result as the start, more and more geniuses of the prominent guilds across the kingdom, came down to the main stage to be assessed by the perusal mirror.

Although there were some promising results with a few having a rare class, none of them managed to surpass the record set by Lucas.

“Crimson Demolition Guild’s Seven Participants, please come down”

Finally, the moment that everybody was waiting for, the top five guilds that inspired awe and reverence from the masses, finally began to enter the stage.

Seven participating members from the Crimson Demolition Guild, walked out from the seating area they were allotted to and in front of the eager eyes of the audience, took the assessment.

Name- Kenan Lantz, Age– 45, Class- Arch Wizard, Level– 393, Potential– Medium.

Name- Jason Lantz, Age– 42… Potential- Medium.

While it cannot be said that their results were bad, it did not live up to the expectations the audience had for them who were from one of the top five guilds.

The seven participants from the Crimson demolition guild assessed themselves one after the other and when it was time for the youngest two amidst the group to assess themselves, the result they got finally evoked some exclamations from the crowd.

Name- Tyler Rees, Age- 30, Class– Berserker, Level– 390, Potential- High..

Name– Conor Rees, Age- 30, Class- Battle Spellcaster, Level– 391, Potential- High.

The entire audience was pleasantly stunned by the result, one of the top five guilds indeed lived up to its reputation, it not only produced one but two members with High potential. Five members with medium potential and two with high, not only that, they also had a few with rare classes.

The geniuses from other big guilds looked at this awe-inspiring line-up and couldn’t help but feel shocked in their hearts. They who had heard about the reputation of the top five guild, had with their own eyes witnessed the dreadfulness of the top five guilds.

The seven participants from the Crimson demolition guild did not seem surprised by the audience’s reaction and smiled in content after looking at the result shown in the perusal mirror.

After the Crimson demolition guild, the members of the Assassin’s guild also went down to the stage. The name top five wasn’t just for show, the quality of their participating members weren’t any inferior, each and every one of them had decent talents with some genius in the mix.

After the Assassin’s Guild, it was Magician’s Guild’s turn.

Karina who was calmly seated on her seat, flashed a mysterious smile towards the seating area where the Guild master of Sea God’s trident and Savannah Beast guild were.

“Hallie it’s your turn now, make our guild proud”.

The girl seated beside her nodded her head. She had a beautiful complexion that could enrapture any man, smooth black hair that was tied with a silk ribbon and a lithe body that made her seem just like a fairy.

She wore icy blue clothes that accentuated her figure and had a pretty strap tied to her mesmerising waist. Looking at her from afar, she radiated a charming and proud aura that was detached from this world.

“Magician’s Guild three participants please come down”

The moment Cyrus called out the name of the guild, all eyes were focused on the seating area where the Magician’s guild was. That was because, amongst the top five guilds, only the magician guild sent the least number of participants.

Not only that, when the Magician guild recruits, they have a strict restriction of only taking female mages whose aptitude and talent are very high. At the same time, each and every member of the Magician’s guild were extremely pretty.

Karina the current guild master of the magician’s guild for example held the hearts of many reputed nobles and guild masters from the various regions of the kingdom.

Three girls with an ethereal appearance, descended the stairs and arrived onto the main stage.

The young geniuses from the various guilds who had never seen such temperate beauties and had spent most of their time and hour training, doing commissions and diving into dungeons, how could they keep their composure? The moment they saw them appear, they were instantly smitten.

Name- Tiana Lowe, Age- 29, Class- Great Magus, Level- 395, Potential- High…

Name- Anna White, Age– 29, Class- Arch Wizard, Level- 394, Potential- High.

The first two females to access themselves got a result that silenced the audience, the strict requirements they heard for getting into the Magician’s guild, was not for show indeed. Although they had the least number of participants, the quality of each of their members was not inferior to any guild’s top tier talent.

“That Karina… she indeed has eyes for diamond in the rough” Benny Belcrow said glancing at the last girl that was yet to assess herself.

“Sadfully, this year we do not have as good of a talent like her. If she is allowed to grow, she might take her guild to new heights in the future”.