"Haha! These Magic Knight Squad captains are all capable of taking on a hundred enemies alone. Well? Were you stunned after seeing their heroic bearing?"
A blonde youth wearing a wine-red suit walked arrogantly up to Asta. Because he had been far away from Asta, he had missed the scene where Asta scared away the Demon-Repelling Bird. Now, what he saw was Asta, who had withdrawn his aura and was once again surrounded by the Demon-Repelling Birds.
"My name is Sekai. For a big event like this, the first thing you need to do is relax!" Sekai's eyes and brows were filled with smugness. You see, by associating with the weak, one could highlight one's own strength. Sometimes, to stand out from the crowd, you need not just strength, but also brains!
Therefore, from the moment he entered, he had been choosing the weak based on the Demon-Repelling Birds. It wasn't until he came to Asta's side that his eyes lit up. What kind of terrible magic power must one have to attract so many Demon-Repelling Birds? Wasn't this the top-tier weakling he was looking for!
"Where did you see that I was nervous?" Asta raised an eyebrow.
"Uh..." Sekai was like someone choked by a sweet potato, unable to speak for a long time after being shut down by Asta's sentence.
At the same time, the boys and girls around who had witnessed Asta's aura began to whisper and point, their gazes filled with schadenfreude as they looked at Sekai.
"This idiot, he has nothing better to do than provoke this god of pestilence. I really don't know how he'll die later!"
"There's going to be a good show later!"
"What's going on? Why is everyone looking at me like that?" Sekai sensed that something was wrong and instinctively checked his clothes. There was nothing amiss, so why was everyone looking at him like he was an idiot?
"Attention candidates, I will be presiding over this exam! Next, you will undergo several tests, and then we, the nine Magic Knight Squad captains, will review you. If you are valued by us, you will become a glorious member of a Magic Knight Squad. If you are valued by several captains at the same time, you will have the right to choose which squad to join. Of course, if you are not chosen, you will not be qualified to join a Magic Knight Squad!"
The Golden Dawn captain stepped forward to preside over the situation. Although he was wearing a mask, judging by his voice, he was also a very young and powerful Mage.
Asta's eyes gleamed with intense fervor. At this moment, the nine men on the second-floor seats were each worth a fortune!
Of course, their strength was absolutely peerless! Asta could sense that each of them contained immense magic power. If they became enemies, they would definitely be formidable rivals capable of making one's blood boil!
"However, joining a Magic Knight Squad isn't easy..." Asta frowned slightly. Although he had awakened a five-leaf Clover grimoire, he still had absolutely no magic power in his body. If there was a test item that measured magic power, wouldn't he be finished if he couldn't complete it!
While Asta was secretly pondering, the Golden Dawn captain opened his grimoire. A brilliant green light erupted from the pages, and then the world changed color; the entire exam venue was covered by dark clouds surging from all directions.
"Magic Tree Descent!" Following the Golden Dawn captain's whisper, a dazzling light erupted from the deepest part of the dark clouds, and then a massive tree that blocked out the sky descended from the heavens. As the tree descended, a powerful whirlwind swept through the exam venue.
This magnificent scene caused many candidates to scream, because this kind of magic that could change the weather was simply too shocking for beginners like them!
"Strong magic." Asta's clothes fluttered in the wind, but he stood as straight as a pine, without the slightest bend. His gaze was distant and deep; even though it was his first time seeing magic of this level, he did not appear overly surprised.
Because although the Mages of this world were powerful, they neglected the training of physical arts too much, which led to the fact that even some very powerful Mages had bodies as weak as infants, making them easily susceptible to the risk of being assassinated at close range by enemies. This was the biggest drawback of a pure magic system!
Of course, at present, this world had not developed physical arts capable of threatening Mages, so this drawback had not been noticed by anyone to date. This had resulted in no Mage developing magic specifically targeted at powerful martial artists, which undoubtedly made Asta stand out as even stronger!
Even though he only had the strength of a Genin right now, even if he were to face these Magic Knight Squad captains standing at the pinnacle of the world, he could hold his own against them with his physical arts and the demon-slayer sword!!