The young man's face stiffened slightly, but he said nothing and stepped aside.
Candidate number two.
Candidate number three.
Candidate number four.
…
Everyone stepped forward, placed their magic potion, stepped back, and awaited the result.
Some received 80 base points for passing, plus thirty or forty points for completion, and several more tens for the actual effect, totaling over a hundred points.
Some achieved higher completion, with good actual effects, and their total scores broke two hundred. Some only received the base pass, with zero in completion and actual effects.
This meant that although their magic potions existed, they didn't really solve any problems.
There was also one person, candidate number nine, a Mechanical Wizard from the Seville Empire, whose potion exploded during testing.
The moment the liquid touched the Magic Testing Crystal Plate, it started boiling violently and then, with a loud bang, emitted a puff of acrid black smoke.
